Rogers to Face Boston in Return

Baseball MusingsGames of the Day The only good thing about Kenny Rogers returning to pitch today is that he has to face Boston fans. I suspect they'll be very vocal against Mr. Rogers, and might even come up with...

Rogers Returns After Suspension

Baseball MusingsMore on Rogers The more I read about the decision to overturn Kenny Rogers suspension, the more I'm in disbelief. The arbitrator for all intents and purposes completely overturned the decision. An independent arbitrator ruled Tuesday that Selig had...

What One Mom has to Say to Bush

%u201CThat lying bastard, George Bush, is taking a five-week vacation in time of war,%u201D Cindy Sheehan told 200 cheering members of Veterans For Peace at their annual convention in Dallas last Friday evening. She then announced she would go to Bush%u2019s vacation home in...

Despite arrests, protests to go on

ST. PETERSBURG - Despite the arrests of six anti-war protesters outside BayWalk, members of the group vowed Sunday to return next weekend.(Note: they plan to protest again next Saturday night.)8/18 Update:This...

Hurricanes blow into drilling debate

More and bigger storms are damaging gulf oil rigs, and some of the oil spills are killing wildlife at nearby refuges.

Fallen soldier's mom protests near Bush's ranch

CRAWFORD, Texas (AP) -- The angry mother of a fallen U.S. soldier staged a protest near President Bush's ranch Saturday, demanding an accounting from Bush of how he has conducted the war in Iraq.

Bush Takes Another Long Vacation

presidential load in case you missed it, Bush just left on a 5 week vacation the longest presidential retreat in 36 years.

Bush and Palmeiro: An Enhanced History

Dave Zirin: Rafael Palmeiro and the Politics of DistractionA close compatriot of President Bush squats in a scandal so malodorous it led news shows from coast to coast. It's a scandal that some say is too hot for Bush to comment on. But there was the President, speaking...

Terasen Gas sold to Texas Outfit

Texas energy outfit acquires Terasen Gas in $7-billion deal Union concerns for customers, thousands of jobs; company hails 'milestone' Kent Spencer The Province Tuesday, August 02, 2005 1 | 2 | NEXT >> The union representing more than 400 workers at Terasen Gas...

Weather Service Predicts Many More Hurricanes This Year

WASHINGTON (AP) - The government on Tuesday sharply boosted its forecast for hurricanes this season, predicting 18 to 21 tropical storms by the end of November. That's up from a forecast in May of 12 to 15...

Study: Hurricanes getting stronger

(AP) -- Is global warming making hurricanes more ferocious? New research suggests the answer is yes. Scientists call the findings both surprising and "alarming" because they suggest global warming is...

Report: Record beach health warnings issued

Water quality was so poor at beaches across the United States last year that authorities ordered a record number of health warnings, according to the latest annual report from the Natural Resources Defense...

Emily Strikes Texas' South Padre Island

Hurricane Emily continued pushing turbulent waves onto this resort island, bending palm trees and rocking parked vehicles Wednesday afternoon, but the storm caused only minimal damage along Texas' coast.

Mysterious Texas Lights Draw Crowds - Yahoo! News

MARFA, Texas - Nevada has Area 51. New Mexico has Roswell. Texas has the Marfa Lights. Whatever's out there sparkling or dancing across Mitchell Flat and toward the Chinati Mountains has both befuddled people and attracted them to this remote area east of Marfa for well over...

A bit of Tampa Bay on eBay

TAMPA - A lot of strange items have passed through eBay, the online auction Web site - few stranger than a little mangrove island nestled amid homes and restaurants at Rocky Point.

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