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Gaining Edge With Hoops, Books - Boston Globe
ben okiwe grew up on intervale street in dorchester. "it was the heyday of the neighborhood gang," he said. he was one of seven children, raised by his single mother, but they all went to college. "i had a lot of great mentors," he said. "i decided i ...
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Mariners Begin Second Half Of Season; Request A Do-over
our mariners begin the second half of the 2008 season hoping to avoid the history books. no team in history has lost 100 games in a season while fielding a team with a payroll over $100 million. (for that kind of cash, we could buy two hoops teams .) the highlight of the season thus far (as seattlest david reminds us) is that no one has been run-over by a train outside the stadium. and when ...
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Is It Worth $551 Million?
to be sure, there is a certain romance about trains. it's seen in history books, on television and in films.
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They Gave Ordinary Americans A Home. And Then The Roof Fell In - The Independent
fannie mae and freddie mac set out as 'white knight' lenders bringing mortgages to the less-well-off. but an ideal born in the depression, says philip blond, could cause another one president roosevelt must be turning in his grave. the mortgage ...
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Phillydeals: Unisys Moving To Town? Not Without A Sign - Philadelphia Inquirer
the pennsylvania railroad, the philadelphia national bank, and the philadelphia savings fund society have big signs on philadelphia high-rise buildings. even though they're all as dead as sunday blue laws. living companies like glaxosmithkline p.l.c ...
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Maffeo-sutton Park $1-million Upgrade On The Books
maffeo-sutton park is about to change its look. a concept drawing from the city shows an ambitious redesign of the park's layout, to be undertaken over the next several years.
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Asian Builders Vie For Share Of Superyacht Market
shipbuilders in asia are seeking a bigger share of the multibillion-dollar luxuy-boat market.
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Nrl Needs A Drastic Rethink - News.com.au
email article share add to digg add to del.icio.us post to newsvine post to facebook what are these? printer friendly text size + - the world gets smaller and the stars get bigger. tiger woods pulls out of the british open and nobody will watch it ...
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Harry Potter Fans Pay £1,000 A Night To Stay In Hotel Room Where Jk ... - Daily Telegraph
the balmoral, one of scotland's most luxurious hotels. the hotel suite where jk rowling found sanctuary to complete her phenomenally successful series of novels has been renamed in her honour. fans will have to pay almost £1,000 per night to stay in ...
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Hooked On Books
books open a window to the world, taking readers to other times and other places — introducing them to new thoughts and ideas. yet reading does much more than expand the imagination, especially for children.
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Just Books? Shelve That
jessica lamonico, 6, is dancing in the library. while she swings her arms to a hannah montana song, turned way up, the library staff doesn't seem to mind. jessica is taking full advantage of the library's family wii night...
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Epa's Cut In The Value Of A Life Raises Plenty Of Hackles - Herald Tribune
last week, it was revealed that an environmental protection agency office had lowered its official estimate of life's value, from about $8.04 million to about $7.22 million.
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Lake Wales Garbage Pickup To Be Cut Back - The Ledger
lake wales | residents will soon have to change their habits when it comes to taking out the garbage. under a contract with florida refuse, which city commissioners approved last week, garbage will be picked up once per week, rather than twice ...
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Beyond Books Lbraries Reinvent Themselves To Stay Relevant
the internet was supposed to send america's public libraries the way of eight-track tapes and pay phones. but it turns out, they're busier than ever.
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Teletech Downgrades Profits
teletech holdings inc. erased $65.3 million of earnings from its books this week, the conclusion of a voluntary review that began last fall of its stock-option practices.
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In The Bailout Game, The Elite And All The Rest - International Herald Tribune
new york : the credit crisis has exposed and worsened a dangerous and deepening divide in the united states between a vast number of average borrowers and a fairly elite slice of corporations, banks and executives enriched by the mortgage mania ...
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Seizing The Day In Tel Aviv - International Herald Tribune
tel aviv is "half iran, half california; it's a synagogue meets a sushi bar," says the writer and lifelong tel aviv resident etgar keret, whose mordant and hilarious short stories in books like "the nimrod flipout" have often won him the encomium ...
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Gatso Unfair
the number of speeding tickets drivers get depends on where they live, a shock new survey has revealed.
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Gaining Edge With Hoops, Books
ben okiwe grew up on intervale street in dorchester. "it was the heyday of the neighborhood gang," he said.
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What's A Hero? - Akron Beacon Journal
it's a summer for heroes. sitting serenely atop box office mojo's 2008 rankings at the end of last week were iron man and indiana jones and the kingdom of the crystal skull, each with revenue of more than $310 million in north america alone ...
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