MLS PLAYERS WOULD MAKE BIG MISTAKE WITH STRIKE, AEG CHIEF SAYS Tim Leiweke says some players appear to have forgotten how much money and passion the company has poured into soccer. He says there has been a ‘disconnect’ between the two sides.
Source: Los Angeles Times - 16/03/2010
Category: Sports JAMIE MCCOURT WAS INTERESTED IN PUBLIC OFFICE, ESTRANGED HUSBAND SAYS Frank McCourt files court documents that detail her plans to parlay her position with Dodgers, with ultimate goal of becoming president of U.S. She tells crowd she doesn’t want public fight but won't waver.
Source: Los Angeles Times - 16/03/2010
Category: Sports GLUCOSAMINE AND CHONDROITIN FARE POORLY IN PAIN STUDY, BUT SALES ARE STRONG In 2006, the New England Journal of Medicine published a $12.5 million study saying that, for most people, glucosamine and chondroitin do not soothe knee pain much better than a placebo.
Source: Washington Post - 16/03/2010
Category: Health ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY REVOLUTIONIZES APPROACH TO REPAIRING DAMAGED JOINTS Olie Kolzig knows all about pushing the body to its limits: During a 19-year hockey career, most of it as a goalie for the Washington Capitals, he dislocated his right kneecap twice and damaged his hip, elbow, shoulder and finger -- and required a total o
Source: Washington Post - 16/03/2010
Category: Tecnology EX-EMPLOYEES OF AIG'S FINANCIAL PRODUCTS UNIT MIGHT SUE OVER LOWER PAYOUTS NEW YORK -- Several former American International Group employees might sue the insurer after it gave them less retention bonus money than they should have received, their attorneys said Monday.
Source: Washington Post - 16/03/2010
Category: Business GAO BLOCKS CONTRACT TO FIRM FORMERLY KNOWN AS BLACKWATER TO TRAIN AFGHAN POLICE Federal auditors on Monday put a stop to Army plans to award a $1 billion training program for Afghan police officers to the company formerly known as Blackwater, concluding that other companies were unfairly excluded from bidding on the job.
Source: Washington Post - 16/03/2010
Category: Business TWO WASHINGTON AREA DRIVERS SUE TOYOTA, ALLEGING ACCELERATION PROBLEMS IN CARS Two Washington area drivers have filed personal injury lawsuits against the Toyota Motor Corp., joining about 280 personal injury and class-action suits filed across the country against the company.
Source: Washington Post - 16/03/2010
Category: Business TOYOTA SAYS TESTS CAST DOUBTS ON STORY OF RUNAWAY PRIUS IN CALIFORNIA Toyota on Monday said that extensive testing of the 2008 Prius that allegedly took a Southern California driver on a 30-mile runaway ride last week casts serious doubts on his story.
Source: Washington Post - 16/03/2010
Category: Business EUROPEAN OFFICIALS HOLD OFF ON BAILOUT PACKAGE FOR GREECE LONDON -- European finance chiefs failed to produce a detailed bailout plan for Greece on Monday but laid the groundwork for a potential rescue if the financial situation in the troubled Mediterranean nation deteriorates sharply.
Source: Washington Post - 16/03/2010
Category: Business MONTGOMERY, PRINCE GEORGE'S SLASH BUDGETS Maryland's two largest counties outlined spending cuts Monday that would reach from children's health clinics to nursing homes, slice tens of millions of dollars in education spending and furlough thousands of public employees.
Source: Washington Post - 16/03/2010
Category: Business VALUE ADDED: COMMERCIAL MUSICIAN TUNED IN TO NEEDS OF WASHINGTON REGION You've probably never heard of Todd Hahn, but you might have heard his music.
Source: Washington Post - 16/03/2010
Category: Business CHINA'S WEN JIABAO REBUFFS U.S. ON LETTING YUAN APPRECIATE AGAINST DOLLAR BEIJING -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Sunday lectured the United States, criticizing its call for China to let its currency rise against the dollar to boost U.S. exports, advising it to work harder to improve its financial system and directing it to ch
Source: Washington Post - 16/03/2010
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Source: Washington Post - 16/03/2010
Category: Business TESTS FAIL TO DUPLICATE ACCELERATION PROBLEM IN PRIUS Investigators from Toyota and the government have been unable to duplicate the runaway acceleration in a 2008 Prius that a Southern California man said took him on a 30-mile wild ride last week, according to a draft memo from a congressional panel.
Source: Washington Post - 16/03/2010
Category: Business SEN. DODD TO INTRODUCE PLAN TO OVERHAUL FINANCIAL REGULATORY SYSTEM Senate banking Chairman Sen. Christopher J. Dodd will try to strike a delicate balance Monday as he introduces a new measure to overhaul the nation's financial regulatory system, including provisions aimed at shoring up support among fellow Democrats but
Source: Washington Post - 16/03/2010
Category: Business TV SPORTS: PUTTING N.C.A.A. GAMES ONLINE TO TRY AND SATISFY THE MAJORITY Fans unhappy with CBS?s regionalization of the N.C.A.A. tournament found a way to see the games they wanted when CBSSports.com started streaming games online.
Source: New York Times - 16/03/2010
Category: Sports TWO MAKE PITCH, BUT METS? FINAL ROTATION SPOT IS STILL A MYSTERY Fernando Nieve and Jon Niese are leading contenders to be the Mets? fifth starter but neither did anything Monday to clarify who might win the job.
Source: New York Times - 16/03/2010
Category: Sports N.B.A. ROUNDUP: GIVEN A CHANCE, THE KNICKS? DOUGLAS MAKES THE MOST OF IT The Knicks rookie point guard, Toney Douglas, made his second straight start, earning a promotion after he scored 19 points off the bench in a loss Friday.
Source: New York Times - 16/03/2010
Category: Sports FOR JETS AND GIANTS, EVEN A STADIUM COIN FLIP IS COMPLICATED The Giants say they are delighted to host the first regular-season game in the new stadium; the Jets, meanwhile, are not pleased.
Source: New York Times - 16/03/2010
Category: Sports BASKETBALL STUDY EXAMINES HOW MIDMAJORS GET STARS An analysis directed by a national talent evaluator finds striking trends in physiques and skills.
Source: New York Times - 16/03/2010
Category: Sports DODGERS SHUT OUT THE ANGELS, 4-0 Garret Anderson drives in a run, Angelo Songco hits a home run.
Dodgers 4, Angels 0
Source: Los Angeles Times - 16/03/2010
Category: Sports WHITE HOUSE THREATENS VETO ON INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES BILL The White House has renewed its threat to veto the fiscal 2010 intelligence authorization bill over a provision that would force the administration to widen the circle of lawmakers who are informed about covert operations and other sensitive activities.
Source: Washington Post - 16/03/2010
Category: Politics GALAXY WILL BEGIN TO FEEL BECKHAM?S LOSS IN JULY David Beckham may not return to the Galaxy until September, but his absence may begin to affect the team and its salary-cap in mid-July.
Source: New York Times - 16/03/2010
Category: Sports FEW HAITIANS SEEK PROTECTED IMMIGRATION STATUS Just 34,000 Haitians in the United States illegally have applied for a special status that temporarily allows them to work.
Source: New York Times - 16/03/2010
Category: World UNMANNED AIRCRAFT PIONEER THOMAS J. CASSIDY JR. RETIRES Cassidy, considered the father of the remotely controlled Predator drone, steps down as president of General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. in the San Diego area.
Source: Los Angeles Times - 16/03/2010
Category: Business 24% IN STATE LACK HEALTH INSURANCE The jump in 2009 stems largely from the loss of job-sponsored coverage, a UCLA study finds.
Nearly 1 in 4 Californians under age 65 had no health insurance last yea
Source: Los Angeles Times - 16/03/2010
Category: Business PLAN FOR WIRING THE U.S. RELEASED The Federal Communications Commission announced on Monday its long-awaited plan to bring broadband Internet connections to every home and business in the United States, part of an ambitious, multibillion-dollar attempt to create a new digital infrastructu
Source: Washington Post - 16/03/2010
Category: Tecnology HOUSE MAY TRY TO PASS SENATE HEALTH-CARE BILL WITHOUT VOTING ON IT After laying the groundwork for a decisive vote this week on the Senate's health-care bill, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi suggested Monday that she might instead attempt to pass the measure without having members vote on it.
Source: Washington Post - 16/03/2010
Category: Politics HAITIANS WHO FLED CAPITAL STRAIN IMPOVERISHED TOWNS IN COUNTRYSIDE LASCAHOBAS, HAITI -- The earthquake that struck Haiti's capital city has also jarred the impoverished countryside, sending 600,000 people into the provinces -- where locals are now overwhelmed with the task of feeding and sheltering desperate newcomers.
Source: Washington Post - 16/03/2010
Category: World GAO BLOCKS CONTRACT TO TRAIN AFGHAN POLICE Federal auditors on Monday put a stop to Army plans to award a $1 billion training program for Afghan police officers to the company formerly known as Blackwater, concluding that other companies were unfairly excluded from bidding on the job.
Source: Washington Post - 16/03/2010
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