Saints running back Reggie Bush finds himself in a little pickle heading into this Sunday’s Super Bowl against the Indianapolis Colts. Bush is dating reality TV star Kim Kardashian, and supposedly the 2 have a bet that if Bush and the Saints win the Super Bowl, he will wed Kardashian. Bush has denied those rumors, but
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Reggie Bush – Super Bowl Ring or Engagement Ring?
Hoisted from the comments on my most recent Economics 101 : Why should Anyone (me) pay virtually the same price for an e-book as for a paperback? I get less in terms of ownership rights, ie resale, or lending to friends and family, and apparently Amazon can take the damn thing back at any time without permission.
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Econ 101: Cost, Price, Value
Chelsea Handler tickets to the dry-witted comedian’s Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang concert tour are selling so quickly that new shows are already being added. The E! talk show host and former Girls Behaving Badly star, is adding shows in Chicago, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Miami, DC, Atlanta, Minneapolis, Boston, Austin, Philadelphia, Houston and New York. The “Chelsea Lately” star kicks off the tour in Chicago
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Chelsea Handler Tickets Selling Out Box Offices, Find them with FanSnap
The Chicago Bulls are happy to be back at the United Center despite their recent road success. The bulls finished up their 7-game road trip with an amazing 5-game winning streak over 5 Western Conference teams with winning records. Not sure if the Bulls have ever done that before, but it is shocking to think
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Chicago Bulls Back @ United Center to take on L.A. Clippers
From Have we seen the end of the $9.99 eBook? at The Unofficial Apple Weblog : Amazon currently charges $9.99 for most books, which, according to AppleInsider, means that Amazon is losing $4.50 per book to keep its leadership position in the eBook market and keep Kindles selling. This strategy is similar to the loss-leader marketing popularized by Gillette who sold razors at a loss in the hopes of more than making up for it in the sales of blades.
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Econ 101: Capital vs. Consumable
per David Samson http://miamiherald.typepad.com/fish_bytes/2010/01/samson-expects-uggla-to-be-marlins-opening-day-2b.html Quote Samson Expects Uggla to be Marlins’ Opening Day 2B Marlins president David Samson said on his weekly radio show that he expected Dan Uggla to be the team’s Opening Day second baseman. That marked the first public admission by a club executive that Uggla would likely remain with the Marlins after months of speculation that he would be traded.
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Dan Uggla will not be traded this year
Although it ended with a loss to the NHL’s 2nd worst team (the Carolina Hurricanes), the Blackhawks could not have been happier with their 5-3 eight-game road trip away from the United Center in Chicago. The Hawks started it off with wins over division rivals – the Columbus Blue Jackets and Detroit Red Wings. After
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Chicago Blackhawks Back Home after Successful 5-3 Road Trip
I attended yesterday’s Bloomberg Sports presentation in New York, in which baseball bloggers, writers and geeks (can I be all three of those?) got a sneak peek at their new (intriguing, with room to grow) baseball analysis tools debuting on Feb. 18. There are two products, one is for consumers (really, mostly for Fantasy players but I could see some hard-core fans/bloggers/others who hate Fantasy also loving it for just the sheer breadth of info) and the other is for major league teams
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Bloomberg Takes Cuts at Baseball
All of the crazy from Hollywood and the music world showed up the Staples Center last night for the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards. There actually was a big upset that I was happy about with Kings of Leon taking home Record of the Year, they beat out Beyonce, The Black Eyed Peas, Lady Gaga and
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Some big wins at the Grammys last night
By the President of the United States of America: A Proclamation. I, Barack Obama, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Chief Executive and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the United States in time of war, declare that all corporations within the confines of the United States are legally not persons and have no rights granted them by virtue of their alleged personhood. The rights of corporations are those specified by law and not any of those specified in the US Constitution.
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A New Emancipation Proclamation
SUNRISE (January 26, 2010) – FOX Sports Florida and the Florida Marlins announced today that the team’s longtime regional sports network partner will produce and air live statewide coverage of two spring training games this season: Wednesday, March 17 1:00pm Atlanta Braves @ Florida Marlins Friday, March 19 1:00pm St. Louis Cardinals @ Florida Marlins In addition, the network unveiled its lineup of Florida Marlins programs to be produced and aired on FOX Sports Florida and Sun Sports in 2010: **ALL-NEW** “Florida Marlins Hot Stove Report” Hosted by FOX Sports Florida’s Rich Waltz , along with Tommy Hutton , Jeff Conine and Marlins VP/GM Michael Hill . Round table program will discuss off-season action, expectations for coming season, competition for starting rotation/bullpen and more.
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Spring Games & Programs on FOX Sports Florida
Joba Chamberlain's eyes are set squarely on the fifth spot in the Yankees' rotation. The right-handed pitcher told The Post last night that he will arrive in Tampa next week — well before pitchers and catchers are scheduled to report for spring training — with the idea he's a starting pitcher for 2010
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Joba expects to start
Danica Patrick and her JR Motorsports team have announced that she will run at least 12 Nascar races in 2010. It is unclear if she will race in the Nationwide Series opening race at the Dayton International Speedway on Saturday February 13, 2010. It will likely depend on how well she fares in her 1st
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Danica Patrick — Ready for Nascar 2010
(Photo: Fujitsu IPAD, Wall Street Journal, Apple Tablet Draws Jeers, Legal Rumblings Over iPad Name ) Apple’s iPad device is getting a certain amount of attention just because of the name. Not only does iPad sound like a feminine hygiene product, Apple is actively attempting to recover Fujitsu’s “abandoned” trademark in the US
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Fujitsu’s IPAD is Apple Canada’s EasyPay
Our favorite artists and bands are starting to announce their 2010 concert tour schedules. This promises to be a huge year for monster tours. In fact, concert tour announcements have gone from one or two a week to two and three a day.
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New Concert Tickets & Tours Announcements for the Week of Jan 25, 2010
One of the best ways to land in jail on drunk driving charges is to stumble out of your car after the police stop you and then puke during the DUI investigation. Apparently that is what happened during a Pasco County DUI stop this week. According to a story on TampaBay.com, a 36-year-old Zephyrhills man was weaving on I-275.
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Driver Pulled Over In Pasco County For DUI Proclaims His Innocence Right Before Puking On His Car
A 21-year veteran of the Melbourne, Florida Police Department is facing five felony charges of official misconduct and four misdemeanor charges for falsifying records according to a story on Florida Today and FDLE reports. Officer Frank Carter is accused of writing unwarranted traffic tickets due to video that was reviewed from his in-car dashboard camera
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Florida Cop Facing Felony Charges For Writing Unwarranted Traffic Tickets And Making Illegal Traffic Stops
Britain’s Dr. Andrew Wakefield, already infamous for fixing the data to demonstrate a non-existent link between autism and vaccination, has been called ” irresponsible and dishonest ” by the General Medical Council: The doctor who caused a national controversy by linking children’s triple MMR vaccine to autism acted unethically and dishonestly and had failed in his duties as a responsible consultant, a disciplinary panel ruled on Thursday. The General Medical Council (GMC) also said that Andrew Wakefield had shown a “callous disregard” for the suffering of children and had brought the medical profession “into disrepute.” Ninety pages of charges were brought against Dr
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"Dr." Wakefield, vax hack, showed "callous disregard"
(in my mind, at Adobe, 1998) A tablet-type device, 8″x10″ (that’s a 12-13″ diagonal screen) or so, capable of displaying PDF, would be worth $1000. As this is pre-widespread wireless network, no thought of connectivity enters into the picture. (in my mind, last week) I don’t know what the mythical Apple Tablet is going to be, but I would be happy with a device twice the size of the iPhone, which screen would be about 4×6, so long as I can: read Kindle books and PDFs on it; attach a keyboard in order to be able to type; run some large subset of either iPhone or Mac apps, or perhaps both I would consider paying $800, possibly $1000 for such a device, depending upon battery life, CPU power, connectivity, etc.
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iPad, therefore i…Read?
New York Mets ace Johan Santana threw 24 pitches off the mound in Port St. Lucie, Florida on Tuesday. It was the first time that the lefty hand thrown off a mound since he underwent season-ending left elbow surgery in September 2009. As for results – it could not have gone better. Santana had this
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Mets Ace Johan Santana Resumes Throwing Off Mound
Attorneys for Kentucky lefthander James Paxton have filed a motion in the Kentucky Court of Appeals, which has the authority to issue the temporary injunction denied by the Circuit Court on Jan. 15. Paxton attorney Rick Johnson, who represented former Oklahoma State lefthander Andy Oliver in last year's “no agent” rule case, is trying to assert
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Paxton Files Appeal
The Dave Matthews Band announced on its website today that DMB will launch their 2010 North American tour on Memorial Day weekend with a two-night stand in Hartford, CT. Earlier this week, The Dave Matthews Band was named Pollstar’s #1 touring act of the decade, DMB’s extensive tour will begin in Europe this spring and continue into the fall as Dave and the band support, Grammy-nominated Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King. Check here for Dave Matthews Band tickets .
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Dave Matthews Band Tickets and Summer Concert Tour Announced
The Chicago Bulls are on a 3-game road winning streak, but they are still making life miserable for their fans in Chicago. The Bulls embarked on a 7-game road trip last week with an 18-20 record. They started off the trip with “winnable” games against the Warriors in Golden State and the Clippers in Los
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Bulls Continue to Frustrate Fans with Erratic Play
Super Bowl bound Colts and Saints fans can find more than 7,000 Super Bowl tickets for the February 7, 2010 NFL Championship game in Miami online with FanSnap.com. The Saints survived the Vikings in OT, thanks in part to a late Brett Favre interception.
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Fans Find 7,000 Colts-Saints Super Bowl Tickets Listed Online
(Update: Lifehouse will join the Daughtry concert tour as special guests) American Idol alum, Chris Daughtry is set to go on a three-month tour of the U.S. starting in Baltimore Maryland in March and hit 48 cities before wrapping the tour in Rochester, NY in June. Find Daughtry tickets here
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Chris Daughtry Tickets to 2010 Tour go on sale later this month
According to an Associated Press story, the Department of Transportation has instituted a ban on truck and bus drivers from texting and driving while operating a commercial vehicle. The ban is effective immediately
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Department Of Transportation Takes First Step In Nation-Wide Ban On Texting And Driving
As an original Dallas Mavericks fan (yes, 1980-81, I was a glutton for punishment even at young age), never living anywhere near Dallas, I’ve had to follow the team from a bit of a distance. In the 80’s and early 90’s that meant seeing them on TV when they played the Nets and Knicks a couple of games apiece, an occasional national game and even less occasional playoff game. The Mavs have had some truly awful teams (15-67 in 1980-81, 24-140 combined in 1992-93 and 93-94), a fine late-80’s run that happened to coincide with the Showtime Lakers, and a resurgence that led to 50-plus wins every season this decade, the apex being an NBA Finals appearance four years ago. That 2005-06 team, and the 67-win outfit a year later, got a lot of national TV time, so I probably saw more Mavs games that year and followed the team closer than any other. Dirk Nowitzki and Jason Terry were the stars, but Jerry Stackhouse was a key man on both of those squads, providing a spark off the bench and leadership that some saw as unexpected coming off a rough two-year stint in Washington. Stackhouse, who played nearly 100 more games for Detroit but spent slightly more time overall — five full seasons — in Dallas, signed Jan
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Classy Stackhouse Returns to Dallas… In Bucks Uniform