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Nats trade O'Connor
Needing to clear space in their Class AAA Syracuse rotation for the return of Matt Chico from elbow surgery, the Nationals on Tuesday night traded left-hander Mike O'Connor.
GM trims hybrid vehicle lineup
Feeling good about saving the environment is one thing, but getting what you pay for is another story. Highly educated Barack Obama supporters may think their hybrid car is saving the planet, but the numbers say something a little different. Forty-two percent of U.S. households that own at least one hybrid vehicle have an annual income of $100,000 or more.
Mark your calendars
The 2010 NFL Draft is slated for May next year after 24 years in April.
20 in 20: No. 17 --- Evers Burns
Yes, Maryland had good players other than Walt Williams in the probation years
Bennett's Best for the week of June 7
Legendary comic book store owner Greg Bennett provides a pair of recommendations for comic book lovers every week. This week its 30 Days of Night: 30 Days 'til Death from IDW Publishing and Naoki Urasawa's 20th Century Boys Volume 2 from Viz Media.
Live Baseball on Your Phone
MLB.Com At Bat iPhone application now includes some live games
ACC title game to prime time, ESPN
Maybe the dark will mask all the fans dressed as empty seats
For some Obama critics, it's a matter of intensity
Some critics of the president's response to protests in Iran say they don't have a disagreement on the substance of what he's saying, but that they want him to say it more forcefully.
20 in 20: No. 18 --- Obinna Ekezie
An entrepreneurial choice on the list of the top players of the Gary Williams era
A Taste of Adventure - Dining in Brooklyn, New York, by Reed Hellman
New York...Brooklyn, New York has been one of America's vestibules. Immigrants from scores of nations entered our country's outer doors and settled right there, in New York City's southernmost borough. Those first generations clung to their native languages, traditions, and foods, formed into cloistered neighborhoods, and raised their children on a blend of old country and new. It was the second generation and their children who opened the vestibule's inner doors and entered America's interior.
WH: Obama has increased funding for democracy promotion
President Obama may be speaking about the upheaval in Iran in pragmatic, realpolitik terms, but his advisers say he has increased funding for democracy promotion.
Obama complains about Fox News' coverage of him
President Obama complains: "I’ve got one television station that is entirely devoted to attacking my administration…That’s a pretty big megaphone."
Coming to the US?: "First 'anti-stab' knife to go on sale in Britain"
It was only a matter of time.
A moose goes to the horse track
A moose toured Saratoga Race Course and was soon tranquilized. I get that treatment too when I go there.
No flies on Obama -- or else
President Obama dispatched a large, pesky fly during a CNBC interview using quick reflexes -- and very little bailout money.
Is Obama using ambassadorships to get rid of inconvenient Republicans?
First there was Huntsman and now Rep. Peter King?