Saturday, June 23, 2012

Tim Lincecum's struggles a Giant mystery – USATODAY.com - Bob Nightengale - San Francisco Giants ace Tim Lincecum took the team bus back to his hotel room Tuesday night, called the 425 area code on his cellphone and undraped his soul for 1½ hours, not hanging up until nearly 2 in the morning. - Lincecum, the two-time Cy Young Award winner and four-time All-Star, admits he was desperate to talk. He needed someone who understands him. Someone who empathizes with his fear.

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JOEY KENNEDY: Maybe we like the way things are going because we don't know any better | al.com - I might argue that's because they don't know how good things could be. That many people in Alabama never go anywhere else, to see how other states operate so much more efficiently; to see we don't have to reinvent the wheel for every issue we face, but could borrow the best ideas from other states.

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At UA system (and Auburn), the price is wrong | Birmingham News - John Archibald - It's not that the universities don't need money. Everybody needs money these days. It is merely that the university system has the power to build its empire on the backs of those it is supposed to serve. And it cannot last. - The wedge is too wide, and for students the cost and the debt too high. It is a threat to the state, to its hope for a more educated future, and to its social condition. The price is wrong.


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The Scam Wall Street Learned From the Mafia | Politics News | Rolling Stone - Matt Taibbi - How America's biggest banks took part in a nationwide bid-rigging conspiracy - until they were caught on tape


http://themeck.blogspot.com/2012/06/scam-wall-street-learned-from-mafia.html


Friday, June 22, 2012

Jurrjens shines in Braves’ 4-1 win over Red Sox | David O'Brien - AJC


http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-braves-blog/2012/06/22/jurrjens-shines-in-braves-4-1-win-over-red-sox/


Tropical Weather in Gulf of Mexico - Computer Models



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Jerry Sandusky is GUILTY: Ex-Penn State coach faces the rest of his life in jail after he's convicted of 45 counts of child sex abuse | Mail Online


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2163500/Jerry-Sandusky-trial-Verdict-reached-sex-abuse-case.html


Tropical Concerns in Gulf of Mexico - Weather.com - Could Debby form soon in the Gulf of Mexico? We are watching an area in the Gulf that could develop soon. If it gets a name or not, it is expected to bring heavy rain and high waves to Florida.

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Jury reaches verdict in Sandusky trial – USATODAY.com - Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky has been found guilty of 45 out of 48 counts of child sexual abuse involving 10 victims.


http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-06-22/sandusky-verdict/55768640/1


'Debby' to Develop; Take Aim on Gulf Coast - AccuWeather.com


http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/east-and-gulf-coast-tropical-c/66806


Jury finds Jerry Sandusky guilty on dozens of child sex abuse charges - CNN.com - Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky was found guilty Friday on 45 of 48 counts related to sexual abuse of boys over a 15-year period. Jurors delivered the verdict around 10 p.m. after deliberating for about 21 hours.

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http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/22/justice/pennsylvania-sandusky-trial/index.html?hpt=hp_t1