Sunday, February 10, 2013
Northeast struggles to dig out after 'Nemo' - USATODAY - Power had returned to more than 300,000 people and businesses Sunday. That's almost half the number left cold and dark during the height of the brutal and historic storm that dumped up to 3 feet of snow and drew blame for 11 deaths in the U.S alone.
Spring trainings fill the memory bank | Atlanta Braves | www.ajc.com - David O'Brien - Or, just sitting in a dugout while there’s still dew on the grass and the groundskeepers watering the infield. Bobby Cox comes shuffling into the dugout, smiling as his steel spikes click-clack across concrete and he greets everyone with a warm smile before sitting between a couple of writers. Bobby answering questions about this kid Heyward and how a ball off his bat sounds like it did off the bat of Hank and the Mick and not many others. And how that reminds him of the time the Mick, Mickey Mantle, Cox’s former Yankees teammate, did this or did that, and the time when Greg Maddux predicted exactly where the next pitch was going to be hit in foul territory … damn, as I write this I realize again what a privilege it was to be part of all those storytelling sessions and get daily lessons from the human baseball encyclopedia that was Cox.
John, Jim Harbaugh still haven’t spoken since Super Bowl - Yardbarker - Apparently, Jim is still upset he lost the game to brother John, as the pair has not spoken since the game. While appearing on the Late Show with David Letterman on Thursday, John talked about the post-game conversation he had with Jim.
Among U.S. Evangelicals, Surprising Support for Immigration Reform - NYTimes.com - Thou shalt compromise, at least on immigration reform. That is the message being heard from some leading evangelicals in the United States. After decades of promoting traditionally conservative causes like opposition to abortion, many evangelical leaders are now wielding their formidable influence to persuade Republican lawmakers to back one of President Barack Obama's top priorities. - With Hispanic attendance at their churches rising, these evangelicals are among the loudest advocates of a U.S. immigration reform. A group of pastors has launched a 40-day campaign to have churchgoers pray, read scripture passages about welcoming the stranger and lobby their members of Congress, many of them in the conservative South.
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