Tuesday, June 26, 2012

College football gets a playoff system - Yardbarker


http://network.yardbarker.com/college_football/article_external/breaking_news_college_football_presidents_accept_a_playoff/11096537?linksrc=home_rg_head_11096537


Tropical Storm Debby downgraded to depression after hitting Florida - CNN.com - Debby lumbered onto the marshy west coast near Steinhatchee, about 160 miles north of Tampa, on Tuesday afternoon, the National Hurricane Center announced. But it was projected to dump another 4 to 8 inches of precipitation across the area through Wednesday evening, on top of the 2 feet reported in some towns south of Tallahassee by Tuesday.


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http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/26/us/tropical-weather/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

BCS panel approves college football playoff plan - CNN.com


http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/26/sport/football/college-football-playoff/index.html?hpt=hp_t2


Editorial | The Supreme Court Acts - Immigration Law - NYTimes.com - The Supreme Court rejected the foundation of Arizona’s cold-blooded immigration law and the indefensible notion the state can have its own foreign policy. In a 5-to-3 decision, the court blocked three of four provisions in the statute and gave a significant, though incomplete, victory to the federal government.

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http://themeck.blogspot.com/2012/06/court-immigration-law-nytimescom.html


Evacuations in Florida as Tropical Storm Debby soaks state - CNN.com


http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/26/us/tropical-weather/index.html?hpt=hp_t1


What's really, truly going on with Facebook? - CNN.com - John D. Sutter


http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/26/tech/social-media/facebook-uproar/index.html?hpt=hp_c1


College playoff format could rotate among six bowls – USATODAY.com - Steve Wieberg -- Endorsement is expected Tuesday for an historic four-team major college football playoff - only there'll be more to the new system than that. - It likely will entail a total of seven games each year, including four top-tier bowls apart from the playoff, according to two officials involved in the discussions. They spoke to USA TODAY on the condition of anonymity because those details haven't been publicly released. - All told, the system would incorporate six bowls. Two would rotate each year as playoff semifinal sites, and the other four would serve as attractive landing spots for the best non-playoff teams. - The playoff final - the national championship game - would be put up for bid.

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Tropical Storm Debby - USATODAY.com - Photos


http://mediagallery.usatoday.com/Tropical+Storm+Debby/G4058,A12832


Floods cut part of I-10 as Debby storms over Fla. (Video) – USATODAY.com - Parts of the main interstate highway across northern Florida were closed by flooding Tuesday as Tropical Storm Debby hung stubbornly offshore over the Gulf of Mexico, threatening up to two feet of rain in places.

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http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-06-26/debby-florida-storm/55832774/1?csp=hf