Call this the wild card U.S. Open. This country's greatest tennis tournament, the fourth and final grand slam event of the professional tennis year, can often be unpredictable. But there are a couple of factors in play that could make this Open, which starts Monday and runs through Sept. 7 at Flushing Meadows, N.Y., an even more wide-open affair.
Goochland County supervisors last night approved a measure intended to clarify regulations for political signs. In searching for clarity, they produced an ordinance amendment that makes a distinction between political campaign signs and political non-campaign signs.
TBILISI, Georgia, Aug. 21 -- A day before the deadline for their promised retreat from Georgian territory, Russian troops showed signs of withdrawal in some places Thursday but announced plans to strengthen their presence in others.
In their season finale on Saturday night, the Wingnuts showed too many signs of a disappointing past and not enough evidence for a promising future. Too many men left on base, not enough patient approaches at the plate and a pitching staff that couldn't carry the momentum over from a big inning. In front of more than 7,000 fans, the Wingnuts fell 10-5 to Lincoln at Lawrence-Dumont Stadium. A
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Aug. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Bank of Japan board members said there are few signs that rising commodity prices will prompt companies to increase wages and fan inflation, minutes show.
About 75 New Orleans residents chanted and waved protest signs outside the gilded Ritz-Carlton on Canal Street this evening, waiting for Mayor Ray Nagin to arrive for a 7 p.m. ceremony in which he is slated to receive the inaugural "Award of Distinction for Recovery, Courage and Leadership" from a honorary committee packed with his political allies.