OK, THIS IS not as good as it gets. It ain't love, but it ain't bad, as the song says. It's not as good as the final weekend of the 1980 regular season, when the Phillies went into Montreal tied for first with the Expos and had to win two of three for the East title. I can still hear the "Happy Wanderer'' refrain echoing through the long-gone mausoleum that was Olympic Stadium.
For Anthony Hsieh and other wealthy big-game fishermen, this is a summer of great expectations. Or maybe grand illusions it's too early to know. Hsieh, the former president of Charlotte-based LendingTree.com, and some of the world's best-financed fishermen are flocking to the cobalt blue waters here off the coast of Hawaii to try to catch what many consider the holy grail of trophy fish, the
Count Matt Slauson among the multitudes in Nebraska rejoicing over the arrival of new coach Bo Pelini, handpicked by athletic director Tom Osborne to be everything to Cornhuskers football that Bill Callahan was not or could not be.
The anti-trans-fat bandwagon has been rolling across Canada since the fall of 2003, when Ontario cookie-maker Voortman Cookies announced it would rid its products of the unhealthy compound. The company's owner says his daughter - a naturopath - played a big role in convincing him to make a healthier cookie. Since then, more companies have moved to eliminate trans fats from their products. But
Malaca ang on Tuesday said President Arroyo is supporting a proposal to postpone the August 11 elections in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanano as a means of letting the peace process in the troubled region to "succeed."
After the devastating Midwest deluge, Congress may require flood insurance for millions of at-risk Americans. But opponents may yet find a way to water down the bill
T he Seattle Mariners' retreat to expansion-team-like status forces fans to approach the team differently. The Mariners demand a fresh mind-set if baseball is to remain pastime and not torture time.
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson sought to reassure an anxious public Sunday that the banking system is sound, while also bracing people for more troubled times ahead. "I think it's going to be months that we're working our way through this period - clearly months," he said. Paulson said the number of troubled banks will increase as they struggle to cope with big losses on bad mortgages. The
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