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Bianchi: Best ever? Tebow, Meyer propel Gators to title
MIAMI Take a snapshot of this and put it in a safe place. You are watching history. You are watching greatness. And not just any old greatness. We're talking historical greatness. The Florida Gators didn't just win their second national title in three...Tags: Percy Harvin, Florida Gators, Football, Bill Clinton, Urban Meyer
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Top 10 moments of the season
The 2008 season started Labor Day weekend with UCLA's incredible overtime win against Tennessee in Rick Neuheisel's debut, prompting some in the Bruins' marketing department to believe USC's monopoly in Los Angeles might be over. UCLA finished 4-8, the...Tags: Rich Rodriguez, Florida Gators, Brigham Young, Football, Urban Meyer
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Foes sigh when Scifres booms punts for Chargers
AP Sports WriterPeyton Manning's biggest nemesis in Saturday night's wild-card loss to the Chargers wasn't a defender eager to pound him into the ground or pick off a pass. It was punter Mike Scifres, San Diego's secret weapon who stuck six punts inside the 20-yard...Tags: Darren Bennett, Football, Restaurants, National Football League, Dining and Drinking
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Place in NY history at stake for Eli
Eli Manning is now three solid hours of football away from claiming sole ownership of a title no one in his or her right mind would have bestowed upon him a year ago today: Greatest quarterback in New York football history. Think of what you thought of...Tags: Bob Griese, Eli Manning, Y.A. Tittle, Dining and Drinking, Philadelphia Eagles
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Obama: Speech here
Spin CycleObama's big speech, in which he tries to build support for the stimulus package, is after the jump. The thrust seems to be the need for speed, and Nancy Pelosi is projecting a package by Feb. 16. For Congress,......Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Unemployment, United States, Government, State Budgets
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Speedway Motel Closes - Say it Ain't So, Tony
MotorTrend MagazineThe Indianapolis Motor Speedway has evolved a lot over its near 100-year history. Other than its 2.5-mile oval layout and a few bricks, it's not the same old place -- it's way, way better, in every possible way. One of the Vaticans of Motorsport, if you'... -
'Virtual JFK: Vietnam if Kennedy Had Lived' -- archival bits and pieces forge a fantasy history
Tribune reporterThe makers of "Virtual JFK" overlay their provocative alternative history with throbbing, evocative strings and tinkling piano, but the audio and video evidence that unspools in answer to the film's central question—Does it matter who is president...Tags: Lyndon B. Johnson, Government, Movies, Cinema Industry, National Government
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Our sob stories
Tribune criticSad sells. Let's put it another way: Somewhere, Aristotle is chortling into the sleeve of his tunic. It was the Greek philosopher and literary critic, after all, who foresaw the success of "Marley & Me" way back in 350 B.C. He figured out, long ago,...Tags: Television, Sales, Radio Industry, Culture, Music Theater
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AP source: Smoltz agrees to deal with Boston
AP Sports WriterAfter more than two decades with the Braves, John Smoltz appears likely to finish his stellar career wearing a different uniform. In a stunning end to one of baseball's longest runs, Smoltz reached preliminary agreement on a contract with the Boston Red...Tags: Josh Beckett, Major League Baseball, A.J. Burnett, Cy Young, Daisuke Matsuzaka
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William Glendon, 1919-2008: Attorney won Pentagon Papers case
The Washington PostWASHINGTON — William Glendon, who successfully defended The Washington Post before the U.S. Supreme Court in the Pentagon Papers case, died Dec. 25 at a hospital in White Plains, N.Y. He was 89 and lived in Scarsdale, N.Y. A son, John Bayard...Tags: Court Administration, Censorship, New York Times, Newspapers, Mass Media
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Roland Burris will get Barack Obama's Senate seat, but he'll be challenged soon enough anyway
Two words about the Roland Burris controversy: Game over. Yes, there's still some fussing and seething and stomping around to do. Some i's to dot and t's to cross (one of each, to be precise, in the signature of Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White)....Tags: Executive Branch, Government, National Government, Parliament, Jesse White
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Smoltz, Red Sox Reach Deal
Associated PressAfter more than two decades with the Atlanta Braves, John Smoltz is likely to finish his stellar career wearing a different uniform. In a stunning end to one of baseball's longest runs, Smoltz reached preliminary agreement on a contract with the Red...Tags: Tampa Bay Rays, Major League Baseball, A.J. Burnett, Cy Young, Atlanta Braves
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