Holiday shoppers, beware: those Internet bargains that are too good to be true really are too good to be true. Mark Varnau, head of the Sheriff's Department Fraud Unit, said he's noticed a jump in the number of reports of online fraud. "We see this ...
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If you can read a recipe by Chez Panisse's Alice Waters without a twinge of hunger, you have a stronger stomach than me. Like a trip to the grocery store, the recipe section of " Best Food Writing 2008 " should not be undertaken on an empty stomach ...
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Once a week, we will ask three talent evaluators (perhaps general managers, or assistant general managers, or scouts) to assess a player. First up: Vernon Wells of the Toronto Blue Jays, who is in the midst of increasing his commitment to getting ...
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When Luis Rojas cashed in his $52,000 pension fund annuity in 2005, he thought he had found the perfect investment that would allow him and his wife to lead comfortable lives in retirement. The 68-year-old former waiter poured his pension into HSLV ...
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Monday, Dec. 1, 2008 | These are the first months of Kai Manning's life, these high-strung times when newscasters grimly announce new economic depths reached almost every day. Kai, though, watches the bright, animated shows on the Noggin channel from ...
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From the boorish behavior of Manny Ramirez to the empty-headed world of Roger Clemens, baseball had its share of moments to forget in 2008, and what better time to recognize the turkeys than Thanksgiving weekend? Ramirez is the Golden Gobbler. He ...
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Richard Schaefer, CEO Golden Boy Promotions: Yes, it is indeed fight week for the biggest fight of our sport. This is our Super Bowl, the two most popular, most exciting fighters of our generation will face off this coming Saturday at the MGM Grand ...
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