BLOG: Sounders Insider: Yankees, Manchester City combine for MLS' 20th team: New York City FC takes pitch in 2015
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The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.)
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May 21--[http://blog.thenewstribune.com/soccer/files/2012/11/LogoMLS1.png]MLS' long-held plan to place its 20th team in New York City were realized today. Here's a report from the league: Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber announced today that a partnership of global sports powers,...

May/21/2013 11:38 AM

BLOG: High School Insider: The best local gymnasts heading to the Senior Showcase
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Boston Herald
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May 17--By KAT HASENAUER CORNETTA Twenty-one of the best gymnasts in Massachusetts high school gymnastics are taking their talents to Ft. Myers, Florida. A senior select team representing 18 high schools from throughout the Commonwealth begins competition Friday at the National High School Gymnastics Association's Senior Showcase. Friday's meet will determine a team champion, while Saturday's ...

May/17/2013 12:13 PM

Coming up dry: Munford representative winless in session marked by alcohol sales debate
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The Anniston Star, Ala.
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May 17--MONTGOMERY -- Rep. Steve Hurst still remembers the day someone from the National Foster Parent Association brought a tiny blue doll to his office. It looked like a little boy. A letter was wrapped around its neck. It represented an infant boy who had been molested. "That letter haunted me and it still haunts me," he said. For years Hurst has fought to pass House Bill 691, which ...

May/17/2013 06:53 AM

Fort Worth man gets life in prison for killing NFL star's sister
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram
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May 09--FORT WORTH -- A 48-year-old Fort Worth man was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday for killing his girlfriend, a 33-year-old mother of two young children. Eugene Esters, 48, will have to serve 30 years in prison before he is eligible for parole, prosecutors said. During the trial this week, prosecutors Sean Colston and Rhett Parham presented evidence that Esters ambushed Jennifer ...

May/09/2013 11:59 PM

Despite being shot in the chest, mother of shooting victim repeatedly kicked the man accused of killing her daughter
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram
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May 08--FORT WORTH -- The man accused of killing a 33-year-old mother of two was repeatedly kicked by the woman's wounded mother while he was being handcuffed, the arresting officer testified on Wednesday. Eugene Esters, 48, is on trial in the fatal shooting Jennifer Johnson, a woman he had...

May/08/2013 11:59 PM

BLOG: Ads With Legs Blog: How to Multiply Ad Effectiveness
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The Press of Atlantic City, Pleasantville, N.J.
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May 06--[http://www.adswithlegs.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/multi-legs.jpg]In an new booklet called What Business Are You In?, media consultants Paul Kurnit and Steve Lance [http://www.psinsights.com/] give a quick 50-page overview of what most businesses need to know to start a sensible marketing plan. Many businesses ask "what media should I be in?" The answer on page 29 states: "Your ...

May/06/2013 09:44 PM

Two McClatchy seniors beat odds to win national debate contest
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The Sacramento Bee
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May 06--There's no debating this: two C.K. McClatchy high school seniors have won a national debate contest against great odds. McClatchy seniors John Spurlock and Keenan Harris took first place in the policy debate division at the national Tournament of Champions. Usually, private schools with big budgets win the debate TOC. However, the two public schoolers took top honors in what is ...

May/06/2013 08:21 PM

BLOG: Baltimore Insider: Power couple Monte, Patrice Sanders strong in love
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The Baltimore Sun
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May 03--[http://www.baltimoresun.com/features/bal-scene,0,5904857.special]http://extras.baltimoresun.com/2012-images/scene/scene-link.gif [http://extras.baltimoresun.com/2012-images/scene/scene-link.gif] The story of Monte and Patrice Sanders just might be the classic fitness fairy tale. Girl hires trainer. Sparks fly over sit-ups. Trainer turns boyfriend, then fiance, then husband. Healthy, ...

May/03/2013 09:27 AM

BLOG: Maryland Politics: San Francisco mayor comes to Baltimore for day of service
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The Baltimore Sun
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April 26--Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake will join the mayor of San Francisco today for a day of service in Baltimore to collect on a Super Bowl [http://www.baltimoresun.com/superbowl/] wager that she won when the Ravens dominated the 49ers. The mayors will help AmeriCorps members revitalize a vacant lot in the Franklin Square neighborhood, repaint and repair a police station in ...

Apr/26/2013 09:41 AM

BLOG: Follow the Money: Officials considering changes to Preakness security
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The Baltimore Sun
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April 25--Pimlico officials still are consulting with federal and local law enforcement agencies on revised security measures for the Preakness [http://www.baltimoresun.com/topic/sports/horse-harness-racing/preakness-stakes-EVSPR000062.topic]. Maryland Jockey Club [http://www.baltimoresun.com/topic/economy-business-finance/the-jockey-club-incorporated-ORCRP008467.topic] President Tom Chuckas ...

Apr/25/2013 11:59 PM