Archive for December, 2009
WWLTV.com’s stories of the decade - WWL-TV
NEW ORLEANS — I started my first year on the news side of journalism in January 2000 following nearly two decades in the sports department of WWL-TV. During this decade we have witnessed several major stories – the Edwards trial, Jefferson trial …
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A gold medal inspiration - Chicago Tribune
J.J. O’Connor had every reason to be bitter, especially about hockey. He was 16 when he broke his neck after crashing into the boards at a Skokie ice rink, an accident that left him partially paralyzed. Determined to walk again, he visited a clinic …
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Rochester businesses: Online social media had a big year - Post-Bulletin
Online social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter really went to work in 2009. Previously the domain of college kids, geeks and garage bands, social networking caught the interest of businesses last year. That trend is only heating up for 2010 …
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Planning to make my own website… - neowin.net
Hey guys. I’ve finally decided to make my own website, just to those random small apps i write, how-to guide for windows/OS X problems(mostly for myself so I remember how to fix them) and a blog. I’m planning on using Wordpress for the blog. I …
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A quality we all need — Goh Keat Peng - The Malaysian Insider
JAN 1 — As we go into a new calendar year with its opportunities and challenges, there is a quality of character we as individuals, civil society and nation can do with. If I may for a change use a big word: Equanimity. It means: “mental or …
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Don’t Blame Floyd For Pacquiao’s Reticence - WJLA
Sign up for ABC 7 News e-mail alerts. In 30-plus years as a fan, he’s as good as I’ve seen. And though his personal brand of cockiness tends to rub people the wrong way, I sort of like it. For the same reasons I liked Deion Sanders when he was …
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Gaza Freedom March activists target Egypt’s complicity - Uruk Net
It was another eventful day here in Cairo at the inaugural Gaza Freedom March (GFM). On Tuesday night, organizers informed the 1,362-strong delegation that only 100 of them had been selected to travel to Gaza yesterday morning, Wednesday 30 December …
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Andy Oram Reports - American Reporter
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 4, 2009 — Watching with an almost prurient fascination the tragic plunge of a sister institution - because the newspaper industry is cutting a path that the book industry will follow - I’ve noticed a subtle shift over the past …
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Don’t blame Floyd for Pacquiao’s reticence - Idaho Statesman
My colleagues in the business have theirs. I have mine. And as anyone who’s consistently read my stuff can tell you, I’m a Floyd Mayweather Jr. guy. In 30-plus years as a fan, he’s as good as I’ve seen. And though his personal brand of cockiness …
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London adds another ex-UR staffer - Augusta Free Press
Virginia head football coach Mike London has added Steve Atkinson to his staff as the director of player development. Atkinson rejoins London after spending the last two seasons as the director of football operations at Richmond. “I have been lucky …
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