Mora: Don't expect Hasselbeck or Jones on Sunday Date: 01 Oct 2009
KREM.com Spokane -
RENTON, Wash. - The Seahawks are planning to be without quarterback Matt Hasselbeck and best blocker Walter Jones again on Sunday. Coach Jim Mora said Wednesday he does not expect his three-time Pro Bowl passer or his nine-time Pro Bowl left tackle to play at the undefeated Indianapolis Colts.
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Andre Dirrell laughs off Carl Froch's prediction of victory in 7th or 8th round Date: 01 Oct 2009
The Flint Journal -
As if Andre Dirrell didn’t have enough incentive going into his first world title fight, Carl Froch gave him a boatload more Wednesday. Andre Dirrell Froch, the soft-spoken Englishman who will put his WBC super middleweight belt on the line Oct. 17 in the opening round of the Super Six World Boxing Classic, ventured a guess that he will stop the Flint fighter well before the scheduled 12-rounder ...
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US and Western allies ready to talk with Iran - or work on new sanctions Date: 01 Oct 2009
Brandon Sun -
GENEVA - The U.S. may hold rare face-to-face negotiations between American and Iranian diplomats at a meeting Thursday on Iran's nuclear program, a senior official said.
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Mora: Don't expect Hasselbeck or Jones on Sunday Date: 01 Oct 2009
Seattle Times -
When Jim Mora summited Mount Rainier this summer like it was a neighborhood knoll, he stood on the rugged peak looking for more mountain.
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The New Kallang Sports Hub – To Be or Not to Be (Built) (The Temasek Review)
Date: 01 Oct 2009
By Damon Yeo, Business Correspondent I wasn’t there at the Kallang National Stadium on 30 June 2007, when a grand “farewell” party was held for the beloved stadium. I can imagine that it was probably quite a night for the 45,000 paying attendees. It was day of festivities for those who ...
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Is Great Park a soaring vision or just hot air? Date: 01 Oct 2009
Los Angeles Times -
Plans for former Orange County air base are so grand that some ask whether it can be built. It's a hot, windless summer day. Ken Smith is standing in the giant, orange, tethered helium balloon that has become a symbol of everything good and bad about Orange County's planned Great Park. The sky is blue and from 400 feet up one can see the endless sprawl of homes, the ocean and rolling hills that ...
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Pay or be blamed for son’s death, Travolta told Date: 01 Oct 2009
The Malaysian Insider -
NASSAU, Oct 1 — Actor John Travolta testified in a Bahamian extortion trial on Wednesday that he was told that unless he paid US$25 million (RM88 million), stories would be sold to the news media implying his son’s death was intentional and he was to blame. Travolta said he was first told by longtime friend and employee Ronald Zupancic of the alleged threat and demand for money on January 16 ...
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Monster or Madoff mask for Halloween this year? Date: 03 Oct 2009
The Tennessean -
The 71-year-old Bernie Madoff's image has become a wildly popular costume choice this Halloween, suggesting that the deep U.S. recession may have finally lasted long enough for consumers to feel more comfortable poking fun at it and their own monetary misfortune.
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