"Don't it always seem to go, that you don't know what you got till it's gone?" Joni Mitchell

Tragic: The Story of Billy Donovan's Short NBA Coaching Tenure

Mon Jun 4, 2007 11:22 AM EDT

This is killing me.

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Big Bad Wolf: Sunday's Poorly Executed Debate

Sun Jun 3, 2007 8:09 PM EDT

Sunday's Presidential debate was one of the worst I've seen in a while. Why? The telecast sucked. CNN, a global news outlet, was covering this debate with a local New Hampshire news affiliate (WMUR-TV, Channel 9). Obviously, that lowered the quality of the debate telecast.

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Down with the Ship: Yankee Fans Talk on Mediocre Season

Fri Jun 1, 2007 9:35 PM EDT

Sean D. Quinn is a fan of the other New York team and a sophomore in the International Baccaleurate program at Seminole High School in central Florida.

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How to More Effectively Illustrate Your Newsvine Column

Tue May 29, 2007 6:00 PM EDT

By Synthesis (Clipped by Sean D. Quinn)

In a world of Web 2.0 and citizen journalism, we've had to become jacks-of-all-trades. Today, we not only write our own blogs or columns, but in most cases we're our own headline writers, editors and proofreaders, illustrators, photographers and photo-editors.

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100 Words Every High School Graduate Should Know

Seeded on Tue May 29, 2007 12:37 PM EDT (houghtonmifflinbooks.com)

BOSTON, MA — The editors of the American Heritage® dictionaries have compiled a list of 100 words they recommend every high school graduate should know.

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Walk on the Wild Side: An Orlando Fringe Review

Mon May 28, 2007 9:36 PM EDT

As an avid theatre-buff, I decided to take my first endeavour into cheap theatre by attending the 2007 Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival.

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Stark: Top 10 overrated players in MLB

Seeded on Mon May 28, 2007 9:15 PM EDT (ESPN.com)

OK, here they come -- the 10 most overrated active players in baseball. Some of these players made it into my book. Some didn't. On the other hand, some guys who were in the book didn't make this list. The difference? The book was mostly about assessing careers.

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Top 10 Underrated Players in MLB

Seeded on Mon May 28, 2007 9:13 PM EDT (ESPN.com)

As with that all-overrated column you've probably been frothing over for the last 24 hours, I didn't feel compelled to have all the names in this column match the names in (CAUTION: SHAMELESS PLUG APPROACHING) my new book, "The Stark Truth: The Most Overrated and Underrated Play …

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Nail in the Coffin for the NHL

Mon May 28, 2007 9:02 PM EDT

So between overexpansion, labor issues, and a low fan base, it looks like the NHL is about ready to part from American homes.

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TV helicopter camera catches man with mistress

Seeded on Sat May 26, 2007 10:56 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)

ROME (Reuters) - A man who took his mistress to the beach made the mistake of waving to a film crew on a helicopter covering Italy's bicycle race and was discovered by his wife.

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New museum says dinosaurs were on Noah's Ark

Seeded on Sat May 26, 2007 10:55 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)

PETERSBURG, Ky (Reuters) - Like many modern museums, the newest U.S. tourist attraction includes some awesome exhibits -- roaring dinosaurs and a life-sized ship. ADVERTISEMENT

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Ape escapes, goes on 3-hour rampage

Seeded on Sat May 26, 2007 10:53 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)

TAIPEI (Reuters) - An orangutan chewed through her cage and went on a three-hour rampage at a Taiwan entertainment park until authorities subdued it with a stun gun, a park employee said Thursday.

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Paul Newman to retire from acting

Seeded on Sat May 26, 2007 6:23 PM EDT (Reuters)

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Paul Newman's career has included winning an Oscar, establishing a food company to fund charities, and operating a restaurant, but he said this week he is retiring from acting.

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Who Cares about the 2008 Presidential Election?

Sat May 26, 2007 12:29 AM EDT

Alright, before I preface this by saying I can't vote until 2010, I was voted "Most Likely to Run the Free World" as my middle school superlative. Am I padding my ego? Slightly. The point is I care about politics.

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Congress votes to increase minimum wage

Seeded on Fri May 25, 2007 3:16 PM EDT (msnbc.com)

WASHINGTON - America's lowest-paid workers won a $2.10 raise Thursday, with Congress approving the first increase in the federal minimum wage in almost a decade.

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Suns set in San Antonio as the Spurs move on

Seeded on Sat May 19, 2007 12:53 AM EDT (USA Today)

"SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Instead of a trip back to Phoenix for a Game 7, the San Antonio Spurs closed out their contentious series with the Suns with a 114-106 victory in Game 6 on Friday night.

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The Happiest Place on Earth: Conclusion of the Devil Rays' Visit in Orlando

Fri May 18, 2007 10:54 PM EDT

It had everything a normal baseball game would have: overpriced concessions, home runs, and blown calls from an umpire on what should have been strike three. There was one noticeable difference, however.

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