economic accountability as practiced in india

A mob of sacked workers bludgeoned to death the CEO who had presided over layofffs at a car-parts factory in a suburb of Delhi.

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hmm ... Metallica or the Stooges ... what do you think, Rege Sr.?

Latest candidates for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (five will be inducted):

Jeff Beck

Chic

Wanda Jackson

Little Anthony and the Imperials

Metallica

Run D.M.C.

The Stooges

War

Bobby Womack

week 4 bye weeks

Detroit, Indianapolis, Miami, N.Y. Giants, Seattle, New England.

the wheat, the chaff, the outcomes

Games between the haves and the have-nots ended predictably:

* Dirty Sanchez 60, Your Original Champions 38 -- the Falcons' Michael Turner is quickly turning into a beast for DS, leading all running backs in points.

* Taxmen 71, Cavalry 36 -- no contest, and thus no comment.

always run spellcheck. always.

hit somebody, would ya?

The Carolina Panthers' record without standout wide receiver and noted sucker-puncher Steve Smith: 2-0.
The Panthers' record with him: 0-1.

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oh, snap!

In the Dolphins' 38-13 pasting of the Patriots, the Dolphins dusted off an old high school play: 6 times they snapped the ball directly to RB Ronnie Brown. The result: 4 touchdowns (3 rushing, 1 passing).

Brown, wisely started by the Flaming Chickens, finished the day with 5 TDs and 34 fantasy points.

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it still doesn't excuse him for drafting jeff garcia and matt leinart

The Weapons of Pass Destruction owner is one of 5 finalists for CFO of the year among all public companies in Pittsburgh.

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the commish gets on his soapbox (one in a continuing series)

Before this "fact" becomes ingrained in the public consciousness, let the commish just say for the record that John McCain did NOT claim to have invented the BlackBerry. Nor did Al Gore claim to have invented the Internet.

When asked Tuesday about McCain's expertise on financial markets and matters, his chief economic adviser held up a BlackBerry and said, and I quote: "He did this. Telecommunications of the United States is a premier innovation in the past 15 years -- comes right through the Commerce Committee -- so you're looking at the miracle John McCain helped create, and that's what he did."

Now as to Gore. Here is what he said in 1999, and I quote: "During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet. I took the initiative in moving forward a whole range of initiatives that have proven to be important to our country's economic growth and environmental protection, improvements in our educational system." (For more on this, click here .)

By now you may be asking yourself, "Why are you ranting at us, commish?" Here's why -- while neither of these are shining examples of well-chosen words, there are so many serious issues facing this country that talking about who "invented" what is a completely needless distraction. Furthermore, given the commish's livelihood, it galls him to no end to see some members of the media play along in keeping such half-truths going.

End of tirade.