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Francoeur's blast deflates D'backs
Sunday, May 25, 2008
ATLANTA — Jeff Francoeur was glad Randy Johnson was out of the game in the ninth inning.
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RiverDogs knocked out of first with loss
Sunday, May 25, 2008
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AUGUSTA — The Augusta GreenJackets knocked the Charleston RiverDogs out of first place with a 4-1 victory in South Atlantic League action at Lake Olmstead Stadium on Saturday.
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Low-fare pioneer at Southwest hangs up his wings
Sunday, May 25, 2008
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The Herb Kelleher era ended a few days ago at Southwest Airlines Co., with one final plume of cigarette smoke and Kelleher’s cackling laugh as he shook hands with adoring employees and shareholders. Few executives are as closely identified with their company as Kelleher is with Southwest, the Texas puddle-jumper he built into a low-fare, no-frills giant and the most consistently profitable carrier in the country.
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Workers keep paying in 401(k) plans, for now
Sunday, May 25, 2008
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Jamie P. Menges sees many of his clients getting squeezed in this economy, and some are considering hard choices — like cutting back on their 401(k) contributions.
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Big bankruptcies spur 'beauty contests'
Sunday, May 25, 2008
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Bad news for the broader economy is welcome news for advisers of bankrupt companies and their creditors. It has been four years since the last corporate-bankruptcy boom. With the economy tightening, they finally have some work. Consider the case of retailer Linen 'n Things.
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Provocative look at post-Sept. 11 world
Sunday, May 25, 2008
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THE SECOND PLANE: September 11, Terror and Boredom. By Martin Amis. Knopf. 211 pages. $24. Terror and boredom, according to Martin Amis, mark the twin poles of the post-Sept. 11 world. "That day and what followed from it," as developed in Amis' essays, review...
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Young men's 'sad' story sweet, hopeful
Sunday, May 25, 2008
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ALL THE SAD YOUNG LITERARY MEN. By Keith Gessen. Viking. 242 pages. $24.95. Near the end of his endearing first novel, "All the Sad Young Literary Men," Keith Gessen's possible alter-ego, also named Keith, gives this advice to himself: "No more proceeding on the ba...
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Family ties the center of 'Earth'
Sunday, May 25, 2008
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UNACCUSTOMED EARTH. By Jhumpa Lahiri. Knopf. 333 pages. $25. Jhumpa Lahiri's second collection of short stories, "Unaccustomed Earth," focuses on second-generation Bengalis in America. The typical characters in these stories are spinning their wheels in tigh...
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Poorly edited memoir unrefined, insincere
Sunday, May 25, 2008
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BAR FLOWER: My Decadently Destructive Days and Nights as a Tokyo Nightclub Hostess. By Lea Jacobson. St. Martin's Press. 340 pages. $24.95. Lea Jacobson is an interesting character with a unique story. Sadly, she seems not to know how to tell it. Fluent in Ja...
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Dahl's debut vivid but unstructured
Sunday, May 25, 2008
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PLAYING WITH THE GROWN-UPS. By Sophie Dahl. Doubleday. 269 pages. $24. Which is more difficult? To be taken seriously as a supermodel-turned-writer, or to be a writer and the granddaughter of Roald Dahl, writer of classics such as "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory...
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Ghostwriters brought to life
Sunday, May 25, 2008
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WHITE HOUSE GHOSTS: Presidents and Their Speechwriters. By Robert Schlesinger. Simon & Schuster. 494 pages. $30. "White House Ghosts" brings to life the people behind some of the most poignant words spoken by presidents in the past 70 years. Journalist Robert S...
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Book speaks up for creole languages
Sunday, May 25, 2008
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BASTARD TONGUES: A Trail-blazing Linguist Finds Clues to Our Common Humanity in the World's Lowliest Languages. By Derek Bickerton. Hill & Wang. 288 pages. $26. Part memoir, part detective story and part adventure, this book is a journey into Derek Bickerton's life wo...
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'Disaster fatigue' leads to drop in giving
Sunday, May 25, 2008
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NEW YORK — The numbers are almost too large to fathom, so many Americans stop trying. As bodies pile up in disaster after global disaster, even the most sympathetic souls can turn away. Charities know this as "donor fatigue," but it might be more accurately described as disaster fati...
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Boat wakes, etiquette and preparation
Sunday, May 25, 2008
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This is probably preaching to the choir, but I'm going to get on my soapbox and talk about etiquette while operating a boat or at the boat ramp.
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Challenger SRT8 is 21st-century muscle
Sunday, May 25, 2008
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Let's get this out of the way first: an EPA-rated 13 mpg in the city, 18 mpg on the highway and an optimistic 15 mpg overall. Yes, that's on premium gasoline, not regular. Yes, there's a federal "gas-guzzler" tax: $2,100.
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A cleaner cut
Sunday, May 25, 2008
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These are green times indeed, fueled by a combination of rising gas and oil prices, continued awareness and concerns about global warming, and just doing the right thing. I've leaned green for most of my adult life. So during the past two decades of homeownership, one of my weekly guilt trips in spring, summer and fall was cranking up the gas-powered lawn mower.
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Drafting a team for fantasy horticulture
Sunday, May 25, 2008
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I'm a fantasy baseball geek. Fantasy baseball is where you get together with your baseball nerd buddies and draft Major League Baseball players to a team. Based on their hitting or pitching, you get points. There are win/loss records, standings, playoffs and prize money.
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Made in the shade
Sunday, May 25, 2008
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Our vote for the most clever summer item goes to Grandin Road's Outdoor Half-Umbrella. This portable patio awning offers an easy solution for setting up shade just about anywhere, even places with minimal space: over a door or window, along a wall or on a small apartment balcony.
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HGTV wants you
Sunday, May 25, 2008
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Calling all Lowcountry real estate agents and homeowners: HGTV might want you for one of its shows.
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Watchful neighbors can be good and bad
Sunday, May 25, 2008
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UPS made the delivery on Monday. Or was it Tuesday? Ask your nosy neighbor. Peering from behind drapes or parted blinds, spying through fence slats or out-and-out rubbernecking from front yards, nosy neighbors don't miss much. There's no shortage of neighborhood snoops. Research by ...
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