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Gold gone, Brazil wants bronze

SHANGHAI, China (AP) With Brazil's quest for its first Olympic gold in football cut short by rival… Read

You CAN make money in a bear market

Question: Over the past ten years, the stock market has gone nowhere and a buy and hold strategy only makes advisers rich. There is plenty of money to be made by buying the dips and selling the rips....

Rockies win fifth in a row, still eight back

The 2008 Rockies, as disappointing as they’ve been, just refuse to die. After an awful homestand that had me contemplating the Rockies’ obituary for the season, the Rockies decided to...

The World of Catcher's Interference

"X - reached first on catcher's interference"The line above has often been used in baseball box scores to denote one of baseball's orphaned statistics: catcher's interference. It is an event that...

The Commodity Speculation Bubble

I'm taking on speculation in commodity markets over at NexGen:The trouble is financial speculators. The world's growing middle class is buying more food and oil and investing in large...

A Fateful Forgiveness

A little noted federal court ruling has found the enemies of the U.S. not guilty of knowingly attacking the U.S. Our feckless judiciary has handed the Islamists another legal victory, one which,...

Wrappin' Up the Draft

The 2008 draft deadline has come and gone, and when the dust settled almost all the big-name amateur draft picks had signed on the dotted line - save for three. A trio of pitchers chose not to begin...

Good Flying Day

Photo by Frank YangI'm very much an urban soul, but that doesn't mean I don't like to get back to the country every now and again - at least once a year, at least, for the Dog Day Afternoon mini-fest...

Obama Goes on Offensive in Battleground States

Barack Obama has taken the gloves off for some bare-knuckle fighting, or so his supporters hope. The New York Times reports that the Democratic candidate has gone on the offensive in key...

Obama Says He?ll?Need? North Carolina to Win

AP reports that Democratic candidate Barack Obama told supporters yesterday that he will?need to win? the state of North Carolina in order to become president this fall and asked them to?fight for...