Despite the drama, this was no ““Roger and Me’’-style story of a company threatening to shutter factories and discard workers. Chrysler had always promised to rebuild the nation’s oldest auto plant somewhere - and keep most of its 5,600 workers. The big question: would Chrysler build the replacement for Toledo Assembly on virgin farmland as far as 50 miles from Toledo’s working-class neighborhoods, or on vacant industrial land inside the city limits?...
To Spurrier's mind, the now-tabled proposal remains the "Saban rule." SN’S MATT HAYES: Common sense overrules questionable evidence Spurrier coaches South Carolina; Saban coaches Alabama; both schools are in the SEC. Saban is trying to distance himself from the proposal, which the NCAA decided not to submit for vote at its current meetings. The idea is to stall hurry-up offenses to allow defenses a chance to recover. Its basis is in safety, believing the proliferation of high-tempo attacks puts exhausted defensive players in jeopardy of injury....
Where will such rhetoric lead? For the future in Chechnya, say alarmists, look only to Afghanistan, lost to the fundamentalist Taliban. Tajikistan, meanwhile, is teetering, as 40,000 Russian troops try to shore up a shaky secular government. Chechnya may be a relatively tolerant Muslim region today, but who’s to say, in the wake of war, poverty and political chaos, that the fundamentalist night couldn’t also descend on Grozny, as it has on Kabul?...
Say the name Lee Wulff to any fly fisherman and images start spilling out like attracters from an old fly box. A glimpse of the Royal Wulff, his buoyant dry fly, floating along the Madison River in Montana, daring the rainbows to strike. A memory of Wulff the bush pilot buzzing Labrador, the shadow of his wings producing silver flashes in dark river pools as spooked Atlantic salmon mistook him for a bird of prey....
Writing in the National Post in Canada, for instance, there was Cam Cole, whose column, headlined “ Why the New York Yankees’ Alex Rodriguez’s latest apology comes up empty,” was actually pretty level-headed by A-Rod coverage standards, saying that the letter “wasn’t entirely disingenuous.” Right above that line, Cole wrote, “Absent a handwriting expert, it is impossible to say whether that was A-Rod’s own penmanship,” noting the one way in which a handwriting expert might — might — actually be useful....
Seems the A’s and Royals, despite moving on literally from the weekend, aren’t ready to get past it figuratively. Sunday’s series finale included two hit batters (one from each team), five Royals ejections and a 100 mph fastball from Royals reliever Kelvin Herrera behind Brett Lawrie, who ignited emotions in the series with a hard slide into second base Friday that left Royals shortstop Alcides Escobar with a mild left knee strain....
The two new high-definition screens, produced by Daktronics, a leading scoreboard manufacturer, replace some of the oldest video boards in sports — ones dating to 1996, according to team officials. MORE: A’s sign 10 year lease with O.co Coliseum | Sports facilities transition to LEDs In fact, the new boards finally introduce LED technology to the 49-year-old stadium about 15 to 20 years after light-emitting diodes first made their way into the production of big screens at sports facilities....
Following the collapse of the Kabul government, a fight seemed inevitable, crushing hopes for a peaceful transfer of power to a rebel coalition. Only hours earlier, rival mujahedin groups in Peshawar, Pakistan, agreed to a 50-man transitional council that would guide the country toward elections within two years. In an effort to blunt years of animosity between the two leading commanders, guerrilla leaders named Massoud as defense minister and Hekmatyar as prime minister....
But it didn’t take long before so-called Justus Township turned into the camp from hell-a bored, faction-ridden collective that couldn’t agree on much, least of all how to get what it wanted in exchange for getting out. The native Montanans banished some of the out-of-staters from their FBI-negotiating sessions. The women did the cleaning while the men paraded around with store-bought sheriff s badges and a gun on each hip....
Not many cities would take pride in such a statistic, but a school system often derided as the nation’s worst appears to have turned a corner. Citywide, the percentage of Chicago high schoolers who meet national norms rose this year from 21 percent to 25 percent in reading; in math the percentage leaped from 22 to 30. Elementary-school test scores jumped last year, and officials expect still more gains when this year’s scores are tabulated....
After the Philadelphia convention, George W. Bush will not join the family on its annual August pilgrimage to Walker’s Point. He’ll be going to his new ranch. “It’s my property, my place,” he declared to a pair of NEWSWEEK reporters with a slightly defiant edge in his voice. “I know it’s going to be a hundred degrees out there, but I like it.” The subtext was not subtle: George W is a Texan, not a Northeasterner....
As a child of the ’60s, with roots in the antiwar movement, Wellstone, 46, is accustomed to being pilloried for his views. A former political-science professor at Carleton College, he is determined not to let the tyranny of the majority silence him now. “I won’t be credible to myself if I just go with the wind of the current climate,” he says. He makes no apology for opposing the gulf war and insists that he welcomes the GOP challenge to hold Democrats “accountable” for preferring sanctions to force....
JOHNSON: You use only products from the region in your restaurant. Why? BRAS: The people who provide me with food are more than just producers. There’s a complicity, a strong sense of mutual understanding, among us. I don’t have to ask how they work, or wonder about the products, because I know how they work. Do you think that the industrialization of food production is a real danger? It’s clear that it’s a threat....
One suggestion, which has actually been implemented in Taiwan’s baseball league already, is placing mannequins in empty seats. The theoretical advantage of that over cardboard cutouts is added realism. In practice, though, mannequins are terrifying. Please don’t use mannaquins, MLB. What pushed us to this anti-mannequin conclusion? Pictures of the Virgina-based restaurant filling its empty tables with dressed-up plastic figures. Outside of horror movie fans and the particularly brave, the venue is a no-go for those looking to have a relaxing food experience....
I had been dreading this news for years. Abbas had been in prison since he was arrested in June 2013 for the “crime” of calling for unity among all denominations and faiths in Saudi Arabia: Sunni, Shia, Sufi and Christian. The Saudi government fabricated charges of espionage against him for his beliefs, and ultimately killed him because of them. He was arrested on his way home from work, and after a search of our house, in front of our children, taken to Al-Ha’ir Prison and put in solitary confinement for two months....
The two-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year enjoyed a career year with 20.5 sacks and 25 tackles for loss last season, but that loss stuck with him into February. “I was down for about two or three weeks after that loss, but it just motivates you,” Donald told Sporting News. “To get there, experience that, obviously we wanted to win but we didn’t. It’s a learning experience. We didn’t play how we should have played in certain spots, but that’s why it’s a team game....
Hernandez, 26, was expected to accompany his attorneys to Suffolk Superior Court, the Boston Globe reported, citing a spokesman for Suffolk District Attorney Daniel F. Conley’s office, which is prosecuting the case. According to the Boston Herald, Hernandez was expected to have on hand new lawyer Jose Baez, who famously led Casey Anthony’s successful defense in Florida, where she was acquitted of murdering her young daughter. PHOTOS: Scenes from the Hernandez investigation...
Rodgers failed to do a (discount) double check of his chinstrap before a big third-down play with Green Bay up 14-3 early in the second quarter on Sunday. It turned out to be a no play, as Dallas cornerback Morris Claiborne provided a first down with an illegal use of hands penalty. MORE: Packers-Cowboys — live blog, stats, updates, highlights, more You couldn’t blame Rodgers. He was in the middle of a monster half (15 of 24, 191 yards, TD), facing zero pressure from the Cowboys, inside or outside of the pocket....
