Working in the business: Kevin Iole, Yahoo! Sports columnistTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 7:14AMMMA is not just a sport, but also a business that creates jobs for people all over the world. Cagewriter takes a look at some of the people and jobs that keep the MMA wheels churning. First up: Yahoo! Sports columnist Kevin Iole. Cagewriter: What are your job duties? Kevin Iole: My job is to come up with feature stories and columns that would appeal to a wide audience that follows boxing or MMA ...
House Set to Vote on Tea Party-Inspired Spending BillTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 7:01AMThe House of Representatives is set today to vote on a spending plan that would raise the debt ceiling another $2.4 trillion but also require deep and immediate spending cuts.
THE DELIGHTS OF TRAVELWednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 2:47PMA very wet Wimbledon recently got over. The organizers must be wondering if more of their tennis courts should have a retractable roof like the one recently added to the centre show court after years of typically British controversy over changing anything that has always been done in a certain way.
Weatherâs hot, fishingâs notWednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 1:10PMDr. Bogus “And although catching a great fish can sometimes look like simple luck, every fisherman knows it’s more than that: something like intelligent curiosity combined with cagey skillful persistence, more like luck at poker than on a slot machine. Whatever you call it, I think a lot of us fish day after day as much for what could happen as for what actually does happen.” (Standing in a ...
MIKE SARDELLA: Dobson at record-setting paceSunday, July 10, 2011 @ 8:24PMDriver Billy Dobson burst onto the scene just better than two years ago at Saratoga Casino and Raceway and has been a big time winner ever since he got here.
Auburn Tigers Football: Predicting the Offensive Starters for 2011Sunday, July 10, 2011 @ 7:34PMThis offseason has been full of chatter and news that has left the college football landscape shaken and in some places broken. The good news is that SEC Media Days are right around the corner and so is the beginning of August practice. It is time leave everything else behind and play football. Auburn is slated to start fall camp on August 2nd, and that day will begin the search for a starting ...
Waters fill the desert, and life fills the watersSunday, July 10, 2011 @ 6:36PM» 20,000 acres are now wetlands. » Best water year since 2006. » Home to more than 290 species of birds. » Many birds now nesting. » Major stop for migrating waterfowl.
New singles to straight to top of UK chartSunday, July 10, 2011 @ 6:26PMThe only two new singles in the top 40 have rocketed straight to the top of the UK charts, the Official Charts Company said.
GROWING PAINS FOR TEENS AND PARENTSSunday, July 10, 2011 @ 6:11PMOn the last day of our special investigation into teenage sexuality, clinical psychologist Dr Patrick Ryan offers advice to parents on how they can help to steer their child through some of the problems they face in today’s hypersexualised world
Fourth of July shows draw thousandsFriday, July 8, 2011 @ 1:37PMAcres of cars and people marked successful Independence Day celebrations at Ward and Cabot. The Ward city celebration was held Saturday, and Cabot’s celebration was Sunday.
‘Muslim for a Month’: It’s just wrongFriday, July 8, 2011 @ 1:32PMGandhi, born a Hindu, once said: “I am also a Christian, a Muslim, a Buddhist and a Jew.” Most people will never achieve such enlightenment (or spout such pious tripe, if you are of a less reverent turn of mind). But such thinking certainly creates an opening for innovative programs like Muslim for a Month.
KU working to generate more primary-care and rural docsFriday, July 8, 2011 @ 1:14PMKANSAS CITY, Kan. — Almost four years ago, a task force of Kansas doctors, educators and rural health experts prepared a report with 24 recommendations for expanding the state’s primary-care workforce.
Live - Nadal v FishWednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 5:29AMDefending champion Rafael Nadal takes on Mardy Fish for a place in the Wimbledon semi-finals after Novak Djokovic holds off Australian teenager Bernard Tomic.
Lottery games showing reboundSunday, June 26, 2011 @ 8:37AMPeople wagered less money on the Lottery in nearly half of Massachusetts towns and cities in 2010, but the state commission that sells scratch tickets, Keno and other games of chance says its sales so far this year are bouncing back.