One was born in St. Louis, the other became a star there.Aside from that, Earl Weaver and Stan Musial were about as different as two Hall of Famers could be."Talk about your odd couple," said George Vecsey, the longtime sports columnist for The New York Times who wrote a recent biography of Musial.Weaver was a 5-foot-6 rabble rouser whose penchant for quarreling with umpires belied a cerebral approach...
Latest Inaugural Forecast: Bit Warmer Than in 2009
Label: WorldConsider it the first fact check of a Barack Obama campaign pledge for his second term: Will he, or Mother Nature, deliver on promised warmer Inauguration Day weather?It’s shaping up as a close call.In September, while campaigning in Colorado, Obama was talking to a potential voter who mentioned he had been one of the hundreds of thousands of people outdoors at Obama‘s bone-chilling first inaugural...
Why conservatives call MLK their hero
Label: LifestyleA growing number of conservatives say MLK was a conservative. Many cite five words from King's "I Have a Dream" speech.STORY HIGHLIGHTSConservatives claim that MLK's conservative legacy is ignoredMLK opposed affirmative action, they sayHis self-help message was conservative, one historian saysMLK aide: They are trying to "hoodwink" people(CNN) -- The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was called a communist,...
House collapses on South Side; none hurt
Label: Health A house in the 6300 block of South Evans Avenue was vacant when it collapsed Saturday night, according to the Chicago...
Algeria ends desert siege with 23 hostages dead
Label: BusinessALGIERS/IN AMENAS, Algeria (Reuters) - Algerian troops ended a siege by Islamist militants at a gas plant in the Sahara desert where 23 hostages died, with a final assault which killed all the remaining hostage-takers. Believed to be among the 32 dead militants was their leader, Abdul Rahman al-Nigeri, a Nigerien close to al Qaeda-linked commander Mokhtar Belmokhtar, presumed mastermind...
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Wall Street Week Ahead: Earnings, money flows to push stocks higher
Label: WorldNEW YORK (Reuters) - With earnings momentum on the rise, the S&P 500 seems to have few hurdles ahead as it continues to power higher, its all-time high a not-so-distant goal. The U.S. equity benchmark closed the week at a fresh five-year high on strong housing and labor market data and a string of earnings that beat lowered expectations. Sector indexes in transportation...
Te'o tells ESPN: Not involved in creating hoax
Label: TechnologyNEW YORK (AP) — Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o insisted he had no role in the bizarre hoax involving his "dead" girlfriend and told ESPN on Friday night that he was duped by a person who has since apologized to him.In an off-camera interview Friday with ESPN, Te'o said Ronaiah Tuiasosopo, a 22-year-old acquaintance who lives in California, contacted him two days ago and confessed to the prank. Deadspin.com...
‘Planetary Parks’ Could Protect Space Wilderness
Label: WorldIt’s a wilderness out there in outer space. And as robotic surrogates set the stage for human footprints on Mars and other planetary bodies, just how much respect for other worlds should we have?One suggested response would establish planetary parks for the solar system, an answer that ties together space science and exploration, ethics, law, policy, diplomacy and communications.The parks would be...
Why Africa backs French in Mali
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2 shot to death in separate attacks on South, West sides
Label: Health Two men were shot to death in separate attacks within about 15 minutes of each other, one in Austin and one in Back of the Yards,...
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