City & Region
- Bruce Andriatch: Frugality tips are so old they’re new
Now that worrying about money and the economy has become our new national pastime, it makes sense that we all examine our own spending habits.
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Sports
- Gleason: No brotherly love lost for hoops family
Eartha Rigsby joked the other day about taking an aisle seat in HSBC Arena on Friday night so she could easily switch allegiances between Vermont and Syracuse. Thank goodness she'll be in the building, just in case her boys need to be separated and sent to their respective locker rooms until they learn how to play nice.
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Business
- Some winners and losers this year
There hasn’t been a whole lot of good news this year, with the economy sinking and the job market shrinking.
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Life
- Jeff Simon: Geniuses are made, not born
“Ted Williams sees more of the ball than any man alive,” said Ty Cobb to explain what seemed to be Williams’ superhuman ability to thwack the bejabbers out of a baseball. Nor was Cobb alone. Ballplayers and writers practically lined up around the globe to offer their explanations for Williams’ “innate” abilities.
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