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Thome ties Mantle with 536th career homer
31.08.2008 12:27
usatoday.com
White Sox slugger Jim Thome hit career homer No. 536 on Sunday against the Boston Red Sox, moving into a tie with Mickey Mantle ...
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Baseball
TRAVEL DIVA: Tourism affected by Gustav's path
31.08.2008 12:25
freep.com
Jamaica, Grand Cayman spared; New Orleans in bullseye
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Blogs
SHANNON SHELTON'S BLOG: Hoyer: 'Sick of this losing-by-7... stuff'
31.08.2008 12:25
freep.com
Quarterback Brian Hoyer was visibly frustrated by the outcome, including some of the mistakes that he made. He didn't shy away from responsibility for some first-half errors, including the very questionable toss he made near the end of the half that was easily intercepted.
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Blogs
Three relievers, Olympian will get Tigers call up Tuesday
31.08.2008 12:25
freep.com
UPDATED AT 2:43 P.M. -- The club plans to bring up five players from Toledo on Tuesday, one day after the Mud Hens' season concludes: right-handed starter Chris Lambert, right-handed reliever Freddy Dolsi, left-handed reliever Clay Rapada, catcher Dusty Ryan and infielder Mike Hessman. Of that group, only Ryan has not made his big-league debut.
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Sports
New Orleans Residents Flee as Gustav Closes In
31.08.2008 12:19
washingtonpost.com
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 31 -- With Hurricane Gustav bearing down on southeast Louisiana, officials in New Orleans and coastal parishes oversaw mandatory evacuations Sunday and prepared to batten down for the massive storm's expected landfall in about 24 hours, hoping to avoid a repeat of Katrina's catastrophic winds and floodwaters three years ago.
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Machine-Building Industry
Laboring longer is growing trend for Americans
31.08.2008 12:19
washingtonpost.com
CHICAGO -- Americans are changing the game plan for retirement, with millions laboring right past the traditional retirement age and working into their late 60s and beyond.
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Finance & Investments
New Orleans Port to shut Sunday afternoon
31.08.2008 12:00
reuters.com
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - The port of New Orleans said it will shut down at 4 P.M. CDT (5:00 p.m. EDT) on Sunday in preparation for Hurricane Gustav.
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More volatility seen with hurricane, payrolls
31.08.2008 10:29
washingtonpost.com
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street is set for another volatile week after the Labor Day holiday, as investors track Hurricane Gustav, the price of oil, key economic data and continued fallout from the credit crisis.
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Finance & Investments
Allianz and Commerzbank poised for Dresdner deal
31.08.2008 10:29
washingtonpost.com
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Management at Allianz SE (ALVG.DE) and Commerzbank AG (CBKG.DE) sought approval from their supervisory boards on Sunday to sell control of the insurer's Dresdner Bank to Commerzbank.
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Finance & Investments
DETROIT INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL: An experimental trio bets on technology
31.08.2008 06:52
freep.com
I was looking forward to hearing Robin Eubanks and EB3 at the Detroit International Jazz Festival because it was one of the few bands on the docket with a frankly experimental profile. Eubanks is one of our most compelling trombonists, a virtuoso improviser and technician and an interesting thinker to boot. But the trio's Saturday evening performance was disappointingly monochromatic and a bit longwinded.
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Entertainment Industry
JAZZ FEST: Philly-Detroit summit shines
31.08.2008 04:26
freep.com
Jazz festival jam sessions have a protocol. You typically get lots of bright swingers, a blues, a Latin tune, perhaps a ballad medley and a de rigueur flag waver at the close. The opening and closing ensemble choruses of each tune tend to be messy. Dynamics span the gamut from loud to very loud. Individual moments might quicken the pulse, but the whole invariably equals less than the sum of the parts.
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Entertainment Industry
Gulf Coast residents flee Gustav
31.08.2008 02:28
usatoday.com
Tens of thousands of people streamed out of harm's way as Hurricane Gustav swelled to an "extremely dangerous" Category 4.
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Weather Forecast
Gulf Coast residents flee Gustav
31.08.2008 02:28
usatoday.com
Tens of thousands of people streamed out of harm's way as Hurricane Gustav swelled to an "extremely dangerous" Category 4.
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Social Life
Hurricane Hunter aircraft fly into the belly of the beast
31.08.2008 02:28
usatoday.com
A reporter from The (Fort Myers, Fla.) News-Press accompanied a crew into Hurricane Gustav.
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Social Life
Evacuees compare Gustav, Katrina ordeals
31.08.2008 02:28
usatoday.com
When Doris Vasquez and her husband evacuated their home in St. Metairie, La., during Hurricane Katrina in 2005, they fled to ...
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