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Former U.S. Open champ Tommy Bolt dies at 92
03.09.2008 20:23
usatoday.com
Tommy Bolt, the 1958 U.S. Open champion who had one of golf's sweetest swings and most explosive tempers, has died. He was 92.
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Golf
Dunn's double propels Diamondbacks over Cardinals
03.09.2008 20:23
usatoday.com
With his slumping team down three runs in the sixth inning, Arizona manager Bob Melvin started making notes for a postgame pep talk. The Diamondbacks spared him the trouble, rallying for a 4-3 victory on Adam Dunn's winning double in the ninth.
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Baseball
Is Sabathia the best midseason acquisition ever?
03.09.2008 20:23
usatoday.com
CC Sabathia, Milwaukee's 6-7, 290-pound left-handed starter, says he's the same guy he's always been. Sabathia may be the same guy, but the Brewers are not in the same place since he arrived in a trade with the Cleveland Indians on July 7.
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Baseball
New laptops leap hurdles to booting up quickly
03.09.2008 20:23
usatoday.com
Computer makers are starting to tackle a road warrior pet peeve: laptops that take too long to boot up.
USA
Tourism
Connector Segment Will Cost 22% More
03.09.2008 20:16
washingtonpost.com
The latest contract awarded to build part of the intercounty connector will cost $100 million more than the highest price predicted for that seven-mile section, a sign critics say shows that the project is in danger of exceeding its budget.
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Machine-Building Industry
Boeing Waits on Count of Strike Vote
03.09.2008 20:16
washingtonpost.com
More than 27,000 Boeing aircraft assembly workers yesterday held a pivotal strike vote that could paralyze the world's second-largest aircraft manufacturer while its business is booming and further delay delivery of its new fuel-efficient 787 commercial jet.
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Defense Industry
U.S. says its arms exports boomed this year
03.09.2008 20:16
washingtonpost.com
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. government-brokered overseas arms sales are expected to total about $34 billion in the current fiscal year, up more than 45 percent from the year before, the Pentagon agency in charge said on Wednesday.
USA
Defense Industry
Judge refuses to dismiss case against Spears
03.09.2008 18:49
usatoday.com
A judge on Wednesday refused to dismiss a misdemeanor driving without-a-valid-license case against Britney Spears.
USA
Recreation & Entertainment
New in paper: Diverse fiction, non-fiction
03.09.2008 18:49
usatoday.com
From Junot Diaz's novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao to the story of an inventor seeking a cure for his blindness, here ...
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Recreation & Entertainment
'City' never sleeps in Bushnell's work
03.09.2008 18:49
usatoday.com
Candace Bushnell dished with USA TODAY from her home in New York.
USA
Recreation & Entertainment
After Oprah, the pressure was on for Lamb
03.09.2008 18:49
usatoday.com
USA TODAY caught up with Wally Lamb at home in Connecticut.
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Recreation & Entertainment
Book Buzz: Political hopefuls get a bookish boost
03.09.2008 18:49
usatoday.com
The Democratic National Convention pumped up book sales for Barack Obama (and the vice presidential hopefuls of both parties), ...
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Recreation & Entertainment
'Little Book,' big story
03.09.2008 18:49
usatoday.com
There's nothing small about Selden Edwards' debut novel, The Little Book not its scale, ambitions or back story.
USA
Recreation & Entertainment
Ten books certain to be 'talkers' this fall
03.09.2008 18:49
usatoday.com
Oprah Winfrey and book clubs across America get it: Certain books are "talkers." They make you think, react and want to chat ...
USA
Recreation & Entertainment
Logano hopping into NASCAR's fast lane
03.09.2008 18:49
usatoday.com
It was six years ago when Mark Martin began proclaiming Joey Logano a can't-miss candidate for NASCAR's highest level. Logano ...
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Motorsports
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