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...rally monkey is annoying. But those reasons do little to negate the fact that the Angels are a terrific team to watch. And continuing my “Angels-now-equate-to-the-Braves-of-the-’90s” analogy from the earlier post, Mike Scioscia, the manager of the Angels, is a seasoned coach not unlike the Braves’ Bobby Cox. I feel confident rooting for a team that’s in safe hands. One thing I discovered on this “personal journey” was just how much I love...
...Open-mike-night performers always have to worry about audience members stealing their shtick. But a joke is one thing; what about a business plan? That's a risk for budding entrepreneurs who pay $15 at the door or $20 a month to hone their 90-second pitches onstage. Attendees at the biweekly open-mike events in Philadelphia and Los Angeles offer feedback over booze and pizza, while simulcast viewers weigh in via Twitter. The wide reach makes some participants nervous. "You have no control over who's listening," says Michael Riordan, 26, who unveiled his plan...
...making a bigger effort to communicate with us [than Palin did], particularly right now." - Alaska House Speaker Mike Chenault. (Anchorage Daily News, July...
...produce some tangible cost-cutting. The negotiators - three Democrats (Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus of Montana, Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad of North Dakota and Senate Energy Committee Chairman Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico) and three Republicans (top Finance Republican Chuck Grassley of Iowa, top HELP Republican Mike Enzi of Wyoming and Olympia Snowe of Maine) - are weeks behind schedule and are rushing to finish a bill before recess. But even if they're successful, the leadership would still need time to marry the HELP and finance bills together plus at least two weeks of floor debate before...
...plans to match the federal rebate dollar for dollar. Any consumer shopping for a new vehicle will qualify for the program, which offers up to $4,500 for the purchase of an eligible 2009-model-year Chrysler, Jeep or Dodge vehicle through the Double Cash incentive. Mike DiGiovanni, GM's general director of market analysis, says the federal program is also expected to encourage consumers who have leased vehicles in recent years to get back into the buying market. At the very least, DiGiovanni hopes to arrest a frightening trend: more than 50% of the buyers who have turned...