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Opinion: Stimulus Plan Stimulates Trouble for Obama

(Nov. 9) -- When President Barack Obama promised in February that the $787 billion stimulus bill would unleash "a new wave of innovation, activity and construction," he probably didn't have tidying up gravestones in mind. But that is what some of the money has paid for, along with frozen fish sperm, Taser guns and an...

Unmasked & Anonymous: Answering Ethical Questions About a Blogger Named Eklund

The name Eklund has been well-known to the online hockey fan community since the lockout, when the "anonymous hockey blogger" burst onto the scene with a site that became a clearinghouse of hot stove innuendo and power-circle whispers. Now the lead blogger and man-without-a-face for HockeyBuzz.com, Eklund did something...

Barry Bonds Has Very Rich Friends

There's an interesting story in this weekend's edition of the USA Today, one well worth a full read. Barry Bonds, everyone's favorite soon-to-be Home Run King, has three incredibly rich friends (combined worth: $750 million) who he has revealed tiny bits and pieces of his famously enigmatic private life to. For...

Ichiro: 'Once I Turn 40, I Can Become A Pitcher.'

We just posted about Ichiro Suzuki's quotes from Jon Saraceno's USA Today piece on the Seattle outfielder that ran today. For the most part, they were rather odd, as has sort of been Ichiro's calling card since he entered into our consciousness. But while all the attention seems to be placed squarely on his statements...

Bud Selig Is In a Foul Temper

With leaks swirling and accusations that MLB isn't doing everything it can to stymie steroid users, USA Today's Hal Bodley caught the wrath of commissioner Bud Selig yesterday. Mr. Selig, it seems, is none too happy about the situation ... or the thought (humbly shared by this writer, might I add) that Selig and Mitchell...

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Mitt Romney ready to exploit all U.S. energy reserves; Rick Perry still climate change skeptic

As the Republican primary slowly heats up, the leading candidates are starting to define their energy plans they would implement if they are elected.

Background on UsaToday

USA Today is a national American daily newspaper published by the Gannett Company. It was founded by Al Neuharth in 1982. The newspaper vies with The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) for the position of having the widest circulation of any newspaper in the United States, something it previously held since 2003. According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, the paper has 1.8 million copies as of March 2012 compared with The Wall Street Journal 2.1 million though this figure includes the WSJ's 400,000 paid-for, online subscribers.

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