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Donaldson: Belichick made the right call

By JIM DONALDSON, The Providence Journal

INDIANAPOLIS - I'm backing Bill Belichick.

First organic food, now organic cocktails

It's the perfect chaser to the organic-foods movement: the organic-drinks movement.

An editorial / By Dale McFeatters, Scripps Howard News Service

When Sarah Palin comes to your house for dinner, do not invite John McCain's campaign manager, Steve Schmidt; his top aide, Nicole Wallace; or CBS anchor Katie Couric. They come in for a real beating as America's most interesting politician settles scores that still rankle from the 2008 presidential campaign in "Going Rogue: An American Life."

Golf World: Fixing skulled and thin shots

By JIM SUTTIE, Scripps Howard News Service

Many of you have trouble with the unsolid shot. You know the one. The one that doesn't feel very solid and hits off the bottom of the clubhead. It goes very low with the full swing and skirts across the green with no control.

It is usually caused by hitting up on the ball so much that you are only hitting the top of the ball.

Pacquiao victory over Cotto sets up Mayweather fight

By JEFF HANEY , Las Vegas Sun

LAS VEGAS - Grandiose pronouncements were uttered about when and where negotiations would begin for a proposed fight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Boxing insiders were speculating about the contentiousness and hostility those talks would breed.

Freddie Roach, Pacquiao's trainer, avoided the conjecture.

He was already getting down to the nitty-gritty.

Crisp: Public executions and bullfights

By JOHN M. CRISP, Scripps Howard News Service

I'm no big fan of capital punishment, but it's hard to argue that John Allen Muhammad didn't deserve to die last week. Much more than most murders, his were particularly meaningless.

Thomasson: Trials may fuel anti-Muslim sentiment

By DAN K. THOMASSON, Scripps Howard News Service

WASHINGTON - Unfortunately, the government's decision to prosecute the mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks in a civilian court and the prospect of an eventual traumatic trial of the mass murderer of 13 persons at Fort Hood, Tex., hold the distinct possibility of exacerbating already virulent anti-Muslim sentiment in this country.

Tafur: Surging Stanford could land in BCS bowl

By VITTORIO TAFUR, San Francisco Chronicle

With six bowl-eligible teams, the Pac-10 is the best conference in college football and sitting at the throne is Stanford coach Jim Harbaugh. And to think, some people thought the $60,000 private bathroom the university built its coach over the summer was a bad idea.

Inspired by Disney World, Canada uses timed passes for swine flu shots

By INGRID PERITZ, Toronto Globe and Mail

If residents of Quebec province in Canada have seen reduced waiting times at flu vaccination centers, they can thank the wonderful world of Disney.

Editorial: Water puts moon in a new light

An editorial / By Dale McFeatters, Scripps Howard News Service

Shooting a rocket booster into the moon, followed four minutes later by an instrument-laden spacecraft, turned out to be, if not a public-relations dud, at least a major letdown.

Las Vegas Strip casino operators forecast modest rebound in 2010

By LIZ BENSTON, Las Vegas Sun

LAS VEGAS - As a real-time indicator of how confident American consumers feel about spending their money, earnings of the big casino operators on the Las Vegas Strip haven't inspired much confidence lately.

Freed hostage recounts 311 horrible days he spent as captive in Baghdad

By BARTHOLOMEW SULLIVAN, Scripps Howard News Service

Roy A. Hallums, who endured 311 days in captivity as a hostage in Baghdad, has a way of stating what might appear hyperbolic with a calm earnestness.

Walters: California's port dominance slipping away

By DAN WALTERS, Sacramento Bee

As America's trade with the Far East -- principally China -- expanded massively during the 1980s and 1990s, California reaped the benefits as the gateway for both exports and imports.

With trade emerging as a major component of the state's very diverse economy, traffic and payrolls blossomed at its major ports.

Debtadviser: Car-loan co-signer can get hit with costs

By STEVE BUCCI, bankrate.com

Dear Debt Adviser,

Attention loss feared as high-tech rewires brain

By BENNY EVANGELISTA, San Francisco Chronicle

In today's fast-paced, multitasking world, it's easy to get hooked on technology that's always online, delivering a steady stream of texts and tweets.

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Here is the Scripps Howard News Service BUSINESS budget for Thursday, June 28, 2007. If you have questions or comments, SHNS editors can be reached at 202-408-1484.

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Here is the Scripps Howard News Service CONSOLIDATED BUDGET for Friday, June 15, 2007. If you have questions or comments, SHNS editors can be reached at 202-408-1484. For all SHNS content and archives, visit our Web site at www.shns.com.

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Castiglione should stay at Oklahoma

Castiglione should stay at Oklahoma
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By BERRY TRAMEL
The Oklahoman

Kevin Weiberg kept saying it. Over and over again, as he announced why he was quitting as Big 12 Conference Commissioner. Almost to the point where you believed him.

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WASHINGTON _ In remarkably blunt terms, a little-known but highly influential adviser to the top U.S. commander in Iraq is predicting that July and August could be among the deadliest months ever for American forces and Iraqi civilians.

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Moore on health insurance: Entertaining but flawed

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By DANIEL WEINTRAUB
Sacramento Bee

Michael Moore almost had me going -- until he got to the part about the laundry.

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With La Russa, seeing is not always believing

With La Russa, seeing is not always believing
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By PAUL GUTIERREZ
Sacramento Bee

He received a standing ovation from the spring training crowd at Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, Fla., the afternoon after being arrested for driving under the influence in March. Police had found him asleep at the wheel, his foot on the brake while his sport-utility vehicle rested partly in the intersection under a green light.

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Chickens, bunnies, felons and other candidate stalkers

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By M.E. SPRENGELMEYER
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DES MOINES, Iowa _ Be on the lookout.

There's a mystery man out there, and we think former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee might want to send him a thank-you note.

Common bird species diminishing

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By MARY LYNNE VELLINGA
Sacramento Bee

Public alarm over dwindling U.S. bird populations has mostly focused on the ups and downs of a few relatively rare, hard-hit species -- the charismatic bald eagles, peregrine falcons and California condors.

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Immigration reform off life support

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President Bush won a much-needed, even essential, victory in the Senate this past week.

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The nation of Hamas

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Scripps Howard News Service

It seems to be a truism in the Mideast that if matters can get worse they will, and the situation in Gaza has taken a dramatic turn for the worse.

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A seven-month investigation into federal mortality records reveals hundreds of thousands of death certificates filed every year in the United States are wrong, meaning we don't really know what's killing Americans. A first-of-its-kind study also found that younger, well-educated and wealthy people are more likely to be autopsied when they die. More men than women are autopsied. And blacks, Hispanics, Asians and Native Americans are more likely to be autopsied than whites.

Autopsy rates differ by race, age, sex, education

Cause of death investigations often dead wrong

Accurate death certificates challenged by poor training

Poll: Doubts persist over accuracy of death certificates

Survey results among different groups

Death poll findings, by questions

What to do if you distrust the death diagnosis

Where to find death records

Deaths by heart disease by state

Editorial: We don't know what's really killing Americans

Navy to deploy dolphins, sea lions to protect sub base

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Editorial: Water puts moon in a new light

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Editorial: Cracking down on free speech in name of religion

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Market decides if you set the right price for a house

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Editorial: 9/11 planners to return to NYC -- for trial

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Erbe: Stupak-Pitts shoves women to back of bus

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Autos: Lincoln's flagship these days is the MKS sedan

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Lose weight for yourself or for your guy

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Tuned In: New releases from 'American Idol' stars

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House bill addresses shortages of primary doctors

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Recycled Radiation

Thousands of everyday products and materials containing radioactively tainted metals are surfacing across the United States and around the world. But because of haphazard screening, an absence of oversight, and substantial disincentives for businesses to report contamination, no one knows how many tainted goods are in circulation.

Recycled radioactive metal contaminates consumer products

NRC wants to tighten oversight of often-lost radioactive devices

Same batch of radioactive metal from Mexico enters Calif. for 25 years

Radioactive cheese grater case shows lack of oversight

36 states have nowhere to dump low-level radioactive material

Radioactive mesh from China used to make 30,000 filters in Florida

Authorities scrambled to corral radioactive La-Z-Boy recliners

Only U.S. effort to collect radioactive material has 9,000-object backlog

Mandatory screening, reporting needed to stop recycling radiation

Radioactive materials surface in Tennessee scrap yards

Texas has highest number of radioactive metal incidents

Editorial: The hidden radiation around us

Scripps Howard News Service response to comments from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission on SHNS' "Recycled Radiation"

The Doctor is Out

A special report by Scripps Howard News Service finds as many as one in five Americans does not have a family doctor. And this translates directly to higher rates of illness and death and higher costs.

Docs: In ERs, more sore throats than cardiac arrests

Interactive database showing U.S. doctors by county

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Castiglione should stay at Oklahoma

Grim Iraq assessment ... AG's charm offensive ... More

Moore on health insurance: Entertaining but flawed

With La Russa, seeing is not always believing

Chickens, bunnies, felons and other candidate stalkers

Common bird species diminishing

Immigration reform off life support

The nation of Hamas

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