INDIANAPOLIS » The Circle City Classic has named Marc Williams, former global brand director for Champs Sports, as its executive director. The New Jersey native will oversee the annual event, which features football teams from two historically black colleges and hosts activities for youths. The Classic is a collaboration of Indiana Black Expo and Indiana Sports Corp. (Star report)
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Sports marketing pro hired (The Indianapolis Star)
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Attorney: Delay in Jackson 911 call
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It took up to a half-hour for paramedics to be called to Michael Jackson's home after the singer was found stricken in the bedroom of his rented mansion, an attorney said Monday.
Iraqi forces assume control of cities
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Iraqi forces assumed formal control of Baghdad and other cities on Tuesday after American troops handed over security in urban areas in a step toward ending the U.S. combat role in the country.
Health care reform: What small business wants (CNN Money)
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As Congress prepares to do battle over health reform, a parallel dispute is shaping up among small-business groups that are staking out opposing positions on a key element of reform proposals: whether Uncle Sam will take on a bigger role in offering insurance coverage or leave the field to the private market.
Ten years after soccer World Cup win, women's sports gain respect (USA Today)
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We're in the midst of a historic sports anniversary, but if you're thinking hard about what it might be and coming up empty, that's not only all right, it's actually rather fitting. The three-week-long event snuck up on most people in the summer of 1999. Now its anniversary is creeping up on us too.
Arriva Sees Slowing Growth In Train Business (Fox News)
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Arriva Sees Slowing Growth In Train Business
Answer Desk: Slow stimulus spending
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The government's stimulus plan was supposed to flood the economy with cash to help end the recession. But so far, spending is just a trickle. The Answer Desk, by John W. Schoen.
Madoff sentenced to 150 years
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Bernard Madoff was sentenced Monday to 150 years in prison after apologizing to victims for a multibillion-dollar fraud scheme that the judge called "extraordinarily evil."
Man shot to death in Houston sports bar bathroom (Houston Chronicle)
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Homicide investigators have no suspects in a fatal shooting at a sports bar early this morning in northeast Harris County.
To get to Prague's historic Charles Bridge, tourists have to slalom through hawkers handing out leaflets offering private musical concerts whose primary goal is often more business than culture.
Menino will seek gifts for school sports (Boston Globe)
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Mayor Thomas M. Menino, aiming to curb chronic failings in Boston’s high school athletic programs, said he will create a nonprofit charitable foundation spearheaded by former athletes and business leaders to transform the troubled sports system into a source of urban pride.
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