Legislators still waiting on workers’ comp bill
By KARIN MILLER / Associated Press Writer NASHVILLE (AP) — Gov. Phil Bredesen’s administration, lobbyists and lawmakers are still trying to work out a compromise on legislation overhauling the state’s workers’ compensation system, Sen. Joe Haynes said. The “drop dead” date is Friday, said Haynes, who had hoped to present the bill Monday to the…
Read MoreBaseball game set for TV
MT Media Relations MOBILE, Ala. — The April 24 Sun Belt Conference baseball game between South Alabama and Middle Tennessee will be televised by Comcast Sports Southeast/Charter Sports Southeast (CSS), as announced by the University of South Alabama Athletics Department Monday. The game has been rescheduled for a 2:30 p.m. start to accommodate the live…
Read MoreTyson’s a freak show, but maybe boxing needs the attention
By TIM DAHLBERG / AP Sports Columnist LAS VEGAS (AP) — If all goes according to plan, and it rarely does when Mike Tyson is involved, the former baddest man on the planet will walk into a Phoenix gym sometime this week and begin hitting the speed bag. Or maybe he’ll walk into a Phoenix…
Read MoreRetro is becoming old in ballpark construction
By BEN WALKER / AP National Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Barry Larkin is a big fan of ballparks. Heck, he even named his oldest daughter after a favorite place to play — she’s Brielle D’Shea, as in Shea Stadium. So what did he think after walking into Citizens Bank Park, the latest in baseball’s ever-growing…
Read MoreTiger Woods arrives for training at Fort Bragg
By EMERY P. DALESIO / Associated Press Writer FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — Fresh from the land of green jackets, Tiger Woods arrived at the home of the Green Berets on Monday for a visit aimed at giving the world’s top golfer some of the Army training his father got during the Vietnam War. Woods…
Read MoreLooming crackdown on car donations worries charities
By MARY DALRYMPLE / AP Tax Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Charities fear that potential donors may conclude it’s not worth the hassle to donate used cars if Congress follows through with plans to clamp down on inflated tax deductions. Lawmakers started looking into the subject a year ago when government auditors discovered a wide gap…
Read MoreBuried veterans records now on Web
By SUZANNE GAMBOA / Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Sally Naporlee turned to the Department of Veterans Affairs to find out more about her grandfather, who served during World War I. After a few weeks wait for a response, Naporlee learned from the VA that Carmelo Castorina is buried at Long Island National Cemetery…
Read MoreKerry courts young voters with college-cost warning
By MIKE GLOVER / Associated Press Writer DURHAM, N.H. (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry, pressed by college students Monday to chart the different course he would follow in Iraq, said he would keep the United States in control of the military operation. Kerry also repeated his call for greater international involvement. “I would…
Read MoreSenior officials got similar Bush memo without current threats
By JOHN SOLOMON / Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush wasn’t the only one to get a memo in August 2001 about the threat of Osama bin Laden striking on U.S. soil. Senior government policy-makers got a similar document one day later, but theirs excluded most of the recent threat information the president…
Read MoreBush to address Iraq and terrorism
By DEB RIECHMANN / Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush will work to defuse two issues in his prime-time news conference on Tuesday: rising casualties in Iraq and his response in 2001 to a terrorism warning the White House had in hand before the Sept. 11 attacks. Both issues are critical to Bush’s…
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