Las Vegas Specials and Contests
| Deadspin Hall Of Fame: Absolute Last Call For HOF Votes |
| Published: August 27, 2007, 1:05 pm |
| Tags: 75 Percent, Deadspin Hall Of Fame |
| now. • Ned: 78. 1 percent. • Barbaro: 75.3 percent. • Kige Ramsey: 72.9 percent. • Michael Vick: 70.3 percent. • February 1, 2007: 70.1 percent. • Pac Man Jones: 69.9 percent. • "Lemme Know": 65.6 percent. • ESPN Memo: 64.4 percent. • Sean Salisbury: 62.2 percent. • Brady |
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| Deadspin Hall Of Fame: Absolute Last Call For HOF Votes |
| Published: August 27, 2007, 1:05 pm |
| Tags: 75 Percent, Deadspin Hall Of Fame |
| As mentioned on Friday, Deadspin Hall Of Fame voting has been extended until 5 p.m. today; polls will officially close then, and we'll have the inductions tomorrow. There's still some awfully close... |
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| Mortgage Problems to Dampen Home Sales in the Short Term |
| Published: September 11, 2007, 10:33 am |
| Tags: Home Sales, National Association Of Realtors, Mortgage Industry Press Release, Dampen, Realtors, 2008, Percent, Forecast, Realtor, Unusual |
| WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Tighter credit for home mortgages will measurably dampen home sales in the short term and postpone an expected recovery for existing-home sales until 2008, according to the latest forecast by the National Association of Realtors(R). Lawrence Yun, NAR senior economist, said unusual disruptions |
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| Eighty Percent Of Success: Self-harming pop sensation Amy Winehouse ... |
| Published: September 20, 2007, 3:25 pm |
| Tags: Amy Winehouse, Eighty Percent Of Success, Music |
| Self-harming pop sensation Amy Winehouse is now making headlines for simply showing up and performing. [Guardian] |
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| Mortgage Problems Hamper Pending Home Sales |
| Published: October 2, 2007, 10:38 am |
| Tags: Credit Crunch, Mortgage News, Mortgage News, Contracts, Comparisons, Pending, Contract, Realtors, Activity, Signed, Percent |
| indicator, fell 6.5 percent to a reading of 85.5 from an upwardly revised 91.4 in July, based on contracts signed in August. It was 21.5 percent below the August 2006 index of 108.9. Lawrence Yun, NAR senior economist, said the mortgage market impact is quantifiable. “Fewer contracts were being written because of mortgage |
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| Nike Endorses "Smart Mob" Marketing |
| Published: October 14, 2007, 10:07 am |
| Tags: Central, Advertising Smart Mob, Dropped, Flash Mob, Jordan, Life, Manhattan, Nike, Outlet, Percent, Shown, Spending, Sponsoring |
| The group 131 that night sprinted out of the store's 57th Street entrance, up Fifth Avenue and into the southeast entrance to Central Park. read more |
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| Citigroup Posts 57 Percent Drop in 3Q |
| Published: October 15, 2007, 9:48 am |
| Tags: Citigroup, Posts, Percent, Drop |
| NEW YORK -- Citigroup Inc. said Monday its third-quarter profit dropped 57 percent after the biggest U.S. bank took a hit of more than $3 billion in mortgage-backed security losses, leveraged debt write-downs, and fixed-income trading losses. |
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| Cancer Death Rates Drop Fast, Study Shows |
| Published: October 15, 2007, 11:48 am |
| Tags: Washington, Annual, Average, Cancer, Colorectal, Conclude, Diagnoses, Elizabeth, Faster, Fewer, Health, Monday, News, Percent, Polyps, Precancerous, Prevent, Progress, Rates, Remove, Report, Roughly, Scientists, Screening, Shows, Striking, Tests, Thanks, Turning |
| Many great strides have been made but the best cure right now is prevention. read more |
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| Social Security to Increase 2.3 Percent |
| Published: October 17, 2007, 10:53 am |
| Tags: Social, Security, Increase, 2 3, Percent |
| Payments to Social Security retirement and disability recipients and millions of federal retirees will increase 2.3 percent in January, the lowest cost of living adjustment since 2003 as the pace of inflation eased. |
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| Home Sales Plunge by 8 Percent |
| Published: October 24, 2007, 10:12 am |
| Tags: Home, Sales, Plunge, Percent |
| WASHINGTON -- Sales of existing homes plunged by a record amount in September as turmoil in mortgage markets added more problems to a housing industry in its worst slump in 16 years. |
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| General Dynamics 3Q Earns Up 24 Percent |
| Published: October 24, 2007, 8:15 am |
| Tags: General, Dynamics, Earns, Percent |
| WASHINGTON -- Defense contractor General Dynamics Corp. said Wednesday that third quarter earnings jumped 24 percent behind sales of corporate jets and combat vehicles. The company also raised its outlook for 2007. |
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| London's Heart and Magic Hold Top |
| Published: October 25, 2007, 2:03 pm |
| Tags: Ahead, Audience, Average, Commercial, Competitive, Data, Disappointing, Emap, Entertainment, Favourite, Flagship, Fourth, Gcap, Highly, Increased, Joint, Listener, London, Magic, Maintained, Owned, Percent, Quarter, Recovered, Research, Showed, Thursday, Weekly |
| "Global Radio's Heart 106.2 and Magic 105.4, owned by Emap, maintained their position at the top of London's highly competit read more |
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| Poll: 34% of people say they believe in ghosts |
| Published: October 26, 2007, 6:53 pm |
| Tags: Washington, Culture, Ghost, Percent, Poll, Syracuse |
| "WASHINGTON - Those things that go bump in the night? read more |
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| Productivity Surges by 4.9 Percent Rate |
| Published: November 7, 2007, 1:29 pm |
| Tags: Productivity, Surges, 4 9, Percent, Rate |
| WASHINGTON -- Worker productivity surged in the summer at the fastest pace in four years while wage pressures eased. |
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