Near Misses, Dazzling Performances in 2012 Prep Baseball Season

Source: Times-News

TWIN FALLS — You can sum up Magic Valley’s baseball season in three words: Oh. So. Close. Here’s a look back on some of this season’s marquee moments. After winning the 2011 Class 4A state championship, Twin Falls’ effort to ...
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Ossipee lakefront land owners seek joint suit over taxes

Source: The Union Leader

OSSIPEE — A group of Ossipee lakefront homeowners is pursuing a class-action lawsuit against the town over what they say are disproportionately high property tax assessments. The petitioners, Roland Cherwek and James Fitzpatrick Jr. Revocable Trust, a ...
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Workers may feel sting of debt plan

Source: The News & Observer

A legislative plan to whittle the massive debt the state owes the federal government for unemployment insurance may end up adding more workers to the unemployment rolls. A House budget subcommittee Thursday appr ...
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Award winning shows and great music coming to local stages

Source: Focus Daily News

Special to Focus Daily News joannholt@gmail.com The hilarious comedy Boeing-Boeing, as seen in a 1960s film starring Jerry Lewis and Tony Curtis as a playboy bachelor juggling three flight attendants who all think theyre engaged to hi ...
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Religious Freedom, Health Care, and Women in the Church

Source: Harvard University Press Blog

When then-candidate Rick Santorum declared in February that John F. Kennedy’s 1960 comments on the role of people of faith in the public square made him want to “throw up,” he merely presaged a showdown to come. After this week’s announcement of a lawsui ...
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Off the Dribble: Leading Off: Just the Two of Us

Source: The New York Times

For a while, it looked like it could go seven, maybe even provide the N.B.A. playoffs with yet another upset of a top seed. The Indiana Pacers were feisty. Chris Bosh was out of the picture for the Heat, and Miami would be witho ...
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NBA playoffs preview: Thunder vs Spurs; Heat vs Celtics or Sixers

Source: Guardian Unlimited

With the Western Conference Finals between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the San Antonio Spurs having been set for what now seems like centuries, it was up to the Eastern Conference Semi-Finals to maintain fan interest in the NBA Playoffs ...
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Call Me Sager: L.A. Sports Teams Make Music Video

Source: Josh Ellis Dallas Cowboys Blog

Updated throughout the day with quick takes from staff. We know you're tired of "Call Me Maybe" parodies by now. Everyone has made one, from teenagers huddled around a webcam to college sports teams and beyond. The YouTube fad has be ...
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Division 1 sectional track and field: Beaver Dam boys clean up, send eight to state

Source: Madison.com

OSHKOSH – Grant Braker had some extra motivation prior to his opening jump Thursday afternoon at the Oshkosh West sectional track and field meet. “(The 800-meter relay) guys talked some (trash), so I jumped far ...
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