Archive for July, 2009

Rain wipes out qualifying, puts Stewart on pole at Pocono

Sprint Cup points leader Tony Stewart says it’s no big deal that he’ll start on the pole in Sunday’s Sunoco Red Cross Pennsylvania …

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Gatti exhumed as family challenges suicide ruling

Boxer Arturo Gatti hanged himself with a bag strap that he tied around a wooden staircase column more than two meters (seven …

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Nationwide race at Iowa Speedway could come down to bumps

Drivers have developed a distinct racing rhythm at the formerly shiny and new, but now well-seasoned Iowa Speedway. Saturday, …

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Gatti exhumed; Canadian authorities to do autopsy (AP)

AP - Boxer Arturo Gatti’s body was exhumed Friday to allow the Quebec coroner’s office to perform a new autopsy at his family’s request.

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Bank of America board loses three more members

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bank of America Corp said on Friday three directors had resigned, the latest in a series of departures at the bank at a time when it is shaking up its board at the behest of the government.

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Jury awards $675K in Boston music downloading case (AP)

AP - A federal jury on Friday ordered a Boston University graduate student who admitted illegally downloading and sharing music online to pay $675,000 to four record labels.

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Tampa Bay signs first-round pick Freeman to five-year deal

Rookie quarterback Josh Freeman has signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and will be given an opportunity to compete for the …

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Ex-Qwest chief Nacchio may get reduced jail time

DENVER (Reuters) - Ex-Qwest Chief Executive Joseph Nacchio could get his six-year prison sentence and $52 million penalty for insider trading reduced, after an appeals court said on Friday he was improperly sentenced.

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Stosur upsets Serena in Stanford quarter-finals

STANFORD, California (Reuters) - Australia’s Samantha Stosur employed a huge serve, hard forehand and deft backhand slice to upset Wimbledon champion Serena Williams 6-2 3-6 6-2 in the quarter-finals of the Stanford Classic on Friday.

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T-Jack: Chances of beating Rosenfels for Vikes’ QB job ‘50-50′

Tarvaris Jackson took the field for Minnesota’s first training camp practice, forgetting as much as he could about Brett Favre. …

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