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In search of 'Jewish Jocks'
Mention the phrase "Jewish sports legends" and you'll probably conjure up familiar suspects: Sandy Koufax, Mark Spitz, maybe that joke from "Airplane." You're more likely to omit Sidney Franklin, a matador from Brooklyn (real last name: Frumpkin), or...
Tags: Sports, Sidney Franklin, Baseball, Sandy Koufax, Marvin Miller
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Stengel Top Choice to Coach New L.A. Team
The Daily MirrorNov. 1, 1960: The new American League team heading to Los Angeles seemed to be stockpiling star power. Hank Greenberg, a Hall of Fame slugger turned businessman, was putting together his bid for the franchise, which would start playing in...... -
Gene Autry a Contender in American League Expansion Team
The Daily MirrorNov. 19, 1960: Hank Greenberg, former baseball star who was part owner of the Chicago White Sox, was out as the potential bidder for the American League baseball team hoping to start play in Los Angeles in 1961. So who...... -
'Jews and Baseball': Ron Howard's a-ha moment with Sandy Koufax
The Big PictureAs a Jew who has been a baseball fan his entire life, I guess I'm the perfect target audience for "Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story," which opens Friday at the Music Hall Theater in Beverly Hills and the...... -
Coming to the Festival of Books: Mark Kurlansky
Jacket CopyComing to the Festival of Books: Mark Kurlansky, author of "Cod," has written a children's book about fish and the oceans -- he talks about what draws him back to the sea.... -
AIG shares soar on hopes for easing of bailout terms
Money & CompanySpeculators are stoking another big run in American International Group shares today, on word that former Chief Executive Hank Greenberg???s ideas for restructuring the U.S. rescue of the firm will get another hearing. From Bloomberg News: Rep. Edolphus... -
Why aren't the Bush daughters in Iraq?
KITTY KELLEY, who wrote "The Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty," is working on a biography of Oprah Winfrey.WHEN I WAS a little girl in a convent school, the nuns impressed on me the power of setting a good example. These beloved teachers are no longer around to instruct the president and his family, so I recommend that the Bushes learn from Mark Twain, who...Tags: Joe DiMaggio, Travel, Entertainment, Armed Forces, George H.W. Bush
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Dying on our dime
Sandra Kobrin is a Los Angeles-based freelance writer.The stench of manure from a nearby fertilizer factory slips past the razor wire and the sharpshooters manning the watch tower. The smell follows the inmates everywhere, from the grassy courtyard where they read or play ball to the two-woman cells...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Heart Attack, Criminals, Trials, Heart and Circulatory System
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Social Security cutting hours to trim spending
With widespread budget cuts on the horizon, Social Security beneficiaries will soon get a preview of how customer service can be affected by a more austere federal government. Though the agency made no public announcement, the Woodlawn-based Social...
Tags: U.S. Postal Service, Social Security, Computer Networking and Internet, Employees, Computing and Information Technology Industry
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BGE gas customers likely to see 11% increase in winter bills
Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. said Friday that winter heating bills for its residential natural gas customers will likely rise 11 percent over last year due to colder weather — still low enough to be the second-cheapest winter of the past decade....
Tags: Baltimore Gas and Electric Co., Petroleum Industry, Energy Resources
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Required reading for Baltimore Orioles playoffs
With the Baltimore Orioles in the playoffs for the first time since 1997, it's a good time to review great books on the sport, and the best I've read in years is "The Art of Fielding." Chad Harbach's first novel is about much, much more than baseball....
Tags: Sports, Baseball, Judaism, Yom Kippur, Religion and Belief
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O'Malley electricity panel recommends surcharge for grid upgrades
Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. customers could see a $1 to $2 fee added to their monthly bills under a proposal from Gov. Martin O'Malley to make the electricity grid more reliable. A task force the O'Malley administration assembled after the June 29...
Tags: Dundalk, Baltimore Gas and Electric Co., Charles Street, Prince George's County, Martin O'Malley
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