Archive for October, 2011
APNewsBreak: Sabathia has new deal with Yankees
NEW YORK (AP) — CC Sabathia is staying with the New York Yankees, agreeing Monday to a new deal that adds $30 million to his existing contract. Sabathia had until midnight to opt out of his current agreement, which had $92 million remaining over the next four years in $23 million annual salaries.
WVU files lawsuit against Big East
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia University filed a lawsuit Monday seeking an immediate divorce from the Big East so it can become a member of the Big 12 before the 2012 football season.
Record number of 20-point comebacks already
NEW YORK (AP) — No lead is safe in the NFL this year, especially if a bad team is holding it against a good team. Sunday’s rally by the Ravens (the good team) to beat the Cardinals (the bad team) is proof. It also was the fifth time this season someone has come back from 20 or more points down to win
Cain manages crisis with denial, humor, song
WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s one of the starkest tests of viability for any presidential candidate: crisis management, the ability to step past an explosive charge and re-direct the news. Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain, a relative newcomer to national politics, had trouble passing Monday during a whirlwind of speeches and interviews in the shadow of sexual harassment allegations. “I’ll never know why Jesus came to love me so,” Cain crooned at the invitation of the event’s moderator in closing Monday’s National Press Club appearance.
Pete Townshend brands iTunes a ‘digital vampire’
LONDON (AP) — The Who’s Pete Townshend on Monday branded Apple Inc.’s iTunes a “digital vampire” that profits from music without supporting the artists who create it. Townshend said that faced with the Internet’s demolition of established copyright protections, iTunes should offer some of the services to artists that record labels and music publishers used to provide.
Cuba Gooding Jr. to join NYC Veterans Day Parade
NEW YORK (AP) — Organizers say actor Cuba Gooding Jr. will participate in New York City’s Veterans Day Parade. The United War Veterans Council announced Monday the “Jerry Maguire” actor will ride on a float with members of the Tuskegee Airmen.
