Hughson council meeting protestedSaturday, July 31, 2010 @ 12:37AMRumors ran rampant that three rogue City Council members planned to appoint a city manager during a special meeting Friday night. A crowd filled the council chamber, and several residents implored the councilmen not to do it.
Petrocelli goes from home runs to promotional servicesSaturday, July 31, 2010 @ 12:12AMFormer Boston Red Sox player Rico Petrocelli has switched from smashing homers in front of sellout crowds to selling unique promotional services through his Merrimack-based business, Petrocelli Marketing Group. The stellar “Impossible Dream” shortstop, remembered for his two heroic homers in Game 6 of the 1967 World Series, has worn a couple different caps since he retired from the Red Sox after ...
Madison council candidate Matt Phair a suspected ringerSaturday, July 31, 2010 @ 12:07AMIn the spring of 2009, Mayor Dave Cieslewicz drew flak for recruiting candidates to run against his Common Council nemesis, Brenda Konkel. Konkel lost her seat to Bridget Maniaci, who had previously interned in the mayor's office. Now another of Cieslewicz's foes may be challenged by someone else with ties to the mayor.
AP: Pitino gave aide $3,000 for pregnant womanFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 11:05PMLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- Rick Pitino asked a longtime aide to give $3,000 to a woman now accused of trying to extort millions from the Louisville men's basketball coach after she claimed Pitino got her pregnant in a one-night fling at a restaurant, the aide testified.
Wife of Wright was threatenedFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 11:00PMLorenzen Wright's ex-wife was threatened at her home by three men who were carrying guns and looking for the former NBA player about six weeks before he was shot to death, the woman's attorney said yesterday.
Pitino: Defendant initiated sexFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 10:27PMTimes wires Wednesday, July 28, 2010 LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A woman accused of demanding millions to stay quiet about a tryst with Rick Pitino initiated the sex by whispering to him and unzipping his pants when he got up to leave an Italian restaurant, he testified Wednesday. The testimony by Louisville's men's basketball coach marked the first time he has talked publicly in detail about his July ...
College Sports Capsules: Hancock says Big 12 losses won't affect BCSFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 10:26PMDETROIT (AP) — Part of the discussion at the Mid-American Conference Media Day centered around expansion and the BCS. Bill Hancock said that the Big 12's losses to the Big Ten and Pac-10 earlier this summer won't influence the BCS.
Judges appointed to hear cases during Judge Bell's suspensionFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 8:31PMThe Tennessee Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) and Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Janice M. Holder have approved a list of judges who will hear cases during Cocke County General Sessions Judge John Bell's three-month suspension.
Aide: Pitino never mentioned seeking abortionFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 11:57AMLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - A longtime aide to Rick Pitino told jurors the Louisville men's basketball coach asked him to take a woman out of town for medical services after she said the coach got her pregnant in a one-night tryst at a restaurant.