The #3 Texas Longhorns never gave up. Despite giving up a touchdown to #10 Ohio State with less than 3 minutes to go in the game, the Big 12 South squad from Austin kept their composure, marched down field and scored with 17 seconds to go to defeat the Buckeyes in a squeaker in the [...]
Texas Defeats Ohio State, 24-21, in Fiesta Bowl
January 5th, 2009 · No Comments
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Richardson Scandal ‘Shape of Things to Come’
January 5th, 2009 · No Comments
The scandal that led to the withdrawal of Commerce Secretary-designate Bill Richardson may be “just the beginning of a string of scandals unlike anything we’ve seen in American history,” Richard A. Viguerie said today. Viguerie used a late-afternoon news release to share his thoughts about Richardson, the current New Mexico governor and former Clinton cabinet [...]
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Paulson Among Buyers of Failed IndyMac Bank
January 5th, 2009 · 3 Comments
The FDIC issued a news release Friday to let the world know the agency’s board had approved a letter of intent to sell IndyMac Bank to a thrift holding company controlled by IMB Management Holdings LP. Though one of the men involved in purchasing the bank shares the same last name as Treasury Secretary Henry [...]
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WOW! New Waring Blender to Sell for 700 Bucks!
January 5th, 2009 · No Comments
Perhaps, I should change my name to Rumpelstiltskin, because I feel like I must have just awakened from a long sleep. That’s the only way I can explain the price tag accompanying a new top-of-the-line kitchen blender from Waring. The Waring Pro Xtreme Hi-Power Blender, which features two sharp blades powered by a 3.5 peak [...]
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