Strings routinely attached (Rocky Mountain News) The day that changed everything for Troy Tulowitzki began innocently enough. Walking into the Coliseum with his father for an Oakland Athletics game in the late 1980s....more...Leona Helmsley, dubbed ?queen of mean,' dies at 87 (The Auburn Citizen) NEW YORK - Leona Helmsley, who ran a sprawling, $5 billion real estate and hotel empire and came to symbolize the greed of the 1980s after a tax evasion trial that sealed her reputation as the ?queen of mean,? died Monday. She was 87....more... Nakheel to redevelop Jebel Ali Village (Zawya) Dubai, 21 August 2007: Nakheel Nakheel , the region's premier developer and a key force behind its most iconic developments, including world-famous man-made island The Palm Jumeirah, is redeveloping Jebel Ali Village as part of Dubai's strategic plan for the future....more... 20 Aug 2007: Feature: Making Synergy Drive work (The Edge Daily) Datuk Azhar Abdul Hamid once tried to save a baby elephant. It died. "It gave up, there was nothing anyone could do," he says, the trace of regret in his voice not quite camouflaged....more... Hotelier Leona Helmsley Dead at 87 (WCBS-TV New York) Leona Helmsley, who helped her husband run a $5 billion hotel and real estate empire but sealed her reputation as the "queen of mean" during her 1989 trial for tax evasion, died Monday. She was 87. She died of heart failure at her summer home in Greenwich, Conn., said her publicist, Howard Rubenstein....more... T-U 2 (The Florida Times-Union) Compiled by GARRY SMITS/...more... Usual Class 1A suspects will chase Southeast (Casper Star-Tribune) Mark Bullington knows his Southeast football team will have a target on its back this season. As long as his players don't consider why it's there, he's fine with that....more... Hotel Queen Leona Helmsley Dead At 87 (CBS News) Leona Helmsley - who ran a multi-billion dollar empire with her husband, Harry, and later on her own ? saw herself as a tough businesswoman. She was bedeviled by controversy, including a tax conviction and the label "Queen of Mean."...more... The line's anchor (Daytona Beach News-Journal) But it's that kind of willingness to toil in anonymity while quarterbacks, running backs, receivers, most of the defense and, heck, the kickers get the headlines that motivates Paxia and his offensive line mates on the Flagler Palm Coast Bulldogs....more... |