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QUOTE(fathom @ Nov 9, 2005 -> 10:30 AM) Either way, the guy has a ton of baggage right now, and isn't someone I'd want my team to have to count on. Not only that....but he's not very good. He makes a lot of money for someone who is no better than Viz now. No, it's not either way. It's alledged. And your comments are irresponsible. No better than Viz.. :rolly whatever.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Nov 9, 2005 -> 10:22 AM) The thing is, he had to feel something wet on the seat. I dont' know about you, but if I sat in something wet on a toilet seat, I would be jumping up to clean it off at least. Why would you stay seated in it long enough for the glue to set??? Maybe it was super glue, or some other fast acting compound...?

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=1292747 Or not.. "Dougherty's lawyer, Mark Cohen, denied his client made such a claim and said Dougherty is willing to take a polygraph test. "

QUOTE(Greg Hibbard @ Nov 9, 2005 -> 10:10 AM) does anyone else feel that 4/52 is shockingly (almost insultingly) low in terms of years/total money Not I.

QUOTE(SnB @ Nov 9, 2005 -> 10:01 AM) "don't you have any clothes that don't have a sox logo on it?" -a friend to me yesterday. Thinking about it, i have a gigantic sox rotation for the winter now. LOL.. step daughter says to us last night (after not seeing her since Friday night for dinner where we both were wearing Sox sweatshirts) "haven't you guys changed your clothes since Friday..?"

QUOTE(YASNY @ Nov 9, 2005 -> 09:54 AM) I can't see the Yankees letting Matsui walk, based upon their history. However, if they have learned from that history about siging guys for too long and too much, they may be gun shy. I'm betting he'll be a Yankee next year. I can see George cutting loose anyone that isn't in a long term deal at this point. He's pissed they got their butts handed to them, and is just the type of person to cut off his nose despite his face.

QUOTE(fathom @ Nov 8, 2005 -> 11:23 AM) Urbina's had a terrible reputation for a long time in baseball, well before he tried to kill someone. Not only that, but he's the type of pitcher who would start to b**** if he wasn't used frequently (like the role Viz had last year). Alleged.. and heaven for bid someone be accused of something that isn't true.. remember there are some pissed off rebels still on the loose who weren't able to cash in on kidnapping his mother - which many feel was an inside job... I for one would love Urbina on the Sox. Just from seeing him and Oz and Freddy interacting last year in Detroit it was clear that Oz can keep him under control.

http://www.theindychannel.com/news/5286592/detail.html Andrea Yates To Get New Trial In Kids' Deaths POSTED: 10:37 am EST November 9, 2005 Andrea Yates is going to get a new trial. The Houston homemaker had been sentenced to life in prison for the deaths of three of her five children she says she drowned in 2001. A three-judge appeals court in Texas sided with a defense claim that Yates had been convicted three years ago partly on the false testimony of a prosecution expert witness. The state's First Court of Appeals struck down the convictions earlier this year, saying erroneous testimony by prosecution expert Dr. Park Dietz may have swayed the jury against her. Dietz testified about a "Law & Order" episode in which a woman was acquitted by reason of insanity for drowning her children. No such episode exists. Dietz said he became confused after prosecutors told him there was a "Law and Order" episode with that plot. Dietz -- who's also a consultant to the "Law & Order" producers, said he wrote that information down in his notes. The Newport Beach, Calif., forensic psychiatrist called the error an "honest mistake." But regardless of his misstatement, he said he has no doubt Yates knew right from wrong when she drowned her children. Dietz had attempted to correct his testimony. In a letter Dietz sent to the Harris County District Attorney's Officer shortly after he testified, he admitted to his mistake. "My memory about the content of the show was incorrect. I was confounding the facts of three filicide cases I worked on and two episodes of 'Law & Order,'" Dietz's letter, dated March, 14, 2002, stated. The psychiatrist was paid nearly $100,000 to testify at the Yates trial. After the conviction was overturned, Harris County Assistant District Attorney Alan Curry said he was disappointed and felt the reasoning was not substantial enough to support the new ruling. "We don't believe isolated testimony on cross examination by one of our witnesses had such an impact that it defeated the reliability of all of the other testimony that was presented during the trail. So, that's why we're going to continue to pursue the matter. And that's one of the biggest reasons why we're disappointed," Curry said. A juror from the original trial said previously that testimony about that "Law & Order" episode did not affect their verdict. Leona Baker said Dietz's testimony had no effect on the way jurors reached their verdict and was disappointed the conviction was overturned. "Personally, it made me feel a little discounted in what I did and what I invested my whole life in for a month," Baker said. Baker said she fears another jury would now face the things she did and will have to hear the case again.

QUOTE(tonyho7476 @ Nov 9, 2005 -> 08:37 AM) I realize ....just wanted to get the 'supposed' numbers out there... OK.. but I wasn't commenting on the numbers..

FBI may be checking on you, but you have no way to know http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20051109/...nA2BHNlYwM3NDI- These days, Americans suspected of no wrongdoing can suddenly find themselves caught up in FBI surveillance operations. It's as easy as saying "national security letter." Using this little-noticed but potent tool, the FBI can demand, for example, that an Internet provider, bank or phone company turn over records of who you call and e-mail, which websites you visit, how much you spend, where you work, fly and vacation, and much more. No judge has to approve the demand, a common check required on more typical subpoenas. You'd never learn about the secret intrusion, either. It's all classified. The public got a rare and troubling glimpse behind this curtain when The Washington Post reported Sunday that the FBI now issues thousands of National Security Letters a year. Each can seek many records on many people. According to The Post and government documents, the Bush administration has quietly rewritten Justice Department rules so it can keep records indefinitely, even when they prove irrelevant to an investigation. The government can also share the records broadly, enabling the FBI to build what amounts to electronic dossiers on untold numbers of Americans. The report added to a growing bipartisan backlash against several intrusive tools in the USA Patriot Act, which was rushed into law shortly after 9/11 to help combat terrorism. Because the process is largely hidden from the public, Congress and the judiciary, there is no broad assessment of how the tools are applied. But the few cases that have struggled into the light suggest extensive, secret intrusion into the lives of law-abiding people: • Last summer, the FBI demanded records of everybody who used a specific computer at a Connecticut library. The FBI's letter, delivered by agents, warned the recipient not to disclose the demand "to any person" - seeming to cut him off even from a lawyer. Instead of complying, the Library Connection Inc., which provides computer services, filed suit, seeking to at least protest the FBI demand in public. Months later, the case is in a federal appeals court. Most of it remains sealed, and everyone involved is gagged. • In December 2003, after intelligence reports hinted at a New Year's Eve attack in Las Vegas, the government launched a digital manhunt there using several tools, including National Security Letters. Investigators sought to capture the names of every tourist in Las Vegas and everyone who rented a car or truck or flew into the airport over several days. Today, long after the hunt proved fruitless, the record of each visitor's hotel stay is in government data banks, The Post reported. • Last year, after an Internet provider challenged an FBI request for records, a federal judge in New York ruled that the letter violated the Constitution by giving the FBI unchecked powers to get private information. The claim of perpetual secrecy, the judge wrote, has "no place in our open society." The case is on appeal. No one argues with the need for far-reaching investigative tools to disrupt a terrorist plot. But such tools can become political weapons without scrutiny from judges and the public. Both are absent here. The National Security Letters don't tell people they can challenge the demands in court. In fact, they direct people to tell no one that the FBI has sought the records. The Justice Department won't even reveal the number of letters it has issued, though it says the volume is substantially less than the 30,000 a year cited in The Post report. Law enforcement's history of abusing some of its broad powers calls for caution. In the past, the FBI has used the Cold War or protests as excuses to spy on pacifist and civil rights groups. Today's war on terror can easily spawn new abuses. Parts of the Patriot Act are up for renewal this fall. Congress has an opportunity - and certainly good reason - to place new limits on the FBI's powers. The war on terror doesn't have to become a war on the privacy and free speech of ordinary Americans.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051109/ap_on_...XAwBHNlYwM3NTU- Baseball's Gender Barrier for GMs May Fall RONALD BLUM, AP Baseball Writer INDIAN WELLS, Calif. - A new breed of young, brainy number-crunchers has changed the image of baseball general managers, who for years were known for their cigar-chomping, hard-drinking ways. If Kim Ng's latest job interview works out, an even bigger transformation will come any day now. Ng interviewed last weekend to become general manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers, and would become the first woman to fill the GM role on a major league team. "I've been out in the field with her, scouted. I've been in the back rooms with her, around the table. She's as qualified as any guy sitting in there around the table," said Ken Williams, GM of the World Series champion Chicago White Sox. Ng, who turns 37 on Nov. 17, was the New York Yankees' assistant general manager for four years before becoming an assistant GM with the Dodgers in December 2001. Los Angeles GM Paul DePodesta was fired by owner Frank McCourt last month, and the team received permission to interview former Texas and Cleveland GM John Hart. Former Boston GM Theo Epstein might also be a possibility. "The McCourts have asked the candidates basically not to discuss the whole situation," Ng said Tuesday at the annual general managers' meetings, where she is co-leading the Dodgers' delegation along with Roy Smith, the team's vice president of player development. Only three women have risen to assistant GM. The first was Elaine Weddington Steward, hired by the Boston Red Sox in 1990. When Ng (pronounced ING) left the Yankees, she was replaced by Jean Afterman, a lawyer who had worked for agent Don Nomura. Afterman said she never felt gender issues with players, but she did when working alongside club officials. "You feel it in what I call quaint ways," she said. "The guys tend to try to modify their language. There are two things that I try and establish any time I'm going into a room where I don't know the people. One is that I'm an attorney, because there's a healthy respect. The other is I have to drop a profanity as soon as I come in there. I probably have a worse mouth than anybody else in my department." Ng worked for the White Sox from 1990-96, when Dan Evans was the team's assistant GM, and Evans hired her when he became GM of the Dodgers. After she left the White Sox, Ng became director of waivers and player records for the American League for one year. "Everybody here knows Kim, and they've known her for quite some time," said Yankees GM Brian Cashman, who hired her as his assistant in March 1998. "If she gets hired, whether it's for the Dodgers or anybody else, it's going to be because someone believes she has the ability to do that job. "She's not going to get the job because she's a woman, and I don't think she's getting interviewed because she's a woman. I think she's getting interviewed because she deserves to have that opportunity because of that hard work she's put forth." Afterman, who hopes to become a GM one day, said familiarity is key. "I suspect that her experience was similar to mine. It does take a few years for our peer community to get comfortable with you," she said. "She clearly has their trust and respect, and I think that's important. And I think that probably took some time. A lot of these guys have worked together for 20 years. A lot of them have been in baseball for 30 years, and for 25 of them they've gone out with the same guys." As GMs talked trades, they heard a report on the first World Baseball Classic next March. Jimmie Lee Solomon, executive vice president of baseball operations in the commissioner's office, said there would be pitch counts and limits on the use of pitchers. One assistant GM in the meeting said 65-70 pitches was discussed as a first-round limit, with an increase of about five pitches in the second round. On Wednesday, the GMs were to discuss the possibility of moving the June amateur draft back by several weeks. Solomon said that while instant replay is not on the agenda, "I suspect that when we give our umpire report tomorrow morning, that somebody might make sure to bring that up."

And sex for dessert.. Study Says There Is More Sex on TV JENNIFER C. KERR, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - Television these days is loaded with sex, sex, sex — double the number of sex scenes aired seven years ago, says a study out Wednesday. And the number of shows that include "safer sex" messages has leveled off, it said. There were nearly 3,800 scenes with sexual content spotted in more than 1,100 shows researchers studied, up from about 1,900 such scenes in 1998, the first year of the Kaiser Family Foundation survey. Vicky Rideout, a vice president at Kaiser, says the number of shows that included a message about the risks and responsibilities of sex is still very small, and has remained flat since 2002. About 14 percent of the shows with sexual content also had discussions of contraception, waiting to having sex or other "safer sex" messages. While that figure is about the same as it was in the last study, it's still up from 9 percent in 1998, and Rideout says that's encouraging. Writers and producers are "seeing they can do it in a way that is entertaining, that doesn't cost them anything in the ratings ... and we know from research we've done that it makes a real difference to the kids in the audience," she said. The study examined a sample of a week's worth of programming on ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, WB, PBS, Lifetime, TNT, USA Network and HBO. Sexual content, as defined in the study, could be anything from discussions about sex to scenes involving everything from kissing to intercourse. The study found that 70 percent of all shows included some sexual content, averaging about five sex scenes per hour. That's up from about three scenes per hour in 1998, and from nearly 4.5 scenes an hour three years ago. The proportion of shows with sexual content in prime-time on the major broadcast networks — ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox — also increased, the study said. Nearly eight in 10 network shows, or 77 percent, included sexual content. That's up from 67 percent in 1998 and 71 percent in 2002. Media watchdog groups say there's way too much sex on television during the hours that kids may be watching. "Kids who have repeated exposure to sexual content become sexually active at an earlier age. The research is absolutely there," said Tim Winter, executive director of the Parents Television Council. But an advocacy group funded in part by the entertainment industry says the V-chip and other tools can help parents screen the shows their kids watch. "Some activists will only see another opportunity to push government as parent, but parents make the best decisions about what is appropriate for their family to watch and have the tools to enforce those decisions," said Jim Dyke, executive director of TV Watch. Teens watch an average of three hours of TV a day, according to Kaiser. The examples of sexual content cited in the study ranged from discussions of sex on the WB's "Gilmore Girls" and "Jack & Bobby" to depictions of oral sex on NBC's "Law and Order: Special Victims Unit" and sexual intercourse on Fox's "The O.C." The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation is a philanthropic group that studies health care, including reproductive and AIDS-related issues. It is not affiliated with the Kaiser medical organization.

QUOTE(tonyho7476 @ Nov 9, 2005 -> 08:21 AM) The Sun Times says the Sox are expected to offer a 4 year deal, in the $52 million range...but he is expected to test free agency. Which was stated weeks ago... no surprises here.

Fake trees turn Christmas on its head By Craig Wilson, USA TODAY Tue Nov 8, 7:18 AM ET Has your holiday imbibing gotten out of control so soon? Maybe that Christmas tree you saw really is upside down. Upside-down trees are, well, turning the upcoming holiday on its head. Hammacher Schlemmer can't even keep its $599.95 pre-lit model in stock. It's already sold out. "We increased the amount we ordered from last year, but ended up selling all of them already," says Joe Jamrosz of Hammacher Schlemmer. Not to be left behind, Target has three such upside-down trees ($299.99-$499.99) on its website, touting their best attribute: "Leaves more room on the floor for gifts!" Similar trees are also available at ChristmasTreeForMe.com in the 5-to-7½-foot range ($280-$504). The artificial trees are hung from the wall or ceiling, or come with a weighted base to provide extra stability to prevent tipping and leaning. Sheryl Karas, author of The Solstice Evergreen: The History, Folklore and Origins of the Christmas Tree, isn't quite sure what's going on with the resurgence of upside-down trees, a 12th-century tradition in Central Europe. "But it's the question I get more often than any other on my website," says the Santa Cruz, Calif., author (sherylkaras.com). Karas believes it's purely a decorative thing this time around, a way to better display ornaments so they don't get lost in the foliage. She doesn't want to put a damper on the holidays, but she suspects "there's something sinister, almost bad, about it." "It's a pagan thing. If they thought about it, they wouldn't turn it upside down." But enough playing Scrooge. It's the holiday season. "Many of the people have been using them as their second tree. A novelty," Jamrosz says. "They also find the bigger gifts don't fit under a traditional tree." Hanging a tree from the ceiling also ensures a smaller footprint for less-spacious areas. You can put it between two closely placed chairs, for instance. But not everyone is head over heels about the trend. Tree Classics Inc. of Lake Barrington, Ill., claims to be the top seller of artificial Christmas trees on the Internet - up 30% this year alone - but not a one of them is upside down. "That tree makes no sense to me whatsoever," says Tree Classics president Leon Gamze, who sells 59 styles of upright trees. "I just look at them and laugh." But would he ever join the upside-down trend? "Never. Wouldn't even consider it." Probably a good thing. He'll never have to ponder whether to put a star at the top, or bottom, of such a thing.

Are they for real...?? :headshake http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/iraq_dc;_ylt=Am...zkxBHNlYwN0bQ-- Saddam's defense cuts off dealings with court RAMADI, Iraq (Reuters) - Saddam Hussein's chief lawyer said on Wednesday lawyers for the former Iraqi president and seven co-defendants would stop all dealings with the tribunal trying them for crimes against humanity. "The defense committee has decided to consider the November 28 date (for the next hearing) canceled and illegitimate," Khalil al-Dulaimi told Reuters the day after a lawyer for one of the defendants was shot dead in Baghdad. He was the second defense lawyer to be killed since the trial began on October 19. The court is due to hold its next hearing on November 28 but Dulaimi said the defense lawyers were unable to contact witnesses or do their job because of the threats to their lives. Gunmen shot dead defense lawyer Adil al-Zubeidi in Baghdad on Tuesday and injured Thamer Hamoud al-Khuzaie, a fellow member of the defense team. Both had been defending Saddam's half-brother and his former vice president. "We call on the international community, the U.N. Security Council, the United States and all those involved to work on scrapping the criminal court as illegitimate, and also to pressure it to release President Saddam Hussein and his legitimate leadership team," Dulaimi said. Coming less than three weeks after the killing of another lawyer for one of Saddam's co-accused, Tuesday's attack renewed concerns about whether the trial can be held in Iraq given the violence still plaguing the country.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051109/ap_on_...WZuBHNlYwMxNjk0 Senators Expected to Grill Oil Execs By H. JOSEF HEBERT, Associated Press Writer Wed Nov 9, 5:06 AM ET WASHINGTON - Huge oil company profits at a time when motorists paid $3-plus for gasoline have sent shivers through a Congress worried about the political fallout. Now senators are venting some anger — and hoping to get some answers — as the top executives of five of the biggest and most profitable oil companies testify at a Senate hearing. The executives hoped Wednesday to dampen any further momentum for calls for taxing windfall oil company profits, something still viewed as a longshot but also no longer out of the question. Such a tax could inhibit investment in refineries or oil exploration and production, the industry contends. The oil industry's record third-quarter profits — at a time when motorists were reeling from unprecedentedly high gasoline costs and warned of huge heating bills this winter — has caught the attention of both Republicans and Democrats in Congress. Some analysts predict the 29 largest oil companies will earn $96 billion this year. "Consumers need relief from high energy prices," Sen. Byron Dorgan (news, bio, voting record), D-N.D., said Tuesday, reiterating his call for a windfall profits tax on oil companies. "Talk is cheap. The price of energy is not. Congress needs to act." By most accounts, the hearing Wednesday will have much rhetoric and likely result in little action. Lawmakers, especially on the Republican side, "need some cover in the face of record-breaking profits," says Christine Tezak, an energy analyst for Stanford Washington Research Group. "Expect a lot of criticism ... but there is far more rhetoric than votes in support of windfall profits taxes." The oil executives are expected to defend their profits and emphasize that the profit numbers are huge because the industry is huge. Together the five companies — Exxon Mobil Corp., Chevron, ConocoPhillips, BPAmerica and Shell Oil USA — reported more than $25 billion in profits in the July-September quarter as the price of crude oil hit $70 a barrel and gasoline surged to record levels after the disruptions of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. "It's profits that make the companies run and make the economy run," ExxonMobil chairman Lee Raymond said Tuesday on CNBC, showing no sign of being defensive about his company's nearly $10 billion in earnings, on revenue of $100 billion, during the third quarter. He called the industry cyclical by nature. "We have to have the peaks because we know we're going to have the valleys," he said, adding that ExxonMobil plans to invest $18 billion this year. As for a windfall tax, Raymond said it will mean "less earnings" and "our ability and willingness to invest is going to diminish." The industry argues that the run-up of gasoline prices, which began earlier in the year, stems from high global crude oil costs and growing demand for gasoline this past summer, followed by a disruption of gasoline supplies when the hurricanes shut down more than a dozen refineries on the Gulf Coast. Prices since have retreated from more than $3 a gallon to an average nationwide last week of $2.37, according to the Energy Department. While the loudest calls for action against oil companies has come from Democrats, some Republicans have expressed similar frustrations. "They are unhappy with the behavior of the oil companies," said GOP pollster David Winston, who advises GOP congressional leaders. "These are free market guys. They believe the market works. But in this case they are concerned that the consumer was clearly taken advantage of ... and they're pretty angry about it." Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., who called the hearing to examine oil profits, said it may be time for a federal law against energy price gouging. And House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., recently urged oil companies to invest more of their money into building more refineries, warning that if they don't Congress may take action. Hastert said he plans to meet privately with a number of oil company executives this week to discuss, "eyeball-to-eyeball," the recent profit surge. An aide to Hastert said the speaker does not favor a windfall profits tax, but that momentum for it is growing. Last week, Sen. Charles Grassley (news, bio, voting record), R-Iowa, urged the industry to donate some of its profits to help low-income families meet energy costs. Advocates for the poor estimate $5.1 billion will be needed to help low-income households pay for heating this winter. The government provided about $2 billion last year. Grassley said he still opposes a windfall profits tax on the oil companies. Another Republican, Sen. Judd Gregg (news, bio, voting record) of New Hampshire, however, has joined a number of Democrats in calling for such a tax.

8th times a charm.. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051109/ap_on_...DNqBHNlYwM3NDk- NEW YORK - American International Group Inc. said early Wednesday it will again restate its financial results, this time through 2002, as part of a prolonged internal probe of the insurance company's accounting practices. In late May, the company restated five years of results and cut shareholders' equity by $2.26 billion. Further investigation by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP uncovered the additional errors, AIG spokesman Chris Winans said. AIG, one of the world's largest insurers, said the errors had caused it to understate previous consolidated results by $500 million, forcing the restatement of its 2002, 2003 and 2004 fiscal years. "It's a reflection of continued deeper due diligence," Winans said of the new restatement. "We're in the process of remediating our internal controls weaknesses." The company also will restate some financial data for 2001 and 2000 and quarterly financial information for 2004 and the first two quarters of 2005. "AIG's prior financial statements for those periods should therefore no longer be relied upon," AIG said in a statement. AIG estimates its net income for the quarter ended Sept. 30 will be $1.7 billion, and about $10.1 billion for the first nine months of 2005. Adjusted net income, including substantial losses from hurricanes, will be $1.8 billion for the quarter and $8.3 billion for the first three quarters of 2005. The company estimates its losses from claims due to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita will be $1.6 billion, or $1.23 per share. The accounting issues surfaced in the spring, as federal and state regulators began investigating the industry's accounting practices and certain transactions AIG conducted with other insurers. Those probes led to the ouster of former Chairman and CEO Maurice "Hank" Greenberg, and a civil lawsuit by New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer in May. The suit against AIG and Greenberg alleged "deception and fraud" in the accounting as a way to boost the company's financial results and stock price. The company plans to release its quarterly income report Monday evening, and discuss the results Tuesday with analysts.

Cute. We're going for spring training so maybe I can get to see it in person.

QUOTE(SoxFan101 @ Nov 8, 2005 -> 04:27 PM) What does them being fine Christian men have anything to do with it? Nothing more than that person's opinion. Please... let's not overshadow this tragedy.

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QUOTE(3E8 @ Nov 8, 2005 -> 04:14 PM) Thanks for clarification. When I saw early October, I just took a stab at the range. So most votes probably took place when the Indians looked to be a shoe-in for the wild card. That would be my guess also. And at that point.. when we just got done changing our wet diapers.. they did look good.

Update... one of the AP's has died. One Dead, 2 Hurt in Tenn. School Shooting By DUNCAN MANSFIELD, Associated Press Writer 2 minutes ago JACKSBORO, Tenn. - A student shot and killed an assistant principal and seriously wounded two other administrators at a high school Tuesday, officials said. The student was arrested. The motive for the shooting at Campbell County High School, 30 miles from Knoxville, was not immediately known, Sheriff Ron McClellan told WVLT-TV. "We don't know yet. I have the individual at the hospital," McClellan said. "These men are all fine Christian men, and I am at a loss for words." Assistant Principal Ken Bruce was killed, according to state Education Department spokeswoman Rachel Woods. Principal Gary Seale, who was shot while trying to take the student into custody, was reported in serious condition, and Assistant Principal Jim Pierce in critical condition. Parents rushed to the 1,400-student school to take their children home. The school was locked down after the shooting, and students were evacuated and loaded onto buses. "They are searching each student as they are getting on the buses," said Roger Wallace, a driver at a pizza restaurant nearby.

QUOTE(3E8 @ Nov 8, 2005 -> 03:50 PM) Kenny's is more impressive right now but these votings took place before the first round of the playoffs even ended. I didn't notice this at first. Taking that into account I can see how it was a toss-up between the two. Putting together a 90+ win team with $40 million is comparable to making the sheer number of moves that Kenny did to build a division winner with his budget in my opinion. Before the playofs even started. Votes were due in by 10/1/05 iirc.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051108/ts_nm/...oting_school_dc Suspect arrested in shooting at school 46 minutes ago CHICAGO (Reuters) - A high school principal and two assistants were wounded and a suspect was in custody in a shooting on Tuesday at a high school in eastern Tennessee, authorities said. There were no students injured at the 1,300-pupil Campbell County high school in Jacksboro, school district official Gail Parks said. "One principal and two assistant principals were shot. I can confirm there were no students hurt," she said. A suspect was in custody and the school was locked down, the Campbell County Sheriff's office said. for the principal and assistants.

QUOTE(greasywheels121 @ Nov 8, 2005 -> 03:22 PM) The WS DVD has an official cover now... That's hot.