William World News William F. Yurasko's blog v.14 – Nats, Redskins, Capitals, D.C. life, transportation, not so much Penn State anymore,

I have not been paying very much attention to the continuing saga of the Nats ballpark this week, it is getting very old and not much is really happening or will be for sometime. Anyhow, here are a few articles from the past few days:
D.C. Metro Fund Weighed To Boost Navy Yard StopLand Sale Possible [...]

Powell Gives Thoughts On Stadium Deal – WRC-TVFormer Secretary Of State Colin Powell was on This Week with George Stephanopoulos on Sunday. The two talked about a bunch of unimportant things for a while and then the topic of the Nats came up. The transcript follows:
Buying the Nationals?
Stephanopoulos: You mentioned Washington, D.C. You want to [...]

In D.C. Drama Over Baseball, It’s Hard to Tell Who’s on First – The PostRemember that gigantic sucking sound last week? It was the leadership vacuum in the District and whenever there is a giant sucking sound in D.C. you know that Marion Barry (file photo) is not far behind.
Oh and just a reminder, Carol [...]

Penn State’s Paterno proves his way works – Post-GazetteA great article about Joe Paterno’s return to glory. We learn that on the day after Penn State’s final 2004 game Graham Spainer, university president, Tim Curley, athletic director, and two others came to his house to ask him to step down; Paterno was not having any [...]

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Nats Bidders Told Not to Offer Funds – The PostAfter two prospective groups (Ledecky and Haney) tried to assure D.C. that they would pay for cost overruns, MLB e-mailed the prospective groups with instructions to refrain from offering to pitch in.
So, when it comes down to it the District wants Nats owners to take over [...]

Long Island native Steve Anderson has been running a site about New York area highways for almost nine years. His thorough research has set the standard among “road geek” sites and made him a media go-to guy when it comes to highways.
In the early part of the century, Anderson expanded extended his reach to Philadelphia [...]

At 1:35 p.m. winter officially begins with the solstice. From now on, the days will be getting longer and the nights shorter. Hoo-ray right? Well, not for some people.
Despite war in Iraq, transit strikes in New York, and ballpark problems at home, some people cannot make peace with the solistice. They have even decleared war [...]

For those of you keeping score, the 2005 AP Coach of the Year (Patriot-News), is 79 years old today.
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Barry Acted to Block Stadium – The PostMarion Barry (D, Ward-8) is making his presence known again and no good can come from that, can it? This article details how he tried to create a deal with prospective owner Jonathan Ledecky on cost overruns. Barry was rallying support on the council for this move, but [...]