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

This was a part of Metroblogging DC series about D.C.’s 20 gifts to the world
Castles had moats. Washington D.C. has the Capital Beltway. Few roads compete with the Beltway for cultural meaning. It figuratively represents American politics and government to the rest of the world. Typically, when someone from outside the region says “inside the [...]

Q&A with Nats president Stan Kasten – nationals.comThe Nats president talks about Alphonso Alfonso Soriano, free agency, Manny Acta and even Frank Robinson.
Nationals’ charity sues developer for pledged aid – The Wash. TimesA former bidder for the Nationals, developer Franklin Haney, is being sued by the Washington Nationals Foundation for not coming through on a [...]

The last time I was in Pennsylvania I heard the song The Last Ten Years (Superman) by Kenny Rogers. He recaps all the problems of the last decade, along with some famous passings and all I could think about was why was Kenny Rogers the one who gets to write this song? Really, if a [...]

The Caps and Les Boulez both snapped losing streaks (The Post).
The Pa-ritz are interested (Post-Gazette) in Tomo Ohka too. He could fetch $7 million this year, which would to eliminate the Nationals from consideration I think.
The Nittany Lions cagers rallied, but fell short (CDT) to Georgia Tech.

Bad news for fans of Gene Weingarten’s washingtonpost.com chat:
Today marks the five-year anniversary of Chatological Humor, which has become a national model for the successful, sophisticated, wildly popular national online reader-interactive forum. Its readership is steadily and continually growing. Boldly exploring the limits of real-time technology while fearlessly challenging antiquated, patronizing notions of the proprieties [...]

DAVID JONES – It’s Tennessee… or it’s Auburn – Patriot-NewsJones is hedging his bet on Penn State’s Outback Bowl opponent.
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With New Stadium, Name of Game Is Money – The PostThere is speculation that the new Nationals ballpark could fetch up to $10 million a year for naming rights. However, it seems as though $4 million is more likely. Given how much exposure the bank/military/other company has gotten from renaming RFK, you just know it [...]

The cape crusader – The L.A. TimesHere is another story about the new version of Superman II. The DVD debuts today and I hope to rent it over the weekend. I’ll let you know what I think of it.
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…but if you are looking for tales of Popeye’s for two meals a day or dozens of suits piled up in the closet you have come to the wrong place. Alex Ovechkin’s story is one of a strong family that nourished his career by emphasizing hard work and not coddling him.
Goal Oriented – The Post [...]

Ohio State Defeats Michigan 42-39 In Ultimately Meaningless Game – The Onion
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