Sports fans hold strong opinions about which pro basketball players deserve their massive salaries, and which ones don’t. One fan, however, has gone further than the average barstool commentator — Southern Utah University economics professor David Berri. Berri is co-author of the 2006 book “The Wages of Wins,” which determines which players are overpaid with […]
Monday June 18 2012, 6:07 AM EDT | Posted in
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Comedy took a beating at the domestic box office over Father’s Day weekend as 1980s jukebox musical Rock of Ages and Adam Sandler’s R-rated That’s My Boy did dismal business in their debuts. Instead, it was holdovers Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted and Prometheus that continued to top the chart, staying at No. 1 and […]
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USA 212 Olivia Culpo’s big win was marred by allegations leveled from Miss Pennsylvania. She may be carrying a cool demeanor beneath her pageant crown but the allegations over whether she won the title fair and square are as heated as ever. Less than two weeks after one of the 50 women who lost to […]
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Any former Chicago Bulls teammate of Scottie Pippen and would say that he was undeniably a good player. Pippen’s brilliance of the game, coupled with his calm and steady on-court and practice court demeanor make him the ideal leader. In an interview with “The Dan Patrick Show” on Wednesday for the Dream Team documentary that […]
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Only about half of U.S. adults received selected preventive services such as screenings, consultations and prescriptions, from a health care professional before 2010, according to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The study, Use of Selected Clinical Preventive Services Among Adults — United States, 2007-2010, offers a comprehensive look at adult […]
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Former jet-setting Texas tycoon R. Allen Stanford, whose financial empire once spanned the Americas, was sentenced Thursday to 110 years in prison for bilking investors out of more than $7 billion over 20 years in one of the largest Ponzi schemes in U.S. history. U.S. District Judge David Hittner handed down the sentence during a […]
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New York City police investigated a report Thursday of a bar brawl involving hip-hop stars Drake and Chris Brown and their entourages in which five people were injured. Brown tweeted a photo of himself with a cut chin, then later removed it, as well as other messages about the fight, including epithets and taunts. A […]
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Manny Pacquiao lost his belt Timothy Bradley on Saturday in a match most experts, though not all, felt he was cheated. Judge Jerry Roth scored it 115-113 for Pacquiao, but was overruled by judges C.J. Ross and Duane Ford, who each had it 115-113 in favor of Bradley. Outraged Pacquiao fans petitioned Nevada Gov. Brian […]
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Apple is ditching an important Google application off its iPhone and making friends with Facebook rather than Google’s social network, as it continues to distance itself from a bitter rival in the phone arena. Google’s Maps application has resided on iPhone since Apple launched their very first version of the phone series in 2007. It […]
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Ten passengers traveling via JetBlue Fliers are suing the airline over a flight during which a pilot had to be physically restrained after screaming about religion and terrorism. They claim the airline was “grossly negligent” in allowing the captain to fly. The New York lawsuit was filed on Wednesday in the state Supreme Court in […]
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