Poll: How would you feel about a .500 Seattle Mariners squad? – Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)

Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)Our friends over at Sportspress Northwest alerted us to the fact that at least one Las Vegas sports book is predicting a .500 season for the Seattle … Read More

Cheryl Freeman, 40, of Atlanta, lost 70 pounds – Atlanta Journal Constitution

Cheryl Freeman, 40, of Atlanta, lost 70 poundsAtlanta Journal ConstitutionPersonal life: “(I am) a mother of three teenagers, two girls and a sickle cell anemia son, that lives in southwest … Read More

With a focus on creating jobs, Hardy targets Horsford’s seat – Las Vegas Sun

Las Vegas SunRepublican Assemblyman Cresent Hardy wants voters in the northern Las Vegas Valley and much of rural Nevada to pick him as their congressman this November. The 56-year-old businessman … Read More

BioShock creator Irrational Games is shutting down – GameSpot

GameSpotBioShock creator Irrational Games is shutting down. Irrational Games cofounder Ken Levine confirms all but about 15 people will lose their jobs as he starts up a “smaller, more entrepreneurial” … Read More

Diverse economy is fueling Atlanta’s improved job growth – Atlanta Business Chronicle

Diverse economy is fueling Atlanta’s improved job growthAtlanta Business ChronicleThe (preliminary) data reveals Atlanta added 58,400 jobs in 2013, an increase over 2012’s total of 55,000. Atlanta’s employment base has … Read More

Charles Schwab to move 1000 jobs out of San Francisco – San Jose Mercury News

San Jose Mercury NewsSAN FRANCISCO — Charles Schwab Corp. said Thursday it is planning to move about 1,000 jobs out of San Francisco over the next three to five years. … Read More

Peyton Manning Interview, Denver Broncos QB,: Super Bowl XVLIII

Peyton Manning gave a great, classy interview in the wake of being on the wrong end of a 45-8 Super Bowl XVLIII game where the Seattle Seahawks beat the Denver … Read More

2014 State of the Union Address Full Speech Text

Remarks of President Barack Obama – As Prepared for Delivery State of the Union Address Tuesday, January 28, 2014 Washington, D.C. As Prepared for Delivery – Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice … Read More

Why pro cheerleading may be one of Americas worst jobs – KBZK Bozeman News

KBZK Bozeman NewsThat’s just one lesson to be gleaned from a lawsuit filed by a cheerleader for the Oakland Raiders, a National Football League team, which alleges sub-minimum wage pay … Read More

Strong jobs report for Miami-Dade as unemployment dips to 7.5 percent – MiamiHerald.com

Strong jobs report for Miami-Dade as unemployment dips to 7.5 [email protected] Miami-Dade County received its best hiring scorecard in since the summer of 2012 on Friday, with the year-end employment … Read More

Joe Tuman Aims At Libby Schaaf, Jean Quan In Oakland Mayor’s Race Video

Joe Tuman has fired the first official shot in the unfolding 2014 Oakland Mayor’s Race. In a new YouTube video sent to supporters and called “Meet Joe Tuman,” Mr. Tuman … Read More

Pinewood Studios Atlanta, Fayetteville, GA Makes First Political Error

Pinewood Studios Atlanta Fayetteville, Georgia – the near-300-acre movie studio complex slated to open this month as production of MARVEL’s Ant-Man with Michael Douglas and Paul Rudd gets underway – … Read More

Hollande wants Trierweiler out but first lady ‘refusing to pack bags’ – Telegraph.co.uk

Telegraph.co.ukFrançois Hollande wanted to break up with Valérie Trierweiler at the weekend but had to ditch the idea when she was hospitalised, it was reported today, as it emerged that … Read More

French central bank urges speed on Hollande’s reform pact – Reuters

ReutersPARIS (Reuters) – France can revive its competitiveness and growth if it rapidly pushes through with a reform drive proposed by President Francois Hollande, its central bank governor said on … Read More

Oakland News: Mayor Quan Reelection Mistruths; Tuman, Siegel Videos

This Oakland News comes from Las Vegas, where I am for the New Media Expo and International CES, or CES 2014, or the Consumer Electronics Show. I have two items … Read More

Los Angeles, Orange counties top US metro construction employment, according … – Long Beach Press-Telegram

Los Angeles, Orange counties top US metro construction employment, according …Long Beach Press-TelegramAn estimated 17,300 jobs were added in the construction sector in the Los Angeles and Santa Ana areas, … Read More

Redskins’ Robert Griffin III offers thanks to fired Mike Shanahan – USA TODAY

USA TODAYASHBURN, Va. — Robert Griffin III refused to pile on. Less than a month since he was unceremoniously benched, Washington’s franchise quarterback took the high road Monday in addressing … Read More

Houston secures No. 1 spot in draft with loss to Tennessee – Chicago Tribune

Chicago TribuneNashville, TN Sports.com —. Neither team had a chance to make the playoffs, so they played for pride and possibly their jobs. The contest was highlighted with records and … Read More