Federal judge blocks implementation of cigarette tax for two western NY tribes Syracuse Jim Commentucci / The Post-Standard 0 0 Share | Syracuse, NY -- The state will move ahead Wednesday to collect taxes on cigarettes sold by most Indian tribes, including some in Central New York. | A federal judge in Buffalo on Tuesday halted enforcement on cigarettes sold by the Cayuga and Seneca tr...
US Open 2010: Andy Murray must be prepared to roll the dice The Guardian Open Platform | Andy Murray does not drink and does not gamble. But there will be key moments when he is tempted to take the odd risk at the US Open, which starts in Flushing Meadows tomorrow, because there is quite a dividend at stake. | If the Scot is finally to break through, to prove he deserves to be regarde...
Element of Surprise Key to Onside Kicks The New York Times | Filed at 4:42 p.m. ET | The Who had barely finished their halftime show, highlighted by their rock anthem ''Won't Get Fooled Again,'' when the New Orleans Saints pulled off the best trick in last February's Super Bowl. | Not only did they befuddle ...
Classy Colts To Claim It All Sporting Life | By David John | Sky Bet's Odds Compare All Prices | BETTING BOX FIXED ODDS 5pts Indianapolis to win Super Bowl XLV at 9/1 (Boylesports, bet365). Beaten in the finale last year and look to have improved enough to go one better. 3pts Dallas to win Su...
Housing Woes Bring New Cry: Let Market Fall The New York Times | The unexpectedly deep plunge in home sales this summer is likely to force the Obama administration to choose between future homeowners and current ones, a predicament officials had been eager to avoid. | Over the last 18 months, the administration ...
Grim Housing Choice: Help Today's Owners or Future Ones The New York Times | The unexpectedly deep plunge in home sales this summer is likely to force the Obama administration to choose between future homeowners and current ones, a predicament officials had been eager to avoid. | Over the last 18 months, the administration ...
Allegiances and the Call of the Local The New York Times | CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS — Some identities compel people more than others. College reunions inspire more enthusiasm than graduate-school ones. Humans spend substantially more time reconvening with those who share their birth religion than the...
A Son of Anarchy's Minnesota detour Star Tribune | Ron Perlman has portrayed some challenging characters: a gentle giant in CBS' "Beauty and the Beast," a horned, haunted mutant in the "Hellboy" movies and the den father of a grizzled motorcycle gang in FX's "Sons of Anarch...
Bronzeville, a Neighborhood Whose Promise Has Been Stalled The New York Times | Margo Strotter considered herself proof that the revival of Bronzeville was under way. She opened a sandwich and smoothie bar at 45th Street and Cottage Grove Avenue in early 2006 and waited for other businesses, inspired by a booming real estate m...
Greeks fuming over smoking ban - again (News Feature) m&c | Athens - Greece, the home to Europe`s largest percentage of smokers, will no longer be allowed to light up in public places as of Wednesday. But after countless efforts to stamp out the habit, will they actually make it stick this time? | Under the new law, smoking will be banned in all public places, with the exemption of casinos and bars larger...
Sharapova faulty at service line again at U.S. Open The Guardian By Larry Fine NEW YORK, Sept 6 (Reuters) - Maria Sharapova said it was a grand slam year of missed opportunities after service woes haunted the former world number one at the U.S. Open Monday. Sharapova committed 36 unforced errors, including nine double faults in falling 6-3 6-4 in the fourth round to top seed Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark, last y...
