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  • Walker: Sosa's Explanations Don't Add Up

    06/04/2003 7:36:10 PM PDT · by Libloather · 125 replies · 639+ views
    Yahoo News ^ | 6/4/03 | BEN WALKER
    Walker: Sosa's Explanations Don't Add Up 1 hour, 23 minutes ago By BEN WALKER, AP Baseball Writer Sammy Sosa said all the right things. It was a mistake. It was for the fans. It was an accident that will not happen again. A lot of explanations and excuses. And about as hard to believe as many of those 500-foot monster shots he launches. On Wednesday, X-rays showed that 76 of Sosa's bats confiscated a day earlier were clean. Which would mean he somehow hit a 1-in-77 chance of bad luck. Hmmmm. Sosa insists he was using a lighter, corked bat...
  • CA: Senators' pipe dreams add up to $27.9 billion

    05/31/2003 9:55:34 AM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 16 replies · 186+ views
    Mercury News ^ | 5/31/03 | Ann E. Marimow
    <p>SACRAMENTO - The state's dreary fiscal forecast hasn't dampened the enthusiasm of some lawmakers for a little California dreaming.</p> <p>If they had their way, the state would spend millions to change the date of the statewide primary election, $1.3 million to protect coho salmon and $300,000 to study the effectiveness of HOV lanes.</p>