award in New York December 8, 2012. Manziel was awarded the Heisman Trophy on Saturday, …more (Reuters) - Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel was awarded the Heisman Trophy on Saturday, making him the first 'freshman' to win college football's top honor.Manziel, nicknamed "Johnny Football", beat out Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o and Kansas State quarterback Collin Klein at the swanky ceremony...
Seven Big East basketball teams leaving conference
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(The Sports Xchange) The seven Catholic schools in the Big East that do not have Football Bowl Subdivision teams unanimously voted Saturday to take their men's basketball teams out of the conference, ESPN reported.St. John's president Rev. Donald J. Harrington scheduled a news conference for 4:30 p.m. ET.DePaul, Georgetown, Marquette, Providence, St. John's, Seton Hall and Villanova will leave the...
Pennsylvania suit against NCAA a long shot: experts
Labels: Sports
(Reuters) - Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett faces serious obstacles to winning his antitrust lawsuit against the NCAA over the harsh sanctions it imposed on Penn State in the Jerry Sandusky child sex-abuse scandal, legal experts said on Wednesday.While targeting the National Collegiate Athletic Association may be popular politically in a state where Penn State football is widely loved, the federal...
A Tale of Two Strategies: The Twitter Genius of Chuck Grassley and Cory Booker
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If you’re on Twitter and not following Sen. Chuck Grassley, you’re not using Twitter correctly.
The Iowa Republican is known for his colorful and personal Twitter feed. Take a gander: he personally tweets about everything from the History Channel to Obamacare to an incident in which he hit a deer with his car (“assume dead"). Grassley’s tweets take us along for...
A Tale of 2 Strategies: The Twitter Genius of Chuck Grassley and Cory Booker
Labels: technology
If you’re on Twitter and not following Sen. Chuck Grassley, you’re not using Twitter correctly.The Iowa Republican is known for his colorful and personal Twitter feed. Take a gander: He personally tweets about everything from the History Channel to "Obamacare" to an incident in which he hit a deer with his car (“assume dead"). Grassley’s tweets take us along for a ride, one that's often riddled...
Can Social Media Help You Lose Weight?
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At the start of the New Year, when weight loss is often a priority, building a support team to help keep us on track can be extremely helpful. This might typically consist of family members, friends, co-workers, or perhaps even a nutritionist or registered dietitian. But today, support can also be found online. Plenty of Web sites focus on losing weight, and include communities that provide support...
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"Fiscal cliff" creates waiting game for payrolls firms
Labels: Business
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - At payroll processing businesses across the United States, the "fiscal cliff" stalemate in Washington means uncertainty over tax-withholding tables just days before the start of 2013.The U.S. Internal Revenue Service still has not issued the tables for next year that show how much money employers should hold back from workers' paychecks to cover federal income taxes.Payroll...
Future of state estate taxes hangs on U.S. "fiscal cliff"
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Not necessarily for some state governments that could begin collecting more in estate taxes on wealth left to heirs if the United States goes over the "cliff," allowing sharp tax increases and federal spending cuts to take effect in January.In an example of federal and state tax law interaction that gets little notice on Capitol Hill, 30 states next year could collect $3 billion more in estate taxes...
Exclusive: Profits up, but Britain gets less tax from big firms
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LONDON (Reuters) - Big companies in Britain now pay less tax than they did 12 years ago despite a big jump in profitability, a Reuters analysis of official data shows. Tax campaigners say the trend is the clearest signal yet that tax avoidance has blossomed under a more business-friendly strategy at the UK tax authority Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC).Large companies' payments of corporation...
Te'o sees career end with BCS title-game loss
Labels: Sports
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — One of the last things Manti Te'o remembers Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly telling his team before the BCS title game was about the importance of four particular segments of play.
—The first two minutes of the game.
—The last two minutes of the first half.
—The first two minutes of the second half.
—The last two minutes of the game.
Of those, only one was not wrought with...
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