[The purchase] is like a daydream of a used car salesman; we paid big bucks for lemons, ... We're buying read more

[The purchase] is like a daydream of a used car salesman; we paid big bucks for lemons, ... We're buying lemons for Iraqi allies who have bull's-eyes on their backs. That's crazy.

I got it going a little bit toward the backside of the back nine and then on the front I read more

I got it going a little bit toward the backside of the back nine and then on the front I hit it pretty good and made most of the putts that are looked at. It was a good putting day basically.

It is going to follow what the nominal (Treasury) curve is doing. It's not that great of a surprise.

It is going to follow what the nominal (Treasury) curve is doing. It's not that great of a surprise.

The lower one speaks the closer a woman listens.

The lower one speaks the closer a woman listens.

When he first went down, it didn't look good. And he was so close to the bench that he didn't read more

When he first went down, it didn't look good. And he was so close to the bench that he didn't have to get up to get off the ice, so I wasn't sure what happened. But I talked to the trainer between periods and he thought it would be good and then I saw Mike after and he was all smiles with the team winning the division. So a crisis averted, I guess.

We've had good preparation because of it. It was kind of a wakeup call for a lot of the guys read more

We've had good preparation because of it. It was kind of a wakeup call for a lot of the guys that are back and for the coaches and everybody. I feel like we have something to go out and prove -- that we're better than what we did last year, more than anything.

[Ben Adams, founder and director of the program, was pleased with the turnout.] We estimated 1,000 people but we had read more

[Ben Adams, founder and director of the program, was pleased with the turnout.] We estimated 1,000 people but we had about 2 or 3 thousand come today, ... Everybody can come out, have a good time and listen to music.

They don't want to be taken out of circulation. They want to unplug from the pressures, yes, but they want read more

They don't want to be taken out of circulation. They want to unplug from the pressures, yes, but they want to plug back in to something they're passionate about: Maybe they always wanted to make violins or save the homeless kids on the mall. Now, the mortgage and orthodontic-bill pressure is gone and they can do things they've always wanted to do.

I was very happy with the girls -they kept on the attack, ... We lost the third game, and in read more

I was very happy with the girls -they kept on the attack, ... We lost the third game, and in Game 4, freshman Balee Cox served four consecutive points. That shifted the momentum, gave us back the lead and we finished it out from there.