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Robin Gibb dies at 62; rose to pop fame as one-third of the Bee Gees

By:   On: Mon 21 of May, 2012 03:00 EDT  (4 Reads)
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Perjury Trial For Roger Clemens Heats Up

By:   On: Sun 20 of May, 2012 15:00 EDT  (4 Reads)
More trouble for the prosecution in the perjury trial of baseball star pitcher Roger Clemens. He is charged with lying to Congress when he said he had never used performance-enhancing drugs. But under cross examination, the key witness has himself admitted to lying and the key evidence has been called into question. NPR's Nina Totenberg explains all to weekends on All Things Considered host Guy Raz.
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I’ll Have Another Wins 137th Preakness Stakes

By: By JOE DRAPE  On: Sun 20 of May, 2012 00:25 EDT  (4 Reads)
I’ll Have Another came from behind to beat Bodemeister in the 137th Preakness Stakes, keeping Triple Crown hopes alive for the trainer Doug O’Neill and the jockey Mario Gutierrez.
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J.P. Morgan Struggles to Unwind Huge Bets

By:   On: Sat 19 of May, 2012 00:20 EDT  (5 Reads)
J.P. Morgan is struggling to extricate itself from disastrous wagers by traders such as the "London whale." Losses would grow if the banking company sells its positions into a market that has turned against its positions.
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Brain Disease Is Found in Veterans Exposed to Bombs

By: By JAMES DAO  On: Fri 18 of May, 2012 10:00 EDT  (4 Reads)
The same degenerative brain disease found in football players and boxers has been found in veterans exposed to roadside bombs, a finding with potentially profound implications.
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Fixed mortgages: new lows for 15-, 30-year loans

By:   On: Fri 18 of May, 2012 08:00 EDT  (20 Reads)
Fixed mortgages for 30-year loan dips to 3.79 percent; 15-year loan averages. 3.04 percent. But record low rates on fixed mortgages have not ignited home sales.
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Geithner: Again With the Debt-Limit Debate? 'I Don't Understand it'

By:   On: Thu 17 of May, 2012 18:17 EDT  (11 Reads)
JEFFREY BROWN: And we turn to our newsmaker interview with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, now the longest-serving member of President Obama's economic team. I met up with him this morning in Baltimore as the secretary visited local businesspeople and companies.
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DealBook: Long Odds on a Big Facebook Payday

By: By NATHANIEL POPPER  On: Thu 17 of May, 2012 14:57 EDT  (7 Reads)
If history offers any lesson, average investors may find they face steep odds if they hope to make big money in a much-hyped stock like Facebook.
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Postal Service to Consolidate 48 Processing Centers in Coming Months

By: By RON NIXON  On: Thu 17 of May, 2012 14:14 EDT  (8 Reads)
The first phase of the cost-cutting plan is intended to save the agency nearly $1.2 billion a year amid declining mail volume.
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Senate Confirms Fed Board Nominees

By: By JOHN H. CUSHMAN Jr.  On: Thu 17 of May, 2012 14:07 EDT  (11 Reads)
The Senate’s votes to approve Jeremy Stein and Jerome Powell bring the seven-member Federal Reserve board to full strength for the first time since 2006.
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Berkshire Buys 63 Papers, Takes Stake in Media General

By:   On: Thu 17 of May, 2012 13:35 EDT  (10 Reads)
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway agreed to buy 63 daily and weekly newspapers from Media General for $142 million, Berkshire's second move in six months to expand into the depressed newspaper market.
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Donna Summer, The Queen Of Disco, Dies At 63

By:   On: Thu 17 of May, 2012 12:25 EDT  (12 Reads)
In years following Vietnam, people wanted to dance and Donna Summer provided a soundtrack.
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Delta to Trim Capacity

By:   On: Thu 17 of May, 2012 10:24 EDT  (8 Reads)
Delta Air Lines sees strong summer demand, but intends to proactively trim its capacity offered across the Atlantic and Pacific in the fourth quarter.
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Minorities Are Now Majority Of U.S. Births, Census Says

By:   On: Thu 17 of May, 2012 07:55 EDT  (13 Reads)
Last year, for the first time in U.S. history, slightly more than half of the babies born were Hispanic, black, Asian or from another minority.
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Edwards doesn't testify in campaign finance trial

By:   On: Thu 17 of May, 2012 07:26 EDT  (13 Reads)
The former senator's defense rested without putting on John Edwards, accused of illegally funneling money to his mistress.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s estranged wife found dead in her home

By:   On: Thu 17 of May, 2012 07:26 EDT  (19 Reads)
Mary Richardson Kennedy had struggled with drugs and alcohol.
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Solar eclipse visible from 154 national parks Sunday

By:   On: Thu 17 of May, 2012 07:26 EDT  (22 Reads)
Sunday's solar eclipse will be the first visible in the US this century. The annular eclipse will be best seen from 33 national parks, including the Grand Canyon.
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Mitt Romney raising money at home of 'morning-after pill' exec

By:   On: Thu 17 of May, 2012 07:26 EDT  (15 Reads)
The $50,000-a-plate fundraiser Wednesday night is at the Miami home of Phil Frost, chairman of Teva Pharmaceuticals, which makes 'morning-after pills.' Mitt Romney opposes their use, calling them 'abortive pills.'
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Apple Moves to Larger iPhone Screens

By:   On: Thu 17 of May, 2012 07:06 EDT  (16 Reads)
Apple is likely to increase the screen size on its coming iPhone. The company is asking Asian suppliers to make screens measuring at least 4 inches diagonally. The current iPhone has a 3.5-inch display.
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Silicon Valley needs humanities students

By: Vivek Wadhwa  On: Thu 17 of May, 2012 07:00 EDT  (17 Reads)

Quit your technology job. Get a PhD in the humanities. That’s the way to get ahead in the technology sector. That, at least, is what philosopher Damon Horowitz told a crowd of attendees at the BiblioTech Conference at Stanford University in 2011. Horowitz is also a serial entrepreneur who co-founded a company, Aardvark, which sold to Google for $50 million. He is presently the In-House Philosopher / Director of Engineering at Google. Wait, you say, that’s insane. At a time when record numbers of people, among them those with high-level degrees, are receiving public assistance, what kind of fool would get a degree in a subject with no clear job prospects beyond higher education or teaching?
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Feature: Youth Sailing


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1. St Pete Sailing Center
2. Davis Island Yacht Club
3. Sarasota Sailing Squadron
4. Clearwater Sailing Center
5. Treasure Island Yacht Club

In order, as I see it, 1 to 5:

And honorable mention to USF St Pete, perennially ranked in the top 10 colleges for sailing in intercollegiate competition, with head coach Allison Jolly, the first US woman to win a women’s sailing gold medal.

Also, Tampa Bay is home to Ed Baird, most recent winning America’s Cup skipper on board Alinghi, with two kids in the youth circuit.

Quite a bit more sailing history in the bay and particularly among youth sailors, but we can save that for later.

- John Pinholster
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