Posts Tagged ‘graham’

Swansea 1-0 Liverpool

Sunday, May 13th, 2012

Danny Graham scores his 100th career goal to secure victory for Swansea over Liverpool to end their debut Premier League season on a high.

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Strauss will not quit, says Gooch

Friday, March 30th, 2012

England batting coach Graham Gooch does not believe Andrew Strauss will resign as England captain.

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The religion and politics of division

Thursday, February 23rd, 2012

Last week, the Christianity police, in the persons of Rick Santorum and Franklin Graham , came forward to discredit the president’s religious beliefs. First, Santorum called President Obama’s theology “phony” ; then, on “Morning Joe,” Graham refused to accept Obama into his Christian band of brothers: “He has said he’s a Christian, so I just have to assume that he is.” Read full article > >

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Police Unit Faces Scrutiny After Ramarley Graham’s Death in Bronx

Thursday, February 23rd, 2012

The killing of Ramarley Graham, 18, by an officer from a Street Narcotics Enforcement Unit has raised troubling questions about training and tactics.

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Senators Want to Arm Syrian Rebels

Monday, February 20th, 2012

McCain and Graham favor aid.

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Syria Clamps Down on Protests

Monday, February 20th, 2012

Sens. McCain and Graham call for arming rebels.

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Editorial Board: E-mails renew questions about Jim Graham’s role in lottery contract

Friday, January 27th, 2012

ON MAY 29, 2008, D.C. Council member Jim Graham (D-Ward 1) met with representatives of a District business who were pressing their bid for the city’s lottery contract. Allegations have emerged, most recently in a report by D.C. Inspector General Charles J. Willoughby, that the council member offered to drop his opposition to the group’s bid if one of its members would agree to withdraw from a separate real estate deal with Metro, on whose board Mr. Graham sat. As this page reported Wednesday , Mr. Graham flatly denied that he ever made such an offer. Read full article > >

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Swansea 1-1 QPR

Tuesday, December 27th, 2011

Jamie Mackie cancels out Danny Graham’s first half goal to secure a point for QPR in a gripping game at the Liberty Stadium.

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Meet the big-bank critics Republicans love.

Wednesday, December 14th, 2011

Partisan warfare has erupted over Richard Cordray, Obama’s nominee to lead a new consumer finance watchdog, whom Republicans filibustered in the Senate last week, raising concerns that the agency would become a “ Stalinist ” enemy of Wall Street. But waiting in the wings is another Obama nominee who’s long raised hackles of the country’s biggest financial institutions. And this time, Republicans have resoundingly embraced him. Read full article > >

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North Carolina hospital says Rev. Billy Graham released after 6 days recovering from pneumonia

Tuesday, December 6th, 2011

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — The Rev. Billy Graham was released from hospital Tuesday after spending six days recovering from pneumonia, a hospital spokeswoman said. Doctors decided to let the 93-year-old evangelist go home after he responded well to antibiotics and physical therapy to increase his strength after his latest illness, said Nancy Lindell, a spokeswoman for Mission Hospital in Asheville, N.C. Read full article > >

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NC hospital: Evangelist Billy Graham continues to show improvement in treatment for pneumonia

Saturday, December 3rd, 2011

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Hospital officials say the Rev. Billy Graham is continuing his “successful” treatment for pneumonia. A statement from Asheville’s Mission Hospital on Saturday afternoon said Graham’s pulmonologist reports he is maintaining the improvement he showed on Friday. The 93-year-old evangelist will continue physical therapy to help his strength and mobility. Doctors said Graham stood and walked Friday during a physical therapy session. No date is set for his discharge. Read full article > >

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Preacher Billy Graham hospitalized in NC for cough, fever; will be tested for pneumonia

Wednesday, November 30th, 2011

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — The Rev. Billy Graham was admitted to a hospital Wednesday near his home in western North Carolina to be tested for pneumonia after suffering from congestion, a cough and a slight fever, his spokesman said. The 93-year-old evangelist was taken to Mission Hospital in Asheville, spokesman A. Larry Ross said. His personal physician, Dr. Lucian Rice, said he was in stable condition. Read full article > >

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Penn State taps former FBI director Louis Freeh in child sex-abuse investigation

Monday, November 21st, 2011

PHILADELPHIA — Former FBI director Louis Freeh, tapped to lead Penn State’s investigation into the child sex-abuse allegations against a former assistant football coach, said his inquiry will go as far back as 1975, a much longer period than a grand jury report issued earlier this month. Freeh was named Monday to oversee the university board of trustees’ internal investigation into the abuse allegations that ultimately led to the ouster of longtime football coach Joe Paterno and university President Graham Spanier. Read full article > >

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Editorial: Penn State faces more questions about Sandusky case

Tuesday, November 15th, 2011

PENN STATE COACH Joe Paterno is gone. So too is the university’s longtime president, Graham Spanier. The Nittany ­Lions are gearing up for a game this week against Ohio State, having lost Saturday’s home game against Nebraska. Students are refocusing attention on their studies. Things seem to be quieting down after a week in which the State College, Pa., campus was rocked by allegations of child sexual abuse and the institution’s seeming indifference. However, there can be no return to normalcy until every detail of this painful episode is uncovered and disclosed. Read full article > >

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TIMESCAST: TimesCast | November 1, 2011

Tuesday, November 1st, 2011

Rachel Donadio on the Greek government’s potential collapse, and Graham Bowley on the market reaction to worries that last week’s debt deal may be a casualty.

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TIMESCAST: TimesCast | November 1, 2011