Actor Jeff Conaway, who was in the TV series “Taxi” and the movie “Grease,” died from pneumonia, his manager said.

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Actor Jeff Conaway dead at 60

BALTIMORE — The Washington Nationals scored Friday night for the first time since Monday. Once they started, they could hardly be stopped in a 17-5 win over the Baltimore Orioles to open interleague play. It had been a rough week for the Nationals, what with being shut out in consecutive games, rained out once and having General Manager Mike Rizzo find himself in the middle of a league investigation over an incident with the umpires after a loss to the New York Mets on Thursday . But in recording their first victory by more than four runs this season, the Nationals did their best to put all that previous malaise behind them before an announced crowd of 24,442. They scored the most runs and hit the most home runs (six) in a game since the team moved to Washington, and they set a season high with 19 hits. Read full article > >

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Nationals vs. Orioles: Nats score most runs in a game since team’s move to Washington

PHILADELPHIA — At 3:40 Thursday afternoon, Manager Jim Riggleman and hitting coach Rick Eckstein called every hitter in the Washington Nationals ’ clubhouse into Riggleman’s office. They closed the door. Riggleman and Eckstein spoke first. A few players followed. “All positive,” one player said later. “Usually,” Riggleman said, “you like to have those meetings when you’re facing an emergency starter or something.” Riggleman had called his meeting hours before his team faced Roy Halladay, “the best pitcher “I’ve ever faced,” said Jerry Hairston, who has faced 826 of them. Read full article > >

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Nationals vs. Phillies: John Lannan struggles again vs. Roy Halladay and Philadelphia

Aston Villa chief executive Paul Faulkner says Gerard Houllier’s job is safe despite calls from fans for the manager’s dismissal.

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Villa chief backs Gerard Houllier

Spring training is supposed to be full of hope for baseball, but Dallas Green returned with a heavy heart to the Phillies’ camp Wednesday. The 76-year-old senior advisor to Phillies General Manager Ruben Amaro Jr. was the grandfather of 9-year-old…

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A contractor made the payments to the manager in return for his approving of millions in cost overruns, prosecutors said.

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City Room: Kickback Charge for Con Ed Manager

Eric Schmidt will be replaced as CEO of Google by co-founder Larry Page on April 4, it was announced yesterday. But why? What’s the backstory? The New Yorker ‘s Ken Auletta, who recently wrote a book on the search engine giant after conducting dozens of interviews with many members of the company’s management team, is on the story: Was Eric Schmidt pushed or did he jump? Both. According to close advisors, the Google C.E.O. was upset a year ago when co-founder Larry Page sided with his founding partner, Sergey Brin, to withdraw censored searches from China. Schmidt did not hide his belief that Google should stay in the world’s largest consumer marketplace. It was an indication of the nature of the relationship Schmidt had with the founders that he–as Brian Cashman of the Yankees did this week –acknowledged that the decision was made above his head. He often joked that he provided “adult supervision,” and was never shy about interrupting the founders at meetings to crystallize a point. In the eleven interviews I conducted with him for my book on Google, he freely told anecdotes about the founders, sometimes making gentle fun of them, never seeming to look over his shoulder. Yet he always made clear that they were “geniuses” and he, in effect, was their manager. After a bumpy first couple of years after he joined Google as C.E.O. in 2001, they had developed a remarkable relationship. But also a weird one. How many successful organizations have a troika making decisions? Schmidt, according to associates, lost some energy and focus after losing the China decision. At the same time, Google was becoming defensive. All of their social-network efforts had faltered. Facebook had replaced them as the hot tech company, the place vital engineers wanted to work. Complaints about Google bureaucracy intensified. Governments around the world were lobbing grenades at Google over privacy, copyright, and size issues. The “don’t be evil” brand was getting tarnished, and the founders were restive. Schmidt started to think of departing. Nudged by a board-member friend and an outside advisor that he had to re-energize himself, he decided after Labor Day that he could reboot. Read the full story at the New Yorker .

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Teena Marie, an award-winning R&B singer-songwriter, was found dead at her California home, her manager said.

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Singer-songwriter Teena Marie dies at 54

The Grammy-nominated American soul singer and songwriter Teena Marie has died at the age of 54, her manager says.

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Liverpool’s Roy Hodgson does not believe any other manager could get more out of the side than he is doing given the club’s current resources.

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Hodgson has faith in his ability

Striker Robbie Keane is likely to leave Tottenham in the January transfer window, his manager Harry Redknapp admits.

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Reggae star Gregory Isaacs – best known for his song Night Nurse – has died at the age of 59 at his London home, his manager confirms.

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A former police officer and four others are jailed for plotting to kidnap the manager of a London bank.

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Bobby Cox’s final season as the manager of the Braves has been a challenge, with several key players sustaining injuries.

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Giants 3, Braves 2: Giants’ Rally Ousts Braves and Ends Cox’s Career

The Mets have not yet told Manager Jerry Manuel and General Manager Omar Minaya, who have heard about their impending dismissals through news reports.

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