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Why wouldn't the Steelers want to go for a conversion on that last touchdown to try and cut the lead to 10?

Sorry if this topic has been repeated. Did a quick search for HIPAA and nothing came up. Kid gets hurt at a high school football game. It looks like a head injury, they put him in a neck brace and take him off the field on a stretcher. He's waving his arms, looks like he'll be fine. I'm on the...

Playing second base, P.T. Barnum?

I love that background music for the intros.

Sorry if this has been posted.

Is this story overblown? With the facts that are out there, considering who this guy is, and the police and TO's camp agreeing it's not suicide, should this receive all the coverage that it has? This post was on Romenesko: Writer scolds media for coverage of "the suicide that wasn't" Morning...

Headline from dallascowboys.com: "Owens Released" But if you read a little more it says that he's released from the hospital.

Re: T.O. suicide attempt Dallasnews.com has a .pdf of the police report.

Will Geathers be fined for that hit on Green?

If you and management agree on something you'd better get it in writing.

From S-A Express-News: New York Mets catcher Paul Lo Duca is accustomed to national media coverage for his baseball talents, but now his Bexar County divorce, filed for by wife Sonia Lo Duca, is getting both of them more personal attention. Sonia Lo Duca, a San Antonio resident and Playboy...

You guys must be trying to scare the kids out of the business? Come to think of it, that would probably wouldn't be a bad lesson.

If they don't do an assignment they should get a 0. Turn in a half-assed story, don't accept it. Missing a deadline is another story. Deadlines should be structured so that if the student asks for an extension it could be given. You can't expect a student who is in other extra-curricular...

Here's a good resource from my student teaching days: www.highschooljournalism.org

Many in the newsroom are turning to the blogs just to get information on the buyouts (how many, how much) and the goings on in the upper levels. Most of the info may be rumor, but you'd think management would want to keep the laymen and laywomen at the News informed about all the buyouts.