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Hanging in the Bullpen

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If someone told you they would let you do something really cool, like shagging flies for the Brewers during batting practice, or putting on catchers’ gear in the Miller Park bullpen and taking some pitches, would you do it? Hell yeah you would.

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The Fairly Detached Observers

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I`m Art Kumbalek and here's the story. The Shepherd wants a weekly sports column, since sports apparently seems to be a popular topic of conversation these days amongst a certain clique. And somehow I got tabbed to helm the launching of this craft; qualifications being I don't need to spell-check "Lambeau,"...

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Brewers News
Brewers duo looks to head to NY
Brewers duo looks to head to NY
Transcript of Web chat with Suppan
Transcript of Web chat with Suppan
Fielder's late homer propels Brewers
Fielder's late homer propels Brewers
Report: Hall seeks trade from Milwaukee
Report: Hall seeks trade
Packers News
Packers Ticket Invoices Due Wednesday For Brown County Residents
Packers Story: The Green Bay Packers Monday reminded Brown County residents who received invoices enabling them to purchase tickets for a 2008 game that payment is due Wednesday, June 4, at the Packers' ticket office.

Invoices can be dropped off at the Packers' ticket office at Lambeau Field from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Residents also may pay for their tickets online using the Packers' new Ticketmaster system via Packers.com. Instructions for the online payment method were sent to residents with the ticket invoices.

The invoices due Wednesday were sent to county residents whose names recently were chosen in a second ticket drawing. Those selected were sent an invoice for four tickets to a yet-to-be-determined game for the 2008 season.
Marquette Men´s BBall
MU's Jerel McNeal To Withdraw Name From NBA Draft
Marquette University men's basketball player Jerel McNeal has withdrawn his name from the upcoming National Basketball Association Draft and will return to the Golden Eagles in 2008-09 for his senior campaign.
College Basketball Rewind To Feature Marquette Men's Basketball
Marquette University men's basketball fans will be able to relive some of the program's notable games thanks to its partnership with Time Warner Cable Sports 32.
UWM Men´s BBall
Lavin Added As Keynote Speaker At Shooting For A Cure
The countdown continues to the first-ever Shooting For A Cure event in Madison later this month. The latest addition to the schedule for the inaugural Coaches vs. Cancer Gala is the addition of ESPN/ABC college basketball analyst Steve Lavin as the keynote speaker. Shooting For A Cure is set for Sat., May 31, at the Madison Marriott West. This fundraiser, which is shaping up as one of the biggest events in Madison this year, will help raise funds for the American Cancer Society in Wisconsin and share the importance of saving lives from cancer. The event is being co-hosted by Milwaukee head men's basketball coach Rob Jeter.
 
Elections 2008
Obama seeks greater rein on financial institutions (AP)

President Obama makes a statement on AIG, Wednesday, March 18, 2009, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, prior to departing for a trip to California.  (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP - President Barack Obama says he wants Congress to pass legislation giving the government greater regulatory authority over financial institutions like American International Group.


Sources: Pentagon to stop forced tour extension (AP)

US Department of Defense handout photo shows an aerial view of the River Entrance of the Pentagon. The US military successfully shot down a short-range ballistic missile near Hawaii in a test of its ground-based missile defense system, the Pentagon said.(AFP/DoD-HO/File)AP - The Army will substantially reduce use of the unpopular practice of holding troops beyond their enlistment dates and will pay $500 to those still forced to stay in the service, defense and congressional officials said Wednesday.


AIG head shares US anger of bonuses but backs them (AP)

In a Thursday, Dec. 11, 2008 file photo, Edward Liddy, chairman and chief executive officer of American International Group Inc., (AIG), speaks in Hong Kong. Liddy goes to Capitol Hill this morning, March 18, 2009, where he'll reluctantly defend millions of dollars' worth of bonuses doled out to employees despite the company's need for a $170 billion government bailout. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)AP - The chief executive officer of failed insurance conglomerate AIG acknowledged Wednesday that the company's multimillion-dollar bonuses were "distasteful" to many and had provoked a firestorm of wrath. "I share that anger," Edward Liddy, chairman and CEO of the American International Group Inc., said in testimony prepared for Congress.


Analysis: White House, Dems backpedaling on AIG (AP)

An AIG office building is shown Wednesday, March 18, 2009 in New York. Edward Liddy, chairman and CEO of American International Group acknowledged Wednesday to congressional interrogators that some of the insurance giant's executive bonuses are 'distasteful.'  (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)AP - For the first time since last fall's election, Democrats and the Obama administration are backpedaling furiously on an issue easily understood by financially strapped taxpayers: $165 million in bonuses paid out at bailed-out AIG.


Pence: Return AIG donations (Politico)
Politico - House Republican Conference Chairman Mike Pence is urging politicians from both parties to strongly consider returning campaign contributions from AIG.
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AIG head shares US anger of bonuses but backs them (AP)

In a Thursday, Dec. 11, 2008 file photo, Edward Liddy, chairman and chief executive officer of American International Group Inc., (AIG), speaks in Hong Kong. Liddy goes to Capitol Hill this morning, March 18, 2009, where he'll reluctantly defend millions of dollars' worth of bonuses doled out to employees despite the company's need for a $170 billion government bailout. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)AP - The chief executive officer of failed insurance conglomerate AIG acknowledged Wednesday that the company's multimillion-dollar bonuses were "distasteful" to many and had provoked a firestorm of wrath. "I share that anger," Edward Liddy, chairman and CEO of the American International Group Inc., said in testimony prepared for Congress.


Obama seeks greater rein on financial institutions (AP)

President Obama gestures while making a statement on AIG, Wednesday, March 18, 2009, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington.  Joining him, from left are, Council of Economic Advisers Director Christina Romer, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, and Director of the National Economic Council Lawrence Summers.  (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)AP - President Barack Obama says he wants Congress to pass legislation giving the government greater regulatory authority over financial institutions like American International Group.


Consumer prices rise by largest amount in 7 months (AP)

In this March 10, 2009 file photo, Doug Kemp, of Sturbridge, Mass., pumps gas at the Ell-Bern service station in Boston. Consumer prices rose in February by the largest amount in seven months as gasoline prices surged again and clothing costs jumped the most in nearly two decades.  (AP Photo/Lisa Poole, file)AP - Consumer prices rose in February by the largest amount in seven months as gasoline prices surged again and clothing costs jumped the most in nearly two decades.


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Going Out on a Pier to Buy A Home

Late last week, New York City went out on a limb, or a pier to be exact, to help a group of people in Queens. For almost 100 years the 17 houses on Beach 84th Street Pier were owned by the state or

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