City & Region
- Donn Esmonde: A better way is shown with a $500 house
He bought a house for the price of an electric guitar. He got the place where he and his wife live for the cost of a television. This is what you can do in this town.
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Sports
- DiCesare: These places put Western New York on basketball map
Hello everybody and welcome to Western New York. We don't have a team in this year's NCAA Tournament. We rarely do. We don't have an NBA team. But once we did. Since Buffalo has a meager basketball presence on the national scene you might wonder what we're doing hosting the first round of The Dance. But those of you who appreciate hoops history will come to understand why we're worthy and then some.
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Business
- Some winners and losers this year
There hasn’t been a whole lot of good news this year, with the economy sinking and the job market shrinking.
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Life
- Jeff Simon: Geniuses are made, not born
“Ted Williams sees more of the ball than any man alive,” said Ty Cobb to explain what seemed to be Williams’ superhuman ability to thwack the bejabbers out of a baseball. Nor was Cobb alone. Ballplayers and writers practically lined up around the globe to offer their explanations for Williams’ “innate” abilities.
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