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Baseball: Bonds Sets New Home Run Record

August 8, 2007 Voice of America

San Francisco slugger Barry Bonds may have set the new Major League Baseball home run record, but that did not help his team win Tuesday night’s game. The Washington Nationals came back to defeat the Giants 8-6.

Umpires Won’t Cooperate With MLB on Background Checks

August 6, 2007 HarpBlaster.com News Wire

Major League Baseball umpires said they won’t cooperate with an MLB-backed proposal to perform background of all major and minor league umpires.

Baseball: Bonds Hits 755th Home Run, Ties Aaron’s Record

August 5, 2007 Voice of America

American Baseball star Barry Bonds has hit his 755th career home run, tying the record set by Hank Aaron for the most homers in major league history. Bonds hit the historic home run late Saturday in a 3-2 loss against the Padres at their home in San Diego, California.

Bye-Bye Buckhead: Old Buckhead Village Razed to Make Way for New Development

August 4, 2007 Todd DeFeo

The last vestiges of Buckhead’s rambunctious party district was set to fall to the wrecking ball to make way for an upscale mixed use development.

Last Night Not an Historic Night

August 1, 2007 Todd DeFeo

None of the three milestones are up for grabs last night were reached.

Baseball Slugger Barry Bonds Nears Home Run Record

July 24, 2007 Voice of America

With each home run the past two seasons, Barry Bonds has inched ever so closer to a hallowed baseball benchmark – the 755 home runs hit by Hank Aaron during his career.

Minor League Baseball Coach Killed by Line Drive

July 23, 2007 Todd DeFeo

A minor league baseball coach died this weekend after he was struck by a line drive during a game.

Season Two of Bob Dylan’s Award-Winning XM Music Show to Debut in September

April 20, 2007 Legacy Content

Bob Dylan’s award-winning XM music show, “Theme Time Radio Hour,” will return to XM with all-new episodes in September.

Railroad Days: Turn back the clock 145 years

April 7, 2007 Todd DeFeo

The Andrews Raid, also known as The Great Locomotive Chase, ultimately failed. But days later, the Southern Confederacy newspaper proclaimed it “the most extraordinary and astounding adventure of the war.” More than an “astounding adventure,” the raid was near genius.

Parting Thoughts on Vegas

March 19, 2007 Todd DeFeo

I sit here in the Las Vegas Airport. It’s a little after 12:30 in the morning back on the east coast. I don’t care what time that makes it here.