| Buck & New Dawg: Would the 'Boys take a do-over against the 'Skins?
Big Bill gets all indignant whenever someone leaves his team and tries to raid it. Of course, he�ll do the same, and as much as he can. What is Vinny Testaverde�s place in history (21 straight seasons with a touchdown pass and no Super Bowl appearances)? NEW DAWG: Why don�t we mention the fact that Testaverde has gone 21 straight seasons with a pick? He�s fourth all-time on the NFL list for interceptions thrown and second all-time for picks in a single season. It�s amazing he played for Bill Parcells and Bill Belichick, each two different times, in his career and never played on one of their five combined Super Bowl teams. BUCK: I�ll remember Vinny Testaverde as a guy who had both bad luck and impeccable timing. (He came to a Cowboys team that had Quincy Carter at quarterback, didn�t he?) Vinny was a Heisman Trophy winner/No.
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY
Get Alan Shearer..Sir John Hall has backed Mike Ashley's decision to snub the dream ticket management combination of Kevin Keegan and Alan Shearer. DAILY STAR: Mark Hughes last night refused to rule out becoming Newcastle's next manager. Also: Steve Sidwell is joining Sunderland on loan with a view to a permanent move from Chelsea...John Terry expects to be cleared today to resume full training - just a month after breaking a bone in his foot. DAILY MIRROR: Mark Hughes is ready to accept an offer from Newcastle this week to succeed Sam Allardyce as manager. Also: The Newcastle United job is going to a Geordie boy according to sacked manager Sam Allardyce - Wigan boss Steve Bruce...Kieran Richardson gave Harry Redknapp a real taste of how unpleasant life is up north.
8 smart ways to insure your home insurance
Hurricane Katrina swept away all the old rules about homeowner's insurance. These days, filing a single small claim, switching insurers to save a few bucks, or assuming your coverage hasn't changed can expose you to huge financial hardships. A study released this week by the Consumer Federation of America supports what many homeowners have been feeling over the past several years: We're paying a lot more to protect our homes and getting a lot less in return. It's more important than ever to check up on your coverage, so here are eight defensive moves to keep you adequately covered and cut costs. Appraise your coverage
Surveys show that more than half of U.S. homes are underinsured by an average of 22%. Coverage based on generic formulas ($65 to $150 per square foot) won't cut it if you've renovated or failed to account for rising building costs.
McCain's daughter blogs about dad, fashion
Tabloids give a snapshot of the lives of political children. Jenna was caught drinking. Chelsea has a steady.
But largely their lives are a mystery.
Meghan McCain is trying to beat the paparazzi to the punch. She's using a personal blog to give a backstage pass to voters, who normally see nothing more from a candidate, and his or her children, than a stump speech and glad-handing. .
GM banking on a biofuel breakthrough
With oil prices hovering near $100 a barrel and gas prices expected to rise above $3.50 a gallon later this year, biofuel companies would seem to have a golden opportunity for growth. But to date, biofuels have been driven by government incentives and mandates rather than consumer demand, and 2007 exposed the limits of current technology. While the ethanol industry hit a record output of 6.2 billion gallons, it also faced its first political backlash. Ranchers blamed the industry for boosting the price of corn to record levels and driving up food costs. Activists in many cities fought new or expanding plants over environmental concerns such as water use, air pollution and safety. And despite pressure from Detroit automakers and the ethanol industry, growth in filling stations for E85 fuel remained sluggish: Roughly 1,400 stations out of about 170,000 nationwide offer it.
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