Daily Archives: March 28, 2010

If there’s a big sporting event in town…

Posted on March 28, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

Then it must be time for a story about the economic impact of that big sporting event. For a city that has hosted the Super Bowl, the World Series and NBA and MLB All-Star games in the past decade, the … Continue reading →

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Weekend link dump for March 28

Posted on March 28, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

Judicial activism, Oklahoma-style. The next round of Democratic primaries, this year and in 2012, will be something to see. In case you somehow missed David Frum’s Waterloo article. All hail Nancy Pelosi. And let’s not forget the debt we owe … Continue reading →

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Are they finally building something on the Robinson Warehouse site?

Posted on March 28, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

Remember the Robinson Warehouse? It’s been more than three years now since the old building at Montrose and Allen Parkway was demolished, and the site has been fallow ever since. But in the last week or so, some signs of … Continue reading →

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Perelman wins but won’t accept Clay Mathematics Prize

Posted on March 28, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

Grigory Perelman, the reclusive Russian mathematician who solved the Poincare Conjecture in 2003 has officially been awarded the one million dollar Clay Mathematics Prize for doing so. The prize was announced [March 18] by James Carlson, president of the institute. … Continue reading →

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Supreme Court hears strip club appeal

Posted on March 28, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

The state Supreme Court has heard arguments in the appeal of the strip club fee lawsuit. Lower courts have sided with the strip clubs, ruling that the fee that has collected more than $13.6 million since 2008 is an unconstitutional … Continue reading →

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