Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker on Tuesday tapped Geri Lyday, the newly appointed head of the Department of Health and Human Services, to briefly serve as interim director of the department’s Behavioral Health Division. The appointment is expected to be for only a week until a read more
Mount Kisco
Kennedy was first arrested May 15 on a charge of driving while intoxicated after a police officer reported seeing her drive her car over a curb near the Bedford home. Her only passenger was a dog. Police said she had a blood- alcohol level of 0.11 percent; the legal limit is 0.08 percent. She read more
Locker dazzles
Washington (plus-3) at BYU: Best bet of the weekend. I’m happy to take Jake Locker and UW’s speed, plus the points, against the Cougars’rebuilt defense and unsettled quarterback situation. In fact, I think the Huskies come out of Week One as the talk of the Pac-10 (and I expect it to stay read more
the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
The Houston Texans are football betting favorites to beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Thursday, Sept. 2nd. Both teams will be playing in their final NFL Preseason game of the year. Houston is definitely going to rest their starters. The Buccaneers might or might not rest their starters because read more
Jason Taylor
The Jets had the best defense in the league a year ago. The question is whether their best player will be on the field when the season opens. Darrelle Revis had a great case to be Defensive Player of the Year over Charles Woodson in 2009. He wants a new contract to match his performance. The read more
the PGA Tour
What then to make of Liberty National, the lavish new waterfront course built on New Jersey landfill across from the Statue of Liberty and the lower Manhattan skyline? It hosted the Barclays last year and, thanks to spectacular views, fulfills the “and/or iconic” part of Mr. read more
multicultural effort
Enright, a 2007 graduate of Brewster High School and an aspiring filmmaker, recently returned from Afghanistan, where he filmed Marines as part of a project for the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan, where he is a student. In Afghanistan, he was embedded with a Marines Corps crew that included read more
Arsalan Kazemi
Don’t think this is a one-man Iranian team. Arsalan Kazemi is a rising sophomore at Rice University. So that’s something. - Starting lineup for the U.S.: Derrick Rose, Chauncey Billups, Andre Iguodala, Kevin Durant and Lamar Odom. The Americans start in mantoman, with Odom basically hugging read more
A Game Changer
Apple will host its September 1 event streaming live at 1pm ET / 10am PT. Other than today’s news flow, future catalysts for AAPL include monthly NPD data (Mac / iPod business); iPhone unit updates and AT&T exclusivity expiration; iPad sales updates (possibly today); new content read more
the New Orleans Saints
Loomis also declined to speculate on the fate of some veteran players fighting for roster spots. Pierson Prioleau, for instance, is a safety who also plays special teams, and that is a combination Payton has said will be critical when the decisions are made. Loomis acknowledged Prioleau has read more
