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San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 09/12/2009
A third trustee of the La Mesa-Spring Valley school board who voted to prevent teachers from showing President Barack Obama's speech to students now says he regrets his vote. Trustee Rick Winet had previously stood by his vote to prevent teachers from showing the Tuesday speech live. Board president Penny Halgren and trustee Bob Duff, the other two members who made up the board's 3-2 vote, issued apologies...
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CIS Hoops.ca (Free subscription) | 08/30/2009
Ohio State 89, Windsor 47 (Box Score) Buckeyes improved to 2-0 in Canada Walter Offutt produced the offense early with 10 first half points. WINDSOR, Ontario-Ohio State improved to 2-0 on its three-game exhibition schedule in Canada with an 89-47 victory over the University of Windsor Saturday. William Buford and Walter Offutt provided the offense with 16 and 14 points respectively. Buford, a sophomore...
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CIS Hoops.ca (Free subscription) | 08/29/2009
Buckeyes take Lancers to school By Bob Duff , The Windsor Star The Lancer players came to Windsor to shoot some hoops and pursue a higher education. Friday, they got schooled. A few years from now, when Evan Turner is going up against Lebron James on basketball’s biggest stage, Windsor Lancers guard Andre Smyth will be able to point to the television and boast, ‘Yeah, I guarded him.’...
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Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 07/08/2009
from Bob Duff of the Windsor Star, Barring a sudden change in thinking, 1991 Wings draftee Chris Osgood will carry Detroit’s goaltending load during the 2009-10 National Hockey League season, occasionally relieved by Jimmy Howard, a 2003 Wings pick. For the first time since the dismal 1985-86 season, when Greg Stefan and Mark Laforest handled the bulk of the netminding chores, the Wings are intent...
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Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 06/28/2009
Bob Duff of the Windsor Star is also a contributor at NBC Sports and provides us with a team-by-team breakdown of the draft. For example… Anaheim Ducks Once captain and defenseman Scott Niedermayer had told the team he’d be back next season, the Ducks moved Chris Pronger to Philadelphia for the No. 21 pick, which they then flipped to Columbus for No. 26. The Ducks used their own top pick,...
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Connecticut Bob (Free subscription) | 06/27/2009
Democratic Senators Joan Hartley of Waterbury, Bob Duff of Norwalk, Gayle Slossberg of Milford, Ed Meyer of Guilford, and Paul Doyle of Wethersfield voted against the state budget, which passed anyway and was also passed by a great majority in the House. The bill is expected to be vetoed by Gov. Rell.Sadly, I'll be unavailable next week, so I won't get a chance to ask Milford Senator Gayle
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My Left Nutmeg - Front Page (Free subscription) | 06/26/2009
One of the truly great My Left Nutmeg contributors, mikect, who unfortunately no longer posts, used to identify The Worst Democrats in the State. Well I've got some current nominees: Democratic Senators Joan Hartley of Waterbury, Bob Duff of Norwalk, Gayle Slossberg of Milford, Ed Meyer of Guilford, and Paul Doyle of Wethersfield voted against the budget passed by the state Senate yesterday. The budget...
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Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 06/08/2009
from Bob Duff of the Windsor Star, He is their last line of defence and come Tuesday, he may very well be their last hope. If the Pittsburgh Penguins want their Stanley Cup dream to remain a reality, Penguins goalie Marc-Andre Fleury better be prepared to parry the flurry the Detroit Red Wings will throw at him in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup final at Pittsburgh’s Mellon Arena. Behind 3-2 to the...
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Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 06/02/2009
from Bob Duff of Duffer’s Dabbles at the Windsor Star, McCarty is happy to do whatever the team asks of him at this most important time of year. “To fill a role and to be a part of it is an honour,” McCarty said. “Obviously, you’d like to play and be part of it on the ice, but that’s not the way it’s been meant to be so far. This time’s a little different....
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MSNBC.com: NHL (Free subscription) | 05/28/2009
Special feature: NBCSports.com contributor Bob Duff breaks down each position for the Penguins-Red Wings series. You decide which team has the edge.
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Hedge Fund Jobs (Free subscription) | 05/28/2009
New Fund Regulations in Connecticut Half a dozen professionals today sent me the news stories on the new hedge fund regulations being put into place in Connecticut. The good news - they don't appear to be extreme and they won't affect many managers who are already registered with the SEC. While many managers don't want to increase costs of compliance I think almost every manager would like to see...