Austerity is a dirty word in Europe but what next? – BusinessWeek
By SARAH DiLORENZO
PARIS
The day after Francois Hollande rode to power in France on a slogan of “change now” the conversation in Europe is already different: Austerity has become a dirty word.
In Greece, political parties who reject the extreme belt-tightening required by international bailouts were the big winners in parliamentary [...] Continue Reading…
Report: Jayson Werth has surgery – ESPN
Updated: May 7, 2012, 3:23 PM ET
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Washington Nationals right fielder Jayson Werth will be sidelined for 12 weeks after having surgery on his broken left wrist, MLB.com reported Monday, citing a baseball source.
Werth was injured while trying to catch a blooper off the bat of Placido Polanco [...] Continue Reading…
George Lindsey dies at 83; ‘The Andy Griffith Show’s’ Goober Pyle – Los Angeles Times
George Lindsey, the Southern-born character actor who played dim hayseed Goober Pyle, the genial gas station auto mechanic on “The Andy Griffith Show” and “Mayberry R.F.D.,” died early Sunday morning. He was 83.Lindsey, who later was a regular on the long-running country music comedy show “Hee Haw,” died at [...] Continue Reading…
George Lindsey, actor known as Goober Pyle on ‘The Andy Griffith Show,’ dies … – Washington Post
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — George Lindsey, who made a TV career as a grinning service station attendant named Goober on “The Andy Griffith Show” and “Hee Haw,” has died. He was 83.
The Marshall-Donnelly-Combs Funeral Home in Nashville said Lindsay died early Sunday morning after a brief illness.
Lindsey was the beanie-wearing [...] Continue Reading…
I’ll Have Another wins Kentucky Derby – Chicago Tribune
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (Reuters) – I’ll Have Another won the 138th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs before a record crowd of more than 165,000 on Saturday.Ridden by Mexican jockey Mario Gutierrez, I’ll Have Another (15-1) hit the lead passing the shadows of the iconic Twin Spires and kicked clear to [...] Continue Reading…