More than the Lombardi Trophy is at stake in the outcome of Sunday s Super Bowl. Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato and Maricopa County Board of Supervisors Chairman Max Wilson today made a friendly wager on the outcome of Super Bowl XLIII

Govs, county leaders bet on Super Bowl XLIII - KTAR.com
Bets on Super Bowl XLIII are flying back and forth between Arizona and Pennsylvania. Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer and Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell announced their wager Friday. Under the wager, the state with the losing team must offer up a three-day

Ravenstahl, Onorato Wager Local Goods On Super Bowl - Pittsburgh Channel
$1,500 of Dick’s Sporting Goods merchandise donated by the Pittsburgh-based company for the Boys & Girls Club of Maricopa County. A framed print donated by the Andy Warhol Museum, one of the four Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh. A case of Italian

PITTSBURGH Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato has finalized his friendly wager on Super Bowl XLIII with Maricopa County (Ariz.) Supervisors Chairman Max Wilson. If Pittsburgh wins, Wilson will give PING golf equipment valued at $1,050 to

County Executives Make Friendly Wager On Super Bowl - WPXI
PITTSBURGH — Allegheny County and Maricopa County executives have made a friendly wager on the Super Bowl. If the Cardinals win, Allegheny County Executive Dan Onoroto will deliver $1,500 of Dick’s Sporting Good merchandise, a framed print donated

Phoenix-Pittsburgh rivalries heat up - Phoenix Business Journal
Kore Telematics helps secure Superbowl NBC still selling Super Bowl ads Disney, milk marketing deals in line for Cardinals Kurt Warner Arizona Science Center cancels Super Bowl on IMAX Endorsements may elude Cardinals star Larry Fitzgerald

Experience proved crucial for Henrik Stenson and Richard Green at the Dubai Desert Classic on Friday as the two former champions roared to the top of the second-round leaderboard. Dubai-based Swede Stenson carded a bogey-free seven-under-par 65 to

Textron posts biggest share drop in 20 years - Providence Journal
Shares of Providence-based Textron Inc., the maker of Cessna planes and Bell helicopters, fell the most in more than two decades yesterday after the company posted a quarterly loss and said this year s profit will miss analysts estimates as it

Golf Roundup: Watney alone atop FBR Open - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Phil Mickelson tied for 121st. Nick Watney was all alone at the top of the crowded leader board. On a day local favorite Mickelson missed the projected cut by seven strokes, Watney shot an 8-under 63 to take the second-round lead at the FBR Open

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates Henrik Stenson of Sweden shot a 7-under 65 Friday to take the clubhouse lead in the second round of the fog-delayed Dubai Desert Classic. Stenson, who has lived in Dubai since 2003, played 25 holes on Friday because of

US PGA sues Ginn Resorts for breach of contract - PR Inside
NEW YORK (AP) - The U.S. PGA Tour has sued Ginn Resorts, citing breach of contract after the real estate company dropped sponsorship of the Champions Tour Ginn Championship. U.S. PGA Tour spokesman Ty Votaw says in a statement on Friday that the tour

Man faked death to hide from drug ring - Rocky Mount Telegram
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. Authorities say a North Carolina man who faked his own death 20 years ago while visiting Daytona Beach told police he was trying to hide from a South Carolina drug ring. The Daytona Beach News-Journal reported Thursday that a

WASHINGTON Democratic strategists are appealing for help from President Obama ’s massive grassroots network, which was created during the presidential campaign, as they try to build support for the president’s economic stimulus package. The strategists on Friday called on supporters to hold

Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich thrown out of office - Goshen News
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) Gov. Rod Blagojevich was thrown out of office Thursday without a single lawmaker coming to his defense, brought down by a government-for-sale scandal that stretched from Chicago to Capitol Hill and turned the foul-mouthed politician into a national punchline. Blagojevich

Jobless benefit claims reach U.S. record - Detroit Free Press
The number of Americans receiving unemployment benefits soared to a record, as companies slash jobs to lower costs in a deepening recession. Continuing claims for benefits rose to 4.776 million in the week ended Jan. 17, the highest since record-keeping started in 1967, the Labor Department said

The PGA Tour has sued Ginn Resorts, citing breach of contract after the real estate company dropped sponsorship of the Ginn Open and the Champions Tour Ginn Championship. PGA Tour spokesman Ty Votaw says in a statement Friday that the tour regrets

Henrik Stenson leads Dubai golf event - The Money Times
Dubai, United Arab Emirates — Sweden’s Henrik Stenson shot 7-under-par 65 Friday and sits at the top of the leader board at the Dubai Desert Classic after two rounds. The weather-plagued European Tour tournament has experienced fog delays both days

Golf’s Grande Dame - Wall Street Journal
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. — Louise Suggs’s memory in golf goes a long way back. She remembers chatting in the early 1940s with the legendary course designer Donald Ross, when she was competing as an 18-year-old at one of his Pinehurst courses in North

Textron swings to 4Q loss, 2009 outlook dim - Biloxi Sun Herald
PITTSBURGH — Textron Inc. announced 2,000 new job cuts after posting a fiscal fourth-quarter loss Thursday, as the maker of Cessna jets, Bell helicopters and E-Z-GO golf carts forecast continuing gloom in 2009. The global economic slowdown

On a day local favorite Mickelson missed the projected cut by seven strokes, Watney shot an 8-under-par 63 to take the second-round lead at the FBR Open on Friday. Play was called due to darkness with three players, all above the cut line, still on

Golf Capsules - International Herald Tribune
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. : Phil Mickelson tied for 121st. Nick Watney was all alone at the top of the crowded leaderboard. While local favorite Mickelson missed the projected cut by seven strokes, Watney shot an 8-under 63 to Friday to take the second-round

PGA Tour sues Ginn over contract breach - GolfWeek
The PGA Tour has sued Ginn Resorts, citing breach of contract after the real estate company dropped sponsorship of the Champions Tour s Ginn Championship. PGA Tour spokesman Ty Votaw says in a statement Friday that the Tour regrets taking legal

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - Democrats in the state Senate say Washington should raise its cigarette tax by $1 per pack. They’re backing a bill at the Legislature to raise the tax, and spend the money on health programs. The main sponsor is Sen. Rodney Tom

Judge orders tapes in Pali golf course shootings made public - Honolulu Advertiser
Turning aside protests from both defense and prosecution lawyers, U.S. District Judge Susan Oki Mollway today ordered that a secret tape recording of accused murderer Ethan Motta discussing the case should be made available to the public. It’s

Golf firm tees up 40m tourism vision - Scotsman
A FLEDGLING golf company, formed only four years ago, yesterday announced plans for a 40 million boost for the Perthshire economy. The Glenisla Golf Course Ltd was established in 2004 when the Glenisla golf club at Alyth was purchased as an ongoing