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U-M will pay $2.5 million of Rodriguez’s $4-million buyout | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press

While Rodriguez claimed in his deposition this spring that he objected to the clause¸ he said he was pressured to sign by the WVU administration, seeking to get Garrison’s new presidency off on a positive public relations front. The school announced last month that Garrison will resign in September following an unrelated controversy.

Unrelated? BS! Rodriguez’s claim was that Garrison was dishonest. Garrison resigned because he was caught in a case of academic dishonesty, giving an unearned degree to a politician’s daughter.

WVU = Mickey Mouse U.

 If he does, it’s because he has (correctly) calcuated that this choice will give him maximum attention. If he chooses Michigan, he and Rodriguez will be on the cover of Sports Illustrated Sep. 1. If he chooses Ohio State, he will be a backup quarterback Sep. 1.

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Roy Hall, Pryor’s quarterbacks coach, told the Plain Dealer in Cleveland that he believes Pryor will choose Ohio State.But Reitz told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, “I think Michigan has closed the gap some the past few weeks. Their coaches believe they have a shot.”

Garner named West Virginian of the Year - Yahoo! News

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Actress Jennifer Garner has been honored as the 2007 West Virginian of the Year by her hometown newspaper.
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The Sunday Gazette-Mail says it chose Garner for her dedication, hard work and service as an ambassador and role model for West Virginia.

Rich Rodriguez wasn’t available?

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http://www.latimes.com/bookprizes

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This year’s Los Angeles Times Book Prizes honored outstanding literary achievement in nine categories: biography, current interest, fiction, first fiction, history, mystery/thriller, poetry, science and technology, and young adult fiction. Each winner, including Didion, receives a $1,000 cash award.

National Endowment for the Arts Chair Dana Gioia served as the master of ceremonies for the presentation of the Book Prizes.

Book Prizes winners

Biography: Hilary Spurling, “Matisse the Master: A Life of Henri Matisse, the Conquest of Colour,” 1909-1954 (Alfred A. Knopf); presented by Blanche Wiesen Cook

Current Interest: Anthony Shadid, “Night Draws Near: Iraq’s People in the Shadow of America’s War” (Henry Holt); presented by Ronald Brownstein

Fiction: Gabriel Garcia Marquez, “Memories of My Melancholy Whores” [translated from the Spanish by Edith Grossman] (Alfred A. Knopf); presented by Luis J. Rodriguez

Art Seidenbaum Award For First Fiction: Uzodinma Iweala, “Beasts of No Nation: A Novel” (HarperCollins); presented by David L. Ulin

History: Adam Hochschild, “Bury the Chains: Prophets and Rebels in the Fight to Free an Empire’s Slaves” (Houghton Mifflin); presented by Leo Braudy

Mystery/Thriller: Robert Littell, “Legends: A Novel of Dissimulation” (Overlook Press); presented by Mary Higgins Clark

Poetry: Jack Gilbert, “Refusing Heaven: Poems” (Alfred A. Knopf); presented by Dana Goodyear

Science and Technology: Diana Preston, “Before the Fallout: From Marie Curie to Hiroshima” (Walker & Company); presented by Robert Lee Hotz

Young Adult Fiction: Per Nilsson, “You & You & You” [translated from the Swedish by Tara Chace] (Front Street/Boyds Mills Press); presented by Adam Gopnik

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Captor, Captive Have Different Senses Of Humor | The Onion - America’s Finest News Source
BAGHDAD—Volunteer aid worker Roy Rodriguez, 23, and the man who keeps him caged in a basement in suburban Baghdad have very different senses of humor, Rodriguez said in a video shown on Al Jazeera Tuesday. “He’s into slapstick—he laughs when I take a harsh blow or get kicked down the basement steps,” Rodriguez said. “I’m more of a Seinfeld fan—I see the absurdity in little things, like the fact that an Arabic speaker who coordinates relief efforts in Iraq is this moron’s sworn enemy.” Rodriguez added that he found the reaction to the recent group of Danish cartoons spoofing the prophet Muhammad “sort of funny,” but that his captor “doesn’t see the joke.”