It’s not hard to see how Angel, 70, a retired electronics distributor and the son of one of Mitchell’s best friends, could have been taken in. He approached the museum last year, without a lawyer, and asked for an appraisal of the manuscript, photos and letters. Patsy Wiggins, the museum’s director, had the materials valued by an independent appraiser and offered Angel $60,000, a sum he accepted. But sources in Atlanta’s cultural community say Wiggins and Debra Freer, the appraiser, were close friends and that agreed motivated the absolute valuation....

Coach Dave Magarity said the bus was rear-ended by a tractor-trailer and none of the team members were seriously hurt. The entire traveling party was taken to hospitals and everyone was released by late afternoon. The game against Lehigh was postponed with no makeup date set. The team spent the night at a hotel and will return to West Point on Thursday. The Black Knights (16-5, 8-2 Patriot League) have won four straight games and will face conference leader and rival Navy on Saturday at home....

There were concessions, all right. He rightly pointed out that the White House dumped some 3,000 e-mails on Capitol Hill overnight the night before, providing, as the president said, an “extraordinary level of disclosure” of communications between the Justice Department and the White House to aid Congress in getting to the bottom of the matter. Bush admitted that the explanations provided for the firings had been “confusing and incomplete,” and said that neither he nor Attorney General Alberto Gonzales had been “satisfied” with those explanations....

Later in the day, Bush himself phoned. By Thursday, Ridge was in Washington, meeting with Cheney and Bush. By the time the President delivered his address to a joint session of Congress on Thursday night, the deal was done. Florida Sen. Bob Graham, who had planned to introduce legislation today creating a similar post, had brought the idea up with Cheney as recently as Wednesday, and the vice president had said nothing....

Delphi is not alone. Huge pension liabilities are strangling corporate America, and execs say this new debt is choking off an economic recovery. Companies that offer workers traditional pensions are suddenly facing a yawning $350 billion deficit in those plans. To make up that shortfall, big business is expected to pour a record $83 billion into pension funds this year–nearly double last year’s contribution and six times what companies paid in 2001....

So we will move to a more European model, where business helps ensure that students learn at least minimal skills. Sure, executives smell technology profit in the lucrative education market. But they are also genuinely fed up with job applicants unable to read their own high-school diplomas. Japanese kids do five times as much homework as Americans. Why? The CEOs mince no words, and bring briskness and focus to the soupy, unfocused word of educational reform....

MORE: CBB midseason awards | Andrew Smith honored before Butler game Saturday If Butler needs another 3-point threat, maybe they can sign this guy to a scholarship. Also, why wasn’t he around in 2010 to give Gordon Hayward some pointers? If this guy can do it in a t-shirt and jeans, it can’t be that hard.

A man dressed as the Joker took care of that during the Saints’ Week 10 loss to the 49ers when he grabbed and groped the tight end’s … end. MORE: Week 11 picks | Fantasy sleepers, studs | Power Rankings | Who your team hates “That’ll probably be my last one after I got groped up,” Graham told Nola.com regarding his leap. “It was a moment in the game and I just wanted to go and thank all the fans for being there....

"I don't know what that word is, man," the second baseman said. "Arizona State education, bro." That had to make the English department cringe, and now it's time for the math department to blush a little bit. On Wednesday night, after leaving the A's-Giants game, I saw a tweet from Mariners designated twitter Logan Morrison: SN Power Rankings: Dodgers, Rangers top our preseason list My hotel is in Tempe, so it was a short drive over to the Improv, and I parked in an Arizona State University lot with a very reasonable posted rate of $3 an hour....

Defensive midfielder Ismael Diomande was late catching up with his team-mates as he stopped to talk with Strasbourg’s Algerian striker Idriss Saadi, and by the time he had arrived outside the stadium, the team bus had already departed for the airport! “I go out, I do not see the bus anymore,” the Ivory Coast international told RMC . “But I did not panic. Fortunately, they didn’t take the flight without me....

The launch of Ohio online sports betting is getting closer by the day and Caesars Ohio is offering prospective bettors a two-part offer when they sign up early. The first offer is a guaranteed $100 bonus in free bets. The second part of the offer is entry into a contest for Cleveland Cavaliers tickets. Any bettor who signs up with Caesars Ohio promo code NEWSWEEKTIX will get a two-part pre-registration bonus....

The Real Time host recalled his own 2002 firing from ABC’s Politically Incorrect and defended Matthews as a victim of “cancel culture” in today’s entertainment and news media. Maher ridiculed Bassett’s accusations that Matthews was “being kind of creepy” to her and other women several years ago, mockingly declaring, “Thank you, Rosa Parks” for her coming forward publicly last month. Maher’s panel guest Caitlin Flanagan, a staff writer for The Atlantic, agreed and asked of Bassett: “How fragile can one woman be?...

The Real Time with Bill Maher host on Friday compared Jordan, whom he described as the “Republican impeachment star,” to former GOP Congressman and fellow wrestling coach, Dennis Hastert. In a scathing monologue using blunt sexual description, Maher questioned why two “creepy wrestling coaches” went on to become top Republican Party members of Congress. Jordan is accused in lawsuits of allowing the now-deceased team doctor to sexually abuse young boys and male students as he worked alongside him for more than eight years....

Yes, it’s time to give Bill Murray some damn credit. In an interview on “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” Murray, a huge supporter of Chicago’s pro sports teams, was asked about “The Last Dance.” Murray said “of course” he’s been watching ESPN’s documentary series on the 1997-98 Bulls, and he even spotted himself in some of the archival footage because he starred alongside Jordan in the 1996 film “Space Jam.” And speaking of “Space Jam,” Murray wanted to remind everyone the Tune Squad’s victory over the Monstars wouldn’t have been possible without his clutch play....

On a day where the NFL’s legal tampering period opened, it didn’t take long for Bill O’Brien and the Texans to steal headlines, as he shipped DeAndre Hopkins off to the Cardinals for David Johnson and two draft picks, per John McClain of the Houston Chronicle. NFL FREE AGENCY 2020:Ranking the top 50 players, tracking signings According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the Texans also took on all of David Johnson’s salary, who has a cap hit of just over $11 million in 2020....

An account—purportedly belonging to a 29-year-old British man—shared a picture of the 18-year-old singer wearing shorts and a tank top, rather than her signature baggy clothing. The picture was captioned: “In 10 months Billie Eilish has developed a mid-30’s wine mom body.” However, Eilish took to her Instagram to respond to the trolling. She shared a video of her walking past her awards and smiling, followed by a video featuring YouTuber Chizi Duru talking about normalizing real bodies and how the images we see on Instagram are not always real....

Steyer has been an activist and a champion for climate change, and he spent nearly $24 million in TV and social media advertising in South Carolina, where he placed third behind Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders. Furthermore, Steyer did not win at least 15 percent of the South Carolina vote, which was the threshold to gain delegates. Steyer previously said that if he did not see a path to winning the Democratic nomination, then he would step aside from the race....

They didn’t like that question very much. “What kind of question is that?” Poyer responded. MORE: Bills vs. Patriots final score, results “What are we doing, bro?” Hyde said at the same time, directing his attention to laughter that occurred off screen before turning around to address the question. Both appeared visibly upset with the question, which was asked by Jerry Sullivan of Buffalo (N.Y.) TV station WIVB. Hyde finished their response by saying, “That’s funny....

The first-year OC was caught on camera having an absolute meltdown in the coaching booth after time expired, throwing his headset, tablet, play sheets and basically anything else within reach. Dorsey’s reaction quickly went viral online, with some voicing concerns over the tantrum while others praised his passion and intensity. On Monday, Dorsey responded to the outburst when he spoke to reporters for the first time since the loss....