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Fantasy sports spur debate at Knight Commission

AP — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 20:46:07 +0000

If Tim Tebow’s No. 15 jersey is flying off the shelves in Florida, shouldn’t the Gators’ quarterback be getting a cut? Or if Sam Bradford’s big day on the field piles up tons of points in a for-profit online fantasy game, shouldn’t the Oklahoma QB receive some of the reward?

Alligator disrupts traffic on I-10

AP — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:35:09 +0000

Commuters heading into New Orleans are used to dealing with traffic snarls, flooded roadways, wrecks and fog.

Woman finds 8-foot alligator in her Florida kitchen

AP — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:21:25 +0000

And some people get jittery about mice in the kitchen.Authorities say 69-year-old central Florida woman found an 8-foot long alligator prowling in her kitchen late Monday night.Sandra Frosti says the gator must have pushed through the back porch...

Students arrested for allegedly trying to steal baby gator

AP — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:55:34 +0000

Five Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University students are behind bars for trying to steal a baby alligator from a miniature golf course in Daytona Beach.Police say the students were booked into the Volusia County Jail Thursday morning on a felony...

How Gator became Claria or, How Spyware Got Legitimate

Krish — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 05:47:43 +0000

The business of targeting ads based on user behavior is big. Google is in it. So is Microsoft and Yahoo among others. And so is Gator, a spyware maker which is now called Claria. Claria has been smartly shedding itself of the taint associated...