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Dream Get OT Win Over Sun

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Published July 7, 2010 at 10:17 p.m.

Angel McCoughtry and Iziane Castro Marques each scored 32 pointsto lead the Atlanta Dream to a 108-103 overtime victory against theConnecticut Sun on Wednesday night ...

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The Best Of The Drifts - Confessions Of A Taxman

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Published May 27, 2010 at 8:51 a.m.
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Originally published March 8, 2009 ... Confessions of a Taxman ... Why does a libertarian become a tax collector? Because even libertarians need a paycheck. How does a libertarian act as a tax collector? With the belief that tax enforcement is not about punishment but correcting mistakes ... In the days when I still referred to myself as a libertarian instead of an independent, for two years I was employed by the Georgia Department of Labor as a Field Representative (officially an Unemployment

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Atlanta Dream Remain Undefeated

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Published May 23, 2010 at 6:34 p.m.

Angel McCoughtry scored 21 points, Erika DeSouza had 15 pointsand 10 rebounds, and the Atlanta Dream remained undefeated with an86-77 victory over the New York Liberty on Sunday ...

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Dream Win Opener

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Published May 16, 2010 at 3:36 a.m.

SAN ANTONIO (AP) Iziane Castro-Marques scored 23 points and Angel McCoughtry added 20 as the Atlanta Dream held off the San Antonio Silver Stars 75-70 on Saturday night in the WNBA season opener for both teams ... Castro-Marques scored the first four points of the second half on consecutive fast-break layups ... ``It was just beginning the third quarter, so I was fresh,'' Castro-Marques said. ``It was a first step to set the tone at the time, and I just tried to play as aggressive as I started

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Illegal Immigrant Student Hopes Case Helps Reform

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Published May 15, 2010 at 3:50 a.m.

ATLANTA (AP) When Jessica Colotl, an illegal immigrant college student, got arrested for a minor traffic violation at her suburban Atlanta campus, she became an accidental poster child for immigration reform ... On Friday, after getting arrested and released from detention for the second time in just over a month, she told reporters at a news conference she hopes her ordeal can help persuade leaders to work for an overhaul of the country's immigration laws ... ``I just hope for the best and I

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Live music picks, May 14-19

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Published May 13, 2010 at 11:09 a.m.
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Steve Wynn. Photo: Guy Kokken ... FRIDAY-SATURDAY ... Steve Wynn & the Miracle 3 One of the founders of Los Angeles band the Dream Syndicate revisits his former band’s two finest moments with these shows. Wynn and his band will play “Medicine Show” tonight and “The Days of Wine and Roses” on Saturday. The Dream Syndicate were part of the neo-psychedelic underground of the mid-’80s in L.A., but the band owed a bigger musical debt to the gritty experimentalism of the Velvet Underground

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Cobb: Sports Complex Plan Rejected

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Published April 28, 2010 at 7:54 a.m.

MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) The Cobb County Commission has voted to deny bonds for a $72 million sports complex proposed for the Powder Springs area ... The vote followed a tentative decision last week by commissioners to stop the county's involvement in the project ... The complex had been proposed by local businessmen representing a group called Dream Parks Management and would have been paid for by revenue authority bonds ... Commissioner Bob Ott says commissioners decided to pull out as they learned

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Falcons Draft Pick Grappling With Tragedy

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Published April 25, 2010 at 4:34 a.m.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) It should have been one of the happiest days in Kerry Meier's life, a lifelong dream come true ... If only he could make the nightmare go away ... On Saturday, five days after older brother Dylan died in a tragic accident during a hiking trip with almost the entire close-knit family looking on, Kerry was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons. The record-breaking wide receiver from Kansas was taken in the fifth round ... But on Monday, Dylan Meier, a former quarterback at Kansas

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Coaching news links and opinions

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Published March 30, 2010 at 10:56 p.m.

Here is a short clip of Gene's press conference ... I thought Gene did a decent job at the press conference. It was respectful of Al, but clearly explained he wanted a coach who was willing to bring more passion to the position. Gene did say that Al was fired last week and they kept it under wraps to help him land the St. John's job. Andy Katz and Al's camp disputed the spin on that a little. What I was told is that the two sides were not on the same page but the firing/buyout was not official

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Coaching candidates

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Published March 30, 2010 at 8:42 a.m.

Regardless of what Gene says in his press conference today, I think this search will be fairly quick. I think Gene knows who he wants to speak with and will move quickly to hire Al's replacement. Still, plenty of names will be bandied about. Here is my rundown ... Skinner's Coaching Tree ... Given that style of play and recruiting are issues in Gene's mind, going to one of Skinner's former assistants might not provide the change Gene is looking for. On the flipside though, Gene has worked with

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