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February 2, 2010

Make the NCAA tournament bigger?

Make the NCAA tournament bigger? The NCAA’s exploration of an expanded Division I men’s basketball tournament has touched a nerve among some disapproving schools and conferences. Critics, including influential Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany, are expressing concern about watering down the sport’s signature event, devaluing conference tournaments and further eroding interest in college basketball’s regular…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
February 2, 2010

SH – Obama’s Budget has state’s senators worried

Budget has state’s senators worried WASHINGTON — President Obama’s proposed $3.8 trillion budget was received warily by Mississippi’s Republican senators, who said they would closely examine how the cuts in NASA’s Challenger man-to-moon project would affect the Stennis Space Center in Hancock County. U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran, the powerful ranking member of the Senate Appropriations…