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Tendrils of Saints fandom creep into all corners of state
(From The Times-Picayune) BATON ROUGE -- In a capital city where college football is king, sidewalk vendors are selling Saints merchandise, black-and-gold flags are flying from SUVs on College Drive and some churches have canceled Sunday evening Mass in deference to the Super Bowl.
New Orleans feels the Brees(From The Wall Street Journal) "Every pro-football game is played under pressure," former Dallas Cowboy Troy Aikman, owner of three championship rings, once said, "but in the Super Bowl you feel like you're wearing ankle weights." If so, New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees must feel as if he's pulling a streetcar named Desire. (Registration required)
Wal-Mart, Target put squeeze on Redbox(From BusinessWeek) Wal-Mart is boxing out Redbox. The world's largest retailer has imposed strict limits on the number of DVDs any one customer can buy at a time, making it harder for movie-rental kiosks such as Redbox to get their hands on large numbers of newly released discs.
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More homeowners walking away(From The New York Times) In 2006, Benjamin Koellmann bought a condominium in Miami Beach. By his calculation, it will be about the year 2025 before he can sell his modest home for what he paid. Or maybe 2040.
LSU golf course under renovations(From The Daily Reveille) The LSU golf teams have parlayed their success into a facelift for their home course, the University Club, which is three months into a renovation to provide more length and challenging obstacles.
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