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...days. Out of cash since July 1, Sacramento issued 1.5 million IOUS worth a total of $3.4 billion -- at least when state employees or dependent-care workers could find a bank willing to cash them. Among those cut off altogether: thousands of suppliers and contractors, state medical-insurance (Medi-Cal) recipients and California State University students on financial...
...from one of the three largest markets made it to the World Series. Yes, the national TV fee will drop next year, but the last contract was, for CBS and ESPN, ruinously high. Yes, some players' salaries are too fat, but no one forced the Baltimore Orioles to pay Cal Ripken $30.5 million for the next five years. For these woes, the owners have only themselves to blame. Which doesn't mean they can't blame somebody else. Somebody who could be requested to resign...
What happens when a worker blames worries about his salary for a faltering job performance? In baseball, he wins a record payoff. Admittedly distracted by negotiations for a new contract, shortstop Cal Ripken Jr. is hitting more than 70 points below his 1991 average of .323. Still, he is a fan idol whom the Baltimore Orioles dared not let go. Last week they signed Ripken to play five more years for an average $6.1 million per. The total guaranteed value of $30.5 million tops the four-year, $28 million deal the Chicago Cubs gave second baseman Ryne Sandberg...
...state budget, Californians wondered how long they could continue to get by in their truly and surreally cashless society. Weariness turned to anxiety when a federal appeals court ruled that the state had no legal authority to continue to pay out scrip for state medical insurance, known as Medi-Cal, to doctors and hospitals that care for the needy...
...dove into the politi- cal arena with its "Rock the Vote" campaign, aseries of public service announcements featuringrock stars that encouraged young Americans to hitthe ballot boxes with the same enthusiasm theybring to dance clubs and record stores...