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...league office, for example, were either laid off or took buyouts over the past year. "When there are empty seats at NFL games, everything around the business of the NFL has been compromised," says David Carter, executive director of the Sports Business Institute at the University of Southern California, who says that crucial revenues to pay players, stadium bonds and private investors are at risk. Another reason for the rule is that the league believes a full house with screaming fans enhances the television-viewing experience. "If you're watching at home and you see a lot of empty seats...
...Despite the variety of yogurt options already available in Boston, there has been word that other players might be looking to make their way onto the crowded frozen treat landscape. According to a recent article in the Boston Globe, Mayor Thomas M. Menino has met with California-based frozen yogurt chain Pinkberry, which is rumored to be looking into locations in Back Bay, Downtown Crossing, and Fenway. —Staff writer Shan Wang can be reached at wang38@fas.harvard.edu...
...pictures of California in flames on LIFE.com...
...Some analysts also believe political and economic rivalries place high hurdles in the path of a true Asia trade bloc. "The notion that there is going to be a Fortress Asia is really not correct," says Vinod Aggarwal, director of the Berkeley APEC Study Center at the University of California, Berkeley...
...arrested in Cambodia, Jack Sporich, 75, spent nine years in a California prison for molesting as many as 500 boys during camping trips. Although Sporich was placed on a public registry and barred from living or working within 1,000 ft. of a school or a child-care center anywhere in the U.S., Cambodian authorities were not notified when Sporich relocated to Phnom Penh in 2006. Sporich was arrested after an investigation by a local agency - Action Pour Les Enfants-Cambodia - alleged that he had lured three Cambodian boys ages 9 to 12 to his home with toys and candies...