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From his days as a child golf prodigy, Tiger Woods has thrived in the spotlight. But can any athlete be mentally prepared for the circus that will unfold at this year's Masters? After taking a four-month leave of absence from golf to deal with the fallout from his shocking infidelity scandal, Woods will make his highly anticipated return to the sport this week, at the Masters tournament in Augusta, Ga. In an interview with SI.com last month, Sean McManus, president of both CBS Sports and CBS News, called Woods' return to golf "the biggest media event other than...
...more home owners are simply walking away from their mortgages, rather than attempting to make payments, especially during a recession with record-high long-term unemployment. "Chapter 13 was designed for regular economic times when people might lose their jobs and fall behind on their mortgage for three to four months, but having found a new job they would be able to use the Chapter 13 process to keep their homes," says Porter, noting that even during normal economic times only 1 in 3 Chapter 13 bankruptcy filings results in the individual's successful meeting of payment obligations. (See pictures...
Corporate America's reputation is on the mend. For the first time in four years, the percentage of people saying that the reputation of Big Business is "good" rose from 12% to 18% in Harris Interactive's annual survey of what people think of companies. Respondents thought most highly of tech outfits like Google and Amazon, but they thought poorly of big financial firms and most carmakers, with Warren Buffett-run Berkshire Hathaway claiming the top spot on the list. Among the companies with the worst reputations were General Motors, Goldman Sachs and AIG. (See 10 perfect jobs...
...Harvard rallied to make things interesting in the top of the fifth, scoring four runs to make it a one-run ball game...
Souza, who sought the agrarian reform that would give small plots to the area's poor, was shot three or four times as he bicycled with his wife and her friend on Tuesday evening, said Loyana Nogueira da Silva, the police officer who was on duty when the case was called in. The three were on the edge of a temporary settlement of poor farmers, when an unidentified assailant or assailants approached him on a motorcycle and opened fire. Souza's wife and her friend had biked ahead and turned when they heard the shots. Although they have no firm...