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...pinstriped nine play my beloved Baltimore Orioles. It turns out that $325 buys not just an excellent seat but access to the all-you-can-eat buffet in the superswanky Legends Suite. My plan was simple: eat enough so that at the end of the season, the accountants would say, "What happened on May 19? We lost so much on concessions that night that we can no longer afford to steal a small-market team's best starting pitcher." (See pictures of the old Yankee Stadium...
...paste on white bread. The hot dog was a hot dog. But the chicken fingers and buffalo sauce were a revelation. So I ordered another box ($10). I also remembered that I had brought a friend with me, so we talked a little between bites. But I needed to say focused. When a waitress came by with a tray of pasta plates - remember, this is technically a baseball stadium - I asked if the pasta was any good. Turns out no one had tried any: "Everybody just looks at me like I'm crazy." So: pasta ($15)! And while...
...Bank analysts and industry watchers say the financial crisis, which has so far been mostly focused on the nation's largest banks, is entering a new phase. Around the country, dozens of banks are nearing insolvency or soon will be. On May 21, BankUnited, based in Coral Gables, Fla., became the 34th bank to fail this year. It is the largest bank bust in 2009. BankUnited had 85 branches and $8.6 billion in deposits. (See pictures of the dangers of printing money...
...have different ways of keeping up with an evolving epidemic: while the Hong Kong government has been quarantining for 10 days everyone who has been in contact with a confirmed flu patient, local governments in the U.S. are still debating whether schools with infections should close. Meanwhile, drug companies say they could produce nearly 5 billion doses of H1N1 vaccine in a year, if pressed - but there's still no decision yet on whether to go forward, or exactly how the vaccine might be distributed...
...exam proctors, who are trained annually before the final exams begin, say they believe the elimination of the proctors will threaten the uniform nature of the test-taking experience...