| Tottenham end nine-year jinx in style to book a place at Wembley
There will be those who read the scoreline above and believe it is a misprint. After all, Tottenham Hotspur do not defeat Arsenal at all these days, let alone by a four-goal margin. This is no error at the printers, however. Nothing has been lost in translation, there will be no corrections, amplifications, clarifications or hasty adjustments in the stop press. Tottenham scored five goals and Arsenal one: fact. Tottenham were in a different class: irrefutably. The best team won, without a doubt. Go on, pinch yourself. This is no dream, we promise. True, it may only have been half an Arsenal team who lost at White Hart Lane, but it was also half an Arsenal team who contested the final of this tournament last season and came damn close to beating Chelsea at full strength.
Kevin Everett on SI cover, plans to speak to Titans
If they can add a couple more pieces in the off-season, the Texans could be pretty salty in 2008 . . . Cowboys coach Wade Phillips doesn't have much time to watch movies during football season, but you can bet he'll find a way to take wife Laurie to see Charlie Wilson's War. The film about the Lufkin congressman, which stars Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts, casts the Phillips' daughter, Tracy, in the role of a Fort Worth belly dancer who was one of Wilson's companions during his clandestine support of anti-Soviet rebels in 1980s Afghanistan. Tracy, who is in her late 20s, was hand-picked for what is her most significant role to date by noted producer Mike Nichols. "This is her best part yet," says Wade. "We're hoping it opens some doors." The movie premieres Friday . . . PN-G ex Lew Ford will be breaking new ground for a Southeast Texas baseball player in 2008.
Steve Fossett and Burt Rutan's Ultimate Solo: Behind the Scenes
We couldn't believe it," recalls Karkow, smiling at the memory. "We looked at each other and said, 'This can't be true. We must have left something off.' " But they hadn't. They'd aced the third variable of the Breguet Range Equation. Karkow, a laconic fellow with a dry sense of humor, immediately sent off an e-mail to Rutan. "We blew the empty weight estimate by over 200 pounds," he reported somberly. The next day, Rutan congratulated the team for being only about 7 percent overweight. Only then did the boss learn that his team had beaten the estimate by 7 percent. .
Venture capital investments hit 6-year high of $29.4 billion in 2007
Venture capital investments hit 6-year high of $29.4 billion in 2007 This time, experts say, any recession is unlikely to stall that activityMICHAEL LIEDTKEAssociated Press SAN FRANCISCO --Venture capital investments in U.S. startups climbed to a six-year high of $29.4 billion in 2007, raising hope that ample money will still be available to back promising new ideas even if the economy falls into a recession. The amount of venture capital spread across 3,813 deals represents the industry's busiest year since $40.6 billion went into nearly 4,500 U.S. startups in 2001, according to data scheduled for release today by Thomson Financial, PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association. The $29.4 billion invested last year marked an 11 percent increase from $26.6 billion in 2006.
Let the Games Begin: Call for Entries Open for ECD Systems(R) Third ...
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Tottenham end nine-year jinx in style to book a place at Wembley
There will be those who read the scoreline above and believe it is a misprint. After all, Tottenham Hotspur do not defeat Arsenal at all these days, let alone by a four-goal margin. This is no error at the printers, however. Nothing has been lost in translation, there will be no corrections, amplifications, clarifications or hasty adjustments in the stop press. Tottenham scored five goals and Arsenal one: fact. Tottenham were in a different class: irrefutably. The best team won, without a doubt. Go on, pinch yourself. This is no dream, we promise. True, it may only have been half an Arsenal team who lost at White Hart Lane, but it was also half an Arsenal team who contested the final of this tournament last season and came damn close to beating Chelsea at full strength.
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