| Ted Turner's land accumulation generates suspicion in Nebraska
If you don't like it, I believe Cuba still has communism, you could check that out. He's made his fortune just like any other incredibly rich person, he's got just as much right to pay insane amounts of money for land in the sandhills as someone else does to buy ginormous mansions in California. If you're really worried about people driving up the cost of agricultural land, look over yonder just west of Omaha and east of Lincoln to all those new McMansion villages. Now there's some land that farmers can't afford. " .
CFL salary cap rises to $4.2M
Canadian Football League general managers will have more money at their disposal to sign players when league-wide free agency kicks off on Feb. 15. CFL commissioner Mark Cohon on Tuesday announced a 3.75 per cent increase in the salary cap for 2008, from $4.05 million to $4.2 million. CFL commissioner Mark Cohon speaks to media about the state of the CFL.(John Woods/Canadian Press) "Our league is moving forward, and the increase in the cap reflects our progress," Cohon said from league headquarters in Toronto. "At the same time, an increase of this size speaks to our teams' responsibility to our players, who make our game great, and our fans, who keep it strong, to live within our means." A move to raise the salary cap made sense, Cohon added, when considering average league attendance exceeded 29,000 for the first time since 1983 and domestic television ratings continue to be healthy.
Shop 'til you drop?
Retailers are opening their doors early today in what is usually one of the busiest retail shopping days of the year.Here is a partial list of the Black Friday sales offered in Flagstaff, although stock should be considered to be limited and some restrictions may apply. -- -- Best Buy is expected to issue tickets for its doorbusters to those waiting in line at 3 a.m. Doors will open two hours later. Early-morning specials include $2299 laptops, $199 complete desktop systems and select DVDs starting at $2.49.-- Wal-Mart will have specials from 5 a.m. to 11 a.m. and is selling a 42-inch LCD TV for $798, a 32-inch LCD TV for $448 and a 7.2 megapixel camera for $79.87.-- Kohl's will have specials from 4 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sales include a 5 megapixel digital camera for $89.99, 50 percent off all toys and 60 percent discount on men's sweaters.-- Target is expected to open its doors at 6 a.m.
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