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Dan Johnson delivers for Tampa Bay Rays and himself, too
By John Romano, Times Sports Columnist Saturday, August 28, 2010 ST. PETERSBURG You invest your life in a game, and sometimes you wonder why it hates you in return. This is Dan Johnson. Chatty, upbeat, personable guy. Everyone's friend, and no one's idea of a loner. Yet, as the batting average withered, so did the chatter around Tampa Bay's auditioning designated hitter. Five years removed from ...

KTGY-Designed New Luxury Apartment Community gallery421 Celebrates Grand Opening in Downtown Long Beach
Los Angeles - Designed by KTGY Group, Inc., Architecture and Planning, gallery421 recently celebrated the grand opening of Long Beach's newest luxury apartment community.

Real Estate Weekly: Columbia business park up for sale
Heathrow Business Center, an 81,000-square-foot office/warehouse building within the Oakland Ridge Business Center in Columbia, is for sale. The owners have set an asking price of about $7.2 million, a decline of $2 million from 2007. Nine tenants have leased 83 percent of the building. Features include 16-foot-high ceilings and four drive-in doors. NAI KLNB is the [...]

WITH VIDEO: Oakland Christian's Stanko all grown up and looking to lead his squad to glory
AUBURN HILLS — Throughout his entire soccer-playing life, Caleb Stanko seemed to play like a giant, even though he was more of a Lilliputian-type of figure on the field.

First Cup: Friday
Mark Kiszla of The Denver Post: "The task of receiving anywhere near market value for Carmelo Anthony in trade only figures to be more difficult with a growing perception the 6-foot-8 Denver forward is more interested in winning an Oscar than an NBA title. As a league executive told me: Anthony used to bleed basketball. But if you opened him up now and looked inside, what could be found closest ...

What Would You Tell Oakland Raiders Rookies?
An Interview, An Alert One young man about 23 years old said, "The flesh is weak."  He sounded like a social worker or counselor to me. I asked him what he meant. He explained that no matter how much my generation tries to teach and warn NFL rookies about some of the social woes that come along with the experiences of being a celebrity, the players may eventually meet with temptations that are ...

Commercial Real Estate: Silver Spring Hilton Garden Inn sells for $17.4M
Owner LaSalle Investment Management of Chicago and real estate company Transwestern of Bethesda have announced that One Washingtonian Center in Gaithersburg has received Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design platinum certification by the U.S. Green Building Council.

LivingSocial Brings Popular Daily Deals Service to Boise
WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Local group shopping site LivingSocial, launched today in Boise, ID. The company is now live in 59 markets, three countries and saving consumers tens of millions of dollars. "As one of the largest cities in the Pacific Northwest and the biggest metropolitan hub in Idaho, we're excited to launch our Deals program in Boise," said Tim O'Shaughnessy, CEO and co ...

Columbus 7th In Nation For Bedbug Infestations
It is an infestation not seen since the end of World War II. Columbus ranks high among America's most infested cities. We are talking about bedbugs. These itchy, hard to eradicate pests are quickly spreading across Central Ohio.