Randy Johnson is retiring after 22 major league seasons.
The Big Unit, an overpowering lefty who last June became the 24th pitcher in big league history to win 300 games, made the expected announcement Tuesday on a conference call.
A five-time Cy Young Award winner, the 46-year-old Johnson accomplished just about everything in his remarkable career that a player hopes for in baseball.
He owns a World Series ring and co-MVP honors, and was a 10-time All-Star. He threw two no-hitters, including a ..read more
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TERRY MORAN, GUEST HOST: And we begin with the man who is leading
the president’s review of the intelligence failures that led to the
Christmas Day attempted bombing of Flight 253, the president’s top
counterterrorism official, Deputy National Security Adviser John Brennan.
Good morning, thanks for being with us.
JOHN BRENNAN, DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER: Good morning, Terry.
MORAN: Well, this morning there is news out of Yemen that the
United States embassy has been closed for security reasons and ..read more
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Beginning Jan. 1, 2010, Texas college freshmen and transfer students will need to be vaccinated against bacterial meningitis before they can live on campus. Restaurants in California can no longer use oils, margarine, or shortenings with more than half a gram of trans fat per serving. And stores in Louisiana can no longer sell lighters that appeal to children.
As always, a host of new laws take effect in the new year, ranging from the significant (same-sex couples will be able ..read more
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Popular talk-radio host Rush Limbaugh is recovering in a Honolulu hospital today, hours after being admitted for chest pains he suffered while on vacation.
“Rush was admitted to and is resting comfortably in a Honolulu hospital today, after suffering chest pains,” according to a statement from “The Rush Limbaugh Program.”
“Rush appreciates your prayers and well wishes, and he will keep you updated via RushLimbaugh.com.”
Limbaugh had been scheduled to return to his talk show Jan. 4 but a spokesman told ABC News ..read more
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Times Square was evacuated earlier today when the bomb squad was called in to inspect a suspicious parked van. It turned out to be nothing, but as people were scrambling for information they would have been better off doing a search on Bing than on Google. A search for “Times Square” on Google about 15 minutes after I saw my first Tweet about it turned up two-day old news results up top about New Year’s Eve preperations and ..read more
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ABC News financial reporter Bianna Golodryga announced on “Good Morning America” Tuesday what was reported Monday: that she and boyfriend OMB Director Peter Orszag are engaged.
“He could say Golodryga and spell it after the first date,” she said, “and that is a winner in my book.”
Orszag popped the question at lunch Monday at New York’s Sarabeth’s restaurant.
The New York Post’s Page Six reports that he hid a 5-carat cushion-cut Harry Winston diamond ring underneath Golodryga’s menu.
Golodryga was wearing, but did ..read more
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OMB Director Peter Orszag and ABC News financial reporter Bianna Golodryga are engaged!
The couple, who began dating after the White House Correspondent’s Association Dinner in May and whose relationship went public earlier this month, were engaged Monday afternoon at lunch at New York’s Sarabeth’s restaurant, the New York Times reports.
“She’s a Russian Jew who gets up earlier than I do,” Orszag said of his new fiancee.
The 41-year-old OMB director — who’s a HuffPost community favorite and who has two children ..read more
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OMB Director Peter Orszag and ABC News financial reporter Bianna Golodryga are an item!
The Washington Post’s Reliable Source column reports that the two — who have been spotted at DC events like the Meridian Ball (where she changed into her dress at his office) and the Kennedy Center Honors — went public by holding hands at the White House Hanukkah party.
“Their hand-holding at the White House Hanukkah party made it clear they’re officially an item,” the column says. “She ..read more
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We knew it was serious two weeks ago when gorgeous ABC news correspondent Bianna Golodryga (above) went from New York to DC to surprise Office of Management & Budget Director Peter Orszag for his 41st birthday. “He’s a great guy, a sweet guy,” she told us. Now they’re engaged. Orszag, a divorced dad of two, popped the question yesterday after asking her father for permission. He considered several elaborate scenarios for a New Year’s Eve proposal, but couldn’t wait, and ..read more
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