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Senator honors disabled player living in Reno

January 31, 2008 -- Washington, DC— Nevada Senator Harry Reid spoke on the Senate floor this morning about the need for the NFL to consider increasing benefits for former players that sustained life-altering injuries.

Below are his remarks as prepared for delivery:

This Sunday, families will gather in living rooms across our country to watch Super Bowl 42 in Glendale, Arizona.    » read more »

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, August 21, 2007 - The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport in Cambodia and Cisco® have agreed to train up to 25 teachers in five teacher education institutes (TEIs) in the skills needed to use information and communications technology (ICT) in the classroom.

The initiative is a part of the larger UNESCO Next-Generation (Next Gen) Project, for which Cisco has pledged financial and resource contributions through the Cisco Networking Academy®.    » read more »

08/21/2007, BOSTON -- The Boston Red Sox today acquired first baseman/outfielder Chris Carter from the Washington Nationals to complete the trade that sent outfielder Wily Mo Pena and cash considerations to Washington on Aug. 17.

Chris Carter, 24, was sent to Boston immediately after being acquired by the Nationals from the Arizona Diamondbacks for righthanded pitcher Emiliano Fruto. Carter has been assigned to Triple-A Pawtucket in the International League.    » read more »

08/13/2007, ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The Tampa Bay Devil Rays welcome kids of all ages to take part in the brand new TB Rays Baseball Carnival now open at Tropicana Field during Rays home games.

Fans are invited to participate in the Devil Rays 11 baseball-themed, custom, hand-made carnival-style games designed by the Vitale Bros. including the ray hop, the baseball bean-bag toss, ring-a-bat, plinko and many more.    » read more »