SEATTLE -- Texas Tech coach Mike Leach and Fresno State coach Pat Hill have both withdrawn from consideration for the head coaching job at Washington. Leach withdrew Thursday, a person close to the Red Raiders coach told ESPN.com. Texas Tech athletic ...

AT&T, DuPont cutting thousands of jobs - MSNBC

NEW YORK - AT&T Inc. joined the recession's parade of layoffs Thursday by announcing plans to cut 12,000 jobs, about 4 percent of its work force. Separately, DuPont said it will cut 2,500 jobs, mostly serving the U.S. and European automotive and ...

Miss. to appeal recommendation of Kansas for biodefense lab - WLOX

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour says he will appeal the federal government's recommendation of a Kansas site for a new lab to study biological threats. A Mississippi site in Flora, just north of Jackson, was 1 of the five ...

Open Letter to Notre Dame Athletic Director Jack Swarbrick - Bleacherreport.com

Sir, its over. You know what you have to do. Open Letter to Notre Dame Athletic Director Jack Swarbrick Notre Dame: Get a Conference! Charlie Weis: A Slightly Different Angle Notre Dame-Syracuse: The Lone Steamer The Ugly Truth About Notre Dame ...

Barack Obama names New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson as commerce ... - Dallas Morning News

President-elect Barack Obama named New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson commerce secretary on Wednesday, filling a top economic post in troubled times and placing a second former campaign rival in his new Cabinet. The president-elect called Richardson a ...