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Two struggling American League teams will hook up this weekend when the Detroit Tigers play against the Seattle Mariners in a three-game series at Safeco Field.
The Mariners, who have the AL’s worst record at 20-34, can only hope for a better showing than they had last week at Detroit.
The Tigers, with the league’s third worst record at 22-31, swept all three games and outscored Seattle by a combined score of 30-14.
So in an attempt to change things around for the Mariners, Manager John McLaren — who recently received a vote of support from team management — will skip left-handed Jarrod Washburn’s turn in the pitching rotation to start three right-handers against Detroit.
That’s because the Tigers are an AL-worst 15-28 against right-handed pitching, and 7-3 against left-handers this season.
Seattle’s Carlos Silva, who has a 3-4 record with a 5.14 earned run average, is expected to start tonight against Detroit left-hander Nate Roberson, who has a 2-5 record and a 5.88 era.
The Detroit Pistons are listed as six-point favorites over the Boston Celtics for tonight’s Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals at the Palace of Auburn Hills.
The Pistons, who trail, 3-2, in the best-of-seven series and need a victory to keep their season alive, are 7-3 against the point spread in their last 10 games as a home favorite of 3.5 to six points.
Boston will enter the game with a 5-1 record against the point spread in its last six games as a road underdog of 3.5 to six points, and the Celtics are 5-1 against the point spread in their last six games at Detroit.
But Boston is 1-7 against the point spread in its last eight road games overall and 2-8 against the point spread in its last 10 playoff games.
The over/under combined points total for tonight’s game is 176. The under is 4-0 in the Celtics’ last four road games and 4-1 in Detroit’s last five home games.

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Two Tivos To Paradise 05.02.08: Where Every Week Is Sweeps!
Is Lindsay Lohan joining the cast of Ugly Betty?, Tom Cruise chats with Oprah, more news on the new 90210, A & E’s new line up, the Daytime Emmy Award nominations, a defense of American Idol, raves for Lost, the latest in Neilsen ratings, tons of news and notes, the TV Pick of the Week, and more, all in this week’s Two Tivos To Paradise!
Hello Friends. Another crazy week on the home front; we closed on the condo on Wednesday and have done quite a bit of packing/throwing stuff away; nothing makes you feel more out of shape than going up and down a few flights of stairs carrying boxes. Not sure if I mentioned Richard Bradley’s The Greatest Game, a phenomenal book about the Yankees-Red Sox one game playoff in 1978. It’s a tribute to how well written it is that by halfway through I had forgotten how it ended and started to think the Sox had a chance.
Yesterday’s gone and now all I want is some news.
Now And Then I Get Insecure From All The Fame, I’m So Ashamed
TVGuide.com is reporting that not only is Lindsay Lohan in talks with ABC to appear in the May 22nd season finale of Ugly Betty but that they are discussing her character returning for as many as 8 episodes next fall. Lohan was rumored to be taking a role on the show late last year but that was derailed by the WGA strike. There has been no confirmation from either side but the website labeled the talks as “advanced.”
What hath Britney wrought? Clearly Ms. Spears effect on the ratings of How I Met Your Mother is playing some role in these negotiations but UB was interested in LiLo long before Brit hit the small screen, and the show has done a very good job with guest stars up to now. The truth is I have no idea how good an actress Lindsay is or isn’t but a role on a well run show where she won’t be required to do any heavy lifting makes a ton of sense for her. This story was breaking as TTTP was going to press so we’ll have more next week.

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Help kick off the summer tourist season this Memorial Day Weekend by becoming an official Minnesota Historical Society “Sesqui-Scout.”
Visit one of 26 historical sites and museums and earn a “Sesqui-Scout” badge. Use the badge to receive discounts on future visits to all sites, all summer long. The summer-long promotion also includes special events, prizes and online games.
The Sesqui-Scout promotion is available in the free 2008 Minnesota Historical Society Travel Guide. The summer-long program runs from Memorial Day through Labor Day.
For more information visit www.mnhs.org/sesqui.
Memorial Day Weekend Events:
? Ribbon Cutting at Split Rock Lighthouse (Two Harbors)
The Memorial Day Weekend gets underway Friday, May 23 at 1 p.m., with a special ribbon ceremony to inaugurate the Split Rock Lighthouse remodeling project. The media and the general public are invited to take pictures during this photo opportunity. Tours of the renovated lighthouse, fog-signal building and the restored keepers dwelling will follow the ceremony. Renovations include painting the inside and outside of the lantern room at the top of the lighthouse, removal and resealing of its 27 curved storm panes, and repair to the lighthouse keeper’s houses, the fog signal building, and two wooden storage barns, all built in 1909. Museum admission applies.
? They Built this town at Historic Forestville (Preston)
On Saturday, May 24 at 10 a.m. Historic Forestville site staff will lead a walking tour of the Zumbro Hill Cemetery to learn about early settlers and their families who built homes, schools and shops in the historic town of Forestville. Thirty of these settlers are at rest in the cemetery. Meet for a car caravan in the Historic Site parking lot. Wear appropriate attire and be ready for a 20-minute hike up a moderate hill.
? Civilian Conservation Corps at Fort Ridgley (Fairfax)
On Saturday, May 24 at 2 p.m. learn about the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) born out of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal at the height of the Great Depression. Join Barbara W. Sommer, author of “Hard Work and a Good Deal: The Civilian Conservation Corps in Minnesota,” as she talks about how the CCC supplied jobs to more than 77,000 Minnesotans in need. Their work left a lasting legacy, visible today in Minnesota’s thriving forests, state park structures and soil conservation practices. Sommer will sign books, which will also be available for sale. Historic photos of the Fort Ridgley CCC Camp 2712 and Camp 2713 will be on display in the commissary. Guests are encouraged to bring their own CCC photos and stories to share. This program is sponsored with The Nicollet Country Historical Society. For more information about the Society’s collection of CCC artifacts visit the “Collection Up Close” podcast and blogs athttp://discussions.mnhs.org/collectiona. Oral histories from CCC workers are available in the Minnesota’s Greatest Generation projects “In their Words” website at www.mngreatestgeneration.org.

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PHOTO CAPTIONS IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE: Minister of State for Culture the Hon. Charles Maynard brings brief remarks at the 5th Annual Green Turtle Cay Island Roots Heritage Festival on Friday, May 2, 2008.
Prime Minister the Rt. Hon. Hubert Ingraham is presented the “Conch Republic” flag by Key West native Peter Anderson and Key West City Commissioner Mark Rossi at the 5th Annual Green Turtle Cay Island Roots Heritage Festival on Friday, May 2, 2008. Key West is known to festival goers as the Conch Republic.
Prime Minister and Member of Parliament for North Abaco the Rt. Hon. Hubert Ingraham poses for a picture with students of the Amy Roberts Primary School at the 5th Annual Green Turtle Cay Island Roots Heritage Festival on Friday, May 2, 2008.
Prime Minister the Rt. Hon. Hubert Ingraham and Minister of State for Culture the Hon. Charles Maynard greet each other at the 5th Annual Green Turtle Cay Island Roots Heritage Festival on Friday, May 2, 2008.
Head of the Green Turtle Cay Island Roots Committee Karen McIntosh takes the podium as Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham and South Abaco MP Edison Key applaud and look on at the 5th Annual Green Turtle Cay Island Roots Heritage Festival on Friday, May 2, 2008.
Prime Minister and Member of Parliament for North Abaco the Rt. Hon. Hubert Ingraham and South Abaco MP Edison Key share a light moment at the 5th Annual Green Turtle Cay Island Roots Heritage Festival on Friday, May 2, 2008.
Prime Minister the Rt. Hon. Hubert Ingraham greets festival goers costumed as Queen Elizabeth and her subjects at the 5th Annual Green Turtle Cay Island Roots Heritage Festival on Friday, May 2, 2008.
Green Turtle Cay youngsters plait the maypole at the 5th Annual Green Turtle Cay Island Roots Heritage Festival on Friday, May 2, 2008.

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The contractor of the new slaughterhouse in Brgy. Handumanan, Bacolod City is requesting the Sangguniang Panlungsod for a resolution endorsing the project to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources for the issuance of an Environmental Compliance Certificate.
Joy Ignacio, authorized representative of the Bacolod City Slaughterhouse, made the request to Councilor Alex Paglumotan, chairman of the Committee on Markets, in her letter dated March 6, 2008.
Attached to her letter is a resolution unanimously approved by the Brgy. Handumanan Council endorsing the project to the DENR for the issuance of an ECC.
The memorandum of agreement for the completion and operation of the new slaughterhouse was entered into between Mayor Evelio Leonardia and Antonio Valeriano Bernardo in February 2007.
AVM Bernardo is investing P54 million for the rehabilitation of the facility which was constructed in 1999 through the office of former Bacolod Rep. John Orola.
The slaughterhouse, which was turned over to the city in 2003, has a project cost of P19.5 million.
The contractor will be operating the facility for 20 years under an operate and transfer scheme.
With the operation of the new slaughterhouse, the city is expected to earn P3.13 million in regulatory fees in the first year of operation aside from the rental payment of AVM Bernardo.
While at present, the city is losing P6.7 million a year in the operation of the existing facility in Brgy. 35 since the regulatory fees it is charging was set in 1974 yet and had never been updated.*CGS
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