Free-agent winners and losers: Money is ultimate factor (CBS Sports)

When assessing the start of NHL free agency, Wes Goldstein says show him the money. Economics is the main factor in determining winners and losers among both players and teams.

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Queensland selectors to earn their money (The Age)

After two of the quickest selection meetings in Origin history Queensland selectors will earn their money picking the side for the third game.

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Judge will consider Stanford request for money (AP via Yahoo! News)

A federal judge in Dallas said he will consider a modest request for money to pay lawyers and accountants to look through R. Allen Stanford's personal assets to find money untainted by an alleged $7 billion fraud.

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Free-agent Mikael Samuelsson says more than money attracted him to Vancouver (Yahoo! Canada Sports)

VANCOUVER, B.C. - The money was a factor, but what also convinced free-agent forward Mikael Samuelsson to sign with the Vancouver Canucks was the team's potential to be a Stanley Cup contender.

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Vt gets federal money for displaced workers (Boston Globe)

Vermont is receiving nearly $100,000 to boost apprenticeship programs for unemployed workers. The money will go to help train and prepare workers for careers in growing industries, including those related to green technologies."

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Sanford Didn't Improperly Use State Money, South Carolina Officials Say (Washington Post)

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford did not improperly use state money to pay for trips to New York and South America to see his Argentine mistress, state law enforcement officials concluded yesterday, as the governor reiterated that he has no plans to step down despite mounting pressure to do so.

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‘Not about money’ but partners mum on details (Philippine Daily Inquirer)

“It was not about money.” Thus was how Total Information Management Corp. (TIM) president Jose Mari Antuñez claimed that financial matters were not the key factor in his company’s decision to reconcile with Dutch partner Smartmatic International to run computerized elections in 2010.

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