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SAN DIEGO PADRES VS COLORADO ROCKIES
San Diego Padres owner John Moores talks with friends behind home plate prior to the National League wild card playoff at Coors Field in Denver on October 1, 2007. The Padres lost to the Colorado Rockies in 13 innings. (UPI Photo/Gary C. Caskey)

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Hawks and Thrashers both on the block
Hawks and Thrashers both on the block
ATLANTA, May 18 (UPI) -- Atlanta's hockey and basketball teams both may be for sale, people close to the negotiations say.
San Diego Padres sale deal signed
SAN DIEGO, Feb. 3 (UPI) -- A group led by Jeff Moorad, former chief executive officer of the Arizona Diamondbacks, has signed to buy 100 percent ownership of the San Diego Padres.
Padres in sale talks with ex-agent Moorad
SAN DIEGO, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- The San Diego Padres say they are in exclusive negotiations on the sale of the club to former agent and Arizona Diamondbacks partner Jeff Moorad.
Owners' divorce puts Padres on block
SAN DIEGO, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- The owner of the San Diego Padres, in the midst of a divorce and division of assets, has put the baseball team up for sale.
Young Europeans use alcohol to get sex
LIVERPOOL, England, May 9 (UPI) -- Teens and young adults in Europe drink and take drugs as part of deliberate sexual strategies, researchers say.
Sequel to 'We Will Rock You' in the works
LONDON, April 16 (UPI) -- Queen guitarist Brian May has confirmed a second stage musical built around the British rock group's songbook is in the works.
Pop stars twice as likely to die early
LIVERPOOL, England, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- North American and European rock and pop stars are about twice as likely to die early and even more likely to do so within five years of becoming famous.
Not all drug deaths involve illegal drugs
LIVERPOOL, England, Aug. 9 (UPI) -- Drug-related deaths include both mortalities of abusers of illegal drugs and of non-drug abusers using prescription drugs, a British study found.
Gamma ray burst polarization studied
LIVERPOOL, England, March 19 (UPI) -- A British-led international team of astronomers has recorded the earliest measurement of the optical polarization of a gamma ray burst.
European star 'roadmap' project started
POITIERS, France, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- A British astronomer has been selected to lead a Pan-European project in developing a "roadmap to the stars."
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“ I anticipate that I'll remain the control person for three years, ”
San Diego Padres sale deal signed
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“ My strong desire is to stay involved because the last decade and a half has been a terrific experience, ”
Owners' divorce puts Padres on block
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“ Trends in recent decades have resulted in recreational drug use and binge drinking becoming routine features of European nightlife, ”
Young Europeans use alcohol to get sex
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“ Our new measurements, made shortly after the gamma ray burst, show that the level of polarization in the afterglow is very low. Combined with our knowledge of how the light from this explosion faded, this rules-out the presence of strong magnetic fields in the emitting material flowing out from the explosion -- a key element of some theories of GRBs. ”
Gamma ray burst polarization studied
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“ For me this is the last piece of a complicated puzzle that involved building a ballpark and redeveloping San Diego, ”
Sandy Alderson named CEO of Padres
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