These Are Your Rules, We Just Enforce Them

In an interview with The Associated Press this week at the Big Ten meetings, Bryan Seeley, the CEO of the 11-month-old College Sports Commission, said he has actually heard more good feedback than bad as he’s started making the rounds at league meetings. The problem is that the bad stuff mostly revolves around issues that …

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Tennessee Aborts Execution Attempt After Struggling to Find Vein

May 21 (Reuters) – Tennessee ⁠prison ⁠officials aborted their attempt ⁠to execute a man convicted of murders ​on Thursday after failing to find a suitable vein for ‌a lethal injection. Tennessee Governor Bill ‌Lee later granted a one-year reprieve from execution ⁠to ⁠Tony Carruthers, 57, who was sentenced to death after ​he was found guilty …

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Consumers are still spending, but cracks are starting to show

Consumer polls about the state of the U.S. economy suggest the mood is grim: Two-thirds of respondents to a recent CBS News poll reported feeling financially stressedwhile a majority said soaring gasoline prices are causing hardship. For now, however, such sentiments have yet to quash consumer spending, the critical flow of dollars that keeps the …

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