| Crucial Road Test Awaits Baseball
NORMAN, Okla. -- The Oklahoma Sooners (25-14 overall, 5-7 Big 12 play) returns to the road in Big 12 play in a critical three-game series at Kansas State (24-13, 5-7). Both teams enter the weekend tied sixth place in the conference standings. The Sooners and Wildcats begin the series on Friday, April 20 at 6:30 p.m. at Tointon Family Stadium in Manhattan, Kan. The series continues on Saturday at 2 p.m. and the finale is slated for 1 p.m. first pitch. BROADCAST INFORMATION
This weekend’s games at Kansas State will be broadcast live on the Sooners’ flagship station, KOKC 1520 AM, with Chuck Kelly calling the play-by-play. Sunday’s game will be broadcast across the state on the Sooners Sports’ Network and all three games can also be heard live via the internet on Yahoo. Pre-game coverage for all games, now begins 25 minutes prior to the first pitch. Fans in Manhattan wanting to hear the Sooners' broadcast can tune in to 88.7 FM inside the stadium.
REAL ESTATE A Pro’s Advice to First-time Buyers
Do all these new buildings going up around town have you thinking about becoming an apartment owner? For the inside scoop on fabulous new buildings and must-know information for first-time buyers, the Blade turned to a fabulous experienced broker. Stan Ponte, senior vice president of Stribling and Associates as well as Stribling Marketing Associates (the firm’s new buildings’ arm), sat down with The Blade’s Alison Rogers to talk about moving up—and giving back. What’s the first step for a first-time buyer: to get a mortgage approval, to find a property or something else? To identify a real estate broker through friends, family or colleagues—and to call that broker and say, "I’m interested in entering this marketplace, and I’m keen on new construction." This will set you up with someone who will assess your needs: Maybe you should buy in a new development; maybe it’s better to buy an old-line co-op or a small townhouse.
Manhattan construction collapse disrupts subway, injures worker
NEW YORK -- A building where construction work was being done partially collapsed Tuesday, leading to subway and vehicular traffic disruptions and injuring a laborer, authorities said.
The five-story upper Manhattan building, which was unoccupied except for 12 construction workers, crumbled around 11:30 a.m., the fire department said. One worker was taken to a hospital with minor injuries.
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Sean Bell: Tip of iceberg in NYC police murder culture
NEW YORK (FinalCall.com) - The murder of Sean Bell on November 25, 2006 is not an abberation, according to community and social activists. In fact, they say when the dots are connected in a socio/political context, it is easy to understand why only people of color are shot down in New York City streets like dogs. Carl Dix, national spokesman for the Revolutionary Communist Party and co-founder of the October 22nd Coalition to Stop Police Brutality, Repression and the Criminalization of a Generation explained to The Final Call that he believes that the killing of Sean Bell and the wounding of Mr. Bells friends stems from the very nature of this capitalist system and its culture of White supremacy. People must see the killing of un-armed Blacks as a nationwide epidemicnot just something that happens in New York City.
New York State Unemployment 4.1 Percent in March
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- New York state's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 4.1 percent in March, down from 4.4 percent in February and from 4.8 percent in March of last year, state officials reported Thursday. The national unemployment rate in March was 4.4 percent. In New York City, the March unemployment rate fell to 4.3 percent, down from 4.8 percent in February and from 5.3 percent in March 2006. Among individual counties, the highest unemployment rate in March was the 7.4 percent recorded by Hamilton County while the Bronx was high in New York City at 6 percent. The lowest March rate was in Putnam County at 3.1 percent while the New York City low was Manhattan at 3.7 percent. .
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