| Jake Curtis
Last June, Gregg Marshall was introduced at a press conference as College of Charleston's new coach, but then decided to return to Winthrop. In April, Dana Altman was seen raising his arms in a "Wooooo, Suey" salute during a press conference announcing him as the new Arkansas coach. Less than a day later, he was back at Creighton. Now Donovan. In each case, the coach first agreed to take a higher-profile, higher-salary job, only to return to the place he felt safer. Maybe that shows coaches care about some things more than money. Maybe it shows coaches are not really thinking through their situation before delivering a "decision" that isn't really a decision. With college coaches now in the $3 million-a-year salary range, the dollar signs and zeroes are whirling through their heads to create a confusing state of uncertainty about who and what they are.
Parliament in Turkey Votes to Allow Iraq Incursion
On Tuesday, Iraq dispatched one of its vice presidents, Tariq al-Hashimi, to Ankara in a last-ditch effort to talk Turkey out of a military incursion. He sounded hopeful before leaving the country this morning. "There is a new atmosphere to stop the current crisis," Mr. Hashimi said to reporters, the private NTV network reported. "The Iraqi government should be given a chance to prevent cross-border terror activities," he said. President Bashar al-Assad of Syria, in Ankara on a three-day official visit, expressed support for Turkey's efforts against Kurdish rebels, and said the American-led forces in Iraq bore a responsibility to support Turkey. "It is important to note that the powers that have invaded Iraq are those primarily responsible for the terror activities and attacks because they control the country," President Assad said, according to the Anatolian News Agency.
Eric Hanson: 'All I know is, I didn't do it'
Hanson said he just wanted to talk to her, not kill her, as police alleged. And, while acknowledging "nearly everyone is against me," Hanson has an explanation for the evidence that prosecutors say is key to the case. Parental support Dressed in an orange DuPage County jail-issued jumpsuit, Hanson sat behind a bulletproof glass partition. He no longer is the impeccably groomed blond-haired man who spent his time juggling women and playing golf. Hanson appears haggard, his hair darker from a lack of sunlight during the past 28 months behind bars. He is charged with fatally beating his sister, Katherine "Kate" Hanson-Tsao, and her husband, Jimmy, and shooting his parents, Terrance and Mary Lynn Hanson. Opening statements in his murder trial may begin later this week.
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