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2009: Broncos Trade 1st-Rounder for Alphonso Smith As a matter of principle, when an 8-8 team offers a future first-round selection for a second-rounder, you take it. The Seattle Seahawks sent the No. 37 pick in the 2009 draft to the Denver Broncos for their top choice in the 2010 draft. Smith lasted one season as a backup in Denver, while Seattle used that first-rounder on Earl Thomas, a three-time All-Pro safety who played a key role on the Super Bowl-winning 2013 team.             2016...

Larry A. Cavallaro. Circuit Judge Terence Perkins has ruled against a motion to exclude from trial a key interview between two detectives and Larry A. Cavallaro at his home in Flagler Beach in 2018, where the detectives were investigating an allegation that Cavallaro had raped a woman. Cavallaro, a former gallery owner in Flagler Beach who divided his time between Winter Park and the beach town, was arrested on June 12, 2019, on a first-degree felony rape charge stemming from an allegation tha...

Obituary: Mercedes Haines BATH - Mercedes Haines passed away suddenly and with her daughter, Dec. 29, 2020. Mercedes C. Haines was born Sept. 16, ... Share Mercedes Haines BATH – Mercedes Haines passed away suddenly and with her daughter, Dec. 29, 2020. Mercedes C. Haines was born Sept. 16, 1934 in Manhattan, N.Y., to Victor and Katherine Pavlick Moreno. At the age of 2, her father died, and her mother worked as a stewardess on the S.S. America, flagship of the United States Lines. While her...

What Can Vikings Get from Remainder of Diggs Trade? Dustin BakerJan 28, 2021 3 minutes read The hubbub surrounding the trade of former Minnesota Vikings wideout Stefon Diggs to Buffalo is predominantly rooted in the subsequent selection of Justin Jefferson in the 2020 NFL Draft. Pundits debate the merits of the trade in a “who won” capacity as if the transaction was a tit-for-tat swap. It wasn’t. First, the Vikings received rookie merchandise as the first installment of compensatio...

An Attempt to Measure Draft Prowess By ON Viking on Jan 19, 2021, 3:26pm CST + I have a question. How adept at the NFL Draft is Rick Spielman? I have been torn over the last season regarding Spielmans ability to successfully create a winning team. I know many of you have been with me on that matter. I have long been a fan of most of Speilmans work in many respects. I like his draft strategy of accruing picks to create talented depth behind talented starters. I admired that he w...

Stagnant population growth sets up close battle for 435th House seat Reid Wilson © Greg Nash Stagnant population growth sets up close battle for 435th House seat New data from the Census Bureau show Americas population growth stagnating in the final years of the decade, as declining immigration rates and an aging population run headlong into the coronavirus pandemic that pumped the brakes on migration within the U.S. The consequence is likely to be a fraught battle over the r...

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you grabbed me by the arm and you pulled me out of the way as hard as you could. >> red sox are a passionate group. "morning joe" starts right now. >> i think what the american people expect from me is the same thing that they expect from every member of congress and that is that were looking out for the interests of the american people and not trying to score political points. i think what theyre looking from me is the same thing theyre looking for speaker boehner and harry reid and e...