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Favre
Huddles With
Packers Coach

Meeting with McCarthy lasts 5 hours—QB's
fate still uncertain

Aug 5, 08 2:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Packers coach Mike McCarthy talked with once (and future?) quarterback Brett Favre last night in a meeting that stretched five hours. The marathon chat pre-empted scheduled sessions with other players and the media, but close to midnight Favre's future with Green Bay was still unclear, reports the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. More »

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Brett Favre • Green Bay Packers • retirement • Mike McCarthy • quarterback

OPINION

 Favre Deserves
 Better Than Bribery

$20M 'payoff' would hurt legacy more than a weak season

Aug 3, 08 6:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - As football fans eagerly await a decision about Brett Favre’s future in football, critics are lambasting the Green Bay Packers' reaction to the quarterback's plans to return. The measures the team is taking to obstruct Favre’s comeback are tarnishing the NFL’s good name, writes William Rhoden in... More »

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NFL • Brett Favre • Green Bay Packers • football • retirement

Green Bay
Split on
Favre Question

Loyal fans divided on whether to support their team or their old QB

Aug 1, 08 6:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - In Green Bay, sides are being chosen, rival camps established. While some fans circulate petitions calling for the team to re-embrace the newly un-retired Brett Favre, 38, as starting quarterback, others wish he would step aside. The only consensus in town seems to be that people are tired of the... More »

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NFL • Brett Favre • Green Bay Packers • football • retirement • Aaron Rogers

(Newser) - The Packers are desperate to keep Brett Favre retired and they’re willing to pay handsomely for the privilege, ESPN reports. Packers president Mark Murphy met with the quarterback yesterday and reportedly offered him roughly $20 million over several years to stay retired. Murphy would say only that he’d... More »

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 Packers Beg
 Favre to
 Stay Home

But will legend listen?

Jul 30, 08 11:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - Packers President Mark Murphy is flying to Mississippi in a last ditch attempt to convince Brett Favre to stay retired, or at least avoid training camp, the Green Bay Press-Gazette reports. “They’re asking him not to come,” a source said. “They don’t want him... More »

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NFL • Brett Favre • Green Bay Packers • retirement • training camps

 Hume to Leave Fox Anchor Role 

But he plans to stay on part-time as a senior political analyst

Jul 15, 08 9:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - Fox News' Brit Hume plans to step down from his role as anchor of the daily Special Report and as Washington managing editor at the end of the year, the Washington Post reports. Hume is near a deal to stay on Fox part-time as a senior political analyst, sources say,... More »

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retirement • Fox News • Roger Ailes • anchor • punditry • Brit Hume

 Packers to Favre: No Go 

Team denies QB's request to become free agent

Jul 13, 08 10:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Green Bay won't be releasing retired quarterback Brett Favre from his contract as he has requested, and aren't promising to start him if he rejoins the team, AP reports. "This is a hot-button issue that surpasses anything I've ever gone through," says Packers GM Ted Thompson. Favre had... More »

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NFL • Brett Favre • Green Bay Packers • football • retirement • Mike McCarthy • Aaron Rodgers • free agent

 10 Possible Teams for Favre 

The QB legend may play again, and he wants out of his Green Bay contract

Jul 12, 08 11:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - The maybe-not-as-retired-as-we-thought Brett Favre has asked the Green Bay Packers to release him from his contract so he can play elsewhere. It's far from certain the Packers will agree, but USA Today runs down 10 places he could go:
  • Baltimore Ravens: Favre's agent has placed players there before.
... More »

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NFL • Brett Favre • Green Bay Packers • retirement • contract talks • sports contracts • professional athletes

Washington Post Top Editor Calls It Quits

Downie presided as Internet transformed newspapers, media

Jun 23, 08 8:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Washington Post's executive editor is retiring, he said today, after a 17-year run that included many prizes, painful staff cuts, and the rise of the Internet. A low-profile but highly respected figure, Leonard Downie Jr. told his staff he would miss the paper. "At the same time I'm... More »

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newspaper • Washington Post • retirement • editor • newsrooms • newsroom cuts

Microsoft Without Bill Gates? His Final Week Begins

The 52-year-old has slowly backed away from the software company's operations

Jun 23, 08 10:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - This will be Bill Gates’ last Monday at Microsoft, the company that the 52-year-old founded with business partner Paul Allen as a teenager. He’s retiring Friday from Microsoft’s day-to-day business and beginning full-time work with his $37.3 billion philanthropic organization, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. He's... More »

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Microsoft • Bill Gates • Windows • retirement • Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

analysis

 Many Retirees
 Will Have
 Less Than
 They Think 

Economist compares direct-benefit to direct-contribution plans

Jun 16, 08 5:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Many employees will enter retirement with a much smaller income than they expect, the Economist reports. By 2014, the amount of money saved in direct-contribution retirement plans—ie 401Ks—will outpace than the amount saved in old-fashioned direct-benefit plans. But workers set contributions to their DC schemes at lower levels... More »

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pensions • retirement • income • hedge fund • investment • employers • pension funds

 Strahan Goes
 Out on Top 

Giants' sack-happy defensive end says he's retiring at 36; TV gig may be next

Jun 9, 08 4:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Strahan is retiring after 15 years with the New York Giants, ESPN reports. The defensive end, 36, set the NFL's single-season sacks record with 22.5 sacks during the 2001 season, participated in seven Pro Bowls, and got his first Super Bowl ring earlier this year. Strahan walks away... More »

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NFL • retirement • championship • NFL Pro Bowl • New York Giants • Michael Strahan • defense

 Mayweather Jr.
 Quits Before
 Big Match 

39-0 boxer forgoes $20 million payoff

Jun 7, 08 1:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Undefeated boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. is hanging up his gloves, nixing a high-profile rematch against Oscar De La Hoya, ESPN.com reports. “This decision was not an easy one for me to make,” the welterweight champ said. “However, these past few years have been extremely difficult for... More »

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boxing • Oscar De La Hoya • Floyd Mayweather Jr. • retirement

Dementia Sufferers Get Unusual Help

Fake bus stops give restless elderly patients a destination

Jun 6, 08 5:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - German retirement homes have found a new way to help patients: building fake bus stops. Dementia sufferers who insist they have somewhere to go now have a destination, giving them a sense of control. That helps calm them, even if they forget where they're "going" after spending some time... More »

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dementia • Germany • retirement • Alzheimer's Disease

 Former Obama Pastor
 in Church Power Battle 

 Refusing to relinquish leadership

Jun 5, 08 2:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama's former Chicago church is in turmoil over a battle to retain power by firebrand preacher Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Time reports. A rift has opened between Wright, who was supposed to retire from the church he nurtured for 36 years, and his hand-picked successor, whose qualifications he's now questioning. More »

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Barack Obama • retirement • Baptists • United Church of Christ • Jeremiah Wright • Trinity United Church of Christ • Otis Moss III

 Is This a Joke?
 Brooks Leaving Movie Biz 

Quietly closes movie production company

May 30, 08 9:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Are Mel Brooks' days in Hollywood over? The comic king is quietly closing his Brooksfilms, the New York Post reports. He founded the LA-based production company in 1980 to produce more serious films such as The Elephant Man but also put out classics such as Spaceballs. Brooks, who turns 82... More »

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Los Angeles • retirement • Mel Brooks • movie industry

 Henin Retires at No. 1 

With 7 Grand Slam titles at 25, Belgian is first woman to leave while atop rankings

May 14, 08 11:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Justine Henin, the top player on the women's tennis tour, abruptly announced her retirement today. "This is a definitive decision," said the 25-year-old Belgian, who won seven Grand Slam titles—including the past three French Opens—despite battling injuries in recent years. She's the first woman ever to... More »

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tennis • French Open • Justine Henin • retirement • Grand Slam tennis

Sorenstam to Retire After
2008 Season

Top female has eye
on biz, including golf academy, courses

May 14, 08 9:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Annika Sorenstam has announced her retirement from professional golf, effective at the end of the 2008 season, Golf.com reports. The eight-time LPGA player of the year has "other priorities," including starting a family and working to build "the Annika brand of businesses, including my academy, my... More »

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golf • LPGA • retirement • Lorena Ochoa • LPGA Tour Hall of Fame • Annika Sorenstam

 Mercury Line
 May Hit the
 Scrap Heap 

Sales have slipped from half a million annually to 168K last year

May 10, 08 6:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Once a four-wheeled icon of cool, Ford's Mercury brand is steadily losing traction and may soon be parked for good, the Los Angeles Times reports. Ford has not yet announced a plan to scrap the line, but one key stockholder is urging the company to let it go.  "... More »

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retirement • Ford • auto • auto industry • car dealers • auto sales • Mercury • dealership • cars

 Croc Hunter's Dad
 Quits Zoo For $1M 

Steve Irwin's dad will leave zoo he founded for $1M

Apr 10, 08 10:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bob Irwin will retire from the Australian Zoo made famous by his 'Crocodile Hunter' son Steve, taking with him a retirement package worth just shy of $1 million amid rumors of a feud with his son's widow. Irwin will also collect a $93,000 yearly pension from the zoo he... More »

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Australia • retirement • zoo • feud • settlement • Steve Irwin • Terri Irwin • Bindi Irwin • Bob Irwin • Australia Zoo

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