Analyzing the effects of athletes' behavior on the value of sports autographs must be made on an individual basis. One needs to consider who the athlete is, the circumstance, and where the athlete is in his or her career. In most instances, the short term value of the sports autograph will almost certainly decrease but the factors listed above will determine the impacts on the long term value..I think Elie Wiesel's "Night," which I have taught to my middle school students, is a powerful story about survival and the human spirit. It is simply written but packs so much meaning. The protagonist is the kind of flawed hero I gravitate towards, and Burke's descriptions of both rural Louisiana and New Orleans, where most of the series takes place, are nothing short of poetic..

NASHVILLE, Tenn. Employees of the truck stop chain owned by the family of Tennessee's governor and the owner of the Cleveland Browns pleaded guilty Wednesday to scamming the company's customers ou