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The Valero Texas Open heads into its second year at TPC San Antonio’s AT&T Oaks Course this week. Australian Adam Scott stormed the course last year, surviving wet conditions to capture his first victory since the 2008 Byron Nelson. Scott has committed to return this year, while Angel Cabrera and Retief Goosen are making their first visits to San Antonio. Here is a look at what to expect during this Texas Open week: AT A GLANCE When: Today-Sunday (tournament starts Thursday) Where... Read Full Story

Abundant online employment postings prompted Gabriel Gonzales — who lost his job as restaurant manager at an exclusive but financially troubled Santa Fe golf club — to move to the Denver area last year. Six months and more than 100 applications later, Gonzales has had just one face-to-face interview — for a job that still may pan out. The search has worn down and frustrated Gonzales. Each day he scours websites including Craigslist and CareerBuilder. He submits resumes and cover letters... Read Full Story

(CareerBuilder) — I recently came across Zack O’Malley Greenburg’s book “Empire State of Mind: How Jay-Z Went from Street Corner to Corner Office.” I have to admit that I didn’t know if a hip-hop icon had much to teach me (aka a regular worker) about succeeding in our respective fields. But seeing as career books often begin to sound alike when you read the summaries on the flap, I couldn’t pass up this interesting angle. Plus, he’s just a good artist. I didn’t doubt Jay-Z was a prime... Read Full Story

Facial hair is a beauty or it can be an embarrassment. It really depends on who are to wear the hair. For men, or more appropriately, for young adolescent men, having a facial hair is what they really want. This means that the age of puberty is almost over for them However, for women to have these unwanted hair on their face is a huge no, no! Hair particularly on the upper lip could be embarrassing so therefore it must be removed as soon as it is in appropriate length for a wax. Here are... Read Full Story

Know a great kid who made Eagle Scout, won the Science Fair or earned an academic award? Did your local soccer team take the championship or history club make history? They may have what it takes to be a Patch Whiz Kid honoree and we want to know about it! Each week, Roswell Patch will seek suggestions from readers for individual kids, youth groups, teens and even sports teams that wow us with their accomplishments. We want to hear about your amazing children and will feature them every... Read Full Story

Ted Kulfan / The Detroit News Chicago — There will be a familiar look for the Red Wings to the start of the playoffs. For the second consecutive season, the Wings will play the Phoenix Coyotes in the first round of the playoffs. Game 1 is 7 p.m. at Joe Louis Arena. The Wings made sure of it, for better or worse, with Sunday’s 4-3 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks. The Wings defeated Phoenix last season in a seven-game series in which Phoenix had home ice advantage. That won’t be... Read Full Story

CHICAGO – The Vancouver Canucks will get what many believed to be their wish when they face the Chicago Blackhawks in the Western Conference Quarterfinals that start this week. However, if that’s the case they might want to be careful what they wish for. Chicago’s “anti-Sedin” remedy, a.k.a. center Dave Bolland, appears to be getting closer to returning from a concussion that’s kept him out a month. “He made major progress this week,” Hawks coach Joel Quenneville said. “We’ll continue to... Read Full Story

At THE UNITED CENTER, CHICAGO In the first: Both teams played nearly mistake-free hockey through the opening period, which saw each goalie make 10 saves. IN THE SECOND: The Blackhawks scored at 5:18 of the second period when Patrick Kane forced a turnover from Brad Stuart behind Detroit’s goal line and found Michael Frolik in the slot. Frolik sent a wrist shot past Jimmy Howard. Tomas Holmstrom tied it at 6:56 when he picked up a turnover and took off up the left flank to send a wrist... Read Full Story

The Hillsborough High School girls track and field team finished third behind Franklin and Montgomery on Saturday at the 50th annual Somerset County Relays. The Raiders scored in all but one event, but it was not enough to overcome Franklin. IN SHORT The Raiders set meet records in both the team pole vault and distance medley relay. Miranda Reinson and Emily Shipley each cleared 10-feet-6 in winning the pole vault relay. Their combined height of 21-feet broke the old meet record by 2 feet... Read Full Story

Two teams. Two different conferences. But the list of similarities are endless. The Carolina Hurricanes and Dallas Stars each had destiny in their own hands. Each needed to win to make the eighth and final spot in the Eastern and Western Conference playoffs. Each team came in on their very last game playing some of their best hockey of the season to get into the position of playing their way in. However, both teams were sent home for the summer. The Hurricanes, having the season tie... Read Full Story