Washington Mayor Says Baseball Deal Nearly Dead
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The deal to bring Major League Baseball back to Washington, D.C, was described by Mayor Anthony Williams as close to dead Wednesday after the City Council changed the plan to require private financing.
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As Major League Baseball&#39;s deadline for funding a Washington stadium nears, the debate has gotten down and dirty. For months, Northern Virginia officials had been good sports about losing the Montreal Expos to the District of Columbia in September.
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DC Mayor Anthony A. Williams has persuaded seven of the council&#39;s 13 members to line up in support of his baseball financing plan by slipping more than $70 million in
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Is the nation&#39;s capital on the verge of losing baseball again - this time without even playing a game? The move of the Montreal Expos to Washington, DC, appeared close to falling through Wednesday after
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The Washington area's 33-year effort to acquire a Major League Baseball team has produced plenty of agonizing near-misses.  There is a good chance that won't happen this time.
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The city of Washington could still land the Montreal Expos if it plays its cards right. EmpirePoker.com says it wants to ante up the $150 million in private funds the DC City Council is seeking for a Major League Baseball stadium.
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The District of Columbia has failed to meet several deadlines in the agreement for a new Washington nationals baseball stadium, Major league Baseball officials charged Thursday, putting the city in default of the lease agreement.
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An angry and frustrated crowd in Southwest Washington last night denounced Mayor Anthony A. Williams&#39;s proposal to build a baseball stadium in their community, saying they feared being displaced
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For Anthony Williams, the mayor of Washington, this week&#39;s deal to return Major League Baseball to the nation&#39;s capital after
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Mayor Anthony A. Williams says the deal to bring baseball to D.C. is in "great, great jeopardy" because of changes to the stadium agreement.
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Washington, DC, Mayor Anthony Williams will try to get financing for a Major League Baseball stadium back on the city council agenda next week after the council
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A top official of Major League Baseball has labeled a new stadium financing proposal approved late yesterday by DC City Council as &quot;wholly unacceptable&quot; and offered to refund deposits that have been made toward purchasing tickets for Washington Nationals
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The Washington, D.C., City Council  will debate stadium funding again on Tuesday after a bill  passed last week was rejected by Major League Baseball and put  baseball's return to the U.S. capital at risk.
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The president of the re-named Washington Nationals, Tony Tavares, told WTOP Radio the vote was overwhelming. Tavares said the deal to move the Expos remains contingent on the DC Council giving final approval to a stadium plan.
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Major League Baseball&#39;s plan to move the former Montreal Expos franchise to Washington DC appears to be falling apart. Washington Mayor Anthony Williams said Wednesday the deal was almost dead after the city
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Mayor Anthony Williams (website - news - bio) says the city has returned to a bad habit of not honoring its commitments. He says he made the agreement with the council and baseball to cut this deal.
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NEW YORK Baseball&#39;s chief operating officer says business and promotional activities of the Washington-bound Expos will cease until further notice.