Allen Stanford Yeah, depressing isn't it? Today's Houston Chronicle reports on one victim of that slightly lesser (alleged) Ponzi, the Stanford Group. A North Carolina man named William Allen couldn't close his Stanford account before the Feds froze it. Among the last things he bought before the company went Madoff? A trip to the Venice of America.Allen still plans
to head to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., later this month to watch the
Baltimore Orioles in spring training because he paid for his game
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As Miami plays political footsie with the first-place Fusion, the U.S. Soccer Federation prepares to give the boot to Fort Lauderdale's hopes for a national training center
Photo: Brule LakerLet's be good sports and thank the Orioles for their 13 years of playing Grapefruit League baseball in Fort Lauderdale Stadium -- a "dump," as the team's Baltimore-based beat writer so eloquently put it. Hey, if the guy lives in Baltimore, who are we to question his definition of dump?But all the same, I'm going to miss those Orioles jerseys that were the first signs of spring. As are local merchants, I'm sure. Then again, maybe the Orioles' spring presence confused the allegia