Recall that until a judge stepped in the executives who run baseball tried to broker a deal whereby Tom Hicks was going to sell the Texas Rangers during bankruptcy protection to a group led by Chuck Greenberg and Nolan Ryan at a price that would have resulted in a profit for Hicks but shafted his creditors.

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It was hosted by a group that included Grant Woods, Chuck Coughlin and HighGround lobbyist Doug Cole who attended Fiesta Bowl junkets.

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Using an advance on a new cable deal is how the group led by Nolan Ryan and Chuck Greenberg were able to buy the Texas Rangers in 2010.

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With no new Fox deal, sources say McCourt is going to seek debtor in possession financing and voluntary bankruptcy protection like the Texas Rangers did prior to the sale of the team to a group led by Nolan Ryan and Chuck Greenberg from Tom Hicks.

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Chuck Schumer said Sunday a group of eight senators will look at setting rules on how leaks about government secrets are investigated.

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Fallows credits Franklin (Chuck) Spinney in the Pentagon TacAir group for much of his direction in research.

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When Obama raised the immigration issue in his speech, a bipartisan group of senators, including Republican John McCain of Arizona and Democrat Chuck Schumer of New York, stood and applauded together to signal bipartisan support for moving forward.

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Chuck Johnson, president of the National Council for Adoption, a nonprofit group in Alexandria, Va.

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