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Reggie Williams, the Jaguars? first-round pick in 2004, was among the final cuts of the CFL?s Toronto Argonauts on Saturday.

Williams, 30, signed with the Argonauts on May 29. According to the Canadian QMI Agency wire service, Williams had a one-handed TD catch in the Argonauts? final preseason game Thursday vs. Montreal.

While Reggie Williams? stint in Toronto has ended, another former Jaguars receiver is very much a key part of the Argonauts? 2013 plans.

In fact, this ex-Jaguar is the CFL?s top best player in the estimation of TSN and sportswriters across Canada.

Chad Owens, a sixth-round pick of Jacksonville in 2005, was voted the CFL?s best player?on Friday.

Owens, 31, was the CFL?s Most Outstanding Player in 2012 after catching 94 passes for 1,328 yards and six TDs for the Grey Cup-champion Argos. Moreover, he set a league record for all-purpose yards.

Owens could never quite stick with the Jaguars, who released him in January 2008. But he stuck with professional football. He played Arena ball for a year, then landed on the Montreal Alouettes? practice roster for much of 2009. The next year, the Als traded him to Toronto, and he has been a key contributor since.

For former NFL players, making a?CFL roster is easier said than done. There are just eight CFL teams, and the Canadian game is different than the NFL game, with the wider field one example.

Given that Reggie Williams hasn?t been on an NFL roster since 2010, lasting until Toronto?s final cuts may signal he?s retained some professional-caliber skill. That?s one silver lining. Another may well be the success of his former Jaguars teammate, who?s authored quite the impressive career revival in Canada.

Source: http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/06/22/jaguars-agree-to-terms-with-no-2-overall-pick-luke-joeckel/related/

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Grave mistake: Ed Koch?s tombstone engraved with wrong birth date

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The man who engraved former New York City Mayor Ed Koch's tombstone has apologized for engraving the wrong birth date.

Tommy Flynn, the owner of Flynn Funeral and Cremation Memorial Services, told NBC's New York affiliate that he inadvertently listed Koch's birth year as 1942 instead of 1924. Flynn says he "terrible" and has vowed to correct the grave error, which was discovered over the weekend.

Koch, 88, died in February of congestive heart failure. He was buried in Trinity Church cemetery in Manhattan.

According to Koch's former chief of staff Diane Coffey, the Democratic mayor preparing for his death in the 1980s, and meticulously planned "every detail of [his] burial," including the headstone.

Koch, the city's mayor from 1978 to 1989, bought the plot in Washington Heights in 2008. "I don't want to leave Manhattan, even when I'm gone," he said at the time.

According to NBC 4, Koch designed his tombstone, which included a quote from journalist Daniel Pearl before he was killed by Islamic terrorists: "My father is Jewish; my mother is Jewish; I am Jewish." Koch even visited the cemetery plot with his tombstone in place.

But the 5-foot tall, 6-foot wide grave marker did not list his birth date when he was buried. Flynn etched the erroneous year earlier this month.

"I have to make it right," Flynn said. "I will correct it."

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/koch-tombstone-mistake-151054969.html

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Stocks edge lower as Fed raises outlook on US

NEW YORK (AP) ? Stocks are falling after the Federal Reserve gave a slightly more optimistic outlook for the U.S. economy, which investors took as a hint that the bank was nearer to a decision to reduce its economic stimulus program.

The Dow Jones industrial average fell as much as 87 points shortly after the Fed's statement came out at 2 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. It was down 33 points, or 0.2 percent, at 15,284 as of 2:15 p.m.

The Standard & Poor's 500 index was down three points, 0.2 percent, to 1,649.

The yield on the 10-year Treasury note rose to 2.26 percent from 2.21 percent earlier. That was a sign investors were selling the bonds.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/stocks-edge-lower-fed-raises-outlook-us-182204342.html

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