In case Jeff Beatty hasn’t noticed, that AIG stock he’s talking about isn’t looking so hot these days - sort of like his favorite baseball team, the New York Yankees. 
Selected and fresh photos from around the web.
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Editor's pick
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Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) speaks during a campaign rally in the rain at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia, September 27, 2008.
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A puppy stands on a truck carrying people to be evacuated from the area in preparation for the approach of Hurricane Gustav in Batabano, on the southern coast of Cuba, August 30, 2008. Powerful Hurricane Gustav roared toward western Cuba on Saturday with 125 mph (205 kph) winds on its way to the oil-rich Gulf of Mexico after a deadly pass through the Caribbean.
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BANGKOK, THAILAND - AUGUST 30: A member of Anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) stands behind barbed wire outside Government on August 30, 2008, in Bangkok, Thailand. The protesters want to unseat the seven-month old coalition government lead by Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej.
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Georgian soldiers run near a blazing building after a Russian bombardment in Gori, 80 km (50 miles) from Tbilisi, August 9, 2008. A Russian warplane dropped a bomb on an apartment block in the Georgian town of Gori on Saturday, killing at least 5 people, a Reuters reporter said. The bomb hit the five-story building in Gori close to Georgia's embattled breakaway province of South Ossetia when Russian warplanes carried out a raid against military targets around the town.
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Ecuador's Cristian Benites, left, fights for the ball with Chile's Arturo Vidal during a World Cup 2010 qualifying soccer match in Quito, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008.
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Peru's goalkeeper Leao Butron arrives at the airport in Luque, near Asuncion, October 12, 2008. Peru will play Paraguay in a World Cup 2010 qualifying soccer match October 15.
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DANVILLE, CA - OCTOBER 12: Angela Stanford waves her ball to the crowd on the 8th hole during the final round of the LPGA Longs Drugs Challenge at the Blackhawk Country Club October 12, 2008 in Danville, California.
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Recently starred
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Omnialuo's designer Zheng Luo acknowledges applause after presenting her Spring 2009 collection at New York Fashion Week September 12, 2008.
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In this image released by Ghostlight Records, Patti Lupone's CD, "Patti Lupone at Les Mouches," is shown. The album is a digitally restored concert recording of LuPone's 1980 solo show at the New York club Les Mouches. The CD will be released Nov. 11 by Ghostlight Records.
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Geraman Timo Ball is pictured during his game mens singles final at the European Table Tennis Championships against Belarussian Vladimir Samsonov in St. Petersburg on October 12, 2008. Ball won 4-2.
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Thousands of Roman Catholic devotees follow the image of Our Lady of Nazareth (bottom) at port area during the 'Cirio de Nazare' (Nazareth Candle) celebrations in Belem, northern Brazil, on October 12, 2008. Near two million pilgrims participated in Brazil's biggest Catholic procession.
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Quotes about New York Yankees
I wonder what the (New York) Yankees are thinking now while they’re fishing or doing whatever ... I have friends there. I will always root for Derek Jeter. But what they did to my brother was not right. Really, it was pathetic what they did. There was no class.
said Frank Torre
Everybody in baseball hates the Yankees, there's no great love for the Mets, and there's a general disdain for New York.
was said
in Variety
Quotes from articles mentioning New York Yankees
But since then, the Red Sox as an organization have gotten a lot better. You saw it when they brought in Pedro Martinez and Manny [Ramirez], and you see it now with Big Papi ... They've definitely made some improvements and have developed a following among Latinos.
said Roy A Avellaneda
in Boston Globe
