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Mayor Susan Golding and other city officials withheld key information from voters and also used improper influence to get a taxpayers' group to endorse their drive for a downtown ballpark, the San Diego County Grand Jury charged Friday. The grand jury issued the blistering report, its third criticizing portions of the ballpark project, as part of its oversight role for local government. There were no criminal indictments.

Mayor Susan Golding and other city officials withheld key information from voters and also used improper influence to get a taxpayers' group to endorse their drive for a downtown ballpark, the San Diego County Grand Jury charged Friday. The grand jury issued the blistering report, its third criticizing portions of the ballpark project, as part of its oversight role for local government. There were no criminal indictments.

Here at Bottom Ten Central, we're constantly receiving mail addressed to the Big Ten. It's so easy to confuse the two groups of losers. This week, for instance, equally winless Michigan State, Minnehaha and Northwestern have jumped to the top of the Bottom Ten rankings. Northwestern didn't play last week, but the Mildcats looked unimpressive while scouting Purdue for this Saturday's game.