Heritage sculpted its index to attempt to support its view that regulation and government spending reduce economic growth. Nations like Ecuador expose the fallacies of Heritage's index. Heritage's index has a "quick facts" component that reports that Ecuador's economic growth was 7.8 percent and unemployment was 4.9 percent (unemployment is now down to 4.1 percent, the best in Latin America)..Everything I hear in and around the NovaCare Center says it's not going to happen. Smith will not be wearing midnight green. At some point, though, they may have to think about the quarterback..

"It was raining, and I had played most of the first half, catching a touchdown pass, and we were beating the Saints pretty good," Witten said. "I figured I was finished at halftime, because starters usually didn't play that much in preseason games. I walked under the stadium and saw the most beautiful hotdog you've ever seen.Alex Smith quietly stayed behind the scenes