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Wiggle room

“It’s a hardship. There’s no way around it,” Howell said. “There’s no wiggle room. The areas that traditionally have always been cut have already been cut.”

2. A day after Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin resigned, a federal official in her home state dismissed one potential explanation for her sudden and unexpected resignation: a rumored FBI investigation into the former Wasilla mayor on public corruption charges…

“There is absolutely no truth to those rumors that we're investigating her or getting ready to indict her,” Special Agent Eric Gonzalez said in a phone interview Saturday. “It’s just not true.” He added that there was “no wiggle room” in his comments for any kind of inquiry.

3. A day after the Pittsburgh Pirates indicated they remained open to continuing contract talks with second baseman Freddy Sanchez and shortstop Jack Wilson, the double-play duo said they’d like to keep talking.

General manager Neal Huntington said Sunday he had halted negotiations because he thought neither player wanted to continue them. He said he had not received counteroffers from the players’ agents.

“I did not know that it was negotiable,” Sanchez told reporters before Monday’s game against the Milwaukee Brewers. “I was under the assumption that it was a take-it-or-leave-it deal and that there was going to be no wiggle room.”

“We thought it was more of a take-it-or-leave-it type of deal because of the situation of trying to get it done quickly,” Wilson told reporters. “At no point have either of us been interested in shutting this down. We both are very interested in being Pirates. I don't think this is dead by any means.”