Posted By Admin on May 18, 2012
This weekend is the 25th anniversary of the crash that brought restrictor plates to NASCAR for keeps. I was there. And whenever I think of those moments on the brink of a catastrophe that could have destroyed a sport, Im more tolerant of all the aggravations of plate racing.
Le Mans 55 was my first thought, during the seconds Bobby Allisons car sailed backward, flying, it surely seemed, right into the packed main grandstands of Talladega Superspeedway, tearing down catch-fencing like so much tissue paper.
A thousand people was my other thought.
To flesh out those fragments: This could be worse even than the worst disaster in the history of motor...
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Posted By Admin on May 17, 2012
We know what you’re thinking: Hasn’t he been running for reelection for months? Years?
Well, yes, that’s the way it is for all first-term presidents. But just as Mitt Romney pivoted from the primaries and caucuses once he’d virtually been declared the Republican nominee (don’t tell Ron Paul), so Obama will try to reignite 2008′s “fired up, ready to go” spirit at campus rallies Saturday at Ohio State and Virginia Commonwealth.
Getting bin Laden and five other boosts to Obamas reelection bid
Gone is the campaign slogan “Hope and change,” replaced by “Forward.” Or as Politico.com put it in a headline:...
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Posted By Admin on May 17, 2012
Irans Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution in an approval on environmental advertisement in cities and intercity highways banned all types of commercials and advertisement of foreign goods and services.
According to the approval of the Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution, advertising foreign goods and services with domestic rivals is banned, Secretary of the Council of Public Culture Mansour Vaezi said, adding that the ban even extends to those Iranian goods and services with a foreign name.
The law also covers all domestic goods and products manufactured through joint ventures between Iranian and foreign companies, Vaezi said, underlining that all such goods,...
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Posted By Admin on May 17, 2012
Voice of golf Peter Alliss will be inducted into the
World Golf Hall of Fame
in the United States on Monday.
The ex-golfer turned BBC commentator, 81, will join the likes of American legends Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer and fellow Britons Nick Faldo and Tony Jacklin in the Hall of Fame.
Alliss will be joined at the event by fellow inductees Phil Mickelson, Sandy Lyle, Dan Jenkins and Hollis Stacy.
Its all come as a bit of a surprise for me, Alliss told BBC Sport.
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Posted By Admin on May 16, 2012
After the Celtics and Hawks were separated by just four points through the first three games of their series, Rajon Rondo, Paul Pierce amp; Co. put a 22-point whooping on Atlanta, and it wasnt even that close.
The Celtics led by as many as 37 points, taking a 3-1 series lead with a chance to end the series on Tuesday.
They shot the mess out of it tonight, said Hawks forward Josh Smith, who returned from the left knee injury that kept him out of Game 3. Im watching it and being real observant when Im on the bench. Theyre just running the plays way more harder than we are. Whatever play is called, you know, Ray Allen is running off screens 100 miles...
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Posted By Admin on May 16, 2012
Financing Higher Education: Congress Debates How to Pay for Student Loans
By Bill Daehler | Apr. 26, 2012 | Opinion | 1 comment
This week presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney backed a proposal by President Barack Obama and Democrats to prevent interest rates on federal Stafford student loans from doubling in July to 6.8 percent, from the current level of 3.4 percent.
“With the number of college...
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Posted By Admin on May 16, 2012
Preamble: Good afternoon. Its been a troubled road trip to KC for the New York Yankees. Most shocking, of course, was the terrible injury to Mariano Rivera. All true sports fans wish him the very best on the road to recovery and hope that The Greatest Closer Ever comes back. He is certainly talking the good talk:
Im coming back. Write it down in big letters. Im not going down like this. God willing and given the strength, Im coming back. I love to play the game. I dont think, to me, going out like this is the right way. … I dont think like that. With the strength of the Lord, I have to continue.
We all hope to see you back, Mariano....
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Posted By Admin on May 15, 2012
OPINION:
You do get sick of hearing the repeated calls for goal-line technology in football.
But it would have been nice to know if Andy Carrolls header went in for Liverpool against FA Cup winners Chelsea.
It was the most dramatic moment of the weekend. Down 2-1 and dominating the match at the time, it was an amazing moment for so many reasons.
Firstly because Carrolls header was actually on target but secondly, and most importantly, it was an amazing save by Chelsea goalkeeper Peter Cech.
To have the strength in his palm to hold out the ferocious effort while falling back without the use of his feet...
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Posted By Admin on May 15, 2012
NEW YORK, May 2, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ –
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue:
Consumer Trends in the Wine Market in France
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This report provides the results for the Wine market in France, from Canadean’s unique, highly detailed and proprietary online survey of consumers’ Consumer Packaged...
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Posted By Admin on May 14, 2012
Incumbent City Councilman Dick Ramsay filed Wednesday to seek a third consecutive two-year term in office.
Ramsay, a private pilot, has pushed hard in recent years to have the city of Marathon designated as an official federal port of entry through Florida Keys Marathon Airport and City of Marathon Marina. He says he wants to see that work through.
This important designation will provide long-lasting multi-level economic boosts for Marathon and the Middle Keys, but being awarded this distinctive designation isnt quick and easy, Ramsay said in a statement.
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