Mixed Media Painting Sculpture (Detail) by Lindsay Chandler / Rabbit Hole Studio: Underground, The Fall 2009 Emerging Artists Show / Dumbo Arts Center: Art Under the Bridge Festival 2009 / 20090926.10D.54840.P1.L1 / SML

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Tour chief furious as car hits two riders
Furious Tour de France organisers threw a television car off the race for hitting two riders, almost causing a fatality during the ninth stage.
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Namibia: Shipanga Praises Women’s World Cup
BRAVE Gladiators coach Jacqueline Shipanga reckons the current Fifa Women’s World Cup in Germany will be the best in the history of women’s football.
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Nittany Lion reciever Derek Moye does the Versaclimber during the Uplifting Athletes Lift for Life 2011 challenge held Friday afternoon at Holuba Hall.
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Portrait of Ernst Christian Julius Schering (1824-1889), Mathematician

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Flashback: Socorro’s dream season included hard work, a meteoric rise to fame and memories that will endure forever
SOCORRO — The boys are just athletes playing the game they love, but after recently winning state, the Socorro baseball players might as well be rock stars.
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Speedy move for Chris Masters as he joins hire firm’s board
CHRIS Masters, the former executive chairman of Glasgow-based temporary power supplier Aggreko, was yesterday named as a non-executive director at equipment rental firm Speedy
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More than 120 entries to march in Greeley for July 4 parade
It’s time once again to claim a spot for the Greeley Stampede Independence Day parade. On July 4 starting at 9 a.m., one of the largest Independence Day parades in the nation will march down 10th Avenue, starting at 19th Street and ending at 5th Street. More than 120 entries fill the parade route.
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Wayne Christian At The Speaker Showdown Tea Party Headquarters

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Drone attacks show US has no intention of waiting for Pak to act against militants
Washington, June 29(ANI): The latest US drone attack in Pakistan’s Waziristan region has sent a “we told you” message to the Pakistan leadership, that if it does not take on the Taliban and other extremists cross the Afghan border to attack US and allied troops, America will.
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Minnesota for Marriage Coalition Reacts to Gay Marriage Vote in New York State
MEDIA ADVISORY, June 26, 2011 / Christian Newswire / — The Minnesota for Marriage Coalition, a broad-based group of community and faith leaders and organizations supporting next year’s vote to preserve the definition of marriage as only one man and one woman in Minnesota’s constitution, reacted today to the narrow vote by the Legislature in the State of New York to legalize gay marriage in the …
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Industry’s role in addressing American dietary inadequacies
As detailed in the recently released 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, a large proportion of the population is lacking in several essential nutrients – but supplementation is not the only way to deal with these inadequacies, Rai said.
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Anwar warns zealots, vows to defend harmony
KUALA LUMPUR – Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim has vowed to defend religious freedom in the country from UMNO’s leaders and media which he said were causing instability with their racist rhetoric. “There are some UMNO leaders and media owned by threatening religious harmony in the Malaysia with their narrow racial rhetoric which is shallow and not based on justice as demanded by Islam. “They are …
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Shooting Suspect’s Father: Drug Use Made Him ‘Paranoid’
Mike Stangel, a pastor, says his son was undergoing drug treatment but appeared to be on an “upswing” when he went on a shooting rampage, killing one woman and injuring two other people.
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Poll shows 83% of Egyptians supported spring uprising
Activists who guided the revolt are expressing impatience with the military command, writes MICHAEL JANSEN
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USC Eliminates Stetson, 8-2
Almost 19 hours after it began, South Carolina clinched its second consecutive regional title on Monday afternoon, defeating Stetson 8-2 at Carolina Stadium in a game that was delayed overnight because of severe storms in Columbia.
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Women who will shape Seventh National Assembly
THE 2011 elections dealt women a devastating electoral blow, especially at the National Assembly. The political mileage women recorded between 1999 and 2007 was eroded this year.
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Area’s ‘Gateway to Pro Baseball’ begins 45 t h season
ACBL gets under way tonight with L.V. Catz visiting Quakertown The Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League begins its 45 t h season at 7 tonight when the Lehigh Valley Catz visit the Quakertown Blazers and while plenty of things have changed since the league began in the 1960s, it remains the place to be to catch many of baseball’s future stars.
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WSOC-TV Channel 9 Announces 2011 ‘Big 22’ Players To Watch
WSOC-TV Channel 9 announced for the second year in a row, Channel 9s Big 22, which highlights the top high school players to watch for 2011.
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Representative Wayne Christian’s Legislative update.

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Tributes flow for Warne’s spin tutor
SHANE Warne last night paid tribute to his trusted spin bowling mentor, Terry Jenner, who has died in Adelaide, aged 66.
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PNG: Lacuna wins 4 golds in swimming
BACOLOD CITY, May 26 (PNA) — Although he did not break any of his personal best records on Wednesday, Singapore Youth Olympic Games (YOG) veteran Jessie Khing Lacuna of Bulacan made sure he’d go to bed with four gold medals by churning waters at the Panaad Sports Complex swimming pool on the fifth day of competition in the joint Philippine Olympic Committee-Philippine Sports Commission National …
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Compassion International Announced as a Winner of Top 10 Corporate Blog Sites
Compassion Wins One of Top Three Spots
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Members of public articulate opposition to proposed cuts
AUGUSTA — Sean Fritz of Augusta told lawmakers Wednesday that he works two jobs and is raising two children, despite serious heart problems. He asked them not to eliminate his Medicaid health insurance, which paid for his heart surgery.
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Jake’s stewardship of NPP; so far so good.
The NPP under the Chairmanship of Mr. Jake Otanka Obetsebi Lamptey has yet again chalked another success in terms of improving the parties’ democratic culture. The innovation introduced in the recent election of Parliamentary candidates was thrilling and unprecedented.
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SMH cover-up call ‘offensive’ … D-Day Fairfax subs …
Fairfax has once again been criticised for changing its stories online to avoid embarrassment, after a fiery video of celeberity chef Matt Moran turned out to be a fake. Plus other media news of the day. Read more on the blog…
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The Suffering and Death of a Shepherd
TORONTO, APRIL 18, 2011 ( Zenit.org ).- For our Good Friday Reflection this year, and in preparation for the beatification of the Servant of God Pope John Paul II on Sunday May 1, I have chosen to share with you the this reflection on what Pope John Paul II taught us at the end of his life.
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Marilyn Davenport Speaks: Author of Obama-Ape Email is Sorry
(c) Photograph by R. Scott Moxley Marilyn Davenport: Startled by her newfound political fame It wasn’t too many hours ago when there was zero chance that teams of Los Angeles television news cr
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Calendar
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BP AGM as it happened April 14, 2011
Resolutions and views from the annual general meeting in London
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