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Rudisha keeps his cool to see off Aman in Doha
Reuters(Reuters) - Kenya's world record holder and Olympic champion David Rudisha had to work hard to secure victory over Ethiopian teenager Mohammed Aman in the 800 metres at the opening Diamond League meeting of the season in Doha on Friday. London Games...Tags: IAAF Diamond League, Allyson Felix, Justin Gatlin, Human Interest, Kenya
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Botswana president grazed by cheetah's claw in 'freak accident'
World leaders are used to taking swipes – but perhaps not quite so literally. Botswana's president, Ian Khama, had to have two stitches after a captive cheetah clawed his face, leaving him with “minor injuries,” a government...
Tags: Seretse Khama Ian Khama
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Amazing Race Recap: Scorpion King Hunter
WDBJ7 BloggerVietnam is home to 90 million people and apparently the cast and crew’s visit caused tension to CBS. At the start of the show, Phil addressed an apology on regards from CBS to veterans. Something must have went down (angry emails, tweets, or phone...Tags: Paraguay, CBS Corp., Auto Racing
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Foreign government offices
For tourist information about foreign destinations, contact the government offices below. Several no longer list phone numbers, so information is available only through their websites. For information about a country not listed, call the United Nations at...Tags: Republic of Ireland, Politics, Slovakia, Belarus, Mauritius
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Google denies Street View car ran over donkey, adds to intrigue
A scene captured by a Google Street View vehicle in Kweneng, Botswana, that went viral Monday seems to show the car hitting and possibly killing a donkey on the road. The scene is still visible on Google Street View: The Google vehicle appears to come...
Tags: Passenger Cars, Google Inc.
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Truvada pill urged for AIDS prevention after promising studies
As the U.S. Food and Drug Administrationweighs approval of a radical new method of AIDS prevention — a prescription pill taken once a day — advocates say the results of experimental trials in sub-Saharan Africa argue strongly for the drug's...
Tags: Vaccines, Politics, Disease Prevention, HIV, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Why were women charged with murder in a lifeboat?
"The Lifeboat" by Charlotte Rogan, A Reagan Arthur Book/Little, Brown & Co., 288 pages, $24.99. It is 1914, two years after the sinking of the Titanic. Grace Winter, Hannah West and Ursula Grant are on trial for murder. Grace, the narrator, is 22. She...Tags: Thriller (genre), Murder
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The top stories of 2011
Daily American Staff Writer1. The 10th anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001, was chosen as the top story of the year by the Daily American news staff. The Flight 93 National Memorial was dedicated on Sept. 10. Vice President Joe Biden and former presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton...Tags: Bill Shuster, Richard A Kasunic, Somerset County (Pennsylvania), Politics, Trials
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'Around the World in 80 Ways' -- counting ostriches
Zap2ItSure, you can board a boat or a plane to get around the world, but where's the challenge? In History's "Around the World in 80 Ways," airing Sundays, Robert "Boston Rob" Mariano ("Survivor," "The Amazing Race") and Dennis Anderson, a monster truck...Tags: The Amazing Race (tv program), Entertainment Events, World War II (1939-1945), Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Two medals, but not old glory for Felix
When Allyson Felix looked to her right at the press conference for the women's 200 meters Friday, she saw the two women's sprint stars of her sport.
That was supposed to be the right way to look at Felix less than a year before the London Olympics....Tags: Awards and Prizes, Daegu (South Korea), Times Square, Glenn Close, Serena Williams
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Double trouble: Another big DQ in track worlds; Felix loses 400
It couldn't have gotten much better for track and field than the last three races on Monday's program at the world championships.
Until further review, that is.
And then another disqualification of a world record-holder left a bittersweet taste as the...Tags: Allyson Felix, David Oliver
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25 Years Ago: July 29, 2011
July 29, 1986
Members of the eighth-grade cheerleading squad at Belmont Junior High School placed third in the finals of the International Cheerleading Foundation Camp held July 13-16 at Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond. Belmont cheerleaders are...Tags: High School Sports, Baptist, Christianity
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Jul 11, 2012
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Apr 24, 2012
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Dec 30, 2011
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Oct 11, 2011
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Sep 2, 2011
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Aug 29, 2011
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Jul 29, 2011
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