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China bans toy planes, pigeons to secure congress
BEIJING (AP) — Don't roll down the taxi windows. Don't buy a remote-controlled plane without a police chief's permission. And don't release your pigeons. Beijing is tightening security as its all-important Communist Party congress approaches, and...Tags: Media Industry, Security Measures, Politics, Interior Policy, Sports
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Magic rebuild cannot rely on pingpong balls, pixie dust
You know it's been a forgettable NBA season when the highlight of the year for Magic fans came Tuesday night when a few hundred of them cheered loudly at the Amway Center as they watched on TV as bunch of guys dressed in suits prayed for their bouncing...
Tags: Grant Hill, Nerlens Noel, Philadelphia 76ers, Orlando Magic, Dwight Howard
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How the NBA Draft Lottery works
Here's how the NBA Draft Lottery works. • Fourteen pingpong balls numbered 1-14 are placed in a lottery-style drum. • There are 1,001 possible combinations when four pingpong balls are drawn out of 14, without regard to the order the...
Tags: Utah Jazz, Lifestyle and Leisure, NBA Draft, Sports, Orlando Magic
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Magic founder Pat Williams has pixie dust-encrusted ping-pong ball for tonight's draft lottery | Video
Orlando SentinelOrlando Magic founding father and resident good-luck charm Pat Williams says he has harvested a lucky ping-pong ball from his magical ping-pong ball farm for tonight’s NBA draft lottery. “We still have that little farm out there (at...Tags: Entertainment, Lifestyle and Leisure, NBA Draft, Orlando Magic, Radio
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The Orlando Magic hope Pat Williams is their lottery good luck charm again
Orlando Magic fans approach Pat Williams whenever they see him around town these days. "Come on home with the first pick," they say. "Bring it on back," they say. "OK, we're looking for that first pick," they say. What those strangers are...
Tags: Golden State Warriors, Bob Costas, Media Industry, Los Angeles Clippers, Alex Martins
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America and Iran face off in New York - on a wrestling mat
ReutersBy Jonathan Allen NEW YORK, May 15 (Reuters) - The United States and Iran on Wednesday set aside tensions over Iran's nuclear program long enough to engage in what could be a combat sport version of Cold War-era ping-pong diplomacy. The national...Tags: Freestyle Wrestling, Wrestling, Iran's Nuclear Program, Sports
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UK Basketball: Dakari Johnson's leadership impressed his middle school coach at Sayre
larry@amnews.comKentucky signee Dakari Johnson — a McDonald’s All-American — played middle school basketball in Lexington at Sayre and coach Jason Nahra was impressed even then bymore than just his court skills. “It would seem obvious to say that...Tags: Basketball, Kentucky Wildcats, Sports
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Lady Antebellum: How life on the road fueled 'Golden'
Lady Antebellum has ridden to massive crossover success singing about the highs and lows of love. The three members of the country-pop trio can add a new dimension to their take on relationships. They're all married folk now, and that creates a new...
Tags: Lady Antebellum (music group), Sports, Music Industry
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Limited edition art pieces raise the stakes at auction
A 7-1/2-foot-high safety pin that looks like a modern sculpture actually is a floor lamp made in 1975 by modern artist Yonel Lebovici (1937-1998). In the 1960s, he started making very unusual lamps and other items inspired by everyday objects. His...Tags: Sotheby's Holdings Incorporated, Sports, Auction Service
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Orioles confident their storybook season will be 'continued' in 2013
The message on the black T-shirts that Orioles players have often worn around the clubhouse during spring training speaks volumes. It highlights their belief that last year's sudden success -- in which the Orioles shocked baseball and returned to the...
Tags: Baseball, Joe Saunders, Adam Jones (baseball), New York Yankees, American League East
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Nudity and graphic sex? Lena Dunham and 'Girls' can do better
Once upon a time not so very long ago I was a young woman living a writerly life of working poverty in New York City, which, for better or worse, engendered certain expectations from HBO's "Girls." I admired though did not love the first season and felt...Tags: Girls (tv program), Lena Dunham, Sports, Book, John Cameron Mitchell
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Naperville facility expected to boost badminton
Badminton coach Karma Vallandingham is excited to hear a badminton facility is expected to open in Naperville in June. Because of state athletic rules, she only has two weeks each year to prepare her players at Waubonsie Valley High School for their...
Tags: High School Sports, Schools, Illinois High School Association, Badminton, Sports
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