2012 Compeed Golden Gala Roma features key matches on 31 May, release, notes by Larry Eder

Source: RunBlogRun

In Italian or English, the excitement of the Comped Golden Gala needs no translation. Last year was my first chance to see the Roma meeting. It was spectacular. Usain Bolt had them screaming and Andrew Howe had them sh ...
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An arrogance without limit

Source: Toronto Star

Re: Black may apply for Canadian citizenship, May 21 Curiosity made me watch this interview, and it did not exceed my expectations. Conrad Black, as bombastic and pompous as ever, held forth in his opulent library, with Pete ...
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Why I'm calling a truce on my war with Warsi

Source: Daily Mail - UK

Baroness Warsi: I have decided to call a halt to my war with the Tory party co-chairman, after she risked censure to say that a 'small minority' of Pakistani men see white girls as 'third-class citizens' For some time I have been ...
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Tired of Cannes

Source: The Huffington Post

It's Day 10 of Cannes and the annual festival fatigue has well and truly set in. I arrived at the press junket for the new HBO movie Hemingway and Gellhorn to find most of the other journalists there acting like ...
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Music world reeling as Egypt enters Eurovision

Source: NewsBiscuit

It has just been announced that Egypt has entered the Eurovision Song Contest with a song chosen following a ‘fully transparent’ vote. Jubilant Egyptian music supremo Ali Sharif explained; ‘In third place was the a ...
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Cheruiyot, Kemboi and Semenya set to go the distance in Rome - Samsung Diamond League

Source: International Assn. of Athletics Federations

Rome, Italy - With champions leading virtually all the fields of the longer events on the programme, it's crystal clear that next Thursday's Compeed Golden Gala, the third stop of the 2012 Samsung Diamond League series, won't only be about the e ...
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The Brief: May 25, 2012

Source: Texas Tribune

Ted Cruz and David Dewhurst both got to enjoy brief spells of good news on Thursday — right before the ad wars flared again. A Public Policy Polling survey released Thursday showed Dewhurst with 46 percent of the vote — 4 ...
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Where is Perry on Senate leadership issue? Where is Cruz?

Source: Burka Blog

There doesn’t seem to be much love lost between the governor and the state’s soon-to-be senior U.S. Senator John Cornyn. When Perry was contemplating a race for president in 2011, Cornyn’s comment was a lukewarm, “The field is already pretty fu ...
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Junior High School Student Sent Home From School for Dressing Too Well

Source: The Stir by CafeMom

Ah, teenagers. You have to love them with their rebellious nature, their obstinate attempts to carve our their own identity with nose rings, pink hair, and outrageous outfits. In fact, they can sometimes go so overboard in their unorthodox ap ...
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