Jogging an Olympic memory with Frank Shorter

Source: Daily Camera

On a Sunday in May of 1972, Frank Shorter went on a 20-mile training run in Boulder. As he ascended the steep hill by North Boulder Park en route from 9th Street to Mapleton, Shorter noticed a little boy playing with a toy truck i ...
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Eurozone crisis: if Greece goes, Germany's prosperity goes with it

Source: Guardian Unlimited

Germany last week found itself able to borrow for two years at the astonishingly low rate of 0.07%. Very nice too: but surely the real message Angela Merkel and her colleagues must take from the successful auction of thos ...
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Are Germans Incapable of Happiness? Do they have a Defective “Joy Gene?”

Source: THE FIVE

Years ago, I was on an airplane traveling from Frankfurt to Singapore. Due to a mechanical problem (they thought one of the engines might be on fire) we turned around mid-route, dropped fuel over Poland and made an emergency landing. The pilot got on t ...
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UK plans to stop Greek influx

Source: The Age

The British Home Secretary Theresa May said "work is ongoing" to restrict European immigration in the event of a financial collapse. Photo: Getty Images THE British government is drawing up plans for emergency immigration controls ...
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Bankia bailout: Spanish high street bank to ask Madrid for ¿15bn in aid

Source: Daily Mail - UK

Shares suspended as bank bosses decide how much money it needs to ask for The financial hurricane battering the eurozone hit Spain last night amid fears over its banking system and the solvency of its wealthiest region. Trading of shares in troubled Spa ...
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Six-Point Growth Plan: Merkel Prepares to Strike Back Against Hollande

Source: Spiegel Online

France's new president, François Hollande, has put the German chancellor on the defensive with his growth agenda. Now Angela Merkel is planning to strike back. She is calling for structural reforms to save the euro with a six-point pl ...
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Why we don’t need a Mohajir province

Source: The Express Tribune Pakistan

If MQM, the 3rd largest political party of Pakistan, is speaking against the idea of a new province, it can easily be deduced that the idea has no political support. PHOTO: PPI A dormant phenomenon has recentl ...
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Empty WWII grave holds a story — that now has an ending

Source: Chicago Tribune

There are many graves at St. Casimir Cemetery on the Far South Side of Chicago, and one belongs to Emil Wasilewski. Emil's coffin is there, but Emil isn't in the ground. The empty casket was buried after his family learned that Lt. ...
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Germany lists us in 'special economic zone' plan

Source: Independent.ie

Proposal for wider tax breaks would hit our competitivenessTHE German government has developed a proposal calling for special economic zones to be created in Ireland, Portugal and Greece.Under the plans, foreign investors ...
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