Lees: Aging racer fears rematch with demolition derby nemesis

Source: Edmonton Journal

It was the kind of telephone call we aging athletes fear. âIâm retiring this year after 40 years of driving in demolition derbies and 148 trophies,â said mechanic Jim Johnston. âWe were the last two cars moving in the final of the 1981 Northlands (now R ...
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Source: Travel Blog

PORT OF WHITTIER, ALASKA The clear weather held as far north as Glacier Bay. We had wonderful stops in Juneau and Skagway with clear skies and plenty of sun. It is a little hard to believe that the capital city of Alaska, J ...
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The oppressor is man, not Islam

Source: The Hindu

As an educated woman in her early twenties who chooses to wear her religious convictions on her sleeve by practising hijab, I have been subjected to animosity, and worse — pity, from feminists and those who cannot fathom ...
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Game 47: Royals (17-27) @ Orioles (29-17), 4:05pm

Source: Camden Chat :: A Baltimore Orioles Blog

It is Memorial Day Weekend. Make sure to thank a veteran for their service. We have several on this site. Thank you! I'm still not sure how to handle the Orioles being in first place this far into the calendar year. It is almost unfathomable to me, e ...
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Small Flags

Source: American Digest

Army Capt. Ed Arntson, of Chicago, kissed the grave of Staff Sgt. Henry Linck in Arlington, Va., National Cemetery Thursday. Staff Sgt. Linck was killed in Iraq in 2006. Armed forces placed flags at more than 300,000 gravestones ahead of Memorial ...
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Review: Sniper Elite V2

Source: 360-Faces

Visit review on site for scoring. Sniper Elite V2 on the outset seemed to have the ingredients for a winning formula for me, because I’m a real sucker for stealth, tactics and sniping. And I can’t say that I wasn’t curi ...
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Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks: The Leader Of The Future Comes From The Past

Source: The Huffington Post

One government is overturned in France, another in Greece, and in Britain the coalition loses votes. These are just the latest casualties of the political turmoil that has hit, among others, Italy, Spain, Portugal, De ...
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Where being gay is a death sentence

Source: Winnipeg Free Press

SUPPLIED PHOTO Hamed is focusing on improving his English and acquiring his drivers licence. BORIS MINKEVICH / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Horst Backe (from left), Hamed and Mark Rabnett. The Winnipeggers sponsored Hamed after communicating ...
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Celtic ace Fraser Forster may have to quit club to get England cap, says Peter Latchford

Source: The Daily Record

PETER LATCHFORD reckons English players in Scotland were overlooked for the national team when he moved north of the border nearly 40 years ago – and says nothing has changed. Now he’s praying Celtic don’t pay the price for the lates ...
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