Indy 500 Traditions, From Milk To The Snake Pit

Source: Josh Ellis Dallas Cowboys Blog

A look at some of the traditions that make the Indy 500 special, from the milk the winners swig to The Snake Pit. May 26, 2012 - When you spend nearly a century doing something, chances are that you eventua ...
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Slacklining in Vail: Time to line up

Source: Vail Daily

VAIL, Colorado — Tightrope walking's great-grandchild has been born, and like many of his generation, he's a slacker. And now he's coming of age. Slacklining — the act of balancing and doing tricks along a narrow, flexible pie ...
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Review: 'Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk' by Ben Fountain may become iconic Iraq war book

Source: TampaBay.com | St. Petersburg Times

The Iraq war hasn't yet had its Catch-22 or Slaughterhouse-Five , but Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk is a contender. This debut novel by Dallas resident Ben Fountain takes on that misbegotten war with satire. The eight surviving men of Bravo ...
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Janet Jackson in boob-skimming dress at Cinema against AIDS gala

Source: The Sun

The white gown had a high collar around her neck but was slashed down to her navel, exposing part of the Whoops Now singer’s assets. The daring garment was also backless and slashed to above the knee. But it also allow ...
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Space Janitors: Halftime Show

Source: The Escapist

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Jackson's 'Bad' gets 25th anniversary reissue

Source: Daytona Beach News-Journal

Jackson is seen here performing during the halftime show at Super Bowl XXVII in Pasadena, Calif., on Jan. 31, 1993. (AP file) LOS ANGELES -- In the three years following Michael Jackson's death, his estate has been conservative with posthumous releases f ...
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Hot picks: PyroFest, Ben Folds, Patrizio Buanne

Source: Pittsburgh Entertainment

By Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Published: Thursday, May 24, 2012, 12:30 a.m. Updated 12 hours ago There are currently no comments for this story. On Saturday, the first-ever PyroFest -- billed as "America's Larg ...
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The Ten Most Controversial Live Performances

Source: Rediff

As many of you might be aware, Lady Gaga's Born This Way tour is passing currently through Indonesia, where the government is trying hard to censor her, to call her names and to stop the show, but the singer's ...
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TBTS Reviews: Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk

Source: The Brown Tweed Society

The Iraq War has its first great novel. Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, the debut novel by highly talented Texan Ben Fountain, spans one day in the lives of the eight men of Bravo Squad, survivors of the firefight at the Al-Ansakar Cana ...
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