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A city that speed calls home
Hot rodder Jimmy Shine's tattoo-covered arms are elbows-deep under the hood of a 1932 Ford as he adjusts the electrical wiring on a $100,000 racing engine that hasn't started in years. Before a co-worker turns the ignition, Shine glances uneasily at the...
Tags: Car Engine Repair, NASCAR, National Hot Rod Association, Open-Wheel Racing, Arts and Culture
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PASSINGS: Vincent Timphony, Peter C. Marzio
Vincent Timphony Trainer of Breeders' Cup winner Wild Again Vincent Timphony, 76, a thoroughbred trainer who guided Wild Again to victory in the inaugural Breeders' Cup Classic in 1984, died Monday at Methodist Hospital in Arcadia, said his former wife,...Tags: Sports, Colleges and Universities, College Sports, Arts, Family
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Fake bouts showing men kissing draw suspicion
Crowds in Arkansas came for the lure of cage fighting and $1 beer, but police say what they got instead was men ripping each others' clothes off and kissing -- a stunt suspected of being orchestrated by Sacha Baron Cohen of "Borat" fame.
"We had a...Tags: Movies, Netherlands, Will Ferrell, Central Asia, Mike Huckabee
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Jackson Hole Scottish Festival
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterAn evening ceilidh (Celtic social event) brings music of the British Isles, with harpists, singers, dancers, bagpipers and drummers. The Scottish celebration also has a bonny-knees contest (male knees, female judges), bagpiping and drumming competitions.... -
Hogy wins Hanshin Cup in near record time
When owner Bill Stiritz shelled out $80,000 to pluck Hogy out of an optional claiming race last fall at Hawthorne Race Course it was obvious that he and trainer Scott Becker believed the high-priced acquisition had the potential to star in graded stakes...
Tags: Sports, Metal and Mineral, Mining, Arlington Park, Lone (music group)
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Lake Geneva area events span traditional to unique
May 24-27, Burlington Chocolatefest Burlington Wis., Friday through Monday. Family festival featuring chocolate, live entertainment, food and fun. Memorial Day Weekend. Call 262-763-3300 or visit chocolatefest.com. June 8-9, 13th Annual Paint-in,...
Tags: Fine Artists, Robin Williams, Wines, Fine Arts, Arts and Culture
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Roach - O'Daniel
Landon Roach and Heather O’Daniel of Redfield are engaged and plan a June 14th wedding at Spink Co. Fair Grounds in Redfield. Parents of the couple are Nancy Roach and Vince and Chris Roach and Jeff and Kay O’Daniel all of Redfield. The groom-...
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Kentucky Derby winner Orb remains on target for the Preakness
Associated PressBALTIMORE (AP) — Kentucky Derby winner Orb remains on track for the Preakness Stakes on Saturday, when a win would set the stage for a Triple Crown try three weeks later in the Belmont Stakes. While a media frenzy is building around the Pimlico...Tags: John R. Velazquez, Triple Crown, Churchill Downs, Departing (racehorse), Adele (music artist)
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Illinois Derby winner gains notice in Preakness field
BALTIMORE — They likely won't recognize each other Saturday as they go to the gate for the 138th Preakness. Orb, the Kentucky Derby winner, and Illinois Derby-winner Departing, a horse some believe could be the only one capable of ending this...
Tags: The Jockey Club Incorporated, Triple Crown, Preakness Stakes, Equestrian, Kentucky Derby
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Departing's entry in Preakness leads to homecoming for Nicole Stall
Nicole Stall boarded the first plane to Maryland she could catch when she heard of Benjamin Boniface's death last June. She was there to grieve the death of a boy she had known since his birth. But also to work. In the days after the 20-year-old's death...
Tags: Sports, Julien Leparoux, John R. Velazquez, Triple Crown, Auction Service
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Bulletin Board
Saturday Benefit, to raise awareness for pediatric strokes, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., school house Children's Museum and Learning Center, 129 E. Ocean Ave., Boynton Beach. With special guest Kendall "Roo" Gillis who experienced a catastrophic stroke at age 6....Tags: Music, Siemens, Boca Raton, Wetlands, The Holocaust (1934-1945)
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Clancy's Call: Kentucky Oaks
Bob Clancy's selections for the $1 million Grade 1 Kentucky Oaks on Friday at Churchill Downs: Post time: 5:40 p.m.; Distance: 1 1/8 miles; TV: NBC Sports Network SEANEEN GIRL (30-1) is one of only two fillies in this field of 10 with a race at...Tags: Todd Pletcher (racehorse), Rosie Napravnik, Gulfstream Park, Javier Castellano, Churchill Downs
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