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Tales from the past: How Louisville lured Howard Schnellenberger
FAU Sports | Sun Sentinel blogsI have been talking to a lot of people about Howard Schnellenberger and the stadium and a lot of stuff is not making it into stories, but is pretty interesting. I was intrigued by what I heard when I......Tags: High School Sports, Louisville Cardinals, John Young Brown Jr., John Brown, Howard Schnellenberger
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'The Amazing Race': They survived a Japanese game show -- and herded ducks
Reality CheckWhat a doozy of a season premiere of The Amazing Race! They're not messing around -- this season, the first challenge took place before the teams even headed to the airport. They had to find a license plate off a......Tags: Foods and Beverages, Tokyo (Japan), Stranger Than Fiction, Air and Space Accidents, Sushi and Sashimi
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'American Idol' visits Atlanta
Reality CheckTonight, American Idol auditions hit Atlanta, and the guest judge for the visit is Mary J. Blige. Contestant No. 1 is Dewone Robertson. He says his great-uncle discovered Gladys Knight and the Pips and that another relative played drums for......Tags: Television, Kellie Pickler, Entertainment, F-bomb Dropping, Costumes (clothing)
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Rush Limbaugh: 'Mr. America'
The Swampby Mark Silva There he is: Mr. America... Rush Limbaugh, the radio-active broadcaster who famously said early on that he hopes President Barack Obama fails, says now that the "total'' failure of the president's agenda is "the best thing......Tags: Justice System, Barack Obama, Entertainment, Dance, Crime, Law and Justice
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Sarah Palin is right about Washington's press
We call it the "nerd prom," hoping that a dose of irony will inoculate us. But there's no use denying it: The White House Correspondents' Association's annual dinner is a deeply narcissistic event. I realize I'm jumping on the bandwagon late here...
Tags: Entertainment, Barack Obama, Muhammad Ali, George W. Bush, Celebrities
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Unselfish Colter makes winning move for NU
Every instinct that rules the machismo world of football says play through pain. Ignore injury. Players occasionally lie even if it means the difference between sitting out or staying in. From preps to the pros, we tend to focus on the results of those...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Football, College Football, Sports, Big Ten Conference
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Long good-byes and longer movies
It's that time in our program to stop and remember the folks we lost this year. •Actors: Peggy Ahern, 95, and Jack Hanlon, 96 ("Our Gang" kids); Dimitra Arliss ("The Sting"), 79; R.G. Armstrong, 95; Luke Askew, 80; Zina Bethune, 66; Turhan Bey, 90;...
Tags: The Amazing Race (tv program), The Big Valley (tv program) , Richard Zanuck, Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin
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Gaylord Palms' annual ICE! attraction infuses color, merriment of 'Madagascar'
There's more ice in ICE! this season at Gaylord Palms. "You'll see 2 million pounds of ice, which is really, really cool," says Jeff Abbaticchio, the Kissimmee resort's director of public relations. The annual way-below-freezing event at Gaylord Palms...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Madagascar, Statue of Liberty, Shrek (fictional character), DreamWorks Animation SKG Incorporated
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Privileges and responsibilities
Cal ThomasMy first political convention was in 1964 when Democrats convened in Atlantic City to nominate Lyndon Johnson for a full term as president. I was a young copyboy at the NBC News network bureau in Washington. We arrived from Washington aboard a chartered...Tags: C-SPAN (tv network), Television, Entertainment, Lyndon B. Johnson, John F. Kennedy Assassination (1963)
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Queen Elizabeth II's diamond jubilee, and all that
The first Queen Elizabeth was standing under an English oak tree when she learned that she had become queen.
The second Elizabeth was high up in a mgumu tree in Kenya when she became queen, at the moment her father, King George VI, died in his sleep more...Tags: England, Imperial and Royal Matters, London (England), Television Industry, Political Systems
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Reviewing the news
25 years ago: Charlevoix girl wins CHARLEVOIX — Wendy Engler, 12, daughter of Yvonne and Tony Engler of Charlevoix, was recently crowned “Miss Northern Michigan Pre-Teen” in competition in Traverse City. Wendy attends Charlevoix Middle...Tags: Entertainment Events
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If A President Has A Secret Kill List He Can't Be A U.S. President
The Monday edition of the New York Slimes blared the headline “Secret 'Kill List' Proves A Test of Obama’s Principles.” This of course assumes that OUR principles matter not, seeing as how our royally “elected” dictators...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Barack Obama, Politics, White House, Joaquin Phoenix
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