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Boston Marathon 2012

2012-04-17 13:31:54 (читать в оригинале)

Trailing the leaders by 200 yards when the Boston Marathon slogged through Heartbreak Hill, Wesley Korir passed them one by one until he took the lead on his way out of Kenmore Square. That’s when leg cramps forced him to slow down and relinquish the lead. “It’s hot out there, in case you didn’t know” [...]

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A tribute to Jackie Robinson

2012-04-16 12:18:33 (читать в оригинале)

LaTroy Hawkins has heard the stories from his 87-year-old grandfather, about his days of picking cotton in Mississippi, about the times when there were no black players in big league baseball. And about what it meant when Jackie Robinson broke the game’s color barrier. “Without Jackie, I wouldn’t be in front of you” – the [...]

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Wichita, Kansas tornado damages

2012-04-15 13:37:26 (читать в оригинале)

Wichita was under a tornado emergency late Saturday as a large twister, part of a series of severe storms in the Great Plains, moved through south-central Kansas and threatened to destroy homes. The “confirmed large and extremely dangerous tornado was located just east of Conway Springs and moving northeast at 35 mph” – toward the [...]

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Lionel Richie’s news

2012-04-14 12:59:44 (читать в оригинале)

Lionel Richie reportedly owes over $1,1 million in unpaid tax. The soul singer, who resides in Los Angeles, has been hit with a lien – an official claim against his property – for the payment of his debt which totals $1,130,609 – according to TMZ.com. The musician has racked up a huge number of hits [...]

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Ann Romney and twitter war

2012-04-13 12:40:13 (читать в оригинале)

Ann Romney (the wife of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney) on Thursday fired back at a prominent Democrat who said she didn’t understand the economic concerns of women because she had “never worked a day in her life.” In a sharp rejoinder to Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen, Ann Romney took to Twitter to defend her [...]