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May 28, 2012             7:28 AM ET A man accused of participating in the mass genocide in Rwanda starts his war crimes trial by judge today in Ottawa. Jacques Mungwarere, 39, is the second Rwandan to be prosecuted under Canada’s Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act, which was introduced [...]

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BARTON BAN “This is not a huge surprise, given the seriousness of the offence and his previous record with his previous indiscipline on the pitch. The FA took a very dim view. He’s been twice dealt with by the FA before for violent conduct.” 1848: BARTON BAN The FA continue: “Barton accepted the charge of [...]

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02:15 PM ET              05/18/2012 That noise you heard late Friday morning was the sound of dozens of major league ballplayers exchanging imaginary high-fives – or “DM-ing,” as such exchanges are called in the Age of Twitter – at the news that the league had suspended umpire Bob Davidson for [...]

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02:15 PM ET              05/18/2012 That noise you heard late Friday morning was the sound of dozens of major league ballplayers exchanging imaginary high-fives – or “DM-ing,” as such exchanges are called in the Age of Twitter – at the news that the league had suspended umpire Bob Davidson for [...]

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May 18, 2012 No one is loving the run up to Saturday’s Preakness more than Doug O’Neill. The trainer of Kentucky Derby winner I’ll Have Another has spent nearly two weeks in Baltimore, hanging with Ravens coach John Harbaugh, throwing out the first ball at an Orioles game, and hammering away at Maryland crabs for [...]

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May 17, 2012 Wisconsin second-grader Dylan Hoffman won the national Doodle 4 Google contest with his “Pirate Times” doodle. The theme for the 2012 contest, which pitted kids in five different age groups, was time travel. Dylan Hoffman, of the Prairie School in Caledonia, Wis., said of his doodle, named national winner: “If I could [...]

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Alexandre Despatie was born on June 8th, 1985 according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Despatie June 8th, 1985 6 + 8 +1+9+8+5 = 37 = his life lesson = Diver.  Diving. ——————————————————————– June 8th, 1985 June 8th 6 + 8 +2+0+1+2 = 19 = his personal year = His time to shine. 19 year + 7 (July) = 26 = [...]

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May 5, 2012        11:01PM Besides Churchill Downs and Louisville Slugger baseball bats, this old Ohio River town’s main claim to fame has been the whiskey industry. It’s the kind of place where there’s virtually a bar on every corner in the blue-collar neighborhoods. The great sportswriter Jim Murray once described Louisville as [...]

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May 5, 2012          6:07 AM ET Thousands of Japanese marched to celebrate the switching off of the last of their nation’s 50 nuclear reactors Saturday, waving banners shaped as giant fish that have become a potent anti-nuclear symbol. Japan was without electricity from nuclear power for the first time in four [...]

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April 8, 2012        5:04 a.m. Police said special operations officers and other agents arrested two white men early Sunday, saying they were suspects in recent shootings that left three people dead and two others critically wounded, all black, in the Tulsa area. Tulsa police spokesman Jason Willingham said the two men were [...]

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10:02 AM on 3rd March 2011 There is something about getting a man to talk about his feelings that usually sends him running in the other direction. But a 24-year-old psychology buff believes she has the answer – getting naked. Sarah White has brought a brand new type of therapy to the people of New [...]

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3:25 p.m. CST, January 30, 2012 Backup diesel generators are supplying power to one of two units at Byron nuclear power plant after the plant lost power this morning.Viktoria Mitlyng, spokeswoman for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission‘s Region III office Lisle, said two diesel generators are keeping the plant cool, with battery backup systems at the ready as [...]

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Jan 9 2012         2:58 PM EST Only a few days old and young Blue Ivy Carter has already clocked in a duet with her big poppa. On Monday (January 9), Jay-Z dropped “Glory” featuring B.I.C. on his Life and Times blog. Over a simple but soulful loop, Jay dedicates his bars to he and Beyoncé‘s newborn daughter. “The [...]

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Dec 17, 2011         10:21 AM ET Jacques Martin has paid the price for the Montreal Canadiens’ poor start. The Canadiens fired their head coach, announcing assistant Randy Cunneyworth will be the interim head coach for the remainder of the season. Larry Carriere will become an assistant coach. The Canadiens (13-12-7) are [...]

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December 12, 2011 Amid a crescendo of complaints from Russians fed up with the country’s tightly controlled political system, two prominent figures — a billionaire industrialist and the recently ousted finance minister — sought to fill a void in the opposition leadership on Monday. The billionaire, Mikhail D. Prokhorov, who owns shares in a major gold [...]

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November 27, 2011       12:43 pm Police officers were laying the groundwork Sunday morning for moving in to remove campers and demonstrators from the Occupy L.A. site around City Hall — an action that could take place just after midnight. Two officers circulated through the 1.7 acres of green space Sunday morning, handing out fliers [...]

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November 2, 2011 I am honored to share this occasion with you. No one beyond your collegial inner circle appreciates more than I do what you have stood for over these 40        years, or is more aware of the battles you have fought, the victories you have won, and the passion for democracy that still [...]

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September 2, 2011     2:43 pm “Shark Night 3D” had a premiere screening Thursday night in Los Angeles, in step with the start of the long Labor Day weekend and — no kidding — a handful of great white shark sightings off the Southern California coast. “Shark Night 3D” star Sara Paxton was sighted in [...]

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Tuesday August 30th, 2011 Tropical Storm Katia formed on Tuesday and is moving quickly across the Atlantic. At 11 a.m. ET, Katia had grown to maximum sustained winds near 45 mph, the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said. Strengthening is forecast and Katia is expected to be a hurricane by late Wednesday, it added. [...]

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