Willemstad, Cura ao The dream is still alive on a steamy Saturday afternoon at Cirilo Chirino Ballpark. Never mind that the game is softball and some of the players are pushing 60. The pitcher sweats with concentration, shaking off signs from
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Some Legal Activists Have Hearts Set on ‘True Liberal’ - Washington Post
It could be seen as the sincerest form of flattery: Ask some activists on the left the kind of Supreme Court justice they would like to see a President Obama appoint, and the name you hear most is the same justice they most often denounce. They want
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Does the world need another indie band? - The Independent
Friday night on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury. This is the venue Radiohead played a career-defining show 11 years ago. In the past, it has hosted masterful live performances from The White Stripes, Muse and The Who. Tonight’s headliners are the
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Brown: Britain takes seriously claim of hostage’s suicide - Xinhua News Agency
LONDON, July 19 (Reuters) — British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Saturday that the government is taking seriously a claim by Iraqi militants that one of the five British hostages they are holding has committed suicide. “Clearly this is a very
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Dempster’s Cub future could hinge on sale - Chicago Sun-Times
HOUSTON — Sam Zell and company have made it clear that the pending sale of the team won’t affect the Cubs’ efforts to chase a World Series this year. But keeping together key parts of the team could be a challenge that could ratchet up during the
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To be safe, call garage door repairman - Boston Globe
A. One way is to take off the spring and bring it to a store to assure getting the right replacement. Can you put in a spring yourself? There has been controversy over that ever since automatic doors were developed. One side says certainly, you can
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Obama meets troops in Afghan capital - Washington Post
Resize KABUL, Afghanistan — Barack Obama had breakfast Sunday with U.S. troops in Kabul as part of his visit to Afghanistan. Military spokesman Lt. Col. Dave Johnson said Obama went to an American base in the Afghan capital to dine with soldiers and
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James bonds - Boston Globe
Over the past decades, beginning with F. O. Matthiessen’s “The James Family” (1947), many biographies and portraits of various Jameses have appeared. Notable among them are ones by Alfred Habegger on Henry James Sr., Robert D. Richardson on William
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Shark on attack - Chicago Sun-Times
SOUTHPORT, England — Greg Norman has another chance to win a major. This time, he might have nothing to lose. In gusts that approached 50 mph Saturday at Royal Birkdale, Norman finished off another chapter of this incredible script at the British
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