"New Aussie spin bowler Jason Krejza, in line for a Test debut in the first Test against India at Bangalore, has revealed that he was the victim of a drink-spiking incident that resulted in a positive drug test two years back. Krejza, then a New South Wales player, said his...
"Ajantha Mendis says M S Dhoni and his boys read him well in the just-concluded ODI series but the Sri Lankan mystery spinner claims he at least managed to straitjacket the aggressive Indian batsmen. “It should be like that. Talented batsmen learn quickly and correct their...
"YORK, S.C. -- A teenage girl took the stand Tuesday and came face to face with the man accused of exposing himself to her and four other girls last summer. David Zitcovich has been...
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An academic in the UK has suggested that university professors being accepting variant spellings as legitimate, in light of the fact that spelling errors are growing more and more frequent in university courses. Some misspellings that he's suggested accepting include "ignor",...
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This story cracks me up. I’ve always wanted to go on the Price is Right and play Plinko. The popular game show made a commercial featuring Plinko, so they rigged the game so the Pinko chip would always...
First it was Barack Obama calling for a timetable for withdrawal; then it was Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki; followed by the White House; and then the Iraqi Parliament. Everybody seemed to embrace Barack Obama’s foreign policy, except his rival, John McCain. That was...
Visitors Centers are most useful and helpful institutions. One thing has been bugging me though with respect to these centers. It seems like there is an ever so slightly different way of naming them.
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The Wii still proves to be the most popular game console for the month of March. Wii sales were higher than both PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. According to Nintendo.com as to why you need a Wii, “Wii...
"The flamboyant boss of Big Pictures photo agency Darren Lyons told Metropolitan police officers he was convinced that British secret service agents had raided his Clerkenwell Road office in London and either...
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As evidence that the demonization of the left is nothing new, the release of government documents to the British public shows that author George Orwell was suspected of being a communist supporter despite his...
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"I recently found an article on the web discussing key points for evaluating a website that I thought are important for internet users as a whole -- as unwarrented biases and ill opinions seem to be occuring on a more frequent level without taking the proper steps to correct...
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