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Lasting love of long-gone
Dodgers shows devotion
of Brooklyn fans
New York Post, by Howie Kussoy
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Posted By:StormCnter, 10/28/2012 10:40:18 AM
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| Don Zimmer is chuckling. Entertaining himself with nothing more than the memories of his youth — the 81-year-old baseball lifer still sees it all so clearly. The championship-deprived Brooklyn Dodgers have finished a Saturday afternoon game against the Phillies, and the Dodgers infielder is heading to Coney Island with pitcher Johnny Podres. It’s a typical night. They walk along the boardwalk, ride the Cyclone and talk with fans, capping the night by playing a ball-throwing game and cleaning out every teddy bear from a game booth, which the duo then distribute at the next day’s game as gag gifts.
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The boys of summer still live. I know this is of local interest, probably, but even down in Texas we like a nice Brooklyn story.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
earlybird, 10/28/2012 10:51:45 AM (No. 8969263)
Robert Moses can be blamed for the loss of the Dodgers. One wonders how one man could have amassed such power:
Moses was never elected to public office. He was responsible for the creation and leadership of numerous public authorities which he could control without having to answer to the general public or to elected officials. It is due to Moses that New York state has a greater proportion of public benefit corporations than any other US state, making them prime mode of infrastructure building and maintenance in New York, accounting for 90% of the state's debt.[3] As head of various authorities, he controlled millions in income from his projects' revenue generation, such as tolls, and he had the power to issue bonds to borrow vast sums, allowing him to initiate new ventures with little or no approval from legislative bodies. This allowed him to bypass the usual power of the purse as it normally functioned in the United States, and the process of citizen comment on major public works.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Moses
Scroll down the Wikipedia article to the story of how he caused the Dodgers to leave Brooklyn.
If you have time, a read of the entire article is fascinating - and chilling.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
preciosodrogas, 10/28/2012 11:08:57 AM (No. 8969303)
The Dodgers will always be the Brooklyn Dodgers.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
beveyscool1, 10/28/2012 11:10:46 AM (No. 8969308)
All of us who haved loved the game of rounders and it's offshoots (softball) have stories to tell of our youth immersed in this pastime. It was great to grow up at the ballpark, when it was over we cried, not just for the loss of our team, but for the loss of our youth. Memories are all we have left. Memories and the ability to teach our sons and daughters to hit the cut-off man LOL.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
philly_patriot, 10/28/2012 2:10:45 PM (No. 8969668)
As a child I was a Brooklyn Dodges fan, and 'hated' the NY Yankees.
Overseas I stayed up till 3am in the morning to listen to them in the series, on my father's short wave radio.
I grieved when they moved to the West Coast, and have never had the least bit of feeling for them after their betrayal of their fans,
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Bombing Suspects’ Uncle: They Do
Not Deserve To Live On This Earth
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WBZ-TV (Boston, MA), by Staff
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Posted By: StormCnter- 4/19/2013 9:29:52 AM
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BOSTON – The uncle of the two men suspected in the Boston Marathon bombings says they had lived together in Cambridge for about a decade. WBZ-TV spoke with the suspects’ uncle, Ruslan Tsarni. Tsarni says Dzhokar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev immigrated to the United States around 2000 or 2001, and have lived at the same Cambridge address since that time. According to Tsarni, Dzhokar completed high school in Cambridge and was attending college somewhere outside of Boston. Tsarni, who says he hasn’t been in touch with the brothers since around 2009, tells WBZ-TV he believes that the brothers’ parents
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´They were doing what
they were trained to do´
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Star-Telegram [Ft. Worth, TX], by Alex Branch & Deanna Boyd
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Posted By: StormCnter- 4/19/2013 7:38:58 AM
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WEST -- They are farmers, car salesmen, business owners and city employees. But when flames broke out at the West Fertilizer Co. on Wednesday night, West volunteer firefighters and others left those jobs behind and rushed toward the danger blazing on the north end of town. Those at ground zero of the thundering explosion never came home. Grief and worry were etched on the faces of the men, women and children who gathered Thursday at the West Fire Station, desperately seeking information on the whereabouts of their loved ones. While officials have backed off their estimate
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Outpost of Czech spirit and
culture will thrive again in West
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Star-Telegram [Ft. Worth, TX], by Bud Kennedy
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Posted By: StormCnter- 4/19/2013 7:35:10 AM
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Not long ago, a local TV station promoted itself as the "Spirit of Texas." Commercials showed Texans of all ages and colors. They danced together, shared thrills and celebrated life´s joys. It looked just like West. Of all Texas´ iconic small towns, I don´t know another that is such a crossroad for Texans. We meet on the polka dance floor at the annual Westfest, or for kolaches at Gerik´s or the Czech Stop. Smack dab between Dallas-Fort Worth, Austin and College Station, West draws guests and energy from all three, but remains loyal to century-old traditions of Moravian immigrants who came seeking freedom.
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Ex-justice of the peace charged
in Kaufman DA slayings; authorities
say he is linked to email confession
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Dallas Morning News, by Tanya Eiserer
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Posted By: StormCnter- 4/19/2013 7:30:35 AM
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Former Justice of the Peace Eric Lyle Williams was charged Thursday with capital murder in what authorities have described as a revenge plot to kill the Kaufman County district attorney, his wife and a top assistant. Authorities say Williams, 46, gunned down Assistant District Attorney Mark Hasse as he walked to the courthouse on Jan. 31, and killed District Attorney Mike McLelland and his wife, Cynthia, in their home over Easter weekend. And an arrest warrant affidavit says he was behind an email sent to the authorities confessing to the slayings and threatening future attacks. “The death penalty is a viable option,”
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Border Security Games
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American Spectator, by George H. Wittman
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Miraculously the border between Mexico and Arizona has suddenly been declared substantially free of illegal crossers. Having announced last year that more illegal entrants had been caught and deported, the Department of Homeland Security recently has noted that the illegal immigration that previously had been such a problem for Arizona was now far reduced. Without questioning the actual statistics — which certainly could be done — the real issue is the political implication of these claims for the currently contemplated immigrant legalization programs. Supporters of the several proposals under consideration tend to agree that serious indications that border security
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Liberal Incivility and the Gun Debate
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Commentary Magazine, by Jonathan S. Tobin
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Posted By: StormCnter- 4/19/2013 6:13:32 AM
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As I noted earlier, yesterday’s Senate votes on the Manchin-Toomey amendment as well as other provisions ended the chances that any gun control legislation will pass Congress this year. While Democrats like House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and California Senator Dianne Feinstein have vowed to keep pushing for assault weapon bans and other proposals that have zero chance of passage, from this point forward the debate will be conducted solely with an eye toward public opinion and next year’s midterm election, not any specific legislation. That means that while some may dismiss yesterday’s bitter post-vote comments
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Boston Shooting, Robbery,
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Business Insider, by Alyson Shontell, Mandi Woodruff*
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Posted By: StormCnter- 4/19/2013 6:01:23 AM
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A shocking series of events on Thursday night and Friday morning left one Boston bombing suspect dead and the other on the run. Below are some images from the night. Please note that exact details are scare. Two men — later identified as the bombing suspects — are also suspected of fatally shooting an MIT Police Officer on Thurday night. An image from the crime scene was posted to Twitter by The Tech, below:(Photos)
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This Time It’s Different?
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National Review Online, by Editors
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Posted By: StormCnter- 4/19/2013 5:53:32 AM
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The Gang of Eight’s “comprehensive” immigration-reform bill contains a number of superficially attractive security mandates: It would require the federal government to have 100 percent “situational awareness” of the border, to catch 90 percent of illegal border-crossers in high-traffic areas, to establish a tracking system to address the problem of those who enter the country illegally but overstay their visas, etc. So attractive are those goals that we have supported them in the past, on the many occasions upon which the government has promised to achieve them. Disappointingly, Washington keeps failing to deliver on its promises.
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House will slow Senate’s rush
to pass immigration bill
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Washington Examiner [DC], by Joel Gehrke
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Posted By: StormCnter- 4/19/2013 5:48:17 AM
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House Judiciary Committee chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., signaled today that he will schedule a lengthier process for the Gang of Eight’s immigration reform proposal than the Senate intends provide. “Since the Senate bill is so large and the issue so complex, the House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on this legislation soon to consider its merits and flaws,” Goodlatte said in a statement today. “One way to do this is for the House to examine these issues in a step-by-step process. The House Judiciary Committee continues to hold hearings on immigration and is receiving input
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An Entire Town in Illinois Is Being
Evacuated a After Levee Breach
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Atlantic, by Adam Clark Estes
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Posted By: StormCnter- 4/19/2013 5:42:51 AM
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London Mills, Illinois is being evacuated after flooding turned from bad to worse on Thursday. No, we´re not talking about a few blocks of the town. Police are ordering the entire town out their homes. London Mills is not a big town — it´s actually more of a village with a population of 390 — but the prospect of the entire community being swept away by floodwaters is just another extraordinary disaster in an extraordinarily disastrous week. The weather situation in Illinois isn´t isolated to London Mills. Heavy rains across the state have been causing problems all day as streams
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Perils of a petulant presidency
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New York Post, by Editorial
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Posted By: StormCnter- 4/19/2013 5:35:10 AM
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A distasteful aspect of President Obama’s personality reared its head Wednesday, providing insight into why bipartisan success so often eludes him. Surrounded by family members of the Newtown victims, Obama charged that his foes had “willfully lied” to block “common-sense gun reform.” In truth, the Manchin-Toomey amendment didn’t pass because Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, fearful that a GOP amendment relaxing concealed-carry laws might pass, insisted that all amendments would need 60 votes. The background check Obama railed about mustered but 54. Earlier this year, the president argued that Newtown survivors and other victims
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10 things for Dems
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Washington Post, by Jennifer Rubin
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Posted By: StormCnter- 4/19/2013 5:30:26 AM
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After extracting only the most minimal tax hike from Republicans, crying wolf and losing on the sequester and then getting smacked down on anti-gun legislation you, can understand how Democrats may be a little down in the dumps. Well, here are some more worries for them to ponder: 1. Complaining about and name-calling the “shameful” senators who opposed the background checks on guns depresses turnout and fundraising, leading to losses in red state races critical for Democrats to hold the Senate in 2014. 2. Obamacare really is a “train wreck,” causing its delay (another downer for the left)
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Barack Obama can´t pass gun control
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Telegraph [UK], by Tim Stanley
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Posted By: Attercliffe- 4/18/2013 6:42:40 AM
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Yesterday, the most modest of gun control proposals died in the Senate. It would have expanded background checks to people purchasing weapons at gun shows and online sales, enjoyed 90 per cent support among the public and came on the back of the tragedy at Newtown. Yet, despite all that it had going for it, the Toomey-Manchin bill raised just 54 votes--six short of the number necessary for passage. “This is a pretty shameful day for Washington,” said Obama afterwards. It wasn’t exactly a red letter day for him, either. Why did the no-brainer bill fail? Four reasons:
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Source: Suspect 2 shot, is
down in Watertown neighborhood
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WFXT-TV [Boston, MA], by Staff
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Watertown, Mass.– A number of gun shots were fired near Franklin Street in Watertown Friday night and it was believed that suspect number 2 in the Boston Marathon bombings had been shot. FOX 25's Bob Ward reported that as many 30 shots were fired in the neighborhood. Ward reported that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the man known as suspect 2, was shot by police. It was not immediately known if Tsarnaev was killed. A bomb squad could be seen responding to the scene. A massive police presence was also in the area. FOX 25's Jarrod Holbrook reported that Tsarnaev was seen in a boat with a canvas
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Suspect 1 dead, search is on
for suspect 2 in Watertown
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WFXT-TV [Boston, MA] & Fox News, by Staff
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Posted By: BuckeyeRon- 4/19/2013 4:15:42 AM
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Boston--FOX 25 has confirmed suspect #1 in the Boston Marathon bombings is dead and the search for suspect #2 is ongoing. FOX 25 has confirmed through sources that suspect #1 is dead and police are searching for suspect #2. Mass. State Police asked Watertown residents not to answer the door unless it is an announced police official. Police in Watertown, Mass., began searching for a heavily armed suspect who may have been involved in the shooting death of an MIT police officer after reportedly taking another suspect into custody early Friday. Local reports say the suspects threw and
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Schumer: Do not ‘jump to conclusions’
about connection between Boston
attacks, immigration
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Daily Caller, by Alexis Levinson
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Posted By: KarenJ1- 4/19/2013 12:49:40 PM
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WASHINGTON — New York Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer admonished colleagues not to “try to conflate” the immigration reform bill that the Senate is considering with the bombings at the Boston Marathon, the perpetrators of which have been identified as immigrants. “I’d like to ask that all of us not jump to conclusions regarding the events in Boston or try to conflate those events with this legislation,” Schumer said Friday at a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee on the immigration bill. As the hearing was happening, the Boston metropolitan area was on lockdown, as police attempted to
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Boston Marathon bombs: live
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Telegraph [UK], by Raf Sanchez
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Posted By: Attercliffe- 4/19/2013 6:52:32 AM
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Latest 11.42 (06.42) The two suspects may be foreign nationals, according to NBC´s Pete Williams. Quote They were legal permanent residents... They were in this country legally, at least a year. They appear to be from Turkey, possibly Chechens from Turkey. That seems to be the nationality here. We´re told they were not students, in their early twenties. One 20, one 21. We don´t have their names yet. The Associated Press has also said the suspects are from Russian region near Chechnya, and had lived in the US at least one year. 11.25 (06.25) A woman in Watertown has snipers
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The Insanity of
blaming Islam
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The Week, by Mark Ambinder
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Posted By: Fiesta del sol- 4/19/2013 5:30:45 PM
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We are still speculating about virtually everything right now, but I feel as though I need to explain why I find the quick and easy conversation about Muslims being radicalized in America to be so illogical and laced with bigotry. Of course, there is a global violent jihadist movement, loosely organized, that wants to recruit young men to influence policies at home and abroad and perhaps usher in the global caliphate. That ideology motivates some Muslims to kill innocent people.But you´re allowed to be a radical Muslim in America.
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A growing sense that we´re not
getting the truth about Boston bombing
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American Thinker, by Thomas Lifson
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Posted By: Scottyboy- 4/18/2013 10:48:34 AM
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While the media are bearing the brunt of public skepticism over the handling of the Boston bombing, the behavior of government is also eroding public trust. Yesterday´s promised but cancelled news briefing is just one symptom. Andrew McCarthy of PJM notes that "Misinformation rather than enlightenment has been the order of the day in the investigation of Monday´s terrorist bombing of the Boston Marathon," and that part of it is the natural outgrowth of the desire of investigators to keep the details of their investigations secret, so as not to alert suspects.
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Mark Kelly says senators voted
down gun legislation ‘out of fear’
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Washington Post, by Philip Rucker
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Posted By: toledo- 4/18/2013 11:50:49 AM
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Mark Kelly, the astronaut husband of former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, on Thursday upbraided senators who voted against gun legislation by saying they voted “out of fear.” ”If that vote had been a secret ballot, I bet you it would have passed with 80 votes,” Kelly told reporters. He was referencing the compromise authored by Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) to expand background checks for gun buyers. It failed to advance in the Senate, with a vote Wednesday afternoon of 54 to 46.
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A Stirring Send-Off For
the Iron Lady – And No
One Missed the Obamas
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PJ Media, by Mike McNally
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/17/2013 11:39:38 PM
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After all the controversy – it was too much, and too expensive; it would be marred by protests – this morning’s funeral for Lady Thatcher in London was a splendid and memorable affair, which did her memory, and her country, proud. It was a moving, dignified and pitch-perfect occasion: unmistakably British, and a fitting send-off for the country’s greatest post-war prime minister. Big Ben fell silent – for the first time since the funeral of wartime leader Winston Churchill – and tens of thousands of admirers lined the streets to applaud Lady Thatcher’s coffin
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Griner Reveals That She’s Gay
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CBS Sports, by Staff
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Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 4/19/2013 1:39:43 PM
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Waco - Baylor star Brittney Griner has revealed she’s a lesbian. The Bears center, who was picked No. 1 overall in the recent WNBA Draft (to the Phoenix Mercury) and is considered by many to be an all-time great in women’s college basketball, casually explained her sexual orientation to Sports Illustrated. Griner was asked by SI’s Maggie Gray on the difference between men’s and women’s sports when it comes to acceptance of sexual orientation; why the WNBA has been able to often embrace many lesbians within their sport, while male sports in America still waits on its first publicly gay player.
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´My children were set up,´ father claims
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Associated Press *, by Staff
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Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 4/19/2013 12:34:59 PM
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Two brothers of Chechen origin suspected of staging the Boston marathon bombings, one of whom has been shot dead by police, are innocent of any crime, the Interfax news agency quotes a man identified as their father as saying. ‘‘In my opinion, my children were set up by the secret services because they are practising Muslims,’’ Anzor Tsarnaev told the Interfax news agency on Friday (Snip) On the site, he describes himself as speaking Chechen as well as English and Russian. His world view is described as ‘‘Islam’’ and he says his personal goal is ‘‘career and money.’’
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Boston Shooting, Robbery,
Car Chase, Manhunt (Photos)
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Business Insider, by Alyson Shontell, Mandi Woodruff*
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Posted By: StormCnter- 4/19/2013 6:01:23 AM
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A shocking series of events on Thursday night and Friday morning left one Boston bombing suspect dead and the other on the run. Below are some images from the night. Please note that exact details are scare. Two men — later identified as the bombing suspects — are also suspected of fatally shooting an MIT Police Officer on Thurday night. An image from the crime scene was posted to Twitter by The Tech, below:(Photos)
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