PJ Hairston: Duke Spells Name His TJ Hairston, He Signs With UNC

Prime High School Prospect PJ Hairston Refused To Sign With Duke Because They Spelled His Name Wrong College recruiting is a tough business, even for a big school like Duke. Prime basketball prospect PJ Hairston was...

The brief and conservative Royal Kiss (peck), many missed.

It was all most people want to see but as it turned out, "It was a very brief kiss - so conservative a peck on the lips that many in the crowd may have missed it."

The Appendix Is Useful After All

The appendix has long been considered a vestigial and useless organ, which only reminds us of its presence when it flares up and creates a life-threatning appendicitis. Darwin speculated that it was left behind by evolution when we evolved from plant-eaters into omnivores....

Obama may need Hockey Style Face Shield.. ..Mr. Hasawaywithwords

Thanks to Dan Steinberg of the Washington Post for bringing to life an issue I had long thought lost its legs. Former NCAA hoops superstar J.J. Reddick, the NCAA's career leader with 457 three-pointers and a...

UNC Gives The "Phat 5" 22-Straight Final Fours,1988-2009

The year was 1988 a great time for college basketball and the start of the "Final Four Streak" for the 5 winningest college basketball programs of all-time Kentucky, N. Carolina, UCLA, Kansas, and Duke. Danny...

UNC, Last of The "Phat 5" Programs Still Dancing

The University of N. Carolina are one of the 5 winningest college basketball programs of all-time. The other four that make up The "Phat 5" are Duke, Kansas, Kentucky, and UCLA. The "Phat 5" is...

Nova's Dunkadelic Beatdown of Duke has a 1990 UNLV Feel to it

The Duke Blue Devils have arguably been the best team in college basketball since winning the 1991 NCAA Championship over Kansas. It was the semi-final win over Greg Anthony, Stacey Augmon, Larry Johnson, and the...

Wal Mart Shifts CEO and Continues Its High Growth Internationally

"Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world’s largest retailer, unexpectedly announced the retirement of Chief Executive Officer H. Lee Scott after almost nine years at the helm, replacing him with overseas chief Mike...

QE2 runs aground on final voyage

The Queen Elizabeth II oceanliner from the UK is about to be put into retirement. But on its last voyage it ran into some trouble off the coast of Southhampton, becoming trapped on a sandbank. The boat is set to become a floating hotel in Dubai."It was hardly the most regal...

One man and his followers to battle a government and perhaps royalty too - An...

In a scenario rather resembling the Biblical account of David and Goliath, enigmatic Cornish activist, researcher, historian and author, John Angarrack, who enjoys cult status in the Duchy,  is now, once...

Police 'anti terror raids' in Cornwall, Britain

Government and official interference ensures that Cornwall, the fifth and apparently repressed and oft hidden Celtic nation at the toe of Great Britain  is subject to strict media and press control but occasionally a story does slip out to the centralist, mainly...

Men parachute into wrong American football stadium

" McClatchy Newspapers Saturday, August 30, 2008 Duke officials were a bit surprised when, at 6 p.m. EDT on Saturday, about an hour before the scheduled kickoff of their game against James Madison, two men...

Nervous curators fear for art as duke calls in his loan to Scotland gallery

Time's up for one of the collections at the National Gallery of Scotland, as the global economic turmoil seeps into the art world. The Duke of Sutherland, who owns the works and has been loaning them to the gallery, now says he must sell them. Now, a £100 million appeal has...

Survey: Many believe in divine intervention

"CHICAGO, Illinois (AP) -- When it comes to saving lives, God trumps doctors for many Americans. ...

Greatest show on turf opens gates

Agriculture is the most prominent source available for making our world a green. This story all about a largest exhibition on Agriculture.Time to think about Nature and green.Ans also, this is will be the first time the Queen has attended the three-day event since 1977, her...

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