Denver Broncos wide receiver Kenny McKinley was found dead in his apartment Monday. The second-year wideout played in eight games in his rookie season with seven kick returns for 158 yards before...
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On June 8th Johnny Strange, a 17-year-old high school senior, broke the world record for youngest person to climb the highest summit on every continent, the Seven Summit challenge, by scaling Mount Kosciuszko in Australia. The previous record was held by 18-year-old Samantha...
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""One team, one fight" is the mantra for local, state and federal leaders preparing for a 2009 hurricane season that forecasters say could include nine major storms. "If that forecast is even close to being accurate, the timing of this [workshop] is vital to us being...
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OK, if the truth be known, I don't get ESPN, nor do I pay much attention to sports - or TV for that matter. But today it came to my attention that my good friend, Dave Hahn, has been nominated for an ESPY. What...
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Australian Troops Out Of Iraq in '08Mr Smith goes to Washington
By Samantha Hawley
One of Australia's Foreign Affairs Minister Mr Stephen Smith's first tasks on the American stage was to lock in a timetable for...
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"Ronda Berkowitz is an unhappy mom.
Her daughter is about to enter McKinley Middle School in Racine, where the powers-that-be are planning a uniform policy that, Ronda says, could violate her daughter's civil rights.
"I believe that it really is against my child's civil...
" May 18, 2007 Alaska - Kent firefighter Brian Massey and his climbing partner fell 1,900 feet to their deaths during a descent of Mount McKinley, North America's highest mountain, Denali National Park and Reserve officials said Friday. Mizuki Takahashi, 36, of Lake Forest...
"I heard the sad news of Bradford Washburn's passing this morning via a friend, and posted it on The MountainWorld Blog as well as NowPublic, but wanted to add this important remembrance from the Boston Globe. An amazing man he...
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"Today is Thursday, Sept. 14, the 257th day of 2006. There are 108 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Sept. 14, 1814, Francis Scott Key was inspirebd to write his poem "The Star-Spangled Banner" after witnessing the British bombardment of Fort McHenry in...