The Huamantlada is similar to Spain's Pamplonada where several bulls are released into the street an amateurs pretend to be "toreros" bullfighters. To reduce the number of wounded wooden fences are placed to...
I was happy when I saw this story because scythes are tragically under-appreciated mowing tools. With all the concern over global warming and fossil fuels, John Deere would be wise to look into a new scythe line for spring. They would just look cool, too. Like you could wear...
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Kimi Raikkonen was fastest as Ferrari outpaced McLaren in Friday practice for the European Grand Prix in Valencia. The world champion beat Renault’s Fernando Alonso by 0.020 seconds in the afternoon session after Toro Rosso’s Sebastian Vettel topped the first.Read full...
"Guadalajara, Mexico, native Guillermo del Toro often gets asked if he considers himself simply a filmmaker, an independent filmmaker or a Mexican filmmaker. "How could I not be a Mexican filmmaker? If I endeavored not to be, I would not succeed because I was raised in...
"CANNES, France —61st Cannes Film Festival awarded the French film "The Class," a story about classroom life using real students and teachers (amateur actors) at a junior high school, with Palme d'Or, the most...
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Great win for Lewis, now 3 points ahead of Kimi. It's setting up to be another great season. How things have changed now Schumacher has gone."Monaco Grand Prix Report: Hamilton wins thrilling Monaco...
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Gandalf will once again be portrayed by Sir Ian McKellen in the two-film adaptation of JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit."The Lord of the Rings star told Empire magazine that it was a plum role."Yes, it's true," he said, when...
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Mexican visiouary Guillermo del Toro will be directing New Line Cinema's The Hobbit and its sequel, relocating to New Zealand to work on location and with Peter Jackson's WETA studios.Personally, I'm thrilled, as del...
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"The makeup. The walk. The cockeyed posture and bubbling psychosis: For legions of Batman fans across the globe, Heath Ledger's portrayal of the Joker in "The Dark Knight" is no laughing matter. So why are so many people smiling?"
One man died and 24 people, including one women, were injured in Huamantla's amateur bullfighting festival in Mexico this weekend.Each year, the small town of Huamantla in the state of Tlaxcala celebrates the day of...
A Connecticut woman born to former slaves in the decades following the U.S. Civil War has become the world's oldest person, at 114, according to Guinness World Records.
Emma Faust Tillman, born near Greensboro, North Carolina, on November 22, 1892, became the world's oldest...
According to New York Daily News, Starbucks is making changes to its menu. The coffee giant got 12 percent of its $4 billion in sales through food last year, mostly with cold items like cookies, muffins and salads. ...
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The first nine of the 164 token booths scheduled for closing will be shut down in April. The Daily News says the first retired booths will include ones in Union Square and Penn Station, and then the remaining booths will close weekly until October. Then, 600 of the clerks...
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