The eccentric outfits, spirited competitors and raucous spectators make the London marathon one of the cities many sporting and cultural highlights.Source: http://everywheremag.com/articles/911Beating Spiderman to...
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This is great news indeed--if it's true. One problem with the findings, as the article mentions, is that the two studies only looked at runners, a group which likely excludes people predisposed to knee problems. Even...
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Of course there has been a lot of coverage about the death of Tim Russert. When a figure in the public eye passes away, especially suddenly, (remember Heath Ledger?) it is going to get a lot of coverage.But...
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Kerstin Fritzl, from the Austria cellar, has reunited with her family. It was reported yesterday on NowPublic that she woke up from the coma she was in. That coverage can be seen here. "...
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The Pittsburgh Penguins managed to beat the Detroit Red Wings’ to win Game 5 after triple-overtime last night. The Penguins and Red Wings’ will now play Game 6 tomorrow night."Not so fast Motor City. The...
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"China has been a holdout in joining the world of next-generation mobile telephony, while consumers in Seoul and Tokyo enjoy blistering network speeds, greater voice capacity, and a range of interactive data features."
Thomas Omwenga of Kenya has repeated as winner of the Vancouver Marathon in a time of 2 hours, 15 minutes, 57 seconds, seven minutes faster than his winning time from last year. Erick Yator, also of Kenya, finished...
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"Chelsea Clinton campaigned for her mother Tuesday in Puerto Rico, where the marathon race for the Democratic presidential nomination has brought new importance to a U.S. island that typically has scant say over national affairs.With just over a month to go before Puerto...
As Hillary Clinton continues to try to position herself to the right of Obama in order to lock in her support from blue collar Reagan Democrats, she's come out with some truly shocking phrasing for how she would deal...
Defending Champ Robert Cheruiyot, from Kenya, won the Boston Marathon today with an official time of two hours, seven minutes and 46 seconds. Once a poverty-stricken youth who had to work at a friend's barbershop to...
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My favorite story to come out of the London Marathon: a group of Masai warriors flew up from Tanzania in order to raise money for a new well. They ran the marathon wearing shoes made from car tires."SIX Masai...
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"A suicide bomber killed 14 people at an opening ceremony for a marathon Sunday, including a government minister who was nearing the starting line with a flag and a former Olympian. More than 90 others were wounded...
" Their optimism appears to be full of Far Eastern promise as they are following in the footsteps of athletes in Japan, where the drink originated.Marathon, long distance and mountain runners and other endurance...
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Have you ever gotten back from a nice long run and felt really good? You're not alone, in fact for years it was known as a 'runners high' (many marathon and long distance runners describe this sensation). It was...
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Florida Woman Killed In Freak Sting Ray Incident
Is Nature lashing out at humans due to our poor stewardship of the environment? I actually heard this argument recently, the attacks from the animals...