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Booker Rising (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
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Things are getting interesting in France in regards to Rama Yade, the outspoken French Secretary of State and former human rights minister who is France's most popular politician. A move by the French government to scrap a tax break which benefits top football and rugby players has angered clubs and caused a huge row between Secretary Yade and her fellow center-right cabinet colleagues . Ms. Yade was...
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US News & World Report (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
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It was with an uncanny sense of timing that a bat chose Halloween to disrupt the NBA tie between San Antonio Spurs and the Sacramento Kings. What, perhaps, the creature did not count on were the quick hands of the Spurs’ Manu Ginobili who, not content with scoring 13 points in his side’s 113-94 win, [...]
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Dick Puddlecote (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
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Christ! Is this still rumbling on? Olympic swimming champion Rebecca Adlington has demanded an explanation from the BBC for failing to take tougher action over 'outrageous' slurs made by comedian Frankie Boyle. Adlington, a two-time gold medal winner at last year's Beijing Olympics, was 'humiliated' by the 37 year old's comments during an episode of BBC 2's satirical show Mock the Week. The Glaswegian...
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Boing Boing (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
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Rachel Maddow, host of all that is worth watching on television, very kindly invited me back ton The Rachel Maddow Show tonight for a "Moment of Geek" on the big ICANN news today: starting soon, domain name extensions will be available in non-Latin character sets. Chinese, Greek, Arabic, or any one of the more than 20 official languages in India. In other words, the alphabet you're reading...
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chaosMonster (The Mind of Bob 2.0) (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
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Why did Andre Agassi hate tennis? | Sport | The Guardian Blogged with the Flock Browser Robert Hooker supports these messages. Kind of.
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In Entertainment (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
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Kansas City Chiefs Larry Johnson has been suspended by his team after conducting a series of unnecessary remarks aimed at head coach Todd Haley after the team lost 37-7 against the San Diego Chargers on Sunday, and one of his Twitter followers. The Twitter follower reffered to an incident where Johnson spat at a women in [...]
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Brits on Pole (Free subscription) | 24/10/2009
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What can you do to make it clear to decision-makers that you want to see a Formula One Grand Prix held in Britain in 2010? Here are a few ideas from us.
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The F-Word Blog (Free subscription) | 12/10/2009
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The Observer reports that prostitution may be made temporarily legal in South Africa during the football World Cup in 2010 in order to try and "limit HIV infection among millions of fans visiting the country for the tournament". Nice to...
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Pitch Invasion (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
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The Sweeper slaps the USMNT's back, high-fives USL-1's Canadian finalists, and wonders just who the hell is Carlos Toure. Related posts: The Sweeper: Azza Books World Cup Spot The Sweeper: Is television coverage of World Cup qualifiers a fans’ right? The Sweeper: Russia’s World Cup Bid and the Eurovision Song Contest
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Hot Air (Free subscription) | 23/09/2009
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In 1990, we were eight percent of the population; today we're 15 percent and climbing. The good news? We're taking over. The bad news? It's, er, not quite clear who "we" are. American religious nones tend to be religious skeptics as opposed to outright atheists. Fewer than ten percent of ...
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Feministe (Free subscription) | 24/08/2009
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Laurie and Debbie say: (Cross-posted to Body Impolitic.) Unusualmusic, blogging at The Angry Black Woman, has an excellent initial post on what we expect American women athletes to look like, and live like. One of the great problems that women athletes face is the idea that women are heterosexual sex objects. And the beauty ideal for these sex [...]
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paidContent:UK (Free subscription) | 14/08/2009
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As the news season kicks off, three broadcasters control online Premier League rights. But each goes into the 2009/10 season knowing that the race is on to secure digital rights for the three seasons after this… BSkyB and ESPN have rights to live, linear broadcasts, which can be used to simulcast matches online as well as on TV. Sky exploits this through its subscription-only Sky Player ( £17-a-month...
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In Entertainment (Free subscription) | 09/08/2009
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If you have seen the UFC 101 video replay between Anderson Silva and Forrest Griffin, then you are sure to have an opinion that may include a little shock. Did you expect this outcome and in such a short time? You can watch the UFC 101 video replay of the fight below this post (thanks to [...]
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Cricket 24x7 (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009
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The hottest Ashes news yesterday was not Australia levelling the series 1-1 , but Justin Langer's leaked memo/dossier on specific England players & England cricket in general . If the newspaper ('The Daily Telegraph') really paid to get access to that document, they really have a lot of spare money on their hands. There's nothing in that document that Australia's cricketers or team management would...
