Rain cuts into racing action at S.O. Speedway
WHITE CITY — Racing not only took place on the track but in the sky, too, as the threat of rain kept the program moving along Saturday night at the Southern Oregon Speedway.
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MotoGP 2011 Results: Dani Pedrosa Wins German Grand Prix
Dani Pedrosa, Repsol Honda Team Sachsenring RAC, Germany Image Credit: MotoGP.com A great start by Dani Pedrosa in Sunday’s MotoGP 2011 German Grand Prix, at the Sachsenring circuit in Germany, turned into a victory and tightened the race against his rivals Jorge Lorenzo and Casey Stoner, according to a report at MotoGP.com on July 17, [...]
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Busch Wins Historic NASCAR Victory
Kyle Busch passed Ricky Stenhouse Jr. with 27 laps to go to win the New England 200 Nationwide Series race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway Saturday, giving him his 100th victory in NASCAR’s top three divisions.
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NASCAR vows to fix Kentucky Speedway traffic problems
LOUDON, N.H. (AP) — Bruton Smith boasted about the largest crowd to attend a NASCAR race this season: More than 100,000 fans filled Kentucky Speedway in its inaugural Sprint Cup Series event. Unfortuna
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Sunday, July 18, 2010 – 19:02
The Daily World ELMA — It was past the bewitching hour when Eunice, LA. driver Jason Johnson finally got the checkered flag to complete a sweep of the Brownfield Memorial At Grays Harbor Raceway in Elma. Johnson?s efforts earned him over $ 13,000.00 for his weekends work, $ 10,092.00 for Saturday?s…
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Three-day construction project begins Wednesday on Carroll Lane
Work crews will perform major utility work on Carroll Lane for three days beginning Wednesday.
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Judy Gillespie: Ethnicity can be an asset during job searches
Look at resume, not ethnic-sounding name, as reason behind no responses, says Career Answers columnist Judy Gillespie.
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Inman: This women’s World Cup team represents something much different than in 1999
Sunday’s Women’s World Cup final won’t live up to the 1999 pomp and circumstance found inside the Rose Bowl. The United States won’t win the championship on home soil before 90,185 fans. Women’s soccer won’t confuse temporary popularity with the ideal of joining mainstream sports.
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Astronauts fix another computer glitch on final space shuttle flight, take call from president
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The pilots on NASA’s last space shuttle flight fixed another one of their main computers Friday after it failed and set off an alarm that shattered their sleep.
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Risk of STDs Higher in County Jails
A new study by Arizona State University found that jail inmates in Maricopa County are 50 to 80 percent more likely to be infected with gonorrhea than the general population.
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New frontiers for shuttle souvenirs
Space shuttle memorabilia may never be as highly prized as a spacesuit patch sprinkled with moondust — or a lock of Neil Armstrong’s hair — but items from the 30-year space program are likely to rise in value as the shuttle era fades into the history books. …
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Risk of STDs Higher in County Jails
A new study by Arizona State University found that jail inmates in Maricopa County are 50 to 80 percent more likely to be infected with gonorrhea than the general population.
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New frontiers for shuttle souvenirs
Space shuttle memorabilia may never be as highly prized as a spacesuit patch sprinkled with moondust — or a lock of Neil Armstrong’s hair — but items from the 30-year space program are likely to rise in value as the shuttle era fades into the history books. …
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Economist Blackout: M’sian Home Minister now the No.1 enemy of Truth
What do the following sentences have in common? “and one man died of a heart attack” “The march itself was then banned, although the authorities offered Bersih a stadium to meet in — and then withdrew the offer.” “The heavy-handed police tactics have provoked a lot of anger; the government has conceded an official investigation into claims of police brutality. In one instance (caught on film …
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Bill Gates wants to reinvent the toilet
Better sanitation would go long way toward reducing illness and death associated with poor sanitation, billionaire’s foundation says
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Turkey protest to denounce Kurdish guerrillas
Thousands of people marched through the Turkish cities of Istanbul and Ankara on Sunday to denounce a Kurdish rebel ambush that killed 13 soldiers. Protesters, many waving Turkish flags and chanting slogans, showed their support for a military campaign against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party or PKK which Turkey lists as a terrorist group.
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Jon Heyman: Beltran, Reyes are top names for unpredictable trading season
The trading season began rather bizarrely, with the Mets rushing to trade Francisco Rodriguez, their star high-priced closer with the scary vesting option, a new agent and a missing no-trade list. K-Rod’s previous agent failed to submit his 10-team no-trade list, and Mets higher-ups became concerned that his just-hired agent, Scott Boras, might try to rectify this situation. Although there was …
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Strong pitching traps Upper Keys batters
Little League season for Florida Keys Age 11-12 teams ended Thursday when the Upper Keys all-stars were stopped in the District 8 semifinals in Miami.
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Wells earns first MARA win of season
Aurora’s Justin Wells, pocketing $ 3,000, won the special late model A feature at the Monett Speedway on Sunday night.
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Holland City Council has 6 in primary race
Primary is slated for Aug. 2
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Prison privatization move draws lawsuit
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Inside death row
Post-9/11 killer forgiven by his victim as execution looms
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