3 Oct 2008 at 1:15pm Although he was born in Northern Ireland, Gerry Convery learned his dart playing in his adopted home town of Winnipeg. Now he's a world-class competitor. The reigning world champion, who hails from Oshawa, Ont. - although most elite players are ...
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2 Oct 2008 at 9:06am If there were a biopic called The Magnum Story, about the international photographic agency that celebrated its 60th anniversary last year, it would open on a tram travelling down the Boulevard Montparnasse in 1933. Two young men, one French, one ...
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24 Sep 2008 at 7:59pm Well, this week's news was dominated by last week's news -- the markets. And, by all accounts, it will continue to dominate for some time to come. Amidst the doom and gloom, it's hard to believe that it's exactly a year since the monks' uprising in ...
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18 Sep 2008 at 7:59pm LOUISVILLE, Ky. : If you know how to drive a golf cart, take lunch orders and color-coordinate clothing, you, too, can be a Ryder Cup captain! Is there a more overrated job in sports? A captain's work is done after making the pairings and then waving ...
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30 Aug 2008 at 7:53pm When Sarah Palin stepped into the spotlight as John McCain?s running mate in Dayton, Ohio, and promised that women could ?shatter that glass ceiling once and for all?, it was an electrifying moment in a presidential election that had already ...
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12 Aug 2008 at 8:54am The 2005 jailing of New York Times reporter Judith Miller brought into focus the larger issue of whether the First Amendment protects journalists who refuse to reveal confidential sources. Since the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its 1972 decision in ...
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10 Aug 2008 at 1:04am In which the hacker tourist ventures forth across the wide and wondrous meatspace of three continents, acquainting himself with the customs and dialects of the exotic Manhole Villagers of Thailand, the U-Turn Tunnelers of the Nile Delta, the Cable ...
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