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Daily Archives: August 8, 2003
Mickey Ward Sells Life Story for just $1,000
Ward claims he was duped…….. Boxer Victim of "Classic Bait and Switch" Ward filed suit yesterday in Lowell Superior Court to try to void a contract he claims he was duped into signing that gave away the rights to his … Continue reading
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Fantasy Sports Explosion
Once considered a closeted hobby for numbers geeks, fantasy sports leagues are booming online, where they’ve become both a fast-growing business and an unlikely demonstration of Web publishing at its best. Good anlysis of both business and tech sides of … Continue reading
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Oracle Busted for Intoxicating Drugs
DELPHIC ORACLE is shown inhaling vapors in this photographic interpretation, because new evidence supports ancient assertions that intoxicating gases were a source of her inspiration. In reality, the gases would have been invisible. Strabo (64 B.C.-A.D. 25) wrote: "They say … Continue reading
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Pressure on BC, MIT to Name Downloaders
The Recording Industry Association of America this week asked judges in both Massachusetts and Washington, D.C., to order the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Boston College to release the names of students who are accused of sharing copyrighted music files … Continue reading
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Kobe’s Shakespearean downfall
As a teacher of ”Macbeth” and as a reader of the media frenzy of Kobe Bryant’s transgression, I have noticed similarities between Shakespeare’s antihero and the athletic icon of teenage boys. Even though Macbeth’s swift, brutal, and bloody ascension to … Continue reading
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Woman makes Harley Davidson from butter
A woman from Iowa is making a model of a Harley-Davidson motorbike out of butter. Norma "Duffy" Lyon from Des Moines is creating a full-scale butter V-Rod to celebrate Harley-Davidson’s 100th anniversary. The butter she is using is five years … Continue reading
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Traditional Values Coalition Terminates Arnold
Rev. Lou Sheldon, chairman of the Traditional Values Coalition, blasts Schwarzenegger candidacy. Robot sent back in time to deal with Rev. Sheldon… from the Traditional Values Coalition
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