Archive for August 8th, 2003

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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
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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 the phenomena from CNet

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
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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 over the Internet.
The schools have refused to comply with subpoenas that the organization issued [...]

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 Scotland’s throne differs from Kobe’s rapid, elegant, and gracious rise to pop culture deification, both [...]

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.
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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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