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Cubs RHP Kerry Wood retires after 13-plus seasons
Kerry Wood hung up his cleats after yesterday's game, calling it a career after a rocky, up-and-down 14 years in the big leagues. Wood was off to a terrible start this year, and instead of trying to ride out his struggles, he chose instead to just walk Dale and Kirk discuss Kerry Wood's retirement and [...]
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USA TODAY
Will Smith slaps reporter who tried to kiss him
MOSCOW (AP) — Hollywood star Will Smith slapped a male television reporter who he said tried to kiss him on the lips as he walked down the red carpet for the Moscow premiere of "Men in Black III." The reporter from the Ukrainian television channel 1+1 Will Smith was not happy with a male reporter [...]
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Washington P
Expect lower gas prices heading into Memorial Day
Memorial Day in South Florida usually means a big boating weekend on the water, if the weather cooperates, and that means heavy enforcement on the high seas for boating safety. USA.gov: Memorial Day – Pay tribute to our heroes and learn more about celebrating safely. By Today's Sunbeam View full sizeSunbeam file photoParticipants are seen [...]
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New York Dai
Facebook stock finishes flat in IPO debut
Here is the latest comic from our Joy of Tech friends at Geek Culture, Nitrozac and Snaggy. Joy of Tech appears three times a week in the Voices section of this site. As thousands of potential investors clamor to buy shares in Facebook, some old-fashioned investors are seeking the hard copy of the stock. With [...]
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msnbc.com
Possible rocket engine problem triggered SpaceX launch abort
We're crossing our fingers and toes so hard we can barely type and walk, since it looks like the oft-delayed Dragon launch will take place tomorrow. Tuesday is the earliest that SpaceX can try again to send its cargo-laden Dragon capsule to the space station. The California-based company — formally known as Space Exploration Technologies [...]
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New York Tim
Role Reversal for Fisher in Trying to End Lakers' Playoff Run
On Saturday the Lakers host the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Clippers take on the San Antonio Spurs in back-to-back NBA playoff games at Staples. Then on Sunday the real traffic trouble comes as the NHL's Kings will host the Phoenix Coyotes on the Lakers guard Steve Blake and his wife received multiple online threats [...]
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Washington P
Expect lower gas prices heading into Memorial Day
Warm weekend may be topped by Memorial Day heat · Lake hits 60-degrees early; weekend temps to flirt with 90 · Warmest weekend yet to brew Sunday storms; lake cooling to fade · Storms follow Tuesday 86-degrees; Eds: Edits fourth paragraph to clarify Memorial Day weekend prices expected to be $3.60 a gallon or a [...]
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Paste Magazi
What to Expect When You're Expecting
Pajiba: Reviews, News, Quotes & Cultural Commentary. In today's case for Just Giving Us the Damn Birth Control: new babies are more costly than you might have dreamed, even when it's not you who's giving birth. This week at the movies brings us a trio of cinematic adaptations from disparate source materials: a board game [...]
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NBA.com
Lakers realizing series win will only come with physicality
Metta World Peace is no friend of the Oklahoma City Thunder, after the Lakers forward elbowed James Harden in the head during the regular season. So maybe that history with the team made a fight for a loose ball between Thunder guard Russell Westbrook The Lakers have to hold on to hope as time runs [...]
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Christian Sc
Solar eclipse 2012: All systems go for witnessing rare 'ring of fire'
The National Park Service will broadcast the eclipse live by webcast from 7 pm to 8 pm from New Mexico's Petroglyph National Monument. ORIGINAL POST: In the hours just before sunset on Sunday, May 20, the first solar eclipse in the USA in nearly two The joint JAXA/NASA Hinode mission captured this image of the [...]
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