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Bethlehem's Ronald Cruz takes it on the chin in a loss to a sharp Ray Narh
Bethlehem's Ronald Cruz hadn't fought in nine months, but Ray Narh, his opponent on Friday night at the Sands Bethlehem Event Center had the potential for even more rust. That's because Narh hadn't fought in two years. Any potential rust never...
Tags: Judges, Easton (Easton, Pennsylvania), Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Flu
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93-5 'KHY Rock Report
Headlines for Monday, June 17, 2013
ROBERT PLANT: Will He Accept the Olive Branch?
David Coverdale wants to apologize to Robert Plant for negative things he said 20 years ago.
In 1993, Jimmy Page teamed up with the Whitesnake frontman for an album...Tags: Shannon Tweed, Media Industry, Human Rights, Jonny Lang, Steve Austin
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McKinnon brothers to compete in international tourney in Israel
Burbank — Brothers Ian and Sam McKinnon are used to a little friendly competition. As baseball players for Burbank High this past season, the brothers got a healthy dose of competition while helping lead the Bulldogs to their first Pacific...
Tags: College Baseball, Baseball, Sports, Judaism, Pan American Games
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'Night Stalker' held Southern California captive in 1985
Southern California is miserably accustomed to serial killers — the Manson Family, the Hillside Strangler, the Freeway Killer, the Skid Row Slasher. But there had never been one quite like Richard Ramirez, who deserved the flashy, fearsome tabloid...
Tags: Murder, Theft, Criminals, Crime, Law and Justice
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Esther Williams dies at 91; athletic star of aquatic musicals
The water, Esther Williams once quipped, was her favorite costar. With her beauty, sunny personality and background as a champion swimmer, Williams shot to stardom in the 1940s in the "aqua musical," an odd sub-genre of films that became an enormous hit...Tags: Stranger Than Fiction, Movies, Lorenzo Lamas, Celebrities, Music
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UK Basketball: Wiltjer makes Canadian squad
ktaylor@winchestersun.comKyle Wiltjer is taking his game overseas. The University of Kentucky junior was selected as a member of the Canadian Developmental Men’s National Team and will compete in a exhibition starting Saturday in China. The team departed for China...Tags: Universiade, John Calipari, Southeastern Conference, Kentucky Wildcats, Jay Triano
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A liberal mayor takes on the San Diego establishment
SAN DIEGO — Under a pro-business Republican mayor, it was a no-brainer: allocating millions of dollars each year to buy national advertising for the tourism industry — a major economic driver in this vacation mecca. Then Bob Filner got...
Tags: Pension and Welfare, Government, Advertising, Teaching and Learning, Elections
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Coliseum deal: USC to cash in on turnover
About five years ago, County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky denounced USC's proposal to take control of the taxpayer-owned Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and its revenue. "Some people on the board of trustees of the University of Southern California...
Tags: Bruce Springsteen, Arts and Culture, Zev Yaroslavsky, Advertising, Oakland Raiders
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Global Voices: Channeling 'comfort women' amid new controversy
A Korean American author’s reverie on the victims of World War II sexual enslavement has landed in e-book form in the midst of fresh controversy provoked by a Japanese politician’s defense of "comfort women" as necessary for wartime discipline...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Abusive Behavior, Arts and Culture, Literature, Human Interest
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Dandy run for girl tracksters
It's only 2013, but track and field standout Cadeebra Calcote is already thinking about 2020. The eighth-grade student/athlete at William Dandy Middle School in Fort Lauderdale would love to represent the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics....Tags: William Dandy Middle School, Pioneer Middle School , South Plantation High School , Lyons Creek Middle School, Lauderdale Lakes Middle School
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Olympic swimmer Cullen Jones to help open Wildwater Kingdom season
From nearly drowning as a child to becoming an Olympic swimmer, two-time gold medalist Cullen Jones knows firsthand the importance of learning to swim. On Saturday, he will discuss water safety with children and talk about his experience swimming for...
Tags: Cullen Jones, Awards and Prizes, North Carolina State Wolfpack, Swimming, National Collegiate Athletic Association
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Orland Park fencing coach, former Olympian passionate about sport
Despite his background as an Olympic athlete and renowned fencing coach, Marek Stepien doesn't like to talk about his own accomplishments. Instead, the former Olympian who competed as part of the Polish national team in the 1992 Summer Olympics wants to...
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