Athletics: Event News Round-Up

05/18/11 GOUCHER LEADS USA MARATHON SQUAD FOR DAEGU: Kara Goucher will run her second IAAF World Championships Marathon, USA Track & Field announced yesterday.

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2011 James Beard Award Winners: Jos?© Andr?©s, Eleven Madison Park, ABC Kitchen & More

05/09/11 Small plates have earned Jose Andres one of the food world's biggest honors.

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Taliban Announces Spring Offensive Against U.S.-led Coalition

04/30/11 The Taliban on Saturday announced the beginning of their spring military offensive against the U.S.-led coalition, a day after a new Pentagon report claimed that the militants' fighting spirit was low after sustaining heavy losses on the battlefield.

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Northern California man among 9 Americans killed in Afghanistan

04/30/11 The civilian contractor was James McLaughlin Jr., 55, of Santa Rosa, California. McLaughlin was a helicopter and fixed-wing aircraft pilot who spent 32 years in the Army before retiring as a lieutenant colonel in 2007.

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Taliban Announce Beginning Of Spring Offensive

04/30/11 The Taliban announced the beginning of their spring military offensive against the U.S.-led coalition Saturday, a day after a new Pentagon report claimed that the militants' fighting spirit was low after sustaining heavy losses on the battlefield.

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38 Salvation Army feeding units, 1 shower trailer dispatched in Alabama, Mississippi after tornadoes; see locations

04/30/11 "The public has entrusted The Salvation Army with the resources to minister to communities in need and this mobilization is a true picture of that trust," stated Bill Feist, Emergency Disaster Services Director for The Salvation Army's ALM Division.

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Wright appoints Committee on Committees

04/29/11 PHOENIX, Ariz. (BP)--Appointments to the Southern Baptist Convention's Committee on Committees have been announced by SBC President Bryant Wright.

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Athletics: World's #1 sprinters set for epic battles against the World

04/28/11 PHILADELPHIA - With the #1 athletes in the world from the 100m through the 400m - including 2010's dominant stars Allyson Felix and Carmelita Jeter - Team USA is ready to set the track ablaze at the 12th edition of USA vs. the World at the 117th Penn Relays in Philadelphia, Pa., at Franklin Field this Saturday.

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Catholic Charities USA and Catholic Charities Agencies Respond to Tornadoes and Severe Storms

04/28/11 ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 28, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In the aftermath of yesterday's tornadoes and Spring storms that have hit numerous parts of the U.S. over the past two weeks, Catholic Charities USA and Catholic Charities agencies are providing immediate relief to individuals and families devastated by the natural disasters.

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Unemployment rates in Southern metro areas

04/27/11 The unemployment rate fell in 303 of the nation's 372 largest cities in March, the Labor Department said Wednesday. That's the largest number of metro areas to report a monthly drop since September, and adds to evidence that recent gains in hiring are widespread. Below are the unemployment rates for cities in the South: Metro Area Unemployment Rates, South Unemployment rates by state and city ...

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Fowles, Christon and Vandersloot Invited to USA Basketball Training Camp

04/26/11 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (April 26, 2011) -- Twenty-two members of the 2009-12 USA Basketball Women's National Team, including all 12 who aided the USA to the 2010 FIBA World Championship gold medal, will attend the USA National Team's May 10-12 training camp in Las Vegas, Nev., USA Basketball today announced.

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Fast Five Speeds Into IMAX(R) Theatres This Friday

04/25/11 LOS ANGELES -- IMAX Corporation and Universal Pictures announced today that Fast Five will be released in the immersive IMAX format on Friday, April 29th. In this fifth installment, Vin Diesel and Paul Walker lead a reunion of returning all-stars from every chapter of the explosive franchise built on speed.

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Tenn. pastor arrested in lesbian custody case

04/23/11 A Tennessee pastor who allegedly helped a woman abscond to Central America with her daughter is charged with kidnap aid in a custody dispute between former lesbian partners.

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FBI makes arrest in Bedford County lesbian custody case

04/22/11 Feds say Timothy David Miller helped Lisa Miller and her daughter Isabella avoid a custody order by traveling to Central America

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Pastor charged with aiding international kidnapping in bitter Vt.-Va. custody battle

04/22/11 FILE - In this Feb. 23, 2010 file photo, Janet Jenkins, of Fair Haven, Vt., involved in a same-sex custody battle with Lisa Miller, holds up a photo of her daughter, Isabella, for television cameras in Rutland, Vt. The FBI has arrested a man for helping the Virginia woman involved in a lesbian custody dispute with her former Vermont partner leave the United States and move to Nicaragua.

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Happy 50th Anniversary to Sunbrella! The Famous Brand, Launched in 1961, is the Top Selling High Performance Fabric at ...

04/22/11 When it comes to outdoor fabrics, one name first comes to mind: Sunbrella, now celebrating 50 years of styling and weaving innovations for both indoor and outdoor living. Calico Corners was one of the earliest retailers of Sunbrella, although it was a far different product in 1961.

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NorthScape: the North Xtra Bulletin Board

04/21/11 Franklin Park -- Ingomar United Methodist Church, 1501 W. Ingomar Road, will host a life-sized game of Candy Land from 10 a.m. to noon April 30 at the church's community life center.

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U.S. Open Wrestling Championships Results

04/09/11 3rd - CC Weber, Colorado Springs, Colo. ( Sunkist Kids) dec. Erin Golston , Marquette, Mich. ( New York Athletic Club ), 5-0,1-0 5th - Victoria Anthony , Huntington, Calif. (New York Athletic Club) dec.

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Baptist Press Stories for Apr. 8 2011 --------------------------------------- Hard times lead church to give more ...

04/08/11 EDITOR'S NOTE: The following story from the Illinois Baptist can be used in conjunction with Cooperative Program Sunday, April 10, in the Southern Baptist Convention.

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U.S. Open Wrestling Championships Results

04/23/10 At Cleveland Men Greco-Roman Quarterfinals All weights in pounds 121 Spenser Mango, St. Louis, Mo. (New York AC) dec. David Armstrong, Cleveland, Ohio (Cleveland WC), 6-0, 4-0 Nikko Triggas, Moraga, Calif. (Ohio Regional Training Center) pin Nate Engel, St. Helena, Calif. (Sunkist Kids), 2-1, 0:13 Jermaine Hodge, Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Army) inj. dft. over Abraham Evans, Dover, Pa ...

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