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5A state track roundup: Capital shot-putter wins, records fall
The Idaho StatesmanIt came down to one final throw, and Capital's Kayla Stephens wasn't worried. On more than one occasion this season, the senior shot-putter has saved her best throw for last. Stephens maintained that tradition Friday at Eagle High, catapulting the...Tags: Dwayne Johnson, Track and Field
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Mitchell keeps faith in basketball skills
St. Louis Post-DispatchAs it turned out, Tony Mitchell's college detour didn't cause irreparable harm to his future. The former Mizzou recruit, who never was able to gain entrance, is projected as a first-round pick in next month's NBA draft and said after his workout at...Tags: Brandon Paul, North Texas Mean Green, LeBron James, Ben McLemore, National Collegiate Athletic Association
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Top enlisted personnel named at Colorado Springs Armed Forces Week luncheon
The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colo.)Three local troops were recognized Friday as the 2013 Outstanding Enlisted Military Representatives at the annual Armed Forces Week Luncheon at The Broadmoor. Senior Airman Gordon T. Burton, Air Force Staff Sgt. Donald W. Wheat III and Navy Senior Chief...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , Human Interest, Family, U.S. Army
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Voice of the People, May. 18
Mental-health medicines This is in response to "Psychologists seek prescription power; Health professionals split over contentious bill now up to House" (News, May 12) and "Rx: Slow down; Psychologists and mental health medicines" (Editorial, May 13)....Tags: Malpractice, McCormick Place, Behavioral Conditions, DePaul University, Philosophy
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Napravnik reflects on early days at Pimlico as she prepares for Preakness ride
Sitting in front of a microphone Friday morning, Rosie Napravnik fielded questions about her first race at Pimlico Race Course while donning a hat from her new sponsor, Snickers Bites. For the 25-year-old jockey, it was a fitting juxtaposition, as she's...
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Class of 2013 Is a Whole New Ballgame
As the class of 2013 dispenses with college, reflects on commencement oratory and embraces quests beyond the campus cocoon, the rest of us would do well to consider their context and our choice. This is a class rooted in the last century (born in 1991),...Tags: Teach for America, Business, Sports, Employment, September 11, 2001 Attacks
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Topless Beatrice Arthur painting part of record $495-million auction
Did it come with a card attached that says, "Thank you for being a friend"? A 1991 painting depicting a topless Bea Arthur that was created by artist John Currin has sold at an auction Wednesday for $1.9 million. The sale was part of a larger Christie's...Tags: Sotheby's Holdings Incorporated, Auction Service, J. Crew, Arts, Painting
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Basquiat work sells in NY for record $48.8M; Lichtenstein, Pollock also fetch top prices
NEW YORK (AP) — A Jean-Michel Basquiat (zhahn mee-SHEHL' BAH'-skee-aht) painting has set a new auction record for the graffiti artist at a sale of postwar and contemporary art in New York. Christie's says "Dustheads" sold for $48.8 million on...Tags: Auction Service, Arts and Culture, Jackson Pollock
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Huge colorless diamond goes for record $27 million at auction
Reuters(Reuters) - A pear-shaped colorless diamond that is the largest ever offered at auction sold for a record of nearly $27 million in a Geneva auction, where records were also set for the prices of pearls and sapphires, auctioneer Christie's said. The 101....Tags: Sotheby's Holdings Incorporated, Geneva (Swiss Confederation), Auction Service
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Huge colourless diamond goes for record $27 million at auction
ReutersMay 16 (Reuters) - A pear-shaped colourless diamond that is the largest ever offered at auction sold for a record of nearly $27 million in a Geneva auction, where records were also set for the prices of pearls and sapphires, auctioneer Christie's said....Tags: Sotheby's Holdings Incorporated, Geneva (Swiss Confederation), Auction Service
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Giant 'Rubber Duck' deflates in Hong Kong's Victoria Harbor
A popular art installation in Hong Kong's Victoria Harbor is no longer making waves. A 54-foot rubber duck, designed by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman, started deflating Tuesday, and by Wednesday, the piece looked like a flattened yellow pancake bobbing...
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Actress Gina Lollobrigida's Diamonds Fetch $4.9 Million At Auction
(Reuters) - Diamond jewelry belonging to Italian actress Gina Lollobrigida sold for more than 4.74 million Swiss francs ($4.9 million) on Tuesday in Geneva and set a record for pearl earrings, auctioneer Sotheby's said. Lollobrigida, a leading sex symbol...
Tags: Sotheby's Holdings Incorporated, Celebrities, Italy, Auction Service, Medical Research
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