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I-75 Bridge Collapse and Tanker Explosion, Road Closures

Posted on July 16, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

After a bridge collapsed on the I-75 near Hazel Park in Michigan yesterday, crews are now starting the clean-up process after a tanker carrying 13,000 gallons of fuel exploded and the Detroit-area freeway is currently a mess.

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54% Of North American Women Have Another Reason To Celebrate

Posted on July 15, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Approximately 54 per cent of North American women aged 18 and over are considered overweight by traditional health care standards. So why is the majority treated like a minority and completely under-represented in… read more

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Chechnya: Human Rights Activist Murdered Today

Posted on July 15, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Natalya Estemirova,

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How 'Bout this MLB Dream Team? : Sportscolumn.com

Posted on July 14, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Awards: Triple Crown 1966 (1st winner after Mickey Mantle in 1956); World Series MVP 1966 (Baltimore) NL MVP – 1961, 1966; 12x All Star; NL Gold Glove – LF 1958; NL Rookie of the Year 1956 (Cincinnati) No. 1 NL SLG% 1960 – .595, …

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The Bronx Bombers Blog » Blog Archive » The Top Five Reasons the …

Posted on July 14, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

The Top Five Reasons the MLB Most Valuable Player Award is a Farce. Many fans, writers, players, and analysts argue what being the “Most Valuable Player” truly means.

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2009 Home Run Derby Results: Prince Fielder Beats Nelson Cruz

Posted on July 13, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

The 2009 MLB Home Run Derby took place in St. Louis.

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Cardinals’ Pujols the hometown favorite for Home Run Derby (USA Today)

Posted on July 13, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Many baseball fans will recall the 2005 All-Star Game Home Run Derby, when Bobby Abreu crushed a record 41 homers at Detroit’s Comerica Park and proceeded to slug just six the rest of the season. So is there a jinx associated with the Home Run Derby?

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Tibetan monks, nuns get crash course in science

Posted on July 12, 2009 by | Leave a comment

“Tibetan monks and nuns spend their lives studying the inner world of the mind rather than the physical world of matter. Yet for one month this spring a group of 91 monastics devoted themselves to the corporeal realm of science

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Spain wants to let 16-year-olds get abortions without parental consent

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Spain’s Socialist prime minister has irked his natural enemies on the right and in the Catholic church by legalizing gay marriage and instituting fast-track divorce. Now he has hit a raw nerve even among his supporters with a proposal to let 16-year-olds get abortions without parental consent

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100 abandoned houses

Posted on July 12, 2009 by | Leave a comment

An excerpt from the website, by Kevin Bauman: “The abandoned houses project began innocently enough roughly ten years ago. I actually began photographing abandonment in Detroit in the mid 90’s as a creative outlet, and as a way of satisfying my curiosity with the state of my home town.

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