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Texas congressman "Smokey Joe" Barton apologizes to BP’s Tony Hayward!

As stunned spectators and fellow members of the congressional oversight committee on energy watched, Texas Republican Joe Barton began his opening comments to the congressional hearings this morning into the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster by apologizing to the star witness, BP CEO Tony Hayward. http://looncanada.wordpress.com/2010/06/17/loon-extra-texas-congressman-smokey-j… added by: looncanada

Scottish Premier League fixtures 2010-11

Every encounter in the SPL season beginning this August

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Rangers begin SPL title defence against Kilmarnock

• Celtic face newly-promoted Inverness on opening day • Dundee United travel to St Mirren and Dons face Hamilton Rangers will begin their Scottish Premier League title defence against Kilmarnock at Ibrox. The reigning SPL champions last faced Kilmarnock on the opening day of the 2003-04 season, hammering the Ayrshire side 4-0, although the result did not kickstart a successful season, with Alex McLeish’s side finishing 17 points behind Celtic. Celtic, who have not won the title since 2008, face a trip to newly-promoted Inverness Caledonian Thistle on the opening day. The first Old Firm game of the season comes on 23 October at Celtic Park. Dundee United, who finished third behind the Glasgow giants last season, travel to St Mirren on the opening day, while Aberdeen face Hamilton Academicals and Motherwell welcome Hibs to Fir Park. Falkirk, relegated from the SPL last season, begin life in the First Division with a derby against Dunfermline. The First, Second and Third Divisions kick off on Saturday 7 August, while the SPL begins a week later on 14 August. Scottish Premier League John Ashdown guardian.co.uk

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World Cup 2010: First Round Shocks

In what was to be the moment England fans were to witness Steven Gerrard score England’s first goal of the 2010 World Cup just 4 minutes into the match, ITV HD cut to adverts. Confused fans then witnessed Steven Gerrard celebrating … The team who were initially a favourite to win the 2010 World Cup now have a hurdle to jump as no team have ever lost their opening match and managed to go on to win the trophy. As the first round of the 2010 World Cup draws to a close some …

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World cup Spain vs Switzerland 2010 highlights

Switzerland#39;s Eren Derdiyok, center, Spain#39;s Gerard Pique, second from left at top, and Spain goalkeeper Iker Casillas, bottom left, vie for the ball during the World Cup group H soccer match between Spain and Switzerland at the stadium in Durban, South Africa, Wednesday, June 16, 2010. Switzerland stunned European champions Spain in their World Cup opener here on Wednesday beating them 1-0 in their opening Group H match. A Gelson Fernandes goal in the 52nd minute was enough to end Spa

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The Scratching Shed | Blog | World Cup predictions update

World Cup 2010 . Round two got under way with a 2-0 win for the Netherlands. I finally lifted myself from the relegation places with an exact prediction of 2-0, but since seven others also correctly predicted 2-0, the available bonus … The World Champions matched England with a faltering start against Paraguay. TinyEight and NickMetcalfe were the only two to correctly predict a 1-1 draw and score 2.5 points each. Dje also predicted Italy to struggle in their opening game …

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World Cup 2010: Netherlands Coach Bert Van Marwijk Happy With Win …

The Netherlands defeated Denmark 2-0 in their opening game of the 2010 World Cup finals on Monday afternoon to go top of their group. A goal in each half was enough for the Oranje to register a convincing win over the Danes. … We got chances to score even more and could easily have added one or two more goals.” The 58-year-old continued: “The entrance of Eljero Elia really added something. It’s nice to know that we have several options up front. Rafael van der Vaart did …

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Black Stars Score Africa's First World Cup Win

African football scored a first World Cup success on day three of competition in South Africa as Ghana grabbed a late winner to beat Serbia 1-0 in Pretoria on Sunday. Black Stars Score Africa’s First World Cup Win … in the two previous matches featuring African sides and a draw for the South African hosts in the opening match on Friday. Cameroon are next to fly the continent’s flag against Japan on Monday, while the Ivorians play Portugal on Tuesday. Lundi 14 Juin 2010 …

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Germany vs Australia highlights world cup 2010

Germany#39;s Per Mertesacker tackles Australia#39;s Brett Emerton, top, during the World Cup group D soccer match between Germany and Australia at the stadium in Durban, South Africa, Sunday, June 13, 2010. Germany thrashed 10-man Australia 4-0 in their opening Group D match of the World Cup here on Sunday with goals from Lukas Podolski, Miroslav Klose, Thomas Mueller and Cacau. A tired-looking Australian team were overwhelmed from the eighth minute when Podolski collected a pullback from Muel

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World Cup Cup survival already on line for Slovenia, Algeria

Slovenia and Algeria will already be playing for World Cup survival when they meet in their opening Group C match on Sunday. After reaching South

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