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...father ran down to the ice from the stands to see his son. “I’m in big trouble,” Travis managed to say. “I can’t feel anything and my neck is hurting...but Dad, I made...
Conversely, the Olympics can play a positive role by serving as an introduction of many foreign sports to the rest of the world, highlighting games that other countries can adopt, learn, and come to cherish. Even though handball may not be the next big craze in your hometown gym, the Olympics should still keep it on its roster. Like other, far more obscure, sports, it is popular in many countries, and the best of its ranks deserve to play for a medal as much as the best biathletes and curlers...
...both houses of Congress, the President's own party shoulders the primary burden for passing legislation. Disagreements between Democrats have so far been major stumbling blocks to passing health care reform, as have apparent disagreements between House and Senate Democrats over the shape of financial regulatory reform. "The big question on health care is whether it is better to ask the Democrats who voted for this once to go home and defend that vote without a piece of legislation or ask them to vote for it again," said one Administration official...
...long hidden behind private property signs. But the discoveries didn't stop there. After spending more time at the site, Saint Onge realized that the carved crown and its relation to one of the spheres was strikingly similar to the way the constellation Ursa Major - which includes the Big Dipper - related to the position of Polaris, the North Star. "But as a paleontologist, I live my life looking down at the ground," says Saint Onge, who runs an archaeological-consulting firm out of nearby Arroyo Grande. "I didn't know much about astronomy at all." (See who were the first...
...South Korean households than girls, the result of sex screening and selective abortion due to the preference of couples for male babies. In recent years, many of these men have taken home wives from other parts of Asia, a solution that has left many couples grappling with a big cultural gap. Marrying a North Korean woman, Hong says, is a better fit. "They share our same traditions," he says...