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...victory also broke the Crimson’s 65-year-old single-season wins record, which had stood at 19 wins since 1945—the last time the team went to the NCAA tournament...
...free skate, after freshman Anthony Ryerson had the team’s top finish in the classic race—his best finish of the year. The nordic team had the potential to be a family affair, but the younger Sprague, freshman Kevin, broke his pole midway through the free race before rallying to finish just behind Petach...
...While all week Kim denied feeling burdened by those expectations, she had clearly bottled up some anxiety that needed a release on Thursday. Just after hitting her final pose, she broke down in tears, unable to believe that all the anticipation about the Olympics was finally over. "I still can't believe my performance," she said. "I don't know why I cried. I think I thought it might not turn out well, so when I finished my program, I felt good...
...give Beck some credit. The comment in question served as a segue into an indictment of Republicans who broke campaign promises and voters’ trust. But even if such language is simply a starting point for a more nuanced position on adhering to fiscal responsibility, it matters little. The sound bite is recorded, the message sent, and the damage done. Though to be fair, Glenn Beck is neither a politician nor a strategist. He does not need to concern himself with electioneering or governing. He bills his eponymous show as “the fusion of entertainment and enlightenment...
...Catholic girl from Chicago who got her start as a Playboy model was the second of four daughters of a steel-mill-foreman father and courtroom-custodian mother. She attended Mother McAuley High School. "It can be hard for the cute girl," she recalls. "I was blond, cute, broke. I was beat up. I was thrown inside lockers. I was burned with cigarettes. My hair was lit on fire." To earn money for college - she studied nursing at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale - she sent her photos to Playboy and was Miss October and eventually Playmate of the Year...