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...title Ms. Wheelchair Wisconsin was awarded last week to the third-place contestant after the winner was forced to give back her crown and the first runner-up refused to take it. Why the pageant turmoil? Officials said Janeal Lee, 30, a scooter-dependent teacher with muscular dystrophy who can still walk about 50 feet a day, violated a rule against appearing in public out of her wheelchair. "Every year there are tasks I have to give up doing because of my disease," says Lee. "I guess when it progresses enough, I'd be able to enter [the contest] again...
...Einstein, who was born in Ulm, Württemberg, Germany, in 1879, lived and worked in BERLIN for 18 years before migrating to the U.S. in 1933. And from May 16 to Sept. 30, "Albert Einstein-Chief Engineer of the Universe" runs in Berlin's Kronprinzenpalais (Crown Prince's Palace), now a museum. "Chief Engineer" is an interactive exhibition that uses films and touch-screen PCs to help visitors learn about Einstein's theories. For more info, call (49-30) 22667 344 or visit einsteinausstellung.de...
...hometown boy with the name of a Greek hero and the crown of a home run king was a month away from all he’d ever wanted—a shot at the big leagues, and with the Red Sox, no less...
...team’s returning leader in every triple crown category, the kid who had started all 83 games of his Harvard career and who would have been, without a doubt, Sky Mann’s de facto assistant captain in practice if not in name, had to just stand there...
...Everyone in the league is looking for Harvard to take it [the IRA crown] back because it’s an odd year,” first varsity coxswain Felix Yu said...