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...Banksy is a 34-year-old native of Bristol, England, named Robin Gunningham, Britain's the Mail on Sunday reported on July 13. The thread that may have unraveled the mystery was a 2004 photograph taken in Jamaica, which many - including photographer Peter Dean Rickards - say is the only known picture of Banksy. (The artist's agent, Steve Lazarides, denied that the photo - which depicts a man in jeans and sneakers crouching above a can of spray paint - is of Banksy. A spokeswoman for the artist declined to confirm or deny the Mail's report.) (See pictures of Banksy...
...tournament. Three weeks after he married tennis great Chris Evert, Norman had defied all expectations by displaying three rounds of breathtaking golf redolent of the form that won him British Open Championships in 1986 and 1993. But his final-round 77 and tied third-place finish behind England's Ian Poulter further cement his standing as golf's most heartbreaking avatar of almost-but-not-quite. Yesterday included, Norman has now led seven times going into the final day of a major without going on to win (his only front-of-the-pack victory was at Turnberry...
...want pity to put her on the team. But she insists that even though the other U.S. horses are more impressive "on paper," she and Mandiba could have won in Hong Kong, where the equestrian events will be held. "I totally respect the decision," says O'Connor, from England, where she's training with the U.S. team (she and Mandiba are Olympic alternates). "Am I happy about it? Heck...
...They did come home together, just not the way we wanted.' JIM WAREING, director of New England Caring for Our Military, after the bodies of two U.S. soldiers--Army Sergeant Alex Jimenez and Private Byron W. Fouty--were discovered in Iraq a year after their abduction by insurgents...
...Despite banner headlines warning of a "Broken Britain," it remains relatively safe. The homicide rate of 1.6 per 100,000 in England and Wales compares favorably with the rate of 5.9 per 100,000 in the U.S. Overall crime figures are down by one-third since the ruling Labour Party was voted into power in 1997, and London has actually seen a reduction in most violent offenses in recent years...