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...tied - literally tied - for the Critics' Choice Award for Best Actress with Meryl Streep. Onstage that night, Bullock showed the zany streak that endeared her to Oscar voters by mock-charging Streep when accepting her half of the award and then planting an openmouthed kiss onto a surprised but game Streep. "To the critics, I bet you never saw this coming," Bullock said of her victory in her speech. She ended it with, "I don't know what to say, but Meryl is a great kisser." (See "The Never-Ending Role of Sandra Bullock...
...shuttlecock star Lin Dan graces billboards and TV ads around China, and the firm opened a "badminton paradise" last year in Singapore, its first international outlet. Although badminton won't feature as prominently in its first American shop, which opened in January, the firm's determination to bring its game to the big boys is unchanged. The store is located in Portland, Ore. - just a sneaker's lob from the headquarters of a company named Nike...
...Quakers shot 61 percent for the game, going 11-for-19 beyond...
Despite hobbling around the court for most of the game, Belcore had a career-high 17 points—including five three-pointers. The sophomore made all three of his first-half field goal attempts, as did Monckton, helping their team remain within five at the break...
...recent demonstrations topple the government, Novodvorskaya says, most likely the communists or some other authoritarian force will seize power. Such parties are best placed, she says, to promise handouts and paternalism, the things people want at a time of financial crisis. "We've played that bloody game with the Bolsheviks before, and the motives behind these protests are again material. These people don't want to hear about free-market capitalism and European integration. These are foreign notions here, and they will support anyone still capable of throwing them a bone. Don't be confused. The government still has bones...