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Padraig Harrington's practice range in the backyard of his Dublin home comes equipped with floodlights. When his wife hauls him in after midnight, as she often does, the Irish golfer retires to a specially designed indoor range in his basement. At most tournaments, Harrington is the last golfer to leave the practice ground; at one event this year he hid a stash of balls behind a hospitality tent so he could sneak back out to practice after the staff went home. As is common to addicts, those close to Harrington try to wean him off his habit. His caddy...
...released recently by the Korean Central News Agency, the propaganda arm of the North Korean government, that are meant to give the impression that Kim Jong Il is back running his benighted country after a stroke last summer. And then there are those shown here, of Kim at an indoor swimming pool. He looks old, frail and sick. The pictures, according to diplomats and intelligence analysts in East Asia and Washington, capture reality. Kim is 68, and though it is thought he has made a reasonable recovery, he has apparently not resumed all his duties as North Korea's absolute...
Every first family puts its stamp on the White House. The Obamas' new kitchen garden echoes the victory garden planted by Eleanor Roosevelt during WW II. F.D.R. made a cloakroom into a movie theater and put in an indoor swimming pool. Nixon, an avid bowler, added a one-lane alley. Eco-friendly Jimmy Carter installed solar panels on the roof in 1979, only to have Ronald Reagan remove them in 1986--proof that even First Families can't go home again...
...field circuit, Becky Christensen has been a household name for a while now. For the second straight year, it appears that the entire country has taken notice of the Harvard co-captain as well. This weekend, Christensen returned to her home state of Texas to compete in the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships for the second year in a row. In a high jump event that featured some of the best athletes in the country, the standout Crimson athlete finished fifth overall and garnered back-to-back All-American Indoor honors after clearing a 1.83-meter bar on Friday...
...injured wrist, experienced heatstroke on Saturday, according to the team. “It was a difficult match because we had not been used to the outdoor conditions,” Rosekrans said. “It was a shock to all of us after playing indoor for four months straight.” Rosekrans, at No. 2, recorded the only win in the Saturday match, defeating Maria Spenceley in three sets, 6-1, 4-6, 6-3. Freshman Camille Jania, who played strongly against a fierce competitor, barely fell short. Jania faced nationally-ranked No. 120 Mariana Muci...