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...arms. When Nell, who did not want to reveal her real name, started an Arnel Pineda fan site in December, the Florida-based web developer says angry Journey fans left death threats on her answering machine. The band's traditional fanbase is mostly white and American, and some are upset that Pineda is neither. "Journey is supposed to be an all-American band," one fan wrote in an online forum...
...variety of cardboard packages and envelopes they had to carry in their bags, or any way they could. Their driving motivation was a $1,000 prize, and in the end, longtime messengers Carlos Ramirez, Alfred Bobe, Jr. and Hines managed to beat the younger riders in a last-minute upset. Split three ways, that means each rider made a little over $300 in roughly five minutes. The winner of the pro race walked away with...
...Democratic nominee's going to be." The pronouncement rocketed through the mediasphere and the campaigns themselves. As the New York Times reported shortly afterward, "The thought echoed throughout the world of instant political analysis, blocking the Clinton campaign's efforts to portray her slim victory in Indiana as an upset, as well as her camp's hopeful analysis that she still had a chance to convert superdelegates with triumphs in the races ahead...
...only 12% of pediatricians admit to feeling effective about a child's weight problem during office visits, even if that problem is an obvious one. For many practitioners, there's a fear that not only are the parents unaware of the situation but also they will be angered or upset by the information. More worrisome is how the news will make the child feel, particularly during the emotional storms and ego swings of adolescence...
...Still, Portugal's 2-0 dismantling of Turkey was an early warning the Portuguese are all about avenging their crushing upset to Greece in the 2004 final. Its defense, led by Real Madrid's Pepe, prefers to pass the ball out of its own box rather than boom long clears. In the middle of the park the petulant Deco kept demanding balls that by rights belonged to Christiano Ronaldo, who drew Turkish defenders like the moon does the sea. Here's a guy, who, with three opponents on him, doesn't even think about reversing the ball but instead decides...