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Capitals beat Bruins 2-1 to level series 2-2
Thu,19 Apr 2012 07:39 PM PDT
Reuters -  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Washington Capitals overcame the absence of Nicklas Backstrom and a 45-21 disadvantage in shots on goal to defeat the Boston Bruins 2-1 on Thursday and level their Eastern Conference first round playoff best-of-seven series at 2-2. Braden Holtby, Washington's 22-year-old rookie netminder, was brilliant in goal, repeatedly stopping Boston drives to the net with acrobatic saves. The series, with each game having been decided by just one goal, heads back to Boston for Game Five on Saturday. ...
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Famed Fenway Park becomes hot prop of political campaigns
Thu,19 Apr 2012 05:50 PM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - Legendary Boston baseball venue Fenway Park has been a theater of drama and heartbreak for Red Sox fans in its century-long history, but this year it is entering a whole new league. Major League Baseball's old jewel has become the hottest prop of the political season, gracing the campaigns of Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney and local Senator Scott Brown, and hosting one of the nation's top political talk shows. Fenway Park celebrates its 100th birthday on Friday, an occasion that team brass and the city of Boston have been marking all spring. ... Full Story | Top |
Obama to give basketball coach Summitt top honor
Thu,19 Apr 2012 05:26 PM PDT
Reuters -  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Thursday he will give the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the top civilian honor, to retiring University of Tennessee women's basketball coach Pat Summitt, who amassed the most wins of any men's or women's collegiate basketball coach. Summitt, 59, announced her retirement on Wednesday following the disclosure last year that she suffers from early-onset dementia. ...
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Golf-Every breaks course record to grab Texas lead
Thu,19 Apr 2012 05:21 PM PDT
Reuters - April 19 (Reuters) - Matt Every set a new course record witha flawless round of 63 to grab a three shot lead after the firstround of the Texas Open in San Antonio on Thursday. Every's nine-under par bogey free round bettered by a strokethe 64 shot at the TPC course by Ryan Palmer and Scott Piercy in2010. "No bogies is always good no matter what course," Every toldreporters. "I didn't even know what the course record was untilI got done. "I kind of kept going and got a few good breaks in themiddle of the round to keep the momentum going and then (it)added up to nine-under. ... Full Story | Top |
Famed Fenway Park becomes hot prop of political campaigns
Thu,19 Apr 2012 04:51 PM PDT
Reuters -  (Reuters) - Legendary Boston baseball venue Fenway Park has been a theater of drama and heartbreak for Red Sox fans in its century-long history, but this year it is entering a whole new league. Major League Baseball's old jewel has become the hottest prop of the political season, gracing the campaigns of Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney and local Senator Scott Brown, and hosting one of the nation's top political talk shows. Fenway Park celebrates its 100th birthday on Friday, an occasion that team brass and the city of Boston have been marking all spring. ...
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Rehearsal for London torch relay amid words of comfort
Thu,19 Apr 2012 04:21 PM PDT
Reuters -  LONDON (Reuters) - London 2012 organizers, who will stage a dress rehearsal for the Olympic torch relay on Friday, received comforting reassurance from a previous host city over fears of protests. The torches, which will be unlit, will travel by train, road and boat between Leicester and Peterborough in central England. A man who was at the heart of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics reassured Britain on Thursday that potential demonstrations are likely to melt away when national excitement takes off during the relay and the Games. ...
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Red Sox get ready to celebrate 100 years at Fenway
Thu,19 Apr 2012 03:28 PM PDT
Reuters -  BOSTON (Reuters) - Major League Baseball's oldest stadium hits the century mark on Friday and the Boston Red Sox are throwing a grand 100th anniversary bash for fabled Fenway Park. Thursday brought the Red Sox faithful an invitation to a remarkable house party, with thousands of fans welcomed into the quirky old ballpark to savor an up-close view of the diamond treasure nestled in the middle of the bustling seaboard city. Another 100 fans won pairs of Fenway game tickets by finding the prize inside balloons placed around town. ...
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Protests rage as Bahrain Grand Prix event to start
Thu,19 Apr 2012 02:15 PM PDT
Reuters -  MANAMA (Reuters) - Formula One cars take to the track in Bahrain on Friday with the government hoping a successful Grand Prix will draw a line under more than a year of Arab Spring protests and activists promising to mark the motor race with "days of rage".
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Protests rage as Bahrain Grand Prix event to start
Thu,19 Apr 2012 02:09 PM PDT
Reuters - MANAMA, April 20 (Reuters) - Formula One cars take to thetrack in Bahrain on Friday with the government hoping asuccessful Grand Prix will draw a line under more than a year ofArab Spring protests and activists promising to mark the motorrace with "days of rage". On the eve of the first practice session, police fired teargas and stun grenades to disperse demonstrators on Thursday inthe kind of clashes that have built up in the week leading toSunday's round of the World Championship. Bahrain has been in turmoil since a democracy movementerupted last year following uprisings in Egypt and ... Full Story | Top |
Catcher Rodriguez to retire on Monday
Thu,19 Apr 2012 12:11 PM PDT
Reuters -  (Reuters) - Fourteen time All-Star Ivan "Pudge" Rodriguez, who caught in more games than any other Major League Baseball player, will retire on Monday, the Texas Rangers said on Thursday. Rodriguez, 40, has scheduled a news conference for Arlington, Texas, where he began his 21-year career with the Rangers in 1991 as a 19-year-old. He will be honored at an on-the-field ceremony before the Rangers' game with the New York Yankees and will throw out the ceremonial first pitch. The Puerto Rican-born catcher last played in the Major Leagues in 2011 with the Washington Nationals. ...
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Obama to give basketball coach Summitt top honor
Thu,19 Apr 2012 12:02 PM PDT
Reuters -  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Thursday he will give the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the top civilian honor, to retiring University of Tennessee women's basketball coach Pat Summitt, who amassed the most wins of any men's or women's collegiate basketball coach.
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WRAPUP 5-Unrest simmers ahead of Bahrain Grand Prix
Thu,19 Apr 2012 11:16 AM PDT
Reuters - (Adds sources saying several petrol bombs thrown) * Police fire tear gas and stun grenades * Force India team members in petrol bomb incident * Activists plan "days of rage" against race MANAMA, April 19 (Reuters) - Bahrain riot police fired teargas and stun grenades at anti-government activists on Thursdayand members of the Force India race team were caught up in apetrol bomb incident as unrest simmered ahead of this weekend'sFormula One Grand Prix. ... Full Story | Top |
Britain's Proms: music for everyone in Olympic UK
Thu,19 Apr 2012 11:09 AM PDT
Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - In London's Olympic year, the BBC Proms is mounting an Olympian effort to attract audiences to its 92-concert summer season, and to be sure they can get there amid the crush of athletes and hundreds of thousands of fans flooding the city. "It's an international musical festival which happens to take place in the UK," Proms director and BBC Radio 3 controller Roger Wright said at a news conference on Thursday launching the 118th Proms season. ... Full Story | Top |
Australia set West Indies 215 to win
Thu,19 Apr 2012 10:50 AM PDT
Reuters -  PORT OF SPAIN (Reuters) - Australia set West Indies 215 runs from 61 overs to win the second test in Trinidad and square their series after declaring midway through the final day on Thursday. Australia captain Michael Clarke called an end to Australia's second innings about half an hour after lunch with the tourists on 160 for eight, an overall lead of 214. Australia, who only need to draw the match to retain the Frank Worrell Trophy after winning last week's first test in Barbados, started the day on 73-3 and added 87 runs for the loss of five wickets. ...
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