Archive for July 12th, 2012

Kite has record-breaking 28 in 9 at US Senior Open

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LAKE ORION, Michigan (AP) — Tom Kite has set a U.S. Golf Association championship nine-hole record with a 28 and finished at 5-under 65 to take the early first-round lead at the U.S. Senior Open.
The 62-year-old Kite says 60 is th…

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Festival still to get a stride in

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In a summer filled with poor weather, organisers of the Cheltenham Festival, just like the Olympics, are praying for just two weeks without rain but it seems even that has been denied to them.

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Season’s best for Borthwick

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Scott Borthwick’s best bowling performance of the season enabled Durham to take an unexpected advantage against Worcestershire before rain returned at New Road.

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Moody’s downgrades Italy debt rating 2 notches

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Credit ratings agency Moody’s Investors Service has downgraded Italy’s government bond rating two notches on concern that deteriorating financial conditions in Europe will lead to a sharp rise in borrowing costs.
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Europa League: Twente ease through

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FC Twente cruised through the first round of Europa League qualifying with a 9-0 aggregate win over UE Santa Coloma.

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Central Americans flood north through Mexico to US

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TULTITLAN, Mexico (AP) — Deported from the United States after years working construction in New Jersey, Hector Augusto Lopez decided to rebuild his life in his hometown in eastern Honduras.
He found a steady job in a shoe store i…

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Pipeline starting to fill with Korean men

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PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida (AP) — To chase his dream, K.J. Choi had to climb a mountain.
His arms were too long for a future in powerlifting, and baseball was just starting to take off in South Korea when he was a teenager. Withou…

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9 dead in Mont Blanc summer avalanche

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CHAMONIX, France (AP) — They set out before dawn, hoping to conquer a mountaineering classic: Mont Blanc, Western Europe’s highest peak. But below the prized summit, a climber is believed to have accidentally caused a slab of ice to snap off, trigger…

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Steven Tyler Exiting As ‘American Idol’ Judge

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Steven Tyler says he’s exiting the hit show “American Idol” after two seasons to rededicate himself to Aerosmith, the long-running rock band he fronts,…

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Female inmate breaks out of Greek jail

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ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s Justice Ministry says a guard has been suspended at the country’s largest prison, after a female inmate from Serbia escaped with the help of a male visitor.
The 43-year-old woman, awaiting trial for …

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