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How Odd that Mitt's Smitten With Clinton

Mitt Romney and new BFF Bill Clinton Mitt Romney is full of praise for Bill Clinton even as he heaps scorn on Obama.

Okinawans push to preserve unique language

NAHA, Okinawa Pref. — Byron Fija, 42, has an identity crisis. Part of it is his looks. He’s Japanese, born to a white American father and an Okinawan mother, a couple who never married, and he seems to take more after his dad. But it’s when he talks that people are really taken aback.

Phil Mickelson makes crazy birdie

May, 18, 2012 IRVING, Texas — Phil Mickelson is the biggest name in the HP Byron Nelson Championship field and he is giving fans some pleasing golf on Friday afternoon. Mickelson is once again hitting shots from everywhere. And his birdie on No. 9 was his most memorable of the Nelson so far.

Pregnant employee fired from Las Vegas hotel for saying 'bye bye'

In a time where controversial murder cases and a rash of celebrity deaths are going down, there are still the strange and uncommon happening as well. A former Cosmpolitan Resort and Casino employee, Melodee Megia, claims that the upscale, four-star Las Vegas hotel has fired her for being pregnant.

Weird News: New fruit dubbed a 'papple' goes on sale in supermarket

Home News Weird News A FRUIT so new it’s yet to be named – but described as a pear disguised as an apple – is to go on sale in the UK next week. Marks & Spencer state the fruit, dubbed a “papple”, looks and tastes like an apple but has the skin and texture of a pear, and is in the pear family.

Kyoto's Allred has unique perspective on game, life

The Japan Times periodically features interviews with players in the bj-league. Lance Allred of the Kyoto Hannaryz is the subject of this week’s profile. College: Weber State (first attended Utah) Noteworthy: Allred represented Kyoto in the 2011-12 All-Star Game at Saitama Super Arena.

Crazy Horse : les danseuses ont repris le travail jeudi soir

Après avoir dû l’annuler mardi et mercredi, le Crazy Horse a pu maintenir jeudi soir son spectacle «Feu». Les danseuses du cabaret ont mis fin à leur mouvement de grève après avoir trouvé - in extremis – un accord avec la direction  sur la revalorisation des salaires. Elles menaient depuis deux jours la première grève de l’histoire de l’établissement afin d’obtenir une augmentation générale de salaire et une meilleure reconnaissance de leurs prestations scéniques très dénudées.

Unique program helps local students take a stand against bullying

(WXYZ) – John Halligan states October 7th, 2003 was the day life changed for his family. “I was never prepared for that phone call. My wife stated John! John! You need to come home! Ryan killed himself!,” Halligan recalled. His 13-year-old son Ryan committed suicide soon after starting 8th grade in Vermont.

PARIS – Les danseuses du Crazy Horse troquent les paillettes pour le piquet de …

PARIS – Elles ne se dshabilleront pas ce soir: les danseuses du Crazy Horse, le clbre cabaret parisien, ont entam depuis mardi la premire grve de leur histoire afin d’obtenir des augmentations de salaire et une meilleure reconnaissance de leur prestations sur scne, entirement nues. Face cette “situation indite”, la direction du cabaret a t “contrainte d’annuler les reprsentations” de mardi et de mercredi, selon un communiqu transmis l’AFP.

A Special Kind of Tournament

All the boat prep is finished, the rods are strapped down, cameras are running and the life vests are fastened, so it’s nearly time to go for this weekend’s tournament.  There’s nothing new or uncommon about that.  It’s a pretty normal weekend event for thousands of bass fishermen nearly every Saturday or Sunday during 8 or 9 months of the year.  But as my partner and I sat waiting on them to call our boat number on this particular weekend’s ...