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- BioElectronics Names Stacy Wood, Ph.D., to Board of Directors Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 7:42AMLeading Consumer Marketing Researcher in Pharmaceutical MarketFREDERICK, MD --(September 08, 2010) B...
- Fiery Czech Lada Vrany passes away Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 7:36AMLada Vrany of Aspen, pictured here during a 2006 interview at his home, died last month at the age of 91. ASPEN — A longtime Aspenite known for his crusty Czech exterior and fiery temper has died.
- Art Walk, Sounds combine in Bernardsville Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 7:35AMBERNARDSVILLE – The borough will be bustling Friday evening as music lovers and art aficionados alike converge on the downtown to enjoy two town-wide events, Sounds Around Town and the BernARTSville Art Walk.
- DONCASTER HOSTS CUP REMATCH Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 7:35AMAskar Tau and Darley Sun, first and second in the Doncaster Cup 12 months ago, are among 10 horses declared for Group Two heat on Town Moor on Friday.
- For Your Consideration: Updating Oscar Contenders In The Eye of The Storm Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 7:34AMIn the past seven days or so, there have probably been more developments in the awards race than will be seen during any time period this year. Except for maybe the next seven days. With the Telluride Film Festival all over, the Venice Film Festival entering its eighth day, and the Toronto Film Festival a day away from opening, a lot has gone down and roughly just as much is about ...
- Billings native honored for WWII service Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 7:33AMBILLINGS - Marjorie Rolle went on one of the biggest journeys of her life when she became a member of the Women Airforce Service Pilots in 1943.
- Essex Fox Hounds will hold 70th Hunter Trials Sept. 19 Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 7:32AMPEAPACK-GLADSTONE – The Essex Fox Hounds will hold its 70th Annual Hunter Trials beginning at 8:30 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 19, at the Essex Hunt Club, 48 Holland Road in Peapack.
- HORSE RACING / This week at Golden Gate Fields Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 7:32AMRacing schedule: Today and Friday through Sunday Post time: 12:45 p.m. Feature race: $50,000-added Angel Island Stakes Feature simulcast race: Grade 1, $250,000 Del Mar Futurity Notes: Unlike the Rosie the Riveter Stakes for 2-year-old fillies that was... Horse racing - Filly - Golden Gate Fields - sport - Racing
- BioElectronics Names Stacy Wood, Ph.D., to Board of Directors Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 7:30AMFREDERICK, MD--(Marketwire - 09/08/10) - BioElectronics Corporation (Pinksheets: BIEL - News ), developers of innovative pain-relieving medical devices, today announced the addition of Dr. Stacy Wood to its Board of Directors. Dr. Stacy Wood is an internationally recognized scholar in the study of new product development and the psychology of consumers' innovation adoption. Her recent projects ...
- He's not quite Rite Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 7:27AMASCOT Gold Cup winner Rite Of Passage will miss the Irish St Leger, placing a question mark over him contesting the Melbourne Cup.
- Madden continues winning ways with Mademoiselle Sunday, September 5, 2010 @ 8:31PMThere is no more familiar face at Spruce Meadows than that of Beezie Madden.
- Firefighters Battle Beaumont Wildfire Sunday, September 5, 2010 @ 8:30PMCAL FIRE and Riverside County firefighters battled a 65-acre wildfire in Beaumont that started late Sunday afternoon. Crews included 140 firefighters, three helicopters and four air tankers. Riverside County Fire Department said the vegetation fire burning near Gilman Springs Road and Jack Rabbit Trail had the potential to grow to 150 acres. High temperatures and 25 mph winds contributed to the ...
- Valley City Steps Up to help Curb Over-Crowded Animal Population Sunday, September 5, 2010 @ 8:30PMOne Valley city has stepped up to help curb the over-crowded animal population in the Coachella Valley and the program has been a success! Some Valley residents hope this genorousity spreads to other cities in the Valley. More than 6,000 animals have been brought to the Riverside County Department of Animal Services' shelter in Thousand Palms just this year and so many are euthanized because ...
- Racetrack tourists stranded in Birdsville floods Sunday, September 5, 2010 @ 8:28PMThe remote Western Queensland town of Birdsville is inundated by thousands of visitors for the town's annual horse races each year.
- Thousands stuck after Birdsville deluge Sunday, September 5, 2010 @ 8:20PMThousands of tourists remain stranded in the outback Qld town of Birdsville, amid flooding in the region.
- Saratoga racing season nears finish Sunday, September 5, 2010 @ 8:16PMSARATOGA SPRINGS -- More people and more spending than last yearsurfaced Sunday at the Saratoga Race Course on Sunday, thanks inpart to deep discounts.
- Shocking puts cup hopefuls on notice Sunday, September 5, 2010 @ 7:56PMBookmakers have reacted swiftly to Shocking's win in the Makybe Diva Stakes, winding him in to $8 to win successive Melbourne cups.
- Top Enders flex muscles Sunday, September 5, 2010 @ 7:56PMThe Darwin assault on the Kalgoorlie round began in earnest yesterday when Hannan's Handicap and Boulder-Kalgoorlie cups contenders Lucid Reflection and Club Liquid came through their first serious gallop on the grass with flying colours.
- Twirling Candy wins Del Mar Derby amid controversy Sunday, September 5, 2010 @ 7:54PMTwirling Candy remained undefeated with a dominant victory in the $300,000 Del Mar Derby (G2) on Sunday, but the win was not without controversy as the Candy Ride (Arg) colt carried an opponent out into the middle of the course when he ducked out badly entering the backstretch.
- Soldiers get horse training before Afghan tour - Army News | News from Afghanistan & Iraq - Army Times Sunday, September 5, 2010 @ 10:22AMFRANKLIN, Ind. — Soldiers who will deploy to Afghanistan are getting some essential training before they go — and it doesn’t involve weapons.
- Broken ankle, broken heart — jockey sidelined by injury Sunday, September 5, 2010 @ 10:13AMOne of the Fort Erie Race Track's brightest stars has been sidelined by injury. Jockey Francine Villeneuve -- Canada's top winning female rider -- will miss the remainder of the 2010 racing season because of a broken ankle.[...]
- Track woes resurface at Randwick Sunday, September 5, 2010 @ 10:11AMEven Birdsville was muddy on Saturday so we shouldn't be too critical of Clodsville, better known as Royal Randwick.
- Hearing delayed for 3 accused of violating graves Sunday, September 5, 2010 @ 10:11AMA mandatory state furlough day Friday delayed a pretrial conference for three people accused of damaging graves at Richmond Cemetery.
- Rent the only thing on move at Randwick as decisions take back seat Sunday, September 5, 2010 @ 10:11AMIn the midst of stable rents going up at Randwick, the Australian Jockey Club is set to lose valued client Nathan Tinkler and his Patinack Farm operation from Warwick Farm.
- Waterhouse fills gaps with top riders in Sydney Sunday, September 5, 2010 @ 10:11AMGAI WATERHOUSE has spread the rides for Saturday's Theo Marks Stakes meeting at Rosehill among Sydney's top jockeys, with Corey Brown and Hugh Bowman linking with the resurgent stable.
- Star mare named best in the nation Sunday, September 5, 2010 @ 10:11AMTYPHOON TRACY last night capped off a season to remember for Caulfield trainer Peter Moody when she was crowned Australia's champion racehorse.
- UNDERCARD: C.S. Silk bests impressive field in Addison Mallery Stakes at Saratoga Race Course Sunday, September 5, 2010 @ 10:10AMSARATOGA SPRINGS — Plenty of back class signed on for Saturday’s seventh race, the $70,000 Addison Mallery Stakes run at a mile on the Inner Turf. The field of eight included three horses with extensive Grade I experience in My Princess Jess, Fantasia and Be Fair.
- Michigan St.'s run game saved by the Bell Sunday, September 5, 2010 @ 9:57AMThose self-anointed experts responsible for affixing stars to high school recruits generally thought Le'Veon Bell deserved only two. If you play in Ohio and Jim Tressel has no interest, then you must not rank among the state's true football elite, because Ohio State attracts only the best of the backyard crème de la crème.
- Family cut off by creek in floods Sunday, September 5, 2010 @ 9:52AMTHE Jennings family were in surprisingly good spirits after waking up to find themselves trapped on their property on Saturday morning.
- INCIDENTS 9/4/10 Saturday, September 4, 2010 @ 10:36AMJACKSON COUNTY Property damage wreck involving a vehicle sitting in the middle of the road, caller advised it looks like the rear end is out of it, 7000 block South County Road 550E, Crothersville, 2:06 a.m. Friday. Drugs, 8000 block North County...
- Soul Custody gives Hastings oval another shot Saturday, September 4, 2010 @ 10:32AMVANCOUVER, British Columbia – Dearest Princess and Otero will have home-field advantage over Emerald Downs-based Soul Custody in the $50,000 Hong Kong Jockey Club for 3-year-old fillies at Hastings Monday.
- William Buick's rising star set to glow even brighter with Arctic Cosmos Saturday, September 4, 2010 @ 10:30AMRising star William Buick has chance to underline his talent by winning his first Classic, the Ladbroke St Leger at Doncaster.
- Gr-eight afternoon in prospect at Fontwell Park Saturday, September 4, 2010 @ 10:28AMA bumper eight-race card helps Fontwell Park celebrate its figure of eight track and 888sport's sponsorship of its new grandstand on Sunday afternoon. (04/09/2010 16:14:01)
- Ne-Yo Says He Was Misquoted Regarding Statements About T.I. & Tiny's Arrest Saturday, September 4, 2010 @ 10:20AMR&B singer Ne-Yo says he was quoted about his remarks about T.I . and Tiny's arrest in Los Angeles this week for possession of a controlled substance.
- Daily events shape future views Saturday, September 4, 2010 @ 10:17AMI've studied history pretty well all of my life. It's something I've always enjoyed, partly because I'm nosy and I like to know how people used to live, and partly because I've always liked a good story.[...]
- The Hampton Classic Continues Despite Hurricane Earl [Video] Saturday, September 4, 2010 @ 10:16AMHurricane Earl threatened to ruin one of the Hampton’s biggest...
- Quality effort: Baker boys are back Saturday, September 4, 2010 @ 10:12AMNew Zealand's ''Baker boys'', who won the 2008 AJC Australian Derby with Nom De Jeu, are back with another handy stayer. Murray Baker, who trains with his son Bjorn, turned up at Randwick with the lightly raced Lion Tamer and left with the Ming Dynasty Quality. ''It's good to be back,'' Bjorn said after Lion Tamer rattled along the inside to score. ''He had everything against him today, barrier ...
- Rose has sweet smell of success Saturday, September 4, 2010 @ 10:11AMGai Waterhouse has another star on the rise in Kiss From A Rose, which returned with a bang at Randwick yesterday. ''She annihilated them at the end,'' Waterhouse said of the 3.75-length win from Ofcourseican. Kiss From A Rose had won her first two starts before bleeding as favourite in a race in the autumn. ''You're always a bit more careful with them when they are coming back from bleeding ...
- Autumn walks: the real Lark Rise and beyond Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 4:50AMAdrian Woodford strolls around Evenley while Tim Jepson offers ideas and tips for autumn walking trips.
- Nicolas Cage 'to star in Bollywood gangster film' Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 4:46AMNicolas Cage is set to star in a Bollywood gangster film, according to reports.
- On-Set Photos of Steven Spielberg's 'War Horse' Emerge Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 4:33AMThe acclaimed filmmaker directs the cast and crew of the drama during the production in Meavy, England.
- Volunteers needed for horse therapy Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 4:30AMFree SPIRIT Riders Inc. is looking for individuals to become involved with its program by attending an upcoming side walker training and orientation.
- In defeat, Rachel still a hero Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 11:13PMFilly still fan favorite after second-place finish Unlike nearly a year ago, the Saratoga Race Course applause Sunday for Rachel Alexandra as Calvin Borel guided her to outside the winner's circle was bittersweet, not thunderous. The 2009 Horse of the Year and 2-5 favorite, winner of last year's Woodward Stakes, had just finished second to a long shot named Persistently in the Personal Ensign ...
- Pet feature: Rescuing the rescue Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 11:13PMCathy Mesaric was desperate. As owner of the Last Chance Ranch in Troy, she'd dedicated years of her life to caring for abused, neglected and unwanted horses. She nursed them back to health and taught them it was OK to trust humans again.
- Rachel just not the same Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 11:13PMSARATOGA SPRINGS -- [...] let's face it, ladies and gentlemen. A year ago, Rachel was beating her own kind by ridiculous margins like 19 and 20 lengths. Rachel knocked on their door and asked to play. By the time the year ended, none of the boys wanted to answer the door anymore. [...] owner Jess Jackson, being the sport that he is, wanted to run her as a 4-year-old. When the race was over ...
- Family celebrates a century on Jefferson Township farm Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 11:01PMBELLE UNION -- When Oliver Stringer purchased an 80-acre farm in Jefferson Township in 1910, it's unlikely he could have imagined our world today. High-speed travel has made it possible for families...
- WERTHEIM: U.S. Open men's seed report Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 10:59PMSI.com's Jon Wertheim breaks down the men's and women's seeds at the U.S. Open. Read on for the top first-round matchups, dark horses to watch and his predicted winners. Find Wertheim's women's seed report here.
- Mandella barn starting to roll Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 10:43PMTrainer Richard Mandella has had a tough meeting at Del Mar, but his horses are starting to run now that the meet is coming down the stretch.
- Superstar and Local Star Combine for Polo Victory Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 10:43PMLucchese team caps perfect season with Pacific Coast Open championship.
- Western Oneida Co. residents take mosquito virus threat in stride Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 10:36PMTodd Traxel’s house sits about 10 yards from a pond of stagnant water that can be a mosquito mecca. But beyond turning on an insect-zapping device that draws in its victims with a warm, bright light, he hasn’t done anything to protect himself from the nearby bugs that recently tested positive for Eastern equine encephalitis, a virus potentially fatal to horses and humans.