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ANALYSIS: It's OK to lose pounds sterling 27M, we're investing, says C4 boss
Evening Standard, LondonIt is the morning after the Baftas and David Abraham is feeling fragile. But it's not because the Channel 4 chief executive has been partying or because he is worried as he prepares to announce the state-owned broadcaster has made a pounds sterling 27...Tags: Advertising, Google Inc., Television Industry, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Online Media Industry
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Prince Harry plays football, honors war veterans on U.S. visit
Prince Harry has a future in American football if that whole royal heir/third in line to the throne thing doesn't work out. The young royal set out on his U.S. visit over last week and, over the weekend, he partook in a very American pastime: football....Tags: John McCain, Misty May-Treanor, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, Harry of Wales, Armed Conflicts
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PRESS DIGEST - British Business- May 13
ReutersMay 13 (Reuters) - The Guardian PARTS OF UK COAL MAY BE NATIONALISED AFTER COLLIERY FIRE CLOSES PIT Troubled parts of UK Coal, Britain's largest coal mining business, could return to public ownership under plans being discussed by ministers that would...Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Coal, Bloomberg L.P., Deutsche Bank AG, Vietnam
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Prince Harry's visit puts global attention on Colorado Springs
The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colo.)Britain's Prince Harry left Colorado Springs Sunday, but plenty of his friends and admirers stuck around to take in the sights and fun the area has to offer. And more could follow in the wake of worldwide exposure that came with the royal visit to the...Tags: Harry of Wales, Travel, Germany, England, Al Jazeera (tv network)
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Promoting sports for young women is Lazarus' goal
For Barb Lazarus, enough will probably never be enough when it comes to her vision. Lazarus, a four-sport athlete at Highland Park in the late 1970s, has more than done her share of work when it comes to nurturing female athletes of all levels. She...
Tags: Awards and Prizes, Crime, Law and Justice, Sports, Justice System, Lawyers
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Traverse City man has sights set on '16 Paralympics in Rio
The Record-Eagle, Traverse City, Mich.Craig Vogtsberger has fleeting memories of walking between two military humvees as he trained stateside just before the National Guardsman deployed to Bosnia on a peace-keeping mission. "I remember looking at them, wrecked, and realizing I'd just been...Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Health Treatments, Physical Therapy, Chemical Industry, Pain
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RS refuses to budge on World Cup plan
The Bangkok PostThe National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) is insisting that all 64 matches of the 2014 FIFA World Cup be broadcast on free TV channels in accordance with the must-have rule. The regulation requires companies holding broadcast...Tags: International Broadcasting Corporation, Sports, Soccer, Petroleum Industry, Olympic Games
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Going for gold
Khaleej TimesParalympic Thuraya Al Zaabi believed it was over when a stroke left her permanently paralysed -- that was before she became a record-breaking medallist for the UAE's Paralympic team on the international scene Emirati national Thuraya Al Zaabi goes...Tags: Physical Therapists, Dubai (United Arab Emirates), Physical Conditions, Track and Field, United Arab Emirates
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Philadelphia declares interest in 2024 Olympics bid
The Philadelphia InquirerWill Olympians scull on the Schuylkill, spike beach volleyballs in Wildwood, pole vault in Fairmount Park? Mayor Nutter would like to think so. On Monday, he told the U.S. Olympic Committee in a letter that the Philadelphia region is...Tags: International Olympic Committee, The Philadelphia Inquirer, U.S. Congress
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KU Relays blade runner has Olympic dreams
The Kansas City StarBlake Leeper didn't have the usual high school athletic career. For instance, while playing baseball, a prosthetic leg would sometimes come off. Or while running cross country, competitors weren't shy about letting him know they didn't want to lose to...Tags: Special Olympics, Oscar Pistorius, Awards and Prizes, Track and Field, 2012 Summer Paralympics
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For those with undying spirit
Khaleej TimesThuraya Al Zaabi, Mohammed Al Qaid, Abdullah Al Ahbabi and many more who came up winners in the Paralympics are not made in a day. They are among the more than 500 special needs individuals in the UAE, who have grown with the Al Thiqah Club for...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Dubai (United Arab Emirates), Track and Field, United Arab Emirates, Asiad
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Olympic Stadium sells out fast for Bolt's London return
Tens of thousands of tickets for Usain Bolt's return to the scene of his London Olympic victories sold out within 75 minutes of going on sale on Friday, organizers said. Bolt, who won three sprint golds in London last year to match his Beijing haul,...
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