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Janko Tipsarevic is the George Harrison of the Serbian Fab Four. He pushed Roger Federer to five sets at the Australian Open and upset Andy Roddick at Wimbledon.
Little league officials in Connecticut say that a young player is too good to pitch and that other children are afraid to bat against him.
The testimony underscores that the more than two-year-old federal investigation of Joseph L. Brunoâs business dealings has not been deterred by his retirement as State Senate majority leader.
The Justice Department will roll back a set of rules that penalized companies if they insisted on paying employeesâ legal fees or protecting their confidential communications with corporate lawyers.
A Craigslist solicitation for a live-in nanny reads like a desperate request for a certain kind of masochist.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 27, 2008, covering August 28, 2008.
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Kid Rock
Miley Cyrus
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Philip Toll Hill Jr. was an American racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1958 to 1966. Hill won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1961 with Ferrari, and won three Grands Prix across eight seasons. In endurance racing, Hill was a three-time winner of both the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the 12 Hours of Sebring, all with Ferrari. Upon winning the 24 Hours of Daytona in 1964 with NART, Hill became the first driver to complete the Triple Crown of endurance racing.
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