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…and the bailiff’s duck refused to play the accordion.

Monday, November 3rd, 2008

Missing juror lied about father’s death
By JESSE J. HOLLAND, Associated Press Writer - 36 mins ago
WASHINGTON – A juror who vanished during Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens’ corruption trial told the judge Monday she lied about her father dying and flew to California to see horse races.
U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan ordered Marian Hinnant, identified as […]

Posted in Courts, Washington, Alaska, Horse Racing |

I walk 47 miles of barbed wire,

Monday, June 16th, 2008

I use a cobra-snake for a necktie,
I got a brand new house on the roadside,
Made from rattlesnake hide,
I got a brand new chimney made on top,
Made out of a human skull,
Now come on take a walk with me, Mikey,
And tell me, who do you love?
Ellas McDaniel (Bo Diddley) –1956
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GOV BLASTS ‘NASTY’ MIKE
By FREDRIC U. […]

Posted in New York, Music, Horse Racing, Mayor Bloomberg, Paterson-NY Gov. |

Bangladesh cyclone death toll tops 3,100–AP headline, 11/19/2007

Monday, November 19th, 2007

The headline recalls a post I made here May 22, 2006.

I counted 17 New York Times stories(10 by Times writers plus letters to the editor) about the injury to Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro.
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I have also included front pages from Saturday, Sunday and Monday. On none of the front pages did I see any reference to […]

Posted in News Media, Katrina, Homeland Security, African-Americans, Horse Racing, Natural Disasters, Bangladesh |

Just wait until NAFTA has its way with the sport.

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007

Artificial surfaces gaining momentum with horse trainers
May 1, 2007
Street Sense, with exercise rider Mark Cutler up, exercises around the Churchill Downs track in Louisville, Ky.,
Monday, April 30, 2007.
AP - Apr 30, 12:40 pm EDT
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Change doesn’t come easily at the home of the Kentucky Derby, a place that likes to think time […]

Posted in Horse Racing |

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