For 27 years, 400-meter hurdler Kevin Young has followed a similar routine to celebrate his world record: Call some media outlets to drum up interest (usually, not many takers) and perform a few push-ups (just because). That’s it. No popping of champagne. No special dinners. The American ran 46.78 seconds on Aug. 6, 1992 , […]
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Sisters Alisha, Amelia and Bethany are like any other fun-loving schoolchildren. There is, though, a major part of their life that sets them apart – they are young carers to their mother who has MS and epilepsy. While the girls are assisted by their father, they need respite from their domestic tasks. It is delivered
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The two were about to hand out the award for Outstanding Reality TV when Kardashian, the star of “Keeping Up With The Kardashians,” said: “Our family knows firsthand how truly compelling television comes from real people just being themselves.” Jenner chimed in: “Telling their stories unfiltered and unscripted.” The audience could be heard laughing at
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More than 150,000 Thomas Cook holidaymakers face an uncertain journey home after the travel firm collapsed in the early hours of Monday morning. Many will have longer journeys home, with potentially long coach trips when they get back to the UK. In Cyprus, one couple said their hotel bills hadn’t been paid and the rep
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A look at what’s happening around the majors today: WRIGHT CALL After completing its first four-game sweep at Wrigley Field since 1921, NL Central-leading St. Louis sends Adam Wainwright to the mound for the opener of a three-game series at Arizona. The 38-year-old Wainwright is 4-0 in September, allowing one earned run in 27 innings.
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Pacific Gas & Electric may cut power to more than 100,000 Californians because of hot, dry and windy conditions even as it settles claims from the deadly Northern California wildfires of 2017 and 2018. The San Francisco utility will make the decision before noon Monday on whether it will cut power. The controlled outages in
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Image caption Eliot Fletcher’s foul-mouthed phone call quickly became notorious In the 1980s, long before the internet made swearing at pop stars a mass participation sport, Eliot Fletcher achieved playground notoriety for a foul-mouthed phone call on kids TV. Having sneaked past the switchboard operators at BBC One’s Saturday morning show Going Live, he was
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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionThomas Cook customers react to collapse The biggest peacetime repatriation is underway after travel agent Thomas Cook collapsed on Monday, bringing 150,000 Britons back from overseas. The UK’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is co-ordinating efforts to fly the tourists home after the tour operator “ceased trading with
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Elvis Andrus has spent his entire career as a player in the Texas Rangers’ ballpark, from his debut as a 20-year-old shortstop to consecutive World Series and now being the team’s longest-tenured player. Hunter Pence grew up in Arlington dreaming of what it would be like to play there while watching in awe the construction
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KEENE, N.H. — Beto O’Rourke began his rally with a non sequitur. He told a story of how he was killing time at a park a few hours earlier when he happened upon a woman pounding on a set of drums, with her car parked next to her, and the radio blasting “Any Way You
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