VIDEO - Vail Daily SportsBlender national 8.31.08
August 31st 2008
EAGLE COUNTY, Colorado - Check in with sports editor Chris Freud and sports writer Ian Smtih for a glance at the national sports scene.
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Archive for August, 2008
Billionaire Tory party treasurer faces Britain’s biggest divorce settlement after split from wife
August 31st 2008
Billionaire Tory Party treasurer Michael Spencer has separated from his wife after 25 years of marriage.
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A million people flee New Orleans as ‘catastrophic’ Hurricane Gustav prepares to strike
August 31st 2008
A million people have boarded up their homes and businesses and taken to highways along the U.S. Gulf Coast as Hurricane Gustav prepares to strike Louisiana.
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How ‘crazy’ new Health and Safety rules on ladders could add £1,000 to repairs on your home
August 31st 2008
The cost of home repairs just keeps climbing and climbing - thanks to health and safety regulations restricting the use of ladders. Builders say they have to turn to scaffolding.
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Pictured: The giant 11-month old baby who is already the size of an eight-year-old
August 31st 2008
This bundle of blubber may only be 11 months old, but he is already the size of an eight-year-old.
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Gordon and I are BOTH at the helm, claims David Miliband
August 31st 2008
Labour leadership hopeful David Miliband today appears to taunt a weakened Gordon Brown by suggesting they are now joint leaders of the Government.
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Weatherwatch with John Ketley
August 31st 2008
The remnants of hurricanes often cross the Atlantic and impact on our weather, thankfully less severely.
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Jesus in a jumpsuit: The bizarre past of the man behind the ‘naff’ Beijing-London Olympic handover
August 31st 2008
Critics of the controversial event marking the handover of the Olympics from Beijing to London have slammed organisers for employing a producer with a track record of unconventional stunts.
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Eagle County Weed of the Week: Myrtle Spurge
August 31st 2008
This noxious weed has a ‘highly agressive nature’
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Revealed: Saudi women preaching hate in the British mosque that promised to clean up its act 18 months ago
August 31st 2008
Hardline female ‘preachers of hate’ are radicalising Muslim women at one of Britain’s top mosques.
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