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London businesses bemoan Olympic slump
The Olympics have turned London into a tale of two cities, with shops, hotels, theatres and restaurants in the centre suffering a tourist drought while crowds throng to the games a few miles to the east. Continue reading
Sugar Ray Leonard — I Coulda BEAT Manny Pacquiao
Sugar Ray Leonard says … in his prime, he could’ve taken Manny Pacquiao Continue reading
Motor racing-Formula One lives in a Bahrain bubble
MANAMA, April 21 (Reuters) – While demonstrators hurledpetrol bombs at the police a half hour’s drive away, the onlysmoke that reached the Bahrain Grand Prix paddock on the eve ofSunday’s race was laid on by the organisers at the “relaxedBahraini-style barbecue”. Formula One’s Bahrain experience has been a tale of twoparallel universes, with the drivers and team bosses staying inluxury hotels and safely sheltered inside their paddock bubbleof familiar routine, while running battles are fought on thestreets and in villages Continue reading
Romney wouldn’t put dog on top of car again
The tale of Seamus, the Romney’s Irish setter, who got sick while riding on top of the family car, has been used against the GOP nominee. Continue reading
Radio’s ‘This American Life’ retracts Apple story
The public radio program “This American Life” on Friday retracted a story about the harrowing tale of what an artist said he found while investigating Apple operations in China, citing “numerous fabrications.” Continue reading
Artist admits to shortcuts in show about Apple
An artist admitted Friday to taking shortcuts in crafting an often harrowing tale about Apple Inc.’s operations in China after the veracity of his one-man theatrical show was challenged by a public radio program that had based a broadcast on his work. Continue reading
Artist admits to shortcuts in show about Apple
An artist admitted Friday to taking shortcuts in crafting an often harrowing tale about Apple Inc.’s operations in China after the veracity of his one-man theatrical show was challenged by a public radio program that had based a broadcast on his work. Continue reading
