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20 most obscure team nicknames in pro sports
Most pro team nicknames make sense at some level. But there are a fair number of head-scratching nicknames. Here are 20 with explanations on their selection:
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Mitt Romney's five sons: What's their role in the campaign?
There’s no “Mitt Mobile” or Five Brothers blog like there was in 2008, but Mitt Romney’s five sons – Tagg, Matt, Josh, Ben, and Craig – still play a vital role in the presidential campaign. Here's a quick look at the Romney Five and what each brings to the campaign.
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Ted Williams: 9 quotes from the baseball legend
For the player who famously wore number 9, here are 9 quotes from the Red Sox player.
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NFL 2012: a banner year for rookie quarterbacks
Encouraged by the success of Carolina’s Cam Newton and Cincinnati’s Andy Dalton last season, five teams hand the offensive controls to five players fresh out of the college ranks.
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Before Stockton: five other big financial crises for US municipalities
Here's a look at some of the most notable financial collapses and near-collapses for US municipalities over the years.
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Horizons Is the RAZR i the fastest smartphone ever? Motorola says yes.
Slated for launch in Europe and Latin America this fall, the Motorola RAZR i, which uses an Intel Atom chip, is said to be the smartest smartphone in existence.
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Ted Williams: 9 quotes from the baseball legend
For the player who famously wore number 9, here are 9 quotes from the Red Sox player.
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Opinion: Bill Clinton's arithmetic really endorses Mitt Romney
When Bill Clinton nominated President Obama at the Democratic National Convention last week, he emphasized cooperation and understanding arithmetic as essential to leadership. If you look at reality not rhetoric, you could say that Clinton was not so subtly endorsing Mitt Romney.
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Rotten egg smell: Is Salton Sea source of California's big stink?
Rotten egg smell: A sulfurous stench hit southern California residents Monday. The Salton Sea, a saltwater lake 150 miles southeast of Los Angeles, may be the source of the rotten egg smell.
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NFL's first female referee: Shannon Eastin's debut game
NFL's first female referee: Shannon Eastin became the first woman to be an official in an NFL regular-season game, in the Rams-Lions game Sunday. Eastin had 16 years of football officiating experience before she became the NFL's first female referee.
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Mars rover snaps high-resolution photos of itself (+video)
In a test of the powerful camera mounted at the end of its robotic arm, NASA's Curiosity Mars rover snapped some photos of its own wheels and underbelly.
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NFL 2012: a banner year for rookie quarterbacks
Encouraged by the success of Carolina’s Cam Newton and Cincinnati’s Andy Dalton last season, five teams hand the offensive controls to five players fresh out of the college ranks.
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In Gear Where do America's best (and worst) drivers live?
A new report ranks the drivers in America's major cities, from best to worst. Which metro cam out on top (and bottom)?
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El Salvador rattled by 7.3 earthquake late Sunday
El Salvador earthquake: The 7.3 magnitude quake struck offshore, followed by a 5.4 aftershock. No injuries reported. A small tsunami formed, but the tsunami warning has been cancelled.
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No Paul Ryan lift to Mitt Romney campaign yet, says new poll (+video)
Mitt Romney and Barack Obama are still almost tied for support among registered voters, 46-47 percent, says a new AP poll. But among independents, Mitt Romney has the lead. And 23 percent of voters remain undecided.
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Focus A lot riding on California dream of high-speed rail
California is moving ahead with a massive high-speed rail project, with construction of the first link set to begin early next year. The project could put the state in the vanguard of a transportation revolution – but is it more a dream than reality?
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Vacationers ordered to evacuate Idaho resort as wildfire presses closer
Residents and visitors in Featherville Idaho were ordered to evacuate Saturday. The Trinity Ridge wildfire, which has already burned 82,000 acres in Idaho, grew larger.
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NASA's Curiosity Mars rover to get software upgrade (+video)
As NASA's Curiosity Mars rover prepares for its surface mission, it will download the latest version of its operating system.
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Mars 'crime scene' photo places rover Curiosity right where it wants to be
Dubbed 'the crime scene,' an overhead photo of the Curiosity landing site taken by a Mars orbiter indicates NASA's rover is in an almost ideal spot to carry out its mission.
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Marvin Hamlisch remembered for musical scores on Broadway and film
The composer, who passed away Monday in California, won multiple awards for his music that was heard on stage and screen.
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Stir It Up! Travel: Tijuana coconut treat
Sometimes simple street food is the best tourist find.
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Curiosity Mars rover could offer stunning views of Red Planet (+video)
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover contains the most advanced robotic cameras ever sent to Mars. If Curiosity lands successfully, it could send back never-before-seen images from the Martian surface.
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Colorado shooting suspect spends a second day in court (+video)
The charges against the suspect, James Holmes, include 24 counts of first-degree murder (two counts per victim) and 116 counts of attempted murder. Prosecutors say a decision on whether to pursue the death penalty in this case could be months away.
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Is your vote secure? Many digital systems lack paper backups, study says.
Computerized systems in 16 states – including some swing states – have no paper backup ballots or other paper trails ‘in some or all counties,’ leaving the vote vulnerable, a national study says.
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Opinion: NCAA crackdown shouldn't stop at Penn State: BCS uses students like gladiators
The Penn State scandal isn't the only injustice to plague college football. In fact, that damaging lack of transparency is endemic. The NCAA should continue to clean house by taking control of the Bowl Championship Series, which, driven by greed, uses college players like gladiators.
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Chapter & Verse 'Columbine' author Dave Cullen examines the Aurora tragedy
'Columbine' author Dave Cullen on how best to understand the Aurora shootings and the lessons that such catastrophes have taught us.
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Colorado shooting: How Americans deal with media-driven events
For better and for worse, society today is driven by sophisticated and powerful information technology that allows us to know details about everything virtually immediately. The latest example: the Colorado shooting rampage.
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NASA's Curiosity rover to explore bizarre Martian mountain (+video)
The three-mile-tall Mount Sharp is an inviting target for investigation by NASA's one-ton Mars rover, which is scheduled to touch down on the Red Planet on Aug. 5.
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Sally Ride was gay. Should that matter? (+video)
Astronaut Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, never hid her 27-year relationship with Tam O'Shaughnessy. But she didn't advertise it either.
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Colorado shooting: Columbine survivors reach out to help Aurora survivors
Colorado shooting: Columbine students who survived what in 1999 attack are reaching out, on Facebook and by phone, to those families of victims and survivors of the Aurora theater shooting.
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