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Penny, Padilla, Smoltz & Contreras find form in NL

A few weeks ago, they were cast off and washed up. Brad Penny, Jose Contreras, John Smoltz and Vicente Padilla, totally available to any team that wanted them.

Alabama golfers get back-to-back aces the hard way

Pierre Fournier and Ken Osborne hit back-to-back holes in one — just not necessarily in that order. Playing in the same five-person group, Fournier teed off first, but his ball landed some eight feet past the hole, rolled back to the cup and didn't go in until after Osborne's had gone in. The two Muscle Shoals golfers managed that bizarre feat at Cypress Lakes Golf and Country Club recently on the 112-yard par 3 12th hole.

W.Va. retiree, 70, aces consecutive holes

A Boone County golfer has two reasons to celebrate a hole-in-one at Charleston's Coonskin Park. Retiree Carl Smith, 70, aced consecutive holes on the executive par 3 course Tuesday. Starting his round on the back nine, Smith used a pitching wedge to ace the 70-yard 18th hole. He said it never entered his mind to try for another.

Roddick cites injury, pulls out of WTT match

Andy Roddick has withdrawn from a World Team Tennis match in St. Louis, citing a lingering injury.

Kansas Teen Perfect on SAT, ACT

A teenager has achieved a rare feat: perfect scores on both the American College Testing exam and the SAT.

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The Perfect, the Good, the Planet
Source: The New York Times

Paul Krugman aligns himself with supporters of the American Clean Energy and Security Act, despite the bill's imperfections.

Just Do It - Thomas Friedman
Source: The New York Times

Thomas Friedman argues for the adoption of the American Clean Energy and Security Act, including its centerpiece Cap-and-Trade program.

Q and A on the Climate Bill
Source: The Washington Post

This Wa-Po Q&A provides a helpful analysis of the Cap-and-Trade proposal at the center of the American Clean Energy & Security Act.

The trembling ace
Source: BBC News

The air aces of World War I - like the Red Baron - left a rich mythology that persists to the present day. But the man who was, perhaps, Britain's best pilot, remains little known.

Quick As A Wink Card Trick Video
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Learn an easy to-do, self-working card trick that'll impress your friends, with no sleights! Make the chosen card appear sandwiched between two aces.

[Lufbery Historical News] Interview: The First American Ace -Part 1

Today is May 17th, 1918 and we are sitting down with the first American Ace of World War 1, Major Raoul Lufbery. After explaining to Major Lufbery that Lufbery News adopted his name due to his extraordinary career as an American fighter pilot, we began the interview.

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