Price tag rises on proposed Portland convention center hotel (The Oregonian) bi2012267 Portland's long-running quest to build a convention center got more expensive Tuesday when the developers announced that the construction cost had risen 36 percent to $247 million

Olympic Notes: Amputee's quest may be 'impossible' (Richmond Times-Dispatch) bi2012267 MILAN, Italy -- Double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius slowed on the final straight yesterday first able-bodied race nearly a year, finishing fourth and well outside the Olympic qualifying time. The South African finished a time of 47.78 seconds the 400 meter B race at the Milan Notturna meet. The time he needs to qualify for the Olympics 45.55

Price tag rises on proposed Portland convention center hotel (The Oregonian) bi2012267 Portland's long-running quest to build a convention center got more expensive Tuesday when the developers announced that the construction cost had risen 36 percent to $247 million

Olympic Notes: Amputee's quest may be 'impossible' (Richmond Times-Dispatch) bi2012267 MILAN, Italy -- Double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius slowed on the final straight yesterday first able-bodied race nearly a year, finishing fourth and well outside the Olympic qualifying time. The South African finished a time of 47.78 seconds the 400 meter B race at the Milan Notturna meet. The time he needs to qualify for the Olympics 45.55

Rich and popular - superstars head to Beijing Olympics (AFP via Yahoo! News) bi2012267 Some of the biggest and richest names world sport be at the Beijing Olympics, the superstar mega-list headed by Roger Federer, Maria Sharapova, Lionel Messi, Yao Ming, LeBron James, and Michael Phelps

Diagnosis: Flavor (Honolulu Star-Bulletin) bi2012267 A true Renaissance man, Dr. Michele Carbone exhibits as much passion the pursuit of delectable food as he does quest to understand and cure cancer

Nigeria: The State of the Arts (AllAfrica.com) bi2012267 You agree me that topic very wide and ambitious. It require days, weeks or more to present to you "the state of art Nigeria"

Team Nike never looks back (Denver Post) bi2012267 Friday morning, a conference room at the base of the Big Sky ski resort, Don Mann began to think about singletrack

$650m racetrack for Brisbane (The Courier Mail) bi2012267 BRISBANE have a world-class motor racing complex under a State Government plan to convert 400 hectares of Beenleigh caneland a track

Now playing (Tucson Citizen) bi2012267 "Hancock," Will Smith as the anti-hero superhero. AP's grade: C. Synopsis: Smith plays a churlish superhero real problems like the rest of us. Rating: PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi action and violence, and language. Length: 92 minutes

'Singing Office' scans the help for entertainers (The Pantagraph) bi2012267 LONG BEACH, Calif. -- It?s not a typical day at the airport. Melanie Brown, the season five ?Dancing the Stars? runner-up, traipsing around a camera crew tow, begging JetBlue employees to croon ?Like a Virgin? a cappella

Nguyen wins H.O.R.S.E.; Title event starts Thursday (Pahrump Valley Times) bi2012267 LAS VEGAS -- With the World Series of Poker's All-Star Game concluded, two major happenings has the attention of players and fans alike at the 39th annual tournament

Rich and popular - superstars head to Beijing Olympics (AFP via Yahoo! News) bi2012267 Some of the biggest and richest names world sport be at the Beijing Olympics, the superstar mega-list headed by Roger Federer, Maria Sharapova, Lionel Messi, Yao Ming, LeBron James, and Michael Phelps

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