Back Home, the Bluntness Was No Surprise
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Lyndon K. Wilson still bears the scars of shrapnel wounds he suffered as a marine in Vietnam 36 years ago when an enemy mortar round hit as he skirted a rice paddy.
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There was a wet start to jolt the American senses, but it proved harmless.
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Even the back-to-school season doesn't heat up Hot Topic.
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ATHENS - Around the final curve they came, into the homestretch, and it was unfolding just how they had predicted: One, two, three.
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Stephen Werner and the Minutemen weren't easily discouraged in their Hockey East opener last night.
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It was hard to find anything amiss or out of place. That's the way things generally go on media day. There are smiles all around. Optimism oozes. It's that way from Atlanta to Seattle and everywhere in between.
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She may have just been driving home, but she sure took the long   way to get there.
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Coach Brent Sutter wasn&#39;t about to be deceived by the score, nor was he ready to lambaste his lads for a lapse they were able to bounce back from in the end.
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Craig Stover wasn&#39;t worried that his luggage would get lost during his US Airways flight home to North Carolina from Philadelphia International Airport.
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This was no miracle, but you could not tell by the amount of elation surrounding the Dream Team&#39;s trip to the woodshed Sunday.
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Some laud moves with the two nations. Others are suspicious.
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When Rams coach Mike Martz said he didn't want to sound arrogant, you had a pretty good idea he wasn't going to toss any verbal bouquets at the Atlanta Falcons' defense.
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FOXBOROUGH -- It's nothing new to hear a pro football player, especially here, say before he plays his old team that the reunion is really no big deal, that he approaches each game the same.
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We made it back into the house last night. There were National Guardsmen at key checkpoints in Poway that were set up to protect neighborhoods from looters. These young men were carrying fully loaded M16s. For a quick second I thought I was in a war zone. That was incredibly intimidating for me.
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A simple question yields a surprising answer.
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Wade Boggs rattled off the information without hesitation.
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The Diamondbacks were outhit again, but these days that's hardly surprising. That they won anyway is even less of a shock.