Big boppers came up huge
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The top four hitters in the Sox lineup last night - Dustin Pedroia , Kevin Youkilis , David Ortiz , and Manny Ram&#xED;rez - combined to go 7 for 14 with 4 runs, 6 RBIs, and 4 extra-base hits (doubles by Pedroia and Ram&#xED;rez and a triple and home run by Youkilis).
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$171,525 is a lot of money for a joke to raise.
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In typically hyperbolic style, the 2004 MTV Video Music Awards celebrated music&#39;s biggest rock, R&amp;B and rap stars last night.
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Tweakers make a racket when they unveil electro-musical oddities at Brooklyn event.
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Audience members applauded and stomped their feet, shouting `Bis!' and Giuseppe Filianoti complied with an encore. Remember his name: He's going to be a major tenor.
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TORONTO -- All the batons had been twirled. The confetti had been shot into the air. The Arrr-gos chant had been repeated, oh maybe 100 times.
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With a clash of mallets and the stomping of jumbo feet that shook the earth, the game was under way. Tense commands were shouted by pith helmeted players tied firmly to their two-ton mounts. The beasts collided and the ball disappeared in a forest of elephantine legs, raising some dust and much laughter. We had just witnessed a classic scrum in the whacky sport of elephant polo.
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MELBOURNE -- It was a sickening sound to 20 million pairs of Australian ears -- a "thwack!" that was heard from Sydney to Perth, the Great Barrier Reef to Tasmania at 9:49 last night in Rod Laver Arena.
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LIVINGSTON, Mont. - Strong winds that had caused a fire in an area popular with celebrities to nearly triple in size shifted Thursday and helped slow the blaze's growth, allowing some residents who had evacuated to return.
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LOS ANGELES  - Like carnival barkers whipping the crowd into a frenzy in order to lure them into the big top, Hollywood pulled out all the superlatives this summer.
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. &#151; J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson suffered massive fractures and likely died immediately in the 1959 plane crash that also killed early rock 'n' rollers Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens, a forensic anthropologist said Tuesday after exhuming the body.
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All the batons had been twirled. The confetti had been shot into the air. The &quot;Arrrrgos&quot; chant had been repeated maybe 100 times.
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Despite the recent slew of setbacks threatening their world   tour, the Rolling Stones were back with a bang Sunday night--A Bigger   Bang.
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Thanks to the booming popularity of digital music players, its stock soars.
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The boos were raining down, and a group of fans started a "Fire Gundy" chant that got louder with each second.
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Bigger is better -- at least right now. Here's a smart way to play the large-cap bounce back.
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The city strummed its way into the Guinness Book of World Record on October 26 for the largest guitar ensemble.