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31. January 2011 | 05:29Uncle Mo, Awesome Feather top Experimental Free Handicap
The Jockey Club announced Thursday morning that Uncle Mo has been assigned 128 pounds atop the Experimental Free Handicap for colts and geldings of 2010, marking the highest impost in 13 years, while Awesome Feather has been named the 123-pound highweight in the filly division. (News Source: Daily Racing Form - 15:07:43)
Uncle Mo is No. 1 in Experimental Free Handicap at 128 pounds
By Jennie ReesBreeders’ Cup Juvenile winner Uncle Mo received another accolade for his unbeaten 2-year-old championship season: He received the above-scale high-weight assignment of 128 pounds on the 2010 Experimental Free Handicap released Thursday by The Jockey Club. (News Source: Louisville Courier-Journal - 16:28:56)
Uncle Sam interrupts East season
Veteran East High School softball and girls basketball coach Ben Garcia is coaching his final basketball game of the season today. (News Source: The Pueblo Chieftain - 07:08:29)
Pueblo East girls coach Garcia leaves team for duty in Iraq
When Uncle Sam calls, Ben Garcia doesn’t hesitate to step away from basketball. (News Source: Denver Post - 15:30:36)
Uncle Mo is No. 1 in Experimental Free Handicap
Uncle Mo, last year’s champion 2-year-old male and undefeated winner of the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, received the high-weight assignment of 128 pounds on the 2010 Experimental Free Handicap, released Thursday by The Jockey Club. (News Source: Louisville Courier-Journal - 15:50:00)
PHOTO CALL: Jeffrey DeMunn Stars as Salesman ’s Willy Loman at the Old Globe
Tony Award nominee Jeffrey DeMunn, freshly noticed for his elder-survivor role in the hot TV series “The Walking Dead,” plays Willy Loman in Arthur Miller’s Death of Salesman, which began previews Jan. 22 at The Old Globe in San Diego, CA. (News Source: Playbill - 15:38:44)
Rice Rebounds From Two-Year Drop as U.S. Crop Falls to 1989 Low
U.S. farmers are planting the fewest acres with rice since 1989 just as global demand surpasses production for the first time in four years, driving prices as much as 12 percent higher by December. (News Source: Bloomberg - 00:08:11)
A $300 SF short, a dead FF dude, Sucker Punch BFFs and more!
It was another week of hot stories annotated with great comments. And we’ve lassoed the best of the best for your a weekend roundup! Herein you’ll find an epic $300 flick, new Spidey, Sucker Punch babes, Lake Bell, Rodney McKay (er, David Hewlett), Black Panther candidates, Jar Jar Binks, Duke Nukem, (redesigned) Thundercats and the Fantastic Four (minus one). Happy Best-Of readin’! (News Source: Sci Fi Wire - 19:12:31)
Death isn’t really even trying anymore
Ever since “Star Trek III: The Search for Spock” proved you couldn’t keep an iconic sci-fi/fantasy character down, death has pretty much been a revolving door. (News Source: The Decatur Daily - 07:15:19)
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