Violinist Gives Thank You Concert for Cabbies Violinist Philippe Quint took a cab home from the airport in New Jersey last month, and left his 285-year-old Stradivarius in the car. Cab driver Mohamed Khalil returned the $4 million instrument to Quint. …
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Morning Cup of Links: Space Shuttle Wired for Destruction
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10 Terrible TV Shows
http://www.honkifyoulovejustice.com/2008/05/09/10-terrible-t...10 T.V. Shows Canceled After One Episode. It really goes to show just how bad a show has to be to get cancelled after a single episode. One, Australia’s Naughtiest Home Videos, was cancelled mid-episode. That site is very cool, by the way, if you like random bits of knowledge.
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Four Must-Read Books for Aspiring Writers
http://sugarytea.net/post/34227681Four Must-Read Books for Aspiring Writers
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Friday Edition: Sports vs Gaming
http://www.listanity.com/friday-edition-sports-vs-gaming/5 Sports Leagues That Didn’t Make It The Top 10 Moments of the Playoffs So Far Top Ten Most Wanted Football Players
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Stuff to Look At - 5/9/08
http://s00per.com/2008/05/09/stuff-to-look-at-5908/5 Sports Leagues That Didn’t Make It (Story) Hopefully they won’t go after porn! (Story) Storm Troopin’ (Pics) 5 Things You Didn’t Know About South Park (Story) Google Street View’s deadliest enemy - the plastic bag (Story/Pic)
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Triple Tri Blog
http://www.triple-tri.com/ttblog5 Sports Leagues That Didn’t Make It
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10 Sports Heroes You Won’t Find on a Wheaties Box
http://lipator.us/2008/05/10-sports-heroes-you-won%e2%80%99t...’s why we’re asking for America’s support. Once we’ve collected 10,000 signatures, we’re going to send the whole thing to General Mills. And if they send it back, we’ll switch our morning allegiance to Count Chocula. read more | digg story
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5 Sports Leagues That Didn’t Make It
http://www.triple-tri.com/ttblog/index.php?title=5_sports_le...http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/14750 Some leagues sound like a better idea conceptually than when they hit reality and take the field/diamond/alley/rink for the first time. This is the story of 5 leagues that couldn't hang on. [via Jim C.
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FuzzLinks.com
http://www.fuzzlinks.comWith any luck, the upstart league will be able to carve away a little bit of the NFL’s massive market while giving players like Eric Crouch and Peter Warrick another shot at gridiron glory. It’s a tough proposition, though; history is littered with
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Notes on the History of Mother’s Day: 5 Things Worth Knowing
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Readings 5-9-08
http://un-certaintimes.blogspot.com/2008/05/readings-5-9-08....“proving” that Li was born in 1677. Records allegedly showed that the Imperial Chinese Government congratulated him on his 150th and 200th Birthdays. So the question is, had he forgotten his own birthday? Was this even the same Li Ching-Yun? via mental_floss --- archaeology.co.uk: Is Stonehenge Roman? Were the Romans rather like English Heritage, people who abhor untidiness, and when they came to Stonehenge, they found a somewhat decrepit monument in need of tender loving care, and said: Oh these wretched
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