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Cromwell Can Clinch Top Seed
The Hartford CourantOnly a week remains in the regular season as teams strive to qualify for the playoffs or get a semifinal home game. "Big game — this is what you've worked for," said coach Sal Morello of Cromwell (9-0, 7-0 Pequot Sassacus), No. 1 in Class S. "We...Tags: Football, John Havlicek, Holidays, Rico Brogna, Soccer
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Football: Hall Beats Conard
The Hartford CourantEverett Frink touched the ball just three times in the first half of Saturday's 52nd meeting of Conard and Hall. And each time Frink delivered by running for first downs — twice for more than 12 yards. Still, Frink saved his best for the second...Tags: Football, William Kennedy, Basketball
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11/06: Deaths in Central Florida
Brevard ARTHUR BENSON, 75, Merritt Island, died Tuesday. National Cremation & Burial Society, Rockledge. GORDON A. LAGDEN, 74, Titusville, died Tuesday. North Brevard Funeral Home, Titusville. HELEN MARGARET CARSTENS LYON, 79, Merritt Island, died...Tags: Victor Herbert, Union Park, Winter Garden, Ocoee, Robert Edgar
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Man killed in McDonald's parking lot identified
Sentinel Staff WriterOrlando police released the name of the man shot to death over the weekend in a McDonald's parking lot. Willie Frank Robinson, 20, died at Dr. P. Phillips Hospital early Sunday morning following the shooting. Robinson has a criminal history that...Tags: Drug Trafficking, Crimes, Florida Hospital, High Schools, Restaurant and Catering Industry
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Police seek clues in deadly McDonald's shooting
Sentinel Staff WriterA gathering of Orlando students after a Dr. Phillips High School homecoming dance turned deadly when a former student was shot and killed. Willie Frank Robinson, 20, died early Sunday after he was taken to the hospital after being shot in the parking lot...Tags: Drug Trafficking, Crimes, SeaWorld, Florida Hospital, High Schools
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Jack Tenner, prominent L.A. judge and civil rights advocate, dies at 88
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterJudge Jack Tenner, a retired Los Angeles Superior Court judge who was involved in many of the city's civil rights struggles over the last 60 years, including fighting restrictive housing covenants in the 1940s and helping to elect some of the area's...Tags: Court Administration, Fires, Justice System, DePaul University, Regional Authority
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Campaigning in a changing nation
Today's topic: How are the changed demographics of the electorate making this presidential race different from past ones? Has either Barack Obama or John McCain capitalized effectively on the new demographics? And have they shifted the race away from...Tags: George Bush, Executive Branch, John Kerry, Philosophy, Strom Thurmond
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On this day in history
On Oct. 3, 1226, Francis of Assisi, founder of the Franciscan religious order, died; he was canonized in 1228. In 1863 President Abraham Lincoln declared the last Thursday in November Thanksgiving Day. In 1929 the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes...Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Murder, Football, Holidays, Mary Tyler Moore
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Baltimore sports first impressions
Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco didn't light up the scoreboard Sunday, but with no interceptions and a wonderfully improvised touchdown scamper, the rookie sent Baltimoreans home chanting his name. But a look back at Baltimore sports history suggests that...Tags: Detroit Lions, Cal Ripken Jr., Ray Lewis, Eddie Murray, Football
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Billy too old-school for hip NCAA
If Anheuser-Busch, America's self-proclaimed ''King of Beers,'' can be sold to a Belgian brewer, then no one should be surprised that Lehigh Valley native Billy Packer has been released as the lead college basketball analyst on CBS and his streak of...Tags: Anheuser-Busch, Ted Williams, Billy Packer, Dick Enberg, ESPN
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'34 classic was true Hall of Fame game
Q: With the All-Star Game coming up, I have a few questions about the midsummer classic. 1) Was there ever a year when all the starters from one league went to the Hall Of Fame? 2) Who has the highest ERA in All-Star competition and lowest batting average...Tags: Elections, Bill Terry, Referenda, Orlando Cepeda, Gabby Hartnett
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Cito Gaston replaces John Gibbons as manager of Toronto Blue Jays
John Gibbons was fired Friday by the last-place Toronto Blue Jays and replaced by Cito Gaston, who led the team to World Series titles in 1992 and 1993. The Blue Jays began the day 35-39, having lost five straight and 13 of their last 17 games to fall...Tags: Boston Red Sox, Kansas City Royals, Ted Lilly, Baseball, Toronto Blue Jays
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