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MiamiMirror.com Saturday 4th September 2010 Issue 357/8
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MARYLAND HEIGHTS > City OKs lease for recreation complex
Sportport, Maryland Heights' outdoor recreation complex, will be leased to a new, private soccer operation, Ultimate Soccer Arenas of Missouri, beginning Oct. 15. The 20-year lease with options to...


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UMSL punished over coach's link to fantasy sports operation
A former UMSL golf coach, who runs a multimillion-dollar fantasy sports organization, has landed the school on probation for two years from the NCAA for major violations regarding sports wagering ...
Go Greek with pork kabobs
The last long-weekend of summer is here and what better way to celebrate than a dinner cooked on an outdoor grill. My menu for the weekend includes, Greek-style pork kabobs made with pork...
Turning the cottage into a home
After a summer spent surrounded by nature, eating meals on the dock and getting exercise by canoeing across the lake, people often ask themselves, "Why can't this be my life?" Cathy and Bruce...
7 Traits of Real Men
However, our society has attempted to repress these traits . If you look at the way men (especially dads) are portrayed on TV, you’d think we were all a bunch of irresponsible, befuddled,...
9 'Did you see it?!' TV moments
Snooki goes smushing, ''Runway'' presents a Tower of Babble, ''Big Brother'' player 'fesses up to his big fib -- if you missed any of our daily TV summaries, catch up now with our takes on the...
'Cancer-immune' Tasmanian devil proves mortal
Australian researchers Wednesday mourned the death of Cedric, a Tasmanian devil thought at first to be immune to a devastating cancer which is threatening to wipe out the species. Cedric, who was...
NASA launches iPad application
NASA has landed on the iPad. Nearly one year after launching a free application for the iPhone and the iPod Touch, the US space agency has created a program for the latest device from Apple. The...
'Idol': Kara DioGuardi exits
Over the last several weeks, speculation has swirled that DioGuardi, who joined the reality singing competition in its eighth season in the unpopular position of “fourth judge,” would not...
Ausiello: 'Cougar Town' pages Dr. Kelso!
The actor formerly known as Dr. Kelso has been tapped to play (and how perfect is this!) the father of Courteney Cox’s Jules. There are no story details yet and no air date, but obviously,...
Sports lovers avoiding Games due to corruption: BJP
New Delhi, Sep 3: Delhi BJP president Vijender Gupta today alleged that sports lovers were avoiding the Commonwealth Games only because of ''large corruption and...
Divers find antique beer in shipwreck
Divers who found what's believed to be the world's oldest drinkable champagne say they have also discovered 200-year-old bottles of beer at a shipwreck in the Baltic Sea. Bjorn Haggblom, a spokesman...
Why your sustainable fish may not be as guilt-free as you think
Since its establishment more than a decade ago, the reputation of the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has been as spotless as the consciences of shoppers who buy fish bearing its blue "tick" logo in...
US court says 'Ladies Night' promos not discriminatory
Call it a victory for women of the velvet rope. A US appeals court has tossed out a lawsuit against New York nightclubs which sought to brand their "Ladies Night" promotions as unconstitutional. ...
Video lambasting Google on privacy hits Times Square
A video cartoon featuring Google's chief giving away ice cream to snoop on children aired on a giant screen in Times Square on Thursday as a privacy group continued to hound the Internet giant. ...
Rat found in tin of baked beans
A whole rat has been found inside a tin of baked beans, it was disclosed today. The dead rat climbed or fell into the tin at the factory, according to a post mortem which established it had...
10 things you wouldn't want to find in your meal...
After it was revealed today that a rat was found in a tin of baked beans, we take a look at some of the other less than appetising things found in...
Apple unveil social network Ping and new iPod range
"The Apple Store is down!" wailed voices on the web at 5.15pm yesterday. "When is it back? What's going to be on there when it does?" For the first time this year, there was...
Fiona Phillips: Losing Mum and Dad day by day
Fiona Phillips had a high-profile job as a presenter on GMTV and two small children when her mother – and then her father – developed Alzheimer's disease. By Emine...
From Bethlem to Bedlam
18th-century Bethlem – chains, belts, purges, bleeding and thousands of visitors gawping at the inmates. Nell Leyshon on the asylum that inspired her latest...
Binge drinkers should be priced out
alcohol consumption," said Tory health spokesman Murdo Fraser. The Centre for Economics and Business Research chipped in with "the case for minimum pricing is extremely weak". Maybe they've never...
Readers share advice on love, weight and more
While I'm away, readers give the advice. On being dismayed at a mate's weight gain: I've always believed that every woman is beautiful. Every woman. If I don't see the beauty in some woman,...
Nigel Hawkes: Love in a cold climate: Why baby boom is not down to big freeze
If you believe what some newspapers report, last year's winter storms are about to be followed by a blizzard of September births. The evidence comes from Portsmouth, where the city's midwives expect...
Widgeon salad with bramble dressing
Widgeon is a member of the wild duck family. You could also use wild ducks, or any game bird you can get your hands on. Don't ditch the carcasses – as you can use them to make game soup. 2...
Weekend Work: Time to water the camellias
What to do In hot, dry weather, remember your camellias, especially if they are growing in pots. Flower buds are being initiated now for next spring's display. Weeds can be brought to heel...
Somerset blackberry and apple sour
I decided to take August off and have a bit of time by the seaside in the sun, do a bit of fishing; of course it rained and was foggy most of the time. So I decided to knock up a cocktail. I have...
Ripe for the picking: Mark Hix cooks with blackberries
I've seen more bramblers out this year than ever before. Are they serious foragers – or are they just adding interest to what seems to me the dull pastime of taking long walks? Perhaps these...
Blackberry and apple meringues
These are great dinner-party desserts that can be knocked up well in advance and assembled at the last minute. They look very impressive, thanks to the bulky-yet-light meringue. If you know where to...
The iris hunter: What to do when voles attack your treasured bulbs
The small ribbon of ground immediately behind the retaining wall in the yard has become the most over-gardened bit of earth in Christendom. It's all I can reach from the wheelchair to which I'm...
Art of the unwearable: Can fashion designer Hussein Chalayan conquer the art world?
Even the most feted of fashion designers are reluctant to describe their work as "art". Still, in 2006, narrating an item dedicated to Hussein Chalayan on BBC2's The Culture Show, the art...
Man in '03 bomb scare sets off airport shutdown
MIAMI — The suspicions airport security officials had when they saw the metal canister grew when they learned about the man who brought it in from the Middle East: a scientist who sparked a...
Victoria Beckham: Is She for Real?
VICTORIA BECKHAM talks the talk. Guiding a visitor through her fall 2010 collection, spread on a rack in her studio in Battersea, she draws out a dress recently worn...
A Salon With All the Trimmings
AT the Pierre Michel salon on East 57th Street in Manhattan, the expensive, laborious and luxurious process of beautification reduced one client to...
'Cougar Town': Paging Dr. Kelso!
The actor formerly known as Dr. Kelso has been tapped to play (and how perfect is this!) the father of Courteney Cox’s Jules. There are no story details yet and no air date, but obviously,...
Bruce Campbell: Ash on Blu-ray!
To a certain segment of EW readers — you know who you are — the name Bruce Campbell is synonymous with “Ash”, the wise-cracking, chainsaw-wielding character he brought to life...
Twitter tops 145 million registered users: CEO
Twitter has over 145 million registered users and more people are using mobile devices to access the microblogging service, according to co-founder Evan Williams. Williams, in a post on the Twitter...
Young US women learn, earn more than men: study
After years of earning less than their male counterparts, some American women are catching up to and even overtaking men in terms of how much they earn, but only some of them, a study shows. They...
World's starred chefs cook for one week in Bangkok
The 11th Annual World Gourmet Festival welcomes Michelin star chefs from Argentina to Hong Kong to celebrate fine food and wine at the Four Seasons Hotel Bangkok in Thailand September 6-12. The...
British booze consumption in biggest fall for 60 years
Notorious abroad for their binge-drinking, Britons bucked the trend last year with alchohol consumption in the country showing its biggest fall since 1948, the industry said Friday. Health concerns...
'Black Ops' and 'Final Fantasy XIV' to appear at Tokyo show
Square Enix has lifted the lid on its roster of titles for the Tokyo Game Show, September 16-19. The list includes the certain...
Forty To Love: Tennis Takes The Title In Sports Participation Growth
Image via Wikipedia Earlier this week, the Tennis Industry Association (TIA) inducted Billie Jean King into its Tennis Industry Hall of Fame for her work to raise the sport’s awareness among...
371 people embrace a new country as home
Geoff Verderossa, the director of the Louisville field office of the U.S. Department of Citizenship and Immigration Services, said that Cuba, Mexico, Somalia, India, the Philippines and Bosnia...
Brook brawl: Jonathan Franzen takes on the world
This feud pits author Jonathan Franzen versus the world. The literary fiction establishment is in his corner of the ring, and populist paperback writers and their fans are in the other. It's an...
Polo, anyone? Go to Hardscuffle
Members of the Louisville and Lexington polo clubs will take part in a match at the Hardscuffle Farm Sunday to benefit the Brownsboro Conservation...
Q&A | Rooftop party lets you salsa under the stars
The Latin Rooftop Dance Party/Tapas and Tequila Tasting will be held Sept. 11. For $10, guests can do the salsa and merengue under the stars on the Glassworks rooftop, 815 W. Market St., to music by...
Arrr, the pirates be swarrrmin' at Frazier
It's time to get out your eye patches, fake swords, pantaloons and bandanas and put on your best pirate face and head over to the Frazier International History Museum for its annual Founder's Day...