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20 Sep 2009 21:19

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16 Aug 2009 21:22

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Sports: HOLY CRAP! Tiger Woods lost in the final round of a major

  • Y.E. Yang is the first Asian to win a major. The PGA Championship had some pretty impressive final-round fireworks, thanks to the showdown between Woods and Yang, the kind of showdown Woods usually wins by accident. Except he didn’t win this time, breaking his final-round streak. Maybe the media will learn not to be so biased in favor of Woods now that he’s had a year without a major. source

09 Jun 2009 20:48

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U.S.: The Virginia gubernatorial primary wasn’t even remotely close

  • 50% Vote percentage for Creigh Deeds, who came from behind to explode into the lead in a race largely filled with undecided voters
  • 26% Vote percentage for Terry McAuliffe, the Clinton pal who led early but barely did better than third-place Brian Moran, who got 24%. source

25 May 2009 09:30

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Culture: “Terminator” terminated by “Night at the Museum”

  • $53.5 million The Friday-Sunday take of “Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian,” which did unexpectedly awesomely
  • $43 million The Friday-Sunday take of “Terminator: Salvation,” which was hampered by a Thursday opening stealing its thunder source

18 Apr 2009 18:33

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Sports: Celtics curse evidence is mounting: The Bulls get a Game 1 upset

Chicago > Boston: Yeah, there’s not a lot going right about this postseason so far for the defending champs. source

12 Apr 2009 21:03

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Sports: Why the Masters ruled this year for golf fans

  • one Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson – a.k.a. the perennial expected winners – crept up near the top most of the day, but didn’t win.
  • two Despite leading the pack most of the day, 48-year-old Kenny Perry couldn’t keep up his lead, forcing a three-way playoff. (!)
  • three In a stunning fall from victory, Perry fumbled the playoff, giving Angel Cabrera the opening to win the Green jacket in Augusta. source

29 Mar 2009 21:26

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Sports: Oh, and Michigan State did its alumni proud today

  • Yay home team! Rah! Rah! The No. 2 Spartans toppled No. 1 Louisville to get to the Final Four. They totally ruined our bracket, but we couldn’t think of a better team to ruin our bracket. (Note to fans of ShortFormBlog: We went to Michigan State University, graduated from its journalism program and hold a strong affinity for the school, Panchero’s burritos, Gumby’s Pizza, McDonel Hall and Tom Izzo. In fact, we think Izzo is the Midwestern Coach K that you can’t find a good reason to hate, so you love him. That is all.) source