"record" Articles & Blogs:
With a flat tire, bloody shoes and a smile, Chrissie Wellington smashes world Ironman record
| This was her Kona. Chrissie Wellington, who had to pull out of October's Ironman World Championships in Kona due to illness, made up for it and then some today at Ford Ironman Arizona.
Wellington set a new record for an official Ironman course of 8:36:13...[Read on] |
Serena Williams sets WTA single-season prize money record
| Serena Williams sets WTA single-season prize money record
Serena Williams has set a single-season prize money record on the women’s tour by earning $6,545,586 in 2009.
Williams now has career earnings approaching $30 million.
“It’s incredible how...[Read on] |
Australians set record for fastest stiletto race
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In the wake of last week’s LIVE’s High Heel-a-Thon to benefit the Heart Association, four Australian women have just nabbed the world record for the fastest relay race in stiletto heels.
The quartet from the Australian capital of Canberra complet...[Read on] |
Dara Torres does it again
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Dara Torres
Dara Torres continues to defy age and expectations when it comes to her performance in the pool.
In a world record time trial attempt in the women’s 50 fly, Torres raced to a 25.50. The performance gave her a third-straight progression o...[Read on] |
As Judge Sotomayor Concludes Her Testimony Before the Senate Judiciary Committee…
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by Marcia D. Greenberger, Co-President, National Women's Law Center
This post is part of a series about the nomination of Judge Sotomayor for the Supreme Court.
Judge Sotomayor just concluded what has been estimated to be about 24 hours of testimon...[Read on] |
Unfair: Obama Chats with the Gals of The View During a Week When Saturday Night Live Isn’t On
| • According to a Pentagon official, Bradley Manning, the Lady Gaga–loving Army analyst who claimed that he leaked the “Collateral Murder” tape to Wikileaks, is the main suspect believed to have provided the whistle-blower site with...[Read on] |
See Amy Run: Meet record-breaking athlete Amy Palmiero-Winters
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I came across this amazing woman on Bust and was intrigued by the opening paragraph.
The word ’superwoman’ is thrown around way too often, but here’s an athlete who completely deserves the description. Amy Palmiero-Winters is a 37-year-old mother o...[Read on] |
Breaking News: Senate Confirms Kathleen Sebelius as New Secretary for Health and Human Services
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by Thao Nguyen, Outreach Manager, National Women's Law Center For weeks, we have been telling you why Kathleen Sebelius is qualified to lead the U.S. Department for Health and Human Services (HHS). She has an outstanding record in health care, early edu...[Read on] |
Tickets: Don't be a Prisoner to High Auto Insurance Rates
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When shopping for car insurance, one of the first things you'll be asked is: "Have you had any moving violations (tickets) in the last three years?" If the answer is "yes," don't worry, you're not alone. You have something in common with millions of d...[Read on] |
Tickets: Don't be a prisoner to high auto insurance rates
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When shopping for car insurance, one of the first things you'll be asked is: "Have you had any moving violations (tickets) in the last three years?" If the answer is "yes," don't worry, you're not alone. You have something in common with millions of d...[Read on] |
Fast Females: A 45-year-old and a filly plunder expectations and find victory
| By Laura Pappano
That blur you see is a 45-year-old woman breaking a record. (OK, snapping with an iPhone enhances the effect in this case).
That’s right. Yesterday at the Stratton Faxon New Haven Road Race — which was also the Men’s and W...[Read on] |
Who Should Ghostwrite Christine O’Donnell’s Book?
| Yesterday, word broke that unsuccessful senatorial candidate Christine O’Donnell had landed a book deal, a boon to both contemporary literature and bars in the vicinity of M.F.A. classrooms. “You heard the spin about the 2010 elections. It's t...[Read on] |
Obama nominates Sonia Sotomayor for Supreme Court
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Today Obama announced his pick to replace Justice Souter on the Supreme Court: Sonia Sotomayor. Conservatives are already calling her a "judicial activist."
Conservatives argue Sotomayor has a "hard-left record" and believes that judges should consider...[Read on] |
Precious kills at the box office
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This weekend catapulted Precious to the top of the Oscar list with a record setting debut in theatres. Let me say that again- RECORD SETTING DEBUT. It made $1.8 million dollars on a total of 18 screens. That is an average of $100,000 per screen whic...[Read on] |
Tea Party Women Could Change the Score, Long Term
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(WOMENSENEWS)--It could be the way Republican billionaire Meg Whitman is spending record millions of her own money on her gubernatorial campaign in California and attracting attention to her domestic-worker employment practices.
Or maybe it's the upset v...[Read on] |
Maria Sharapova signs record-breaking contract with Nike
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If you’re an up and coming sports superstar, you may be interested to know a bit about the business of sports.
This week it was announced that Russian tennis champ Maria Sharapova has renewed her sponsorship agreement with Nike for $70 million (yikes) ...[Read on] |
Paris Hilton Adopts 20 Rabbits, Media Deems This Newsworthy
| • So that whole Joaquin Phoenix breakdown was a hoax! I’m Still Here director Casey Affleck comes clean. [New York Times] • Paris Hilton adopted 20 rabbits after finding out they were destined to be snake food. [The Daily Mail] • Magician David Bl...[Read on] |
Dutch teen in battle to sail around the world
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I came across an interesting article about a thirteen-year-old girl who wants to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world.
Laura Dekker was born in New Zealand while her parents were on a round-the-world sailing trip and spent the first f...[Read on] |
USC women’s soccer defeats UCLA
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Playing in front of 8,527 fans at the Los Angeles Coliseum, a new NCAA Women’s Soccer regular season record, the USC Trojans defeated the UCLA Bruins by a score of 1-0. USC had not beaten UCLA in the regular season since 1998. Still, USC’s win over UC...[Read on] |
Eclipse eclipses New Moon’s overnight numbers
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Even though this film seems to be coming in a bit under the radar screen it will have a big weekend and if you needed confirmation of that fact, the numbers from the midnight screenings are a good guidepost.
The film took in $30 million in midnight scr...[Read on] |
UCLA wins Women’s College World Series
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Living in LA, I was naturally rooting for UCLA in the Women’s College World Series – just as I have for the last five years. But this year, they didn’t disappoint.
The tournament began with a series of upsets leaving everyone to wonder who would em...[Read on] |
Q&A;: English Chanteuse Anna Calvi on Her Debut Album and Upcoming Tour
| Anna Calvi. Photograph by Maisie Cousins.With her blood-red lips, pulled back hair, Flamenco-style blouses and wounded voice, Anna Calvi is the kind of chanteuse that David Lynch would throw a hot, white spotlight on. She’s a modern take on the Jazz age...[Read on] |
Post-Baby Marathon Training Log: July 5, 2009 - What a Difference a Year Makes
| What a difference a year makes.
On July 4, 2008, I woke up sore and dehydrated from competing the night before in the Final of the 3000m Steeplechase at the US Olympic Track & Field Trials in Eugene, Oregon. I'd finished 10th, well out of the t...[Read on] |
Nurse Jackie gets a second season
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Edie Falco’s Nurse Jackie had a record breaking premiere for Showtime on Monday night with 1 million people watching the debut and another 350,000 watching the same night rebroadcast of the show.
It was so good that Showtime has already ordered a secon...[Read on] |
Distracted Driving: Put Down the iPod
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By now we all know that talking on a hand-held cell phone while driving is dangerous. But what about other things that distract us from driving safely?
Are You Guilty of Distracted Driving?
Yes, we all are. Remember all those “Red Asphalt” movies w...[Read on] |
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