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April 2007 Archives


What's next? Dancing with a former president?

5:51 PM Mon, Apr 30, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

I guess it's no surprise that Cliff Clavin moves better on a barstool than he does on a dance floor. But who knew that singer Billy Ray Cyrus did his best dancing in the early 1990s during the video for......

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These inmates love to 'fish'

1:29 PM Fri, Apr 13, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

Some 20,000 fishing-happy Rhode Islanders will rush to ponds and streams tomorrow morning, hoping to catch a rainbow, brook or brown trout on Opening Day of trout-fishing season. And in Pittsburgh, Pa., another group of fishermen, inmates at a county......

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'Balls ... Balls' the crowd shouted outside The Dunk

1:20 PM Tue, Apr 10, 2007 | | Comments (1)
By Jack Perry    Email

The big game in this town starts at 7:30 p.m., and some of its most intense fans were lined up in the cold at 6 a.m., hoping to meet their favorites, guys with names like CM Punk, Balls Mahoney and......

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The mighty rodent hunter runs for president

7:22 PM Fri, Apr 06, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

Watch out, you mice, squirrels and rabbits, here comes Mitt Romney, the Republican presidential candidate and mighty hunter. Romney, who supported gun control laws as Massachusetts governor, but joined the NRA as a "Lifetime" member in August, struggled this week......

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Easter Bunny wins in a landslide

11:25 AM Tue, Apr 03, 2007 | | Comments (18)
By Jack Perry    Email

The Easter Bunny might want to consider adding his (her?) name to the long list of candidates vying for the 2008 presidential nomination. (Or maybe the Easter Bunny has already announced. It's hard to keep track without a list.) Rep.......

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Will Johnny Pesky wait in the ticket line like the rest of us?

2:08 PM Mon, Apr 02, 2007 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

On opening day, baseball fans are full of hope and questions. Here's a lineup of nine questions rolling around in my head today, as the Sox begin their season against the Royals in Kansas City. 1) Eighty-seven-year-old Red Sox icon......

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