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Article from: The Australian FABIAN Cancellara rode faultlessly on the streets of Monte Carlo to take the first stage of this year's race, relegating defending champion Alberto Contador to second. The Swiss, a two-time world and Olympic champion at the time trial discipline, won the 15.5km race, stopping the clock at 19min32.14sec to give the Saxo Bank team the first yellow jersey of the three-week enduro. Contador of Astana was 19sec down, while Britain's Bradley Wiggins, a dual Olympic gold medallist on the velodrome, completed the podium. "I was one of the favourites to win here before the race and I knew if I got things right it would be very difficult for my rivals to beat me," Cancellara said. "That was special motivation. To be back in the yellow jersey again is a great achievement both for me and my team. I am proud... [read full story]
Presentations came from 55 Peninsula High School students at the Gig Harbor Civic Center on Thursday as they took part in a "We the People" competition with a simple goal: to promote civic competence.
International Republican Institute and National Democratic Institute Plan to Observe Elections Controlled by Honduran Military and Police ) November 24, 2009 -- The National Democratic Institute (NDI) and the International...
Sitting here working on my Shannon Brown column and just finished watching Ron Artest’s spot on “Jimmy Kimmel Live.” Just gets more and more interesting to have Artest in our lives. It’s great, isn’t it? Yes, he was on there...
9:23am UK, Tuesday November 24, 2009 Huw Borland, Sky News Online A German bank manager who secretly transferred millions of pounds from rich clients to debt-ridden customers has been spared jail. Actor Errol Flynn in 1938 film...
