It is the temperate fall season when as Dylan Thomas said, the ground “lay leaved with red”, with burgundy foliage sweeping to the ground. With autumnal weather here and temperatures cooling down, many US cities are playing host to marathons.
Samuel Wanjiru has emerged as the winner of the gruelling Chicago Marathon. Hailing from marathon country Kenya, Samuel Wanjiru was victorious on the marathon course that starts off at Grant Park, and spans 29 local neighborhoods of Chicago.
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The rain could not dampen Portland spirits as a swelling crowd tied up their laces for 39th edition of the annual Portland Marathon. The Sunday event which is billed as a top racing spectacle with a gruelling 21 turns on the course, had 12,000 people accomplish the feat of running the entire the 26.2-mile endurance course, while 3,000 more completed the half-marathon.
Eric Griffiths from Portland, Oregon delighted the home crowd bu emerging as the male winner for the 26.2-mile course with a enviable timing of 2:28:42. Another …

For those fighting the bulge, here is a dampener. Meridia announced on Friday that is taking back its anti-obesity pill from the market. The rescinding means that now calorie counters are left with just one option, the not too favoured Xenical. After Meridia pulling out its drug citing increased risk of heart attack, the US is down to just one prescription medication for those battling obesity.
After Mayor Bloomberg tried to cut soda for food stamp recipients to counter childhood obesity, this is the latest in a series of tribulations …

Kyrgyzstan gears up for a landmark poll today , with security tightened amid fears of violence in a country that has seen inter-ethnic violence escalating over the past few months. Twenty-nine parties will field more than 3,000 candidates with 120 seats up for grabs. A clear majority verdict is not expected, though around six parties are dominant contenders.
The Uzbek minority faces rampant persecution in regions like Osh, and murderous riots have claimed over 400 lives in the run-ip to the election. There is widespread desire for change …

It is regrettable that a classic is only recalled when there is a dowdy spin-off, bit that’s the way things are. Hitchock ’s classic Strangers On a Train is now being remade in a teen avatar. The original novel by Patricia Highsmith on which Strangers On a Train was based, had two strangers who both had been spurned by their lovers, plan a criss-cross kill so that neither could be implicated with a valid motive.
The title for the new version is Teens On a Train. Hitchock buffs who are …

It’s trick-or-treat time again. With Halloween here, pumpkin carving stencils are a rage, each with a unique design. These DIY stencils come complete with instructions, downloadable or otherwise. Be it DisneyFamily.com ,Hersheys.com, Kraft.com or Nickelodeon Jr or the store right around the corner, everyone is in the race to cash in on this trend.
Celebrate this Halloween with fun decorative pumpkins, whether you are costumes as the hag zooming around on a broom or a mummy back from the undead. A desired pumpkin carving stencil means that you have a …

David Bruce McMahan is supposedly a philanthropist and a noted financier. He gets photos clicked with starlets and does anything to hog attention, be it initiatives to support the disabled all over the world, playing international art connoisseur or switch to green activism and help out with land conservation. His daughter Linda Schutt went online how McMahan is also an incestuous father,despite all his claims to cause-worthy activism.
Linda Schutt is suing her dirty dad, grounding the high-flying financier who has worked with according to Bear Stearns. …