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'Jews and Baseball' documentary offers a special, but bland, history lesson

Last updated Friday, November 19, 2010 - 4:24pm

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- "Jews and Baseball" is the generic-sounding title of a generic-feeling documentary.

Even Dustin Hoffman's narration is delivered in a one-note drone.

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No turning back, Bart Starr recalls

Last updated Thursday, September 9, 2010 - 10:53pm

DALLAS -- Bart Starr squinted his eyes and shook his head.

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(The Charlotte Observer) Miner Terry Ledford (top) and Mark Randle search a possible vein of the Carolina Emperor emerald in Hiddenite, N.C. Leford dug up the green gem, which has since been hailed North America's largest, last August.

Carolina farm yields 64-carat 'Emperor' gem

Last updated Thursday, August 26, 2010 - 11:13pm

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The Alexander County, N.C., community famed for its lunker emeralds has yielded a 64-carat gem that experts say is North America's largest cut emerald.

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New diet leads to new success for judo champion Delgado

Last updated Thursday, August 26, 2010 - 8:16pm

MIAMI -- For Angelica Delgado, switching to a lighter weight division was the true test of her discipline as a judo athlete.

Sports, Food, Mixed Martial Arts     Read more     Comments

Fans can watch underwater scuba divers race around the reef

Last updated Saturday, August 21, 2010 - 9:45pm

MIAMI -- Move over, NASCAR. Make way for NASCOOTER -- a zany underwater race Aug.20-22 with as many as 20 diver propulsion vehicles running laps around an artificial reef off Fort Lauderdale.

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