Vandals Act the Goat but It's the Last Straw
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VANDALS tried to set fire to a giant straw goat in central Sweden but failed to burn down the traditional Christmas monument, which has been soaked with flame-resistant chemicals, officials said yesterday.
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By Cindy Clayton, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  Jun. 20--CHESAPEAKE -- Police are looking for vandals who caused $100,000 worth of damage at Sparrow Road Intermediate School during the weekend.
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By Leigh Dethman Deseret Morning News  Trash is to blame for a political tug-of-war among members of the Salt Lake County Council and the mayor.
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After shutting down the city, shouldn't Boston officials just swallow hard and hope the embarrassment fades away? James Poniewozik on the Aqua Team brouhaha
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Rip up those obituaries. The club you thought had passed away still has more than enough life left in it. Enough to beat the champions.
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BELFAST: IRA guerillas yesterday said they would never be &quot;humiliated&quot; by the photographing of their final acts of disarmament - the last sticking point in an Anglo-Irish drive for a Northern Ireland political settlement.
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Wednesday nightâs third and final presidential debate on the campus of Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona was the site of one of the most despicable things Iâve seen in all the years Iâve observed politics.
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FOXBOROUGH -- When Daniel Graham first heard the sad news, he was prepared to walk away from it all.
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George Mason's furry green mascot, originallyÃÂ designated for extinction by the athletic department,ÃÂ will reamin the Patriots' mascot this season.
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Annapolis, Md. - One can scarcely imagine any form of failure marching on these monument-laden grounds. It has, though, about as abject as it can get without live ammunition.
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Coaches' mutual admiration will come to an end Saturday as the Mountaineers come to MCI.
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Only about 25m of the reinforced concrete wall panels remain. Some of the panels are pock-marked and worse for the wear of time and the hundreds of thousands of tourists who each year caress the lurid graffiti ...
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Goliath and his like have had a bad press over the years. But the Champions Trophy is doing all it can to leave us feeling sorry for the big fella and looking forward to the day when David slings his hook.
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Baseball&#39;s most star-crossed franchise is either on the verge of purging its demons or setting this town up for the ultimate tease and fall.
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As Major League Baseball&#39;s deadline for funding a Washington stadium nears, the debate has gotten down and dirty. For months, Northern Virginia officials had been good sports about losing the Montreal Expos to the District of Columbia in September.
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A town in Sweden this Christmas hopes to win its battle with vandals who almost every year for the past four decades have foiled security measures to burn down the town's giant Yuletide straw ram.
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TEMPE, Arizona (Ticker) -- At one time, the St. Louis Rams had the &quot;Greatest Show on Turf.&quot; Now they have been reduced to a pile of rubble.