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Hurricane Ike causes destruction in Cuba

Hurricane Ike's winds and massive storm surge ripped apart houses and felled trees as the deadly storm roared across Cuba towards Havana and its historic old buildings. More than 770,000 Cubans evacuated to shelters or...

London Irish 26 Wasps 14: Exiles capitalise on errors to draw sting from woeful Wasps

It wasn't the experimental law variations that perplexed Ian McGeechan, just the old-fashioned fall guy, namely the referee. Andrew Small, a New Zealander in London, failed to act on blatant obstruction by Peter Hewat...

Stars arrive at Toronto Film Festival

John Hiscock reports from the Toronto Film Festival Toronto is undergoing a British invasion with some of the UK’s leading actors and musicians descending on the city for ten days of movies, parties and music. The Toronto...

Metallica - They're Back from never never land

Metallica are about to release their best album in years. The concert is what most fans probably wanted anyway: music recorded between 1983 (Kill 'Em All, the first Metallica album) and 1991 (Metallica, aka "the Black...

Castroneves wins race; Dixon wins title

JOLIET, Ill., Sept. 7 (UPI) -- Helio Castroneves won the last 2008 IndyCar race by capturing Sunday's Peak Antifreeze Indy 300 at the Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Ill. Castroneves finished 0.0033 of a second ahead of...

Castroneves wins race; Dixon wins title

The IndyCar season almost lasted one race too long for Scott Dixon. The 28-year-old Dixon, driving for Target Chip Ganassi Racing, held a seemingly insurmountable 78-point lead over runner-up Helio Castroneves heading...

Ganassi gets sixth open-wheel title

Chip Ganassi was able to celebrate his sixth open-wheel championship after Scott Dixon wrapped up the IndyCar Series title with a second-place finish at Chicagoland Speedway on Sunday. This latest championship for Target...

Auto Racing | Jimmie Johnson continues his roll in NASCAR

Johnson won the Chevy Rock & Roll 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race on Sunday at Richmond International Raceway to grab his second consecutive victory, fourth overall this season, and gain a big boost for the 12-driver,...

Bacardi Biography Details The 'Fight For Cuba'

Audio for this story will be available at approx. Bacardi and the Long Fight For Cuba By Tom Gjelten Hardcover, 480 pages Viking Adult List Price: $27.95 Facundo Bacardi opened the family's tin-roofed rum distillery in...

Chase's field of 12 set after Virginia

Thursday, 1:30 p.m. -- NASCAR's 12-man Chase field is expected to be finalized this weekend, but weather could delay the proceedings. With the National Hurricane Center predicting Hurricane Hannah will most likely come...

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