| A Q&A with Dale Earnhardt Jr. at Texas | | Posted Saturday, November 04, 2006 2:47:27 PM by Blog57 Team | | "Terry raced with my dad for a long time. He is one of the more respected drivers in the sport. He has never really caused any trouble. He just did his job. It was an honor to be on the race track with him when I first started out in the Busch Series. He was running Busch races and it was pretty cool to share the race track with him as I went into Cup." IN SEVEN STARTS AT TMS, EARNHARDT JR. HAS SIX TOP-10 FINISHES - MORE THAN ANY NEXTEL CUP DRIVER. YOU'VE HAD YOUR TWO FIRST MILESTONE CAREER WINS AT TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY, IN THE BUSCH SERIES IN '98 AND THEN IN THE CUP SERIES IN 2000, TELL US THE IMPORTANCE OF TMS BEING IN THE CHASE "It doesn't really matter which 10 tracks are in the Chase. You go out there and try to do the best you can with the schedule they give you. Texas is a fun race track.... | |
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| | | 3 times DWI limit costs man 15 years | | Posted Thursday, October 12, 2006 10:45:51 AM by Blog57 Team | | A 30-year-old man was sentenced to 15 years in prison Tuesday after a blood test revealed he had three times the legal limit of alcohol when he struck and killed a 59-year-old woman in February. Fred Laredo pleaded no contest to intoxication manslaughter, a district attorney's news release said. His blood alcohol content was 0.24, the release said. On Feb. 16, Laredo was going 65 mph in the 24000 block of U.S. 281 south when he struck the rear of Vicki Alfaro's Chevrolet Cavalier. Alfaro and her husband were in a turn lane at a crossover. Both cars slid into the median and part of Laredo's Buick landed on top of the Cavalier. Alfaro was killed on impact and her husband, Virgilio, 68, suffered non-life-threatening injuries. Laredo also was hospitalized.... | |
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| | | Plea deal in shooting is rejected by judge | | Posted Tuesday, September 19, 2006 6:46:37 AM by Blog57 Team | | A state judge in Paterson rejected a plea deal Friday in which a West Paterson woman would have faced one to five years in prison on charges she shot her husband. "I have not seen any remorse from the defendant at any of these proceedings," state Superior Court Judge Nestor F. Guzman said in refusing to sentence defendant Fatima Jamal Bako under the terms of the plea deal. .... | |
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| | | California News in Brief | | Posted Saturday, August 19, 2006 8:45:47 PM by Blog57 Team | | Legislation to prohibit California motorists from driving while holding cell phones to their ears cleared its last committee this week and now heads for a full vote of the Assembly. By consensus, the Assembly Appropriations Committee on Thursday recommended that SB 1613, introduced by Sen. Joe Simitian, D-Palo Alto, be forwarded to the Assembly floor next week. The measure, which has failed in several previous attempts, would allow drivers to chat on their phones only while using a hands-free devices. Violators would be fined a minimum of $20 -- a small amount, Simitian acknowledges, saying his main concern is to save lives, not impose expensive fines. In approving the measure, the appropriations committee agreed to exempt tow-truck drivers who use two-way radios that also function as phones.... | |
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| | | Woman wounded in Okotoks shooting | | Posted Friday, August 18, 2006 2:45:55 PM by Blog57 Team | | Patrons at an Okotoks restaurant were shocked to see a woman suffering from an apparent gun shot wound stumble into the dining room on Monday night. A 37-year-old woman from Kelowna, B.C. is in serious but stable condition with upper body injuries after she was shot near the Boston Pizza parking lot. At approximately 8:30 p.m., a witness in Green Park Gables beside Westland Road heard a gunshot and contacted the RCMP. "The girl (victim) was screaming, 'Oh my God, Oh my God'," said Okotoks RCMP Cst. Keith Roblin. "We believe the gunshot was outside of Boston Pizza." The victim made her way to Boston Pizza, where customers rushed out and caught a glimpse of a man walking quickly south on Westland Road. Paramedics located the victim in the Boston Pizza washroom and she was then airlifted by STARS Air Ambulance to the Foothills Hospital in Calgary.... | |
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| | | Staunton man's custom van wins | | Posted Friday, July 28, 2006 12:46:05 AM by Blog57 Team | | HARRISONBURG The Bat Thing, a custom van owned by Dean Crawford of Staunton, took first place in the Chevrolet full custom division at the 34th Annual Van Nationals at the Rockingham County Fairgrounds on Saturday. Crawford and his 31-year-old van won third place at the event last year. More than 600 people showed up for this year's event, which attracted van lovers from as far away as Finland.Small business loan workshop scheduled .... | |
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| | | Readers take trip down memory lane | | Posted Wednesday, July 26, 2006 10:45:50 AM by Blog57 Team | | From long drives with Fido to cross country excursions in a classic car, cruising the open road not only is the ultimate summer vacation, but also a time-honored tradition for many Express-News readers. We invited you to share your holiday road trip memories via stories and photos and, boy, did you ever. Dozens of letters — including one written by a child and a few accompanied by nostalgic black and white pictures — flooded our inbox. Here are our favorites. JoAnna Wilson Every year from the time I was 2 in 1960 to the time I was 10 in 1968, my family would load up the family car (in 1960 it was a four-door Plymouth) and head to Padre Island along with my aunt and uncle and their three sons for a whole week of roughing it on the beach. The anticipation and excitement grew closer as school ended and summer began.... | |
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| | | Painter aims for roof flags in 50 states | | Posted Tuesday, July 04, 2006 8:45:53 PM by Blog57 Team | | GILLETTE -- New Yorker Scott LoBaido's introduction to Wyoming was a bit rough. Driving along Highway 59 on Saturday, he was hit by a downpour and fierce winds that threatened to tear the antlers from his aging 1989 Chevrolet Suburban."I swear there was a twister up there," LoBaido said.LoBaido has had plenty of rough experiences in his ongoing quest to paint an American flag on a roof in all 50 states.The 41-year-old artist started with a Jacksonville, N.C., roof Feb. 24. Just four months later, Country Creations' roof inside Gillette's Clarion Hotel and Convention Center will be LoBaido's 21st roof. He expected to be done by Tuesday. .... | |
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| | | NEW: 2 injured in Northeast Side hit-and-run accident | | Posted Monday, July 03, 2006 6:45:59 PM by Blog57 Team | | A 41-year-old woman suffered severe head injuries this morning when a pickup struck a motorcycle on which she was riding and fled, according to a police report. Helen Kenner was taken to Brooke Army Medical Center in critical condition. The motorcycle's driver, Kerry Kassel, 50, was taken to Brooke Army Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries. Around 4:00 a.m., Kenner and Kassel were idling on the motorcycle at a red light at the intersection of Walzem Road and Fourwinds Drive when a black Chevrolet pickup traveling westbound on Walzem Road failed to see them and struck the motorcycle from behind, the report said. The pickup then drove away without stopping to help. No arrests had been made on Saturday. .... | |
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