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Chip leader Jonathan Duhamel has played dominant poker (with a touch of luck thrown in) and will be looking to take home Canada's first WSOP championship. Soi Nguyen will be seeking to topple the odds and emerge as an amateur champion from the sea of professionals. John Racener, Joseph Cheong and Jason Senti will be looking for the payoff for years of hard work and trying to take their place amongst the ranks of the game's most recognizable professionals.

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Despite having learned the game just 11 days ago, Barack ("Allah In") Obama bulldozed his way through the November Nine, and captured the top prize in the World Series of Poker, the Main Event.

Welcome to Hollow Creek Farm dog and livestock rehabilitation rescue in York County, South Carolina. Hollow Creek Farm receives animals from veterinarians, shelters, animal control and other rescues. About 95% of animals arrive with moderate or severe behavioral issues that prevented adoption. The other 5% of animals are handicapped or are in dire need of significant medical care. This farm is their last chance at life in most cases. With the help of generous veterinarians and volunteers, Hollow Creek Farm nurses animals back to health and begins important socialization and training to ensure placement. Hollow Creek Farm has rehabilitated and...

When Chris Moneymaker won the televised 2003 World Series of Poker after first wagering $39 in an online tournament, wannabe pro gamblers across the country turned to their own computers in hopes of repeating history. Greg "Fossilman" Raymer did just that in the 2004 championship game. Like Moneymaker, Raymer earned his ticket to the big time -- and millions in winnings -- by entering an online tournament. In fact, four of the top 10 finishers in the 2004 series were players from PokerStars.com.

Bonnie Richardson ran. She threw. She jumped. And when it was time to hand out the team trophies, Richardson accepted the 1A team championship for Rochelle High School -- by herself. Bonnie Richardson of Rochelle High School scored 42 team points to win the Texas 1A track title. Richardson was the only Rochelle athlete to qualify for the state meet and stunningly won the team title. University Interscholastic League officials said it was the first time they can remember a single athlete winning a girls' team title.

Biden, a 34-year Senate veteran, spoke bluntly to reporters about his top Democratic rivals' legislative records in the final days of Iowa campaigning: "John (Edwards) doesn't have a record in the Senate. John's only passed four bills. They're all about post offices. I mean, literally. Most freshman senators don't get much done. Don't get much passed. Barack Obama hasn't passed any. There's not a major bill I know of with Hillary's name on it." Actually, Edwards passed only two bills, not four, both to rename post offices in North Carolina, the Biden camp helpfully noted when asked to check.

DURHAM, N.C. — Duke University President Richard Brodhead apologized Saturday for not better supporting the men's lacrosse players falsely accused in last year's highly publicized rape scandal. "Given the complexities of this case, getting the communication right would never have been easy," Brodhead said. "But the fact is that we did not get it right, causing the families to feel abandoned when they were most in need of support. This was a mistake. I take responsibility for it and I apologize for it."

NEW YORK -- It didn't take long for New York Knicks guard Stephon Marbury to go from defending Michael Vick to distancing himself from the soon-to-be-imprisoned Atlanta Falcons quarterback. After being criticized for his remarks Monday for calling dogfighting a sport and comparing it to hunting, Marbury told the New York Post for Thursday's editions that he despises dogfighting and that Vick "is 100 percent wrong." "I don't like it at all," Marbury said of dogfighting. "I don't think [Vick's] right. But this dude is trying to ask for forgiveness. ... The way the way it's going about in the...

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Need assistance from any techno-geeks out there, please. OK - my PC (emachines T1840, Celeron 1.8Ghz) died. I went to turn it on a week ago and nothing happened. The power supply fan was not working. I would like to get this running, and also retrieve our family photos on the hard drive. So I replaced the power supply - didn't work. Then I replaced the motherboard - didn't work. Next I replaced the processor - didn't work. Last I replaced the RAM - didn't work. At this point, all I get is a fast ticking sound in time with...

Does anybody out there know the college financial aid game? What are the do's and don't's? What life-strategies help or hurt when it comes to getting the most out of college financial aid? I currently have a sophomore in a private university, and we have been fortunate that the college has provided this child a full ride so far. I also have a senior in high school, and he is looking at private schools as well ($$$$). We also have a third-grader. I have a modest income (let's say I have never maxed my Social Security withholdings). My wife has...

How do I know I'm not getting ripped off by "lousy cards"? Can I play for free to get the feel of the game? Any good/bad experiences out there?

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There's abundant evidence for the need of it. The old one-dimensional categories of 'right' and 'left' , established for the seating arrangement of the French National Assembly of 1789, are overly simplistic for today's complex political landscape. For example, who are the 'conservatives' in today's Russia? Are they the unreconstructed Stalinists, or the reformers who have adopted the right-wing views of conservatives like Margaret Thatcher ? On the standard left-right scale, how do you distinguish leftists like Stalin and Gandhi? It's not sufficient to say that Stalin was simply more left than Gandhi. There are fundamental political differences between them...