Golden Beach resident gets Ellis Island award (Miami Herald) - Golden Beach resident Richard Parrillo Sr. was one of 100 people to receive the 2008 Ellis Island Medal of Honor during a May 15 ceremony in New York.
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Ten tips for San Francisco tourists (USA Today) - It happens every year: 16 million eager, wide-eyed tourists arrive at the Golden GateTony Bennett crooning on their iPods, visions of Rice-a-Roni dancing in their heads, asking things like, "Which exit do I take to get to Alcatraz?"
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Italy Were Wronged In 2002 - Infamous Referee Moreno (Goal.com) - Italy were eliminated after former Perugia star Ahn Jung-Hwan?s extra time golden goal sent the joint-host nation into ecstasy. However this all happened after one of the most infamous matches in World Cup history.
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Hockey: Malaysia beat France to finish third in four-nation tourney (The Star) - KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia scored a golden goal to beat France 3-2 in the playoff for third place of a four-nation junior hockey tournament in Poland on Sunday night.
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Golden effort by local spikers (The Palladium-Times) - At the recent Empire State Senior Games in Cortland, a local volleyball team was as good as gold.
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Hero Jerseys (Soccer365) - The U.S. Women?s National Team defeated Brazil, 1-0, on a 41st minute goal from forward Amy Rodriguez in a scrappy encounter at the 2008 Peace Queen Cup, giving the USA control of Group B and taking a major step toward a berth in the tournament?s championship game.
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Van Persie rewards Oranje faith (UEFA News) - Marco van Basten broke one of his golden rules by including the injured Robin van Persie in his squad but, fit again, the Arsenal FC man is showing his value.
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Italy may look to wild card Cassano (AFP via Yahoo! News) - World champions Italy, having managed just one goal in their opening two Group C matches, could turn to a wild card in Zurich on Tuesday in the shape of Antonio Cassano as they try to see off France to reach the Euro 2008 quarters.
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Celtics capture NBA crown with historic rout of Lakers (AFP via Yahoo! News) - An overwhelming Boston Celtics squad humiliated the Los Angeles Lakers 131-92 Tuesday, capturing their first National Basketball Association title since 1986 in record-shattering fashion.
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Olyphant tries to come to terms with teen?s death (The Scranton Times-Tribune) - Thomas Golden Jr. and his friends were looking to relax Saturday after a long year at Mid Valley High School.
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