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CHEYENNE -- There are a few secrets to nailing a good time in any steer roping contest.
Competitors like to have their favorite kind of rope and an experienced horse that will move fast and stay calm while a cowboy does his work. Being paired with a skinny steer that won't just roll over and try to get up again never hurts either.
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When Jordan Welch was a little girl, she said she wanted to marry her daddy, Tony Welch.
Now at 14, the rising Greenbrier High School freshman and Appling resident, says she'd one day like to find a man just like her father. Doing so, though, might be tough, she said.
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After Pedro Martinez dominated his old nemesis, Hideki Matsui and Bernie Williams rallied the New York Yankees to victory in the first Subway Series of the season.
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CHEYENNE -- There are a few secrets to nailing a good time in any steer roping contest.
Competitors like to have their favorite kind of rope and an experienced horse that will move fast and stay calm while a cowboy does his work. Being paired with a skinny steer that won't just roll over and try to get up again never hurts either.
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Is it nature? Is it nurture? Is gay the gayes sensation rocking the nation?
No matter your thoughts on the whole origin of gayness debate, one thing should be clear -- my friend Troy deserves a rich husband. If you don't think so, you're wrong and probably overlooking the fairness.
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I was thinking: The Yankees have to be the prohibitive favorite to land Johan Santana. Not only do they have the most resources, owner Hank Steinbrenner desperately wants to put his His ego won't let him be outbid by anyone, much like Daddy in his prime. That's why the Yankees have sweetened the deal to include Phil Hughes. Losing Santana to Boston or the Mets is not an option.
- Tom Coughlin's Giants are 7-14 after Thanksgiving.
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Patrons can choose from "down-home Southern barbecue" - taste-tested by friends acting as guinea pigs - and authentic family recipes like Daddy O's Creamy Cole Slaw, G-Maw's Famous Baked Beans and Mama Mia's Mac Salad. Over the following 14 to 16 months, popularity demanded 16 expansions at The Shed, with square footage going from 300 to more than 6,500 and creating a place where families, singles and seniors mesh well while enjoying barbecue, a few cold beers or the live blues music booked by Brett Orrison.
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On one side of town an angry mom, angry because life just ain't what she hoped it would be, is yelling at her 7-year-old son, "You just like yo' no good daddy. You ain't never gonna be nothin' - you gonna wind up just like him, no matter how hard I try.
Yup, she's just about right.
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For 32 years, Russell Bach enjoyed the coziest of working conditions. General Motors was like a big daddy to him, and Bach figured that as long as America drove cars, daddy would always be there to keep him employed.
The sprawling GM plant in Van Nuys wasn't far from where he had been raised. Trained as a journeyman millwright, he knew how to keep factory equipment in working order. He was a valuable asset to the giant car company. Life was sweet - but it didn't last. Pain and frustration set in.
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Brittlyn Lanerie is 2 years old, but she knows that she someday wants to be a jockey - "like daddy," she says, making her mom, Shantel, shake her head.
But on Saturday at Ellis Park, Brittlyn wasn't ready to take that step during the annual camel and ostrich exhibitions.