Archive for November, 2010



New York City Marathon 2010

On Sunday, November 07, 2010 the NYC Marathon will take place. Runners of different nationalities will come to New York to join in the annual NYC Marathon. The NYC Marathon celebrated it’s 40th birthday in September. The ING New York City Marathon is said to be as one of the best road races in the […]

Actress Jill Clayburgh dies

Hollywood, TV and Broadway actress Jill Clayburgh has died aged 66. She was nominated for an Oscar for her role in ‘An Unmarried Woman’ in 1978 and for ‘Starting Over’, opposite Burt Reynolds the following year. Her husband, playwright David Rabe, said she died from leukaemia at home in Connecticut. She had lived with the […]

Death of Matt Hughes (Storm Chaser)

The death of the 30-year-old Storm Chaser Matt Hughes triggered a lot of questions regarding the cause of his death. Some thought that his unfortunate passing was Nature’s way of reminding him that chasing after storms is a troublesome business. A lot more say that Hughes died from complications that he acquired after a failed […]

Results of California election 2010

According to the 2010 California election results, Arnold Schwarzenegger is replaced by a democratic successor. Jerry Brown won the predicted election as governor in California. CNN and MSNBC reported, citing election polls, that Republican challenger, former eBay chief Meg Whitman is set against Brown. Brown, 72, is a career politician with a dazzling past and […]

San Francisco Giants parade

San Francisco Giants ended its 56 years long title drought by defeating Texas 3-1 yesterday to capture the 106th World Series. Edgar Renteria was the star of the match as smacked a three-run homer in the seventh inning, which was enough to provide much needed offensive support to Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum. “This is the […]

NBA star Maurice Lucas dead at 57

Maurice Lucas, who helped the Trail Blazers win the 1977 NBA championship, died Sunday after a long battle with bladder cancer, the team announced. Playing alongside Bill Walton, Lucas averaged a team-high 20,2 points and grabbed 11,2 rebounds per game in 1976-1977. Walton named his son Luke after Lucas. A five-time NBA All-Star, Lucas was […]