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America's perspective on the Olympics

31 July 2012 | 8:00 - By Matthew Hall

On Friday night, the 2012 Olympic opening ceremony eventually made way for the eagerly anticipated (or equally dreaded) Parade of Nations, alternatively known as the Parade of National Fashions.

London lights up during the Olympic opening ceremony. (Getty)

London lights up during the Olympic opening ceremony. (Getty)

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This is the Twitter account of 24-year-old Jessica Ghawi, an aspiring sports journalist. She used the professional name Jessica Redfield, her grandmother’s maiden name, as a kind of tribute to a woman who apparently wanted to be a journalist but for whatever reasons wasn’t.

Jessica Ghawi was an aspiring sports journalist. (AAP)

Jessica Ghawi was an aspiring sports journalist. (AAP)

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US election 2012: The tone has been set

17 July 2012 | 13:35 - By Matthew Hall

Note to contestants: November’s Presidential election campaign has yet to officially begin but don’t let that stop you from already going at each other like frothing dogs.

What Democrats seem to have learned from Republicans is that it doesn%u2019t matter how you win, it just matters that you win. (AAP)

What Democrats seem to have learned from Republicans is that it doesn%u2019t matter how you win, it just matters that you win. (AAP)

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Summer smothered New York for the past week. Heat and humidity hit unbearable levels as urban temperatures peaked over 100 degrees. For some relief, New York City’s billionaire mayor Mike Bloomberg championed the reopening of a public swimming pool in Brooklyn that had been closed since 1984 after vandalism, drug use, and violence among patrons got out of hand.


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The United States Supreme Court last week announced it upheld the Affordable Care Act with a tight 5-4 vote. In normal circumstances, the hot air, print, and use of bandwidth generated by this news should have caused America to catch fire, detach itself from Canada and Mexico, and slip into the sea.


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