Tennis Academy on a Winning Streak to Raise $1-Million
Who said kids can't raise big bucks? In the last five years, students of the Austin Tennis Academy , which annually trains more than 100 tennis players aged 5 to 18, has raised more than $350,000 for A Glimmer of Hope , a Texas charity that provides clean water and other necessities to needy people in Ethiopia.
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Africa: Celebrities Join Push for Action on the Millennium Development Goals
UNDP Goodwill Ambassadors actor Antonio Banderas, tennis player Maria Sharapova and footballers Didier Drogba, Ronaldo and Zinedine Zidane, are among a group of celebrities who, from today, will be using their social media networks to support the United Nations push for action against extreme poverty, hunger and disease.
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Annual 5k run attracts internationals
One of the signature events at the Chris Thater Memorial is the annual 5k run. Over the years the race has attracted international attention and features prominent runners from all over the globe.
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LifeLight Festival 2010: New venue, more stages, same message
If you interpret the term "Christian music" as a breathy, melodic, subdued style of singing, you've left out quite a bit. The free concerts next weekend at the LifeLight Festival will pound away that stereotype, showing how broad Christian musical styles really can be. Heavy metal, techno and hip-hop will join traditional pop and rock, along with acoustic solo artists playing at LifeLight, one ...
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Will Somali Extremists Become Global Threat?- VIDEO: Will Al Shabab Attack U.S.?
One of the nation's top intelligence officials was stunned by what he heard in that secret, underground facility.
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Obama a Muslim? Rumors gain steam, defying facts
Anonymous FILE - In this 2006 file photo, then-Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., right, is dressed as a Somali Elder by Sheikh Mahmed Hassan, left, during his visit to Wajir, a rural area in northeastern Kenya, near the borders with Somalia and Ethiopia.
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MOPS members plan busy year
Edmond mothers with preschool children can sometimes find their world one of unfinished sentences and cold food that is eaten hot and hot food that is eaten cold. For those mothers looking for a port in the storm, Edmond Mothers of Preschoolers kicked off the 2010-2011 year with MOPS registration day today.
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The next big thing
For once, being normal is an advantage at a modelling casting call. Karl Quinn takes a front-row seat as the fashion industry gets real.
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Shira Lazar: Donate Your September Birthday and Give to charity: water
Is your birthday in September? charity: water wants those to make your gift a donation to help build thousands of wells to bring clean water to those who don't have it in Africa.
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Discovery Pushes Human Tool Use Back 800,000 Years
The timeline of early human evolution needs another revision with the discovery that human ancestors used tools 800,000 years earlier than previously realized.
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