Funny Cide in 'Awesome' Warm-up

BBC SPORT:

Funny Cide sparkled in his final tune-up ahead of his bid to win the US Triple Crown.

The three-year-old will attempt on Saturday to claim the Belmont Stakes and become the first horse to win the treble for 25 years and the first ever gelding to achieve the feat.

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New York Times:

Apple Computer seems to have the future of online music in its hands for the moment. Its new service, iTunes Music Store, has been the first real success story in the long effort to sell music over the Internet. In just its first month of operation the service, by the company's estimate, has sold three million songs online, at 99 cents each. This is an impressive figure considering the limited access that music fans now have to the service.

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BBC NEWS:

The cost of downloading songs from the internet has been cut in the first round of a price war. Listen.com, which provides internet radio broadcasts for $9.95 a month, is slashing the price for burning music onto CDs from 99 cents to 79 cents. This comes just a month after Apple Computers launched its online iTunes music store, which allowing Mac users to download songs for 99 cents with no monthly subscription fee. The Apple service has been far more popular than expected, with two million songs downloaded in its first 16 days.

This is obviously good for all of us who are consumers.

-Tim
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New York Times

Like most mobile audio players, the Kenwood KTC-H2A1 Here2Anywhere is small enough to carry in one hand. But the Here2Anywhere is a satellite radio tuner that works only when it is resting in a somewhat less portable docking station. When it is plugged in, the Here2Anywhere becomes a broadcast node for the Sirius satellite radio service, which for $13 a month gives subscribers access to 100 streaming stations.

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BBC News:

The Romans invented many things but it may come as a surprise to some that they could also be responsible for a rudimentary version of virtual reality. Researchers at the University of Warwick have uncovered 3D paintings in the ancient villas of Pompeii which used tricks similar to virtual reality to impress guests.

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The Village Voice:

The most profound change in Italian cinema is its regionalism. " In the '70s and '80s, you had films that were mostly produced in Rome, often where Rome was a central element," says Monda. "Now we have films from Naples, Sicily, Turin." The characters often speak Neapolitan, Sicilian, or other dialects. Regional differences matter in Italy. They're far deeper than those between, say, New York and Mississippi.

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Michelle Wie, 13, Gets Spot in Men's Tourney

San Jose Mercury News:

Teenager Michelle Wie has accepted a sponsor's exemption to play in the Boise Open on the Nationwide Tour, becoming the first female golfer to compete on the PGA Tour's developmental circuit. The event is Sept. 18-21.

Wie, a 13-year-old eighth-grader in Honolulu who hits the ball farther than some PGA Tour players, will be the third female player this year to go head-to-head with the men.

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Plates Of Foie Gras, Flattery On The Side

Los Angeles Times:

A sparkling soiree sets the stylish tone at a French Riviera movie mecca. Oh, to be a fly on the wall.

CANNES, France -- Even with Franco-American relations sinking lower than the Titanic, and an oil slick threatening to literally blacken this preciously expensive seaside idyll, the mood at this fete seems robustly buoyant.

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