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Stunts, cats and crime: Sliwas colorful run for NYC mayor
2024-10-21 14:45:04| Spiritual Career Counseling
NEW YORK Wearing his signature red beret, Curtis Sliwa is on television, stroking one of his 16 rescue cats in a campaign ad. Hes in the subway with his Guardian Angels anti-crime patrol. Hes breaking up restaurant brawls in Little Italy and blaming the mafia and the mayor when hes banned from judging the meatball-eating contest.This is the how Republican nominee is mounting an improbable quest to become New York Citys mayor always in his red hat.Sliwa has spent decades as a stunt-loving New York character, with a knack for keeping news cameras around and a history of bombastic statements. He once survived an attempted mob hit incited by his radio commentary.The Republican insists his campaign this year is not a long shot, but more of a David-and-Goliath slingshot, with Sliwa as a streetwise man of the people speaking out about crime and disorder.Im the only Republican who can go into neighborhoods where the only Republican theyve ever seen is Abraham Lincoln on a $5 bill...
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Paris Olympics closing cermony's best moments, highlights from a star-filled event
2024-10-21 12:45:05| Spiritual Career Counseling
For two weeks, Olympic athletes captivated the sports world with extraordinary performances, moments of vulnerability and honesty in defeat. Away from the field of play, whether it was Olympians showcasing their personality, jostling with fans on social media or a famous ambassador dancing with a horse, the Olympic Games had something for everyone.AdvertisementAs with every Olympics, when the final event concludes, a celebration to honor the athletes achievements occurs the closing ceremony. One final chance for the athletes to parade into the stadium and represent their respective countries. Its also a chance to say goodbye to the current Games and look ahead to the next one, which will be four years from now in Los Angeles.In the end, the flame is extinguished, marking the conclusion of the Summer Olympics.The closing ceremony had its share of memorable moments. Here are some of the highlights from Sundays festivities in Paris:In true Top Gun and Mission: Impossible fashion, Tom...
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Paris closes the Olympics, and Los Angeles turns to Tom Cruise for its 2028 mission
2024-10-21 12:45:05| Spiritual Career Counseling
SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) Setting out to prove that topping Paris isnt mission impossible, Los Angeles rolled out a skydiving Tom Cruise, Grammy winner Billie Eilish and other stars on Sunday as it took over Olympic hosting duties from the French capital, which closed out its 2024 Games just as they started with joy and panache.Capping two and a half extraordinary weeks of Olympic sports and emotion, Paris boisterous, star-studded closing ceremony in Frances national stadium mixed unbridled celebration with a somber call for peace from International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach.Following in Paris footsteps in 2028 promises to be a challenge: It made spectacular use of its cityscape for its first Games in 100 years, with the Eiffel Tower and other iconic monuments becoming Olympic stars in their own right as they served as backdrops and venues for medal-winning feats. But the City of Angels, like the City of Light, showed that it, too, holds some aces.Cruise in his E...
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