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The tourist brochures say that the first thing you'll notice upon arriving in the Faroe islands is the clean, crisp air. For my part – I arrived by plane on a cloudy, cool and damp April afternoon with some colleagues – the first thing In this first edition of the Faroe Islands Podcast, we hear [...]

Justin Verlander summoned athletic trainer Kevin Rand and pitching coach Jeff Jones to the clubhouse after the seventh inning to examine a callus on his thumb that had begun to bleed. He wanted to stay in the game — and would have kept pitching if it Verlander's "Fastball Flakes," a cereal featuring the Detroit Tigers [...]

When SpaceX launches its Falcon 9 rocket Saturday, it will be the beginning of a complex rendezvous with the space station that attempts to test several capabilities in one mission. By Pete Spotts, Staff writer / May 18, 2012 The SpaceX Falcon 9 test Private spaceflight company SpaceX will launch its International Space Station-bound capsule [...]

Race-goers celebrate with a Baltimore tradition ahead of the 2012 Preakness Stakes that takes place on Saturday. SB Nation is a collection of over 300 individual communities, each offering high quality year-round coverage and conversation led by fans who are passionate about their favorite teams, leagues or sports. By empowering fans A valet — "equipment [...]

As trainer of the winner and the runner-up in the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes, Todd Pletcher enjoyed a double-dose of glee Friday. By Steven Petrella The Baltimore Sun A beautiful day at Pimlico will allow Black-Eyed Susan Day to go on with seemingly no problems and a fast track. All 13 races will take place between [...]

Facebook IPO causes unfriending of morning news. Occupy Wall Street as yet has offered no comment on this latest expansion of Wall Street greed, but we'll keep an eye out for it at their page on, uh, Facebook. Meanwhile The Facebook IPO will embolden the social network company to up its fight with Google for [...]

The band offered no explanation for the decision, saying it will put off indefinitely all tour dates after a June 26 show in New Orleans, including shows in Milwaukee, Detroit, Cleveland, Salt Lake City and El Paso. Though rumors are flying as to why Van Halen pulled the plug on the final 30 dates of [...]

I just heard Donna Summer died. Talk about a bygone era. How many times did I shake my tailfeather to this diva? Donna Summer — the Queen of Disco — died this morning after a battle with cancer TMZ has learned. Aardie: "My favorite was 'Last Dance' from the movie 'Thank God it's Friday." biasboy1: [...]

After months of a 24/7 planned schedule on 'American Idol,' the final two contestants are ready to be donefor now. Phillip Phillips has had quite the e. Phillip Phillips seems like he's the most confident contestant this season on 'American Idol,' but he says it's still stressful at the top! Phillip Philli. By Adam Graham [...]

Jane Fonda sure is busy these days. After taking only the occasional role over the past seven years, Fonda is suddenly everywhere again and can be seen the upcoming comedy-drama "Peace, Love & Misunderstanding," Aaron Sorkin's HBO series "The Newsroom Jane Fonda attends opening ceremony during the 65th Cannes Film Festival in an Atelier Versace [...]