Monday, November 8, 2010

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Japanese anime producer Yoshinobu Nishizaki dies at age 75

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Monday, November 8, 2010

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Japanese anime and film producer Yoshinobu Nishizaki has died at the age of 75 after he fell out of a boat just off the Ogasawara Islands. He had been preparing to swim. The coastguard recovered his body after 20 minutes but he died two hours later. Nishizaki was best known for his work on the series Space Battleship Yamato.

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NASCAR: Hamlin wins 2010 AAA Texas 500

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Monday, November 8, 2010

Joe Gibbs Racing driver Denny Hamlin, who qualified thirtieth, won the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 2010 AAA Texas 500 held on Sunday at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas, United States. This became his eighth win of the season, and his second at Texas Motor Speedway. Throughout the course of the race there were nine cautions and thrity-five lead changes among fourteen different drivers.

On the final restart, Matt Kenseth caught Hamlin and passed him. Later the same lap, Hamlin reclaimed the position, after Kenseth collided into the wall, prompting him to finish second during the race. Mark Martin finished third. Joey Logano managed the fourth position in the closing laps of the race, after starting twentieth on the grid. Greg Biffle, from the Roush Fenway Racing team, clinched the fifth position, after leading 223 laps during the race. Kevin Harvick followed Biffle in sixth, while Clint Bowyer could only manage seventh.

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Haile Gebrselassie announces retirement from athletics

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Monday, November 8, 2010

Haile Gebrselassie, a 37-year-old Ethiopian road-running athlete, announced his retirement from the sport on Sunday, after leaving the New York City Marathon with an inflamed knee. Gebrselassie is widely considered "one of the greatest distance runners in history."

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