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Wallabies coach Robbie Deans named James O’Connor as his preferred playmaker in a 25-man squad to face the British and Irish Lions, while leaving the selection door open for the omitted Quade Cooper and Kurtley Beale.
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The International Rugby Board will review the disciplinary process that led to New Zealand’s Adam Thomson receiving a one-week ban for stamping on the head of a Scottish opponent in a Test match four days ago.
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Time was, simulating the sexual assault of a scantily clad wrestler on TV might get you hauled before the U.S. Senate, not elected to it.
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Senator John Cornyn of Texas, head of the committee to elect Republicans to the chamber, said in an interview on Bloomberg Television’s “Political Capital with Al Hunt ,” airing this weekend, that this week’s report that Democrat Richard Blumenthal misstated his military service is a “game changer” for the Connecticut Senate race.
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Australia made seven changes to its starting lineup for this week’s Tri-Nations rugby opener against South Africa as it tries to rebound from an upset loss to Samoa.
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Linda McMahon , former chief executive officer of World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. , won the Republican U.S. Senate nomination in Connecticut and will face Democrat Richard Blumenthal in November’s election.
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Australia will take on New Zealand in this week’s Tri-Nations rugby Test without its two most experienced players after Nathan Sharpe and Matt Giteau were left off the 24-man match squad.
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Australia picked back-rower Scott Higginbotham to make his first Test start and recalled lock Nathan Sharpe for this weekend’s Tri-Nations rugby match against South Africa in Durban.
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Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal will stay in the race for U.S. Senate, a Democratic Party spokeswoman said, amid a controversy over a New York Times report that he misrepresented his military service record during the Vietnam War.
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Australia will give Kurtley Beale “until the final moment” to overcome a hamstring injury and take his place in an unchanged team in the Rugby World Cup semifinal against New Zealand in two days.
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