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Ransom's talent outside the box
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FORT MYERS, Fla. - The name of the video on YouTube is "Cody
Ransom 60in approach box jump." The clip bends the mind, as the
title suggests. The whole thing takes seven seconds. It is jarring;
it's impossible not to click "Play" again, and then once more, to
see if you can determine the answer to the obvious question.
"Yeah," Ethan Banning said. "It's real."
Banning would know; he's the man who gave the Internet Cody
Ransom. The baseball world discovered Ransom this week, when Alex
Rodriguez underwent hip surgery and Ransom became his presumptive
replacement at third base for the Yankees. The ...
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54 Filipino sailors remain in the hands of ransom-seeking Somali captors -- DFA.
News Wire article from: Philippines News Agency
; ...released. It was not known if ransom was also paid to secure their...the government does not pay ransom and negotiate directly with...ships have paid huge amounts to ransom off their crew, including...provide protection. It says banning Filipinos from certain risky...
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France analyzes ransom demand linked to Iraq hostages
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream
; ...continued analyzing whether a ransom demand posted on a Web site...said a day earlier that the ransom demand had "provoked a lot...gave France 48 hours to pay a ransom and accept other conditions...demanded that France revoke a law banning Islamic head scarves from state...
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Police asked to control kidnapping for ransom and remove illegal stands.
News Wire article from: PPI - Pakistan Press International
; ...increasing kidnapping incidents for ransom and directed IGP NWFP to take...incidents of kidnapping for ransom and asked police to take practical...30 cases of kidnapping for ransom and been able to recover 27...the month. On the issue of banning entry of the then DIG inquiry...
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Seven freed drivers return to Kuwait after employers pay $500,000 (euro410,000) ransom to Iraqi captors
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream
; ...500,000 (euro410,000) ransom. "They (the kidnappers...included $6-7 million in ransom (euro4.9-5.7 million...Asked if he thought paying ransom money will encourage more kidnappings...demanded France scrap a law banning Muslim head scarves in public...
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French Premier Skeptical of Ransom Demand
News Wire article from: AP Online
; ...a Web posting demanding $5 million in ransom for two French journalists held hostage...were demanding that France revoke a law banning Islamic head scarves from state schools...refused to back down. The new demand for ransom within 48 hours _ posted on an electronic...
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Leader: Being held to ransom
Newspaper article from: Evening News - Scotland
; ...speculated that the Italian government paid a ransom of at least a million dollars to secure...committee, Gustavo Selva, believes a ransom was paid and has described the government...is at the very heart of the debate over banning smoking in public places. People should...
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France's premier expresses doubt about demand for ransom to free French hostages in Iraq
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream
; ...Web posting demanding US$5 million in ransom for two French journalists held hostage...have demanded that France revoke a law banning Islamic head scarves from state schools...refused to back down. The new demand for ransom within 48 hours _ posted on an electronic...
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Ransom Notes; Revisiting the GOP 'big tent' that hasn't happened here
Newspaper article from: New Pittsburgh Courier
; ...disagrees with his boss on the need for a constitutional amendment banning gay marriages. Nancy Reagan disagrees with Bush on the issue...have it continue to cover the SOP, Same Old Party. (Lou Ransom is managing editor of the New Pittsburgh Courier. He can be...
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Held to ransom
Magazine article from: The Spectator
; ...manpower or will to pursue most petty offenders. Ken's Ransom, by adding yet another regulation to our already over-regulated...Trafalgar Square, or wherever you want. A combination of banning cars from selected areas and providing pleasant, efficient...
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 "The Daily Mail (London, England)")
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Premier dognappers; Thieves put [pounds sterling]5,000 ransom on Everton winger's puppy.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England)
; ...winger, has now been told to pay a [pounds sterling]5,000 ransom for the safe return of the sevenmonthold puppy named Mac...David Moyes, was furious his player had flouted club rules banning players from boozing within 48 hours of a match. The embarrassing...
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