Dubai-owned Any Given Saturday, winner of the Grade I Haskell Invitational over Hard Spun and Curlin, has been retired and will stand at stud at Darley at Jonabell in Lexington.
The stud fee will be $40,000 (27,000), the stable announced.
Shiekh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum "considered keeping Any Given Saturday in training but it was decided that it was in the horse's best interest to retire him to stud," said John Ferguson, the Dubai ruler's …
1632–1704
Political philosopher
Although John Locke was born in a quiet corner of the English county of Somerset, his youth was shaped by the calamitous events of the English Civil Wars. His father was a solicitor who served in the Parliamentary Army. In 1652, during the chaotic years of the Puritan Commonwealth, Locke entered Oxford, where he appears to have been a diffident student. He was drawn at the time to the exciting ideas of RenéDescartes, but the traditionalism of the English university of his day meant that Oxford's curriculum was still largely taught in the mold of Aristotelian scholasticism of previous centuries. As a result, Locke drifted, although he indulged his curiosity by undertaking medical and scientific studies outside his course of study, an endeavor that paved the way for his eventual election to the Royal Society in 1668. He may have considered a clerical career, but in 1659 he began to serve as a tutor in his college at Oxford. Despite this honor, Locke did not take an Oxford degree until 1674, when he was finally awarded a Bachelor of …
WWC?'s 'Trainspotting' comes off the rails at Ringwald
REVIEW
'Trainspotting'
Who Wants Cake Theatre at The Ringwald Theatre, 22742 Woodward Ave., Ferndale. 10 p.m. Friday-Saturday through June 20, plus 8 p.m. June 15 & 22. $10. 248-545-5545. www. whowantscaketheatre.com
This season has seen some tremendous strides by Who Wants Cake? Theatre. Productions like "Love and Human Remains" and "Killer Joe" have shown authences that they're every bit as capable of tackling dark, gritty plays as they are with the lighter fare that's become their signature. With their newest late night endeavor, Harry Gibson's stage adaptation of Irvine Welsh's breakout novel - and …
A man who admits causing a Southern California commuter train derailment that killed 11 people has apologized from the witness stand at his murder trial.
Juan Alvarez said Tuesday he was trying to kill himself and never meant to harm anyone else. Has pleaded not guilty to charges of murder.
Alvarez asked for forgiveness from families of those …
New York Republicans on Thursday picked a former Long Island lawmaker and an economist to run in a primary for the chance to take on Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand.
Republicans wrapped up a sometimes fractious party convention by giving Bruce Blakeman, a former member of the Nassau County Legislature, the party's official designation after two rounds of balloting, but former Bear Stearns chief economist David Malpass earned enough support to force a two-way Sept. 14 primary.
Gillibrand was appointed last year to replace Hillary Rodham Clinton after Clinton was named U.S. secretary of state.
The little-known former congresswoman from upstate …
The football question today: Who fumbled the ball with apremature announcement that Mike Ditka is joining NBC as an analyst?It's not a done deal - yet. A number of major problems still remain,which NBC Sports President Dick Ebersol and Ditka's agent, BarryFranks, are trying to resolve. And Iron Mike, to avoid all phonecalls to his home Tuesday, ducked out for the nearest golf course.
ANOTHER TV QUESTION: Will Walter Jacobson, after 25 years atChannel 2, find happiness at Channel 32, anchoring its 9 p.m. newsagainst the network prime time shows? There's also an uphill battlefor "Skippy" at the 9 p.m. slot, with Channel 32's ratings only a 4,contrasted to an 8 for rival …
DETROIT (AP) — Nelson Cruz made a rocket throw to keep the score tied, then hit a three-run homer in the 11th inning that gave the Texas Rangers a 7-3 win over the Detroit Tigers on Wednesday and a 3-1 lead in the American League Championship Series.
The Rangers moved within one win of a place in the World Series thanks largely to Cruz, who backed up the grand slam winner he hit in Game 2 by producing two vital moments in Game 4.
In the bottom of the eighth, with Detroit runners at the corner bases, one out, and the score 3-3, Cruz caught a fly ball in right field and made a strong and accurate throw to home where catcher Mike Napoli tagged Miguel Cabrera rushing in from third …
