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June 2010: Sounding Off
2010: Recently, President Obama dismissed Afghanistan commander General Stanley McChrystal after the release of an article in Rolling Stone in which the general was overly candid about his feelings about the administration.

How'd I get screwed into going to this dinner?" demands Gen. Stanley McChrystal. It's a Thursday night...
...; Is This a Jabulani I See Before Me?
2010: In the last minutes of Sunday's match between Brazil and Côte d’Ivoire, a suspicious incident of playacting went down, earning Brazil’s star player Kaká a red card and ejection from the game.

The forward, Abdul Kader Keïta, was not hit with the ball or slapped across the...
...; Win, Lose, or Draw
2010: As the non-elimination group stage of the World Cup barrels along, it’s not the wins or losses that are adding up, but instead the ties, an equalizing stalemate whose fortunes depend which entirely side you are on.

After last week’s 1-1 tie between England and the US, the... ...

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