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...rburgring (a new, shorter version has been used since the 1980s) is not on this year's F1 schedule. Yas Island in Abu Dhabi is. The gulf state has spent $1 billion on the new track and $39 billion on the outlandish infrastructure surrounding it, including hotels, golf courses and Ferrari World, billed as the world's largest indoor theme park. Here you can experience the g-forces of an F1 racer firsthand on a roller coaster that reaches speeds of 124m.p.h. (200 km/h). The roller coaster may be more thrilling than the race itself. New tracks like Yas Island...
...Mayweather's match will be staged in the smaller MGM Grand, but it will get the full buildup with a four-episode Mayweather-Mosley 24/7 series on HBO. Mayweather spent last week on a three-city media tour, generating interest in his bout with outlandish theatrics, which included a shoving match with Mosley. Some of the crowd at the Los Angeles event chanted, "Manny! Manny!," but they were drowned out by "Money! Money!," Mayweather's nickname...
That's the logic, of course, which led to the $5 latte, which probably seemed equally outlandish when coffee was 50 cents a cup at most diners. But you don't have to take Duane Sorenson's word for it, or mine, or anybody else's. Try this kind of coffee, and soon. Even if, like me, you're a brute who puts evaporated milk and Sweet'n Low into it, you'll find that your days will start better drinking coffee of this caliber, and not just because of the caffeine. (See the 10 worst fast-food meals...
...scrum. "There is a theory among some in sports that SportsCenter has had this terrible impact on the fundamentals of sports because they highlight slam dunks and fancy passes," explains Pfeiffer. "The current media culture doesn't reward getting things done in government. It rewards saying the most outlandish things...
South African President Jacob Zuma received a less than cordial welcome when he stepped off the plane in London for a three-day state visit to Britain this week. The British media, renowned for their sometimes witty, often outlandish headlines and a tone that can swing between cheeky and downright rude, have vilified Zuma for having five wives, calling him everything from a "sex-obsessed bigot" to a "vile buffoon...