Youth Sailing Championships

Competitive sailing is gaining ground amongst youngsters from all over the world.

The U.S. Youth Sailing Championships are underway from June 25-30 hosted by the Indian Harbor Yacht Club in Greenwich, Conn.

Meanwhile, across the oceans, the Asian Youth Sailing Championships are being held in Singapore from June 28 to July 7.

This an international event with 21 countries taking part.

The Malaysian Yachting Association is sending two national sailors to compete, and has high hopes that they will bring home at least two medals.

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NFL Player Donté Stallworth Faces DUI Manslaughter Charge

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28-year old NFL player Donté Stallworth is facing a charge of DUI man- slaughter. The prosecutors allege that the Cleveland Browns wide receiver struck and killed a pedestrian last month while driving drunk on March 14.

The accident happened shortly after 7 am when Stallworth was driving on the MacArthur Causeway. He crashed into 59 year-old Mario Reyes a crane operator, who had just got off work and was rushing across the causeway trying to catch a bus.

The police evidence showed that Stallworth had a blood-alcohol level of .126, above the legal limit in Florida of .08. Prior to the accident, Stallworth had been drinking in the Fountainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach.

Stallworth attended the hearing with his mother, after which he was handcuffed and taken away. He was later released on bail of $200,000.

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Tiger Woods Wins the Arnold Palmer Invitational

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The much anticipated return of Tiger Woods to action on the golf courses has delighted all golf enthusiasts. His spectacular win at the Arnold Palmer Invitational proves again he is probably the best of the best.

This was his third tournament following his recovery from his knee injury. He was two under, and five strokes behind Sean O'Hair. But he got level on the 15th hole, and were still tied on the 18th. The drama ended with Woods sinking a 16 ft putt, to the delight of the crowd and himself.



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