World champions Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov set a new world record score for the short programme to get their bid for a second Olympic figure skating gold off the mark on Tuesday at Sochi’s Iceberg Skating Palace. Trankov, resplendent in a military-themed outfit, and Volosozhar, in a ballroom-style dress, performed flawlessly to «Masquerade Waltz» […]readmore
Sweden made sure of a place in the women’s ice hockey quarter-finals with a comfortable Group B win over Germany. A relatively straightforward 4-0 victory was the Swedes’ second in a row, and they will now battle it out with Russia for top spot in the group on Thursday. Emma Nordin’s first-minute goal set Sweden […]readmore
Jen Burton and Bobby Gravitz bring more than three decades of combined experience in helping elect Democrats to office Cumberland (Feb. 13, 2014) – Today, Cumberland Mayor, small business owner and lieutenant governor candidate Dan McKee announced Jen Burton and Bobby Gravitz of SWAY <http://swaydc.com/> will join his campaign as media consultants. «I am pleased to announce […]readmore
Rhode Island high-school students fared well compared with their peers in the region and improved their performance overall, according to assessment results that the R.I. Department of Education (RIDE) released today (February 13, 2014). Rhode Island students in grade 11 improved by 2 percentage points, to 81 percent proficiency, in reading, and by 2 percentage […]readmore
Darya Domracheva of Belarus clinched gold in the women’s 10km biathlon pursuit on Tuesday afternoon, winning her first Olympic title. The Belarusian’s time of 29:30.7 saw her cross the line 37.6 seconds ahead of Norway’s Tora Berger, with Slovenian Teja Gregorin finishing third in 30:12.7. Domracheva hit all targets in the two prone shoots and the […]readmore
Favourite Lee Sang-Hwa of the Republic of Korea smashed the Olympic record en route to a superb defence of her 500m speed skating title on Tuesday afternoon, maintaining the form she has shown in a dominant year. The Korean took gold at the Adler Arena with a combined time of 74.70 seconds from her two races, putting […]readmore
Falla wins freestyle sprint to deliver another cross-country success for
Maiken Caspersen Falla of Norway triumphed in the women’s freestyle sprint at the Laura Cross-Country Ski & Biathlon Centre on Tuesday afternoon. With Ingvild Flugstad Oestberg taking the silver behind Falla, and Ola Vigen Hattestad then securing gold in the men’s sprint just minutes later, Norway’s tally of cross-country medals is 102. “It’s just unbelievable. I can’t […]readmore
Daughter of Rolling Stones’ rocker Mick Jagger is behind the the anti-cellulite denim, which comes packed with caffeine, algae and retinol — ingredients that claim to reduce the appearance of ‘orange peel’ skin. Daughter of Rolling Stones star Mick Jagger has teamed up with Wrangler for a new line of Denim Spa jeans, designed to […]readmore
The singer is not only set to release his tenth album ‘Sex + Love’ next month, but he’s also headlining ‘El Concierto de los Enamorados’ for the lovers in New York City. There will be more sex and love than usual in New York City this weekend, and not merely because it begins on Valentine’s […]readmore
Providence – Lt. Governor Elizabeth Roberts today announced her support for Nellie Gorbea, Democratic candidate for Secretary of State. “I have always been impressed with Nellie. Her life experience spans the private, non-profit and government sectors, and she has made long lasting, positive improvements in each of these areas. I know that as Secretary of […]readmore