My Daily Scribbles

Zenyatta wins Horse of Year Zenyatta went out a winner after all. It seemed only fitting. The remarkable mare whose charisma earned the public’s affection, and whose perfect career was ended in her final race, was voted Horse of the Year on Monday night over the only opponent ever to defeat her on the track. [...]

Canada to rely less on debt-financed gov’t spending for growth this year: CIBC TORONTO – Increased business spending will help Canada’s economy grow this year, while the federal government will likely shy away from spending Read more on Canadian Business

The African Footballer of the Year competition is an annual event. The award was won by Samuel Eto’o in 2003, 2004 and 2005. The award usually name three people, the winner, first and second runner up. The fisrt runner up among Austin Okocha and Didier Drogba is contentious.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2010/05/06/2010-05-06_giants_legend_lawrence_taylor_arrested_in_new_york_rape_case.html Some details I just heard on the radio was that this 15 year old girl was a runaway and there was a pimp involved. Take it for what its worth.

From guardian.co.uk: “Jordan Rice was on the way back from a trip to buy a school uniform for the new term when, standing on the roof of his mother’s car at a little after two o’clock on Monday afternoon, he made his choice. That he couldn’t swim and must have been terrified as floodwaters rose [...]