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A look at Detroit's 2008 pitching lineup and rotation
Most spots on the Tigers' 25-man roster seem solidified as spring training nears. Still, the precise makeup of the bench and bullpen is uncertain. Free Press sports writer Jon Paul Morosi examines the dynamics at work as club officials shape the roster: • Even after an impressive performance last year, Ryan Raburn is not assured of an Opening Day roster spot. The team is expected to carry four bench players, and Vance Wilson, Ramon Santiago, Brandon Inge and Marcus Thames are strong candidates for those spots. A job would open if Wilson does not recover from elbow surgery, or if the club trades Inge or Thames. Raburn has a minor league option remaining, so he could be sent to Triple-A Toledo without clearing waivers. .
New Delhi, January 16
This age-old buffalo fight is organised on the occasion of the harvest festival "Bhogali Bihu" in Assam. AFP photo
Ulemas target Godrejs for hosting Rushdie
Mumbai, January 16
The All India Ulema Council, an organisation which claims to represent India's Muslims, said the Godrej family of industrialists should apologise to the community for association with writer Salman Rushdie. No proposal for religion-based reservation: Arjun Singh
New Delhi, January 16
The Centre today said there was no proposal before it to provide reservation on the basis of religion. English, Hindi words to simplify Urdu
New Delhi, January 16
Urdu learners can now heave a sigh of relief as the Union government has decided to replace difficult words in the language with simplified terms.
The antidotes to a lame red carpet season
Did anyone within the sound of my keyboard watch the Golden Globes ceremony Sunday night? Nah, me neither.
For one thing, I've had . . . Let's call it “abdominal melodrama," off and on since Wednesday. Consequently, I simply wasn't in the mood for anything at all by Glenn Miller.
Moreover, this writer's strike has sucked the blood out of my beloved red-carpet season. Now, I'm not saying picketing on the part of Hollywood scribes isn't a smidgen necessary. But dangit to Denver, Alexis, I need my fix of what-was-she-thinkin' dresses and shut-up-already acceptance speeches.
I'm still holding out hope for the Academy Awards, for which nominations are announced a week from today at some unholy dawn-rush hour on the West Coast.
In preparation for the Oscars, considered the apex of the awards-show equinox (don't you just love a thesaurus?), I have a little to-do list to help make you, your wardrobe and/or someone who needs help a measure more ready for your own red-carpet moments this year.
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