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Rade Prica provides shot in the arm to bring relief for Sunderland
On a fine night for unheralded heroes at the Stadium of Light, Sunderland clambered out of the relegation zone courtesy of two players still to establish themselves as household names anywhere other than their own homes. Daryl Murphy and Rade Prica slip from the memory more readily than they slip off the tongue, but the goals they plundered could hardly have been more vital. Three delicious points not only lifted Roy Keane’s team away from immediate peril and into fourteenth place, they left Birmingham City spluttering in their wake. On this evidence, the task facing Alex McLeish at St Andrew’s is anything but straightforward. City, who have not won any of their past six matches in all competitions, were devoid of confidence and inspiration. Keane has struggled to attract established players to his club — Robbie Savage, Matt Taylor and Stephen Hunt have all been targeted and failed to appear — but on this occasion the lesser figures proved inspirational.
Roberts' role as working mother
In fact she has just turned 40 and her new movie, Charlie Wilson's War, opens in the UK on 11 January. "There weren't 1004 media outlets and now it just seems like sport. The coverage of celebrities and celebrity lifestyle, it just seems like a load of crap to me. "It doesn't look fun. It just looks scary, crazy and chaotic. It's all about superficial, hollow things. You don't hear anybody talking about acting." Nonetheless if you are Julia Roberts, how you look matters. 'Nice face' When we meet on a cold, wet day in Los Angeles, she is wearing a casual, long-sleeved patterned dress, thick black tights and chunky boots. Like most movie stars she is much thinner in the flesh. Her auburn hair is loose and those famous lips highlighted with just a hint of pink gloss.
Amid storm recovery, more deaths reported
The Washington State Department of Transportation estimates that Interstate 5 will reopen Thursday after dark. The freeway was closed Monday over a 20-mile stretch of I-5 near Centralia by flooding water from the Chehalis River. The closure was between mileposts 68 and 88 in both directions. "Tomorrow morning we're going to go out there and take a really good look at it," said Melanie Coon, information specialist with WSDOT. "But we are encouraged with how fast the water is receding." Coon said that at milepost 80 at one point, water from the river rose to about 10 feet above the highway surface. Earlier today, Coon had estimated I-5 would open Friday, but revised her estimate after getting more information. Continue reading "State estimates Interstate 5 will reopen late Thursday" » .
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