What keeps the Olympic torch relay on the road?

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VIDEO: Team that keeps torch relay moving

The author of “Friday Night Lights” goes on the road with his young-adult son, a savant with serious intellectual deficits, and writes an unflinchingly honest memoir.

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Books of The Times: ‘Father’s Day’ Is Buzz Bissinger’s Memoir About His Son

Playing the “whatever happened to . . . ?” game with former reality show contestants can have mixed results. So it’s a pleasant surprise when, 10 years down the road, one is pursuing the same passion that drove him to appear on camera in the first place. Read full article > >

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At Cancun Cantina, Josh Gracin tinges his country twang with R&B

TUCSON, Ariz. — Ten miles down the road from the Safeway where he nearly lost his life last January, Ron Barber is holding court with some three dozen supporters . Read full article > >

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Ron Barber, former Gabby Giffords aide, sees race as call to civility

The rules on fuel tanker drivers’ hours on the road are temporarily relaxed to help the transport of supplies to filling stations.

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Fuel driver hours rules relaxed

Constant repairs to the road that links the islands of the Outer Banks has caused some to question the approach in the face of unrelenting erosion.

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Highway 12, Outer Banks Lifeline, Is Under Siege by Nature

CAIRO — Two female American tourists were released Friday night, hours after masked gunmen kidnapped them on the road that leads to St. Catherine’s Monastery, a historic landmark in the Sinai Peninsula, a military official said. Read full article > >

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Abducted U.S. female tourists released in Egypt

The Giants are 5-3 this season on the road but just 3-4 at home, where they will face the Cowboys in prime-time with a playoff berth at stake.

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For Giants, Home Field Has Been a Disadvantage

Aung San Suu Kyi says she is hopeful that Burma can get onto “the road to democracy”, after talks with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

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Suu Kyi hopeful on Burma progress

Turkey’s foreign minister announces sanctions on Syria over its crackdown on protests, saying Syrian leaders had reached “the end of the road”.

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Turkey imposes sanctions on Syria

A lorry falls off a bridge on to the M56 motorway in Cheshire, leading to a full closure of the road in both directions.

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Lorry falls from bridge on to M56

Andrew Marr takes to the road in Dhaka as a rickshaw driver and gets quite a following.

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VIDEO: Andrew Marr as a rickshaw cycler

Libya: David Loyn on the road with Misrata’s rebel army as they prepare to take advantage of any new Nato offensive.

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VIDEO: On the road with Misrata’s rebel army

A man admits attacking another man with a power drill after running a car off the road in North Lanarkshire.

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Man guilty of power drill attack

An attempt to disrupt a cycle race by spreading tacks and drawing pins on the road is described as “completely irresponsible”.

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Tack sabotage bid on cycle race