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Eight time James Beard Award winner Charlie Trotter owns Chicago landmark Charlie Trotter's, and Restaurant Charlie in the Palazzo Hotel at the Venetian Resort in Vegas.

Kate Trotter on The Elephant Man's one-play-wonder, plus Caryl Churchill, Tennessee Williams, director Robin Phillips, actor Brent Carver and actress Angelina Jolie

Kate Trotter discusses her stage roles as Mrs. Kendal, Marlene, and Alma Winemiller - three central memorable roles from three playwrights who wrote women well.

Mini -series guest star tells the cool truth about Coronation Street's Thomas Craig, Beyond Borders' Angelina Jolie, acting versus directing, and her fave playwright.

Messenger was a Thoroughbred, but he would stride into a trot on his own when given his choice. His blood traces to Man o' War and to Little Brown Jug.

Family breeders of harness racers in the 1800s were Justin Morgan, the Clays, and Richard Eldrige, who bred Mambrino Chief. The Chief's progeny rivaled Hambletonian's.

Muscle Hill's Hambletonian margin of victory surpassed that of 1968's Nevele Pride. He leads trotters in season earnings at $1.3 million since his World Trotting Derby.

Trainer Greg Peck on Muscle Hill: "...a lot of people have said to me that he's the greatest trotter they've ever seen". The colt will finish in the Breeders Crown.

The Palo Alto Stock Farm consistently produced trotting horses that lowered records.

In 1876 he began building his huge horse operation in Palo Alto, about 30 miles south of San Francisco.

Fad Diet or a Modern Take on an Ancient Way of Life?

Muscle Hill cruised to the Standardbred Breeders Crown title. He is being mentioned with the very greats of harness racing, and should easily capture Horse of the Year.

SBSW, a pacing phenom, and driver Tim Tetrick, who scored 903 victories, were voted harness racing's Horse of the Year and Driver of the Year, respectively, for 2008.

Conodonts - microscopic toothlike fossils - have demonstrated the link between the oceans cooling and the sudden expansion of marine life almost 500 million years ago.

England's trotter, Messenger, grand-sired Hambletonian, and his progeny kept the harness racing bloodlines flowing. Dan Patch and No Pan Intended probably are relatives.

One of Britain's biggest comedies is to return in 2010, as Del Trotter and co are back in spin off show Sex, Drugs and Rock 'n' Chips

The Palo Alto System, devised by Leland Stanford and implemented by the skilled personnel he hired, was a blueprint for producing fast trotters.

The 15th season of The Amazing Race continues in Dubai as one team member's meltdown at a waterslide leads to a showdown between two teams and a dramatic finish.

While Thoroughbreds, ridden by jockeys, and Standardbreds, who pull sulkies and have drivers, share common descriptive language, some terms differ.

Sequoyah, for many years, works on his alphabet. When it is finished it is so simple that everyone, including the children, in his tribe learns it.

William Penn arrives in Philadelphia. Within three years there are 7,000 people living in the city. Penn insures peace by dealing fairly with the Indians.

In the 1870s some racehorse cognoscenti pondered whether at any time while running, horses have all hooves off the ground, an idea sometimes called unsupported transit.

Frank Coppola Jr thought he had a once-in-a-lifetime season at Saratoga in 2008 when he set a seasonal win record (321) and was named Driver and Horseman of the Year.

Oysters added to the diet at Jamestown. Here is a recipe for Scalloped Oysters.

Horse racing had its beginnings in America with private owners racing their favorites along country roads. Organized races evolved fully in the 1830s.

Breeding gives the Standardbred the instinct for pacing and trotting; training completes the instinct. Race horses, Thoroughbreds, use a four-beat gait.

A look at the NFC East starting with a look at the Philadelphia Eagles.

Women trainers, like their more prevalent male counterparts, are the daily caretakers of pacers and trotters at Saratoga Raceway and other tracks in the USA and Canada

The Old Gray Mare, Lady Suffolk, campaigned for 16 seasons to the title "Queen of the Turf". She was a champion Standardbred under saddle and to sulky in the 1840s.

The 15th season of CBS's popular reality series The Amazing Race continues as some teams maintain their lead and others fall to the back after a series of mistakes.

Spoilers abound only one day after the 15th cycle of CBS's The Amazing Race began in Los Angeles. Who's competing? Where are they going? Find out all the details below.

A posthumous presentation was held at the 2008 Mayor's Breakfast September 17 in Delaware, Ohio to recognize Bill Millhoan and his contributions to local harness racing.

The two colts with the long names that invoke the need for nicknames, Deweycheatumnhowe and Somebeachsomewhere, lead trotters and pacers in wins and earnings.

William Rysdyk raced Hambletonian to prove his trotting worth, then bred the colt to acquire a small fortune. In the 1860s, Hambletonian's get were great pacers.

Host to the 2007 UCI Mountain Bike and Trials World Championships, the Nevis Range and Leanachan Forest, Fort William is open to MTB riders for downhill training.

Sudden tremors begin shaking the New Orleans. Islands in the river disappear, new ones appear. Riverbanks give way and trees fall into the water.

Local Ohio and area state breeders sent progeny of Nobleland Sam, Yankee Cruiser, and Towner's Big Guy to the undercard Little Brown Jug races in September.

It isn't often in any sport that great talents emerge to legendary status in their own time. Harness racing fans were treated to 2007 and 2008 races of SBSW and Dewey.

Horseman Keith Clark, SBSW, and Rich N Elegant have been voted to the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame. Hypnotic Blue Chip is reaching his potential this season.

Kate Trotter discusses a legendary director and his leading actor's motivation behind playing the role of John Merrick in Bernard Pomerance's The Elephant Man.

Harry Trotter, an unemployed lumberyard foreman, finds a new career in bootlegging in the ruthless streets of Toronto in the 1920s.

Muscles Yankee son Muscle Hill ran circles around his division competition this year, making Muscles Yankee the season's dominant sire. He is also daddy to Dewey.

Now that The Amazing Race 15 has finished filming, find out where the teams went, where the race finished, and which teams may be battling it out for the million dollars.

From poker pros to Harlem Globetrotters to country singers, get a sneak peak at the 12 teams who'll be racing the world in CBS's fifteenth edition of The Amazing Race.

The Amazing Race's newest competitors range in age from 21 to 60, and include teams of professional poker players, Harlem Globetrotters, and dating country singers.

On Sunday, September 27, 2009, CBS's The Amazing Race 15 debuted with twelve new teams and a shocking starting line elimination. Here's a recap of what went down.

The 15th season of The Amazing Race continues in Prague as one team suffered incredibly bad luck but was ultimately saved by the third and final non-elimination leg.

On Sunday, September 27, 2009, CBS's The Amazing Race 15 debuted with a special two-hour premiere. Here's a recap of what went down in the second half.

The 15th season of CBS's popular reality series The Amazing Race continues as one team breaks one of the cardinal rules of the Race and loses a passport.

The 15th season of The Amazing Race continues as teams head to Dubai and tackle the scorching heat of the desert and the extreme coldness of an indoor ski facility.