Bastille Day military parade in Paris
United Nations armored vehicles pass the Arc de Triomphe during the annual Bastille Day parade in Paris on July 14, 2008. (UPI Photo/ David Silpa)
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The Memorial Day weekend kicks off summer and, with no Triple Crown hopes to extend the spring, also kicks off a "second season" of racing.
On the weekend between the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness, the racing world holds its breath, hoping something good is about to happen.
Some people participating in a huge Paris protest against a same-sex marriage bill clashed with police who fired tear gas to control the crowd, officials said.
It's Super Saturday in Dubai and yet another weekend of sorting out Kentucky Derby candidates in the United States.
Wrap-up of thoroughbred stakes action.
This would be the weekend for racing fans to gather up the year's winnings and get that Christmas shopping done.
French filly Solemia reeled in Japanese superstar Orfevre in the final yards to win Sunday's Group 1 Prix de l' Arc de Triomphe.
Atlanta has officially opened the Millennium Gate at the city's Atlantic Station, a project the designers conceded came "eight years late."
Jacques Chirac, probably the last French president to have lived through World War II, made his final public appearance Tuesday at a ceremony marking its end.
Wrapup of Thoroughbred stakes action.
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