It is an extraordinary record, although after picking up medal number 25 on Saturday Jackson paid tribute to his career-long coach Malcolm Arnold, who will hang-up his stop-watch when his athlete puts away his spikes.

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Detailing the number of tweets, calls on Skype, music-streamers on Pandora, and other activities on the web, the folks at GO-Globe.com packaged a mountain of information in digestible rainbow-colored spokes extending from a classic stop-watch image, underscoring that all of this happens in just 60 seconds.

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The actress and fashion designer announced a philanthropic campaign Monday called Watch Hunger Stop that includes raising money through the sale of a version of Kors' best-selling Runway watch.

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The plaintiffs in the stop-and-frisk suit have demanded such an overseer to watch the police.

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The AMC-Hamas lawyer said his goal is to force the FBI to stop maintaining terrorist watch lists.

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Increasingly, watch-lists are used to restrict access to training and education, and to stop people buying property, guns, chemicals and other things that can be made into weapons.

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