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NEWS ABOUT: masks

masks stories: 5 news summaries
SLIDESHOW

 Masks: a Goalie's Power Play 

Players spend top dollar expressing themselves on gear

May 9, 09 4:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Unlike their cookie-cutter colleagues in other sports, NHL goalies wear their hearts on their faces, the Washington Post reports in a retrospective celebrating the 50th birthday of a netminder's best friend—the goalie mask. Players take great pride in personalizing them, sometimes spending $1,000 on images of prizefighters, dead... More »

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NHL • athlete • hockey • masks • Jay-ZTV

OPINION

 Those Masks Won't Save You 

Apocalyptic fashion accessory isn't effective against viruses

Apr 29, 09 2:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Chicago has swine flu fever—not the actual flu, mind you, but the pandemic of fear that has swept the US, Mary Schmich writes for the Tribune. Photos abound of Americans donning face masks to go out in public, and Schmich, calling around to pharmacists, found most fresh out.... More »

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disease • flu medications • masks • swine flu

Archaeologist: 
Cleopatra, Mark Antony Tomb
Is Close

Artifacts unearthed in Egypt hint at lovers

Apr 19, 09 3:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - An eccentric Egyptian archaeologist believes he knows where Mark Antony and Cleopatra were buried, the AP reports. An excavation team has uncovered a mask fragment with an Antony-style cleft chin, coins bearing Cleopatra’s likeness, and 10 mummies from the same time period in the Toposiris Magna temple, hinting that... More »

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archaeology • Egypt • mummy • tomb • ancient Egypt • Cleopatra • masks • Mark Antony

 Trick-or-Treaters
 Vote for Palin 

Mask retailers scramble to stock likeness ahead of Halloween

Oct 2, 08 3:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Costume shops are scrambling to stock enough masks of Sarah Palin, who looks to be a popular choice this Halloween, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. Trick-or-treaters who want to transform into either of the presidential candidates—or most of their early competitors—are in luck, but heavy demand for Palin's likeness... More »

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politics • eBay • Halloween • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • costume • masks

US Athletes Weigh Wearing Masks in Beijing

Specially designed masks would blunt smog—and irk hosts

Jul 21, 08 11:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - To protect its athletes from Beijing’s polluted air, the US Olympic Committee has secretly developed a mask for them to wear during next month’s Games, the Wall Street Journal reports. But if the 600-plus American Olympians decide to wear the high-tech filter, they risk insulting their Chinese hosts—... More »

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China • 2008 Beijing Olympics • air pollution • triathlon • masks • Jarrod Shoemaker

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