They huffed and puffed and sometimes pulled themselves up by the stair rail but they made it to the top of the 70 floors that were a part of Climb Detroit, the American Lung Association’s extreme stair climb at the Renaissance Center Sunday.

Thompson wins New Zealand PGA in playoff 
American Nicholas Thompson beat Canada’s David Morland IV on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff Sunday to win the New Zealand PGA golf championship. Both players shot four-under-par final rounds of 68 to be tied at 280, eight-under-par, after 72 holes at the Clearwater Resort course. Thompson made par on the first playoff hole while Morland made bogey out of a greenside bunker, giving the …

Arrest Made in Hit-And Run 
SPRINGDALE Police arrested Aaron Arzola-Almeida, 18, Friday in connection with a hit-and-run accident that killed a young girl Sunday.

Martina, Carrie And Kellie To Be “Idolized” 
NASHVILLE, TN Tuesday Feb.27.2007 /netmusiccountdown.com/ — Martina McBride , Carrie Underwood and Kellie Pickler have been tapped to appear on upcoming episodes of American Idol. Carrie and Kellie return as former contestants, while Martina returns because Idol hopefus worshipped her music enough to compete by singing songs she made famous.

3 who influenced religion, song, exploration 
During Black History Month, the Daily News is looking at the accomplishments of some of the influential but less-celebrated African-Americans who made their marks in American history.

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