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  • Helicopters and trucks bring snow to Cypress

    AP – Tue Feb 9, 10:13 pm ET  
    Trucks carrying snow to waits to enter the Cypress Mountain snowboard... AP

    WEST VANCOUVER, British Columbia - A clattering helicopter and a rumbling truck dumped more snow on Cypress Mountain, the warm weather-plagued venue where the first Winter Olympic event is just four days away. Full Story »

  • Strained relationship with father for top US skier

    AP – Tue Feb 9, 5:13 pm ET  
    FILE - In this Jan. 22, 2010, file photo, Lindsey Vonn of the... AP

    The Vancouver Olympics are shaping up to be Lindsey Vonn's shining moment, the apex of a career that began years ago when her father introduced her to skiing. He saw enough talent in his daughter to move the whole family to Colorado. Full Story »

  • Snow forces changes to Alpine training at Whistler

    AP – Tue Feb 9, 11:46 pm ET  

    WHISTLER, British Columbia - With a series of storm fronts rolling in off the Pacific, Vancouver Games men's Alpine race officials pushed up the start of the first downhill training session on Wednesday in a bid to ensure this weekend's opening race starts on schedule. Full Story »

  • Doping lab already testing dozens of samples

    AP – Tue Feb 9, 6:12 pm ET  
    Patrick Avon, left, and Mary-Ann Mercier work at the doping control... AP

    VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Vancouver's state-of-the-art doping lab already has tested more than 200 blood and urine samples from Olympic athletes, and there have been no positives. Full Story »

  • Organizers can't wait for 1st Canadian gold

    AP – Tue Feb 9, 8:21 pm ET  
    Royal Canadian Mounted Police Assistant Commissioner Bud Mercer,... AP

    VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Like most of the entire country, Vancouver organizers are waiting for the moment when Canada finally wins its first Olympic gold medal on home soil. Full Story »

  • Rogge: Vancouver is 'blueprint' for future games

    AP – Tue Feb 9, 11:29 pm ET  
    International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge speaks... AP

    VANCOUVER, British Columbia - IOC president Jacques Rogge believes the Vancouver Olympics will leave a legacy as a "blueprint" for future games. Full Story »

  • IOC president raves about athletes' village

    AP – Tue Feb 9, 7:33 pm ET  
    International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge looks... AP

    VANCOUVER, British Columbia - IOC president Jacques Rogge offered rave reviews of the athletes' village Tuesday after looking at the place he'll call home for part of the Vancouver Olympics. Full Story »

  • Aussies win appeal on women's bobsled entry

    AP – Tue Feb 9, 6:45 pm ET  

    VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Australia's two-woman bobsled team may compete at the Vancouver Olympics after winning its appeal Tuesday before the top sports court. Full Story »

  • Ruggiero leads US women's hockey into 4th Olympics

    AP – Tue Feb 9, 6:04 pm ET  

    Angela Ruggiero is fond of saying hockey is just her first career, and the defenseman always thought she would be on to her next big thing after Vancouver. Full Story »

  • Kramer wants to turn Olympics into Svencouver

    AP – Tue Feb 9, 9:17 am ET  
    Speed skater Sven Kramer from the Netherlands skates past Olympic... AP

    What Sven Kramer wants, Sven Kramer gets. What the Dutch speedskater wants is an Olympic gold medal. Full Story »

  • Ice hockey is more than a game to Canadians

    Reuters – 1 hr 50 mins ago  

    VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Canada's ambitious goal is to top the medals table at the Vancouver Winter Olympics but it will be a hollow achievement to much of the Great White North unless the men's ice hockey gold is among the final tally. Full Story »

  • Warm weather, IOC dope warning creates big chill

    AFP – Wed Feb 10, 12:35 am ET  
    A general view of Men's Moguls Freestyle Skiing slope during... AFP

    VANCOUVER (AFP) - Bright sunshine darkened the mood again at the Winter Olympics while potential drugs cheats received a pre-Games warning that they'll never escape their crimes. Full Story »

  • Vancouver's poor - dark side of the Games

    AFP – Tue Feb 9, 11:01 pm ET  
    Wendy Pederson, from the Carnegie Community action project, is... AFP/File

    VANCOUVER (AFP) - Canada is spending over two billion dollars on the Winter Olympics but just steps away from the venue for the opening ceremony sits one of the country's most notorious slums where drug addiction and prostitution are rife. Full Story »

  • Three days to go - three headaches remain

    Reuters – Tue Feb 9, 9:59 pm ET  
    Canada's Cindy Klassen (L) trains with her team mates at... Reuters

    VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Three days away from the opening Ceremony of the Vancouver Winter Olympics, organizers were wrestling on Tuesday with three niggling headaches they hope will disappear once the Games are under way. Full Story »

  • Olympic official: Russia sent clear doping message

    AP – Tue Feb 9, 9:55 pm ET  
    Lab technicians Jean-Francois Naud, right, and Alexxa Albrecht... AP

    VANCOUVER, British Columbia - Russia has been sent a clear message that its athletes have a problem with using performance-enhancing drugs, and its government is taking action to deal with it, the leader of the International Olympic Committee's medical commission said Tuesday. Full Story »

  • NHL players tested like everyone else, says dope chief

    Reuters – Tue Feb 9, 9:54 pm ET  

    VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Players from the NHL, whose testing procedures have been berated by doping agencies in the past, will be subject to the same drugs controls as every other athlete, the Vancouver Games doping lab chief said on Tuesday. Full Story »

  • Ohno on track for history books

    AFP – Tue Feb 9, 9:54 pm ET  
    Apolo Anton Ohno said he will count on his experience and a "hometown... AFP/Getty Images

    VANCOUVER (AFP) - Apolo Anton Ohno said he will count on his experience and a "hometown advantage" to become the most decorated Olympic short-track speed skater in what could be his third and last Games. Full Story »

  • IOC warns cheats will be unmasked in time

    AFP – Tue Feb 9, 9:47 pm ET  

    VANCOUVER (AFP) - International Olympic Committee officials warned would-be dope cheats that they will be uncovered, even if it takes nearly eight years of advances in dope testing to reveal their shame. Full Story »

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