Double Agency
New York Times - 31 minutes agoIn this novel, British and American spies clash in the buildup to the Beijing Olympics.
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Meares wins 2 more golds at WCup
AP via Yahoo! Sports - Sun Nov 22, 4:11 am ETAustralia's Anna Meares claimed three gold medals at the Melbourne round of the cycling World Cup, adding the women's 500 meter time trial and keiran to her sprint gold of the first day. Meares took Australia's gold medal tally at Melbourne to eight from 17 events, ahead of New Zealand with four, and left Australia clear of Great Britain on overall standings after two World Cup rounds.
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Giants’ Ross Heals With Help From Fiancée, a Gold Medalist
New York Times - Sat Nov 21, 4:24 pm ETSanya Richards helped her husband, cornerback Aaron Ross, through his hamstring injury this season and previously with a bout of the blues.
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Jade Johnson pulls out of Strictly
AFP via Yahoo! News - Sat Nov 21, 4:04 pm ETOlympic athlete Jade Johnson was forced to pull out of Strictly Come Dancing on Saturday because of injury, saying she was "absolutely gutted" but could not risk her long-term career.
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Hawaii lands coveted APEC meeting with concerted effort
Honolulu Advertiser - 1 hour 14 minutes agoHonolulu's bid to host the 2011 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Leaders Meeting, featuring President Obama and 18 other heads of state, began with a phone call to state tourism liaison Marsha Wienert from a former U.S. ambassador to APEC with local ties.
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Vancouver 2010 news and notes
USA Today - Sat Nov 21, 10:39 am ETSee the latest news and notes ahead of the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver.
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Iraq banned from international football
CNN - Sat Nov 21, 10:16 am ETThe Iraqi Olympic Committee said Saturday it stands by its decision to disband the country's soccer association -- a move that led to the association's suspension from international football.
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Special Olympians gallop to victory
WLOX-TV Biloxi - Sat Nov 21, 9:13 pm ETHARRISON COUNTY, MS (WLOX) - More than 50 special needs competitors saddled up at the Harrison County Fairgrounds for the 13th Annual Mississippi Special Olympic Games on Saturday.
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Tuesday's Sports In Brief
Park Hills Daily Journal - Sun Nov 22, 7:01 am ETHere's a look at Tuesday's sports in brief around the world.
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Iraqi skeleton competitor shoulders the hopes of a nation
Everett Herald - Sun Nov 22, 8:07 am ETFor Faisal Faisal, the 2006 Turin Olympics were both unforgettable and unbearable. Pinned inside his family’s Baghdad home while the opening ceremony from Turin was happening, Faisal couldn’t venture outside, couldn’t see friends, had no idea when the next explosion was coming.
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Vancouver guide in time for Olympics
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Sun Nov 22, 1:02 am ETA new guide to Vancouver is just out from Lonely Planet's pocket-sized Encounter series.
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Oprah's long goodbye begins
Chicago Tribune - Sat Nov 21, 3:41 pm ETBack in 1996, when Phil Donahue taped the finale of his groundbreaking daytime TV talk show in New York, the once-dominant program had become such an afterthought that it didn't even air in that market.
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FS 2010 World Cup Preview: Overview
FasterSkier.com - Sun Nov 22, 9:12 am ETThe 2010 World Cup season is set to start this weekend in Beitostolen, Norway, with a 10/15km freestyle on Saturday, and a 4×5/10km relay on Sunday. Exactly 120 days later, with the conclusion of the World Cup Final in Falun, Sweden, one of athletics ultimate endurance challenges comes to an end. A total of 40 [...]
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International Capsules: Commentary: The shameful case of Caster Semenya
The Brownsville Herald - Sun Nov 22, 8:49 am ETLooks like South African runner Caster Semenya will be able to keep the gold medal she won at the recent world championships in Berlin. The public humiliation? That will stay with her, too, long after the gold loses its shine.
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Shanghai push for luxury crowd despite tough times
Courier-Post - Sun Nov 22, 3:17 am ETGlobal travel may be ailing, but China's biggest city, Shanghai, is pursuing luxury travelers with a vengeance, bent on restoring a reputation for opulence and elegance that once made it the Paris of the Orient.
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Monday's Sports In Brief
Park Hills Daily Journal - Sun Nov 22, 6:49 am ETHere's a look at Monday's sports in brief around the world.
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Free-agent-be Bosh doing the heavy lifting
Sports Illustrated - Fri Nov 20, 2:43 pm ETChris Bosh's offseason transformation began in an unlikely place -- his couch. Early into his summer, Bosh decided to watch the championship game from the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. It was supposed to be one of those feel-good moments, like popping in a classic film that always makes you smile, but it made him angry even as he saw himself receive the gold medal.
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Rutgers at No. 16 Lady Bulldogs
Athens Banner-Herald - Sun Nov 22, 12:22 am ETWHEN: 2:30 p.m. today
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Poland Tourism Report 2009 - New Report Published
OfficialWire - Sun Nov 22, 7:27 am ETDifficult 2008 Will Usher In A Few Lean Years… According to data from the Polish Institute of Tourism (Instytut Turystyki, Intur), there were 59.94mn visitor arrivals in 2008, of which 12.96mn were tourist arrivals, reflecting falls of 9% and 13%, respectively.
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Benson has HBWPC rockin’
Huntington Beach Independent - Sun Nov 22, 1:57 am ETNatalie Benson has created a sort of domino effect for the Huntington Beach Water Polo Club.
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Tyson could face jail over arrest
USA Today - Fri Nov 20, 2:02 pm ETMike Tyson, arrested after a scuffle with a photographer, could be sent to jail if he's found to have violated probation from a 2007 drug case.
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London Olympic swim site takes shape
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