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International Herald Tribune - Tue Nov 10, 9:18 am ET
Despite difficult times for the industry, hardly a week goes by without a hotel opening or announcement of expansion plans in Asia.
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AP via Yahoo! Sports - Mon Nov 9, 9:11 pm ET
A charitable foundation is donating $3 million to help keep the U.S. Olympic Committee headquarters in Colorado Springs. The El Pomar Foundation, one of Colorado's largest charities, announced Monday it was donating the money to help Colorado Springs satisfy a $13 million requirement in the first phase of a $53 million project.
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AP via Yahoo! Sports - Mon Nov 9, 2:11 pm ET
The U.S. Olympic Committee has signed a sponsorship deal that makes DISC Sports and Spine Center its official medical services provider through the 2012 Olympics. The deal, announced Monday, will allow the USOC to partner with DISC to develop a sports medicine program for Olympic athletes. Financial details of the agreement were not disclosed.
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AP via Yahoo! News - Tue Nov 10, 6:47 am ET
Michael Phelps failed to qualify for the finals of the 100-meter freestyle and 100 backstroke events at a World Cup short-course meet while wearing an old-style swimsuit.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Tue Nov 10, 5:54 am ET
Swimming legend Michael Phelps failed to make it past the 100 metres freestyle heats when he returned to action in the Stockholm leg of the short-course World Cup on Tuesday.
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CBS 2 Chicago - 15 minutes ago
Wearing an old-style swimsuit, Michael Phelps missed out on two finals and barely qualified for a third Tuesday at a World Cup short-course meet. Phelps, who won a record eight gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, failed to qualify for the finals of the 100-meter freestyle and 100 backstroke. He qualified in the 100 medley, finishing seventh in 53.13 seconds — more than half a second slower ...
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San Francisco Chronicle - Tue Nov 10, 5:54 am ET
Wearing an old-style swimsuit, Michael Phelps missed out on two finals and barely qualified for a third Tuesday at a World Cup short-course meet. Phelps, who won a record eight gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, failed to qualify for the finals of the... World Cup - Michael Phelps - FIFA World Cup - sport - Soccer
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Corpus Christi Caller-Times - Tue Nov 10, 7:31 am ET
CORPUS CHRISTI — He won’t hit his 17th birthday until Nov. 19, but Jeremy Longoria is continuing his pace for reaching an Olympic dream. The latest step came early last month in Houston, where Longoria was among 100 young fighters participating in the Texas Elite Amateur Showcase. At the invitation-only event sponsored by Undefeated Magazine, Longoria scored a 4-1 decision over Houston’s O ...
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AP via Yahoo! Finance - 2 hours 45 minutes ago
Greece faces formal criticism from other EU nations for failing to cut back a ballooning budget deficit, the EU's top economy official Joaquin Almunia warned Tuesday.
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The Aero-News Network - Mon Nov 9, 5:22 am ET
FAA Notice Number: NOTC2003 The 2010 Winter Olympic & Paralympic Games will be held during the period January 29, 2010 through March 24, 2010. Security associated with the Olympic Games includes some very restricted airspace in Canada and a US Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) that extends into northwestern Washington State.
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Newswise - Mon Nov 9, 9:19 am ET
This partnership is to bring the next generation of sports medicine to U.S. Olympic and paralympic athletes.
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KARE 11 Minneapolis-St. Paul - Tue Nov 10, 7:27 am ET
We are under 100 days and counting until the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games. The quadrennial running of the Olympic
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 9, 6:06 pm ET
The Olympic flame began its first trek through the Canadian Arctic by crossing paths with a polar bear on the shores of Hudson Bay, local media said Monday.
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Forbes - Mon Nov 9, 6:06 am ET
Preparations for hosting the World Cup and 2016 Games will face municipal and bureaucratic challenges.
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San Francisco Chronicle - Mon Nov 9, 1:54 pm ET
Michael Phelps plans to wear the old-style swimsuit that will become the standard next year at the upcoming European World Cup meet in Stockholm. The Olympic star will swim the 100-meter freestyle and backstroke plus the individual medley on Tuesday. He will... FIFA World Cup - Olympic Games - Stockholm - sport - World Cup
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Sports Illustrated - Mon Nov 9, 1:50 pm ET
LONDON (AP) -- World Cup organizer Danny Jordaan said Monday there was never an emergency plan to move the 2010 tournament if South Africa was not ready.
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AP via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 9, 1:10 pm ET
A new guide to Vancouver is just out from Lonely Planet's pocket-sized Encounter series.
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SportingNews - Tue Nov 10, 4:10 am ET
LONDON — World Cup organizers say there was never an emergency plan to move the 2010 tournament if South Africa were not ready. FIFA president Sepp Blatter said the United States was among countries that could host at short notice.
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The Record and Herald News - Mon Nov 9, 9:03 pm ET
Torchbearer Brenda Eckalook is seen carrying the Olympic Flame across the frozen bay in Resolute Bay, Nunavut Canada, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. The Olympic Flame is on a 106 day cross country relay which will end in Vancouver on Feb. 12, 2010, to mark the start of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games.
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MinnPost - 34 minutes ago
LAKE PLACID, N.Y., and BOSTON — Unless a Canadian court decides otherwise, the ski jumper with the longest flight on record at Vancouver's Olympic facility will not attend the winter Games in February. She is not allowed to compete.