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• On the blueline: An Olympic journal from Caitlin Cahow (USA Today)

  
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  USA women’s hockey national team member Caitlin Cahow, a 2006 Olympic bronze medalist, will document her experience as she prepares to compete at the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver. Originally posted here: On the blueline: An Olympic journal from Caitlin Cahow (USA Today)
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• AAU Partners with Beach Tennis USA

  
  WWW.AAUNEWS.ORG — Authority: 129
  The AAU is pleased to announce a new partnership with Beach Tennis USA for the 2010 AAU Junior Olympic Games.  For the first time in the forty-four year history of the AAU Junior Olympic Games, beach tennis will be included in the largest, youth, multi-sport event in the country.“We are excited that Beach Tennis ...
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• Fifa opens door for worlds top footballers to play at London Olympics

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 988
  • Governing body reject calls to limit tournament to under-21s • Clubs had hoped top players would miss Olympics The prospect of the worlds top players, including Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaká playing at the London Olympics remained open after Fifa turned down calls to restrict the Olympic mens ...
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• Merkel says Germany to help Brazil stage the Olympics

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 726
  Berlin, Dec 3 (DPA) Germany is to assist Brazil in staging the 2016 Summer Olympic Games, according to German Chancellor Angela Merkel after a meeting in Berlin Thursday with visiting Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.The Germans are to provide similar help in getting Brazil ready for the 2014 Football ...
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• Prince Charles’ harpist was hooked on heroin, crack cocaine

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 726
  London, Dec 3 (ANI): Prince Charles’ former official harpist has confessed to a court that she was hooked on heroin and crack cocaine while performing for the Royal Family.Jemima Phillips, 28, played at Charles and Camilla’s wedding and many royal engagements.And she performed at a Buckingham Palace reception ...
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• Driver who killed teens loses appeal

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  A motorist who killed six teenage pedestrians in a crash near Mildura in north-west Victoria in 2006 has lost his application for leave to appeal against his jail term. Thomas Graham Towle was sentenced to 10 years jail with a minimum of seven over the crash at Cardross in which six teenagers died and four others ...
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• Deep Snow: A sneek peek at the new Vanoc street banners

  
  Inside the 2010 Olympics — Authority: 116
  Psst! Wanna see what the Vancouver Organizing Committee plans to hang from street poles from Vancouver to Whistler during the Olympics? I just received this photo from a Deep Snow Black Diamond winner . This is apparently a poster depicting the banners...( read more )
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• Who will sell athletes village after 2012 Olympics?

  
  UK news: Dave Hill's London blog | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 137
  Olympics blogger Paul Norman: Another week passes and still no update on who will take control of the land and associated debt at the key Olympics sites. Word reaches me that there is disharmony over the athletes village and the Olympic Delivery Authoritys likely position. While the Olympic Park Legacy Company would ...
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• Psychoanalyzing VANOC’s Security Mentality

  
  Politics, Re-Spun — Authority: 124
  Below is an interesting piece published this evening about VANOC’s mentality leading into the Olympic Games. It’s not healthy or grounded. Upon first reading, the perspective is shocking. If the journalists are being sensational and loose with the truth, then that might explain it all. If not, here’s how it ...
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• John Kucera’s injury hurts ski team’s medal hopes at Olympic Games - The Canadian Press

  
  Beijing 2008 Stadium — Authority: 145
  John Kucera’s injury hurts ski team’s medal hopes at Olympic Games - The Canadian Press CBC.ca John Kuceras injury hurts ski teams medal hopes at Olympic Games The Canadian Press "He needed some clear indication he was still in the game ." Jan Hudec, who underwent his fifth knee ...
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• By charging for Olympics, Foxtel shows its true colours

  
  The Roar - Your Sports Opinion — Authority: 458
  Double standards are really killing me at the moment. Channel Seven was wildly criticised for its Olympic coverage last year, yet I have not heard one iota of anger at Foxtel’s decision to make viewers pay extra to watch the 2010 Winter Olympics. Paying extra for the Olympics is a cardinal sin. It is worse than ...
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• 2009 AAU World Event & Championship roster released

  
  WWW.AAUNEWS.ORG — Authority: 129
  The 2009 AAU World Bench, Deadlift and Push/Pull Championships & International Powerlifting roster has been published. Some exciting lifters will be in heated battle just three weeks before Christmas.One of the top ranked ladies is Helene Tropp. Helene will be lifting RAW and is looking for a 253 deadlift weighing ...
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• Advice for Parents When Buying Video Games

  
  Psych Central News — Authority: 539
  As the holidays approach, parents wonder if the video games requested by their children are appropriate. A new book coauthored by Iowa State University psychology professors aims to answer this bothersome question. In the book “Violent Video Game Effects on Children and Adolescents,” coauthors Craig Anderson, ...
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• U.S. journalist grilled at Canada border crossing

  
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  U.S. journalist Amy Goodman said she was stopped at a Canadian border crossing south of Vancouver on Wednesday and questioned for 90 minutes by authorities concerned she was coming to Canada to speak against the Olympics.Source/Full Story: CBC NewsRelated ItemsNovember 24, 2009 — Investigators: Kentucky Census ...
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• Living in China: Chinglish to get the axe in Shanghai for World Expo

  
  { design@tive } information design — Authority: 131
  Shanghai is looking to get rid of poorly translated English signs as it readies to welcome 4 million foreign visitors to next year’s World Expo. “Pick one’s steps?”, by Itamar Medeiros Shanghai Media Group’s International Channel Shanghai (ICS) launched a campaign called “ Write It Right ” to ...
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• How Victoria Pendleton got it wrong with her first Olympic gold

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 970
  Cyclings first lady now knows how to make the most of London 2012.
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• Drug-maker gets anti-doping testing contract for 2012

  
  Inside the 2010 Olympics — Authority: 116
  Todays announcement in London that pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline will operate the anti-doping testing lab for the 2012 London Olympics brings a new high to corporate sponsorship of the Olympics. But it also brings new questions about how...( read more )
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• Frequent Flier: The Joys, and Lessons, of Traveling to Brazil

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 901
  A small-business owner who travels frequently to Brazil has learned the country’s secrets and even enjoys the flight.
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• Tiger Slam tops among storylines of last decade - PGA Tour

  
  Beijing 2008 Stadium — Authority: 145
  We don’t yet know the impact of golf truly going global with the decision to include it in the 2016 and 2020 Olympics, but it certainly can’t be a bad thing, no matter the format. Exposing the game to golf-starved nations of the world is ultimately Continue .. Jim Shea paused for more than a moment, almost ...
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• Beijings Birds Nest Olympic Stadium to be winter sports park

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 970
  Beijings Birds Nest Olympic Stadium is to be transformed into a winter sports park offering skiing and snowboarding.
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