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Beijing International Screenwriting Competition announces winners
An American woman arrives in China to retrace the steps of her deceased daughter from a video diary the daughter kept of her trip to the 2008 Beijing Olympics. A young flautist travels to Beijing to audition for a conservatory. A seamstress for a...
Tags: Travel, Princeton University, The Pink Panther (movie, 1964), DreamWorks Animation SKG Incorporated, Beijing (China)
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Condolences pour in to America's Cup team after sailor dies
SAN FRANCISCO -- Condolences from around the world poured in to the Swedish racing team Thursday after its 72-foot catamaran capsized in the San Francisco Bay, killing one sailor during a training run for the America’s Cup. On the Artemis Racing...Tags: U.S. Coast Guard, Around The World Sailing, Awards and Prizes, Media Industry, Sailing
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America's Cup: Sailor killed in capsized boat an Olympic medalist
A Swedish racing team identified a British Olympic gold medalist as the sailor killed when a catamaran capsized during training for the America's Cup on Thursday on the San Francisco Bay. Artemis Racing confirmed that Andrew "Bart" Simpson was trapped...Tags: U.S. Coast Guard, Michael Jackson, Awards and Prizes
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Coach Anne Donovan Ready For First Season With Sun
The Hartford CourantThe Connecticut Sun open training camp Monday, so coach Anne Donovan has had a lot of time to think about what she will tell her team. In the end, though, she tries not to outthink herself. "The night before camp, there likely will be a lot of thought...Tags: Asjha Jones, Mike Thibault, Sports, Women's National Basketball Association, New York Liberty
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Gay athletes have come out while active or retired
Even before Jason Collins, plenty of other athletes around the world have come out as gay, either while still active or in retirement. From Martina Navratilova to Greg Louganis to Sheryl Swoopes, men and women from a variety of sports have openly...
Tags: Los Angeles Dodgers, HIV, AIDS, Soccer, Oakland Athletics
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Anti gay-marriage crowd finds their cause fading
In the summer of 2008, the American Family Association's Christian news outlet, OneNewsNow, experienced an Olympic fail: The group's automated system for republishing news articles – through a strict policy of replacing the word gay with the word...Tags: Lake Worth, Gays and Lesbians, U.S. Supreme Court, Family, Track and Field
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Wedded: Abby von Kelsch and Chad Omweg
Wedding date: Feb. 16, 2013 Her story: Abby von Kelsch, 37, grew up in Stafford, Va. She works for Booz Allen Hamilton as a disaster consultant. Her mother, Linda, is a retired librarian and her father, Hank, is a retired U.S. Marine Corps officer who...
Tags: eBay Inc., Tim Burton, Clothing, Accessories, and Shoes, Ice Cream, Charlottesville (Charlottesville, Virginia)
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Andy Murray flies under the radar but he's still at top of his game
Andy Murray still doesn't pack 'em in, even on a sultry desert-perfect night in a big-time tennis event. Not even when he has taken his game to a level projected by many to be unreachable by the always-solid Scot. In Murray's case, the perception hasn't...
Tags: Andy Murray, BNP Paribas, Yen-Hsun Lu, U.S. Open (tennis), Wimbledon Championships
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Istanbul wants wrestling reinstated if it hosts 2020 Olympics
Hasan Arat, the head of Istanbul's bid for the 2020 Summer Olympics, not only wants his city to host the Games, he wants wrestling reinstated if it does. “If we are awarded the Games, Turkey wants to have wrestling events in Istanbul,”...
Tags: Tiger Woods, Summer Olympics, Politics, International Olympic Committee, Sports
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IOC will drop one sport from Summer Olympics on Tuesday
Grab your lucky rabbit's foot, modern pentathlon fans (all 12 of you). Your sport could be dropped from the Summer Olympics on Tuesday. That is when International Olympic Committee leaders will decide which sport to drop from the Summer Olympics...
Tags: Modern Pentathlon, Summer Olympics, 2010 Winter Olympic Games, Elections, International Olympic Committee
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The man behind the Ravens' rides
When the Ravens won the Super Bowl in 2001 and Ray Lewis, as MVP, got a new SUV, he didn't want just a plain, ordinary one. He wanted icing on that cake. So Lewis took his prize to the Belair Road body shop that has become the go-to place for...
Tags: Jameel McClain, Michael Phelps, Debbie Phelps, Sam Cassell, Twitter, Inc.
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The cloud over China
Beijing has some seriously bad air. How bad? On a scale of 1 to 500, the United States Environmental Protection Agency says anything over 100 is unhealthy and anything above 400 is an emergency. Recently, the pollution index for Beijing hit 755. For...Tags: Government, Political Systems, National Government, Environmental Politics, Environmental Issues
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