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News, articles and information about the annual running marathon that begins at the Verrazano Bridge and winds its way through the boroughs of New York City.
News, articles and information about the annual running marathon that begins at the Verrazano Bridge and winds its way through the boroughs of New York City.
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Meb Keflezighi a surprise marathon trials winner, except to coach
Sports NowThe U.S. Olympic marathon trials proved that it’s never wise to write off Meb Keflezighi. The Athens Olympic silver medalist, running on short rest after competing in the 2011 New York City Marathon and being slowed by a foot infection,...... -
'The Bachelorette's' Ryan Sutter has one more event to go in his 10.10.10 First Descents Challenge
OutpostsRyan Sutter spends his workday helping people as a lieutenant with the Vail, Colo. Fire Department. Sutter, however, is likely better known to the public as the finalist on Season 1 of "The Bachelorette," in which he won the heart...... -
Rescued Chilean miner to run in New York City Marathon
The Fabulous ForumWhile trapped in a collapsed mine nearly half a mile underground for more than two months, Edison Pena would jog in the unblocked tunnels, sometimes up to six miles a day. He just may have been trying to pass the...... -
Late-night joke collection: Obama, Oprah, Pelosi, Biden, Bush and that Chilean miner
Top of the TicketJay Leno, Jimmy Fallon, Conan O'Brien and David Letterman have their humorous take on things political and otherwise.... -
Yale agrees to return Machu Picchu artifacts to Peru, ending dispute
La PlazaYale University has agreed to return thousands of pre-Hispanic artifacts to Peru, tentatively ending a dispute that pitted the Ivy League school against a growing demand in the Andean nation to reclaim its "cultural patrimony." The Machu Picchu objects --... -
'The Bachelorette's' Ryan Sutter raises more than $100,000 completing his First Descents Challenge
OutpostsAn update on Ryan Sutter, the Vail, Colo., Fire Department lieutenant likely better known to the public as the finalist on Season 1 of "The Bachelorette," who participated in the 10.10.10 First Descents Challenge. Sutter was pushing to reach his...... -
Grete Waitz dies at 57; marathoner was a trailblazer for female distance runners
Norway's Grete Waitz almost gave up on competitive running before her 25th birthday.
Just in time, she found the marathon — or it found her when charismatic New York City Marathon director Fred Lebow invited Waitz to run his race in 1978.
Over the...Tags: Central Park, Awards and Prizes, Children's Health, Track and Field, Health
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PASSINGS
Lis Hartel Equestrian won Olympic silver Lis Hartel, 87, an equestrian who won two Olympic silver medals for Denmark in the 1950s despite being paralyzed below the knees because of polio, died Thursday of undisclosed causes, the Danish Equestrian...Tags: Nuclear Power, Equestrian, Korean War (1950-1953), Public Relations, Bob Hope
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2008 summer reading list
June 8, 2008
Editor's Note: It's a perennial question for the summer months, what to read? Here you'll mind more than 50 titles in fiction andƒononfiction, organized according to the months when they'll be published. Books are listed in alphabetical...Tags: Crimes, University of Chicago, U.S. Air Force, Science and Technology, Sociology
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Sal Masekela has 'never been more scared' but will run in New York City Marathon
OutpostsWell-known action sports figure Sal Masekela is scheduled to run in Sunday's New York City Marathon and, because long-distance running is not his forte, he's understandably nervous. "I've never been more scared to do anything in my life," said Masekela,..... -
Wednesday's Talk Shows: 'Charlie Rose' interviews Carrie Fisher
Show TrackerClick here to download TV listings for the week of Oct. 25 - 31 in PDF format This week's TV Movies The Early Show Artist Stephen Wiltshire. (N) 7 a.m. KCBS Today Author Margaret Russell ('Style and Substance'); previewing the...... -
Meb Keflezighi leads American men's resurgence in New York City Marathon
The Fabulous ForumUCLA alumnus Meb Keflezighi, who won the silver medal at the Athens Olympic marathon but didn't make the U.S. team for the Beijing Games, set a personal-best time in winning the New York City marathon today. Keflezighi, a native of......
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