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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: Colleges and Universities, Arizona State University, Trips and Vacations, Maya Rudolph, Entertainment
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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: Twitter, Inc., Media Industry, U.S. Coast Guard, Around The World Sailing, Awards and Prizes
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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: Michael Jackson, U.S. Coast Guard, Awards and Prizes
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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: Fred Perry, Roger Federer, Wimbledon Championships, Tennis, Yen-Hsun Lu
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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: International Olympic Committee, Tiger Woods, Summer Olympics, Wrestling, Lobbying
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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, Sports Illustrated, International Olympic Committee, Pentathlon Swimming, Track and Field
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Indian Olympic officials defy IOC, pick corruption suspect as leader
NEW DELHI -- India elected an official facing corruption charges as head of its Olympics association Wednesday in defiance of the International Olympic Committee, which had suspended India’s membership in the global sports body a day earlier for...
Tags: International Olympic Committee, Commonwealth Games, Political Corruption, Politics, Elections
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Forced evictions on rise in China, Amnesty says in new report
World NowBEIJING -- Forced evictions are accelerating in China, leading to violent disturbances and deaths, a new report by Amnesty International asserted Thursday. The human-rights group said it had collected reports on more than 40 cases in which people... -
Kyle Bennett dies at 33; Olympic BMX cyclist
Olympic BMX cyclist Kyle Bennett, the first bicycle motocross rider to qualify for the three-person United States men's team when the sport made its debut at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, died Sunday in a car accident in eastern Texas. He was 33....
Tags: Cycling, Houston Chronicle, Transportation Accidents, Motorvehicle Accidents, Sports
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Disappointed Kenya to investigate its Olympics 'debacle'
World NowKenyans were so deflated by their "lackluster" showing at the London Olympics that the government has announced it will investigate why the country took home only two gold medals.... -
London Symphony to pretend to play for Olympics ceremony
Musicians with the London Symphony Orchestra are reportedly going to have to pull a Milli Vanilli when they appear at the opening ceremony of the Summer Olympic Games in London. Reports from Britain state that the orchestra will mimic playing to...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Barack Obama, Yo-Yo Ma, Summer Olympics, Itzhak Perlman
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