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Prince Harry plays football, honors war veterans on U.S. visit
Prince Harry has a future in American football if that whole royal heir/third in line to the throne thing doesn't work out. The young royal set out on his U.S. visit over last week and, over the weekend, he partook in a very American pastime: football....
Tags: David Cameron, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, Harry Potter (fictional character), Harry of Wales, John McCain
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Oscar Pistorius' reps name substance found in his bedroom
Oscar Pistorius' representatives named the substance found in his bedroom after the shooting death of his girlfriend as Testis compositum on Wednesday and said it is an herbal remedy used “in aid of muscle recovery.” A product called...
Tags: International Paralympic Committee, Medical Procedures and Tests, Prosecution, Justice System, Steroids
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The story of a Paralympian with full sails before the end
The venue for information gathering for today's column was lunch. Your typist was a fly on the wall. Mary Kate Scandone met Dottie Rountree. That's not exactly Kobe Bryant chatting with Matt Kemp. Actually, as it turned out, it was much better. Scandone...
Tags: Symptoms, Lou Gehrig's Disease, Auto Racing, Diseases and Illnesses, Awards and Prizes
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London Olympics: Tips on how to navigate the city during Games
LONDON — If you're at all familiar with London — the city of congestion, crowded byways, skinny streets — you may be trying to imagine how in the world the city will cope with moving its Olympics visitors from Point A to Point B. Many...
Tags: Railway Transportation, Trips and Vacations, Public Transportation, Road Transportation, Equestrian
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5 Questions: Paralympian Casey Tibbs stays in the chase
The Paralympic Games don't get as much attention as the Olympics, but the stories are often more inspiring — among them, people who experience severe physical trauma and come out stronger on the other side. That's what happened with Casey Tibbs....
Tags: Modern Pentathlon, Beijing Games, Track and Field, 2012 Summer Paralympics, U.S. Military
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London's luscious, low-key side
LONDON — As a Californian, I had forgotten that you don't cancel your life just because it rains. If you did, you'd never see anything in London, at least not recently. And there is much to see. Too much, in fact. It's a travel buffet, and it's...
Tags: Elizabeth II, Los Angeles International Airport, London Heathrow Airport, Salads, Arts and Culture
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London's ahead of the Games
You yawned at the royal wedding in April. You were happy to miss the riots in August. But you're determined to be a part of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
This means either making a 260-foot discus throw, pronto, or studying up fast on the ticket,...Tags: Basketball, Los Angeles International Airport, Gymnastics, London Heathrow Airport, Tourism and Leisure
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Fundraiser for aspiring Olympians will feature gold-medal lineup
The Fabulous ForumGymnasts, kayakers, rowers and swimmers seem to get their moments of glory every four years during the Olympics. The training to reach that moment can be expensive, and that’s where a group called Southern California Olympians and Paralympians comes... -
Mitt Romney: 'We can't lead the world by hoping our enemies will hate us less'
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With two years to run, Coe says London in 'killing zone' of its Olympic preparations race
L.A. Times Olympics BlogThe London 2012 Olympic Stadium as it looked earlier this month. (Associated Press / Kirsty Wigglesworth) By Philip Hersh Tuesday marks two years to go to the July 27, 2012 opening of the London Summer Olympics. To the man running...... -
Iran calls 2012 London Olympics logo 'racist,' threatens boycott
The Fabulous ForumIran is threatening to boycott the 2012 London Olympics, claiming that the logo for the Games is racist because it resembles the word "Zion." In comments carried by the official IRNA news agency Monday, Bahram Afsharzadeh, the secretary-general of Iran's....
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