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How many medals will U.S. win at Vancouver? 'A lot'
L.A. Times Olympics BlogCHICAGO -- Way to go out on a limb, U.S. Olympic Committee! The USOC on Thursday kicked off its pre-Olympic media summit, in which prospective Vancouver Olympians meet the media for photos, interviews, etc. Its opening event was a USOC...... -
Crime more than 'public safety challenges' for Rio 2016 bid
L.A. Times Olympics BlogA police officer escorts a man shielding a child and two other civilians trying to reach safety after police intervened in an April 2007 gun battle between drug traffickers in the Morro da Mineira shantytown of Rio de Janeiro, where...... -
Painful memories of the 1980 Moscow Olympics
The Fabulous ForumThirty years ago this week, the 1980 Moscow Olympics were taking place without a U.S. team after President Carter, trying to force the Soviet Union to end its invasion of Afghanistan, decided to boycott the Games, a move that led...... -
So much for sports transforming politics at Youth Games
The Fabulous ForumThe International Olympic Committee's Youth Games are going on in Singapore, and it's sad to report that even young athletes can't avoid the politics involving their countries. An Israeli athlete was scheduled to faced an Iranian athlete for the gold........ -
Obama says Nobel Peace Prize is 'a call to action'
President Obama, who has pledged to place diplomacy ahead of confrontation and reached out to a skeptical world with offers of mutual understanding, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace today for what the Nobel committee called "his extraordinary efforts...Tags: Jimmy Carter, International Relations, Islam, Nuclear Weapons, White House
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Olympics trip a political gamble for Obama
Putting his political prestige on the line, President Obama has decided to fly to Denmark this week to appeal to the International Olympic Committee to choose Chicago, his adopted hometown, as host of the 2016 Games.
The White House announced Monday that...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Food Network (tv network), White House, Travel, Iran
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The Morning Fix: It pays to be kept out of the loop. Oprah to help on Chicago Olympic push. Early TV season analysis. Shocker: Young people still listen to radio!
Company TownAfter the coffee. Before setting the DVR for 'FlashForward.' Sometimes it pays to be kept out of the loop. The Wall Street Journal reports that Marvel Chief Executive Ike Perlmutter was granted 1.27 million stock options that could end up...... -
Twitter updates on Obama, Afghanistan, healthcare and Chicago's Olympic bid
Comments BlogThe White House announced today that President Obama will travel to Copenhagen to pitch his hometown of Chicago as the site of the 2016 Olympics. Just weeks ago, Obama had ruled out such a trip because of the press of...... -
Obama jets to Copenhagen to sell Chicago Olympics
Top of the TicketThere's plenty to keep the president occupied at the White House. Overnight, Iran tested middle-range missiles, raising the stakes of international crisis a few days before Tehran's first sit-down talks with U.S. officials. At home, the healthcare-... -
What Obama won't say about the Afghan war today, at least publicly
Top of the TicketThe Democrat seeks to change the way Afghan victory is measured.... -
Michelle Obama's Chicago Olympics pep rally
Top of the TicketText of the First Cheerleader's Copenhagen remarks.... -
Wayne Collett dies at 60; UCLA sprinter won silver medal at '72 Olympics
Wayne Collett, a UCLA sprinter who won the silver medal in the 400 meters at the 1972 Munich Olympics but then was banished from the Games for failing to stand at attention on the medals platform, has died. He was 60.
Collett died Wednesday at St....Tags: 2016 Olympic Games, Obituaries, Crime, Law and Justice, Hospitals and Clinics, Sports
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