Magic Tree House Research Guide #10: Ancient Greece and the Olympics: A Nonfiction Companion to Hour of the Olympics (A Stepping Stone Book(TM))
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago
There could be a new Olympic event for anyone trying to drive in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, or to Whistler during the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in February - marathon traffic snarls.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
Tokyo, Nov 20, 2009 - (JCN Newswire) - Panasonic Corporation, the Official Worldwide Olympic Partner in the Audio and Visual Equipment category for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games, announced it will bring its Full HD 3D Plasma Home Theater System* to the City of ...
Chanel News Asia (Free subscription) | yesterday
SINGAPORE: The mascots for the world's first Youth Olympic Games in Singapore next year have been revealed.
Fiji Times (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Two of Fiji's trained Doping Control Officers (DCOs) have been officially invited to take part at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralympics Anti-Doping Program from January to March 2010.
War News Updates (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
HALIFAX FORUM - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates addresses the audience as Canadian Minister of National Defense Peter MacKay, left, and Craig Kennedy, president of the German Marshall Fund, look on during the Halifax International Security Forum in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Nov. 20, 2009. DoD photo by Cherie Cullen From U.S. Department of Defense: HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Nov. 20, 2009 – Defense...
Bramcote Swimming Club (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
Congratulations to Emma Bird who has been selected to represent Great Britain at the upcoming European Short Course Championship. This is a fantastic achievement as Emma continues her rise to the top of British and World swimming. Full story (courtesy of BritishSwimming.org): *** A 31-strong British Gas Swimming Team has been named for the LEN European Short Course Championships which take place in...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Tony Benshoof's back problem is back, already causing concern for the Olympic season.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. -- Comedian Stephen Colbert took the "Night Train" and it nearly left him speechless.
France24 (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago
Officials of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) have voted to allow athletes with learning disabilities to compete again at the London 2012 Paralympic Games. The IPC general assembly gathering in Kuala Lumpur agreed Saturday to lift the ban which has been in place since the 2000 Sydney Games when the Spanish paralympic basketball team revealed that some of its players were not disabled....
Super Tech News / Published News (Free subscription) | yesterday
There are some great computers around these days and in Japan, there is one more from Acer, the Apsire AS1410.This laptop has been specifically designed to celebrate the 2010 Winter Olympic Games.Specs – 11.6 inch 1366 x 768 LED backlight display, an Intel GMA 4500 MHD graphics card, a 2 GB RAM, a 250 GB hard drive, a built-in web cam, a 5 in 1 media card reader, an HDMI port, Wi-Fi and a 6 6...
habser | yesterday
If Nissan had its way, the London 2012 Olympics would have been teaming with electric vehicles. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) had chosen BMW to supply more than 4,000 vehicles for the games, only a small fraction of which will be electric.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
Uproar has greeted news that Britain's great rival is to cut funds for 'elite' Olympic sports before London 2012, in favour of cricket and surfing Was it only a little over a year ago that Great Britain and Australia were swapping insults about sporting prowess and who would win more medals at the Beijing Olympics? Jibes came from down under that the Brits could only win medals while sitting down...
Chicagoist (Free subscription) | yesterday
You didn't think we were gonna make it through a whole day without mentioning Oprah again, did you? Well, we'll be brief. We've already revisited the controversy over this year's season premiere which was filmed downtown in early September. But readers who've been this site for a bit might remember that Stoplman and my predecessor, Margaret, attended the 2008 season premiere, filmed in Millennium...
devo's volleyball (Free subscription) | yesterday
After the disappointment of missing the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games due to a knee injury, Juliana Felisberta Silva of Brazil completed her successful return to the international Beach Volleyball scene by being honored as most outstanding women’s player on the 2009 SWATCH FIVB World Tour. Also capturing 2009 individual awards were Louise Bawden of Australia … [...]
devo's volleyball (Free subscription) | yesterday
Rick Mitchell represented Australia at the 1976, ‘80 and ‘84 Olympic Games, and was also the inaugural executive director of the Tasmanian Institute of Sport. In The Age today he says: … the Crawford Report suggests otherwise. Coming from a panel with a majority of members having football affiliations, it proposes we focus on sports in [...]
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habser | yesterday
If Nissan had its way, the London 2012 Olympics would have been teaming with electric vehicles. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) had chosen BMW to supply more than 4,000 vehicles for the games, only a small fraction of which will be electric.
rahman | 11/10/2009
Celebrity Michelle Obama hot news Barak Obama andMichelle Obama US President Barack Obama and his wife first lady Michelle Obama walk on the south lawn after arriving back at the White House on October 2, 2009 in Washington, DC. President Obama later spoke to the media about his trip to Copenhagen to lend support to Chicago to host the 2016 Summer Olympics games which was announced today to be held...
sonupt5@gmail.com | 11/09/2009
Www.hiltonworldwide.com/officialguest - Get Hilton Worldwide Official Guest of Team USA Sweepstakes The grand prize includes a five-day, four-night trip to the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver and a $10,000 check for two lucky winners along with three guests each. The first prize will consist of a five-day, four-night trip to the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver and a $5,000 check for two
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