BC boasts of ‘greenest’ Olympics, could bear to do more - Seattle Post Intelligencer

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BC boasts of 'greenest' Olympics, could bear to do moreSeattle Post IntelligencerIn some instances, however, the Olympic Village has been a Potemkin village. The 2010 Winter Olympics were announced with the fancy online logo of a …Olympics Drain Canadian EconomyThe Heights [...]

Old-growth forests could bring touristsVictoria Times ColonistThe cartoon depicts Gordon Campbell promoting the province to Olympic tourists by showing off our spectacular old-growth forests. …

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OLYMPICS: BC towns troll for Olympic touristsKamloops This Week… and tourist attractions such as Barkerville. BC Street is open 3 pm to 11 pm weekdays and noon to 11 pm [...]

Curling up to the Olympics can be habit-forming - Dubuque Telegraph HeraldLike most American men, I spent last Friday night playing cards and watching women’s curling on TV. Just a typical night in middle America. When the Olympics approach, I don’t get too excited. I figure I will watch some of it, but I don’t [...]

Special to the Sunbeam/3M Canada Graphics such as these that cover the front of one of the buildings in the Olympic athletes village will be recycled into flooring. MANNINGTON TWP. — 3M Canada and Mannington Mill’s Commercial Flooring Division Continue ..

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Scuba.com Instructor Carries the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Torch - Benzinga

Scuba.com Instructor Carries the Vancouver 2010 Olympic TorchBenzingaHis run with the Olympic torch took place near the end of the journey, on day 98 of the torch relay, near Gibson's Landing (an area between Vancouver and …and more »

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Vancouver Olympic Roundup: Chad Hedrick wins silver in last speedskating race …New York Daily NewsRICHMOND, BC - The Canadian men finally won gold at the Olympic speedskating oval, leaving Chad Hedrick with a silver in the final race …Hedrick ends Olympic career with a speedskating silver, then looks aheadDallas Morning NewsHedrick finishes with [...]

Dudley’s Sigmon takes home 152-lb title - Greensboro News & RecordGREENSBORO — Emotions at the NCHSAA state individual wrestling championships range from depression to jubilation, and Dudley’s Tylor Sigmon felt them in the title match of the 152-pound weight class. Sigmon led the first two periods, but a quick
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U.S. victories go beyond medals | Philadelphia Inquirer | 02/28/2010 - Philadelphia Inquirer

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U.S. victories go beyond medals | Philadelphia Inquirer | 02/28/2010Philadelphia InquirerWhat we're seeing is the appetite for all things Olympic growing in the US" Blackmun also noted that, unlike many Olympics in the recent past, no US athlete …Mavericks With MedalsWall [...]

1About 50 skiers and snowboarders took advantage of powder left untouched on the 5,240-foot ridge in Olympic National Park since the slipout a half-mile north of Heart O’ the Hills campground and entrance station closed the only paved road to the Continue ..
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Hedrick ends Olympic career with a speedskating silver, then looks ahead - Dallas Morning News

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Hedrick ends Olympic career with a speedskating silver, then looks aheadDallas Morning NewsThe surprising advancement meant Hedrick entered the race assured of winning his fifth career Olympic medal, tying him with Eric Heiden as the most …Error-Prone Coach Returns, but Can't [...]

There were six other golds to be handed out Friday, including Apolo Anton Ohno’s final individual race in short-track speed skating. The men’s hockey team also will win no worse than silver after beating Finland in a semifinal. The Canadian Olympic Continue ..
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Aid agencies working to help earthquake battered Chile - Am770chqr.comAid agencies surveyed the damage in Chile Saturday after a deadly earthquake shattered parts of the country in the worst disaster to hit the area in 50 years. “In the downtown, the oldest part of the city, houses just collapsed, there was a wall that [...]

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Team Canada ruins McKeever's dreamYahoo! SportsIt would have made him the first Winter Games athlete to compete in both the Olympic and Paralympic Games. But he was bumped from the team Friday night, …For a Legally Blind Cross-Country Skier, a Triumphant PerspectiveNew York TimesBlind skier crushed that he won't race for CanadaThe Associated PressMcKeever [...]

Daily Briefing, Feb. 27 - CNN Sports Illustrated team pursuit and by earning a spot in Sunday’s gold medal hockey game against Canada, Team USA will have a minimum 36 medals won in Vancouver, equaling the record for most medals won by a nation in a single Olympic include women’s cross [...]

Apolo Ohno’s disqualification allows Charles Hamelin (c.) to capture gold, Sung Si-Bak of Korea to win silver (l.) and Francois-Louis Tremblay wins bronze. VANCOUVER - Apolo Ohno thought he had earned yet another silver medal last night, but he only Continue ..
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Olympic Daily: US wins first Nordic goldSI.comCanada could find gold today in the men's parallel giant slalom (1 pm) with Jasey Jay Anderson, the 34-year-old who has won every title in this sport except …Olympic Daily Preview - Friday, February 26thSports NetworkIce sports give NBC cable a hefty bumpMedia Life Magazineall 2,083 news articles »

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Olympic Daily: US wins first Nordic goldSI.comBy qualifying for today's gold medal final in the men's long track speedskating team pursuit and by earning a spot in Sunday's gold medal hockey game …US assured of at least tying best Winter Olympic performanceThe Detroit News (blog)US assured of tying its record medal totalSeattle TimesFigure Skating: [...]

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2010 Winter Olympics: South Korea's Kim Yu-Na snags gold and a world record in …New York Daily NewsKim Yu-Na's score of 150.05 at the 2010 Olympics gives the South Korean more than just a medal, she set a record. Joannie Rochette of Canada kisses her …Kim Yu Na Olympics Video 2010Vernon Croy SportsYu Na Kim [...]

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FIG finds Chinese gymnast underage in 2000 OlympicsKansas City StarBy Sports Network The International Gymnastics Federation ruled that former Chinese gymnast Dong Fangxiao was underage at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. …Chinese Olympic gymnast lied about her ageTVNZChinese team may be stripped of medal from 2000 Sydney Olympic GamesFox SportsInvestigation Finds Chinese Gymnasts [...]

S.D. native falls short at Olympics - Black Hills PioneerVANCOUVER — Olympic freestyle skier Jana Lindsey, of Blackhawk, didn’t qualify for the final round of competition, but is hanging around in Vancouver to support her teammates and to determine whether her 15-year career of freestyle skiing is coming
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