Olympics
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Aurora teenager fends off Super Bowl ad criticismFeb 07, 2014 5:42 pm - AURORA — A suburban Chicago teenager who performed in a Super Bowl commercial that features young women singing “America the Beautiful” in various languages is fending o...
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Chevy Olympic ads feature gay couplesFeb 07, 2014 5:29 pm - NEW YORK — While several Olympic sponsors have spoken out against Russia’s restrictions on gay rights ahead of the Sochi Winter Games, Chevrolet is rolling out two ads d...
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Official: Passenger tried to hijack plane to SochiFeb 07, 2014 3:12 pm - ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish security forces on Friday detained a Ukrainian plane passenger suspected of making a bomb threat in an attempt to hijack a flight to Sochi, Russ...
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Russian TV shows doctored video of Olympic ringsFeb 07, 2014 3:10 pm - SOCHI, Russia — Smoke and mirrors? Russian state television aired footage Friday of five floating snowflakes turning into the Olympic rings and bursting into pyrotechnic...
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Images: Winter Olympics, Friday, February 7thFeb 07, 2014 2:33 pm - ...
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Asia leaders join Sochi as Obama, others stay awayFeb 07, 2014 7:43 am - TOKYO — When top Western leaders decided to stay away from Russian President Vladimir Putin’s Winter Olympics, he wasn’t exactly left friendless: He has the heads of lea...
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SOCHI SCENE: Stray dog dangerFeb 07, 2014 7:43 am - SOCHI, Russia — Sochi’s stray dogs keep popping up in unwanted places, this time on the cross-country skiing track. In another incident that highlights the possibility ...
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Russia kicks off Sochi Games with hope and hubrisFeb 07, 2014 7:43 am - SOCHI, Russia — A crowning achievement of Vladimir Putin’s Russia kicked off Friday with a celebration of its past greatness and hopes for future glory, most especially ...
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SOCHI SCENE: Kwan’s Sochi stumpingFeb 07, 2014 7:43 am - SOCHI, Russia — Michelle Kwan is fitting in some time for political campaigning while she covers the Sochi Games. The two-time Olympic figure skating medalist is asking ...
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Yogurt spat throws off routines of U.S. OlympiansFeb 07, 2014 6:07 am - SOCHI, Russia — U.S. Olympians will have to make do without the team’s official yogurt — depriving them of a source of protein and potentially disturbing their daily rou...