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	<title>Breaking News &#187; Olympic Games</title>
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		<title>US bobsled federation reeling from 3-time Olympian Todd Hays&#8217; injury-driven retirement</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:30:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Reynolds</dc:creator>
		
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Bobsledder Hays to seek further injury evaluation

Todd Hays&#8217; brain injury could heal within three months and without surgery, an outstanding prognosis for the U.S. Olympic bobsled veteran who dropped his bid to make the Vancouver Games and retired after learning the extent of damage sustained in a training crash last week.
Hays will need further evaluation ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-bobsled-federation-reeling-from-3-time-olympian-todd-hays-injury-driven-retirement-244421/">Original source on Gaea Times at  : US bobsled federation reeling from 3-time Olympian Todd Hays&#8217; injury-driven retirement</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Bobsledder Todd Hays forced to retire with head injury after crash</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 05:27:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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Hays forced to retire with head injury
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. — Bobsledder Todd Hays was forced to retire Monday after he was diagnosed with a serious head injury stemming from a crash last week in Germany.

Hays returned to the U.S. for treatment following the wreck last Wednesday during training for a World Cup race. An MRI .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/bobsledder-todd-hays-forced-to-retire-with-head-injury-after-crash-244058/">Original article &nbsp;: Bobsledder Todd Hays forced to retire with head injury after crash</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Atlanta adding to tourist appeal of Olympic Park area with 3 new museums in next 5 years</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/atlanta-adding-to-tourist-appeal-of-olympic-park-area-with-3-new-museums-in-next-5-years-243885/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:44:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dorie Turner</dc:creator>
		
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Atlanta Olympic Park area: 3 new museums, 5 years

ATLANTA — New York City has Times Square. New Orleans is known for the French Quarter, and in San Francisco, camera-toting tourists flock to Fisherman&#8217;s Wharf.
Now, city leaders in Atlanta hope to add Centennial Olympic Park — and the growing roster of museums dotting it — to ... Read : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/atlanta-adding-to-tourist-appeal-of-olympic-park-area-with-3-new-museums-in-next-5-years-243885/">Atlanta adding to tourist appeal of Olympic Park area with 3 new museums in next 5 years</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Getting medals to their rightful owners: &#8216;Rather no one have it than cheaters.&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 01:35:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Litke</dc:creator>
		
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First time IOC unable to give a gold away
It took decades in some cases and autopsies in others. Even so, you could always count on the International Olympic Committee getting Olympic medals into the hands of their rightful owners.

Most of the time, the swells who run the organization get lambasted for having too few medals ... Read : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/getting-medals-to-their-rightful-owners-rather-no-one-have-it-than-cheaters-242727/">Getting medals to their rightful owners: &#8216;Rather no one have it than cheaters.&#8217;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Todd Hays - who missed 2 bobsled World Cups with bad hamstring - crashes in training</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:13:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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American Hays injured in bobsled training crash

WINTERBERG, Germany — U.S. Olympic bobsled hopeful Todd Hays crashed in training Wednesday and is expected to miss the weekend World Cup races because of what was preliminarily diagnosed as a concussion.
The 40-year-old driver was held in a German hospital overnight for observation.
&#8220;Any time an athlete suffers a head ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/todd-hays-who-missed-2-bobsled-world-cups-with-bad-hamstring-crashes-in-training-242430/">Original source on Gaea Times at  : Todd Hays - who missed 2 bobsled World Cups with bad hamstring - crashes in training</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Hays _ who missed 2 bobsled World Cups with bad hamstring _ crashes in training</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:06:45 +0000</pubDate>
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Hays injured in bobsled training crash
WINTERBERG, Germany — U.S. Olympic bobsled hopeful Todd Hays crashed in training Wednesday and is expected to miss the weekend World Cup races because of what was preliminarily diagnosed as a concussion.

The 40-year-old driver from Del Rio, Texas, was held in a German hospital overnight for observation.
&#8220;Any time an athlete ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/hays-_-who-missed-2-bobsled-world-cups-with-bad-hamstring-_-crashes-in-training-242336/" title="Hays _ who missed 2 bobsled World Cups with bad hamstring _ crashes in training">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>IOC reallocates 2 of Jones&#8217; Olympic medals, withholds 100-meter gold from disgraced Thanou</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ioc-reallocates-2-of-jones-olympic-medals-withholds-100-meter-gold-from-disgraced-thanou-242152/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:31:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Wilson</dc:creator>
		
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IOC withholds Jones&#8217; 100-meter gold from Thanou

LAUSANNE, Switzerland — It&#8217;s time to rewrite the Olympic record books: There was no gold medal winner in the women&#8217;s 100 meters at the 2000 Sydney Games.
The International Olympic Committee on Wednesday reallocated two individual medals stripped from Marion Jones for doping, but in an unprecedented move withheld her .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ioc-reallocates-2-of-jones-olympic-medals-withholds-100-meter-gold-from-disgraced-thanou-242152/" title="IOC reallocates 2 of Jones&#8217; Olympic medals, withholds 100-meter gold from disgraced Thanou">Source &nbsp;: Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;War Horse&#8217; a dark horse? Andrew Weibrecht making strong push to make deep US downhill team</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:39:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pat Graham</dc:creator>
		
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Weibrecht aspiring to repeat Beaver Creek success

BEAVER CREEK, Colo. — Every so often, U.S. skier Andrew Weibrecht cues up the video of his spellbinding downhill descent at this World Cup stop.
He does it to remind himself what he can do when he turns off the fear and flips on the adrenaline.
Two years ago, he attacked .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/war-horse-a-dark-horse-andrew-weibrecht-making-strong-push-to-make-deep-us-downhill-team-239690/">Source article &nbsp;: &#8216;War Horse&#8217; a dark horse? Andrew Weibrecht making strong push to make deep US downhill team</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>BC Court of Appeal dismisses appeal by women ski jumpers seeking to compete in 2010 Games</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 02:37:01 +0000</pubDate>
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Court dismisses appeal by women ski jumpers

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — A British Columbia Court of Appeal dismissed on Friday a bid by women ski jumpers to force Vancouver Olympic organizers to let them compete.
The women were appealing a lower court ruling that allowed organizers to hold a men&#8217;s ski jumping competition but not a women&#8217;s .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/bc-court-of-appeal-dismisses-appeal-by-women-ski-jumpers-seeking-to-compete-in-2010-games-229127/">Original source &nbsp;: BC Court of Appeal dismisses appeal by women ski jumpers seeking to compete in 2010 Games</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Comeback sensations Shen and Zhao romp in short program at Skate America</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:53:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barry Wilner</dc:creator>
		
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Chinese veterans win pairs short program
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. — Zhao Hongbo gave his wife, who happens to be his skating partner, a memorable 31st birthday present Friday night at Skate America.

Zhao and Shen Xue performed their best short program, quite an achievement for two-time Olympic bronze medalists (2002 and &#8216;06) who are back for one ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/comeback-sensations-shen-and-zhao-romp-in-short-program-at-skate-america-229107/">Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : Comeback sensations Shen and Zhao romp in short program at Skate America</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Britain&#8217;s terrorism minister says 2012 Olympics biggest security risk since World War II</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:52:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Stringer</dc:creator>
		
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2012 Games pose biggest security risk in decades
LONDON — London faces the largest security challenge since World War II when it hosts the 2012 Olympics, British security minister Alan West said Friday.
West told a London conference that the British capital will almost certainly be at a higher risk of a terrorist attack as an estimated .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/britains-terrorism-minister-says-2012-olympics-biggest-security-risk-since-world-war-ii-228259/">Original article &nbsp;: Britain&#8217;s terrorism minister says 2012 Olympics biggest security risk since World War II</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Heavy rain, wind blamed for Brazil blackout that left 60M people in the dark</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:29:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bradley Brooks</dc:creator>
		
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Bad weather blamed in blackout for 60M in Brazil

RIO DE JANEIRO — Heavy rain, lightning and strong winds caused blackouts that left nearly a third of Brazilians — 60 million people — in the dark, officials said Wednesday as they scrambled to restore confidence in the country&#8217;s infrastructure before soccer&#8217;s 2014 World Cup and the .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/heavy-rain-wind-blamed-for-brazil-blackout-that-left-60m-people-in-the-dark-226336/">Heavy rain, wind blamed for Brazil blackout that left 60M people in the dark</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Brazil energy minister: Massive blackout caused by bad weather, transformer problems</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:18:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bradley Brooks</dc:creator>
		
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Brazil official: Blackout caused by bad weather

RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil&#8217;s energy minister says a blackout that left 60 million people in the dark was caused by bad weather.
Edison Lobao says heavy rains and strong winds caused three transformers on a key high-voltage transmission line to short circuit, cutting the line.
Two other lines went down .... Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/brazil-energy-minister-massive-blackout-caused-by-bad-weather-transformer-problems-226260/">Brazil energy minister: Massive blackout caused by bad weather, transformer problems</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Lights back on, Brazil government defends itself after blackout raises 2016 Olympic concerns</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/lights-back-on-brazil-government-defends-itself-after-blackout-raises-2016-olympic-concerns-226092/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:11:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bradley Brooks</dc:creator>
		
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Brazil&#8217;s Silva defends power grid after blackout

RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil&#8217;s president fended off criticism of his nation&#8217;s shaky power grid Wednesday as officials investigated a blackout that plunged as many as 60 million people into darkness, prompting concerns about the country&#8217;s preparedness to host the 2016 Olympic Games.
Power went out for more than two ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/lights-back-on-brazil-government-defends-itself-after-blackout-raises-2016-olympic-concerns-226092/" title="Lights back on, Brazil government defends itself after blackout raises 2016 Olympic concerns">&raquo;&raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Lights back on in Brazil after blackout hits as many as 60M, raising 2016 Olympic concerns</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:37:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bradley Brooks</dc:creator>
		
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Brazil blackouts hit up to 60M, spur Olympic fears

RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil emerged Wednesday from a widespread power outage that plunged as many as 60 million people into darkness for hours, prompting security fears and concern from residents about another black eye for a country hosting the 2016 Olympic Games.
Power went out for more ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/lights-back-on-in-brazil-after-blackout-hits-as-many-as-60m-raising-2016-olympic-concerns-225898/">Read more : Lights back on in Brazil after blackout hits as many as 60M, raising 2016 Olympic concerns</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Lights return in Brazil after blackout that left as many as 60 million without electricity</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:47:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bradley Brooks</dc:creator>
		
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Lights back in Brazil after outage hits up to 60M

RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil emerged early Wednesday from a widespread power outage that plunged as many as 60 million people in at least nine states into darkness for hours, prompting security fears and concern from residents about another black eye for a country hosting the ... Read this article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/lights-return-in-brazil-after-blackout-that-left-as-many-as-60-million-without-electricity-225856/">Lights return in Brazil after blackout that left as many as 60 million without electricity</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Lights return following blackout that left much of Brazil, Paraguay in dark; questions remain</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:37:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bradley Brooks</dc:creator>
		
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Lights return following Brazilian blackout

RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil emerged early Wednesday from a widespread power outage that plunged its major cities and at least nine states into darkness for hours, prompting security fears and concern from residents about another black eye for a country hosting the 2016 Olympic Games.
Power went out for more than .... Original source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/lights-return-following-blackout-that-left-much-of-brazil-paraguay-in-dark-questions-remain-225656/">Lights return following blackout that left much of Brazil, Paraguay in dark; questions remain</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Vancouver Winter Games torch run is diverted from route hours after celebrating relay kickoff</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:26:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Hainsworth</dc:creator>
		
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Vancouver Winter Games torch relay is diverted

VICTORIA, British Columbia — Protesters forced the 2010 Vancouver Games torch relay to be diverted from its planned route Friday, hours after organizers kicked off what is supposed to be the longest domestic torch relay in Olympic history.
Several hundred protesters, angry that billions are being spent on the Olympics ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/vancouver-winter-games-torch-run-is-diverted-from-route-hours-after-celebrating-relay-kickoff-213389/">Original source on Gaea Times at  : Vancouver Winter Games torch run is diverted from route hours after celebrating relay kickoff</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>IOC sends expert team to start working in Rio de Janeiro on detailed plans for 2016 Olympics</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:05:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Graham Dunbar</dc:creator>
		
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IOC set to start working in Rio on 2016 Olympics

LAUSANNE, Switzerland — After the excitement of bidding and the euphoria of winning, the reality of making the 2016 Olympics happen starts in Rio de Janeiro this week.
The International Olympic Committee is sending an expert team to Brazil on Wednesday to begin shaping the $14.4 billion .... Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ioc-sends-expert-team-to-start-working-in-rio-de-janeiro-on-detailed-plans-for-2016-olympics-207771/">IOC sends expert team to start working in Rio de Janeiro on detailed plans for 2016 Olympics</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Rio battles entrenched drug traffickers in quest to quash crime before 2016 Olympics</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:59:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bradley Brooks</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[RIO DE JANEIRO — They go by names like &#8220;Scooby&#8221; and &#8220;Big Baby&#8221; but carry the best weapons money can buy, are accused of torturing cops and even managed to shoot down a police helicopter.

They are drug dealers who hold court deep inside most of Rio de Janeiro&#8217;s 1,000 slums, surrounded by foot soldiers carrying ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/rio-battles-entrenched-drug-traffickers-in-quest-to-quash-crime-before-2016-olympics-205321/">Original source on Gaea Times at  : Rio battles entrenched drug traffickers in quest to quash crime before 2016 Olympics</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Vancouver police chief: No Beijing-style protest zones for 2010 Winter Olympics</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:07:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Vancouver&#8217;s police chief says there will be no Beijing-style protest zones at the Winter Olympics.

Chief Jim Chu is trying to quiet a backlash over a bylaw the city says is aimed at so-called guerrilla marketers trying to horn in on Olympic publicity. Critics say the bylaw will limit the right to .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/vancouver-police-chief-no-beijing-style-protest-zones-for-2010-winter-olympics-203880/">here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>IOC: Innsbruck on track with preparations to host 2012 Winter Youth Olympics</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:28:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[VIENNA — Innsbruck&#8217;s preparations to host the 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games are on track.

Gian-Franco Kasper, chairman of the International Olympic Committee&#8217;s coordination commission for the inaugural winter games for athletes ages 14-18, visited the city on Wednesday.
Kasper and other commission members praised an updated Youth Olympic Village concept, saying it would foster a sociable ... Read : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ioc-innsbruck-on-track-with-preparations-to-host-2012-winter-youth-olympics-202030/">IOC: Innsbruck on track with preparations to host 2012 Winter Youth Olympics</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Retired Chinese sports official describes deal-making over Beijing&#8217;s bid for 2008 Olympics</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:56:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIJING — Chinese sports officials struck a deal to bring the Olympics to Beijing, promising to support Jacques Rogge&#8217;s bid to head the International Olympic Committee in return for European backing for Beijing&#8217;s bid, according to a recently released memoir.

Retired sports minister and president of the Chinese Olympic Committee, Yuan Weimin, describes in his book ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/retired-chinese-sports-official-describes-deal-making-over-beijings-bid-for-2008-olympics-201011/">Retired Chinese sports official describes deal-making over Beijing&#8217;s bid for 2008 Olympics</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Rio mayor: Weekend violence highlights security problems facing city before 2016 Olympics</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:37:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON — Rio de Janeiro has a tough battle ahead combatting security problems before the 2016 Olympics, the Brazilian city&#8217;s mayor said Monday.

The challenges facing mayor Eduardo Paes since winning the Olympic vote earlier this month were underscored by a wave of violence in a city slum over the weekend that left 21 people dead.
&#8220;We ... Read more : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/rio-mayor-weekend-violence-highlights-security-problems-facing-city-before-2016-olympics-199730/">Rio mayor: Weekend violence highlights security problems facing city before 2016 Olympics</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Brazilian officials defend Olympic security plans after Rio is plunged into day of violence</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 07:21:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Flora Charner</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazilian officials are insisting security won&#8217;t be a problem for the 2016 Olympics despite drug-gang violence that plunged Rio de Janeiro into a day of bloody chaos just two weeks after it was picked to host the games.

An hourslong firefight between rival gangs in one of the city&#8217;s slums killed at ... Original source on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/brazilian-officials-defend-olympic-security-plans-after-rio-is-plunged-into-day-of-violence-199089/">Brazilian officials defend Olympic security plans after Rio is plunged into day of violence</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Rio gangs shoot down police chopper, 2 officers killed just 2 weeks after city wins Olympics</title>
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		<dc:creator>Flora Charner</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[RIO DE JANEIRO — Drug traffickers shot down a police helicopter during a gunbattle between rival gangs Saturday, killing two officers and injuring four in a burst of violence just two weeks after the city was chosen to host the 2016 Olympic Games.

Ten suspected drug traffickers were also killed during the fighting in a shantytown, ... Read more : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/rio-gangs-shoot-down-police-chopper-2-officers-killed-just-2-weeks-after-city-wins-olympics-198917/">Rio gangs shoot down police chopper, 2 officers killed just 2 weeks after city wins Olympics</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Eric Bernotas gets medical waiver out of US skeleton trials because of leg injury</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:47:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Reynolds</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LAKE PLACID, N.Y. — Less than four months from the Vancouver Olympics, the U.S. skeleton team is already dealing with some significant injury issues.

Eric Bernotas, the 2006 Olympian who was leading after the first day of national team trials, was excused Thursday from the remainder of that competition with a pulled leg muscle.
The U.S. Bobsled .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/eric-bernotas-gets-medical-waiver-out-of-us-skeleton-trials-because-of-leg-injury-197122/">Original article &nbsp;: Eric Bernotas gets medical waiver out of US skeleton trials because of leg injury</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Ex-USOC CEO Jim Scherr says instability secondary to Rio winning 2016 Olympics</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:19:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brett Martel</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW ORLEANS — The ousted CEO of the U.S. Olympic Committee said changing leadership and strained relations with international Olympic officials were &#8220;far secondary&#8221; factors in Chicago&#8217;s failed bid host the 2016 Summer Games.

&#8220;The headline should be: Rio won the bid. Chicago did not lose the bid and Chicago did not lose by bidding,&#8221; said .... Original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ex-usoc-ceo-jim-scherr-says-instability-secondary-to-rio-winning-2016-olympics-196184/">Ex-USOC CEO Jim Scherr says instability secondary to Rio winning 2016 Olympics</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Former world, Olympic Alpine skiing champion Hermann Maier retires at 36, cites knee injury</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:39:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Willemsen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[VIENNA — Two-time Olympic champion Hermann Maier retired Tuesday, ending a career in which he became one of Alpine skiing&#8217;s most prolific racers and almost lost a leg in a motorcycle accident in 2001.

The 36-year-old Maier cited surgery on his right knee in the offseason as the main reason for his retirement.
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		<title>Atomic bomb victims Hiroshima, Nagasaki to jointly pitch for 2020 Summer Olympics</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 07:31:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomoko A. Hosaka</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TOKYO — Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the victims of the only atomic bombings in history, are teaming up to try to bring the Olympics to Japan in 2020, the cities&#8217; mayors said Sunday.

Hiroshima Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba and Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue told a press conference they will establish a joint committee to work on a proposal .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/atomic-bomb-victims-hiroshima-nagasaki-to-jointly-pitch-for-2020-summer-olympics-192972/">Read the original article &nbsp;: Atomic bomb victims Hiroshima, Nagasaki to jointly pitch for 2020 Summer Olympics</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Jacques Rogge re-elected as president of International Olympic Committee</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 08:33:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mattias Karen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COPENHAGEN — Jacques Rogge easily won re-election as president of the International Olympic Committee on Friday for a final four-year term.

The 67-year-old Belgian, who has served as IOC president since 2001, was the only candidate and needed a simple majority in the vote. The IOC voted 88-1 in favor of his re-election on the last ... Read : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/jacques-rogge-re-elected-as-president-of-international-olympic-committee-191444/">Jacques Rogge re-elected as president of International Olympic Committee</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Jacques Rogge re-elected president of International Olympic Committee</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 06:53:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COPENHAGEN — Jacques Rogge easily won re-election as president of the International Olympic Committee on Friday for a final four-year term.

The 67-year-old Belgian, who has served as IOC president since 2001, was the only candidate and needed a simple majority in the vote. The IOC voted 88-1 in favor of his re-election. Three members abstained .... Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/jacques-rogge-re-elected-president-of-international-olympic-committee-191355/">Jacques Rogge re-elected president of International Olympic Committee</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Tiger Woods and Michelle Wie make pitch for Olympic golf ahead of IOC vote in Copenhagen</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/tiger-woods-and-michelle-wie-make-pitch-for-olympic-golf-ahead-of-ioc-vote-in-copenhagen-189700/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:23:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tiger Woods and Michelle Wie are making a pitch for golf to enter the program for the 2016 Rid de Janeiro Olympics.

Woods will address the International Olympic Committee in a videotaped message during golf&#8217;s presentation in Copenhagen on Friday. Golf and rugby sevens each need a majority vote by IOC members to be included in .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/tiger-woods-and-michelle-wie-make-pitch-for-olympic-golf-ahead-of-ioc-vote-in-copenhagen-189700/">Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Tiger Woods and Michelle Wie make pitch for Olympic golf ahead of IOC vote in Copenhagen</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Streeter to step down as USOC chief executive, won&#8217;t seek permanent position</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:27:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eddie Pells</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[With one embarrassment behind her and another on the way, Stephanie Streeter decided to leave the U.S. Olympic Committee before she was pushed out.

The acting CEO announced Wednesday that she will not seek the job on a permanent basis and will leave before the end of the Vancouver Paralympics next March.
The decision comes five days .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/streeter-to-step-down-as-usoc-chief-executive-wont-seek-permanent-position-189504/">Source article &nbsp;: Streeter to step down as USOC chief executive, won&#8217;t seek permanent position</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>IOC congratulates itself for awarding the 2008 Olympics to Beijing</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:12:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COPENHAGEN — Despite criticism from human rights campaigners, the International Olympic Committee gave itself a big pat on the back Wednesday for awarding the 2008 Games to Beijing.

In a report to the IOC, the committee&#8217;s chief evaluator and coordinator for the 2008 Olympics insisted that the games produced &#8220;lasting legacies&#8221; for Beijing and its people.
&#8220;I .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ioc-congratulates-itself-for-awarding-the-2008-olympics-to-beijing-189330/">Read the original article &nbsp;: IOC congratulates itself for awarding the 2008 Olympics to Beijing</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Brazilian president lifts nation to new world stage with unprecedented Olympic victory</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:13:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bradley Brooks</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[RIO DE JANEIRO — He is the Pele of politics, knighted the &#8220;most popular politician on Earth&#8221; by another contender for the title — Barack Obama.

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva draws praise from Havana to Wall Street for an economic boom that has brought millions out of poverty. He has attended socialist rallies ... Original article on  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/brazilian-president-lifts-nation-to-new-world-stage-with-unprecedented-olympic-victory-188559/">Brazilian president lifts nation to new world stage with unprecedented Olympic victory</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Tough anti-doping laws could become a requirement for countries hoping to host the Olympics</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:26:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Leicester</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COPENHAGEN — Countries could be barred from hosting the Olympics, starting with the 2018 games, if they don&#8217;t have laws that empower police to raid and investigate those suspected of helping athletes use performance-enhancing drugs.

The value of such police powers was driven home to the International Olympic Committee by the 2006 Turin games. Italian police, .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/tough-anti-doping-laws-could-become-a-requirement-for-countries-hoping-to-host-the-olympics-187462/">Tough anti-doping laws could become a requirement for countries hoping to host the Olympics</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>2016 Olympic bid team returns home; Daley says Chicago has bright future even without games</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 00:57:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deanna Bellandi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO — It wasn&#8217;t the homecoming Chicago&#8217;s Olympic delegation expected.

The team returned home empty-handed Saturday, with Mayor Richard Daley suggesting a bid for the 2020 Olympics was unlikely but promising Chicago would come out of the recession even without the economic stimulus of the 2016 Summer Games.
&#8220;We have a great city. These are great people. ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/2016-olympic-bid-team-returns-home-daley-says-chicago-has-bright-future-even-without-games-186207/">Read : 2016 Olympic bid team returns home; Daley says Chicago has bright future even without games</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Chicago Olympics loss means more than bruised ego, forces city to rethink jobs, economy, plans</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 17:50:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deanna Bellandi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO — Chicago&#8217;s dream of an Olympics-sized stimulus was dashed when the 2016 Summer Games were awarded to Rio de Janeiro, and the loss amounts to more than a bruised ego for the nation&#8217;s third-largest city.

Officials can no longer trumpet the $13.7 billion citywide economic impact local Olympics organizers estimated would come of games-related jobs, ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/chicago-olympics-loss-means-more-than-bruised-ego-forces-city-to-rethink-jobs-economy-plans-186080/">Read more : Chicago Olympics loss means more than bruised ego, forces city to rethink jobs, economy, plans</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Olympic boom? Or Olympic bust? Going for the gold doesn&#8217;t always pay off for Olympic hosts</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 17:17:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashley M. Heher</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Big sporting events have big budgets. Depending whom you ask, they have big payoffs, too.

All four cities that fought to host the 2016 Summer Olympics — Chicago, Rio de Janeiro, Madrid and Tokyo — had multibillion-dollar budgets for the games. And each said the event would bring billions more to their economies.
Just how much money .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/olympic-boom-or-olympic-bust-going-for-the-gold-doesnt-always-pay-off-for-olympic-hosts-186069/">Original source &nbsp;: Olympic boom? Or Olympic bust? Going for the gold doesn&#8217;t always pay off for Olympic hosts</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Analysis: Just a game? Olympics defeat could feed doubts about Obama on weightier subjects</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 07:16:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Pace</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — OK, so it wasn&#8217;t health care, climate change or war. Still, President Barack Obama&#8217;s high-profile failure to win the Olympics for Chicago could feed negative narratives already nipping at his heels — that he&#8217;s a better talker than closer, more celebrity than statesman.

And this could hamper his efforts on the weightier issues.
Despite Obama&#8217;s ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/analysis-just-a-game-olympics-defeat-could-feed-doubts-about-obama-on-weightier-subjects-185702/">Analysis: Just a game? Olympics defeat could feed doubts about Obama on weightier subjects</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Cry me a Rio: Brazilian president reduced to tears after South America gets its 1st Olympics</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:18:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Graham Dunbar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COPENHAGEN — Let the Olympic Carnival begin. And the crying, too.

The International Olympic Committee&#8217;s announcement Friday that Rio de Janeiro will host the 2016 Games reduced Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to tears again and again.
The popular and populist politician known as Lula sobbed into a handkerchief at the official news conference after .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/cry-me-a-rio-brazilian-president-reduced-to-tears-after-south-america-gets-its-1st-olympics-185453/">Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Cry me a Rio: Brazilian president reduced to tears after South America gets its 1st Olympics</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Obama&#8217;s press secretary says president is &#8216;disappointed&#8217; Chicago missed getting 2016 Olympics</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Pace</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE — President Barack Obama is &#8220;disappointed&#8221; Chicago missed getting the 20016 Olympic Games but doesn&#8217;t regret putting so much on the line to argue for it, his chief spokesman said Friday.

Talking to reporters aboard Air Force One as Obama and his wife Michelle flew back to Washington, Robert Gibbs said Obama .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/obamas-press-secretary-says-president-is-disappointed-chicago-missed-getting-2016-olympics-185300/" title="Obama&#8217;s press secretary says president is &#8216;disappointed&#8217; Chicago missed getting 2016 Olympics">Source &nbsp;: Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Chicago goes down in stunning defeat, losing in first round of IOC voting</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:56:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Armour</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COPENHAGEN — Chicago was expected to be one of the last two cities in the race. Instead, it was the first to go.

In one of the biggest upsets in International Olympic Committee voting history, Chicago was eliminated in the first ballot Friday for the 2016 Olympics on Friday. Not even the presence of President Barack .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/chicago-goes-down-in-stunning-defeat-losing-in-first-round-of-ioc-voting-185297/" title="Chicago goes down in stunning defeat, losing in first round of IOC voting">Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Stunned silence, sadness in Chicago as 2016 Olympics bid goes elsewhere</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:16:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deanna Bellandi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO — So much for Da Games.

Chicago residents felt blindsided Friday as the International Olympic Committee quickly eliminated their hometown from the race to host the 2016 Summer Games. Stunned disbelief stretched from the South Side to Wrigleyville as the Second City learned it wasn&#8217;t even second fiddle, but fourth out of the four finalists.
Nobody ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/stunned-silence-sadness-in-chicago-as-2016-olympics-bid-goes-elsewhere-185274/">Original article on  : Stunned silence, sadness in Chicago as 2016 Olympics bid goes elsewhere</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Thousands gathered in Chicago stand in stunned silence after Olympics bid goes elsewhere</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:46:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deanna Bellandi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO — Thousands of people stood in bewildered silence in downtown Chicago on Friday after the International Olympic Committee surprised everyone by dumping the city from the race for 2016 Summer Olympics in the first round of voting.

The vote in Copenhagen was carried on huge television screens set up in the Daley Center to carry .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/thousands-gathered-in-chicago-stand-in-stunned-silence-after-olympics-bid-goes-elsewhere-185253/">Original source &nbsp;: Thousands gathered in Chicago stand in stunned silence after Olympics bid goes elsewhere</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Obamas make personal appeal for Chicago&#8217;s Olympics bid, but are denied sucess in the voting</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:18:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Pace</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COPENHAGEN — Chicago&#8217;s early exit from finalist balloting for the 2016 Olympics was a personal setback for President Barack Obama and a painful defeat for America&#8217;s most prominent Midwestern city.

Many people had assumed Chicago would be a finalist. But International Olympic Committee members eliminated it only hours after Obama and his wife, Chicago native Michelle ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/obamas-make-personal-appeal-for-chicagos-olympics-bid-but-are-denied-sucess-in-the-voting-185233/">Read : Obamas make personal appeal for Chicago&#8217;s Olympics bid, but are denied sucess in the voting</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Obama uses personal hopes to boost Chicago&#8217;s Olympics bid in Copenhagen</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 07:33:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Pace</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COPENHAGEN — President Barack Obama says the United States is &#8220;ready and eager&#8221; to host the 2016 Olympics in his adoptive hometown of Chicago.

Praising the United States&#8217; bid to host the games, Obama told the International Olympic Committee the bid deserves their support. He said early Friday that they should choose Chicago for the same ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-uses-personal-hopes-to-boost-chicagos-olympics-bid-in-copenhagen-184807/">Read : Obama uses personal hopes to boost Chicago&#8217;s Olympics bid in Copenhagen</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Obama hopes to put Chicago&#8217;s Olympics bid over the top with personal pitch in Copenhagen</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 05:17:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Pace</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COPENHAGEN — In a quick dash of salesmanship, President Barack Obama is in the Danish capital, putting his personal powers of persuasion on the line to boost Chicago&#8217;s Olympics bid.

The president arrived in Copenhagen on Friday morning for a whirlwind trip of less than five hours, with Chicago-backers hoping that would be sufficient to give .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-hopes-to-put-chicagos-olympics-bid-over-the-top-with-personal-pitch-in-copenhagen-184705/">Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Obama hopes to put Chicago&#8217;s Olympics bid over the top with personal pitch in Copenhagen</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>City of Broad Shoulders pins Olympic hopes on a skinny left-handed closer</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:57:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Litke</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s too bad the International Olympic Committee isn&#8217;t taking bribes anymore. Imagine what a lock Chicago would be then.

Instead, the City of Broad Shoulders and greased palms has pinned its hopes on a skinny left-hander who won&#8217;t get to Copenhagen until the last minute, but has already demonstrated he can deliver an election. And if ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/city-of-broad-shoulders-pins-olympic-hopes-on-a-skinny-left-handed-closer-184566/">Original article on  : City of Broad Shoulders pins Olympic hopes on a skinny left-handed closer</a>.]]></description>
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