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Lolo Jones gets homecoming celebration
Olympian Lolo Jones will be welcomed home this week in central Iowa. A celebration for Jones is scheduled for Friday at Jordan Creek Town Center in West Des Moines. The world class hurdler, who graduated from Des Moines Roosevelt, is expected to hand...Tags: Iowa
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Shock wins its third title in six years
From Times Staff and Wire ReportsKatie Smith sat out nearly the entire second quarter because of foul trouble, but the Detroit Shock still defeated the San Antonio Silver Stars, 76-60, in Game 3 on Sunday at Ypsilanti, Mich., to win its third WNBA title in six seasons. Detroit swept the...Tags: Natural Disasters, Florida State University, Basketball, Randy Shannon, Disasters
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Phelps gets a hometown welcome to Baltimore with parade, Star-Spangled salute
AP Sports WriterBALTIMORE (AP) _ Michael Phelps was formally welcomed home Saturday with a two-pronged celebration that began with a parade and ended with a fireworks show at historic Fort McHenry. Phelps was the focal point of the "Parade of Gold", which served as a...Tags: Katie Hoff, Maryland, Fort McHenry, Clothing and Textiles Industry, Awards and Prizes
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Activists among front-runners
Human-rights activists from China are front-runners to win the Nobel Peace Prize next week. Gao Zhisheng and Hu Jia were jailed during the Beijing Olympics to keep them out of the public eye. Read about the speculation at chicagotribune.com/nobel -
Street named after Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte
Sentinel Staff WriterPORT ORANGE -- What does it take to get a street named after you? In Port Orange, all you need are a couple of gold medals. The city honored Ryan Lochte, Volusia County's latest Olympic star, Saturday by naming a street in his honor. Lochte, a swimmer who...Tags: University of Florida, Ryan Lochte, Awards and Prizes
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Hometown hero
With cascades of shrieks and the pounding of oh-so-many teenage feet, they heralded his coming. At the center of the herd, rolling down York Road, was a National Guard Humvee with a lanky young man waving from its open roof.
And they cheered again last...Tags: Katie Hoff, Access Hollywood, Television, Morgan State University, Fort McHenry
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Parker WNBA's top rookie, MVP
Candice Parker received the WNBA's most valuable player award Friday, becoming the first player to win the award along with the rookie of the year honors. The Los Angeles star was unanimously selected rookie of the year. The awards capped a big run...Tags: Basketball, Sue Bird
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Officials: China's 2008 gold medalists of age
China's gold medal gymnasts are in the clear. Its team that won the bronze medal eight years ago, however, still faces questions. International gymnastics officials on Wednesday closed their 5 1/2-week investigation into the ages of the Chinese...Tags: Gymnastics, Vault, Uneven Bars, Sports Organizations, Awards and Prizes
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Officials: China's 2008 gymnasts of age
China's gold medal gymnasts were old enough to compete in the Beijing Olympics, the sport's governing body said Wednesday, though it still had questions about the team that competed at the 2000 Sydney Games. Two members of that squad -- Dong Fangxiao and...Tags: Gymnastics, Vault, Uneven Bars, Sports Organizations, Awards and Prizes
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Olympic champion will be at parade in Suffolk
757-928-6479LaShawn Merritt, who won two gold medals at the Beijing Olympics, will participate in the Peanut Festival Parade in downtown Suffolk on Saturday. Merritt, a Portsmouth native who currently lives in Suffolk, is an international track star who won gold...Tags: Festive Event
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Equestrian rider Pessoa stripped of Beijing show jumping result for drug offense
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) _ Equestrian rider Rodrigo Pessoa has been stripped of his fifth-place finish at the Beijing Olympics and banned from competing for 4½ months after a positive drug test on his horse. The sport's governing body Friday also fined...Tags: Horse Jumping, Awards and Prizes, Equestrian
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Chinese, Russian human rights activists seen as front-runners for Peace Prize
Associated Press WritersSTOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) _ Human rights activists from China and Russia are considered front-runners to win the Nobel Peace Prize next week, while bettors are putting their money on an Italian, a Syrian or an Israeli for the literature award. The annual...Tags: Justice and Rights, Philip Roth, Government, Pervez Musharraf, Medicine
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