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Games Provide Old-Fashioned Fun For Backyard Parties
Courant Staff WriterIf you're planning a Labor Day picnic and wondering how to keep guests entertained and interacting, take inspiration from the Olympics and organize some friendly backyard competition. That's what Southington residents Lisa Rommel and Robin Kenna do with...Tags: Hobbies, Croquet, Wii, Labor Day, Swimming
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Just Like Real Life, One 'Cheetah Girl' Stands Out From Rest Of Trio
"Cheetah Girls: One World" (Disney Channel, 8 p.m.) continues the theme of international domination when the threesome travels from New York to Mumbai to star in a gala Bollywood film. When they learn just one of them is being offered a role, it sort...Tags: Jane Krakowski, Jay Leno, Jeff Foxworthy, Television Industry, Grey's Anatomy
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Jeff Ruffolo competed to do Olympic PR for China and won
Los Angeles Times Staff Writer"How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Communists" could be the title of Jeff Ruffolo's autobiography. Perhaps the book could explain how it was that a Republican Mormon from Orange County became a public relations advisor on (some might say...Tags: Public Holidays, Brigham Young, Christianity, Parties and Movements, Multi-Sport Events
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Will political drama outstrip Olympics?
James Klurfeld is a professor of journalism at Stony Brook University; james.klurfeld@stonybrook.eduLike a lot of you, I've spent most of my evenings the past two weeks, late into the night, watching the summer Olympics from China. So what should I do next week when the Olympics are over? Watch the political conventions? It won't be the same. What...Tags: Bill Clinton, Edward M. Kennedy, Al Gore, Crisis, John McCain
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China hopes to attract more US college students
AP Education WriterRALEIGH, N.C. (AP -- China is hoping that American college students watching the Summer Olympics will want to travel there, providing a bump similar to what Australia and Greece enjoyed in 2000 and 2004. But even before the 2008 Games, China was already...Tags: Culture, Colleges and Universities, Students, Teaching and Learning, Purdue University
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Swim golds are nice, but hoops success more important to U.S.
Spain, Argentina, Greece and China could combine to form an all-world team and the scoreboard at the Beijing Games wouldn't read any differently than it has after any other game the United States has played at the Wukesong Basketball Arena. Redeem Team...Tags: Dwyane Wade, Swimming, Multi-Sport Events, LeBron James, Lehigh University
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Olympics Fall Slightly Wednesday
Zap2It.comFast National ratings for Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008 Day 13 of the 2008 Summer Olympics brought more big ratings to NBC, though not quite as big as the past few nights. NBC earned a 14.9 rating/25 share for the night, down a little bit from the past...Tags: America's Next Top Model, Television Industry, Movies, NBC, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
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Margaret Cho Gives TV Another Try, This Time With Reality Series
An outspoken, sometimes shocking comedian with docile parents and a colorful inner circle, with bumps along her stand-up career? It could be "Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List," but this time it's a new VH1 show about Margaret Cho. The Korean American...Tags: Ben Stiller, Jay Leno, Will Ferrell, David Letterman, Craig Ferguson
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Miramar's Moodie reps Jamaica in Olympics
Nova HighJamaican runners took the spotlight for their country in the Summer Olympics, but South Florida's Natasha Moodie, a 2007 Miramar High graduate, represented Jamaica in an event dominated by the United States: swimming. Moodie had high hopes for her first...Tags: Disasters, Ethics, Natural Disasters, University of Michigan, Swimming
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Beach reign continues
Americans Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor have won their second consecutive gold medal in beach volleyball, playing through a steady rain to beat Wang Jie and Tian Jia of China 21-18, 21-18. Walsh and May-Treanor, who did not lose a set in Beijing,...Tags: National Basketball Association, Carl Lewis, Awards and Prizes, Kobe Bryant, Michael Johnson
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What to watch
It won't be long before high schools across the land are summoning students for another year, and for some of those youngsters, the distance will be minimal from classroom to wherever discipline is meted out. A new reality series, The Principal's Office,...Tags: Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Michelle Obama, Will Ferrell, 5K Run, Celebrity
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South Florida has become an Olympic training playground
South Florida has become a hidden jewel for many athletes competing in the Summer Olympics in Beijing. Despite sparse funding and lack of full-scale Olympic training centers, 55 athletes and seven coaches with ties to the region qualified to compete....Tags: University of Florida, Athletes, Florida State University, Schools, Equestrian
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