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TV Notebook: 3/1/10 — Welcome back to television

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March 1, 2010   Leave a Comment  

Leno is back “Tonight”

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Sorry about last night’s ceremony, that wasn’t Canada

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Feb. 13, 2010   22 Comments  

But world, don’t take that image of Canada home with you. It isn’t what life is like here. We don’t all live in the Arctic circle among the Orcas and the ice floes.

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TV Notebook: 2/12/10 — Olympics take over

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Feb. 12, 2010   Leave a Comment  

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Ready for snow?

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Kiwi Olympian funds training by opening brothel

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July 12, 2009   2 Comments  

Former Olympian and 2012 Olympic hopeful Logan Campbell can’t afford to fund his own training. Tired of seeking cash from his parents, the 23-year-old New Zealander decided to venture into entrepreneurship.

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Darfur sprinter won Olympic silver

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Aug. 25, 2008   Leave a Comment  

Ismail Ahmed Ismail, an 800 metre sprinter, won Sudan’s first ever Olympic medal during this summer’s games in Beijing.

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USA loses at softball, sky falls

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Aug. 21, 2008   1 Comment  

There were no sadder sights at the Olympics this year than the faces of the American women’s softball team, losing their heavily favored gold medal to Japan 3-1 Thursday. [...]

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Americans detained in Beijing

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Aug. 20, 2008   2 Comments  

Media Credit/Students for a Free Tibet

Five Americans were detained in Beijing on August 19th, after displaying an LED banner with the words “Free Tibet” spelled out in both English and Chinese.

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Daughter speaks out, mother upgraded to serious condition

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Aug. 11, 2008   Leave a Comment  

Hugh Bachman, coach of the U.S. men’s Olympic volleyball team and his wife, Elisabeth Bachman McCutcheon, a former Olympic athlete, spoke out in an open letter about the death of Elisabeth’s father and injuries of her mother who were attacked Saturday at a tourist attraction in Beijing. [...]

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Second victim in olympic attack in critical condition after surgery

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Aug. 9, 2008   Leave a Comment  

Barbara Bachman suffered multiple cuts and stab wounds in the attack the killed her husband, Todd Bachman, the U.S. Olympic Committee announced in a statement.

She underwent eight hours of surgery Saturday afternoon and evening and remains in critical but stable condition at a Beijing hospital [...]

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Olympic Committee identifies American slaying victim

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Aug. 9, 2008   4 Comments  

An American was killed Saturday in Beijing. Todd Bachman, of Lakeville, Minn., the father-in-law of men’s indoor volleyball head coach Hugh McCutcheon, died after being attacked by an apparently deranged Chinese man who then reportedly took his own life.

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Olympics: One day, one tragedy

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Aug. 9, 2008   Leave a Comment  

A deranged Chinese man attacked two Americans and their Chinese tour guide, who were visiting the Drum Tower in Beijing, a 13th century tourist attraction, Saturday, killing one and seriously injuring another before taking his own life by jumping from a balcony. The pair are relatives of a coach for the US Olympic men’s volleyball [...]

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EarthTalk: China’s olympics? Are we losing winter?

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May 26, 2008   Leave a Comment  

Dear EarthTalk: The 2008 Summer Olympics in China are drawing a lot of attention right now for political reasons. I’ve heard, though, that one ray of light is China’s effort to make the event as green as possible. What’s going on in that regard? — Josh Rogers, Concord, NH It’s true that China is using [...]

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