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It's a MRAD, MRAD, MRAD, MRAD World
Some Vancouver civil liberty groups are suspicious of a recent aquisition by the Vancouver City Police Department. The VCP recently took possesion of a MRAD (Medium Range Acoustic Device) and ears are already starting to ring. The 2010 Olympics are...
People Posing Dead in Demonstration in Rio de Janeiro
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - People are posing as dead bodies at Copacabana beach in a demonstration in which a man was found dead in a shopping cart in the city slum. The city drew international attention this week, following shootouts that left over forty...
Chicago Pleads Its Case to Host 2016 Olympic Games
Delivering a final presentation that was heavy on emotion and light on technical issues Friday morning, officials from Chicago’s bid to host the 2016 Olympics have only one thing left to do: wait.Michelle Obama addressed the International Olympic...
Tags: olympic
Chicago teen's death prompts visit
Chicago :: IL :: USA | about 1 month ago
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Video of a Chicago honor student's fatal beating has captured national attention, and President Barack Obama responded yesterday by announcing that two Cabinet secretaries would travel to his hometown next week. The White House would not say what Attorney...
Tags: olympic, Chicago, Barack Obama, Arne Duncan, honor students, Derrion Albert, secretary arne, education secretary, White House
Obama Stumps for Chicago’s Bid
Copenhagen :: Denmark | about 1 month ago
Credibility Barely a year after his election, he was campaigning not for himself but for his adopted hometown. Yet as President Obama pitched Chicago’s bid to host the Summer Games of 2016 on Friday, he put his own credibility on the line as well. Arriving here after...
Tags: olympic, olympics, 2016, summer olympics, Chicago, Rio de Janeiro, olympic games, Copenhagen, Barack Obama, IOC
Michelle Obama to Lead Chicago Olympic Bid
The first lady will fill in for President Obama by traveling to Copenhagen next month and pushing for Chicago to host the 2016 Olympic Games, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. The president said he is too busy with health care reform to lead the US delegation...
Tags: Michelle Obama, Obama, Chicago, Olympic, Bid, White House, First Lady, President, Illinois
Olympic champion Plushenko aims for Vancouver
Manchester :: United Kingdom | 8 months ago
Credibility Evgeni Plushenko is planning a comeback to defend his Olympic figure skating title at the Vancouver Games.Plushenko's agent, Ari Zakarian, says the three-time world champion is back training with longtime coach Alexei Mishin and already has mastered two...
Tags: olympic, vancouver, usain bolt, world, 200 meter, gold, jamaican, medal, race
Bolt cruises home in wind-aided 9.93
Kingston :: Jamaica | 8 months ago
Credibility Anthony Foster, Gleaner Writer Olympic champion Usain Bolt recorded a wind-assisted 9.93 seconds in his first 100 metres race of the season at yesterday's Lucozade/G.C...Bolt, who set world records of 9.69 and 19.30 seconds to win the 100m and 200m, respectively,...
Seek Games gold, firms told
Oda :: Ghana | 8 months ago
Credibility London 2012 Olympics as a springboard to pitch for Glasgow's Commonwealth Games contracts, the chairman of the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) has told The Scotsman. John Armitt said that, with the recession tipped to last for at least two years, the...
All the Olympic Logos...AMAZING!!!
From Athens 1896 to London 2012, be a part of history and check out history in the making from this collection of Olympic Logo's, from the time the games started. Let the games BEGIN!
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