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Pope's Olympic message credits the power of sports
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:08PM July 22, 2012 CommentVATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI says he is praying that the London Olympics promote world peace and friendship — a message the Vatican is increasingly emphasizing as it focuses renewed attention on the positive role that sports can play in society.
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Israel marks Munich massacre anniversary in London
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:06PM July 22, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — Complaining that the Olympic movement is still ignoring their pain, Israelis marked the 40th anniversary of the Munich massacre on Sunday with a modest service in the atrium of a London apartment block.
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Swedish long jumper Kluft withdraws from Olympics
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:56AM July 22, 2012 CommentKOURTANE, Finland (AP) — Swedish long jumper Carolina Kluft says she won't compete at the London Olympics because of a hamstring injury.
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60 years on, Helsinki's Olympic legacy endures
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:50AM July 22, 2012 CommentHELSINKI (AP) — If Londoners need inspiration on how to ensure that the Olympic legacy lives on long after the Summer Games, they may want to throw a glance at Helsinki.
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Long sleeves over bikinis possible at Olympics
Tweet Share on Facebook 8:53AM July 22, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — Two piece or not two piece: that is the question.
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College athletes among wounded in CO mass shooting
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:51AM July 22, 2012 CommentAURORA, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado State University football recruit and a former Winona State football player were among dozens of people wounded at a movie complex where a gunman opened fire during a midnight showing of the new Batman film.
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Scott takes 4-shot lead into Open final round
Tweet Share on Facebook 11:03PM July 21, 2012 CommentLYTHAM ST. ANNES, England (AP) — The ball tumbled over the edge of a pot bunker and appeared to put Adam Scott in the worst spot he had been all day at the British Open.
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Cardinals' record-tying 7th whips Cubs 12-0
Tweet Share on Facebook 10:41PM July 21, 2012 CommentST. LOUIS (AP) — Jake Westbrook worked seven innings of three-hit ball and the St. Louis Cardinals finally backed him — and then some — by tying a 76-year-old major league record with seven doubles in a 12-0 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Saturday night.
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Mets' Santana goes on 15-day DL with ankle injury
Tweet Share on Facebook 7:35PM July 21, 2012 CommentNEW YORK (AP) — Johan Santana is taking a break, whether he wants to or not.
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Nats lose Harper, game in 4-0 defeat to Braves
Tweet Share on Facebook 6:43PM July 21, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Talk about adding injury to insult. After blowing a nine-run lead to drop the series opener to the Braves, the Washington Nationals lost Bryce Harper to a bruised left ankle during a 4-0 defeat to Atlanta on Saturday.
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Sheets extends streak, Braves beat Nationals 4-0
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:58PM July 21, 2012 CommentWASHINGTON (AP) — Ben Sheets is giving the Atlanta Braves an unexpected lift in the pennant race.
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Column: Easy to underestimate, but tough to shake
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:06PM July 21, 2012 CommentLYTHAM ST. ANNES, England (AP) — Graeme McDowell looks like a guy people would pay to be an opponent, someone having way too much fun to accomplish anything important.
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Rogge plays down fears around unofficial branding
Tweet Share on Facebook 5:05PM July 21, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — IOC President Jacques Rogge downplayed fears that wearing the wrong kind of logo on a T-shirt could cause a ticket holder to be denied entry to an Olympic venue.
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Woods rallies, but still faces big Open deficit
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:38PM July 21, 2012 CommentLYTHAM ST. ANNES, England (AP) — When Tiger Woods rolled in a 60-foot putt on the sixth hole, it looked as though he was ready to make a charge at the British Open.
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Bradley Wiggins all but clinches Tour de France
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:24PM July 21, 2012 CommentCHARTRES, France (AP) — For Bradley Wiggins, the champagne on the Champs-Elysees is about to flow.
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Rogge again rules out minute silence for Israelis
Tweet Share on Facebook 4:15PM July 21, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — IOC President Jacques Rogge won't budge: There will be no minute's silence for the Israeli victims of the 1972 Munich massacre at the opening ceremony of the London Olympics.
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IOC rules out immediate sanctions in ticket probe
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:27PM July 21, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — The IOC will not take disciplinary action before the London Olympics against officials accused of illegal ticket sales.
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Patrick hopes for another good run at Chicagoland
Tweet Share on Facebook 2:24PM July 21, 2012 CommentJOLIET, Ill. (AP) — Chicagoland Speedway is about the closest thing Danica Patrick has to a home track in NASCAR.
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Sun comes out as Olympic torch tours London
Tweet Share on Facebook 1:06PM July 21, 2012 CommentLONDON (AP) — The Olympic torch has begun its tour of London — and to everyone's relief, the weather is cooperating.
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In judo, Olympian recovers from sex abuse
Tweet Share on Facebook 12:24PM July 21, 2012 CommentWAKEFIELD, Mass. (AP) — In a tin-sided warehouse north of Boston, above Stewy's Custom Cycles along a steep staircase lined with Olympic posters, Kayla Harrison found sensei Jimmy Pedro Jr. and, through him and his dojo, a gentle way back from sexual abuse.
