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Modern Man Is A Wimp, According To Anthropologist

Reuters | John Mehaffey | Posted 10.14.2009 | Home

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Many prehistoric Australian aboriginals could have outrun world 100 and 200 meters record holder Usain Bolt in modern conditions. Any Neanderthal wom...

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Still Time to Act: No Training Needed

Jane Dwyre Garton | Posted 07.24.2008 | Living

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Jane Dwyre Garton

What would make more sense than to suggest that those who benefit from the Olympics this summer -- from athletes to ticket holders to everyone else -- donate to the Sichuan earthquake survivors?

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Plains Storms Kill 2, Disrupt Olympic Hopefuls

AP | ANNA JO BRATTON | Posted 07.05.2008 | Home

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OMAHA, Neb. — Severe storms with strong winds swept through the Plains on Friday, forcing swimmers practicing for U.S. Olympic trials in Omaha t...

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Billionaire Funds Athletes To Boost India's Olympic Run

Wall Street Journal | Jackie Range | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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At the Athens Olympics in 2004, steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal, like millions of other Indian sports fans, was distressed: There was hardly anyone to ch...

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