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Hiroshima 2020?: City Reportedly Considering Bid For Summer Olympics

Posted 10.10.2009 | World

Read More: Nagasaki, Nuclear Weapons, Olympics, Chicago, Hiroshima Olympics, Hiroshima Summer Olympics, Hiroshima 2020, Hiroshima, Summer Olympics, Japan, Rio De Janeiro, World News

The Japanese city of Hiroshima is considering a bid for the 2020 Summer Olympic games, according to Kyodo News and Japan Today. Up to 140,000 people ...

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Obama's Big Question: To Go or Not to Go, Copenhagen That is

Michael Russnow | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gop, Winter Olympics, Chicago, Tony Blair, Christopher Bond, Anderson Cooper, South America, Cbs, International Olympic Committee, Diane Sawyer, Missouri, London, Rio De Janeiro, Katie Couric, Hans Christian Andersen, Tivoli Gardens, Russia, Los Angeles Times, Vladimir Putin, Ram Productions, General Mcchrystal, Summer Olympics, Sochi, Abc, Michelle Obama, Rush Limbaugh, Copenhagen, Lou Dobbs, Nbc, Food Channel, Funen Island, Democrats, Barack Obama, Brian Williams, Oprah Winfrey, Cnn, Great Britain, Michael Russnow, Oprah, Fox News, Afghanistan, Republicans, Bill O'Reilly, Denmark, Ioc, Newspapers, William Shakespeare, David Letterman, Msnbc, Politics News
Michael Russnow

Obama is not a miracle maker, but he will have at least tried to win the IOC bid. And during it all, he and the government will continue in any necessary actions.

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Rio's Olympic Bid - Taking the Games To New Ground

Chris Dalby | Posted 09.08.2009 | World

Read More: 2016 Olympics, Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva, Brazil, Rio De Janeiro, Rio, Summer Olympics, World News
Chris Dalby

Rio's ferociously proud population is high with anticipation for hosting the World Cup and wants to showcase what more it can do.

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The Republican Summer Olympics of 2009

Gary Cohan | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Corruption, Mark Sanford, Ted Stevens, Jack Abramoff, Ann Coulter, Olympics, Lobbyists, Blue States, Larry Craig, Eliot Spitzer, Dick Cheney, Adultery, Condoleezza Rice, John Edwards, Michael Savage, Gop, Newt Gingrich, Manchurian Candidate, Constitution, Republican Party, Bob Ney, Randy "Duke" Cunningham, Jim McGreevey, Mark Foley, Bill Clinton, John McCain, Social Conservatives, Ted Haggard, Rush Limbaugh, Lobbying, Scandal, Barack Obama, Red States, Homosexuality, John Ensign, Sean Hannity, Oxycontin, Neocons, Hypocrisy, Homophobia, New York Times, Neoconservatives, Alberto Gonzales, Bill O'Reilly, David Vitter, Conspiracy, Contract With America, Prostitution, Mail-Fraud, Big Tent, Tax Evasion, Michele Bachmann, Sarah Palin, Tom Delay, Teenage Pregnancy, Divorce, Internet Porn, Fox News, Phil Gramm, Hal Turner, Al Gore, Summer Olympics, Pilonidal Cyst, Vietnam Draft-Dodger, Draft-Dodging, Vietnam War, Politics News
Gary Cohan

Republicans' private embraces are often in complete contradistinction with their own oft-trumpeted, Biblically-mandated "moral" guidelines for the rest of us.

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Sorry Tiger Woods, but Golf in the Olympics Is a Stupid Idea

Matthew DeBord | Posted 05.19.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Golf, 2016 Olympics, Fencing, Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods, Ryder Cup, Presidents Cup, Gymnastics, Greco-Roman Wrestling, Summer Olympics, Ioc, Olympics, Golf Channel, Entertainment News
Matthew DeBord

As we insist on adding competitions that let the pros in to a greater and greater extent, the chance to see more offbeat yet potentially thrilling contests evaporates.

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Chicago's 2016 Olympic Bid Improved By Obama Win, Tokyo Insists Frontrunner Status

Reuters | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Victory, Olympics 2016, Olympics, Chicago, Summer Olympics, Obama Win, Politics News

TOKYO, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Tokyo's bid officials insist they still have the edge in the race to host the 2016 Olympics despite Barack Obama's victory in...

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Olympic Sponsors See Their Stock Prices Soar

AP | Daniel Sorid | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Dow Jones Index, Dow Jones, Beijing Olympics, Stock Market, Stocks, Summer Olympics, 2008 Olympics, 2008 Beijing Olympics, Business News

Companies that have paid to associate with the 2008 Beijing Olympics are trouncing their competition in the stock market this year. Shares of the gam...

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