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Copper Mountain To Be Sold To Utah Company

AP | Posted 11.18.2009 | Denver

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BRECKENRIDGE, Colo. — Intrawest ULC has agreed to sell its Copper Mountain ski resort in Colorado to Powdr Corp. Intrawest, based in Vancouver,...

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Colorado Springs Gazette Won't Send Reporters To Olympics For First Time Since 1977

The Colorado Springs Independent | Pam Zubeck | Posted 11.12.2009 | Denver

Read More: Winter Olympics, Colorado Springs Olympics, Usoc, Colorado Springs USOC, Vancouver, Colorado Springs Gazette, Denver News

As Freedom Communications Holdings Inc., moves through bankruptcy, its second-largest newspaper -- the Gazette -- is showing sharp declines in circula...

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Ralph Lauren Winter Olympics Designs Revealed (VIDEO)

AP | Samantha Critchell | Posted 11.04.2009 | Style

Read More: Winter Olympics, Ralph Lauren Olympics, Olympics, Ralph Lauren, Video, Style News

*Scroll down for video* By Samantha Critchell, AP NEW YORK (AP) - Ralph Lauren's affinity for Americana will be on full display on athletes at the W...

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Microsoft Readies Silverlight for Offline Use: Adobe's Flash Heading to Smart Phones (VIDEO)

Andy Plesser | Posted 11.04.2009 | Technology

Read More: Winter Olympics, Silverlight, Microsoft, Flash, Adobe, Technology News
Andy Plesser

NBC Sports will announce plans today to use Microsoft Silverlight as the software for Web viewing the Winter Olympics Games in the United States.

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2010 Olympic Medals Made From Melted-Down Circuit Boards

Gizmodo | Adam Frucci | Posted 10.19.2009 | Technology

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The gold medals for the 2010 Vancouver winter Olympics have been revealed, and they're made from melted down old circuit boards. Because athletes will...

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The Winter Olympics: Bode's Back, But What About The Dumont?

Jamie Starr | Posted 10.02.2009 | Denver

Read More: Sports, Winter Olympics, Snowboarding, Aspen, Olympics, Colorado, Skiing, Freeskiing, Winter Sports, Outdoor Exercise, Denver News
Jamie Starr

How can an excluded segment of the industry, freeskiing, authentically participate in (and reap the mass market benefits of) all of that Olympic buzz?

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Denver Olympics In 2018? USOC Says No Way

Denver Business Journal | Denver Business Journal | Posted 10.02.2009 | Denver

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Chicago's loss will not be Denver's gain -- at least in 2018, local leaders say. ...

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Grizzly Bear Extinction

Giles Slade | Posted 09.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Salmon, Rainforest, Grizzly Bear, Winter Olympics, Vanciouver, Kwakiutl Tales, Franz Boaz, Robert McKee, Macleod's, Green News
Giles Slade

After four years of terrible salmon runs, Grizzlies' numbers appear to be declining. People are beginning to wonder if the bears are joining the salmon in an ongoing species extinction.

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

Michael Russnow | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics

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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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Winter Olympics: Gold Rush or Even Ground?

Giles Slade | Posted 09.25.2009 | World

Read More: British Columbia, Winter Olympics, Vancouver BC, Whistler BC, Richmond, John Furlong, Bc, Hamid Karzai, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Jeff Daniels, Bill Pullman, World News
Giles Slade

We have hosted the Olympics more times than any other nation. Even in this bad year, we can show the rest of the world how it's done.

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Not Your Regular 21-Year-Old Snowboarder: A Q&A with Kevin Pearce

Erica Boeke | Posted 09.27.2009 | Living

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Erica Boeke

There are a dozens of up-and-coming athletes who are looking to go for the gold and the glory in 2010 -- but one rising young snowboarding star is also looking to change the face of his sport.

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The Winter Olympics -- Cough -- Welcomes You

Giles Slade | Posted 08.13.2009 | World

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Giles Slade

I warn you: smallness is what to expect of your Canadian hosts, and this is why tourism in this beautiful country is still a shabby disaster.

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Sochi 2014: Russia's Olympic Plans Plagued By Protests, Construction Delays And Economic Woes

Spiegel | Maik Grossekathöfer | Posted 03.30.2009 | World

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At 10 a.m. in the Caucasus Mountains, backhoes dig their way through the snow and trucks dump loads of sand. The sun is a yellowy white and it's -4 de...

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Burton Tapped to Design Uniforms for the 2010 U.S. Snowboarding Team

Kelly O'Reilly | Posted 03.05.2009 | Style

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Kelly O'Reilly

Burton's ascent began with, and still seems to build on its commitment to creating the best (and for a long time, only) snowboarding gear and giving birth to a market.

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Olympics Committee Wants The Games Out Of Russia In 2014

AP | KIMBERLY HEFLING | Posted 09.15.2008 | Home

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WASHINGTON — The International Olympic Committee should punish Russia by moving the 2014 Winter Olympics out of Sochi, Russia, the co-chairs of ...

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