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London: Six tips for staying sane, saving money, staying in touch
Los Angeles Times Travel editorIt’s going to be an incredibly busy summer for London, starting with the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee June 2-5, followed by World Pride Week in June, the Olympics in July and August and the Paralympics in August and September. I just returned from...Tags: Skype, Credit and Debt, London Heathrow Airport, Travel, British Airways Plc
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'The Olympic Games: Art, Culture and Sport' At Bruce Museum In Greenwich
The museums of Connecticut are honoring 2012 in their own ways. The Amistad Center for Arts & Culture in Hartford is celebrating its own 25th anniversary. New Britain Museum of American Art is honoring the upcoming election with an exhibit of presidential...
Tags: Wrestling, New Britain Museum of American Art, Gainesville, Bruce Museum of Arts and Science, Muhammad Ali
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Alex Zanardi to be featured on HBO's 'Real Sports'
Ep. 181: Alex Zanardi Update Former race car driver Alex Zanardi, who lost both legs in a horrific racing accident in 2001, is one of the subjects of this week's "Real Sports" on HBO. Zanardi will be a member of this year's Italian Paralympics team...
Tags: Jackie Robinson, New York Yankees, Joe Maddon
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Legacy Hall honors 12, including three members of Lovehammers
TribLocal - Tinley Park » NewsThe 2012 District 230 Legacy Hall Dinner had a rock and roll atmosphere to it. The usually stately event inducted three members of the longtime …... -
Swimmer With Muscular Dystrophy Makes Paralympics Her Goal
The Hartford CourantWhen she was 7 years old, Kristin Duquette dressed up like an Olympic swimmer for Halloween. She did gymnastics and ballet. She went to sports camps. She was on a swim team. She was one of those kids who loved being active and athletic and was fiercely...Tags: Swimming, Trinity College, Muscular Dystrophy, Sports, 2016 Olympic Games
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Tatyana McFadden: Howard County's 'Lady Velocity'
World-class track athlete Tatyana McFadden is not a flashy person. Soft-spoken with a thin face, dark brown eyes and a deceptively muscular frame, she is not the type to speak of her accomplishments without some prompting. But when she does talk about...
Tags: BP Plc, Chicago Marathon, Sports, Girl Scouts of the USA, Amputation
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Prosthetics get the personal touch
SAN FRANCISCO — We can rebuild him. We have the technology. We can make him better than he was. Better … stronger … faster.
— Opening to "The Six Million Dollar Man"
As a boy, Scott Summit was entranced by that television show'...Tags: Entertainment, Fashion Shows, Cancer, Injuries and Wounds, Health
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Picture: Excuses — let’s hear yours again
The Fitness Center - Orlando SentinelI saw this make the rounds recently and thought I'd share. A few quick Internet searches led me to the website of Josh Sundquist, a U.S. Paralympic skier, author and motivational speaker who lost his left leg to cancer when he was a child. If you ever... -
London's ahead of the Games
You yawned at the royal wedding in April. You were happy to miss the riots in August. But you're determined to be a part of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
This means either making a 260-foot discus throw, pronto, or studying up fast on the ticket,...Tags: Handball, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Trampoline, London Heathrow Airport, British Airways Plc
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Police Report Reveals New Details Of UAA Runner Marko Cheseto's Disappearance
Channel 2 NewsMarko Cheseto, the star UAA long distance runner who had his feet amputated last month after going missing for several days in a snowstorm, was struggling with depression at the time of his disappearance, according to a newly-released police report. ... -
Paralyzed Indiana teen recovering in Breckenridge after deadly stage collapse
FOX31 DenverBRECKENRIDGE, Colo. -- 17-year-old Brad Humphrey was paralyzed this summer when the stage collapsed at a Sugarland concert in Indiana. The teen’s mom, Sue Humphrey, was in the grandstand. She saw the weather change and the stage go down right on...Tags: Cross Country Skiing
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