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U.s. Luger's Effort Falls Short
Tribune Olympic BureauCourtney Zablocki's destiny as a luge racer can be traced to her childhood, when she and her brothers rode laundry baskets down the staircase in the family home. She entered a street-luge competition when she was 12, responding to an advertisement at the...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Luge Singles, The Home Depot, Los Angeles Times, Sports
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Olympic Dream Over for U.S. Luge Team
Tribune Olympic BureauWith the flip of the sled and the spilling of bodies onto the ice at the notorious 14th turn, the Olympic dream of the United States' top luge team came to an abrupt end Wednesday. And so might have ended a partnership that has flourished for most of the...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Multi-Sport Events, Luge Doubles, Los Angeles Times, Sports
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Olympic round-up: Day 4
By John Cherwa Olympic Bureau It was a day of roller coaster emotions for the U.S. ski team on Tuesday. It started with a brilliant downhill run by Bode Miller in the first leg of the men's combined. Then it was followed by Miller's disqualification in...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Biathlon, Evan Lysacek, Bode Miller, Cross Country Skiing
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Laura Ziskin's latest sequel
By Steve Pond, The EnvelopeLaura Ziskin is looking forward to producing the 79th Academy Awards, which means she's also looking back at producing the 74th Oscars. "It's harder the second time," says Ziskin, whose first outing as Oscar producer took place when the Kodak Theater was...Tags: Ellen DeGeneres, YouTube, Denzel Washington, The Happiest News!, Cinema Industry
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Hillary Clinton: Wild card in veepstakes
The Swampby James Oliphant and Jim Tankersley One virtue of this late start to the general-election campaign for the White House is that it leaves less time than usual for the ritual of back-porch punditry: identifying that sure-to-be vice-presidential pick. As......Tags: George W. Bush, Elizabeth Edwards, Jim Webb, Bob Dole, Multi-Sport Events
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From D-Day to the Elbe River
Of The Morning CallPhillipsburg native Earl R. Metz was working at Hercules Powder Co. when the Army drafted him during World War II. On D-Day, June 6, 1944, the 23-year-old sergeant led a squad of combat engineers ashore in the second wave at Omaha Beach. From Normandy,...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Nazi Party, Wars and Interventions, Firearms, Weaponry
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Park City, ski-free
Times Staff WriterAs the country's best-known film festival opens Thursday, one drama that already has generated considerable buzz will play out off-screen: Park City's love-hate relationship with Sundance. Hotels and restaurants love the Sundance Film Festival,...Tags: Skeleton, William Morris, Dining and Drinking, Trips and Vacations, Multi-Sport Events
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Seeking Acceptance, Rugby Gives It a Try
Times Staff WriterIt can't hurt rugby's chances of being added to the Summer Olympics that Jacques Rogge, president of the International Olympic Committee, played for the Belgian national rugby team in his youth. "We'd like to think it might help," said Greg Thomas,...Tags: Skeleton, Colleges and Universities, College Football, Hospitals and Clinics, National Football League
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The glow around Lake Placid
Hartford CourantPast the Cottage Cafe's wood-burning stove and the picture windows, snow swirls around the spotlights that shine on a cleared patch of frozen lake. A dozen bundled kids with hockey sticks blur by, chasing a puck. Some end up in a drift on the edge of the...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Multi-Sport Events, Speed Skating, ESPN (tv network), Restaurants
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Getting Up Close and Vertical With the Summer X Games
TIMES STAFF WRITERDoes the sight of bicycle motocross riders sailing through the air silhouetted against a sunset sky or street lugers careening downhill at 80 mph, inches from splattering themselves on the asphalt, strike you as particularly athletic or artistic? Your...Tags: Motocross, Athletes, Cinema Industry, Motorcycling, ESPN (tv network)
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Andre's Steakhouse/Fort Lauderdale
Sun-SentinelSteakhouses are considered the epitome of beef eater posh -- from handsomely appointed surroundings to the prime aged beef and solicitous service that marks these high-end spots a destination for carnivores. Andre's, a knockoff of Brooklyn's Peter...Tags: Salads, Marketing, Steaks, Dining and Drinking, Fried Potatoes
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15 things to watch at the Games
Sun StaffThe Olympics are a beehive of activity. Here are a few aspects that should command your attention. 1. Security. The security plan cost $300 million, so it had better work. Spectators may face a two-hour wait to get through the "mag and bag" metal...Tags: George W. Bush, Skeleton, NBC (tv network), Multi-Sport Events, Eric Heiden
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