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Hardy Tests Positive
Swimmer Jessica Hardy's trip to the Beijing Olympics could be in jeopardy after she tested positive for a banned substance, a person familiar with the test results said Wednesday. USA Swimming spokeswoman Jamie Olson declined to comment from the team's...Tags: Atlanta Hawks, Beijing Games, Joe Gibbs, Boston Bruins, Major League Baseball
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Birthdays
75 David McCullough Historian-author 68 Ringo Starr Rock star 59 Shelley Duvall Actress 49 Billy Campbell Actor 40 Jorja Fox Actress 28 Michelle Kwan U.S. Olympic silver-medal figure skaterTags: Celebrity, Ringo Starr
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Ripken to visit South Africa in envoy role
Sun reporterCal Ripken Jr.'s personal mission to teach baseball to children around the world will continue next spring, when the Hall of Fame Oriole and other Ripken Baseball representatives visit South Africa. It will be the second time in about 18 months that...Tags: Major League Baseball, B.J. Surhoff, New York Yankees, Diplomacy, Condoleezza Rice
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Daily almanac
1807:Napoleon I and Czar Alexander I signed a peace treaty at Tilsit. 1865: Four people were hanged in Washington, D.C., for conspiring with John Wilkes Booth to assassinate President Lincoln. 1898: The United States annexed Hawaii. 1930:...Tags: Ronald Reagan, Treaties, National Government, Government
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My Life As Chunky, The Dislodger
In January of 2002, as many Americans know, President George W. Bush fainted as a result of eating a pretzel while watching a football game. When he appeared in public the next day, there was a scrape and a bruise on his cheekbone and a bruise on his...Tags: Paul O'Neill, Guerrilla Activity, Colin McEnroe, George Bush, National Government
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Growing up, falling down
Sun reporterThere are no figures in women's figure skating. Kimmie Meissner is finding that out the hard way. A growth spurt, or just a couple of pounds on hips and thighs, can upset a world-class skater's finely calibrated internal gyroscope or put stress on a...Tags: Athletics, Track and Field, Multi-Sport Events, Sasha Cohen, Ice Skating
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More twists, turns ahead
Sun ReporterAfter a season that started with a win, bottomed out in January and regained some altitude with a seventh-place finish at the World Figure Skating Championships this week, what does Kimmie Meissner do now? For one, the figure skater from Bel Air has to...Tags: Peggy Fleming, Getty Images Incorporated, Multi-Sport Events, Scott Hamilton, Ice Skating
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New spin for Meissner
Sun reporterWith six weeks to go before the World Figure Skating Championships, Kimmie Meissner has dropped her longtime coach in favor of one she hopes will provide a quick fix. In: Richard Callaghan, who guided Tara Lipinski to Olympic, world and national titles...Tags: Sasha Cohen, Ice Skating, Singles Skating, Pairs Skating, National Hockey League
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Meissner's confidence jumps
Sun reporterThe beginning of Kimmie Meissner's spiral from the pinnacle of figure skating began, cruelly enough, two years ago after she was crowned world champion. As everyone from network producers to White House handlers lined up to get a bit of her time, the...Tags: Getty Images Incorporated, Multi-Sport Events, Winter Olympics, Ice Skating, The White House
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Ripken becomes U.S. special envoy
Sun ReporterFrom Cooperstown to China. That's the road Cal Ripken Jr. is traveling. About two weeks after his induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame, Ripken has been named a special sports envoy for the State Department. It's a role that will take the former...Tags: Condoleezza Rice, Culture
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