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'The USOC has been stabilized from a state of mass confusion'
Special to The TimesWhen former baseball Commissioner Peter Ueberroth became U.S. Olympic Committee chairman in June 2004, the USOC had gone through nine changes in its top volunteer official and its chief executive since 2000. The chaos finally led to a Congress-mandated...Tags: NBC, Corporate Officers, International Olympic Committee, International Relations, Sports Organizations
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Q&A: Peter Ueberroth leaves a reformed USOC
Tribune reporterIn his final public address as chairman of the United States Olympic Committee, Peter Ueberroth left no doubt he thinks the USOC should not accept a reduced share of global Olympic revenues. Speaking Saturday to the U.S. Olympic Assembly in Orlando,...Tags: NBC, International Olympic Committee, Sports Organizations, Olympics Chicago 2016, Multi-Sport Events
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Ueberroth leaves a reformed USOC
Chicago Tribune reporterWhen former baseball Commissioner Peter Ueberroth became U.S. Olympic Committee chairman in June 2004, the USOC had gone through nine changes in its top volunteer official and its CEO since 2000. The chaos finally led to a Congress-mandated reorganization...Tags: NBC, Corporate Officers, International Olympic Committee, International Relations, Sports Organizations
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Tim Montgomery gets five years in prison
From Times Staff and Wire ReportsDisgraced former Olympic track star Tim Montgomery, once dubbed "the world's fastest man," was sentenced Friday to five years in prison for dealing heroin to an informant. "I was blind -- I never had a job in my life," Montgomery told U.S. District Judge...Tags: Churchill Downs, Punishment, Jose Canseco, Ottawa Senators, Dollar General Corporation
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Home and garden events in the Southland
OCT. 11 Huntington plant sale: Staff and volunteers will answer questions about plant selection and care, soil improvement, pruning and dividing, lawn care and pest problems at the Huntington Botanical Gardens' annual event. 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m....Tags: Grace Kelly, San Marino, Natural Science, Huntington, Tourism and Leisure
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Finland's Ahtisaari wins peace prize as critics worry that chance to chastise China missed
OSLO, Norway (AP) _ Former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari won the Nobel Peace Prize Friday, but this year the news was as much about who didn't get the award. Critics say the secretive, five-member panel missed a golden opportunity to reward...Tags: Parliament, Punishment, Demonstration, Civil Rights, Adolf Hitler
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Beijing to ban half of its 3.4 million cars from roads during heavy pollution
BEIJING (AP) _ Beijing will ban half of its 3.4 million cars from the roads during periods of very heavy pollution, a state news report said Friday. The city will temporarily reinstate measures it introduced during the Olympic Games and ban cars on...Tags: Passenger Cars, Environmental Pollution, Air Pollution, Pollution, Vehicles
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Beijing to ban half its cars during high pollution
Beijing will ban half of its 3.4 million cars from the roads during periods of very heavy pollution, a state news report said Friday. The city will temporarily reinstate measures it introduced during the Olympic Games and ban cars on alternate days --...Tags: Passenger Cars, Air Pollution, Environmental Pollution, Pollution, Vehicles
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China revs up pollution curbs
BEIJING—Beginning Saturday, Chinese motorists will stop driving one workday a week in an attempt to make permanent some of the traffic restrictions imposed during the Olympic Games. Subtract 800,000 The new rules should take 800,000 vehicles off...Tags: Washington Post Company, Vehicles, Multi-Sport Events
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London's mayor urges quicker progress on Olympics security plans
LONDON (AP) _ Mayor Boris Johnson says authorities must speed up planning for security at London's 2012 Olympic games. Johnson told a House of Commons committee on Tuesday that Britain's capital won't mimic what he called Beijing's "oppressive"...Tags: Boris Johnson, Diplomacy, Summer Olympics, Summits, Multi-Sport Events
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Beijing says Nobel Peace Prize should not be awarded to Chinese human rights activist
BEIJING (AP) _ China said Thursday that a prominent Chinese human rights activist should not be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, saying such an honor would go against the spirit of the award. Jailed dissident Hu Jia is considered among the front-runners...Tags: Global Change, Civil Rights, Demonstration, Al Gore, Human Rights
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Despite angry Chinese reaction, US-Taiwan weapons deal brings back balance to relationship
Associated Press WriterTAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) _ Taiwan's once-strained relations with the United States are back on track after the Bush administration approved a long-delayed $6.5 billion package of weapons to help the island defend itself against China. Though China reacted...Tags: Chen Shui-Bian, Government, Weaponry, National Government
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