Quadraplegic B.C. mayor to carry torch at Paralympics - CNEWS
RICHMOND, B.C. - Vancouver's quadriplegic mayor will be among 10
Canadians who will participate in the torch relay at next month's
Paralympic Games in Beijing. Sam Sullivan, who was put in a wheelchair at
19 after a skiing accident, left for the ...
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Many Chinese Athletes Find No Glory In Retirement - NPR News
Zhao Yonghua, 31, spent much of the past decade in bed. Once a
national skiing champion, she says overtraining helped cause her
body's deterioration. Enlarge Courtesy of Zhao Yonghua Zhao in happier
days with the Chinese army ski team. Zhao, center ...
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Utah ski resort cutting season pass prices - MSN MoneyCentral
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - One Utah ski resort is actually cutting prices
this year instead of raising them. Snowbird is dropping the price of
individual and family season passes bought before Sept. 12 by up to $500
over last season's rates. The industry ...
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Cars chat: teen driver safety - Boston Globe
Local driving instructor and racing ace Brandon Bogart joined
Boston.com on Aug. 21 to chat about teen driver safety and comment on state
laws targeting young drivers. The following is an unedited transcript of
the chat. Brandon_Bogart: A couple of ...
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McCain Closes Gap on Obama In Poll as Conventions Loom - Wall Street
Journal
WASHINGTON -- Sen. John McCain has all but closed the gap with Sen.
Barack Obama, underscoring how international crises -- and some well-placed
negative ads -- have boosted the prospects of the Republican presidential
candidate. A Wall Street Journal ...
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