Olympians on Hand for Tree Lighting
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A bright symbol of the holiday burst to life in Rockefeller Center Tuesday night as Mayor Michael Bloomberg and three Olympians turned on the 30,000 lights decorating the center's famed Christmas tree.
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Fashion Wire Daily - The weather outside may be unseasonably warm, but the holidays arrived as the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree was lit with 30,000 colored lights on Wednesday evening, November 29, in New York.
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OLYMPIA, Greece  The competition was history. The time had come for everyone to leave, to follow the sun toward that narrow path lined with olive trees out of the stadium, a trek that would take athletes and spectators alike not to a ...
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One of the most striking television images thus far from the 2004 Athens Summer Games isn&#39;t of Michael Phelps gliding along the surface of the water, or the Parthenon at dusk.
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Competition at the 12th Paralympic Games for disabled athletes gets under way Saturday in Athens, Greece. Nearly 4,000 athletes from 136 countries are competing in 19 disciplines over 11 days.
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Andre Ward and Andre Dirrell already know they&#39;re going home with Olympic medals. It won&#39;t be long before they find out the color of their prizes.
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By ALAN MacDERMID  A GROUP of schoolchildren yesterday set in motion a challenge to fellow pupils throughout Glasgow to plant 1000 fruit trees in the city this winter.
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Between Michael Phelps, Paul Hamm and Carly Patterson, the Athens Games seemingly mint a new star every day. The only people smiling as wide as the medal winners walk the halls of NBC. At their halfway point, the Olympics are a television hit.
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For US military athletes the Games are a chance to pay tribute to those still in harm's way.
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Crowds gather in London to cheer GB's Olympic and Paralympic stars.
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Stringing a few festive lights satisfies most people, but Peter Terren of Tesla Downunder lights up a high-voltage Christmas tree. See it and his other electrical creations, which are gaining international attention.
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A team of US scientists show off a novel device that harvests energy from human movements.
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You&#39;ve heard of swimmer&#39;s ear, but what about swimmer&#39;s wave? It&#39;s the odd way in which Olympic swimmers -- and many gymnasts -- acknowledge applause: By raising their arms to the sky, palms upward, then moving their hands about as if they&#39;re changing ...
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The power and grace of two young Americans lit up the night at the world track and field championships.
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New stage lighting brought an extra sparkle to this year's annual nativity play at Priory Woods School.   The school in Middlesbrough, which educates children with special needs, was able to buy the lights thanks to a donation from company Dow Chemicals.
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Someday, a runner with a prosthetic leg may challenge to run in the Olympics. In the meantime, there should be a way to infuse Oscar Pistoriusâs spirit into all of us, within Olympic rules, of course.
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Kelly Holmes, Matthew Pinsent and Tanni Grey-Thompson are among the athletes honoured today for their medal-winning performances at the Athens Olympics.