Aid assured, Bay State Games eye future
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Like a prizefighter wobbling on the ropes, the Bay State Games were in serious danger of a knockout blow earlier this summer when Governor Mitt Romney vetoed a portion of the 2005 state budget that included $200,000 for the competition.
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As the 2007 girls soccer season gets underway, teams across the Bay State are licking their lips in hopes of a trophy presentation in November. From the fields of Acton-Boxboro to the pitches at Dedham and Whitman-Hanson , this season is promising to be full of competitive battles to knock off two-time defending state champion Braintree .
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Five cities vying to stage the 2012 Summer Games reveal their hands this week as Olympic chiefs scrutinize their plans for holding the world&#39;s greatest sporting extravaganza.
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By The Stamford Advocate, Conn.  Dec. 19--It is undeniable that setbacks occur in efforts to promote a healthy Long Island Sound environment. But experience has shown that the dedication of people and resources can help this vital resource continue to rebound and improve.
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By Scott Duke Harris, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Jun.
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The Beijing Olympics should still make a profit despite a 30 percent rise in costs since the Chinese capital won the right to host the Games in 2001, according to a senior adviser to the organizers.
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Organizers of the 2006 Winter Olympics insist the games are on track despite a &#36;242 million budget shortfall and a police investigation into possible fixing of construction contracts.
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VANCOUVER -- Rob Skish is looking forward to the 2010 Winter Olympics. A "binner" who plumbs garbage containers to fill his shopping cart with food for his stomach and cans for the recycler, Skish figures that when the Olympic crowds come to town, the pickings in the bins will be good.
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HALIFAX (CP) - Much like a lottery winner faced with long lost friends and relatives looking for a piece of him, Nova Scotia Premier John Hamm tried to dampen expectations Sunday on how his government will spend its newly acquired offshore wealth.
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By Nicole C. Wong, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Mar.
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia  - The Winter Olympics in Vancouver may be more than two years away, but organizers are already playing the "chess game" of trying to keep individual sports happy as they vie to get time in the international spotlight.
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London 2012 Olympic bid leaders yesterday insisted that the capital has a realistic chance of winning the right to host the next but one summer games despite starting the campaign behind the clear favourites, Paris.
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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has urged Beijing to ensure the city is ready to host the 2008 Games well in advance, an official said on Wednesday.
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By Ryan Lafontaine, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb. 14--BAY ST. LOUIS -- The 10-year anniversary of when Charles Gray first pushed his idea of a historic preservation ordinance to the Bay City Council is this summer.
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By The Beaumont Enterprise, Texas  Dec. 17--Nearly $50,000 from the Port Arthur Economic Development Corp. and $36,000 from a grant to the city of Port Arthur will pay for job training for 60 people.
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By Gina Smith, The State, Columbia, S.C.  Feb.
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TURIN, Italy  - Having weathered police raids,  cash problems and political intrigue, organizers of the 2006  Turin Winter Olympics are on track to deliver an "excellent"  Games, IOC chief Jacques Rogge said on Friday.