Rolling towards history
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One of the ironies of Wednesdayâs flight of SpaceShipOne is that those who had the worst view of the flightâand the drama that unfolded during the ascentâwere the members of the media who came to report on the event.
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When I compare the current attack of the Olympics with the original Games in ancient Greece, a theme emerges. Back then, athletes were occasionally disemboweled and those who stepped over the line were flogged.
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Follow along as TechRepublic gives a tour of a fine old relic it dug up.
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Launching an ambitious Guardian aid experiment, Alan Rusbridger travels a few hours from London - and 700 years back in time.
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If legend is to be believed, the end of a victorious war was behind Pheidippides&#39; trek from Marathon to Athens 2,500 years ago.
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By Sarah Watson, The News & Advance, Lynchburg, Va.  Feb.
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Learning from past mistakes and looking to future opportunities.
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When we look for point-to-point directions online, sometimes we deny ourselves the fun of a journey
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At this point, we&#39;re not just watching football anymore. We&#39;re watching history. Every week, the Indianapolis Colts&#39; offense uses the football field as its canvas, and every week, it creates an art form that
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Your past can be changed--or at least your recollection of it.
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Ready for a trip down memory lane, comrade? Insert your "commie quarter" and have a blast.
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British athletes were not the only ones making history in the Olympic Stadium on the final day of competition. The keenest of track historians, Hicham El Guerrouj entered the record books as
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My rÃÂ¿sumÃÂ¿ is pretty short when it comes to endurance events. There was that 23- hour nonstop drive from New Hampshire to South Carolina back in 1987, and I vaguely remember a St. Patrick's Day drinking contest at the University of Maryland that lasted quite a while (thanks, Norman).
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One of my favorite philosophers, Yogi Berra, once said you can observe a lot by just watching. Between now and Election Day there is some important polling information to watch for to track how the race between
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IT IS impossible to achieve greatness in sport without being measured against history. On Saturday, the last night of athletics in the 2004 Olympics, a man and a woman, a king and a queen of the track, ran into history.
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By Donna Borak, Associated Press  WASHINGTON -- For every generation in this country there has been a war. And with wars come millions of records that can shed light on family history, detailing everything from the color of soldiers' eyes to what their neighbors may have said about them.
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American students often get the impression from history classes that the British got here first, settling Jamestown, Va., in 1607. They hear about how white Northerners freed the black slaves, how Asians came in the mid-1800s to build Western railroads.