After the Games, Relief From Out of the Blue
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On this beautiful Greek island, only a two-hour boat ride from Athens, the only sign of the Olympics is a store selling official Athens 2004 souvenirs.
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ATHENS - After welcoming the Olympic Games back home for the first time in 108 years, Greece tonight bade them a joyous farewell at a colourful closing ceremony at Olympic Stadium.
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ATHENS  In the time it took Carly Patterson to walk 50 feet across the floor, the Games that still lack soul suddenly got a heartbeat.
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Residents have taken more pride in their nation's Games as Friday night's kickoff has neared.
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ATHENS -- The Games of the XXVIII Olympiad -- the great disaster that wasn&#39;t -- come to an emotional end this afternoon and, really, the world owes Athens an apology.
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By Keri Brenner, The Olympian, Olympia, Wash.  Feb.
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The flame went out on the Olympics during a closing ceremony Sunday night that honored the birthplace of the games with an ebullient display of Greek pride and symbolism, a relief-filled celebration of the ancient and the new.
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Sport finally took center stage at the  Olympics on Thursday after almost a week of headlines dominated  by a drug-testing drama that tarnished Greece's image.
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ATHENS At the end of the first week of the Olympic Games, security officials are generally pleased, even surprised, by the calm so far, though they caution that a safe opening ceremony and first week may encourage a laxness that could yet give terrorists
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The Olympic hosts are winning rave reviews after the first week of the Athens Games, with foreign visitors expressing delight with the friendly, clean and well-organised Greek capital.
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A nervous world learned the Greek word for thank you and repeated it endlessly at an astonishingly successful Athens Olympics that quelled fears, surprised skeptics and greatly honored the birthplace of the games.
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The tears of Darren Clarke gave way to exhaustive relief for Colin Montgomerie. American red shifted to European blue on the scoreboard. A day that began in brilliant sunshine ended in gray skies and showers.
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Jermaine O&#39;Neal&#39;s victory in court didn&#39;t feel as good as it should have, but he was happy to accept it. The Indiana Pacers forward was so drained from the flu that he didn&#39;t stay
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Hundreds of thousands of athletes,  officials and visitors waved goodbye to Athens in a  post-Olympics exodus on Monday, leaving city officials to probe  a doping scandal that tarnished an otherwise dream Games.
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US gymnast Paul Hamm's victory brought some of the most absorbing theater of the Olympics' first week.
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ATHENS, Greece -- Finally, for one night, the waves died down. For one night, the mist cleared. And for one night, the US women&#39;s swim team owned the spotlight.
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