Thompson Bids Farewell on Record-Breaking Final Day
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Swimming waved goodbye to its  greatest champion on Monday and heralded the arrival of another  as Jenny Thompson swam into retirement on a record breaking  final night at the short course world championships.
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Thompson played down a staff member's departure and a New Hampshire supporter's defection Wednesday
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RALEIGH, NC -- East Carolina football coach John Thompson resigned Wednesday but will finish the season, ending his first stint as a head coach after only two seasons.
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Sherpas laid prayer scarves on the coffin of Edmund Hillary Tuesday as thousands across New Zealand bid farewell to the Mount Everest conquerer.
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Presidents and dignitaries from more than  50 countries say a last farewell on Friday to late Palestinian  leader Yasser Arafat in Egypt, his second home and one of his  closest allies in years of struggle for a homeland.
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LONDON -- Tony Blair ended his decade as Britain's engaging but increasingly beleaguered prime minister yesterday in an emotional farewell to the House of Commons that ended with the installation of Gordon Brown as the new head of government.
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Republican Fred Thompson dropped out as a presidential candidate on Tuesday, ending a short-lived campaign that got off to a late start and never gathered much steam.
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ATHENS -- The Games ended here last night with the last runner of the marathon making his way into Panathinaikos Stadium and the Olympic flame being doused a few hours later.
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Former undisputed world heavyweight  champion Lennox Lewis confirmed Monday he will resist any  temptation to take one last big pay day in the ring.
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Barely had his winning putt dropped on the playoff hole when Nicholas Thompson began thinking about a joyous homecoming and the next day's 18 holes of golf. All he had to do was cross 18 time zones to get there.
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Scottish champions Celtic secured a record seventh successive win over Glasgow rivals Rangers on Sunday with a 1-0 victory courtesy of midfielder Alan Thompson&#39;s venomous late strike.
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Andre Agassi grabbed his racket bag and headed for the exit. After a few steps, he stopped and turned around, taking time for one last wave to an adoring crowd, one last look at Centre Court. One final farewell to Wimbledon.
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Tommy Thompson said it&#39;s time for him and his family to &quot;move on to the next chapter.&quot;. The Health and Human Services secretary is resigning after four years he calls &quot;challenging but greatly rewarding.
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Friends and fans, including Hollywood stars and Australia's prime minister, bid farewell to "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin on Wednesday at a service that veered from poignant tributes to belly laughs.
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Barry Bonds played his last game for the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday, bidding farewell to fans who stuck by him through a doping scandal and cheered as he became Major League Baseball's home run king.
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China's Communist Party is due to wrap  up a four-day meeting on Sunday at which military chief Jiang  Zemin is expected to give up his last post, completing a  historic leadership succession.
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A âdevastatedâ Paula Radcliffe will reflect today on the tearful end to her Olympic dream after she dramatically quit a gruelling marathon.