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Elias to replace Prucha on Czech team
Feb 7 2006 10:45PM (CT)
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey Devils center Patrik Elias has replaced the injured Petr Prucha on the Czech Olympic team.
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Rogge urges approval of anti-doping rules
Feb 7 2006 7:57PM (CT)
TURIN, Italy (AP) - IOC president Jacques Rogge urged governments to speed up approval of global anti-doping rules before the Turin Games open on Friday.
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U.S. role in IOC at stake in elections
Feb 7 2006 7:56PM (CT)
TURIN, Italy (AP) - America's diminished influence in the international Olympic movement could be even further eroded this week. By Friday, the United States could be left without a single voice on the Olympics' most powerful body.
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McDonald's rolls out nutritional packaging
Feb 7 2006 7:53PM (CT)
TURIN, Italy (AP) - In a public relations move with Supersize irony, McDonald's rolled out its much-hyped "packaging with nutritional information" on Tuesday at _ of all places _ the Winter Games.
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Life better for bobsled gold medalist
Feb 7 2006 6:30PM (CT)
TURIN, Italy (AP) - Vonetta Flowers will have a little extra boost when she takes to the track to defend her bobsled gold medal.
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Islanders' Zhitnik out of Olympics
Feb 7 2006 5:33PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Alexei Zhitnik's sprained ankle has knocked the New York Islanders defenseman out of the Olympics.
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Italy sees anarchists as Olympic threat
Feb 7 2006 5:30PM (CT)
ROME (AP) - The biggest threat to the Turin Olympics is from anarchists and anti-globalization protesters seeking international attention _ not Islamic terrorists, Italy's interior minister said Tuesday.
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Skating champion Weir is 'princessy'
Feb 7 2006 5:29PM (CT)
TURIN, Italy (AP) - Johnny Weir brought his candor _ and his particular need for creature comforts _ to the Winter Olympics.
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Italian ski jumpers injured
Feb 7 2006 5:17PM (CT)
TURIN, Italy (AP) - Two members of the Italian ski jumping team are out of the Turin Olympics after falling during training.
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Peter Forsberg uncertain for Turin Games
Feb 7 2006 4:55PM (CT)
VOORHEES, N.J. (AP) - Peter Forsberg's return to the Philadelphia Flyers' lineup is on hold and the star center's status for the Olympics remains uncertain.
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Kearney arrives in Turin expecting to win
Feb 7 2006 2:41PM (CT)
TURIN, Italy (AP) - Don't expect women's freestyle skier Hannah Kearney to underestimate herself _ even if she is only 19 years old and competing at her first Winter Games.
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Bode Miller is center of attention
Feb 7 2006 12:27PM (CT)
TURIN, Italy (AP) - Bode Miller reached up with a finger to scratch his temple, setting off a flurry of shutter clicks.
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Biathlon king Bjorndalen wants more gold
Feb 7 2006 12:48AM (CT)
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) - Four years ago, Ole Einar Bjorndalen won four Winter Olympic gold medals and was one of the most successful athletes in Salt Lake City. He could top that in Turin.
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Russian speedskater inspired by child
Feb 7 2006 12:46AM (CT)
HEERENVEEN, Netherlands (AP) - Motherhood is more often the death knell of a sporting career than a harbinger of Olympic medals. Not for speedskater Svetlana Zhurova.
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Curling is a family affair in Minnesota
Feb 7 2006 12:42AM (CT)
BEMIDJI, Minn. (AP) - As a boy, Pete Fenson tagged along when his parents went to the local curling club. Sometimes, after league play was over, he'd sneak down on the ice and throw a few rocks of his own.
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Swedish skier heads to Turin as favorite
Feb 7 2006 12:31AM (CT)
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) - Anja Paerson has has never been injured while competing at the highest level in one of the world's most dangerous sports.
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