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Obama's Scandinavian travel: Take two
The Swampby Mark Silva With the winning of a Nobel Prize for Peace, President Barack Obama will be making a return trip to Scandinavia. The president plans to collect his award in person in Oslo, the White House said today --......Tags: Barack Obama, Sports, Michelle Obama, Multi-Sport Events, Alfred Nobel
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Obama's 'speed bump:' Post-Nobel Prize
The Swampby Mark Silva This may be the political equivalent of a speed bump: President Barack Obama's public approval rating rose to 56 percent for a few days this week in the Gallup Poll's daily tracking surveys -- holding there for......Tags: Barack Obama, Sports, Polls, Multi-Sport Events, Nobel Prize Awards
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Bush to attend Beijing Olympic opener
The Swampby Frank James In the time-honored Washington tradition of waiting until the last minute before a weekend or holiday to drop controversial news, the White House waited until the eve of the Independence Day holiday to announce that President Bush......Tags: Hillary Clinton, Sports, Fourth of July, Multi-Sport Events, Trade Agreements
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McCain vs. Obama: The 2008 Summer Olympics
Walt HandelsmanJohn McCain and Barack Obama compete in the 2008 Presidential Summer Olympics to see who will win the gold medal. Watch more of Walt Handelsman's animations......Tags: Barack Obama, John McCain, Sports, Multi-Sport Events
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NBC announces intention to cover Olympics thoroughly
WatchdogIf, perchance, you have an interest in the Beijing Olympic Games next month, NBC is prepared to accommodate you, far beyond the capacity of any single human to consume. Click below for 1,850 words or so of details direct from......Tags: History, NBC (tv network), CBS Corp., Olympic Games, Sports
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NBC should sublet 30 Rock as a rental in August
WatchdogClick below for the complete, 2,308-word NBC release regarding its announcing plans for the Beijing Olympics.......Tags: Brandi Chastain, Primetime Emmy Awards, History, NBC (tv network), Canoeing and Kayaking
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American woman soccer star dealt bad hand
O, by the WayIt doesn???t get much more heart-breaking in sports than the cruel timing of the injury suffered by American woman soccer player Abby Wambach yesterday. The best offensive player on the United States team, Wambach suffered a severe leg break in......Tags: Sports, Multi-Sport Events
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Obama to run ads during Olympics
The Swampby John McCormick Amid swimming and sprinting and gymnastics, there will be $5 million of "Change We Can Believe In." There is no word yet on the exact spots that will run, but Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign is planning......Tags: Barack Obama, NBC (tv network), Sports, Satellite and Cable Service, Multi-Sport Events
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John McCain vs. Media: Tour de Obama
The Swampby Mark Silva John McCain appears to have found a new adversary in his long-waged bid for the presidency: The American media. While Democratic rival Barack Obama sweeps across Europe, figuratively tearing down old "walls'' of division and amassing crowds....Tags: Barack Obama, Cycling, NBC (tv network), Washington Post Co., Diplomacy
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NBC plans many, many hours of Olympic coverage
WatchdogNBC is showing a lot of stuff during the Olympics. Why? Because it's there, I suppose. I wrote my Sunday newspaper column about that. My favorite Summer Olympics sport: team handball, of course. What, you were expecting synchronized swimming? (Here......Tags: NBC (tv network), Swimming, Sports, Multi-Sport Events
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John McCain: 'Days of the sound-bite'
The Swampby Mark Silva John McCain, quoted as saying last week that Barack Obama's 16-month timeframe for withdrawal from Iraq is "a pretty good timetable,'' suggested tonight that the rest of his comment has been overlooked - that any timetable must......Tags: Barack Obama, Sports, Political Candidates, Diseases and Illnesses, Multi-Sport Events
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President Bushes (two) Olympics-bound
The Swampby Mark Silva President Bush, ready to attend the opening cermonies of the summer Olympics in Beijing, suggests that the pressure which he has heard to refrain from making that appearance - as several other world leaders are avoding it......Tags: Automotive Equipment, Crime, Law and Justice, Civil Rights, Hu Jintao, Sports
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