U.S. hockey team flattens Finland to book spot in finals
VANCOUVER (Reuters) - The United States delivered an early knockout punch with six goals in the first period and cruised into the Olympic men's ice hockey final with a ruthless 6-1 win over Finland on Friday.
Nations:Canada Finland Slovakia People:Miikka Kiprusoff Activities:2010 Winter Olympics Source:(Reuters)
2010-02-26
Lysacek shocks Plushenko to claim men's gold
VANCOUVER (AFP) - American Evan Lysacek shocked reigning champion Yevgeny Plushenko to end Russia's long dominance in the Olympic men's figure skating event on Thursday.
Nations:Russia Switzerland People:Charlie Chaplin Activities:2010 Winter Olympics Source:(AFP)
2010-02-19
Emotional Lindsey Vonn thunders to gold
WHISTLER (Reuters) - An emotional Lindsey Vonn hurtled down the mountain on Wednesday to become the first U.S. skier to win the Olympic women's downhill title.
Nations:Sweden Romania Switzerland Activities:2010 Winter Olympics Source:(Reuters)
2010-02-17
Trickle-down Olympic fitness for the rest of us
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - It's thrilling to watch those Olympians perform in Vancouver, but what have their superhuman feats to do with the fitness needs of us mere mortals?
Nations:U.S. Activities:2010 Winter Olympics Source:(Reuters)
2010-02-15
US seeks to shore up support for tough Iran stance
DOHA, Qatar - U.S. officials sought to shore up support Sunday for a tougher stand against Iran's nuclear program by saying Tehran had left the world little choice and expressing renewed confidence that holdout China would come around to harsher U.N. penalties.
Nations:Qatar Saudi Arabia Canada Russia People:David Petraeus Hosni Mubarak Joseph Biden Barack Obama Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Hillary Clinton Activities:Iran Nuclear Crisis
2010-02-14
Olympics host Vancouver ranked world's most liveable city
SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) - Vancouver has again topped a list of the top 10 most liveable cities in the world, giving the Canadian west coast city an extra boost as it opens the 2010 Winter Olympics.
Nations:Canada Australia South Africa Austria Nigeria Pakistan Source:(Reuters)
2010-02-12
49 states dusted with snow; Hawaii's the holdout
Forget red and blue - color America white. There was snow on the ground in 49 states Friday. Hawaii was the holdout. It was the United States of Snow, thanks to an unusual combination of weather patterns that dusted the U.S., including the skyscrapers of Dallas, the peach trees of Atlanta and the Florida Panhandle, where hurricanes are more common than snowflakes.
Nations:U.S. Canada Source:(AP)
2010-02-12
Evacuees return to LA-area homes swamped with mud
LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE, Calif. - Residents evacuated from foothill communities deluged by weekend mudslides north of Los Angeles were allowed to return home Sunday as crews moved debris and cleared catch basins in anticipation of more rain later in the week.
Nations:U.S. Canada People:Arnold Schwarzenegger Source:(AP)
2010-02-07
Mudslides sweep away cars, assault homes near LA
LOS ANGELES - Thunderous mudslides swept away cars and pushed furniture out of homes and into the streets in the foothills north of Los Angeles Saturday as an intense winter storm brought down hillsides in wildfire burn areas.
Nations:Canada U.S. Source:(AP)
2010-02-06
China sticks to hard line in talks on Tibet
BEIJING - China stuck to its hard line in its first talks with Tibetan envoys in 15 months, refusing to discuss changes to the Himalayan region's status and thus dashing hopes of a breakthrough.
Nations:India Canada People:Hu Jintao Dalai Lama Activities:Tibet Issues Source:(AP)
2010-02-01
Taylor Swift and Beyonce make Grammy history
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Country-pop starlet Taylor Swift, who rocketed to stardom with ballads of teen love that she wrote on her bedroom floor, Sunday became the youngest artist to win the coveted Grammy for album of the year.
Nations:Australia People:Beyonce Knowles Taylor Swift Elton John Jay-Z Mary J. Blige Celine Dion Source:(Reuters)
2010-02-01
Toyota halts US sales of Camry, 7 other models
WASHINGTON - Toyota suspended U.S. sales of some of its most popular vehicles - including the best-selling car in America, the Camry - to fix sticking gas pedals that could make the cars accelerate without warning.
Nations:Canada U.S. Source:(AP)
2010-01-26
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