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Bucks activate scoring leader Redd
The Milwaukee Bucks activated scoring leader Michael Redd, sidelined nearly a month by a sprained right ankle, before their game Saturday night against the Cleveland Cavaliers. Redd averaged 21.3 points in the first four games this season before...Tags: Milwaukee Bucks
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Even as SI muddies waters, Phelps' prize clearly visible
In the interest of building some modicum of suspense, the people at Sports Illustrated have assembled a large group of candidates for the magazine's Sportsman of the Year award, which will be announced Tuesday. It is an eclectic group that includes...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Kobe Bryant, Tiger Woods, Jimmy Johnson, Periodicals
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Chinese scholars say French president's meeting with Dalai Lama threatens business ties
Associated Press WriterBEIJING (AP) _ Business ties with France will likely suffer if French President Nicolas Sarkozy goes ahead with a planned meeting with the Dalai Lama, a leading Chinese government-backed scholar was quoted Saturday as saying. Statements by Feng Zongping,...Tags: Heads of State, Gordon Brown, National Government, International Relations, Nicolas Sarkozy
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Piqued at planned meetings with Dalai Lama, China blames France, EU for summit cancellation
Associated Press WriterBEIJING (AP) _ China said Thursday French President Nicolas Sarkozy's plans to meet with the Dalai Lama — hated by Beijing — left it no option but to pull out of an upcoming China-European Union summit. Sarkozy's decision "deprived the EU-...Tags: European Union, Heads of State, Barack Obama, Wen Jiabao, National Government
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China warns players to be honest about their ages
Associated Press WriterChina is ordering its basketball players to stop faking their birth dates, local media reported Friday, turning the spotlight back on allegations of systematic altering of athletes' ages. Sports authorities have sometimes been accused of altering...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Multi-Sport Events
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Banged-up Steelers re-sign Davenport
.The Steelers re-signed running back Najeh Davenport and released rookie cornerback Roy Lewis on Thursday. Davenport spent the 2006 and 2007 seasons with Pittsburgh but was released in June. He was re-signed in October after Willie Parker injured a knee,...Tags: Clubs and Associations, Death and Dying, Pittsburgh Steelers, Major League Baseball, International Olympic Committee
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Former Illinois coach charged in videotaping
Associated Press WriterA former University of Illinois gymnastics coach has been charged with secretly videotaping a gymnast in a campus locker room. John Valdez, who coached U.S. Olympian Justin Spring at the Beijing Olympics, was charged Tuesday with one count of...Tags: Prosecution, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Multi-Sport Events, Trials, Colleges and Universities
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Ex-Illini coach faces secret taping count
A former University of Illinois gymnastics coach has been charged with secretly videotaping a gymnast in a campus locker room. John Valdez, who coached Justin Spring at the Beijing Olympics, was charged Tuesday with one count of unauthorized videotaping,...Tags: Prosecution, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Michael Phelps discusses tightest race in Beijing
WatchdogWatch CBS Videos Online Immediately following the Jets' spanking of the Broncos Sunday, Michael Phelps will talk on "60 Minutes" about how he won the 100-meter butterfly in Beijing. Click above for a video excerpt, and below for a written......Tags: Awards and Prizes, 60 Minutes, Multi-Sport Events, Michael Phelps, CBS Corp.
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British Olympic boxer Bradley Saunders investigated by police over cocaine find at home
LONDON (AP) _ A British Olympic boxer has been questioned by police on suspicion of dealing cocaine. Bradley Saunders, a 22-year-old light welterweight, was detained Monday after a police sniffer dog found what was believed to be more than 300 grams of... -
Visiting European Parliament official stopped from visiting Chinese activist
BEIJING (AP) _ Security guards blocked a member of the European Parliament on Tuesday from visiting an activist whose jailed husband recently won the body's top human rights prize. Helga Trupel, who was visiting Beijing as a member of an official...Tags: Prosecution, Olympic Games, Civil Rights, European Union, Human Rights
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Tibet exiles see hope amid enormous challenges, but should they?
Associated Press WriterNEW DELHI (AP) _ On one side is China, the world's most populous country, with its generations of experience in controlling its population and 1.8 million police. On the other is a poor Himalayan region, home to some 5 million Tibetans. Its most...Tags: Columbia University, Demonstration, Dalai Lama, Financial Markets, Central Intelligence Agency
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