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Rio protests: Sharing Brazil's oil revenues will hurt 2016 Olympics (The Christian Science Monitor)
March 18, 2010Residents of Rio de Janeiro are staging protests today against a law that give more of Brazil's oil revenues to other states, reducing Rio's share. And the governor of Rio says it will undermine the state's ability to host the 2016 Olympics and the 2014 World Cup.
Special Olympics star's death probed (Miami Herald)
March 18, 2010His bedroom was covered with all the awards Danny Perez won in the Special Olympics. Among his favorite sports: cycling. It was while he was riding his bike that Perez's life came to a sudden violent end. The 36-year-old was fatally shot riding west on Northwest 79th Street toward his home in Hialeah.
Sparks police to raise money for Special Olympics (Reno Gazette-Journal)
March 18, 2010Sparks police will be working side-by-side with Applebee’s servers Thursday to raise money for Special Olympics Nevada.
Wayne Collett dies at 60; UCLA sprinter won silver medal at '72 Olympics (Los Angeles Times)
March 18, 2010He was banished from the rest of the Munich Games, however, for failing to stand at attention on the medals platform for the 400 meters ceremony. Wayne Collett, a UCLA sprinter who won the silver medal in the 400 meters at the 1972 Munich Olympics but then was banished from the Games for failing to stand at attention on the medals platform, has died. He was 60.
Violent crime spiked during Olympics (CBC via Yahoo! Canada News)
March 18, 2010The number of violent crimes in Vancouver jumped 30 per cent during the Olympics, police say.
Violent crime spiked during Olympics (CBC British Columbia)
March 18, 2010The number of violent crimes in Vancouver jumped 30 per cent during the Olympics, police say. Statistics for the month of February released Wednesday show an increase in assaults, sexual assaults and robberies during the last half of the month, while the number property crimes dropped.
Southlake man heads to the Olympics (Southlake Times)
March 18, 2010The air is crisp and the snow is falling in Vancouver, Canada. Hundreds of Olympians are lacing up their boots and skates preparing for the Olympic Games. And one Southlake man is packing his bags for his own trip to the Winter Olympics.
Vancouver police say violent crime jumped 30 per cent during Olympics (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
March 18, 2010VANCOUVER, B.C. - Vancouver police say the number of violent crimes jumped 30 per cent during the Olympics last month.
Businesses get Olympics advice (BBC News)
March 18, 2010Businesses across Surrey are advised how to recognise the potential of the London Olympics for the county.
More Pocatello Kids Interested In Sports After Olympics (KIFI Idaho Falls)
March 18, 2010Lots of local kids have been inspired by the Olympics. So much so many businesses in Pocatello are seeing a huge increase of kids wanting to enter into the world of sports.
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