By By STEPHEN WILSON | Associated Press – Wed, Dec 5, 2012
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Eight years after winning Olympic medals in Athens, four track and field athletes from eastern Europe were ordered to hand them back Wednesday because of positive doping tests.
Lance Armstrong, meanwhile, can hold onto his bronze medal from the 2000 Sydney...
Patriots back on top of AP Pro32 power rankings
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Hours after routing the previous No. 1 Texans 42-14, the Patriots were back on top of the rankings for the first time since Week 2. Houston held the No. 1 spot for a month before tumbling to fourth following its second loss of the season.
Peyton Manning and the...
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After his first test drive Tuesday, NASCAR's most popular driver approved of the car.
"This sport is going to be revolutionized again with this car," Dale Earnhardt Jr. said.
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Tagliabue overturns Goodell on Saints suspensions
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NHL, union to return to bargaining, with mediators
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Film "Lincoln" gets record 13 Critics Choice nominations
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Military: US service member killed in Afghanistan
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The U.S. force says in a statement that the service member was killed Sunday but does not provide any further details. The military, which usually gives at least a vague description of how a service member has been killed soon after the death, did not say if the death was related to...
Pakistan: US drone kills senior al-Qaida leader
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Chinese police accuse monk of inciting immolations
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North Korean rocket launch window opens
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North Korean scientists had been pushing forward with final preparations for the launch from a west coast site but are considering...
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