The torch for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics was lit in a ceremony at the ancient Greek site of Olympia on Thursday, less than four months ahead of the games' opening ceremony.
If you want to get away from it all when traveling in Greece, head for the Peloponnesian Peninsula. Studded with antiquities, this land of ancient Olympia, Corinth and Sparta offers plenty of fun in the eternal Greek sun, with pleasant fishing villages, sandy beaches, bathtub-warm water, and none of the tourist crowds that plague the much-scrambled-after Greek Isles.
Italy's Werner Heel won the super-G at the World Cup finals in Are as second-placed Aksel Lund Svindal clinched the title in the speed discipline and extended his lead in the overall standings.
Lindsey Vonn of the United States continued her dream finish to the season with victory in the super-G at the World Cup finals in Are on Thursday -- clinching the overall title in the discipline.
Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway claimed the final downhill of the season at the World Cup finals in Are to edge ahead in a close battle for the men's overall title.
An astronomical calculator, considered a technological marvel of antiquity, was also used to track dates of the ancient Olympic games, researchers have found
Activists protesting China's crackdown in Tibet briefly disrupted the Olympic flame-lighting ceremony in Greece on Monday, calling for a boycott of the Summer Games in Beijing later this year.
Practicing the clarinet may be beyond tedious for teenagers forced into music lessons by their parents but for 70-year-old Joe Pedlosky it's a labor of love.
The torch for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics was lit in a ceremony at the ancient Greek site of Olympia on Thursday, less than four months ahead of the games' opening ceremony.
If you want to get away from it all when traveling in Greece, head for the Peloponnesian Peninsula. Studded with antiquities, this land of ancient Olympia, Corinth and Sparta offers plenty of fun in the eternal Greek sun, with pleasant fishing villages, sandy beaches, bathtub-warm water, and none of the tourist crowds that plague the much-scrambled-after Greek Isles.
Italy's Werner Heel won the super-G at the World Cup finals in Are as second-placed Aksel Lund Svindal clinched the title in the speed discipline and extended his lead in the overall standings.
Lindsey Vonn of the United States continued her dream finish to the season with victory in the super-G at the World Cup finals in Are on Thursday -- clinching the overall title in the discipline.
Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway claimed the final downhill of the season at the World Cup finals in Are to edge ahead in a close battle for the men's overall title.
An astronomical calculator, considered a technological marvel of antiquity, was also used to track dates of the ancient Olympic games, researchers have found
Activists protesting China's crackdown in Tibet briefly disrupted the Olympic flame-lighting ceremony in Greece on Monday, calling for a boycott of the Summer Games in Beijing later this year.
Practicing the clarinet may be beyond tedious for teenagers forced into music lessons by their parents but for 70-year-old Joe Pedlosky it's a labor of love.
I was in Athens, on a rooftop restaurant under a floodlit Acropolis, marveling at how a Greek salad never gets boring. It was the last day of a trip I enjoyed with my wife Anne. I was reviewing, as I always do after completing an itinerary, how effectively our time was spent. We had kept our focus more on seeing historic sights on the mainland rather than luxuriating on Aegean Islands. Given that focus, here are the top 10 stops -- in itinerary order -- that make what I consider the best two weeks Greece has to offer:
The wildfires that have scorched southern Greece, killing dozens of people, reached the ancient city of Olympia, birthplace of the Olympic games, an official said Sunday.
The Department of Veterans Affairs knew for months that shower heads, handrails and other fixtures posed serious suicide risks to Seattle-area psychiatric patients, but refused to fix the problems
Bad weather hit the showcase event at the world skiing championships on Saturday when the men's downhill had to be postponed because of poor visibility on the upper part of the course.
Patrick Staudacher of Italy was the surprise gold medalist in the men's super-G as the Alpine skiing world championships made a belated start in Are on Tuesday.
Contrary to popular belief, sex toys are not new and have been around for more than 2,000 years. Many of them will be displayed at the world's largest sex show, Erotica, this weekend at London's Olympia.
After trying for the past month to identify a man who authorities say suffers from amnesia, police identified him Sunday as Jeff Ingram, 40, of Olympia, Washington.
A fierce group of raccoons has killed 10 cats, attacked a small dog and bitten at least one pet owner who had to get rabies shots, residents of Olympia say.
Michael Walchhofer looks more than ready to capture his second consecutive World Cup downhill title on Wednesday in the opening competition of the 2006 finals.
Michaela Dorfmeister has won the super-G, to register her fourth World Cup win of the season and close in on compatriot Renate Goetcshl, who leads the discipline's standings.
Tired of the "alternative" mix on the radio? Looking for something a little more original? Or perhaps you just want to impress your hipster friends by busting out some cool tunes from the underground. Well, here are three indie gems just waiting to be dug up:
The winner of Wednesday's women's shot put has been stripped of her gold medal after failing a drugs test, the International Olympic Committee said on Monday.
Landing in a special jet painted in Olympic colors and dubbed the "Zeus," the Olympic flame was greeted Thursday by a throng of spectators as it began its relay through Stockholm, the site of the 1912 Summer Games.
we may sing of no contest greater than Olympia, just as water is the most precious of all the elements, just as gold is the most valuable of all goods, and just as the sun shines brighter than any other star, so shines Olympia, putting all other games into the shade
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