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Member Of 2016 Bid Team Has Development Deal For Major Lots
(WGN-AM)- A member of Mayor Richard Daley's team working to bring the Olympics to Chicago has quietly arranged to develop city-owned land near a park that would be transformed for the 2016 Summer Games, potentially positioning himself to cash in if the...Tags: Satellite and Cable Service, Cycling, Politics, Government, Chicago Tribune
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Biking Counts: Washington's Annual Survey Of Bikers & Walkers Is Underway
Washington's annual survey of bicyclists and pedestrians is now underway.
Volunteers in communities across the state are out on street corners counting the number of people who walk or bike to work and school. The information will be used to track...Tags: Cycling, Sports
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'The Amazing Race': Baguettes and doughboys
Show TrackerWar is, as they say, hell. But apparently so too is Morse Code. On this week's episode of "The Amazing Race," the teams were transported from Hamburg, Germany, to a secret, undisclosed location within the French countryside, where they participated...... -
An invisible enemy in a runner's stride
The adage "what doesn't kill you makes you stronger" doesn't always apply to distance runners.
Promising running careers can be interrupted or cut short -- and training goals derailed -- by overuse injuries known as stress fractures. Repeated pounding...Tags: Athletes, Cycling, Advice Columns and Columnists, Health, Legs
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On track for a fast ride
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterSpeeding across a hill of wooden planks as steep as a black-diamond ski run, I pedal a bike with no brakes. I'm getting a quick lesson in track cycling, and the incline feels, threateningly, as if it were about to topple me sideways. My instructor's...Tags: Cycling, Tour de France, Los Angeles Times, NASCAR, Dining and Drinking
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L.A. Icon Otis Chandler Dies at 78
Times Staff WritersOtis Chandler, whose vision and determination as publisher of the Los Angeles Times from 1960 to 1980 catapulted the paper from mediocrity into the front ranks of American journalism, died today of a degenerative illness called Lewy body disease. He was...Tags: Nature, Times Mirror Square, Mass Media, Guggenheim Museum, Stock Market
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Even now, the great escape
Special to The TimesTODAY the sleepy town of Avalon is known more for yachts and margaritas than for full-throttle motorcycle racing. In the '50s, though, it was a different — and much louder — story. Once a year a huge barge packed with racing motorcycles...Tags: Cycling, Road Transportation, Mountains, Vehicles, Motorcycling
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Lehigh Valley is in a tourism 'sweet spot'
Special to The Morning CallWith the Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem set to open this year and the Lehigh Valley IronPigs savoring a successful debut season, the Lehigh Valley has plenty to crow about. But there have been ominous signs as well: Sands put its hotel and shopping mall...Tags: Cycling, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Bethlehem Steel, Casino and Gambling Industry, Great Allentown Fair
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Where motorcycling is a woman thing
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe gusty winds at Las Vegas Speedway carried the twin aphrodisiacs of fast women -- exhaust and accelerating gears. The occasion: Femmoto. As its name implies, Femmoto is an event for women motorcyclists. Some might say it is the event for women...Tags: Cycling, Harley-Davidson Inc., Vehicles, Health and Safety at School, Los Angeles Times
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When they take off the training wheels
Times Staff WriterYes, there are practical motives, like saving gasoline and getting exercise at the same time, but the bicycle is also a pathway into an exuberant, often madcap, 21st century culture of speed, grace, give-a-whoop fun, obsession — and lawless derring-...Tags: Cycling, Road Race Cycling, Festive Events, Track and Field, Culture
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Dedicated bicyclist community growing in Palm Beach County
South Florida Sun SentinelJayne Hart, a former bike messenger from Toronto, arrived in South Florida eight years ago and immediately began looking for the "bike community." She checked the bike shops, showed up at a few rides. But she didn't find what she was looking for. "All...Tags: Cycling, Vehicles, Sprint Cycling, Sports
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Outline: Mayor Kevin Johnson's State of the City Address
INTRO: "Good afternoon and welcome. I want to first thank our hosts the Metro Chamber and Matt Mahood for putting on this event. I think it's incredibly important to have a consistent dialogue and engagement about where we are as a city and where we...Tags: Cycling, Finance, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, Government, Politics
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