Scratch the 2024 Olympic Games from Detroit’s list of concerns. Mayor Dave Bing announced that the Motor City can’t afford to host an event that would require at least $3 billion to operate. Detroit’s deficit hit nearly $327 million in...
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The General Motors (GM) world headquarters in Detroit, Michigan.
Detroit’s ’24 Olympics Bid: Never Mind
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Oprah Winfrey speaks with Lance Armstrong during an interview regarding the controversy surrounding his cycling career on Jan. 14, 2013 in Austin, Texas.
Armstrong’s Confessions Stir No Interest from Federal Prosecutor
After weeks of public lashings and millions in lost sponsorship deals, Lance Armstrong finally received a shred of good news today. While Armstrong’s primetime television doping confession may have changed how people feel about the cancer-surviving former cycling champion, one...
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Mitt Romney supporters before a rally at Long Family Orchard, Farm & Cider Mill in Commerce, Michigan, on August 24, 2012.
House Leader Says Romney-Ryan Needs Olympic-style Peak
Regardless of today’s polls, money or numbers, in Kevin McCarthy’s eyes, Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan need to have the same goals held by the world’s greatest athletes in London last month. “It’s just like the Olympics,” McCarthy, the third-ranked...
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Mitt Romney at a campaign rally in Waukesha, Wis., on Aug. 12, 2012.
What Romney Stands For: MSNBC
Who is Mitt Romney and what does he stand for? This is what MSNBC addresses, and answers well, with an hour-long documentary about the Republican Party’s presumptive presidential nominee airing near the eve of the party’s nominating convention in Tampa....
Read more »Obama: Race Unlike Usain Bolt’s
As the 2012 Olympic Games came to a close, President Barack Obama was telling his donors that his re-election race is going to be a lot harder than what they’ve been watching on TV. “This is not going to be...
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President Barack Obama during his visit to the U.S. Olympic Training center on Aug. 9, 2012 in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Obama’s Socks, Romney’s Gold Medalists — Gaming the Olympics
Everyone wants a piece of the Olympics. The president, campaigning in Colorado today, stopped in at the U.S. Olympic Training Facility in Colorado Springs. He gave a shout-out to the U.S. Women’s Soccer team for “avenging” their World Cup loss. He...
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Rafalca is ridden by Jan Ebeling from United States during the equestrian dressage competition, at the 2012 Summer Olympics, on Aug. 2, 2012, in London.
Phelps Got Gold, Rafalca `Awesome’
Rafalca gave it the old stable try today. The now-famous horse from California that walks sideways — part of the dressage drill — made a graceful showing in London’s summer games. Yet the horse part-owned by Ann Romney, wife of...
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U.S. gymnast Alexandra Raisman performs on the beam during the women's team final of the artistic gymnastics event of the London Olympic Games.
Air Force One’s Switchboard, Fridge: `Dream Come True,’ Obama Told
This is about the power of the pulpit. Why it’s fun to run for the White House from the White House. “I want to congratulate Michael Phelps — most medals we’ve ever seen,” President Barack Obama told a crowd at...
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Mitt Romney arrives with former Olympic figure skating medalist Kristi Yamaguchi to speak at the start of 'A Tribute to Salt Lake 2002 featuring Stars on Ice,' in Salt Lake City on Feb. 18, 2012.
Yamaguchi: Romney `Brought Hope’ — Adelson Brought $10 Million to the Ads
Restore Our Future, a super-PAC supporting Republican Mitt Rommney’s bid for the presidency, has reported raising $82.2 million for the 2012 elections through June. Casino magnate Sheldon Adelson and his wife contributed $10 million of that. The Romney-allied super-PAC, raising...
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First Lady Michelle Obama plays tennis during 'Let's Move-London' event at the Winfield House in London on July 27, 2012, hours before the start of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Michelle Obama at Olympic Games: `I’d Like to Think I Was Fast’
While Mitt Romney attempts a recovery from his first event in London’s summer games, the first lady is making her own way through the media as head of the White House’s delegation. Michelle Obama sat for an interview that will...
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