Torso of Woman Found in Niagara River – Had No Head, Limbs

A dismembered female torso was found floating in the Niagara River on Wednesday. The victim, whom has had a C-section at least once, is said not to be Guang Hua Liu, police say the murders seem at this point to be unrelated. Final autopsy findings are predicted to be released on Friday.    The dismembered body of a woman […]

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Why Do Olympians Bite Their Medals?

  Olympians sometimes pretend to bite their medals while posing for pictures, Olympics expert David Wallechinsky says that photographers actually request the pose.A possible reason for the beginnings of this trend is emulating the biting of coins that handlers used to do, as to verify the authenticity.  Gold medals for the 2012 Olympics contain only 1.34% gold or about 6 grams.   The […]

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France Rallies to Beat United States in Men’s 4×100 Swim Relay

    France beat the United States in the men’s 4×100-meter swimming relay on Sunday, with Michael Phelps and the United States taking a silver medal.   The medal is the 17th for Phelps, and puts him one behind Larisa Latynina, a Soviet gymnast who earned nine golds, five silvers and four bronzes between 1956 […]

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Cabbie turns taxi into hotel for Olympics

    A London cabbie turns his taxi into a hotel-for-one during the Olympic Games. CNN’s Rosie Tomkins checks it out.   Take the scarcity and expense of hotel accommodations in London this mix that with the missing revenue of London Cabbies (due to the restricted Olympic Lanes) and you would get something like a taxi-bed. One driver seen an opportunity while he […]

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Ryan Lochte was barred from wearing his custom grill on the medal stand

  Is there a dress code for the medal stand at the Olympics? American swimmer Ryan Lochte wanted to wear his custom  red, white and blue grill, which represents his country, on the medal stand after winning the 400 IM. But some IOC official informed him that wearing his bling would result in failure to […]

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Protests on opening day of Olympics

  As to be expected, with an international gathering of this size, just hours before the opening ceremonies London was dealing with protesters.    Taxi Drivers Protest Traffic Sanctions Imposed During the Games….   Cab drivers argue the traffic lanes — which are restricted to Olympic officials and athletes — should also be available to taxis. […]

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Blind Archer Posts First World Record of London Olympics

The first world records of the London 2012 Olympics have been set by a blind South Korean archer hours before Friday’s much-anticipated opening ceremony was due to begin. Im Dong Hyun is legally classified as blind and cannot see out of his right eye, but it did not stop the two-time gold medalist bettering his […]

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Olympic Flame Extinguished – While the Torch Was Being Carried on a White Water Rafting Boat

   It’s quite remarkable, in hindsight, to think no one predicted the outcome of this stunt. As the Olympic torch splashed through the canoe slalom venue in Hertfordshire today on board a raft as part of its journey around the country, spraying water splashed out the famed Eternal Flame. Day 50 did not go smoothly for […]

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