By ANDREW DAMPF and DANIELLA MATAR BEIJING — The men’s downhill at the Beijing Olympics was postponed because of wind that gusted at up to 40 mph at the top of the course when the race was supposed to start Sunday, delaying the opening event of the Alpine schedule. No new date was announced immediately.…
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By JOHN MARSHALL TEMPE, Ariz. — Arizona State set off a wild late-night court storming, getting 24 points from Marreon Jackson and 16 from Jalen Graham to outlast No. 3 UCLA 87-84 in triple overtime on Saturday. The Sun Devils (7-13, 3-7 Pac-12) built a 10-point lead with a 21-4 run spanning halftime, but couldn’t…
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By Marni Jameson “Here’s the dirty little secret,” one professional organizer said (doesn’t that expression just make you lean in?). “Professional organizers hire professional organizers.” Gasp! That’s all I needed to hear. As I had been interviewing organizing professionals and their clients, I kept thinking: I want an organizer to come to my house! But…
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“Most of the harm in the world is done by good people,” wrote libertarian Isabel Paterson, “and not by accident, lapse or omission. It is the result of their deliberate actions, long persevered in, which they hold to be motivated by high ideals toward virtuous ends.” That’s an excerpt from Paterson’s 1943 book, “The God…
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One of the questions that best-selling author Gregg Hurwitz answers this week in our Q&A is, How do you choose what to read next? You’ll want to read on to find out what he says — it involves shelves — but it got me thinking about one of the books I’m immersed in right now, “Six…
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Its leaves taste like spinach, its seeds are a nutritious cereal grain substitute, and its flowers serve as a bold accent in the annual garden bed. Yet it nearly became extinct half a millennium ago. This plant was one of the three pillars of the Aztec diet, along with corn and beans, but its seeds…
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Who loved Betty White? Apparently, everyone did. She was the shining example of how to grow old doing what you loved. She won my heart at an Emmy ceremony I covered years ago. In addition to presenting, Betty, who co-hosted her segment with Ed Asner, also won the Emmy for outstanding guest actress for a…
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BEIJING — The Flying Tomato wants this to be his final takeoff. Three-time snowboarding gold medalist Shaun White made it clear Saturday that the Beijing Games won’t just be his final Olympics, the 35-year-old American plans to retire from the sport he put on the international map after the halfpipe medal round next week. “In…
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BEIJING — Goalie Nicole Hensley was fine with the United States having difficulty finding its offense through two periods before finally pulling away with a 5-0 win over the Russians on Saturday night. So long as Hensley kept stopping every shot, the outcome wasn’t in jeopardy for the defending Olympic champions. “They made it a…
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Marine pilots are taking to the skies over Southern California to test their warfighting abilities and hone skills to fight future enemies more effectively, and people on the ground in some areas are likely to notice the training above. As part of the Marine Corps’ modernization – which means a quicker and more agile force…
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