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			<title>Breaking Down the Doping Recipe of Pro Cycling: A Guide to Steroids, Hormones, Drips, and Blood Doping</title>
			<description><![CDATA[The United States Anti-Doping Agency has released &quot;USADA Report on Allegations Against Lance Armstrong,&quot; a 202-page document summarizing the evidence and testimonies collected during their investigation of Lance Armstrong and the United States Postal Service Team. The document makes for some epic reading and in its source will probably only be of interest to journalists [...]]]></description>
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			<author>David DeFranza</author>						<category>Life</category>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2012 18:42:35 -0400</pubDate>
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			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[The United States Anti-Doping Agency has released &quot;USADA Report on Allegations Against Lance Armstrong,&quot; a 202-page document summarizing the evidence and testimonies collected during their investigation of Lance Armstrong and the United States Postal Service Team. The document makes for some epic reading and in its source will probably only be of interest to journalists [...]]]></media:description>
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			<title>Return to Sender: Lance Armstrong and USPS Pro Cycling Team&#039;s EPIC FAIL</title>
			<description><![CDATA[According to the United States Anti-Doping Agency, the case compiled against Lance Armstrong paints an even more dire image of his involvement with doping than many had imagined. Based on the testimony of 26 witnesses, including several members of the U.S. Postal Service team, the Agency claims to have evidence that: The U.S.P.S. Team doping [...]]]></description>
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			<author>David DeFranza</author>						<category>Life</category>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2012 21:15:31 -0400</pubDate>
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			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[According to the United States Anti-Doping Agency, the case compiled against Lance Armstrong paints an even more dire image of his involvement with doping than many had imagined. Based on the testimony of 26 witnesses, including several members of the U.S. Postal Service team, the Agency claims to have evidence that: The U.S.P.S. Team doping [...]]]></media:description>
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			<title>Take a Bite Out of the World&#039;s Top Eating Contests</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Everyone likes to eat. But for some people, eating is more than simple sustenance; it&#039;s a competition. As HowStuffWorks.com&#039;s Ed Grabianowski notes, competitive eating is a pastime that goes back thousands of years. The Major League Eating (MLE) and International Federation of Competitive Eating (IFOCE) suggested that, &quot;If you have 30 hungry Neanderthals in a [...]]]></description>
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			<author>Talal Al-Khatib</author>						<category>Food and Drink</category>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2012 12:56:18 -0400</pubDate>
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			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[Everyone likes to eat. But for some people, eating is more than simple sustenance; it&#039;s a competition. As HowStuffWorks.com&#039;s Ed Grabianowski notes, competitive eating is a pastime that goes back thousands of years. The Major League Eating (MLE) and International Federation of Competitive Eating (IFOCE) suggested that, &quot;If you have 30 hungry Neanderthals in a [...]]]></media:description>
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			<title>7 Gadgets and Technologies Causing Olympic Controversy</title>
			<description><![CDATA[With the whole world&#039;s attention on the Summer Olympics in London, athletes aren&#039;t the only ones striving for perfection. Thousands of people are responsible for coordinating every little detail of the Olympic program, but sometimes technology can stand in the way of a gold-medal result. READ MORE: 5 Cool Olympic Technologies Here are some ways [...]]]></description>
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			<author>Talal Al-Khatib</author>						<category>Life</category>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2012 12:00:14 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">7 Gadgets and Technologies Causing Olympic Controversy</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[With the whole world&#039;s attention on the Summer Olympics in London, athletes aren&#039;t the only ones striving for perfection. Thousands of people are responsible for coordinating every little detail of the Olympic program, but sometimes technology can stand in the way of a gold-medal result. READ MORE: 5 Cool Olympic Technologies Here are some ways [...]]]></media:description>
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			<title>The Strangest Rules and Regulations Governing the Olympics</title>
			<description><![CDATA[There&#039;s an old saying: Rules were made to be broken. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) might not be all too familiar with this expression given the number of seemingly strict or arbitrary rules across different sporting disciplines and even off the field. Last week, as reported by the New York Times, the IOC prohibited Larissa [...]]]></description>
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			<author>Talal Al-Khatib</author>						<category>Life</category>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2012 13:40:46 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">The Strangest Rules and Regulations Governing the Olympics</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[There&#039;s an old saying: Rules were made to be broken. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) might not be all too familiar with this expression given the number of seemingly strict or arbitrary rules across different sporting disciplines and even off the field. Last week, as reported by the New York Times, the IOC prohibited Larissa [...]]]></media:description>
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			<title>What We Missed Because of the Olympics: Lumberjack World Championships</title>
			<description><![CDATA[While most of the world was focused on London on July 27th, the folks in Hayward, Wisconsin were focusing on a different type of competition, one which included men and women wielding axes and chainsaws, going head-to-head in chopping, sawing, logrolling and pole climbing at the Lumberjack World Championships. The event, held July 27 - [...]]]></description>
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			<author>Derek Markham</author>						<category>Adventure</category>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2012 17:41:40 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">What We Missed Because of the Olympics: Lumberjack World Championships</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[While most of the world was focused on London on July 27th, the folks in Hayward, Wisconsin were focusing on a different type of competition, one which included men and women wielding axes and chainsaws, going head-to-head in chopping, sawing, logrolling and pole climbing at the Lumberjack World Championships. The event, held July 27 - [...]]]></media:description>
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			<title>A Guide to the Changes in This Year&#039;s Summer Olympics</title>
			<description><![CDATA[For even the most seasoned Olympics observer, understanding changes to the games from one Olympics to the next can be a challenge. The International Olympic Committee (IOC), the supervisory body that governs the Summer and Winter Olympics, decides the competition&#039;s program years in advance. So here&#039;s what&#039;s new with this year&#039;s Summer Olympics in London. [...]]]></description>
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			<author>Talal Al-Khatib</author>						<category>Life</category>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2012 19:17:33 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">A Guide to the Changes in This Year&#039;s Summer Olympics</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[For even the most seasoned Olympics observer, understanding changes to the games from one Olympics to the next can be a challenge. The International Olympic Committee (IOC), the supervisory body that governs the Summer and Winter Olympics, decides the competition&#039;s program years in advance. So here&#039;s what&#039;s new with this year&#039;s Summer Olympics in London. [...]]]></media:description>
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			<title>Which Baseball Stadium Has the Priciest Beer?</title>
			<description><![CDATA[It&#039;s no surprise that beer costs too much at baseball stadiums. The Street compiled a list of the 10 most expensive beers in baseball. Topping all others is Miami, where a small draft costs you a whopping $8. Below are the rankings and prices for a small draft beer: 1. Miami Marlins, $8 2. Philadelphia [...]]]></description>
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			<author>Alice Truong</author>						<category>Life</category>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:06:23 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Which Baseball Stadium Has the Priciest Beer?</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[It&#039;s no surprise that beer costs too much at baseball stadiums. The Street compiled a list of the 10 most expensive beers in baseball. Topping all others is Miami, where a small draft costs you a whopping $8. Below are the rankings and prices for a small draft beer: 1. Miami Marlins, $8 2. Philadelphia [...]]]></media:description>
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			<title>Internet Buzz Used to Pick NCAA Brackets. Did They Beat Yours?</title>
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			<author>Eric Rogell</author>						<category>Life</category>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 18:53:08 -0400</pubDate>
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			<title>Shooting Hoops with the World&#039;s Largest Slingshot (Video)</title>
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			<author>Alice Truong</author>						<category>Adventure</category>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 19:32:18 -0500</pubDate>
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			<title>100 Year Old Becomes World&#039;s Oldest Marathoner (And He Only Started Running At Age 89!)</title>
			<description><![CDATA[I have to say that this is one of the most inspirational things I&#039;ve read in a while: A 100-year-old man from London has become the oldest person to complete a marathon, according to BBC News. Fauja Singh, a former farmer from Punjab in India who emigrated to England in the 1960s, took up running [...]]]></description>
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			<author>Matthew McDermott</author>						<category>Adventure</category>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 18:35:03 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">100 Year Old Becomes World&#039;s Oldest Marathoner (And He Only Started Running At Age 89!)</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[I have to say that this is one of the most inspirational things I&#039;ve read in a while: A 100-year-old man from London has become the oldest person to complete a marathon, according to BBC News. Fauja Singh, a former farmer from Punjab in India who emigrated to England in the 1960s, took up running [...]]]></media:description>
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			<title>Maker Faire NYC: Robots, Lightning, and the Ultimate Rube Goldberg Machine</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Robots, lightning, singing fish, and a giant mousetrap might not usually have anything in common, but they do when it&#039;s Maker Faire, the tri-annual gathering of &quot;makers&quot; -- DIY hobbyists inspired by Make magazine -- in the California Bay Area, Detroit, and New York City. A cross between a craft market, a sideshow act, and [...]]]></description>
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			<author>Erik Trinidad</author>						<category>Life</category>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 12:29:00 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Maker Faire NYC: Robots, Lightning, and the Ultimate Rube Goldberg Machine</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[Robots, lightning, singing fish, and a giant mousetrap might not usually have anything in common, but they do when it&#039;s Maker Faire, the tri-annual gathering of &quot;makers&quot; -- DIY hobbyists inspired by Make magazine -- in the California Bay Area, Detroit, and New York City. A cross between a craft market, a sideshow act, and [...]]]></media:description>
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			<title>World-Class Surfing Tournament Starts in New York Amidst Little Waves (Updated)</title>
			<description><![CDATA[The Big Apple is known for a lot of world-class things, but one of them isn&#039;t surfing -- until perhaps now. Quiksilver and the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) kicked off the first ever world competition on the east coast of the USA this weekend in Long Beach, New York -- the center of New [...]]]></description>
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			<author>Erik Trinidad</author>						<category>Adventure</category>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 07:54:18 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">World-Class Surfing Tournament Starts in New York Amidst Little Waves (Updated)</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[The Big Apple is known for a lot of world-class things, but one of them isn&#039;t surfing -- until perhaps now. Quiksilver and the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) kicked off the first ever world competition on the east coast of the USA this weekend in Long Beach, New York -- the center of New [...]]]></media:description>
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			<title>Tony Hawk Kicks Off Troubled Surf and Sports Event</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Tony Hawk, the pro skateboarder whose name is synonymous with the sport he&#039;s excelled in, kicked off the Quiksilver Pro New York surf competition at New York City&#039;s Pier 54 on Friday. While he is an occasional surfer himself, he stuck to his roots -- and commercial brand -- by skating on a halfpipe instead, [...]]]></description>
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			<author>Erik Trinidad</author>						<category>Adventure</category>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 23:38:16 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Tony Hawk Kicks Off Troubled Surf and Sports Event</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[Tony Hawk, the pro skateboarder whose name is synonymous with the sport he&#039;s excelled in, kicked off the Quiksilver Pro New York surf competition at New York City&#039;s Pier 54 on Friday. While he is an occasional surfer himself, he stuck to his roots -- and commercial brand -- by skating on a halfpipe instead, [...]]]></media:description>
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			<title>&quot;Tour de Colorado&quot; kicks off in Colorado Springs</title>
			<description><![CDATA[Move over Tour de France -- there&#039;s a new biking challenge out there, and on American soil. The inaugural USA Pro Cycling Challenge kicked off Monday in Colorado Springs, the first city of a multi-city cycling race where 128 of the world&#039;s best cyclists compete for another shot of cycling glory -- including Tour de [...]]]></description>
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			<author>Erik Trinidad</author>						<category>Adventure</category>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 14:02:26 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">&quot;Tour de Colorado&quot; kicks off in Colorado Springs</media:title>
			<media:description type="html"><![CDATA[Move over Tour de France -- there&#039;s a new biking challenge out there, and on American soil. The inaugural USA Pro Cycling Challenge kicked off Monday in Colorado Springs, the first city of a multi-city cycling race where 128 of the world&#039;s best cyclists compete for another shot of cycling glory -- including Tour de [...]]]></media:description>
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			<title>Man with No Legs Qualifies for IAFF World Championship in 400-meter Dash</title>
			<description><![CDATA[South African athlete Oscar Pistorius, known by his fans as &quot;Blade Runner,&quot; is heading for Daegu, South Korea later this month to compete with his fellow countrymen in the IAAF World Championships. His nickname comes not only from his speed, but also from the fact that he has two ski blade-like prosthetic legs -- a [...]]]></description>
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			<author>Erik Trinidad</author>						<category>Gear &amp; Gadgets</category>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 19:17:48 -0400</pubDate>
			<media:title type="html">Man with No Legs Qualifies for IAFF World Championship in 400-meter Dash</media:title>
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