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Evacuations, destruction as California’s largest fire of year rages
The Nation· 8 hours agoThrongs of firefighters were mobilized in California Monday to battle the state’s largest blaze of the year, which has prompted thousands of evacuations and already burned an area larger than ...
Snoop Dogg tests out his 'lung power' in pool with Michael Phelps
AOL· 18 hours agoSnoop Dogg tested out his super "lung power" as he hit the pool for a special lesson with swimming legend and Olympian Michael Phelps. The hip-hop icon put on a swimming cap and goggles for ...
The Hall of Fame isn't calling, but 'Bad Moon' Rison left a different kind of legacy
New York Times· 23 hours agoFor Andre Rison it was like a knife in the side, his annual rejection from the Pro Football Hall of Fame. “There’s nothing Jerry Rice could do that I couldn’t,” Rison has said more than once ...
Legends of the flame: meet three former cyclists who have carried the Olympic torch
Cycling Weekly· 24 hours agoThis cultural aspect of the Olympic Games showcases the best of the host country and kicks off the...
Work continues on six significant wildfires near B.C.'s Slocan Lake
Airdrie City View· 1 day agoThe smoke is so thick in New Denver, B.C., that Nicole Blacksioux can no longer see the flames from...
Once an awkward fit, skateboarding at the Olympics finally has a moment
Washington Post via Yahoo Canada Sports· 1 day agoThe tricks were that big. The drama that wrought. A gold medal that Eaton thought he had won by landing a trick that never had been completed in competition was gone in an ...
Paris Uses Fake Flame for Olympic Games
The Daily Beast via Yahoo Canada News· 2 days agoThe organizers of the Paris Olympic Games said they used a mix of water and light to create a “greener” flame for the Olympic cauldron, and some fans...
Park Fire grows to California's sixth largest wildfire ever
StreetInsider· 2 days agoThe Park Fire, which officials said was started by a man who pushed a flaming car into a gully, grew slightly overnight to 368,000 acres (148,924 hectares). The sixth largest wildfire in state ...
Adam: Canada's Olympic women soccer players are heroes. Get behind them
Ottawa Citizen· 2 days agoWith all the focus on drone spying, people forgot that there are 22 women, who had nothing to do...
Borel Fire in Kern County has burned thousands of acres, destroyed mining town Havilah
USA TODAY via Yahoo Canada News· 2 days agoHavilah, except for a handful of structures, from the northern edge all the...press conference...