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Twitter: Ego Gratification or Communication Tool?

Once again, as Eric Clapton sang in the theme to the Paul Newman movie, "The Color of Money," It's in the way that you use it.

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Mon Nov 09, 2009

The Day

Her body was broken, but not her spirit

Christine Richards finished the 90-mile Livestrong Challenge in Austin, Texas, almost three years after she was hospitalized from a terrible bicycle accident that left her broken and bedridden.

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Related Topix: Sports, More Sports, Lance Armstrong, Cycling

Socialite Life

Lance Armstrong's Shirtless Jog [Just Because]

Cyclist Lance Armstrong is vacationing in Mexico, but like any good athlete must keep up his training regime.

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Sat Nov 07, 2009

Sacramento Bee Newspaper

Armstrong bike stolen in Sacramento auctioned off for charity

The racing bicycle owned by superstar Lance Armstrong and stolen in Sacramento during the 2009 Tour of California fetched $130,000 in a charity auction.

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Related Topix: Sports, More Sports, Lance Armstrong, Cycling, Tour de France

Wed Nov 04, 2009

The Press On-Line

Claims upset Williams

Christchurch cyclist Alan Williams is annoyed at being painted as a reckless villain for his part in the crash that forced defending champion Hayden Roulston out of the Tour of Southland on Monday.

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Related Topix: Sports, More Sports, Hayden Roulston, Cycling

KTVN Reno

Phinney's hopes for 2012 gold may already be gone

Taylor Phinney had a simple plan. The budding American cycling star was going to spend four years working toward four minutes, which is about how long his final race would have taken at the 2012 London Games.

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Related Topix: Summer Sports, Taylor Phinney, Sarah Hammer, Sports, Olympics, More Sports, Cycling, Lance Armstrong

The New Zealand Herald

Kate Hudson: 'All men want is sex and food'

Celebrity spawn and Bride Wars star Kate Hudson says she has men, or "boys" as she calls them, all figured out - all they're interested in is "game scores, masturbation and food". The stunning starlet, who's been dating Yankees slugger and Madonna cast-off Alex Rodriguez for the past six months, offers her take on the male of the species in ...

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Related Topix: Sports, New York Yankees, Major League Baseball, More Sports, Lance Armstrong, Cycling

Tue Nov 03, 2009

Journal News

Armstrong snapped pedaling in Piermont

Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong enjoyed a muffin and a cup of coffee outside Bunbury's Coffee Shop in Piermont today.

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Berwick Gazette

Bradley's lucky accident

Left: Bradley Venables was lucky to escape relatively uninjured after he was struck by a car in Beaconsfield.

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Mon Nov 02, 2009

Examiner.com

Lance Armstrong auctions old bikes: raises 1.3 million for LIVESTRONG

Who would have thought that the 'finale' Trek Madone Tour de France bike ridden by Lance Armstrong at this year's tour and designed by Damien Hirst would sell for a half a million dollars? Perhaps it was the fact that the bike is covered in real butterflies that drove up the Sotheby's auction price.

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The Otago Daily Times

Cycling: Roulston crashes out of Tour

Three-time champion Hayden Roulston crashed while United States-based New Zealand professional Heath Blackgrove grabbed the leader's yellow jersey after a tumultuous opening day of cycling's Tour of Southland.

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Related Topix: Sports, More Sports, Hayden Roulston, Cycling, Floyd Landis, Phonak Hearing Systems, Tour de France, Subway

Sun Nov 01, 2009

The Sydney Morning Herald

Evans set to sign with BMC: reports

Australia's road race world champion Cadel Evans looks set to sign for American team BMC according to Belgian newspaper Het Nieuwsblad on Sunday.

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Related Topix: Sports, More Sports, Cycling, George Hincapie

Sat Oct 31, 2009

The Sydney Morning Herald

When specialist opinion is at odds with reality, trust your judgment

It's lucky, rather, that Leonardo da Vinci graced us with his sublime presence 500 years ago, a time when it was still considered possible to excel at more than one thing.

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Related Topix: Sports, More Sports, Lance Armstrong, Cycling, Opinion

Fri Oct 30, 2009

GlobeSt.com

Lance Armstrong TakesReal Estate Plunge

Famed bicyclist Lance Armstrong has added commercial real estate to his other business ventures, joining forces with agent Bill Stapleton, business manager Bart Knaggs and former Trammell Crow executive Lance Sallis to form CSE Realty Partners.

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Journal-News

Fairfield YMCA aids those affected by cancer

Cheryl Reckelhoff would love to meet Lance Armstrong, the cancer survivor who won the Tour de France, the world's most famous bicycle race, seven times.

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Thu Oct 29, 2009

USA Today

UCI hits back at accusations of lax Tour testing

The International Cycling Union compiled a strongly worded response rebuffing claims by France's anti-doping agency of lapses and favoritism in drug testing at this year's Tour de France .

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680News

Britain's Team Sky signs three cyclists, including Canadian Michael Barry

Team Sky has recruited its first non-British cyclists for next season - and one of them is a Canadian.

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Related Topix: Summer Sports, Michael Barry, Sports, More Sports, Cycling, Geraint Thomas, Dave Brailsford, Steve Cummings, Olympics

Wed Oct 28, 2009

Examiner.com

Kate Hudson: Sex with Yankees slugger A-Rod is off the charts

Actress Kate Hudson is enjoying her sizzling sex life with boyfriend Alex Rodriguez .

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Related Topix: Sports, Alex Rodriguez, Baseball Players, New York Yankees, Major League Baseball, More Sports, Lance Armstrong, Cycling

Tue Oct 27, 2009

DispatchPolitics

Lance Armstrong gets visit from Strickland

Gov. Ted Strickland stopped at cyclist Lance Armstrong's house in Texas last week in between fund-raising events in Austin on Thursday and Dallas on Friday.

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Mon Oct 26, 2009

KSBY-TV San Luis Obispo

Amgen Tour of California not stopping on the Central Coast

The Amgen Tour of California will be pedaling right around the Central Coast next year.

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