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VANCOUVER, British Columbia They already called her “Queen Yuna” in South Korea. And on Thursday night, Kim Yu-na’s reign over the women’s figure- skating world officially began. Kim won the Olympic gold medal, soaring to a world-record 228.56 points and shattering her previous mark by more than 18 points. It was one of the greatest [...]
A young pair of ice dancers lifted the host country out of its Winter Olympic gloom with a golden performance on Monday just as Canadians were questioning their team’s medal-winning capability. Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, who began skating together as children, brought home Canada’s first Olympic gold in ice dancing to lift a host [...]
Two U.S. rockets slammed into a home Sunday outside the southern Taliban stronghold of Marjah, killing 12 civilians after Afghanistan’s president appealed to NATO to take care in its campaign to seize the town. Inside Marjah, Marines encountered “death at every corner” in their second day of a massive offensive to capture this bleak mud-brick [...]
From the minute she stepped out of her convertible Rolls Royce decked out in a solar-system-inspired gown, Lady Gaga and her three distinct outfit changes grabbed all the attention–even though the singer herself only grabbed two awards for her five nominations. After dazzling the red-carpet oglers with her otherworldly Armani getup, Gaga opened the awards [...]
