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Armstrong's RadioShack team gets ProTour license

Lance Armstrong's new team has been given permission to race in many of cycling's top events for the next four years.

Armstrong calls 2010 Tour tough, wide open

Lance Armstrong considers the 2010 Tour de France course "tough" because of the cobblestones sections and three punishing summit finishes in the Pyrenees.

Lance Armstrong to be spokesman for Michelob Ultra

Cycling great Lance Armstrong has inked a deal with Anheuser-Busch InBev to be the spokesman for the company's Michelob Ultra brand of beer.

Armstrong confident of Colorado race revival

Lance Armstrong says he's confident he can help bring bicycle racing back to Colorado.

Cyclists join Lance Armstrong for LA bike ride

Lance Armstrong has finished an hour-long bike ride that attracted several hundred cyclists to Griffith Park in Los Angeles.

Tweet: Armstrong invites Glasgow on bike ride

Lance Armstrong brought traffic to a standstill Tuesday after issuing a Twitter invitation for Scottish cyclists to join him on a casual bike ride.

Contador, Armstrong trade barbs after Tour

Alberto Contador and Lance Armstrong are sniping again after a fragile truce during the Tour de France.

Armstrong has no regrets about 3rd place in Tour

Lance Armstrong has no regrets about finishing third at the Tour de France.

Contador's reign on Tour expected to last

Even as his chance of winning this year's Tour de France slipped away, Lance Armstrong earned more than his share of attention.

Armstrong announces new team for next year's Tour

Lance Armstrong and RadioShack are forming a new cycling team that will compete in next year's Tour de France.

Armstrong finds new sponsor for Astana

Lance Armstrong says he's found a new American sponsor to back Astana next year. He won't say if he will stay with the team or start his own squad.

That’s one small misstep for most moon tales

- As the world celebrates the 40th anniversary of the first human footprint on the moon, retellings of the Apollo 11 story often note that Neil Armstrong flubbed the word “a” in his famous line, “That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.”

Armstrong lashes out at French sports minister

Lance Armstrong is fed up with criticism of his Astana team by the French sports minister.

Neil Armstrong check auctioned for over $27,000

A check signed by Neil Armstrong hours before he took off for the moon has been sold for $27,350, 40 years to the day after it was written.

Armstrong: This Tour 'probably not' his last

Lance Armstrong says he could be back for one more Tour de France.

Armstrong apologizes to Sastre and Vande Velde

Lance Armstrong said he was wrong and disrespectful when he called last year's Tour de France a "bit of a joke."

Armstrong braced for tough last week in Tour

For Lance Armstrong to win an eighth Tour de France, he will not only have to beat the best rider in the world — his teammate and rival Alberto Contador — he will also need to master an innovative course with a grueling last week that includes four mountain stages.

Armstrong fined for missing Tour sign-in

Lance Armstrong will be fined for failing to sign in before Monday's third stage of the Tour de France.

Theft of Lance Armstrong's bike means prison term

A Sacramento man is facing prison for stealing Lance Armstrong's bicycle while the seven-time Tour de France winner was competing in California.

Lance Armstrong wins small race in Northern Calif.

Lance Armstrong won the Nevada City Classic on Sunday night, holding off teammate Levi Leipheimer in the challenging one-day race in the Sierra Nevada foothills.

Armstrong earns spot on Astana's Tour team

Lance Armstrong will be on Astana Cycling's final nine-rider roster for the Tour de France next month.

Armstrong announces birth of son on Twitter

Why wait for France? Lance Armstrong can pop that bottle of champagne now.

Seeing double: Texas school has 19 sets of twins

Teachers are seeing double at Armstrong Elementary School in Garland, Texas, these days. But there’s nothing wrong with their eyes: Rather, the school seems to be ground zero for a national explosion in the rate of twin births.

Armstrong falls during Giro, gets back on bike

Lance Armstrong fell midway through the 19th stage of the Giro d'Italia on Friday but appeared to escape serious injury.

Armstrong concludes Giro in 12th place

Lance Armstrong concluded a relatively quiet Giro d'Italia in 12th place overall Sunday, then jetted home to await the birth of his fourth child.

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Innocent Man Freed After 28 Years -- Prosecutor Destroyed Evidence of His Innocence
Source: innocenceproject.org

A Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge dismissed rape and murder charges against Ralph Armstrong on Friday based on the misconduct of a Dane County prosecutor who concealed evidence of Armstrong's innocence.

Man vs. God
Source: Wall Street Journal

We commissioned Karen Armstrong and Richard Dawkins to respond independently to the question "Where does evolution leave God?" Neither knew what the other would say. Here are the results.

NASA Accidentally Recorded Over The Original Apollo 11 Moon Videos.
Source: Yahoo! News

NASA could put a man on the moon but didn't have the sense to keep the original video of the live TV transmission.

Apollo Landing Sites Imaged By Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter - Images Reveal NASA Artifacts Undisturbed After 40 Years
Source: discovermagazine.com

That picture shows the lower half of the Lunar Module, the part that stayed behind on the Moon when Armstrong and Aldrin blasted back up off the surface.

Buzz Aldrin: Let's Go To Mars
Source: The Washington Post

Let the lunar surface be the ultimate global commons while we focus on more distant and sustainable goals to revitalize our space program. Our next generation must think boldly in terms of a goal for the space program: Mars for America's future.

NASA releases partially restored Apollo 11 footage
Source: discovermagazine.com

Today, NASA released a sneak preview of restored video from Apollo 11! The footage is digitally cleaned from archival tapes, and is part of an ongoing project (due to finish in September) to get all the video processed and restored for release.

Contador Talks Teamwork Despite Indications of Conflict With Armstrong
Source: The Houston Chronicle

"If we arrive at a mountain stage and Lance attacks, I will not follow him," Contador said at a news conference. "There are other riders who have to chase him down."

Ben Stiller, Bono And Robin Williams Help Lance Armstrong Through The Tour De France (WATCH)
Source: The Huffington Post

Great candid videos of Ben Stiller, Robin Williams and Lance Armstrong

Cavendish wins Stage 3 - Lance moves to Third in Standings
Source: BBC News

The entire Columbia team raced clear and, while Armstrong and Cancellara were able to stay in touch, other contenders for the yellow jersey like Cadel Evans and Alberto Contador were unable to make up the gap.

Once a Support Cyclist, Now a Pack Leader - NYTimes.com
Source: The New York Times

For years, as the blue-collar sidekick to cycling stars like Lance Armstrong, Ivan Basso, Carlos Sastre and Roberto Heras, Vande Velde remained virtually unknown outside the sport. But now, Vande Velde, 32, enters the Giro as the undisputed leader of the Garmin-Slipstream squad.

Contador: Castilla not a test for Tour
Source: Velonews.com

Alberto Contador has downplayed the significance of his first race alongside new Astana teammate Lance Armstrong in the Vuelta a Castilla y León that gets underway on Monday.

Armstrong signs up for two more races
Source: uk.eurosport.yahoo.com

Returned cyclist Lance Armstrong has signed up for more races this year.

Woman asked to be 'euthanized,' suspect says
Source: TheNewsTribune.com

Excerpt: Police arrest a 39-year-old Tacoma man in the July 2007 disappearance of his girlfriend. Glenn D. Riccio reportedly said he killed Jessica Armstrong and buried her at his Hilltop home. ...

Lance Armstrong, Amgen Cyclists Head for Modesto in Perilous Weather
Source: The Modesto Bee

Thousands of details have been handled in preparation for today, when Modesto is the host of the finish for Stage 3 of the event, leaving everybody involved to sweat out one huge variable. The weather.

Contador: Armstrong not yet back to his best
Source: Yahoo! Sports

Strong and motivated Lance Armstrong is not at 100%, says team mate Contador.

Lance Armstrong's Bike Stolen In Sacramento
Source: nbcbayarea.com

Seven time Tour de France winner, Lance Armstrong woke up to bad news this morning. Someone broke in to the Astana team's van in Sacramento and stole his one-of-a-kind time trial bike along with three other bikes belonging to his team members.

An Epic Tour of California is Underway

It is all started now. The 2009 edition of the Tour of California is underway and what a cracker of a race it is looking to be. Fabian Cancellara comes out of the starting gates to show us an impressive performance with a 4 minutes 32 seconds over a 4.5 km course.

Lance Armstrong, Trek staffers report that Astana time trial bikes, including Armstrong's, stolen from team truck overnight.
Source: Velonews.com

Some one or somebodies run off with four bikes from Team Astana at the Tour of California. They take Armstrong's 'one of a kind' Time Trial bike

Big names elevate Tour to can't-miss status
Source: The Sacramento Bee

Perhaps the best testament to the Amgen Tour of California's growth from startup race to marquee event is the quality of its field.

Amgen Tour of California
Source: The Sacramento Bee

As I posted a month or so ago, the California version of the 'Tour de France' is coming to Sacramento starting on Feb 14, 2009. With such notables as Armstrong and Landis in the lead, bike fans will have plenty of great riders to see up close....

No Charge: In Civil-Contempt Cases, Jail Time Can Stretch On for Years
Source: Wall Street Journal

Consider Mr. Chadwick's case. In 1994, during divorce proceedings, a Delaware County judge held Mr. Chadwick in civil contempt for failing to put $2.5 million in a court-controlled account.

Man sentenced in bizarre collar-bomb robbery plot
Source: CNN

Excerpt: A Pennsylvania man has been sentenced to 45 years in prison in a deadly bank robbery plot -- described by the judge in the case as "incredibly bizarre" -- in which a pizza deliveryman died when a bomb affixed to his neck exploded.

Stupid Cancer Newsletter, Holidays 2008
Source:

I'm Too Young For This! Cancer Foundation releases it's Stupid Cancer Newsletter, Holidays 2008. All the news that's fit to print, chemo style.

The Stupid Cancer Fund
Source: I'm Too Young For This!

The Stupid Cancer Fund is a national campaign supporting the I'm Too Young For This! Cancer Foundation and it's mission to end isolation and improve quality of life for young adults affected by cancer.

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