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Newsweek: Pentagon kept CIA in the dark on Iran
The Senate Intelligence Committee is about to release a report that sheds new light on "inappropriate" back-channel contacts between Pentagon officials and a group of Iranian informants—including a key figure from the Iran-contra affair.

Senator: Ban torture but give CIA leeway

Defense industry tax havens under fire

House panel subpoenas top Cheney aide

Terrorism charges filed against arms dealer

FINAL MEDAL COUNT

	GOLD	SILVER	BRONZE	TOTAL
United States	35	39	29	103
Russia	27	27	38	92
China	32	17	14	63
Australia	17	16	16	49
Germany	14	16	18	48

Complete medal count

U.S. medal winners

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THE BIG APPLE’S BID FOR 2012

Tour the proposed NYC venues, get the low-down on the competing cities, read an interview with Deputy Mayor Daniel Doctoroff and vote on which city you would like to see host the 2012 Olympics

SPECIAL REPORT

Keeping kids in the game
In a new public service campaign, sports medicine experts caution that dreams of the big leagues can be seriously derailed early on by injuries that can plague a young athlete for a lifetime.

Pushing kids too hard too young

Growing up fast

Being a good sports parent

Time for steroid testing in high school

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