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Global crimefighters on edge at the Olympics
Feb 3, 2014
The International Olympic Committee has a $20 million contract with Interpol to police doping, match-fixing and corrupt gambling
U.S. Olympic Ski Team 'lives high, trains low'
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Molly Wood
Jan 28, 2014
Marketplace Tech talks with Jim Stray-Gundersen, who advises Team USA and pumps nitrogen into athletes’ bedrooms to boost their performance.
Will NBC be hurt by Lindsey Vonn's injury?
Jan 7, 2014
Much of the value in the Olympics comes when the winners show up on the Today show the next morning and drive ratings.
Will Volgograd attacks scare off Olympic tourists?
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Artyom Liss
Dec 30, 2013
The attacks in Volgograd in the past two days have raised fear of terrorism in Russia in the lead up to the February Sochi Winter Olympics.
Putin will pardon jailed oil tycoon Khodorkovsky
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Kai Ryssdal
Dec 19, 2013
Russian President,Vladimir Putin, vows to pardon a former political enemy who was once Russia's richest man.
'PRISM on steroids': Russia amps up surveillance ahead of Olympics
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Molly Wood
Oct 8, 2013
Attention all athletes and visitors to the Winter Olympics in Sochi: someone is listening to you.
The economics of winning an Olympics
Sep 6, 2013
Does a bidding country’s economy factor into whether it gets to host the Olympic games?
For public good, not for profit.
Tijuana and San Diego try to move past the border
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Jeff Tyler
Jun 4, 2013
The two cities, long divided by a border fence, are now marketing themselves as a unified economic region.
Will baseball be at the next Olympics? Not likely
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Gigi Douban
May 28, 2013
Wrestling may be out, rock climbing may be in. But Major League Baseball doesn't want to take time out of its regular season to play in the Olympics.
2014 Winter Olympics start stockpiling snow
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Kai Ryssdal
Mar 26, 2013
A ski resort in Sochi, Russia -- site of the 2014 Winter Olympics -- is worried about having enough snow on the ground when the games begin in February.