Quoted: In the velodrome in Beijing during the Olympic Games this summer I turned to a respected cycling correspondent during the incomprehensible Madison race.

Quoted: The International Olympic Committee has ordered an investigation into mounting allegations that Chinese authorities covered up the true age of their gold-medal winning gymnastics star because she was too young to compete.

Quoted: Two missing scuba divers from the United States and Britain were rescued Saturday after spending a night floating in the ocean over Australia's Great Barrier Reef.

Quoted: An MI5 officer has been forced to resign after admitting that his wife was a prostitute who took part in a notorious “Nazi-style orgy” with Max Mosley, the Formula One racing chief.

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Quoted: Google has been recruited by US intelligence agencies to help them better process and share information they gather about suspects.

Quoted: WITH apologies to any of them who might be reading this, is it time we dumped the investment bankers, accountants and consultants and concentrated on the people who make things, Britain’s manufacturers? Does the credit crunch

Quoted: Nabila Mango, a therapist and a U.S. citizen who has lived in the country since 1965, had just flown in from Jordan last December when, she said, she was detained at customs and her cellphone was taken from her purse. Her daughter, waiting outside San Francisco International Airport, tried...