With little fanfare, federal prosecutors on Friday dropped their investigation of Lance Armstrong , nearly two years after it began. After convening a grand jury, summoning dozens of witnesses and involving several federal agencies, the government decided not to bring fraud and conspiracy charges against Armstrong stemming from allegations that he used performance-enhancing drugs during his legendary cycling career. Read full article > >

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End of Lance Armstrong probe raises questions about media’s reporting

Is there a poet in the House? Congress’s unofficial bard has added to his body of work, composing verses that were inserted into the Congressional Record this week in tribute to some legendary astronauts . Albert Carey Caswell , a longtime member of the Capitol guide service, has been contributing dozens of poems to the official record of Congress for years. He debuted his latest this week, an ode to the recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor : John Glenn, Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins. Read full article > >

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STUART, Va. — For more than four years, Democratic leader Ward Armstrong has clashed with the Republican majority in Virginia’s House of Delegates with passionate floor speeches, pithy sound bites and occasional theatrics. Republicans had enough. They eliminated his largely rural Southside district when they redrew legislative maps in the spring. Read full article > >

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Va. House of Delegates race between Armstrong, Poindexter turns heated and costly

Taylor Armstrong opens up on “Entertainment Tonight.”

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‘Housewife’ Interview Reveals Abuse

Russell Armstrong’s system was clean of substances.

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No Drugs Involved in ‘Housewives’ Suicide

Russell Armstrong found dead at 47.

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‘Housewives’ Husband Commits Suicide

The hits keep coming for Lance Armstrong. The FBI is pursuing a surveillance video from a Colorado restaurant that they say will show that Armstrong tried to tamper with federal witness Tyler Hamilton, one of the restaurant co-owners said. For a year,…

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FBI Pursuing Armstrong Video

Lance Armstrong’s seven Tour de France titles could be jeopardized by the doping allegations made by two former cycling teammates even if Armstrong avoids a federal indictment or prosecution, according to people involved in the anti-doping movement and legal precedent. The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency has already been in discussions with the attorney for Tyler Hamilton, who told the CBS News program “60 Minutes” that he received banned drugs from Armstrong and saw him using performance-enhancing drugs on a number of occasions. Read full article > >

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Lance Armstrong Tour de France titles in jeopardy

International cycling authorities helped Lance Armstrong cover up a positive test for the banned drug EPO in 2001, arranging a meeting between Armstrong and the director of a Swiss anti-doping lab to ensure that the result never became public, one of Armstrong’s former teammates told ‘60 Minutes’ in an interview aired on Sunday night . Armstrong “figured out a way for it to go away,” the teammate, Tyler Hamilton, said in the interview . “I was told this by Lance.”  The revelation backs the claim made by another former teammate of Armstrong’s, Floyd Landis, who last summer made a similar charge that was vehemently denied by Armstrong and the International Cycling Union. Read full article > >

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Lance Armstrong accused of covering up positive drug tests with help from authorities

After admitting to doping in a “60 Minutes” interview that will air Snday, Tyler Hamilton, the 2004 Olympic gold medalist in the time trial, has turned his gold medal over to the United States Anti-Doping Agency The International Olympic Committee made the announcement after Hamilton, 40, made his admission and said he saw U.S. Postal Service teammate Lance Armstrong taking performance-enhancing drugs . “I saw him inject it more than one time,” Hamilton said. “Yeah, like we all did. Like I did many, many times.” Read full article > >

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Tyler Hamilton surrenders Olympic gold medal

A ex-teammate of seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong accuses the cyclist of using performance-enhancing drugs, something Armstrong has always denied.

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Armstrong faces new doping claim

A 10-year-old boy escaped out the window of a sinking car after his mother drove the vehicle off a pier Tuesday night about 70 miles north of New York City, authorities said. Lashaun Armstrong swam to shore and was picked up by a passing motorist and…

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Boy Escapes From Drowning Car

Lashandra Armstrong, 25, and three younger children died after she drove her minivan into the river.

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Boy, 10, Escapes as Mother Drives Her Family Into Hudson

Huffington Post bloggers may be up in arms about working for free, but some AOL workers are even less lucky: they’re going to be out of work entirely. CEO Tim Armstrong announced some 900 layoffs in a memo to staff Thursday. Most of them will be in…

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AOL Lays Off 900 Workers

Despite rumors that charges were just around the corner for Lance Armstrong, the seven-time Tour de France winner may have quite a while to relax. Lawyers familiar with the case say the federal investigation into charges that Armstrong used…

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Armstrong Verdict Not Coming Soon