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Russia loses hockey bid for Olympic title
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Russia loses hockey bid for Olympic title

  • DAVID PACE, Associated Press
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SOCHI, Russia — A Russian hockey team with immense expectations lost its shot at an Olympic title Wednesday at a Winter Games tempered by violence both in the host city and in nearby Ukraine.

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Obama reassures Europeans about US surveillance tactics

  • JOSH LEDERMAN, Associated Press
  • Updated

STOCKHOLM — President Barack Obama sought Wednesday to reassure Europeans outraged over U.S. surveillance programs that his government isn’t sifting through their emails or eavesdropping on their telephone calls. He acknowledged that the programs haven’t always worked as intended, saying “we had to tighten them up.”