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Tour third-place finisher Kohl admits to doping

Oct. 15, 2008
Austrian Bernhard Kohl on Wednesday admitted doping in the Tour de France in July when he finished as best climber and third overall in the race.
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Spain's Sastre wins Tour de France

PARIS, July 27 (UPI) -- Spanish cyclist Carlos Sastre won the 2008 Tour de France Sunday, besting Australia's Cadel Evans by 58 seconds in the overall standings.

Burghardt takes Tour's 18th stage

SAINT ETIENNE, France, July 24 (UPI) -- Marcus Burghardt outdueled Carlos Barredo to claim Thursday's 18th stage of the 2008 Tour de France and Carlos Sastre retained the overall race lead.

Schleck takes overall lead in Tour de France

PRATO NEVOSO, Italy, July 20 (UPI) -- Austrian Simon Gerrans raced to victory in the 15th stage and Luxembourg's Frank Schleck moved into the overall lead Sunday in the Tour de France.

Freire wins Tour de France's 14th stage

DIGNE-LES-BAINES, France, July 19 (UPI) -- Oscar Freire of Spain dashed to a win in the Tour de France's 14th stage Saturday but Australia's Cadel Evans clung to the yellow leader's jersey by one second.

Big Detroit crowd watches plane race

DETROIT, June 1 (UPI) -- Tens of thousands of people craned their necks skyward in Detroit Sunday, watching American Kirby Chambliss win a Red Bull Air Race World Series event.
Helmut Kohl, 78, marries economist

Helmut Kohl, 78, marries economist

BERLIN, May 13 (UPI) -- Former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl got married earlier this month, tying the knot with Maike Richter in a Heidelberg clinic.

Python swallows family's kitten

DARWIN, Australia, May 7 (UPI) -- A Darwin, Australia, family said its 8-week-old kitten was swallowed whole by a python that invaded its backyard.

Concern grows for hospitalized Helmut Kohl

LUDWIGSHAFEN , Germany, April 22 (UPI) -- Concern is growing about the condition of former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, who has been hospitalized in intensive care, officials said Tuesday.

Former German P.M. Kohl to marry

LUDWIGSHAFEN, Germany, April 16 (UPI) -- Former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl announced Tuesday he plans to marry his girlfriend, Maike Richter.

Kohl's, Vera Wang in licensing deal

MENOMONEE FALLS, Wis., Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Wisconsin's Kohl's Corp. and the Vera Wang Group will jointly launch a premium fashion and so-called lifestyle brand beginning in the fall of 2007.

Chase buying Kohl's credit card business

MENOMONEE FALLS, Minn., March 6 (UPI) -- Minnesota-based Kohl's Corp. said Monday it is selling its credit card business to the banking subsidiary of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.

Kohl says Thatcher enraged by German unity

BERLIN, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- Former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl accuses Margaret Thatcher of trying to scuttle German reunification.

Ex-chancellor Kohl to appear in court

AUGSBURG, Germany, July 6 (UPI) -- Former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl has been called to testify in an Augsburg court at the trial of a former aide on charges of political corruption.

Kohl's Stasi file unrevealing

FRANKFURT, Germany, April 2 (UPI) -- Files the East German secret police kept on West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl reportedly contain few startling revelations.

Snowe, Kohl introduce child-support bill

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- U.S. Senators Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, and Herb Kohl, D-Wis., on Tuesday introduced a bill that would stop states from taking part of child-support payments.
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Youngsters compete in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Contestants (L-R) Cooper Barth of West Long Branch, New Jersey, Eboseremhen Eigbe of Galloway, New Jersey, Jacob Bayly Hunter of Sante Fe, New Mexico and Massound Sharif of Albany, New York, all await their turns to compete during the 3rd round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. UPI/Mike Theiler