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WASHINGTON - A Democratic senator criticized NBC on Friday for its handling of online access to the Vancouver Olympics, calling it unfair and restrictive.

Gil de Ferran wants back in the IndyCar series - this time, as a team owner.

VALENCIA, Spain - Perched high above the waves on a carbon-fiber multihull, BMW Oracle skipper Jimmy Spithill looks more like a character out of Star Wars than an America's Cup helmsman as he employs high-tech fighter jet glasses and a voice-command PDA to glide a giant boat three times the speed of wind through the sea.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia - What if the Miracle on Ice players had Twitter accounts? Or if the sprinters who raised their gloved fists on the medal stand could have shared their thoughts on Facebook? Thanks to laptops, cell phones and other new technology, social networking could be the route the next transformative Olympian uses to get the word out.

NEW YORK - The New Orleans Saints' victory over Indianapolis in the Super Bowl was watched by more than 106 million people, surpassing the 1983 finale of "M-A-S-H" to become the most-watched program in U.S.