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• Orozco adds Winter Cup title to resume (AP)

  If anyone needed a change of luck in Vegas, John Orozco was the man. The three-time junior national champion, a victim of illness and injuries every time the schedule brings him to this small arena just off the Strip, won the Winter Cup Challenge on Saturday night, one of the first key tuneups on the road to the London Olympics.

• London weather may help Rupp's allergies (AP)

  World champion Kirani James of Grenada ran the fastest time this year to win the men's 400 meters Saturday at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix. James had a time of 45.96 seconds to edge out America's Josh Scott with 46.54 and Renny Quow of Trinidad with 46.70. Maggie Vessey of the United States outstretched countrywoman Erica Moore at the tape to win the women's 800 meters by four...

• US marathoner Hall runs less, rests more (AP)

  When Ryan Hall was starting out as a distance runner, he thought training better meant running more. "I always felt, `That's kind of the American way, right?' You feel like if you're taking time off you didn't really earn it," he said on Thursday. "But if you come out of a rested state, you perform better." Now that he's had some success -- including an...

• Brazil wants Jesus statue in London park (AP)

  Memo to Brazil: That idea of putting up a giant Jesus statue in a London park to promote the 2016 Olympic Games is not going over well. Brazil's tourist board has floated the notion of erecting a 30-foot (9-meter) replica of Rio de Janeiro's Christ the Redeemer statue -- a symbol of peace and a well-known landmark of the city -- on Primrose Hill.