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2 more athletes test positive at Sochi Olympics

By CHRIS LEHOURITES - Associated Press

In this combination of photos taken on Friday, Feb. 21, 2014, at the Iceberg Skating Palace in Sochi, Russia, a group of Communist party officials attempts to display the Soviet Banner of Victory during a flower ceremony for a short track speedskating competition during the 2014 Winter Olympics. In the series, sequenced left to right starting at the top row, Russian Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov, center, and Communist lawmakers Yuri Afonin, center left, and Nikolai Kharitonov, center right, along with party spokesman Alexander Yushchenko, right, and an unidentified man at left argue with the protocol manager at the venue and grasp her arms as she tries to stop them from displaying the banner. She relents when Mikhail Kusnirovich, founder and chairman of Russian apparel giant Bosco Di Ciliegi, gets involved in the discussion. The banner is a replica of the flag raised by Soviet soldiers in Berlin in 1945, in victory over Nazi Germany. The International Olympic Committee forbids the display of political banners at Olympic venues. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Communist party head shows banner at Sochi Games

By OSKAR GARCIA - Associated Press

Human rights pledge urged for future Olympic hosts

By DAVID CRARY - Associated Press

Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova in the aqua balaclava, left, interacts with an Olympic mascot while the group perform next to the Olympic rings in Sochi, Russia, on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014. Cossack militia attacked the punk group with horsewhips earlier in the day as the artists - who have feuded with Vladmir Putin's government for years - tried to perform under a sign advertising the Sochi Olympics. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

IOC: Attack on Pussy Riot was ‘unsettling’

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FILE - In this July 7, 2011 file photo, Alpensia resort, one of the venues for the 2018 Winter Olympics, is pictured in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The people of Pyeongchang can confidently promise two things when they host the Olympics: it’ll be cold, and there’ll be no concerns about snow. While a warm spell has created challenging conditions for the skiers and snowboarders competing in the mountains above Sochi at the 2014 edition, there’s been heavy dumps of snow in the region that will host the next Winter Games in 2018. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

After Sochi, what’s next for Winter Olympics?

By STEPHEN WILSON - Associated Press

France's Renaud Lavillenie, center, celebrates after setting a new world indoor record of 6.16 meters while legendary Sergey Bubka, left, congratulates the winner at the &quot;Pole Vault Stars&quot; event at Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014. Lavillenie broke Sergei Bubka's 21-year-old indoor pole vault world record. (AP Photo)

Bubka calls for halt to violence in Ukraine

By STEPHEN WILSON - Associated Press

Vladimir Luxuria, a former Communist lawmaker in the Italian parliament and prominent crusader for transgender rights, waits to receive her ticket at a box office for a women's ice hockey match as the Olympic flame burns in the background at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 17, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. Luxuria was soon after detained by police upon entering the Shayba Arena to attend the women's ice hockey match. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

IOC defends Monday’s removal of gay activist

By NATALIYA VASILYEVA - Associated Press

Lindsey Jacobellis of the United States reacts after winning the small final of the women's snowboard cross at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Olympians tiptoe around sponsorship ban

By JOHN LEICESTER and STEPHEN WILSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 9, 2013, file photo taken for the Arcus Foundation, singer-songwriter Melissa Etheridge mingles with guests at the launch of Uprising of Love, a social movement dedicated to supporting the Russia Freedom Fund, in New York. The Russia Freedom Fund, founded by Melissa Etheridge, Linda Wallem, Dustin Lance Black, Bruce Cohen and Greg Propper, works for long-term, systemic change in the status and treatment of Russia's LGBT community. (John Minchillo / AP Images for Arcus Foundation, File)

In Sochi gay rights debate, stars stay offstage

By LYNN ELBER - Associated Press

Isabella Tobias and Deividas Stagniunas of Lithuania compete in the ice dance short dance figure skating competition at the Iceberg Skating Palace during the 2014 Winter Olympics, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Column: Will ‘All My Children’ on ice be next?

By JIM LITKE - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin wears a Team USA pin while visiting USA House in the Olympic Village during the 2014 Winter Olympics on Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Marianna Massey, USOC Pool)

Olympics: Earth’s most political apolitical event

By TED ANTHONY - Associated Press

IOC: Activist not jailed for criticism

Associated Press

Brittany Bowe of the U.S. unties her hair sitting next Heather Richardson of the U.S., right, after practicing at the Adler Arena Skating Center at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

US back to old suits hoping turn to things around

By RAF CASERT - Associated Press

The flame of the Olympic cauldron is viewed through a glass panel with a sticker of the Olympic rings at a food court in Olympic Park in Sochi, Russia, during the 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

IOC presses Sochi officials over jailed activist

Associated Press

**FILE** Scott Blackmun responds to questions at a news conference at the United States Olympic Training Center where he was named CEO of the U.S. Olympic Committee on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)

Potential U.S. bid for 2024 Olympics gets positive feedback

By Stephen Wilson - Associated Press

USA fans cheers during the 2014 Winter Olympics women's ice hockey game between Canada and the United States at Shayba Arena, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

US sounds out IOC on possible 2024 Olympic bid

By STEPHEN WILSON - Associated Press

United States' Sarah Hendrickson smiles after her trial jump during the women's normal hill ski jumping final at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

SOCHI SCENE: Proud Parents

Associated Press

India's Shiva Keshavan is interviewed after speaking at a luncheon at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. Keshavan competed in the men's singles luge under the Olympic flag because India's Olympic body had been suspended by the IOC in 2012 over a corruption scandal. The IOC executive board reinstated the Indian Olympic body on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014, after it held a weekend ballot that complied with ethics rules barring corruption-tainted officials from running for election. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

SOCHI SCENE: India’s back

Associated Press

Over 6,000 Sochi Olympics workers compensated

By NATALIYA VASILYEVA - Associated Press

Norway's Ole Einar Bjoerndalen approaches the shooting range during the men's biathlon 12.5k pursuit, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 10, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Oslo seeks financial, public support for 2022 bid

By STEPHEN WILSON - Associated Press