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Olympics officials confront rash of under-attended events
Olympics organizers were urgently investigating why several venues had swathes of empty seats on Saturday, the first full day of competition at the London Games. Organizers LOCOG were overwhelmed with demand for Olympics tickets when they first went on sale more than a year ago. But there were rows and…
Colbert: Romney is ‘plastic and uncomfortable’ like empty seats
The top two GOP presidential candidates’ bizarre moves this past weekend caught the attention of Stephen Colbert Monday evening, when he mocked Romney’s “plastic and uncomfortable” personality in an near-empty stadium and Santorum’s anti-elitism that would lead to “fewer opportunities” for the next generation. The Comedy Central host began analyzing…
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