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'Top Chef Texas' recap: 'Fire and Ice'

2012-02-22 21:20:00

Hello, Top Cheffers! Tonight’s episode felt like the quiet before the storm. The final three chefs, Lindsay, Paul and Sarah, are very friendly toward one another. Usually there is a little infighting or a passive-aggressive “good luck”...

Day trips: Bake, skate or glide your way to the holidays

2011-11-23 19:39:00

Alexandria, Va. Holiday Boat Parade Enjoy a parade of brightly lit sailboats and powerboats at the 12th Annual Alexandria Holiday Boat Parade of Lights. Some 50 decorated vessels will sail from Washington to Alexandria, Va., to showcase their creativity...

Kimmie Meissner wants to compete again

2010-01-29 00:55:00

When Kimmie Meissner filled out her first job application recently, she paused when she reached the line that asked for her employment history. She finally wrote: Team USA, 2002 to present. But the here and now is an unsettled place. Since last summer,...

Meissner clinches world skating title

2006-03-26 00:00:00

Her smile stretched from one end of the rink to the other, and hundreds of young girls excitedly shrieked her name: "Kimmie! Kimmie!" The screams bounced off the rafters. Bel Air's ice princess, 16-year-old figure skater Kimmie Meissner, took her place...

Skater's routine is about to change

2006-03-27 00:00:00

Kimmie Meissner concluded her first season skating among the sport's elite in spectacular fashion, and she'll now turn her attention to the next big event on her calendar: the school prom. "Well, I'm going with a friend who is a guy," she said, "but [he'...

Meissner keeps a sharp edge

2006-02-23 00:00:00

From the time Kimmie Meiss- ner skated her short program Tuesday night to the time she found out she finished in fifth place, "it felt like I competed days ago," she said. Today, along with 23 other skaters, she'll do her four-minute long program. But...

Just say Meissner has arrived

2006-02-20 00:00:00

Kimmie Meissner got gold-medal questions yesterday at a downtown news conference. Speed skater Chad Hedrick, who won the 5,000-meter race last Saturday, asks about her availability to skate doubles with him. Fellow long-track skater Derek Parra, who...

Meissner records her best

2006-03-23 00:00:00

The World Figure Skating Championships in Calgary, Alberta, have gotten off to a good start for Kimmie Meissner. She posted a personal-best score in qualifying last night, leaving her in second place heading into tomorrow's short program. Meissner, the...

Worlds win gives Meissner jump on earning potential

2006-03-28 00:00:00

The title "world champion" implies that one can't do a whole lot better. In the high-stakes arena of sporting fame and product endorsement, however, Olympic gold is the ultimate prize for a figure skater. Thus, Bel Air's Kimmie Meissner has work to do...

Meissner's growth spurt

2006-03-24 00:00:00

Kimmie Meissner didn't bring a medal home from the Olympics, but she brought something that feels nearly as important. And this week, for the first time, she is finally able to test her newfound confidence on competitive ice. Only a month has passed...

Nice on ice

2006-02-19 00:00:00

She's not supposed to be here. Kimmie Meissner's Olympic plan called for a showdown with the world's best figure skaters at the 2010 Winter Games. Tear up the blueprint. She's ready now. Like an escalator on full power, Meissner rose through the...

Off ice, Meissner doesn't skate around questions

2006-02-17 00:00:00

The contrast could not have been more stark. In a practice with top-secret Pentagon overtones, Sasha Cohen worked out behind locked doors yesterday and then slipped out a side door without talking to reporters. Kimmie Meissner followed with a loose...

"Sorry. No medals for you at the Olympics. You're too young. (And I'm too bitter Related: Figure skater Sasha Cohen predicts no Olympic medals for the women

2010-02-11 15:38:15

U.S. figure skater Sasha Cohen.

2010-02-08 10:06:09

Actress Isla Fisher and daughter Olive (born on October 17, 2007) in Los Angeles , California . Olive is the only child to Fisher and her fiancee, actor Sasha Baron Cohen .

2009-09-22 05:31:35