Retailers across the country are yanking shoes, toys, Valentine’s gifts and other children’s goods from shelves to comply with a strict lead law that took effect Tuesday.
The repercussions of the hotly debated Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, which bans the sale of children’s products containing dangerous amounts of lead and chemicals called phthalates, began rippling through the industry as manufacturers realized the law wasn’t going away…. More info
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Richard Kreibich, 66, owns a bed and breakfast reservation service, lives in Novato and straps on his skates to cruise the Embarcadero.
Why: I love flying down the Embarcadero on a sunny day to music on my iPod. I like to keep up with all of the younger kids and younger couples that also like to keep in shape.
Greatest accomplishment: When I was 27 and still living in communist Prague, I learned to ice skate to join the Holiday on Ice. It only took me four months of intensive training. I was later offered a contract by Madison Square Garden Productions as a comedian for the ice show…Â More info
Sven Kramer won his third straight men’s gold medal to match a feat last accomplished by Eric Heiden in 1979, and Martina Sablikova won her first women’s title at the World Allround Speedskating Championships on Sunday.
Heiden, a U.S. speedskater regarded as the best men’s in history, won three straight beginning in 1977.
U.S. skaters Trevor Marsicano and Chad Hedrick, a former inline skater from Texas who led a 1-2 United States finish in the last worlds at Hamar in 2004, finished fifth and sixth, respectively, in the men’s event… More info
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Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: North Carolina kid trades inline skates for ice skates and rises quickly through the ranks, just in time to make a run at the Winter Olympics.
No one is calling Heather Richardson the next Joey Cheek just yet, but she’s definitely an athlete to watch as the countdown to the Vancouver Olympics hits the one-year mark this week.
Richardson, a 19-year-old from High Point, is the reigning U.S. champion in long-track speedskating’s sprint events and recently finished 20th at the World Sprints…. More info