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  • Family members hold a photographs of their loved ones during a rally to protect kids online on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
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    Sen. Rand Paul is among the lawmakers expressing skepticism that bills intended to protect children online are consistent with the Constitution.
  • Australian Cathy Freeman won the Gold Medal in the 400m at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. The race was called on NBC Television by Lexingtonian Tom Hammond
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    It's Olympics time again and in this edition of WUKY's Saving Stories we hear from NBC Olympics sportscaster and native Lexingtonian Tom Hammond. Doug Boyd, director of the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History in the UK Libraries shares audio from an interview with Hammond. He talks about one his most memorable moments from the 2000 games in Sydney, Australia. Aboriginal sprinter Cathy Freeman first had the honor of lighting the Olympic torch to open the games, then ten nights later she won 400 meters gold in a most dramatic fashion. Hammond, who called the action in 13 Olympic Games, was behind the microphone that historic day.