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  • Luna Rossa Challenge of Italy makes its way past the Palace of Fine Arts in the background heading for the windward marks during their Americas Cup challenger series semifinal sailing race against Artemis Racing of Sweden on San Francisco Bay
  • Italy's Luna Rossa ended Artemis Racing's emotional attempt to advance in the America's Cup trials, finishing a four-race sweep.
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  • Luna Rossa Challenge of Italy makes its way past the Palace of Fine Arts in the background heading for the windward marks during their Americas Cup challenger series semifinal sailing race against Artemis Racing of Sweden on San Francisco Bay
  • Italy's Luna Rossa ended Artemis Racing's emotional attempt to advance in the America's Cup trials, finishing a four-race sweep.
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  • Team Artemis
  • A Sweden-based sailing team this week lost its first two races in the America's Cup regatta since the death of one of its crewmembers.
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  • Team Artemis
  • Tuesday was the first day of America's Cup racing for Sweden's Team Artemis since May's deadly accident during a practice run.
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  • Team Artemis
  • Tuesday was the first day of America's Cup racing for Sweden's Team Artemis since May's deadly accident during a practice run.
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  • Tom Cruise on Team New Zealands boat
  • Emirates Team New Zealand broke the rules when it let Tom Cruise and his son ride an America's Cup racing boat over the weekend.
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  • Emirates Team New Zealand foils before the start of their Americas Cup challenger series sailing race against Luna Rossa Challenge of Italy Tuesday, July 23, 2013, in San Francisco. Emirates Team New Zealand won the race.
  • Team New Zealand is moving onto the finals of the America's Cup Challenger Series after beating Italy's Luna Rossa on Sunday.
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  • San Francisco Supervisors Jane Kim and John Avalos want aerial advertising over the city banned permanently, citywide.
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  • americas cup 2013 San Francisco
  • It's a summer of racing for San Francisco with the 2013 America's Cup in town from July 4th - September 21st.
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  • Emirates Team New Zealand foils before the start of their Americas Cup challenger series sailing race against Luna Rossa Challenge of Italy Tuesday, July 23, 2013, in San Francisco. Emirates Team New Zealand won the race.
  • Team New Zealand is moving onto the finals of the America's Cup challenger trials after beating Italy's Luna Rossa on Sunday.
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  • New Zealand team goes past Alcatraz Island and Mount Tamalpais in the background while heading for the finish during their Americas Cup challenger series sailing race against Luna Rossa Challenge of Italy Tuesday, July 23, 2013, in San Francisco
  • New Zealand team was scheduled to have its boat blessed Sunday at a customary Maori boat blessing for the America's Cup.
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  • A hearing has been scheduled in a lawsuit by a group of African-American sailors against the America's Cup race.
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  • Artemis racing in the Americas Cup
  • In the run up to the America's Cup, we're seeing a whole new evolution in yacht racing at speeds never before seen in this race.
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  • Artemis racing in the Americas Cup
  • In the run up to the America's Cup, we're seeing a whole new evolution in yacht racing at speeds never before seen in this race.
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  • San Francisco Supervisors Jane Kim and John Avalos want aerial advertising over the city banned permanently, citywide.
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  • Andrew Simpson was killed when an Artemis Racing catamaran capsized on the Bay
  • The Swedish-based Artemis Racing team is back in the water for the first time since a deadly accident.
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  • Emirates Team New Zealand, left, passes by Luna Rossa Challenge, right, of Italy, while training for the Americas Cup sailing event on Thursday, July 11, 2013, in San Francisco.
  • Emirates Team New Zealand overcame the loss of its jib early in the race and routed Italy's Luna Rossa on Sunday.
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  • Emirates Team New Zealand, left, passes by Luna Rossa Challenge, right, of Italy, while training for the Americas Cup sailing event on Thursday, July 11, 2013, in San Francisco.
  • Emirates Team New Zealand routed Italy's Luna Rossa in the first real race of the America's Cup challenger series Saturday.
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  • As the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge looms in the background, Emirates Team New Zealand crosses the finish line alone to win their Americas Cup challenger series sailing race on Sunday, July 7, 2013, in San Francisco
  • Louis Vuitton is paying the America's Cup $3 million less than originally agreed to sponsor the challenger trials.
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  • Officials at the Americas Cup
  • An international jury agrees the America's Cup regatta director overstepped his authority in changing rules after a fatal capsize.
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  • Officials at the Americas Cup
  • An international jury agrees the America's Cup regatta director overstepped his authority in changing rules after a fatal capsize.
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  • Emirates Team New Zealand races alone past Alcatraz Island during an Americas Cup challenger series sailing race Sunday, July 7, 2013, in San Francisco.
  • According to a report, Louis Vuitton is asking for a $3 million refund from its initial sponsorship of $10 million.
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  • Emirates Team New Zealand races alone past Alcatraz Island during an Americas Cup challenger series sailing race Sunday, July 7, 2013, in San Francisco.
  • The first point in the America's Cup was scored Sunday in a race with only one competitor due to a dispute over a proposed rule change.
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  • Italian team pulls out of Sundays Louis Vuitton Cup race
  • A spokesperson for the Italian tem Luna Rossa said the team will not be racing in the Louis Vuitton Cup events on Sunday.
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  • Time trials for the America's Cup sailing races in San Francisco were canceled Friday morning because of strong winds, event officials said.
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  • Americas Cup kick-off event in San Francisco
  • Thursday was the official kick-off for the America's Cup in San Francisco.
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  • Americas Cup kick-off event in San Francisco
  • Thursday was the official kick-off for the America's Cup in San Francisco.
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  • Americas Cup safety rule negotiations end
  • Over the weekend the America's Cup competitors agreed to almost all of the 37 safety recommendations.
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  • The Italian-based America's cup team is threatening to go to court over a proposed rule change to the race.
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  • Italians, New Zealand upset over rule changes
  • Just one week before racing begins, America's Cup organizers are trying to tone down the bickering over rule changes.
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  • New Zealand: New change makes boats dangerous
  • New Zealand's America's Cup team says one of the safety changes is actually making the boats more dangerous.
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  • Americas Cup boat racing
  • The America's Cup regatta director is responding to criticism that his new safety rules are benefiting the home team.
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  • Americas Cup boat racing
  • The America's Cup regatta director is responding to criticism that his new safety rules are benefiting the home team.
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  • New Zealand: New change makes boats dangerous
  • New Zealand's America's Cup team says one of the safety changes is actually making the boats more dangerous.
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  • Italians, New Zealand upset over rule changes
  • Just one week before racing begins, America's Cup organizers are trying to tone down the bickering over rule changes.
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  • Americas Cup safety rule negotiations end
  • Over the weekend the America's Cup competitors agreed to almost all of the 37 safety recommendations.
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  • Newly revamped Jefferson Street reopens in SF
  • After months of construction, SF officials are celebrating the reopening of a Fisherman's Wharf street that's been made safer.
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  • The Artemis racing team that lost a sailor in a deadly crash on San Francisco Bay is trying to get back on track.
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  • The Artemis racing team that lost a sailor in a deadly crash on San Francisco Bay is trying to get back on track.
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  • Artemis Racing catamaran
  • The schedule for the July run-up to the America's Cup is almost set.
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  • Artemis Racing catamaran
  • The schedule for the July run-up to the America's Cup is almost set.
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  • Artemis Racing catamaran
  • Artemis Racing will continue with its challenge for the America's Cup, but the team will miss some early rounds of the trials.
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  • Artemis returns to bay for first time since accident
  • The Artemis Racing team returned to San Francisco Bay Tuesday for the first time since a teammate was killed during training.
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  • Sting performs at Americas Cup Pavilion
  • Sting rocked the America's Cup Pavilion in San Francisco Sunday night.
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  • Americas Cup considers time change
  • Some changes could be coming to the America's Cup race as they look at speed and safety.
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  • Emirates Team New Zealand Americas Cup catamaran
  • With changes on the way to the America's Cup, ABC7 News got a closer look at one of the 72-foot catamarans in the race.
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  • Emirates Team New Zealand Americas Cup catamaran
  • With changes on the way to the America's Cup, ABC7 News got a closer look at one of the 72-foot catamarans.
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  • The big 72-foot yachts were out practicing one day after dozens of new safety recommendations were proposed.
  • The big 72-foot yachts were out practicing one day after dozens of new safety recommendations were proposed.
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  • Safety recommendations released for Americas Cup
  • The America's Cup regatta director has released 37 recommendations made by a group of sailing experts to increase safety.
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  • The owner of the Italian Americas 
Cup team called for better safety measures in the wake 
of the death of a sailor on another team.
  • The owner of the Italian America's Cup team called for better safety measures in the wake of the death of a sailor on another team.
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