A report on Friday night from WBBH, an NBC television affiliate in Fort Myers, Fla., said Phelps will return to swimming with an eye toward competing at the 2016 Rio Olympics. The three-paragraph story on the station's Web site was posted by news anchor Peter Busch, who is the son of Frank Busch, director of the U.S. national swim team.
"The greatest Olympian of all time isn't hanging up his swimsuit, after all," the report said, without citing any sources.
Phelps went on Twitter to downplay the report, but he didn't specifically deny it either.
"Why do I keep getting texts about coming back?" he wrote. "Do (people) really believe everything they hear or read? There are (too) many (people) in the world that think they have a 'story.'"...
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12:32 PM, May 18, 2013
New Delhi: The Delhi government's 181 helpline for women in distress, which was launched in the wake of the December 16 gangrape, has received over two lakh calls in the last four-and-half months. Officials said most of the calls received by the round-the-clock help line were related to stalking, eve-teasing, obscene calls and facing sexual abuse and domestic harassment. The helpline was launched on December 31, 2012 to help women...
02:35 AM, May 17, 2013
New Delhi: A daughter-in-law should be treated as a family member and not the domestic help, and she cannot be "thrown out of her matrimonial home at any time", the Supreme Court has said, while expressing concern over instances of brides being burnt and tortured in the country. The top court said a bride must be respected in her matrimonial home as it "reflects the sensitivity of a civilised society."...
07:59 PM, May 15, 2013
A Spanish organisation - ANAR or Aid to Children and Adolescents at Risk Foundation - has come up with a unique project - a phone helpline number that is visible only to children using the technique of lenticular photography to help them report abuse. The number 116 111 is meant to attend to children and teenagers under a risk situation. On this telephone number, only for minors, they can find...
09:31 AM, May 07, 2013
New Delhi: Women's self help groups in the country would be provided bank loans at an interest rate of seven per cent from now on, Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh said on Monday. The scheme would be initially started as a pilot project in 150 districts and in rest of the states, 75 per cent of the cost would be borne by the central government and 25 per cent by...
05:06 AM, May 07, 2013
New Delhi: With a view to strengthen safety of passengers and check crimes against women in trains and stations, Railways will soon launch a 24x7 helpline which will be tracked on real-time basis across the country. The proposed pan India toll-free helpline, first-of-its-kind in Railways, is going to be launched shortly to provide round-the-clock security-related assistance to passengers, a senior Railway Ministry official involved with the project said. Passengers can...
11:59 AM, Apr 07, 2013
A single button women's helpline, that's the latest aid for women in Ahmedabad in times of distress. 'HEART' as it is called, is entrepreneur Ruzan Khambatta's brainchild, which requires just the push of a phone button to summon help for women in times of need. ...
08:11 AM, Mar 17, 2013
Michael Phelps has ruled out the possibility of competing at the 2016 Rio Olympics, saying he is happier in retirement. ...
02:42 PM, Mar 12, 2013
A law which ensures protection of working women against sexual harassment at work places will soon be a reality. Parliament has passed a Bill to protect women against sexual harassment and for the first time domestic helpers and women who work in unorganised sector will come under its purview. ...
11:52 AM, Mar 12, 2013
Other favourites include Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins, F1 champion Sebastian Vettel and Olympic champion Mo Farah. ...
11:37 PM, Mar 10, 2013
Amid growing incidents of crimes against women, an emergency alert service helpline number 55100 was launched on Thursday in Delhi to facilitate sending of alerts to family and friends of a caller, a service provider said. ...
06:19 AM, Mar 08, 2013
The domestic help of actor Ayushmann Khurrana was found dead in his apartment. Police say it is a case of suicide. ...
10:57 AM, Mar 04, 2013
Ahead of his maiden rail budget on Tuesday, Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal has promised a 24X7 helpline for women that will be tracked real time, with top priority accorded to safety of passengers, especially women. ...
04:41 AM, Feb 26, 2013
"Sir, some men are following me", "My husband thrashed me again, please save me" - these are some of the 2,000 calls that Delhi Police Special Commissioner Sudhir Yadav has dealt with since a special helpline was activated in the wake of the December 16, 2012, gangrape of a 23-yar-old physiotherapist. ...
01:20 AM, Feb 25, 2013
For women facing sexual harassment in Delhi Metro or railway stations of the city, help will soon be available at the spot -- from police desks run by women officers. ...
02:39 AM, Feb 16, 2013
A helpline for women on phone number 1090 in Bhopal is also getting calls from men who are threatened by their wives. The helpline number has been working for 38 days and interestingly, it has till now received calls from about 12 men who complained about bad behaviour of their wives. ...
02:45 PM, Feb 09, 2013
Two unidentified men gangraped a 17-year-old girl in Delhi, police said Tuesday. The rape survivor, a domestic help, had gone to work in a house in Jamia Nagar in south Delhi where the incident happened. ...
05:58 PM, Jan 29, 2013
Deeply concerned about the hardships and sufferings of the people of Syria as a result of unabated violence there, India will be pledging about Rs 14 crore towards humanitarian assistance in a United Nations conference which will be held in Kuwait on Wednesday. This assistance will be in the form of life saving drugs, food and other essential items required by the people of Syria, Ministry of External Affairs said....
04:15 PM, Jan 29, 2013
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Monday released a booklet featuring various helpline numbers and safety precautions needed to be taken by women in distress. The booklet has been brought out by National Commission for Women(NCW) to make the fairer sex aware of the various helplines as well as safety measures available to them. ...
05:57 AM, Jan 29, 2013
A month after releasing the three-digit emergency number for women in Delhi, the government on Monday said it will make available the '181' women helpline number to all states of the country. "We will give single emergency number 181 to women across the country," Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal told reporters. ...
03:20 PM, Jan 21, 2013
