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Torch starts its 8,000 mile journey

Reported by  on Saturday, 19 May 2012 (on May 19, 2012)
LAND'S END, England (AP) -- British sailing hero Ben Ainslie has kicked off the torch relay for the 2012 London Olympics with a stroll through teary, flag-waving crowds who cheered the arrival of the flame....

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