2008 Summer Olympics
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The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, will be celebrated from August 8, 2008 to August 24, 2008, with the opening ceremony beginning at 08:08:08 pm CST (12:08:08 UTC) at the Beijing National Stadium in Beijing, People's Republic of China.
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Can Future Olympic Cities Go Greener Than Beijing? | Pollution | DISCOVER MagazineAfter China's last-minute push to clean up for the games, the next three hosts aim to do better. Visit Discover Magazine to read this article and other exclusive science and technology news stories.
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NBC Laughs All the Way to the Bank (Take That, Bloggers) | Epicenter from Wired.comUPDATED with quotes from Jeff Zucker. NBC may be taking lumps in the blogosphere [http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/8/nbc-online-probably-helping-olympics-on-tv-but-we-re-still-going-to-guard-our-eyeballs-] for its decision to provide so much of its Olympics coverage exclusively through ...
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Cheats of Strength: 10 Next-Gen Olympic Doping MethodsRead about the latest medical technology, pharmaceuticals and biotech trends including diets, drugs, genetics, stem cells, medicine, health, and cloning from Wired.com.
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Liukin edges Johnson for all-around gold - Olympics - Yahoo! SportsNo runner-up finish to her friend and rival this time. Nastia Liukin won the biggest prize of all. Liukin edged teammate Shawn Johnson for the all-around gold in women's gymnastics Friday in an intense matchup that lived up to its billing at the Beijing Games. Liukin finished with 63.325 points, ...
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Blake rips foe after Olympic tennis loss - Olympics - Yahoo! SportsJames Blake could shrug off the three match points he failed to convert, and even the misfire on an easy forehand that would have given him a berth in the Olympic final. What stuck in his craw was the notion his opponent didn't play fair. Blake came up one shot short Friday, losing in the ...
Heather Wong
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