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NBC Ruins Perfectly Good 30 Rock With Beijing Olympics Promotion

Hey, I know the score: It's a tough time for big network TV execs. Gone are the 1970's, when people had few entertainment choices other than the big three (four) networks, and pretty much any product that wanted to reach a TV audience had to do so by paying a king's ransom to NBC, CBS, and the like. Now I have 800...

Ice Cream Protesting China Olympics

Let's recap some of the people recently speaking out about this Summer's Olympics in China: President Bush on Wednesday, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner on Tuesday, the director of Jurassic Park in February, Danny Ocean two weeks ago, and a reported 30 monks in Tibet disrupted the select journalists allowed to...

Beijing Olympics News From the Web

05/15/12 Air Pollution Linked to Cardiovascular Disease Markers Source: Health Day Changes in air pollution levels during the Beijing Olympics were associated with changes in biomarkers linked to cardiovascular disease in healthy young people, according to a study published in the May 16 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association , a theme issue on global health.

Background on Beijing Olympics

The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) competed in 28 sports and 302 events (a total of one event more than the schedule of the 2004 Games).

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