Beijing orders half its cars off roads to clear smog for Olympics (McClatchy Newspapers via Yahoo! News) BEIJING— Authorities Sunday ordered half of Beijing’s 3.3 million vehicles off city streets for a two-month period in an experiment designed to remove a smoggy halo over the capital and ease traffic jams before the Summer Olympics. [...]

Beijing orders half its cars off roads to clear smog for Olympics (McClatchy Newspapers via Yahoo! News)
BEIJING— Authorities Sunday ordered half of Beijing’s 3.3 million vehicles off city streets for a two-month period in an experiment designed to remove a smoggy halo over the capital and ease traffic jams before the Summer Olympics.
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Scrappy Olympic Entrance-Track

Scrappy is getting ready for the 2008 Summer Olympics. Each and every night at Eastwood Field, he vigorously trains in front of fans just before his grand entrance into the ballpark.

Author: MVScrappers
Keywords: mahoning valley scrappers minor league baseball summer olympics soccer eastwood field niles ohio
Added: July 19, 2008

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Countdown to the Olympics

Oldecam and Notaspringchick for OFN with Countdown to the 2008 Summer Olympics, www.montebubbles.net, www.oldefartnetwork.com

Author: Newsvideoweb
Keywords: montebubbles notaspringchick games olympic ofn oldecam
Added: July 20, 2008

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AP Top Stories

SelectPlusAP Top StoriesAP Top StoriesThe Associated PressHere’s the latest news for July 20th: Obama promises “vigor” against terrorism; McCain visits Yankees Stadium; T.S. Cristobal soaks North Carolina coast; Car ban aims to cut pollution in Beijing.This is A-P News Minute.As he met with the president of Afghanistan, Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama promised vigor in the fight against terrorism. Obama is on the third day of an international that will take him to Iraq, the Middle East and Europe.Republican John McCain took in a Yankees with a former rival for the nomination–Rudy Giuliani. In response to a question from the Oakland A’s manager, McCain said running for president is like being in double-a baseball and all of a sudden you’re playing in Yankee Stadium. Tropical Storm Cristobal is dumping heavy rain on the North Carolina coast. It’s expected to leave behind several inches of rain. Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Dolly has formed in the western Carribean.China enacted tough new rules Sunday designed to cut down air pollution ahead of the summer Olympics in Beijing. Cars are only allowed to be driven every other day. That’s supposed to reduce the number of cars by more than one-and-a-half million each day.___ ___, The Associated Press with AP News Minute.

Author: AssociatedPress
Keywords: minuteworld ap
Added: July 20, 2008

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