2008 Summer Olympics In Beijing China Blog

Central grad awarded scholarship 
ST. LEO, Fla. The Saint Leo University Department of Athletics hosted its 14th annual National Girls and Women in Sports Day Banquet this past Thursday night at Lake Jovita Golf and Country Club.

States Scott earns WVC award; WVUs Noble honored 
West Virginia States Ted Scott and Shepherds Danley Shank shared the West Virginia Conference mens basketball player of the week honors Monday. Wheeling Jesuits Katie Repicky was selected the womens player of the week.

Top of the Second 
St. Albans High star running back Jeremy James, who rushed for 1,411 yards despite missing three games with a leg injury, will accept an invitation to walk on at Marshall University.

Hard fall on Wall Street 
A plunge in stock markets worldwide Tuesday, including the biggest drop in the Dow Jones industrial average in nearly four years, served up a reality check for investors who had become increasingly complacent that the world economy will keep growing.

Hue And Cry 
Interior Paint Colors Reflect The Tenor Of The Times; Nowadays, Moods Are Muted Say goodbye to blue and brown. Those who swooned over the combination last year are looking for something new.

Krzyzewski anything but over the hill 
Duke’s been feeling the flow for more than a decade, but the proud program now finds itself out of the top 25 for the first time since 1996. Still, the Blue Devils’ dry spell doesn’t mean Mike Krzyzewski is over the hill, writes Dick “Hoops” Weiss it’s just part of the game’s natural order.

Saunders: Racing carries television’s weekend 
It was a big weekend for racing.

A batch of don’t-miss destinations for 2007 
WHERE to go this year? As always, countless places beckon. What follows is admittedly a biased list, gleaned mostly from travel by myself and colleagues, with a tilt toward what’s new: -China.

Worlds top sites beckon 
Where to go this year? As always, countless places beckon. What follows is admittedly a biased list, gleaned mostly from travel by colleagues and me, with a tilt toward whats new:

Korean Air pushes U.S.-China connections 
The airline seeks U.S., Chinese and other business fliers, not just Koreans, as it expands its transpacific service.

Beijing’s 43 Bentleys
MSNBC - Beijing cannot want a crisis until after it hosts the 2008 Olympics. It is, however, difficult to know what Beijing, which has perhaps 700 missiles targeted at Taiwan, might consider a triggering provocation, given that Taiwan already has a distinct

Local Top Stories
Georgetown Times - Waccamaw High School choral director Suzanne Young and her students are preparing for a once-in-a-lifetime trip next summer. It s a trip that will not only take WHS students to Beijing, China, but also allow them to be a part of the 2008 Olympics. The

Around South Florida 
Marine life artist Wyland, who has painted 94 huge murals around the world to promote ocean conservation, is set to complete Monday what he says is his final U.S. wall painting in the Florida Keys.

What to Watch: Daytona 500, All-Star game provide feast for eyes, ears 
TV networks are pulling out all the stops in covering the Daytona 500 and the NBA All-Star game.

China may make push to host 2018 Winter Games 
As China prepares for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, attention has turned to the Winter Games.

States Scott earns WVC award; WVUs Noble honored 
West Virginia States Ted Scott and Shepherds Danley Shank shared the West Virginia Conference mens basketball player of the week honors Monday. Wheeling Jesuits Katie Repicky was selected the womens player of the week.

Central grad awarded scholarship 
ST. LEO, Fla. The Saint Leo University Department of Athletics hosted its 14th annual National Girls and Women in Sports Day Banquet this past Thursday night at Lake Jovita Golf and Country Club.

Teen star sprints toward Olympics (The News & Observer)
Standing near the track, you can hear the whir, like a bicycle, when Gabby Mayo runs past.

Prediction: China would beat U.S. in Summer Olympics (KARE 11 Minneapolis-St. Paul)
If the Summer Olympics were held today, China would win 11 more gold medals than the United States.That’s the projection of a “relative”

Londonderry Band Chosen To Travel To Beijing (WMUR News 9)
It’s a chance of a lifetime for some Londonderry High School students — performing at the 2008 Beijing Olympics — but the cost may be a tough hurdle to overcome.

Chicago readies itself for visit by U.S. Olympic officials (North County Times)
CHICAGO — When a U.S. Olympic Committee inspection team visits here next month to decide between Chicago and Los Angeles as the American bid city for the 2016 Summer Games, there will be some things officials just won’t be able to experience firsthand.

Waters Makes It Possible With New Mass Spectrometry Systems, Exciting Collaborations at Pittcon 2007 (RedNova)
CHICAGO, Feb. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Con

Franchises in China could soar (BizJournals)
The lure of Beijing, believe it or not, is strong to Billy Bob’s Texas. The Chinese capital is fairly close to Mongolia’s cowboy-style culture, and the city is soon to experience the bombast of the 2008 summer Olympics.

Waters Makes It Possible With New Mass Spectrometry Systems, Exciting Collaborations at Pittcon 2007 (SYS-CON Media)
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Summer camps 2007: Marin choices in Southern Marin (Marin Independent Journal)
Marin summer camps in central and southern Marin

We’re in the swim: Lake Clare meet this summer is part of Olympic qualifications (The Herald-Press)
Aspiring Olympians will visit Huntington this summer as the Huntington/Wells Otters Swim Team hosts a qualifier for the 5K Grand Prix Saturday, June 16.

Gold Rush Is Projected For China (Washington Post)
The projection of a relative Olympic medals table released Feb. 20 by the British Olympic Association says China will win 11 more gold medals than the United States in the Summer Olympics.

Prediction: China would beat U.S. in Summer Olympics (KARE 11 Minneapolis-St. Paul)
If the Summer Olympics were held today, China would win 11 more gold medals than the United States.That’s the projection of a “relative”

Waters Makes It Possible With New Mass Spectrometry Systems, Exciting Collaborations at Pittcon 2007 (RedNova)
CHICAGO, Feb. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Con

Survey: China would win most gold medals (AP via Yahoo! News)
If the Summer Olympics were held today, China would win 11 more gold medals than the United States.

Franchises in China could soar (BizJournals)
The lure of Beijing, believe it or not, is strong to Billy Bob’s Texas. The Chinese capital is fairly close to Mongolia’s cowboy-style culture, and the city is soon to experience the bombast of the 2008 summer Olympics.

A batch of don’t-miss destinations for 2007 (Inside Bay Area)
WHERE to go this year? As always, countless places beckon. What follows is admittedly a biased list, gleaned mostly from travel by myself and colleagues, with a tilt toward what’s new: -China.