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Olympic fantasia in Beijing - day or night. The closing ceremony is just as amazing as the opening.
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Americans do well on Olympics' final day
The so-called "Redeem Team" got its gold medal in basketball and a "gold star" for deportment. The volleyball team finished an Olympics that started with an unthinkable tragedy by winning gold. And the water polo squad almost made it a perfect final day of the Summer Games for American men's team sports. » read more
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The sports writer for the Lexington Herald-Leader is in Beijing covering the Summer Games.
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Saturday, Aug. 23, looking southwest across Beijing's Avenue of Eternal Peace. (Tim Johnson / MCT)
Photo gallery starting August 3, 2008 of air conditions in Beijing
Ministry of Environmental Protection's current pollution reading for Beijing
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