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Michael Phelps becomes the first athlete to earn eight gold medals
during a single Olympics after the United States wins the 4x100-meter
medley relay in Beijing.

// posted by itsjohntime @ 8/16/2008 11:18:00 PM 0 comments

Michael Phelps has tied Mark Spitz for most gold medals in one Olympics
after winning his seventh gold in a dramatic finish to the men's 100m
butterfly final in Beijing.

// posted by itsjohntime @ 8/15/2008 11:55:00 PM 0 comments

The National Weather Service has issued tornado warnings for Manhattan,
and the Bronx in NYC.

// posted by itsjohntime @ 8/15/2008 07:16:00 PM 0 comments

Weather is impacting various rail lines in New York City.

// posted by itsjohntime @ 8/15/2008 06:35:00 PM 0 comments

The National Weather Service has issued a tornado warning for
Westchester County.

// posted by itsjohntime @ 8/15/2008 05:50:00 PM 0 comments

BEIJING - U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps won the men's 200-meter individual
medley on Friday, in Beijing, to get his sixth gold medal of the 2008
Olympic Games. The victory keeps Phelps on pace to break Mark Spitz's
record of seven golds at a single Olympics.

// posted by itsjohntime @ 8/14/2008 11:31:00 PM 0 comments

BEIJING - The United States took two golds and a silver medal in a
15-minute span at the 2008 Olympics. Rebecca Soni won the women's
200-meter breastroke, followed shortly thereafter by Ryan Lochte and
Aaron Peirsol's 1-2 finish in the men's 200-meter backstroke.

// posted by itsjohntime @ 8/14/2008 11:30:00 PM 0 comments

WASHINGTON (AP)- Consumer prices jump 0.8% in July, leaving inflation
rising at fastest rate in 17 years.

// posted by itsjohntime @ 8/14/2008 10:33:00 AM 0 comments

Michael Phelps won his fifth gold medal of the 2008 Olympics, as he and
his teammates smashed the world record in the 800-meter freestyle relay.
It is Phelps' 11th career gold medal.

// posted by itsjohntime @ 8/13/2008 11:31:00 AM 0 comments

President says: Russian Troops Ignoring Cease-Fire, Committing "Worst
Kind Of Atrocities"

// posted by itsjohntime @ 8/13/2008 11:23:00 AM 0 comments

TBILISI, Georgia -- Georgia's president has agreed to a plan with Russia
brokered by France to end fighting in his country.

// posted by itsjohntime @ 8/12/2008 07:25:00 PM 0 comments

Defiant Russia Halts Operations In Georgia
President Announces End To Military Action, But Foreign Minister Insists
All Georgian Troops Must Leave Separatist Regions

// posted by itsjohntime @ 8/12/2008 02:57:00 PM 0 comments

BEIJING- U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps wins the 200M freestyle, setting a
new world record and winning his third gold medal of 2008 Olympic Games.

// posted by itsjohntime @ 8/11/2008 11:21:00 PM 0 comments

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Isaac Hayes, who won a Grammy for the theme music of
the Shaft movies and later voiced the Chef character from South Park,
has died. He was 65.

// posted by itsjohntime @ 8/10/2008 06:44:00 PM 0 comments