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Bolt wows the crowd

Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt electrified the capacity crowd for a second night.

  ZeitGeist: It’s hammer time!
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Safety at the conventions

Every day the Secret Service thinks: Today could be THE day. That's the sober mind-set going into the presidential conventions.

DNC to highlight 'real people'
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Maddow gets own show

MSNBC has announced that Rachel Maddow will host her own prime-time hour next month.

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McCain stumped by the easy ones

  Aug. 21: When asked how many houses he owns, John McCain struggled to answer. Newsweek's Howard Fineman talks about how John McCain is going to fare through the duration of this presidential race if he can't answer the simple questions now.


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Experience Olympic homestay in Beijing
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Don't offend the locals

Memorizing every detail of a country's decorum rulebook before heading overseas is difficult if not impossible. Here are tips on getting by graciously in the 10 most visited countries.

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