The Beijing Olympics are getting ready in more ways than one. Beijing has a drastic plan to get rid of its gray covering of pollution just 3 weeks before the Olympics are due to begin.

3.3 million vehicles will be taken off the roads. This is about one half of the motorized vehicles that travel the roads each day. Polluting factories will be closed up.... Read More

Michael Phelps, in the Olympic games swim trials for next month in Beijing, sailed to another world record. Phelps wants to equal or beat, of course, Mark Spitz's record of 7 gold medals in one Olympic games.
Ryan Lochte, a good friend and rival chased him to the fish line, but Phelps broke another world record at 1:54.8.

This was the 7th world record to go down at these... Read More with Video