Higher, faster, yes. More meritocratic? No (Times Online)Talent doesn't always triumph at the Olympic Games. They are a bastion of elitism where money can buy medals
Bay Area News in Brief (San Jose Mercury News)SAN JOSE Community center plan moves forward Plans for a new community center in the Hoffman Via Monte neighborhood jumped forward Tuesday, when the San Jose Redevelopment Agency agreed to buy a pair of fourplexes on Gallup and Mesa drives for more than $2 million.
With India's first gold, suddenly a billion people notice the Olympics (International Herald Tribune)By Monday afternoon, after Abhinav Bindra became the first Indian to win an individual Olympic gold medal, the mysteriously nonathletic nation of India seemed to have caught Olympic fever.
India, perennial underdog, gets its first Olympic hero (International Herald Tribune)Abhinav Bindra, 25, on Monday morning became the first-ever Indian to take home an individual Olympic gold medal,
