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Even when we landed in Beijing, no one at the airport seemed to pay much attention to the Thai weightlifters. They should have stood out in the crowd, these well-muscled men and women hefting giant boxes of tom yum (hot and sour) instant noodles off the baggage carousel. (I guess we now know the secret ingredient to their success.) But as they pushed their luggage carts full of noodles past the airport crowds, no one came up for an autograph or asked them to pose for a picture. Dashiell, though, seemed to remember the man who retrieved his duckie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Just Your Average Olympian | 8/5/2008 | See Source »

...June, a camera thief in Florida inadvertently turned himself in when the images he took of himself with the device were automatically beamed to the owner's computer.) Eye-Fi is mum about its plans, but it wouldn't be surprising if the company expands into automatic and instant video transmission as consumers seek new shortcuts for getting higher-quality video content directly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video on Demand | 7/22/2008 | See Source »

WINNERS HOWARD STERN His book is an instant megahit, proving his fans can read...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WINNERS & LOSERS | 7/21/2008 | See Source »

...such surgery on infants, doctors said Jesse would die in a matter of weeks. The impending tragedy had the makings of a front-page story, which it quickly became. With help from a family priest and a local right-to-life group, a press conference was arranged that brought instant national attention to Jesse's plight. ''We had an outrageous violation of civil rights here,'' charged Right-to-Life Spokeswoman Susan Carpenter McMillan. The resulting outcry led Loma Linda to make a deal: if Jesse's parents surrendered custody to his grandparents, he would become eligible for surgery. Though Jesse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OF TELEVISION AND TRANSPLANTS An infant's life is saved, but TV's role raises questions of fairness | 7/21/2008 | See Source »

...also receiving information from the so-called Yuppie Ring, a group of young Wall Street professionals who, in a case unrelated to that of Levine, two weeks ago pleaded guilty to charges of insider trading and obstructing justice. In that turbulent climate, the Wall Street Journal stirred up instant thunder last week by claiming that unnamed investment bankers at the houses of Lazard Freres and Goldman Sachs were under SEC investigation in the Levine scandal. Officials at both firms promptly denied the report. One man that Government sources affirm is under investigation, however, is Robert Wilkis, 37, a former vice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CIRCUS TIME Wall Street reels over scandal | 7/21/2008 | See Source »

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