Five people were injured when a gondola tower partially collapsed on Blackcomb Mountain at Whistler, the Canadian ski resort hosting alpine events during the 2010 Winter Olympics.

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COMRADES:The Chinese LGBT Film Festival kicks off in upcoming days.”Banned in Beijing, Out in New York” is its catch phrase, and it’s sure to be just as provocative as it insinuates.Fresh off the heels of the dynamic glitz and glam of the Beijing Olympics, let’s see what future Chinese filmmakers bring to the table…www.asiacatalyst.or

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Following in the footsteps of John Madden and Tiger Woods, Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps wants to start his own video game empire. But curiously enough, swimming might not be the main event. “Swimming will be a part of it, but it won’t be set in an Olympic pool going back and forth,” said president of 505 Games. “This is a pure action game.”

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“Digital Underground in the PRC”On a mission to acquire films and seek out the best and brightest of the Chinese independent film scene, dGenerate Films visited a post-Olympics China in September 2008. We traveled from Shanghai to Nanjing to Beijing, and kept the cameras rolling. The result is unprecedented access in

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2008 was a year of sweeping change, as China reinvented itself for its Olympic close-up and relative newcomer Barack Obama fought his way to victory in an election that carried hefty implications for the future of science policy in the U.S. Here are 10 of the best Science Stories.

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