... Then there is prolific and capricious skier Bode Miller, who recently rejoined the U.S. ski team and qualified for his third Olympics. He earned $1.3 million last year from sponsors including Nike, Head, and Superfund and in prize money on the World Cup circuit...

... Shoes has been commissioned and produced by London's Sadlers' Wells, where it will begin performances Sept. 3 prior to an official opening Sept. 7 for a run through Sept. 11. Its season there will be followed by a U.K and international tour in 2011. Richa...

...have received harsh prison sentences or treatment by security forces since a crackdown that began before the 2008 Summer Olympics. In late December, a court in Beijing sentenced the pro-democracy activist Liu Xiaobo to 11 years in prison, an especially tough...

...announced that its troops in Iraq would not be bound by the terms of the truce. More recently, during the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics fighting broke out between Russian and Georgian troops. It is believed to be the first time that a conflict began on the...

...Committee. With Vancouver 2010 starting later this week, several broadcasters have declared war on Olympic pirates. The 2008 Summer Olympics were a huge hit online, both through legal and illegal channels. NBC streamed a record breaking 2,200 hours of live...