Royalty Zara Phillips set for Olympic debut

Royalty Zara Phillips set for Olympic debut London: Zara Phillips is making her Olympic debut in equestrian eventing, and the gold-medal question is whether her grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, will head out to Greenwich Park on Sunday to watch her compete in the dressage portion of the competition. On Saturday the queen and her husband the Duke of Edinburgh visited British team members in the athletes village in Olympic Park, chatted up other athletes in the dining...
11:20 AM, Jul 29, 2012

Wildly creative ceremony opens London Olympics

Wildly creative ceremony opens London Olympics London: The London Olympics blasted off with a highly creative ceremony ever witnessed in the history of the hallowed Games on Friday night. Danny Boyle, one of Britain's most successful filmmakers, who directed "Slumdog Millionaire" and "Trainspotting," had a ball with his favored medium, mixing filmed passages with live action to hypnotic effect, with 15,000 volunteers taking part in the show. Queen Elizabeth II playing along with movie magic from...
09:34 AM, Jul 28, 2012