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NEWS ABOUT: He Kexin

He Kexin stories: 2 news summaries
GLOSSIES

 2008 Hall of Infamy
Inductees 

A month-by-month gallery of the year's most ignominious figures

Dec 25, 08 8:21 PM CST
(Newser) - As we look back at the great people who made their mark this year, let us not forget to document the schlubby, the sneaky, and the just plain criminal. Vanity Fair has done the legwork, rounding up a month-by-month rogue's gallery. Some highlights:
  • January: Rudy Giuliani's Florida
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Rudy Giuliani • Robert Mugabe • politics • Eliot Spitzer • Carly Fiorina • Lipitor • Radovan Karadzic • Rod Blagojevich • Mark Penn • scandal • Robert Jarvik • He Kexin • Richard Fuld • Joe the Plumber • Best of 2008

Olympics

Obscure Tiebreaker Gives China's He Gold Over Liukin

0.033 margin on deductions puts American in second place in uneven bars

Aug 18, 08 12:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Chinese gymnast He Kexin won a gold medal on the women’s uneven bars today, despite exactly same score as American Nastia Liukin, the New York Times reports. Liukin and He each scored 16.725, but since gymnastics no longer gives out dual medals, He was awarded the gold, thanks... More »

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China • 2008 Beijing Olympics • gymnastics • gymnast • Nastia Liukin • He Kexin

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