Contest Directions:Create images of something that happened in the news during July 28 - August 3. Here's an example of a news story that can be used:
While the final preparations are made for the opening ceremony of Olympic Games opening on August 1, heavy smog is settling upon Beijing - China's worst smog in the years. Chinese government tried to control the air pollution in Beijing by banning smoking, and limiting even-license-number cars to be used only on even calendar dates , and odd-license-number cars to be used only on odd calendar dates. However with 3.3 million vehicles in Beijing it did not help, so these Olympics will be the most polluted Olympic Games yet.
In the Creator's Comments, it is mandatory to link to a news story. You should use this format to make a link:
[URL="http://www.SomeNewsLink.com"] news title [/URL]
Keep the BLACK as is, replace GREEN with the link, and replace the RED with the news story title.
[ browse best gallery pictures ] [ browse this contest gallery in high resolution ] Tag funny pix newsjulyaugust Jackpot: 1st place: $5, 2nd place: $3 , 3rd place: $2 , 4th place: $1 Started: 8/1/2008 5:00:00 PM, Ended: 8/4/2008 6:00:00 PM
Canadian decapitates young man on bus Mr. Caton said: "When we saw the head, we knew he was dead." Yes, that is really a quote from the news article. You need to read it to fully appreciate this piece. And FYI, the Canadian Bacon Research Center is a very desolate place, there is no where to hide at the Canadian Bacon Research Center. For reals.
Bill Clinton collected more than $10 million in speeches alone in 2007, and the Clintons earned between $11 million and $26 million last year by selling stocks from their personal portfolio.
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Create images of something that happened in the news during July 28 - August 3.
