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The prohibitive prices that everyone feared have turned out not to be too overwhelming, making London a possibility for the Olympics fan even at this late date.

Real-time data like this gives plane-watchers plenty of reasons to decrease productivity at work by a significant percentage.

Border Agency staff resisted the strike plans after the government agreed to begin hiring 1,100 more workers to man passport control and other border posts.

So domestic visitors in UK will really have to save the day for the London Olympics, this analysis says. But they're the ones most frustrated with all the traffic, security and other snarls across London and elsewhere.

It's a novel approach to simply deny reality, but it may be the best defense in London this summer if the organizers' and government's mistakes continue to pile up.

London's Underground platforms launched free-WiFi last month, now's the turn of above-ground. Reliability will become a big issue as usage rises, especially since it is free.

No one is actively hoping that things will go wrong in London, but starting tomorrow critics and fans alike will be watching closely to see if the transit, security, and logistical issues that have plagued the pre-games period will spill over and drown out the big event.

Although the strike is rather despicable and opportunist, perhaps next time around Sec. Hunt should spend more time crafting wise policy than texting New Corp. executives to tell them he's eager to do their bidding.

Culture minister Hunt has the quote of the day with his claim that the event has been "pretty smooth." Of course he also called the lines at Heathrow "pretty short," the weather in London "pretty swell," and the Murdoch newspaper matter "pretty scandal-free."

The good news is that the union threatening to strike only represents half of the border workers. The bad news is that the other half won't be able to get to work because the train drivers are striking too.