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Good morning, Houston. Remember when our fair city was trying to land the summer Olympics? Well, maybe we should be happy we didn't get them, given London's problems with its 2012 Olympics logo. The logo — a brightly colored, highly abstracted version of the numerals "2012" that cost $796,000 to design — drew fire at first for its look, and now there's word that the animated version of the logo is apparently causing epileptic... more ›

We noted earlier this year that Houston's failed bid for the 2012 Olympics didn't throw the city off: Our fair city still has Olympic dreams, this time aiming for 2016. After the news first surfaced, U.S. Olympic Committee officials visited in early May to be wined and dined — but what's happened since then? more ›

Remember Houston's failed bid for the 2012 Olympics? Yeah, well, the city hasn't given up on the dream of hosting the Summer Games yet: more ›

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