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USA's captain Christie Rampone (R) and Natasha Kai bump chests mid-air to celebrate after USA defeated Brazil in the women's football final to take home the gold at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 21, 2008. (UPI Photo/Stephen Shaver)
   
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    Lightning Bolt rules the Olympics
    Lightning Bolt rules the Olympics
    America and China, please stand aside: It's Lightning Bolt's games. | Read More
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  • Olympic Medal: M Beach Volleyball
  • Verdasco rolls into semis in New Haven
  • NFL: San Francisco 37, Chicago 30
  • First Olympic motocross medals awarded
  • Elderly may be subject to medical age bias
  • MLB: New York Mets 5, Atlanta 4
  • Olympic Medal: M Motocross Cycling
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  • Bush proposes controversial abortion rule
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  • Olympic Medal: M 50km Walk
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    Hubble sees filaments from magnetic field
    Hubble sees filaments from magnetic field
    PARIS, Aug. 21 (UPI) --
    The European Space Agency says the Hubble Space Telescope has detailed giant, but delicate, filaments shaped by a strong magnetic field in galaxy NGC 1275.
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Issue of the Day
    Lightning Bolt rules the Olympics
    Lightning Bolt rules the Olympics
    WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 (UPI) --
    America and China, please stand aside: It's Lightning Bolt's games.
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