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Former NBA player Orlando Woolridge arrested for theft
BEIJING, Aug. 15 (UPI) -- Rebecca Adlington won the Olympic gold medal Saturday in the women's 800-meter freestyle in Beijing.
Adlington broke the 19-year-old world record of American Janet Evans, the oldest world mark on the books in swimming. It was her second gold of these Games, following her victory in the 400-meter freestyle.
The silver went to Alessia Filippi of Italy and the bronze to Lotte Friis of Denmark.
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EPSOM, England, June 2 (UPI) --
Camelot dominated Saturday's Epsom Derby, drawing off to win by 5 lengths and giving the O'Brien family a first-ever father-son Derby win.
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TEL AVIV, Israel, June 2 (UPI) --
U.S. pop icon Madonna debuted an updated version of her infamous cone bra as she kicked off her latest world tour in Israel.
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MIAMI, June 1 (UPI) --
U.S. weather forecasters say the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season is expected to be about average, despite the rare late-May landfall of Beryl.
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ROME, June 2 (UPI) --
Dogs across Italy are wagging their tails as a new ice cream for man's best friend goes to market.
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