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BEIJING, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- Oussama Mellouli of Tunisia won the Olympic gold medal Sunday in the men's 1,500-meter freestyle in Beijing.
Mellouli, who trains in Los Angeles, became the first Olympic swimming medalist ever from Tunisia.
Grant Hackett of Australia settled for the silver. The bronze went to Ryan Cochrane of Canada.
Hackett was trying to become the first swimmer in Olympic history to win the same event in three straight Games.
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DALLAS, Feb. 13 (UPI) --
Remaining members of the Mountain West Conference and Conference USA will merge to form a new superconference, college sports officials said Monday.
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NEW YORK, Feb. 13 (UPI) --
Kate Upton was revealed as the cover model of the 2012 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue during Monday's taping of "Late Show" in New York.
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Feb. 13 (UPI) --
The maker of the Firefox Web browser says the Windows 8 "Metro" interface will require an "entirely new" Firefox environment for the revamped OS.
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