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• U.S. softball stunned as Japan snatches gold
Earlier, world champion Germany defeated Japan 2-0 in the bronze medal game. Women's basketball Diana Taurasi had 21 points and the U.S. women's basketball team beat Russia 67-52 Thursday to advance to their fourth straight Olympic gold medal game.
• Iceman was a herdsman, scientists say
There is a long-lasting debate about the sociocultural state of Iceman's society," lead researcher Klaus Hollemeyer of Saarland University in Germany told LiveScience.
• Stocks stuck in lower territory in afternoon
Overseas, Japan’s Nikkei stock average fell 0.77 percent. Britain’s FTSE 100 slipped 0.03 percent, Germany’s DAX index fell 1.28 percent, and France’s CAC-40 fell 1.40 percent.
• Four equestrian horses suspended for doping
The other three horses are Ireland’s Lantinus, ridden by Dennis Lynch; Brazil’s Chupa Chup, ridden by Bernardo Alves; and Germany’s Coster, ridden by Christian Ahlmann.
• Fiery plane crash at Madrid airport kills 153
In Germany, Lufthansa said it issued tickets to seven people who checked in for the flight and four of those were from Germany. It was unclear whether they were German citizens.