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• Kobe plays best game yet, lifts U.S. over Australia
BEIJING (AP) - Don't doubt this U.S. men's basketball team – and sure don't challenge them, either. Especially if it's going to make Kobe Bryant flash his NBA MVP form. Bryant scored 25 points in his best game in Beijing, and the men's U.S. Olympic ...
• National wealth worth weight in gold (medals)
A University of South Australia analysis found that one gold medal typically costs a country $37 million in training funds. Jamaica has invested everything in speed, winning sprints and hurdle races.
• U.S. softball stunned as Japan snatches gold
On Wednesday, Australia won the bronze after it was beaten by Japan. Soccer The United States women won the gold medal for the third time in four Olympics, beating Brazil 1-0 in overtime Thursday.
• Yacht-suckling baby whale faces mercy killing
Nicknamed 'Colin', the abandoned humpback whale calf is believed to have been injured in a shark attack before trying to suckle boats off Sydney, Australia. Aug. 20: Hundreds of millions of Chinese children are working to master the vast universe of ...
• Geopolitical tension, output worry boost oil
That report had something for everyone,” said David Moore, a commodity strategist at Commonwealth Bank of Australia in Sydney. “On the one hand, the crude inventory buildup was quite strong, but the gasoline draw was also very prominent.