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It’s easy to get wrapped up in all of the big name countries that go to the Olympics, such as the United States or Russia, but have you ever thought about those countries that don’t have as much money for a team or only have a few athletes who qualify?
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AP - A national survey shows gas prices continue dropping across the nation.

AP - Russia expanded its bombing blitz to the Georgian capital, deployed ships off the coast and, a Georgian official said, sent tanks from the separatist region of South Ossetia into Georgian territory, heading toward a border city before being turned back Sunday.

AP - One of the largest and most photographed arches in Arches National Park has collapsed.

AP - This was the stuff a Dream Team is made of. Acrobatic moves, reverse slams and tomahawk dunks. Who needs outside shooting? Just toss it up and throw it down.

Reuters - Oscar-winning soul singer Isaac
Hayes died in Memphis on Sunday, aged 65, his friend and former
manager Onzie Horne said.

AP - Isaac Hayes, the pioneering singer, songwriter and musician whose relentless “Theme From Shaft” won Academy and Grammy awards, died Sunday, the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office said. He was 65.

AP - Michael Phelps left Ryan Lochte in his wake.

AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton will headline her own night at the Democratic National Convention, Barack Obama’s campaign announced Sunday, in a nod to her strong second-place showing in the party’s presidential primary.

Reuters - U.S. average retail gasoline prices
fell over the past two weeks and could ease further in coming
weeks if the price of crude oil keeps dropping, according to
the latest nationwide Lundberg survey.