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Bomb squads, stray bullets: Incidents unnerve some in Rio

By JOSHUA GOODMAN and PETER PRENGAMAN
Aug 12, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - The bomb squad rushed past crowds on Copacabana Beach to investigate a backpack abandoned near Rio's ritziest hotel. Despite the potential for dang...
US boxing medal drought ends with Nico Hernandez's bronze

By DAN GELSTON
Aug 12, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Nico Hernandez had a gnarly gash over his left eye that left him bloodied, with blurred vision and in need of stitches. He has a better look in min...
Ellison overcomes himself to win archery bronze

By KAREEM COPELAND
Aug 12, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - The biggest battle Brady Ellison had to win Friday was the one going on inside his head. The American was one arrow away from the gold medal round ...
Not just soccer in Brazil: Other Olympic medals matter, too

By STEPHEN WADE
Aug 12, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Winning a gold medal in soccer, and not worrying about anything else, is no longer good enough in Brazil with the country holding the Olympics. The...
Fiji celebrates 1st-ever Olympic gold medal

By STEVE McMORRAN
Aug 12, 2016 7:00 am - The Pacific Island nation of Fiji erupted into celebration on Friday after its rugby sevens team defeated Britain to capture the country's first Olympic medal. The fact ...
Without his wife, a bittersweet Olympics for Monty Williams

By BRIAN MAHONEY
Aug 12, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Ingrid Williams was supposed to be here. It was about this point of the Olympics that she planned to join her husband, U.S. men's basketball assist...
How often do 3-way ties happen at the Olympics?

The Associated Press
Aug 12, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - This will be a defining image of the Rio Olympics: Michael Phelps and two more of the world's greatest swimmers holding hands on one step of the po...
US women's basketball team visits Christ the Redeemer statue

By DOUG FEINBERG
Aug 12, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - A visit to Rio wouldn't be complete without a trip to see the famous Christ the Redeemer statue. The U.S. women's basketball team visited one of th...
US loses 8-5 to Montenegro, no chance for quarters

By JAY COHEN
Aug 12, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - The future is now for the U.S. men's water polo team. That's about all the Americans can do with what's left of their time at the Olympics. The Uni...
Rio turns into an Olympic-sized disappointment for Franklin

By PAUL NEWBERRY
Aug 12, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Dance parties. Dark chocolate. Calls to mom. All are helping Missy Franklin cope with an Olympics gone wrong. A huge star at the London Games four ...

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