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Mexico beats Brazil to win 1st Olympic soccer gold
Mexico is celebrating its first Olympic gold medal in men's soccer, and Brazil is wondering if it will ever be able to add the title to its long list ...
EYES ON LONDON: Hulk, Uzbek dolls, Spice Girls
Around the 2012 Olympics and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of the games to you: ___ BUT IS ...
SKorean leader visits islets, draws Japan protest
South Korea's president has made a surprise, election-year visit to islets also claimed by Japan, which quickly reasserted its sovereignty there, ...
Manchester United shares flat in public debut
Soccer club Manchester United made a disappointing debut on the New York Stock Exchange Friday, even after opening at a discounted price, with ...
US women win gold, don't know what they'll do now
They got a personal shout-out from President Barack Obama, partied with a few of the NBA players and actor Tim Robbins and stayed up into the wee ...
Wishy-washy stock market ends slightly higher
The market had a wishy-washy Friday, capping an equally directionless week. Stocks inched down for most of the day. Then, with 45 minutes of trading ...
Manchester United caps busy, but rocky, IPO week
Soccer club Manchester United's flat debut on the New York Stock Exchange on Friday ended a rocky but busy week for initial public offerings.
China weighs on markets despite stimulus hope
A round of weak Chinese economic figures that provided further evidence of a slowdown in the world's second largest economy weighed on global markets ...
Hope's glory: Solo leads US to Olympic soccer gold
In the closing minutes of the Olympic final, goalie Hope Solo flung her body toward the ball and managed to push it away. The lead stayed intact.
US tops Japan to take Olympic women's soccer gold
Abby Wambach didn't put on her "Greatness Has Been Found" T-shirt right away. She instead strayed from her teammates and knelt alone at midfield — and ...
Manchester United lines up stock market debut
British soccer club Manchester United has priced its public offering at $14 per share, below the $16 to $20 per share price range that had been widely ...
AP PHOTOS: US takes women's soccer gold
The Americans are again on top of the women's soccer world. Beating Japan 2-1 in a rematch of last year's World Cup final, the U.S. took its third ...
Olympic Viewing: Getting ready for big one
Arlo White is just grateful that he recognized Alex Morgan's head. NBC's play-by-play announcer for Olympic women's soccer doesn't want to think about ...
Outback parent company's stock blooms after IPO
Shares of Bloomin' Brands, which operates Outback Steakhouse and other restaurant chains, are proving a tasty treat for investors, though only after ...
Olympic soccer thriller has US glad, Canada bitter
Abby Wambach was counting. Out loud. Within earshot of the referee. That's how medals are won, with moments such as those. A wily veteran using a ...
Coroner: Signs point to 'natural death' for Urso
A coroner said signs pointed to "an apparent natural death" pending results from toxicology tests and on other tissue after an autopsy performed on ...
New Browns owner wants a winner in Cleveland
The new Browns owner said he's ready to bring "winning back to Cleveland" and proclaimed there's "zero chance" he'll move the team out of town. A day ...
EYES ON LONDON: A downpour - and who will medal?
___ IT'S RAINING, IT'S POURING Bound to happen. These Olympics are in London, after all. And the first serious rain of the athletics competition hit ...
GM's ads aren't getting the job done
General Motors' ads just aren't getting the job done. Since the company left bankruptcy three years ago, its ads haven't boosted sales much.
US women top NKorea 1-0, win Olympic soccer group
Abby Wambach became the first non-British woman to score a goal at Old Trafford. She and her teammates celebrated by coercing Hope Solo to get on the ...
Swiss Olympic team expels player for racist tweet
A Swiss soccer player was expelled from the Olympics on Monday for his threatening and racist message on Twitter about South Koreans. The comments by ...
Olympic goalie Solo doesn't back down from tweets
U.S. women's soccer goalkeeper Hope Solo didn't back down Monday from her Twitter outburst against NBC analyst Brandi Chastain, saying the tweets were ...
Browns owner to give up controlling interest
Browns owner Randy Lerner has begun talks with truck-stop magnate Jimmy Haslam on giving up controlling interest while committing to keep the team in ...
FA charges Terry over alleged race abuse
Chelsea captain John Terry was charged by the English Football Association on Friday with racially abusing an opponent, two weeks after he was cleared ...
Michelle Obama greets US athletes in London
Michelle Obama played a little tennis with kids, handed out some hugs and posed for photos with strapping athletes Friday as she formally began her ...