US women's basketball wins fourth straight gold (AP)

Gymnast Liukin edges Johnson for all-around gold (AP)
AP - No runner-up finish to her friend and rival this time. Nastia Liukin won the biggest prize of all.

Most Americans back holding Olympics in China (AP)
AP - Most Americans think staging the Olympics in China was a good decision despite China's human rights abuses, Beijing's smog and threats of attacks by militants, according to a poll...

Condition of American in knifing attack improves (AP)
AP - The condition of the American mother of a former Olympian who was stabbed on the opening day of Olympics competition was improving Monday, a spokesman for the U.S. Olympics Committee...

Bush dedicates new massive US embassy in Beijing (AP)
AP - President Bush took another swipe at China's human rights record Friday, the latest tit-for-tat salvo with Beijing before he put politics on hold and switched to fan mode for the...

Burned before, fans weigh whether to believe (AP)
AP - So you hear about a 41-year-old swimmer making the Olympics eight years after retiring and two years after giving birth. You immediately think: