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1:39 pm
Thu August 2, 2012

Knight Capital Says It Lost $440 Million Because Of Computer Glitch

Remember the computer glitch that caused market turmoil Wednesday morning?

As we told you, it was caused by a computer glitch that accidentally forced Knight Capital Group to buy a great number of stocks.

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The Torch
1:08 pm
Thu August 2, 2012

Soni Wins Gold In 200m Breaststroke; Clary Takes 200m Backstroke

Originally published on Thu August 2, 2012 3:51 pm

Breaking News Update at 3:27 p.m. ET: Phelps Wins Gold For 20th Medal.

Michael Phelps has won the men's 200-meter individual medley at the 2012 Summer Games, winning his 20th Olympic medal — and his first individual gold medal in London.

Phelps led Lochte by .16 of one second at the first turn, in the butterfly. He maintained his lead in the backstroke — the discipline Lochte had just raced in half an hour earlier in the day.

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The Torch
12:55 pm
Thu August 2, 2012

U.S. Gymnast Douglas Wins Gold In Individual All-Around

Originally published on Thu August 2, 2012 9:55 pm

American gymnast Gabby Douglas has won her second Olympic gold medal of the London Summer Games, winning the individual all-around event to match her performance anchoring the U.S. team's first-place performance earlier this week.

Douglas scored 15.500 or higher in her first three rotations, with an emphatic 15.966 on her vault. Her final score was 62.232.

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Music Reviews
12:52 pm
Thu August 2, 2012

Digging Up The 'Newly Discovered Works Of Gil Evans'

Originally published on Thu August 2, 2012 7:47 pm

Gil Evans, born a century ago this year, was a leading jazz arranger and composer starting in the 1940s, when he wrote for big bands. He helped organize Miles Davis' Birth of the Cool sessions, then arranged Davis' celebrated orchestra albums like Sketches of Spain. Evans, who had his own big bands that went electric in the 1970s and '80s, died in 1991, but some of his rare music has been newly recorded.

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The Torch
12:20 pm
Thu August 2, 2012

Women's Sabre Teams: No Medal For You

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Russia's Sofya Velikaya (left) fences against South Korea's Kim Ji Yeon in their sabre gold medal bout Wednesday. Because of a limit on medals, there is no women's team sabre title at the London 2012 Games.

It's hard to find a discipline that Team USA has dominated more than the women's sabre. The team is anchored by two-time medalist Mariel Zagunis. And before Zagunis was upset in the bronze medal match Wednesday, five of the six medals that had been awarded since 2004 went to Americans.

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The Two-Way
12:11 pm
Thu August 2, 2012

48 Years After Divorce, Couple Is Giving Marriage Another Shot

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The happy couple. Lena Henderson and Roland Davis, who will marry again on Saturday.

Originally published on Thu August 2, 2012 4:39 pm

As Lena Henderson says, she hadn't been expecting to remarry Roland Davis some 48 years after their divorce, but "you never know what tomorrow is going to bring."

All Things Considered today tells the touching story of how the two 85-year-olds are set to tie the knot again on Saturday in Buffalo, N.Y.

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The Two-Way
11:56 am
Thu August 2, 2012

With Peace Plan In Tatters, Kofi Annan Resigns As Syria Envoy

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UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan looks on before a meeting at his office at the United Nations Offices in Geneva.

As the international envoy to Syria, Kofi Annan was supposed to bridge divides and bring peace and perhaps even a political transition in the country. But his role was an exercise in frustration with both the regime of Bashar Assad and the rebels ignoring ceasefire agreements.

On the diplomatic front, he was also stymied by the gulf that existed between Russia and China and the rest of the U.N., which supported tougher sanctions against Assad.

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The Two-Way
11:31 am
Thu August 2, 2012

Ann Romney 'Thrilled To Death' By Her Horse's Olympic Performance

Ann Romney was in London today to watch the Olympic debut of a horse she co-owns.

During the first day of the individual dressage competition, Rafalca scored 70.243, which landed her in 13th place so far. The event, if you're not familiar, is usually described as a kind of ballet for horses.

Romney seemed satisfied with the performance, which continues tomorrow.

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