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Tampa, Fla., later this month.
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• 9. EVACUATION ORDERS LIFTED IN OKLAHOMA
• Despite the orders after devastating wildfires, some residents have not been able to reach their homes and others are finding theirs burned, so they've opted to return to shelters.
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• 10. BOLT BUILDS LEGACY IN LONDON
• Usain Bolt clocks the second-fastest time in history -- 9.63 seconds -- and captures another gold medal in the Olympic 100 meters at the Summer Games. Up next is the 200 meters tomorrow.
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AP News in Brief
Long may it wave: Flags make a big fashion statement at the London Olympics
• LONDON (AP) -- There was no mystery as to which team Varun Pemmaraju was supporting: His American flag was tied around his neck, the Stars and Stripes floating like a cape behind him.
• "I was going for the Superman, Captain America-look," said the beaming 19-year-old computer science and chemical engineering student from San Jose, California, as he stood a stone's throw from Olympic Stadium. "I thought America was a little under-represented."
• Patriotism and the Olympic games have long gone together, but gone are the days when one just waved a flag. Now flags are worn.
• The fashion flags can be found at Olympic Park and around London as shift (Continued on page 19)
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