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• A committee of university presidents has approved the plan for a four-team playoff.
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• 10. MEDALS, WHAT MEDALS? LOCHTE BEATS PHELPS AGAIN
• The two swimmers face off again today with preliminary heats at 11 a.m. and finals at 8 p.m.
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• WASHINGTON (AP) -- Saving its biggest case for last, the Supreme Court is expected to announce its verdict Thursday on President Barack Obama's health care law. The outcome is likely to be a factor in the presidential campaign and help define John Roberts' legacy as chief justice. But the court's ruling almost certainly will not be the last word on America's tangled efforts to address health care woes. The problems of high medical costs, widespread waste and tens of millions of people without insurance will require Congress and the president to keep looking for answers, whether or not the Affordable Care Act passes the test of constitutionality.
• A look at potential outcomes:
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• Q: What if the Supreme Court upholds the law and finds Congress was within its authority to require most people to have health insurance or pay a penalty?
• A: That would settle the legal argument, but not the political battle.
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• DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) -- Gunmen raided the headquarters of a pro-government Syrian TV station early Wednesday, killing seven employees, kidnapping others and demolishing buildings, officials said. They denounced what they called a "massacre against the freedom of the press" and held it up as an example of rebel atrocities.

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