Sunday,  August 5, 2012 • Vol. 13--No. 022 • 38 of 43 •  Other Editions

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• The victory marked a career breakthrough for Murray. He has lost all four of his Grand Slam finals, three against Federer, including Wimbledon a month ago.
• "It has been the best week of my tennis career by a mile," Murray said. "I've had a lot of tough losses. This is the best way to come back from the Wimbledon final. I'll never forget it."
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EYES ON LONDON: Bolt does it; Richards-Ross does it; Gaitlin surprises; Pistorius bows out

• LONDON (AP) -- Around the 2012 Olympics and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of the games to you:
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• Usain Bolt did it.
• Bolt gave a wink to the camera before stepping into the blocks, then blew away the rest of a blazing field with a time of 9.63 seconds in the 100 meters.
• Bolt started a little slow as usual, but once he started running upright, it was all over.
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Retiring soon? You probably paid more in taxes than you will get in Social Security benefits

• WASHINGTON (AP) -- People retiring today are part of the first generation of workers who have paid more in Social Security taxes during their careers than they will receive in benefits after they retire. It's a historic shift that will only get worse for future retirees, according to an analysis by The Associated Press.
• Previous generations got a much better bargain, mainly because payroll taxes were very low when Social Security was enacted in the 1930s and remained so for decades.
• "For the early generations, it was an incredibly good deal," said Andrew Biggs, a former deputy Social Security commissioner who is now a scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. "The government gave you free money and getting free money is popular."
• If you retired in 1960, you could expect to get back seven times more in benefits than you paid in Social Security taxes, and more if you were a low-income worker, as long you made it to age 78 for men and 81 for women.
• As recently as 1985, workers at every income level could retire and expect to get

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