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everything. "Nice summer evenings are going by and none of us are outside to enjoy it. Dinner has been picnic style on the living room rug more than once."
• The suck has been so bad that her neighbors even wondered whether the family of five was out of town.
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Hope's glory: Solo leads US to Olympic women's soccer gold, beating Japan in World Cup rematch
• WEMBLEY, England (AP) -- In the closing minutes of the Olympic final, goalie Hope Solo flung her body toward the ball and managed to push it away. The lead stayed intact. The Americans would win the gold medal and redemption from a year-old World Cup heartache.
• The U.S. women's soccer team puts up with a lot from Solo. The candid comments. The Twitter tangents. The pause she put on her training to appear on "Dancing With the Stars."
• But when the game is on the line, she's still hands-down -- not to mention hands-up and hands-to-the-side -- the best goalkeeper in the world.
• "You can't go without saying that Hope saved the day," U.S. forward Abby Wambach. "Literally. Five times."
• The Americans became champions for the third consecutive Olympics, beating Japan 2-1 Thursday in a rematch of last year's World Cup final. Carli Lloyd scored early in both halves, and the entire roster found the salve it had been seeking since that penalty kick shootout loss in Germany 13 months ago.
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