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free, knocking off the eyeglasses of the demonstrator he was clinging to.
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• SALVADOR, Brazil (AP) -- Tim Howard kept the ball out of the net with slides, with dives and with leaps.
• He couldn't do it forever.
• With the United States trying to reach the World Cup quarterfinals for the first time since 2002, he saved 12 of Belgium's shots in regulation to keep the game scoreless.
• But Kevin De Bruyne scored in the 93rd minute and Romelu Lukaku in the 105th to build a two-goal lead for the Red Devils, who hung on for a 2-1 win Tuesday that eliminated the Americans in the second round for the second straight World Cup.
• Howard tried to sound modest.
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• Class teaches seniors "parkour" -- a sport known for acrobatic, daredevil youths
• LONDON (AP) -- On a recent morning in London, Lara Thomson practiced spinning on benches, swinging from metal bars and balancing off raised ledges -- all elements of a daredevil discipline known as "parkour."
• What was unusual about the scene is that Thomson is 79 and all of her classmates are over 60.
• They are members of a unique weekly class for seniors in a sport more commonly known for gravity-defying jumps than helping people with arthritis.
• Invented in the 1980s in France, parkour is a sport usually favored by extremely nimble people who move freely through any terrain using their own strength and flexibility, often using urban environments such as benches, buildings and walls as a type of obstacle course. It's also known as free running.
• The London parkour class of about a dozen students is taught by two instructors who have adapted the sport's main elements to a level that can be handled even by those over 60 who have replacement joints or other medical conditions.
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