Olympics Day Six Highlights From Beijing Contests
China dominates with 22 golds as Yao leads 91 percent shooting and Yi Jianlian improves chemistry with him. Spain Lithuania Argentina and Australia post wins, while Federer Serena Venus falter amid rain delays. Phelps eyes sixth gold in 200m individual medley to cap day.
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France
Alain Bernard
Japan
Kosuke Kitajima
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Blake
Beijing Games TV Schedule Summary
NBC and CNBC air from Beijing covering volleyball soccer beach volleyball badminton handball weightlifting table tennis water polo swimming track and field diving gymnastics tennis equestrian and boxing. Highlights include USA vs China events and medal finals across multiple sports scheduled Friday with live coverage and Chinese Taipei USA boxing matchups.
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Olympics TV listings catch Beijing events live
From Beijing NBC MSNBC and USA networks air a schedule of Olympic events including tennis women's singles final men's doubles final track and field cycling table tennis women's 10 000m final diving springboard and more. Live coverage with CC captions across Saturday morning into the day.
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Texas tax holiday starts today in Austin weekend sale
The 10th annual Texas sales tax holiday runs August 15 to 17 as families shop for back to school. Comptroller Susan Combs says most clothing and shoes under 100 dollars are tax free with exceptions, yielding an estimated 54 million dollars in savings. Certain items like wallets, watches, handbags, jewelry and roller blades remain taxable. The state projects continued healthy tax revenue growth.
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