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U.S. women’s water polo team gives ‘O’ cast Olympics preview

It was called “Blood in the Water,” the most famous water polo match of all-time. Hungary vs. the USSR, on Dec. 6, 1956, at the Melbourne Olympics. A month earlier, Soviet tanks had squelched Hungary’s rebellion. A less violent water polo match played in Las Vegas on Tuesday featured the U.S. women’s team, which will be playing in the Summer Games in London, and cast members of the Cirque du Soleil show “O.”

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NBA stirs China’s passion

BEIJING — The first thing you see when passing through baggage claim at the airport here is Starbucks. The next thing is Kentucky Fried Chicken. They are signs of how for decades now China has embraced Western culture, and how the decision for a Communist Party to eagerly welcome a market economy has transformed the lifestyle of generations.