| CNN.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. | Sensational China murder trial adjourns | | The murder trial of Gu Kailai, the wife of a recently deposed top official in the Chinese Communist Party, began Thursday under tight security in the eastern city of Hefei, local officials said. |
| Coach: Australia is getting 'soft' | | An Australian swim coach has tough love for his compatriots in the Olympics this year: "We're getting too soft. Our work ethic has dropped down." |
| Impoverished gymnast strikes gold | | An impoverished South Korean gymnast has not only struck Olympic gold, but also reaped 500 million won (US$444,000) in the latest donation in a veritable rags to riches tale. |
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