Olympic athletes blog for USA TODAY (USA Today)
USA TODAY has invited selected Olympic athletes to blog about their experiences this summer, leading up to and through the Olympic Games in Beijing.

Airline stories in this morning's USA TODAY (USA Today)
In case you missed these in this morning's USA TODAY, here's what our aviation reporters are writing about today: Even Southwest's outlook is uneasy for 4th quarter Buffeted by stubbornly high fuel prices and a soft economy, U.S. airlines are...

Top stories in this morning's USA TODAY (USA Today)
• The front page of this morning's USA TODAY Billions needed to shore up bridges The fatal collapse of a bridge in Minneapolis a year ago jolted states into better inspections of the nation's 600,000 bridges, but they aren't coming...

USA TODAY's NFL offseason reports (USA Today)
USA TODAY explores the state of each franchise with in-depth offseason reports.

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• The front page of this morning's USA TODAY Troops' brain injuries inspire a new mission LANDSTUHL, Germany — It took nearly three years for the Army to understand the damage to Army Sgt. Chad Joiner's brain after a roadside...

Path to points title often includes Brickyard victory (USA Today)
Answers to pressing questions heading into Sunday's Allstate 400 at the Brickyard NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway by USA TODAY's Gary Graves:

Wariner runs to USA TODAY weekly honor (USA Today)
In a relatively light week of action involving Olympic-bound American athletes, the USA TODAY Olympic panel's choice came down to two choices: 400-meter runner Jeremy Wariner and cyclist Christian Vande Velde.

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• The front page of this morning's USA TODAY U.S. community colleges face a 'turning point' By Betty Young's count, it's been nearly three years since Jay Leno has made any cracks at the expense of community colleges. She should...

Hasay named nation's best in USA TODAY (KSBY San Luis Obispo)
Jordan Hasay was nationally recognized with a photo on the front page of the USA Today newspaper.

Richardson's Perfect Selling Book Reaches USA Today Best Seller List (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Richardson , a leading sales training and consulting firm, today announced that Perfect Selling, written by Founder Linda Richardson, has reached the Best Seller List for USA Today.