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Jul 7 2008, AP

The rehearsal is over. Now Michael Phelps, Katie Hoff, Natalie Coughlin and Ryan Lochte are taking their show on the road to the Beijing Olympics.The quartet was idle on the final night of the U.S. trials Sunday, getting a rare moment to enjoy their...

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In this undated photo released by David Higdon, friend of swimmer Jennifer Figge, she’s shown swimming at some point of the Atlantic Ocean. The Associated Press reported erroneously on Feb. 7, 2009 that Figge had swum across the ocean becoming the first..