Yield on 10-year Treasuries breached the 2% mark on the downside and traded at record lows, as fearful investors rushed into Treasuries. (Read Operation Twist Set To Fail As Bernanke Insists On Flattening The Yield Curve).

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Thursday's rain-hit session at the Catalunya circuit saw Australia's Mark Webber record the fastest time after conditions dried out in the afternoon.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

For nine days this summer, viewers across the globe were glued to their TV sets watching the 23-year-old swimmer break Mark Spitz's 36-year-old record at Beijing's Olympic Games.

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Mark Johnston continued his fantastic record in the Queen's Vase at Royal Ascot as Holberg stretched right away from his rivals under Joe Fanning.

BBC: Ghanaati romps to Coronation win

In the past two trading days alone, the Nikkei rose 3.8% to a fresh four-year, seven-month high, closing at 12833.64 Friday on record trading volume after briefly crossing the 13, 000 mark for the first time since just before Lehman Brothers collapsed.

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His teams at New Mexico won at least 22 games in each of his six seasons, highlighted by a school-record 30-5 mark in 2009-10.

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Denver improved to 33-3 at the Pepsi Center this season, the best home record in the league, and hit the 50-win mark for the fifth time in the last five full seasons.

WSJ: Nuggets beat Nets to win 18th straight at home