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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By The Associated Press / The Bulletin
June 30, 2008
OMAHA, Neb. — Holding off one of his best friends, Michael Phelps started his second attempt to break Mark Spitz’s Olympic record with another epic swim.
Less than an hour later, the teenager he compares to a little sister joined Phelps in the record book.
Phelps set a world....