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Search for: Offline summarization (match summaries) Hybrid summarization Online summarization Offline summarization (match articles) U.S. World Finance Sci/Tech Entertainment Sports View Today's Images Back to Archive Index About Newsblaster About today's run Newsblaster in Press Academic Papers Article Sources: washingtonpost.com (110 articles) boston.com (82 articles) news.bbc.co.uk (72 articles) seattletimes. nwsource.com (62 articles) nypost.com (47 articles) latimes.com (44 articles) abcnews.go.com (40 articles) baltimoresun.com (35 articles) sfgate.com (31 articles) dallasnews.com (27 articles) cbc.ca (24 articles) suntimes.com (21 articles) timesonline.co.uk (20 articles) foxnews.com (18 articles) cnn.com (15 articles) haaretz.com (14 articles) ft.com (13 articles) msnbc.msn.com (5 articles) women. timesonline.co.uk (4 articles) cbsnews.com (3 articles) sportsillustrated. cnn.com (2 articles) weblogs. baltimoresun.com (2 articles) money.cnn.com (1 article) lakersblog. latimes.com (1 article)	Jamaica's Bolt sets world record in 100 meters Summary from multiple countries, from articles in English NEW YORK By the time the night sky cleared over Icahn Stadium on Randall's Island and the 43-minute-long thunderstorm rolled eastward Saturday night, Jamaican Usain Bolt stepped into his starting blocks, weathered a false start and added a dash of lightning. (article 4) Four weeks after challenging compatriot Asafa Powell s world record of 9.74 seconds in the 100 meters with a 9.76 performance at the Jamaica International Invitational in Kingston, Bolt, 21, set a new world record at 9.72. (article 4) There was disappointment for China's world record holder and Olympic champion Liu Xiang, who had to withdraw from the 110m hurdles due to a tight hamstring. (article 6) Bolt, world championship silver medalist in the 200, exploded off the starting line to get an early jump on world champion Tyson Gay and left the American second in 9.85. (article 6) NEW YORK - Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt set the world record in the men's 100 meters last night at the Reebok Grand Prix, surprising everyone at Icahn Stadium - except himself and runner-up Tyson Gay. (article 3) Bolt was using the 100 as "speed work" to get better for his favorite race, the 200, and also to avoid having to run the more grueling 400. (article 1) Other summaries about this story: Summary from United States, from articles in English (8 articles) [compare] Summary from the United Kingdom, from articles in English (2 articles) [compare] Event tracking: Track this story's development in time Story keywords Bolt, Gay, Jamaican, Powell, record Source articles Jamaica's Bolt sets world record in 100 meters (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 06/01/2008, 892 words) Usain Bolt takes his world record in stride (L.A. Times, 06/01/2008, 554 words) Bolt sets record in 100 (boston.com, 06/01/2008, 367 words) Jamaica's Bolt sets new 100m record (sportsillustrated.cnn.com, 06/01/2008, 645 words) BEIJING TEASER IS JUST THE START FOR BOLT & GAY (NY Post, 06/01/2008, 576 words) Bolt sets 100m record, Campbell-Brown wins (Washington Post, 06/01/2008, 419 words) Fastest man on planet eyes Olympic gold (Washington Post, 06/01/2008, 266 words) Bolt sets new 100m world record (BBC News, 06/01/2008, 431 words) Bolt from the blue (BBC News, 06/01/2008, 625 words) Bolt blazes to a world record in the 100 meters (L.A. Times, 06/01/2008, 436 words) blaster@cs.columbia.edu