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<p>In this photo provided by Diana Nyad via the Florida Keys News Bureau, endurance swimmer Diana Nyad rests after she was pulled out of the water between Cuba and the Florida Keys early Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012. Nyad has ended her fourth bid to swim from Cuba to Florida after four days of storms, jellyfish stings and shark threats.(AP Photo/Diana Nyad via the Florida Keys News Bureau, Christi Barli)</p>

<p>In this photo provided by Diana Nyad via the Florida Keys News Bureau, endurance swimmer Diana Nyad rests after she was pulled out of the water between Cuba and the Florida Keys early Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012. Nyad has ended her fourth bid to swim from Cuba to Florida after four days of storms, jellyfish stings and shark threats.(AP Photo/Diana Nyad via the Florida Keys News Bureau, Christi Barli)</p>

August 22, 2012

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Storms, jellyfish end Cuba-to-Florida swim
August 22, 2012 9:15 p.m.

Storms, jellyfish end Cuba-to-Florida swim

KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) - Diana Nyad ended her fourth attempt to swim across the Straits of Florida on Tuesday, her decades-old dream thwarted, more than anything else, by jellyfish.