The Wire
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Indians blank Mariners 6-0
Posted on May 19, 2013 at 3:59pm
(AP) — Justin Masterson struck out a season-high 11 in seven shutout innings and Michael Brantley homered and drove in four runs off Felix Hernandez as the Cleveland Indians toppled yet another former Cy Young Award winner on Sunday with a 6-0 win over the Seattle Mariners.
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Charlotte remembers 1963 desegregation 'eat-in'
Posted on May 19, 2013 at 3:57pm
(AP) — In the spring of 1963, a prominent civil rights leader led dozens of protesters on a four-mile march from a predominantly African-American college campus to the center of Charlotte's downtown.
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Ferguson's managerial career ends with 5-5 draw
Posted on May 19, 2013 at 3:55pm
(AP) — Alex Ferguson. Former Manchester United manager.
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McDowell beats Jaidee to win World Match Play
Posted on May 19, 2013 at 3:53pm
(AP) — Graeme McDowell made amends for last year's defeat to capture the World Match-Play Championship on Sunday, defeating Thailand's Thongchai Jaidee 2 and 1 in the final on the Thracian Cliffs course.
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Metro-North: Conn. train outage expected for days
Posted on May 19, 2013 at 3:47pm
(AP) — Tens of thousands of commuters are bracing for a difficult trip around southwest Connecticut and to New York City beginning Monday as workers repair the Metro-North commuter rail line crippled by a derailment and crash.
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Seen and heard at the Cannes Film Festival
Posted on May 19, 2013 at 3:46pm
(AP) — Associated Press journalists open their notebooks at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival:
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Small Fla. city wonders who won Powerball jackpot
Posted on May 19, 2013 at 3:31pm
Updated on May 19, 2013 at 3:35pm(AP) — Some lucky person walked into a Publix supermarket in suburban Florida over the past few days and bought a ticket now worth an estimated $590.5 million — the highest Powerball jackpot in history.
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Jamie Dimon under pressure ahead of investor vote
Posted on May 19, 2013 at 3:31pm
(AP) — Jamie Dimon, chairman and CEO of the country's biggest bank, faces a key test this week: His shareholders are voting on whether to let him keep both jobs.
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Video shows kidnapped Egyptian security officers
Posted on May 19, 2013 at 3:24pm
(AP) — Seven men purported to be the members of Egypt's security forces kidnapped by suspected militants last week appeared in a video posted online Sunday and urged the government to secure their release by meeting their captors' demands.
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Belmont Stakes: Oxbow vs. Orb in the cards
Posted on May 19, 2013 at 3:17pm
(AP) — Another year, another Triple Crown hopeful unable to come through.
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Syrian troops push into strategic rebel-held town
Posted on May 19, 2013 at 3:06pm
(AP) — Syrian troops pushed into a rebel-held town near the Lebanese border on Sunday, fighting house-to-house and bombing from the air as President Bashar Assad tried to strengthen his grip on a strategic strip of land running from the capital to the Mediterranean coast.
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Obama exhorts good deeds by Morehouse graduates
Posted on May 19, 2013 at 2:49pm
(AP) — President Barack Obama, in a soaring commencement address on work, sacrifice and opportunity, on Sunday told graduates of historically black Morehouse College to seize the power of their example as black men graduating from college and use it to improve people's lives.
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NY 'frisk' judge calls criticism 'below-the-belt'
Posted on May 19, 2013 at 2:43pm
Updated on May 19, 2013 at 2:45pm(AP) — The federal judge presiding over civil rights challenges to the stop-and-frisk practices of the New York Police Department has no doubt where she stands with the government.
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Tunisia security blocks salafi conference, 1 dead
Posted on May 19, 2013 at 2:42pm
(AP) — Around 11,000 police officers and soldiers blocked an annual conference Sunday at Tunisia's main religious center by a radical Islamist movement that has been implicated in attacks across the country, prompting clashes with angry youths that resulted in one death.
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Officer who shot NY student faced harrowing choice
Posted on May 19, 2013 at 2:38pm
Updated on May 19, 2013 at 2:39pm(AP) — The police officer who accidentally killed a Long Island college student along with an armed intruder faced the most harrowing decision of a law enforcement career: choosing the split-second moment when the risk is so high that you must act to save a life, says an expert in the field.
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Nigeria military: 17 killed during offensive
Posted on May 19, 2013 at 2:32pm
(AP) — Nigeria's military says its offensive against insurgents in the country's restive northeast has killed at least 14 suspected Islamic extremists and three soldiers.
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Israeli seeks interim deal with Palestinians
Posted on May 19, 2013 at 2:31pm
(AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's senior coalition partner says that reaching a final peace agreement with the Palestinians is unrealistic at the current time and the sides should instead pursue an interim arrangement.
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Nadal beats Federer, Serena wins at Italian Open
Posted on May 19, 2013 at 1:55pm
(AP) — After all these years, Rafael Nadal still knows how to dominate Roger Federer.
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Making mentally ill defendants ready for trial
Posted on May 19, 2013 at 1:37pm
Updated on May 19, 2013 at 1:40pm(AP) — The judge ascended the bench. He looked down at cafeteria-style tables marked "Prosecuting Attorney" and "Defense Attorney." To his left, two men sat in a box marked "Jury." The witness stand was marked "Witness."
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Slim, broadcasters take fight to soccer field
Posted on May 19, 2013 at 1:33pm
(AP) — Mexicans often feel that billionaire Carlos Slim owns everything in their country, from telephone and Internet companies to banks and chain stores, but his latest acquisitive foray is meeting resistance after touching a national passion: soccer.















































































































