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Live chat: All-Star Game at Angel Stadium
USA Today Baseball's annual All-Star Game will take place tonight in Anaheim, Calif., but it will take place in front of a decidedly different backdrop than years past. It won't simply celebrate individual achievements from the first half of the year or show … All-Star game live updates NL All-Stars at AL All-Stars Selig on A's territory decision: 'My objective is to get it done right' |
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BP tests oil well cap, but says success is not assured
The Guardian BP began a series of critical tests on a new cap placed over its leaking oil well in the Gulf of Mexico today, expressing hope that it may finally bring the disaster under control. But the company warned that the process was "not simple stuff. … BP Nears Turning Point in Gulf Crisis New drilling moratorium focuses on blowout preventers BP well may be capped, but oil's damage is far from over |
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Employees Got the Worst of Steinbrenner
New York Times When strangers met George Steinbrenner socially, maybe at a charity dinner or by chance at a restaurant, they would rave about what a nice guy he was, how pleasant and friendly he was, how he certainly was not the ogre they read about … Baseball world reacts to loss of The Boss Racing loses devotee in Steinbrenner Lee Iacocca mourns the death of George Steinbrenner |
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Quick guilty plea in 'Barefoot' case in Bahamas
The Associated Press NASSAU, Bahamas — The teenage fugitive police have dubbed the "Barefoot Bandit" pleaded guilty to a minor offense in the Bahamas on Tuesday and is expected to be deported soon to the United States to face prosecution. Colton Harris-Moore pleaded guilty … 'Barefoot bandit' pleads guilty 'Barefoot Bandit' expected back in Seattle Wearing Shoes Now: Barefoot Bandit Pleads Guilty For Landing Hotwired Plane |
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Reactions to the death of George Steinbrenner
Boston Globe Yogi Berra: This is a very sad day for me and Carmen and all of baseball. My sympathies go out to the Steinbrenner family. George was The Boss, make no mistake. He built the Yankees into champions and that's something nobody can ever deny. … As Yankees owner, Steinbrenner was a bridge to baseball's future Winning dominates Steinbrenner's complicated legacy Rogers: Steinbrenner death ends ownership era |
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 Globe and Mail |
George Steinbrenner, Yankees' Owner, Dies at 80
New York Times George Steinbrenner, who bought a declining Yankees team in 1973, promised to stay out of its daily affairs and then, in an often tumultuous reign, placed his formidable stamp on 7 World Series championship teams, … The Boss will be remembered for making the Yankees winners Yankees' Steinbrenner dies at 80 Yankees owner George Steinbrenner dies at 80 |
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With New Well Cap Installed, BP to Test if Spill Is Contained
New York Times NEW ORLEANS — With a new, tight-sealing cap in place on its runaway well in the Gulf of Mexico, BP prepared Tuesday to test whether the gusher could be stopped completely. Blog posts about the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. … BP prepares key test on Gulf of Mexico oil well BP to test new cap on spewing Gulf oil well BP bolts new cap on leaking well, tests to begin |
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Profile: Shahram Amiri
BBC News Iranian nuclear scientist Shahram Amiri has been thrust into the centre of the fraught psychological tensions that dominate relations between Tehran and Washington. Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. … Iranian TV: 'Missing Scientist' Takes Refuge in Pakistan Embassy Shahram Amiri: new twist in mystery of nuclear scientist's disappearance Iranian missing nuclear scientist seeks refuge in interest section in US |
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BP Says New Cap Installed
New York Times NEW ORLEANS — As BP announced it had successfully attached a new cap on a runaway well in the Gulf of Mexico, the company prepared on Tuesday to test whether the gusher could be stopped completely. … BP oil spill: testing begins after installation of new containment cap BP Rises After Placing New Cap on Leaking Gulf of Mexico Well How much damage has the BP oil spill done? |
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Gov't hopes new drilling moratorium can survive
The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Rebuffed twice by the courts, the Obama administration is taking another crack at a moratorium on deep-water drilling, stressing new evidence of safety concerns and no longer basing the moratorium on water depth. … White House sets new drilling ban Feds issue revised deep-water drilling ban Day 83: The Latest on the Oil Spill |
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