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Koby Clemens, two other minor leaguers arrested
01.09.2008 12:36
usatoday.com
Police say the son of Roger Clemens and two other minor league teammates were arrested and briefly jailed after a disturbance at a restaurant in Salem, Virginia.
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Baseball
More volatility seen with hurricane
01.09.2008 12:26
washingtonpost.com
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street is set for another volatile week after the Labor Day holiday, as investors track Hurricane Gustav, the price of oil, key economic data and continued fallout from the credit crisis.
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Finance & Investments
Gustav seen as less costly than Katrina for insurers
01.09.2008 12:26
washingtonpost.com
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hurricane Gustav, which came ashore southwest of New Orleans on Monday morning, is expected to trigger significant insurance claims but far less than record-setting Katrina did three years ago.
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Finance & Investments
Gustav holdouts turn to guns, knives and God
01.09.2008 12:00
reuters.com
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - If the floodwaters rise and trap him in his home by the Mississippi River levee, carpenter Juan LeBoeuf plans to bust out through the roof with a knife.
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All Themes
Hurricane Hanna forms in Atlantic
01.09.2008 12:00
reuters.com
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Hurricane Hanna formed near the Bahamas in the Atlantic Ocean on Sunday, as powerful Hurricane Gustav battered New Orleans and the U.S. Gulf Coast and a new tropical depression formed between Africa and the Leeward Islands.
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All Themes
Sudanese accused of U.S. killing are extremists:lawyer
01.09.2008 12:00
reuters.com
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Five Sudanese men accused of murdering a U.S. aid worker are religious extremists who plotted to attack foreigners at New Year's Eve gatherings, Sudanese prosecutors told a court on Sunday.
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Hamilton on road to redemption with USPRO win
01.09.2008 10:40
usatoday.com
After four years of disgrace and exile, Tyler Hamilton is a champion once again.
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Cycling
Hamilton wins USPRO road race; Zabriskie retains title
01.09.2008 10:39
usatoday.com
Tyler Hamilton edged Blake Caldwell by two-thousandths of a second Sunday to win the USA Cycling Professional Road Race championship.
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Cycling
Americans lapped as France's Absalon defends gold
01.09.2008 10:39
usatoday.com
Mountain biking was invented in the USA, but it was a bleu, blanc and rouge day at the Olympic men's mountain bike race Saturday.
USA
Cycling
German Spitz takes mountain bike gold; Americans in top 10
01.09.2008 10:39
usatoday.com
Veteran racer Sabine Spitz of Germany dominated the field at the Olympic women's mountain bike race Saturday, winning the gold ...
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Cycling
USA riders turn in solid performance, and so does BMX
01.09.2008 10:39
usatoday.com
The American racers were hoping for a four-for-four medals sweep at the first-ever Olympic BMX cycling competition that concluded ...
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Cycling
Nicholas J. Cotsonika's blog: Rudi Johnson visits Lions; 'He looked fine,' Millen says
01.09.2008 10:35
freep.com
Rudi Johnson has worked out for the Lions and is at team headquarters, and chief operating officer Tom Lewand has talked to his agent, Peter Schaffer. But it remains to be seen whether the Lions will sign the former Cincinnati running back.
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Blogs
MARK SNYDER'S BLOG: Rodriguez declines to name quarterback for Miami (Ohio) game
01.09.2008 10:35
freep.com
U-M coach Rich Rodriguez did not name a starting quarterback this morning for Saturday's Miami, Ohio, game.
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Blogs
Nicholas J. Cotsonika's blog: Rudi Johnson visits Lions; 'He looked fine,' Millen says
01.09.2008 10:35
freep.com
Rudi Johnson has worked out for the Lions and is at team headquarters, and chief operating officer Tom Lewand has talked to his agent, Peter Schaffer. But it remains to be seen whether the Lions will sign the former Cincinnati running back.
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Sports
Bush heads to Texas as Gustav menaces
01.09.2008 08:32
usatoday.com
President Bush set out Monday to show the nation that his administration has learned the haunting lessons of Katrina, planting ...
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