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MLB's scoring committee upholds Sabathia's one-hitter
03.09.2008 16:21
usatoday.com
Upon further review, the play stands. Major League Baseball's scoring review committee ruled Wednesday that official scorer Bob Webb did not err when he ruled that Pittsburgh's Andy LaRoche singled against Brewers pitcher CC Sabathia in the bottom of the fifth inning of Milwaukee's 7-0 win.
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Baseball
Red Sox overcome 4-run deficit to beat Orioles in ninth
03.09.2008 16:21
usatoday.com
AL batting leader Dustin Pedroia homered in the seventh inning to begin Boston's comeback from a four-run deficit, and the Red Sox beat the Baltimore Orioles 5-4 Wednesday when pitcher Jim Miller's threw away a bunt for a game-ending error.
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Baseball
Hanna eyes U.S. Southeast Coast
03.09.2008 16:21
usatoday.com
Officials along the southern Atlantic coast held off ordering evacuations Wednesday amid uncertainty about where Tropical Storm ...
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Social Life
Immigration resurfaces on some state ballots
03.09.2008 16:21
usatoday.com
In a high school classroom, Xavier Chavez is trying to teach a group of restless teenagers about Manifest Destiny the 19th century ...
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Social Life
Doctors: New way to spot breast cancer shows promise
03.09.2008 16:21
usatoday.com
A radioactive tracer that "lights up" cancer hiding inside dense breasts showed promise in its first big test against mammograms, ...
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Social Life
Study: Defibrillator shock can signal more heart issues
03.09.2008 16:21
usatoday.com
A lifesaving shock from an implanted heart defibrillator provides relief that a crisis was avoided, but new research suggests ...
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Social Life
Man in Pa. collar-bomb case pleads guilty
03.09.2008 16:21
usatoday.com
A man has admitted he helped plan a bizarre 2003 bank robbery that ended with the death of a Pennsylvania pizza deliveryman ...
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Social Life
Free Press Editorial Board: If the mayor finally goes
03.09.2008 16:18
freep.com
How does a city work its way through the kind of transition Detroit faces, assuming Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick agrees to a plea deal?
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Blogs
WDET looking for new general manager
03.09.2008 16:18
freep.com
Wayne State-run public radio station WDET-FM (101.9) is looking for a new permanent general manager.
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Entertainment Industry
TIGERS VS. ANGELS: Game delayed by rain
03.09.2008 16:18
freep.com
Tonight's Tigers game against the Angels at Comerica Park is currently under a rain delay.
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Sports
GMAC to cut 5,000 jobs at ResCap mortgage unit
03.09.2008 16:12
washingtonpost.com
NEW YORK (Reuters) - GMAC LLC, the auto finance and mortgage company, plans to eliminate about 5,000 jobs at its Residential Capital LLC unit and close all 200 GMAC Mortgage retail offices to combat weak housing and credit markets.
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Finance & Investments
GMAC slashing work force, reduces mortgage lending
03.09.2008 16:12
washingtonpost.com
LOS ANGELES -- Lender GMAC Financial Services said Wednesday it will close all of its 200 retail offices and lay off about 5,000 employees as part of plan to reduce its mortgage lending and servicing because of the housing market downturn.
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Finance & Investments
Ike becomes fifth hurricane of Atlantic season
03.09.2008 14:32
usatoday.com
Forecasters say Ike has become the fifth hurricane in the Atlantic this season. Ike has sustained winds near 80 mph and is about ...
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Weather Forecast
Aguilera does exclusive deal with Target
03.09.2008 14:32
usatoday.com
Christina Aguilera has become the latest musical act to release an album exclusively through one retailer.
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Recreation & Entertainment
Judge nixes claims in Heath Ledger lawsuit
03.09.2008 14:32
usatoday.com
A judge in Los Angeles says a lawsuit filed by a celebrity reporter over a video that purportedly shows Heath Ledger doing drugs ...
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Recreation & Entertainment
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