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Mets lose closer K-Rod -- who's next?

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The New York Mets traded closer Francisco Rodriguez to the Milwaukee Brewers last night, avoiding the expensive option in the pitcher's contract with the team.

Missing Brooklyn Boy Remains Found

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Police believe they've found the remains of missing Brooklyn boy Leiby Kletzky who disappeared on Monday when walking home from a Brooklyn camp.
U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.

McConnell Plan: A Way Out of Debt Deal Crisis?

U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., says he may have a way out of the debt deal crisis -- a sort of last-chance option that would permit President Barack Obama to increase the debt limit, even if Democrats and Republicans can't immediately agree regarding how to cut the budget deficit. But will Conservative Republicans support it?
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Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton to Miss Betty Ford Funeral

Ex-President Bill Clinton will not be able to attend the funeral of former First Lady Betty Ford due to mechanical problems encountered by the airplane he was scheduled to take.
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Obama: Social Security Checks Could Stop, if No Debt Deal

The rhetoric is getting hot and heavy inside the beltway regarding the debt talks. On Tuesday, the Republicans essentially said the Democrats haven't offered a viable debt deal proposal and President Obama said Republican reluctance to compromise could prevent senior citizens from receiving Social Security payments on August 3.
News Corp's Chief Executive Murdoch and his wife arrive at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington

Murdoch May Be Forced to Unload UK Papers

The beleaguered News Corp., burdened by an ever-worsening scandal regarding illegal phone-hacking, may be forced to unload its remaining newspapers in Great Britain, according to Rupert Murdoch’s biographer.
Super Gonorrhoea Found in Japan

'Superbug' Strain of Gonorrhea: Fact sheet

A new strain of the sexually transmitted disease gonorrhea was found to be resistant to antibiotics, international researchers say. According to the CDC, more than 700,000 persons in the U.S. get new gonorrheal infections each year and less than half of these infections are reported to CDC.
Tiger Woods

Tiger Woods: Was Golf's Biggest Star Juicing?

Tiger Woods was a one-time client of a Canadian physician charged with injecting elite athletes with performance-enhancing drugs. The attorney for a key witness in the case of Dr. Anthony Galea says Woods did not receive performance enhancing drugs from the doctor. But one can't help but wonder.
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La Niña Causing Heat Wave, But What is it Exactly?

The heat wave and debilitating drought affecting more than a dozen states has people asking a common question in this season of extreme weather: why? The answer is likely a weather phenomenon called La Niña.
People react as they meet the survivors from the Bulgaria tourist boat, which sank on the Volga river, at the port of Kazan

Nearly 40 Children Die in Russia’s Volga River

Divers searching for victims in a sunken tourist boat in Russia’s Volga River have found approximately 40 children, the highest death toll for children in Russia since a 2004 terrorist attack.

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