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| House panel hits Rangel with 13 ethics charges
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| Oswalt approves deal, Astros trade ace to Phillies
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AP - House investigators accused veteran New York Rep. Charles Rangel of 13 violations of congressional ethics standards on Thursday, throwing a cloud over his four-decade political career and raising worries for fellow Democrats about the fall elections.
| AP - There's a new Roy in town — and he's an ace, too.
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| Fed judge gets threats after AZ immigration ruling
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| Pitino tells jury he hoped to keep tryst secret
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AP - Authorities say a federal judge in Phoenix has been getting some threats since her ruling on Arizona's controversial immigration law.
| AP - Rick Pitino, worried that his wife and kids would find out he had a one-night stand with a woman he met in a bar, acknowledged Thursday that he didn't immediately tell police about demands for cars, cash and housing in order to keep the tryst secret.
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| As many as 6,600 Arlington graves mixed up
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| Orioles hire Buck Showalter as manager
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AP - Estimates of the number of graves that might be affected by mix-ups at Arlington National Cemetery grew from hundreds to as many as 6,600 on Thursday, as the cemetery's former superintendent blamed his staff and a lack of resources for the scandal that forced his ouster.
| AP - Buck Showalter was hired to manage the Baltimore Orioles on Thursday, his latest rebuilding project in a major league career full of them.
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| Pentagon: Leak investigaton may go beyond military
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| Liverpool, Juve make winning Europa League starts
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AP - A criminal investigation into the leak of tens of thousands of secret Afghanistan war logs could go beyond the military, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday, and he did not rule out that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange could be a target.
| AFP - European giants Liverpool and Juventus began life under new coaches with victories in the first legs of their Europa League third qualifying round ties on Thursday.
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| Mo. ballot measures tests federal health care law
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| Haynesworth fails conditioning test, no practice
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AP - More than 1 million people are expected to participate in what amounts to the largest-ever public opinion poll on the nation's new health care law.
| AP - The first Washington Redskins training camp practice is over — and Albert Haynesworth wasn't a part of it.
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