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Brittney Griner was taken with the first pick of the Women’s National Basketball Association draft by the Phoenix Mercury after scoring the second-most points in women’s college basketball history.
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Ralph Houk , the New York Yankees manager who replaced legendary skipper Casey Stengel and won two World Series titles in the Bronx, has died. He was 90.
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In his last gig, Jamie Salter snapped up Linens ‘n Things Inc., Polaroid Corp. and other household names. With his new acquisition, he’ll peddle cage- fighting T-shirts and “Expression of Combat” school folders.
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Mark Lilly retired from the Navy SEALs with a Purple Heart, a Silver Star and five Bronze Stars after 23 years of service that included combat in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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A group supporting Mitt Romney has spent millions attacking Republican rivals Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich -- using media firms better known for ambushing Democratic presidential nominees Michael Dukakis and John Kerry.
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President Barack Obama’s nomination of Senator John Kerry to be secretary of state won approval today from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
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Months after passing over Senator John Kerry for a Cabinet post in 2009, President Barack Obama turned to the Massachusetts senator to warn Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai that U.S. support was at risk.
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The Department of Veterans Affairs has overturned its decision rejecting a retired Navy SEAL from a contracting program designed to help veteran-owned businesses.
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General Norman Schwarzkopf, who led U.S. forces to victory in the 1991 Persian Gulf war, died yesterday. He was 78.
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U.S. Senator John Kerry stressed the need to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons as he described the “immediate, dangerous challenges” for the nation that he will deal with if confirmed as secretary of state.
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