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N.F.L. Roundup: Williams Carries Dolphins Past Panthers
With Ronnie Brown out, Ricky Williams scored three touchdowns as the Dolphins beat the Panthers for their fifth win in seven games.
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N.B.A. Roundup: The Jazz Finally Wins Again in San Antonio
Manu Ginobili is expected to miss about a week for the San Antonio Spurs because of a strained left groin.
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The Mets Finished Last in 2009 Draft Spending
According to figures compiled by Baseball America, the Mets spent less money on the 2009 draft than any other team in baseball.
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With Ankle In a Brace, Wie Quits After a 72
The marquee player in the L.P.G.A. Tour Championship was said to have been hurt in a collision with a fan during the practice round.
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Analysis: Can Iverson Restore Hope for Knicks?
Allen Iverson, whom the Knicks deemed an unnecessary risk four months ago, is now so intriguing that they have spent most of the week discussing him.
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Ouster of N.F.L.’s Voice on Concussions Sought
The players union says that Dr. Ira Casson is too biased to be the co-chairman of the league’s committee on concussions.
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L.A.’s Donovan Named MLS Player of the Year
FC Dallas forward Jeff Cunningham and New England Revolution midfielder Shalrie Joseph were the two other finalists for the award.
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Sports Briefing | Yacht Racing: Ruling on America’s Cup
A New York court backed the staging of the next America’s Cup in the Spanish port of Valencia in February.
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University of Calif. OKs 32 percent hike
Sports Briefing | College Football: Georgia’s Bulldog Dies
Uga VII, the white English bulldog mascot for the University of Georgia’s football team for almost two seasons, died of heart-related causes, the dog’s owner said.
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NYT: Anti-terror air defense reviewed
Aneurysm behind deadly Minn. bush crash?
Police arrest 2 suspected of killing Vegas officer
Two men were arrested Thursday on suspicion of killing an off-duty Las Vegas police officer in a shootout in his garage, North Las Vegas police said.
N.C. man faces murder charge in girl’s death
A man already accused of kidnapping a 5-year-old North Carolina girl faces new charges that he raped and asphyxiated her, police say.
Plea deal reached in Pa. steel town arson case
A former assistant fire chief accused of setting two small fires in an arson-plagued steel town near Philadelphia has worked out a plea bargain freeing him from jail.
Texas man executed after clemency denied
Obese man dies after 8 months in recliner
The South Carolina man's body was physically stuck to the power recliner and firefighters had to cut him from the chair to take him to the hospital. He died a few hours later.
Food banks struggle to meet demand
4 men in Fla. terror plot sent to prison
Four men described as soldiers in a terrorism plot to destroy Chicago's Sears Tower and bomb FBI offices have each been sentenced to less than a decade behind bars, far less than federal prosecutors sought.
Utah teen to fight citation for McDonald's rap
