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White Sox shutout Mariners 5-0

Clayton Richard pitched six innings for his first major league win, Nick Swisher and Jim Thome homered, and the Chicago White Sox beat the Seattle Mariners 5-0 Tuesday night.

Tropical Storm Fay stays on Florida's coast

Tropical Storm Fay continued its erratic path Wednesday, moving north along the Florida coast but not going out over the Atlantic Ocean, where many had feared it could strengthen and curve back toward the state as a hurricane.

BJ's posts higher 2Q profit, raises outlook

BJ's Wholesale Club Inc. reported on Wednesday that its profit edged up in the second-quarter and raised its full-year earnings forecast as frugal shoppers look for deals at discounters.

Tampa Bay wins matchup of AL's best records

The Tampa Bay Rays have been on top of the AL East for the last month. Now, they are on top of the whole league. Willy Aybar's two-run single broke an eighth-inning tie and the Rays beat the Los Angeles Angels 4-2 on Tuesday night to claim the AL's best record (77-48), which matches the Chicago Cubs for the best in the majors.

Dave Matthews Band sax player LeRoi Moore dies

LeRoi Moore, the versatile saxophonist whose signature staccato fused jazz and funk overtones onto the eclectic sound of the Dave Matthews Band, died Tuesday of complications from injuries he suffered in an all-terrain vehicle accident, the band said. He was 46.

Monkey eludes dragnet at Tokyo train station

Morning train commuters in Tokyo were joined on their way to work by an unusual companion Wednesday: a wild monkey.

Tropical Storm Fay stays on Florida's coast

Tropical Storm Fay continued its erratic path Wednesday, moving north along the Florida coast but not going out over the Atlantic Ocean, where many had feared it could strengthen and curve back toward the state as a hurricane.

Lawyers return to court over 1993 Ark. slayings

It took a jury 13 days to convict and sentence Damien Echols to death for the 1993 slayings of three second-graders.

Situation still 'fragile' in Grand Canyon village

Crews were waiting for floodwaters to recede so they can begin restoring washed-out trails and footbridges to a remote village near the Grand Canyon hit by flooding, authorities said.

Study finds minorities more likely to be paddled

Paddlings, swats, licks. A quarter of a million schoolchildren got them last year _ and blacks, American Indians and kids with disabilities got a disproportionate share of the punishment, according to a study by a human rights group.

Killer of 11 train passengers faces sentencing

A man who killed 11 people by causing a commuter rail disaster in Glendale faces sentencing, one month after a jury recommended he serve life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Beebe: No rush to replace slain Ark. party leader

Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe said he won't recommend a replacement for slain state Democratic Party Chairman Bill Gwatney before delegates gather in Denver next week for the Democratic National Convention.

Pa pilot says he's on watch list, sues to save job

A commercial airline pilot and convert to Islam who says his name is on the U.S. government's secret terrorist watch list has fought back, filing a federal lawsuit against the Homeland Security Department and various other federal agencies.

EPA plans to cite 5 Midwest states for pollution

Federal officials accuse five Midwest states of violating a new pollution standard for tiny soot particles that can cause respiratory distress in children and the elderly.

Park Service drops Little Bighorn center expansion

The National Park Service has dropped its plan to expand the visitor center at Little Bighorn Battlefield, saying the $1.1 million project would have blemished historic Last Stand Hill.

Researcher says bigfoot just a rubber gorilla suit

Turns out Bigfoot was just a rubber suit. Two researchers on a quest to prove the existence of Bigfoot say that the carcass encased in a block of ice _ handed over to them for an undisclosed sum by two men who claimed to have found it _ was slowly thawed out, and discovered to be a rubber gorilla outfit.