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August 31, 2007

Judge finds Duke prosecutor in contempt (AP)

Attorney Ann Petersen, right, puts her arm around former Durham County District Attorney Mike Nifong following sentencing in his criminal contempt hearing in Durham, N.C., Friday, Aug. 31, 2007. The former prosecutor who led the now-discredited Duke lacrosse rape case was convicted and will spend one day in jail. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)AP - The prosecutor who led the now-discredited rape case against three Duke University lacrosse players was held in criminal contempt of court Friday for lying to a judge when pursuing charges against the athletes.


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Gay Brewer, 1967 Masters champion, dies (AP)

Golfer Gay Brewer is shown in this 1971 file photo at the US Open at Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pa. Brewer, the 1967 Masters champion who won 11 times on the PGA Tour, died Friday, Aug. 31, 2007, at his home after a fight with lung cancer. He was 75.

Gay Brewer, the 1967 Masters champion who won 11 times on the PGA Tour, died Friday at his home after a fight with lung cancer. He was 75. Brewer, who also won once on the Champions Tour before retiring in 2000, had been battling cancer since October, fiancee Alma Jo McGuire said. "It was incurable," she said.


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Baker loses perfect game in 9th (AP)

Minnesota Twins starting pitcher Scott Baker, right, is congratulated by teammate Mike Redmond after Baker threw a one-hitter to defeat the Kansas City Royals, 5-0, in a baseball game Friday, Aug. 31, 2007, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Paul Battaglia)AP - Three outs from history, Scott Baker jogged out to the mound and calmly took the ball for the ninth inning — a perfect game dangling right there in front of him.


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Gay triples; Felix wins double (AP)

Australia's Nathan Deakes reacts after crossing the finish line to win the gold medal in the Men's 50km Race Walk at the World Athletics Championships in Osaka, Japan, Saturday, Sept. 1, 2007. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)AP - Tyson Gay won his third gold at the world championships. For Allyson Felix, it is two — and counting.


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Virginia Tech will remember, then cheer (AP)

AP - They came throughout the day — some bearing flowers, others wiping away a stray tear. They moved slowly, reverently on the gently curving path in front of Burruss Hall, pausing to look at each of the names engraved on 32 distinctive chunks of "Hokie Stone."
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A-Rod, Yankees move ahead in wild card (AP)

New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez follows through with a two-run home run during the first inning of baseball action against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays Saturday, Sept. 1, 2007  at Yankee Stadium in New York.   (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)AP - Undaunted by a bizarre bat flap, Alex Rodriguez homered and drove in four runs to back Ian Kennedy's impressive major league debut and lead the New York Yankees past the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 9-6 on Saturday.


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Delgado, Mets beat Braves, 7-1 (AP)

Atlanta Braves starter Tim Hudson (15) waits on the mound as New York Mets Carlos Delgado, rear, rounds the bases after hitting a three-run home run during the fourth inning of a Major League Baseball game, Friday, Aug. 31, 2007, at Turner Field in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Gregory Smith)AP - While the Mets look forward to the return of Pedro Martinez, Carlos Delgado and John Maine were putting an end to New York's recent slide.


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Correia gets win in Giants' 3-2 win (AP)

San Francisco Giants' Kevin Correia pitches against the Washington Nationals in the first inning of a baseball game at RFK Stadium in Washington, Friday, Aug. 31, 2007.  (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - Kevin Correia had his longest outing as a starter in more than two years, and Rajai Davis' broken-bat double capped a three-run second inning Friday night in the San Francisco Giants' 3-2 victory over the Washington Nationals.


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Phil, Vijay clash over rules dispute

NORTON, Mass.(AP) -- Phil Mickelson hit his tee shot on No. 9 well to the left and into the trees, then declared he was hitting a provisional tee shot for a lost ball.