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White Sox Offense Absent for Game 1

CHICAGO – The Chicago White Sox’s (search) offense looked a bit rusty, even if they insisted a three-day layoff had no bearing on their performance in Game 1 of the American League Championship Series. They had trouble getting down bunts when they needed them, couldn’t steal their way into scoring …

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United Nations Launches Youth AIDS Campaign

UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations (search) is launching a global campaign to combat the rising threat of AIDS (search) against children, nearly 1,800 of whom are infected with HIV every day. According to a new report from UNICEF (search) and UNAIDS (search), children under 15 account for 1 in …

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Floodwaters Nearly Out of New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS – The Army Corps of Engineers (search) pumped much of the remaining floodwater out of the city Saturday as tens of thousands of residents continued returning to dry neighborhoods to check on houses and reopen businesses. Water was still being pumped out of the heavily flooded lower Ninth …

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