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NEW YORK (AP) -- Spot nonferrous metal prices today
NEW YORK (AP) -- Spot nonferrous metal prices today. Aluminum -$1.342 per lb., London Metal Exch. today. Copper -$3.7800 Cathode full plate, U.S. destinations. Copper $3.7235 N.Y. Merc spot Thu. Lead - $1990.00 metric ton, London Metal Exch. Zinc - $1.0207 per lb., delivered. Gold - $927.50 Handy & Harman (only daily quote). Gold - $917.90 troy oz., NY Merc spot Thu. Silver - $18.025 Handy & Harman (only daily quote). Silver - $17.975 troy oz...
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Wetterich gets within two strokes at Colonial
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -- Brett Wetterich first felt the pain in his shoulder while hitting balls on the range in Hawaii before his season opener in January. After two more tournaments, he finally went to see a doctor. Instead of surgery for a torn labrum like he expected, Wetterich missed only two months on the PGA Tour while going through rehabilitation. Now he's taking another step: playing well again. Wetterich shot a season-best 5-under ...
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Grand slams down Royals
BOSTON (AP) -- The Red Sox made winning look easy at Fenway Park the past few days. A no-hitter, two grand slams in a game and two pitchers coming up from Triple-A to get wins -- it couldn't have gone much better in a four-game sweep of Kansas City. J.D. Drew and Mike Lowell supplied the slams Thursday to help Daisuke Matsuzaka remain unbeaten, and Boston completed a perfect seven-game homestand with an 11-8 win over the Royals. The series st...
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Tornado kills one, injures dozens WINDSOR, Colo
Tornado kills one, injures dozens WINDSOR, Colo. -- Residents awoke today to find debris-strewn neighborhoods, houses torn to pieces and trees stripped bare of their spring leaves after a large tornado swept through northern Colorado, killing one person and injuring dozens. The twister skipped through several towns in Weld County Thursday, damaging or destroying dozens of homes, businesses, dairies and farms. The storm system pelted the regio...
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AG modifies demands in case
TOPEKA (AP) -- Attorney General Steve Six modified demands Thursday in a lawsuit filed against a district court judge who has custody of patients' medical records from two abortion clinics. The judge is a key witness in a separate criminal case against one of the clinics in Johnson County. Six's lawsuit is before the Kansas Supreme Court, and the justices are keeping the judge from testifying in the criminal case while they determine who shou...
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Speaker: No override attempt on energy bill
TOPEKA -- The fight for two coal-fired power plants in western Kansas ended Wednesday in the Legislature, and the next round likely will be in the courts. House Speaker Melvin Neufeld said Wednesday there will be no effort next week to override Gov. Kathleen Sebelius' latest of three vetoes of bills allowing Sunflower Electric Power Corp. to build the plants outside Holcomb in Finney County. Legislators gather May 29 for a brief adjournment c...
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Red Sox keep Royals reeling
BOSTON (AP) -- After 306 starts, 146 wins and one Cy Young award, Bartolo Colon felt like a rookie before his 2008 debut. The beefy right-hander turns 35 on Saturday but when he took the mound Wednesday night he had the nerves of a neophyte. "I was very nervous in the first inning," Colon said after showing that his elbow problems from last year were gone. "I felt like my first professional outing, actually. But after the first inning I was a...
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Race draws to end; now it's time for legacies
WASHINGTON -- The Democratic presidential race is all but over. Barring a cataclysmic change of events, Barack Obama will win enough pledged and superdelegates to capture the party's nomination. The only real issue is whether he and rival Hillary Rodham Clinton leave the race with their futures -- and their party -- intact. For Obama, that means winning with class so he endears himself to Clinton's supporters -- letting her leave the race on ...
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National Hockey League Playoffs By The Associated Press STANLEY CUP FINALS Saturday's Game Pittsburgh at Detroit, 7 p
National Hockey League Playoffs By The Associated Press STANLEY CUP FINALS Saturday's Game Pittsburgh at Detroit, 7 p.m. Monday's Game Pittsburgh at Detroit, 7 p.m. Wednesday's Game Detroit at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. Saturday, May 31 Detroit at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. Monday, June 2 Pittsburgh at Detroit, 7 p.m., if necessary Wednesday, June 4 Detroit at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m., if necessary Saturday, June 7 Pi...
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Oklahoma stuns A&M in Big 12 tournament
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Andrew Doyle pitched a complete-game five-hitter and struck out a career-high 12 batters Wednesday as Oklahoma upset top-seeded Texas A&M 4-1 in pool play in the Big 12 Conference baseball tournament. Oklahoma (33-23-1) was the eighth and final team to qualify for the tournament and had lost three regular-season games to Texas A&M (42-15). Doyle (8-4), a sophomore who leads the Sooners in strikeouts with 70 this season, ...
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No winner in Powerball DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- None of the tickets sold for the Powerball game Wednesday night matched all six numbers drawn, which were 7-16-21-33-42
No winner in Powerball DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- None of the tickets sold for the Powerball game Wednesday night matched all six numbers drawn, which were 7-16-21-33-42. The Powerball was 25. The Power Play was 4. Players matching all five numbers and the Powerball would have won or shared the $15 million jackpot. The prize goes to an estimated $20 million for Saturday. Tickets that match the first five numbers but miss the Powerball win $200,...
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U.N. chief visits Myanmar delta KYONDAH, Myanmar -- U
U.N. chief visits Myanmar delta KYONDAH, Myanmar -- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon surveyed devastated sections of Myanmar's Irrawaddy Delta today and said he was very upset by the conditions of cyclone survivors. Ban went on a four-hour helicopter trip that touched down at several makeshift settlements of refugees from the May 2-3 storm. He is one of a handful of foreigners allowed to see the zone first hand. Ban and his entourage flew o...
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Officials investigate murder BUHLER -- Reno County authorities have formed a task force to investigate whether the weekend killing of an 85-year-old woman is connected to other cases in which older women have been sexually assaulted
Officials investigate murder BUHLER -- Reno County authorities have formed a task force to investigate whether the weekend killing of an 85-year-old woman is connected to other cases in which older women have been sexually assaulted. Pearl Arthaud was found dead Sunday morning in her assisted-living apartment at the Sunshine Meadows Retirement Community in Buhler. An autopsy showed the death was a homicide but police are releasing few other d...
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Democrats work to fix mistake on farm bill
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democrats are picking up the pieces after an embarrassing technical gaffe that delayed a triumphant rejection of President Bush's veto of a massive farm bill. Members from both parties hoped to bring the $290 billion bill -- which includes election-year subsidies for farmers and food stamps for the poor -- back to their districts over Memorial Day. But that is looking less likely now that the legislation may have to be pass...
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Brown v. Board plaintiff dies
TOPEKA (AP) -- The last surviving Topeka plaintiff in the Brown v. Board of Education case that led to the landmark ruling outlawing school desegregation has died at 88. Zelma Henderson died Tuesday in Topeka, six weeks after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. In 1950 she signed onto the litigation on behalf of her children challenging Topeka's segregated schools. In all, 13 black parents, including the Rev. Oliver Brown, took part in th...
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Minors turn out to be adults SAN ANGELO, Texas -- Half the mothers from a polygamist sect that Texas child welfare authorities put in foster care as children have now been declared adults
Minors turn out to be adults SAN ANGELO, Texas -- Half the mothers from a polygamist sect that Texas child welfare authorities put in foster care as children have now been declared adults. Attorneys for Child Protective Services say 15 of the 31 mothers are adults. One is actually 27. Another girl listed as an underage mother is 14, but the state has conceded she is not pregnant and does not have a child. The underage mothers had been cited a...
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Spot nonferrous metal prices today
NEW YORK (AP) -- Spot nonferrous metal prices today. Aluminum -$1.350 per lb., London Metal Exch. today. Copper -$3.8110 Cathode full plate, U.S. destinations. Copper $3.7535 N.Y. Merc spot Wed. Lead - $2062.00 metric ton, London Metal Exch. Zinc - $1.0420 per lb., delivered. Gold - $922.75 Handy & Harman (only daily quote). Gold - $928.00 troy oz., NY Merc spot Wed. Silver - $17.940 Handy & Harman (only daily quote). Silver...
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National Basketball Association Playoffs By The Associated Press CONFERENCE FINALS (Best-of-7) Tuesday's Game Boston 88, Detroit 79, Boston leads series 1-0 Wednesday's Game L
National Basketball Association Playoffs By The Associated Press CONFERENCE FINALS (Best-of-7) Tuesday's Game Boston 88, Detroit 79, Boston leads series 1-0 Wednesday's Game L.A. Lakers 89, San Antonio 85, Lakers lead series 1-0 Today's Game Detroit at Boston, 7:30 p.m. Friday's Game San Antonio at L.A. Lakers, 8 p.m. Saturday's Game Boston at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Sunday's Game L.A. Lakers at San Antonio, 7:30 p.m....
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GM union at Fairfax plant approves contract
KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- Union members at General Motors Corp.'s Fairfax assembly plant here have approved a new contract, ending a nearly three-week-old strike. The contract was approved by 88 percent of the skilled workers and 85 percent of the production workers who voted Wednesday, union officials said, although they declined to say how many workers voted. About 2,500 members of United Auto Workers Local 31 walked off the job May 5 after fail...
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Spurs collapse down the stretch
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Even Spurs coach Gregg Popovich knew the Lakers' Kobe Bryant was just biding his time. "Kobe, he was doing a trust-his-teammates thing in the first half," Popovich said. "He was checking it all out and seeing where his territory was going to be. In the second half, he went to work." With just two points on 1-of-3 shooting at halftime, Bryant scored 27 in the second Wednesday night to rally Los Angeles to an 89-85 victory o...
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