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    Lee takes on Sheets in tonight's All-Star Game (AP)

    In this July 1, 2008 file photo, Cleveland Indians' Cliff Lee pitches against the Chicago White Sox during the second inning of a baseball game in Chicago. Lee will start for the American League in the All-Star game Tuesday, July 15, 2008 in New York.(AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)AP - Cleveland left-hander Cliff Lee will throw the first pitch of tonight's All-Star Game in Yankee Stadium, where the American League looks to continue its recent dominance against the National League. The junior circuit is 10-0-and-1 over the last 11 meetings.


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    Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:01:43 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    Jimmy Kimmel and Sarah Silverman end romance (AP)

    In this April 3, 2008 file photo, Television host Jimmy Kimmel, left, and actress Sarah Silverman pose on the press line at the Jimmy Kimmel Show's 1000th Episode Party in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg, file)AP - Jimmy Kimmel and Sarah Silverman have broken up, their publicists said Monday. "Jimmy and Sarah have no further comment," Kimmel's spokesman Lewis Kay told The Associated Press, confirming the split that was first reported on Vanity Fair magazine's Web site.


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    Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:43:38 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    YouTube, Viacom agree to mask viewer data (AP)

    A man looks at YouTube's web site in a file photo. (Peter Jones/Reuters)AP - In a nod to privacy complaints, Viacom Inc. won't be told the identities of individuals who watch video clips on the popular video-sharing site YouTube.


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    Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:51:35 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    Secret Gitmo video gives first glimpse of closed interrogations (AP)

    In this handout image taken from a 2003 US Department of Defense surveillance video and released Tuesday July 15, 2008 by Omar Khadr's defense lawyers, Omar Khadr is shown in an interrogation room at the Guatanamo U.S. Naval Base prison while being questioned by members of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service. (AP Photo/US Department of Defense via The Canadian Press)AP - A 16-year-old captured in Afghanistan and held at Guantanamo Bay sobs during his questioning, holding up his wounded arms and begging for help in a video released Tuesday that provided the first glimpse of interrogations at the U.S. military prison.


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    Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:24:33 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    Obama: Iraq distracting from every other threat (AP)

    Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks at the Ronald Reagan International Trade Center in Washington, Tuesday, July 15, 2008. In advance of an overseas trip, Obama said fighting al-Qaida and the Taliban in Afghanistan would be his top priority. Beyond that, he called for securing all nuclear weapons and materials from terrorists and rogue states, achieving energy security and rebuilding international alliances.  (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)AP - Sen. Barack Obama said Tuesday that overall U.S. interests have been hurt rather than helped by the Bush administration's decision to increase troop strength in Iraq 18 months ago, and vowed to stick to his plan to withdraw combat troops within 16 months of becoming president.


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    Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:17:34 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    GM to cut salaried workers, production, dividend (AP)

    General Motors chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner addresses the media during a news conference in Detroit, Tuesday, July 15, 2008. The automaker said Tuesday it will lay off salaried workers, cut truck production, suspend its dividend and borrow $2 billion to $3 billion to weather a severe downturn in the U.S. market.  (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)AP - General Motors Corp. said Tuesday it will lay off salaried workers, cut truck production, suspend its dividend and borrow $2 billion to $3 billion to weather a severe downturn in the U.S. market.


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    Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:44:18 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    Wholesale prices soar in June; Sales are sluggish (AP)

    A shopper walks past a display of Hannah Montana tee shirts at a North Little Rock, Ark., Wal-Mart Store Inc., store Wednesday, July 9, 2008. Wal-Mart Stores says same-store sales in June beat expectations, helped by sales of groceries and a boost from tax-rebate checks. The company is raising its guidance based on the strong results. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)AP - The economy showed the depth of its twin problems on Tuesday, slow growth and rising inflation, as the nation wrestled with a teetering financial system, a slumping dollar and rising prices for food and fuel.


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    Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:14:44 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    Oil prices plummet $7 on spreading economic fears (AP)

    Traders work the crude oil options pit at the New York Mercantile Exchange, Tuesday, July 15, 2008 in New York. Oil prices plunged Tuesday as worries about the nation's economic health moved to the fore and OPEC warned that high pump prices are likely to erode global demand for crude. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)AP - Oil prices plunged Tuesday as worries about the nation's economic health shot to the fore and OPEC warned that high pump prices are likely to erode global demand for crude.


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    Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:32:47 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    Bush says troubled financial system is 'basically sound' (AP)

    President Bush gestures in the briefing room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, July 15, 2008, where he called on Congress to move quickly to put into force legislation designed to prop up mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)AP - President Bush said Tuesday the nation's troubled financial system is "basically sound" and urged lawmakers to quickly enact legislation to prop up mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.


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    Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:25:34 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    Fed chief details woes in markets, housing, jobs (AP)

    Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 15, 2008, as he reports on the economy during an appearance  before the Senate Banking Committee. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress Tuesday the fragile economy is facing "numerous difficulties" despite the Fed's aggressive interest rate reductions and other fortifying steps.


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    Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:20:23 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    World's biggest Christian festival launched with Sydney mass (AFP)

    Graphic on Pope Benedict XVI's visit to Sydney for World Youth Day. The biggest mass ever held in Australia is set to officially launch World Youth Day events with 150,000 Catholic pilgrims expected to attend, organisers have said(AFP)AFP - The world's biggest Christian festival opened Tuesday with a spectacular harbourside mass for thousands of pilgrims taking part in World Youth Day celebrations in Sydney headed by Pope Benedict XVI.


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    Tue, 15 Jul 2008 08:13:35 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    UN prepares to pull staff from Darfur (AFP)

    International Criminal Court prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo adressing the press. The UN is preparing to fly non-essential staff from Darfur as supporters of Sudan President Omar al-Beshir planned protests in Khartoum to denounce the world court prosecutor's call for him to be arrested for alleged war crimes(AFP/ANP/Koen van Weel)AFP - The United Nations prepared on Tuesday to fly non-essential staff from Darfur as supporters of Sudan President Omar al-Beshir planned protests in Khartoum to denounce the world court prosecutor's call for him to be arrested for alleged war crimes.


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    Tue, 15 Jul 2008 07:36:01 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    Sleep deprivation raised in bin Laden driver case (Reuters)

    In this photograph of a sketch by courtroom artist Janet Hamlin, reviewed by the U.S. Military, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (C) stands during a court hearing inside a U.S. military war crimes court at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba June 5, 2008. REUTERS/Janet Hamlin/PoolReuters - A newly-released document suggests Osama bin Laden's former driver may have been subjected to 50 days of sleep deprivation at the Guantanamo prison camp in Cuba, the prisoner's defense lawyers said on Monday.


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    Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:00:57 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    Sydney transformed by young Catholic pilgrims (Reuters)

    A World Youth Day participant reads a text message on his mobile phone outside St. Mary's cathedral in Sydney July 15, 2008. REUTERS/Tim WimborneReuters - About 150,000 young pilgrims attended mass on the shores of Sydney Harbor on Tuesday for the Catholic church's biggest youth festival, but protesters plan to rally against Pope Benedict ahead of his outdoor mass on Sunday.


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    Tue, 15 Jul 2008 08:45:52 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    Blair scraps Gaza visit due to security threat (Reuters)

    Palestinian Hamas militants take part in a training exercise in Gaza June 24, 2008. (Mohammed Salem/Reuters)Reuters - Middle East envoy Tony Blair's decision to cancel a visit to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip on Tuesday stemmed from a security threat, a spokesman for the former British prime minister said.


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    Tue, 15 Jul 2008 08:53:55 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
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