The Houston Rockets introduced their three draft picks as “a big part for the future” on Friday, while also vowing to refine the roster with more moves this summer.
HYANNIS, Mass. (AP) — A special summer exhibit on Jackie Kennedy’s life on Cape Cod has opened at the John F. Kennedy Hyannis Museum.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Smokers and pro football players have something in common: They engage in risky behavior that can be potentially harmful to their health over time.
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BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — Tiger Woods stepped out of the clubhouse at Congressional and into a strange new world of quiet Saturday. No one called out his name. No one pushed against the ropes and held out a cap for him to sign. No one was there.
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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi could soon become the only state without an abortion clinic because of a new law taking effect this weekend. Critics say the law would force women to drive hours across the state line to obtain a constitutionally protected procedure, or could even force some to carry unwanted pregnancies to term.
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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Emails show Penn State’s former president Graham Spanier agreed not to take allegations of sex abuse against ex-assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky to authorities but worried university officials would be “vulnerable” for failing to report it, a news organization has reported.
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DALLAS (AP) — Experts are investigating the deaths of 15 cattle in Central Texas that were grazing on toxic grass this spring.
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DENVER (AP) — Drought and wildfire fears are snuffing out some Fourth of July festivities this year.
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HAVANA (AP) — Endurance swimmer Penny Palfrey pushed through the calm waters of the Florida Straits overnight and through the Saturday dawn, enduring jellyfish stings but otherwise encountering perfect conditions as she neared the halfway mark in her attempt to become the first woman to swim unassisted from Cuba to Florida.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Presidents live in a world of wins and losses quickly forgotten. Rarely are they presented with the kind of defining moment that President Barack Obama experienced when the Supreme Court upheld his health care law.
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