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Day: June 3, 2012

Twins in position for draft haul

By La Velle E. Neal III, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – MINNEAPOLIS — Months of evaluation culminates Monday when the Twins take part in the Major League Baseball draft, one of the most important

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Johnson leads 289 laps, wins at Dover

By David Scott, McClatchy Newspapers – DOVER, Del. — Jimmie Johnson tied two of NASCAR’s legends by winning Sunday’s FedEx 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Dover International Speedway. It was Johnson’s

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Twins turn back Indians

By Joe Christensen, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – CLEVELAND — Joe Mauer has hit plenty of singles over the years, and in limited duty, Trevor Plouffe has delivered his share of home runs.

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Devils down and heading West

By Tom Gulitti, The Record (Hackensack N.J.) – NEWARK, N.J. — The Devils feel like they are every bit as good as the Los Angeles Kings, but just two games into these

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Giants, Cain take down Cubs, 2-1

By Alex Pavlovic, San Jose Mercury News – SAN FRANCISCO — They turned back the clock Saturday at AT&T Park, where the players wore replica uniforms from 1912, the scoreboard was sans

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SpaceX has big plans for launches

By W.J. Hennigan, Los Angeles Times – LOS ANGELES — SpaceX, the upstart company that shot a capsule to the International Space Station and back last week, won’t have much time to savor

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What’s opening in theaters next week

By Rene Rodriguez, McClatchy Newspapers – MADAGASCAR 3: EUROPE’S MOST WANTED (PG) Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer and Jada Pinkett Smith return for the further adventures of the animated talking animals,

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Baseball rankings

By Larry Stone, The Seattle Times – Larry Stone’s MLB power rankings Last week’s rankings in parentheses Team 1       White Sox (16)  Performing with unbridled passion and fire  but enough about Hawk Harrelson

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Are gay rights civil rights?

By Jeff Kunerth, The Orlando Sentinel – ORLANDO, Fla. — Shortly after President Barack Obama endorsed same-sex marriage, the NAACP reiterated its contention that gay rights — including the right to marry —

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