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No joke: Bill Maher buys minority share of Mets
No joke: Bill Maher owns a stake in the New York Mets.The stand-up comic and political satirist was at Citi Field on Sunday and revealed that he bought a minority share of the team months ago. Mets senior vice president of marketing and communications David Newman confirmed the deal is done and that Maher is a new limited partner."That's what's great about baseball," Maher said. "I finally found something

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Tommy Hanson shook off an agonizing start to outpitch Gio Gonzalez, and the Atlanta Braves beat the Washington Nationals 3-2 Sunday to end a six-game skid against their NL East rivals.

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Experts: Okla., not Texas, had hottest summer ever

Oklahoma and Texas have argued for years about which has the best college football team, whose oil fields produce better crude, even where the state border should run. But in a hot, sticky dispute

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Rare sighting: Venus to trek across face of sun
It's a spectacle that won't repeat for another century — the sight of Venus slowly inching across the face of the sun.

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History-making Nationals lose to Braves 3-2
Five pitches into the bottom of the first inning, the Washington Nationals had made history and provided ace Gio Gonzalez with a two-run cushion against the Atlanta Braves.

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Hanson, Braves beat Nationals 3-2
Tommy Hanson shook off an agonizing start to outpitch Gio Gonzalez, and the Atlanta Braves beat the Washington Nationals 3-2 Sunday to end a six-game skid against their NL East rivals.

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