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Niese strikes out career-high 10, Mets beat Cards
Jonathon Niese struck out a career-high 10 in six scoreless innings and the New York Mets shut down the slumping St. Louis Cardinals for the third straight game, getting a homer and three RBIs from rookie Kirk Nieuwenhuis in a 6-1 victory Sunday night.Andres Torres added a two-run triple and finished a homer shy of the cycle. Nieuwenhuis, batting leadoff, also had three hits.Niese (4-2) became the

No joke: Bill Maher buys minority share of Mets
No joke: Bill Maher owns a stake in the New York Mets.

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NL Capsules
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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