Hamels returns to pitch Phillies over Padres 3-2

Cole Hamels was stellar on the mound in his return from a five-game suspension, working seven innings of one-run ball Sunday to help the Philadelphia Phillies beat the San Diego Padres 3-2.

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Clippers advance with 82-72 win over Grizzlies

Kenyon Martin scored seven of his 11 points in the fourth quarter, and the Los Angeles Clippers advanced to the Western Conference semifinals with an 82-72 win Sunday over the Memphis Grizzlies in Game 7.

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France gets new leader, Europe new direction

France handed the presidency Sunday to leftist Francois Hollande, a champion of government stimulus programs who says the state should protect the downtrodden — a victory that could deal a death blow to the drive for austerity that has been the hallmark of Europe in recent years.

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Nats rookie Harper steals home against Phillies

Washington Nationals rookie Bryce Harper stole home in the bottom of the first inning against Philadelphia on Sunday night.

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Livorno players, fans pay respects to Morosini

Livorno players and fans gathered at the team’s stadium Sunday to pay their respects, a day after midfielder Piermario Morosini collapsed and died after suffering a cardiac arrest during a Serie B match at Pescara.

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Tulsa police say shootings may have been revenge

Two men were arrested Sunday in a shooting rampage that left three people dead and terrorized Tulsa’s black community, and police said one suspect may have been trying to avenge his father’s shooting two years ago by a black man.

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Opposition ahead in E.Timor election count

Early results from East Timor’s presidential polls on Sunday showed the opposition Fretilin party’s Francisco “Lu Olo” Guterres had surged ahead with incumbent Jose Ramos-Horta lagging in third.

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Afghan president: American kills 16 in shooting

President Hamid Karzai said a U.S. service member killed 16 people — nine of them children and three women — in a shooting spree Sunday that he condemned as “an assassination.”

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US soldier suspected of Afghan shooting spree

U.S. officials say it was an American Army soldier who may have shot as many as 16 Afghans before dawn on Sunday in southern Afghanistan.

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Afghanistan’s Karzai calls shooting spree "intentional murders"

KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan President Hamid Karzai condemned a shooting rampage by Western soldiers in southern Kandahar province on Sunday as “intentional murders” and demanded an explanation from the United States. The victims of the shooting spree, which left up to 16 civilians dead, included nine children and three women, Karzai’s office said in a statement. (Reporting by Rob Taylor; Editing by Dean Yates)

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