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ASSOCIATED PRESS Washington Nationals starting pitcher Craig Stammen throws to the Florida Marlins during the first inning of a baseball game in Miami, Sunday, July 18, 2010.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Baltimore Orioles' Miguel Tejada reacts after flying out against the Toronto Blue Jays in the fourth inning of a baseball game Sunday, July 18, 2010, in Baltimore.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS South Africa's Louis Oosthuizen holds his trophy aloft after winning the British Open Golf Championship on the Old Course at St. Andrews, Scotland, Sunday, July 18, 2010.

South Africa's Louis Oosthuizen (right) celebrates on the 18th green with his caddie, Zack Rasego, after winning the British Open golf championship on the Old Course at St. Andrews, Scotland, on Sunday, July 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

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** FILE ** Five dissidents -- (from left) Omar Rodriguez, Julio Cesar Galvez, Ricardo Gonzalez, Jose Luis Garcia and Lester Gonzalez -- who were among those released from jail in Cuba last week gesture before a news conference in Madrid on Thursday, July 15, 2010. Nine more freed dissidents and their relatives are expected to arrive in Madrid on Tuesday, July 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Paul White)

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In this Sept. 20, 2008 file photo, Uga VII, the seventh English bulldog mascot for the University of Georgia team, who died last football season, keeps to the sidelines in Tempe, Ariz. Dogs with pushed-back faces such as English bulldogs and pugs accounted for roughly half the purebred dog deaths on airlines in the past five years, the Transportation Department disclosed Friday. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS First-round draft pick John Wall of the Washington Wizards smiles as he makes his NBA debut against Golden State Warriors at an NBA summer league basketball game at Thomas & Mack Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, July 11, 2010.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS ESPN personality Erin Andrews, right, speaks to Oklahoma coach Sunny Golloway between innings of an NCAA College World Series baseball game against Clemson in Omaha, Neb., Tuesday, June 22, 2010. Andrews will talk about sports, her experience on "Dancing With the Stars" and about her advocacy for crime victims. Andrews' contract expires July 1, meaning the CWS could be her last assignment for the cable sports giant.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS CLOSE: Sen. Christopher J. Dodd looks on as Sen. Harry Reid proclaims victory for the financial-reform bill on Capitol Hill on Thursday after winning over three Republicans.

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Scotland's Colin Montgomerie, left, and Phil Mickelson of the United States stand on the 10th hole during the first round of the British Open Golf Championship on the Old Course at St. Andrews, Scotland, Thursday, July 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

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American Tiger Woods drives the ball on the 16th hole on the first day of the Open championship in St. Andrews, Scotland on July 15, 2010. (UPI/Hugo Philpott)

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Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy prepares to putt on the 16th green during the first round of the British Open Golf Championship on the Old Course at St. Andrews, Scotland, Thursday, July 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Tim Hales)

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England's Lee Westwood plays a shot from the 12th tee during the first round of the British Open Golf Championship on the Old Course at St. Andrews, Scotland, Thursday, July 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

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England's Justin Rose watches his shot out of the rough on the 17th hole during the first round of the British Open Golf Championship on the Old Course at St. Andrews, Scotland, Thursday, July 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

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Phil Mickelson of the United States watches his tee shot on the second hole during the first round of the British Open Golf Championship on the Old Course at St. Andrews, Scotland on Thursday, July 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)

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Tiger Woods of the United States, center, and Colombia's Camilo Villegas, right, and caddie Brett Waldman walk across the Swilken Burn bridge on the 18th hole during the first round of the British Open Golf Championship on the Old Course at St. Andrews, Scotland, Thursday, July 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)