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TAMPA, Fla. -- Roger Clemens threw a total of 62 pitches in a workout on Wednesday as he aimed for a Saturday debut with the New York Yankees against the Pittsburgh Pirates. What's in store for Roger Clemens, once he finally takes the mound for the Yankees? Page 2's Jim Caple takes a look in his crystal ball. Story In the workout at the Yankees' spring training complex in Tampa, Clemens threw 8 practice pitches and 54 to right and left-handed hitters, none with any velocity. "Everything today went well," Clemens said. "I have a short downhill training session tomorrow...

NOTE: You'll have to go to their site to read the memo where they take Owen Wilson (a recent public contributor to the Hillary campaign, by the way) to task for being in a lame movie that illegally adapted a character from one of Steely Dan's songs.

FBI agents and Homeland Security officials spent the weekend investigating the report of a possible missile fired at an American Airlines plane taking off from Los Angeles International Airport. Sources tell ABC News the pilot of American Airlines Flight 621, en route to Chicago, radioed air traffic controllers after takeoff from LAX. He told them a missile had been fired at the aircraft and missed. The plane was over water when the pilot said he saw a smoke trail pass by the cockpit. FBI agents believe it was a flare or a bottle rocket, but say they may never know...

Beaten Trucker Recounts Ordeal Two Suspects Facing Charges in Attack POSTED: 10:52 am EDT July 14, 2005 UPDATED: 12:24 pm EDT July 14, 2005 WOODSTOCK -- The truck driver who was beaten last week by a mob of rowdy northwest Atlanta youth said his life may never be the same following an attack that almost cost him his life.Rafael Diaz, 29, has been released from Grady Memorial Hospital and is recovering at his Woodstock home following the early-morning July 5 attack on Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway, formerly known as Bankhead Highway. More Resources VIDEO: Jovita Moore reports-Victim SpeaksVIDEO: Tiffani...