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NEW YORK – Alex Rodriguez became the youngest player to hit 600 home runs and did it with style, driving a pitch into Yankee Stadium's Monument Park in center field exactly three years to the day after his 500th homer. A-Rod reached the milestone Wednesday after a 12-game drought with a first-inning homer off Toronto's Shaun Marcum. Rodriguez connected with a 2-0 pitch over the middle of the plate for his 17th home run of the season, giving the Yankees a 2-0 lead on a sweltering summer afternoon. By hitting the homer into Monument Park, a stadium worker could retrieve...

WASHINGTON (June 11) - Jim Johnson, a manager of Democrat Barack Obama's vice presidential search team, resigned Wednesday amid criticism over his personal loan deals. "Jim did not want to distract in any way from the very important task of gathering information about my vice presidential nominee, so he has made a decision to step aside that I accept," Obama said in a statement. "We have a very good selection process under way, and I am confident that it will produce a number of highly qualified candidates for me to choose from in the weeks ahead. I remain grateful to...

Army Womens Basketball Coach Maggie Dixon, who led the Black Knights to their First NCAA Tournament, in her first Head coaching season has died at age 28 of cardiac arrythmia.

Sen. Clinton Will Vote 'No' on Roberts By Susan Jones CNSNews.com Senior Editor September 23, 2005 (CNSNews.com) - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton says she will vote against the nomination of Judge John Roberts to serve as chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. "After serious and careful consideration of the Committee proceedings and Judge Roberts's writings, I believe I must vote against his confirmation. I do not believe that the Judge has presented his views with enough clarity and specificity for me to in good conscience cast a vote on his behalf," Sen. Clinton said in a statement posted on...