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Amazon escalates standoff with publisher Hachette

By HILLEL ITALIE - Associated Press

Los Angeles Dodgers center fielder Matt Kemp (27) leaps unsuccessfully for a ball hit by New York Mets' Curtis Granderson as right fielder Yasiel Puig watches during the eighth inning of a baseball game, Thursday, May 22, 2014, in New York. David Wright scored on the play. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Puig, Dodgers lose to Mets 5-3

By HOWIE RUMBERG - Associated Press

Cops: NY man arrested in Conn. made death threats

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A woman cranes her neck as she passes by some of photographer Andres Serrano's portraits of homeless New Yorkers currently on display at the West 4th Street subway station in New York, Wednesday, May 21, 2014. Best known for his controversial image of a crucifix dunked in his own urine, Serrano chose to show his portraits in some of the very places his unassuming subjects often populate_a subway station, a park and a church. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Homeless photos pop up in subway, bus shelters

By ULA ILNYTZKY - Associated Press

A woman cranes her neck as she passes by some of photographer Andres Serrano's portraits of homeless New Yorkers currently on display at the West 4th Street subway station in New York, Wednesday, May 21, 2014. Best known for his controversial image of a crucifix dunked in his own urine, Serrano chose to show his portraits in some of the very places his unassuming subjects often populate_a subway station, a park and a church. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Serrano’s homeless photos pop up in NYC

By ULA ILNYTZKY - Associated Press

Marine Lt. General William Faulkner, left, takes a pledge of oath from Marine Staff Sgt. Brandon King, during a joint U.S. military services re-enlistment and promotion ceremony, Friday May 23, 2014 at the National September 11 Memorial Museum site in New York. Brandon, 30, from Columbus, Ga., and based at Camp Lejeune, N.C., re-enlisted for another four years to bring his total to sixteen years of service. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

9/11 memorial site of Fleet Week ceremony

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The lights of Citi Field illuminate the pouring rain during a rain delay of a baseball game between the Arizona Diamondbacks and the New York Mets, Friday, May 23, 2014, in New York. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Diamondbacks-Mets postponed by rain in 4th inning

By HOWIE RUMBERG - Associated Press

New York Yankees' Derek Jeter, right, runs to first base on a drop third strike as Chicago White Sox catcher Tyler Flowers looks to a throw during the fourth inning of a baseball game in Chicago on Thursday, May 22, 2014. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Yankees shut down by Sale, lose 3-2 to White Sox

By ANDREW SELIGMAN - Associated Press

FILE- In this April 16, 2014 file photo, a member of the Army Corps of Engineers looks on as a finback is whale is secured before being pulled out of the water on a dry dock in Jersey City, N.J., after the whale was found dead in New York harbor over the weekend. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says the rate of strikes is higher than usual for this time of year. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)

More whales being hit by ships along East Coast

By JIM FITZGERALD - Associated Press

Isles sign goalie Halak to 4-year deal

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Acting Director Tom Evans of the Central Pacific Hurricane Center speaks during a briefing in Honolulu on Wednesday, May 21, 2014. Weather forecasters are predicting four to seven tropical cyclones in the central Pacific Ocean during this year's hurricane season. (AP Photo/Oskar Garcia)

Forecasters predict slow Atlantic hurricane season

By Meghan Barr - Associated Press

Washington Capitals goalie Jaroslav Halak, of Slovakia, makes a save against the New Jersey Devils during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Friday, April 4, 2014, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Jaroslav Halak signs with Islanders after Caps trade

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California Chrome gallops in slop at Belmont

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Mentally ill inmate, locked alone in NYC jail cell for 7 days last fall, died a gruesome death

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New York Jets NFL football running back Chris Johnson speaks to the media Thursday, May 22, 2014, in Florham Park, N.J. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)

Jets’ Johnson (knee) likely to sit out OTAs

By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. - Associated Press

Chicago White Sox starter Chris Sale throws against the New York Yankees during the first inning of a baseball game in Chicago on Thursday, May 22, 2014. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Sale retires 18 of 19, White Sox beat Yankees 3-2

By ANDREW SELIGMAN - Associated Press

Los Angeles Dodgers right fielder Yasiel Puig (66) connects for a double against the New York Mets during the sixth inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, May 20, 2014, in New York. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Puig polishes game, goes on tear for Dodgers

By MIKE FITZPATRICK - Associated Press

New York attorney general, Airbnb reach accord

By MICHAEL VIRTANEN - Associated Press

Los Angeles Dodgers right fielder Yasiel Puig (66) connects for a double against the New York Mets during the sixth inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, May 20, 2014, in New York. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Gonzalez, Puig lead Dodgers to 9-4 win over Mets

By MIKE FITZPATRICK - Associated Press

Gov. Andrew Cuomo appears via video with former Congresswoman Kathy Hochul of Buffalo, NY, as his choice to be New York's next lieutenant governor, during the opening session of the state's Democratic Convention, in Melville, N.Y., Wednesday, May 21, 2014. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Backed for 2nd term, Cuomo picks Hochul for Lt Gov

By DAVID KLEPPER - Associated Press