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Brooklyn Nets' Mirza Teletovic (33) shoots over Detroit Pistons' Josh Smith (6) in the first half of an NBA basketball game on Friday, April 4, 2014, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek)

Nets use 3-point attack to beat Pistons 116-104

By JOE DePAOLO - Associated Press

Chicago Cubs Welington Castillo, right, celebrates with third base coach Gary Jones after he hit a home run against the Philadelphia Phillies during the second inning of a baseball game on Friday, April 4, 2014, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Andrew A. Nelles)

Utley leads Phillies past Cubs in Wrigley opener

By JAY COHEN - Associated Press

Philadelphia 76ers guard Michael Carter-Williams (1) drives through the Boston Celtics for a basket during the second half of an NBA basketball game Friday, April 4, 2014, in Boston. Carter-Williams had 24 points in the 76ers' 111-102 win. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Sixers beat Celtics 111-102

Associated Press

Champions highlight Pa. boys’ all-state teams

By MICHAEL BULLOCK - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 31, 2013 file photo, Philadelphia Phillies interim manager Ryne Sandberg, left, signs autographs for fans before a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs in Chicago. The celebration of Wrigley Field's 100th anniversary begins Friday, April 4, 2014, with a visit from an old friend. Sandberg, the Cubs' Hall of Fame second baseman, brings his Phillies to Chicago. (AP Photo/Andrew A. Nelles, File)

Wrigley Field opens anniversary season Friday

By JAY COHEN - Associated Press

In this photo released by the Alameda County Sheriffs office, an alligator named "Mr. Teeth" is seen after it was discovered in a home in Castro Valley, Calif., on Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013. Authorities say the alligator, apparently used to protect a stash of marijuana inside the home, has been taken to a zoo. When deputies entered Assif Mayar's home on Wednesday for a probation check, they found 34 pounds of marijuana and the five-foot alligator in a tank in the bedroom. (AP Photo/Alameda County Sheriffs)

Breaking Fad: Alligators becoming the new pit bulls for drug dealers, cops say

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Associated Press

Shale oil find fuels boom in U.S. business

By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times

This undated photo provided on Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012, by the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia shows a bonneted Martha Washington on a nonsense test piece. The Mint has been testing different materials to fiend less expensive ways to make coins. (AP Photo U.S. Mint)

U.S. Mint testing new metals to make coins cheaper

By Joann Loviglio - Associated Press

BOOK REVIEW: History of the famously flawed bell

By John R. Coyne Jr. - The Washington Times