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White Sox Top Red Sox 5-3, Sweep Series

BOSTON – Orlando Hernandez (search) delivered a vintage performance out of the bullpen and Paul Konerko hit a tiebreaking homer as Chicago White Sox beat the Boston Red Sox 5-3 Friday to sweep the defending World Series champs out of the playoffs and win a postseason series for the first …

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Stocks Rally Amid Strong Earnings

NEW YORK – Stocks rallied Wednesday as better-than-expected profit reports pointed to a strong third-quarter earnings period and crude oil prices ended the day lower. The Dow Jones industrial average (search) was up 80 points, or 0.78 percent, at 10,365.15. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index (search) was up 11.66 …

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Afghan Insurgents Kill GI, Three Others

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – A suspected Taliban (search) militant detonated explosives strapped to himself, killing a former militia commander and two others Monday in a southern Afghan city, while a second homicide bomber was thwarted when he blew himself up as he fled police. Firefights in the country’s east, meanwhile, killed …

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