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Florida State League
North Division
W L Pct. GB
Daytona (Cubs) 33 19 .635 —
Lakeland (Tigers) 29 27 .518 6
Clearwater (Phillies) 30 29 .508 6½
Brevard Co. (Brewers) 27 34 .443 10½
Tampa (Yankees) 25 33 .431 11
x-Dunedin (Blue Jays) 23 34 .404 12½
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NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market sagged Monday after the Obama administration ratcheted up pressure against Syria.
Secretary of State John Kerry said there was “undeniable” evidence of a large-scale chemical weapons attack in Syria last week, and suggeste...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama bestowed the nation’s highest military honor, the Medal of Honor, on Army Staff Sgt. Ty Carter on Monday, saluting the veteran of the war in Afghanistan as “the essence of true heroism,” one still engaged in a batt...

TUOLUMNE CITY, Calif. (AP) — A raging wildfire in Yosemite National Park rained ash on the reservoir that is the chief source of San Francisco’s famously pure drinking water, and utility officials Monday scrambled to send more water toward the metropolita...

CLEARWATER, Fla. — Teachers, school officials, politicians and other education leaders on Monday kicked off a three-day summit in hopes of reaching a consensus on the next round of changes for Florida’s public schools.
It was clear even from the beginnin...

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A 16-year-old Spokane boy was ordered held on $2 million bail Monday and will be tried as an adult in connection with last week’s beating death of an 88-year-old World War II veteran. A second teen was arrested in the case early Mond...

DAMASCUS, Syria — U.N. experts collected samples and testimony from Syrian doctors and victims of an alleged chemical weapons attack Monday following a treacherous journey through government and rebel-held territory, where their convoy was hit by snipers....

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday outlined the clearest justification yet for U.S. military action in Syria, saying there was “undeniable” evidence of a large-scale chemical weapons attack, with intelligence strongly signaling that Bash...

FORT HOOD, Texas — A soldier left for dead after being shot in the head. A widow whose two sons won’t have their father to take them fishing or teach them how to be gentlemen. A grieving father who includes himself and his unborn grandson in the death tol...

PUNTA GORDA — The City Council on Wednesday will consider allowing pedicab and horse-drawn-carriage businesses within Punta Gorda.
Pedicabs are three-wheeled passenger vehicles powered by pedaling like a bicycle.
The proposed ordinance, up for final readi...