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• Bloodshed continues in Iraq; 16 killed

  at least 16 people in Iraq yesterday, while gunmen abducted eight policemen guarding a post on the country's main highway to Jordan and Syria , the latest in a wave of violence to grip the country. The shootings and bombings follow three days of attacks that   Read more »

• Syrian troops take full control of strategic town

  an activist group said Monday.Rebels seeking to topple Syrian President Bashar Assad are trying to carve a pathway from the Jordanian border through the southern province of Daraa, in what is seen as their best shot at capturing Damascus.A few weeks ago, they   Read more »

• Top times and scores at Long Island football combine

  held in morning and afternoon sessions at Sachem North.The best all-around effort was turned in by St. Anthonys running back Jordan Gowins, who placed in the top 10 in all six events.Below are the results, courtesy of Blue Chip Prospects. 40-YARD DASH Name   Read more »

• Syria's Assad makes rare public appearance

  AMMAN, Jordan -- Syrian President Bashar Assad made a rare public appearance at a Damascus power station on Wednesday, while two bombs exploded near the city center, killing one and wounding more than two dozen people, Syria's state news agency reported.   Read more »

• Jordan: More than 45,000 refugees return to Syria

  300 to 400 Syria refugees ask daily to go back to Syria, Abu Shihab told the official Petra news agency late Monday.Jordan hosts more than half a million displaced Syrians, with about one-fifth inside Zaatari.Abu Shihab said the camp intends to improve conditions,   Read more »

Around the web

• JR Czech Swing captures $51,715 Beehive Futurity

  Jordan • Two-year-old filly JR Czech Swing and 18-year-old jockey Jesus Canales scored the biggest win of their young careers Saturday. JR Czech Swing broke alertly, led most of the way and held off Champagnediamond by a head to capture the $51,715 Beehive 30 m ago from Salt Lake Tribune Read more »

• Recap: Juan Lagares and Daniel Murphy home runs lead the Mets to first series win in a month

  beat the Nationals in two of three games at Citi Field on a weekend that they faced Stephen Strasburg, Gio Gonzalez, and Jordan ZImmermann. They split a pair of two-game "series" between then and now, too, one thanks to inclement weather in Atlanta and the 47 m ago from Amazin Avenue Read more »

• Tripp Brothers Power Saints Past Jackals 9-3

  Barnes hit his first homer of the season, a solo blast to left. The Saints answered right back in the bottom of the sixth as Jordan Tripp joined his brother in the home run department when he hit a solo bomb off the scoreboard in left-center, his first of 55 m ago from Our Sports Central Read more »

• Dome: Triangle GOP lawmakers aren’t keen on rewriting Jordan Lake rules

  Bill 515, which would repeal current environmental protections at Jordan Lake so that new ones could be written, is a GOP-promoted idea. But not all Republicans are on board. The three Republican senators whose districts include parts of Jordan Lake voted 5:51 PM from The News & Observer Read more »

• Harrison Received from Hudson Valley

  Bowling Green Hot Rods Comstock Park, MI - In conjunction with the Tampa Bay Rays, the Bowling Green Hot Rods announce that LHP Jordan Harrison has been received from the roster of the Hudson Valley Renegades. In a corresponding move, LHP Jose Molina has been 5:40 PM from Our Sports Central Read more »