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http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=79169433&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Cruising toward confirmation, Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan completed grueling Senate questioning Wednesday, unscathed by Republican challenges on abortion, gays in the military and gun rights while sidestepping partisan debate about GOP-named judges pulling the court to the right.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=79169382&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Barry Enright gave the Arizona Diamondbacks five solid innings as the fill-in for Edwin Jackson and Chris Young hit a two-run home run in a 4-2 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals that avoided a three-game sweep on Wednesday.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=79169381&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Congress began advancing legislation Wednesday that imposes new safeguards on offshore oil drilling in hopes of preventing a repeat of the devastating spill that has brought environmental and economic havoc to the Gulf coast.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=79169380&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia took grounders while on both knees before the Red Sox took batting practice prior to their game against the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday night.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=79169146&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=79169122&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Los Angeles prosecutors say they have charged "Ferris Bueller" actor Jeffrey Jones with failing to update his sex offender registration information.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=79169108&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Texas Rangers owner Tom Hicks was paid a $183,594 salary from the team over a nearly yearlong span that began about the same time some front-office personnel were laid off, according to filings in the team's bankruptcy case.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=79169082&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Eight-time Olympic gold medalist swimmer Jenny Thompson says would-be robbers punched her in the face in a failed bid to steal her scooter outside Boston.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=79169081&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK Amazon.com Inc. has purchased deal-a-day website Woot.com.

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=79169077&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=1573 MIKEBREAK The Flyers have signed goalie Michael Leighton to a two-year deal, keeping the playoff hero away from NHL free agency.