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Boston Red Sox starting pitcher John Lackey (41) walks the infield as New York Yankees' Alfonso Soriano (12) runs the bases after hitting a home run during the fourth inning of a baseball game Saturday, April 12, 2014, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Lackey yields career-high 4 HRs, Yanks top Red Sox

By BEN WALKER - Associated Press

DC United beats Red Bulls 1-0

By BOBBY BANCROFT - Associated Press

New York Yankees center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury, left, looks under the cap of Boston Red Sox's Dustin Pedroia after greeting his former teammates during batting practice before a baseball game between the teams at Yankee Stadium in New York, Thursday, April 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Ellsbury gets RBI, run in 1st game vs Bosox

By RONALD BLUM - Associated Press

Staten Island blaze under control

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Boston Red Sox batter Grady Sizemore hits a three-run home run as New York Yankees catcher Francisco Cervelli, left, looks on during the sixth inning of a baseball game Friday, April 11, 2014, at Yankee Stadium in New York. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)

Sizemore, Gomes HRs lead Red Sox over Yankees 4-2

By HOWIE RUMBERG - Associated Press

Glenn Greenwald speaks to the media after arriving at John F. Kennedy International Airport, on Friday, April 11, 2014 in New York. Greenwald and Laura Poitras of the Guardian share a George Polk Award for national security reporting with The Guardian's Ewen MacAskill and Barton Gellman, who has led The Washington Post's reporting on the NSA documents. Greenwald returned to the United States for the first time since the story broke to receive the journalism award. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

2 reporters who probed NSA surveillance back in US

By FRANK ELTMAN and TOM HAYS - Associated Press

New York Yankees starting pitcher Michael Pineda delivers a pitch during the first inning of a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium in New York, Thursday, April 10, 2014. Pineda pitched for the first four innings with a dark substance on the lower palm of his pitching hand, but it was gone by the fifth. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Red Sox fall 4-1 as Pineda, Ellsbury lead Yanks

By RONALD BLUM - Associated Press

NY proceeds with closing 4 prisons

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Toronto Raptors guard Terrence Ross (31) defends New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony during the first half of an NBA basketball game Friday, April 11, 2014, in Toronto. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Frank Gunn)

Raptors fall to Knicks but still clinch division

By IAN HARRISON - Associated Press

Bid renewed to bar lobbyists from NY pensions

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New York Yankees' Jacoby Ellsbury, right, hits a fifth-inning RBI-double in a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium in New York, Thursday, April 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

With dirty hand, Pineda leads Yanks over Bosox 4-1

By RONALD BLUM - Associated Press

FILE - This Sept. 23, 2012 file photo shows TV personality Stephen Colbert at the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards Governors Ball in Los Angeles. CBS on Thursday, April 10, 2014, announced that Colbert, the host of “The Colbert Report,” will succeed David Letterman as the host of “The Late Show.” (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

Stephen Colbert to replace Letterman on late show

By DAVID BAUDER - Associated Press

New York Yankees' Masahiro Tanaka pitches during the first inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday, April 9, 2014, at Yankee Stadium in New York. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)

Orioles rally in 9th for win against Yankees

By HOWIE RUMBERG - Associated Press

House follows Senate in passing bill to bar Iran’s U.N. pick

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Lawyer Steven Donziger, right, speaks to Huaorani women during this first day of the trial against Chevron-Texaco, in Lago Agrio, Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2003. A decade after Texaco pulled out of the Amazon jungle, the U.S. petroleum giant went on trial Tuesday in a lawsuit filed on behalf of 30,000 poor Ecuadoreans who say the company's 20 years of drilling poisoned their homeland. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

Environmental firm Stratus cited in Chevron fraud case got federal contracts

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Official Brad Meier checks on Buffalo Sabres goalie Matt Hackett after Hackett was hit by the puck during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the New York Rangers on Thursday, April 10, 2014, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Nash’s late goal lifts Rangers over Sabres 2-1

By IRA PODELL - Associated Press

New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka delivers the ball during the first inning of the Yankees' baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday, April 9, 2014, at Yankee Stadium in New York. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)

Tanaka Ks 10 in 1st start at Yankee Stadium

By HOWIE RUMBERG - Associated Press

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, left, and Rev. Al Sharpton are presented with portraits during the opening ceremonies of the National Action Network convention in New York, Wednesday, April 9, 2014. The 16th annual convention will run through April 12, 2014. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Sharpton opens civil rights annual; Obama expected

By JONATHAN LEMIRE - Associated Press