Indian sluggers win season opener

Indian sluggers win season opener

kThe defending AL Central champion Cleveland Indians won in familiar fashion Monday when Casey Blake hit a three-run double to give the Tribe a 10-8 season-opening win over the Chicago White Sox. Above, Cleveland’s Franklin Gutierrez hits a three-run homer in the second.

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Bucs beat Braves

kXavier Nady hit his second homer of the game, a three-run shot in the 12th inning, and the Pittsburgh Pirates overcame a horrific ninth to ruin Atlanta’s home opener, winning 12-11 Monday night.

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local

Robbery-shooting

kThe two people accused of carrying out the armed robbery that left a KFC restaurant manager paralyzed were video- arraigned Monday.

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business

Finance overhaul

kThe Bush administration Monday proposed the most far-ranging overhaul of the financial regulatory system since the stock market crash of 1929.

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Strike hurts GM

kGeneral Motors Corp. shut down a Detroit area sedan plant Monday, a sign that a strike by supplier American Axle and Manufacturing Holdings Inc. is cutting deeper into GM’s lineup.

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nation

Soldier couples

kIn a historic but little-noticed change in policy, the Army is allowing husband-and-wife soldiers to live and sleep together in the war zone — a move aimed at preserving marriages.

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