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Column: Making light of the allegations against athletes has become our default, and the yawning and rationalizing in the Lance Armstrong case is troubling.

Influential musician Gil Scott-Heron dies

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His late 1960s and early '70s poetry set to rhythmic jazz was one of the most important and obvious inspirations for rap music. He had struggled with addiction.

In Latin America, prices are jumping

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Rapidly rising prices in Mexico, Brazil and Peru could undercut the remarkable economic growth and even hurt U.S. hopes for an export-led recovery. Residents are being urged to spend less.

Egypt opens border crossing with Gaza

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In lifting the four-year-old blockade, Egypt brings relief to the crowded territory's Palestinians but deepens a rift with Israel.

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