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Byrd homer lifts Phillies over Nationals 2-1 08/01/2014 11:10pm • HARVEY VALENTINE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Marlon Byrd spent most of the night swinging and missing against Washington Nationals pitchers. Connecting once proved to be enough.Byrd struck out three times, but hit a tiebreaking home run in the sixth inning, Roberto Hernandez pitched eight st Giants RHP Cain needs surgery to remove bone chips 08/01/2014 08:20pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- San Francisco Giants right-hander Matt Cain needs surgery to remove bone chips from his elbow, an operation that likely will end his season.The three-time All-Star sure hopes not. Giants manager Bruce Bochy is fairly certain his one-time ace is done for the year."If you're putting o Phillies place Lee on 15-day disabled list 08/01/2014 06:50pm • WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Philadelphia Phillies placed left-hander Cliff Lee on the 15-day disabled list with an elbow strain Friday and recalled left-hander Cesar Jimenez from Triple-A Lehigh Valley.Lee left in the third inning of Thursday night's win over the Washington Nationals with a left flexor p Bolt makes Comm Games debut after Glasgow uproar 08/01/2014 06:22pm • ROB HARRIS AP Sports Writer GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) -- If Scots were offended by Usain Bolt they didn't show it on Friday as the Jamaican sprint star made his Commonwealth Games debut.Despite a newspaper claiming that he was disparaging about Glasgow, Bolt's introduction to a 40,000-plus crowd at Ham Three Metro cities rank among most educated in U.S. 08/01/2014 06:19pm • WASHINGTON -- Here in the D.C. area, we've got brains -- that's for sure. Three area cities have landed on the list of most educated American cities. Using data from the 2012 census, Nerd Wallet crunched the numbers to come up with the most educated places in the country. In its second annual Sierra Leone cyclist cleared of Ebola at Glasgow 08/01/2014 05:14pm • DENNIS PASSA AP Sports Writer GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) -- Reacting to sensationalistic headlines such as "Ebola Terror at Commonwealth Games" in a British newspaper, officials said on Friday that a Sierra Leone cyclist passed tests for the Ebola virus and competed."There is no Ebola in the athletes' v Contract talks in Met Opera labor dispute extended 08/01/2014 04:50pm • VERENA DOBNIK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- It's a drama worthy of the Metropolitan Opera: Frantic, last-minute labor negotiations aimed at averting a lockout that threatens to stop both pay and benefits for thousands of singers, musicians, stagehands and other workers.With just an hour to spare Kicker sees second chances after gondola accident 08/01/2014 03:49pm • TERESA M. WALKER AP Pro Football Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Maikon Bonani knows all about second chances.The native of Brazil is back with the Titans for a second year with the kicker job wide open for the taking, and he's the only guy in training camp with any NFL experience if kicking in a pr Teen weightlifter stripped of Commonwealth gold 08/01/2014 02:38pm • ROB HARRIS AP Sports Writer GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) -- A 16-year-old Nigerian weightlifter was stripped of her Commonwealth Games gold medal on Friday because of a positive doping test, a case that raised concerns about how such a young athlete had access to banned substances.Chika Amalaha tested pos Lawsuit over Slipknot bassist's death dismissed 08/01/2014 02:38pm • DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- A judge says the widow of Slipknot bassist Paul Gray waited too long to file a lawsuit against Gray's former doctor.The Des Moines Register says (http://dmreg.co/1s9iTxQ ) Polk County District Judge Dennis Stovall ruled earlier this week to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Brenna Congress sends VA overhaul to White House 08/01/2014 11:02am • MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Congress passed a landmark bill Thursday to help veterans avoid long waits for health care and fix other problems at the Department of Veterans Affairs.A 91-3 vote in the Senate sent the $16.3 billion measure to President Barack Obama for his signatur Outsider app offers fitness weather forecast 08/01/2014 09:19am • Data Doctors Severed leg found in Dublin recycling plant 08/01/2014 08:30am • DUBLIN (AP) -- A severed leg has been found at a Dublin recycling plant, and police are searching trash for the rest of the body.A doctor called to the plant early Friday in west Dublin confirmed the leg was human, but couldn't determine whether it came from a man or woman.Police say the leg could b W. Africa Ebola outbreak tops 700 deaths 08/01/2014 04:40am • CLARENCE ROY-MACAULAY Associated Press FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) -- The death toll from the worst recorded Ebola outbreak in history surpassed 700 in West Africa as security forces went house-to-house in Sierra Leone's capital Thursday looking for patients and others exposed to the disease.Fears g Washington's Top News - Friday, Aug. 1, 2014 08/01/2014 04:05am • Here's a look at some of the day's top stories from WTOP: Tropical Storm Bertha forms in the Atlantic Tropical Storm Bertha has formed. It's the second named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Bertha is expected to pass near or north of Barbados F