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Bailey gets roughed up, Reds lose to Phillies 05/17/2014 11:04pm • ROB MAADDI AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Homer Bailey took a step backward after a few solid outings.Cole Hamels threw seven sharp innings to earn his 100th career win, Domonic Brown had a career-best five RBIs and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Cincinnati Reds 12-1 on Saturday night to Hamels, Brown lead Phils past Reds 05/17/2014 10:57pm • ROB MAADDI AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Cole Hamels had the perfect opponent for a milestone win.Hamels threw seven sharp innings to earn his 100th career victory, Domonic Brown had a career-best five RBIs and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Cincinnati Reds 12-1 on Saturday night to end Down with a virus, McCartney cancels Tokyo concert 05/17/2014 11:52am • YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) -- Paul McCartney came down with a virus and canceled his Tokyo concert Saturday, but he added a performance to make up for the lost show."I am very sorry to all my fans as I was greatly looking forward to the concert, but the situation is out of my hands," World Health Organization: MERS isn't an emergency 05/17/2014 11:00am • MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) -- The spread of a puzzling respiratory virus in the Middle East and beyond is not a global health emergency despite a recent spike in cases, the World Health Organization said Wednesday.The decision was made after a meeting of WHO's expert group on the Midd Phillies' bats silent again 05/16/2014 10:58pm • ROB MAADDI AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Even a new lineup couldn't get the Philadelphia Phillies going.Alfredo Simon allowed five hits over 7 2-3 strong innings, Devin Mesoraco hit a three-run homer and the Cincinnati Reds beat the struggling Phillies 3-0 on Friday night.The Phillies haven' Simon, Mesoraco lead Reds over Phillies 05/16/2014 10:48pm • ROB MAADDI AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Alfredo Simon invented new pitches to baffle hitters.Simon allowed five hits over 7 2-3 strong innings, Devin Mesoraco hit a three-run homer and the Cincinnati Reds beat the struggling Philadelphia Phillies 3-0 on Friday night.Simon (5-2) had a season For Payne, Lacey remains on mind 05/16/2014 07:05pm • ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) -- There wasn't a more touching story in college basketball this past season than the friendship between Michigan State star Adreian Payne and Lacey Holsworth.An 8-year-old girl dying from cancer. A basketball player bonding with her like a big brother.N Mosquito-borne virus spreads rapidly in Haiti 05/16/2014 02:48pm • PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- A mosquito-borne virus that was detected for the first time in Haiti last week has quickly spread throughout the Caribbean nation, a health official said Tuesday.Some 1,529 cases of the chikungunya virus have been confirmed, said Ronald Singer, a spokesman for Haiti's h Saudis question Mecca preparedness as MERS spreads 05/16/2014 09:15am • AYA BATRAWY Associated Press MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- Officials in Saudi Arabia are raising alarm that the kingdom is not doing enough to prevent Mecca from becoming a route for exporting an often deadly respiratory virus as millions of Muslims from around the world converge on the city to perfor Saudi Arabia reports 5 new deaths from MERS 05/16/2014 02:20am • RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- Saudi health authorities reported another five deaths Tuesday from a potentially fatal Middle Eastern respiratory virus that has sickened hundreds in the kingdom.The previous evening, they reported that the same number of victims had also died from the virus, known as th China jails US businessman 20 years in mob trial 05/15/2014 10:02pm • GILLIAN WONG Associated Press BEIJING (AP) -- A Chinese court sentenced a Chinese-American businessman to 20 years in prison on charges of heading a mob that illegally detained rivals and operated casinos, and rejected his claim that he was tortured by police.The Guangzhou Intermediate People's Cour China jails US businessman 20 years in mob trial 05/15/2014 10:02pm • GILLIAN WONG Associated Press BEIJING (AP) -- A Chinese court sentenced a Chinese-American businessman to 20 years in prison on charges of heading a mob that illegally detained rivals and operated casinos, and rejected his claim that he was tortured by police.The Guangzhou Intermediate People's Cour Hammel gives up key hit to Wacha, Cards beat Cubs 05/15/2014 06:55pm • ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Jason Hammel struck out the side to start the game. That fast start quickly unraveled for the Cubs right-hander.Hammel gave up four runs in the second inning and Chicago lost to the St. Louis Cardinals 5-3 Thursday.St. Louis rookie pitcher Michael Wacha's two-run single in between Fla health workers test negative for MERS virus 05/15/2014 06:50pm • ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- The Florida Department of Health says all health care workers who came into contact with a Saudi resident infected with the second confirmed MERS case in the U.S. have tested negative for the rare virus.Officials said in a statement Thursday that they are working closely with O The doctor's in _ through webcam, smartphone 05/15/2014 06:48pm • WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mark Matulaitis holds out his arms so the Parkinson's specialist can check his tremors. But this is no doctor's office: Matulaitis sits in his rural Maryland home as a neurologist a few hundred miles away examines him via the camera in his laptop.Welcome to the virtual house call,