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Game 5 could be Ginobili’s last Spurs home game

A San Antonio Spurs fan arrives carrying a banner for Manu Ginobili before Game 5 of the NBA Finals basketball series against the Miami Heat, Sunday, June 16, 2013, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Win or lose, Sunday marked the final home game of this season for the Spurs. The series shifts back to Miami for Game 6 on Tuesday night, and the winner will be decided on South Beach.

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Davis snaps skid; Royals top Rays 5-3

Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Wade Davis, right, and catcher Salvador Perez have a conversation on the mound after Davis walked Tampa Bay Rays left fielder Kelly Johnson to load the bases during the first inning of a baseball game Sunday, June 16, 2013, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Brian Blanco)

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Wade Davis stopped his five-game winless streak, Jeff Francoeur homered, and the Kansas City Royals beat the Tampa Bay Rays 5-3 on Sunday.

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Beyond NYC: Other places adapting to climate, too

In this Oct. 24, 2011 file photo, cars are parked on an overfly on a flooded street in Bangkok, Thailand. Sea level rise projections show Bangkok could be at risk of inundation in 100 years unless preventive measures are taken. But when the capital and its outskirts were affected in 2011 by the worst flooding in half-a century, the immediate trigger was water run-off from northern provinces, where dams failed to contain unusually heavy rains. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong, File)

BONN, Germany (AP) — From Bangkok to Miami, cities and coastal areas across the globe are already building or planning defenses to protect millions of people and key infrastructure from more powerful storm surges and other effects of global warming.

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Rays’ Cobb expected to be released from hospital

Tampa Bay Rays catcher Jose Lobaton, left, and left fielder Kelly Johnson, center, rush in to assist starting pitcher Alex Cobb as Cobb grabs his head and lies on the pitcher's mound after being hit by a line drive by Kansas City Royals' Eric Hosmer during the fifth inning of a baseball game Saturday, June 15, 2013, in St. Petersburg, Fla. Cobb was taken off the field on a stretcher. (AP Photo/Brian Blanco)

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Alex Cobb was expected to leave the hospital Sunday, one day after he was hit in the right ear by a line drive.

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Florida LB Morrison charged with simple battery

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Florida linebacker Antonio Morrison is accused of punching a bouncer and has been charged with simple battery. He was arrested at his dormitory.

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