Monday,  May 21, 2012 • Vol. 12--No. 312 • 18 of 29 •  Other Editions

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1920 YANKEES JERSEY FETCHES $4.4 MILLION AT AUCTION
• That's a record for sports memorabilia, beating the previous record of $4.3 million for James Naismith's founding rules of basketball.
• SAN ANTONIO SWEEPS L.A. CLIPPERS IN NBA PLAYOFFS
• Tim Duncan leads the Spurs to a 102-99 victory that puts them in the Western Conference finals against the winner of the Lakers-Thunder series.

AP News in Brief

For NATO leaders, heralding end to Afghan war is complicated by conflict's harsh realities

• CHICAGO (AP) -- As President Barack Obama and fellow NATO leaders herald the coming end of the deeply unpopular Afghanistan war, they face the grim reality of two more years of fighting ahead and more of their troops sure to

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