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• TOKYO (AP) -- A baby giant panda died at a Tokyo zoo on Wednesday, less than a week after becoming the first to be born at the facility in 24 years. The birth had created excitement across Japan, and the nation was mourning the baby's death.
• Tokyo's Ueno Zoo said the male panda, who had not been named yet, died of pneumonia Wednesday morning. A zookeeper found the baby, who was born last Thursday, lying belly up, without breathing, on his 7-year-old mother's chest.
• He was pronounced dead an hour later, after resuscitation efforts failed.
• In a news conference broadcast live, Yutaka Fukuda, the zoo's chief panda keeper, said milk had accidentally entered the baby's airway while his mother, Shin Shin, was breast-feeding. Autopsy results found traces of milk in the baby's bronchial tube.
• The baby panda had been kept in an incubator for three days before being sent back to Shin Shin on Tuesday.
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• KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Melky Cabrera, Pablo Sandoval and Matt Cain

helped the National League to a Giant blowout in the All-Star game.
• After all the talk about AL dominance during an offseason when Albert Pujols and Prince Fielder switched leagues, the NL romped to an 8-0 victory over the American League on Tuesday night.
• The World Series will start in the city of the NL champion for the third straight year.
• "It's a nice edge," the NL's Tony La Russa said after his final game as a manager.
• Flashing their bright orange spikes and booming bats, the San Francisco sluggers keyed a five-run blitz against Justin Verlander in the first inning.
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