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Tiger Woods builds a lead over 7 players who have never won
• SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Tiger Woods cared more about the number of rounds left at Torrey Pines than the number of PGA Tour wins belonging to the guys chasing him.
• When the second round ended Friday in a steady rain at the Farmers Insurance Open, the odds looked to be stacked in Woods' favor. He had a 7-under 65 on the North Course for his first outright 36-hole lead on the PGA Tour in more than three years. He is a seven-time winner at Torrey Pines, six of those in this tournament. And his 74 career wins on tour were 74 more than the next seven guys behind him.
• "We've got a long way to go," Woods said after finishing his two rounds at 11-under 133.
• Woods knows this from experience.
• His three-shot win in the 2009 Buick Open was tougher than it looked on paper, only because Woods had everything to lose. He was expected to win. Of the 13 players within five shots of his slim lead going into the last round, only one of them -- Ben Crane at No. 73 -- was ranked inside the top 100 in the world.
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Today in History
The Associated Press
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• Today is Saturday, Jan. 26, the 26th day of 2013. There are 339 days left in the year.
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• Today's Highlight in History:
• On Jan. 26, 1788, the first European settlers in Australia, led by Capt. Arthur Phillip, landed in present-day Sydney.
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• On this date:
• In 1784, in a letter to his daughter Sally, Benjamin Franklin expressed unhappiness over the choice of the eagle as the symbol of America, and stated his own preference: the turkey.
• In 1837, Michigan became the 26th state.
• In 1870, Virginia rejoined the Union.
• In 1939, during the Spanish Civil War, rebel forces led by Gen. Francisco Franco (Continued on page 31)
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