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Alex Rodriguez's camp leaked documents implicating Braun in PED use, '60 Minutes' reports
• NEW YORK (AP) -- Members of Alex Rodriguez's inner circle obtained and leaked documents that implicated Ryan Braun and other players in using performance-enhancing drugs, "60 Minutes" reported Friday.
• Citing unidentified sources, the CBS news show said the leak occurred in February, days after the Miami New Times published documents implicating the Yankees star in the Biogenesis investigation.
• In the Miami New Times documents, the names of Braun and one of Rodriguez's teammates, catcher Francisco Cervelli, are redacted. "60 Minutes" reports that members of Rodriguez's camp obtained unredacted versions and leaked them to Yahoo! Sports.
• Rodriguez's lawyer, David Cornwell, denied the allegations to"60 Minutes."
• "The allegations are untrue and are another attempt to harm Alex -- this time by driving a wedge between Alex and other players in the game," he said in a statement to the show. "While Alex focuses on baseball and repeatedly states that he is going to respect the appeal process, the drumbeat of false allegations continues."
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Today in History
The Associated Press
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• Today is Saturday, Aug. 17, the 229th day of 2013. There are 136 days left in the year.
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• Today's Highlight in History:
• On August 17, 1943, the Allied conquest of Sicily during World War II was completed as U.S. and British forces entered Messina.
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• On this date:
• In 1807, Robert Fulton's North River Steamboat began heading up the Hudson River on its successful round trip between New York and Albany.
• In 1863, Federal batteries and ships began bombarding Fort Sumter in Charleston harbor during the Civil War, but the Confederates managed to hold on despite (Continued on page 25)
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