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• SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The shaggy hair, overpowering fastball and consistent dominance have been replaced by a mustache, off-speed pitches and a long stretch of mediocrity.
• Tim Lincecum has undergone quite a transformation since bursting on the scene as the undersized Freak who dominated bulky sluggers. Through it all, Lincecum has remained a fan favorite in San Francisco for his ability to produce memorable performances.
• Lincecum pitched his second no-hitter against the San Diego Padres in less than a year, allowing only one runner Wednesday and leading the San Francisco Giants to a 4-0 win.
• "Right now I guess I can say it's really cool," Lincecum said. "When I get older I can reflect on that a little more and just take it in for what it's worth. Right now I'm still kind of in the moment."
• Lincecum shut down the weakest-hitting team in the majors, striking out six and walking one in a 113-pitch outing -- 35 fewer than he needed last July 13 against the Padres in his first no-hitter.
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• ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- It's a wrap for the Alaska State Troopers' reality show.
• The agency's director, Col. James Cockrell, has let Alaska Department of Public Safety employees know by email that the state has decided not to participate in another season of "Alaska State Troopers," which airs on the National Geographic Channel, agency spokeswoman Beth Ipsen said Wednesday.
• Cockrell's Tuesday email said that after five years, "it's time to stand down and focus on our principal mission of providing professional statewide law enforcement without any added outside distractions," The Anchorage Daily News reported (http://is.gd/I9zGjvhttp://is.gd/I9zGjv ).
• This season's filming will conclude June 30, Cockrell said. He did not rule out resuming the series "in a couple of years" if there is interest within the department.

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