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MLB: Yankees win slugfest vs. Sox

Josh Beckett allowed the first five batters he faced to score and was booed on his way to the dugout after the top of the first. Then, after Boston rallied to tie the game and take a 7-6 lead, the bullpen coughed up the lead and cost Beckett a win.

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SNAPSHOT: String peas

James Slauenwhite ties up pea plants onto trellises on Friday in his Litchfield garden. Slauenwhite said the Telegraph Pole shell peas are just about ready to pick. He made the trellises himself from old used hay bale twine.

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Briefs

AUGUSTA — Two men pleaded guilty in separate hearings Friday shortly before juries were to be selected in their cases in Kennebec County Superior Court.

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Lukewarm jobs data set tone for debate in presidential race

PITTSBURGH — Disappointing job growth jolted the presidential campaign four months before Election Day, and the candidates quickly put their vastly different views on display, underscoring the economy as the central issue between President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney.