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2. Lance Armstrong greeted about 4,300 cyclists at his Livestrong charity's fundraising bike ride in Austin, Texas Sunday. In brief remarks he said he's faced a difficult few weeks. He didn't otherwise mention a recent report showing evidence of performance-enhancing drug use by himself and his teams.

 

 

 

3. Hundreds of protesters clashed with soldiers in Beirut as they tried to storm the government headquarters. The troops fired guns and tear gas to stop the crowd following the funeral for an assassinated³ intelligence official.

 

 

 

4. Two Americans were among the seven new saints named by Pope Benedict Sunday. Kateri Tekakwitha is the first native American saint from the US. Mother Marianne Cope was a 19th century Franciscan nun⁴ who cared for leprosy patients.

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