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WASHINGTON, Pa. — The Cranberry Township Federation 14 baseball team fell to Lafayette, Ind. 5-2 Wednesday night and was eliminated from the PONY League World Series.

Ryan Maurer had an RBI double to lead Cranberry Township, which had trailed 5-0.

Cranberry Township had knocked off host Washington 11-0 on Saturday before dropping a 10-0 decision Tuesday to Laredo, Texas.

MASON, Ohio — Serena Williams dropped out of the Western & Southern Open because of a sore toe, her latest setback after nearly a year away from the court.Her decision to rest her troublesome right foot cost the women's bracket yet another high-profile player and raised doubts about her readiness for the U.S. Open.

NEW ORLEANS — A former NBA referee shot and killed himself in a suburban New Orleans hotel room on the same day his wife was found strangled at their Houston-area home last week, authorities said.A law-enforcement official in Montgomery County, Texas, said Troy Raymond, 46, was a “person of interest” in the death of his wife, Leslie Anderson Raymond, whose body was discovered last Thursday at their home in Spring.Troy Raymond's body was discovered at a hotel in Jefferson Parish. The coroner's office said he shot himself in the head.

ALLEN PARK, Mich. — Ndamukong Suh has been fined a third time for roughing up three different quarterbacks in less than a year.The Detroit Lions defensive tackle doesn't plan to change his game.“Not by any means,” he said after he was fined $20,000 by the NFL for a hit on Bengal quarterback Andy Dalton.

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