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- Rick Hummel, esteemed St Louis-based baseball writer, dies at 77
- UN urges Sudan’s warring parties to honor 7-day cease-fire that began Monday night
- Breakthrough proposal would aid drought-stricken Colorado River as 3 Western states offer cuts
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