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CORRECTS DATE OF DEATH TO JUNE 19 - FILE - This undated file photo shows country singer Slim Whitman. Whitman died Wednesday, June 19, 2013 of heart failure in Florida. He was 90. Whitman's career began in the late 1940s, and his tenor falsetto and ebony mustache and sideburns became global trademarks. They were also an inspiration for countless jokes thanks to the ubiquitous 1980s and 1990s TV commercials that pitched his records.
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Family: Country singer Slim Whitman dies at age 90

Country singer Slim Whitman, the high-pitched yodeler who sold millions of records through ever-present TV ads in the 1980s and 1990s and whose song saved the world in the film comedy "Mars Attacks!," died Wednesday at a Florida hospital. He was 90.

  • Ariel Castro, center, sits before a judge with his defense attorney's, Craig Weintraub, left, and Jaye Schlachet during a pretrial hearing on Wednesday, June 19, 2013, in Cleveland.. A tentative Aug. 4 trial date has been set for Castro, accused of kidnapping three women and holding them in his home for about a decade.

    Aug. trial set for Ohio man in kidnapping of women

    A man accused of kidnapping three women and holding them in his home and raping them over a decade was given a late summer trial date Wednesday. Photo Gallery Available

  • In this Tuesday, April 23, 2013, photo, a FedEx cargo planes comes in for a landing at the Juneau International Airport in Juneau, Alaska. On Wednesday, June 19, 2013, Fedex Corp. reports quarterly earnings.

    FedEx 4Q profit drops as priority services lag

    FedEx Corp.'s fourth-quarter profit fell 45 percent as international customers traded down to less-expensive delivery options.

  • US President Barack Obama answers a question during the joint news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. Obama will renew his call to reduce the world's nuclear stockpiles, including a proposed one-third reduction in U.S. and Russian arsenals, a senior administration official said.

    Obama: 'Lives have been saved' by NSA programs

    Trying to tamp down concerns about government over-reach, President Barack Obama on Wednesday defended U.S. Internet and phone surveillance programs as narrowly targeted efforts that have saved lives and thwarted at least 50 terror threats. Photo Gallery Available

  • Somali government soldiers gather in front of the main U.N. compound, following an attack on it in Mogadishu, Somalia Wednesday, June 19, 2013. Al-Qaida-linked militants detonated multiple bomb blasts and engaged in ongoing battles with security forces in an attempt to breach the main U.N. compound in Mogadishu, officials said Wednesday.

    16 dead: Militants infiltrate UN's Somalia office

    Seven al-Qaida-linked gunmen detonated a pick-up truck rigged with explosives at the gate of the U.N. compound in Somalia's capital Wednesday, launching a bombs-and-gunfire assault that saw militants pour into the complex, killing at least nine people, including three foreigners, officials said. Photo Gallery Available

  • Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert Del Rosario gestures during a news conference Wednesday June 19, 2013 in Manila, Philippines where he talked about three big issues involving the Philippines that included the presence of the Philippine contingent to the UN peacekeeping forces at the Golan Heights. Del Rosario said the Philippines still is committed to keep the Philippine peacekeepers until August 3, 2013 and subject to "conditionalities" beyond the period.

    UN, US ask Filipinos not to leave Golan Heights

    The United Nations and the U.S. have separately asked the Philippines not to withdraw its more than 300 peacekeepers from the Golan Heights, warning of "maximum volatility" in the region after several other countries decided to pull out their peacekeeping forces amid escalating violence, the Philippines' top diplomat said Wednesday. Photo Gallery Available

  • Los Angeles Angels' Josh Hamilton puts on his hat as he walks onto the field after the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Seattle Mariners in Anaheim, Calif., Tuesday, June 18, 2013.

    Hamilton hits into 3 DPs as Angels lose to M's

    Josh Hamilton has just about hit rock-bottom with the bat for the Los Angeles Angels. Photo Gallery Available

  • San Francisco Giants' Sergio Romo celebrates after the final out is made against the San Diego Padres at the end of a baseball game Tuesday, June 18, 2013, in San Francisco. The Giants won the game, 5-4.

    Padres have 7-game winning streak end

    Jesus Guzman put the San Diego Padres in position to extend their winning streak and add yet another come-from-behind win. The good feeling did not last long. Photo Gallery Available

  • Muhammad Naeem a representative of the Taliban speaks during a press conference at the official opening of their office in Doha, Qatar, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. In a major breakthrough, the Taliban and the U.S. announced Tuesday that they will hold talks on finding a political solution to ending nearly 12 years of war in Afghanistan as the Islamic militant movement opened an office in Qatar. American officials with the Obama administration said the office in the Qatari capital of Doha was the first step toward the ultimate U.S.-Afghan goal of a full Taliban renouncement of links with al-Qaida.

    Afghan leader backs away from Taliban talks

    Afghanistan's president said Wednesday he will not pursue peace talks with the Taliban unless the United States steps out of the negotiations, while also insisting the militant group stop its violent attacks on the ground after it claimed responsibility for a rocket attack that killed four Americans. Photo Gallery Available

  • AL Capsules

    Jonny Gomes hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning to lift the Boston Red Sox to a 3-1 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday night, completing a doubleheader sweep.

  • NL Capsules

    Zack Wheeler lived up the hype in his major league debut, pitching six scoreless innings to lead the New York Mets to a 6-1 victory over the first-place Atlanta Braves and a doubleheader sweep on Tuesday.

  • Seattle Mariners' Kyle Seager, right, is greeted by teammate Raul Ibanez after he scored on a single by Kendrys Morales during the 10th inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels in Anaheim, Calif., Tuesday, June 18, 2013.

    Morales lifts Mariners to 3-2 win over Angels

    Kendrys Morales hit an RBI single in the 10th inning against his former team, leading the Seattle Mariners to a 3-2 victory against the Los Angeles Angels on Tuesday night. Photo Gallery Available

  • Florida Marlins pitcher Nathan Eovaldi delivers a pitch against the Arizona Diamondbacks during the first inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, June 18, 2013, in Phoenix.

    Eovaldi does well in season debut for Marlins

    Nathan Eovaldi missed out on a win Tuesday night, yet considered his season debut a success all the same. Photo Gallery Available

  • Chicago Cubs' Alfonso Soriano hits an RBI-double during the first inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday, June 18, 2013, in St. Louis.

    Wainwright has rough 1st as Cards lose to Cubs 4-2

    Adam Wainwright felt he let his teammates down Tuesday night. Photo Gallery Available

  • Milwaukee Brewers' Alfredo Figaro looks down as Houston Astros' Carlos Pena, rear, runs the bases after hitting a three-run home run during the fifth inning of a baseball game Tuesday, June 18, 2013, in Houston.

    Dominguez's slam leads Astros past Brewers 10-1

    The Milwaukee Brewers were done in by their mistakes on Tuesday night. Photo Gallery Available

  • This 2011 image provided by the FBI shows Walter Lee Williams, 65, one of the U.S. FBI's 10 most wanted fugitives has been arrested in the resort city of Playa del Carmen, Mexico, Tuesday June 18, 2013. Prosecutor Gaspar Armando Garcia Torres says Williams is wanted on charges of sexual exploitation of children and traveling abroad for the purpose of engaging in sexual acts with children.

    One of US FBI's most wanted nabbed in Mexico

    Mexican authorities have arrested a former university professor who was on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list in the resort city of Playa del Carmen.

  • Arizona Diamondbacks' Paul Goldschmidt, right, crosses the plate after hitting a walk off home run against the Miami Marlins during the ninth inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, June 18, 2013, in Phoenix. The Diamondbacks won 3-2.

    Goldschmidt homers in 9th, Arizona beats Marlins

    Paul Goldschmidt hit a leadoff home run in the bottom of the ninth inning and the Arizona Diamondbacks ended a four-game losing streak, beating the Miami Marlins 3-2 Tuesday night. Photo Gallery Available

  • Oakland Athletics' Brandon Moss is congratulated in the dugout following his solo home run in the second inning of a baseball game Tuesday, June 18, 2013, in Arlington, Texas.

    AL West-leading A's beat Rangers, Darvish 6-2

    Facing Yu Darvish has been no problem for the Oakland Athletics. They have beaten the Texas Rangers' Japanese ace four times, more than any other team. Photo Gallery Available

  • Chicago White Sox' Conor Gillaspie makes a futile dive for a sharp grounder off the bat of Minnesota Twins Ryan Doumit for a hit in the seventh inning of a baseball game Tuesday, June 18, 2013 in Minneapolis. The Twins won 7-5.

    Mauer, Doumit lead Twins over White Sox

    The Chicago White Sox climbed out of an early hole created by starter Dylan Axelrod, only to lose another close game. Photo Gallery Available

  • Texas Rangers' Ian Kinsler looks skyward at his pop out to second in the eighth inning of a baseball game Tuesday, June 18, 2013, in Arlington, Texas. Kinsler needed three stitches and had blood on his jersey after a vicious collision at home plate in Tuesday's game against Oakland. The Athletics won 6-2.

    Darvish, Rangers starters still winless in June

    Yu Darvish is like the rest of the Texas starters - still without a victory in June. Photo Gallery Available

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