Associated Press

Jason Pominville scored a goal and had an assist for his first points for the Minnesota Wild and Niklas Backstrom made 24 saves in a 3-0 Wild victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Sunday.

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The Minnesota Twins aren’t playing like a team content to muddle through rebuilding. Aaron Hicks ended a 0-for-13 skid with a tiebreaking RBI single in a two-run seventh inning, rallying the Twins past the Baltimore Orioles 4-3 on Sunday.

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Justin Morneau singled in the tiebreaking run with two outs in the ninth inning after Chris Davis botched a grounder, and the Minnesota Twins got a home run from Chris Parmalee in a 6-5 win over the Baltimore Orioles. It was the Twins first win in Baltimore since April 21, 2011.

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The final seconds ticked down on Rick Adelman’s 1,000th career victory, and a season’s worth of hardship and heartache quickly evaporated. As his players surrounded him to celebrate, the 66-year-old basketball lifer quickly disengaged from the crowd, and everyone in the arena knew where he was headed.

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Rick Adelman’s milestone will have to wait — for another day at least. Rudy Gay had 26 points and five rebounds to lead the Toronto Raptors to a rare road victory in the West, 95-93 over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday night.

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Chris Davis extended his torrid start with a grand slam and five RBIs, and the Orioles used a five-run eighth inning to beat Minnesota 9-5 Friday in their home opener.

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President Barack Obama's proposed budget will call for reductions in the growth of Social Security and other benefit programs while still insisting on more taxes from the wealthy in a renewed attempt to strike a broad deficit-cutting deal with Republicans, a senior administration official says.

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U.S. employers added just 88,000 jobs in March, the fewest in nine months and a sharp retreat after a period of strong hiring. The slowdown may signal that the economy is heading into a weak spring.

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A South Dakota panel responsible for getting rid of offensive place names has proposed renaming two creeks and three other geographical features on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation to reflect the area's traditional use for deer hunting.

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Aberdeen Regional Airport will be getting backup de-icing equipment next week.

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