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Wiggins Tour de France Return in Doubt

Bradley Wiggins has hinted he may never attempt to win the Tour de France for a second time.

The 2012 champion has withdrawn from this year's race after illness and injury prevented him from training.

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FIA Gives Wrist-Slap to Mercedes, Pirelli

Motorsport's governing body has reprimanded but not severely punished Mercedes and Pirelli for doing in-season tire testing that rival teams complained was unfair.

The disciplinary tribunal of the International Automobile Federation (FIA) also barred the German team from joining other Formula One teams at a planned three-day test session for young drivers in July.

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Ringgold Paintings on Display at U.S. Women's Museum

Wearing gold-sequined Ugg boots, a bright smile and flawless brown skin that belies her 82 years, Faith Ringgold explains her "confrontational art" — vivid paintings whose themes of race, gender, class and civil rights were so intense that for years, no one would buy them.

"I didn't want people to be able to look, and look away, because a lot of people do that with art," Ringgold said. "I want them to look and see. I want to grab their eyes and hold them, because this is America."

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WHO Study: Third of Women Suffer Domestic Violence

In the first major global review of violence against women, a series of reports released Thursday found that about a third of women have been physically or sexually assaulted by a former or current partner.

The head of the World Health Organization, Dr. Margaret Chan, called it "a global health problem of epidemic proportions," and other experts said screening for domestic violence should be added to all levels of health care.

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LeBron Leads Heat to Second Straight NBA Title

The Miami Heat clinched back-to-back titles with a 95-88 win over San Antonio in Game 7 of the NBA Finals on Thursday, relying heavily on another superb performance from LeBron James to shake off the stubborn Spurs.

Winning the title they needed to validate the best season in franchise history — and the three-superstar system they used to build it — the Heat won the second straight thriller in the NBA's first championship series to go a Game 7 since 2010.

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Serena Williams Eyes 17th Major at Wimbledon

Nothing drives Serena Williams the way disappointment does.

"It's the biggest factor for me. If I lose, all hell breaks loose. I go home, I practice harder, I do more," she said. "I don't like to lose. ... I hate losing more than I love winning. It could be a game of cards — I don't like it. I really don't like it."

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Forlan Inspires Uruguay to 2-1 Win over Nigeria

Diego Forlan celebrated his 100th appearance for Uruguay in style, setting up one goal then scoring the winner in a 2-1 victory over Nigeria on Thursday to move his team within sight of the Confederations Cup semifinals.

Forlan's decisive goal came in the 51st minute with a sweetly-struck left-footed drive, when he finished off a swift counterattack that involved all three of the South American champion's forwards, starting with Luis Suarez and Edinson Cavani.

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Digital 3-D Atlas of Brain Reveals Tiny Details

Scientists have a new brain atlas to help them study their favorite organ. It's a digital, three-dimensional model called "BigBrain."

Its resolution is finer than a human hair, so it can reveal clusters of brain cells and even some large individual cells. It is being made available to scientists around the world.

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Lebanon Coach Quits after Failed WCup Campaign

Lebanon coach Theo Buecker says he is leaving the national team after it failed to qualify for the 2014 World Cup and is taking over at Saudi club side Al-Ettifaq.

Buecker, who has coached Lebanon since 2011, told The Associated Press on Thursday that he has signed a one-year contract with the Dammam-based club.

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Jolie Urges Leaders to Make Syria Diplomacy Work

Angelina Jolie said Thursday the Syrian civil war is the world's most acute humanitarian crisis and called on world leaders to make diplomatic efforts to end it succeed.

Jolie spoke at Jordan's largest camp for Syrian refugees, which she toured as special envoy for the United Nations refugee agency.

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