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AKRON, Ohio (AP) -- LeBron James will wear the red, white and blue this summer after all. Cleveland's All-Star forward ended uncertainty about his status with the U.S. national team on Tuesday night by saying he will play in next month's FIBA America's Tournament, where the Americans will try to qualify for the 2008 Olympics.

"I'm going to play," James told The Associated Press. "I've had enough time off, and knowing my body more than anybody, I'm ready to play. I don't know how much I'm going to play or how extensively, but I'll be ready."

For several months, James had said he was "50-50" about playing for Team USA this summer. He and his girlfriend recently had their second son, and with the Cavaliers making it to the NBA finals, James may have wanted some extra time off after playing more than 100 games since last October.

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COLUMBUS, Ohio - Months before an Ohio police officer was accused of killing his girlfriend and her fetus, a California court suspended contact between him and his 9-year-old daughter based on evidence that he was emotionally and physically abusive, court documents show.

Bobby Cutts Jr., 30, is accused of killing 26-year-old Jessie Davis and her unborn daughter at her northeast Ohio home on June 14. Davis was missing for about a week before her body was found in a Summit County park Saturday, still carrying the baby she was due to deliver July 3.

Cutts was arraigned on Monday in Canton Municipal Court on two murder charges and ordered held on $5 million bond.

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No time to rest; there's more soccer to play and another continent to conquer.

After the United States men's national team swept through its title defense in the just-concluded CONCACAF Gold Cup, Team USA is in Venezuela for Copa America against the best teams of South America.

In its Copa America opener, the U.S. plays fifth-ranked Argentina at 5:45 p.m. PDT Thursday. GolTV and Telefutura will broadcast the match live. On the Web, the match can be seen at www.ussoccer.com. In group play, Team USA also plays Paraguay on Monday and Colombia on July 5.

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Today is Wednesday, June 27, the 178th day of 2007. There are 187 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:

Fifty years ago, on June 27, 1957, more than 500 people were killed when Hurricane Audrey slammed through coastal Louisiana and Texas.

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Most U.S. cities would be sitting well below sea level if not for the planet's internal heat rocks on the surface afloat, according to a study by University of Utah researchers.

Just how low they would sink depends on their existing elevation and how thick and hot the Earth's crust is beneath them. Listed first is each city's current elevation followed by its theoretical elevation if that internal heat were removed from the equation:

Albuquerque _ current elevation, 5,312 feet; theoretical, 48 feet above sea level

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