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Jun 13 2008, AP

Charlie Jones, the deep-voiced sportscaster whose career as a play-by-play announcer spanned 38 years for ABC and NBC, has died. He was 77.Jones died of a heart attack Thursday at his home in the La Jolla district of San Diego, his longtime agent, Martin...

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In this photo provided by ABC News, Mitt Romney appears for an interview with George Stephanopoulos on ABC’s This Week, in Washington, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2008.