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Federer edges Roddick 16-14 in 5th for 15th major

Roger Federer of Switzerland holds the trophy after defeating Andy Roddick of U.S. in their men's final match on the Centre Court at Wimbledon, Sunday, July 5, 2009. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

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Federer edges Ro... Roger Federer of Switzerland holds the trophy after defeating Andy Roddick of U.S. in their men's final match on the Centre Court at Wimbledon, Sunday, July 5, 2009. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
Walt Disney Worl... A monorail train sits motionless on a track outside EPCOT Sunday, July 5, 2009, at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla., after the park's monorail transit system was shut down after two monorail trains crashed early Sunday morning in the Magic Kingdom section of the park, killing one train's operator, emergency officials said. (AP Photo/The Orlando Sentinel, George Skene) LEESBURG OUT, LADY LAKE OUT, TV OUT, MAGS OUT, NO SALES
OMG!! Jackson fa... A child passes a large poster at the Staples Center in Los Angeles , Sunday, July 5, 2009. The venue is the planned location for late pop star Michael Jackson's memorial service scheduled for Tuesday, July 7. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Tenn. police rul... Melanie Lewis writes a tribute to Steve McNair at McNair's Gridiron 9 restaurant in Nashville, Tenn., Sunday, July 5, 2009. McNair, a former NFL quarterback with the Houston Oilers, Tennessee Titans, and Baltimore Ravens, was found dead of gunshot wounds along with a 20-year-old woman in a downtown Nashville condominium July 4, according to police. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
Observers: Palin... FILE - In this Oct. 26, 2008 file photo, Republican vice presidential candidate Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin blows a kiss to supporters after speaking at a rally at the Silver Spurs Arena, in Kissimmee, Fla. A day after abruptly announcing she would soon give up her job as governor, Palin on Saturday July 4, 2009 indicated on a social networking site that she would take on a larger, national role, citing a "higher calling" to unite the country along conservative lines. (AP Photo/Joe Burbank, Pool, File)
Obama seeks new ... Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, left, speaks during his interview with Italian journalists at at the Barvikha presidential residence outside Moscow, on Friday, July 3, 2009. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)
Holiday firework... Smoke is seen across Ocracoke Island, N.C. Saturday, July 4, 2009 after a truckload of fireworks exploded on a remote island dock, killing one worker and injuring others preparing for an Independence Day celebration, authorities said. The explosion shook homes and businesses and was heard across a village on the southern end of Ocracoke Island, which is the only inhabited part of the 15-mile spit of land. (AP Photo/Joseph Chestnut)
Former D.C. Mayo... FILE - In this file photo from June 13, 2007, former Washington Mayor Marion Barry makes a statement to the media in Washington. The United States Park Police said Barry, a current D.C. Council member, was arrested Saturday, July 4, 2009, in Washington after a woman flagged down an officer and complained that Barry was stalking her. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, file)
Harvard pres.: S... Harvard University President Drew Faust speaks during an interview with The Associated Press on the Harvard campus in Cambridge, Mass., Tuesday June 30, 2009. Faust, the university's first woman president, has spent much of her second year at the helm figuring out how Harvard can survive after the crashing economy caused its endowment to shrink by billions of dollars. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Jackson family p... A person's shadow falls across a large poster at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, Sunday, July 5, 2009. The venue is the planned location for late pop star Michael Jackson's memorial service scheduled for Tuesday, July 7. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Television netwo... Vanessa Villeda of Los Angeles signs a large poster at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, Saturday, July 4, 2009, which will be the site for the late pop star Michael Jackson's memorial service is to be held on Tuesday, July 7, 2009. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Downturn dating:... Matt Bergstrom, left, and Emily Hilleren, center, play board games at the Holiday Club during a singles event, Nerds at Heart, in Chicago, Thursday, July 2, 2009. Attendance at the monthly gatherings, where mostly young professionals pay $25 for a drink and a chance to spend the evening clustered around trivia and board games was more than double expectations in April and has stayed high since. (AP Photo/Stacie Freudenberg)
Palin takes to W... Sarah Palin along with daughter Bristol, left watch the Juneau Fourth of July parade, as husband Todd, looks over son Trig and grandson, Tripp, Bristol's son, Saturday, July 4, 2009 in Juneau, Alaska. Where is Sarah Palin? A day after surprising even her closest friends by announcing she would step down as Alaska governor more than a year before her term was up, the controversial hockey mom was keeping a low profile. Her spokesman, David Murrow, said Palin told him she was flying to Juneau, the state capital, for the Fourth of July weekend, but he wasn't sure what activities she planned to attend. (AP Photo/Claire Richardson)
In NYC, biggest ... Fireworks of the 33rd annual Macy's Fourth of July display are seen Saturday, July 4, 2009, looking past the waterfront of Jersey City towards the New York borough of Manhattan. This year the fireworks were moved from the East River to the Hudson River in honor of the 400th anniversary of the river's discovery by Henry Hudson. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
Coast Guard pluc... An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Kodiak prepares the rescue of a French kayaker from the Bering Sea Saturday July 4, 2009. The crew hoisted Jean Gabriel Shelala, 28, from his kayak 40 miles north of St. Lawrence Island at about 4:15 p.m. The 28-year-old is attempting to circumnavigate the world using a specially designed kayak. He departed from Emmonak on June 27. Chelala is reportedly in good condition, but asked for the assistance Saturday. (AP Photo/US Coast Guard - Brian Myers)
Thunderous Okla.... Former President George W. Bush kisses his wife, Laura, following an address to a Fourth of July crowd at the Let Freedom Ring 2009 festival at Crystal Beach Park Arena in Woodward, Okla., Saturday, July 4, 2009. (AP Photo)
Colleges focus o... In a Thursday June 4, 2009 photo, Sergeant 1st class Brendon Daniels, left, talks with Music Appreciation teacher Richard Steffen at the SSG Glenn H. English Jr., Army Education Center of Austin Peay University at the Fort Campbell Army Base in Fort Campbell, Ky. (AP Photo/Josh Anderson)
Megachurch pasto... Evangelical pastor Rick Warren speaks at the Islamic Society of North America 46th annual convention in Washington, Saturday July 4, 2009. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)
AP: Ex-Edwards a... Andrew Young, center, and attorney David Geneson, right, are seen outside the Terry Sanford Federal Building where a grand jury was meeting in Raleigh, N.C., Wednesday, July 1, 2009. Young was an aide to former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards, and claimed in 2007 to be the father of Rielle Hunter's baby. Edwards has admitted to an affair with Hunter that he says ended in 2006. The person at left is unidentified. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
Report: TVA dike... FILE - In this Dec. 22, 2008 file photo, an aerial view shows homes that were destroyed when a retention pond wall collapsed at the Tennessee Valley Authorities Kingston Fossil Plant in Harriman, Tenn. (AP Photo/Wade Payne, file)
NH tax evaders f... FILE - In This June 18, 2007, file photo, Ed and Elaine Brown talk to reporters during a news conference in Plainfield, N.H. The Browns are serving five-year federal prison terms for not paying taxes on nearly $2 million in income. They face more time behind bars when their case goes to trial June 29, 2009, because of the dangerous lengths they allegedly took to prevent authorities from arresting them. (AP Photo/Jim Cole, File)
Iowa coach who h... Local residents walk past a photo of Aplington-Parkersburg High School football coach Ed Thomas before a vigil Wednesday, June 24, 2009, in Parkersburg, Iowa. A gunman shot Thomas in the school's weight room early Wednesday morning. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Doctor in 1999 S... FILE - In this 1999 file photo released by the National Science Foundation, Dr. Jerri Nielsen, a National Science Foundation physician, is shown at the ceremonial South Pole. Dr. Jerri Nielsen FitzGerald, whose struggle against breast cancer during a winter at the South Pole captivated the world, died Tuesday, June 23, 2009, at their home in Southwick, Mass, said her husband, Thomas Fitzgerald. The cause was cancer. She was 57.(AP Photo/National Science Foundation, File)
California dooms... In this Wednesday June, 17, 2009 picture, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger discusses the state budget deficit outside his Capitol office in Sacramento, Calif. Schwarzenegger has said state government operations will come to a "grinding halt," if lawmakers fail to pass a balanced budget by July 28. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
Driver of DC tra... This undated handout photo provided by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) shows Jeanice McMillan, 42, of Springfield, Va. the operator of the train that collided into the stopped cars Monday. (AP Photo/WMATA)