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Winter meetings open in Las Vegas (AP) (sports.yahoo.com)

The team names are spelled in lights on a huge board at the Bellagio Race and Sports Book, above dozens of padded brown seats: The Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs are 5-1 co-favorites to win next year's World Series, followed by the Los Angeles Angels and New York Yankees at 6-1. Twenty-six teams in all are listed.