Nats getting healthy; Kearns rests

 
Elijah Dukes and Paul Lo Duca are nearing rehab assignments in the Minors, while Chad Cordero played catch on Friday before the Nats faced the Cubs. [link]

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Elijah Dukes cleans zoo cages, shortens probation

To get his misdemeanor probation cut short by five months, former Tampa Bay Devil Rays outfielder Elijah Dukes spent 25 hours during the past week cleaning out cages and mopping at Lowry Park Zoo. Attorney Grady Irvin and a team official for the Nationals, who traded for Dukes in December, said the ballplayer also passed weekly drug tests for six months.
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Clean-up work at zoo helps Dukes end probation

Nationals outfielder Elijah Dukes spent 25 hours during the past week cleaning cages and mopping at an area zoo as part of a deal to shorten his probation on a previous drug charge, the St. Petersburg Times reported.
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Dukes Gets Into More Crap, Cleans Out Zoo Cages

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Dukes attorney: "There's nothing hanging over his head"

A Hillsborough County Court official confirmed that Elijah Dukes's probation - stemming from a January 2007 misdemeanor marijuana charge - was ended five months early in a hearing yesterday in Tampa. Dukes was on a 1 p.m. flight yesterday and was back ...
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