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NEW YORK -- The Latest developments on Donald Trumps transition to the presidency (all times local):10 p.m.President-elect Donald Trump has found an accomplished American executive in Rex Tillerson, a supporter of free trade, international law and an expansive U.S. presence in the Middle East.A native of Wichita Falls, Texas, Tillerson came to Exxon Mobile Corp. straight out of the University of Texas at Austin in 1975 and never left. He came up in the rough-and-tumble world of oil production, holding posts in the companys central United States, Yemen and Russian operations.Under Tillersons leadership, oil prices broke records and strong profits helped make Exxon the most valuable public company in the world. It has a security force totaling thousands of employees, direct channels with governments worldwide and a strong aversion to American sanctions or limitations on where it could operate.---4:30 p.m.President-elect Donald Trump is moving closer to nominating Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson as his secretary of state, following a private meeting with the business leader.Thats according to several people who have spoken with Trump and his transition team.Trump has privately signaled to associates that he plans to tap Tillerson for the powerful Cabinet post, but had not formally offered him the job as of Saturday afternoon. Some advisers worry that Tillersons ties to Russia would lead to a contentious Senate confirmation hearing and keep alive questions about Trumps own relationship with Moscow.The people who have spoken with Trump and his transition team insisted on anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly disclose the internal deliberations.---3:50 p.m.President-elect Donald Trump is being greeted with cheers at the annual Army-Navy football game in Baltimore.The incoming president waved to the crowd from outside a private box as he arrived at the stadium during the first quarter of the storied rivalry.Trump was inside the box of a West Point graduate and planned to spend the second half in the box of retired Marine Lt. Col. Oliver North.He was joined by former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, incoming White House chief of staff Reince Priebus and top adviser Steve Bannon.---1:20 p.m.Donald Trump has met with Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson as the incoming president considers his options for secretary of state.Tillerson is under serious consideration to lead the State Department and also met with Trump earlier this week. Trump is also considering former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, Tennessee Sen. Bob Corker and former United Nations ambassador John Bolton.Trumps transition team said Friday that former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani had withdrawn from consideration for the post.Tillersons meeting Saturday was described by a person familiar with the private gathering who was not authorized to discuss it.---11:20 a.m.President-elect Donald Trump will spend the first half of Saturdays Army-Navy game in the box of David Urban, a West Point graduate and Republican adviser and the second half in the box of retired Marine Lt. Col. Oliver North, a graduate of Annapolis.A Trump transition official says Trump will not formally switch sides at halftime in the traditional symbol of commander-in-chief neutrality because he is not the sitting president. The team member spoke on condition of anonymity to describe the president-elects plans.Trump is expected to join several advisers, including incoming White House chief of staff Reince Priebus and senior adviser Steve Bannon.Trump is a 1964 graduate of the New York Military Academy near West Point.---10:40 a.m.President-elect Donald Trump has deleted and reissued a tweet after receiving criticism on social media for bad spelling.Trump put out a fresh tweet accusing CNN of reporting ridiculous fake news, arguing he wont let his television show conflict with his presidency. Hours earlier, he had misspelled the word as rediculous.Reports by (at)CNN that I will be working on The Apprentice during my Presidency, even part time, are ridiculous & untrue -- FAKE NEWS! he wrote in the corrected tweet.The latest tweet drew some commentary about the president-elect, who has flubbed words on previous occasions on Twitter.Are they still rediculous, too as per the original tweet? tweeted (at)JoelNihlean in response.---6:45 a.m.Donald Trump is tweeting about television again -- this time accusing CNN of reporting rediculous fake news and asserting that he wont let his television show conflict with his presidency.Trumps Saturday morning tweets follow an announcement by Mark Burnett, the creator of The Apprentice, that the president-elect remains an executive producer on the show.Trumps spokeswoman, Kellyanne Conway, said on CNN Friday that Trumps ties to his reality show are being reviewed for potential conflicts of interest.At 6:28 a.m., the president-elect tweeted that he has NOTHING to do with The Apprentice except for fact that I conceived it with Mark B & have a big stake in it. Will devote ZERO TIME!Ten minutes later, he tweeted again, saying that reports by (at)CNN that I will be working on The Apprentice during my Presidency, even part time, are rediculous & untrue -- FAKE NEWS!---2:50 a.m.President-elect Donald Trump is partaking in one the nations most storied football rivalries, saluting U.S. troops at the annual Army-Navy game on Saturday as he prepares to enter the White House.The future commander-in-chief planned to attend the 117th game between the military academies at West Point and Annapolis, which is being held on relatively neutral ground, at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, Md.The appearance caps a week of rolling out Cabinet picks, holding thank you rallies in North Carolina, Iowa and Michigan, and trying to cement his incoming Senate majority with Saturdays runoff election in Louisiana. Discount Football Jerseys Throwback . Terms of the deal were not immediately available. 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"Its embarrassing to be at home and play the way we did," said defenceman Josh Gorges. ARLINGTON, Texas -- Ryan Madson felt good facing Adrian Beltre with two outs in the ninth inning Monday night. Perhaps too good.Beltre hit Madsons first pitch into the left-center field bullpen, turning the Oakland Athletics one-run lead into a 7-6 loss to the Texas Rangers.A good fastball-hitting guy, sitting fastball, Madson said. Maybe I was being a little bullheaded, trying to beat him instead of putting it in a good place.The heater I had for the last whole week, I was confident in it. It just happened to end up middle-middle to a fastball-hitting guy. Thats not where I was aiming.Madson had saves in his first four opportunities after the All-Star break, helping Oakland to a 7-3 record.Hes a really good pitcher, really good changeup, Beltre said. I was hoping that he would throw me something over the plate that I could drive, and thats exactly what he did.The Athletics had led since the first inning, when Danny Valencia hit a two-run homer.Oakland stretched its lead to 5-1 before Texas started coming back. Beltre, who singled in his first two at-bats, pulled the Rangers to 6-5 with his first homer of the game in the seventh inning.Madson (3-4) ended up with his sixth blown save in 27 opportunities.The worst part is not about me, its about the team, he said. They played a great game; they deserved to win that game.All 13 runs scored with two outs.Valencia had the first of three RBI doubles in a three-run third that gave the As a 5-1 lead.Whenever you get up in that batters box, you want to do a good job, Valencia said, regardless of whether theres no outs or two outs. Obviously, two-out knocks are a huge blow to the other side. We did a pretty good job tonight of hitting with two outs. We strung together a lot of quality at-bats.Ian Desmond hit his 19th homer for the Rangers in the first.Nomar Mazara singled with one out in the ninth. Pinch-runnner Ryan Rua scored ahead of Beltre on his game-winning homer.ddddddddddddJake Diekman (2-1) worked a scoreless inning for the win.Billy Butler had three hits for the As.Jed Lowrie led off the third with a double. Valencia, Khris Davis and Butler followed with run-scoring doubles.Josh Reddick singled to drive in an unearned run against Matt Bush in the seventh before Beltre homered in bottom half.The teams have split the first eight games in the season series.MUNCY UP, HAHN DOWNA day after RHP Jesse Hahn allowed one run in 7 2/3 innings against Tampa Bay, Oakland optioned him back to Triple-A Nashville. The Athletics also recalled OF/1B Max Muncy from Nashville, where he batted .251 with eight home runs and 26 RBI in 64 games. Muncy ran for Butler in the eighth inning.DARVISH PREPSRangers RHP Yu Darvish threw in the bullpen in preparation for Wednesdays scheduled start against Oakland, his third since coming off the disabled list for the second time this season.TRAINERS ROOMAthletics: No one went on the disabled list Monday, the 21st day this season that Oakland had 12 or more players on the DL. As players have missed a total of 966 games.Rangers: GM Jon Daniels said he expects DH Prince Fielder to undergo season-ending surgery to repair a herniated disk in his neck within a week. . Halfway through the minimum stay on the 60-day disabled list, RHP Colby Lewis (strained right lat muscle) threw from 75 feet. Hes about where we though he would be at this point, manager Jeff Banister said.UP NEXTAthletics: RHP Sonny Gray (4-9, 5.49 ERA) will start the second game of the series Tuesday.Rangers: RHP Nick Martinez (1-2, 6.45), scratched from Mondays scheduled start at Triple-A Round Rock, will be recalled to start Tuesdays game. ' ' '