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Calls for Mets to scrap Citigroup naming rights deal

Two members of the U.S. House of Representatives are demanding that the Mets scrap their $400 million naming-rights deal with financially troubled Citigroup because of the bank's receipt of federal bailout money. Representatives Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) and Ted Poe (R-Texas), both sent a letter to Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner requesting that he "dissolve" the contract with the Mets...

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