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AP source: Rivera plans to retire after 2013

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FILE - In this Sept. 19, 2011 file photo, New York Yankees' Mariano Rivera tips his cap to acknowledge the cheers of the crowd after recording his 602nd save as the Yankees beat the Minnesota Twins 6-4 in a baseball game at Yankee Stadium in New York. A person familiar with the decision says that Rivera plans to retire after the 2013 season. The person spoke to The Associated Press on Thursday, March 7, 2013, on condition of anonymity because there had been no official announcement.(AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek, File)

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The great Mariano Rivera is getting set to close his career.The New York Yankees' reliever plans to announce this weekend that he will retire after the 2013 season, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press on Thursday.