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on Jun 16, 2009 | In Baseball
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The Colorado Rockies can set a club record for consecutive wins Tuesday night with a victory over visiting Tampa Bay.
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| | | The screams of two young children who landed in the cold Willamette River early Saturday led to a massive search and the arrest of their mother, now accused of killing her 4-year-old son and trying to kill her 7-year-old daughter. |
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| | | Thousands of Michael Jackson fans converged on Harlem''s famed Apollo Theater Tuesday for a public tribute to the performer, clutching photographs and dancing to his music at the legendary |
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| | | Family and friends attend a private funeral for actress Farrah Fawcett, who died June 25 at the age of 62. |
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| | | Mariah Carey shooting her latest video for ''Obsessed'', a not-so-subtle dig at Eminem. |
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| | | A 27 year old woman accused of killing her pregnant friend is believed to have cut open the mother-to-be''s womb to take her baby and pass it off as her own. |
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| | | In Nepal, supporters of the Maoist party in parliament take to the streets as tensions rise during efforts to form a government |
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| | | Rays third baseman Evan Longoria speaks with FSN after picking up two hits and three RBIs in a come-from-behind win over the Orioles |
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| | | Watch Albert Pujols of the St. Louis knock out the lights in the "I'' in McDonald''s Big Mac sign. |
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| | | The quickest way to get a gorgeous lawn is to lay sod, uniform patches of grass-covered soil held together by matted roots. It will go more smoothly if you know a few landscaping tricks |
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| | | Paris Hilton and boyfriend Doug Reinhardt arrive at Los Angeles International Airport to catch a flight out. The two stayed in their SUV for a bit while Paris checked her makeup and took some photos of herself |
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Seven imprisoned leaders of the Baha'i faith in Iran have been accused of espionage and will face court hearings within a week, a judicial spokesman said Wednesday. Iran's Islamic Republic News Agency quoted Ali-Reza Jamshidi saying the charges related to acts including spying for "foreigners," a term regarded as a reference to Iran's archenemy, Israel. |
The notorious Iraq prison once called Abu Ghraib has reopened under Iraqi government control. And the Ministry of Justice has launched a public-relations campaign to show it has changed since the days when prisoners were tortured there -- first under Saddam Hussein, and later by American troops. It is now called Baghdad Central Prison, and has water fountains, a freshly planted garden and a |
As a former SAS officer, Simon Mann will be used to surviving in the toughest of conditions. But he will need that military training to prepare for life at Equatorial Guinea's Black Beach Prison. Situated on the tropical volcanic island of Bioko, the jail has been accused of widespread abuse and torture of prisoners. Mann is being sent there after extradition from Zimbabwe. |
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Thousands of people in Tanzania have been taking part in an exercise aimed at identifying those behind the killing of albinos for ritual purposes. The process - in which people fill in forms anonymously, naming those they suspect of involvement - was ordered by President Jakaya Kikwete. But some fear the nationwide exercise |
A teacher at Parktown Boys' High School has been suspended after The Star's expose on corporal punishment and initiation at the school. This is the second time the teacher has been in trouble - he was disciplined in an internal inquiry two years ago after hitting a learner with a hockey stick. At the time the school suggested that he go though an anger management course. |
Up to 6,000 additional troops are urgently needed in Afghanistan and a failure to deploy them will only prolong the presence of Western forces in the country, a German NATO general said on Sunday. Egon Ramms told public radio station Deutschlandfunk that alliance members would end up paying a price later if they did not boost troop numbers now. |
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New York City's mayor helped Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger and his four crewmates from US Airways Flight 1549 celebrate a weekend of press conferences, television interviews and grateful reunions by presenting them with the keys to the city Monday. The keys went to flight attendants Doreen Welsh, Sheila Dail and |
Bollywood superstar Anil Kapoor has been catapulted into the global spotlight for his award-winning performance as creepy quiz show host Prem Kumar in the smash hit movie "Slumdog Millionaire." Kapoor talks to CNN's "My City, My Life" about "Slumdog", his hometown of Mumbai, his own rags to riches rise to stardom and how the recent terror attacks affected the city. |
Two young Iranian parents smiled at me, showing mock desperation as their little boy and girl eagerly dragged them into a shop famous for its pistachio ice cream sandwiches. Around the corner, filling the side of a 15-story building, a government-sponsored propaganda mural showed a perverted American flag, with skulls for stars and falling bombs for stripes. |
Gas prices nationwide jumped a bit over the past two weeks, according to a survey published Sunday. A gallon of self-serve regular cost, on average, $1.86, said Trilby Lundberg, publisher of the Lundberg Survey. That's a rise of nearly 8 cents over the past two weeks. After breaking all-time-high records over the summer, prices |
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The Economist Intelligence Unit will publish a report -- The Austere Traveller -- in February that will show that business travelers' expectations are changing. Economic pressures mean executives now care less about luxury. Instead they are going back to basics. In 2009 we will be traveling less, for shorter periods and trading down in hotels, airlines and restaurants. |
Mumbai is always colorful and dynamic but if you're lucky enough to be in town for one of the city's major festivals you'll witness Mumbai erupting into glorious Technicolor. This two-day event takes place in the caves on the island of Elephanta, some 10 km from Mumbai harbor. The caves themselves, filled with carvings, sculptures |
There's a $24 charge for two movies on Keeley Hozjan's hotel bill. Movies that were never ordered or watched. Although the hotel promises an investigation, the charge shows up on Hozjan's credit card only a day after checkout. What gives? Q: What can you do if a hotel is charging you for something you didn't use? I stayed at the Liaison Capitol |
Americans hungry for feel-good fine dining are reaping the benefits of the struggling economy. Wine deals, bar menu specials and three-course, prix fixe meals for $25 to $40 are popping up in high-end eateries across the country to lure customers as business and leisure travel dips and diners stay closer to home and make |
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Jonathon Porritt, one of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's leading environmental advisers, is to warn that Britain must drastically reduce its population if it is to build a sustainable society. Porritt's call will come at this week's annual conference of the Optimum Population Trust (OPT), of which he is patron. |
Chinese authorities have blocked access to the video-sharing Web site YouTube -- the latest victim of a politically motivated Internet crackdown. Authorities in Beijing have not explained why the site has been targeted for censorship. There is widespread speculation, however, that YouTube has been targeted because of a video showing Chinese police taking |
Animals obviously hook up, at least during mating season. But do they like it? According to experts, there are two answers: "yes" and "it is impossible to know." "Mosquitoes, I don't know," hedged Mark Bekoff, a University of Colorado biologist and author of "The Emotional Lives of Animals" (New World Library), "but across mammals, they enjoy sex." |
The dewy-eyed innocence of baby harp seals has prompted a rare burst of environmental activism in Russia that has moved Vladimir Putin to end their slaughter. The annual spring cull in the northern White Sea region has been scrapped after Putin condemned the clubbing of baby seals for their fur as a "bloody trade." |
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Confronted with orbiting junk again, NASA ordered the astronauts aboard the linked space station and shuttle Discovery to move out of the way of a piece of debris Sunday. Discovery's pilots fired their ship's thrusters to reorient the docked spacecraft to avoid a small piece from a 10-year-old Chinese rocket body that was due to pass uncomfortably |
Princeton undergraduate Xiaohang Quan was working on her senior thesis when she found a miscalculation in the hardware of the world's largest particle accelerator. Quan, a physics concentrator, traveled to Geneva, Switzerland, in mid-March with Princeton physics professors Christopher Tully, Jim Olsen and Daniel Marlow for the annual meeting |
How many ways can the world end? We can think of at least five. But before we get into detail, let's dismiss two things that won't cause the demise of the planet. Global warming is bad for people who live in low-lying coastal areas and at the edges of deserts, but the truth is that Earth has been much warmer throughout most of the past 500 million years, and life did just fine. |
The astronauts aboard the linked shuttle-station complex took a congratulatory call from the White House on Tuesday and told President Barack Obama and schoolchildren all about their adventures in space. Obama got a big laugh in orbit and on the ground when he told the 10 space travelers that at a cruising speed of 17,500 mph, "We're glad that you are using the hands-free phone." |
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LIFE & LIVING» |
After writing 16 books in his company, Randy Wayne White has every reason to be weary of Doc Ford. Sure, the Sanibel Island marine biologist -- who on occasion performs dangerous hush-hush work for the government -- is likable, capable, manly. He knows his way around a marina and the ladies. He's Travis McGee, only smarter. |
After writing 16 books in his company, Randy Wayne White has every reason to be weary of Doc Ford. Sure, the Sanibel Island marine biologist -- who on occasion performs dangerous hush-hush work for the government -- is likable, capable, manly. He knows his way around a marina and the ladies. He's Travis McGee, only smarter. |
When out-of-work accountant Jim Ammon tires of scouring for scarce job listings, he takes out his frustrations by driving in nails for new houses he volunteers to build for the working poor. Laura Spelke volunteers at the United Way charity in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in part to escape the sting of losing her sales job: "Volunteering is a way to stay active |
With Viola Davis and Taraji P. Henson vying for the best supporting actress Oscar it is a banner year for black actresses at the Academy Awards. Despite more than a dozen nominations, only three black actresses, Hattie McDaniel for "Gone With the Wind" in 1939, Whoopi Goldberg for "Ghost" in 1990 and Jennifer Hudson in 2006's "Dreamgirls," |
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The chiffon is exquisite, the 17th century Paris chateau grandiose in a new documentary about fashion designer Valentino Garavani. But not all is well in the House of Valentino. Valentino: The Last Emperor kicks off the Miami International Film Festival Friday. A treat of a film, it captures the Italian designer at the end of his spectacular |
King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofia of Spain will appear at the Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival's gala ¡Viva España! celebration of Iberian cuisine and wines at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables. The event benefits Florida International University's School of Hospitality and Tourism Management and Fundación España-Florida. For information and |
Malaysia may require women to obtain family consent before allowing them to travel alone outside the mainly Muslim country, state news agency Bernama reported on Saturday, quoting the foreign minister. he foreign and home ministries are considering the idea in response to a string of cases where women traveling alone were used by |
Margrit Mondavi, wife of winemaker Robert Mondavi, is today the voice for her husband and a champion of wine, food and the arts in the Napa Valley in California. While her husband steered Napa winemakers toward competing with Old World rivals in the 1970s, Swiss-born Margrit launched the Great Chefs program at the Robert Mondavi Winery, |
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