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Freeman HR ruins Gees night Braves beat Mets 2-1

ATLANTA — On his 100th pitch of the night, Dillon Gee fooled Freddie Freeman badly with a changeup. For No. 101, Gee opted for a slider. Bad move. Gee pitched brilliantly until Freeman hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning, giving the Atlanta Braves a stunning 2-1 victory over the New York Mets on Monday night in a game delayed nearly four hours by rain. "It's tough," ...
Going for the Green Businessman Tries His Luck at Building Pot Brand

For the activists who led the effort to legalize recreational marijuana in Washington state last fall, Jamen Shively was one of their biggest fears: an aspiring pot profiteer whose unabashed dreams of building a cannabis empire might attract unwanted attention from the federal government or a backlash that could slow the marijuana reform movement across the country.With visionary zeal, the ...
Media Ex-KFNSers fired in Atlanta made fun of ALS patient

Two men who used to be with former KFNS owner Big League Broadcasting were fired late Monday after participating earlier in the day in a biton an Atlanta radio station that made fun of a victim of ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease.Stephen "Steak'' Shapiro, who was a co-owner of Atlanta-based Big League when it had KFNS (590 AM) from 2004-2010, and Chris Dimino, who hosted a KFNS ...
Spurs try to oust Heat win NBA title tonight

The Miami Heat weren't supposed to be in this situation. Not now, anyway.Coming home from Texas with their season on the line in 2011 was one thing. They were at the end of their first year with the "Big Three'' together -- LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh. They still were trying to figure it all out.But this season they were the NBA's best team, one that lost ...
MLB LA Angels belt Seattle Mariners with 21 hits in 11-3 win

Seattle Mariners second baseman Nick Franklin (20) is greeted by Kyle Seager (15) after crossing after hitting a two-run home run which scored Endy Chavez against the Los Angeles Angels in the third inning of a baseball game, Monday, June 17, 2013 in Anaheim, ...

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Friday the 13th (1980) [Blu-Ray]

Warning: This review contains a major spoiler, so if you have not seen Friday the 13th or have any idea how it ends, read with caution. A self-consciously avowed knock-off of John Carpenters masterful nightmare Halloween (1978), Friday the 13th has alway ... ...

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Stantons HRs spoil Corbins strong bid for 10th W

PHOENIX — Patrick Corbin had another chance to go to 10-0, and he certainly was good enough to do it. Arizona's offense wasn't up to the challenge, though, and one pitch to Giancarlo Stanton spoiled Corbin's night. Stanton homered twice, the second one off Heath Bell in the ninth inning, and the recently punchless Diamondbacks lost their fourth straight, 3-2 to the Miami ...
Norris touched up in 6th Astros lose to WSox 4-2

HOUSTON — The Chicago White Sox couldn't get anything going against Bud Norris through five innings Monday night. The sixth was a different story. Dayan Viciedo's bases-loaded triple in a four-run sixth sent the White Sox to a 4-2 win over the Houston Astros. The victory snapped a four-game losing streak for the White Sox and allowed them to avoid being swept in a four-game ...
Freemans homer in 9th lifts Braves over Mets 2-1

Freddie Freeman hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning off Dillon Gee, giving the Atlanta Braves a stunning 2-1 victory over the New York Mets on Monday night in a game that was delayed nearly four hours by ...
Pirates give up 4 solo homers lose to Reds 4-1

Zack Cozart and Todd Frazier hit upper-deck homers off Liriano, and the Cincinnati Reds moved a season-high 15 games over .500 by beating the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-1 on Monday ...
USGA took Merion to the edge to produce Rosie finish

Dynamically, the U.S. Open always has been a war between two worlds.The United States Golf Association hopes to identify the best player in the world, at least for that week. It aspires to protect the integrity of par. These are virtuous, honorable goals.But there also is an entertainment factor. Many feel watching the best professionals in the world clunk it around like co-workers at an office ...

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Our nuclear programmes are completely transparent. But we are ready to show greater transparency and make clear for the whole world that the steps of the Islamic Republic of Iran are completely within international frameworks. The sanctions are unfair, the Iranian people are suffering, and our (nuclear) activities are legal. These sanctions are illegal and only benefit Israel.

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Vegetable oil helps lower heart disease risk

Researchers from University of Missouri have suggested that a person can attain a heart-healthy diet by using soybean, canola, corn and sunflower oils.

Kevin Fritsche, along with Guy Johnson, an adjunct professor of food and human nutrition at the University of Illinois, conducted one of the most thorough studies on linoleic acid (LA) questioning whether this fatty acid promoted inflammation in humans.

When the evidence from numerous clinical trials was gathered and examined, Fritsche said it was clear that LA consumption did not promote inflammation in healthy people.

Fritsche and Johnson reviewed 15 clinical trials that studied nearly 500 adults as they consumed various forms of fats, including vegetable oils.

The researchers could find no evidence that a diet high in linoleic acid had any links to inflammation in the body.

Due to this discovery, the researchers say that it is important to continue following the current recommendations from the Institute of Medicine and the American Heart Association to use vegetable oil when cooking and consume between two and four tablespoons of vegetable oil daily to reach the necessary amount of linoleic acid needed for a heart-healthy diet. ...