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Rangers give starter a win for first time in June

David Murphy had three hits and scored twice to snap out of a long slump, and the Texas Rangers beat the AL West-leading Oakland Athletics 9-4 on Wednesday night.Justin Grimm (6-5) trailed when he threw his last pitch, but the Rangers scored twice in the bottom of the fifth to go ahead and make him the first Texas starter this month to get a victory.Rangers starters had gone 17 consecutive games ...
Marcum loses again Mets fall to Braves 5-3

The losses keep coming for Shaun Marcum.The right-hander is winless in nine decisions this season after he gave up a three-run homer to Chris Johnson and failed to make it through the fifth inning in the New York Mets' 5-3 loss to the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday night.Marcum had hoped to build on strong performances by youngsters Matt Harvey and Zack Wheeler, who led the Mets to a ...
Bruces HR ties it Reds beat Pirates 2-1 in 13

Unlike the Reds, the Cards aren't fully maximizing the opportunity to dominate teams with losing records. It's a factor in the NL Central ...
Weeks Ramirez homer later Brewers top Astros 3-1

Rickie Weeks hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning and Aramis Ramirez added a solo shot in the ninth to lift the Milwaukee Brewers to a 3-1 win over the Houston Astros on Wednesday night.The Brewers couldn't get anything going against Houston starter Erik Bedard as he threw a season-high 7 1-3 innings. Bedard was replaced by Hector Ambriz (1-4) with a runner on second, and Weeks greeted ...
Royals end trip with 6-3 loss to Indians

The Royals ended their road trip with a small skid.They don't want to let it grow any longer.Luis Mendoza didn't allow a hit for four innings, but was knocked out of the game during a three-run sixth as the Royals lost 6-3 on Wednesday night to the Cleveland Indians, who snapped Kansas City's series-winning streak at four.After winning the opener, the Royals dropped two straight ...

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The Elephant Man [DVD]

Whenever people write about The Elephant Man, the word dignity tends to be the central focus of their analysis. The film tells the true-life story of Joseph (John) Merrick, a young man living in Victorian London who was so severely disfigured that he could not take part in normal society and spent much of his life shunned and gawked at as a freak-show attraction in a traveling circu ... ...

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Oregon St. knocks Indiana out of CWS with 1-0 win

FAIR: We can't understand the fuss, much less the end-of-the-world headlines, over St. Louis Treasurer Tishaura Jones' announcement Tuesday ...
Senators eye deal on border security

After secretive talks, key senators expressed optimism Wednesday night that they were closing in on a bipartisan agreement to toughen the border security requirements in immigration legislation that also offers a path to citizenship to millions living in the country illegally.Under the emerging compromise, the government would grant legal status to immigrants living in the United States ...
Arrest made in St. Louis bank robbery

FAIR: We can't understand the fuss, much less the end-of-the-world headlines, over St. Louis Treasurer Tishaura Jones' announcement Tuesday ...
Chief Dotson points the finger at city judges for recent crimes

ST. LOUIS (KSDK) - At a community meeting in the Bevo Mill neighborhood, concerned residents confronted police about the two murders that took place recently in their south city community. A clerk was murdered June 10 at a 7-Eleven at Gravois and Bates. A 19-year-old clerk was also murdered May 31 at the Quick Stop at Chippewa and Bates. Police arrested and charged, Joseph Fox, with the ...
Festus cars spray painted by vandals

FESTUS, Mo. (KSDK) - The search is on for the pranksters who spray-painted racial slurs, profanity, and images of body parts on dozens of cars. It's happened before in Festus, but never to this many cars. The damage is in about a five block stretch right in the middle of town. It was a rude awakening for the folks in Festus Wednesday morning. "I was surprised, I couldn't' ...

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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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Iran's president-elect was speaking after his historic election victory.

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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. ...