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Two players multi-HR games not enough for Astros

For the first time in nearly eight years, two Houston Astros had multi-homer games.Jason Castro and Matt Dominguez each belted two home runs for the Astros. It was the first time two Houston teammates have had multi-home run games since July 25, 2005, when Craig Biggio and Lance Berkman each had two.The firepower wasn't enough to keep pace with the Oakland Athletics in an 11-5 loss on ...
Nats bullpen fails again in 5-3 loss to Phillies

Washington Nationals relief pitcher Drew Storen (22) sits in the dugout after the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies at Nationals Park, Saturday, May 25, 2013, in Washington. Storen gave up two runs. The Phillies won 5-3. (AP Photo/Alex ...
Cain stops Bigfoot in 1st round defends UFC title

Junior Dos Santos reacts after knocking out Mark Hunt in the third round of a UFC 160 mixed martial arts heavyweight bout, Saturday, May 25, 2013, in Las ...
Cardinals fall short in 5-3 loss to Dodgers

LOS ANGELES — The St. Louis Cardinals have had a tough time keeping their starting pitchers healthy. Add rookie John Gast to the list. Gast left in the bottom of the second inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday night because of left shoulder tightness. He faced six batters, giving up one run and one hit. The rookie left-hander threw 25 pitches, walking two and striking out ...
Shortfalls of student visa system in spotlight after Boston bombing

Homeland Security officials have known for some time that computers used by frontline Customs and Border Protection agents couldn't access a centralized federal database that red-flags foreign students with invalid student ...

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Belle de jour [Blu-Ray]

In Luis Buuels Belle de jour, Catherine Deneuve plays Sverine Serizy, a blank-faced bourgeois housewife who learns how to feed her inner masochist when she begins prostituting herself during weekday afternoons at a tony Parisian brothel. The film was released the same year as Je ... ...

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Former Penn State President Spanier’s defense team says ex-general counsel Baldwin’s testimony inadmissible

STATE COLLEGE - The lawyers defending Graham Spanier have asked a judge to dismiss the charges against the former Penn State president, arguing that prosecutors' evidence in the obstruction and perjury case is based on illegally obtained grand jury testimony from the university's ex-general ...
DNA may help military end era of unknown soldiers

But advancing techniques and DNA technology mean the United States might have buried its last unknown soldier. In offices and laboratories across the country and archaeological sites scattered across continents, teams of investigators and scientists comb the past for the country's lost ...
Winfield Township places liens on 33 properties to secure sewer tap-in fees

Winfield Township has placed liens on 33 properties because the owners haven't paid to tap into the new sewage system in the Cabot section of the ...
2-vehicle crash sends minivan into Winfield Township bagel shop

A two-vehicle collision ended with a minivan crashing into the building of HeartFelt Bagels 'n Bialys at Route 356 and Winfield Road in Winfield Township on Saturday, May 25, ...
Vehicle slams into Butler bakery no injuries reported

A chain-reaction crash involving three vehicles sent one into the Heartfelt Bagels and Bialys store at Winfield Road and Route 356 in Butler County around 11:45 a.m., according to emergency dispatchers and state ...

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Pallam Raju to visit USA for dialogue on higher education

Union Human Resource and Development (HRD) Minister M.M. Pallam Raju would be on a five-day visit to Washington DC, Philadelphia and Boston beginning on May 13 for dialogue on higher education.

"This a continuation of India-US higher education dialogue which was initiated in 2009 after the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh's visit to the US during the same year, " Pallam Raju told the media here today.

This visit is the follow up of the Obama-Singh initiative taken on higher education. The focus of the visit would be on strengthening and enhancing higher education initiatives- 8 projects have been identified under this initiative. Strategic dialogue on higher education would take place. The visit will also cover school education and skill development sector.

Pallam Raju also discussed 'Connect to India' programme where US students will be coming and joining higher research institutes in India. The visit will also focus on exchange of faculty and development of faculty.

The Government has also initiated a scheme through University Grants Commission (UGC) to sponsor Indian researchers at the Post-Doctoral level and the first batch of 126 Indian scholars is ready to go to the US Institutions for post-doctoral research. ...