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Unlucky bounce on Marte double changes game

Edit MLB 08 May 2016
He easily would have scored if the ball had remained in play ... The Pirates had several other chances to keep the game going ... "You think just a hit in the gap would have brought Polanco in," Marte said of his hit ... If Pittsburgh had taken a lead, Hurdle likely would have called on Melancon to finish the game ... Perhaps the inning would have unfolded differently if rookie Aledmys Diaz hadn't raced safely to first base for an infield single....

Russian spies are reportedly trying to stop Sweden from joining NATO

Edit Business Insider 08 May 2016
In other words, if Russian President Vladimir Putin can get what he wants by using Jedi mind tricks, why would he bother with war?. During the Cold War, Sweden announced its neutrality and sat out the NATO-Warsaw Pact face-off going on in the rest of Europe ... The old Cold War map didn't necessarily involve huge, massive movement of forces across Sweden's doorstep, but now the map has changed....

Marcos Breton: A vote for Trump is a vote for intolerance

Edit Sacramento Bee 08 May 2016
Or better yet, a bad dream, the kind where you shake your head and laugh nervously after waking ... if Trump gets enough votes in November?) ... However, there is no proof he ever voiced any opposition to the war. In fact, BuzzFeed found an audio recording of Trump being asked in 2002 if he supported the war then ... If you vote for him, you’re voting for the whole package ... If you vote for Trump, you vote for what he stands for – all of it....

Phelps' improved cutter giving hitters fits

Edit MLB 08 May 2016
One of his most improved pitches is a cutter, which runs in on left-handed hitters and away from right-handers. It's not a huge surprise that Phelps would develop the cutter when you consider he broke in with the Yankees in 2012 and observed the great Mariano Rivera, who mastered the pitch ... So to a lefty, the cutter would break in, while the sinker would bend away ... You don't know which way it's going to go."....

5 impressions of the Gears of War 4 multiplayer beta: more of the same

Edit The Examiner 08 May 2016
The Gears of War 4 multiplayer beta ended last weekend, and Xbox One players got a short taste of what a new Gears of War could look like ... First, you can reload your weapon anytime, even if there is a full clip ... Along with mantle kicking, introduced in Gears of War 3, pressing the X button while someone is on the other side of the same cover as you will pull them over the cover with your knife....

Tom Hanks reveals struggle with loneliness as a young man

Edit Belfast Telegraph 08 May 2016
Share Go To ... "This was the 'Wow' moment of my life going from kid trying to figure out what's interesting in this life to young man yearning to be an artist ... Not long after I started going to the American Conservatory Theatre by myself to see plays I had no idea even existed." ... "What have you done to me?" he asked an apologetic Young ... Hey kid, I'm going away for the week because I want to get laid....

Canelo Alvarez vs. Amir Khan: No More Foreplay

Edit The Examiner 08 May 2016
But incredibly (and arrogantly), Canelo has already told GGG to fall back and wait his turn - this before whopping Khan's ass; in a testament to an understated brash quality he carries around, along with a pair of brass in his shorts you probably like in a fighter ... Civil War" in sheer entertainment (see it, that movie is ridiculously good) ... If it goes past 9 rounds I'll be very surprised....

Velocity down, Price searching for answers

Edit MLB 08 May 2016
As you might imagine, those two go hand in hand ... In the previous outing at Fenway Park -- also against the Yankees -- Price was at least able to go seven innings ... "I feel like the more velocity that you have, the more mistakes you get away with," said Price. "Right now, I'm not getting away with mistakes -- or good pitches, for that matter ... I'm going to work these next four days and be ready to go."....

Marchers want government to 'free the weed'

Edit Toronto Sun 08 May 2016
Weed the North ... While the federal Liberals made a campaign pledge to legalize marijuana, many of the parade-goers felt like the federal government was dragging its feet ... “It should be legalized, it should be cheaper ... Now, I’m still going strong, but I’ve got a violent pain in my ear right now because I can’t afford a source.” ... “I’m tired of this war. It’s a war against peace,” he said....

Harlequins’ Mike Brown wants perfect end to season against Montpellier

Edit The Observer 08 May 2016
It does get to you sometimes; you are only human. “I should never have to apologise for the way I am on the field unless you overstep the mark, which I haven’t done ... We know it is going to be tough ... Brown would not have too long to celebrate if Quins win, with England going into camp the following Tuesday for their friendly against Wales, which is followed by a three-Test tour to Australia and the opportunity for World Cup revenge....

"Captain America: Civil War" review

Edit The Examiner 08 May 2016
Spider-Man gets in his classic quips as he webs up his opponents, Black Panther kicks plenty of butts with his fighting style, Iron Man and War Machine show off new weapons and moves, Hawkeye get to use his trick arrows and even some bow staff work, and Ant-Man, if you for whatever reason weren't sold on his usefulness after his solo film, he gets some of the most impressive moments of the sequence here....

Clarkson University Awards Degrees to 770 Students at 123rd Commencement (Clarkson University)

Edit Public Technologies 08 May 2016
And I pass that advice on to you ... Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world ... Pacifism only works if everyone is a pacifist. If just one person is willing to use murder and violence and no one else, then we give that person power over our lives and values that a pacifist can only counteract by willingly going to his or her death.' ... 'You have to keep going....

On the frontline of Africa’s wildlife wars

Edit The Guardian 08 May 2016
For Emmanuel de Mérode, the Belgian head of Virunga, himself shot and wounded by militia in 2014, the two killings in Africa’s oldest park, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, were yet another atrocity in the brutal wildlife wars raging through southern Sudan, the Central African Republic, Congo and parts of Uganda, Chad and Tanzania ... It’s war ... It shows that rangers can win the war.” ... You must use an army to protect animals....
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