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Jose Abreu stuck on 11 homers for 41 days, not concerned

Edit Chicago Sun-Times 28 Jul 2016
After hitting 36 home runs during his rookie season in 2014 and 30 last year, Jose Abreu had 11 through the White Sox’ first 100 games, a far cry from what the Sox expected from their first baseman ... “I don’t know how many he’s going to hit this year. Obviously it would be more beneficial as a whole as an offense if he could get those four bases a little more often but I don’t think he came in here specifically as a home run hitter.’’....

UMass researchers using salmonella in fight against cancer

Edit Worcester Telegram 28 Jul 2016
WORCESTER - Both salmonella and cancer drugs individually may cause nausea and vomiting, but research at University of Massachusetts Medical School suggests that together they can shrink drug-resistant tumors.“The tumor was so tiny, and I had been working on this stuff for I don’t know how many years at the time, I started crying, man - it was just so unbelievable,” said Dr ... ....

Joe Biden Gives Fiery Anti-Trump Speech: 'C'mon, America!'

Edit TPM 28 Jul 2016
“That’s Hillary Clinton’s life story ... The vice president, who was long favored as a 2016 contender before announcing he would not run, finished with a rallying cry for pride in the country ... We own the finish line, don’t forget it,” he said to loud cheers ... ....

Comparing Obama’s 2004 convention speech and his 2016 convention speech is depressing

Edit Vox 28 Jul 2016
"We worship an awesome God in the blue states, and we don't like federal agents poking around our libraries in the red states," he said to rapturous applause ... "We don’t look to be ruled.". The Obama of 2004 did not think it necessary to say Americans don’t look to be ruled ... Implicit in that cry was that 12 years after Obama gave his inspiring speech in Boston, our politics courses with more cynicism and more fear than ever ... ....

Story on UIndy student draws big response (University of Indianapolis)

Edit Public Technologies 28 Jul 2016
Indianapolis Star sports columnist Gregg Doyel is known for his ability to find compelling tales where others don't think to look, but even he was daunted by the story of UIndy business major and baseball player Brendan Dudas ... 'I was stressed before writing this story, and I don't get stressed,' says the former national columnist for CBSSports.com....

More focus needed on mental health after Abdirahman Abdi's death, advocates say

Edit Canada Dot Com 28 Jul 2016
mental illness and Somali roots ... "When I first heard the news and read the articles, I cried because it hurt, because that could have been me," she said ... "You’ll see kids with autism and stuff and their parents don’t bring them out into the community because a lot of people will start talking about them, they’ll put them down," she said ... People don’t talk about it. They don’t bring it up. They hide their condition." ... "He's a crazy man." ... ....

'I cried because ... that could have been me': More focus needed on mental health ...

Edit Toronto Sun 28 Jul 2016
mental illness and Somali roots ... "When I first heard the news and read the articles, I cried because it hurt, because that could have been me," she said ... "You’ll see kids with autism and stuff and their parents don’t bring them out into the community because a lot of people will start talking about them, they’ll put them down," she said ... People don’t talk about it. They don’t bring it up....

North Miami shooting: Autistic man suffers in aftermath, mom says

Edit CNN 28 Jul 2016
(CNN)Arnaldo Eliud Rios Soto still wears the blood-soaked jacket he had on the day his friend, caregiver and father figure was shot by police in North Miami, his mother said. Last week Rios, 26, wandered away from his group home and Charles Kinsey, his behavioral therapist, came after him ... Because they're so special that sometimes, you don't know how to react," she said. She couldn't cry in front of her son, because then he would cry ... ....

The hitch film unearthed in Travis d’Arnaud’s swing

Edit New York Post 28 Jul 2016
“To be honest, for me personally I just don’t think about it ... “I did talk to him,” said Collins, who actually brought up the ramifications of the trade deadline with the entire team — the manager got a crash course last year, especially with the infamous Wilmer Flores incident where the young player openly cried on the field thinking he had been traded....

Mom’s onslaught of teen daughter, on Facebook, stirs strong reaction

Edit Atlanta Journal 28 Jul 2016
“You wanna be a THOT on Facebook, right?” THOT is a deroguatory terms for a female The girl tries to shield herself and appears to be crying ... I don’t think it was appropriate to put this video up ... I think we’re handed down a lot of things that we don’t necessarily need to pass forward.” ... “I won’t judge this mother’s behavior because I don’t know how many times her daughter had defied her before she took this action,” she said ... Related.....

Mom Beating Georgia Teen Goes Viral—But Hitting Kids Is No Way To Protect Them

Edit The Daily Beast 28 Jul 2016
And Lord, don’t let yourself pout or cry within earshot or eyesight. Such displays of emotion were answered with, “Shut up before I give you something to cry for!” ... “Don’t embarrass me in front of these white people,” was a lesson I learned from my mother and passed down to my own children ... As I watched the child cower and cry, never once fighting back, I knew there would be throngs of people standing in support of her mother ... ....

Boy’s death ‘doesn’t make sense’ to heartbroken mom

Edit Boston Herald 28 Jul 2016
“Why you wasn’t watching my son? That’s all I want to know,” Melissa Willis cried as she stood on Trull Street in Dorchester last night, a day after her boy, Kyzr Willis, was found 15 yards off the shore of a South Boston beach ... “Again, we don’t know what happened....

North Carolina roll call vote during Republican convention

Edit The News & Observer 28 Jul 2016
Toni Walker never thought the United States would elect a woman president. Never ... She was attending her first convention, all to see and feel the moment. History ... “I think it should have happened with President No ... “I don’t really understand how in a country like this we could have gone this long without a lady president, but I also know society and I know change is slow.” ... They celebrated by crying, dancing and shouting ... ... ... More Videos ... ....
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