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Uniformed French soldier stabbed in neck while on patrol in Paris
05-26-2013
Uniformed French soldier stabbed in neck while on patrol in Paris
A French soldier stabbed in the neck Saturday while on patrol in Paris was expected to survive, said authorities, who had yet to make an arrest in the attack.Sky News reported the 23-year-old victim was with two other soldiers when his assailant approached from behind in a busy underground train station about 6 p.m., cut him with a knife or box-cutter and fled.
Sky News said CCTV footage showed the assailant was a tall, bearded man, about 35 years old, possibly of North African origin and wearing a white Arab-style tunic.
They tried to kill the soldier because he was a soldier,
Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said.Le Drian said the soldier, whose name was not released, was in stable condition.
French President Francois Hollande said authorities were investigating all possibilities, including whether the attack was linked to the fatal machete attack in London this week on British soldier Drummer Lee Rigby.
There could be a link, but we will look at all the elements,
Holland said.The BBC noted France is on high alert after a threat from the North African wing of al-Qaida concerning the country's involvement in putting down an insurgency in Mali. Soldiers are patrolling in central Paris as part of the tightened security.
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Matt Kuchar retains lead after 3 rounds of Crowne Plaza Invitational
05-26-2013
Matt Kuchar retains lead after 3 rounds of Crowne Plaza Invitational
Matt Kuchar carded a 1-under-par 69 Saturday to retain the lead after three rounds of the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial.Kuchar ended the day at 11-under-par 199 after finishing up Friday's suspended second round and the 18 holes of Round 3. The 34-year-old Florida native is seeking his sixth PGA Tour title.
The crowded leaderboard included four competitors one shot back at minus-10. Matt Every and Boo Weekley each fired a fired 4-under 66, while Chris Stroud (67) and Graham DeLaet (69) joined them in second place.
Sharing sixth place at 9-under 201 were Martin Flores (65), Tim Clark (65), John Rollins (67) and Steve Flesch (69).
The second round had been delayed 2 hours due to lightning at Colonial Country Club.
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MLB: Minnesota 3, Detroit 2
05-26-2013
MLB: Minnesota 3, Detroit 2
P.J. Walters pitched six efficient innings in his first start of 2013 Saturday and Minnesota broke a 10-game losing streak with a 3-2 win over Detroit.Walters (1-0) was called up from Class AAA Rochester and responded by limiting the Tigers to two runs on eight hits. The 28-year-old right-hander walked one and struck out three.
Brian Duensing, Josh Roenicke and Jared Burton combined for two scoreless relief frames and Glen Perkins notched his ninth save as Minnesota won for the first time since May 13.
Joe Mauer cracked a solo homer that was held up under video review in the first inning and the Twins added RBI from Justin Morneau and Chris Parmelee.
Tigers starter Doug Fister (5-2) absorbed the loss, surrendering three runs on eight hits over seven frames.
Jhonny Peralta belted a solo homer for Detroit.
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MLB: Pittsburgh 5, Milwaukee 2
05-26-2013
MLB: Pittsburgh 5, Milwaukee 2
Jeff Locke hurled six scoreless innings and Pedro Alvarez socked two homers Saturday, keeping Pittsburgh hot with a 5-2 win over Milwaukee.Locke (5-1) ran his scoreless innings streak to 15 with the performance, in which he collared the Brewers on three hits while striking out seven. The left-hander issued three walks.
Alvarez connected for a two-run shot in the second, staking the Pirates to a 3-0 lead, and added a bases-empty clout in the ninth as Pittsburgh racked up its 10th win in 11 games.
Andrew McCutchen also went deep for Pittsburgh.
Michael Fiers (1-3) was tagged for four runs on five hits in a four-inning effort for Milwaukee, which fell to 4-18 in May.
Carlos Gomez smack a pair of solo homers for the Brewers.
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MLB: Cincinnati 5, Chicago Cubs 2
05-26-2013
MLB: Cincinnati 5, Chicago Cubs 2
Brandon Phillips scored the go-ahead run on Derrick Robinson's suicide squeeze bunt Saturday and Cincinnati rallied past the Chicago Cubs 5-2.The Reds were trailing 2-1 in the sixth inning when they erupted for four runs to grab control of the contest.
Joey Votto walked and Phillips singled to lead off the frame against Cubs starter Travis Wood, and one out later Todd Frazier's ground single up the middle provided the equalizer, sending Phillips to third.
Then with Robinson batting, Phillips took off for home and Robinson laid down a sacrifice bunt to the right of the mound, putting Cincinnati ahead to stay.
Ryan Hanigan and Cesar Izturis each added an RBI to complete the rally, which gave the Reds their fifth straight win and 13th in 16 contests.
Homer Bailey (3-3) earned the decision, yielding two runs on five hits over six innings. He walked three and struck out eight.
Wood (4-3) ended up allowing five runs on seven hits in a 5 2/3-inning performance.
Anthony Rizzo went 3-for-3 with an RBI for Chicago.
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1 woman dead, 1 missing in San Antonio flash floods
05-26-2013
1 woman dead, 1 missing in San Antonio flash floods
Flash floods fueled by 10 inches of rain left one woman dead and one presumed drowned in San Antonio Saturday, and authorities urged evacuations in some areas.The San Antonio Express-News reported witnesses told police a 29-year-old woman died when she was swept away by the current after getting out of her car when it was carried off a road by a rain-swollen creek. Police Sgt. Marcial Luevano said her body was found pinned against a fence downstream. A male passenger survived.
In the second apparent drowning, firefighters were trying to rescue a 60-year-old woman trapped in her car in Leon Creek when the car rolled over. Firefighters were knocked into the water and the woman's car was washed away. The newspaper said crews were trying to recover her body.
Fire department spokesman Christian Bove told CNN department personnel had been involved in at least 100 rescues since the flooding started.
Dozens of roads were closed in the area, power lines were down and several structure fires were reported, the newspaper said.
WOAI-TV, San Antonio, reported a Wilson County judge issued an evacuation order for people living along the San Antonio River from Elmendorf to below Floresville.
The TV station said the San Antonio River was forecast to crest at about 60 feet Sunday morning in central Wilson County, below the record of 64.7 feet set in 1998.
This a life-threatening situation and should not be taken lightly or with a wait-and-see attitude,
the county emergency office said in a statement.If you are in the area of the San Antonio River and have been flooded before, you will flood again.
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Kenny Perry takes 2-shot lead at Senior PGA Championship
05-26-2013
Kenny Perry takes 2-shot lead at Senior PGA Championship
Kenny Perry was on track for a third career Champions Tour win Saturday after carding a 3-under-par 68 in the third round of the Senior PGA Championship.Perry's performance put him at 10-under-par 203, two strokes ahead of the field after 54 holes. The 52-year-old Kentucky native is seeking his first major seniors tour title.
Grabbing sole possession of second place at Bellerive Country Club was Jay Haas, who posted a 4-under 67 to pull in at 8-under 205.
Second-round co-leader Russ Cochran, meanwhile, settled for a 71 to wrap up Round 3 at 7-under.
Rod Spittle (67) took over fourth place at 6-under while Kohki Idoki (68) and Peter Senior (69) followed at 5-under after Saturday's round.
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MLB: San Francisco 6, Colorado 5 (10 innings)
05-26-2013
MLB: San Francisco 6, Colorado 5 (10 innings)
Angel Pagan's two-run, inside-the-park homer in the bottom of the 10th Saturday rallied the San Francisco Giants over Colorado 6-5.The Rockies had grabbed a 5-4 lead in the top of the 10th on a solo homer by Troy Tulowitzki against Giants closer Sergio Romo (3-2).
But the Giants battled back against Rafael Betancourt (1-2) in their last at-bat when Brandon Crawford drew a lead-off walk.
One out later, Pagan smashed a pitch off the base of the right-center field wall, which bounced away from Michael Cuddyer. Dexter Fowler picked it up and fired to Tulowitzki, but his relay to the plate was too late to catch Pagan.
Crawford went 2-for-3 with an RBI while Buster Posey added three hits for the Giants, who evened their three-game series.
Carlos Gonzalez went 3-for-5 with a solo homer for Colorado, which is grouped with San Francisco and Arizona atop the National League West.
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MLB: New York Yankees 4, Tampa Bay 3 (11 innings)
05-26-2013
MLB: New York Yankees 4, Tampa Bay 3 (11 innings)
Lyle Overbay belted a go-ahead homer in the 11th inning Saturday, capping a late rally that lifted the New York Yankees over Tampa Bay 4-3.New York trailed 3-1 in the ninth, but scored twice off Rays closer Fernando Rodney, who blew his fifth save of the season. Brennan Boesch and Brett Gardner delivered back-to-back, two-out RBI hits to force extra frames.
Ivan Nova (2-1) wiggled out of a bases-loaded, one-out jam in the bottom of the 10th to extend the game and Overbay decided it with a two-out solo blast in the 11th off Josh Lueke (0-2).
Mariano Rivera tossed a 1-2-3 bottom of the 11th for his 18th save in as many opportunities as the Yankees clinched their three-game series.
Desmond Jennings, Kelly Johnson and Yunel Escobar each drove in a run for the Rays, who dropped a third straight.
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Original Apple-1 computer goes for record $671,000 at auction
05-26-2013
Original Apple-1 computer goes for record $671,000 at auction
An Apple-1 computer, which sold for $666 when it debuted in 1976, sold for a record $671,400 Saturday at auction in German, the auctioneer said.The sale, including fees and taxes, beat the previous high mark of $640,000 paid for an Apple-1 last November at the same auction house, Auction Team Breker, The New York Times reported.
Breker said the buyer, whose name was being kept secret, was a wealthy entrepreneur from the Far East.
This really confirms the value of Apple-1's,
auctioneer Uwe Breker told the Times.It is a superb symbol of the American dream. You have two college dropouts from California who pursued an idea and a dream, and that dream becomes one of the most admired, successful and valuable companies in the world.
There were an estimated 175-200 of the computers built in a garage by Steven Jobs and Stephen Wozniak in the first run and 46 survive, said Mike Willegal, who keeps track of them on an online registry.
The one sold at auction Saturday was originally owned by Fred Hatfield, 84, a retired electrical engineer living in New Orleans, the Times said.
Hatfield said he sold the computer, which wasn't working at the time, to a man from Texas this year for $40,000. The newspaper said it was a working model when auctioned.
Hatfield expressed surprise at the sale price but congratulated the man who bought it from him.
Best to him. He's the one who fixed it up and figured the best way to sell it for all that money. Evidently, he's very good at this,
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New chicken wing: Baked, not fried, with plain Greek yogurt
05-26-2013
New chicken wing: Baked, not fried, with plain Greek yogurt
A U.S. nutritionist suggests an alternative to the high-fat traditional Buffalo chicken wing -- take off the skin and bake or grill instead of deep-fat frying.For a lower-calorie chicken wing, Lona Sandon, a clinical nutritionist at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, suggested grilling chicken pieces instead of traditional wings. Make your own hot sauce without the butter and use low-fat versions of cream cheese, sour cream and blue cheese, or substitute plain Greek yogurt, Sandon said.
Sandon also suggests ways to reduce fat from snacks and summer grilling:
-- Try salsas, low-fat sour cream dips or yogurt instead of traditional chip and vegetable dips, or low-fat versions of dressing instead of traditional ranch dressing. Substitute fat-free or lower-calorie ingredients such as vegetarian-style refried beans or whole beans, sour creams, low-fat cheeses and ground turkey to reduce calories for seven-layer dip.
-- Cut calories with baked tortilla chips, vegetarian refried beans or mashed black beans, low-fat cheese, peppers and tomatoes or fat-free sour cream.
-- Try vinegar-based sauces instead of those with high brown-sugar content for grilling. Mix chicken and beef to help lower overall calories.
-- Try leaner beef ribs instead of pork ribs, which are usually fatter. Consider brisket instead.
-- Try using your favorite spices and rubs on veggie, turkey, or soy burgers to give similar flavor with fewer calories, or blend hamburger with ground turkey or ground soy. Try beef jerky to get the beef flavor.
-- Look for 100 percent beef franks, turkey or soy instead of bratwurst, which usually has more calories than lean hot dogs.
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Drug prevents, treats Alzheimer's disease in mice
05-26-2013
Drug prevents, treats Alzheimer's disease in mice
Researchers at the University of Southern California found a class of pharmaceuticals they say can both prevent and treat Alzheimer's disease in mice.Lead researcher Christian Pike of the USC Davis School of Gerontology said the drugs, known as
TSPO ligands,
are currently used for certain types of neuroimaging.We looked at the effects of TSPO ligand in young adult mice when pathology was at an early stage, and in aged mice when pathology was quite severe,
Pike said in a statement.TSPO ligand reduced measures of pathology and improved behavior at both ages.
The team's findings, published online in the Journal of Neuroscience, found four treatments -- once per week over four weeks -- in older mice resulted in a significant decrease of Alzheimer's-related symptoms and improvements in memory, meaning that TSPO ligands may actually reverse some elements of Alzheimer's disease.
Pike and co-authors include USC postdoctoral scientists Anna M. Barron, Anusha Jayaraman and Joo-Won Lee; as well as Donatella Caruso and Roberto C. Melcangi of the University of Milan and Luis M. Garcia-Segura of the Instituto Cajal in Spain, said the data suggested the possibility the drugs could prevent and treat Alzheimer's.
It's just mouse data, but extremely encouraging mouse data,
Pikes said.There is a strong possibility that TSPO ligands similar to the ones used in our study could be evaluated for therapeutic efficacy in Alzheimer's patients within the next few years.
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States' refusal to expand Medicaid may strand thousands
05-26-2013
States' refusal to expand Medicaid may strand thousands
The refusal of many states to expand Medicaid may leave thousands of the poorest in the United States without health insurance, officials say.About half the states have said they will not do so, The New York Times reported Saturday. They include two of the largest states, Texas and Florida, and some of the poorest, including Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi.
Under President Obama's health insurance plan, individuals with annual incomes ranging from the federal poverty level, currently $11,490, to four times that amount, $45,960, will be eligible for federal subsidies for insurance through exchanges. But those under the poverty level will not be.
Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger told the Times many of
the poorest of the poor
will be denied help. Kansas, which does not allow able-bodied adults who are either childless or have children but have incomes above one-third of the poverty line, is one of the states that so far is opting out of Medicaid expansion.Most of the states that so far have said they will not expand Medicare have Republican governments.
Jonathan Chapman, executive director of the Louisiana Primary Care Association, which represents healthcare providers, said the situation is a paradoxical one.
If the breadwinner in a family of four works full time at a job that pays $14 an hour and the family has no other income, he or she will be eligible for insurance subsidies,
he said.But if they make $10 an hour, they will not be eligible for anything.
Roy S. Mitchell, executive director of the Mississippi Health Advocacy Program, which wants the state to expand Medicare, hopes there will be an
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Some senators seek more cuts in U.S. farm subsidieis
05-26-2013
Some senators seek more cuts in U.S. farm subsidieis
Some U.S. senators hope to cut even more from the $955 billion farm bill before it comes up for a floor vote.The Senate approved an amendment Thursday that cut farm subsidies for people with incomes of $750,000 a year or more, The Hill reported. The change, which passed 59-33, is expected to save $1 billion during the life of the bill.
A bipartisan quartet, Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., Pat Toomey, R-Pa., Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., and Jean Shaheen, D-N.H., are pushing for more cuts. On the other side, Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., who heads the Agriculture Committee, and Thad Cochran of Mississippi, the ranking Republican, are pushing to limit amendments.
Toomey and Shaheen have proposed limiting crop insurance premium subsidies to $50,000 per crop per year. They say that would save $3.6 billion.
Flake wants to end the current system of allowing farmers to choose between the estimated price of a crop at planting and the actual price at planting when they get insurance payouts -- letting them select the one that gives them the most money. He says that would save more than $7 billion.
McCaskill and Flake have also introduced an amendment to allow the government to renegotiate on reinsurance. And Flake wants the names of those who receive farm subsidies to become public record.
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Law enforcement observes Missing Children Day
05-26-2013
Law enforcement observes Missing Children Day
U.S. law enforcement officials are urging parents to spend time with their children to discuss safety tips Saturday, National Missing Children Day.Parents should consider a child's age when offering advice on what to do if a strangers approaches in public, WXMI-TV, Grand Rapids, Mich. Young children generally require shorter, more specific instructions than older children.
Children should be encouraged to tell a parent or other adult immediately if anything out of the ordinary happens, law enforcement officials stress.
The initiative is dubbed
Take 25
-- encouraging parents to spend 25 minutes on the 25th of May to address safety with children.The National Center for Missing or Exploited Children encouraged the public to view images of missing children on the FBI website and offer any information on the cases possible.
The Colorado Bureau of Investigation said Amber Alerts are sent to all cellphone users in areas where children are abducted, if the phones are enabled with a Wireless Emergency Alert system.
President Ronald Reagan proclaimed National Missing Children Day to commemorate the disappearance of Etan Patz, a New York child who disappeared while walking to his school bus May 25, 1979.
Patz was the first missing child whose face was put on milk cartons. His case has never been solved.
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Landslide kills 7 in China
05-26-2013
Landslide kills 7 in China
A landslide near a coal mine in northwest China killed seven people Saturday, government officials said.The landslide struck at 10 a.m. and buried a two-story dormitory housing workers at a coal mine in Cangcun Township, Shaanxi province, the Huangling County publicity bureau said.
Twelve others were injured and rescue workers completed their search of the building by 10 p.m. The injured were sent to a hospital, China's official Xinhua News Agency reported.
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Protesters take to streets after London soldier slaying
05-26-2013
Protesters take to streets after London soldier slaying
About 2,000 protesters chanted and waved flags Newcastle, England, Saturday, in response to the grisly slaying of a soldier by Islamists.The far-right English Defense League, which opposes Britain's immigration policy, organized the rally.
EDL head Tommy Robinson said told CNN,
We cannot allow this soldier's death to be in vain.
The rally was mostly peaceful, though police said some bottles were thrown when protesters came into contact with members of a smaller counter-protest. No injuries were reported though a handful of people were arrested, mostly for alcohol-related offenses, police said.
Two men claiming Islamist motives ran over a British soldier, Lee Rigby, and attacked him with knives and a meat cleaver Wednesday in the Woolwich section of London.
Michael Adebolajo, 28, one of the suspects, had been offered a job by a British intelligence service six months before, a friend said. Michael Adebowale, 22, was also arrested.
Abu Nusaybah said Adebolajo had rejected the offer from MI5, the agency in charge of domestic security, the BBC reported Saturday. Nusaybah said Adebolajo had underdone
a change
after he was detained by security forces during a trip to Kenya last year.Adebolajo suggested he had been physically and sexually abused during an interrogation there.
After that, Nusaybah said, his friend became withdrawn and
wasn't his bubbly self.
After returning from Kenya, Adebolajo said he was
basically being harassed
by MI5, who wanted to know if he knew certain people, Nusaybah said.When Adebolajo said he didn't know any of them, MI5 asked if he wanted to work for them, the friend said.
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MLB: Los Angeles Angels 7, Kansas City 0
05-26-2013
MLB: Los Angeles Angels 7, Kansas City 0
Billy Buckner earned his first win since 2009 with five shutout innings Saturday and the Los Angeles Angels blanked Kansas City 7-0.Buckner (1-0), making his first start for the Angels since being recalled last week from Class AAA Salt Lake City, yielded just two hits. The right-hander walked three and struck out two.
A former Royals draft choice, the 29-year-old last notched a win three years ago for the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Dane De La Rosa, Scott Downs, Robert Coello and Michael Kohn each tossed a scoreless inning in relief to complete the shutout for the Angels, who have won seven straight.
Hank Conger and Josh Hamilton each smacked a solo homer and Mark Trumbo added two RBI for LA.
Royals starter Jeremy Guthrie (5-3) was roughed up for seven runs (six earned) on five hits over 7 1/2 innings.
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5 soldiers killed as rash of bombings hits southern Thailand
05-26-2013
5 soldiers killed as rash of bombings hits southern Thailand
Police officers and soldiers in southern Thailand escaped death in bombings Saturday, one day after a bomb killed five military rangers, authorities said.A roadside bomb hit a truck carrying five soldiers in Narathiwat province, the Bangkok Post reported. Police officers in the same province responding to a report of gunshots were ambushed by a bomb but escaped without injury.
Other bombings were reported in Yala province. Five police officers who were on their way back from investigating a series of explosions were injured by a bomb hidden in a culvert.
The explosion injured three civilians.
The rangers were killed by an explosion in the Sai Buri district of Pattani province.
Police in Yala province killed a suspected insurgent Friday. Officers were searching a village when the man ran to a house and opened fire and police fired back, killing him.
Southern Thailand has endured years of violence between security forces and ethnic Malays who are predominantly Muslim and seek separation from Thailand.
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Bombings in Kabul kill police officer, 2 civilians
05-26-2013
Bombings in Kabul kill police officer, 2 civilians
A suicide bomber blew himself up Saturday morning in Kabul, Afghanistan, without killing anyone else, police said.The bombing occurred inside a house, Khaama Press reported. The bomber was wearing a suicide vest packed with explosives.
A police officer and two civilians were killed Friday in Kabul in coordinated attacks. The Taliban said they planned the attacks, targeting a guest house used by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency.
Four police officers were injured in the blasts.
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elburn cooperative completes newark seed acquisition
SYCAMORE, IL, May 17, 2013—Elburn Cooperative Co. announced today it has completed the acquisition of Newark Seed on Highway 52 in Newark, IL.
On Wednesday, Steve Scalf and Elburn Cooperative completed the transaction, which began in 2007 when Elburn Cooperative took over the Pioneer Seed Agency operated by Scalf on Highway 52 south of Newark.
“We’re extremely pleased with the growth of our seed sales at Newark and with the help of our partners at Pioneer look forward to growing the business further, says Dave Myers, Agronomy Division Manager for Elburn Cooperative. “We have a great team at Newark and they are an important part of our agronomy offering in the southern part of our territory.”
In 2007, Scalf became an employee of Elburn and manager of the Newark location, and he continued to own and operate the bulk seed and treatment facilities. With the purchase’s completion, Elburn Cooperative will own and operate the bulk seed and treatment facilities. Scalf will continue to manage the location.
The site also employs two sales people, Fred Blue and Nate Rink, and seasonal employee, Jake Scalf, who handles seed treatment.



