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Braves' O'Flaherty to have Tommy John surgery
ReutersThe Sports Xchange Braves' O'Flaherty to have Tommy John surgery Atlanta Braves relief pitcher Eric O'Flaherty will undergo season-ending Tommy John surgery on Tuesday, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He was diagnosed with a torn ulnar...Tags: Baseball, Eric O'Flaherty, Sports
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Pre-paid cards, phones and codes are inmates' currency
In the black market of Maryland's prisons and jails, where the right price can secure cellphones and drugs, transactions unfold through a complex system of currency. Among the key elements: 14-digit codes, prepaid debit cards and text messages. One...
Tags: Blackmail and Extortion, Banking, Prosecution, Howard County, FBI
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MLB roundup: Halladay placed on disabled list
ReutersThe Sports Xchange EditorsNote: rewords second graf of Red Sox item, fixes Liriano injury to "right arm," other minor edits MLB roundup: Halladay placed on disabled list Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Roy Halladay was placed on the 15-day disabled list...Tags: Andrew Bailey, Sports, Atlanta Braves, Nick Hagadone, Francisco Liriano
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Kriss Kross rapper Chris 'Mac Daddy' Kelly dies at 34
ReutersATLANTA, May 2 (Reuters) - Chris "Mac Daddy" Kelly, one half of the 1990s rap duo Kriss Kross, has died at an Atlanta hospital at the age of 34, a Fulton County Medical Examiner's spokesman said. Dumonder Dawson, an investigator for the medical examiner'... -
Kriss Kross rapper Chris Kelly, 34, found dead in home
Rapper Chris “Mac Daddy” Kelly died Wednesday afternoon after being found unresponsive in his Atlanta home, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. Kelly, 34, was part of the duo Kris Kross, known for their backward clothes and 1992... -
Ex-Braves pitcher Camp dies
ReutersThe Sports Xchange Ex-Braves pitcher Camp dies Rick Camp, a pitcher who hit one of the more memorable home runs in Atlanta Braves history, died Thursday at his Bartow County, Ga., home, the team announced. Camp was 59 according to baseball-reference....Tags: Baseball, MLB Most Valuable Player Award, Sports, Atlanta Braves, New York Mets
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Teel Time: More reaction to ACC's 'great strategic move' with grant of rights
Late Monday mornings are usually reserved for work. You know, jobs, parenthood, errands. But when David Glenn, publisher of the ACC Sports Journal, tweeted that the conference’s 15 current and future members had agreed to a media grant of rights,...Tags: College Sports, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Georgia Institute of Technology, North Carolina Tar Heels, Sports
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NFL beat writers make picks for 2013 mock draft
Few people know the 32 NFL teams better than the writers who cover those teams on a day-to-day basis. Those beat writers made the selections for this mock draft, choosing the players as if Thursday night were to unfold this way: 1. KANSAS CITY (Adam...
Tags: Cleveland Browns, Andre Smith, Indianapolis Colts, Michael Boley, Morgan Burnett
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The test score racket
WASHINGTON -- It is time to acknowledge that the fashionable theory of school reform -- requiring that pay and job security for teachers, principals and administrators depend on their students' standardized test scores -- is at best a well-intentioned...
Tags: School Examinations, Examinations, Teaching and Learning, Michelle Rhee, The Washington Post
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Ex-Atlanta schools chief, 34 others indicted in cheating scandal
A former Atlanta schools superintendent helped fuel widespread cheating on standardized tests with bonuses for increased scores and a practice of punishing whistleblowers and praising cheaters, prosecutors said. Beverly Hall, who resigned from Atlanta...
Tags: School Examinations, Prosecution, The New York Times
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Tickets for texting are scarce in Pennsylvania
Q: Pennsylvania's law banning texting while driving, with a $50 fine as the penalty, went into effect on March, 8 2012. Once pulled over, how is it determined that drivers were in fact texting if they contend they were not doing so? And by what means will...
Tags: AAA, Michael Bloomberg, Allentown, Bucks County, Auto Racing
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The Sunday Conversation: Shepard Smith
Shepard Smith, longtime host of the nightly "Fox Report," is Fox News Channel's No. 1 anchor. That's thanks in part to his mix of folksy accessibility and anchor-worthy gravitas, which have earned him a perch at Politico.com, where his news clips are...Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Rome (Italy), MSNBC (tv network), Fox News Channel (tv network), Jon Stewart
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