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  • Murphy enjoying hot streak

    Email SEATTLE -- Lefty-swinging David Murphy was back in the No. 2 spot for the Rangers on Saturday night with right-hander Felix Hernandez on the mound for the Mariners. Manager Ron Washington said moving Murphy behind leadoff man Elvis Andrus has helped him get untracked at the plate. Murphy said he is still not quite there yet. "I don't know if I can put my finger on it yet," ...

  • Nathan on pace for free-agent option

    Email SEATTLE -- Rangers closer Joe Nathan faced just one batter in earning his 15th save on Friday night, striking out Michael Morse to preserve the Rangers' 9-5 victory over the Mariners. Nathan is now third in the American League in saves, but he is tied for first in games finished with 20. The number is significant in regards to his contract. Nathan is in the second season of a ...

  • Lewis goes four innings for Round Rock

    Email SEATTLE -- Rangers right-hander Colby Lewis made his third start on a medical-rehabilitation assignment for Triple-A Round Rock on Saturday and allowed three runs over four innings against Memphis. He allowed six hits, walked two and struck out two. He also hit his target of 60 pitches, including 34 for strikes. The Rangers will see how Lewis recovers from this outing, but his next start ...

  • Wolf moves into Rangers bullpen

    Email SEATTLE -- Ross Wolf, who earned his first Major League victory on Wednesday when he started and allowed one run in five-plus innings against the Athletics, became a long reliever when the Rangers decided to call up southpaw Martin Perez to start the first game of their doubleheader with the D-backs on Monday. "That was the recommendation of the people down there," manager Ron ...

  • Todays MLB starting lineups May 25

    Below are starting lineups that have been made public by the clubs. A lineup is not official until it is handed to the umpire. Additional lineups will be added as they become available: Arizona Diamondbacks: 1. ...


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Charade [DVD]

Charade [DVD]

Stanley Donens Charade may very well be the best (and funniest) Hitchcock movie Hitchcock never made. I say that with the full knowledge that Donen was never pleased that his thriller-comedy was constantly compared to Hitch, but surely he saw it coming, especially given the inv ... ...

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  • 11 accused of gang-raping teen 7 arrested

    Investigators said the victim told police that after the attack, a woman pointed a gun at her while another woman attacked her with a tire iron. The woman accused of attacking the victim with the tire iron was arrested, but investigators said the woman who allegedly pointed the gun hasn't been ...

  • Police Argument leads to double shooting

    Investigators said the two victims were working for the homeowner at the time. Police said at some point, the homeowner got into an argument with the men, pulled a gun and shot ...

  • Man flips truck dies in crash

    Police said the man was driving a truck along Griggs Road near Bobby Lee Lane around 1 a.m. Saturday, when he lost control of the vehicle and ran over a ...

  • Investigators Son kills fathers attacker

    The family said the man got off his motorcycle and attacked the father. That's when, investigators said, the son grabbed his father's gun and opened fire on the attacker, killing ...

  • Pilates helping a woman walk again

    The active wife and mother of two was a tennis player, but one night about two years ago she went to bed with a slight backache, and when she woke up her whole life changed. "I woke up with a charlie horse all over my body and in 10 minutes, I was paralyzed from the waist down," Jo Anna said. The diagnosis was neuromyelitis optica, or NMO. It's an autoimmune disorder, often ...

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