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B.J. Rosenberg in action during an exhibition spring training baseball game against the Houston Astros, Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013, in Clearwater, in Fla. Houston won 8-3. (Matt Slocum/AP ...
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Lehighs C.J. McCollum would like to play for 76ers

C.J. McCollum answers a question during a news conference in Greensboro, N.C. And it's like he never left. (Gerry Broome/AP ...
Lehighs McCollum eager to show what he can do at NBA predraft combine

C.J. McCollum (3) drives around Duke's Tyler Thornton during the second half of a South Regional NCAA tournament second-round college basketball game in Greensboro, N.C., Friday, March 16, 2012. Lehigh won 75-70. (Gerry Broome/AP ...
Phillies Notebook MRI reveals back strain for Phillies reliever Adams

AN MRI on injured setup man Mike Adams revealed a mild strain in the middle of his back, but the Phillies remain hopeful that they will not have to place the veteran righthander on the disabled list. Adams has not pitched since May 10, but the Phillies have been carrying an extra reliever the whole time, so they have not felt shorthanded. General manager Ruben Amaro Jr. said that the team does ...

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Strong outing by Lee timely hitting lift Phillies

STARTING PITCHING and extra bases. That was the formula that the Phillies used in the first seven innings of last night's series opener against the Reds, and if they can repeat it on a basis more frequent than two or three times a week, all of you optimists will have plenty of reason to wiggle your fingers on your noses. The pessimists? They had the top of the eighth. By the time it was ...
Charlotte Bobcats to change name to Hornets according to report

according to CBS Sports . The Charlotte Hornets played in North Carolina as an expansion team from 1988 until 2002 when owner George Shinn moved the franchise to New Orleans. With the New Orleans franchise rebranding to the Pelicans next season, the door is open for Charlotte to reclaim the team name. That's exactly what is happening. The Bobcats took their name from Robert Johnson, the ...
Eagles Barkley among NFL rookies learning to market himself

Matt Barkley speaks to the media during an availability after Rookie Camp at the team's NFL football practice facility, Friday, May 10, 2013, in Philadelphia. (Matt ...
Reds lose 5-3 to Phillies

PHILADELPHIA — Letting Cliff Lee get away unscathed early on cost the Cincinnati Reds late in the game. Domonic Brown drove in the tiebreaking run on an infield grounder in the eighth and the Philadelphia Phillies snapped the Reds' six-game winning streak with a 5-3 victory on Friday night. Jimmy Rollins hit a two-run homer and Lee threw seven sharp innings for the Phillies, ...
Phillies win snap Reds six-game winning streak

Cliff Lee . Looking for a seventh consecutive victory overall and on the road, the Reds hope to get the best of Lee on Friday night. Cincinnati (25-16) outscored Philadelphia 16-4 during the April 15-17 series, but was held scoreless by Lee (4-2, 2.86 ERA) for six innings until it managed two runs in the seventh of a 4-2 series-opening victory. The left-hander, who lasted seven and did ...

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Pallam Raju to visit USA for dialogue on higher education

Union Human Resource and Development (HRD) Minister M.M. Pallam Raju would be on a five-day visit to Washington DC, Philadelphia and Boston beginning on May 13 for dialogue on higher education.

"This a continuation of India-US higher education dialogue which was initiated in 2009 after the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh's visit to the US during the same year, " Pallam Raju told the media here today.

This visit is the follow up of the Obama-Singh initiative taken on higher education. The focus of the visit would be on strengthening and enhancing higher education initiatives- 8 projects have been identified under this initiative. Strategic dialogue on higher education would take place. The visit will also cover school education and skill development sector.

Pallam Raju also discussed 'Connect to India' programme where US students will be coming and joining higher research institutes in India. The visit will also focus on exchange of faculty and development of faculty.

The Government has also initiated a scheme through University Grants Commission (UGC) to sponsor Indian researchers at the Post-Doctoral level and the first batch of 126 Indian scholars is ready to go to the US Institutions for post-doctoral research. ...