Orioles hit 5 HRs in 6-5 win over Rangers

The Baltimore Orioles began their game against the Texas Rangers unlike any AL team in major league history, hitting three homers in their first three at-bats.

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Indians beat Rangers 4-2, hand Darvish first loss

Ubaldo Jimenez pitched seven scoreless innings and the Cleveland Indians handed Yu Darvish his first major league loss in a 4-2 victory over the Texas Rangers on Sunday.

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Curtis holds Texas Open lead heading into finale

Ben Curtis remained in position for his first PGA Tour victory since 2006 despite his first stumbles at the Texas Open, shooting a 1-over 73 on Saturday to take a three-stroke lead into the final round.

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US plane in emergency landing after pilot rant

A US airplane made an emergency landing in Texas Tuesday after passengers restrained the pilot when he began shouting about Al-Qaeda and bomb threats, officials and media reports said.

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Surprises about Planned Parenthood cancer testing (AP)

AP – To many people, breast cancer screening means a mammogram. But for millions of poor, mostly young women who visit Planned Parenthood, it is usually just a physical exam by the only health professional they may ever see.

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Supreme Court justices face tangled mess with Texas redistricting plan (The Christian Science Monitor)

The Christian Science Monitor – The Supreme Court struggled Monday to find a compromise solution to a legal dispute that has ensnared Texas in a prickly battle over newly-drawn election districts amid allegations that Latino political power is being intentionally diluted.

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Drought puts damper on tree farmers’ Christmas (AP)

AP – Dry, brown grass crunches underfoot as David Barfield walks through his 45-acre Christmas tree farm pointing at evergreens covered with brittle, rust-colored needles.

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Ron Paul’s strength in Iowa shows it’s too soon to write him off (The Christian Science Monitor)

The Christian Science Monitor – To most pollsters and pundits, any mention of Ron Paul typically comes with an implied asterisk. Whether they say it outright or not, they don’t think the Texas congressman has a chance of being the GOP presidential nominee. Too far outside mainstream, tea party, or born-again socially conservative Republicanism, they say. More libertarian than anything else.

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GOP debate: Did Rick Perry survive the attacks of his fellow Republicans? (The Christian Science Monitor)

The Christian Science Monitor – The Republican presidential debate in Orlando, Fla., Thursday night wasn’t all about Rick Perry. But at this point in the long, grueling pre-primary campaign, all eyes were on the Texas governor.

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Perry facing new criticism for Texas vaccine order (AP)

AP – Four years ago, Gov. Rick Perry put aside his social conservative bona fides and signed an order requiring Texas girls to be vaccinated against HPV.

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