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Strong arm offers new life to young Indians

2011-06-28T05:30:16Z

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Young men all over India are flexing their muscles in the hope that a strong arm will carry them into a money-spinning career in professional baseball in the United States.

Despite the lack of a b...

Pittsburgh Pirates ditch Asian prospects

2010-12-03T11:13:47Z

The Pittsburgh Pirates, who finished with the worst record in Major League Baseball last season, have given up on one of India's "Million-Dollar Arm" winners and two Taiwan prospects.

The Pirates announced Wednesday that they were releasing right-handed pitc...

Blowing the Perfect Investment Game: Don't Ignore High Growth Markets

2010-10-27T08:55:04Z

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Singh claims first win in minor-league contest

2010-04-16T11:21:46Z

All it took was striking out the only batter he faced, but the feat was enough for India-born Rinku Singh to claim his first US professional baseball victory on Monday.

Singh was the winning pitcher of record for the Bradenton Pirates in a 10-5 Gulf Coast ...

India-born Pirates farmhand gets win

2010-04-16T11:21:50Z

India-born Pittsburgh Pirates farmhand gets first win in Gulf Coast League

Pittsburgh Pirates farmhand and reality show contestant Rinku Singh earned his first win Monday in the second game of a Gulf Coast League doubleheader.

Singh...

Indian pitchers make pro baseball debuts

2010-04-16T11:30:28Z

Former aspiring cricket players make pro baseball debuts after winning Indian reality show

Two former aspiring cricket players who won a reality show in India have made their professional baseball debuts.

Left-hander Rinku Singh and right-hander Dinesh Patel, neither of whom had heard of baseball before appea...

Chicago Eats

2010-10-26T20:37:12Z

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Tuesday, February 3

2010-09-08T13:00:28Z

Two days after the Super bowl (i.e., doing our laundry to a wistful mix of Cat Power to drown out the sound of the Super Bowl), those who care about athletics are still inserting themselves into everything: A bevy of professional athletes congregates at the Grand Hyatt for the 29th Annual Thurman Munson Awards Dinn...

Bush family's 18-year-old cat dies

2010-06-12T02:04:18Z

Bush family's 18-year-old cat India dies, was named for baseball player

The first family leaving the White House this month will be without one of its longtime members: the Bush family's 18-year-old cat has died.

The first lady's office said Monday that India, a black American shorthair named for former

India duo sign groundbreaking deal with US Pirates

2010-04-16T14:09:06Z

Rinku Singh and Dinesh Patel, who grew up playing cricket in India and had never held a baseball until April, have signed a landmark deal with Major League Baseball's Pittsburgh Pirates.

Singh, 20, and Patel, 19, inked free agent contracts Monday...

Using frequent flier miles to volunteer

2010-09-10T11:19:50Z

Another Way to Use Frequent Flier Miles: Volunteering

Melinda Irwin already travels plenty, so using the frequent flier miles piling up in her Delta Air Lines Inc. SkyMiles account for more airplane tickets didn't really appeal to her.

That's why the Oklahoma City travel agency owner instead bid her miles in an online auction last...

Obituaries in the news

2010-09-09T11:37:06Z

Ingmar Bergman

STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) _ Swedish director Ingmar Bergman, an iconoclastic filmmaker widely regarded as one of the great masters of modern cinema, has died, the president of his foundation said. He was 89.

Bergman died Monday at his home in Faro, Sweden, Swedish news agency TT said, citing his daughter

India Dirty Old Writer

2011-01-01T08:01:24Z

In this photo taken on Monday, Dec. 20, 2010, Khushwant Singh, 96, drinks tea sitting next to a fireplace in his house in New Delhi. The famously grumpy writer, known for everything from beautifully wrought novels to fart jokes, has been a giant of India's literary world for more than sixty years. The lawyer-turned-diplomat-turned-writer insist...

India Taste of Tea

2010-12-31T08:00:22Z

An Indian laborer plucks tea leaves at a tea garden in Amchong tea estate, about 45 kilometers (28 miles) east of Gauhati, India, Friday, Dec. 31, 2010. Tea growers in northeastern India say climate change has hurt the country's tea crop, leading not just to a drop in production but also subtly altering the flavor of their brew. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

India New Year

2010-12-31T05:01:03Z

An Indian Sadhu, or Hindu holy man, adds the sunrise to figures of the new year on his forehead on the banks of the river Ganges in Allahabad, India, Friday, Dec. 31, 2010. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Alcatel Settlement

2010-12-28T07:31:44Z

FILE - In this June 18, 2010 file photo, Alcatel-Lucent CEO Ben Verwaayen talks at a media briefing in New Delhi, India. Alcatel-Lucent SA has agreed to pay more than $137 million to settle charges brought against it by the Mumbai, India, Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2010. India's Home Ministry has issued a countrywide alert after receiving information of a potential terror strike by a Pakistan-based militant group, an official said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)