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Baseball’s winning formula is hitting, not pitching, claims new study

Washington, Sept 30: A new study has revealed that legend Connie Mack’s adage “pitching is 75 percent of the game” is wrong, as it is ‘hitting’ that accounts the most for a team’s success.

22 booked for hate mails on Digvijay Singh

New Delhi, Sep 30: Delhi Police have registered a case against 22 people for sending hate mails against Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh, who has alleged an attempt at tarnishing his image on social networking sites, police said Friday.

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Marilyn Monroe’s wedding ring and nude painting up for grabs

Washington, Sept 30: Legendary Hollywood actress Marilyn Monroe’s wedding ring and a nude painting are being put up for auction in December.

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Leg-spinner Rahul Sharma’s family elated over his selection

Jalandhar, Sep 30: Family and relatives of leg-spinner Rahul Sharma, who has earned a call for India’s ODI series against England, have expressed their delight over his selection in the ODI team.

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Hubble captures galaxy blowing ‘glowing’ gas bubbles

Washington, Sept 30: The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured a distant galaxy that appears to blowing bubbles.

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PCB shortlists five ‘foreign and local’ candidates for head coach position

Karachi, Sept 30(ANI): The three-member committee constituted by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to hunt for a new head coach, has shortlisted five candidates from the 37 applications it received.

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Ricky Hatton ‘considered suicide’ after defeat to Manny Pacquiao in 2003

Paris, Sept 30: UK boxer Ricky Hatton has confessed that he was so depressed after being defeated by Manny Pacquiao in 2009 that he almost considered committing suicide.

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Male Koalas bellow to boast about their size

Washington, Sept 30: A scientist from the University of Vienna, Austria, has found why male Koalas usually bellow- probably to attract females and to intimidate other males by boasting about their size.

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Let BJP first set its house in order: Congress

New Delhi, Sep 30: The Congress party Friday hit back at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), saying the opposition party should set its house in order first before pointing fingers at others.

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