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Feldman pitches Astros past slumping Yankees 5-2 08/21/2014 12:09am • MIKE FITZPATRICK AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Put aside the playoff talk. Jacoby Ellsbury and the New York Yankees are having a tough enough time with Houston.Scott Feldman shut down the slumping Yankees again, and Robbie Grossman snapped a seventh-inning tie with a two-run single that sent the Pirates rally to beat Braves 3-2 08/20/2014 11:46pm • NATE BARNES Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) -- The Atlanta Braves held a two-run lead as Alex Wood cruised into the eighth inning after seven shutout innings. A sixth-straight win was inevitable for the Braves against a seemingly-listless Pittsburgh Pirates team that had lost seven games in a row.T Yankees RHP Tanaka throws 35-pitch bullpen session 08/20/2014 07:16pm • MIKE FITZPATRICK AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Masahiro Tanaka threw 35 pitches Wednesday in his second bullpen session as he tries to return to the New York Yankees this season.The injured rookie from Japan threw fastballs, breaking balls and five splitters at Yankee Stadium. He said he felt a Jets' Saunders still awaiting answers about health 08/20/2014 06:52pm • DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Sports Writer FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) -- Jalen Saunders still isn't quite sure what happened to him last weekend.The New York Jets rookie wide receiver just knows it was scary, and he's happy to be alive.Saunders provided few details about the "medical event" that occurred last Drug czar promotes treatment, tells personal story 08/20/2014 05:53pm • DAVE KOLPACK Associated Press MINOT, N.D. (AP) -- As the nation's drug czar continues to warn people about the potential death and destruction from substance abuse, he's also encouraging them to tell their stories about treatment and recovery. Usually he starts with himself.Michael Botticelli, actin Detecting severe allergy to hornets that killed Va. mom 08/20/2014 05:29pm • WASHINGTON - The story of a 44-year-old Virginia mother's deadly reaction to a white-faced hornet sting has roused concern. Melodye Creason didn't know she was allergic to the sting of a white-faced hornet, which experts say are especially aggressive this time of year. Around 5 o'clock on the Sweet job: England seeks 'choc doc' to study candy 08/20/2014 04:50pm • LONDON (AP) -- Is there a doctor of chocolate in the house?Cambridge University in England is seeking a doctoral student to pursue what sounds like the sweetest job in the world: studying the fundamentals of chocolate.The research goal, according to the job description, is to identify ways of keepin Egypt says rolling blackouts to end in 4 months 08/20/2014 11:50am • MAGGIE MICHAEL Associated Press CAIRO (AP) -- Egyptian officials promised Wednesday to end rolling power blackouts that have plagued the country within four months, blaming the outages on a fuel shortage, hot weather and poor maintenance of power plants.Neighborhoods in Egypt sink into darkness for Community Health details attack on patient records 08/20/2014 11:00am • FRANKLIN, Tenn. (AP) -- Hospital operator Community Health Systems said a cyberattack took information on more than 4 million patients from its computer network earlier this year.The Franklin, Tennessee, company said Monday that no medical or credit card records were taken in the attack, which may h Franklin in doubt for Pan Pacs with back problem 08/20/2014 10:38am • JOHN PYE AP Sports Writer GOLD COAST, Australia (AP) -- Olympic gold medalist Missy Franklin swam in a local pool to test her injured back on Wednesday and is still hopeful of competing at the Pan Pacific championships.The 19-year-old American had back spasms during practice Tuesday, two days before Surfly: Tool allows you to share your computer screen remotely 08/20/2014 09:21am • Data Doctors Peter Dinklage, Taylor Schilling to share NY stage 08/20/2014 05:42am • MARK KENNEDY AP Drama Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- An off-Broadway production of Ivan Turgenev's "A Month in the Country" has attracted a star of "Game of Thrones" and another from behind bars.Classic Stage Company said Tuesday that "Game of Thrones" actor Peter Dinklage and Taylor Schilling from "Orange Liberia president declares Ebola curfew 08/20/2014 04:46am • JONATHAN PAYE-LAYLEH Associated Press MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) -- Liberia's president declared a curfew and ordered security forces to quarantine a slum home to at least 50,000 people late Tuesday as the West African country battled to stop the spread of Ebola in the capital.The measures came as autho Top-seed Simona Halep upset at Connecticut Open. 08/20/2014 02:40am • PAT EATON-ROBB Associated Press NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) -- Defending champion and top-seeded Simona Halep was upset Tuesday in her opening match at the Connecticut Open, falling 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 to Slovakian Magdalena Rybarikova.Rybarikova, ranked 68th in the world, broke the serve of the world's second- Eatery that served toxic tea had labeling citation 08/20/2014 01:10am • BRADY McCOMBS Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- A Utah restaurant where a woman unknowingly drank iced tea mixed with chemicals, and nearly died, was cited seven months earlier for improper food labeling.County officials issued seven violations to Dickey's Barbecue in South Jordan following a