http://www.techpeller.com/saturn It's so sweet! Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:20:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Chris Davis and David Murphy hit back-to-back homers in the 12th inning, Andruw Jones also homered and the Texas Rangers defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks 9-8 on Thursday night. Davis matched a career high with four hits as the Rangers wrapped up a 2-4 road trip and moved a half-game ahead of ... http://www.techpeller.com/saturn/rangers-defeat-diamondbacks-9-8-in-12-innings.htm On a draft day that felt like the trade deadline, the Los Angeles Clippers never considered a deal. Not when they were the ones who could take Blake Griffin. Following a flurry of head-turning trades around the NBA, the Clippers started Thursday night's draft with the obvious choice: Griffin, the ... http://www.techpeller.com/saturn/clippers-take-griffin-with-no-1-pick-in-nba-draft.htm Former Illinois first lady Patti Blagojevich said Friday that making new friends during her time on NBC's reality show "I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!" helped her get over those she's lost since her husband's arrest on federal corruption charges. Blagojevich arrived back in Chicago shortly after midnight after ... http://www.techpeller.com/saturn/patti-blagojevich-back-in-chicago-from-the-jungle.htm Michael Jackson, defined in equal parts as the world's greatest entertainer and perhaps its most enigmatic figure, was about to attempt one of the greatest comebacks of all time. Then his life was cut shockingly — and so far, mysteriously — short. The 50-year-old musical superstar died Thursday, just as he ... http://www.techpeller.com/saturn/autopsy-set-after-michael-jacksons-sudden-death.htm One day after Michael Jackson's sudden death, speculation was already turning on Friday to what killed the 50-year-old "King of Pop" just weeks before his long-awaited series of comeback concerts. Jackson, a former child star who became one of the best-selling pop artists of all time before a descending into a ... http://www.techpeller.com/saturn/mystery-surrounds-michael-jacksons-sudden-death.htm After another winning night of home run derby, the Yankees headed to Boston for some fun at Fenway. Then it's back home for the first Subway Series against the Mets at the new bandbox in the Bronx. Despite going 0-5 against the Red Sox this year, the Yankees went north following ... http://www.techpeller.com/saturn/fun-in-fenway-for-yanks-then-home-to-face-mets.htm Jim Furyk doesn't have fond memories of the Black Course at Bethpage State Park, but he hopes changes in the course setup and hopefully better weather will boost his chances to contend at next week's U.S. Open. Furyk missed the cut in 2002 with rounds of 73 and 80 on ... http://www.techpeller.com/saturn/jim-furyk-optimistic-as-he-eyes-return-to-bethpage.htm Laura Ling and Euna Lee, the American journalists who were each handed 12 years in prison yesterday by a North Korean court for committing "hostile acts" by allegedly overstepping the border in March, have received a harsh sentence by western standards of justice. The news is grim, to be sure. ... http://www.techpeller.com/saturn/north-koreas-grim-prisons-what-awaits-the-us-journalists.htm The top federal prosecutor in Chicago is threatening to sue publisher HarperCollins, calling a book about the war on terrorism that focuses in part on cases he handled "a deliberate lie masquerading as the truth." If HarperCollins publishes the new edition of "Triple Cross" by Peter Lance this month "and it ... http://www.techpeller.com/saturn/fitzgerald-threatens-to-sue-publisher-over-book.htm A medical examination of a teenage US-Indonesian model who claimed she was raped and tortured by her Malaysian prince husband, has confirmed she was physically abused, a forensic expert said on Tuesday. Manohara Odelia Pinot, 17, last week told reporters she was treated like a sex slave after her marriage last ... http://www.techpeller.com/saturn/indonesia-models-medical-exam-confirms-abuse.htm