Bud Selig won't expand use of instant replay for postseason

Cubs OF Colvin hospitalized after being struck with a bat
Miami — Cubs rookie Tyler Colvin was hospitalized Sunday after his chest was punctured by part of a shattered bat. Colvin was standing on third base in the second inning of Chicago's 13-3 victory at Florida when he was struck by a sliver of Welington Castillo's maple bat. Castillo doubled on the play and Colvin scored, but was replaced in the field in the bottom half. "I feel really bad about it," Castillo said. "It wasn't on purpose, but he's my teammate. I hope he's getting better." A...

Bud Selig won't expand use of instant replay for postseason
Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig on Monday ruled out increased use of instant replay by umpires to review close calls during the postseason this season. Selig said he discussed the matter with the special committee of managers, management and ownership he appointed in December. "I brought the subject up, as I always do with everybody," Selig said. "I don't get the feeling that there's a lot of support for it, at least their conversations with me." Get sports scores and updates, delivered to...

Injured by shattered bat, Cubs' Tyler Colvin expresses disappointment his season has ended
Chicago Cubs' Tyler Colvin reacts as he scores after he was hit in the chest by a broken bat from teammate Welington Castillos' double against the Florida Marlins in the second inning of a Baseball game in Miami, Sunday, Sept. 19, 2010. Colvin has been transported to a Miami Hospital and is in stable condition after the incident. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz) (AP) Chicago — Chicago Cubs outfielder Tyler Colvin is expressing disappointment his season is over early, ended by a shattered bat that...

Obama's aunt says US obligated to make her citizen
Boston — President Barack Obama's aunt, who lived for years illegally in Boston, says in her first interview since being granted asylum that the United States has an "obligation" to grant her Citizenship. Zeituni Onyango (zay-TUH'-nee awn-YAHN'-goh) tells WBZ-TV that she came to the U.S. from Kenya in 2000 but couldn't afford to leave when she was originally denied asylum in 2004. She says she fell critically ill and was hospitalized. When she was discharged, she lived in a Homeless...

VIDEO: Mosque controversy takes strange turns
Controversy surrounding the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro took another unusual twist over the weekend as an outspoken Mosque opponent was briefly hospitalized following a verbal confrontation with a Documentary filmmaker on the Public Square. Mosque opponent Kevin Fisher can be seen in a video posted on the popular video website YouTube telling Murfreesboro Police dispatchers that he was being "racially harassed." Fisher, who is black, lodged the accusation against documentarian Eric Allen...

President Obama's Aunt Speaks Out About Living Illegally in U.S.
"If I come as an Immigrant, you have the obligation to make me a citizen." Those are the words from 58-year-old Zeituni Onyango of Kenya in a recent exclusive interview with WBZ-TV.   Onyango is the aunt of President Barack Obama. She lived in the United States illegally for years, receiving public assistance in Boston.   'I KNEW I OVERSTAYED'   Aunt Zeituni, as she has come to be known, first surfaced in the public light in 2008, in the final days of the Presidential...

Unknown substance in air sickens 11 on Capitol Hill
Eleven people, including a Capitol Police Officer, fell ill Monday after an unknown substance was dispersed into the air in basement tunnels between the Longworth and Rayburn House office buildings on Capitol Hill, U.S. Capitol Police said. Police said they did not know what the substance was, but they have ruled it was not hazardous. A Police spokeswoman said the Victims exhibited symptoms similar to how the body responds after inhaling mace or Pepper Spray, such as shortness of breath and eye...

Texas man accused of shooting deputies in custody
DALLAS — A man suspected of shooting two Sheriff's deputies and another man, then taunting snipers to make him a martyr before barricading himself in a makeshift bunker, was arrested Saturday after a 22-hour standoff in western Texas, authorities said. Victor White, 55, of Odessa, surrendered as SWAT Team members in an armored vehicle closed in on him outside his trailer, Texas Department of Public Safety spokesman John Barton said. White was booked at the Midland County Jail for...

Parishioners reeling from van crash that killed pastor, five others: 'God doesn't make mistakes'
Members of a small Bronx church gutted by a horrific highway accident gathered Sunday to mourn their bishop and friends - but did not question their loss. "We know God never makes mistakes," said Jay Goving of The Bronx, a close friend of Bishop Simon White. White, 55; his wife, Zelda, 53, and four others died Saturday when their church van blew a tire on the New York State Thruway and flipped several times. The eight other parishioners aboard the Joy Fellowship Christian Assemblies van...

Obama's Aunt Update: 'The System Took Advantage of Me'
**Written by Doug Powers The entitlement mentality is strong with this one : “If I come as an immigrant, you have the obligation to make me a citizen.” Those are the words from 58-year-old Zeituni Onyango of Kenya in a recent exclusive interview with WBZ-TV. Onyango is the aunt of President Barack Obama. She has been living in the United States illegally for years, receiving public assistance in Boston. [...] Zeituni Onyango said she came to the United States in 2000 and had...

Missing sect members found safe in Calif.
PALMDALE, Calif. — The leader of a breakaway Religious Sect was hospitalized yesterday for a mental evaluation, after she and 12 other members of her group went missing and left behind evidence that they were awaiting the Rapture or some other catastrophic event. Reyna Marisol Chicas was placed under a 72-hour mandatory hold after it was determined she was not able to care for herself or others, said a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy. Chicas gave investigators a false name and...

Entitlement mentality personified
President Obama’s Aunt Zeituni, an Illegal Alien until recently, claims that the American system took advantage of her . In fact, this ‘system’ saw that she was hospitalized and treated for an illness and has been supporting her ever since. Where in the world is she going to get that except here? “If I come as an immigrant, you have the obligation to make me a citizen.”

Doctors to push tubing changes
The president of the Nevada State Medical Association, concerned that the lives of hospitalized patients are needlessly put at risk on a daily basis, wants the American Medical Association to encourage new federal directives that would make it far less possible for patients to receive the wrong medication or fluids through look-alike tubes. Dr. Ron Kline, the state Association president, said Thursday the four-member Nevada delegation to a November meeting of the policymaking AMA House of...

Obama aunt says US obligated to make her a citizen, she's been treated as 'public enemy No. 1'
Boston — President Barack Obama's aunt, who lived for years illegally in Boston before being granted asylum in May, said the United States has an "obligation" to grant her Citizenship. "If I come as an immigrant, you have the obligation to make me a citizen," Zeituni Onyango told WBZ-TV in an interview that first aired Monday. Onyango came to the U.S. from Kenya in 2000 and was denied asylum by an Immigration judge in 2004. She was granted asylum earlier this year by the same judge who...

Leader of religious sect held for evaluation
The leader of a breakaway Religious Sect has been hospitalized for a mental evaluation after she and members of her group went missing and left behind evidence that they were awaiting the rapture or some catastrophic event.

Man shot after firing at cops in Detroit strip club
Police were called to Club 007 on the 5300 block of East Outer Drive around 6:35 a.m. today for a possible breaking and entering. Officers found a door ajar and entered the Club when a man inside opened fire on them. Police fired back, injuring the man. His injuries are not life-threatening, Detroit Police spokeswoman Sgt. Eren Stephens said. The officers were not hit in the exchange of gunfire. The suspect was hospitalized for his injuries, Stephens said. Contact MATT HELMS: ...

Eric Allen Bell: Anti-Mosque Protester Calls Police on Film Maker [Video]
Posted on 21 September 2010 by Garibaldi Kevin Fisher has been a staunch and vocal opponent to the planned Murfreesboro, Tennessee Islamic Cultural Center. In this video he responds quite strangely to a normal greeting from Documentary film maker, Eric Allen Bell. VIDEO: Mosque opponent hospitalized following verbal dispute with filmmaker A well-known opponent of the proposed Islamic Center of Murfreesboro was hospitalized over the weekend following a verbal confrontation with a Documentary...

Christians pray in shuttered church in Indonesia
Jakarta, Indonesia Dozens of Christians held prayers inside their boarded-up church near Indonesia's capital Sunday, saying they had as much right as anyone to worship in the World's most populous Muslim country. They were surrounded by hundreds of police and unarmed Security Guards. Using bullhorns, local officials reminded members of the Batak Christian Protestant Church they were banned from the site following an attack on two church leaders by suspected Islamic hard-liners. "We just want...

Judge in trial of suspect in deadly 2007 Conn. home invasion hospitalized, testimony postponed
NEW HAVEN, CONN. — A judge hearing the Murder trial of a man charged in a 2007 Home Invasion in Connecticut has been hospitalized, forcing postponement of Monday's scheduled Testimony. New Haven Superior Court Judge Jon Blue was listed in fair condition Sunday night at Yale-New Haven Hospital. An on-call executive at the Hospital confirmed Blue was being treated there and gave his condition but wouldn't release any other information. Blue is presiding over the trial of Steven Hayes,...

Calif. Religious Sect Leader Committed to Mental Hospital
The leader of the California Religious Sect whose members went missing this weekend has been found and hospitalized on a 72 hour involuntary mental hold. Authorities say when found, she was confused. The 13 Sect members have been found and are safe. Authorities say they were preparing for or awaiting "the rapture or some catastrophic event." The found members say "they had no intention of harming themselves." Sounds like the authorities over-reacted. Then again, I happened to watch "2012"...

Indonesian Christians in Standoff With Police After Being Prevented From Using Their Church...
Even more enraging is their church was shut down because they were being constantly attacked by Islamists… Jakarta, Indonesia(AP) Dozens of Christians held prayers inside their boarded-up church near Indonesias capital Sunday, saying they had as much right as anyone to worship in the Worlds most populous Muslim country. They were surrounded by hundreds of Police and unarmed Security Guards. Using bullhorns, local officials reminded members of the Batak Christian...

News roundup: Hurricane Igor moves north after lashing Bermuda
Good morning. It's Monday Sept. 20, 2010. Here's what's happening: Hurricane Igor moves North after lashing Bermuda. Lady GaGa to rally in Maine against 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell.' IAEA chief notes "serious concern" about North Korea . Lawsuits set to gush after Gulf Oil Well declared dead . Freed U.S. hiker pleads with Iran to released her two friends. Leader of sect hospitalized after members found safe. Also in the news... Tea Party Candidate shrugs off teen dabbling in witchcraft...

Leader of Calif. religious sect hospitalized
PALMDALE, Calif. — The leader of a breakaway Religious Sect has been hospitalized for a mental evaluation, after members of her group went missing and left behind evidence that they were awaiting the rapture or some catastrophic event. Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy Thomas Kim says Reyna Marisol Chicas was placed under a 72-hour mandatory hold Sunday after it was determined she was not able to care for herself or others. Kim says the 32-year-old Chicas gave investigators a false...

Fake Florida Doctor Arrested After Using "Fix-a-Flat" to Augment Woman's Buttock
Florida police have arrested faux doctor Ana Josefa Sevilla in one of the growing number of cases involving unlicensed cosmetic operations. In this case, Servilla is accused of use “Fix-a-Flat” aerosol instead of Botox. In one of the cases under investigation, a woman was actually approached in a Parking Lot with an offer of injections to improve the appearance of her buttocks. I am not sure how you make that particular pitch without being slugged, but it appears that some women...

House call programs ready to go national
From the back window of his row house, Karl Schwengel can see the U.S. Capitol. But the 11 blocks might as well be so many miles, because he can barely walk across his bedroom, let alone go for a stroll. Schwengel, 79, has congestive heart failure and arthritis. And though he lost 60 pounds during a recent Hospital stay, he still weighs 260 pounds. Last year he was retaining so much fluid that his calves were "almost the size of basketballs," he says, and walking became nearly impossible....