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Pirates salvage finale against Cards on walk-off

Xavier Paul was running. No matter what.

The Pittsburgh Pirate reserve watched the ball of the bat of teammate Chase d’Arnaud slice into the outfield with one out in the 10th inning against the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday and decided he was taking off regardless of where the it landed.

“It was extra inning ballgame,” Paul said. “I felt like it was deep enough. I’m going to make him make a perfect throw to get me out.” St. Louis centerfielder Colby Rasmus ’ tracked down the ball but his throw to the plate never had a chance. Paul sprinted home with the winning run in a 4-3 victory as the Pirates avoided a three-game sweep.

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Google Plus Feature Request: Automatic Circles

Just think of how many signals Google could borrow to make intelligent choices about surfacing content, auto-creating Circles or recommending users. There are the people I email with, the things I star or share in Google Reader, the (Blogger) blogs I’ve commented on, read, or followed, the +1’ed items from Google Search, my friends on Picasa, the videos I liked or shared on YouTube, the places I’ve searched in Maps, the music I stream on Android, the people I chat with, the people who phone me on Google Voice (and those I ignore) and so on.

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The Roadhouse 333

This edition of The Roadhouse brings the 27th annual Mississippi Valley Blues Festival into the spotlight, with an hour of music from artists who performed at the festival. Sherman Robertson, Dwayne Dopsie & The Zydeco Hellraisers, Linsey Alexander, Harper, and Chocolate Thunder keep the hour moving right along with the headliners from the festival. The 333rd Roadhouse is another hour – a festive hour – of the finest blues you’ve never heard.

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