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MLB SCHEDULE INTERLEAGUE St. Louis at Kansas City 7:10 p.m. ___AMERICAN LEAGUE Baltimore at Boston 4:10 p.m. Cleveland at Detroit 6:10 p.m. Oakland at Texas 7:05 p.m. N-Y Yankees at Chi White Sox 7:10 p.m. Tampa Bay at Minnesota 7:10 p.m. Houston at L-A Angels 9:07 p.m. Toronto at Seattle 10:10 p.m. ___NATIONAL LEAGUE Milwaukee at Pittsburgh 2:30 p.m. Cincinnati…

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MLB-SCHEDULE Astros pad lead UNDATED (AP) — The Houston Astros have a little more breathing room in the American League West after Kyle Tucker and Zack Greinke (GREHN’-kee) led them to a 4-1 win over the Angels. Tucker provided Houston’s scoring with his first career grand slam, a fourth-inning drive off Patrick Sandoval. That was enough offense for Greinke, who…

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MLB-SCHEDULE Astros pad lead UNDATED (AP) — The Houston Astros have a little more breathing room in the American League West after Kyle Tucker and Zack Greinke (GREHN’-kee) led them to a 4-1 win over the Angels. Tucker provided Houston’s scoring with his first career grand slam, a fourth-inning drive off Patrick Sandoval. That was enough offense for Greinke, who…

Update on the latest sports

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MLB-SCHEDULE Astros pad lead UNDATED (AP) — The Houston Astros have a little more breathing room in the American League West after Kyle Tucker and Zack Greinke (GREHN’-kee) led them to a 4-1 win over the Angels. Tucker provided Houston’s scoring with his first career grand slam, a fourth-inning drive off Patrick Sandoval. That was enough offense for Greinke, who…

Update on the latest sports

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MLB-SCHEDULE Astros pad lead UNDATED (AP) — The Houston Astros have a little more breathing room in the American League West after Kyle Tucker and Zack Greinke (GREHN’-kee) led them to a 4-1 win over the Angels. Tucker provided Houston’s scoring with his first career grand slam, a fourth-inning drive off Patrick Sandoval. That was enough offense for Greinke, who…

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MLB-SCHEDULE Reds thump Phils behind Mahle, 3 HRs UNDATED (AP) — The Cincinnati Reds continue their push to solidify a National League wild-card berth. Tyler Mahle (MAL’-ee) tossed seven shutout innings to lead the Reds to a 6-1 win over the Phillies. Mahle allowed three hits and walked none to move to 10-3. Cincinnati’s scoring came off home runs and…

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MLB-NEWS Bauer leave extended UNDATED (AP) — Major League Baseball has added another week to Trevor Bauer’s administrative leave, keeping him out through August 20 while he continues to be investigated amid allegations of assault. The Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher was placed on seven days’ paid leave July 2 under the joint domestic violence, sexual assault and child abuse policy…

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MLB-NEWS Bauer’s administrative leave extended through Aug. 20 UNDATED (AP) — Trevor Bauer’s administrative leave has been extended through Aug. 20 by Major League Baseball and the players’ association while the sport’s investigators check into allegations of sexual misconduct against the Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher. Bauer was placed on seven days’ paid leave July 2 under the joint domestic violence,…

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MLB-SCHEDULE Cabrera at home to try for 500 DETROIT (AP) — Miguel Cabrera is back home in Detroit, one home run shy of 500, when the Tigers face Cleveland right-hander Zach Plesac. Cabrera sat out the last game of Detroit’s road trip Thursday, and the Tigers did fine without him, beating Baltimore 6-4 to complete a three-game sweep. Among the…

Huntsville now Alabama’s largest city, overtakes Birmingham

By KIM CHANDLER - Associated Press

Huntsville has overtaken Birmingham as Alabama’s largest city.  U.S. Census numbers released Thursday show that Huntsville is now slightly more populous than Birmingham. Huntsville has a population of 215,006. Birmingham has a population of 200,733. Huntsville has seen rapid growth over the past decade. The population of the city has jumped by 19% since 2010. However, the Birmingham metro area remains the largest in the state. The Birmingham-Hoover Metro Statistical Area has 1.1 million people, while the Huntsville Metro Area has more than 490,000 people.