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Connecticut Last October a sharply divided state supreme court struck down a civil-union law that limited marriage to heterosexuals...
...pitching to get through the day.”Ross’ eight innings meant Northeastern didn’t have to patch anything together. The Huskies’ Drew Leenhouts, who Walsh predicted would be “playing in the big leagues some day,” struck out the side in the ninth, giving him 20 punchouts in 13.2 innings this season.Harvard continues non-conference play this afternoon at Bryant College. First pitch is scheduled for 3:30 in Smithfield, R.I. —Staff writer Emily W. Cunningham can be reached at ecunning@fas.harvard.edu...
...Take Me Out to the Ballgame" became popular because of popular music and entertainment and not because of baseball. It wasn't part of any regular tradition as it is these days, but it struck a sentimental chord with baseball fans, reminding them of the glory and heroism of legendary players like Babe Ruth, Ted Williams and Jackie Robinson. In 1958, on the song's 50th anniversary, MLB gave Norworth - who had finally attended his first game in 1940 - a gold lifetime ball park pass...
...workers to flee the partially collapsed buildings where they were looking for survivors. Berlusconi said the search would go on for another 48 hours, but he admitted that chances were dwindling of finding additional victims alive. More than 6,000 rescue workers and volunteers have responded since the quake struck. The immediate concern for saving lives and finding emergency shelter for the survivors will eventually be replaced by questions about retrofitting efforts. The earthquake-prone country has two major fault lines, and vast numbers of people live and work in old buildings...
...remains to be seen whether the buildings that were destroyed, which include a hospital and at least one school, were constructed according to the national seismic standards that were implemented after the Irpinia tragedy. The last major Italian earthquake, which measured 5.5 on the Richter scale, struck in San Giuliano di Puglia in the southern region of Molise in 2002. A teacher and 27 children were killed in that quake after a school collapsed. In February, five people were found guilty of negligence, including the town's mayor, whose daughter was one of the victims. (See pictures of an earthquake...