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Sure, it doesn't have an august nickname like the Fall Classic. Nor does it conjure up nostalgic images of fathers and sons huddled around the TV on a cold October evening, wrapping America's favorite pastime in a warm embrace. But while the World Series receives most of baseball's post-season adoration, it's often the sport's semi-finals - the League Championship Series (LCS) - that deliver the most heart-pounding drama...
Supermarkets are struggling to meet consumer demand for bananas as a fad diet sweeps the country. The popularity of the scheme, which prescribes a banana and a glass of warm water every morning, has been fed by online social networks, a best-selling book called Morning Banana Diet and celebrity testimonials. Leading banana importer Dole Japan reported that sales of the fruit are up 25% since the same period last year. Yet despite the empty shelves and rising prices, nutrition experts have been skeptical, saying bananas do not directly trigger weight loss...
...Express” calls to mind “Remember the Titans” more than it ought to.Still, despite its staleness, fan of the sports movie will find plenty to like in “The Express.” Rob Brown has a warm smile that exudes the genuine amiability that was the hallmark of the real Ernie Davis. More importantly, given the wealth of football action scenes, he’s a fluid runner and convincing halfback. The on-field action becomes increasingly well-choreographed and edited as the film progresses, as if Fleder himself...
Pope Benedict XVI's mostly warm but sometimes chilly relationship with the worldwide Jewish community may have just hit a major ice patch. On Thursday, Benedict put his moral weight (though not yet his signature) behind the cause for sainthood for Pope Pius XII, the wartime Pontiff who many Jewish leaders criticize for not having done enough to oppose the Holocaust...
Benedict's own German heritage and forced service in the Nazi military as a teenager have made his rapport with Jews of keen interest. Like John Paul II, the current Pope appears to have a particularly warm rapport with Jewish leaders, and repeatedly refers to the theological and historical bonds from the Old Testament. The Pope has set aside time for visits to synagogues on several foreign trips, and even extensively cited an American rabbi in his book last year about Jesus...