Parity Here Now That Oregon St. Is Champ

Parity, all the talk in college baseball, is now for real with Oregon State the national champion.

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Oregon State Wins College World Series

Oregon State was an underdog the moment it took the field at the College World Series. The Beavers didn't come from the right part of the country. They didn't have enough pitching. They couldn't keep fighting off elimination.

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UNC Tops Oregon State on Passed Ball

Chad Flack hit a leadoff triple and rumbled home to score the go-ahead run on a passed ball in the eighth inning, leading North Carolina to a 4-3 victory over Oregon State in the opening game of the College World Series championship round Saturday night.

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AP Blog: College Series to Crown Champion

Now that the College World Series is underway in Omaha, Neb., AP writers will be filing periodic, behind-the-scenes reports during college baseball's main event:

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N.C., Oregon St. Prepare to Play in CWS

Oregon State's Pat Casey and North Carolina's Mike Fox were all smiles as they posed for photos and held the College World Series championship trophy. Both coaches know only one of them will bring it back to campus for the first time in their school's history.

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Ore. St. Beats Rice, Advances to CWS Final

The season was on the line for Oregon State and Jonah Nickerson wanted the ball — on only two days' rest. Coach Pat Casey let him have it for a second start in four days, and the junior right-hander led the Beavers into the championship round of the College World Series for the first time in school history.

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UNC Advances in College World Series

Jay Cox's powerful bat put North Carolina in position to play for its first College World Series title.

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OSU Stays Alive With Shutout Win Over Rice

Daniel Turpen and Joe Paterson combined on a five-hitter, Shea McFeely homered for the second straight game, and Oregon State stayed alive in the College World Series with a 5-0 victory over Rice on Wednesday night.

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UNC Beats Fullerton, Moves on to Finals

Jay Cox's two home runs helped North Carolina build a lead against Cal State Fullerton.

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AP Blog: Omaha Fans Backing Oregon State

Now that the College World Series is underway in Omaha, Neb., AP writers will be filing periodic, behind-the-scenes reports during college baseball's main event:

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CS-Fullerton Eliminates No. 1 Clemson

It must be the uniform. That's one explanation coach George Horton gave for Cal State Fullerton's staying power in the College World Series.

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Rice Holds on to Beat Miami 3-2 in CWS

Tyler Henley led off the game with a home run, closer Cole St. Clair pitched five solid innings in a rare start, and Rice held on in the ninth to beat Miami 3-2 in the College World Series on Monday night.

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Oregon State Eliminates Georgia From CWS

For the second straight year, Jonah Nickerson gave Oregon State seven strong innings of pitching at the College World Series.

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Rice Edges Miami at College World Series

Cole St. Clair tried to persuade Wayne Graham all season to let him start a big game. The Rice coach finally gave in to his star closer — at the College World Series.

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UNC's Woodard 3-Hits Top-Seeded Clemson

For one night at least, a 46th-round draft pick by the name of Robert Woodard commanded the spotlight usually reserved for North Carolina's two better-known pitchers.

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AP Blog: CWS Fans Have Fun Tossing Washers

Now that the College World Series is underway in Omaha, Neb., AP writers will be filing periodic, behind-the-scenes reports during college baseball's main event:

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Cal St.-Fullerton Eliminates Georgia Tech

Cory Vanderhook took one swing the entire game for Cal State Fullerton. It sent the ball bouncing 90 feet away — more than enough to prevent the Titans from making a depressing trip home.

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Raben Powers Miami Past Oregon State 11-1

Miami got comfortable at the College World Series really quickly after a year's absence. Dennis Raben homered and drove in four runs and Scott Maine combined with two relievers for a six-hitter in Miami's 11-1 victory over Oregon State on Saturday night.

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Rice Loses No-Hitter, Beats Georgia 6-4

Rice led by two runs and pitcher Eddie Degerman had a no-hitter going into the seventh inning against Georgia. But when the Owls came to bat in the bottom half, Degerman was out of the game and they found themselves down by two.

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North Carolina, Clemson Prevail at CWS

North Carolina worked long and hard all night — and perhaps got a little lucky in winning its first opener in five College World Series appearances. Clemson saved all its energy for one big inning, and thought luck had nothing to do with its fourth straight come-from-behind victory. It all made for a bizarre opening day at the CWS on Friday.

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UNC Tops CS-Fullerton in 5-Hour Marathon

When Cal State Fullerton couldn't score after having five men reach base in the 11th inning, North Carolina coach Mike Fox figured it must be his team's game to win.

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Clemson Rallies From 4-Run Deficit to Win

When Clemson is trailing in the late innings, watch out. The top-seeded Tigers pulled out their fourth come-from-behind victory in as many games, this time striking for all their runs in the eighth inning of an 8-4 win over Georgia Tech in the College World Series opener Friday.

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Ore. State Returns to College World Series

A few minutes after Oregon State was knocked out of last year's College World Series, reliever Kevin Gunderson made a guarantee that followed the Beavers everywhere they went. "The Beavers will be back in Omaha next year in 2006. I promise you that," Gunderson said 361 days ago.

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BBC World News Breaks Into U.S. Market

The 24-hour BBC World news channel broke into the U.S. market on Thursday and is soon launching a one-hour morning newscast available to a wider audience that is being done with Americans in mind.

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Notre Dame Coach Blasts NCAA Seedings

Notre Dame coach Paul Mainieri is angry about the NCAA tournament seedings.

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The Office comes to the big screen

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In quotes: Putin webcast

Key quotes from Russian President Vladimir Putin speaking in a special interactive webcast, organised by the BBC and Russia's Yandex website on 6 July 2006. Unfortunately edited and abridged considerably. Hopefully there'll be complete transcript in English available.

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Climate change 'real and severe'

An expert panel convened by BBC News has concluded that climate change is "real and dangerous". Temperatures are likely to rise by 3C to 5C by the end of the century, with impacts likely to be "severe" but not "catastrophic", the panel said.

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Doctor Who Gets a New Companion

Executive producer and writer Russell T. Davies recently announced the actress who shall replace Doctor Who's current companion, played by the exiting Billie Piper.

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Snow this week in Brum: official

The Brummie readers among you who are currently slumped semi-conscious at your desks encompassed by a semi-circle of fans as the mercury threatens to hit an all-time July high can take heart that you will only have to endure the intolerable heat-induced suffering until Thursday

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Walliams begins Sport Relief swim

Little Britain star David Walliams has begun his attempt to swim the 21 miles across the English Channel to France. The 34-year-old comedian, who entered the water at Shakespeare Beach in Dover, Kent, at 0531 BST on Tuesday, said he was "really nervous".

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Jail for Denmark 'honour' killing

Man shoots daughter for marrying "wrong" man.

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Manners on the move

A survey has suggested two-thirds of us are regularly late when meeting people, with the mobile phone the main suspect. And as well as punctuality, the mobile phone is corroding the whole manners of meeting up.

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Readers are digging the news online

A technology website that is helping transform the way people consume news online has just released a new version designed to widen its appeal.

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The BBC News Blog: Another Hungry Blog to Feed!!

Depending on your take, blogs are either a fantastic liberation, a self-indulgent waste of time, or a complete mystery. So is it really necessary for the BBC to launch another one? Perfect. Just what the world needs - another hungry blog to feed.

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Richie confirmed for Proms event

Perhaps its time to move out of London. It's hard to believe that Richie is still going, in some ways. Has he produced anything noteworthy in over ten years?

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Long-running 'Top of the Pops' Gets Cancelled

The BBC has announced that Top Of The Pops is to close, after a run of 42 years on TV. The show's final edition will air on Sunday 30th July.

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'Top of the Pops' Signs Off After 42 Years

The 42-year-old BBC music show that featured everyone from the Beatles to Bob the Builder is going off the air, a child of the black-and-white era abandoned by a younger generation more attuned to Internet downloads and 24-hour music television.

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The punditry world cup BBC v ITV

Whilst all manner of incredible action unfolds up and down Germany, in two distinct camps, ITV and the BBC are fighting to bring the best world cup coverage to the potentially massive audience.

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Dan Rather's Raw Deal

CBS canned Rather for his reporting on Bush's questionable military service -- but the BBC had already told that story to millions. ...

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BBC urged not to play games over big move

The Bishop of Manchester has warned the BBC not to "play games" over the move of hundreds of new jobs to Greater Manchester. Last week, BBC bosses opted in principle for a site at Salford Quays for a new £400m media centre as part of plans to move 1,500 staff north.

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Salford bid wins BBC move north

On Thursday, Salford won the race to host the BBC’s new media zone. The Salford Quays site was chosen ahead of Manchester’s Central Spine after the BBC’s Board of Governors decided it was the best location for the £400m move north.

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BBC Talent-spotting in virtual worlds

The BBC Radio 1 Big Weekend was held in my home city this year and with it they took broadcasting to another level, via virtual worlds on Second Life. They broadcast the free concert over the web, on television and even on their own island rented in the game Second Life.

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BBC calls time on Top of the Pops

The BBC has cancelled Top of The Pops after 42 years on our screens. In a statement the BBC said it was struggling to compete with the 24 hour music channels. The final episode will show on 30 July, with TOTP2 making some irregular appeareances, showing old performances.

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Doctor Who Gets New Companion?

London actress Freema Agyeman (the U.K. soap opera Crossroads) is rumored to be in line to replace Billie Piper as the companion to David Tennant's Doctor Who in the show's expected third season, the British Sun tabloid newspaper reported.

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Piper Quits Doctor Who

The BBC officially confirmed that Billie Piper will be leaving Doctor Who at the end of season two, currently airing in the United Kingdom.

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How should Israel respond to the missiles from Gaza?

Palestinians "resist occupation" by attempting to murder Israeli civilians using a variety of means including firing rockets out of Gaza towards Israeli villages.

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BBC News live stats

BBC has come up with a "Most popular" module that updates in real time. Click on a region and you can see the top stories for there. I thought the best tool is a graph that shows what stories were most popular during a particular hour.

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Firms get World Cup fine warning

The BBC is warning companies that to allow their employees to watch the world cup streamed through the internet, they still need to hold a tv licence. A TV Licensing spokesperson said:"We know exactly which unlicensed business premises to target." Not having a licence and watch …

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Blow to BBC as violence results in a pulled plug for World Cup Big Screens

It's a damn shame that this had to happen - why is it always beered-up Sun and Mirror-reading idiots (the two most notorious tabloids here in the UK for all Americans) who end up kicking off and instigating this kind of trouble? I'm in Birmingham myself, where you have to pay  …

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