Morneau's Bloop Helps Twins Rally 6-3

The Minnesota Twins are running out of healthy players and finding a way to win at the same time. Credit the confidence they gained during their pre-All-Star-break surge. Complete Story

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Twins' Stewart May Be Finished for Season

Shannon Stewart might have played his last game with the Minnesota Twins.

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Twins' Hunter Placed on DL With Fracture

The Minnesota Twins placed center fielder Torii Hunter on the 15-day disabled list Sunday after learning the five-time Gold Glove award winner has a stress fracture in his left foot.

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White's 1st HR of Year Helps Twins Win

Carlos Silva and Rondell White were two of Minnesota's worst performers before the All-Star break. With a better second half, the Twins will find it easier to stay in postseason contention.

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Twins Down Indians 6-2 Behind Santana

The Minnesota Twins mixed good fortune with bad breaks on Saturday night. Taking advantage of strong pitching of Johan Santana and weak defense by Cleveland, the Twins beat the Indians 6-2.

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Tyner Gets Game-Winning Hit for Twins

Jason Tyner's minor league travels had taken him all over North America in the 48 hours before he was recalled by the Minnesota Twins on Thursday night.

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Hafner, Indians Beat Liriano, Twins 6-4

At age 22, Francisco Liriano is still learning. After a sensational first half and a hurried trip to the All-Star game, it was apparently time for his next lesson.

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Conjoined Twin Dies 4 Days After Surgery

One of the 10-month-old conjoined twins who were separated in an unusually complex surgery last week died Monday, a Shanghai hospital official said.

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Teixeira Takes Santana Deep As Rangers Win

All-Star left-hander Johan Santana was making quick work of the Texas Rangers, striking out five of the first six batters he faced.

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Liriano Masterful As Twins Blank Rangers

Francisco Liriano, passed over for the All-Star game, is pitching like he deserves to be there. Liriano allowed four hits in seven innings to win his sixth straight start and the Minnesota Twins beat the Texas Rangers 4-0 Saturday night to stop a three-game losing streak.

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Teixeira Takes Santana Deep As Rangers Win

All-Star left-hander Johan Santana was making quick work of the Texas Rangers, striking out five of the first six batters he faced.

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Conjoined Twins Stable After Surgery

Doctors successfully separated 10-month-old conjoined twin girls, though their condition remained precarious due to heart and other problems, a hospital official said Friday.

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Docs Race to Save Conjoined Twins in China

Doctors were racing to save the lives of 10-month-old conjoined twin girls on Thursday in a complex separation surgery expected to take up to 24 hours, hospital officials said.

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Suddenly Hot Royals Cool Off Twins Again

John Buck made the Minnesota Twins the latest team to pay for an intentional walk.

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Royals Stop Twins 11-Game Winning Streak

After missing more than a month with a hamstring injury, David DeJesus is making up for lost time. DeJesus homered in Kansas City's four-run fourth inning and Mark Grudzielanek had two doubles and scored two runs as the Royals beat Minnesota 7-2 on Tuesday night, ending the Twins' 11-game winning streak.

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Liriano Brilliant As Twins Blank Brewers

The Minnesota Twins are winning so much these days that even ultra-talkative center fielder Torii Hunter is speechless. He grew more incredulous by the second as the list was read to him — 10 wins in a row, 18 of 19, 20 of 22.

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Twins Rally Off Turnbow, Beat Brewers

Derrick Turnbow's bases loaded walk to Shannon Stewart in the eighth forced home the go-ahead run and helped the Minnesota Twins extended their winning streak to nine games with a 10-7 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday night.

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Hospital Has 6 Sets of Twins in 32 Hours

It all began with Chastity Keeler, who delivered twin boys. Keeler gave birth at 9:05 a.m. and 9:06 a.m. Tuesday. Over the next 32 hours, five more mothers gave birth to twins at Lansing's Sparrow Hospital.

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Twins Beat Dodgers on Hunter's Grand Slam

Johan Santana, Joe Mauer and the Minnesota Twins are doing everything right these days.

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Mauer's 5 RBIs Lead Twins Over Dodgers

Win or lose, single or strikeout, Joe Mauer's demeanor rarely changes. Sure, the young catcher's smooth left-handed swing has produced plenty of success, but the Minnesota Twins are just as happy with his level head.

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Radke Stars As Twins Silence Cubs

Brad Radke looked all but finished in May. His breaking ball wasn't breaking and his fastball was lifeless, rendering a normally outstanding changeup moot.

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Twins Rookie Upstages Clemens' Return

While Roger Clemens returned to the mound for his 23rd major league season, his Houston Astros teammates got a close look at a future ace in Francisco Liriano.

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Astros Snap Twins' Winning Streak at 8

Adam Everett's return to form is paying off for the Houston Astros.

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Twins Ace Santana Silences Pirates

Most games decided by six runs don't feature a pitchers duel. This one did, even though it ended with a familiar finish: Johan Santana won again and Oliver Perez lost again.

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Morneau Helps Twins to 6th Straight Win

Justin Morneau hit Minnesota's third homer of the game to break an eighth-inning tie and give the Twins their sixth victory in a row, 5-3 over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday night.

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Smoking increases, fish & omega-3s decrease AMD risk

Smoking increases risk of developing Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) leading to blindness (as does obesity and high BMI); fish & omega-3 fatty acids in the diet decrease risk (lutein & zeaxanthin in diet do so also).

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Polish president's twin for PM

The Polish president has named his twin brother as the next prime minister after Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz formally resigned.

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Human twinning linked to diet

Comparing regular, vegetarian plus dairy & vegan, vegan women had twins at only one-fifth of the rate of women who commonly do not exclude milk from diet; linked to IGF levels (genetic or from growth hormone given to cows).

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A Rare Delivery: Babies' goiters, perhaps caused by mother's thyroid medication, prompted worries

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Can Twins Have Two Fathers?: Answers to Quirky Medical Questions

The Internet can be a handy research tool to find answers to those most-pressing medical questions. But often, it can return confusing—even conflicting—information. With so many urban legends and medical myths floating around, it’s difficult to know what to believe.

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Mother Charged With Trying To Kill Her Disabled Twins

Mother Charged With Trying To Kill Her Disabled Twins HOMASSASA, Fla. -- A mother was charged with two counts of attempted murder after she tried to kill her disabled twin boys and then herself, authorities said Wednesday.

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The Torii Hunter Show

In Friday night's game between the Minnesota Twins and the Seattle Mariners, center fielder Torii Hunter demonstrated once again that he is one of the best, and that he has fun doing it, to boot.

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Battle of Future Stars: Liriano vs Hernandez

Two of the hottest and most exciting young pitchers in baseball faced off today, left handed Francisco Liriano of the Minnesota Twins against right handed Felix Hernandez of the Seattle Mariners. Both pitchers boast a strong fastball, each touching 98 MPH.

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Meat-Eaters More Likely to Have Twins?

hmmm.. can bet on that..

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Study Finds That A Woman's Chances Of Having Twins Can Be Modified By Diet

...women who consume animal products, specifically dairy, are five times more likely to have twins. All I can say is, it is a good thing Calvin Tang wasn't feeding his miniature horses dairy products...

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Dairy Products Might Cause More Human Twins

Women who consume animal products, specifically dairy, are five times more likely to have twins than those who do not, a new study finds. The reason may involve growth hormones fed to cows.

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Born Together, Raised Together, So Why Not in Classroom, Too?

When Kathy Dolan, a mother in Queens, sent her twin boys off to kindergarten, she had one wish: that they face the new hurdles of numbers and alphabets in the same class.

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Family Has Identical Twins, Identical Triplets

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Advice to Twins: Play ball with the taxpayers

Spring training is just around the corner. You can tell because the Minnesota Twins just whistled a high hard one past our heads. Carl Pohlad's quest for a new ballpark has resumed. Like the groundhog, Carl always pops up this time of year.

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Judge: Twins don't have to play in Dome in 2007

The Minnesota Twins may get out of their bubble yet.

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So, Your Having Twins?

Being in the midst of going from an no-kid family to a two-kid family all at once, I learned a great deal. Read on... Emotions

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“Alien” Embryo Removed From 35-Year-Old Man’s Back

What was thought to be a tumor on a mans back, turned out to be his 35 year old, would-be brother, in embryo form. "Doctors said the embryo belonged to Namyatov’s unborn brother who had spent 35 years in the body of the patient."

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Out of God's Hands

Amazing how influencial children can be.

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