Sheffield has 2 homers, 5 RBIs as Tigers beat A's

Gary Sheffield's second home run of the night _ a grand slam _ was the 250,000th hit in major league history and the Detroit Tigers beat the Oakland Athletics 14-8 on Monday night.

Sheffield drove in five runs, including his 13th career grand slam. Magglio Ordonez, Miguel Cabrera and Mike Hessman also went deep for the Tigers, who won their third straight.

Rajai Davis and Jack Hannahan each drove in two runs for Oakland, which has lost five of seven.

Both starting pitchers struggled. Zach Miner of the Tigers gave up eight runs and 11 hits in 4 1-3 innings, and rookie Gio Gonzalez (1-4) allowed a career-high nine runs _ eight earned _ and five hits in …

Missing W.Va. man turns up in Big Easy: ; Wirt resident has been in New Orleans for past five years; bank accounts remain untouched

PARKERSBURG - A man missing since March 2004 has been locatedalive and well in New Orleans.

William Lott, 50, formerly of Elizabeth, Wirt County, wentmissing in March 2004 under mysterious circumstances. His vehiclewas found abandoned in June of that year in a Parkersburg parkinggarage and his bank accounts remained inactive.

The only clue to his whereabouts was a bus ticket stub with a NewOrleans destination. Still, this seemed suspicious considering theabandoned car and inactive accounts, police said.

Officials and his family members feared the worst. It was assumedhe was the victim of foul play, and the disappearance resulted in amissing person's case and a …

Ex-Senator, VP Candidate Eagleton Dies

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Former U.S. Sen. Thomas Eagleton, who resigned as a vice presidential nominee in 1972 after it was revealed he had been hospitalized for depression, died Sunday, according to the office of Sen. Claire McCaskill.

The cause of death was not disclosed. Eagleton, 77, had suffered from a variety of illnesses and ailments in recent years.

"Today Missouri has a hole in its heart," McCaskill said in a statement. "Tom Eagleton managed to be a statesman, an intellectual and a man of the people all at the same time."

Eagleton served in the Senate representing Missouri from December 1968 through January 1987.

He was George McGovern's vice …

St. Louis' OT goal lifts Lightning to win

Martin St. Louis scored with 1:56 left in overtime to give the Tampa Bay Lightning a 2-1 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday night.

St. Louis got a pass from rookie Steven Stamkos, broke to his right, and wristed a shot past Steve Mason. St. Louis fell and slid into the boards after the goal, and was mobbed by his teammates.

St. Louis has six goals and eight assists in a nine-game point streak for Tampa Bay, which ended a six-game home skid.

Columbus, which is closing in on its first postseason berth in the franchise's ninth season, had dominated against Eastern Conference, compiling a 13-3-1 record and a 5-0 mark against the …

Injured McCoy leads Loyola

A cut on her chin didn't stop Loyola guard Brittany McCoy fromtearing up

No. 14 Trinity on Saturday.

McCoy was injured diving for a loose ball in the second quarterand sat out the next 3:25 before returning with a bandage on herchin. She exploded for 20 of her game-high 26 points afterintermission as the visiting Ramblers pulled away to a 52-36 GCAC Redvictory in River Forest.

"She bailed us out today," Loyola coach Tanya Johnson said. "Ithought her shot selection was really good. I thought she tookopenings that were there and didn't try to force things, and I thinkour other kids just understood their roles today."

McCoy scored 11 points during a …

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Economic principles and the not-for-profit sector

How does one go about promoting the charitable sector and contribute to the development of a civil society? This may sound like a hypothetical question for idle speculation and one of little interest to business people; however, it is a topic of serious inquiry-one that will have profound implications for at least 1.3 billion people.

On July 6-7th, The University of BC hosted a symposium on this exact topic. Entitled "Building the foundations for a harmonious society - A Canada-China collaborative study on the development of China's Charity Enhancement Law," the symposium's purpose was to help China build the legal …

Exotic "super fruit" juice spawns $1B nutrition business for one company; experts doubtful

On stage at a sales convention, XanGo executive Joseph Morton said that when he first stumbled across mangosteen, a tropical fruit with purported curative powers, "I didn't have to have it confirmed in the New England medical journal before I would listen."

The multilevel marketing company has built a huge business around its mangosteen-based juice, which it promotes as an immunity booster. The company still hasn't proved its health benefits _ which it says could include a stronger immune system and improved joint function _ to skeptical experts. XanGo's Web site includes a disclaimer, noting the juice is not meant to treat or prevent disease. A lab test …