Before Angus was born, Chip wrote about what foods might coax the baby boy out into the world. Now scientists are looking a little earlier into the whole baby-making process to study if and how a mother’s diet at time of conception might influence the sex of the baby. Several weeks ago, at her NYT health blog,

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DC Pro Sports Report is keeping track of different published mock drafts. It should be fairly easy to come up with a consensus from these lists. Just using the top three listed on the page, the top two picks should...

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This overly chipper press release from NASA announcing "The discovery…...

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The Pirates defeat the Braves 5-0, continuing Atlanta's road woes. They move to 4-14 away from Turner Field. If you look at the boxscore without looking at the score, however, you might think the Braves won the game. They out-hit...

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We’ve got the heat on up here and rain’s come and go. I’m craving something rustic, soothing and warming.

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Chipper Jones picked up two hits, a double and a single in his first two at bats this afternoon. He was in danger of falling below .400 for the first time in a month, but the two hits bring him...

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Shawn Chacon can set a major league record if he gets a no decision in his next start. I hope the Houston fans travel up to Arlington to cheer, "ND! ND!" when Shawn faces the Rangers on Friday....

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Joe Posnanski always posts something worth reading, but his latest (which is supposed to be about Brian Bannister) takes a great turn to curling and the presidential race. Don't miss his take on Joakim Soria, either....

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Oh, this will be in your head. All. Day. Long.…...

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With both the Cardinals and Brewers going to a closer by committee approach (no assigned roles), what happens if it works? What if teams using their best pitchers in high leverage situations actually turns out to be a winning strategy?...

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This is a stretch of Providence's historic street-scape that always…...

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The Yankees open a four game series in Tampa Bay, trailing the Rays by 2 1/2 games in the AL East. At 13-7, the Rays are tied with the Twins for the second best home record in the American League....

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Halos Heaven blames the Angels losing streak on the wrong players suffering injuries....

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Eric Chavez will begin his rehabilitation assignment on Thursday. He can come off the disable list May 27th, but the Athletics expect it to take longer. Chavez will need to be up to full speed for his return. Jack Hannahan...

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I've seen rumors about Griffey going to the Mariners for about a week, but this is the first time there seemed to be some meat to them: The Seattle Mariners covet Ken Griffey Jr., want him as much as a...

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The Day by Day Database is up to date....

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Please come out for this important week-long criminal justice reform…...

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Hey Friends, Its been ages, but for those who aren’t aware, I was finally picked up by an agency called Wonderful Machine. After months of researching, contacting literally dozens of reps, and praying, the door was finally open. Its been a little over 2 months so I have been working really hard with my directors to clean up my...

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Joe Nathan is trying to hold a three-run lead in the top of the ninth. He got Ortiz leading off the inning, but two singles and a double plate a run and put the tying runs in scoring position. Crisp...

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A young man died after being punched outside AT&T Park on Friday. Anthony Giraudo fell and hit his head on concrete, Gittens said. Robert Giraudo said he had been told that his son was punched from behind after objecting to...

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For all of you who thought about closing up shop…...

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Orlando Cabrera went four for five today, raising his OBA to .299. That's a sad number. The Chicago Tribune lets Cabrera tells us, however, that he wasn't hired to get on base: "The way I look at it is my...

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The end of this is quite creepy, what with the…...

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Via MLB FanHouse, Paul DePodesta started a blog. From his first post, here's why: I began thinking about hosting a blog about a year ago, and back in January I took the first big step by starting an internal blog...

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Maybe the Astros should change their name back to the 45's, since they picked up a lot of singles today.* Down 3-1 in the eighth, the first five hitters singled to plate three runs. A double and sacrifice fly added...

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Steve Holm was recently called up by the Giants to do some catching. At 28 years old, he's hardly a prospect. He's been in the minors since 2001, only reaching AA twice, in 2005 and 2007. He's posted some decent...

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The Padres changed up their lineup Saturday night, moving Giles down to the third slot and Gerut into the leadoff position. Gonzalez homered in that game, and today the power really blossomed. They picked up three doubles and two home...

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The other day I was talking to a friend about the various communications outlets I use such as this blog, my RSS reader, Twitter, Facebook and a host of other services. My friend then asked what kind of people read Leveraging Ideas? I explained that the make-up of my readership is basically smart people who ‘get it’ technology wise. He was surprised that my readership comes from all over the country, including a huge span in age and profession. I explained that this same group of highly-connected people tend to use and interact across a number of different mediums, like Twitter, Friend Feed or Tumblr, though some tend to only focus their attention on one or two. So, my friend asked, “Are there a lot of people in this technology tribe?” I’ve often struggled with the right term, or phrase to describe all of ‘us’, the folks using Twitter, writing blogs, and generally conversing on social media via the web. In my case, the tribe I’m a part of extends well beyond one servi...

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The Oakland Athletics stole five bases in their 12-6 win over the Texas Rangers. That's something the team hasn't done since 7/23/1995. No one was caught stealing, which makes them 19 or 23 on the year. This is a team...

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