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Tommie Harris' wife dies
BOSTON, Aug. 10 (UPI) -- Nick Green drove in the winning run with a sacrifice fly in the seventh inning Monday to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 6-5 win over AL Central-leading Detroit.
The win ended Boston's six-game losing streak.
Green also homered, as did Dustin Pedroia and Jason Bay for the Red Sox.
Ramon Ramirez (6-3) earned the win and Jonathan Papelbon recorded the final four outs for his 28th save.
Detroit's Magglio Ordonez had a triple, two doubles, a run scored and an RBI and Placido Polanco had three hits, an RBI and a run for the Tigers, who had won four of five coming in.
Boston starter Brad Penny allowed three runs on six hits in six innings and Detroit starter Edwin Jackson gave up four runs on nine hits in four innings. Zach Miner (5-2) was charged with the loss.
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CHICAGO, La., Feb. 13 (UPI) --
The wife of former Chicago Bears Pro Bowl defensive tackle Tommie Harris died of a stroke or brain aneurysm in an Oklahoma hospital, the Chicago Sun-Times said.
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NEW DELHI, Feb. 13 (UPI) --
Microsoft's online store in India was targeted by hackers during the weekend and was still offline Monday, officials said.
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