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Major League Baseball reversed its long-standing opposition to instant replay and will allow umpires to check video on home run calls in series that start Thursday.The start date comes nearly 10 months after general managers voted 25-5 to use the technology, and following MLB agreements with the unions for umpires and for players. I believe that the extraordinary technology that we now have merits the use of instant replay on a very limited basis, commissioner Bud Selig said. The system we have in place will ensure that the proper call is made on home run balls and wi
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It may be hard to believe, but it already been a full two years since the Space Shuttle Program completed its final mission and put its magnificent fleet of ships into retirement. The last of these to settle into its final resting place was Endeavor, and professional launch photographer Scott Andrews caught it all in this fantastic stop-action video for Time. Using
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