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5:04 pm
Sat March 23, 2013

Integrated Baseball, A Decade Before Jackie Robinson

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Tom Dunkel is a longtime freelance magazine writer. He lives in Washington, D.C.
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The only known photograph of the 1935 Bismarck town team shows manager Neil Churchill, kneeling in the center, and pitcher Satchel Paige standing behind him.
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A jersey is one of the few surviving pieces of memorabilia from Neil Churchill's semipro dream team.
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Originally published on Wed March 27, 2013 5:05 pm

In 1947, Jackie Robinson famously broke the color line in baseball when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers, ending racial segregation in the major leagues.

That moment was a landmark for racial integration in baseball, but there's another moment few may be aware of, and it happened more than a decade before Robinson, in Bismarck, N.D.

Tom Dunkel writes about this Bismarck team in his new book, Color Blind: The Forgotten Team That Broke Baseball's Color Line.

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U.S.
5:02 pm
Sat March 23, 2013

Can Detroit Return To Its Former Glory?

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The population of Detroit has dwindled, and now there aren't enough taxpayers to pick up the tab for essential city services.
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Originally published on Sat March 23, 2013 7:07 pm

The newly appointed emergency financial manager of Detroit begins the Herculean task Monday of turning the once bustling capital of the car business back from the brink of bankruptcy.

Though Detroit still has its cultural centers, architectural gems, funky restaurants and packed sporting events downtown, the city has suffered an urban blight that has slowly eaten away at its neighborhoods.

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Technology
4:48 pm
Sat March 23, 2013

Four Robots That Are Learning To Serve You

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Future Robot's FURo robot acts as a host.
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The Bestic is an "eating assistive device" for those who can't pick up a fork and spoon on their own.
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EPFL's amphibious salamander robot can both swim and walk, but the real potential is in how the robot can help us understand how spines work.
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Overdrive Robotics' Smartbot uses your smartphone as a brain.
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Future Robot's FURo robot acts as a host.
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Originally published on Sat March 23, 2013 6:34 pm

From Star Wars' R2-D2 to The Terminator to WALL-E, robots have pervaded popular culture and ignited our imaginations. But today, machines that can do our bidding have moved from science fiction to real life.

Think hands-free vacuum cleaners or iPhone's Siri or robotic arms performing surgery. At the Innorobo conference in Lyon, France, the latest in service robot technology was on display.

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Sports
2:24 pm
Sat March 23, 2013

March Madness: Good For Fans, Bad For Business

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Pittsburgh fans try to distract Wichita State's Ron Baker as he shoots a free throw during a second-round game in the NCAA college basketball tournament in Salt Lake City on Thursday. The distractions of the tournament are so great that worker productivity suffers.
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Originally published on Sat March 23, 2013 6:34 pm

March Madness is here. Even President Obama has filled out a NCAA Division I men's college basketball tournament bracket. His pick to win it all was Indiana University.

The bracket frenzy is unbelievable, says Deborah Stroman, who teaches sports administration at the University of North Carolina.

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Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!
9:33 am
Sat March 23, 2013

Who's Bill This Time?

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Originally published on Sat March 23, 2013 10:52 am

Bill Kurtis reads three quotes from the week's news: Leave the gun, take the baklava; Extreme Makeover: GOP; Who's the Dodo now?

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