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Fukudome’s hit in 9th lifts Cubs by A’s (AP)

Kosuke Fukudome, benched recently due to a slump at the plate, singled to start a tying rally in the eighth inning before driving in the winning run with another single in the ninth to lift the Chicago Cubs to a 3-2 win over the Oakland Athletics on Thursday. The Cubs won their first series since late May and have their first winning streak of any kind since taking three in a row from May 22-25.

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Fukudome’s hit in 9th lifts Cubs by A’s (AP)

In Focus: Housewife Charged In Sex-For-Security Scam

AKRON, OH—Area resident Helen Crandall, 44, was arrested by Akron police Sunday, charged with conducting an elaborate “sex-for-security” scam in which she allegedly defrauded husband Russell Crandall out of nearly $230,000 in cash, food, clothing and housing over the past 19 years using periodic offers of sexual intercourse.

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In Focus: Housewife Charged In Sex-For-Security Scam

Dense, Walkable Urban Cities Create YIMBY Neighbors

Not quite dead, but oversupplied. Photo via thegiantvermin @ flickr. Looking at the massive build up of low-density, car-dependent housing over the last 50 years, real estate developer Christopher Leinberger says in his book The Option of Urbanism that developers simply supplied too much of the wrong product in the wrong location. Yup, But, good news. Density in walkable urban areas tends to create YIMBY’s neighbors (Yes, In My Back Yard) because quality of life and property values get … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Dense, Walkable Urban Cities Create YIMBY Neighbors