Vical shares sink after drug fails in testing

SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Shares of Vical Inc. plunged 51 percent Monday after the drug developer said its potential cancer treatment failed in a late-stage study, and that it would now shift its focus to infectious disease vaccines.

Allovectin did not show a statistically significant improvement in either response rate or overall survival when compared with chemotherapy in patients with metastatic melanoma, which is an advanced form of the deadliest type of skin cancer.

Vical has several independent and collaborative infectious disease vaccine programs. The San Diego company is planning to start an early-stage study of a vaccine against herpes simplex virus type 2 before the end of the year.

Vical said it had $70 million in cash and investments as of June 30, which it believes will meet its needs at least through the end of 2014.

"In the coming weeks, we will make the necessary changes to focus resources on our infectious disease vaccine programs and reduce expenses to conserve cash," CEO Vijay B. Samant said in a statement from the company.

Vical's shares $1.83 to hit $1.75 before the opening bell. The shares had climbed 23 percent so far in 2013 as of Friday's closing price of $3.58.

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Israel names Palestinians to be freed before peace talks

By Jeffrey Heller

JERUSALEM | Mon Aug 12, 2013 3:12pm EDT

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel named 26 Palestinians on Monday it will free from jail this week under a deal enabling U.S.-backed peace talks to resume.

But the goodwill gesture was clouded by new plans to expand Israeli settlements that the United Nations and European Union condemned as illegal and which the Palestinians said were aimed at provoking them to pull out of the negotiations.

The 26 prisoners are the first of a total of 104 that Israel has decided in principle to free as part of an agreement reached after shuttle diplomacy by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to renew talks for Palestinian statehood.

Some Israelis reacted angrily to the release - scheduled for Tuesday or Wednesday - of the long-term Palestinian prisoners.

"Shame on the government and shame on the prime minister and his supporters," Zvia Dahan, whose father, Moshe Becker, was killed while tending his orange grove in Israel in 1994, wrote on Facebook. One of Becker's three killers is to be freed.

Israel sweetened the deal for far-right members of its governing coalition on Sunday by announcing plans to build 1,187 new dwellings for Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank and parts of the territory it annexed to Jerusalem after the 1967 Middle East war.

Israel's Channel 10 television said another 900 units were planned for the Beit Jallah area near Bethlehem. An official in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said in response that the project was not yet under construction.

"Those who do these things are determined to undermine the peace negotiations, are determined to force people like us to leave the negotiating table," Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat told Reuters.

A spokesman for European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said: "Israeli settlements in the West Bank are illegal under international law and threaten to make a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict impossible."

Eduardo del Buey, spokesman for U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, said: "settlements in the occupied territories are illegal, they have been and continue to be illegal".

Mark Regev, a spokesman for Netanyahu, said the new construction would take place in areas that Israel intends to keep in any peace agreement. "This in no way changes the final map of peace. It changes nothing," he said.

Some 500,000 Israeli settlers live in the West Bank and East Jerusalem amid 2.5 million Palestinians. Israel withdrew in 2005 from the Gaza Strip, which is now governed by Hamas Islamists opposed to permanent co-existence with the Jewish state.

LOW EXPECTATIONS

Peace talks halted three years ago in a row over settlement building. They resumed in Washington on July 30, with a second round due in Jerusalem on Wednesday and later in the West Bank.

Few expect the latest negotiations to resolve issues that have defied solution for decades, such as borders, settlements, Jerusalem and Palestinian refugees.

Washington, which pressed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to return to the table, wants a deal within nine months.

With neighboring Egypt and Syria in upheaval and with Israel facing the threat of a potentially nuclear-armed Iran, Netanyahu decided he could ill afford to alienate the United States, and led his pro-settlement government into the talks.

The decision to free the 26 prisoners, regarded as heroes by Palestinians and jailed as murderers by Israel between 1985 and 1994, was made late on Sunday.

A list of the prisoners, along with the names of the people they were convicted of killing, was published by Israel's Prisons Service as part of a process in which opponents of their release have 48 hours to appeal to the High Court. Based on past decisions, the court is widely expected not to intervene.

"I cannot believe (it), no matter what anyone tells me, until I hold my son's hand. When I touch him, then I can say my son has come home," said Emtawe el Khor, whose son Fayez has been in jail since 1985, convicted of murdering an Israeli.

Fourteen of those going free will be deported or sent to the Gaza Strip, and 12 to the West Bank. Two would have completed their terms in six months, and six over the next three years.

Israel has a number of times freed Palestinians before they served out their time, but mostly in swaps for Israeli soldiers or their remains held by its enemies.

For Abbas, who has vowed to seek freedom for all Palestinian prisoners, the prospective release is a boost after years of failed talks with Israel. Many of the inmates were said to have been linked to his Fatah movement or one of its allies.

(Additional reporting by Allyn Fisher-Ilan and Ori Lewis; Editing by Alistair Lyon and Robin Pomeroy)

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New Zealand Rugby Union attempt to lure Sonny Bill Williams back to All Blacks

By Nik Simon

PUBLISHED: 07:33 EST, 11 August 2013 | UPDATED: 07:35 EST, 11 August 2013

The New Zealand Rugby Union are hoping to lure Sonny Bill Williams back to the All Blacks in time for the 2015 Rugby World Cup.

Reports in New Zealand suggest the 28-year-old has been offered a three-year contract that would see him switch codes from rugby league to rugby union before next year's Super Rugby championships.

Williams is one of the most gifted New Zealanders of his generation but his All Blacks career has been balanced with a talent for rugby league and boxing.

Talent: Williams takes on the England defence in the 2010 Autumn Internationals

Code switcher: Williams in action for rugby league's Sydney Roosters in July

The centre is currently playing for the Sydney Roosters in Australia's National Rugby League and if the NZRU succeed in their bid it would be the fourth time Williams has switched codes.

'We have made Sonny and Khoder [Williams' manager] an offer,' said NZRU CEO Steve Tew.

'We have been talking to them and the dialogue has been positive but we don't have any ink on paper.

'We would obviously love Sonny to come back and play rugby here and we have made that clear - it is up to Sonny and Khoder now.'

If the deal goes ahead then Williams will have the opportunity to add to his 19 All Black caps at the forthcoming World Cup in England and Wales.

While there will be no shortage of foreign interest in the player's services, Williams has already indicated that he would like a return to the Hamilton-based Chiefs.

Big hitter: Williams poses with boxing trainers Tony Mundine and Anthony Mindine

Power: Williams takes on two Irish defenders at New Zealand's Waikato Stadium

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Braves' 14-game win streak ends, fall 1-0 to Miami

Miami Marlins starting pitcher Nate Eovaldi (24) works in the first inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves in Atlanta, Saturday, Aug. 10, 2013. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Miami Marlins starting pitcher Nate Eovaldi (24) works in the first inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves in Atlanta, Saturday, Aug. 10, 2013. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Atlanta Braves pitcher Alex Wood works in the first inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins in Atlanta, Saturday, Aug. 10, 2013. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

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Miami Marlins Adeiny Hechavarria (3) is greeted at the dugout after scoring the go-ahead run on a wild pitch in the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves in Atlanta, Saturday, Aug. 10, 2013. Miami won 1-0. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

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ATLANTA (AP) ? Evan Gattis blames himself for not getting his catcher's mitt lower and keeping Adeiny Hechavarria from scoring on a wild pitch.

Had he done so, the Atlanta Braves might still have a long winning streak, but Gattis says the team's goal now is to win the three-game series.

"Yeah, man, we had a good run," Gattis said. "I hate that it ended."

The Braves' 14-game winning streak ended Saturday night with a 1-0 loss to the last-place Miami Marlins, who scored on reliever Jordan Walden's wild pitch in the ninth inning.

Miami stopped its own six-game skid.

The Braves fell one victory shy of tying the 2000 team for the franchise's longest winning streak since the 1891 Boston Beaneaters won 18 straight.

Hechavarria led off the Miami ninth with a triple and scored on the wild pitch by Walden (4-2).

"I'm more disappointed in not blocking it," Gattis said. "I didn't see the replay, but I'm pretty sure I just came up on it. I think it went through me. I just came up on it a little bit with my mitt."

Marlins starter Nate Eovaldi allowed one hit in seven innings. Mike Dunn (3-3) got the win and Steve Cishek earned his 24th save, striking out Paul Janish with a runner on first to end it.

Both teams finished with just three hits.

Hechavarria's NL-leading sixth triple bounced against the bottom of the wall in left-center field and was the game's only extra-base hit. He scored standing up ? ending the Marlins' 22-inning scoreless string ? when Walden's fourth pitch to the next batter, Ed Lucas, got past Gattis.

Cishek posted his 19th straight save. He got Justin Upton to line out and Freddie Freeman to ground out before Gattis singled. Janish took a called third strike.

Chad Qualls recorded one out in the Atlanta eighth before Andrelton Simmons reached on an infield hit. Dunn struck out pinch-hitter Brian McCann and retired Jason Heyward on a groundout.

Eovaldi allowed a first-inning single by Freeman and retired his final 14 batters. He walked three and struck out eight.

"They're a great team," Eovaldi said. "I threw the ball really well tonight, It was just a great win all around."

Braves rookie starter Alex Wood had retired 12 straight batters before Jeff Mathis singled with two outs in the fifth. Wood gave up two hits, struck out seven and walked one in six innings.

Relievers David Carpenter and Luis Avilan combined to allow no baserunners and strike out three over the next two innings.

Eovaldi received no run support for his fifth straight start. The Marlins haven't scored while Eovaldi has been in a game since his 8-3 victory over Washington on July 12. He has a 1.04 ERA in his last four starts.

"He's always had a good arm to me," Heyward said after going 0 for 3. "Attacks the strike zone, has a lot of movement on his pitches, especially the fastball. Sometimes it's a little bit wild and effective as far as which side of the plate."

Braves third baseman Chris Johnson, who leads the NL with a .338 batting average, was ejected by plate umpire Jim Joyce to end the first after taking three pitches ? all fastballs ? for strikes with runners on first and second.

Johnson yelled at Joyce and threw his bat and helmet before walking to the dugout. After a 54-minute rain delay, Janish replaced Johnson.

Johnson was upset with himself for not being in the batter's box with two out in the ninth.

"Yeah, I'm one of those guys that wants to be in the game the whole time and wants to be in that spot," he said. "So, yeah, I'm definitely kicking myself a little bit."

Marlins outfielder Giancarlo Stanton didn't play. Manager Mike Redmond said he gave his star the night off because "it seems like he's just really grinding and not having a whole lot of fun out there."

The Marlins have the NL's worst winning percentage and they're last in the majors in homers, RBIs and slugging percentage.

NOTES: Walden left the game after taking a liner off his pitching hand from Logan Morrison, the third batter he faced. Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said Walden might need a couple of days to rest his hand, but added that the injury didn't appear serious. ... RHP Anthony Varvaro got Atlanta's final out in the ninth. ... McCann was held out of the lineup with a sore knee as Gattis took his place. ... Atlanta OF Jordan Schafer was activated from a rehab assignment before the game and optioned OF Jose Constanza to Triple-A Gwinnett. ... Upton went 0 for 4 to end a 13-game hitting streak.

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'Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters': Your catch-up guide to the book series and movies

"Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters," the second installment in the movie adaptations of the "Percy Jackson" series, arrived in theaters Aug. 7. Are you wondering why your child suddenly knows all about Greek goddess Persephone? Or feeling mystified by the movie trailers? Here's our quick guide to all things Percy.

- Molly Driscoll,?Staff Writer

1. Riordan's universe

Rick Riordan's "Percy Jackson" series consists of five books, beginning with "Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief" and ending with "Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Last Olympian." The books are set in a universe that looks very much like our modern-day world but also includes the Greek gods as well as monsters from the Greek myths.

Riordan himself taught middle school social studies and English for several years, among other teaching experience. "I taught mythology almost every year that I was a teacher," the author writes on his website. "It was always my favorite thing, and the students always liked it, too!"

The author says he got the idea for the "Jackson" series when his son, Patrick, asked him to tell the Greek legends as bedtime stories. "When I ran out of myths, he was disappointed and asked me if I could make up something new with the same characters," Riordan said. The author created Percy Jackson and told Patrick the story of Percy's quest for the lightning bolt.

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Man Critical After Fire At Queens Chinese Restaurant

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The owner of a Queens Chinese restaurant is in critical condition after a fire broke out Saturday night.

The fire happened at the Emperor House Chinese Restaurant on 10th Avenue near the Cross Island Parkway in Whitestone.

Authorities say the fire started in the kitchen on the first floor of the building.

"We heard, like, a bomb start exploding, some kind of exploding sounds, and our wall was a little shake," said one witness. "And later, next door, the owner of the Chinese, the Chinese guy was on fire, and then his wife and child were burnt. That's what happened."

Three firefighters and another person were treated for minor injuries.

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Is Arbitration Required for an Auto Accident Injury? | St George Legal

The short answer to that question is no. Arbitration is never required in an auto accident case. In the State of Utah, arbitration occurs either when the parties mutually agree to it, or when a claim is worth less than $50,000, a plaintiff?s attorney can file for mandatory arbitration in his or her initial pleadings, or even motion for one within fourteen days of receiving a defendant?s answer during litigation. Arbitration is a very common form of alternative dispute resolution. That means that it is an alternative to formal litigation that is used for resolving disputes. It is much more similar to formal litigation than mediation is in its processes and in its application. Defense counsel is usually ok with going through arbitration because it is more predictable than a jury trial and it brings their costs down as well.

The process of arbitration is much like the trial process except that it is not as formal. The opposing sides will agree upon and hire an arbitrator. An arbitrator is usually an experience attorney or former judge who understands the applicable area of law. A time will be scheduled for the arbitrator to meet with both sides and conduct a proceeding much like a trial. Each side will have an opportunity for an opening statement; each side may call witnesses and make closing arguments. The arbitrator may even have questions for a witness or for one of the attorneys. When the proceeding is complete, the arbitrator will go on his merry way and will typically respond with an order within a short period of time. That order does in fact carry the force of the law. The parties will either follow the order, or they will appeal the award by simply asking to go to trial. They would be entitled to a de novo review, or a fresh look, at trial. In an effort to discourage these orders ending up back at trial, the statute dictates that the side who appeals must see a 30% change in the outcome of the case or they will be responsible for the other sides fees up to the amount of $6,000. That way, neither party will appeal the order unless they are extremely confident that they will see a significant change. After all, the point of arbitration is to speed things up, not slow them down.

Arbitration can be a great alternative to trial in a case where a settlement cannot be reached. Most victims want their claim taken care of as quickly as possible. Arbitrations limit the discovery process to less than 150 days. That is relatively short compared to the one to two years that a full-blown trial may take. Arbitrations do tend to get a bad rap for ?splitting the baby.? Because arbitrators are privately hired, some people say that they favor the repeat customers. That is usually the defense side. Others against arbitration claim that the awards are too often split right down the middle rather than one side winning or losing big based on the particular case. While these generalizations may carry some weight, arbitration still may be right for your case. Unless a case is incredibly unique, a predictable award somewhere down the middle of what you might expect is not necessarily a bad thing. Juries can be very unpredictable; to end up with nothing after a long drawn out claim would be heart breaking. An experienced personal injury attorney can advise you as to whether arbitration is a good option for you.

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World stocks choppy on tepid China recovery signs

BANGKOK (AP) ? Global stock markets were choppy Friday after China reported improved but still tepid economic data.

Producer prices, or the price of goods as they leave factories, fell in July but at a slower rate than the month before ? a sign that demand may be strengthening following a prolonged slump. Production prices fell 2.3 percent compared with a year earlier, but the result was better than June's 2.7 percent drop, the government reported. Food prices rose 5 percent.

Retail sales and industrial production data were mixed. The official Xinhua News Agency quoted the National Bureau of Statistics as saying that retail sales grew 13.2 percent in July from a year earlier, slightly down from June's growth rate. However, industrial production grew 9.7 percent, up from June's 8.9 percent and the highest year-on-year growth in five months.

"The biggest concern amongst these numbers here is the rise in food prices ... making it difficult for Chinese authorities to take any measures to loosen policy further, to boost growth," Michael Hewson of CMC Markets said in an email.

European stocks were mixed in early trading. Britain's FTSE 100 rose 0.2 percent to 6,543.16. Germany's DAX shed 0.2 percent to 8,305.8 and France's CAC-40 lost 0.2 percent to 4,056.02.

Wall Street looked headed for early losses. Dow Jones industrial futures were down 0.2 percent to 15,416. S&P 500 futures were 0.2 percent down at 1,689.70.

On Thursday, customs data showed Chinese exports and imports both increased in July, beating expectations and easing concerns over the slowdown that has dragged down growth in the world's second-biggest economy to a two-decade low.

Japan's Nikkei 225 index vacillated throughout the day but ended 0.1 percent higher at 13,615.19. South Korea's Kospi gave up early gains to close 0.2 percent lower at 1,880.71.

Hong Kong's Hang Seng gained 0.7 percent to 21,807.56. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.2 percent to 5,055.20, dragged down by losses in the banking sector.

China's Shanghai Composite Index gained 0.4 percent to 2,052.24 and the Shenzhen Composite Index for China's second, smaller stock market gained 0.2 percent to 996.42.

Geely Automobile Holdings jumped 5.8 percent in Hong Kong while Greatwall Motor advanced 4.7 percent. Linus Yip, strategist at First Shanghai Securities in Hong Kong, said consumer and auto shares were advancing on the back of improving sentiment, due to the perception of a modest improvement on the Chinese mainland.

"The economy in mainland China is coming back gradually so the market focus returns to consumer stocks. I think it's reasonable," Yip said.

Benchmark oil for September delivery was up 40 cents to $103.80 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract fell 97 cents to close at $103.40 on the Nymex on Thursday.

In currencies, the euro rose to $1.3383 from $1.3377 late Thursday. The dollar fell to 96.64 yen from 96.82 yen.

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AP researcher Fu Ting contributed from Shanghai.

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Google Webmaster Tools Shows Your Manual Spam Actions

Google announced the introduction of a new awesome feature in Google Webmaster Tools named manual action viewer.

The manual action viewer let's you see if your site currently has any manual actions applied to it. So if you have paid links pointing to your site, if you are hiding text or if you have user generated content spam - you can learn about it in the manual spam action viewer without Google having to send you an email about the issue.

Google said it is unlikely for you to see anything in that manual action section because "under 2% of domains" in the Google index "are manually removed for webspam," according to Google.

Here are some examples of what you may see.

No Manual Action:

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In addition to this, Google has documented most, if not all, of the manual actions you can get in their help center. You can see them over here.

You should click through to all those documents, there is good content there, many with videos. This can help you learn Google's mindset to these manual actions and help clients deal with them as they come up.

I have summarized them all in one page named Google's manual actions search spam.

Forum discussion at Google Webmaster Help, WebmasterWorld, BlackHat Forum, John Muller Google+ & Matt Cutts Google+.

Update: There is an issue and Google took it offline. Cutts wrote on the blog:

Update (12:50pm PT, August 9th): Unfortunately we've hit a snag during our feature deployment, so it will be another couple days before the feature is available to everyone. We will post another update once the feature is fully rolled out.

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Book Review : The Attacking Ocean: The Past, Present, and Future of Rising Sea Levels by Brian Fagan

Review by Erin Wayman

By Brian Fagan

Web edition: August 9, 2013
Print edition: August 24, 2013; Vol.184 #4 (p. 30)

The threat of rising seas is not new. Since the last Ice Age began windingdown 15,000 years ago, the ocean has ascended 120 meters in a series of pulses. But when the world was thinly populated, small bands of hunter-gatherers could pick up and go when the sea surged. Now that hundreds of millions of people are settled in crowded coastal cities, the rising seas predicted for a warming world are more dangerous than ever, argues Fagan, an archaeologist.

Fagan chronicles the history of the climbing oceans and their influence on the development of early civilizations such as those of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia. He also shows how modern societies from New Orleans to Shanghai continue to feel these effects. Without hyping the risks, Fagan provides solid geological, archaeological and historical evidence to support his arguments about what the future may hold.

Submerged land is but one hazard humanity faces as polar ice melts and oceans expand. Sea level rise will also exacerbate flooding from tsunamis and hurricanes. Wetlands, marshes and mangroves provide a natural barrier against these disasters by, for example, staving off erosion, Fagan notes. But humans are increasingly bulldozing this protection to make way for cities and industry. Of course, people have developed their own ways to fight back the seas, with levees, seawalls and the like. But these barriers aren?t foolproof, and sometimes they create their own environmental problems.

Fagan offers no simple solutions for impending sea level rise over the next century ? because there aren?t any. But he warns that society has to start tackling the problem now.

Bloomsbury Press, 2013, 265 p., $28

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French industrial production shrinks again in June

PARIS (AP) ? French industrial production continued to decline in June, widening the economic gap with Europe's largest economy, Germany, and raising concerns about its ability to emerge from recession.

France's national statistical agency, INSEE, said in a statement Friday that industrial production shrank 1.4 percent from a month earlier. That followed a 0.3 percent monthly drop in May. Within manufacturing, steep declines were recorded in the food and car industries.

France's figures stand in stark contrast to Germany, where industrial production grew 2.4 percent in June.

This is bad news for French President Francois Hollande. He's promised to reverse the rise in unemployment by the end of the year, but that is looking increasingly unlikely. Unemployment hit 10.8 percent in the first quarter, and some economists say it won't peak until at least next year.

The government sought to gloss over the June performance, with Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici saying he's "delighted at the favorable evolution." He pointed out that for the second quarter as a whole, manufacturing production was up 1.5 percent.

The International Monetary Fund this week called on Hollande's government to accelerate economic reforms, saying the rigid labor market, high taxes and inefficient public spending are dragging down the economy.

There are concerns a recovery may not get traction. France's economy is now officially in recession again, after gross domestic product shrank 0.2 percent in the first quarter.

INSEE will release its first estimate of second-quarter GDP on Aug. 14. The French government expects a 0.2 percent rise in growth during the quarter, bringing the country out of recession. But some independent analysts expect a flat reading and, after Friday's figures, the risk is GDP will undershoot expectations.

France's weak economy has raised concerns even in the U.S. Earlier this week, Dallas Federal Reserve President Richard Fisher said in an interview with German newspaper Handelsblatt that he was worried about the country, saying the financial risks there shouldn't be under estimated.

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Craddick says she won't run for Texas Comptroller

Texas Railroad Commissioner Christi Craddick announced she will not run for Texas Comptroller in 2014. She will remain on the commission.?

Texas Railroad Commissioner Christi Craddick squashed rumors that she would run for Texas Comptroller in 2014, according to a statement posted on her Facebook page Wednesday afternoon.

"Over the last several weeks, I was encouraged by many supporters to consider running for Comptroller. I did give this opportunity considerable thought, however, I have concluded that I can best serve the people of Texas by continuing to oversee a stable and positive regulatory climate for Texas' thriving energy industry at the Railroad Commission of Texas. I do believe we need strong conservatives in office up and down the ballot and I intend to work hard to help Republicans win in 2014."

Fellow Railroad Commissioner Barry Smitherman announced in July that he would run for Texas Attorney General in 2014. The Republican said he wants to continue the "great work" done by current Attorney General Greg Abbot, who is running for governor.

The Texas Legislature passed a bill earlier this year that would have prohibited sitting commissioners from campaigning for public office but Gov. Rick Perry vetoed it.

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Union files appeal of A-Rod's suspension

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Source: recordonline.com --- Wednesday, August 07, 2013
CHICAGO ? The Major League Baseball Players Association has formally appealed Alex Rodriguez's 211-game suspension. ...

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