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Boston Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz heads into Tuesday's game against the Cincinnati Reds with a chance to take sole possession of fourth place on Boston's all-time home run list.

Per ESPN Stats & Info, Ortiz hit his 379th home run in a Red Sox uniform Saturday against the Oakland Athletics, pulling himself into a tie for fourth place with retired right fielder Dwight Evans.

Evans and Ortiz couldn't be more different, as Big Papi was a late-blooming slugger who could barely play first base, even in his younger years.

Evans, on the other hand, was successful from a young age and will ultimately be remembered for his work with the glove just as much as his work in the batter's box. The man affectionately known as "Dewey" toRed Sox fans retired with six Gold Glove Awards and just two Silver Slugger Awards.

Ortiz? Six Silver Sluggersall as a designated hitterand nary a Gold Glove.

Shortly after passing Evans on the franchise homer list, Ortiz will take aim at Jim Rice, who hit each of his 382 career home runs in a Red Sox uniform. Much like Ortiz, Rice was renowned for his slugging prowess, but he didn't have a whole lot else to offer.

Once Ortiz inevitably hits four more homers to pass Rice for third place, his ascent up the leaderboard may come to an end. CarlYastrzemski sits in second place with 452 dingers, while Ted Williams' 521 are good for the all-time Red Sox lead.

Ortiz seems to have plenty of gas left in the tank, but he is 38 years old, and he needs 74 more home runs to pass Yastrzemski for that No. 2 spot.

Signed through 2015, Ortiz would likely need to play until at least 2016 to have a shot at surpassing Yastrzemski, as the slugging DH hasn't topped 30 homers in a season since hitting 32 in 2010.

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Oakland Athletics left fielder Yoenis Cespedes hits an RBI-double in the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox, Sunday, May 4, 2014, in Boston. The Athletics won 3-2 over the Red Sox. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

BOSTON (AP) Daric Barton didnt bat and barely got on the field. He still made the game-saving play.

Yoenis Cespedes drove in the go-ahead run on an infield single with the bases loaded in the 10th and Barton, playing first, cut down the potential tying run at third in the bottom of the inning as the Athletics averted a three-game sweep with a 3-2 win over the Boston Red Sox on Sunday.

He made a terrific play, Oakland manager Bob Melvin said. Thats a gutsy play. Thats a play that if the runner gets over, they can win the game with a hit. A gutsy play.

Bostons Will Middlebrooks opened the inning with a single and advanced to second on the hit when center fielder Coco Crisp had the ball bounce away for an error.

With Barton playing in, guarding for a bunt, Jackie Bradley Jr. bounced it to first. Barton fired to third, cutting down Middlebrooks.

My whole goal was obviously to get the guy at third whether it was a bunt or a ground ball to me, Barton said. It feels good. Ive learned to be ready. Anything can happen at any time, but Ive learned to be ready when they call my name and go out there and do my job.

Barton came in when Josh Reddick left with a sprained ankle in the ninth.

Jim Johnson (3-2) then got Dustin Pedroia to bounce into a game-ending double play.

Middlebrooks was somewhat surprised and impressed by the play.

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A's salvage finale against Red Sox, 3-2

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By KEN POWTAK

Associated Press

BOSTON (AP) Daric Barton didn't bat and barely got on the field. He still made the game-saving play.

Yoenis Cespedes drove in the go-ahead run on an infield single with the bases loaded in the 10th and Barton, playing first, cut down the potential tying run at third in the bottom of the inning as the Athletics averted a three-game sweep with a 3-2 win over the Boston Red Sox on Sunday.

"He made a terrific play," Oakland manager Bob Melvin said. "That's a gutsy play. That's a play that if the runner gets over, they can win the game with a hit. A gutsy play."

Boston's Will Middlebrooks opened the inning with a single and advanced to second on the hit when center fielder Coco Crisp had the ball bounce away for an error.

With Barton playing in, guarding for a bunt, Jackie Bradley Jr. bounced it to first. Barton fired to third, cutting down Middlebrooks.

"My whole goal was obviously to get the guy at third whether it was a bunt or a ground ball to me," Barton said. "It feels good. I've learned to be ready. Anything can happen at any time, but I've learned to be ready when they call my name and go out there and do my job."

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Red Bluff >> The Red Bluff City Council on Tuesday will consider adopting a 2014-15 fiscal year budget that for the second consecutive year would have the city spending more than it takes in.

The budget still has its share of cuts, thought.

In the proposed budget, the yearly funding of the Red Bluff-Tehama County Chamber of Commerce would be sliced in half, and police and fire department spending would be reduced 2.5 percent.

In its report to the full council the city's budget committee, made up of council members Wayne Brown and Rob Schmid, said those tough budget cuts are necessary to achieve a year-end cash balance goal of $500,000.

The city's budget committee estimates a general fund balance of $648,062 as it heads into in the next fiscal year, according to a staff document. The proposed budget ends with an estimated general fund balance of $516,801, a decrease of $131,261.

City Finance Director Sandy Ryan has previously said the city needs to maintain a fund balance of around $1.3 million, which would be two months of general fund spending. It is city policy to reserve 15 percent of general fund expenditures, which would be $1.2 million, for uncertainties and contingencies.

The increase in city costs is attributed to pay raises and benefit cost increases required by agreements made with the city's union employees that were conditionally tied to any increases the city saw in sales tax revenue.

A 4.5 percent increase in police, fire and miscellaneous wages is included in the proposed budget because of existing agreements. The increase comes at a general fund cost of $134,000.

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LUBBOCK, Texas Texas Tech will look to add to its postseason resume this weekend when the Red Raiders close the regular season with a three-game series at No. 12 Oklahoma.

The Red Raiders are coming off wins in each of their last three Big 12 series and will be looking to solidify a top-four finish in the conference standings.

The series gets underway at 6:30 p.m. Friday evening at Marita Hynes Field in Norman and continues with 2 p.m. and 12 p.m. first pitches on Saturday and Sunday.

The series can be seen in its entirety as Friday and Saturday's games will air on FOX Sports Southwest Plus with the finale on FOX Sports Southwest.

ON THE HORIZON

Texas Tech will learn its postseason fate on Sun., May 11, during the NCAA Selection Show on ESPN2. The Red Raiders will be looking to advance to an NCAA Regional for the fourth time in the past five years and the sixth time in school history.

OKLAHOMA ALL-TIME SERIES

Texas Tech will look for its first series victory all-time over Oklahoma this weekend as the Red Raiders are 7-33 all-time against the Sooners, including a 4-16 mark in games played in Norman. Tech enters this weekend's series having dropped each of its last four contests against the Sooners after OU swept the series a year ago in Lubbock. The Red Raiders nearly came away with the series victory in their last trip to Norman in 2012 after picking up a 5-4 victory in the middle game. Oklahoma bounced back to take a 4-1 win in the finale, however. The 2013 series marks the only time the Red Raiders have been swept by OU under Shanon Hays as the fifth-year head coach is 3-8 all-time against the Sooners.

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Detroit First he lost his lunch. Then he lost his job. Then he lost his head.

It wasnt the best of weeks for Red Wings goaltender Jimmy Howard, whose larger-than-life bobblehead statue outside Campus Martius was vandalized early Thursday morning, less than a week after he fell ill and his team was summarily dismissed from the playoffs.

Heads will roll, as they say. And though the missing noggin from Howards statue eventually was recovered near a railroad underpass, theres no way to retrieve what was lost this past season for his team.

In the first year of a six-year, $31.75 million extension, Howard posted his worst numbers since a sophomore slump in 2010-11. He battled a knee injury all winter and what he called the most frustrating stretch of his five-year NHL career. And his hopes for a redemptive playoff run were cut short, first by a flu bug and then by the Bruins, the odds-on favorites to win the Stanley Cup.

Reflecting on all that this week, the 30-year-old called it an OK season.

But by no means was it a good or great season, added Howard, whose wife is expecting the couples second child this month. I think I can be a lot better, a lot more consistent for the guys, and thats what Im going to work on over the summer.

The summer arrived in early spring again for the Red Wings. And Howard doesnt need anyone to remind him the five-year drought coach Mike Babcock referred to Tuesday the Red Wings havent gotten past the second round of the playoffs since 2009 directly coincides with his tenure as Detroits No. 1 goaltender.

Its a demanding job, and Howard fully understands the expectations, especially after signing that long-term deal a year ago.

Fans balked at the money and the term in Howards new contract last winter, even though as it stands hell rank no higher than 13th among NHL goaltenders next season in terms of salary or cap hit.

Still, after finishing the season with subpar numbers 21 wins in 50 starts, a 2.66 goals-against average and a .910 save percentage Howard admits, I can be a lot better, across the board.

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Published: Friday, 5/2/2014

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A Toledo native will head out toward the Birmingham, Ala., area today to help organize other American Red Cross volunteers from across the country who are assisting victims of a tornado and flash flooding.

Kimberly Lemke the only Red Cross volunteer from northwest Ohio going to the disaster area will be coordinating the intake of agency staff and volunteers arriving at the scene, said Amanda Aldrich, a spokesman for the Northwest Ohio Region American Red Cross. Storms that hit the Birmingham area caused widespread damage.

Ms. Lemke and others will join more than 125 Red Cross workers who were in Alabama on Thursday, providing shelter, meals, and supplies to those affected.

We do staffing, she said. We make sure we know where everybody is, that everybody has a place to stay, and that they get to the right places where they can help the most.

Ms. Lem-ke, a merchandising coordinator at a chain retail store in Toledo, said she had volunteered for the Red Cross disaster services program after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and has taken multiple classes in the time since.

Her job experience helps with such volunteer work, she said, because she works with the public daily.

If it wasnt for volunteers like Kim, we wouldnt be able to provide our services the way we do, Ms. Aldrich said. Our volunteers are definitely our best asset.

Ms. Lemke said her daughter, Brittany Lemke, 25, of Toledo also volunteers for the Red Cross.

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DETROIT (AP) Detroit police are on the lookout for heads belonging to big bobbleheads of Red Wings goalie Jimmy Howard and center Pavel Datsyuk.

The head of the roughly 5-foot-tall Howard statue was reported missing around 5 a.m. Thursday from Campus Martius park in downtown.

The Detroit News reports the head from the Datsyuk bobblehead was taken last week.

Police say a group of people was seen taking the Howard head. Investigators plan to review surveillance footage to try to identify suspects.

The bobbleheads were part of an "April in the D" marketing campaign involving Fox Sports Detroit. Greg Hammaren, general manager for Fox Sports Detroit, says they were to be auctioned to support the Boys & Girls Club of America after they were displayed.

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Red hair is very highly sought after, especially with the worldwide domination of everyone's favorite girl crush Emma Stone and her luscious auburn locks.

There's always been those Hollywood bombshells that pull off the most unusual of hues with serious elegance and sex appeal - the natural red heads like Jessica Chastain and Julianne Moore, as well as the dyed red 'dos, like Scarlett Johansson's, which look pretty darned good, too. So, whether you were blessed with coppery locks or you're considering it out of the bottle, there will be inspiration for you in our round-up of redheads.

The beauty of red hair, aside from the unusual and often extraordinary tones, is how much the complexion and make-up affects the look. Isla Fisher often goes for a warmer skin tone, so all round more-sunned look, while Christina Hendricks keeps her porcelain complexion natural and tan-free, and a slick of bold red lipstick makes it seriously wow-worthy.

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A Rhinelander Red Cross volunteer is getting ready to head to Arkansas for her 7th deployment-- her second in seven months.

Carol Miller will head to Arkansas Thursday, to assist with disaster related health needs of the affected communities.

The Red Cross is supporting communities to help people get back on their feet. Red Cross says there are currently six disaster relief operations accepting volunteers in Arkansas, Kansas, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, and North Carolina.

In September 2013, Miller spent two weeks in Colorado as the area was hit by extreme floods.

If you'd like to provide financial support to the Red Cross you can do so by texting REDCROSS to 90999 to give $10 to American Red Cross Disaster Relief. The money is used to help people affected by disasters such as hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, wildfires and tornadoes.

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Welcome to Volume 3, Edition 1 of Red Sox power rankings, a wide-ranging excuse to write about the best and worst performers of the previous month as a new one begins. The only rule of the power rankings is that there are no rules to the power rankings. Prospects, suspects, Jim Rice, pine-tarred necks, Steve Lyons, front-office personnel -- anyone and everything is fair game. It's a measure of the exceptional and the unacceptable, with the middle ground unacknowledged. The top five are ranked; the bottom five are not since our pool of candidates is innumerable. Enough ballpark chatter. Let's get to it ...

TOP FIVE 1. Mike Napoli's bat

There's probably an overwhelming consensus of Red Sox fans (and New Englanders in general) who can't wait to flip the calendar to May tomorrow. Heck, we're capping the Red Sox' mediocre April (they'll get to .500 with a win over the Rays tonight) a day in advance just to put it behind us. But individually, at least, Napoli has to be one of the few Red Sox who are satisfied with how the season has begun. It's traditionally one of The Bearded One's better months -- he's a .253/.348/.517 hitter with 33 homers in 148 career March/April games. In 2013, he punished the ball right out of the gate, driving in 27 runs with an .850 OPS before May. This year, he's been similarly as good, with five homers and a .932 OPS. He'll be streaky, but he's more than worth it for the good times.

2. Jake Peavy

The small sample-size of the first few weeks of a season tends to result in some strange numbers. That particularly applies to Boston's favorite Duck Boat owner. He's made five starts and won just one. His ERA (2.87) is of ace-quality, but his FIP (fielding-independent pitching) is at 4.88, suggesting he's been something less than ace-quality. The Red Sox actually won his worst start -- a 6-5 victory over Baltimore in which he got a no-decision after allowing 10 hits and 5 runs in 5.2 innings. In the other four starts, he was brilliant, allowing 17 hits and 5 earned runs in 25.2 innings. For the second year in a row, he's picked up the slack for Clay Buchholz, and he's justifying the trade with the Tigers and White Sox even more this year than he did a season ago.

3. Mookie Betts

Well, what do we have here? A 21-year-old coming off a breakthrough season at two levels of Single A (.314, 15 homers, 38 steals) who is carrying it over and then some during his first foray in Double A? A plus-defender at second base who happens to be hitting .422/.471/.689 with four homers and 10 steals and who has active streaks of 15 games with a hit and 55 in which he's reached base? Don't wait for him to get to Fenway; get up to Portland to get a look at this dynamic young player now. And don't worry about the kid being blocked. He'll have super-sub positional versatility if he's not the centerpiece of a mega-trade.

4. Koji Uehara

I suppose he hasn't been quite as dominating as last year. After all, his 0.93 ERA is 0.66 higher than his ERA in the second half last year. He's collapsing before our eyes, Mike! Actually, he has given up a few more hits rate-wise than last year -- eight in 9.2 innings. But he's walked one while whiffing 17, a ratio even better than his 11.2 in 2013. Most importantly, he looks like himself after his shoulder scare. Exhale.

5. Jackie Bradley Jr.'s glove

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ICRC Bulletin 29 April 2014

Ethiopia: Red Cross provides South Sudanese refugees with urgent life-saving support

Since violence erupted in South Sudan in mid December, more than 95,000 people have fled to Gambella, in neighbouring Ethiopia, where they arrive exhausted, sick and in desperate need of support.

The Ethiopian Red Cross Society, the ICRC, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and the Swiss Red Cross are working together to provide the refugees with better access to medical care and clean water, while also promoting good hygiene practices.

"Families, many of them with very small children, walk for days, and sometimes weeks, to reach the safety of Ethiopia," said Ariane Tombet, head of the ICRC delegation in Ethiopia. "They are worn out from the journey, and many arrive sick and in need of immediate aid."

"The fact that life is becoming more difficult in the camps, where there is not enough shelter or water, requires the attention of all humanitarian organizations," said Frehiwot Worku, the secretary-general of the Ethiopian Red Cross. "More and more refugees are arriving every day. The Ethiopian Red Cross and its partners within the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement need to prepare for even greater numbers of refugees who have not yet arrived."

"The rainy season will soon be upon us and with that comes the potential for an increase in water-borne diseases such as cholera and diarrhoea," said Jill Clements, who heads the delegation of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies in Ethiopia. "It is vital that we work with refugees now to ensure they are aware of some of the measures they can take to help prevent diseases such as these from taking hold."

After assessing conditions in the refugee camps in early March, Red Cross Movement partners sent two fully equipped ambulances to the camps along with two other vehicles. "Red Cross ambulance crews are giving 24-hour service to refugees who need medical attention, while the two additional vehicles are used to transport patients whose condition is not critical," explained Ato Umed Uquay of the Ethiopian Red Cross Gambella branch.

In addition, equipment, medicines, hygiene items and other medical supplies have been donated to Gambella hospital and to Nyinenyang and Itang health centres.

In Letchuor camp, 100 volunteers who are refugees themselves have been trained in water and sanitation activities and in emergency health. Approximately 21,000 litres of water is being trucked to Kule camp every day from the town of Itang, more than 8 kilometres away.

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Since violence erupted in South Sudan in mid December, more than 95,000 people have fled to Gambella, in neighbouring Ethiopia, where they arrive exhausted, sick and in desperate need of support.

The Ethiopian Red Cross Society, the ICRC, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and the Swiss Red Cross are working together to provide the refugees with better access to medical care and clean water, while also promoting good hygiene practices.

"Families, many of them with very small children, walk for days, and sometimes weeks, to reach the safety of Ethiopia," said Ariane Tombet, head of the ICRC delegation in Ethiopia. "They are worn out from the journey, and many arrive sick and in need of immediate aid."

"The fact that life is becoming more difficult in the camps, where there is not enough shelter or water, requires the attention of all humanitarian organizations," said Frehiwot Worku, the secretary-general of the Ethiopian Red Cross. "More and more refugees are arriving every day. The Ethiopian Red Cross and its partners within the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement need to prepare for even greater numbers of refugees who have not yet arrived."

"The rainy season will soon be upon us and with that comes the potential for an increase in water-borne diseases such as cholera and diarrhoea," said Jill Clements, who heads the delegation of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies in Ethiopia. "It is vital that we work with refugees now to ensure they are aware of some of the measures they can take to help prevent diseases such as these from taking hold."

After assessing conditions in the refugee camps in early March, Red Cross Movement partners sent two fully equipped ambulances to the camps along with two other vehicles. "Red Cross ambulance crews are giving 24-hour service to refugees who need medical attention, while the two additional vehicles are used to transport patients whose condition is not critical," explained Ato Umed Uquay of the Ethiopian Red Cross Gambella branch.

In addition, equipment, medicines, hygiene items and other medical supplies have been donated to Gambella hospital and to Nyinenyang and Itang health centres. In Letchuor camp, 100 volunteers who are refugees themselves have been trained in water and sanitation activities and in emergency health. Approximately 21,000 litres of water is being trucked to Kule camp every day from the town of Itang, more than 8 kilometres away.

Plans are now under way to provide 12,000 of the neediest refugees, including pregnant and lactating women and refugees with disabilities, with fuel-saving stoves, firewood, emergency shelters and other items. In Pagak camp, the entry point from South Sudan, the Red Cross will build five communal shelters, each of which will be able to accommodate up to 300 refugees, and equip them with kitchen sets and sleeping mats.

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Following the success of last years TEDxNavesink conference that was held at Brookdale Community College, Lincroft, event organizers have moved to a new, larger venue and scheduled a wide array of new talks and live acts for 2014.

TEDxNavesink: Play, scheduled for May 10 at the Two River Theater, Red Bank, will feature two dozen talks and performances centered on the idea of play and its impact on everything from human behavior to business.

Its about the value of play in community, in education, in human progress, event co-organizer Brian Smiga of Atlantic Highlands said.

TEDx conferences are independently run events that must be licensed by TED, a nonprofit organization that has been running Ideas Worth Spreading events around the world for 26 years.

Smiga, along with a number of co-organizers and sponsors, organized the first TEDx in the region in Lincroft last year, centered on the benefits and challenges of life along the Jersey Shore.

This years lineup will feature speakers from throughout the region and across the globe, including a Canadian rap artist and award-winning playwright discussing the history of rhyme, and Marie Jackson, a James Beard-award nominated pastry chef from Atlantic Highlands who will speak about the healing power of play.

The event will also feature an expanded lineup of musical and comedic acts, including Mike OKeeffe, creative director of the Improv Jam Comedy Lab, Red Bank, who will discuss how improvisational comedy can be used to become a better human being.

Stanton Green, dean of the McMurray School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Monmouth University, West Long Branch, will give a talk about the Anthropology of Baseball, tracing its roots and cultural impact on America back to the 17th century.

Other talks featuring speakers from as far away as Chicago, Colorado and the Silicon Valley will focus on topics such as musical hypnosis, beer, social networking, urban planning, play in the animal kingdom and the role of play in human education.

John Dias, artistic director of the Two River Theater and a 20-year veteran of the public theater, will give a talk titled Pretending, Art and Life and explain why a performance is called a play in the first place.

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Galloping around Oregon Zoo with their 9-foot wingspans and bloodshot red heads, in the words of zookeeper Gwen Harris, condors are goofy creatures.

Their feather-ruffling mating signals are especially off the wall to Harris. When they put their heads down, wings out and walk in circles, Harris said, that is their way of saying, Hey, Im in the mood. Lets have a baby.

After near-extinction during much of the 20th century in the Pacific Northwest, condors now have a $2.3 million home for animal admirers to fawn over their striking features and effervescent personalities. The zoo has participated in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service California Condor Recovery Program in a secret rural Clackamas County location since 2003, hatching 40 chicks in about a decade.

On April 12, the Oregon Zoo opened a visitor path between Cougar Crossing and the Family Farm, allowing some fairly good views of the condors as they flap about the aviary, perching high on 20-foot tree snags. One of just a few condor exhibits throughout the world the third of eight major projects funded by the voter-approved 2008 zoo bond measure opens to the public May 24. And, until the end of their settling-in period, the huge scavengers will show off from a distance.

The exhibit is a natural destination for condors at the Jonsson Center for Wildlife Conservation in Clackamas County that arent genetically valuable for breeding, arent effective mentors, and that arent suitable for release into the wild. In baseball, the No. 42 was retired after Jackie Robinson broke through racial barriers and became the first black player in the major leagues. At the Oregon Zoo, the number is synonymous with the most inquisitive condor around Kaweah.

Hes gonna be the star, Harris said.

At the Jonsson Center, Kaweah (42) was on thin ice for breaking eggshells and causing general mischief. He also proved to be a lousy mentor. Because zookeepers didnt feel comfortable sending him off into the wild, they decided to enlist him in an industry that better suits him the entertainment business.

Though he is a crowd pleaser, his mischievous self hasnt changed since being placed in the exhibit.

This guy is a handful, Harris said. If you set a tool down, he may take it from you and run off with it.

But Kaweah is just an extreme representative of a species that is naturally inclined to investigate anything and everything.

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The stereotype of male attractiveness has always been tall, dark and handsome. But while that guy is off topping up his tan or dying over the greys that detract from his perceived allure, a pasty, freckled, fiery rival is busy usurping him.

That's right, the brunette man's monopoly on handsomeness is under siege from an unlikely candidate: the ginger.

The rise of the redhead is upon us, and not a minute too soon. There's room for more than one type up on that pedestal of desirability and now redheads who make up 2 per cent of the population have stepped up.

Louis Evans has come a long way after being the victim of anti-ginger bullying at school.

Prince Harry is arguably the leader of a pack of notable redhead men in public life that includes actors Ewan McGregor, Damian Lewis, Michael Fassbender, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Rupert Grint. Comedian Tim Minchin has been so stigmatised he wrote a song about it, aptly titled Prejudice.

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Proving this rise from the ashes is model Louis Evans, who recently toured Australia after setting the modelling world abuzz. One of the most popular new faces of London's exclusive Bookings Models agency, Evans has come a long way since being the victim of anti-ginger bullying at school.

He certainly feels the tide is turning red; when asked if redheaded men have been treated differently from redheaded women, he laughs and remarks how far ginger men have come in a short time.

Simon Simpson has noticed a "ginger-loving trend" recently.

In the past year photographer Thomas Knights ran the RED HOT campaign featuring a series of topless photographs of highly attractive ginger men because "guys with red hair don't have the positive role models that girls do.

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Toronto Bostons Clay Buchholz looked like he was heading for another forgettable outing. Instead, he found his form and picked up his first victory of the season.

A.J. Pierzynski hit his eighth career grand slam, Will Middlebrooks added a solo home run and the Red Sox held on to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 7-6 on Saturday.

Buchholz (1-2) survived a shaky first inning to win for the first time in five starts. The right-hander allowed three runs and six hits in seven innings, bouncing back from a bad start against Baltimore last Monday in which he allowed six runs in 2 1-3 innings.

After working on his delivery between starts, Buchholz was eager to try out the refinements. A little too eager, in fact.

I was almost too amped up for the start today at the beginning, Buchholz said. Everything was up and I wasnt finishing many pitches.

Once he settled down, Buchholz retired 10 of the final 11 batters he faced.

The first couple of innings were rough and then he really got in a good groove, Middlebrooks said.

Buchholz, who walked three and struck out three, is 8-2 with a 1.72 ERA in 11 career starts at Toronto.

Jose Bautista and Juan Francisco hit solo home runs for the Blue Jays, who have lost a season-high four straight games.

Middlebrooks has five home runs and 10 extra-base hits in 13 career games at Torontos Rogers Centre. He had a three-homer game against the Blue Jays on April 7, 2013.

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