O'Flaherty, Atlanta's fourth pitcher of the inning, walked pinch-hitter Justin Turner to force in a run before striking out Byrd on a 3-2 pitch.

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The boy's chin and lip were bruised and his lip cut inside, which in the doctor's opinion were caused by his chin forcefully striking a hard surface that, because of the degree of force, caused the bleeding to the brain.

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South Africa's police force was already under intense scrutiny after officers shot dead 34 striking miners last August.

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Reform Scotland's report, Striking the Balance, says the key to better policing is to give each local authority its own force.

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The trend is even more striking in Michigan, which owes some of its dramatic fall in unemployment to a shrinking population and a labour force that fell 8% between 2006 and 2011.

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