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Could Major League Baseball Sign A Female Player?

A 16-year-old girl from France has just made Major League Baseball history. Melissa Mayeux is a standout shortstop who plays on France’s national U-18 baseball team, the French senior national softball team, and her name was added to the MLB’s international registration list. That means she will be eligible to sign with a Major League Baseball team in the U.S. in July. A woman may actually be signed to play on a Major League team. How awesome is that?!

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Shia LaBeouf Too Intense?

Shia LaBeouf is known for his intensity, but his commitment to the craft landed him in the hospital.  Shia was reportedly injured on the North Dakota set of his new film American Honey. He was shooting a scene that required him to put his head through a glass window, but the stunt went wrong and he suffered deep cuts on the left side of his head. He also sliced the side of his index finger. He ended up getting 20 stitches to his head and 13 staples. He’s since been released from the hospital.

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Bike-Thru Mickey D’s For A McBike

McDonald’s is introducing the “McBike,” a drive-thru box made for cyclists. It’s designed to hook onto bicycle handlebars. The McBike packaging has been tested in Copenhagen, Denmark, and Medellin, Colombia. Next up is Amsterdam and Tokyo. No word on when they will be available in the U.S.

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Star Wars Actor Has Schizophrenia

Star Wars actor Jake Lloyd led police on a high-speed chase last week. He is suffering from schizophrenia. The 26-year-old former child actor allegedly attacked his mother in March after going off his meds, but when police arrived, she declined to press charges. His mother said he has struggled with the disorder since he was 19. He quit acting over 10 years ago.

 

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Happy Birthday Mick Fleetwood

Happy Birthday Mick Fleetwod, the  co-founder of Fleetwood Mac is 68.  The name of the band was merged with the name of the other co-founder, John McVie. Mick has been in Fleetwood Mac from its start as a British blues band in the ’60s.  The lanky Englishman has also done solo projects, penned an autobiography, played a record executive in Showtime’s made-for-cable movie Mister Music in ’99 and co-founded FleetwoodOwen, a company which conducts auctions of rock and roll memorabilia.

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Remove Cat Before Take Off

Imagine this kitty’s reaction when he realizes that he’s several thousand feet in the air. Poor cat. I think he used up 8 of his 9 lives.

 

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Orange Is The New Black Ice Cream

Laverne Cox of “Orange is the new black” has her own ice cream now. The “Three twins” ice cream company has created the flavor, “Chocolate orange is the new black”. It’s described as chocolate-orange confetti.

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Happy Birthday Bionic Woman

Happy birthday to Lindsay Wagner. The actress, known best for her role as the mechanically-reconstructed “Jaime Sommers” on the ’70s television series The Bionic Woman, turns 66 today.

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