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After Saturday afternoon's Western New York High School Football banquet, I checked out Rochester private school power Aquinas's visit to Canisius.
It was a great matchup, of course, between two teams that are considered by many (including this guy) as the best teams from the Buffalo and Rochester areas. What I saw in Aquinas was a very, very good team that beat Canisius -- but more on that later.
I also figured I'd ask -- since they were in town -- how it was that they ended up in Class AA this year. Aquinas won Class A in Section V (Rochester area) last season, and beat Buffalo's East to advance to the state final four.
Aquinas returns key components from that team -- namely 6-foot-7 senior forward and Canisius College recruit Phil Valenti and senior point guard and Monmouth College recruit Christian White. So they certainly would appear to have the pedigree for Class AA.
But more than one person (again, this guy included), have wondered alound about how convenient it was that this season -- one in which Bishop Kearney (also in Section V's A) will also be a major force (the Knights have already beaten Niagara Falls and Long Island power St. Mary's) -- was the one that Aquinas decided to move up to AA.
Aquinas' response? To paraphrase: "Pffffffft!" :-)
"People saying we're trying to avoid Kearney are wrong," said Aquinas coach Mike Grosodonia.
"They're a very good team, and they almost had to move up, too. They fought to stay down, so you can go both ways with it."
Just for the record: Aquinas has beaten Kearney six times in a row -- which doesn't exactly make them the team the Irish would like to avoid. And they are playing twice in the regular season. But come playoff time, Aquinas will be in AA, Kearney in A.
"Obviously our public school didn't want us there [in AA], let alone even in the section. But we wanted to be in the highest one. For us, we had won A and we had a shot to win states, and we came up short. We just thought we wanted to play the best class, with the best teams, and our kids wanted it. They wanted to play the AA schools. We still play Bishop Kearney twice, we play Canisius, the teams we really want to play to get better. It was more of our kids wanted to go and play in AA and give it a shot there."
Said Valenti: "It's a better challenge for us. We play Bishop Kearney twice this year, we played them three times last year -- it has nothing to do with Kearney. There are better teams in the section [in AA]. It doesn' t matter who we play, there is going to be a great team in the crossover [Section V's AA final]."
Sounds good to me. I hereby apologize for wondering aloud about Aquinas' intentions. The important thing is that arguably the strongest team in the section overall is playing in Class AA, where it should be playing.
Kearney should be there as well, especially with the influx of talent in recent seasons. Kearney might say it is playing "up" in Class A because it has normally been in Class B. False. A private school located in the city the size of Rochester playing in Class B is a joke, but that's where we have seen Kearney show up quite a bit in the Far West Regionals.
When Aquinas' move to AA was announced during the fall, it prompted me to write something I've espoused in live chats and blogs for years: that Aquinas football, which is inarguably one of the best football programs in New York State and has been for about a decade (at least), should be playing in Class AA (it has played in Class A for all of that aforementioned decade).
And now, some of you out there might be thinking: "Isn't this guy a little obsessed with Aquinas?" Not the case. Aquinas is just a lightning rod for something I am certainly obsessed with: Seeing the state tournament be run as fairly and as equitably as it should be. When teams aren't classified correctly, it warps the entire thing.
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And now, back to the game.
Aquinas is talented. And they are mean. I got to the game in the second half, and that's what I saw: a team that wasn't just good but played with a serious edge. It sure sounded like Aquinas used that edge to take control of the game from the start.
"They walked into our building, kind of punched us in the mouth, and it took us unfortunately 10 to 12 minutes to realize that we just got hit and to kind of fight back a little bit," said Canisius coach Kyle Husband. "Toughness and energy -- those things go a long way in this game. They had way more of it than we did. Phil and Christian are just, they're not only really good players, but they're physical and they've got attitude, and those things mean something."
It sure looked that way to me. White runs the team, has a great shot, a great handle and is tenacious on defense. When going upcourt with the ball or driving the lane, he has what seems to be a bull-in-a-china-shop appraoch: he's almost willingly looking for defenders trying to get in his way, initiating contact and using his positioning (including some savvy positioning of his off-arm) to power his way downcourt or to the basket.
Down low, Valenti got rebound after rebound while he also displayed some range. He also plays with great energy and intensity, and sometimes he goes too far. He certainly did in the third quarter, after he followed what was an outstanding follow while being fouled with a clear, full-throat, in-your-face yelling taunt at a defender. He was called for a technical and he should have been. After he nailed a three in the fourth quarter gave Aquinas an 18-point lead, his fired-up celebration, complete with a big smile and what seemed like a laugh, bordered on mocking the opposition. But it's not like that's never been done before.
That's fine. Aquinas is good. They play with an edge. You want to beat these guys? You've got to play smart, physical, intense, team basketball just like the Little Irish.
"That's what we're about," Valenti said after I asked him about how the team plays with an edge. "Being tough, not backing down from anyone."
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And now, for one of the strangest things I've seen at a scorer's table:
In the fourth quarter, a foul was called on (I'm pretty sure) 6-6 junior Jake Cercone. The scoreboard said it was his fifth foul. The Canisius scorekeeper (an adult) said that was wrong, that it was the fourth foul. The students running the table, who had thought it was the fifth and thought it might be time to sound the horn for a disqualification, did not. The Aquinas scorekeeper (an adult) started yelling, the Canisius scorekeeper said it was the fourth foul, the students running the table said the scoreboard was a mistake, and play resumed. Then the Aquinas scorekeeper jumped out of his seat, continued to yell, alerted the Aquinas coaches, and then the officials stopped the game.
An official came over to the scorer's table, asked what was up, they looked to the home scorebook, which is the official book, he had four fouls, and that was that. For the record, Cercone wasn't in the game that much, and I would have been surprised if he had five fouls.
Scorekeepers are supposed to work together in a situation like that -- especially adults. Even if there is an important discrepancy, they are supposed to work together, not jump up and down like the place is on fire. It's just bad form.
And it also encourages something yelled a few moments later from one of the Aquinas adult fans: "Hey, why don't you put 10 minutes back on the clock, too?!?!?!" (Hilarious.). There were quite a few Aquinas fans there -- they travel well, and let's just say that they play with an edge too :-).
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And now, for the classless move of the month:
[I swear I am not picking on Aquinas or its fans. I have the utmost respect for the athletic program and I certainly admit to having problems with where they are classified. But this stuff happened at the game, and I would have written about both of these last two items if they involved a local team.]
At the end of the game, the Canisius student who was doing the PA from the scorer's table, closed out the afternoon of basketball (the teams' freshmen and JV teams also played) by recalling those results and then he added that, in the varsity game, something to the effect of that the Crusaders had lost but it was a "fine effort by Canisius."
And adult male fan from Aquinas, who was making his way out of the bleachers, followed that up right away with, audible to anyone within earshot, an adolescent, mocking retort of: "Well, it wasn't good enough."
And a Merry Christmas to you, too, Mr. Scrooge. :-)
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Utah baseball meets TCU with the Mountain West Conference baseball championship on the line.
This will be Utah's first appearance in the baseball championship since 1963. Cal-State Fullerton is a college baseball power, coming into this ranked 4th in the nation. Good luck, Utes!
I know I don't talk about baseball much on this blog, but this can't go unnoticed. The Utes have won their first MWC tournament conference championship with a 9-3 victory over the San Diego Aztecs....
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Letter to the Editor
On behalf of the Finally Fridays Committee, I want to thank the Clinton community, our business sponsors and our volunteers for supporting us once again this last season.
The weather cooperated and we had record crowds at our monthly events.
We have set our dates for next year and are anxious to share those in advance so you can mark your calendar now.
The events will take place on Fridays from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Riverview Park Bandshell on June 7, July 5, Aug. 2 and Sept. 6.
This year we will feature two bands per night increasing our variety and offering more bands a chance to perform outdoors for you.
We are pleased to be able to offer this family event for free and look forward to another great season of music along the Mississippi.
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OLYMPIA - As Washington State firefighters prepare for what is predicted to be a more dangerous than normal fire season, the Arizona tragedy weighs heavily on their minds.
Nineteen members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, based in Prescott, Ariz., were killed Sunday when a windblown wildfire overcame them north of Phoenix.
"Pretty much made me physically ill," said Tom Wojnar, a mechanic who prepares Department of Natural Resources (DNR) helicopters to fight this summer's fires.
"It's one of those things we never have to talk about but it's a reality we see way too much," said Albert Kassel, A Department of Natural Resources (DNR) fire spokesman.
The deaths bring back horrible memories of the 2001 30-Mile Fire near Winthrop, Wash. Four firefighters died in that fire. They, like those in Arizona, tried to climb into their personal fire shelters. It's a last ditch effort that is a firefighter's last chance for survival. Ten firefighters in the 30-Mile Fire survived in their shelters.
Kassel said the shelter is a place no firefighter wants to go but must be prepared for.
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Studying for the year's biggest standardized tests can wait, District 26 Superintendent Anita Saunders said. Scholars at P.S. 173 have a more important task at hand — memorizing the 120-word oath they took Friday to put safety first as passengers and pedestrians.


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Eddie Adamson, Chickasha Chief of Police, has had some adventures.
He missed a bullet by a mechanical fluke, worked with the Clintons and was interviewed by the BBC on the night of his high school prom.
Always a fan of the open road, Adamson once owned a motorcycle. But after putting mileage on his back— partly while commanding SWAT teams—he said he sticks to convertibles, like his silver BMW. He picked it for a good reason: "Life is short."
Convertibles also have the benefit of what Adamson calls "air therapy." Going on a drive with the top down helps him deal with stress, he said.
Adamson is also a big fan of music which may have propelled him into a career as a radio D.J. and newscaster for a station in East Arkansas that played a mix of country, old rock, big band music and Christian music.
The wide range of tunes was right down Adamson's alley, who describes his taste in music as "eclectic," listening to everything from Kid Rock to B.B. King. "I've got all kinds of music on my iPod," he said. Adamson isn't just into the big boys, he likes a lot of independent artists as well, such as a band called "Egypt Central," from Memphis.
Adamson describes himself as "tech nerd," and he's been at it for a while. He said he first got into computer programing in the early 1980s. His first computer was a TI-99/4A that plugged into the television. He said he still enjoys toying with technology, trying new things in new ways. It's also been helpful with his reemerging interest in photography.
Adamson said he had a "very enjoyable career" working with Power Pro Wrestling outside the ring in Alabama. Adamson did a live broadcast show, held fundraisers for Toys for Tots and took a lot of pictures and got into some writing.
"I got hit a lot" he says with a laugh.
Adamson has been a shutterbug from an early age, even garnering international attention.
While Adamson attended high school in Arkansas, he was a photographer for his high school yearbook. The photos from that night appeared in the Washington Post and around the world via the Associated Press.
"I was just in the right place at the right time," Adamson said.
The subject of these widely published photos was the first integrated prom in 1988 in Forrest City, Arkansas. News media were not permitted inside the prom, but satellite trucks were camped outside while Adamson snapped away pictures inside while enjoying his prom night. That night, he was also interviewed by BBC.
"We were just having prom," Adamson said. For Adamson's class the real excitement was having a prom at all.
In addition to having his photos in publications in households across the globe, Adamson has rubbed elbows with some big household names.
Adamson has worked directly with former President Bill Clinton and former First Lady Hillary Clinton and been to a New Year's Eve party with Cybil Shepard and Justin Timberlake in attendance.
But to Adamson, "Everybody is just somebody." He said he said he passes this message on to his daughter, who has recognized people in the media her father has met when she was younger with a passive, "Hey isn't that that guy we met?"
They once stopped at a roadside carnival where they met Shaquille O'Neal and his children. But to the Adamsons, Shaq was just a guy with his kids.
Adamson said he is appreciative of his life experiences and credits his parents for building his confidence.
"I was just a kid that grew up in Arkansas," Adamson said. "but I had parents that never told me 'you can't.'"
Adamson and his daughter, Presley, a senior at Chickasha High School, enjoy going on road trips together. They regularly take off to Arkansas to meet with family, to try new things and dine at hibachi grills.
However, not all of Adamson's adventures have been joyrides. He's been shot at, stabbed, beaten up and left on the side of the road and had his family stalked by a psychopath.
Adamson has literally dodged a bullet due to a mechanical error that he says seems impossible. During a drug raid, Adamson was shot at while entering a doorway. The first bullet flew just by Adamson. Then something amazing happened, Adamson said. The casing did a 180 and went back into the the barrel, preventing another shot.
"There is just no way that should have happened," Adamson said.
This raid was also an example of Adamson wearing many hats. In the local newspaper the day after the raid, Adamson was captured wearing his raiding vest over a peach shirt and a tie. Adamson said he had just come back from teaching a criminal justice class at the local junior college.
Adamson has been in law enforcement for 23 years. He's worked in Forrest City, Arkansas and Guymon, Okla. before becoming police chief in Chickasha in October 2012. He's also taught criminal justice in a university setting, trained officers and taught gang awareness to police officers and school administrators. He also served as a school resource officer.
"It was a tough job but very rewarding," he said.
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By Katie Dahlstrom
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The rough-and-tumble life of a lumberjack in the early 1900s doesn't resemble the modern amenity-filled lives people currently lead.
Through a series of new exhibits at the Sawmill Museum, children and adults alike can drift back in history to experience what it was like for the people who once made Clinton the lumber capital of the world.
The new exhibits, which were made possible by a grant from the Clinton County Development Association, opened Friday.
According to the museum's executive director, Kelly Halbert, the new exhibits are about understanding the lives of those involved in the lumber industry as well as the evolution of the industry itself.
"I tend to think 'OK, you've got a board,' but where did that come from?'" Halbert said. "Each one of their lives was just so interesting and different."
Through the lumber camp exhibit, children can have a hands-on experience of what it was like to live as a lumberjack.
They can explore the foreman's house and wanigan (supply store), stable, blacksmith's shop, mess hall and kitchen and living quarters. In each child-size structure special detail was paid to convey a true sense of camp.
Besides the small buildings, the exhibit features trees and a swing set for children to climb through and on. It also contains a plethora of animal puppets.
Murals completing the camp scene were painted on all walls surrounding the camp by Ashford students Skylar Davis and Sarah Bauer and Unity Christian art teacher Laura Readdy.
In front of the wall showing a lush forest that was cut to stumps are stumps constructed for children to climb on.
The Sawmill Museum's educational director Brenda Linville, who envisioned the camp, handcrafted all of the trees and stumps.
"It started out as a sketch and just grew into this lumber camp," Linville said.
Linville said the camp, which took more than two months to complete, will help children grasp the way people involved in the lumber industry lived more than merely telling them about it would.
"If they can do it, they can understand it better," she said.
While the children are experiencing the life of a lumberjack, adults can be swept away by the history and evolution of the lumber industry at one of the museums other new exhibits.
The museum was able to secure the postcard exhibit from the LeClaire House in Davenport. Eighteen panels display reproductions of black and white as well as color postcards depicting river towns like Clinton and Fulton.
Next to the postcard exhibit is one on lumberjacks, sawyers and rafters, who were critical to the industry.
"They were the key men in making the lumber industry in Clinton work," Halbert said.
Another exhibit features equipment that was used from the early 1900s through present time, creating a story of the industrial revolution.
"When you go back to the basics of woodworking, the addition of power changed everything," Halbert said.
Halbert is also working on an exhibit that will show the lives of the lumber barons themselves and how different they were from the lives of their workers.
"We're going to compare their lifestyles with those of the mill workers, realizing also that they started in the same position," Halbert said.
Finally, the museum will display different machinery that was used in the area for the lumber industry.
Halbert said the mill is currently not working, but she hopes to have it running again within the next two weeks.
The Sawmill Museum is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, 1 to 4 p.m. on Sunday and 1 to 5 p.m. on Monday.
Admission for children from ages 3 to 10 is $3, adults will pay $4.
The museum is also offering a new deal for $50 that will allow families access for one year as well as 10 percent off items in the gift shop.


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Greetings again from HSBC Arena as we get set for Game Four, which will actually face off in the 7:40 range (raspberries and other noises from the press box in the direction of TSN for that one). I'm still trying to thaw out from the walk over here from One News Plaza a couple of hours ago through a biting wind that made it feel like January. I'm thinking the folks in the Party on the Plaza here at the arena should be inside at a watering hole somewhere? Why would you stand outside in this?
What happened to spring in this town anyway? That's one of the joys of playoff hockey, isn't it? The folks from Philly are snickering because the high temperature was 80 there today. Granted, it's supposed to be 53 range for Game Five on Friday but what we've had here has been ridiculous with the rain, wind, thunderstorms and Monday's snow.
The Bisons were supposed to be having Kids Week with ice cream giveaways all week. Yeah, right. Banged again today after playing two yesterday in 30-degree weather.
So maybe through all this we can agree it's hockey weather after all. By this point in the series, it's hard to have anything insightful to say. One thing that stick out to me is that the Sabres have to find more offense -- actually any offense -- from their top forwards.
They have seven goals in the series, with one each from the likes of Cody McCormick, Patrick Kaleta, Nathan Gerbe and Andrej Sekera. Thomas Vanek has two, both on the power play, and is minus-4. Drew Stafford has the other. Jason Pominville, Brad Boyes and Tim Connolly have yet to score, with Connolly's goalless streak in the playoffs at 26 games. Paul Gaustad hasn't scored either but that's nothing new -- 0 goals in 34 career playoff games. As well as he's playing, I'm not thinking the Sabres are long for these playoffs if Marc-Andre Gragnani continues to be their leading scorers.
The Flyers, meanwhile, continue to try to get through this series without Chris Pronger and take another huge step in that regard tonight. They were brutally mediocre (9-9-7) over the last 25 games but they're finding their stride. Bad news for the Sabres.
Be sure to check out the archive of tonight's pregame chat by going to this link. And if you missed the chat, be sure to join us Friday night at 6:30 for 30 minutes prior to Game Five.
Sabres starters: Gerbe-Connolly-Stafford? (Hmmm). Leopold-Gragnani. Goal: Miller
Flyers starters: Carcillo-Betts-Powe-O'Donnell-Meszaros. Goal: Boucher.
Game on.
---Mike Harrington
Third Period
Of note: First off, the Caps have scored three goals in the first 12 1/2 minutes of the third to wipe out their 3-0 deficit and tie the Rangers, 3-3. Wow. ... Back here, Van Riemsdyk leads all players with six shots on goal and has been great again. Best player in the series by a lot. ... Pominville leads Buffalo with three shots. Connolly leads the forwards with 12:26 and that's a joke because he has been terrible most of the night. ... Butler has played a game-high 17:42. Flyers have 14 blocked shots. Sabres have a 20-15 lead in hits and faceoffs are split, 19-19.
9:32 p.m: The puck is dropped.
17:51 left: PP lousy so far. Puck knocked out of zone three times, Butler offside another. One shot. Connolly also passed up a wide-open one from 10 feet. That's why he never scores in the playoffs.
15:00 left: Lots of boos. The Flyers knocked the puck out of the zone 13 times - 13! -- after Buffalo got it in. Sabres had just two shots on the five-minute penalty, Flyers one. Richards was literally jumping up and down in the box as the clock expired. Now, it's five minutes less off the clock but you could have grabbed this game by the throat too. And you would think the Flyers have some momentum now. The crowd is quiet.
13:25 left: Sloppy, sloppy. Icing on Buffalo.
12:04 left: Caps-Rangers going to overtime. Incredible. Bergenheim goal with 3:17 left pulls Lightning into 2-2 tie with Pens after they were down, 2-0. Crazy night so far.
10:00 left: Sabres holding on. Shots are 4-3 for Buffalo.
9:37 left: Miller with the save on Versteeg from the slot.
8:50 left: Save of the SERIES: Miller stones Briere all alone in front with two dekes, snaring it with the glove. The crowd is wild now. Who made that horrible giveaway at the line? Gaustad? That puck has GOT to get out of the zone there. No excuse.
6:29 left: Shots are 6-4 for Flyers.
5:37 left: Boucher stops Pominville slapper and Ennis just misses rebound.
5:21 left: Ennis stopped on breakaway by Boucher.
5:03 left: Another SENSATIONAL STOP by Miller. Diving to his right on a rebound to rob Richards. We got "Ry-an Mil-ler, Ry-an Mil-ler, Ry-an Mil-ler" chants going. Wow.
4:01 left: Kaleta wipes out a great Vanek chance alone in front by wiping out in the crease and knocking the net off. Untouched.
3:00 left: Flyers nearly had too many men on the ice. Faceoff in Philly zone.
1:20 left: Boucher out.
1:12 left: Faceoff in Buffalo zone. Timeout, Flyers.
30.8 left: Miller survives scramble and spikes puck out of the crowd of players. Crowd chanting his name again. Faceoff to Miller's right. They're checking the clock. We think it ran. They're putting it back to 32.6.
18: Gaustad post on empty net
Second Period
8:37 p.m. The puck is dropped. Myers has returned. But Carter has NOT.
18:19 left: Niedermayer stopped from right in front. Overpassing from Gragnani. Should have shot. Then niedermayer overhandled.
17:13 left: Good stop by Miller on Carcillo on a 3-on-2. Tough time for Weber at the Flyers' line and into the Buffalo zone.
16:11 left: Carter has a right knee injury. But the Flyers say he might return. They said lower body but it's pretty clear on replay what happened when he collided with Myers.
15:11 left: How about the Rangers leading the Caps, 3-0, at MSG? Pressure building on No. 1 seeded Washington again.
14:50 left: Miller stands up for a good stop on Hartnell. Sabres still treating the puck like a hot potato too much. One press box wag said hand grenade to me during the intermission. They're definitely jittery with it. Miller has been strong so far.
13:30 left: McCormick and Grier on a 2-on-1. That took forever. Shot wide.
10:52 left: Pominville slapper stopped. Shots are 17-15, Buffalo. Some good work by the Sabres in transition and I was really impressed with the backchecking on Vanek a couple shifts ago as he came back into the Buffalo zone and stole the puck. Key play. Never shows up in any stat column but you have to have them.
9:11 left: We're just past the halfway mark. Shots are 5-5 in this period and 18-16 for Buffalo.
8:21 left: Powe off the post after a sequence where Connolly got beat twice. Then Miller clubbed Carcillo in the crease and got help from Weber. Carcillo and Miller get roughing. Gerbe serves Miller. Weber got nothing and Laviolette isn't happy. He's getting an audience with the officials.
6:28 left: Miller stands up to stop Coburn. Flyers have 21-18 edge in shots and getting better of the play again. Miller has been strong in his crease tonight and not flopping too much. Good to see.
6:13 left: Great stop by Boucher on Myers. Gerbe just fails to handle rebound.
5:41 left: Myers for elbowing. Flyers to the PP. They're 0-2 in this one and 2-20 in the series.
3:00 left: Sabres survive the power play. Another terrible weak play with the puck by Connolly gave the Flyers another 30 seconds of zone time.
2:14 left: Flyers nailed for too many men on the ice as they were breaking into the zone. And Gaustad-Montador alertly get Kaleta away from Carcillo, who was chirping at him trying to lure him into an even-up deal.
2:03 left: Two goals in 57-second span early in the third by Caps at MSG. Rangers' lead cut to 3-2.
2.8 seconds left: WOW. Kaleta tries to hit Richards near the bench but Richards puts up the elbow and drills him in the face. FIVE-MINUTE MAJOR.
End-2nd: Sabres hold the 1-0 lead. Shots were 10-8 for Philly and it's 21-21 through two. Sabres will have 4:58 left on their power play. Huge chance.
First Period
7:40 p.m. The puck is dropped. By the way, Doug Allen did not stand on the Sabres logo mat at center ice while singing the anthem. Tara Minogue did the other night, just for the record. Hmmmm. Wonder if the players are gonna fine her 20 bucks?
16:00 left: Big, physical start by the Sabres. Gerbe nailed Betts, Kaleta drilled van Riemsdyk and Grier on Versteeg. And the lines are downright goofy. They rolled Gerbe-Connolly-Stafford, Vanek-Gaustad-Kaleta, Ennis-Niedermayer-Pominville, McCormick-Boyes-Grier.
14:05 left: Weber for tripping along the boards in the Buffalo zone. Just inside the blueline. Ticky-tack. Zherdev took a nice dive to accentuate the stick. Remember when someone asked in the chat about the officiating and I said I was OK with it? Not there.
12:00 left: Sabres survive as Butler makes a great save on Leino in the crease with Miller out of position.
11:27 left: Flyers got no shots on the PP. It's 4-1 for Buffalo through 8 1/2 minutes.
10:22 left: The Sabres make the breakthough and it's from a top-six forward. Badly needed. Great work from behind the net by Ennis and great veteran patience from Niedermayer to hold the puck and slide it over to Pominville for a tap-in at the edge of the crease. Sabres lead, 1-0 and the "Boo-chay" chants are out.
10:00 left: Grier and Boyes stopped from in tight.
9:42 left: Carcillo goes for goalie interference even though he landed right on his butt. Gotta see the replay on that one. Sabres to the power play.
9:01 left: Stafford for interference at center ice as Versteeg tries to get away. Total ticky-tack. Lindy was furious over that one.
7:18 left: Van Riemsdyk with a wide-open net -- but a sliding toe of Myers' got the puck and it went over th net. Sabres were in trouble on a 3-on-1 but Butler broke that up.
7:00 left: Sabres and the crowd upset as Miller gets sticked in the mask by Versteeg. Except it wasn't. Weber got him.
5:47 left: Shots are 7-6 for Buffalo. Flyers have been in control since Carcillo got out of the box.
5:37 left: Boucher for tripping Grier. Comes two seconds after a Myers snapshot from the slot beats Boucher -- but cranks off the post.
4:18 left: Versteeg gets a backhander on Miller. Save. Walked right around Connolly, who was lolly-gagging after the puck at the Buffalo line.
3:58 left: Boyes off the post on his own rebound. Sabres have had chances for the 2-0 lead. Big chances. Haven't converted.
3:00 left: Save on Niedermayer, who has been terrific again, as he cut down through the left circle. Shots are 10-8, Buffalo. Niedermayer spent 50 games doing absolutely nothing and has been very good for more than a month.
2:12 left: Myers down in front of the net. Got drilled high in a collision by Carter, right in the jaw. Last thing Sabres need is another D-man out. Bet Myers is headed to the quiet room.
End-1st: Sabres survive with their 1-0 lead. Shots are 13-11 for Buffalo. Flyers much better last couple minutes. Leopold has been pretty brutal with the puck and keeps getting beat. Looks nowhere near 100 percent.
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A former church on Holten Street is planned to be replaced by a new building with a cafe and six apartments.
The building at 78 Holten St. dates back to 1857 and was mostly recently used by Yellow Jackets Gymnastics but it has been empty for the past few months.
Danvers resident Peter Pantazelos bought the building in December. The plan to tear down the building has already been reviewed by the Preservation Commission, which gave its OK.
The plan needs an OK from the Zoning Board Appeals because of the mix of retail and residential use in an industrial zone. It will also have to go before the Planning Board.
The yet-to-be named cafe on the first floor will have 35-40 seats and serve breakfast, lunch and dinner. James Cote, the attorney working on the project, told the Zoning Board that it may also seek a liquor license.
Above the cafe the new building would be home to six apartments on the second and third floors. Each unit would have two bedrooms and be about 1,000 square feet. There will be 12 parking space for the units in the 35 space parking lot, with five spaces under the building, Cote said.
The existing building, which sits across the street from McKinnon's Market, is unsafe and needs to be town down. The new building will look very similar to the existing building, and be 51 feet tall, about two feet shorter than the existing building. The building will not be as deep as the existing building.
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HEF is a foundation like no other, offering scholarships to every single Harlandale ISD graduate who pursues a higher education. For two weeks every year, employees have the chance to donate via cash, check or payroll deduction. The breakfast served as a motivation tool to the principals, counselors and teachers who are responsible for the drive at their campus or department.
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Theft, car chase lands London man in jail
Hiding behind a church didn't help a London man escape arrest Sunday.
Johnny D. Brown, 39, of Laurel County faces charges of burglary, fleeing and evading, theft of a firearm, theft under $500 and criminal mischief.
Kentucky State Police requested assistance from the London Police Department after Trooper Stacy Walker responded to Miller Lane for a disturbance call.
Reports state the disturbance was caused by an ex-husband who had entered the home to steal a gun and had begun firing the gun inside the home.
Both Walker and London Police Officer Justin Hopkins arrived at the home and saw the suspect in a blue Chevrolet Cavalier.
When Hopkins turned his cruiser toward the vehicle, the Chevy sped off. Hopkins pursued the suspect down Miller Lane, then Court Road. The chase continued onto KY 1006, then on Old Union Church Road.
The suspect drove through several properties along Old Union Church Road, then left that road and drove on Hammons Lane.
The suspect attempted to conceal himself behind Victory Baptist Church.
Further investigation revealed Brown had entered the home illegally, stolen a handgun and assorted other items. Hopkins also recovered a .38 caliber Rossi revolver from the vehicle's back seat.
Brown faces charges of first-degree burglary, fleeing and evading arrest, theft of a firearm, theft under $500 and criminal mischief.
Other officers involved include Jacob Bormann and Justin Roby.
Five children taken from London home
A mother of five was arrested Saturday after two of her children were found wandering the streets alone.
According to London Police Chief Stewart Walker, April Cathers, 26, of London, faces five counts of endangering the welfare of a minor.
A concerned citizen called the London Police Department to report the two small children roaming around South Main and Ballsinger streets without supervision and one without clothing.
Further investigation revealed the children, ages 4 and 5, had left their Ballsinger Street home one block away from where they were found.
At the residence, officers found three more children, ages 1, 6 and 7. They also found the home unfit for living after finding feline and canine feces on the floor, raw sewage on the bathroom floor and molded food on the kitchen counters and on the floor.
Officers were unable to locate any beds, and Cathers admitted the children slept on two couches and a chair.
The investigation continues by both the police department and Family Based Services.
Juvenile arrested after fight
A fight reported at apartments on Robert E. Cox Road brought Laurel County Sheriff's Deputy Milton Storm to the scene Saturday.
Upon arrival, Storm witnessed a male fleeing the area on foot. According to Laurel County Sheriff John Root, a short foot chase ensued ending in the arrest of a "belligerent" male juvenile.
The teen was identified by witnesses at the apartment building. Root said the male victim had cuts on his face after being struck with a lamp.
Upon further investigation, deputies learned the 17-year-old suspect had a pickup order out against him. He was arrested and charged with fourth-degree assault.
London man arrested on Laurel, Whitley county warrants
Dustin T. Owens, 38, of London was arrested by Laurel County Sheriff's Deputy Milton Storm on Owen Road Friday.
Owens had an indictment warrant handed down from Laurel Circuit Court for first offense manufacturing methamphetamines, first offense unlawful possession of a meth precursor and first offense cultivating marijuana (five plants).
Whitley County District Court also had a bench warrant out for Owens. Owens faces charges in Whitley County for operating on a suspended or revoked license, failure to surrender a revoked operator's license, first offense possession of drug paraphernalia, and operating a motor vehicle under the influence.
Owens was jailed in the Laurel County Correctional Center.
Suspect arrested on theft warrants
Laurel County Sheriff's Deputy Robbie Grimes arrested David P. Petty, 32, of London Friday.
Petty had two Laurel District Court arrest warrants for theft by unlawful taking. He was jailed in the Laurel County Correctional Center with the help of Constable Tim May.
Man arrested after security screening at Judicial Center
Christopher Lee Bailey, 33, of Cannon was arrested Friday in the Laurel County Judicial Center.
Bailey, who also lists an address in Alabama, was attempting to pass through the security screening at the courthouse. Court Security Officer Robert Smith discovered pills in a small container in Bailey's possession.
Laurel County Sheriff's Bailiff Corporal Derrick Price arrested Bailey and charged him with first offense prescription controlled substances not in original container, and first offense, second-degree possession of a controlled substance.
He was jailed in the Laurel County Correctional Center.
Glove theft leads to arrest
London Police Chief Stewart Walker said that Officer Richie Reynolds arrested a Green man for shoplifting Friday.
Austin Cooper, 18, faces charges of theft by unlawful taking after the loss prevention officer of the Walmart Supercenter in London observed Cooper conceal a pair of $13.22 gloves and pass all points of final sale.
Corbin man arrested on two warrants
Laurel County Sheriff's Bailiff Dianna Watson arrested Matthew K. Powell, 27, of Laurel County at the Laurel Judicial Center Thursday.
Powell faces charges for harassing communications and fourth-degree assault and was jailed in the Laurel County Correctional Center.
Man arrested for domestic assault
James R. Dinkins, 44, of London was arrested Nov. 13 after Laurel County Sheriff's Senior Sgt. Greg Poynter investigated a complaint of a woman possibly being held against her will.
The complaint was filed by the victim's mother.
According to Laurel County Sheriff John Root, when deputies arrived at the Laurel Lake Road North home no one would answer the door. Deputies entered the home and discovered Dinkins standing over the victim. Root said she had obviously been assaulted, as she had cuts on her arms and face and bruising on her chin.
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The article about keeping the Open Space unobstructed makes so much sense. There are a variety of other places to have entertainment.
For a small city such as Traverse City we need to preserve the beautiful view of Lake Michigan (the bay). It's unique, let's keep it so it is.
Patricia A. Parr
Traverse City
Where's common good?
Isn't it amazing the Republican members of the United States Senate and House of Representatives would rather shut down government than extend health care coverage to those too poor to afford medical insurance?
I thought the United States considered itself a Christian country. Isn't one of the major principles of Christianity that those of us better off have a moral obligation to help those less fortunate than ourselves? Have Sen. Ted Cruz, Speaker John Boehner and Reps. Eric Cantor and Dan Benishek (a physician sworn to heal, no less) forgotten that principal, or are they more interested in putting their personal political interests ahead of the common good?
Economists regard the threat of a government shutdown an extremely serious threat to the fragility of the recovering economy. Warren Buffet, regarded as a financial genius, called the threat of a shutdown "a damn dumb idea." Ah, but Sen. Ted Cruz must be much smarter than Mr. Buffet.
Osama bin Laden thought that making a jihad on America would ultimately ruin our economy. Thankfully, he failed. How ironic that the Senate and House Republicans may accomplish what bin Laden could not.
Jim Sisk
Traverse City
Noise is too much
Though Lou Colombo is not a Traverse City resident, I commend his efforts to bring/keep a little peace and quiet to the city and its environs. Even before we moved to this area in 1981 our daughter, who lived on State Street at the time, told us of her friends' and acquaintances' work to have an open (public) space and to have it actually named the Open Space.
Though living in Greilickville next door to the Pathfinder School, my husband and I have often enjoyed walks in and around the city, especially by the bay. However, noise travels over water and despite being about three miles from the Open Space, it's too much when you can even hear an announcer this far away (the Cherry Festival sound has been muted and the Film Festival never seems much of a problem). We used to live on our sailboat at the Jefferson Beach Marina on Lake Huron surrounded by hundreds of boats, mostly power boaters who often partied but were considerate with less noise than we've heard some summers.
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TRAVERSE CITY — A motorist who struck and killed a boy at the Northwestern Michigan Fair this summer will not be charged.
Tad Marshal Thompson, 39, of Kingsley drove a pickup that fatally struck Ezekiel "Zeke" Goodwin, 6, of Williamsburg on Aug. 8.
Grand Traverse County Undersheriff Nathan Alger said county Prosecutor Alan Schneider reviewed a sheriff's probe and determined there was "insufficient evidence to prove a moving violation beyond a reasonable doubt" against Thompson.
"A terrible tragedy," Alger said. "An absolutely terrible tragedy."
Alger said blood tests confirmed the presence of a small amount of oxycodone in Thompson's system, but not enough to impair driving.
"It was a prescribed medication," Alger said.
Witnesses said the boy was riding his bike on a dirt access road at the eastern edge of the fairgrounds when Thompson struck him. Thompson told deputies he was leaving the fairgrounds when he realized he'd forgotten an item. He stopped the truck, looked behind the vehicle, then put the truck in reverse and hit the boy.
Thompson told investigators he never saw the child.
Investigators did a "markup" of the accident with Thompson's help. The re-creation of the accident determined the child would need to be 24 feet behind the pickup for Thompson to see the boy. Witnesses said the child was approximately two feet behind the truck when he was struck.
The tragedy prompted an outpouring of support for the Goodwin family. Local businesses donated time and money to build a bike path around the fairgrounds. The heavily traveled dirt path where Goodwin was struck is shared by trucks that haul livestock trailers, recreational vehicles and dozens of young bike riders.
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Tuesday, October 23, 2012 — Here are some great trick or treat recipes.
Ghostly Graveyard
4 cups miniature marshmallows
1/4 cup butter, cubed
6 cups crisp rice cereal
12 oval cream-filled chocolate sandwich cookies
1 tube white decorating gel
1 can (16 ounces) chocolate frosting
Halloween sprinkles
In a large saucepan, combine marshmallows and butter. Cook and stir over medium-low heat until melted and blended. Remove from the heat; stir in cereal. Press into a greased 13-in. x 9-in. x 2-in. dish; cool. Cut into 12 squares and set aside.
Cut a 1/2-in. piece from the bottom of each sandwich cookie. Crush removed cookie pieces; set aside. Write "RIP" on each cookie, using white decorating gel.
Position cereal squares on a large serving tray. With 2 tablespoons frosting, form a circle on each cereal square; top each with a decorated cookie. Sprinkle reserved crumbs around tombstones; add Halloween sprinkles.
Yield: 12 servings.
Chocolate-Peanut Butter Cookies
2 cans (16 ounces each) chocolate fudge frosting
1 egg
1 cup chunky peanut butter
1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
Granulated sugar
Set aside 1 can plus 1/3 cup frosting. In a large bowl, combine egg, peanut butter and remaining frosting. Stir in flour until moist.
Drop by rounded tablespoons 2 in. apart on greased baking sheets. Flatten cookies with a fork dipped in sugar. Bake at 375° for 8-11 minutes or until set. Remove to wire racks. Cool completely; spread with frosting.
Yield: 3-1/2 dozen.
Black Cat Cupcakes
1 package (18-1/4 ounces) chocolate cake mix
1 can (16 ounces) dark chocolate frosting
12 chocolate cream-filled sandwich cookies, quartered
48 yellow jelly beans
24 black jelly beans
24 pieces black rope licorice
Prepare and bake cake according to package directions for cupcakes, using paper-lined muffin cups. Cool for 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks to cool completely. Frost tops of cupcakes. Insert two cookie pieces into each for ears. Add yellow jelly beans for eyes and a black jelly bean for nose. Cut each piece of licorice into thirds, then in half; place three halves on each side of nose for whiskers.
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And you thought travel insurance was necessary only for overseas trips?
Hurricane Sandy serves as a reminder that domestic travel plans can go wrong as well. The relatively low cost of most plans can make travel insurance an appealing option in this era of nonrefundable air and lodging fees. For example, covering a $1,000 trip to the Big Apple would cost as little as $15.


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American Person Travels To London For Olympic Games, Doesn't Embarrass Entire Nation
Now that poor Mitt Romney has been called out for his "rude and graceless" remarks by none other than Carl Lewis — perhaps the greatest Olympian, who said of him in disgust, "some Americans just shouldn't leave the country" — maybe his very bad news cycle is almost over. Has he said anything else awful? […]


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Sizing is tricky
Nice, trim jeans, and the waist is not too low. As with most TA products, getting the right size can be hard -- and size is particularly hard to judge for the Stealth Jeans: They shrink way down in the wash but do stretch out again. I wish petite sizes or at least the 28.5'' length were offered for the New Stealth Jeans, as they were for the original style.
New York, NY
finally a great fit!
So, I always have trouble finding jeans that fit well, because I have a narrow waist and pants always gap at the waist. I ordered these thinking I would have them altered to fit. But wow! They fit well, are very comfortable, and look great. AND they are a really good buy, compared to the really $$$ ones my daughter makes me buy! Oh, and she approves of these!
San Diego
I have looked forward to purchasing stealth jeans for the past several years....I survived a minimal stealth style change about 3 years ago, what wasn' t to like down a size on paper and happily didn't need to visit the local tailor to have the waistband taken in. THE NEW STEALTH JEAN is not an upgrade....cheap, limp fabric, proportionatley inaccurate for a size 10 gal, snug in all the wrong places, extra long in the hemline.
SZ 10, 5' 7"" (at this stage every inch counts)
Stealth Stretch Jeans good pants
These are very nice jeans, fit is true to size and they are not too short or too long. Waist is in the right place for me...fabric is substantial, and they are well made. I would have appreciated a heads up on the fact that they would be dumped for almost half what I paid within 21 days of my purchase....:-((
I Love These Jeans
Stealth jeans from TA are my all-time favorites, so I ordered a few new pairs. They were smaller than usual, but I chose to keep them because they looked good. Unfortunately, they have shrunk so much, I can't zip them up. Order a size larger for great jeans.
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I love these jeans, but be aware that they shrink an entire size. In the past, I've had Stealth jeans that fit beautifully without overshinking; these aren't those jeans! I'm 5' 3", 118 pounds...normally, a size 6. After my husband washes my clothes (always hot water and hot dry), they shrink. If you don't have complete control over the laundry, buy larger Stealth jeans. I finally bought a size 8. This time after hubby washed them, they were perfect.
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Adventist Health Wins 2010 Aster Awards
Adventist Health, a leading nonprofit health system serving the metropolitan area of Portland, Ore., has received two 2010 Aster Awards for excellence in marketing. The Aster Awards is an annual medical marketing awards program allowing healthcare organizations and advertising agencies to compete against similar-sized competitors from around the globe. Adventist Health earned a gold recognition in the category of newsletter/external communication series for its 2009 "Health for Life" publication. The health system received silver recognition in the total advertising campaigns category for its "Care You Can Have Faith In" campaign.
"At Adventist Health it is important to us to keep our community informed of pressing medical matters and to promote healthy life choices through education and awareness," said Tom Russell, CEO of Adventist Medical Center. "Our marketing team works hard to achieve these goals, and I am very pleased to see their work recognized among the top in the industry."
Gold Recognition: Adventist Health "Health for Life" Newsletter
Adventist Health's "Health for Life" series is a bi-monthly community health publication distributed to nearly 60,000 households in the Portland metropolitan area. The newsletter is designed to help the community focus on wellness and disease prevention. It contains valuable health care information for the enrichment of people's lives. The newsletter promotes Adventist Health's service lines and expanding technologies, events and physicians. "Health for Life" was developed in partnership with Coffey Communications of Walla Walla, Wash.
Silver Recognition: Adventist Health "Care You Can Have Faith In" Campaign
Adventist Health's "Care You Can Have Faith In" campaign is a comprehensive advertising program developed as a brand positioning line to couple the faith based mission of the health system with the trust and confidence people put in their physicians and caregivers. The campaign launched in 2009 and is a constant reminder that the mission of Adventist Health was designed with the patient in mind. "Care You Can Have Faith In" was developed by Adventist Health in conjunction with Coates Kokes of Portland, Ore.
The campaign was also recognized by Healthcare Marketing Report in the publication's 27th annual Healthcare Advertising Awards.
About Adventist Medical Center (AMC)
Adventist Medical Center (AMC), located in southeast Portland, is a nonprofit, 302-bed acute care facility, offering a full range of inpatient, outpatient and emergency services throughout the Portland/Vancouver metropolitan area. AMC is a member of Adventist Health, headquartered in Roseville, Calif. The organization represents regional delivery networks spanning California, Hawaii, Oregon and Washington.
Adventist Medical Center is part of Adventist Health, a not-for-profit, faith-based health care system operating in California, Hawaii, Oregon and Washington. Founded on the Seventh-day Adventist heritage of Christian health care, Adventist Health is comprised of 17 hospitals with more than 2,600 beds, approximately 18,600 employees, numerous clinics and outpatient facilities, the largest system of rural health clinics in California with additional sites in Oregon and Washington, 14 home care agencies and four joint-venture retirement centers. For more information, visit www.adventisthealthnw.com or www.adventisthealth.org.
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Recent Results:
2012 Olympians return to the whitewater.
For six minutes a day over five days at the London 2012 Olympic Games, it appeared that freestyle kayaking was an Olympic sport. Dane Jackson (Rock Island, Tenn.) and athletes from around the world were doing tricks in front of 8,000 spectators at the Lee Valley White Water Centre in Waltham Cross, UK.
For the second straight week, Team USA competed in 3 different events across the globe.
Gig Harbor, Wash. is within an hour's drive from Green Lake, the site of the 2012 U.S. Sprint National Championships. But the Gig Harbor Canoe/Kayak Racing Team felt right at home as they won their first National Championship Team Title. The host club, Seattle Canoe & Kayak Club, finished fourth in the team points rankings.
The action didn't stop when the flame went out at the Closing Ceremony in London. U.S athletes will be competing at three different canoe/kayak events this week.
Jim Wade (Boise, Idaho) finished 22nd in the Men's Kayak semifinal Saturday with a time of 97.43, +5.91 seconds behind the first place finisher in the round. Etienne Daille of France would go on to win in the final round.
Ashley Nee (Darnestown, Md.) closed out the Slalom World Cup No. 2 with a 28th place finish Sunday in the Women's Kayak semifinal. Nee finished in 218.13, including penalties for two missed gates. Nee and the rest of Team USA will look to finish the World Cup circuit strong next weekend in La Seu d'Urgell, Spain.
Add two more athletes and one final boat to the nominees for 2012 U.S. Olympic Canoe/Kayak Team. Eric Hurd (Woodstock, Ga.) and Jeff Larimer (Marietta, Ga.) reached the Men's Double Canoe (C-2) Final Sunday, where they finished 9th.


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Evelyn Sieren, 94, of Keota, died Jan. 4, 2013, at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City.
Funeral Mass will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Holy Trinity Parish St. Mary Catholic Church in Keota; with Rev. Charles Fladung officiating.
Burial will be in Elm Grove Cemetery in Washington.
Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. today at Powell Funeral Home in Keota, where a rosary will be recited at 4 p.m. and a wake service will be held at 7 p.m.
A memorial fund has been established for Holy Trinity Parish St. Mary Catholic Church, Camp Courageous and Iowa City Hospice.
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Metro's July 4 Quiz Bowl answers
1. The New York Yankees have retired the number that is equal to the difference in Hank Aaron and Babe Ruth's career home run totals including postseason games. Who wore it?
Elston Howard ((755+6)-(714+15), 761-729=32)
2. Which U.S. men's national soccer team star was "denied again" seconds before Landon Donovan gave the Americans a spot in the round of 16 at the 2010 World Cup?
Clint Dempsey
3. Who won a 2010 mixed martial arts bout between a former UFC heavyweight champion and a former World's Strongest Man?
Tim Sylvia
4. In what arena did Eva Longoria's ex play his home games during the 2010-11 season?
AT&T Center
5. A Gene Hackman movie was filmed in the arena that houses the team that lost the 2011 NCAA men's basketball championship game. In what state was it set?
6. Which team was Terrell Owens purportedly the property of between the San Francisco 49ers and the Philadelphia Eagles?
Baltimore Ravens
7. What is the only horse to finish second in all three Triple Crown races?
8. Atlanta Braves second baseman Dan Uggla set a record by committing three errors in a nationally televised game in July 2008. What was his team's opponent in that game?
American League All-Stars
9. What was the final non-qualifying NASCAR race completed by Dale Earnhardt?
2000 NAPA 500 2001 Budweiser Shootout.
10. The Red Sox franchise has existed since 1901. Why didn't they win an AL East title until 1975?
The division system didn't come into being until 1969.
1. What Foggy Bottom assistant was unwittingly pulled into a Twitter scandal?
Huma Abedin, assistant to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and wife to Rep. Anthony Weiner
2. At press time, how many children has Detective John Kimble admitted to?
5 — 4 with Maria Shriver, 1 love child
3. What movement started by the 37th president celebrated a milestone in June?
The War on Drugs
4. Where were the first post-shooting photos of Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords released?
5. Why did Obama hug Patricia Smith?
The 11-year-old lost her mother on 9/11 and invited the President to speak at Ground Zero
6. As of June 23, how many people have declared their candidacy for president in 2012?
7. Who had to stifle a cough during a tense moment in May?
Hillary Clinton
8. What historic event did the pride of Sandpoint, Idaho get mixed up about in June?
Paul Revere's ride
9. How many people live in President Obama's great-great-great grandfather's home town?
300, though it struck us later that Barack Obama has multiple great-great-great grandfathers. We've accepted answers for the home towns of any of them.
10. Which millionaire didn't know why $7.35 was so important?
Denny Rehberg
1. What are the four porcine countries at the heart of the European debt crisis?
Portugal, Ireland, Greece and Spain (PIGS). We also accepted Italy.
2. What form of shoplifting that's on the rise do some economists say is a sign of economic recovery?
Theft by retail employees
3. Billionaire Peter Thiel is paying wannabe entrepreneurs to drop of of college. Roughly how many years of tuition at the average private university is Thiel's bounty worth?
Four, though we also awarded points to more accurate answers of around 3.6. ($100,000 / $27,000)
4. In 2008 Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss received a settlement from Facebook worth millions of dollars. If the Winklevii had used that money to pick up the production costs of the film "The Social Network," how much would they have left over?
$25 million ($65 million minus $40 million)
5. Exchange-rate-wise, what was the worst day this year to be an American in Britain?
The exchange rate bottomed out the last weekend of April, though there are conflicting reports of the exact day it hit its nadir. We've awarded points to any answer between April 28 and May 2.
6. In March, a New York man attempted to sell one of these for $1 million, ignoring that fact that they routinely go for less than $100 on eBay. What is it?
A 212 area code
7. Which fictional character helped increase NBC-Universal's theme park revenue by 16%?
Harry Potter
8. Which bright yellow morsels have seen their sales drop 18 percent since 2010?
Kellogg's Corn Pops
9. What did the Washington Post recently say was the leading driver of income inequality in America?
Executive pay
10. Which hot media trend did The Onion name "a bold business move"?
Charging people for service
1. Which PBS series that aired over 12 episodes in 1973 is often credited as the first example of a now-prevalent TV genre?
"An American Family"
2. On "The Simpsons," the man who sold Springfield a monorail also sold them to other towns. What were they?
Lyle Lanley also sold monorails to Ogdenville, North Haverbrook and Brockway.
3. Which celebrity has his taxes prepared for free, for life, thanks to a famous blunder he made on television?
Ken Jennings, after answering a question about H&R Block incorrectly on "Jeopardy!"
4. Which HBO series' theme song hit #2 on the Norwegian charts in 2009?
"True Blood" (Jace Everett's "Bad Things")
5. Which actor can credit his agent's locker room dealings at a hockey game for helping him land a starring role in a recently canceled ABC series?
Christian Slater ("The Forgotten")
6. Which actress has starred in 10 or more episodes of four different canceled shows since 2003, earning her the nickname "show killer"?
Lindsay Price, who starred in "Eastwick," "Lipstick Jungle," "Pepper Dennis" and "Coupling."
7. What's the name of the band — in real life — that plays at the punk show James Franco's character attends in an episode of "Freaks and Geeks"?
Diesel Boy
8. Episodes of "I Love Lucy" were shot in color starting in the second season. During which season did the first "Lucy" episodes actually air in color?
Due to an editing error, Metro mistakenly printed the title "I Love Lucy," in place of "The Lucy Show." "I Love Lucy" aired in black and white. No points have been awarded for this question.
9. A comedian signed off of a popular series with these words: "Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen." How many episodes of that series did he host?
Conan O'Brien was at the helm of the "Tonight Show" for 146 episodes. (As one did not air, we also accept the answer 145.)
10. Before his success with an influential HBO drama, which showrunner worked on a classic TV series whose anti-hero always charged his clients "$200 a day, plus expenses"?
David Chase, who worked on "The Rockford Files" before creating "The Sopranos."
1. A race of strange blue creatures has a movie coming out on July. What is the name of their distinctive hats?
Phrygian cap
2. Kevin Bacon recently appeared in "X-Men: First Class." Which of his co-stars on "X-Men" previously starred in a film with Kirsten Dunst, who co-starred with Brad Pitt in "Interview with a Vampire," who co-starred with Kevin Bacon in "Sleepers"?
There are two acceptable answers: Rose Byrne and James MacAvoy.
3. "Disney's Nine Old Men" was a group of core animators and directors of the first classic Disney films. Which director, who has an animated movie out this summer, studied under them?
"Cars 2" John Lasseter
4. Which actor/director recently mourned that fact that his project's next sequel will be difficult to write because of another ensemble comic book film that's already in production?
Jon Favreau regarding "Iron Man 3"
5. "Horrible Bosses" features the song "How You Like Me Now?" by The Heavy. In what other movie, coming out in August, does the song feature in the trailer?
"The Change-Up"
6. In the begging of the first "Back to the Future" film, Marty McFly wakes up to meet Doc at the Twin Pines Mall. What song is playing on his alarm clock when he wakes up to meet him?
"Time Bomb Town" by Lindsey Buckingham
7. In "Bad Teacher" Cameron Diaz holds a car wash to earn money for the school. What was the name of the imagined name of the character who washes cars in "Cool Hand Luke"?
8. According to a classic film, what was the best field for college graduates in 1968?
9. A new "Planet of the Apes" movie is coming out in August. Who has been in more "Planet of the Apes" movies than any other cast member?
James Bacon. We will also accept Roddy McDowall, who acted in four of the films and appeared in archival footage in a fifth.
10. Which close male friend of Elizabeth Taylor has two movies coming out this summer?
Colin Farrell, in "Horrible Bosses" and "Fright Night"
1. While no musician has taken a version of the "Star Spangled Banner" to No. 1 on the Billboard charts, which New Jersey native took it to No. 6, 10 years after recording it?
Whitney Houston
2. Which Orchestra has the longest-running record of playing a major free fireworks show on the Fourth of July?
The Boston Pops
3. Which outspoken musician recently suggested that Philadelphia could be the type of wild party destination on Fourth of July that New York City is on New Year's Eve?
?uestlove of the Roots
4. Which classic rock band, with a high-flying patriotic name, had a guitarist who actually ran for President of the United States in 1980?
The Eagles (Joe Walsh)
5. What seemingly happy-go-lucky folk song was written as an angry response to the patriotic Irving Berlin song that occasionally replaces "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" during the seventh inning stretch in some baseball games?
"This Land is Your Land" by Woodie Guthrie
6. What was the first song with the word "America," "American" or "U.S.A." in the title to top the Billboard charts?
"American Woman" by the Guess Who (1970)
Can you name these three patriotic albums?
7. There's A Riot Goin' On" by Sly and the Family Stone
8. "Stankonia" by OutKast
9. Gold" by Ryan Adams
10. What classic American rock riff can be played by dialing 5-456-45 on your touch-tone telephone?
"Born in the USA" by Bruce Springsteen
1. Two teen idols from today wore shirts emblazoned with teen idols from the '80s to two recent awards shows. Name the two teen idols from today.
Justin Bieber and Willow Smith.
2. Which ex-wife of a disgraced former TV star briefly appeared on a newly-launched reality TV show?
Brooke Mueller, who appeared on "The World According to Paris"
3. When one reality TV star got engaged, there were equines there of a rather different variety to help mark the occasion. What made these ponies different?
There were "sparkle ponies" at the engagement of Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries
4. Who is January Jones's baby daddy?
Trick question — it's not been announced
5. One winning gossip rag fixture made the Guinness Book of World Records this year. For what?
Charlie Sheen was the fastest person to reach 1 million followers on Twitter.
6. This sister of a deceased singing superstar recently released a memoir. What was its name?
"Starting Over" by LaToya Jackson
7. One reality TV star wrote a New York Times bestselling novel this year. What was its protagonist's name?
Giovanna "Gia" Spumanti, from Snooki's "A Shore Thing." We will also accept Jane Roberts from Lauren Conrad's "L.A. Candy."
8. Who is the US's highest paid reality TV star?
When this quiz went to press, reports had just emerged that Donald Trump was our highest-paid reality star. However, that report was denied by NBC days later, so we will accept both Trump and the previous record-holder, Kim Kardashian.
9. One comedian was recently deported from Japan but lived to Tweet about it. What's his Twitter handle?
@rustyrockets , the nom de plume of Russell Brand
10. Where did the female lead of "Love Happens" meet her current flame?
On the set of "Wanderlust"
1. Which group of publicity hounds is disbanding because they say they are "bored"?
The hacker group LulzSec
2. In May, something did not happen. What day does the man who said that thing would happen now say we need to worry about something happening on?
October 21
3. Whose December 2010 suicide eventually overthrew his president?
Mohammed Bouazzi
4. Which former university president saw his brother's California sojourn come to an unexpected end in June?
William Bulger
5. When the Duke of Cambridge kissed his Duchess in April, whose uniform did he wear?
The Irish Guards
6. Which chap with a repetitive name landed in some hot water over his choice of transportation?
Gov. Chris Christie
7. Which murder trial saw fistfights erupt between spectators trying to snag a hot courtroom ticket?
The Casey Anthony trial for the death of Caylee Anthony
8. What three-word euphemism did Defense Secretary Robert Gates use to describe the U.S. military action in Libya? (Adding that, to Moammar Gaddafi, it was probably just "war.")
"Limited Kinetic Operation"
9. When a 110-year-old man died in a Paris suburb in May, which British woman became the last of her kind?
Florence Green
10. Which confessed tax evader designed one of the world's largest nests?
Ai Weiwei
1. The summer solstice was June 21. Which HBO show tagline describes our current state of affairs?
"Winter is Coming," from Game of Thrones
2. With two deaths in the last three months, this is one of the most dangerous types of Guinness World Record to hold. What is it?
World's oldest man/woman/person
3. Which metonymic New York street was the site of an important Buttonwood tree?
Wall Street
4. What do scientists believe the real-life animal Hydra has in common with the father of the man who killed the mythological Hydra?
They're both immortal/don't age. (We also accept that they reproduce by budding)
5. Three first cousins fought in a war, but only one stayed in his job long enough to pass it to his son. Which memory-addled actor played that son in an Oscar-winning film?
Guy Pierce, who played Edward VIII in "The King's Speech"
6. Which 51-second Beatles song is one of the rare tunes credited to all four members of the group?
"Dig It"
7. Who was TIME's Man of the Year the year the man who was Man of the Year the year the most recent Man of the Year was born, was born?
Chiang Kai-shek, who was MotY in 1937, the year that Peter Ueberroth was born. Ueberroth was MotY in 1984, the year that Mark Zuckerberg, the 2010 MotY, was born.
8. Who was the last man to be both the last President and the last Vice President of his political party?
Millard Fillmore (Whig). Andrew Johnson was the last President and Vice President of the "National Union Party," but that was a short-term public-relations renaming of the Republic Party and it is not widely considered an actual political party.
9. Which fast-food chain's interior design was a reaction to Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle"?
White Castle
10. Which African nation's borders are often erroneously said to have been determined by cannonball?
Some of these photos are famous; others, less so.
1. Grace Van Cutsem
2. Audrey Tomason
3. Scott Jones and Alex Thomas
4. Bashar al-Assad (of Syria)
5. Anthony Weiner
6. Luis Urzua
7. Chris Lee
8. Laurent Gbagbo (of the Ivory Coast)
9. Hamad bin Ifa Al Khalifa (of Bahrain)
10. Jon Huntsman