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Now it counts: Sharapova, Venus into 3rd roundBy JOHN PYE
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Venus Williams serves to Alize Cornet of France in their second round match at the Australian Open in Melbourne Wednesday.MELBOURNE, Australia Maria Sharapova was careful not to show any disrespect to the two women she beat 6-0, 6-0 along the way to a third-round match against Venus Williams at the Australian Open.
As rare as it was, she said, an almost flawless start wasnt entirely what shed come to Melbourne to achieve.
The No. 2-ranked Sharapova overwhelmed Japans Misaki Doi in 47 minutes Wednesday, even less time than shed needed to beat fellow Russian Olga Puchkova two days earlier in her first competitive match of 2013.
No woman had posted back-to-back 6-0, 6-0 wins at a Grand Slam since 1985.
Yet it didnt excite the 25-year-old Sharapova, who wasnt even alive when Wendy Turnbull did it at the Australian Open.
Its not really the statistic I want to be known for, Sharapova said in her most matter-of-fact way. I want to be known for winning Grand Slam titles, not that I won two matches 6-0, 6-0.
Tennis is all about Grand Slam titles for Sharapova who, with her drought-breaking victory at the French Open last year, now has a complete set of four major championships. And she knows it wont be easy against the 32-year-old Williams, who has won seven.
Well, you certainly know what shes capable of, Sharapova said. But when youre out on the court, youre not thinking how many titles shes won or how experienced she is.
To Sharapova, her first two wins have been a matter of getting the job done. She was recovering from a sore right collarbone that ruled her out of a tuneup event in Brisbane earlier this month. She skipped the Brisbane tournament last year, also due to injury, and went on to reach the Australian Open final.
Knowing whats ahead of me ... there are certainly no secrets coming into that matchup, she said. You know, despite the fact that she might not be seeded high or didnt play for a little bit, shes still a very experienced player and a tremendous athlete.
Sharapova leads the head-to-head series 4-3, but Williams has won both of their Grand Slam meetings.
Numbers dont mean much either to Williams, who is making trip No. Lucky 13 to Melbourne Park.
Shes still on the comeback trail from missing seven months after the 2011 U.S. Open to deal with Sjogrens Syndrome. Now seeded 25th, she dropped only one game in her first-round win and then went down a break early to Alize Cornet of France before winning 6-3, 6-3.
Williams hasnt been in a Grand Slam final since 2009 and often jokes about her age, laughing as she told the crowd: Im fighting the wrinkles. Im fighting the battle of the bulge!
One thing 17 years in Grand Slam tournaments have taught her is the value of knowing who stands in your way.
Yeah, I look at the draw. Im not superstitious, she said. Im playing against Maria, I know. Im going to have to be at my best against her.
I know Im not the highest seed, so I realize Im probably going to have to play someone (highly ranked) and someone is going to have to play me thats pretty much what it is.
Somebody who wont be getting in her way is No. 9 Samantha Stosur, the big upset Wednesday. The 2011 U.S. Open champion led 5-2 in the third set and twice served for the match, before losing 6-4, 1-6, 7-5 to Chinas Zheng Jie.
The kicker was a double-fault on match point by the Australian playing in front of the home fans.
It was a bit of a choke, Stosur conceded. Obviously its a hard one to take when you get yourself into a winning position and you lose five games straight.
No. 4 Agnieszka Radwanksa had no such trouble, extending the years best winning streak to 11 matches with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Romanias Irina-Camelia Begu. Nor did 2011 French Open champion Li Na, No. 5 Angelique Kerber or 17-year-old American wild card Madison Keys, who all advanced in straight sets.
Serena Williams is due to play her second-round match against Garbine Muguruza of Spain in the second match at Rod Laver Arena on Thursday. She twisted her right ankle in her opening 6-0, 6-0 win over Edina Gallotis-Hall, an injury that seems the biggest issue likely to hinder her bid for a third consecutive major title.
She cancelled an outdoor practice session Wednesday, switching to the secluded indoor courts.
Shes obviously a fighter and she doesnt complain, older sister Venus said. Shes not looking for any sympathy. She just wants to hopefully play ... and thats it.
Defending champion Victoria Azarenka has the first match on the center court, against Eleni Daniilidou of Greece, and Roger Federer has a night match against Russian veteran Nikolay Davydenko.
No. 1-ranked Novak Djokovic is already into the third round, extending his winning streak at Melbourne Park to 16 with a 6-1, 6-2, 6-3 win over 20-year-old American Ryan Harrison.
Hes on track for a record third consecutive Australian Open title and doesnt have any other major winners on his half of the draw after Rafael Nadal withdrew and Federer, Andy Murray and Juan Martin del Potro landed on the opposite side.
Djokovic will next play No. 31 Radek Stepanek, who beat Feliciano Lopez 6-2, 6-2, 6-4.
Fourth-ranked David Ferrer beat American Tim Smyczek 6-0, 7-5, 4-6, 6-3. No. 5 Tomas Berdych defeated Guillaume Rufin of France 6-2, 6-2, 6-4, and No. 8 Janko Tipsarevic took almost four hours to oust Lukas Lacko 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 7-5.
Among the other men advancing were No. 10 Nicolas Almagro, No. 16-ranked Kei Nishikori, No. 22 Fernando Verdasco and No. 20 Sam Querrey, who moved on when fellow American Brian Baker retired in the second set.
Baker, who returned to the tour last year after missing almost six seasons with various injuries, was pushed from Court 6 in a wheelchair with torn ligaments in his right knee.
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Point Pleasant Beach Council awarded a contract to fix a section of boardwalk damaged in Tropical Storm Irene last year and authorized the municipal engineer to prepare bid specs for reconstruction of Sandy-battered sections of boardwalk.
The council voted unanimously on Tuesday night to award a contract to Albert Marine for $290,210 to fix the stretch of boardwalk in front of Lucky's Arcade. The section was still functional and did not have to be closed off.
Point Beach Business Administrator Christine Riehl said on Thursday afternoon, "We have not established a start date, but it will be sometime in December. Completion date as per the contract is March 29th, 2013."
Even with the damage caused by Irene and Sandy, there are still sections that do not need repair, so the renovations "will not be a contiguous project," Riehl said.
The town expects to be reimbursed for a significant portion of the cost of fixing the sections of boardwalk damaged by Irene and Sandy through FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency). The town owns the boardwalk.
However, the town would still have to borrow to pay for the renovations and then apply for FEMA reimbursement, which is likely to not arrive anywhere from 10 to 12 months later, based on past experience.
And it could take a lot longer considering that FEMA is already getting flooded with phone calls and claims from multiple states impacted by Sandy.
Bid lower than expected for Irene-damaged section
Last month, council voted to borrow $565,000 towards repairing the Irene-damaged section of boardwalk. Bids came in lower than expected, said Municipal Engineer Raymond W. Savacool.
"The bids came in lower than my estimates, which I had based on the work done on the south end," he said, referring to replacement of the south end of the boardwalk that had also been badly damaged by Irene. That work was finished just before the summer began.
Savacool said there are "soft costs" beyond what will be paid to Albert Marine. That includes his fee of approximately $40,000, plus other fees, including that paid to bond counsel and the cost of advertising bid specifications, but that the total will still be considerably below the $565,000 originally anticipated.
Riehl said, "The engineer's estimate for the job was $411,000, construction only. The additional money bonded for was engineering, permitting, legal, advertising, and contingent. The Albert bid just happened to come in very low, good for us."
Irene was originally labeled a "hurricane," but was downgraded to a "tropical storm" when it made landfall.
Bigger Job to Fix Sandy's Mess
Regarding the larger boardwalk reconstruction project to fix Sandy's damage, Dan Friendly, an Ocean Avenue resident, said he would prefer to see "a natural wood boardwalk" instead of the Trex boardwalk that was used at the south end.
"The Trex just doesn't have the look and feel of a boardwalk," Friendly said. "On the south end, the Trex section came up, a section came through a house."
"Trex lasts," replied Councilmember William Mayer.
"But when Trex comes up, it comes up with a vengeance and it's more expensive," said Mayor Vincent Barrella.
Municipal Engineer Raymond W. Savacool said wood costs about $60 to $65 a piece and Trex costs about $100 a piece. However, he noted, the benefit of Trex is that it doesn't splinter like wood and there aren't nails popping up, all things that have caused injuries and sparked lawsuits.
After the meeting, Savacool said he did a damage assessment report based on the examination he did of the boardwalk and its foundation a few days after Sandy ripped through it. He said about 2,800 feet of the 5,200 feet of boardwalk was damaged by Sandy, but that there are sections of the boardwalk that are fine.
"But Trenton to Arnold is completely destroyed," he said.
Regarding the wood vs. Trex debate, Savacool said, "Trex is maintenance free. As wood boards age, they start to warp and become a tripping hazard."
So why did the south end Trex boardwalk, just installed before this summer, get damaged worse than some of the wood sections further north?
"There's a lot less beach at the south end," he explained. "There's more beach as you go towards the inlet."
He said Sandy pushed sand up into the boardwalk in front of Jenkinson's Aquarium, causing some damage there.
Since Sandy hit, the town has made significant progress cleaning up sand and debris on the roads and boardwalk. Crews hired by boardwalk businesses have been busy cleaning up, repainting and making other repairs to their properties.
Martell's front bar and grill areas are open, while Jenkinson's remains temporarily closed, but will re-open after finishing renovations.


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Fanuc FA America's Series 30i/31i/32i-Model B CNCs offer new predictive and preventive maintenance tools for motors and fans. This allows maintenance staff to pre-plan servicing of a machine during scheduled downtime rather than when a machine has failed.
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Fanuc said its CNC systems are known for high reliability, high precision, high speed, and simple operation. Fanuc Corp., headquartered at the foot of Mt. Fuji, Japan, manufactures Factory Automation (FA) solutions, robots, and robomachines. Since its inception in 1956, Fanuc has contributed to the automation of machine tools as a pioneer in the development of CNC equipment.
Fanuc FA America provides Fanuc CNC systems and solutions in the Americas, including control systems, drives and motors, and CO2 laser solutions, as well as engineering support, parts, repairs, factory automation solutions, and training programs for machine tool builders, dealers, and users.
- Edited by Mark T. Hoske, content manager, CFE Media, Control Engineering and Plant Engineering, mhoske(at)cfemedia.com.
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RADCLIFF, Ky. (AP) - Police in Kentucky are searching for an inmate who walked away from a work detail at a central Kentucky jail.
Hardin County Jailer Danny Allen told The News-Enterprise that 20-year-old Ryan Jones of LaFollette, Tennessee, was last seen at Saunders Springs in Radcliff around 2 p.m. Friday.
Guards couldn't find Jones an hour later, prompting the search.
Jones originally was arrested in Whitley County on charges of first-degree wanton endangerment and first-degree fleeing or evading police.
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CARRBORO — More than 100 people who packed a Carrboro Town Hall boardroom Tuesday night to speak against a proposed new CVS downtown never got the chance.
Instead of seeking another delay, the drugstore representatives withdrew their rezoning application, and town leaders decided not to hold the scheduled public hearing on the project.
Developer Reddlands Inc.'s plans called for a 24,590-square-foot, two-story building with a 24-hour CVS on the first floor and office space on the second. The store would replace a CVS in the Carr Mill shopping center across the street that the company says it has outgrown.
Neighbors say the project would harm their quality of life and doesn't fit the largely residential neighborhood of old mill-style houses.
Activists, some of them local anarchists, briefly occupied a vacant building at the site last year until police told them they would be arrested if they did not leave.
The developer will now work under the existing zoning to try to fit a smaller store at Weaver and North Greensboro streets than the rezoning would have allowed.
After the Planning Board recommended denying the rezoning Feb. 21, the developers initially asked to delay the public hearing until April. With the rezoning request withdrawn, Mayor Mark Chilton said he saw no need to hear public input Tuesday night.
"I don't think it's in the best interests of our community to change the zoning on this block," he said.
After the meeting, Carrboro resident and former mayoral candidate Amanda Ashley said it was a letdown that opponents could not speak.
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Anyone who has engaged in the spring ritual of trapping pocket gophers probably found the following news item that appeared on the Free Press website a week ago a bit intriguing:
PRESTON (AP) — A mother and her 18-year-old son from southeastern Minnesota are accused of stealing nearly $5,000 in frozen gopher feet and selling them for a bounty.
Now, I'm old enough to remember when a nickle would buy a candy bar or a $20 bill in your pocket was more than just walk-around money.
Admittedly, a dollar just isn't what it once was.
But even today, $5,000 still qualifies as a bit more than pocket change for most of us.
Certainly, it represents a whole lot of dead gophers.
The most intriguing question about the story of the purloined pocket gopher paws, it seemed to this former trapper, was how someone managed to gather up that many paws in the first place.
Either the trapper had found the mother lode of gopher habitat, was very, very good at capturing the critters or had been accumulated the paw collection over the years, making it a very strange savings account indeed.
For readers not members of the hook-and-bullet choir, perhaps an explanation of bounties is in order.
Once upon a time, most Minnesota counties and townships paid a bounties -- cash rewards --- for encouraging its citizens to rid the countryside of certain critters deemed, rightly or wrongly, as public enemies.
To collect the bounty, the hunter/trapper/landowner was required to offer some kind of proof of the pest's demise-- key animal parts like a tail, the ears, paws, etc.
Years ago, species such as coyotes, foxes, and other predators with an inclination to dine on farmyard fowl or game birds like pheasants carried a bounty on their heads.


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CAREER SUMMARY: Breeding has appeared in 38 games and punted 166 times for 6,971 yards, an average of 42.0 yards per punt, with a long of 70. He ranks fifth all-time at Arkansas in punts, punt yardage and punt average.
2011: He saw action in all 13 games and was named second-team All-SEC by the Associated Press and the conference's coaches. He punted 53 times and averaged 45.3 yards per punt with a long of 70. Breeding's average was the third-highest single-season average in school history, led the SEC and ranked seventh in the NCAA in 2011. He became the first punter in school history to lead the SEC in punting average and the first to top the conference since Greg Horne led the Southwest Conference in 1986. He boomed 17 punts of 50 yards or longer, dropped 16 inside the 20-yard line with just three touchbacks and had 16 punts result in a fair catch. Breeding was nominated for the Brandon Burlsworth Trophy, which goes to the nation's most outstanding player who began his career as a walk-on. He averaged at least 40 yards per punt in each game with the exception of Arkansas' 44-28 win vs. No. 10 South Carolina, a game in which he did not attempt a punt. He averaged a career-high 50.4 yards per punt, including a career-long 70 yarder, on five punts with two of more than 50 yards and two inside the 20-yard line at No. 1 LSU. In the season-opening 51-7 win vs. Missouri State, he punted twice, averaging 41.0, with a long of 50 yards and one punt inside the 20. He had one 41-yard punt the next week in a 52-3 victory vs. New Mexico before averaging 42.3 yards on five punts with a long of 53, two of at least 50 yards and three inside the 20 the next week in a 38-28 win vs. Troy. At No. 3 Alabama, he punted a season-high eight times and averaged 44.6 yards per punt with a long of 54, four punts fair caught, two of 50 or more yards and one inside the 20. Breeding crushed four punts of at least 50 yards with a long of 56 while punting seven times for an average of 48.4 in the 42-38 come-from-behind victory vs. No. 14 Texas A&M. He also punted seven times in the 38-14 victory vs. No. 15 Auburn and averaged 44.4 yards per punt with a then-season-long 59 yarder and two inside the 20. He had four punts for an average of 43.8 in a 29-24 win at Ole Miss and averaged 41.2 yards on five punts with two fair catches and one inside the 20 in a 31-28 win at Vanderbilt. Breeding punted three times for an average of 49.3 yards with a long of 55, two of more than 50 yards and two inside the 20 in the 49-7 victory vs. Tennessee and averaged 43.0 yards on two punts in the 44-17 victory vs. Mississippi State. In Arkansas' 29-16 defeat of No. 11 Kansas State in the AT&T Cotton Bowl, he punted four times for an average of 46.8 with a long of 63 and two inside the 20.
2010: He appeared in all 13 games for the Razorbacks and averaged 42.5 yards per punt on 52 punts with a long of 60 that came vs. Texas A&M. He placed 18 punts inside the 20-yard line and had 10 of at least 50 yards. Breeding was nominated for the Brandon Burlsworth Trophy and the Rudy Award, which honors student-athletes who demonstrate exemplary character, courage, contribution and commitment as members of their team on and off the field. He boomed a then-career-long 60 yarder as part of an eight-punt performance that included four inside the 20-yard line and two longer than 50 yards in the Razorbacks' 24-17 victory vs. Texas A&M. He punted three times, including a then-career-long of 59 yards, while averaging 45.7 yards per punt in UA's 31-7 win vs. ULM He punted six times, averaging 47.3 yards per punt, with a long of 57 as well as picked up an errant snap and rushed for five yards to convert a first down and keep a first-quarter drive alive in Arkansas' 31-24 win at Georgia. He punted seven times, with a long of 54, and placed two inside the 20-yard line while also making one tackle in Arkansas' 38-24 victory vs. Ole Miss. Breeding also averaged at least 40 yards per punt at No. 7 Auburn, at No. 18 South Carolina, vs. UTEP and vs. No. 6 LSU. Breeding concluded his season with seven punts for a 43.7 average with four inside the 20, including three downed inside the 10-yard line, in the Allstate Sugar Bowl vs. No. 6 Ohio State.
2009: Breeding appeared in 12 games for the Razorbacks, missing only the Eastern Michigan contest. He led the squad in punts with 61 for a total of 2,359 yards and an average of 38.7. He recorded his season long of 54 yards against Texas A&M and a career-high number of punts, nine, against Alabama. He had one punt blocked against Alabama. On the season, he downed 14 punts inside the 20-yard line. Against Alabama, Florida and East Carolina, three of Breeding's punts were inside the 20-yard line.
HIGH SCHOOL: At Hoover High School, he was a member of two state runner-up teams under coach Josh Niblett. He also lettered in baseball. As a senior, he was named all-state after he punted 59 times for 2,447 yards, an average of 41.5 yards per punt, with a long of 59. He dropped 18 punts inside the 20-yard line and had nine result in fair catches. He also handled kickoff duties for the Buccaneers and recorded 20 touchbacks on 81 kickoffs.
PERSONAL: Born Sept. 14, 1990, he is the son of Marve and Kerri Breeding. He is majoring in marketing and was named to the Athletic Director's List for the fall of 2009. He was named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll and the Athletic Director's List for the fall of 2010 and fall of 2011.
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HOUSTON – A Wind Advisory and Red Flag Warning will remain in effect until 6 p.m. as the Houston-area will still some strong wind gusts Tuesday afternoon, KHOU 11 News Meteorologist Chita Johnson said.
Most of the KHOU 11 viewing area will see sustained winds of 20 mph and wind gusts from 30-40 mph. The temperature should remain steady this afternoon at about 68 degrees with clear skies.
The winds are expected to die down by Wednesday morning. Highs will stay in the mid-60s for the rest of the work week.
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Tested at least turn's on. But it needs to be re-cap. Now the questions is this worth recapping. That is something I can do for sure.
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Update, 4 p.m.: Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson said in a press conference Wednesday afternoon that if the Maloof brothers were planning to sell the Sacramento Kings, they should sell to someone locally to avoid moving the team.
"It appears to me for the first time they have publicly shown a desire to sell the team, and that's what's significant," Johnson said. "We need to put ourselves in a position to find an ownership group and buyers to keep the team in Sacramento."
Johnson said NBA fans in Sacramento have shown 27 years of loyal support, adding that the city is "a proven market" where the Kings get 100 percent of professional sports marketshare.
Johnson said investors have spoken to him in the past about a desire to buy the team.
—Justin Cox and Cody Kitaura
Update, 3:10 p.m.: Citing anonymous sources, The Sacramento Bee has confirmed that owners of the Sacramento Kings are in talks with Chris Hansen's investment group. But the newspaper says the discussion has been "conceptual" so far and that no official offer has been made.
The Maloof family, which owns the Kings, has previously said it would not sell the team, the Bee reported.
"If someone was to put a crazy number on the table, their perspective could change," an anonymous source told the paper. "If somebody like a (Chris) Hansen (the head of the Seattle group) were to actually make an offer, which hasn't happened yet, and that offer was ridiculous, things could change."
—Caitlin Moran
Facebook and Twitter are buzzing this morning with rumors that the investors behind the new Seattle arena are about to purchase the Sacramento Kings for $500 million.
Do you believe the rumors are true? If they are, what's your reaction? Tell us in the comments section.
Many media outlets are citing tweets from Yahoo! Sports reporter Adrian Wojnarowski claiming that Chris Hansen and Steve Ballmer are about to close a $500-million deal that would bring the team to Seattle.
But a Sacramento Kings official has called the report inaccurate, according to the Sacramento Bee.
Lead investor Chris Hansen reached a deal with the city of Seattle in September to build a $490-million basketball and hockey arena in the SoDo area. The agreement paved the way for an NBA team to return to Seattle.
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---- — TRAVERSE CITY — Need to stop a losing streak? Scott Dunn's the guy.
The right-hander allowed just one run on eight hits in 6.2 innings of work Sunday evening as the Traverse City Beach Bums snapped a three-game losing streak with a much-needed 3-1 win over the Frontier Greys at Wuerfel Park.
Earlier this season, Dunn stopped a pair of two-game slides for the Bums.
"Streaks happen," Dunn said. "You just have to try to be on top more than on the bottom. I just wanted to throw strikes and get things done to support my team."
The Greys put runners on base in all seven innings that Dunn pitched. But the only run the Greys could plate came in the first on a bloop double to right-center by Blake Bergeron.
"The only reason it (ball) drops is because the wind is blowing out and we're forced to play a little deeper in this park," Beach Bums manager Gregg Langbehn said. "He couldn't have placed it any better. Nonetheless, (Dunn) pitched an awesome game. He's off to a fantastic start."
With the win, Dunn improved to 4-0. Nick Capito pitched the final 2.1 innings to earn his first save.
The Beach Bums needed a strong outing from Dunn because of a struggling offense. During that three-game skid, Traverse City hit .143 in scoring just six runs. Injuries have hampered the team. Third baseman Jose Vargas returned to the lineup Saturday, but Andrew Cohn and Scott Woodward are still out. Vargas, Cohn and Woodward are all hitting over .300.
"That's just the spot we're in right now offensively," Langbehn said. "I'm not going to try and hide it. We're not at 100 percent. We're not using that as an excuse, though. We're just in that position right now. There are opportunities now for other guys. This is their chance. We expect those guys to step up, contribute perform and win."
Zach Kometani, subbing for Chase Burch at first, was one who stepped up Sunday. He had three hits. Catcher Marcus Nidiffer, shortstop Taylor Wrenn and outfielder Jeremy Banks added two hits. Nidiffer's double in the fifth drove in the winning run. In addition, the catcher threw out two base runners. Kevin Wagar, recently signed due to the spate of injuries, had his first professional hit and it knocked in Nidiffer with Traverse City's first run in the fourth. Nidiffer had singled and moved to second on a Kometani single. Wagar's hit came with two outs.
Traverse City's two runs in the fifth also came with two outs. Vargas singled, Niddifer followed with an RBI double and then Wrenn extended his hitting streak to 14 with an RBI single to right.
Kometani continued the onslaught against Greys starter Joe Zeller with a hard hit ground rule double to left. Wrenn was running on the pitch and would have scored easily, but was sent back to third.
That's all the support Dunn — and Capito — needed.
"He continues to throw well," Langbehn said of Dunn. "That's how he's been all year. He gives us quality innings and keeps us in position to win."
Dunn seemed to get stronger as the game went on.
"It seemed like I zoned in, got tunnel vision," Dunn said. "That was pretty sweet."
Langbehn was not surprised.
"He had some stressful innings, but he worked through it and made quality pitches," he said. "He's not afraid. That's what separates him from a lot of pitchers in this league. He's determined. That's his mentality."
Traverse City now hits the road, opening a three-game series in Florence on Tuesday. Jake Sabol (4-0, 0.30) will get the call for the Beach Bums. He'll be opposed by Dan Jensen (2-1, 4.08).


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CORSICANA, Texas —
Police say a 2-year-old boy has died after accidentally shooting himself in the head at a North Texas home while his father was nearby.
Corsicana police on Thursday identified the victim as Kinsler Davis.
Police Chief Randy Bratton says the father called 911 on Wednesday night to report the shooting. The wounded boy was transported to a Corsicana hospital and then on to a Dallas hospital where he died later Wednesday.
Bratton says the boy apparently found a handgun in a bedroom. The child's 35-year-old father was in the walk-in closet of the bedroom at the time of the shooting.
No charges were immediately filed. Child Protective Services and prosecutors have been informed of the death.
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Hudson Police confiscated 52 pieces of merchandise and issued $12,480 worth of drug paraphernalia citations to the manager of The Hideaway on Monday afternoon. Shop owner Wael Sakallah has 52 citations coming his way as well, according to Hudson Police Chief Marty Jensen.
"They were selling drug paraphernalia like Left of Center was," Jensen said.
Local police conducted a similar operation at Left of Center, the downtown smoke shop, in May 2012. Municipal court proceedings began over two days last month on that case and are set to continue on Thursday.
Jensen said the items confiscated were similar to the ones taken from Left of Center last May, including glass pipes and one-hitters. Jensen also said police have visited the shop numerous times since it opened in October, but this incident was the first time contraband was on display.
Since the incident at Left of Center last May, two new smoke shops have opened in Hudson — Smokedale Tobacco and The Hideaway.
Is it drug paraphernalia or isn't it?
The seizing of pipes and other merchandise from smoke shops is a controversial subject. It is common to seize such items as drug paraphernalia only when drug residue is found on them, but new items on store shelves aren't prosecutable under most laws.
"We were always under the assumption that if the pipe hadn't been used, it wasn't considered drug paraphernalia," Jensen told Patch in May. "Back at the end of March, I had seen an article in regards to Moorhead, MN, winning a court case in federal court in regards to their drug paraphernalia ordinance."
Andrew Nelson, the attorney representing both smoke shops, says the Moorhead case actually is still pending, and the chief acted too early. He also noted that The Hideaway also has locations operating without incident in Minneapolis, Oakdale and Rosemount — all cities that have similar drug paraphernalia ordinances.
"I don't think the court is going to say, 'The Hudson PD says that this is drug paraphernalia, so it is, and you're guilty,'" Nelson said last May. "Everybody knows that these items are not drug paraphernalia until someone adds the drug element to it. Everybody knows that. What they're trying to do is issue citations on the chance that somebody could use these for an illicit purpose. We have different laws in this country for that purpose."
In April, Jensen sent a notice to Left of Center informing them that he was changing the way the City of Hudson's drug paraphernalia ordinance would be enforced.
"Obviously we have a drug problem here in town," Jensen said in May. "With our limited resources, we can only do so much. If we can slow down people's ability to get drug paraphernalia, hopefully we're slowing down some of the drug use that's going on."
Though Jensen declined to comment on the trial currently underway, he did say that charges on The Hideaway likely would be dropped if the City of Hudson is not successful in prosecuting Left of Center.
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