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Here are some of the top stories from the past week in Patch's west Chicago region:
BATAVIA—Police Charge 4 in Connections With Series of Home Burglaries—At least three burglaries took place at night when residents were in their homes.
ST. CHARLES—Charlestowne Mall Under Contract for Sale—No closing date is set yet, but the mayor is optimistic about the pending purchase of the property.
GENEVA—Former Genevan Brutally Beaten After Calling Out Side-Street Speeder—A fund is set up to help with medical expenses of man beaten and "left for dead" after he yelled at a speeder to slow down.
LA GRANGE—Ex-Official Charged with $1.5 Million Theft from Lyons Township Treasurer's Office—Healy, 54, resigned last year amid allegations that he misused $500,000 in vacation and sick time.
DARIEN—Darien Family Murderer Jacob Nodarse Gets 75 Years In Prison—Jacob Nodarse, the gunman in the March 2010 Kramer family murders, apologized Monday and did not expect leniency during his sentencing hearing.
DOWNERS GROVE—Downers Grove Man Charged in DUI Crash That Injured Two Teens—Bail was set at $200,000 for Jamie Delara-Rodriguez, 25, who is accused of driving with a blood alcohol level that was more than twice the legal limit.
LA GRANGE—Man Perched Atop Fountain Busted with Drugs: Police—The man spent several minutes shouting at passers by before officers got him to climb down.
DOWNERS GROVE—Downers Grove North Alum Cooks His Way to Dream Job on Food Network's 'Chef Wanted'—Chicago area Executive Chef Chris Turano beat three other chefs to become the Chef de Cuisine for The Bistro in Santa Barbara, CA.
ELMHURST—Mr. Fix-It Lou Manfredini Opening Villa Park Ace Hardware—Lou Manfredin is opening an Ace Hardware this month at 46 S. Villa Ave. in Villa Park. He is best known for his appearances as a contributor on The Today Show; his show, HomeSmarts, which will move to WGN this fall; and his radio call-in show, The Mr. Fix-It Show, on WGN-AM 720.
BURR RIDGE—Regulators Recommend Disbarment for Burr Ridge Resident Niew—The author and radio host is facing the loss of her Illinois law license over alleged misuse of a $2.3 million real-estate investment.
HINSDALE—Hinsdale-Native Businessman Killed in Bike/Car Crash—Kevin Flynn, born in Hinsdale and known as a central figure in the late-90's Rosemont casino efforts, died Monday in southwest Michigan.


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"Likud" is in the trash bin and the new phrase is Ein Atid – There's no Future.
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I'd love to see a steroid version of all sports.
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I'd love to see a steroid version of all sports.
Thats what im talking about.. Either make it legal or tell these steroid users (yes trt is a steroid) to fuck off..
I'd love to see a steroid version of all sports.
TRT = Worst steroid ever. Hendo and Vitor are the only two who seem to have success with TRT. I don't think it gives fighters any real edge. Training hard doesn't mean shit if you don't have the skills to win. If two fighters are in shape, skill will determine the winner. fighters like Kennedy sound like they are looking for excuses IMO.
So excited for this fight, I think - and hope - that Lyoto will be looking to make a statement in this fight. His style has drawn a lot of criticism of late, and it'll be interesting to see if he can be as elusive as he was at LHW when fighting smaller guys who can match his speed.
Assuming Machida has a comfortable cut, I see him getting a finish on the feet in the second or third. Kennedy is tough and has some legit skills, but I can't see him getting more than one takedown on Machida. Closing the distance on the Dragon is a nightmare, that knee is cocked and ready to light up the body, and we all know how quick his hands are. Add to that some fantastic takedown defences and its going to be a tough one for Kennedy.
I agree as well. As a huge henderson fan I understand at his age, but wish he'd hang it up. There is no doubt in my mind vitor is abusing it...
In a perfect world nothing synthetic would be in a fighters body
I agree with him it is damaging the sport.
Misleading title. He didn't tell Dan henderson to stop using steroids. That was aimed at belfort. He clearly has distain for any use of trt... But still a misleading title.
Kennedy to Hendo & Vitor: 'Stop using steroids'
In an interview with B/R, the 33-year-old was ecstatic.
"I was super excited, totally pumped, thrilled, ecstatic, when I was told about the fight," said Kennedy. "I think he's always been a small light heavyweight, he should've been a middleweight a few years ago."
"He should've come down to middleweight sooner, which I think is the natural weight for him. I have the expectation it will be the best Machida since he won the title."
"Right after my last fight, I was asking to be on that card. The groups I represent are the Green Beret Foundation, Rhino Den, Ranger Up, and the Wounded Warriors, so it's really cool to be on this card. Emotionally, I'm very invested, and I have to be since I'm fighting a legend who is a dangerous fighter."
"I hope he comes to fight. I dont want to chase the guy around for 15 minutes. Thats not the fight the fans want, the troops want. If he comes and fights, were gonna put on a great show."
"I know Im not a marque name and I'm looked past by most guys. He is an example of a true fighter to me: my hat's off to Lyoto for being a real fighter and stepping up to the plate to fight me."
Kennedy was less effusive about Vitor Belfort, who stated the only fight he would take at 185 was a title bout. Belfort is instead fighting Dan Henderson at UFC Fight Night 32 on November 9.
Both are on Testosterone Replacement Therapy, and Kennedy was disdainful.
"I wonder who is going to have higher testosterone levels during their fight camp?," said Kennedy. "The real competition for those two is who is going to have the highest testosterone levels during the fight camp. Just take their testosterone levels from four weeks out, and that's the winner of the fight, no reason for these guys to even meet in the cage."
"If you have a guy who can only fight in a scenario where hes injecting synthetic testosterone into his body, he shouldnt be fighting."
"This is mixed martial arts - integrity, legacy, discipline - this is not Mark MaGwire baseball. He almost killed the sport of baseball. Somebody needs to come to grips this is damaging the sport."
"His requirement to fight me was to fight me in Brazil. If I get a call to fight, I'm told it's at this time, at this place and I accept. I don't go around being like 'well, I'm only going to fight so and so if we meet in Austin, Texas.' Fight clean, stop using steroids."
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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel at the Pentagon March 28.
Civilian employees at the Department of Defense and across the federal government still don't know the extent to which they will be forced to stay home from work due to mandatory budget cuts, but they can take comfort in knowing their boss will also take a bath.
The Pentagon announced on March 27 that it would cut the number of furlough days from 22 down to 14 for most of its 700,000 civilian employees. Across-the-board automatic spending cuts, known as sequestration, began on March 1, forcing the Defense Department to find roughly $43 billion in savings.
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Newly minted Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel told his senior staff shortly before taking office Feb. 27 that he would plan to give up part of his salary equal to the cuts forced on his employees.
"He will voluntarily subject part of his salary to furlough," Pentagon spokesman George Little told reporters on Tuesday. "The secretary plans to subject his pay to furlough levels even though he's not required to, because he's a presidentially-appointed, Senate-confirmed official in this department."
A legal framework exists for Hagel to essentially write a check back to the U.S. Treasury. Hagel makes $199,700 per year, according to non-profit WageIndicator Foundation. Though Pentagon officials didn't give firm figures, if his salary is divided by the 251 working days in 2013 (omitting weekends and holidays), Hagel could repay about $11,000 for two weeks of furlough time.
The Pentagon is still determining who will be subject to furloughs and for how long, during what Little calls "a troubling time." Most civilians, including Little, would be subject to the furlough days, with the exception of those deployed to war zones and foreign nationals employed by the U.S. overseas.
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Little says the reduction from 22 to 14 potential furlough days "hopefully gives some relief to our civilian workforce." Federal departments are obliged to provide 30 days notice to employees before furloughs begin.
"This is not something that you get a notice one day and a furlough the next," Little said on Tuesday. "We understand the need to take great care of our civilian workforce."
The 480 employees at the Office of Management and Budget, the White House's financial planning arm, all received furlough notices on April 1. White House spokesman Jay Carney said the executive branch has tried to cut costs by scaling back purchases, cutting staff travel and slowing hiring, among other penny-pinching tactics.
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News about Floods, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Chronology of Coverage
Jul. 31, 2014
Authorities say six people who were helping clean up flooded Pauley Pavilion basketball arena University of California, Los Angeles are being treated for exposure to carbon monoxide; arena was covered with 10 inches of water after nearby water main break. MORE
Jul. 17, 2014
Pres Obama announces climate change initiatives aimed at guarding nation's electricity supply; proposals include improvement of local planning for dealing with flooding, coastal erosion and storm surges, and better methods for predicting landslide risks. MORE
Jul. 6, 2014
Inhabitants of Catalao, floating village in Brazil's Amazon River basin, have adapted their lives, and their passion for playing soccer, to the annual flooding of the Black River; houses, school and even provisional soccer fields are built to float. MORE
Jul. 2, 2014
Searchers in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, recover body of teenager Logan Blake, who was swept into a storm drain by fast-moving floodwaters. MORE
Jun. 25, 2014
Flooding spans vast regions of Minnesota as result of an unusually heavy snowpack from winter, combined with torrential rain this spring and early summer that has filled lakes and wetlands; swelling Mississippi River is expected to crest at 20.5 feet. MORE
Jun. 24, 2014
Floods and storms that have ravaged Great Britain in 2014 have revealed new aspects of submerged forest of Borth on Britain's western coastline; erosion caused by changing climate has uncovered new clues as to where among cluster of prehistoric tree stumps early humans may have lived. MORE
Jun. 17, 2014
Op-Ed article by Prof Ted Steinberg argues that for all its problems, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey presents an excellent example of interstate cooperation that could prove invaluable in combating climate change; holds that increasing urbanization in coastal areas has been devastating to estuaries and wetlands, and has aggravated the danger posed by coastal flooding; calls on Port Authority to become an international leader in combating these trends. MORE
Jun. 3, 2014
New Jersey Gov Chris Christie joins Shaun Donovan, federal Housing and Urban Development Dept secretary, to announce that flood-prevention project centered on Hoboken will receive $230 million in federal aid; ceremony takes place in Little Ferry, which received $150 million, allowing Christie to keep his distance from Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer, who had accused Christie administration officials of improperly withholding federal disaster aid to her city. MORE
May. 27, 2014
Flooding in southern China has killed 37 people, left six missing and forced about half a million people from their homes. MORE
May. 22, 2014
Contaminated rainwater is receding in Balkans but has turned much of Serbia into poisonous stew of toxic chemicals; concerns are now shifting to an almost inevitable outbreak of disease; there are also worries that second wave of flooding will hit region, inundating some of the towns and villages that are just now beginning to dry out. MORE
May. 20, 2014
Serbian workers have so far been successful in protecting coal-fired Nikola Tesla power plant in town of Obrenovac, which has been hard hit by flooding; storm surge that has been causing floods is expected to edge into the capital Belgrade's area, threatening the power plant southwest of the city that provides half of the nation's electricity. MORE
May. 19, 2014
Torrential rains in Serbia and Bosnia cause most intense flooding region has seen since record-keeping began over century ago, and result in 33 deaths and thousands of evacuations; rains cause landslides and widespread destruction. MORE
May. 13, 2014
Justin Gillis By Degrees column notes that decades-old research predicting rise in frequency and intensity of rainfall, along with flash floods, as a result of global warming is beginning to be confirmed in reality MORE
May. 8, 2014
New scientific report on global warming names Miami as one of the cities most vulnerable to severe damage as a result of rising sea levels; since 1870, sea levels have risen eight inches and report projects a further rise of one to four feet by the end of the century; in and around Miami, local officials are grappling head on with the problem. MORE
May. 1, 2014
Rising floods following severe storms in Pensacola, Fla, prompt church leaders to take rescue efforts into their own hands; harsh weather throughout South and Midwest kills at least 38 people across eight states. MORE
Apr. 26, 2014
Afghan officials say over 100 people have been killed and thousands left homeless by flash floods in northern and western parts of the country. MORE
Apr. 14, 2014
Environmentalists argue that Army Corps of Engineers proposal to build dam inside New Jersey's South Mountain Reservation would kill dense stands of trees and other vegetation that now form the most scenic swath of the park; proposal is one of seven flood-mitigation alternatives for the Rahway River Basin; during Tropical Storm Irene and other major storms, the Rahway River has caused severe flooding in downstream communities. MORE
Apr. 13, 2014
Henk Ovink, former Dutch official who is now working at United States Dept of Housing and Urban Development, is architect behind department's push to address effects of changing sea levels on America's coasts; issue grew more urgent in wake of Hurricane Sandy; Ovink, who pioneered strategy of allowing flood waters to flow freely in the Netherlands rather than keeping them out, faces both cultural and logistical obstacles in translating his vision to the United States. MORE
Feb. 25, 2014
Study in journal PLoS One reports that ants living in flooded areas can form raft to protect queen and her brood, using larvae and pupae as base of raft. MORE
Feb. 12, 2014
British Prime Min David Cameron cancels trip to Israel and Palestinian territory in order to deal with extraordinary flooding in England; trip would have been his first visit to region as prime minister. MORE
Feb. 11, 2014
British politicians and the Environment Agency blame each other for the lack of preparedness for floods that have devastated southwest England; around 5,000 houses in Britain have been damaged since December. MORE
Feb. 11, 2014
At least 60 people are killed and dozens injured in Burundi after heavy rains cause flooding and landslides. MORE
Feb. 7, 2014
Muchelney Journal; Muchelney, England, and adjacent hamlet of Thorney are among areas hardest hit by wettest January on record; copious rains have left whole villages flooded and residents cut off from vital services. MORE
Jan. 31, 2014
Senate passes a bill to delay sharp increases in federal flood insurance rates for millions of property owners in coastal and flood-prone areas. MORE
Jan. 29, 2014
Bolivian government declares national emergency to deal with flooding that has claimed at least 30 lives and forced about 21,000 families from their homes. MORE
Jan. 29, 2014
Major flood insurance bill passed by Congress in 2012 is now facing enthusiastic bipartisan effort to gut it; measure supported by conservatives and environmentalists may fall victim to unintended consequences and is a warning, some say, of rising costs of climate change. MORE
Jan. 25, 2014
Tara Siegel Bernard Your Money column offers tips to avoid obstacles as deadline to submit final flood insurance claims for Hurricane Sandy approaches; National Flood Insurance Program, run by Federal Emergency Management Agency, says it has paid about $7.9 billion to victims of storm, but private companies can limit amount policyholders ultimately collect. MORE
Jan. 12, 2014
Dominican Republic's Lago Enriquillo and neighboring Lac Azuei in Haiti are rising rapidly, flooding and submerging farms and ranches and displacing thousands of people; lakes have always had rising waters but never this large; cause is unknown, but consortium of scientists from United States and Dominican Republic are focusing on changing climate patterns as main culprit. MORE
Dec. 25, 2013
Heavy rains in Brazilian states of Espirito Santo and Minas Gerais, which triggered landslides and flash floods, leave at least 30 people dead and force about 50,000 people from their homes. MORE
Dec. 17, 2013
Judge Robert E Gerber of United States Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan agrees to Chapter 7 liquidation of WineCare Storage in West Chelsea; facility was flooded during Hurricane Sandy, and many of its wealthy clients have been unable to retrieve, or even know the fate of, their stored bottles, collectively worth tens of millions of dollars. MORE
Dec. 16, 2013
Clients of WineCare Storage on West 28th Street in Manhattan have been unable to get anywhere near their rare and valuable bottles following severe flooding of facility during Hurricane Sandy; Judge Robert E Gerber of United States Bankruptcy Court will hold hearing on whether to liquidate the now-bankrupt business, opening door to resolving mystery of what happened to stored bottles and why customers have been kept at bay. MORE
Dec. 7, 2013
More than 30,000 residents of New York and New Jersey remain displaced from their homes after Hurricane Sandy, mired in bureaucratic and financial limbo; analysis reveals that less than half of people who sought aid from the Federal Emergency Management Agency have received it, and in many cases flood insurance covered only fraction of losses. MORE
Nov. 20, 2013
Italian government declares state of emergency on the island of Sardinia after a torrential rainstorm kills at least 16 people. MORE
Nov. 11, 2013
Scientists' most dire predictions forecast that South Florida's delicate barrier islands, coastal communities and captivating subtropical beaches will be lost to rising waters in as few as 100 years; say sea level could rise five or six feet by 2100. MORE
Oct. 31, 2013
David W Dunlap Building Blocks column; portable barrier at Verizon's landmark building at 140 West Street, across from 1 World Trade Center, is being put in place, designed to withstand flood surge like one caused by Hurricane Sandy; portable wall should protect Verizon equipment from inundation and keep stock exchange communications open should another storm strike. MORE
Oct. 29, 2013
Hurricane Sandy left behind a waterline on many New York City properties delineating the destructive height of the flooding; some building owners and homeowners are resolved to keep it as badge of survival. MORE
Oct. 29, 2013
Metropolitan Transportation Authority officials say that consequences of Hurricane Sandy on New York's subway system will be felt for years, most acutely in the form of persistent service disruptions in areas that were heavily and directly damaged by flooding; storm-related triage could also delay scheduled work throughout system intended to keep the subways in a state of good repair. MORE
Oct. 29, 2013
Ellis Island and its immigrant museum reopen to the public, one of the last of New York's major parks or monuments damaged by Hurricane Sandy to do so; building that serves as centerpiece of Ellis Island was spared major structural damage, but storm surge destroyed much of site's electrical, water and sewage systems; permanent fixes are still being worked out with goal of making all future systems on island far more resilient. MORE
Oct. 29, 2013
Editorial laments fact that on first anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, politicians are continuing to dodge legitimate complaints from people who are still suffering storm's effects; notes housing aid has been sluggish, with thousands of people remaining homeless; welcomes signs that storm has at least caused many to reimagine plans for development and flood insurance in preparation for future disasters. MORE
Oct. 27, 2013
Floods in southeast India kill dozens of people and force evacuation of more than 70,000 others. MORE
Oct. 26, 2013
Number of properties in New York City that will be required to have federal flood insurance will nearly double in 2015, to about 32,000, under updated maps from Federal Emergency Management Agency; accompanying higher premiums may mean that many city residents will have to relocate. MORE
Oct. 17, 2013
Powerful typhoon strikes eastern Japan, causing landslides and floods that leave at least 17 people dead and 43 missing. MORE
Oct. 13, 2013
Sharp increases in federal flood insurance rates are distressing coastal homeowners from Hawaii to New England and are starting to hurt property values and housing sales in areas just beginning to recover from recession. MORE
Oct. 11, 2013
Patricia Dresch, who lost her husband and one of her daughters when Hurricane Sandy floodwaters tore through their Tottenville, Staten Island home, is first homeowner to be bought out under New York City's recovery program; in giving homeowners pre-storm market value of their homes, city hopes to reduce the number of properties in flood-prone areas. MORE
Sep. 27, 2013
Floodwaters are receding from Colorado's drilling epicenter, but the sight of drowning oil wells has inflamed the emotional debate over the West's new resource rush; officials say no wells failed and damage from oil spill contamination appears limited; environmental activists say they have unanswered questions about extent of damage and hope spills will refocus attention on environmental cost of energy drilling. MORE
Sep. 22, 2013
Worst flooding to hit Northern Colorado in a generation has left affected communities facing the prospect of a slow and expensive recovery; residents of the mountain community Jamestown and blue-collar city Evans, among several others, find themselves confronting urgent questions about how long it will take to recover, and whether to stay. MORE
Sep. 17, 2013
Tropical Storm Ingrid and the remnants of Tropical Storm Manuel drench Mexico's Gulf and Pacific coasts with more torrential rains, flooding towns and cities, cutting off highways and setting off deadly landslides in a national emergency that authorities say has caused at least 34 deaths. MORE
Sep. 16, 2013
Record-breaking rain storms continue in Colorado's Larimer and Boulder Counties, hobbling efforts to rescue hundreds of people who remain stranded in flooded mountains; storms have left six people dead or presumed dead, while more than 800 remain unaccounted for. MORE
Sep. 14, 2013
Thousands of Colorado residents are forced to evacuate their homes in face of rivers and streams choked by heavy rains, dirt and debris; four people have died in floods, and authorities say 80 people have been reported as unreachable or missing. MORE
Sep. 13, 2013
Flash flooding across Colorado kills at least three people and cuts off major highways, isolates mountain towns and forces closing of the main campus of the University of Colorado. MORE
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U.C.L.A. Wades Through Damage From Pipe Flooding
A water pipe burst at U.C.L.A. on Tuesday, damaging six facilities, including the university's storied basketball arena, Pauley Pavilion, which underwent a $132 million renovation two years ago.
July 31, 2014, Thursday
NYU Langone Medical Center to Get $1.13 Billion in Storm Aid
The award will be used to restore damaged buildings and to protect the medical center, which is by the East River, from future flooding.
July 30, 2014, Wednesday
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White House Announces Climate Change Initiatives
President Obama announced plans aimed at guarding the electricity supply; improving local planning for flooding, coastal erosion and storm surges; and better predicting landslide risks.
July 17, 2014, Thursday
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The Amazon's Floating Fields
Inhabitants of a floating village in the Amazon River basin have adapted their lives, and their passion for playing soccer, to the annual flooding of the Black River.
July 6, 2014, Sunday
MORE ON FLOODS AND: Brazil , Soccer , Amazon River Basin , Floods , World Cup 2014 (Soccer)
Rain May Spare Fireworks, but Not Other July 4th Plans
The anticipated arrival of Tropical Storm Arthur in the New York City area is making it difficult for residents to plan outdoor activities for the Fourth of July weekend.
July 3, 2014, Thursday
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Iowa: Teenager Is Found Dead After Floodwaters Push Him Into Drain
Searchers on Tuesday recovered the body of a teenager who was swept into a storm drain in Cedar Rapids by fast-moving floodwaters, the authorities said.
July 2, 2014, Wednesday
MORE ON FLOODS AND: Drownings , Cedar Rapids (Iowa) , Floods , Teenagers and Adolescence , Blake, Logan
Awakening the 'Dutch Gene' of Water Survival
The dikes of the country's water management system work so well that experts say they worry that citizens will begin to take staying dry for granted.
June 30, 2014, Monday
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Paraguay: Thousands Flee Floods
Torrential rains have forced the evacuation of 200,000 people living near the Paraguay and Paraná Rivers.
June 28, 2014, Saturday
MORE ON FLOODS AND: Evacuations and Evacuees , Floods , Paraguay
Vast Stretches of Minnesota Are Flooded as Swollen Rivers Overflow
After heavy winter snows and torrential spring rains, floods spread throughout the state, from Canada to Iowa.
June 25, 2014, Wednesday
MORE ON FLOODS AND: Rain , Transportation Department (US) , Floods , National Weather Service , Mississippi River , Minnesota , Dayton, Mark B , Rivers
A Sunken Kingdom Re-emerges
The floods and storms that battered Britain earlier this year radically changed the way archaeologists interpret the landscape.
June 24, 2014, Tuesday
MORE ON FLOODS AND: Archaeology , Global Warming , Floods , Forests and Forestry , Wales , Happisburgh (England) , Anthropology , Borth (Wales) , Great Britain
Q & A: Unlearned Lessons of 1993
Has the nation forgotten what was learned after the Great Flood of 1993? Experts weigh in.
Voices From Serbian Flooding
Survivors recounted the moment floodwaters submerged their homes in the towns of Obrenovac and Krupanj.
Rains Flood Florida and Alabama
Torrential rain overnight in Pensacola, Fla., and parts of Alabama left hundreds stranded in apartments and cars. The storm drenched the area with nearly 20 inches of rain.
Rising Seas
Some areas of the globe are especially vulnerable to rising sea levels and inhabitants are being forced to make stark changes in their lives.
Deadly Landslide in Washington State
At least 18 people were missing and 8 were confirmed dead as of late Sunday in Washington State after a huge landslide destroyed homes and buried a state highway.
Displaced civilians at risk of disease
Heavy rain and flooding continues to take a toll on displaced people in South Sudan, as aid agencies scramble to prevent disease outbreaks. Jennifer Davis reports.
Muchelney Under Water
Dozens of homes are flooded and much of the west coast of England and Wales are under fresh flood alerts.
Rising Sea, Sinking Land
Tide gauges along the East Coast show a long-term increase in relative sea levels.
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Two Colorado Towns Hit Hard by Recent Flood
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Charges were dropped and a plea deal that avoided jail time was reached before opening arguments began Monday morning in a trial that could have sent a Jeffersonville man to prison for 70 years.
It all hinged on a phone call.
James L. Rogers II, 67, was facing class A felony child molesting and class B felony sexual misconduct charges following accusations he had a sexual relationship with a girl for four years that began in 2008 when she was 11 years old.
A critical piece of evidence for Clark County Chief Deputy Prosecutor Jeremy Mull was a phone conversation recorded by Jeffersonville police between the girl and Rogers in which she talked about having to take a polygraph test.
It was the mention of the polygraph test — deemed inadmissible in court by Clark County Circuit Court Judge Vicki Carmichael — that led to the plea arrangement in which Rogers pled guilty to felony battery.
"Once [the recorded-phone conversation was ruled inadmissible], about three quarters of our case was taken away, and we were not going to be able to show any of that to the jury," Mull said after the deal was reached. "So, in that position, we did reach the plea agreement this morning that had him plea guilty to felony battery."
The class D felony battery conviction stems from an incident in which Rogers stuck the child in her face during an argument, according to his attorney, Perry McCall, but he could not say when the incident occurred, other than it took place when the child was less than 15 years old. She is currently 16 years old.
McCall voiced confidence in his client's innocence.
"I'm 100 percent sure that James Rogers did not commit child molesting as a class A felony, class B felony," McCall said, adding that he found hundreds of inconsistencies in the girl's statements and the overall case.
McCall said he didn't want to speak too much about the child's private life, but said she may have fabricated the sexual abuse from Rogers to take the attention from other matters that confronted her.
"There was a dynamic going on in her life that was causing her a great personal problem and stress, and, therefore, something to take the attention away from that, something to make her not be the bad guy, [but] to be the victim," McCall said.
He said the prosecution had made other offers leading up to the trial, but Rogers had declined and always maintained his innocence.
"He stuck to, 'I did not do this,' and I believed him, and we had the evidence to show he didn't do it when she said he did," McCall said.
Police first became aware of the allegations when the child was being questioned in February 2012 on an unrelated matter when she told police that Rogers had begun molesting her four years earlier.
From the Jeffersonville Police Department, the child placed the recorded phone call to Rogers, with investigators listening to the conversation. The girl told Rogers she had been questioned by police and feared authorities knew about their relationship.
Rogers responded, "Not if you don't say nothing. They don't know a thing about us," according to an affidavit.
She also told Rogers during the phone call that she was concerned about having to take a polygraph test. According to the affidavit, Rogers told her that she was too young to have to take a polygraph test. Later in the day, Rogers went to the police department to speak with investigators, and after the interview he was placed under arrest.
Despite the molestation and misconduct charges being dropped, Mull said the plea includes Rogers having to undergo a sexual perpetrator assessment, at which time a clinician could require he submits to counseling.
"Basically, we were left without most of our evidence in this case with this ruling this morning," Mull said. "Certainly, we were pursuing the child molesting conviction, but when most of our evidence is ruled inadmissible in court, we can't simply walk in and present a case with little or no evidence."
While the court's ruling stripped the state of the majority of its evidence for the child molesting and sexual misconduct charges, Mull said he still feels the felony battery conviction is an accomplishment.
"I think the community is well served by the guilty plea," Mull said. "He will be on probation. He will be monitored. I think the community will be safe as a result."
Mull said a no contact order was also issued to prevent Rogers from communicating with the child for at least 18 months.


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Springfield, Mass. - January 30, 2010 - Kelly Slattery scored 21 points and her Springfield College women's basketball team used an 19-2 run over the final 5:51 of the first half to take control of the game as it defeated MIT, 72-54, in a New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference contest on Saturday afternoon at Blake Arena.
With the win, the Pride is now 10-9 overall, 8-4 in the NEWMAC, and has won six of its last seven games. MIT falls to 4-14 overall, and 2-10 in league play.
Leading the way for the Pride was Slattery, a sophomore forward from Somers, Conn., who tallied 21 points and added seven rebounds and two blocks. She was also 10-for-12 from the floor, making her 20-of-22 from the floor in her last two home games.
Behind her were a pair of juniors who scored 11 points. Besides the 11 markers, center Amelia Sapowsky (Ware, Mass.) also had six rebounds, three blocks, two assists, and two steals. She was 5-for-8 from the field. Guard Abby Connors (Douglas, Mass.) also had 11 points, along with five rebounds and five assists. Sophomore guard Kelly Murphy (Mechanicville, N.Y.) scored nine points, with three rebounds and two assists.
For the Engineers of MIT, freshman guard Lauren Sascha Burton (Seattle, Wash.) was the only player in double figures with 15 points. She also led MIT in rebounds with six, and in assists with five. Two others scored nine points. They were freshman forward Anna Merrifield (Honolulu, Hi.) and freshman guard Aparna Sud (Wellesley, Mass.). And two more scored eight points. They were senior guard Sally Simpson (Minneapolis, Minn.) and freshman forward Stephanie Cooke (Lanoka Harbor, N.Y.).
Springfield got off to a good start in the first four minutes, taking an 11-5 lead on a Murphy lay-up with 16:06 left in the first half. But in the next five and a half minutes, MIT outscored the Pride, 18-7, for its best spurt of the contest. And with 10:41 left, following a Sud 3-pointer, MIT led 23-18. With 8:51 left, MIT still led by a count of 28-24 after a Simpson 3-pointer.
But this is when SC kicked it into a higher gear. The Pride outscored the Engineers, 18-2, in the final 5:51 to take a 45-30 lead into the intermission. That stretch was culminated by a 3-pointer by freshman guard Colleen Dignum (Albany, N.Y.) with 16 seconds left.
Springfield had its best shooting half of the season, hitting 20-of-30 attempts for a .667 percentage. Meanwhile, the Engineers shot .333 on 11-for-33.
MIT scored the first five points of the second half, but a quick 10-0 run in a span of just 1:45 kept MIT at bay. Key shots in that run were 3-pointers by Murphy and freshman guard Meghan Biondolillo (Levittown, N.Y.) -- and SC led by 20 at 55-35 with 15:48 left. When Sapowsky hit a lay-up with 5:39 left, the Pride had its largest lead at 23 points (69-46).
Springfield shot .554 for the game (31-of-56 and its high for the season), while MIT shot .313 (20-of-64). SC outrebounded MIT, 39-36. SC had seven blocks to MIT's none. MIT shot well from 3-point range (.450 at 9-of-20). SC's 31 field goals made were also a season-best.
The Pride will host WPI on Wednesday evening at 7:00 pm in yet another contest with important NEWMAC Tournament home-court implications.


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The agent for Brandon Browner says the Seahawks cornerback has no idea how an illegal substance was found in his body. / Drew Sellers, Sportspress Northwest
As far as Seahawks coach Pete Carroll knows, Richard Sherman and Brandon Browner will play Sunday in Chicago against the Bears. "As of right now?" Carroll said, responding to a question at his press chat Monday afternoon. "Yeah. I'm planning on those guys playing."
What else we know is that the acclaimed anchors of the Seahawks secondary proclaimed their innocence. And we can also speculate that the clumsy drama will persist.
Browner's agent, Peter Schaffer, told Seattle-area reporters Monday by phone that he and his client were notified in the past week by letter from the league office of a positive test for a banned substance. Without speaking specifically of this case, he said an appeals hearing is usually scheduled within 20 days of receipt of the letter, "unless circumstances require them to take longer, the need for evidence experts and the like."
Asked whether the case could linger through the rest of the season, Schaffer couldn't say.
Getting accurate word in the murky NFL world of drug-cheat chasing is difficult, because any NFL official who talks publicly about drug-policy violation cases is subject to a $500,000 fine. But players and agents can issue public denials/excuses/apologies. Schaffer was quick to say his man was not guilty.
"I can tell you that Brandon Browner has no knowledge of how any illegal substance could have gotten into his system," he said. "He is an outstanding person and a very good football player. He takes tremendous care of his body and he is very careful with what he puts into it.
"We're exploring all avenues to try and figure out how any substance out of the ordinary would be in his system."
With Sherman having claimed innocence as well Sunday night on his Twitter account, we have an awkward public stalemate, brought about because the news was leaked between notification and appeal, instead of after both, as is customary.
ESPN.com reported the news Sunday after the Seahawks left Miami, citing league sources. If someone wanted to complicate the Seahawks lives just a little by leaking the story, he succeeded.
Mindful of NFL rules, Carroll spent the first few minutes Monday parrying questions from reporters before calling a halt.
"Let me do it this way because it's so important that we do this properly," Carroll said. "I'm not going to comment about anything about it. That's the best way to do this. These are league issues, and at this point, I'm just going to keep it there. I hope that you can respect that's the way we have to do it, and we'll talk about it later on in a general, broader sense when we can."
Carroll, a man having enough problems explaining how the Seahawks gave up 17 points in the final eight minutes of Sunday's 24-21 loss in Miami, was eager to get the drug drama behind him. Unfortunately for him, thanks to the leak without accompanying resolution, it will be dangling in front of him for what could be the rest of the season.
Carroll has managed far more difficult matters -- seeing ex-USC Trojan Reggie Bush Sunday playing for the Dolphins called one to mind -- and the NFL has provided him cover with the threat of a big fine. But that doesn't mean he can go in and clear the minds of Sherman, Browner and their teammates who rightly wonder if this is going to be on the field with them the next five Sundays, and perhaps beyond.
And unlike distractions in college ball, the distractions in pro ball are more difficult to manage because the level of competition is so much higher and the margins so much smaller. The Seahawks' five losses on the road have been by a touchdown or less.
"I can't imagine if anybody has been in more close games on the road than we've been in," he said. "We're close enough that we know the things that are there for us."
Actually, a fair number of other teams have had cruel losses on the road -- ask Green Bay (14-12) and New England (24-23) how they're feeling about their visits to Seattle.
The point is the Seahawks and most teams are operating on thin margins each Sunday, so the unresolved mystery surrounding two higher-profile players is a nuisance that is at minimum unhelpful.
And since there will be no planned public disclosure of evidence, no one is going to know for certain about guilt or innocence, just suspension or no suspension.
Whatever Browner or Sherman did or didn't do, they are now subject to public scrutiny and criticism. To paraphrase Sherman's famous question post-game to defeated Patriots quarterback Tom Brady:
I'd be mad, bro.
UPDATE: USA Today reported Monday night that Sherman, according to a source, is claiming he drank from the bottle of a teammate that contained a crushed Adderall pill, a stimulant banned by the NFL without a doctor's precription. The unnamed teammate had a prescription.
Quoting another unnamed source who knew of Browner's situation, the story said the player claims the officials who performed the test did not follow proper protocol and that he saw one of the officials pour urine from one container into another.
According to the person with knowledge of Sherman's defense, Browner is in the NFL's substance-abuse program because of an undisclosed incident while he was with the Denver Broncos in 2005. He returned to the NFL after five years in the CFL and was reinstated into the program. His awareness of the risk is part of the argument that he would never knowingly take a banned substance.


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The group will meet at 2 p.m. at the library, 111 S. Bridge. Rapid City resident Lee Boisvert will discuss her book "Keewaydinoquay, Stories from My Youth." The public is invited.
Road Rally
TRAVERSE CITY — Traverse City Area Public Schools Montessori at Glenn Loomis will hold a Road Rally fundraiser on Friday, May 10. Registration forms and fees are due today, May 6.
Road Rallies are scavenger hunts where teams compete for points and meet at a final destination for food and prizes.
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TRAVERSE CITY — The Railroad Historical Society of Northwest Michigan meets at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 7, at the History Center of Traverse City, 322 Sixth St. Member Brian Leiteritz will present the DVD "Pacific Northwest Holiday." Anyone interested in railroads or railroading is welcome.
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TRAVERSE CITY — Jason Roth of Medtronics will discuss Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) at the Tuesday, May 7, meeting of the Parkinson's Evening Support Group. The meeting starts at 6 p.m. at the Traverse City Senior Center, 801 E. Front St. For details, call 946-1323 or 947-1946.
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Aging Commission
TRAVERSE CITY — The Grand Traverse County Commission on Aging will meet at 9 a.m. Tuesday, May 7, at the Commission on Aging, 520 W. Front St. Call 922-4688 to learn more.
iPad Essentials
SUTTONS BAY — The Suttons Bay Friendship Community Center, 201 W. Broadway, will offer an "iPad Essentials" class on Thursday, May 9.
The class will meet from 1 to 4 p.m. The cost is $45 per person and registration is required. To register, call 271-4630. Payment may be dropped off during office hours Monday, Wednesday or Friday.
Teen foodies
TRAVERSE CITY — Teens and preteens are invited to make no-bake treats to take home at a "Teen Foodies" event Thursday, May 9, at the Peninsula Community Library, 2699 Island View Road.
The event starts at 6:30 p.m. Ingredients will be provided, but participants will need to bring some supplies. There also will be a pizza dinner. For details, a list of supplies to bring and to register, call the library, 223-7700.
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Fibromyalgia group
TRAVERSE CITY — The local fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue support group will observe Fibromyaligia Awareness Month at its Saturday, May 11, meeting.
The group will meet from 1 to 3 p.m. at Munson Medical Center, 1105 Sixth St. Guest speakers are James Berg, PA-C, from the Jones Center for Pain Management, and Physical Therapist Heather Greenwald from Munson West Front Physical Therapy.
USPS collects food
TRAVERSE CITY — Mail carriers in most communities in the five-county area will collect non-perishable food for the Northwest Food Coalition.
Participating carriers will leave a postcard about the drive in boxes this week. Homes receiving a card may leave bags of food near their mailboxes on Saturday, May 11. The carrier or a marked car volunteer will collect the donations. Others interested in donating who live in non-participating areas should contact their local post office about where to donate.
Safety Day
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Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Bennett accepted an invitation from USF's Educators In Action to engage in a question-and-answer session in Brookside this month.
The USF education majors joined academic deans, President Sister M. Elise Kriss, OSF, retired USF Provost Dr. Rolf Daniel, Chief Academic Officer Dr. J. Andrew Prall and Chief Administrative Officer Dr. Stacy Adkinson for the informative session that addressed the state education climate, including teacher accountability, public school funding, charter schools and private school vouchers.
As their state transfers from the Indiana Academic Standards to the Common Core State Standards, USF education majors questioned the reasoning for the switch, and asked for a comparison of the standards in terms of quality.
Teacher salaries and merit pay saw a good deal of discussion, as the future teachers asked for a description of the process through which teacher salaries will be determined and how environmental factors such as the location of schools in lower socio-economic strata will factor into merit pay.
Students also asked Bennett about teacher expectations and education changes he sees in the future, and whether schools will have the resources to support technology needs.
"The University of Saint Francis welcomes dialogue between its students who are prospective teachers and the state's top education official regarding the direction of education in Indiana," President Kriss said.
"The opportunity to meet Tony Bennett was fantastic and very insightful," said USF Educators in Action secretary, Claudia Alcala. "I feel better informed about current education reform and prepared to enter the education field with an open mind."
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The decision to make this move came as part of our commitment to value for money and cost effectiveness. Details of 38 projects that are funded through the International Secretariat and implemented by Alliance Linking Organisations in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean have been published on the IATI registry. In publishing to IATI, the Alliance joins donors such as the UK Department for International Development (DFID), the governments of Australia (AusAID) and the Netherlands (BUZA), the World Bank, the Hewlett Foundation and Development Initiatives Poverty Research (DIPR) in making their data transparent and accessible using a common format.
Sam McPherson, Associate Director from the Planning Analysis & Learning Unit explained why it is important for the Alliance to adopt the IATI standard: 'The Alliance welcomed the IATI initiative from the beginning. We have been committed to making our data available to all stakeholders through our Impact Microsite and interactive map.'
The Alliance has a Partnership Programme Agreement with DFID who were one of the donors who were behind the launch of IATI in 2008. Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for International Development, Stephen O'Brien, said:'I am pleased that the International HIV/AIDS Alliance has become the first civil society organisation to publish its data to the IATI standard. The best way to demonstrate that aid works is to be open and transparent about how it is used. This is why the British government has created an independent aid watchdog to provide unflinching scrutiny of our programmes. 'Making information about aid spending easier to access means that UK taxpayers and citizens in poor countries can hold DFID and partners to account for using aid money effectively and for its intended purpose. The Alliance is leading the way in transforming accountability in the NGO sector.'
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PHOENIX, Arizona, July 22. THE 50 freestyle is one of the most unpredictable races on the swimming schedule. A botched start, a mistimed breakout or a wrongly-judged finish could keep a swimmer off the medal stand. Even though the men and women who will swim the 50 freestyle in the world championship final are professionals in this event, it doesn't keep them from making even the tiniest mistake. The winner, usually, is the one who makes the least amount of mistakes.
Swimming World correspondents Jeff Commings, David Rieder and Julia Wilkinson-Minks are offering their medal predictions for each event throughout this series and a brief analysis of their top-three selections.
Men 50 freestyle
Gold: Florent Manadou
Silver: Cesar Cielo
Bronze: James Magnussen
Dark horse: Nathan Adrian
Picking the 50 freestyle is akin to playing pin-the-tail on the donkey, especially when there is not one obvious winner. Can Nathan Adrian add another event to his gold medal roster? Can lightning strike twice for Florent Manadou? James Magnussen was not what we expected he would be at the Olympics last summer, but we'd like to assume that won't happen twice for him. And then of course you have Cesar Cielo, bronze last summer, gold at the Beijing Olympics and the World Champion in this event in both 2009 and 2011. When it comes down to it, Cielo definitely has the most experience when it comes to winning this event, but experience might not always be a good thing. I think Florent Manadou will repeat his win from last summer. James Magnussen is ranked second in the world this year with a time set back in April, leaving plenty of time to get stronger between then and now. Adrian is my dark horse, not in the sense that I think he may or may not get a medal: he is ranked first in the world this year, and I am confident he too will be on the podium. I just don't know where. Adrian's biggest win in this event comes from 2010 Pan Pacific Championships, but he didn't have the chance to flex his muscles in the 50 last summer.
Gold: Nathan Adrian
Silver: Vlad Morozov
Bronze: Florent Manaudou
Nathan Adrian didn't get to swim the 50 freestyle at the 2012 Olympics, the result of a miscalculation at the Olympic Trials that left him off the roster in that event. After his gold medal-winning race in the 100 free in London, the world is anxiously awaiting to see his full potential in the splash-and-dash. Adrian's 21.47 from world trials ranks first in the world, and I'm inclined to believe there was more in Adrian's tank in that event in Indianapolis. Don't expect much of a time drop from Adrian in the final. I expect a 21.2 will be the fastest time we see on the board. Vlad Morozov is this year's sprinting golden boy, and while he will come up short of gold in this event as he will in the 100 free, his time is coming. The experience at the top level will only increase his confidence in the coming years. This time last year, Florent Manaudou's biggest claim to fame was being Laure's little brother. Now, he is Olympic champion, and none of last year's gold medalists should be counted out in their events. As for dark horses ... well, everyone in the final should be considered a dark horse for a medal. Anthony Ervin. Cesar Cielo. Roland Schoeman. James Magnussen. Fred Bousquet. They've all tasted gold at various points in their careers, and will be hungry for a bite of a golden medal for the photographers in Barcelona.
Gold: Nathan Adrian
Silver: Florent Manaudou
Bronze: Cesar Cielo
Darkhorse: Roland Schoeman
After dominating performances by Cielo at the 2011 Worlds and by Manaudou at the Olympics last year, I expect an extremely tight race in the 50 free. I almost picked Manaudou for the win here, but I'll go with Adrian redeeming himself after missing the Olympic team in the event last year. Expect a very fast winning time, likely in the 21.3-range; for certain, 21.90 won't earn a silver medal, as was the case at the 2011 Worlds. Adrian, Manaudou, Cielo, James Magnussen, and Vlad Morozov could all have a chance to win at the end. Former world record-holder Fred Bousquet could be factor, along with 2000 Olympic champ Anthony Ervin. Meanwhile, I'll be interested to see if Roland Schoeman has enough for one more sworld title chase. A consistent finalist in the 50 free internationally, he has not medaled since winning gold at the 2005 Worlds. At age 33, he might not have many more chances.
Women 50 freestyle
Gold: Ranomi Kromowidjojo
Silver: Cate Campbell
Bronze: Aliaksandra Herasimenia
Dark horse: Britta Steffen
I think Cate Campbell is on track to have a fantastic World Championships this summer. Clearly, her performances from last year lit a fire underneath her this season, with top-ranked times in both the 100 and 50 freestyle. But will that fire be enough to hold off Kromowidjojo? Maybe in the 100, but I am not sure about this event. Last summer, Kromowidjojo won this event by over two tenths, which is a lot in the Olympic final of the 50 freestyle. Campbell, on the other hand, did not make it past the semi-finals. Although something like that might not seem like it matters a year later, in an event where every little tiny detail matters, I think it could make the difference. Aliaksandra Herasimenia is ranked fourth in the world this year, was the silver medalist last summer, and won this event at the 2012 Short Course World Champs in Istanbul. There are new reports saying that, even though Britta Steffen was too sick to qualify for this at German trials, one of the two original qualifiers for Germany may scratch the 50 free at World Championships to allow Steffen the chance to get on the podium. If she followed through with this plan, I think any swimmer would absolutely make the most of the situation, and we will see a great swim from Steffen.
Gold: Ranomi Kromowidjojo
Silver: Cate Campbell
Bronze: Fran Halsall
As I mentioned in my predictions for the men's 50 free, never count out the reigning Olympic champion. Kromowidjojo didn't need to put in a full taper to get on the Dutch world roster, so her 24.30 from the Eindhoven Swim Cup. "Kromo" won gold at last year's Olympics with a 24.03, and just might approach that time in the final. Can Cate Campbell go faster than the 24.27 she posted at the Australian trials and contend for gold? It's tough to drop two tenths in a 50 freestyle, especially when you've just gone a lifetime best in a taper in the same year. But Campbell has been having a banner year, and she will get close to Kromowidjojo, but not make it to the top of the medal stand. Fran Halsall was shut out of the medals at the 2011 world championships and 2012 Olympics, but her 50 free at the British trials looked better than it has in a long time, and that has to help her confidence.
Gold: Cate Campbell
Silver: Ranomi Kromowidjojo
Bronze: Aliaksandra Herasimenia
Darkhorse: Natalie Coughlin
Campbell leads the world rankings in the 50, but this hasn't been a slow rise to relevance in the ladies' splash-and-dash for the Aussie. She earned bronze medals in this event at both the 2008 Olympics and 2009 Worlds, and she has returned to form following a disastrous performance in London, where she missed the final. She will have competition from Kromowidjojo and Herasimenia, the 1-2 finishers at last year's Olympics, along with Fran Halsall, Sarah Sjostrom, Jeanette Ottesen Gray and her sister Bronte. Coughlin, meanwhile, has swum the 50 free just once at a World Championships, way back in 2007. She has been the top American in the event this year, having swum a lifetime best -- her first in any event since 2008 -- in the spring and won the event at U.S. Nationals. I don't think she will medal, but as one of the all-time greats, she often finds herself in the mix in any event she enters.
Tomorrow: 400 individual medley
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400 freestyle ---- 400 freestyle relay ---- 100 butterfly ---- 100 backstroke ---- 200 freestyle ---- 100 breaststroke ---- 800 freestyle ---- 200 butterfly ---- 50 breaststroke ---- 200 individual medley ---- 50 backstroke ---- 100 freestyle ---- 800 freestyle relay ---- 50 butterfly ---- 200 breaststroke ---- 200 backstroke ---- 1500 freestyle
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ERWIN Cardinal Gibbons got a huge night from quarterback Shawn Stankavage to advance past Triton 44-28 in the 3AA East playoffs.
Stankavage threw four touchdowns in the first half and added one more on the ground and another by air in the second half. He carved up the Hawks' defense on 26-of-33 passing for 281 yards and 117 yards rushing on 18 carries.
Triton (9-3) started the game with an onsides kick, which it recovered, and then drove 50 yards to the game's first points on a 9-yard touchdown run from D'angelo Harris (11 carries, 107 yards).
Gibbons capped off a 18-play drive with a 19-yard touchdown pass from Shawn Stankavage to James Sriraman. On the extra point, Stankavage – the holder – flipped a shovel pass across his body to kicker Brandon Loy standing about 10 yards away in the end zone to go up 8-7.
The first quarter couldn't end on a penalty – a 5-yard facemask on Triton – so Gibbons lined up with no time on the clock and Stankavage used that play to find Earl Gill or a 17-yard touchdown to lead 15-7 going into the second period.
Gibbons padded its lead before halftime on a 27-yard field goal by Loy, a 32-yard touchdown pass from Stankavage to Dante DiMaggio and a 25-yard strike from Stankavage to Gill.
Dante DiMaggio (8 catches, 114 yards) went over the 1,000-yard mark for the year and Gibbons led 31-7 at halftime.
The Hawks and Crusaders traded touchdowns in the second half.
The Hawks scored on a 3-yard touchdown run from Jeremy Legget, but Stankavage answered with a weaving 27-yard touchdown.
Triton had a 5-yard touchdown pass from Leggett to Chris Eason answered with a
Triton's first drive of the second half ended in a 3-yard touchdown run by Jeremy Leggett, but it was answered with a weaving 27-yard scoring run by Stankavage.
The Hawks cut into the lead on a 5-yard touchdown pass on 4th-and-goal from Leggett to Chris Eason, but Stankavage's fifth touchdown pass of the night went to DiMaggio.
Triton's final score was another 5-yard pass from Leggett to Eason.
The Crusaders (9-3) were the 10-seed visiting the 7-seed.
Gibbons will play at Big Eight Conference foe Southern Durham in the next round. Southern won the first meeting 45-28.
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Today's editorial deals with the fact that the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, requiring higher levels of documentation at checkpoints along the U.S.-Canada border, is understandably being blamed for significant declines in cross-border tourism in recent months.
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The editorial suggests that, while government agencies need to step up their service and educational efforts so that people know what they need and how to get it, travelers must show some personal responsibility, too. We offer some compare and contrast information on the different forms of ID that satisfy the new requirements. For most New Yorkers, the new enhanced driver's license [right] might be the best bet. It allows you to cross the border, board a domestic flight, buy liquor and, oh, yeah, drive a car.
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Sequoyah has hosted a regional tournament in volleyball before. Just not in its current gymnasium.
On Thursday, the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association handed out Class 4A regional tournament assignments, and Sequoyah was one of eight schools selected to host.
"Obviously, we're excited to get one," Sequoyah coach Jay Herrin said of landing a hosting gig during the regional round of the playoffs.
"This was one of our goals at the beginning of the season. We set some early goals to win our tournament and possibly another tournament along the way, and we did that. We also wanted to be ranked in the top 10.
"We are very pleased and excited to have it. We haven't had one at our place since 2005."
Back then, the regional tournament was held in Sequoyah's old gymnasium. This season, it will be in The Place Where They Play.
Joining Sequoyah in its regional will be Inola, Westville, Hulbert, Okay, Wagoner, Salina and Chouteau.
"Some teams in there are good enough to reach the state tournament if they play well," Herrin said. "We feel like if we play to our potential, we feel like we can win it. We like our chances, but we respect everyone in there and won't take anyone lightly."
The Lady Indians, ranked fourth in Class 4A, beat Wagoner 3-0 (25-18, 25-15, 25-12) on Thursday. Sequoyah will continue regular-season play on Monday at Claremore-Sequoyah.
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