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BETHANY - Bethany will play its final two games of the season on its home turf, beginning Saturday with a visit from Thomas More. Kickoff at Bison Stadium is scheduled for 1 p.m.
The Bison (2-6 overall, 2-4 PAC) concluded their road slate last week with a 26-13 victory at Thiel, as junior quarterback Matt Grimard threw for 293 yards and one score while rushing for a pair of TDs. Freshman receiver Eric Blinn hauled in eight passes for 182 yards and the score and freshman running back Phil Acrie rushed for 55 yards, including an 11-yard touchdown scamper for the final score.
Thomas More (5-3, 5-2) entered the season as four-time defending conference champions, but a 1-3 start ended their its hopes early in the year. Of those losses, one came against No. 24 St. John Fisher in overtime, another came at No. 22 Waynesburg by four points and the third was a two-point setback in a four-overtime thriller at Geneva.
Injuries caused a lot of the issues for the Saints, as running back Dominique Hayden, the 2011 PAC Player of the Year, hasn't played since being hurt in the opening game and defensive stalwarts in linebacker Nick Gramke and defensive end Jay Volker have also sat out games.
"When Hayden got hurt, that's something that teams can struggle adjusting to," Bethany coach Tim Weaver said. "They were also unsettled at the quarterback position and, not unlike us, their defense had some injuries. Gramke missed some games and Volker was coming back from an injury. But you look at their results, they lost to St. John Fisher and Waynesburg, two Top 25 teams, by one score each, and at Geneva in overtime, so it's not like they were getting blown out."
Since that tough start, Thomas More has rolled to four straight victories by an average of 27.5 points.
"Over the last month, they are playing as well or better than anyone in our league," Weaver said.
On offense, running back Adam Rauch rushed for 92 yards against Saint Vincent and three touchdowns, giving him 11 for the season, and freshman QB Jensen Gebhardt continued his strong play, as he now has 869 passing yards and 11 TDs in five games as the starter.
"The freshman quarterback Gebhardt is really good," Weaver said. "He shows a lot of poise in the pocket for a freshman, is very accurate and has a big arm. While he's not as dynamic a runner as they've had there in the past, he is very effective when he does run it.
"They don't have a Kendall Owens on offense, but across the board, every guy is a playmaker," Weaver said. "Rauch has a bunch of 50-plus runs this year, (senior receiver Mercier) Doucette can catch a slip screen and go the distance from anywhere on the field and their other young receivers are doing a good job. There is not one guy you say you have to stop, but there is not one guy you don't worry about. They are a little deeper at the skill spots and they do a good job getting the ball in a bunch of people's hands."
With the talent Thomas More has at the skill positions, Weaver says priority No. 1 for the Bison Saturday is to limit the big play. That doesn't just go for the defense, as the Saints' six touchdowns in their last game were all on plays of 38 yards or longer. He also wants his team to be solid on special teams and not duplicate the three-turnover performance that haunted the Green and White in last year's defeat.
"Their formula to win is to play great defense, get a couple short fields and keep running their offense until someone hits a home run," Weaver said. "So we have to limit the big play by their offense and make them drive the field. We have to play error-free in the kicking game, because like they always do, they have a return here and a blocked kick there. And we need to put four really good quarters together on offense. We have to score to beat them even though they haven't allowed a touchdown in two weeks. I thought we did a good job executing on offense last year, but we have to eliminate the turnovers that cost us."


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That's pretty much my prediction. Close game, but the good guys win.
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ISU 31, Iowa 14
I'm just feeling we are able to get it done in a convincing fashion.
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Sorry guys. Just think Iowa will shove us around in the 2nd half after a close 1st half.
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Sorry guys. Just think Iowa will shove us around in the 2nd half after a close 1st half.
My thought as well. I have a hard time imagining Rhoads will be as fortunate in his first game against Iowa as Chizik was. For ISU, lightning only strikes twice if it's a bad thing (see: end of 2004 and 2005).
We are finally a well coached team and those outside of the program can see that as well. Don't let the last 3 seasons get in the way of your thinking. We win this game. Not by a lot, but we pull this one out.
31-28 Iowa State in a tight one.
I think we will be able to get some points but a little worried that our D won't be able to slow them down. Hopefully we have a gameplan that includes covering the tight ends.
I'm going with 34-30 good guys.
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SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – Just days after her rescue in an Idaho wilderness, 16-year-old kidnapping victim Hannah Anderson appears to have returned to a social media site she frequented before her abduction to answer dozens of questions from strangers about her week-long ordeal.
A series of online chat posts attributed to Hannah, but which could not be immediately verified by Reuters, said she did not try running from her captor because he threatened to kill her, and that the kidnapper, James Lee DiMaggio, "deserved what he got" when he was slain.
The posts also seem to reveal details about the slayings of Hannah's mother and brother, whose remains were found in the ruins of DiMaggio's house at the outset of her disappearance. Hannah posted that they burned to death in a fire DiMaggio set off with a timer device after taking her captive.
The San Diego-area teenager has remained in seclusion since her abductor, a 40-year-old longtime family friend who worked as a computer technician, was shot dead by FBI agents who rescued her on Saturday.
On Monday night, she appeared to surface on the website ask.fm, a chat platform that lets users create a profile in which they can answer questions posed anonymously by others.
CBS News said the mother of one of Hannah's closest friends confirmed that the postings, accompanied by photos Hannah apparently took of herself, were hers.
They appeared on the ask.fm page for hannahbanana722 – a number that coincides with her July 22 birthday – from the San Diego suburb of Lakeside, where she lived with her mother, Christina Anderson, 44, and younger brother, Ethan. Her father, Brett Anderson, resides in Tennessee.
Cellphone snapshots of Hannah posted on the site on Monday night and a history of chats documented before the kidnapping – with a 10-day gap that began the day she was last seen – appeared to support the postings' authenticity.
By Wednesday morning, the account had been disabled. The San Diego County Sheriff's Department said it was aware of the posts but declined to comment on them. Members of the Anderson family could not immediately be reached for comment.
In the postings, Hannah said she was relating her account to dispel misunderstandings about the ordeal, including suggestions that she willingly accompanied her abductor.
Asked why she didn't run, she answered: "He would have killed me."
The search for Hannah began after authorities found her mother and 8-year-old brother dead in DiMaggio's burned-out home east of San Diego on the night of August 4. Investigators have not said how Christina and Ethan Anderson were killed.
Asked if they were burned alive, Hannah answered: "Yes." She said she was not at the house when her mother was killed. Asked where she was when the "fire went off," she replied, "On the road to Idaho."
DiMaggio, she wrote, had somehow rigged his home to "catch on fire at a certain time."
Hannah said that she, her brother and mother had been lured to DiMaggio's home by a ruse: "He told us he was losing his house because of money issues, so we went up there one last time to support him … but he tricked us."
Describing how she ended up separated from her mother and brother before her abduction, she said, "He tied them up in the garage," but she declined to give further details.
NBC News reported on Wednesday night that according to newly unsealed search warrants in the case, police believe DiMaggio tortured Christina and Ethan Anderson before killing them. The documents show that a crow bar and blood were found near Christina Anderson's body, NBC said.
DiMaggio and Hannah were ultimately tracked down on Saturday in the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness in rural Idaho after a group of horseback riders reported that they had encountered the pair there earlier in the week.
Authorities said DiMaggio was armed with a rifle and had fired at least one shot before he was killed by FBI agents in a confrontation. Preliminary autopsy results found he was struck by at least five gunshots to his head, chest and extremities, said Nathan Hess, the coroner for Valley County, Idaho.
In the ask.fm posts, Hannah said she did not try alerting the group of riders that she was in distress because, "I had to act calm. I didn't want them to get hurt. I was scared that he would kill them."
She also wrote: "He had a gun and threatened to kill me and anyone who tried to help."
Asked if she could explain why DiMaggio did what he did, she responded, "Because he's physco (sic)."
Authorities have not publicly discussed any possible motives for DiMaggio's actions. A family friend has said the suspect developed an apparent infatuation with the high school girl that made Hannah feel uncomfortable.
"Why didn't you tell your parents he creeped you out," she was asked online. Her answer: Because he was a close family friend and her dad's best friend and, "I didn't want to ruin anything between them."


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ELKHART — A man recently charged with rape and child molestation for a 25-year-old case had been previously convicted of child molestation, according to court files.
The Elkhart County Prosecutor's office recently issued a warrant for the arrest of Robert E. Quinn, who has been charged with rape, a Class A felony, child molesting, a Class B felony, and criminal confinement, a Class B felony.
According to a press release from the prosecutor's office, the charges against Quinn stem from an investigation on the rape and kidnapping of a 10-year-old girl in 1988.
According to the probable cause affidavit for Quinn's case, on March 6, 1988, prosecutor's investigator Gary Kenawell, then employed as a detective by the Elkhart County Sheriff's Department, responded to the report.
The victim told Kenawell that she had fallen asleep while watching TV in her living room the night of March 5, 1988, when a man kicked open the front door and put a coat over her head before dragging her to a car nearby.
The victim said the man took her to a wooded area, where he raped her. He later brought her home and sped away. At the time she was abducted, her parents had gone out for the evening and her brother was already asleep in his bedroom.
The child was taken to the emergency room, where it was discovered she had suffered considerable injuries from the sexual assault.
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In 2011 the victim approached the Elkhart County Sheriff's Department asking for any updates on the case. Kenawell was informed of the victim's inquiries and worked with the Indiana State Police to collect the materials from the original report, which were re-analyzed. Police found DNA of an "unknown man" in each of the materials, and after issuing a warrant to collect a sample from Quinn, a match was found.
Quinn is currently being held at the New Castle Correctional Facility. He is serving time for a parole violation from a 2005 case in which he was convicted of child molesting.
Quinn has at least two previous convictions for child molesting. He was sentenced in 1993 to 12 years in prison for child molesting. In 2001 he was sentenced to eight years for child molestation again. The parole violation was on his 2001 case. Both of his previous cases were from Elkhart County.
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AMES, Iowa – The Iowa State volleyball program will be hosting the season-opening, 2014 American Volleyball Coaches Assoication (AVCA) Showcase at Hilton Coliseum. The Cyclones will open the season on Friday, August 29 at 6:30 p.m. when they host the Stanford Cardinal. ISU will then play again on Sunday afternoon at 1 p.m. against Florida State.
"We are excited to be part of this prestigious event," Iowa State head coach Christy Johnson-Lynch said. "It is a great opportunity to get two top programs into Hilton Coliseum. I think it is going to be an exciting season for us, and to kick off the season against two teams of that caliber is a tremendous opportunity for us."
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Stanford finished No. 5 in the final AVCA Division I Coaches Poll, finishing the season with a 27-6 record, 17-3 in the Pac 12. The Cardinal made it all the way to the Regional Final before falling to eventual national champions Penn State in five sets. The Cardinal return four AVCA All-Americans, led by rising junior Inky Ajanaku. The middle blocker recorded 291 kills at a .438 hitting percentage last season, ranking ninth in the NCAA in hitting efficiency. Stanford ranked fourth in the country in hitting percentage and blocks per set while ranking ninth in assists per set. Setter Madi Bugg, a rising junior, was a second-team All-American and Pac-12 Setter of the Year at 11.88 assists per set. The Cardinal also boast an outstanding libero in rising senior Kyle Gilbert, who posted 4.95 digs per set in 2013.
Florida State finished 2013 at No. 11 in the AVCA Coaches Poll. The Seminoles advanced to the Regional Semifinals, shocking in-state rival Florida in Gainesville before falling to eventual national runners-up Wisconsin. Posting a 26-8 overall record, 17-3 in the ACC, FSU will have to replace a pair of hitters who earned AVCA Honorable Mention honors in Ashley Neff and Elise Walch. However, Florida State does return Elise's sister Niclole Walch, a rising junior who led FSU with 447 kills at 3.58 per set in 2014. The Seminoles also welcome back All-ACC Second Team libero Katie Mosher.
The Cyclones last faced Stanford in the 2012 NCAA Regional Semifinals in Berkeley, California, where the Cardinal swept ISU. The last match-up between Iowa State and Florida State was also in 2012 on the opening weekend in Knoxville, Tennessee. The Seminoles defeated the Cyclones in five sets. ISU and FSU played in the 2011 Regional Final in Minneapolis, with Florida State advancing to the National Semifinals in five sets.
Iowa State is hosting the AVCA Showcase in conjunction with Nebraska. The Cornhuskers will host Florida State on Friday night in Lincoln, and Stanford on Sunday.
The AVCA Showcase will kick-off a big season of volleyball at Hilton Coliseum. Along with hosting a premier season-opening event, the road to the NCAA Volleyball Championship in Oklahoma City will go through Ames as Iowa State will be hosting a 2014 NCAA Regional Semifinals and Finals. Further details about tickets to the Regional Semifinals and Finals will be released later this summer.
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Charleston, SC (Sports Network) - The wait for Serena and Venus Williams to
play each other in a WTA event was four years. The match on Saturday didn't
even last an hour.
Serena got the better of her older sister in the semifinals of the Family
Circle Cup with a 6-1, 6-2 rout. It was the most lopsided result in 24 matches
between the two siblings.
The Williams sisters had not played since 2009 in the final at the WTA
Championships in Qatar. Serena posted a 6-2, 7-6 (7-4) victory in that contest
and Saturday's triumph gave her a five-match winning streak in the series that
dates back to 1998. Serena now owns a 14-10 mark against Venus.
Serena will meet the winner between Jelena Jankovic and Stefanie Voegele in
Sunday's final. The American superstar will be trying for her second straight
Charleston crown and third overall, having first won on the green clay in
The top-seeded Serena will enter Sunday's final riding a 10-match winning
streak and gunning for her third title of 2013. She won in Miami last week and
also captured the season-opener in Brisbane.
Serena took command early Saturday, thanks to a few mistakes from her sister.
Venus double-faulted on break point to give Serena a 2-0 lead in the first set
and a couple of errors in the fourth game set up another break point, which
Serena converted with a backhand pass for 4-0.
Venus rebounded with a forehand winner to break serve in the next game, but a
double fault set up another break for Serena and she blitzed a second serve
with a forehand winner for a 5-1 advantage. Serena then held at love to close
out the first set in a mere 22 minutes.
Serena didn't commit her first unforced error until early in the second set,
but she quickly broke serve in the first game and never relinquished her own
serve the rest of the way.
Another break made it 5-2 and Serena held easily in the final game to finish
the match in a tidy 54 minutes.
Prior to Saturday, the most lopsided score between the two was Serena's 6-2,
6-2 win in the 2002 Miami semifinals.
Both had to win a pair of matches on Friday after Thursday's action was
delayed by rain.
The extra strain may have hurt Venus, who has an ongoing battle with Sjogren's
Syndrome -- an auto-immune disorder that results in fatigue. The 2004
Charleston champ looked a bit ragged on Saturday and committed eight double
faults without an ace. She converted just 52 percent of her first serves and
won just 30 of the 82 total points played.
Serena has limited experience against Voegele, posting a straight-set win in
the first round of the 2010 French Open in their lone previous matchup. She is
5-4 against Jankovic, including a 6-3, 6-1 rout in the first round of last
year's Olympics. The only meeting on clay, however, went to Jankovic in the
2010 Rome semifinals.
The winner of this $795,000 tournament will earn $125,000.
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WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court will decide today the fate of two historic cases involving the marriage rights of gays and lesbians.
The nine justices, fresh off two days of rulings on decades-old racial issues, will complete their term by addressing an issue that barely existed just a decade ago.
RELATED | High court tosses key part of Voting Rights Act
One case, out of California, puts squarely before the court the question of whether same-sex couples can marry. The justices could say yes -- for Californians, gays and lesbians in several states, or nationwide. Or they could say no.
The other case, out of New York, will determine whether gay couples already married in a dozen states and the District of Columbia can receive federal benefits, ranging from spousal tax privileges to Social Security.
Depending on the results, hundreds of thousands of same-sex couples could be celebrating by midday -- or gay rights groups could be planning new campaigns to win rights accorded heterosexual men and women for centuries.
The rulings will be rendered on the 10th anniversary of the court's landmark Lawrence v. Texas decision that struck down state sodomy laws. That sweeping opinion by Justice Anthony Kennedy has given gay rights activists hope that he will follow suit by writing the decision that could strike down the federal Defense of Marriage Act.
The more historic ruling would be a sweeping declaration by the court that gay men and lesbians have the constitutional right to marry nationwide. Given the justices' hesitation to step on the prerogatives of states -- 36 of which have banned gay marriage -- that is considered unlikely.
Even a decision that legalizes gay marriage in California -- whether on the merits or one of several technicalities -- would boost from 18% to 30% the percentage of Americans living in states where gays and lesbians can marry.
Groups opposed to same-sex marriage, on the other hand, are hoping the justices will remember what several of them remarked upon during oral arguments in late March: that gay men and lesbians tying the knot is a more recent phenomenon than cellphones and the Internet. They have urged the court to let the debate play out in the states.
Several factors all appear to be breaking in favor of gay marriage as the justices prepare to render their verdicts:
The plaintiffs in the California case -- a gay couple and lesbian couple -- are expected to be in court Wednesday to witness the decision. The plaintiff in the New York case -- 83-year-old widow Edie Windsor -- will go before the cameras in Manhattan.
(Richard Wolf, USA TODAY)


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Found it difficult to check for "dead-on wheel alighnment", but it looks OK from where I'm standing.
I use my laser level for this, have to use it for something. On a side note the batteries in my level are over 10 years old and the thing still works like a champ.. Why can't my TV remotes last that long?
Like the lazer, Len. Going to make one. Thanks.
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(WUSA9)--- The fall holiday season has officially begun! Thursday's noon newscast had the pleasure to welcome Paula Shoyer, the author of Holiday Kosher Baker.
Shoyer share baked recipes that combines two holidays into one - Thanksgiving and Hannukah. The two special days land on the same date this year, Nov. 28th. Thanksgiving-Kah, a once-in-a-lifetime holiday, will not happen again for another 70,000 years!
The Almond and Olive Oil Cake was super inexpensive and easy-to-make. Shoyer also presented another yummy treat called Salted Caramel Banana Tart.
Shoyer will be appearing at the 44th Annual JCC of Greater Washington's Annual Book Festival.
Watch the interview above!
Almond and Olive Oil Cake
3/4 cup sliced almonds (with or without skins)
1 cup sugar
3 large eggs
½ cup extra virgin olive oil
1 cup all-purpose flour
½ cup ground almonds
1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon almond extract
½ teaspoon orange zest (from one orange)
spray oil containing flour
Preheat oven to 350°F. Trace an 8-inch round pan on parchment paper and cut out. Grease and flour the pan, press in the parchment circle and grease and flour the top of the parchment and sides of the pan. Sprinkle the sliced almonds on the bottom of the pan and spread to cover.
In a medium bowl, beat the sugar, eggs and olive oil together until creamy, about one minute at medium speed. Add the flour, ground almonds, baking powder, salt, almond extract and orange zest and beat until combined. Pour over the sliced nuts. Bake for 35 minutes, or until a skewer inserted comes out clean.
Let cool in the pan for 10 minutes and then run a knife around the sides. Turn the cake onto a wire rack and let cool. Serve almond side up. Store covered at room temperature for up to four days or freeze for up to three months.
Salted Caramel Banana Tart
Serves 12
Tart tatin is typically an upside-down apple cake made in an 8 to 10-inch round pan. As I have a
big family and everyone drops by on holidays, I decided to make this banana version in a 9 x
13-inch (23 x 33-cm) pan to have more servings. It is tasty warm or at room temperature, but best served right out of the oven. You can also make this as a dairy recipe and serve it with vanilla ice cream.
PREHEAT OVEN to 400°F (200°C). Thaw puff pastry at room temperature for 45 minutes. Use spray oil or some margarine to grease a 9 x 13-inch (23 x 33-cm) pan. Cut out a piece of parchment paper that is large enough to cover the bottom of the pan as well as the sides, making sure that the paper on the sides extends over the top of the pan by a couple of inches. Press the parchment paper into the pan, making sure it sticks to the bottom, corners, and sides. Set it aside.
IN A MEDIUM SAUCEPAN, cook the sugar and water over medium-high heat for several minutes without stirring until the edges start to color. Stir occasionally until all the sugar granules have melted and the caramel turns amber. This should take about five minutes. Add the margarine and whipping cream and stir. The mixture will bubble up and congeal, then dissolve again as you stir it. Add a teaspoon of the salt and mix well. Cook another two minutes on low heat, stirring often. Remove the pan from the heat and let it sit as you prepare the bananas. Peel the bananas and slice them in half the long way.
POUR THE CARAMEL into the prepared pan and tilt it to cover the entire pan. Arrange the sliced bananas, cut side down, diagonally across the pan, nesting them closely together. You can cut some of the halves into smaller pieces to fill any gaps.
PUT A PIECE OF PARCHMENT paper a few inches larger than the pan on your counter and sprinkle some flour on it. Place a sheet of puff pastry on the parchment with the creases parallel to the longer side. With a rolling pin, roll the pastry sheet out to about an inch larger than the bottom of the pan (pastry dough shrinks when it's baked). Lift the pastry off the parchment a few times and sprinkle a little flour underneath it so the pastry does not stick. Trim the pastry dough to make the sides straight.
TURN THE PARCHMENT PAPER and pastry on top of the bananas. Press the dough into the pan
corners and up the sides of the pan. Peel off the parchment paper. Use a sharp knife to poke
about 20 holes all over the pastry to allow air to escape.
BAKE the pastry for 25 to 28 minutes, or until the top is golden. Let it cool for 15 minutes and then place a rectangular platter or plate over the pan. Flip the tatin onto the platter. Remove the parchment paper. Sprinkle the tatin with the remaining ¼ teaspoon kosher salt. Serve warm. Store covered in the fridge for up to two days. Reheat to serve.


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A man apprehended after a two county high speed chase is accused of pushing his mother down a flight of stairs after she refused to give him her prescription medications.
Gregory Anderson is suspected of leading lawmen on the chase last night after a robbery at Pap's Grill & Variety in Stella. The chase ended in Jones County when lawmen say Anderson wrecked his mother's stolen vehicle.
Anderson was released Wednesday afternoon from Pitt County Memorial Hospital and now has been formally charged in the case.
Carteret County deputies say around 7:00 p.m. they got a call at the Newport home Anderson shares with his 66-year-old mother. They say his mother suffered a dislocated shoulder after being pushed down the stairs.
Deputies say Anderson is accused of stealing his mother's .25 caliber handgun and her vehicle. As they were interviewing the victim, another call came in for the armed robbery. Both the vehicle description and that of the robber matched Anderson and his mother's stolen vehicle.
The store owner tells WITN News that a man walked out of the store with a 40 ounce beer and a glass figurine rose. An employee went followed him outside, telling the man he didn't pay for the goods. That's when the man pulled a gun on her. The employee ran back inside and called 911.
Jones County deputies spotted the stolen vehicle and it struck a Jones County Sheriff's patrol car. The chase ended when the vehicle crashed on Cat Fish Lake Road after Anderson's vehicle landed on its side.
In Carteret County he's been charged with assault inflicting serious injury, larceny of a motor vehicle, larceny of a firearm, damage to property, larceny, and robbery with a dangerous weapon.
His bond was set at $250,000.
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A high speed chase that spanned into two counties Tuesday night started after the theft of beer and a glass rose.
Authorities say Gregory Anderson is at Pitt County Memorial Hospital after he was injured in a crash that ended the chase in Carteret and Jones counties. Anderson has not been formally charged yet by deputies.
The chase started after an armed robbery at Pap's Grill & Variety on Highway 58 in Stella. The owner tells WITN News that a man walked out of the store with a 40 ounce beer and a glass figurine rose. An employee followed him outside, telling the man he didn't pay for the items. That's when the man pulled a gun on her. The employee ran back inside and called 911.
Lawmen say the robber headed down Highway 58 into Jones County at a high rate of speed. Jones County says the vehicle eventually crashed on Catfish Lake Road where Anderson was taken into custody.
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An armed robbery suspect is at Pitt County Memorial Hospital after he was injured in a crash running from lawmen. WITN's Carly Swain has learned the suspect's name is Gregory Anderson.
The Carteret County Sheriff's Office says Anderson has not been formally charged for the robbery or the chase since he remains at the hospital. He was originally transported to Carteret General Hospital in Morehead City but was moved overnight to Pitt County Memorial Hospital in Greenville.
We are still gathering details about the armed robbery lawmen say started the chase. We are told it happened on Highway 58 along the Carteret-Jones County line.
An armed robbery suspect led police on a high speed chase through several counties in the east Tuesday night before finally crashing his car.
We're still gathering details on the armed robbery in Carteret County.
Authorities say following the robbery about 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, the suspect took off and headed on Highway 58 into Jones County at a high rate of speed. Jones County deputies tell us the suspect eventually crashed on Catfish Lake Road where authorities were able to take him into custody.
The suspect was taken to the hospital. His name has not been released, and no other details were given Tuesday night.


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May 31, 2016
Hudson Holliday has already qualified to run for governor of Mississippi, but wanted to make a personal announcement in Meridian. He did that Wednesday.
Holliday says he has led successful private businesses, from real estate to timber companies. He says he has the experience and leadership skills to be governor.
"This is not about being a career politician. And it's not about being a businessman," said Holliday. "It's always about leadership. Whether it's in school or church or business or in government, it's always about leadership. I have the proven leadership, being a general in the National Guard, in addition to being successful in about 10 different businesses that I've started from scratch."
Holliday is currently a county supervisor in Pearl River County.
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Guadalajara, Mexico (Sports Network) - Inbee Park fired a 6-under 66 on
Saturday to move two strokes clear of the field after three rounds of the
Lorena Ochoa Invitational.
Park, a 2-time winner this year, finished 54 holes at 15-under-par 201. She
set the tournament's 54-hole scoring record by three strokes. Suzann Pettersen
established the old mark of 204 in 2010.
Cristie Kerr posted a 5-under 67 to move into second place at minus-13. So
Yeon Ryu also shot 67 and is alone in third at 12-under-par 204.
Second-round leader Angela Stanford managed an even-par 72. The 2008 champion
fell into fourth place at minus-11, while Karine Icher is two strokes back at
9-under par after a third-round 60.
Candie Kung (71), 2009 winner Michelle Wie (67), Stacy Lewis (71) and Hee
Kyung Seo (69) are tied for sixth place at 8-under-par 208 at Guadalajara
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I have been having problems trying to install a Commercial Certificate from GeoTrust - RapidSSL, I can generate the CSR no problem and process the certificate at GeoTrust but when verifying the certificated I receive
I have tried using the command line and GUI without any success.XXXXX ERROR: Unmatching certificate (/opt/zimbra/ssl/zimbra/commercial/commercial.crt) and private key (/opt/zimbra/ssl/zimbra/commercial/commercial.key) pair.
I have been following the wiki and other resources in the forum without any luck.
The process I have been using is.
Generate the CSR
Obviously using my appropriate details.Code:sudo /opt/zimbra/bin/zmcertmgr createcsr comm -new "/C=US/ST=TX/L=Somewhere/O=Company, Inc./OU=ChangeMe, Inc./CN=mail.CHANGEME.zxy"
This creates the CSR in /opt/zimbra/ssl/zimbra/commercial/commercial.csr
Submit CSR to RapidSSL
NOTE: during the certificate process at GeoTrust I selected "other" as the server type, could this be a problem?
Once the administrator email address has been verified a email is received with two digital certificates, one is the INTERMEDIATE CA and other your digital cert(im not sure what this certificate is called).
Saved the digital certificate into /opt/zimbra/ssl/zimbra/commercial/commercial.crt (from memory there was already a file here, replaced contents)
Then according to this wiki post we need to download the Geotrust root certificate and the RapidSSL_CA_bundle and combine them into a files called ca_bundle.crt
Saved this ca_bundle.crt into /opt/zimbra/ssl/zimbra/commercial
Verify the Certificate and Keys match
This is when I receive the error mentioned above about the certificates not matching.Code:sudo /opt/zimbra/bin/zmcertmgr verifycrt comm /opt/zimbra/ssl/zimbra/commercial/commercial.key /opt/zimbra/ssl/zimbra/commercial/commercial.crt
Can somebody please help me with installing this commercial digital certificate, any advice or pointers will help


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Mr. Grinch
I am a bit of a killjoy when it comes to the holidays. Presents? I don't need anything, and no one I'm about to go shopping for does either.
A List of What I Don't Enjoy
Christmas music? Just kill me now, or rather, back in mid-October, when a lot of stores started playing Christmas carols. Christmas movies? Cheesy. I'm basically the prototype for the non-cheery curmudgeon in every Christmas movie ever made, from Scrooge in A Christmas Carol, to Maureen O'Hara in Miracle on 34th Street and James Caan in Elf.
I swear, I'm a lot more fun than I sound...
Exceptions to the Rule
Still, there are a few Christmas albums and movies that cheer even my two-sizes-too-small heart:
- A Charlie Brown Christmas by the Vince Guaraldi Trio is the original soundtrack to the CMS special of the same name. The songs are inventive renditions of traditional Christmas carols, and the album is nostalgic and sweet, without being saccharine.
- A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All! is Stephen Colbert's 2008 Christmas special. It's silly and irreverent, and chock full of musical guests ranging from Willie Nelson to John Legend. John Stewart makes an appearance and sings "Can I Interest You in Hannukah?" If you enjoy The Daily Show and The Colbert Report, you'll get some giggles out of A Colbert Christmas.
- Lion in Winter Alright, so it's only nominally a Christmas movie. King Henry II puts his wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine, in prison and then decides to celebrate Christmas with her, their sons (who are scheming to be named heir to the throne), his mistress, and her brother, the King of France. Peter O'Toole, Katherine Hepburn, and Anthony Hopkins make your family's holiday drama look extremely tame.
Even if you're not a massive grump, these are some enjoyable holiday treats.
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Author Bio:
Nicole Pasini has worked on library programs and collections for teens, children, and adults. She still gets choked up when she watches It's a Wonderful Life--Curse you, George Bailey!


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Labor and Birth Stage 1: Active Labor
Early labor
Active labor
TransitionThe period during which your cervix dilates from seven centimeters to full dilation (around 10 centimeters) is called "transition". This phase ends the first stage of labor and usually lasts about 12 contractions, or about one hour. Although transition can be a very intense time for many women, it helps to remember that it usually doesn't last very long and that your contractions will not get any stronger. You may experience the following during transition:
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(LeMars) -- The Plymouth County Sheriff's Office arrested an Akron man for assaulting his step-father with a baseball bat. On Wednesday, the Plymouth County Communications Center received a 911 call regarding a subject who was out of control and was walking around with a baseball bat. Four minutes later, a second 911 call was received by the same caller advising that her son had assaulted her husband and that an ambulance was needed. When officers arrived, it was learned that Jeremy Martinac had indeed assaulted his step-father, Gene Kappler, with the baseball bat and that medical attention was needed for Kapp ler. Arrested was Jeremy Martinac, age 33, of Akron, Iowa. Martinac was placed into custody at the Plymouth County Jail and he is being held on a charge of willful injury, a Class C Felony. Martinac is being held on a $10,000 cash only bond. The Plymouth County Sheriff's Office was assisted by the Akron Police Department and the Iowa Highway Patrol. The investigation is continuing.
(LeMars) -- Former Pennslyvania Senator, and now Republican candidate for President, Rick Santorum has scheduled a campaign stop for LeMars. Santorum will appear at the Four Brothers Restaurant on Monday, December 5th from 12:30 until 2:00 p.m. The public is invited to attend this event. Later that evening, Santorum will speak at the Dordt College Campus Center in Sioux Center. The Dordt College Political Action Club, a non-partisian student group that hosts political candidates on campus as an educational service to students and the community, is sponsoring Santorum's appearance at Dordt College. Santorum is scheduled to speak at Dordt College at 7:30 p.m. at the lower level of the Dordt College Campus Center.
(Pierson) -- State Senator, Bill Anderson of Pierson has announced that he will hold a legislative briefing to discuss the important issues for the upcoming 2012 legislative session. The informal meeting will be held on Friday, December 9th at the Cherokee City Hall in the City chambers. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 1:00 p.m. This is an opportunity for area residents to meet Senator Anderson to hear about issues that will be discussed in 2012 at the Capitol. People can voice their concerns, opinions and ideas. The public is welcome.
(LeMars) -- The city of LeMars, through the City Water Committee, will hold a Public Forum on Thursday, December 1, 2011 at the City Hall Council Chambers from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. to hear public comment on eliminating all private water meters, which provides for a sewer credit on irrigation water. This will affect those residents and businesses that require either one or two pubic water meters with or without sewer credit.
(LeMars) -- The LeMars Community School Board heard from Assistant Superintendent Steve Webner during last evening's meeting that the district is on pace with meeting the curriculm standards as set by the Iowa Department of Education. The High School has until July 1 of 2012 to meet all the criteria for the curriculm, and the Elementary and Middle Schools have until the 2014-2015 school year to be fully implemented.
(LeMars) -- Reading comprehension has been the one area where LeMars Community School District students have on average scored lower than their counterparts through out the state and nation. However, several teachers within the LeMars Community District are doing their part to remedy the problem. During last evening's LeMars School Board meeting. Three teachers from the High School Language Arts Department spoke before the board, sharing with them, the strategies that have been implemented at the high school to assist students with their reading comprehension skills, and to help all teachers understand how each of them can better teach their students. The teachers informed the board that the strategies involve helping the students better understand the information that they read in text books, and how to predict and interpret the information they read.
(LeMars) -- The Plymouth County Board of Supervisors are gathering this morning at the courthouse for their weekly meeting. The supervisors will decide the replacement for the Local Sales Tax Advisory Board, and they will approve the amendments to the county handbook for employees.
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Sir Paul McCartney's new video for "Queenie Eye" has debuted online with features from an array of stars, who appear as ghosts in the studio as the former Beatle records the track at Abbey Road Studios in London.
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Ford 347 Engine Build - Garage-Built StrokerWritten by Douglas R. Glad on December 16, 2009 Low On Cash But Still Want To Go Fast? Take A swing At This Garage-Built Stroker
Here is why this is good: We ordered this Eagle, Ford 347 rotator kit online from Summit Racing and had it delivered to our front door for less than $1,000. For the money, you get a crank with an additional 0.400-inch stroke, hypereutectic pistons, and forged-steel I-beam rods. All the math and machine work is done, and the assembly is already balanced with a damper and a flexplate. The rods and bearings have been chamfered for the crank fillet, the rings are pregapped, and everything is matched so there is no interference between parts.
The most amazing aspect of the Ford 347 rotator is it can be installed while in your garage, provided your engine doesn't have massive taper in the cylinder bores, the main bearing bores are aligned and round, and the deck is flat. It means a good-running, low-mile 302 or recent rebuild is the best candidate for this swap. You should be able to add 45 inches of displacement in one weekend. You just have to be OK with the use of a die grinder, bore gauges, and micrometers.
The engine we are using for this job is the 302 we originally pulled out of a '73 Ranchero and was refreshed in the Nov. '07 issue ("Build the Cheapest Engine Possible") by JMS Racing Engines in El Monte, California. With stock heads, it made 279 hp and 341 lb-ft. Then we added a set of AFR 165cc Outlaw Street heads and picked up 92 hp and 37 lb-ft. For the final story, we added a set of pop-up JE pistons, revved the engine to 7,500 rpm, and made 479 hp and 387 lb-ft while simultaneously reaching what is likely the maximum output of an N/A 302.
We asked around about the difference between a Ford 347 and the 331 stroker kit for the 302. We heard the 331 needs to rev beyond 6,500 rpm to make the same power as the 347, making the larger engine slightly more reliable and streetable. The 347 will also make more usable torque. Machinists we talked to also claim the angularity of the rod is greater with the Ford 347, which is true. It may cause increased wear on the cylinder wall on a high-mileage engine-that is also true. On the 347, you are pulling the piston down to the bottom of the bore, increasing the likelihood that the piston will rock, as the skirts are uncovered at the bottom of the stroke. The most practical complaints are that the longer stroke requires block clearancing, the counterweight can hit the oil pump, and the rod is long enough that the piston pin intersects with the oil ring bore, possibly causing oil control issues.
Eagle fixed these problems with heavy-duty oil support rails and a tapered piston to reduce noise. Our advice is to measure everything before you order and build the thing.
Engine Specs
Bore: 4.030
Deck: 8.200
Stroke: 3.400
Cubic inches: 347
Rod length: 5.400
Compression distance: 1.100
Valve relief: -5cc
Rod journal: 2.100
Main journal: 2.249
Engine Specifications
Torque Specs
Main cap: 65 ft-lb (with ARP moly-lube and bolts); 85 ft-lb (motor oil and stock bolts)
Rod cap: 50 ft-lb (3/8-inch ARP bolt and nut); 40 ft-lb (3/8-inch ARP capscrew); 20 ft-lb (stock); 0.0060 to 0.0067 bolt stretch
Main bearing clearance: 0.0025 to 0.0030
Rod bearing clearance: 0.0020 to 0.0030
Crank end play: 0.0040 to 0.0080
Rod side clearance: 0.010 to 0.020
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|Bolt protectors
|SBF gasket set
|Engine brush kit
|4.030 ring compressor
|Outside micrometer
|Rod bolt stretch gauge
|Dial bore gauge
|Engine stand drip tray
|Balancer installer/remover
|Torque wrench (0-100)
|Engine assembly lube
|Piston ring installer
|Eagle 347 FSB rotator
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The first step after removing the tin is to pull the balancer. This puller is also an installer and fits a variety of engines.We are going to save the stock rotator, so after we pulled the rod bearing cap, we added rod bolt protectors to keep the threaded end from scratching the crank. To remove the piston from the bore, use a knocker or a rubber or wooden hammer.The first precision tool we used was a dial bore gauge. Note the anvils in the foreground. They are used along with a micrometer to preset the exact dimension to be measured. In this case, we used the 4.00-inch anvil and the 0.100 washer and set the dial indicator to zero. A 4.100 bore gauge in a 4.030 bore should swing the gauge 0.070. Get it?We checked the top and bottom of the bore to determine the taper. We heard the maximum should be no more than 0.003 to 0.004. We think if it is more than 0.003, you should take the block to the machine shop for boring and honing.The next step is to completely scrub the engine with warm water and a mild detergent like Tide. We also ran a set of engine brushes through the oil galleries and lifter bores. We removed the oil gallery plugs and left the freeze plugs in place. After the cleaning, we blew out the passages with compressed air and added a light coat of oil to any unpainted surface.We also removed the new Eagle stroker crankshaft from the box and cleaned it thoroughly with carb cleaner, then toweled it off with a terry cloth that doesn't shed fibers.With everything clean and dry, we grabbed a set of standard bearings, added some assembly lube, and installed them in the block and main caps.The main caps are marked for location with the arrows pointing toward the timing chain and marked in sequence. Since we are going to check the rod to block clearance, we did not torque the main caps at this time.
The pins are held in with a wire lock. We were careful to make sure the lock was seated by inserting one end of the lock into the groove and spiraling the lock into place. Do not squeeze the lock to install it; it will permanently deform. We prefer to build piston/rod combinations as pairs. The beveled edge of each rod faces the crank cheek, and the flat sides of the rods face each other on each rod journal.To test-fit for block clearance, we installed the pistons without the rings. To keep the rod from swinging and damaging the cylinder walls, we rotated the engine so the cylinder was dead vertical, rotated the crank so the rod journal was at the bottom of its stroke, and tapped in the assembly with the handle of a rubber hammer.Once each rod was installed with the rod cap, we marked the bottom of the cylinders for the rod bolt clearance and removed the piston assembly. For the clearancing, we used a Makita electric die grinder and a carbide bit. It only takes a touch to remove enough metal, so we worked slowly.The stroker kit has pregapped rings for this particular bore, but that doesn't mean we didn't check them with a feeler gauge. For an N/A engine, the top ring gap is 0.0045 per inch of bore diameter. For a mild nitrous engine, the gap should be 0.005 per inch on the top and intermediate compression rings. We measured the gap with the ring squared 1 inch down the bore. If the gaps are tight, Childs and Albert sells a ring machine to file-fit the rings.As you increase the stroke on an engine, you also shorten the compression height of the piston, and in this case, the piston pin intersects the oil ring. Federal-Mogul supplies a steel spring groove spacer that takes the place of the lower oil ring support rail to add extra support to the oil control ring. The spacer should be installed on the bottom of the third piston groove with the gap 90 degrees from the pinhole. The gap is 0.010.We installed the oil expander with the gap butted over the wristpin, but we've also seen the gap butted over the piston skirt 90 degrees away. The point is to make sure the expander does not overlap. The upper and lower oil support rails should be at the 7 and 11 o'clock positions when looking down on the piston from the back of the block or along the piston pin centerline.We installed the second compression ring next using a ring expander and positioned the gap in the 9 o'clock position looking down on the engine from the rear. The top ring will be marked with a T, a dot, or even the word Top stamped into it. We placed that gap in the 3 o'clock position.After ensuring the bore was in good condition, we used the dingle-ball hone to remove the glaze on the cylinder walls. Using a pumping motion, we spun the hone with a light honing oil until we had a crosshatch pattern in the bore. This helped seat the new rings.
With the block cleaned, we started the final assembly by installing the main bearings to check for correct oil clearance. We asked around and found that many people reuse the main cap bolts, so we did, too. We cleaned them, lubed them with ARP moly-lube, and torque them to 70 ft-lb.With the gauge preset, we measured the torqued main cap's bore diameter by adding the difference between the preset measurement and the reading on the gauge. The bore was 2.2517.The main bearing journal on the crankshaft was 2.2490 inches, making the bearing clearance 0.0027. The official recommendation is 0.002 to 0.003, so we were just inside the spec.After checking all the main bearings, we made sure to clock the oil seal on the No. 5 main cap, installed the crank with a coat of assembly lube on each journal, and torqued the main caps.The final check is the thrust bearing clearance. Using a pry bar, we gently moved the crankshaft back and forth while watching the dial indicator. The allowance is 0.0040 to 0.0080. Ours showed 0.0062.We checked the rod bearings in the same manner as the main bearings after tightening on the bearing caps with the rod in the soft jaws of the vice. The spec was 0.002 to 0.003.We don't listen to people who tell us to install the pistons in a dry cylinder to break them in. Add a film of oil to the cylinder and lightly coat the piston with engine oil to keep things sliding off each other. We used a ring compressor with the correct bore size.After reinstalling the piston and rod assembly, we checked the gap between the rods with a feeler gauge for between 0.015 and 0.025 of side clearance. For the final assembly, we used a stretch gauge instead of a torque spec. The spec for a 3/8-inch capscrew is 0.0060 to 0.0067 bolt stretch. The tool was installed with the point of the dial indicator on the dimple at the top of the capscrew and the set screw on the bottom. After preloading the dial indicator 0.200 to 0.400 and zeroing the gauge, we slowly tightened the capscrew until we saw 0.0060 on the dial indicator.


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WASHINGTON – A screaming, kicking child may have an advantage when it comes to abduction and crime involving children, and two recent incidents in the D.C. area have parents talking to their kids about what to do in such a situation.
The Georgetown Patch reports a man exposed himself to a child near an elementary school on Glover Park on Wednesday.
On Tuesday, a Bethesda parent says two men in a white van followed her daughter after the school bus dropped the child off.
The girl immediately took action. She grabbed her cell phone, called 911, and the van drove off.
When a child feels threatened, it's not the time to be passive or polite, says Nancy McBride with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
"The only thing kids need to know is to get out of the situation as quickly as they can," McBride says. "[That means] the kids walk or run. They kick. They scream. They resist. They do whatever they have to do to get away from the person."
Abductions happen more often when a child is going to or from school, says McBride. She advocates practice, when parents can actually walk through safety skills with their kids.
"I just think it's important if your child is walking to and from school that you walk the route with them," McBride says. "You point out some landmarks they can go to. They can be taught to do this in a very positive way so it becomes a skill that they can use when they need it."
In the majority of attempted abductions, the suspect was driving a car, van or truck. Around 35 percent of attempted abductions happened between 2 and 7 p.m., according to data collected by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children between February 2005 and January 2012.
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The Enchanted Forest theme park closed for good in the 1990s. But the owner of a nearby farm has moved and preserved many of its parts.


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MARTINSVILLE, Va. (October 28, 2012) – Martinsville Speedway is known for some of the best short-track racing on the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series circuit. Tempers flare and patience is crucial in order to have a good finish at the end of 500 laps at the "paperclip." With only four races remaining in the 2012 season, the stakes for every team were that much higher.
Casey Mears and Germain Racing set high hopes entering the weekend, as the GEICO team had endured a tough few weeks. Team morale was lifted quickly during Friday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series qualifying session when Mears clocked a lap of 19.586 seconds (96.681 mph) to place the No. 13 GEICO Ford Fusion 22nd on the starting grid. His effort accounted for the team's best starting position at the ½-mile racetrack since Mears' arrival in the car in late 2010.
With overcast skies and cool temperatures, Mears consistently ran inside the top-25, on the lead lap, for the bulk of the race. Throughout the first half of the race, the California native reported a tight handling condition. When a caution flag was displayed on lap 151 for a spin in turn four, crew chief Bootie Barker brought Mears and his No. 13 GEICO Fusion to pit road for four tires, fuel, wedge and spring rubber adjustments, putting the Ford in 27th for the lap 156 restart.
Three quick cautions slowed the pace from lap 200 – 235, but the GEICO team capitalized on every opportunity that was presented to help improve the handling on the No. 13 Ford Fusion. A long green-flag run, spanning over 160 laps, forced Mears to come to the attention of his pit crew for multiple scheduled green flag pit stops. Despite the caution-free period, Mears continued to work his way through the field and by lap 400, the No. 13 Fusion was scored in 23rd-place.
While the on-track action picked up as the laps counted down, Mears kept all the fenders on his GEICO Ford during three late-race cautions to bring home a 25th-place finish. This is the driver's 16th top-25 effort of the 2012 season.
"We had a good, solid day and it's what we needed to get everything headed in the right direction as the season winds down," Mears said. "Bootie (Barker, crew chief) and the GEICO crew did a nice job today of making adjustments and using strategy to keep us competitive. We're looking forward to getting the GEICO Fusion on-track in Texas. I'm also looking forward to visiting with GEICO associates at the GEICO regional office in Dallas this week. It's always great to see the people who support you face-to-face. GEICO has been very supportive of our team, so it's nice to be able to thank them in person."
Next week, Mears and his Germain Racing team will return to racing action at Texas Motor Speedway on Sunday, November 4. The 34th race of 2012 will air live on ESPN beginning at 2 p.m. ET. Performance Racing Network and Sirius-XM Satellite Radio (NASCAR channel 90) will also carry the live radio broadcast.
To learn more about the GEICO Racing program, please visit: www.caseymearsracing.com
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Oakland, CA (Sports Network) - Klay Thompson poured in 22 points to lead five
Warriors in double figures on Friday night, as Golden State downed the Indiana
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Stephen Curry recorded a double-double with 20 points and 11 assists, Jarrett
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The banking world works in a lot of ways like a sports league. You can be a star, but that barely matters if your team is in last place. But if you're lucky enough to be a premiere bankers, you could always go elsewhere if your team's fortunes faded. That fluidity in finance world may, however, be fading.


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