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David Fales is used to breaking San Jose State records, so it was only natural that he ended a 26-year drought when the quarterback was selected by the Chicago Bears in the sixth round of the NFL Draft on Saturday.
Fales, who was chosen No. 183 overall, is the first Spartans' signal-caller to be drafted since Mike Perez in 1988 and just the fourth since the AFL-NFL merger.
"It's an honor," Fales said. "I'm excited to be representing San Jose State."
The school's record holder in every significant passing category, most notably career and single-season marks for passing yards and touchdowns, Fales heads to Chicago to compete to be a backup to entrenched, but injury-prone starter Jay Cutler.
"I've just got make the best me and understand my role," Fales said. "Prepare as if I'm going to play because if it did happen, you don't want to be where you weren't prepared."
The Bears were one of seven teams Fales met with during the pre-draft process. Offensive coordinator Aaron Kromer and quarterbacks coach Matt Cavanaugh worked him out privately in San Jose.
Fales has trained previously under Bears backup Jordan Palmer and is looking forward to working with coach Marc Trestman.
"They call him the 'Quarterback Whisperer'," Fales said of Trestman. "With what he did with (Josh) McCown last year, I'm really excited. It's an honor to be selected by them and get a chance to compete."
Fales watched the draft with his friends and family at a restaurant in Salinas, but stepped away just before the Bears called.
"I went to the bathroom and the phone rang," Fales said. "I was in the other room, then all of a sudden it popped up and they were all excited."
Fales will look to become the first San Jose State quarterback since Jeff Garcia to play in the NFL. Garcia, who was a Spartan from 1991-93, went undrafted out of SJSU before carving out an 11-year NFL career that included four Pro Bowl appearances.
Fales, who came to SJSU after one redshirt season at Nevada and two seasons at Monterey Peninsula College, finished his career with 8,382 passing yards and 66 touchdowns. His two seasons were nearly identical statistically. In 2012, he passed for 4,193 yards and 33 touchdowns and followed that up with 4,189 yards and 33 scores.
Fales heads to a team with a general manager Phil Emery who recently went on record as being skeptical of developing late-round quarterbacks into starters.
"Most of the starters in this league come from the first and second round," Emery said in a recent ESPN.com story."So that's where you need to take a quarterback. So when you talk about quarterback every year, they have to be somebody that you truly believe will beat out the second and third quarterback that you perceive on your roster. And if not, history shows that you shouldn't make that pick."
Fales said he wasn't aware of and isn't phased by those comments.
"He didn't talk to me about that," Fales said. "That doesn't affect me. I can't control that. I'm going to make the best me. I'm very excited for them to give me this opportunity to compete."
Network analysts were quick to offer praise of Fales' selection.
"Ball placement, I think with David Fales, is excellent," ESPN's Mel Kiper Jr. said. "To me, intermediate area, short area, his ball placement was as good as it gets. "
Former Indianapolis Colts general manager Bill Polian mocked some of the criticisms of Fales while lauding his ability.
"He's too small, he's too slow, he doesn't have a good arm," Polian cracked. "All he does is throw touchdowns."
ESPN's Todd McShay offered more positive reviews.
"He has fast eyes and he can go through progressions," McShay said. "He has quick feet. He's a competitor and he's going to come in and work his tail off. "
Daniel Jeremiah of the NFL Network was also mostly positive in his assessment.
"Fales, to me, goes through his progressions and throws with anticipation, right up there with the top guys in the draft," Jeremiah said. "But what he lacks is physical arm talent to fit balls in very tiny windows. Just a little bit limited from that standpoint. But you want a guy who can think the game and make the correct decisions, the ball goes where it's supposed to go? That's David Fales."
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Having a deep roster is one of the reasons Spartanburg Methodist has taken an undefeated record so deep into the season.
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SMC stuck to its theme of a different hero every night — and another theme of winning — as Kelsey Terry came off the bench to score 10 points in the second half Wednesday and help the third-ranked Pioneers beat Aiken Tech, 61-51, at Bridges Arena and improve to 22-0.
Terry, a sophomore backup point guard from Anderson (Westside High), didn't take off his warm-up jacket in the first half. In four of SMC's past nine games, he didn't play at all. He had scored a total of 20 points in 17 games this season.
But when starting point guard Travis Black (Spartanburg Christian) got in foul trouble in the second half after leading SMC with nine points in the first half, it was Terry time.
"We're pretty deep," Terry said. "I believe anybody on our team can play. I just have to wait my turn. … When it happened, I wanted to set a spark. I was just having a fun time with my team in the second half."
Terry has had a few offensive moments, though. He scored 13 and then 18 in back-to-back games in November. Just last week, he exploded for 21 points, albeit in a mop-up role during a 49-point victory.
"He is very capable of getting the job done," SMC head coach Jeff Brookman said. "He certainly did a great job tonight."
Spartanburg Methodist (5-0 in Region 10) had only a two-point lead with 12 minutes remaining but scored on the next 10 possessions, piling up 25 points during that span, and finally was able to get a little bit of breathing room against Aiken Tech (1-2 in league). The Knights refused to fold, even during that stretch, as they kept pace with a few 3-pointers of their own to get within 44-38.
"They're well-coached and they compete," Brookman said. "I knew they weren't going to go away. But I thought if we could get enough stops and hold them to one shot, we'd eventually knock down some big shots of our own."
The Pioneers, holding a 25-18 lead at the break, missed six straight 3-pointers to start the second half and had just two offensive rebounds during a 17-possession stretch going back to the first half. Brookman called timeout to preach on the subject.
"Coach was stressing to us about crashing the offensive boards because we hadn't really been doing that the whole game," said sophomore forward Jalen Nesbitt (Chapman High). "We were missing a lot of shots, so there we plenty of opportunities to get them."
Nesbitt grabbed a teammate's 3-point shot that fell short and put it in. He saved the next possession and that led to a made 3-pointer. He then hit a long one of his own. At the end of the 10-trip run, SMC had 10 second-chance points and four 3-point shots, two by DaQuan Jeffries (Broome High), who also added a stick-back for a 12-point lead.
"We were missing so many shots in the first minutes of the second half," Brookman said. "When you're doing that, you've got to find a way to get the ball in the basket. The best way to do that is to get offensive rebounds. We weren't doing a good job of that. … Jalen came up with a couple that got us going. He ran down one in the corner and tipped one out. It seemed to give us some energy."
Nesbitt led the scoring with 14 points. Jeffries and Terry each had 10, Black and Ronell Crockett (T.L. Hanna) each had nine and D.J. Coleman (Sumter) had seven.
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Roger made a good start into the Gerry Weber Open by defeating Florian Mayer 6-4, 7-5 in just 74 minutes today.
"I'm very happy with the way things went today. I obviously knew playing against Mayer in the first round was going to be tricky," he said.
Roger showed solid tennis today, having to defend just one single breakball - with a service winner. He will meet Milos Raonic (ATP 21) in the quarter-finals. It is already the third time this year that the two meet, Roger won both previous encounters, but dropped a set in each of them.
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Boting, be fair now, Raonic is better than Karlovic. Karlovic has just his serve and a little forehand, Raonic's got it all (except for a great backhand perhaps) and he can still improve a lot.
YES!!!!!!!! Roger's just great on grass :)!
Raonic = Karlovic
Mark my words: If he doesn't get injured, Raonic will make a deep run at Wimbledon.
Third set. A nice early break would be awesome, Roger ;)
They're already playing, Keiko ;)
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Good luck against Raonic! I will keep my very best of positive energy. Let's go, Roger, let's go!
Break. Nice one. Let me tell you this: The winner of this match will go on to win the tournament.
I don't want to be too harsh on my Champ! I have no doubt in mind he's trying his best. Lets wait and see!
0-40 up ... didnt make him play one ball, you wouldve gotten broken by him ... Ever since madrid your return of serve is worst and your UE count is welll my level


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Business activity in Ireland's services sector surged in October, another indication that despite a fifth year of austerity the nation's economy may be set to grow more rapidly than those of other euro-zone members.
The Irish republic services purchasing managers' index rose to a five-year high of 56.1 in October from September's 53.9.
The data represents the third straight increase in the measure and was boosted by improved optimism over incoming business in the next 12 months, with both export and domestic orders expected to rise.
"Encouragingly, the improvement in business activity was broad-based, with all four sectors represented in the survey—business services, financial services, TMT and transport & leisure—seeing a pickup in growth during October," said Philip O'Sullivan, chief economist at NCB.
The increase follows a healthy rise in the manufacturing PMI to 52.1 in October and is a further indication that Ireland's economy is outpacing its euro zone neighbors. A reading over 50 represents growth.
The services index accounts for approximately 25% of the available Irish labor force and for about 30% of those with jobs. However, it excludes large parts of the Irish services economy such as retail and wholesale, and therefore may not give a full picture of the Irish economic outlook.
Ireland's recovery from its banking debt crisis faces significant headwinds from the wider euro-zone debt crisis that has reduced demand for its many exporters. Moreover, domestic demand is still contracting.
For its 2013 budget, the Irish government is obliged to introduce €3.5 billion ($4.5 billion) in spending cuts and tax increases as part of the bailout deal it struck with the European Union and International Monetary Fund in late 2010.
Ireland's central bank warned last month that Irish unemployment, which has stayed stubbornly high at 14.8% in recent months, may remain at elevated levels for years.
Analysts say the Irish finance ministry will reduce its 2013 economic outlook in new forecasts to be published in the coming weeks. It will likely forecast a 0.7% rise in gross domestic product for 2012, unchanged from its previous forecast in April, but reduce its current forecast for 2.2% GDP growth in 2013.
Citing the slowing demand for exports, the IMF last month stuck with its Irish GDP growth forecast of 0.4% for this year, but cut its 2013 GDP growth forecast to 1.1% from the 1.4% it had projected in September.
Nonetheless, NCB's Mr. O'Sullivan said that recent government tax revenue also indicated that the Irish economy was staging some sort of recovery. "The key to be taken from the recent data is that the economy is leveling off," he said.
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GIFT: What You Can Expect
The initial process for GIFT is the same as it would be for in vitro fertilization: treatment with injectable hormones to start superovulation, followed by further injections of a medication that ripens the developing eggs. The facility where the procedure will be done will provide you with special instructions to prepare you for the procedure.
The eggs and sperm are collected just as they would be in an IVF procedure, but after that, the two techniques differ. In IVF, the embryo is placed into the uterus at 3-5 days with a catheter inserted into the vagina in a quick and simple procedure. In GIFT, an incision has to be made in the abdomen and the eggs and sperm are immediately placed in the fallopian tubes using a laparoscope, a small telescope-like instrument. A laparoscopy requires general anesthesia, although it can still usually be performed as an outpatient procedure.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The Nicholls State University softball team's Saturday morning game against Murray State in the Magic City Classic has been canceled due to cold weather.
Nicholls (7-9) will now play only one game today as both morning games have been removed because of unplayable conditions. The Colonels will take on Murray State at 12:15 p.m. for their final game of the classic.
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Washington HC Chris Petersen said that there is "a chance" that junior S Budda Baker could be utilized on offense in the season-opener.
Florida suspended freshmen WR's Tyrie Cleveland and Rick Wells for the season-opener against UMass.
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Most of Sunday's night's episode of "The Walking Dead" felt like one long, chatty therapy session. You had Hershel trying to coax Rick off the ledge and renounce his Crazytown citizenship. You had the brothers Dixon chewing over their daddy issues, Maggie and Glenn dealing with their torture trauma, and even Axel confiding to Carol about the bad choices he'd made in life.
But then a shot rang out and all hell broke loose. And the episode, "Home," culminated with an audacious, mind-blowing, breath-taking, oh-my-God gunfight at the prison yard, all precipitated by the Governor, of course.
It was a great example of something that "The Walking Dead" has perfected over its three-season run: The art of lulling us into a state of relative sedation and then -- bam! -- hitting us with a blast of high-level tension, until our pulses race beyond the speed limit.
But we'll get to that soon enough. First, let's weave our way through "Home":
Morning breaks at the prison and Rick is perched on an elevated walkway, surveying his kingdom through binoculars. He sees Michonne out in the yard. Then he spots a woman in a radiant backless white dress. Oh no, here we go again: It's the ghost (or the ghostly hallucination) of Lori, standing near three graves. Rick high-tails it down there, but "Lori" disappears and then reappears on the other side of the fence. Rick quickly unlocks the gate and goes searching for her until he finds her standing near a pond. She reaches out and caresses his face and his eyes lock in on her's, until ...
We see the scene play out through Michonne's eyes and realize, of course, that no one is there.
Oh so spooky.
After the opening credits roll, we find ourselves in Woodbury, where the Governor is trying to patch things up with Andrea. He compliments her on the pep talk she gave to the disillusioned townspeople and says she has the makings of a leader. In fact, he wants her to fill in for him while he takes some time to mentally regroup. "What about the prison (people)?" Andrea wonders. The Governor says things will be cool if they just leave us alone.
"So no retaliation?" she asks.
"No," he lies.
Meanwhile, back at the prison, retaliation is exactly what Glenn craves. He wants to sneak back into Woodbury with Michonne and put a bullet in the Governor's head and he wants to do it tonight. Hershel doesn't like that plan. There are breaches in the prison security, allowing some walkers to filter in. That situation, coupled with the possibility of an attack by the Governor's troops, has Hershel thinking it's time to flee. But Glenn wants none of that.
Glenn, of course, is still very much on edge about what went down in Woodbury, and what exactly happened to Maggie. He goes to talk to her, but she's really not in the mood. Still, with some prodding, she recounts the ugly details of her run-in with the Governor. Glenn wants to know if he raped her.
"No," she replies gruffly. "Do you feel better?" Then she pushes him aside.
"You got your answer," she says. "Now go away."
In another part of the prison, Carol and Axel are having a surprising little bonding session. He admits that he's no big, bad armed-robbery guy. That he doesn't even know the first thing about guns. This prompts her to give him a quick lesson, and you can tell: He's falling for her.
Things aren't so cozy out in the woods, where the Daryl-Merle reunion isn't going so well. They need food, but haven't managed to hunt down any game for a while. Nerves are frayed. Daryl's thinking they should head for the prison, but Merle's not down with that. After all, he knows that Michonne and Glenn both want a piece of him.
But then they hear a baby crying and when they follow the sounds, they come upon a group of Spanish-speaking travelers who are being besieged by a band of walkers. The baby is with its mother, trapped in a car, while a couple of out-numbered guys try to fend off the zombies. Daryl immediately joins the battle, killing off walkers with his cross-bow. Merle, meanwhile, doesn't lift a finger to help.
When the zombie threat abates, Merle pulls a gun on one of the men and ducks into the car with the intention of plundering it. Clearly, he has a vastly different moral code than Daryl, who points the cross-bow at his brother's head and orders him out of the car.
This, of course, ticks off Merle and the brothers get into it. They dredge up their messy past, including those tense moments on the roof and how Merle abandoned the family when they were kids. Apparently their dad was abusive. Merle insists he had to flee before he resorted to killing Pops. After a brief tussle, Daryl's shirt rips open and Merle spots scars on his brother's back. He, too, has had his run-ins with Dad.
Back at Woodbury, Andrea's getting suspicious. Where's the Governor? Milton tells her that he thinks he's on a supplies run. Milton is not a good liar and Andrea doesn't believe him. Little does she know that, earlier, the two-faced, one-eyed Governor told Milton that he wasn't sure about where Andrea's loyalties lie -- and to keep tabs on her.
A while later, at the prison, Hershel has caught up with Rick and, once again, is trying to get the sheriff's head back on straight. He tells him about how Glenn, all reckless and agitated, has headed back to Woodbury. And he insists that the group needs its leader back. But Rick rather talk about his Lori visions and what it all means.
"I'm waiting for an answer," he tells Hershel.
While this is all going on, Carol and Axel are once again in the yard, exchanging pleasantries. We sense some chemistry is building between these two. And just then ...
A bullet pieces Axel's forehead. The Governor is right outside the prison and he's brought some men! More shots ring out. Rick, Hershel and everyone else in the vicinity scramble for cover. More shots. And more. Everyone joins this incredible gun fight, even Carl and Maggie. The Governor has a man in the prison tower raining shots raining shots down toward everyone. He clearly has the advantage in this well-thought out ambush.
And then, a sick, audacious move by the Governor. He has a speeding truck bust through the prison gate and into the yard. The truck's back doors bolt open and out streams an overwhelming swarm of walkers. Our band of survivors now have to fend off not only the gun men, but the zombies.
Fortunately, Maggie nails the guy in the tower to put down that threat. But the walkers are everywhere. They're swarming Rick, who has picked a very bad time to run out of ammo. It looks like he's a goner ... until, Daryl and Merle arrive, like the calvary, just in time. And so does Glenn.
A wide-eyed, gasping Rick is saved by the barest of margins.
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Whittell High School will officially drop to Division IV next season after successfully meeting the enrollment criteria of less than 170 students for two years in a row. The shift will pit the Warriors against an entirely new group of smaller schools. It will also drop the Warriors to eight-man football next year, which is something they got a sample of in their first two non-league games this year.
But again, this will all happen next year.
In the more immediately future, soccer was approved a midseason facelift in the same Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association's Board of Control meeting on Monday and Tuesday in Sparks.
This means the Warriors boys and girls soccer teams will now have separate Division III/IV regional and state tournaments. For years, Division I-A and DIII/IV schools shared one division in soccer, and smaller programs like Whittell battled their larger counterparts for postseason appearances.
The new state tournaments will be comprised of three schools from the North and one from the South. In addition, playoff qualification will be based on a point system, which includes points accumulated for wins against league opponents and teams competing in a higher division, according to NIAA Assistant Director Donnie Nelson
Four of the nine northern schools in the DIII/IV will qualify for the playoffs. Currently, the NIAA is searching for a suitable location to host the DIII/IV regional tournament.
The decision to split soccer playoffs was passed by a 7-2 vote, Nelson said.
Whittell voted for the playoff split, but Incline voted against the proposal. The Highlanders are currently in second place in the Mount Rose league, and Incline coach Tom Canino said the school would rather compete against better competition.
"I voted against the move because we want to compete where we are," said Canino, who serves as Incline's co-athletic director and boys and girls soccer coach. "From experience we know that a title is more meaningful when it includes a Truckee, Sparks, South Tahoe, etc."
Whittell's soccer coaches were both in favor of the playoffs split, although they did say it would not change the level of intensity they already planned on bringing to the field this year. In general, the Whittell consensus is that the playoff splits are positive.
"Right away I had parents text messaging me yesterday afternoon," Bluethman said. "They were so excited. It's been in their hearts all year long."
Before Friday's game against Sparks, the soccer girls were currently 1-4-1 in league and 11-4-1 overall. The boys were 3-3 in league and 13-3 overall.
Whittell's overall division drop, however, was met with some resistance. There are concerns that the move will drop the level of competition Whittell faces, athletic director Kathy Bluethman.
"Some people are worried that it's going to be too easy for us, but smaller schools have strong athletes as well with great skill levels who are going to give us good competition," Bluethman. "I think we're going to do very well though because we do have incredible athletes here."
Football coach David Housel was among those worried about the level of competition. It is Housel's first year with the team, and he hoped for more time to build the program and make the team competitive once again before the final decision was made.
With Housel at the helm, the football team has 22 players this year, more than the Warrior squad has seen in years. They also have a legitimate shot at the fourth playoff spot. Housel said he is expecting 30 players next season.
On the flip side, dropping a division will likely dramatically increase Whittell's playoff appearances across the board. Either way, at the end of the day it all came down to numbers, and Whittell is well within Division IV criteria.
The Warriors rang in with 147 high school students this year and 158 last year.
"It wasn't like we want to go down because we're not playing well. That never had anything to do with it" Bluethman said. " It was basically because our class sizes are getting smaller and smaller, and I just want to have an equal level of competition."
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Robert E. Taylor passed away at the age of 87, on Sunday, December 2, 2012, at his home in Buchanan Dam, Texas, with his son by his side. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, December 8, 2012, in The Chapel at Griffin ~ Hillcrest with Cody Westbrook, Minister, as Officiant. Interment to follow in Hillcrest Memorial Park of Ardmore, Okla.
Bob was born on July 27, 1925, to Mr. Robert E. Taylor Sr. and Eva (Calhoun) Taylor.
Bob served his country during World War II in the United States Marine Corps and received his Honorable Discharge. He married Thelma Cannon in 1946 and this began their pursuit of the American Dream and that dream continued with the birth of two sons, Don Paul and Michael Earl Taylor. Bob and Thelma moved to Andrews where they reared their family. He worked for 39 years for Mobile Productions and was able to retire at the age of 60. In 1993, the couple moved to Buchanan Dam, Texas, to live out their retirement to enjoy the Texas Hill Country.
In 1998, their son, Don, passed on and on February 12, 2010, the love of his life, Thelma, passed away.
He is survived by his son, Michael Earl, of Cumby, Texas; and grandson, Michael Paul, and his companion, Lillie Warren, of Buchanan Dam, Texas.
Condolences may be left at www.Griffin-HillcrestFH.com.
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There were 76 bookings at the San Joaquin County Jail in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Friday. At that time, there were 1,441 people held at the jail, which has an official capacity of 1,411. When the jail is full, some inmates may be released early.
Robbery: A man carrying a rifle or a shotgun entered a business in the 2200 block of South Manthey Road and demanded money from a clerk about 6:20 a.m. Friday, police reported. The robber fled on foot with an undisclosed amount of cash. He was described as a white man 30 to 40 years old with a black sweater.
The California Highway Patrol responded to 11 noninjury accidents and one injury accident in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Friday. CHP officers also arrested six people on charges of driving under the influence and recovered four stolen vehicles.
The Stockton Fire Department responded to 122 calls for service in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Friday, including eight vehicle accidents, 87 medical calls and two structure fires.
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News 12 at 6 o'clock / Friday, April 19, 2013
Robbery suspect (WRDW-TV / Background: MGN Online)
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW) -- One man is in jail, and one is still on the run after deputies say the pair robbed two different grocery stores in Augusta this week.
Jesse Chancey heard the Bi-Lo on Peach Orchard Road was robbed Tuesday, so he changed up his shopping schedule.
"I went to shop at Kroger because I didn't want to shop at the store that just got robbed," Chancey said.
That's when he started talking to a store clerk at Kroger about the robbery down the road.
"They was shocked to find out that Bi-Lo had been robbed. They found out from me that Bi-Lo had been robbed," he said.
The clerk was shocked because she had been working at Kroger the night before when deputies say a man slipped her a note, saying he had a gun and to give her all the money.
"I heard the story from y'all [News 12], and then I found out and just thought about it, if they had been shown a note, and Bi-Lo had been shown a note as well, maybe it was the same people who robbed both," he said.
Deputies say that's exactly what happened. Around 9 p.m. Monday, they say two men robbed the Kroger on Deans Bridge Road. Then, about 12 hours later, the same pair targeted the Bi-Lo on Peach Orchard Road.
"They were robbing grocery stores, which means just about anybody could be hit and affected by it," Chancey said.
It's a crime that hit close to home for Chancey because he used to work at both stores.
"I can only imagine what they was feeling when something like that happened, and I can only imagine what was going through their head," he said.
He says when you're a cashier at a grocery store, getting robbed never really crosses your mind.
"There's no training. We basically are just told to meet the demands," which is what deputies say both clerks did.
And Chancey says if he is ever put in that situation, "I'd just give them all the money."
Deputies have arrested Craig Roberts on two counts of robbery by intimidation charges. He is in the Richmond County Jail, but they are still looking for another man. He is pictured in the video wearing a lime green hat and dreadlocks. They say he distracted the manager while Roberts robbed the desk clerks. If you have any information about
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Published: Friday, June 28, 2013 at 10:35 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, June 28, 2013 at 10:35 a.m.
TAMPA - A Tampa man has been charged with animal cruelty after police say he strangled a family dog, then cut up its body parts and stored it in the freezer for future meals.
A police statement says 25-year-old Elliot Huggins was arrested Friday morning on the animal cruelty charge. It was not immediately clear if he has an attorney and there wasn't a working phone number listed for Huggins.
Police say once Huggins strangled the young dog, he cut it up into quarters and stored it in the freezer for future meals. A family member called police late Thursday and when officers arrived, they found the dog's ribs cooked in a pot on the stove. The dog's head was in the garbage.
Animal control removed the remains of the dog.
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Retailers Think These Will Be Like Yoga Pants For Men
The athletic apparel craze now has something for men, too: Jogger pants.
The pants feature a loose, sweatpant-style leg tapering to elastic cuffs that hit just above the ankle. To be clear, there probably won't be any jogging involved. Their appeal more likely stems from the fact that they can better show off flashy basketball shoes, retail sales of which surged 20% last year to $4.5 billion, according to data from SportsOneSource.
Their cut and crop "eliminates the tragedy of having great kicks ruined by awful jeans," according to men's lifestyle site Complex.com. Brendan Dunne, an editor at sneaker-watching website SneakerNews.com, said the trend began in Europe and carried over to the U.S. as collectors began sporting them more frequently on Instagram.
That is manna for apparel retailers desperate for a new hit, especially as denim prices and sales growth weakens. Chains are making a big bet on the product. Urban Outfitters, for instance, has them all over its pants page — in denim, in leather, with flower prints. Zumiez, too, including one with polyurethane legs.
"Good news," Urban Outfitters says at the opening of its men's pants Web page. "Athletic gear is about to be everywhere."
Speaking with WSJ from Las Vegas, where several apparel trade shows are being held this week, SportsOneSource analyst Matt Powell said that jogger pants have been the topic of every discussion.
"They're the hottest trend in bottoms in men's," he said. Among manufacturers, most of the early adopters have been lifestyle brands, though athletic apparel companies are rolling out more traditional track pant looks, he said.
Executives at Pacific Sunwear of California, a retailer of youth-oriented street and surfwear, predicted earlier this spring that joggers would become a big hit. The chain carries an assortment of its own brand as well as versions made by the likes of athletic wear maker Nike and streetwear brand Been Trill, among others.
Gary Schoenfeld, the company's chief executive, said that sales of jogger pants have been "meaningful" – especially as denim products have become more promotional across retail. "I think it's an interesting matching of street influence, active lifestyle, and a continuous desire for comfort," he said. "The joggers bring all three of those together."
Jogger pants at PacSun stores typically range between $40 and $60, he said. Some higher end brands, however, already have a strong secondary market: Kith Mercer jogger pants, which at $95 each are presently sold out on the boutique's website, are popping up on the likes of eBay and streetwear resale sites for upwards of $200.


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News 12 at 11 o'clock / Wednesday, March 13, 2013
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW) -- An Augusta Tech student who died in a car crash this past summer was remembered Wednesday afternoon.
Twenty-six -year-old Kyle Davis and one of his friends were both hit and killed after they stopped to help a friend on the side of the road. On Wednesday, Augusta Tech dedicated a plaque in his memory.
Kyle's father, Keith Davis, says the school changed his son's life, turning it around completely and putting him on the right path just before his death.
Now, he wants others to have the same opportunity.
"The whole idea of what this school has meant to me and him, me and Kyle at the time," said his father. "His whole being is made better from coming here."
In June, Kyle stopped to help a friend on Bobby Jones when someone swerved off the road, hitting him and his friend at almost full speed.
"It's the worst thing you could wish on anybody," Keith said. "Part of you just goes away."
Kyle was a student in the Air Conditioning Technology Department at Augusta Tech, something Keith says changed Kyle's life. He says Kyle was lost, but through the school and his instructor, Jerry Hadden, he'd found his way back.
The message on the door says: "It's never too late to change your life for better." It's a message his instructor and his father are hoping every student who walks through the doors will learn.
"I hope that people look to what happened in Kyle's life, see the change that was made, that his family is celebrating through this plaque and this dedication, and realize that even if they feel like they are at the bottom in their life, there's no where to go but up," said Kyle's instructor, Jerry Hadden.
Along with the plaque, Kyle's father started a scholarship to help other students who may be struggling like Kyle did.
"If a few hundred dollars or a thousand dollars might help someone be productive and not go down the wrong path, when just a little bit of help can help more than you know," Keith said.
His plaque joins just two others on the building, one for the dean and the second for a former head electrical inspector for Richmond County.
Kyle would've graduated on May 2. They will have an honorary diploma for him at graduation.


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OMAHA, Neb. – Texas A&M – Corpus Christi pitcher Trevor Belicek was recently named a semifinalist for the inaugural Gregg Olson Award. The award, presented by Toolshed Sports, was created to recognize the "Breakout Player of the Year" during the current season.
Named after former Auburn pitcher Gregg Olson, the award will be presented to the player that elevated his game the most from the previous season. Olson started his career at Auburn with limited success, but he transformed himself into a two-time All-American in college, and was picked in the first round of the Major League Baseball draft. He would go on to earn Rookie of the Year and All-Star honors during his professional career.
Belicek finished his 2013 season with a 9-2 record, coming just one win short of tying the school record for wins in a season, and a 3.12 ERA overall. In Southland Conference play, Belicek went 7-0 with a 2.58 ERA as he helped lead the Islanders to second place, the highest finish in school history.
That followed a freshman season where he struggled to find his niche as a two-way player, hitting just .154 in 13 at-bats, and going 0-1 with a 5.91 ERA in nine appearances.
Belicek is one of 46 semi-finalists for the national award, with the winner being named in Omaha, Neb., during the College World Series which is to be held this season at TD Ameritrade Park from June 15-June 26, 2013
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Toyo Tires tests with British GT star Tom Onslow-Cole
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- Entertainment sector had rough year
- 2012: Gilead Sciences leads health companies
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Silicon Valley's cleantech sector, which includes companies in biofuels, electric vehicles, lighting, solar and smart grid, had a volatile 2011. The industry was impacted by Solyndra's high-profile bankruptcy, competition from cheap natural gas and a growing sense that the IPO market has soured on renewable energy companies.
Just three cleantech companies made the Mercury News' annual survey of the valley's 150 largest public companies: biofuel maker Codexis, solar manufacturer SunPower (SPWRA) and electric carmaker Tesla Motors (TSLA). All three companies lost money last year.
SunPower lost more than $600 million in 2011, compared with net income of $179 million in 2010. SunPower was also acquired -- in April, French oil giant Total, one of the world's Big Six oil and gas companies, bought a controlling stake in SunPower, the valley's dominant solar panel manufacturer.
"This is old energy betting on new energy," SunPower CEO Tom Werner said at the time. "This is a bet for the future."
The solar industry was rocked by a variety of forces, including increasing competition from Chinese manufacturers, a rollback of subsidies in Europe and several bankruptcies.
Fremont-based Solyndra, which manufactured tubular solar panels, abruptly filed for bankruptcy in September. Its collapse, after raising more than $1 billion from venture capitalists and a $535 million loan guarantee from the Department of Energy, ignited a political firestorm.
Many in the valley had hoped Oakland-based BrightSource Energy, which makes solar thermal power plants, would have a successful public offering this year, but it abruptly shelved its IPO plans this month amid tepid interest from investors.
Palo Alto-based Tesla, which went public in June 2010, had a far better year. The company plans to debut its Model S sedan in July, and its stock hit an all-time high of $37.55 in March.
Contact Dana Hull at 408-920-2706. Follow her at Twitter.com/danahull.
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Laconia Attorney David Osman, summing up the conversation for one of the eight groups which grappled with a number of issues ranging from demographic trends to economic development, said ''there are very real differences. We had strong statements about the role of the government and there was very little common ground.''
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14-year-old Johnny Thai Dinh is behind bars.
He's accused of killing 20-year-old Rodney Wayne McGhee, Jr.
The shooting happened Wednesday night, May 3, on the 1500 block of Keron Way in Hephzibah.
News 12's Stephanie Baker spoke to the grieving family.
Rodney McGhee Jr.'s parents say they drove past someone lying on the road.
When they stopped, they found out it was their son...
And investigators say the killer is the McGhees' next-door neighbor.
The whole family gathered Thursday, tearfully remembering 20-year-old Rodney McGhee, Jr.
Rodney McGhee, Sr. sat at the end of the long driveway near the crime scene, remembering what he saw as he drove by.
"I told my wife, 'There's someone laying on the road.' I put it in reverse, backed up, and it was my son," he says.
His wife, Tina, says, "I got out and tried to see him and everyone was pulling me away."
Rodney Jr. was killed by what deputies say was a gunshot wound to the chest.
Some neighbors found him first and made the 911 call Wednesday night. Investigators say they found the murder weapon, a .22 caliber handgun, at the scene. And witness testimony led them to arrest 14-year-old Johnny Thai Dinh...McGhee's next-door neighbor.
"Right now he has been charged with murder," says Sgt. Richard Roundtree with the Richmond County Sheriff's Office. "He's a juvenile, but under the seven deadly sins, he is charged as an adult."
Sgt. Roundtree says the two boys may have gotten into a fight Wednesday afternoon.
Rodney Sr. says it all started when he and his son got home from work. Rodney Jr. went off with friends, while the parents headed for the store.
"I saw the boy sitting out here when I got ready to leave...but I didn't think nothing about it," Rodney Sr. says.
But upon returning home, they pulled off the road to find their frantic neighbors...and their son's body.
Investigators say they are still working to establish what kind, if any, relationship there was between the suspect and the victim.
McGhee's father says they didn't know each other...officers say that's still under investigation.
Each year, there are between 20,000 and 25,000 murders in this country.
Handguns are involved in over half of them, and nearly 25 percent of the murders go unsolved.