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March 4, 2013 It’s Where You Live! Volume 105, No. 54

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Spending cuts here to stay No tangible plan for rolling them back

The Miracles founder dies SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (AP) — Bobby Rogers, a founding member of Motown group The Miracles and a songwriting collaborator with Smokey Robinson, died Sunday at his suburban Detroit home. He was 73. Motown Museum board member Allen Rawls said Rogers died about 6 a.m. in Southfield. Rogers had been ill for several years. See Page 6.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The spending cuts are here to stay if you believe the public posturing Sunday. The Senate’s Republican leader Mitch McConnell called them modest. House Speaker John Boehner isn’t sure the cuts will hurt the economy. The White House’s top economic adviser, Gene Sperling, said the pain isn’t that bad right now. So after months of dire warnings, Washington didn’t implode,

government didn’t shut down and the $85 billion budget trigger didn’t spell doom. And no one has a tangible proposal for rolling back those cuts. “This modest reduction of 2.4 percent in spending over the next six months is a little more than the average American experienced just two months ago, when their own pay went down when the payroll tax holiday expired,” McConnell said. “I don’t know whether it’s

going to hurt the economy or not,” Boehner said. “I don’t think anyone quite understands how the sequester is really going to work.” And Sperling, making the rounds on the Sunday news shows, added: “On Day One, it will not be as harmful as it will be over time.” Both parties cast blame on the other for the automatic, acrossthe-board spending cuts but gave little guidance on what to expect in the coming weeks. Republicans

and Democrats pledged to retroactively undo the cuts but signaled no hints as to how that process would start to take shape. Republicans insisted there would be no new taxes and Democrats refused to talk about any bargain without them. “That’s not going to work,” said Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H. “If we’re going to increase revenue again, it’s got to go to the debt with real entitlement reform and real tax reform when you actually lower rates. … I’m not going to agree to any more tax increases that are

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On rise Census shows the homeless numbers up BY ANDREW WILSON For Civitas Media tdneditorial@civitasmedia.com

Quake takes out homes BEIJING (AP) — A moderate earthquake struck southwest China on Sunday, causing hundreds of homes to collapse and injuring at least 30 people. See Page 9.

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The Miami County Continuum of Care presented the results of its latest Point in Time Count on Feb. 22. The Point in Time Count, which provides a count of the homeless and at-risk individuals in Miami County, occurs once a year in January and is gathered by many social service agencies in Miami County and sent to the Family Abuse Center of Miami County to be tabulated. The count also determines how much funding the group receives for shelter services as well as U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development STAFF PHOTO/MELODY VALLIEU Janie Hershberger, right, goes over a patient’s file with executive director Justin Coby at Health Partners Free dollars. “This year three agenClinic recently. cies really did some aggressive outreach to get us a better number of the true need for assistance in our community,” said Miami County Continuum of Care President Barbara Holman. “They are New Path in Tipp City and BY MELODY VALLIEU HOW TO HELP Partners in Hope and Staff Writer Miami County Recovery mvallieu@civitasmedia.com Are you a doctor, nurse, pharmaIf you know someone who Council in Troy.” cist, medical assistant, social worker should be profiled in our Next Janie Hershberger believes if or someone looking for a new volunDoor feature, contact City Editor • See RISE on Page 2 every person gave a little of themteer opportunity? Are you a student Melody Vallieu at 440-5265. selves to volunteering, the world looking for more field experience CASSTOWN would be a much better place. while you are pursuing a medicalSo, Hershberger practices what related career? Contact Health Hershberger, who works for she preaches by volunteering as Partners Free Clinic at 332-0894 or UVMC in outpatient surgery at the much as she can at Health Partners via email at justin@healthpartnerHyatt Center in Tipp City, has been sclinic.org for more information on Free Clinic. married to her husband Bill for 30 how to contribute to the health misHershberger said she is willing to years. They reside in Troy and have sion of the clinic. do whatever is needed at the clinic State rep honors a dairy farm. — from using her nursing skills to school for work “So, I’m milking cows in the help patients to inputing informawere working from Dettmer’s base- morning a lot of times,” she said, tion into the computer system. She BY MELANIE YINGST ment. She said she did her commu- laughing. said there is no lack of work to be Staff Writer nity clinical work through Health In their spare time, the couple done by volunteers. myingst@civitasmedia.com Partners, and the organization’s enjoy spending time with their fami“There is something for everycause — to provide free medical care ly, including sons Joshua, Lucas and body to do,” Hershberger said. “I’m Miami East Junior Jacob, who lives on her parents’ not picky. I’ll do it all. It makes you to under- and uninsured Miami High School students not County residents — has always farm with his wife, Alicia, and their only rose to the occasion of think outside your box. been of interest to her. two children, Emma and Ella. “Many hands makes the load state testing — they “I just enjoy it,” said Hershberger, They also own a fifth-wheel lighter,” she added. soared. who went on to get her bachelor’s camper and enjoy traveling with a Health Partners Free Clinic On Friday, Ohio House group of friends. Last year, they Executive Director Justin Coby said degree in nursing from Franklin of Representatives Dr. University. “The time goes really camped their way to Yellowstone he appreciates volunteers like Richard Adams honored fast. The patients are very appreciaNational Park and back. Hershberger, who make the clinic a Miami East Junior High tive and the staff are a lot of fun. I “I have no desire to travel outside Students for being in the success. like helping people. If everyone the U.S.,” Hershberger said. “There “The volunteers like Janie that top 2 percent in the state would give just four hours a month is too much to see here.” heroically give of themselves continof Ohio for academic to volunteering, it would make such And, volunteering to come ue to drive our mission here at growth for the Ohio a difference.” back to. Health Partners. Over 100 volunAchievement Assessment teers donate time to our organizafor the 2011-12 school year tion every year and we wish we by Battelle & Battelle’s could give them all the recognition Project SOAR. that they deserve,” Coby said. Adams presented an “These volunteers save lives every official state of Ohio day and have no clue the impact proclamation commending they make upon the community.” their efforts on their high Hershberger, of Troy, a registered achievement to the sixth, nurse who graduated with Edison’s seventh and eighth grade first nursing class, said she learned 6 about Health Partners when they • See SOAR on Page 2

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Rise • CONTINUED FROM A1 The Continuum of Care is a group made up of concerned citizens, county officials, service providers and former homeless people. It was created in 1996 by the Family Abuse Shelter in response to a HUD initiative. According to HUD’s official website, the point-intime count is a one-night count of each continuum’s sheltered and unsheltered homeless populations, more than 3,000 across the nation. These one-night ‘snapshot’ counts are then reported to HUD as part of state and local grant applications. Holman said the forms used by surveyors asked for participants’ gender, age, subpopulation (individual, family, veteran, mentally ill, substance abuse, HIV/AIDS, domestic violence, disability), race, description of their household, ethnicity and location where the person is living. It also asked how long the person has been homeless and if they have received any help in the past such as food stamps, food bank, emergency shelter, prescription assistance, counseling, etc. The count occurred this year on Jan. 22 and revealed a total of 61 men, women and children in Miami County were considered “literally homeless.” Of those 61 individuals, 53 were sheltered, or those staying in emergency shelters such as the Family Abuse Shelter House or transitional housing like the Miami County Recovery Council. Additionally, eight persons were found to be unsheltered, or those living in places such as cars, tents and abandoned buildings, among others. Respondents were asked to indicate the county where they last lived before becoming homeless and 92 percent indicated that their last permanent residence was in Miami County. Troy saw the highest number of respondents with 45 percent followed by Piqua with 30 percent. Other previous residences

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included other areas of Miami County, Shelby County, Dayton and Michigan. Continuum of Care members also discussed the biggest changes from the 2012 Point in Time count. The number of homeless persons increased from 47 to 61, or 23 percent. In addtion, the average age of homeless and at-risk children increased from 4 to 10. Furthermore, a significant number of individuals cited felony records, recent discharge from jail/prison and current incarceration as contributing to their homeless and at-risk situations. While the number of homeless persons increased slightly, the number of individuals considered at-risk, or those who are not permanently housed or in serious risk of losing stable housing, jumped from 33 in 2012 to 127 in 2013, or 75 percent. Such persons could include those temporarily living with family members or friends or individuals who are behind on their rent or mortgages. All individuals who were considered at-risk were from Miami County and job loss was cited as the main factor along with mental illness and low wage on the job. The count also revealed that only 41 percent of atrisk individuals were utilizing a food bank or soup kitchen. A total of 33 percent were receiving subsidized housing assistance and 6 percent were utilizing support services such as budgeting, job search and life skills. “When you look at the numbers that are at-risk, people aren’t really using a whole lot of the services that they might be eligible to be receiving,” Holman said. the Through Crisis Homelessness Response Program dispersed through the state and the Ohio Development Services Agency, Miami County will receive $60,000 in funding for 2013. The monies will be used to provide case management services and to help homeless and at-risk households obtain and maintain permanent housing. “Through the Continuum of Care we will be working to address the needs of several key populations — victims of domestic violence, chronic substance abusers and single men, as they continue to be the most underserved populations in our county and continue to be key populations during the homeless counts,” Holman said. The Miami County Continuum of Care will meet again at 9 a.m. May 17.

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Market On The Miami continues on weekend Show your St. Paddy’s Day green this Saturday and receive special market prizes at the Market On The Miami, a collaboration of local vendors who produce locally grown, homemade cottage foods and/or artisan items. The Market On The Miami vendors embrace the slogan “Eat Local, Buy Local” and offer a variety of locally based products for sale. Products include homemade jams, jellies, fruit butters, baked goods, gourmet roasted coffee, soaps, herbal seasoning mixes, pet treats, candy, honey, maple syrup, pastured

chicken and quail eggs. Seasonal fresh produce, herbs, flowers and garden plants will also be offered in season. Fresh natural citrus, free of dyes and chemical processing, also will be available in season. The market also offers original and reproduction art items made by local artisans including hand thrown ceramics, jewelry, one of a kind wooden, slate, glass and dyed and painted fabric items. Members of the Miami East FFA will showcase

their projects and Terry Purke from “Have History Will Travel,” will have a display and talk to shoppers about history. The Market On The Miami, located at The Tin Roof Restaurant, 439 N. Elm St., Troy, at Treasure Island, is housed in the historic boathouse on the banks of the Miami River and offers a view of the river. For more information, visit www.MarketOnTheMiami. com, on Facebook at Market On The Miami, call (937) 216-0949 or email MarketOnTheMiami@gmail. com.

Sept. 30. McConnell said a government shutdown was unlikely to come from his side of Capitol Hill. The White House said it would dodge the shutdown and roll back the cuts, which hit domestic and defense spending in equal share. “We will still be committed to trying to find Republicans and Democrats that will work on a bipartisan compromise to get rid of the sequester,” Sperling said. Obama has phoned lawmakers but it isn’t clear to what end; the White House refused Sunday to release the names of lawmakers Obama phoned. Boehner and McConnell said they had a productive meeting with Obama on Friday, but

it didn’t yield a deal. “Well, no one can think that that’s been a success for the president,” said Mitt Romney, Obama’s unsuccessful rival in November’s election. “He didn’t think the sequester would happen. It is happening.” Obama and the Republicans have been fighting over federal spending since the opposition party regained control the House of of Representatives in the 2010 midterm elections. The budget cuts were designed in 2011 to be so ruthless that both sides would be forced to find a better deal, but they haven’t despite two years to find a compromise.

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Budget • CONTINUED FROM A1 going to go to increase more government.” Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said any tax increases were unacceptable. “I’m not going to do any more small deals. I’m not going to raise taxes to fix sequestration. We don’t need to raise taxes to fund the government,” Graham said. All of this comes ahead of a new, March 27 deadline that could spell a government shutdown and a debt-ceiling clash coming in May. Boehner said his chamber would move this week to pass a measure to keep government open through

SOAR • CONTINUED FROM A1 students. “Anytime we can celebrate achievement in public schools is a great day,” Dr. Adams said. The students were treated to an ice cream party on Friday before Dr. Adams presented the school with the Ohio House of Representatives highest honor. Adams told students to thank their teachers and parents for their support of their education and in life.

Dr. Todd Rappold, superintendent of Miami East Local Schools, said the Project SOAR award reflects the value of education in the community. “Parents really value education here and it continues to show on these tests and how well our students continue to achieve above and beyond of what is expected of them,” Rappold said. “It’s a tremendous testament to the staff, the parents and our kids.” Miami East Junior

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High Principal Allen Mack explained how the students went above and beyond state expectations on the Ohio Academic Assessment tests. “Our staff was really excited to get this award,” Mack said. “Project SOAR basically recognizes that the students achieved more than a year’s growth on the state tests.” As a district, Miami East also received the Project SOAR award in November at a presentation in Columbus. Ohio Graduation Tests for high school students is set for March 11-14. In 2002, Battelle for Kids launched Project SOAR — a statewide pilot that provided value-added analysis and professional development to Ohio school districts. SOAR’s purpose was to introduce value-added analysis to participating districts and demonstrate how progress information can be used as a diagnostic schoolimprovement tool. For more information, visit www.miamieast.k12.oh.us.

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about the weekly themes. â&#x20AC;˘ WOODCOCK WALK: A woodcock walk, the harbinâ&#x20AC;˘ AWARDS BANQUET: ger of spring, will begin at Newton Junior High and 6:30 p.m. at Aullwood, 1000 High Schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Winter C o m m u n i t y Aullwood Road, Dayton. A Sports Award Night will be brief indoor session will be at 6:30 p.m. in the junior Calendar followed by a walk to the high gym. Parents are meadow where the â&#x20AC;&#x153;timber encouraged to attend. The CONTACT US doodlesâ&#x20AC;? should be performprogram is an opportunity ing. Remember to dress for to recognize students for cool evening temperatures. varying accomplishments â&#x20AC;˘ SUPPORT GROUP: throughout this winter in Call Melody The Miami Valley Troy junior high boys and girls Chapter of the National Vallieu at basketball and junior varsiAlzheimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Association 440-5265 to ty and varsity boys and Caregiver Support Group girls basketball, as well as list your free will meet from 4-5:30 p.m. at cheerleading. the Church of the Nazarene, calendar â&#x20AC;˘ YEARLY MAILING: 1200 Barnhart Road, Troy. items.You The Milton-Union Alumni Use the entrance at the side Association will meet at can send of the building. For more 9:30 a.m. at ther West your news by e-mail to information, call the Milton Public Library to mvallieu@civitasmedia.com. Alzheimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Association at mail out the yearly alumni (937) 291-3332. letters. Anyone interested Civic agendas in helping may attend. For â&#x20AC;˘ The Elizabeth Township more information, call Trustees will meet at 7 p.m. Nadine Thompson at (9937) 698-6039 or in the township building, 5710 Walnut Nancy Studebaker at (937) 825-2282. Grove Road, Troy. â&#x20AC;˘ BOOK DISCUSSION: The Miltonâ&#x20AC;˘ The village of West Milton Planning Union Public Library book discussion Board will meet at 7:30 p.m. in council group, High Nooners, will meet at noon to chambers. discuss â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Lady Cyclistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Guide to Kashgar,â&#x20AC;? by Suzanne Joinson. For information, call (937) 698-5515. â&#x20AC;˘ BUDDY READING: Buddy reading at the Milton-Union Public Library will be from 6:30-7:30 p.m. The program for elementary-aged students is designed to help increase reading skills and comprehension. An adult or teenage volunteer will be available to aid students with their reading goals. â&#x20AC;˘ SHRIMP DINNER: The American Legion Post No. 586, Tipp City, will present deep fried shrimp and fries from 67:30 p.m. for $5. â&#x20AC;˘ PROM MEETING: The Covington High School Junior Class After-Prom Committee will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the high school library. Anyone who would like to chaperone and/or participate in the 2013 after-prom activities is asked to attend. For more information, call 4181898. Civic agendas â&#x20AC;˘ Monroe Township Board of Trustees will meet at 7 p.m. at the Township Building. â&#x20AC;˘ The Tipp City Council will meet at 7:30 p.m. at the Government Center. â&#x20AC;˘ The Piqua City Commission will meet at 7:30 p.m. at City Hall. â&#x20AC;˘ The Troy City Council will meet at 7 p.m. in the meeting room in Council Chambers. â&#x20AC;˘ The Staunton Township Trustees will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the Staunton Township building. â&#x20AC;˘ Covington Board of Public Affairs will meet at 4 p.m. in the Water Department office located at 123 W. Wright St., Covington. â&#x20AC;˘ The Potsdam Village Council will meet at 7 p.m. in the village offices.

TUESDAY â&#x20AC;˘ TLC MEETING: The Troy Literacy Council, an all-volunteer organization, will meet at 7 p.m. at the Troy-Hayner Cultural Center. Adults seeking help with basic literacy or wish to learn English as a second language, and those interested in becoming tutors, are asked to contact our message center at (937) 660-3170 for more information. â&#x20AC;˘ TINY TOTS: A tiny tots program will be from 1-1:30 p.m. at the Milton-Union Public Library. This interactive program is for children birth to 3 and their parents or caregivers. â&#x20AC;˘ CLASS LUNCH: The classmates from Piqua Central High School class of 1961 will meet for lunch at 12:30 p.m. in Covington at Buffalo Jackâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 137 S. High St. Spouses are invited to attend. Civic agendas â&#x20AC;˘ The Concord Township Trustees will meet at 10 a.m. at the Concord Township Memorial Building, 1150 Horizon West Court, Troy.

WEDNESDAY â&#x20AC;˘ COFFEE AND DOUGHNUTS: From 8-11 a.m., the Miami Valley Veterans Museum will have free coffee and doughnuts for veterans and friends at 107 W. Main St., Troy, in the Mason Lodge building second floor. â&#x20AC;˘ SPAGHETTI SUPPER: The annual Dollars for Scholars spaghetti supper will be from 4:30-6:30 p.m. at Covington High School. The menu will include all-you-caneat spaghetti and garlic toast, homemade coleslaw, dessert and drink for $5 for adults, $4 for senior citizens and $3 for children 12 and younger. Carry-out orders also will be available. The high school music concert also will be in the high school gym the same evening. â&#x20AC;˘ KIWANIS MEETING: The Kiwanis Club of Troy will meet from noon to 1 p.m. at the Troy Country Club. Missy and Joe Duer, owners of Staley Mill Farm and Indian Creek Distillery, will give an overview of their recent revival of the historic distillery in Bethel Township. For more information, contact Donn Craig, vice president, at (937) 418-1888. â&#x20AC;˘ STORY HOUR: Milton-Union Public Library story hours at 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Story hour is open to children ages 3-5 and their caregiver. Programs include puppet shows, stories and crafts. Contact the library at (937) 698-5515 for details

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â&#x20AC;˘ Tipp City: Samantha Arndts, Arin Brown, Erica Comer, David Dollan, Nathanael Jensen, Gregory Lee, Timothy Perry and Alan Seger. â&#x20AC;˘ Troy: Harold Bailey, Chelsea Baker, Michael Beane, Logan Bertholomey, Chris Blair, Elaine Bolte, Sarah Bombin, Evan Bowling, Janice Bradley, Courtney Braun, Lori Burch, Lekenyo Burns, Naomi Burton, Kyle Chalmers, Ellery Clark, Jessica Cosentino, Erika Daughenbaugh, Braden Dellinger, Korinne Digel, Elizabeth Doyle, Crystal Escamilla, Mark Estes, Demelza Fair, Darla Godin, Timothy Grunkemeyer, Abby Hanover, Carol Hennessey, Niccole Hicks, James Hodapp, Eric Jimenez, Joseph Kalmar, Tara Keechle, Allison Kindell, Caroline Kniceley, Matthew Lambrix, Tristen Lang, Diane Matthews, Jordan Maus, Kathleen McCarel, Melanie Mertz, Kerri Miller, Garrett Mitchell, Heather Mousourakis, Christina Newland, Rachel Newman, Chelsea Nix, Jinesh Patel, Roshni Patel, Sean Patton, Douglas Pavelka, James Peepels, Brandi Pogue, Bruce Redick, Pamela Schaefer, Zachary Silvers, Tracie Sims, Paisley Smith, Ross Snodgrass, Kandra Snyder, Taylor Steele, Kitty Stockslager, Sonu Suri, Angie Symonds, Daniel Turner, Joshua Usserman, Keith Voorhees, Joann Wagner Krista Weldy, John Wheeldon, Hannah Wilson, Gideon Winter, Ericca Woehrmyer and Rachel Zelnick. â&#x20AC;˘ West Milton: Erica Barga, Kaitlynn Preston, Charity Wagoner and Benjamin Williams.

and Jeremiah Leak. â&#x20AC;˘ Piqua: William Anderson, Michele Ashline, Monica Avey, Jody Balser, Brandon Baum, Britney Blundell, Joshua Bowman, Edward Brassington, Erika Brookhart, Kami Bryant, Nicole Burel, Megan Cantrell, Oreon Carter, Amanda Cayton, Teresa Childre, Kelly Coffey, Benjamin Cole, Jason Collins, Garrison Cooper, Ronald Cooper, Tiffany Cremeens, Barry Davis, Jeff Debrosse, Saira Denson, Brandon deVaudreuil, Haley Dotson, Shannon Dow, Jeremy Earl, Kimberly Engley-Gutierrez, Natasha Flaugher, Tonya Forror, Raymond Fuller, Hannah Goodwin, Cristy Grissom, Jeffrey Grote, Ashley Hall, Jessica Hedger, Brian Heggs, Cyrus Hock, Adam Hulsey, Tammy Hurley, Amy Jenkins, Megan Jess, Aimee Keeler, Donald King, Jacqueline Lambert, Mara Lambert, Andrew Littlejohn, Courtney Magoto, Riley Maher, Tiffany McCarel, Ryan McCrea, Melissa Melvin, Andrea Miller, Grover Moates, Amanda Moshenko, Rita Musser, Melissa Randles, Daniel Reed, Susan Reinke, Kenneth Rubin, Sara Schieltz, Katelynn Sherman, Robert Snyder, Nicholas Stanfill, Jannice Stroud, Kristin Swabb, Amy Thase, Heather Thompson, Terra Vanover, Emma Veen, Jacquelyn Wiles, Samuel Willoughby and Douglas Wogaman. â&#x20AC;˘ Pleasant Hill: Elizabeth Mullins â&#x20AC;˘ St. Paris: Levi Coey, Deanna Frock, Terry Griffin, Todd Noel, Eliese Rembold, Heide Rembold, Paul Runkle, Ashley Shadoan and Daniel Zimmerman.

PIQUA â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Edison State Community College recently recognized 490 students for excellence in academics on the 2012 fall semester deanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s list. To be eligible for the deanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s list, a student must have at least a 3.5 grade point average and carry a minimum of 12 hours for the semester. Students named to the list are listed by their respective hometowns: â&#x20AC;˘ Bradford: Leah Allread, Christopher Anderson, Michelle Anderson, Tracy Dirksen, Michelle Dunlevy, Karla Garber, Abigail Hauschild, Tracy Hoelscher, Logan Houser, Sarah Santon and Forrest Shellabarge. â&#x20AC;˘ Casstown: Emily Johnson, John Kaur and Sabra Tomb. â&#x20AC;˘ Christiansburg: Elizabeth Hittepole and THURSDAY Jordan Lewis. â&#x20AC;˘ Conover: Brittany â&#x20AC;˘ FLOOD DISCUSSION: Local author Garrison, Hailee Phyillaier Scot Trostel will speak at 6:30 p.m. at the and Frances Putnam. Milton-Union Public Library, 560 S. Main â&#x20AC;˘ Covington: Susan St., West Milton. Call (937) 698-5515 or Adkins, Kimberly go to www.mupubliclibrary.org for more Burghardt, Timothy Cook, information. He will speak on his newest Joshua Holfinger, Cassandra book, â&#x20AC;&#x153;And Through the Black Night of Ingle, Justin Mahan, Molly Terror: The 1913 Flood in the Northern Miller, Thomas Pitman, Miami Valley.â&#x20AC;? Jesse Reynolds, Gerald â&#x20AC;˘ TAX HELP: AARP volunteer tax Rosengarten, Regina preparation assistance for retirees will be Rosengarten, Jaclyn offered from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Siefring, Samuel Slusher, Milton-Union Public Library. The volunMichayla Steele, Samantha teers accept clients on a first come, first Trost, Chelsea Wackler, served basis. Bring photo ID and Social Haley Wagoner and Casey Security number. Yingst. â&#x20AC;˘ SENIOR LUNCHEON: A senior â&#x20AC;˘ Fletcher: Kevin luncheon will be offered at the AB Gambill and Paige Mullen. Graham Memorial Center, Conover. The â&#x20AC;˘ Laura: Madeline Fig, program will begin at 11 a.m. with Debbie Sanders of the Dororthy Love Retirement Jessica Hurd, Jeffery Sowers Center, Sidney, speaking on identity theft and VeraKaye Sower. â&#x20AC;˘ Ludlow Falls: Micaela and fraud. Lunch will be at noon for $6. All Hinten and Sarah Sarver. ages are invited and can call (937) 368â&#x20AC;˘ New Carlisle: Tiffany 3700 to make a reservation. Benadum, Charles Harding â&#x20AC;˘ HOT DOGS: The Ladies Auxiliary of the American Legion Post No. 586, Tipp City, will offer hot dogs with trimmings for $2. and cookies two for 50 cents beginning at 6 p.m. Euchre will begin at 7 p.m. for $5. â&#x20AC;˘ 4-H LEADERSHIP: Miami County teens between the ages of 13-18 (as of 03 "3& 9063 &"34 +645 1-6((&% 8*5) Jan. 1) are invited to attend a meeting to learn about the 4-H Junior Leadership Club, which will bring participants togeth!06 "3& */7*5&% '03 " er with other like-minded teens to create, lead and impact the local community. The &"3 */41&$5*0/ 64*/( meeting will be from 7-8:30 p.m. at the 5)& -"5&45 7*%&0 5&$)/0-0(9 Troy-Hayner Cultural Center, Troy. Enrollment for 4-H credit must be by March 29. For more information, contact adviser Jennifer Delaplane at (937) 470(! (! (! 3197 or jenatdegraff@yahoo.com. â&#x20AC;˘ WOODCOCK WALK: A woodcock walk, the harbinger of spring, will begin at 6:30 p.m. at Aullwood, 1000 Aullwood Road, Dayton. A brief indoor session will be followed by a walk to the meadow where the â&#x20AC;&#x153;timber doodlesâ&#x20AC;? should be per 0.1-&5& -&$530/*$ &"3*/( &45 forming. Remember to dress for cool evening temperatures.

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Newspaper Knowledge Your newspaper will publish a summary of the previous week’s weather. What was the average high temperature: The average low temperature? If the temperatures were given only in fahrenheit, convert to Celsius. What was the high Celsius reading: The lowest Celsius reading?

Did You Know? • It takes somewhere between a few minutes and an hour for clouds to be created. • There are 3 categories of clouds, depending on their height from the ground, low clouds, medium clouds and high clouds. • Loud clouds are normally made up of water droplets and have a base under 2,000 meters. • Medium clouds are normally made up of water droplets also, but have a base somewhere between 2,000 and 7,000 meters. • High clouds are usually made up of ice crystals, and have a base somewhere between 5,500 and 14,000 meters. • Saturn has clouds. In fact, any planet or moon with an atmosphere has clouds. • Clouds appear white because they reflect the suns light. • In Iran, clouds are a good omen. • Noctilucent clouds are so high that they can reflect the suns light and are visible even during the night. • The classic white cloud is known as "Cumulus." • Hindu's and Buddhist's believe that cumulus clouds are the spiritual cousins of elephants. • There is an official International Cloud Committee. • Clouds develop vertically or horizontally.

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What are clouds? A cloud is a large collection of very tiny droplets of water or ice crystals. The droplets are so small and light that they can float in the air. How are clouds formed? All air contains water, but near the ground it is usually in the form of an invisible gas called water vapor. When warm air rises, it expands and cools. Cool air can't hold as much water vapor as warm air, so some of the vapor condenses onto tiny pieces of dust that are floating in the air and forms a tiny droplet around each dust particle. When billions of these droplets come together they become a visible cloud. Why are clouds white? Clouds are white because they reflect the light of the sun. Light is made up of colors of the rainbow and when you add them all together you get white. The sun appears a yellow color because it sends out more yellow light than any other color. Clouds reflect all the colors the exact same amount so they look white. Why do clouds turn gray? Clouds are made up of tiny water droplets or ice crystals, usually a mixture of both. The water and ice scatter all light, making clouds appear white. If the clouds get thick enough or high enough all the light above does not make it through, hence the gray or dark look. Also, if there are lots of other clouds around, their shadow can add to the gray or multicolored gray appearance. Why do clouds float? A cloud is made up of liquid water droplets. A cloud forms when air is heated by the sun. As it rises, it slowly cools it reaches the saturation point and water condenses, forming a cloud. As long as the cloud and the air that its made of is warmer than the outside air around it, it floats! How do clouds move? Clouds move with the wind. High cirrus clouds are pushed along by the jet stream, sometimes traveling at more than 100 miles per hour. When clouds are part of a thunderstorm, they usually travel at 30 to 40 mph. Why do clouds form at different heights in the atmosphere? The characteristics of clouds are dictated by the elements available, including the amount of water vapor, the temperatures at that height, the wind and the interplay of other air masses.

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Green clouds are often associated with severe weather.The green color is not completely understood, but it is thought to have something to do with having a high amount of liquid water drops and hail inside the clouds. In the Great Plains region of the U.S., green clouds are associated with storms likely to produce hail and tornadoes.

Cirrus Clouds How is fog formed? Cirrus clouds are the most common of There are many different types of fog, the high clouds. They are composed of ice but fog is mostly formed when southerly and are thin, wispy clouds blown in high winds bring warm, moist air into a region, winds into long streamers. Cirrus clouds possibly ending a cold outbreak. As the warm, moist air flows over much colder soil are usually white and predict fair to pleasant weather. By watching the movement of or snow, dense fog often forms. Warm, cirrus clouds you can tell from which direcmoist air is cooled from below as it flows over a colder surface. If the air is near satu- tion weather is approaching. When you see cirrus clouds, it usually indicates that a ration, moisture will condense out of the change in the weather will occur within 24 cooled air and form fog. With light winds, hours. the fog near the ground can become thick and reduce visibilities to zero. CLOUD CHART Cloud Group Cloud Height Cloud Types High Clouds = Cirrus Above 18,000 feet Cirrus Cirrostratus Cirrocumulus Middle Clouds = Alto 6,500 feet to 18,000 feet Altostratus Altocumulus Low Clouds = Stratus Up to 6,500 feet Stratus Stratocumulus Nimbostratus Clouds with Vertical Growth Cumulus Cumulonimbus Special Clouds Mammatus Lenticular Fog Contrails

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Cloud In A Bottle MATERIALS: 2-liter clear plastic pop bottle matches (children will need adult assistance to light matches) warm water PROCESS: Fill the clear plastic 2-liter bottle one-third full of warm water and place the cap on. As warm water evaporates, it adds water vapor to the air inside the bottle. This is the first ingredient to make a cloud. Squeeze and release the bottle and observe what happens. You’ll notice that nothing happens. Why? The squeeze represents the warming that occurs in the atmosphere. The release represents the cooling that occurs in the atmosphere. If the inside of the bottle becomes covered with condensation or water droplets, just shake the bottle to get rid of them. Take the cap off the bottle. Carefully light a match and hold the match near the opening of the bottle. Then drop the match in the bottle and quickly put on the cap, trapping the smoke inside. Dust, smoke or other particles in the air is the second ingredient to make a cloud. Once again, slowly squeeze the bottle hard and release. What happens? A cloud appears when you release and disappears when you squeeze. The third ingredient in clouds is a drop in air pressure. EXPLANATION: Water vapor, water in its invisible gaseous state, can be made to condense into the form of small cloud droplets. By adding particles such as the smoke enhances the process of water condensation and by squeezing the bottle causes the air pressure to drop. This creates a cloud!

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NKorea brandishing nukes to get U.S. to talk peace SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The way North Korea sees it, only bigger weapons and more threatening provocations will force Washington to come to the table to discuss what Pyongyang says it really wants: peace. It’s no coincidence that North Korea’s third underground nuclear test and by all indications so far its most powerful yet took place on the eve of President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address. As perplexing as the tactic may seem to the outside world, it serves as an attention-getting reminder to the world that North Korea may be poor but has the power to upset regional security and stability. And the response to its latest provocation was immediate. “The danger posed by North Korea’s threatening activities warrants further swift and credible action by the international community,” Obama said in a statement hours after the test. “The United States will also continue to take steps necessary to defend ourselves and our allies.” The United Nations, Japan and South Korea also responded with predictable anger. Even China, North Korea’s staunchest ally, summoned the North Korean ambassador to the Foreign Ministry for a rare dressing down. All this puts young North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his circle of advisers right where they want to be: at the center of controversy and the focus of foreign policy. A year into his nascent leadership, he is referring to his father’s playbook to try forcing a change on North Korea policy in capital cities across the region mostly notably in the U.S. The intent in Pyongyang is to get Washington to treat North Korea like an equal, a fellow nuclear power. The aim of the nuclear and missile tests is not to go to war with the United States notwithstanding its often belligerent statements but to force Washington to respect its sovereignty and military clout. During his 17-year rule, late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il poured scarce resources into Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile programs to use as bargaining chips in negotiations with Washington, Seoul and Tokyo. At the same time, he sought to build unity at home by pitching North Korea’s defiance as a matter of national pride as well as military defense. North Korea has long cited the U.S. military presence on the Korean Peninsula, and what it considers a nuclear umbrella in the region, as the main reason behind its need for nuclear weapons. North Korea and the U.S. fought on opposite sides of the bitter, threeyear Korean War. That conflict ended in a truce in 1953, and left the peninsula divided by heavily fortified buffer zone manned by the U.S.led U.N. Command. Sixty years after the armistice, North Korea has pushed for a peace treaty with the U.S. But when talks fail, as they have for nearly two decades, the North Koreans turn to speaking with their weapons. With each missile and nuclear test, experts say North Korea is getting closer to building the arsenal it feels it needs to challenge Washington to change what it considers a “hostile” policy toward the longtime foe. In 2008, after years of negotiations led by China, North Korea agreed to stop producing plutonium and blew up its main reactor northwest of the capital. But in 2009, just months after Obama took office for his first term, Pyongyang fired long-range rocket carrying a satellite, earning U.N. condemnation and sanctions that North Korea accused Washington of initiating. In protest, Pyongyang conducted its second nuclear test and revealed it had a second way to make atomic bombs: by enriching uranium.

EDITORIAL ROUNDUP London Evening Standard on North Korea: North Korea’s latest nuclear weapons test was not unexpected, after weeks of bellicose talk, but it is deeply worrying and destabilizing for peace in the region. It highlights not only the risks to peace posed by the isolated Stalinist state but those of nuclear proliferation. North Korea’s development of nuclear warheads and of rocket technology shows that such advances are becoming easier; it also has an alliance of sorts with

Iran. The problem is how to respond to the latest development. North Korea is already subject to strict sanctions, which have little effect given its commitment to economic autarchy and its regime’s willingness to impose dire conditions on its people. Even previous thaws in relations, where the US bargained food aid for talks, never led to actual disarmament. It is possible more pressure could be brought to bear through the international

financial and insurance industries, targeting North Korean ships. But the only real chance for change is if China, its main ally, can be persuaded to take a harder line. Beijing has been outraged by Pyongyang’s provocative behavior and has condemned the latest test but it fears instability if there were a challenge to the regime. Yet having a neighbor this dangerous and unpredictable is hardly in China’s interests: it must try to rein in this rogue state.

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Neither rain, nor sleet, nor government bankruptcy At the risk of taking a very unpopular view, I would like to dedicate today’s column to the United States Postal Service, for which I have a great affection. While it has become increasingly trendy to poke fun at the entire system, it seems to me the services of the USPS are the last bargain in a bloated government. True, the price of stamps is edging towards that two-for-a-dollar mark. But look at what you get for today’s rate of 46 cents. For a more modest investment than a cup of coffee, anyone with the inclination can fill four sheets of 8 1/2-by-11 with words or drawings, put them into an envelope and send them clear across the country. Flipping shut the hinged door on the tamper-proof slot can be accomplished with fairly great confidence those sheets of paper will arrive at their destination within a reasonable period of time. If the object of your letter has moved or is otherwise absent, the post office will either forward the letter to them or return it to you. Frankly, I don’t see how they do it. After your precious manifesto has disappeared into the bowels of a letter box, someone has to retrieve it and put it somewhere safe. Someone else has to decipher your handwriting to determine

Marla Boone Troy Daily News Columnist where exactly you’d like the message to go. (The USPS must be the world’s biggest fan of the home printer.) Then they have to get it there. More and more of the job is automated, of course. That doesn’t diminish its worth. In a world gone cuckoo over Twitter and tweeting and texting and trash talk, it’s immensely reassuring to see the blue-clad letter carrier hand-delivering the written word. And please do not distain the written word. Who reading this does not welcome solid, tangible, paper proof that someone somewhere took the time to remember them? First class mail really is first class. Within our little town, the letter carriers make their rounds Monday through Saturday (more on that later) at an admirable pace. It’s a beautiful, bucolic picture

right out of a Norman Rockwell painting. Trees budding, grass greening, neighborhood children playing in a warming sun. And in the background, a USPS envoy reliably bringing the mail. Does it seem criminal to you these people are being paid good money just to walk around (getting their daily workout while on the clock!!!) and chat with your neighbors? Picture the same scene about four weeks ago. The beautiful bucolic picture now resembles something from the gulag. Trees aren’t budding, they’re groaning under a load of ice and snow. For all we know the grass might be green but it’s hidden under 18 inches of snow. If any neighborhood kid has ventured out into this mess, he sure isn’t warmed by anything except the 10 layers of clothes his mom stuffed him into. The sun is a weak watery sphere in a milky sky and rarely makes more than a cursory appearance. But in the background, the USPS envoy is still trudging along reliably bringing the mail except now they’re doing it while climbing over hummocks of piled snow and slipping on the ice. Oh, and how about when it rains? Have you ever witnessed people trying to park at the mall

when it’s raining? They will circle a parking lot, burning $4 a gallon gas just a find a spot 10 feet closer to the door. They will sit idling, obstructing traffic, if they see a car with back-up lights on. It resembles nothing so much as hyenas waiting their turn at a gazelle carcass. Then they pounce, still hyena-like except no selfrespecting hyena would snarl up a parking lot full of cars, and woe betide to anyone who tries to take “their” gazelle. I mean parking space. It’s not pretty. We live out in the boondocks. Our mail is delivered by a very nice person driving a car. This very nice person delivers the mail in her car when the roads are treacherous. She delivers the mail when it’s cold or raining and she has to have her window down and it’s miserable. She delivers the mail and is friendly and smiling and courteous while she does it. All for 46 cents a letter. The latest consumer complaint is that mail delivery on Saturday will cease in August. The postal service is in trouble and it is looking for a way to cut costs. So be it. It's still a bargain. Marla Boone appears every other Moday in the Troy Daily News

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RESTAURANT INSPECTIONS Restaurant inspections are performed in the county by Miami County Public Health, except in Piqua, which has its own health department. Miami County Public Health can be reached at (937) 573-3500, by email at info@miamicountyhealth.net or on the website at www.miamicountyhealth.net. These violation reports were provided by Miami County Public Health. Jan. 29 • Holly’s Cafe & Carryout, 112 N. Main St., Casstown — Observed paper towel not present at two handsinks. Ensure paper towels are present at all times for proper handwashing procedure. Clean hard-to-clean areas with build-up under equipment, along walls and floors, corners, grill area, vent hood and walk-in cooler. Observed water damaged ceiling tiles. Replace/repair. Remove any unnecessary items from food service. Observed things not being used. Observed syrup residual behind pop nozzles on pop machine. Clean when needed and properly. Clean tops of equipment of dust or residual when needed and properly. • Fairfield Inn, 83 Troy Town Drive, Troy — Juice machine holding 40 degrees. All juice is being placed in storage room refrigeration when breakfast is over. Monitor temperatures to ensure product is 41 degrees or below at all times. • Brickhouse Catering, 25 Miami St., West Milton — Replace plastic handle insert missing on upright cooler. Also replace broken seal on this cooler. Clean out mop sink room, to make it easily accessible, meaning move out items not being used or restore things in different locations. A smooth and easily cleanable heat resistant surface is needed on wall behind flat grill and stove area. Ensure deep cleaning of cutting boards to remove stained residual on surface. • Milton Union Exempted Village Schools, 7600 Milton Potsdam Road, West Milton — Observed bowl to Hobart mixer severely worn and damaged. Replace out bowl to prevent metal contamination to foods. Chipped paint on base of mixer. Over summer break, paint with appliance paint. All surfaces should be smooth and easily cleanable. Excellent temperatures observed. Ensure all self-serve operations have adequate serving utensils. Jan. 30 • Fricker’s, Troy 123 LLC, 1187 Experiment Farm Suite C, Troy — Cooler has been repaired. Cheese food at 41 degrees and slice tomatoes at 40 degrees. Continue to monitor temperatures to ensure all cold foods are maintained at 41 degrees or below. • Bob Evans Farms, 1749 W. Main St., Troy — Deep-clean cutting board when needed and properly. Observed stained residual. Observed grout issues. Replace grout and tile where needed. Clean hardto-clean areas of residual

build-up (example: under equipment, along walls, corners). Observed buildup in hard-to-clean areas. Observed food equipment with food oil residual buildup. (Example: grill line equipment, cooler surfaces, handles.) Clean when needed or daily. Observed water leak from condensation line coming from walkin cooler. Fix water leak to prevent cooler water damage. • Wendy’s, 1300 Archer Drive, Troy — Mop sink tiles are in disrepair. Fix properly. Observed tile grout low. Regrout properly in food service. Observed many broken or not functioning cold-holding thermometers. Replace or fix with functioning thermometers. Observed raw meat cooler with door not shutting properly and damaged seals. Fix issues on this cooler. Clean wall behind pop boxes properly and when needed. Replace stainer that is damaged. Ensure food contact surfaces are undamaged and properly cleanable. • Frisch’s, 20 Troy Town Road, Troy — Multi-use items found stacked wet. Air dry prior to stacking. Non-stick coating coming off pans. Remove damaged pans from service to prevent contamination to foods. This is a critical violation, which requires immediate correction. Onion breader left unclean from yesterday. Clean and sanitize equipment after use. Clean linens on floor in storage room. Keep up off floor. Recommend placing clean linens in plastic tub. Observed undated foods in refrigeration units. Date foods with a consume-by date not to exceed seven days to reduce harmful bacteria growth. This is a critical violation, which requires immediate correction. Warmer drawers left unclean and with buns in them from yesterday. Clean drawers and remove food products at close. Concrete pad at compactor area unclean. Clean pad. Underside of plate pass unclean with old encrusted food debris. Clean shelf. Black build-up debris found on pop nozzles. Clean and sanitize to remove debris. This is a critical violation, which requires immediate correction. Damaged floors at fryer area and in employee restrooms. Observed chipped and peeling surface. Repair areas. Also, wall in storage room recommend using FRP. Floors in food service unclean especially in the following areas: under prep lines, under equipment, under shelves, along core molding

ing area). Observed wrapper tray holders with food debris. Clean these sandwich wrap holder trays when needed and frequently or when required. Clean area under customer selfserve pop machine. Observed this area to be unclean. Grating in floor needs replaced. It is currently trapping food residuals between tiles. Grate levels must be high enough to allow tile floor to be smooth and easily cleanable. Bin storage room must have lights covered or shielded. Install properly. Observed hard-toclean/hard-to-reach areas on floors/walls unclean. Clean properly and frequently. Microwave ceiling plastic inside cover missing. Fix/replace. Observed burnt carbon build-up on baking trays. Replace properly and assure proper cleaning. No critical control comments at time of inspection. • Wendy’s Restaurant, 825 W. Main St, Troy — Observed low grout areas between tiles in food service. Ensure proper grout levels between tiles, to ensure cleanability. Observed frosty liquid product in drip tray. Fix issue that is causing the leak in the machine. Observed cutting board that has slashes and has a thin coating that is peeling. Replace this cutting board with a proper surface. No critical control point comments at time of inspection. • Buffalo Wild Wings Grill & Bar, 2313 W. Main St., Troy — Corner piece to kitchen wall board cracked. Replace damaged corner piece. Wiping cloth on counter between uses. Keep in sanitizer solution when not in use. Corrected. Unlabeled water spray bottle. Label with common name to prevent misuse. Required immediate correction. Ensure wing shake tubs are cleaned and sanitized at least every four hours. Observed missing and/or burned out light bulbs under hood and in walk-in cooler. Provide adequate lighting. Black debris inside ice machine. Clean and sanitize to prevent contamination. Required immediate correction. Observed fruit flies at bar area. Properly control for insects. Excellent temperatures at time of inspection.

Feb. 6 • Ulbrichs, 11 Norwich Road, Troy — Received complaint that doughnut boxes are being reused for Arnolds Canteen doughnuts. Manager reports they do reuse boxes for their doughnuts. Informed management that doughnut boxes are single use and not designed to be Feb. 4 • St. Patrick Parish smooth and easily cleanable. Center, 444 E. Water St., Manager reports that they Troy — Observed light boxes will no long be reused. through back exit door Feb. 8 when closed. Seal opening • The Caroline, 5 S. to provide tight fit. Observed hand sink drain- Market St., Troy — ing slow. Repair so water Received complaint that employee was blowing nose drains properly. • McDonalds, 127 S. in kitchen. No employees Garber Drive, Tipp City seen blowing nose during — Observed ceiling in food inspection. Educated staff to service area damaged. Fix step away from foods and ceiling/replace with proper equipment to blow nose. surface. Observed equip- Once returning to kitchen, wash hands. ment with food residual oil properly build-up. Clean when need- Employees were aware of ed or required (equipment what symptoms are not perin food prep line and cook- mitted to work with.

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have the final say. He also considered information from prison employees who are go-betweens with the prisons, the courts and the inmates. The five inmates two women and three men are serving time mostly for low-level felonies, although one was convicted of aggravated vehicular homicide. Prisons spokeswoman JoEllen Smith said the 80 percent release option encourages inmates to act responsibly in prison “and is significant in our effort to better communicate with courts and assist the eligible, suitable offenders in having a successful transition back into our communities.”

• Joanne Y. Brubaker LEXINGTON, Ky. — Joanne Y. Brubaker, 76, of Lexington, Ky., formerly of Piqua, Ohio, died Saturday, March 2, 2013, at 11:07 p.m. at Hospice Care Center, Lexington, Ky. Arrangements are pending at Melcher-Sowers Funeral Home, Piqua. AP PHOTO

In this March 20, 2009, file photo, members of the Motown group The Miracles, from left: William “Smokey” Robinson, Warren “Pete” Moore, Claudette Robinson, and Robert “Bobby” Rogers, are honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles. Rogers, a founding member of the group and a collaborator with Smokey, has died. Motown Museum board member Allen Rawls said Rogers died Sunday, March 3, 2013, at his home. He was 73.

Rogers, founder of Motown group The Miracles, dies at 73 SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (AP) — Bobby Rogers, a founding member of Motown group The Miracles and a songwriting collaborator with Smokey Robinson, died Sunday at his suburban Detroit home. He was 73. Motown Museum board member Allen Rawls said Rogers died about 6 a.m. in Southfield. Rogers had been ill for several years. Rogers formed the group in 1956 with cousin Claudette Rogers, Pete Moore, Ronnie White and Robinson. Their hits included “Shop Around,” ”You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me,” ”The Tracks of My Tears,” ”Going to a Go-Go,” ”I Second That Emotion” and “The Tears of a Clown.” “He had the sparkling personality that was loved by everyone,” Claudette Robinson told the Detroit Free Press. “People always commented on the tall one with the glasses. He was personable, approachable and he loved talking to the women, loved talking to the

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guys, loved to dance, loved to sing, loved to perform. That was the joy of his life.” His voice can be heard on Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Going On,” with Rogers saying, “It’s just a groovy party, man, I can dig it.” Mary Wilson of the Supremes said that captured his essence. “If people want to remember him, they should put that record on and listen to Bobby,” Wilson told the newspaper. “That’s who he was.” Rogers and The Miracles were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012. He was too ill to attend the ceremony. He shared songwriting credits with Robinson on The Temptations’ “The Way You Do the Things You Do,” The Contours’ “First I Look at the Purse” and The Miracles’ “Going to a GoGo.” Funeral arrangements through James H. Cole Home for Funerals in Detroit were incomplete Sunday afternoon.

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Turkish singer Gurses dies ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The popular Turkish singer Muslum Gurses, adored by many for his melancholic, Arabicinspired songs, has died. He was 59. Deniz Sener, a cardiologist at Istanbul’s Memorial Hospital said the singer, nicknamed “Muslum Baba” or “Papa Muslum,” died of heart failure on Sunday. He had been hospitalized since bypass surgery in November. Gurses, who recorded more than a dozen albums, was best known for his mournful tunes blending Turkish folk instruments with Arabic melodies. Some fans have been so enthralled by his songs they earned a reputation for cutting themselves with razor blades at his concerts. He had acquired a cult following among the young with his interpretation of Turkish pop and rock sounds. Gurses is survived by his wife. His funeral was scheduled for Monday in Istanbul.

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LEXINGTON, Va. — Former Washington & Lee University President John Delane Wilson has died. He was 81. The university said Sunday in a news release that Wilson died Saturday in Lexington. Wilson served as presi• TROY CITY SCHOOLS dent from 1983 to 1995. In K-6 1984, Washington & Lee Tuesday — Chicken tendecided to become a coeduders, dinner roll, mashed cational institution and potatoes, celery sticks, Wilson led the university fruit, milk. during the transition. Wednesday —Teriyaki The university says its beef bites, dinner roll, endowment doubled and it baked beans, carrot executed a successful $147 snacks, fruit, Scooby Doo million capital campaign Snacks, milk. during Wilson’s tenure. Thursday — Other accomplishments Cheeseburger on a whole included the opening of grain bun, sweet potato the Lenfest Center for the fries, celery sticks, fruit, Performing Arts and the milk. renovation of 15 fraternity Friday — Yogurt, Bosco houses. Stick, marinara sauce, A private service will steamed broccoli, carrot be held Monday for the snacks, fruit, milk. family. A public memorial service will be scheduled • TROY JR. HIGH later. SCHOOL Monday — Sausage, waffles, orange juice, cel- Inventor of game ery sticks, carrot snacks, ‘Diplomacy,’ dies milk. CHICAGO — Allan Tuesday — Chicken tenCalhamer, whose 1950s ders, dinner roll, mashed board game “Diplomacy” potatoes, celery sticks, garnered a loyal following fruit, milk. over the years that reportWednesday — Teriyaki edly included President beef bites, dinner roll, John F. Kennedy, Henry baked beans, carrot snacks, fruit, Scooby Doo Kissinger and Walter Cronkite, among others, Snacks, milk. has died. Thursday — He was 81. Cheeseburger on a whole Calhamer’s daughter, grain bun, sweet potato Selenne Calhamer-Boling, fries, celery sticks, fruit, said Saturday that her milk. father died Monday at a Friday — Yogurt, Bosco hospital in the Chicago Stick, marinara sauce, suburb of La Grange. steamed broccoli, carrot Calhamer invented snacks, fruit, milk. “Diplomacy” while studying at Harvard University • TIPP CITY HIGH in the early 1950s. SCHOOL Players represent seven Tuesday — Soft or walkEuropean powers at the ing taco, refried beans, beginning of the 20th cenlettuce, tomato, rice pilaf, tury and vie for domifruit, milk. Wednesday — Spaghetti nance by strategically with meat sauce, broccoli, forging and breaking alliances. Unlike “Risk,” romaine tossed salad, there are no dice, and a fruit, bread stick, milk. player’s success is largely Thursday — Chicken based on his or her negotipatty on a bun, carrots and dip, cheesy potatoes, ating skills. Despite its popularity, fruit, milk. Calhamer didn’t get rich Friday — Toasted off the game and eventualcheese, tomato soup, ly returned to La Grange cracker, carrots and dip, Park to work as a postfruit, milk. man.

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Ask for help from your father and rest of the family Dear Annie: I'm 18, and my parents recently went through a messy divorce. First my mom moved out. Then my dad moved out a month later because Mom didn't want him living in our house. She wanted to move back in. I have an older sister and a younger brother. Mom tried to convince us that she missed being with us. But since she moved back in, she is always on the phone or computer or out with her friends. She says it's her time to have fun and that we're always criticizing her. She also badmouths my father and tells me things about him that no parent should say. I've asked her to stop multiple times, but she won't. I work long hours in order to contribute to our rent and utilities. My sister and I are essentially raising our younger brother, who has been struggling in school and acting out. Mom is oblivious. I recently got into a huge argument with her about how I spend my money. We didn't speak for two weeks because she ignored all of my attempts to talk about it. After a while, I stopped trying. Now Mom always favors my sister in any disagreement. We used to be close, but I've lost all respect for her. What should I do? I seriously need some advice. — Lost Child Dear Lost: The divorce has sent your mother over the edge. All of you are under a great deal of stress, and your brother's problems are undoubtedly intensified by all the chaos in the home. Please talk to your father. Being divorced does not mean he has given up his obligations and responsibilities as a parent. Do not place blame. Simply start by telling Dad that your brother is having problems in school that aren't being addressed. If you have grandparents, aunts and uncles, lean on them for emotional support when you need to. Your job may offer an employee assistance program that could help, or if you are attending school, talk to your school counselor. Dear Annie: I am home in bed with the flu. In fact, this is the fourth time in the past four months that I've missed work due to a virus. I've used up my sick leave, so I'm not earning any money, and a lot of my work isn't getting done by the part-time volunteer who fills in for me. Why am I sick so much? Because business associates come in, lean over my shoulder and say things like, "I ought to be at home. I'm so sick." I've even had clients come in saying they left work feeling ill, but thought they'd stop to see me before they went home. If you are too sick to be in your office, you are too sick to be in mine. When I ask folks to steer clear if they are ill, I'm told that I am unsympathetic and rude. If I miss any more work, I won't be able to pay my bills. How can I convince people that illness belongs at home? — Sick of Being Sick Dear Sick: People mistakenly believe it shows loyalty to come to work sick, and unfortunately, many bosses idiotically encourage this attitude. But the end result is more employees contaminating the work environment and getting sick. We can only recommend that you get your daily dose of vitamins and wash your hands frequently. Dear Annie: This is in response to "Grandma," with the sloppy granddaughter. A co-worker told me what she did. After repeated arguments with her sloppy daughter, she got a big garbage bag and tossed in everything her daughter neglected to put away, including shoes, purses, dresses, cosmetics and electronics. One day her daughter asked, "Have you seen my red shoe?" Mom said she'd have to pay a "finder's fee" to get anything out of the bag. That was the end of her sloppy ways. — Enlightened Annie's Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie's Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

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Reader sounds off: Packing some resentment Dear Readers: Here is this week’s sound off, about grocerystore cashiers and packers: “Typically there are employees in the grocery store who pack the groceries while the cashier rings up the items. However, these ’packers’ are often called away for other things. When the packer is called away, I take over packing to help the cashier, and usually the cashier starts packing with me, or the packer returns. This time, not only did the cashier not help me pack, but she stopped ringing up items to allow me to catch up with the packing before she started again, and she just watched me. Unbelievable! Also, when I left, she never even

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quicker. — Heloise PRESERVING PAGES Dear Heloise: I would like the formula for newspaper that bleaches the paper but not the print. Part of the formula contained milk of magnesia. I do not have a copy machine. — Leona in Metairie, La. This is one of my mother’s hints (the original Heloise 19191977). It might not REMOVE the yellow from old newspaper clippings, but it should help preserve any new ones you have. Make a solution of liquid milk of magnesia and club soda: Mix 2 tablespoons of milk of magnesia and 32 ounces of club soda. Once mixed, put the solution

in the refrigerator for eight hours (this step is very important — do not skip!). Next, put the solution in a shallow pan. Soak each clipping for one hour (one clipping at a time). Carefully remove and put each clipping in between layers of white paper towels (white, not colored or with designs). Allow to dry on a flat surface. Newspapers are not made with the same paper they once were, so your results may vary. Your best bet is to try to copy or scan the clippings. If you don’t have a computer or copier, try one of the copy and print stores. — Heloise

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HOROSCOPE BY FRANCES DRAKE For Tuesday, March 5, 2013 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Avoid controversial subjects like politics, religion and racial issues today. People feel irritable and uncooperative, and they certainly are not inclined to agree. (Oops.) TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Disputes about shared property, mortgages, loans, taxes, debt, insurance matters and anything you own with others are likely today. It is much better to postpone these discussions until tomorrow. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Discussions with partners and close friends are all over the map today. It will be difficult to nail things down and come to an agreement. Therefore, wait until tomorrow; the vibes will be much better. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Today is full of delays, shortages and silly inefficiencies. Goofy mistakes will be frustrating. Fortunately, tomorrow is a more productive day. (Courage.) LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) This can be a creative day if you have the patience to deal with setting up whatever you want to do and doing the work to get the results you want. Nevertheless, little errors will plague you. VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Relations with female family members are touchy today. This is a very poor day for sensitive discussions with anyone. Run away! Run away! LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) This is a mildly accident-prone day, because you might be distracted by your own angry feelings about something. But this means you have control over the situation. Patience! SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) It’s easy to be quarrelsome about financial matters and cash flow. You also might quarrel about a possession or the ownership of something. Chill out. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Today the Moon is in your sign, but it is at odds with fiery Mars. Look out, world! People are short-tempered and impatient today. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) You might be doing a slow burn about something. You’re upset, but you feel you can’t speak up. (This is always frustrating.) AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Avoid angry words with a female acquaintance today, especially in a group setting, because you will regret it. Just back off. Take note: Tomorrow is an excellent day to make plans. PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) Don’t get lippy with authority figures today, because you could end up in hot water. (The only thing that should be in hot water is a teabag — certainly not you.) YOU BORN TODAY You live in two worlds: Outwardly, you appear debonair, charming and sophisticated. Lighthearted, even. Yet inwardly, you are serious, dramatic and dark. Nevertheless, you’re amazingly productive and creative. You live life intensely and never hesitate to act when you know what you want. In your year ahead, a major change might take place, perhaps as significant as what might have occurred around 2004. Birthdate of: Dean Stockwell, actor; Eva Mendes, actress; Rex Harrison, actor. (c) 2013 King Features Syndicate, Inc.

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Flurries High: 36° Low: 25°

Partly cloudy High: 42° Low: 24°

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Mostly sunny High: 48° Low: 28°

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Monday, March 4, the 63rd day of 2013. There are 302 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On March 4, 1913, Woodrow Wilson was inaugurated as the 28th president of the United States, succeeding President William Howard Taft. On this date: In 1789, the Constitution of the United States went into effect as the first Federal Congress met in New York. (The

lawmakers then adjourned for lack of a quorum.) In 1987, President Ronald Reagan addressed the nation on the Iran-Contra affair, acknowledging that his overtures to Iran had “deteriorated” into an arms-for-hostages deal. Ten years ago: The Army’s oldest armored division, “Old Ironsides,” got orders to head for the Persian Gulf as the total of U.S. land, sea and air forces arrayed against Iraq or preparing to go neared 300,000.

In this photo released by China’s Xinhua News Agency, firefighters work on a damaged building after a 5.5-magnitude earthquake hit Eryuan County of Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China’s Yunnan Province, Sunday. The moderate earthquake caused hundreds of homes to collapse and injured at least 30 people.

Power failure blamed in NO water issues NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Taps in New Orleans briefly went dry Sunday after a boiler’s heating flame went out of control in the immense steam generator that powers pumps for the city’s water treatment plant. Marcia St. Martin, executive director of the city’s Sewerage and Water Board, said the outage lasted less than 20 minutes Sunday morning. Twitter came alive with residents bemoaning the loss about 9 a.m. Central time, and Mayor Mitch Landrieu tweeted to his followers that the city was looking into the matter. The loss of pressure opened the way for possible contamination and water samples are being taken citywide, she said. She said all sample collection should be complete by Sunday afternoon, and results should be available about 24 hours later. It takes that long to detect high levels of intestinal bacteria that could cause diarrhea. Until the results are in, officials said, more than 300,000 residents on the Mississippi River’s east bank should boil water for drinking, brushing their teeth, preparing food or anything else that might bring tap water into their bodies. “For most of us, baths are fine,” city health offi-

cer Karen DeSalvo said. The exceptions are people with low immune systems, open wounds, babies or small children. Infants and small children should be given sponge baths. Most of New Orleans, including the French Quarter and Central Business District, is on the east bank. The treatment plant there provides about 135 million gallons of drinking water a day, compared with 11 million from the west bank treatment plant. In October, city officials were criticized because they did not put out a notice that tap water might be contaminated until four hours after a brief shutdown at the east bank plant. On Sunday, Water pressure at the main gauge had never fallen below the state’s threshold of 15 pounds per square inch for boil advisories, but a precautionary notice was issued after hours of consultation with state Department of Health and Hospitals officials, city spokesman Ryan Berni wrote in an email. A power problem in November 2010 also created similar conditions. Across the city Sunday, some residents and businesses prepared water supplies to use under the boil advisory.

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One year ago: President Barack Obama said he didn’t want war but insisted he would attack Iran if that were the only option left to stop that nation from getting a nuclear weapon. Vladimir Putin scored a decisive victory in Russia’s presidential election to return to the Kremlin and extend his hold on power for six more years. Nearly 300 people in the Republic of Congo were killed after a series of blasts at an arms depot in the capital Brazzaville.

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SW China quake destroys 700 homes 30 injured in 5.5 disaster BEIJING (AP) — A moderate earthquake struck southwest China on Sunday, causing hundreds of homes to collapse and injuring at least 30 people. The earthquake bureau in Yunnan province, where the quake occurred, said three of the injured people were in serious condition.

The official Xinhua 33 kilometers (20 miles), News Agency said the according to the U.S. quake damaged 2,500 Geological Survey. houses and caused 700 others to collapse. About 55,000 people were affected by the quake, Xinhua said, citing Yunnan’s Civil Affairs Department. Supplies were on their Regional Group Publisher – way to the quake-hit area, Frank Beeson 440-5231 including 6,000 tents. Executive Editor – The magnitude-5.5 David Fong 440-5228 quake struck 51 kilome- Advertising Manager – ters (32 miles) from the Leiann Stewart 440-5252 city of Dali at a depth of

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Edwards ends drought at Phoenix AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Carl Edwards climbed from his car, stood on the door and landed a backflip near the finish line. He then hopped up on the wall in front of the grandstand, grabbed the checkered flag and waded into the crowd, trading highfives with fans. After a miserable week at Daytona, Edwards had plenty to celebrate. That it came at Phoenix International Raceway only seemed fitting. Coming through on his promise to dominate after his

Daytona disaster, Edwards pulled away on a late restart and snapped a 70-race winless streak on Sunday, the second long drought he’s ended at Phoenix. “This win feels as good or better as any win I’ve ever had,” Edwards said. Edwards had a rough 2012 season, missing the Chase for the championship. His downward spiral continued at Daytona, where he wrecked five cars. On his way out of Florida, Edwards said he was ready to dominate and win at Phoenix. He did just that, leading the

final 78 laps on the 312-lap race around PIR’s odd-shaped oval in the first non-restrictor-plate race with NASCAR’s new Gen-6 car. Edwards got a good push from defending Sprint Cup champion Brad Keselowski on the restart with two laps left and pulled away from there, winning for the first time since Las Vegas in 2011. After parking his car at the finish line, Edwards landed his first backflip in nearly two years and celebrated with the fans just like he did at PIR after ending another 70-race winless streak

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in 2010. “I’m sure it’s a relief for someone like Carl,” said Denny Hamlin, who finished third and had a long winless streak end at Phoenix last year. “He’s now relevant again, he really is and it’s a good sign for their race team for things to come.” The big duel came behind Edwards. Despite struggling with his car most of the day, Hamlin made a bold move on the last lap with a pass on the apron below

Troy Christian’s B.J. Toal (left) and father Bruce Toal (right) share a hug after B.J. won his second consecutive Division III state individual title Saturday at the Schottenstein Center in Columbus. The Eagles captured their first team title since 2009.

Eagles have landed Crowd on hand to welcome back state champs BY COLIN FOSTER Associate Sports Editor colinfoster@civitasmedia.com

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Two-time individual state wrestling champion B.J. Toal pointed at the Division III state wrestling team championship trophy as he addressed the crowd on hand Sunday at Troy Christian High School. He had a message for the future generation of Troy Christian wrestlers. “This is what we’re all about here,” said the senior, who will continue his wrestling career at Missouri University next year. Parents, students, past coaches and even Troy Mayor Michael Beamish was in attendance as the Eagles wrestling team celebrated winning their

first state team championship since 2009. “Today, Troy soars with the Eagles — the Troy Christian Eagles,” said Beamish, as he spoke to the crowd. “State champs four times, that’s amazing. This school has a great tradition, but the tradition goes farther than athletics. They have a great spiritual tradition, and it shows, and it shows and it shows. You’ve heard it already today. It also has an academic tradition that they should be very proud of. It also has a great athletic tradition that just keeps growing.” Jared Ganger (113), Garrett Hancock (120) and Toal (182) all

won individual titles Saturday in Columbus. Jordan Marshall (152) fought through pain and adversity after getting injured in his semifinal loss Friday night. Marshall came back to finish third Saturday. “This is so sweet to experience this championship with this team, with these young men and families that pour so much into the sport,” Troy Christian coach Ty Morgan said. “It takes so much sacrifice and discipline and expense and travel — and this is awesome to see the reward come to fruition.” “I think it’s a continuance of a lot of hard work and dedication on a lot of people’s part,” Troy Christian Athletic Director

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The Miami East girls basketball team are Division III district champs for a reason. Several Vikings were also named to the Division III Southwestern All-District Teams as a result. Abby Cash — who averaged 12 points per game this year— was named Division III Southwestern District Player of the Year. Teammates Trina Current (11.3 points per game) was a third team selection and Angie Mack was awarded special mention.

MIAMI COUNTY Also selected to special mention in Division III was MiltonUnion’s Brooke Falb. In Division I, Troy’s Kristen Wood earned special mention honors. Troy Christian’s Amanda Slone was a first-team selection in Division IV. Covington freshman Jessie Crowell was named to the second team, while Troy Christian’s Lydia Demmitt was a special mention selection. The Troy Christian boys had two selections to the Division IV team — including sophomore Grant Zawadzki, who averaged 16 points per game this season. Senior Christian Salazar was named special mention, along with Lehman’s Jackson Franz. Troy’s Tyler Miller was named Division I special mention. In Division II boys, Tippecanoe’s Nick Fischer and Milton-Union’s Caleb Poland received special mention honors. Two area players were named Division III special mention in Covington’s Cole Owens and Miami East’s A.J. Hickman.

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Burke, Michigan hold off Michigan State Trey Burke stole the ball from Keith Appling near midcourt and went in alone for a dunk with 22 seconds remaining, then made another steal in the final seconds to give No. 4 Michigan a pulsating 58-57 win over No. 9 Michigan State on Sunday. See Page 14.

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Michael Thompson’s dream of winning his first PGA Tour event was walking up the final fairway with a big lead and very little stress. The reality was much different Sunday in the Honda Classic. He had a one-shot lead as he stood in the 18th fairway, some 240 yards from the flag with trouble in the way in the shape of large lake. The motto from his golf team at Alabama was to “finish strong,” and Thompson did just that.

Instead of laying up, he drilled a 5-wood into the bunker left of the green, setting up a simple sand shot and a birdie he didn’t even need. He closed with a 1-under 69, one of only five rounds under par on a punishing day at PGA National to finally become a PGA Tour winner. “That for me kind of sealed the deal,” Thompson said. “It allowed me to walk up the fairway and enjoy the experience, see the crowd and … just finish strong.” The start wasn’t bad, either. Thompson holed a 50-foot

eagle putt on the third hole, relied on a superb short game around the toughest part of the golf course to build a four-shot lead, and hung on for a two-shot win over Geoff Ogilvy that takes him places he always wanted to be. He gets into his first World Golf Championship next week at Doral, and qualifies for two more WGCs this year at Firestone and in Shanghai. He’s in the PGA Championship, gets to start next year in Hawaii and earned a two-year exemption on the PGA Tour. And to think just two weeks

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ago he was so down after a 7880 performance at Riviera that he wondered if he would ever make another cut. “This week was magical,” Thompson said. “Just had a groove and kept feeling it.” It turned out to be a big week for Ogilvy, too. The former U.S. Open champion missed his past four cuts and had plunged to No. 79 in the world ranking. He already missed the Match Play Championship and was ready to miss another WGC next week at Doral until putting together four solid rounds.

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Burke dunk lifts UM past MSU, 58-57 ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Trey Burke stole the ball from Keith Appling near midcourt and went in alone for a dunk with 22 seconds remaining, then made another steal in the final seconds to give No. 4 Michigan a pulsating 5857 win over No. 9 Michigan State on Sunday. The Spartans (22-7, 115 Big Ten) had the ball with the shot clock off at 56-all, but Burke’s first big defensive play enabled Michigan (24-5, 11-5) to take the lead. After Derrick Nix made one of two free throws and Mitch McGary missed the front end of a 1-and-1 for Michigan, Burke stole a pass by Gary Harris to end it. The Michigan State loss clinches at least a share of the Big Ten title for Indiana. Purdue 69, No. 17 Wisconsin 56 MADISON, Wis. — D.J. Byrd scored 16 of his 22 points in the second half and Purdue upset Wisconsin. Terone Johnson added 16 points for the Boilermakers (14-15, 7-9 Big Ten), who had lost three straight road games and four of five overall. Purdue took control with a 21-3 run in the second half during which Byrd had nine points and Johnson eight. Jared Berggren scored

B.J. Toal’s father, Bruce Toal. “What’s really exceptional about this year, a lot of people don’t even know, he had a pretty significant knee injury in December that he had an operation on. He hurt it when he wrestled at Iron Man. Then almost a week later, he had the surgery, so he was out for about six weeks. “It’s really hard to rehab that stuff in the middle of the season. He came back, and he actually had a tough loss because he wasn’t 100 percent, but he wanted to get back on the mat. The rest of the season at sectionals, district and state he just wrestled that much better, and kept getting better and better. I couldn’t be more proud of him for his dedication.” And it was dedication on all accounts that led to Troy Christian winning their fourth state title in school history.

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Michigan guard Caris LeVert (23) goes up for a basket in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game with Michigan State, Sunday at Crisler Center in Ann Arbor, Mich. Michigan won 58-57 13 points and Ryan Evans and Sam Dekker had 10 apiece for the Badgers (209, 11-5), who had won six of their previous seven. No. 23 Pitt 73, Villanova 64, OT PITTSBURGH — Talib Zanna scored nine of his 14 points in overtime and Pittsburgh rallied past Villanova. Zanna added a career-

high 19 rebounds for the Panthers (23-7, 11-6 Big East), who trailed by as much as nine in the second half. James Robinson also had 14 points for Pitt, including a game-tying 3pointer with 33 seconds left in regulation and another in overtime that gave the Panthers a fivepoint lead. Ryan Arcidiacono led

Villanova with 23 points but the Wildcats (18-12, 98) let an opportunity to pad their NCAA tournament resume slip away in the final Big East game at Petersen Events Center. Zanna, who has struggled the last two months, scored the first seven points of overtime and Pitt held on to win its third straight.

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Royals cruise past Reds, 8-1 GOODYEAR, Ariz. (AP) — Alex Gordon homered, Mike Moustakas stroked two doubles to raise his average to .579 and the Kansas City Royals beat the Cincinnati Reds 8-1 Sunday to remain undefeated in 10 games. Wade Davis pitched three scoreless innings to run his string to five in two starts. He allowed two hits and struck out three in his

■ CONTINUED FROM 13 Mike Coots said. “We have a school board and administration that believes in building young people, and I think this is the fruits of a lot of labor over the last several years. When you have dedicated people, you have dedicated coaches, good things happen when you work hard.” While speaking to the crowd, Toal said fellow senior Marshall — who won his own individual state title in 2012 — was the reason the Eagles brought the title back home. As time winded down in Marshall’s third place match against Greenwich S. Central’s Caleb Bernett Saturday, the senior was wincing in pain as he held on for an 8-3 victory. Marshall, however, wasn’t the only one who had to battle through pain this season. “Obviously, I’m tremendously proud of him,” said

second start. Reds right-hander Homer Bailey struck out five and allowed one single in two innings, but the bullpen allowed 12 hits and eight runs. The Royals are the only undefeated team in the major leagues this spring, improving to 9-0-1. They got three consecutive pinch-hit singles from Christian Colon, Xavier

Nady and Brandon Wood in a four-run sixth. Dodgers 5, Indians 1 GLENDALE, Ariz. — Cuban defector Yasiel Puig hit his first home run, Josh Beckett threw three more scoreless innings and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Cleveland Indians 5-1 Sunday. Puig signed by the Dodgers to a seven-year,

$42 million in June, connected for a three-run shot in the seventh. Beckett has allowed one hit in each of his two starts. He struck out three Sunday to run his total to six. In a second appearance as the Dodgers designated hitter, Matt Kemp went 0 for 3. Kemp, who is coming off shoulder surgery, is 0 for 5 this spring.

■ CONTINUED FROM 13 the dogleg. He popped up alongside Daytona 500 winner Jimmie Johnson and the two drag-raced to the finish, where Johnson edged him by a few inches. Keselowski, who was outside Johnson during Hamlin’s move, finished fourth and Dale Earnhardt Jr. ended up fifth. “As far down as I was, I was committed, there was nothing that I was going to do where I would back out,” Hamlin said. “I just hoped I would have just slid in front of the 48, then you risk getting punted and spun, and your whole day you’ve worked everything for is taken away in a corner. I held my line and thought I really did the right thing and gave those guys room to pass me back and one of them did.” The last Phoenix race, in November, set up Keselowski for his first Sprint Cup title after Johnson blew a tire. It also featured quite a sideshow. A running feud between Clint Bowyer and Jeff Gordon boiled over late in the race, setting off a brawl in the pits and Bowyer on a WWE-style

dash to Gordon’s hauler. The drivers tried to downplay the confrontation after arriving in the desert this week, but it’s been hard to avoid, with video of the scrap-anddash being shown all over in promos for the race and replays. Ryan Newman had the only dash this time around, running across the track and away from his car after it blew a rightfront tire for the second time in 140 laps. Inside his car, Mark Martin failed in his bid to become the oldest Sprint Cup winner. The 54-year-old became the second-oldest driver to start on the pole in a Sprint Cup car, a few months short of Harry Gant’s mark. Martin led the first 49 laps and 26 more later on, but couldn’t sustain it in his bid to become the oldest Sprint Cup winner, finishing 21st. “Obviously, it’s a disappointing result for a great effort on the weekend,” Martin said. “The car was pretty fast, but we had multiple problems today.” So did Danica Patrick, who had a rough follow-up to her breakthrough week at the Daytona 500.

2013 AP SOUTHWESTERN ALL-DISTRICT TEAMS 2013 AP Southwestern All-District teams COLUMBUS (AP) — The 2012-13 Associated Press Southwestern AllDistrict boys and girls basketball teams, as selected by a media panel from the district, with height, year and regularseason scoring average: BOYS DIVISION I FIRST TEAM: Josh Davenport, Cin. Moeller, 6-3, sr., 13.1; Vince Edwards, Middletown, 6-7, jr., 21.6; Isaiah Johnson, Cin. Walnut Hills, 6-9, sr., 17.6; Stedman Lowry, Liberty Twp. Lakota East, 6-3, sr., 20.0; Maverick Morgan, Springboro, 6-11, sr., 24.7. Player of the year: Isaiah Johnson, Cin. Walnut Hills. Coach of the year: Ricardo Hill, Cin. Walnut Hills. SECOND TEAM: Jalen Camper, Beavercreek, 6-3, sr., 20.3; Zach McCormick, Cin. Turpin, 6-2, jr., 23.0; Cody Phillippi, Xenia, 5-11, sr., 19.7; Keith Richardson, Clayton Northmont; 5-9, sr., 17.1; DJ Wingfield, Cin. Walnut Hills, 6-6, sr., 17.1. THIRD TEAM: Timothy Coleman, Cin. Withrow, 5-11, sr., 23.9; Juan Ford, Huber Heights Wayne, 6-2, jr., 13.4; Jeff Larkin, Cin. La Salle, 5-11, jr., 17.0; Trent Donald, Cin. Winton Woods, 6-3, sr., 17.0; Jake Richmond, Cin. Oak Hills, 62, sr., 22.0. SPECIAL MENTION Tom Hacker, Amelia; Garrett Weaver, Amelia; Joe Cossins, Cin. Anderson; Kyle Rader, Beavercreek; Jake Replogle, Centerville; Milton Davis, Cin. Colerain; Tim Fleming, Fairfield; Herman Brunis, Fairfield; Austin Rieck, Cin. Glen Este; Shane Page, Harrison; Ali Barnes, West Chester Lakota West; Tyler Williams, West Chester Lakota West; Robert Rothermund, Morrow Little Miami; Connor Brown, Miamisburg; Grant Benzinger, Cin. Moeller; Josh Holfinger, Piqua; Tyree Manley, Sidney; Ryan Murray, Springboro; Ryan Minney, Springfield; Ben Carroll, Cin. St. Xavier; Joey Gruden, Cin. Sycamore; Tyler Miller, Troy; Cory Kuttler, Mount Orab Western Brown; Spencer Allen, Mount Orab Western Brown; Devin Pike, Cin. Elder. DIVISION II FIRST TEAM: Mark Alstork, Dayton Thurgood Marshall, 6-4, sr., 20.0; Zack Denny, Germantown Valley View, 6-2, sr., 35.0; Austin Grimes, Cin. Aiken, 6-3, sr., 19.8; Luke Kennard, Franklin, 6-5, soph., 28.0; Jaaron Simmons, Kettering

Alter, 5-10, sr., 23.0. Player of the year: Luke Kennard, Franklin. Coach of the year: Joe Petrocelli, Kettering Alter. SECOND TEAM: Jaevin Cumberland, Wilmington, 6-0, soph., 16.0; Jamar Hammonds, Trotwood-Madison, 6-4, sr., 22.3; Amos “AJ” Harris, Dayton Dunbar, 5-9, soph., 14.4; Travis Lakins, Franklin, 6-1, sr., 20.0; Jaelin Williams, Springfield Shawnee, 6-5, sr., 20.6. THIRD TEAM: Justin Clark, Dayton Chaminade Julienne, 5-10, sr., 18.6; Jarron Cumberland, Wilmington, 6-2, fresh., 17.7; Edmond Early, Dayton Thurgood Marshall, 6-1, sr., 10.0; Angel Rivera, Cin. Hughes, 5-8, jr., 16.6; Tristan Singer, Urbana, 6-1, sr., 18.5. SPECIAL MENTION Matt Gump, Bellefontaine; Jake Johnson, Dayton Carroll; Cory Saddler, Clarksville Clinton-Massie; Tyler Uetrecht, Clarksville Clinton-Massie; Jay Teaney, Batavia Clermont Northeastern; William Green, Dayton Dunbar; Damarion Geter, Dayton Dunbar; Grant Goddard, St. Paris Graham; Adam Hickerson, Greenville; Christian Grider, Lewistown Indian Lake; Caleb Poland, West Milton, MiltonUnion; Josh Heiden, New Richmond; Nick Fischer, Tipp City Tippecanoe; Dezhonatae Bennett, TrotwoodMadison; Joe Wright, Urbana; Cooper Nolte, Germantown Valley View; Austin Mansfield, Wilmington. DIVISION III FIRST TEAM: Kyle Ahrens, Versailles, 6-5, soph., 20.0; Andrew Benintendi, Cin. Madeira, 5-11, sr., 25.1; Evan Bradds, Jamestown Greeneview, 6-9, sr., 23.1; Carlas Jackson, Cin. St. Bernard Roger Bacon, 6-3, jr., 15.5; Kevin Johnson, Cin. Summit Country Day, 6-2, sr., 19.4. Player of the year: Kevin Johnson, Cin. Summit Country Day. Coach of the year: Brian Neal, Cin. St. Bernard Roger Bacon. SECOND TEAM: Frank Catrine, Middletown Fenwick, 6-1, jr., 14.0; Tyler Estep, Cin. Reading, 6-4, sr., 17.5; Andrew Goodpaster, Carlisle, 6-1, jr., 20.0; Marcus Scott, Cin. Taft, 6-0, jr., 19.1; Antonio Woods, Cin. Summit Country Day, 6-0, jr., 14.3. THIRD TEAM: Robert Caldwell, Dayton Stivers, 6-0, jr., 20.7; Erik Edwards, Cin. St. Bernard Roger Bacon, 6-4, sr., 10.0; Landon Hormann, West Liberty-Salem, 6-5, sr., 18.7; MaCio Teague, Cin. Summit Country Day, 6-1,

soph., 14.4; Chad Winner, Versailles, 64, sr., 16.0. SPECIAL MENTION Chandon Williams, Anna; Marcus Brisco, Brookville; Braden Lieungh, Carlisle; Jairus Milton, Carlisle; Jay Zollars, Dayton Christian; Dalton Floyd, Lees Creek East Clinton; Bradley Nelms, Finneytown; Bally Butler, Finneytown; Brad Almquist, Cin. Madeira; A.J. Hickman, Casstown Miami East; Brad Malott, Middletown Madison; Jake Elam, Camden Preble Shawnee; Austin Frentsos, Cin. St. Bernard Roger Bacon; Mike Green, West Alexandria Twin Valley South; Ty Black, Waynesville; Brian Behymer, Waynesville; Troy Black, Waynesville; Cole Owens, Covington. DIVISION IV FIRST TEAM: Ryan Arington, Fairfield Cin. Christian, 6-6, senior, 24.2; Darryl “DJ” Iles, 5-10, jr., 22.1; Alex Meyer, Jackson Center, 6-2, sr., 17.0; Kyle Pipenger, New Madison Tri-Village, 6-3, sr., 21.4; Grant Zawadzki, Troy Christian, 5-11, soph., 16.0. Player of the year: Ryan Arington, Fairfield Cin. Christian. Coach of the year: Josh Sagester, New Madison Tri-Village. SECOND TEAM: Dane Blumenstock, Union City Mississinawa Valley, 5-10, jr., 21.1; Tyler Cook, New Madison TriVillage, 6-6, jr., 14.0; Trey Everett, Sidney Fairlawn, 6-2, sr., 15.0; Roland Newsome, Yellow Springs, 6-4, sr., 19.6; Caleb Tregre, Cin. Country Day, 5-9, soph., 12.6. THIRD TEAM: Travis Feitshans, Arcanum Franklin Monroe, 6-2, jr., 13.7; Grady Garno, Arcanum, 6-3, sr., 15.6; Christopher Martin, Cin. Gamble Montesorri, 6-0, sr.; Nate Sheppard, Dayton Jefferson; 6-4, jr., 19.5; Brandon Watson, Dayton Miami Valley School, 61, sr., 16.4. SPECIAL MENTION Josh Schwartz, Botkins; David Jeffries, Fairfield Cin. Christian; JR Menifee, Cin. Country Day; Anthony Gillem, Sidney Fairlawn; Christopher Smith, Felicity-Franklin; Seth Guillozet, Fort Loramie; Jesse Phlipot, Houston; Trey Elchert, Jackson Center; Aljamere Funny, Dayton Jefferson; Jackson Frantz, Sidney Lehman Catholic; Harrison Smith, Dayton Miami Valley School; Darrick Wilson, Cin. Oyler; Dalton Bollinger, DeGraff Riverside; Duncan Mercer, South Charleston Southeastern Local; Shade Brubaker, New Madison Tri-Village; Christian

Salazar, Troy Christian; PJ Russell, Yellow Springs. 2013 Southwestern All-District Girls List GIRLS DIVISION I FIRST TEAM: Alexis Gassion, Fairborn, 5-11, sr., 19.0; Kayla McDowell, Mason, 6-3, sr., 16.8; Kelsey Mitchell, Cin. Princeton, 5-7, jr., 23.9; Jillian Spurlock, Hamilton, 5-9, sr., 21.5; Kathryn Westbeld, Kettering Fairmont, 6-2, jr., 15.0. Player of the year: Kelsey Mitchell, Cin. Princeton. Coach of the year: Rob Matula, Mason. SECOND TEAM: Alex Henning, Centerville, 5-10, sr., 12.9; Imani Partlow, Cin. Winton Woods, 6-2, jr., 18.5; Bianca Quisenberry, New Carlisle Tecumseh, 5-8, sr., 29.0; Madison Temple, Cin. Anderson, 5-10, soph., 17.6; Kelley Wiegman, Cin. Mother of Mercy, 5-9, sr., 14.0. THIRD TEAM: Jenny DeGraaf, Springboro, 6-2, sr., 19.0; Tyra James, Cin. Winton Woods, 6-1, jr., 14.0; Sarah Reilly, Cin. Ursuline, 5-10, jr., 12.0; Hannah Spurlock, Wilmington, 5-7, jr., 10.3; Makayla Waterman, Kettering Fairmont, 6-3, jr., 8.0. SPECIAL MENTION Anna Kerregan, Cin. Anderson; Madison Rittinger, Centerville; Bethany Krause, Centerville; Spencer Gray, Centerville; Jenna Brown, Trenton Edgewood; Chelsea Welch, Kettering Fairmont; Courizma Williams, Cin. Hughes; Lauren Cannatelli, West Chester Lakota West; Nia Staples, West Chester Lakota West; Gracen Howard, Lebanon; Amy Bullimore, Morrow Little Miami; Jenna Gunn, Mason; Emily Budde, Cin. Mother of Mercy; Molly Skapik, Miamisburg; Vada Edwards, Middletown; Carlie Pogue, Cin. Princeton; Konner Harris, Sidney; Kelly Wurth, Springboro; Imani Outlaw, Cin. Sycamore; Hannah Locke, Cin. Sycamore; Megan Christmann, New Carlisle Tecumseh; Kristen Wood, Troy; Kelsey Finn, Cin. Turpin; Taylor Darks, Cin. Walnut Hills; Savannah Hooper, Wilmington; Unique Conner, Xenia; Violet Goodwin, Cin. Ursuline; Marisa Meyer, Cin. Seton; Sydney Lambert, Cin. McAuley; Naomi Davenport, Cin. Mt. Notre Dame; Brittany Marts, Trenton Edgewood. DIVISION II FIRST TEAM: Sydney Brackemyre, Clarksville Clinton-Massie; 6-1, jr., 23.6;

Josie Buckingham, New Richmond, 6-5, jr., 20.2; Erin Dorn, Bellbrook; 5-11, sr., 11.7; Trischa Lacy, Urbana, 5-10, sr., 30.3; Ana Richter, Oxford Talawanda, 61, jr., 18.5;. Player of the year: Ana Richter, Oxford Talawanda. Coach of the year: Keith Gwynn, Norwood. SECOND TEAM: Megan Galloway, Greenville, 6-2, sr., 17.4; Kylie Garrett, Mount Orab Western Brown, 5-9, sr., 20.2; Elizabeth Haley, Dayton Oakwood, 6-1, sr., 22.1; Paige McCrary, Springfield Kenton Ridge, 5-7, sr., 17.0; Natalie Stoeppel, Norwood, 5-10, jr.; 14.1. THIRD TEAM: Maddie Bazelak, Kettering Alter, 6-0, soph., 13.8; Megan Richardson, Oxford Talawanda, 5-9, jr., 12.9; Hannah Tubbs, Norwood, 5-6, fresh., 18.0; Kasey Uetrecht, Clarksville Clinton-Massie, 6-1, jr., 13.0; Susan Wollenhaupt, Dayton Carroll, 6-1, sr., 11.0. SPECIAL MENTION Emma Bockrath, Kettering Alter; Samantha McElfresh, Batavia; Jazmyn Haley, Bellefontaine; Jessica Yoder, Bellefontaine Benjamin Logan; Brooke Jenike, Bethel-Tate; Julia Jenike, Bethel-Tate; Krista White, Dayton Chaminade Julienne; Mary Moyer, Clarksville Clinton-Massie; Mackenzie Glenn, Franklin; Kayla Miller, Goshen; Lindsey Black, St. Paris Graham; Tara Guillozet, Greenville; Mikaela Oyer, Lewistown Indian Lake; Ericka Fitzpatrick, Cin. Mount Healthy; Bristyl Webb, Oxford Talawanda; Tierra TidwellAllen, Dayton Thurgood Marshall; Jalyn Gilbert, Dayton Thurgood Marshall; Aysah Ingram, Trotwood-Madison; Hannah Collins, Germantown Valley View; Taylor Henry, Mount Orab Western Brown; Ashli O’Neal, Cin. Wyoming; Autumn Whirley, Eaton. DIVISION III FIRST TEAM: Natalie Billing, Anna, 511, sr., 16.7; Abby Cash, Casstown Miami East, 6-0, sr., 12.0; Megan Miller, Middletown Madison, 5-8, sr., 15.0; Ashton Lovely, Jamestown Greeneview, 5-9, jr., 20.1; Makayla Rosselot, Fayetteville, 5-6, jr., 20.6. Player of the year: Abby Cash, Casstown Miami East. Coach of the year: John Rossi, Middletown Madison. SECOND TEAM: Maria Englert, Cin. Purcell Marian, 5-4, so., 20.1; Megan Hatfield, Georgetown, 5-7, jr., 11.0; Katie Heckman, Versailles, 6-0, jr., 10.6; Kirsten Paul, Fairfield Cin. Christian, 5-

9, sr., 13.8; Olivia Philpot, Middletown Madison, 5-10, jr., 14.0. THIRD TEAM: Ali Caplinger, Waynesville, 5-5, jr., 19.9; Trina Current, Casstown Miami East, 6-1, jr., 11.3; Izzie Englehart, Cin. Summit Country Day, 5-7, sr., 10.0; Celia Kline, Cin. Madeira, 5-4, so., 16.3; Torey Stang, Hamilton Badin, 5-2, jr., 14.0. SPECIAL MENTION Erica Huber, Anna; Cayla Bensman, Anna; Abbey O’Donnell, Arcanum; Sidney Cera, Brookville; Abby Wolford, Fairfield Cin. Christian; Anna Wolford, Fairfield Cin. Christian; Beth Huffman, Lees Creek East Clinton; Megan Eyre, Fayetteville; Alex Carson, Fayetteville; Arica Stutz, Felicity-Franklin; Ashley Moore, Felicity-Franklin; Natasha Siebenaler, Jamestown Greeneview; Olivia Benintendi, Cin. Madeira; Meredith Garrison, Cin. Mariemont; Hannah Krieger, Cin. Mariemont; Angie Mack, Casstown Miami East; Josey Harding, Middletown Madison; Brooke Falb, West Milton Milton-Union; Courtney Lakes, Camden Preble Shawnee; Tyra Nichols, Cin. St. Bernard Roger Bacon; Hannah Meckstorth, Taylor; Megan Johnson, Lewisburg TriCounty North; Christa Puthoff, Versailles; Abbey Search, Waynesville. DIVISION IV FIRST TEAM: Michaela Nelson, Xenia Christian, 5-8, sr., 16.0; Darian Rose, Fort Loramie, 5-8, jr., 17.3; Cassie Sachs, Cin. Country Day, 5-11, sr., 21.0; Amanda Slone, Troy Christian, 5-8, sr., 10.2; Shaye Thomas, New Madison Tri-Village, 5-4, sr., 14.9. Player of the year: Shaye Thomas, New Madison Tri-Village. Coach of the year: Christie Dodane, Mechanicsburg. SECOND TEAM: Jessie Crowell, Covington, 5-4, fresh., 13.5; Jamie Dodane, Mechanicsburg, 5-7, so., 17.9; Maryah Martin, Yellow Springs, 5-8, sr., 5.7; Teha Richards, New Madison TriVillage, 5-7, sr., 15.9; Kylie Wilson, Russia, 5-10, soph., 12.8. THIRD TEAM: Elea Karras, Dayton Miami Valley School, 5-11, fresh., 12.2; Sydney Menifee, Cin. Country Day, 5-8, jr., 9.3; Logan Pitts, Botkins, 5-8, sr., 13.2; Taylor Robins, Arcanum Franklin Monroe, 5-9, sr., 13.2; Lauren Weems, Cin. Seven Hills, 5-9, jr., 19.0. SPECIAL MENTION Dylan Moon, Dayton Jefferson; Krystal Falknor, New Madison TriVillage; Faith Orecchio, North Lewisburg Triad; Lydia Demmitt, Troy Christian.

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BASEBALL Spring Training Glance All Times EST AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pct Kansas City 9 0 1.000 9 1 .900 Seattle 7 2 .778 Baltimore 7 3 .700 Tampa Bay 5 3 .625 Houston 4 3 .571 Chicago 5 4 .556 Minnesota 6 5 .545 Cleveland 5 5 .500 Boston 5 5 .500 Toronto 4 5 .444 Oakland 4 6 .400 Detroit New York 3 7 .300 Texas 2 7 .222 Los Angeles 1 7 .125 NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pct Miami 4 3 .571 San Francisco 4 3 .571 4 3 .571 Washington 5 4 .556 Colorado 6 5 .545 San Diego 5 5 .500 Chicago 4 4 .500 Los Angeles 4 4 .500 St. Louis 4 5 .444 Arizona 4 5 .444 Philadelphia Atlanta 4 6 .400 Milwaukee 4 6 .400 New York 2 4 .333 Pittsburgh 3 6 .333 Cincinnati 2 9 .182 NOTE: Split-squad games count in the standings; games against non-major league teams do not. Saturday's Games Washington 6, St. Louis 2 Toronto 11, Philadelphia 6 Tampa Bay 4, Baltimore 1 N.Y. Yankees 10, Detroit (ss) 3 Detroit (ss) 4, Pittsburgh 1 Houston 6, Atlanta 5 Boston 2, Minnesota 1 N.Y. Mets 8, Miami 8, tie San Francisco (ss) 9, Chicago Cubs 7 Chicago White Sox 4, Cincinnati 0 San Diego 11, Cleveland 8 Oakland 6, Colorado 3 Kansas City 9, San Francisco (ss) 5 Seattle 9, L.A. Dodgers 5 Milwaukee 4, L.A. Angels 3 Texas 7, Arizona 1 Sunday's Games Miami 6, N.Y. Mets 4 Atlanta 6, Detroit 1 Pittsburgh 8, Houston 6 Baltimore 12, Philadelphia (ss) 3 Tampa Bay 7, Minnesota 2 Washington 7, St. Louis 6 Philadelphia (ss) 13, Toronto 5 N.Y. Yankees 5, Boston 2 San Francisco 5, Arizona 3 Seattle 7, Texas 6 Kansas City 8, Cincinnati 1 San Diego 4, Chicago White Sox 0 Chicago Cubs (ss) 4, L.A. Angels 2 L.A. Dodgers 5, Cleveland 1 Milwaukee 4, Chicago Cubs (ss) 3 Oakland 7, Colorado 2 Monday's Games Minnesota vs. St. Louis at Jupiter, Fla., 1:05 p.m. Philadelphia vs. Pittsburgh at Bradenton, Fla., 1:05 p.m. Houston vs. Detroit at Lakeland, Fla., 1:05 p.m. Atlanta vs. N.Y. Mets at Port St. Lucie, Fla., 1:10 p.m. Tampa Bay vs. Boston at Fort Myers, Fla., 1:35 p.m. Cleveland vs. Chicago Cubs at Mesa, Ariz., 3:05 p.m. Colorado vs. Seattle at Peoria, Ariz., 3:05 p.m. San Francisco vs. Chicago White Sox at Glendale, Ariz., 3:05 p.m. L.A. Angels vs. Oakland at Phoenix, 3:05 p.m. San Diego vs. Texas at Surprise, Ariz., 3:05 p.m. Cincinnati vs. Arizona at Scottsdale, Ariz., 3:10 p.m. Tuesday's Games Tampa Bay vs. Minnesota at Fort Myers, Fla., 1:05 p.m. Baltimore vs. Toronto at Dunedin, Fla., 1:05 p.m. Houston vs. Washington at Viera, Fla., 1:05 p.m. Cleveland vs. San Francisco at Scottsdale, Ariz., 3:05 p.m. Cincinnati vs. L.A. Angels at Tempe, Ariz., 3:05 p.m. L.A. Dodgers vs. San Diego at Peoria, Ariz., 3:05 p.m. Oakland vs. Kansas City at Surprise, Ariz., 3:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs vs. Colorado at Scottsdale, Ariz., 3:10 p.m. Atlanta vs. N.Y. Yankees at Tampa, Fla., 7:05 p.m.

HOCKEY National Hockey League All Times EST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Pittsburgh 22 14 8 0 28 77 64 New Jersey 21 10 6 5 25 52 56 Philadelphia 23 11 11 1 23 66 68 N.Y. Islanders 22 9 11 2 20 64 75 N.Y. Rangers 19 9 8 2 20 48 49 Northeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Boston 18 14 2 2 30 54 38 Montreal 21 13 4 4 30 64 50 Ottawa 23 12 7 4 28 52 44 Toronto 22 13 9 0 26 64 55 Buffalo 22 9 12 1 19 58 70 Southeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Carolina 21 12 8 1 25 63 59 Winnipeg 21 10 10 1 21 55 64 Tampa Bay 21 9 11 1 19 73 67 Florida 22 6 11 5 17 55 82 Washington 20 8 11 1 17 55 59 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Chicago 22 19 0 3 41 70 41 Detroit 22 10 8 4 24 61 59 St. Louis 21 11 8 2 24 60 61 Nashville 22 9 8 5 23 46 54 Columbus 22 6 12 4 16 49 66 Northwest Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Vancouver 20 11 5 4 26 59 54 Minnesota 20 10 8 2 22 45 49 Colorado 20 8 8 4 20 50 60 Edmonton 20 8 8 4 20 49 54 Calgary 19 7 8 4 18 53 66 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Anaheim 20 15 3 2 32 71 55 Dallas 22 11 9 2 24 61 63 San Jose 20 10 6 4 24 47 44 Phoenix 21 10 8 3 23 62 59 Los Angeles 19 10 7 2 22 49 47 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Saturday's Games Buffalo 4, New Jersey 3, SO

Phoenix 5, Anaheim 4, SO Philadelphia 2, Ottawa 1 Boston 3, Tampa Bay 2 Washington 3, Winnipeg 0 Pittsburgh 7, Montreal 6, OT Carolina 6, Florida 2 Vancouver 5, Los Angeles 2 San Jose 2, Nashville 1 Sunday's Games Chicago 2, Detroit 1, SO N.Y. Islanders 3, Ottawa 2, SO Columbus 2, Colorado 1, OT Dallas 4, St. Louis 1 Carolina 3, Florida 2 Montreal at Boston, 7:30 p.m. Buffalo at N.Y. Rangers, 7:30 p.m. Edmonton at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Vancouver at Calgary, 8 p.m. Monday's Games New Jersey at Toronto, 7 p.m. Tampa Bay at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m. Anaheim at Phoenix, 9 p.m. Nashville at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m. Tuesday's Games Tampa Bay at New Jersey, 7 p.m. Montreal at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m. Boston at Washington, 7 p.m. Buffalo at Carolina, 7 p.m. Edmonton at Columbus, 7 p.m. Philadelphia at N.Y. Rangers, 7:30 p.m. Winnipeg at Florida, 7:30 p.m. Colorado at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Minnesota at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. San Jose at Vancouver, 10 p.m. St. Louis at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division Pct GB W L 35 21 .625 — New York 34 26 .567 3 Brooklyn 31 27 .534 5 Boston 23 35 .397 13 Philadelphia 23 37 .383 14 Toronto Southeast Division W L Pct GB Miami 43 14 .754 — Atlanta 33 24 .579 10 Washington 19 39 .328 24½ Orlando 16 44 .267 28½ 13 46 .220 31 Charlotte Central Division Pct GB W L Indiana 37 22 .627 — Chicago 34 25 .576 3 Milwaukee 29 28 .509 7 Detroit 23 39 .371 15½ Cleveland 20 39 .339 17 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division Pct GB W L 47 14 .770 — San Antonio 39 19 .672 6½ Memphis 33 28 .541 14 Houston 26 33 .441 20 Dallas New Orleans 21 39 .350 25½ Northwest Division Pct GB W L Oklahoma City 43 16 .729 — 38 22 .633 5½ Denver Utah 32 27 .542 11 Portland 27 31 .466 15½ 20 36 .357 21½ Minnesota Pacific Division Pct GB W L 43 19 .694 — L.A. Clippers 33 27 .550 9 Golden State L.A. Lakers 29 30 .492 12½ 21 39 .350 21 Phoenix 21 40 .344 21½ Sacramento Saturday's Games Philadelphia 104, Golden State 97 Chicago 96, Brooklyn 85 Milwaukee 122, Toronto 114, OT Portland 109, Minnesota 94 Sunday's Games Miami 99, New York 93 Oklahoma City 108, L.A. Clippers 104 Sacramento 119, Charlotte 83 Memphis 108, Orlando 82 Washington 90, Philadelphia 87 Houston 136, Dallas 103 San Antonio 114, Detroit 75 Chicago at Indiana, 8 p.m. Atlanta at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m. Monday's Games New York at Cleveland, 7 p.m. Miami at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Orlando at New Orleans, 8 p.m. Utah at Milwaukee, 8 p.m. Atlanta at Denver, 9 p.m. Charlotte at Portland, 10 p.m. Toronto at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. Tuesday's Games Boston at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Oklahoma City, 9:30 p.m. Denver at Sacramento, 10 p.m. This Week's Top 25 Fared 1. Indiana (25-4) lost to Minnesota 77-73; beat Iowa 73-60. 2. Gonzaga (29-2) beat BYU 70-65; beat Portland 81-52. 3. Duke (25-4) lost to Virginia 73-68; beat No. 5 Miami 79-76. 4. Michigan (24-5) lost to Penn State 84-78; beat No. 9 Michigan State 58-57. 5. Miami (23-5) beat Virginia Tech 76-58; lost to No. 3 Duke 79-76. 6. Kansas (25-4) beat Iowa State 108-96, OT; beat West Virginia 91-65. 7. Georgetown (23-4) beat UConn 79-78, 2OT; beat Rutgers 64-51. 8. Florida (23-5) lost to Tennessee 64-58; beat Alabama 64-52. 9. Michigan State (22-7) lost to No. 4 Michigan 58-57. 10. Louisville (24-5) beat DePaul 79-58; beat No. 12 Syracuse 58-53. 11. Arizona (23-6) lost to Southern Cal 89-78; lost to UCLA 74-69. 12. Syracuse (22-7) lost to No. 22 Marquette 74-71; lost to No. 10 Louisville 58-53. 13. Kansas State (24-5) beat Texas Tech 75-55; beat Baylor 64-61. 14. New Mexico (25-4) beat San Diego State 70-60; beat Wyoming 5342. 15. Oklahoma State (22-6) beat TCU 64-47; beat Texas 78-65. 16. Ohio State (21-7) beat Northwestern 63-53. 17. Wisconsin (20-9) beat Nebraska 77-46; lost to Purdue 69-56. 18. Saint Louis (23-5) beat Saint Joseph's 70-53; beat George Washington 66-58. 19. Memphis (25-4) lost to Xavier 64-62; beat UCF 76-67. 20. Butler (22-7) lost to VCU 84-52. 21. Notre Dame (22-7) lost to No. 22 Marquette 72-64. 22. Marquette (21-7) beat No. 12 Syracuse 74-71; beat No. 21 Notre Dame 72-64. 23. Pittsburgh (23-7) beat South Florida 64-44; beat Villanova 73-64, OT. 24. Oregon (23-6) beat Oregon State 85-75. 25. Louisiana Tech (26-3) beat Utah State 84-61; beat San Jose State 8861.

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SPORTS ON TV TODAY BASEBALL 5:30 a.m. MLB — World Baseball Classic, first round, South Korea vs. Australia, at Taichung, Taiwan 11:30 p.m. MLB — World Baseball Classic, first round, Australia vs. Netherlands, at Taichung, Taiwan 3 a.m. MLB — World Baseball Classic, first round, Brazil vs. China, at Fukuoka, Japan CYCLING 4:30 p.m. NBCSN — Paris-Nice, stage 1, Saint-Germain-en-Laye to Nemours, France (same-day tape) MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 7 p.m. ESPN — Cincinnati at Louisville 9 p.m. ESPN — Baylor at Texas NHL HOCKEY 7:30 p.m. NBCSN — Tampa Bay at Pittsburgh SOCCER 2:55 p.m. ESPN2 — Premier League, Manchester City at Aston Villa TENNIS 9 p.m. ESPN2 — Exhibition, BNP Paribas Showdown, Rafael Nadal vs. Juan Martin del Potro, at New York WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 7 p.m. ESPN2 — UConn at Notre Dame 8 p.m. FSN — Kansas St. at Baylor

TUESDAY BASEBALL 6:30 a.m. MLB — World Baseball Classic, first round, Taiwan vs. South Korea, at Taichung, Taiwan CYCLING 4:30 p.m. NBCSN — Paris-Nice, stage 2, Vimory to Cerilly, France (same-day tape) MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 7 p.m. ESPN — Arkansas at Missouri ESPN2 — St. John's at Notre Dame 9 p.m. ESPN — Ohio St. at Indiana NBA BASKETBALL 7 p.m. TNT — Boston at Philadelphia 9:30 p.m. TNT — L.A. Lakers at Oklahoma City NHL HOCKEY 7:30 p.m. NBCSN — Philadelphia at N.Y. Rangers SOCCER 2:30 p.m. FSN — UEFA Champions League, Shakhtar Donetsk at Dortmund 8 p.m. FSN — UEFA Champions League, Real Madrid at Manchester United (same-day tape) Sunday's College Basketball Scores EAST Boston College 53, Virginia 52 Hartford 61, Vermont 58 Iona 80, Siena 61 Loyola (Md.) 63, Manhattan 61 Marist 73, Fairfield 60 New Hampshire 79, Maine 74 Pittsburgh 73, Villanova 64, OT Stony Brook 75, Albany (NY) 70 UMBC 59, Binghamton 49 SOUTH NC State 70, Georgia Tech 57 North Carolina 79, Florida St. 58 South Florida 83, DePaul 73 MIDWEST Michigan 58, Michigan St. 57 Purdue 69, Wisconsin 56 SOUTHWEST Texas-Pan American 71, New Orleans 57 FAR WEST Cal Poly 64, Hawaii 61 Stanford 84, Utah 66 Washington 72, Washington St. 68 TOURNAMENT ECAC Metro Championship Old Westbury 74, Richard Stockton 73 This Week's Women's Top 25 Fared 1. Baylor (28-1) beat Oklahoma 8664; beat West Virginia 80-49. 2. Notre Dame (27-1) beat No. 22 Syracuse 79-68; beat Providence 9257. 3. UConn (27-2) beat Pittsburgh 7636; beat South Florida 85-51. 4. Stanford (28-2) beat Washington 71-36; beat Washington State 72-50. 5. Duke (27-2) lost to Miami 69-65; beat No. 15 North Carolina 65-58. California (27-2) beat 6. Washington State 73-60; beat Washington 78-50. 7. Penn State (24-4) lost to Minnesota 89-81; beat No. 20 Nebraska 82-67. 8. Tennessee (23-6) beat No. 13 Texas A&M 82-72; lost to No. 10 Kentucky 78-65. 9. Maryland (23-6) lost to No. 24 Florida State 72-71; beat Wake Forest 88-61. 10. Kentucky (25-4) beat Mississippi 90-65; beat No. 8 Tennessee 78-65. 11. Georgia (24-5) lost to Mississippi State 50-38; beat Vanderbilt 55-50. 12. Dayton (26-1) beat Saint Louis 71-61; beat Saint Joseph's 73-66. 13. Texas A&M (21-9) lost to No. 8 Tennessee 82-72; lost to LSU 67-52. 14. South Carolina (23-6) lost to Missouri 65-58; beat Florida 67-56. 15. North Carolina (26-5) beat Boston College 85-57; lost to No. 5 Duke 65-58. 16. Louisville (23-6) beat Seton Hall 72-62. 17. UCLA (23-6) beat Arizona State 58-50; beat Arizona 68-57. 18. Delaware (26-3) beat Hofstra 79-50; beat Drexel 62-57. 19. Colorado (24-5) beat Oregon 60-49; beat Oregon State 66-63, OT. 20. Nebraska (22-7) beat Wisconsin 55-53; lost to No. 7 Penn State 82-67. 21. Green Bay (24-2) beat Detroit 71-63; beat Illinois-Chicago 67-36. 22. Syracuse (22-6) lost to No. 2 Notre Dame 79-68; lost to Villanova 77-75, 3OT. 23. Iowa State (20-7) beat Kansas 83-68; lost to TCU 61-58. 24. Florida State (21-8) beat No. 9 Maryland 72-71; lost to Virginia 7260. 25. Purdue (21-8) lost to Michigan State 68-61; beat Illinois 76-65. Sunday's Women's Basketball Scores EAST Boston College 74, Georgia Tech 68 Buffalo 81, Kent St. 45

Delaware 62, Drexel 57 Duquesne 59, Butler 43 Fordham 58, Temple 44 George Washington 68, Saint Louis 55 Hofstra 70, UNC Wilmington 50 Iona 76, Rider 63 Loyola (Md.) 57, St. Peter's 45 Manhattan 61, Niagara 52 Marist 70, Fairfield 33 Northeastern 79, Old Dominion 60 Siena 64, Canisius 53 St. Bonaventure 71, La Salle 58 Swarthmore 67, Moravian 62 SOUTH Auburn 74, Mississippi St. 65 Charlotte 64, Richmond 55 Duke 65, North Carolina 58 East Carolina 69, Memphis 52 Georgia 55, Vanderbilt 50 James Madison 67, George Mason 56 Kentucky 78, Tennessee 65 Maryland 88, Wake Forest 61 Miami 64, Virginia Tech 46 Missouri 88, Alabama 64 NC State 63, Clemson 47 South Carolina 67, Florida 56 Tulane 80, Southern Miss. 69 UAB 59, Tulsa 45 UCF 75, Marshall 51 VCU 55, Rhode Island 46 Virginia 72, Florida St. 60 MIDWEST Akron 71, Miami (Ohio) 65 Ball St. 60, W. Michigan 46 Bowling Green 73, Ohio 52 Bradley 73, Evansville 57 Cent. Michigan 82, N. Illinois 61 Creighton 67, Drake 66 Dayton 73, Saint Joseph's 66 Illinois St. 81, Missouri St. 60 Iowa 62, Northwestern 45 Michigan St. 54, Wisconsin 48 Minnesota 59, Indiana 53 N. Iowa 74, S. Illinois 60 Ohio St. 66, Michigan 55 Penn St. 82, Nebraska 67 Purdue 76, Illinois 65 Toledo 48, E. Michigan 38 Wichita St. 63, Indiana St. 53 FAR WEST Colorado 66, Oregon St. 63, OT Southern Cal 67, Arizona St. 60 UCLA 68, Arizona 57 Utah 70, Oregon 52 TOURNAMENT ECAC-New England Championship Castleton St. 51, Suffolk 42 Northeast-10 Conference Quarterfinals Bentley 89, Adelphi 80 Sunday's Scores Boys Basketball Division I Cin. Colerain 65, Cin. NW 61 Cin. Moeller 74, Cin. Turpin 40 Sunday's Scores Girls Basketball Division III Frankfort Adena 41, Ironton 28 Proctorville Fairland 46, Portsmouth W. 32 Division IV Reedsville Eastern 66, Crown City S. Gallia 19

AUTO RACING NASCAR Sprint Cup-Subway Fresh Fit 500 Results Sunday At Phoenix International Raceway Avondale, Ariz. Lap length: 1 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (15) Carl Edwards, Ford, 316 laps, 136.5 rating, 48 points, $293,675. 2. (3) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 316, 126.9, 43, $209,686. 3. (8) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 316, 98.7, 41, $157,575. 4. (11) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 316,

Monday, March 4, 2013 115.8, 41, $168,076. 5. (21) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 316, 107.9, 40, $130,750. 6. (13) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 316, 101, 38, $140,083. 7. (9) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 316, 111.1, 37, $129,841. 8. (6) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 316, 103.2, 36, $132,575. 9. (5) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 316, 98.2, 35, $131,186. 10. (20) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 316, 87.5, 34, $96,950. 11. (23) A J Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 316, 71.7, 33, $111,808. 12. (29) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 316, 80.5, 33, $111,064. 13. (7) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 316, 108.4, 31, $125,136. 14. (43) Casey Mears, Ford, 316, 64.1, 30, $105,333. 15. (18) Aric Almirola, Ford, 316, 85.9, 29, $117,886. 16. (12) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 316, 72, 28, $125,311. 17. (17) Greg Biffle, Ford, 316, 86, 28, $92,925. 18. (22) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 316, 67.4, 26, $105,914. 19. (2) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 316, 84.9, 25, $93,000. 20. (16) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 316, 70.9, 24, $108,866. 21. (1) Mark Martin, Toyota, 316, 91.9, 24, $92,425. 22. (19) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 316, 68.3, 22, $103,995. 23. (4) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 316, 60.3, 21, $119,508. 24. (33) Bobby Labonte, Toyota, 315, 55, 20, $99,408. 25. (34) David Reutimann, Toyota, 315, 49.4, 20, $89,233. 26. (32) Joey Logano, Ford, 315, 72.3, 18, $104,708. 27. (25) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 315, 73.7, 17, $102,920. 28. (27) J.J. Yeley, Chevrolet, 315, 46.3, 16, $76,350. 29. (30) Travis Kvapil, Toyota, 313, 41.4, 15, $93,672. 30. (37) David Stremme, Toyota, 313, 40.1, 14, $77,475. 31. (41) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, 311, 35.6, 0, $72,810. 32. (38) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 309, 35.1, 12, $75,125. 33. (26) Dave Blaney, Chevrolet, 306, 38.2, 11, $72,500. 34. (42) Ken Schrader, Ford, accident, 300, 29.8, 10, $72,375. 35. (36) Josh Wise, Ford, 295, 36, 0, $72,250. 36. (14) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 284, 59, 8, $104,170. 37. (31) David Gilliland, Ford, accident, 237, 53.7, 7, $71,970. 38. (24) David Ragan, Ford, accident, 186, 46.5, 7, $75,400. 39. (40) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, accident, 184, 44.2, 5, $63,400. 40. (10) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, accident, 137, 53.5, 4, $93,558. 41. (28) Scott Speed, Ford, brakes, 88, 31.5, 3, $55,400. 42. (35) Mike Bliss, Toyota, brakes, 34, 28.4, 0, $51,400. 43. (39) Scott Riggs, Ford, accident, 19, 30.5, 0, $47,900. Race Statistics Average Speed of Race Winner: 105.187 mph. Time of Race: 3 hours, 0 minutes, 15 seconds. Margin of Victory: 1.024 seconds. Caution Flags: 8 for 43 laps. Lead Changes: 12 among 9 drivers. Lap Leaders: M.Martin 1-49; J.Montoya 50-56; G.Biffle 57-64; J.Montoya 65-69; G.Biffle 70-100; M.Martin 101-126; B.Keselowski 127142; D.Ragan 143-145; C.Edwards J.Johnson 190; 146-189; D.Reutimann 191; D.Earnhardt Jr. 192-238; C.Edwards 239-316. Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led): C.Edwards, 2 times for 122 laps; M.Martin, 2 times for 75 laps; D.Earnhardt Jr., 1 time for 47 laps; G.Biffle, 2 times for 39 laps; B.Keselowski, 1 time for 16 laps; J.Montoya, 2 times for 12 laps; D.Ragan, 1 time for 3 laps; J.Johnson, 1 time for 1 lap; D.Reutimann, 1 time for 1 lap. Top 12 in Points: 1. J.Johnson, 90; 2. D.Earnhardt Jr., 82; 3. Bra.Keselowski, 82; 4. D.Hamlin, 72; 5. C.Bowyer, 72; 6. G.Biffle, 66; 7. M.Martin, 65; 8. J.Gordon, 60; 9. R.Stenhouse Jr., 60; 10. A.Almirola, 60; 11. C.Edwards, 59; 12. M.Ambrose, 52. NASCAR Driver Rating Formula A maximum of 150 points can be attained in a race. The formula combines the following categories: Wins, Finishes, Top-15 Finishes, Average Running Position While on Lead Lap, Average Speed Under Green, Fastest Lap, Led Most Laps, Lead-Lap Finish.

GOLF Honda Classic Scores Sunday At PGA National (Champion Course) Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. Purse: $6 million Yardage: 7,110; Par: 70 Final M.Thompson $1,080,000 ....67-65-70-69—271 G. Ogilvy (300), $648,000....68-66-70-69—273 Luke Guthrie $408,000.......68-63-71-73—275 K. Bradley (104), $226,200..68-68-70-71—277 E.Compton (104), $226,20069-68-70-70—277 L. Glover (104), $226,200....69-66-72-70—277 David Lynn (104), $226,20072-68-68-69—277 Justin Rose (104), $226,20068-66-72-71—277 G.DeLaet (73), $156,000.....65-68-73-72—278 G. McDowell (73), $156,00067-68-73-70—278 Schwartzel (73), $156,000 ..70-68-71-69—278 L.Westwood (73), $156,000 66-68-70-74—278 Rickie Fowler (56), $109,20065-71-69-74—279 Pete Hanson (56), $109,20071-67-68-73—279 Russ Henley (56), $109,20068-71-70-70—279 Darron Stiles (56), $109,20071-68-68-72—279 Chris Stroud (56), $109,20067-70-72-70—279 Matt Jones (51), $78,240 ....67-73-72-68—280 Sean O'Hair (51), $78,240...66-68-74-72—280 Kyle Stanley (51), $78,240 ..70-69-69-72—280 Robert Streb (51), $78,240 .65-70-74-71—280 Y.E.Yang (51), $78,240........67-72-67-74—280 Bob Estes (48), $60,000......69-69-70-73—281 N.Thompson (48), $60,000.69-66-72-74—281 Tom Gillis (45), $47,850.......67-68-72-75—282 F.Jacobson (45), $47,850 ....70-69-72-71—282 Vaughn Taylor (45), $47,85071-68-73-70—282 Boo Weekley (45), $47,850.66-67-74-75—282 S. Bowditch (39), $36,525....70-69-72-72—283 B. de Jonge (39), $36,525...70-68-73-72—283 James Driscoll (39), $36,52569-68-70-76—283 C. Howell III (39), $36,525 ...67-67-71-78—283 Jeff Klauk (39), $36,525.......67-69-73-74—283 Matteo Manassero, $36,52573-67-71-72—283 Scott Stallings (39), $36,52574-66-72-71—283 Brian Stuard (39), $36,525..66-69-75-73—283 D. LaBelle II (33), $27,600...66-68-77-73—284 Jeff Overton (33), $27,600 ..67-71-74-72—284

Mark Wilson (33), $27,600 ..70-68-71-75—284 Tiger Woods (33), $27,600..70-70-70-74—284 Stewart Cink (28), $22,200..68-71-71-75—285 Ben Kohles (28), $22,200....66-73-69-77—285 G. McNeill (28), $22,200......71-68-71-75—285 Ryan Palmer (28), $22,200 .69-69-75-72—285 HSBC Women's Champions Scores Sunday At Sentosa Golf Club (Serapong Course) Singapore Purse: $1.4 million Yardage: 6,606; Par: 72 Final Stacy Lewis, $210,000.......67-66-69-71—273 NaYeon Choi, $134,116 ....69-66-67-72—274 Paula Creamer, $97,292....68-67-69-71—275 Ariya Jutanugarn, $75,263 69-66-72-71—278 Candie Kung, $50,543.......69-71-69-70—279 Jessica Korda, $50,543 .....72-68-68-71—279 Danielle Kang, $50,543 .....68-69-70-72—279 Lexi Thompson, $34,511 ...73-68-69-70—280 Chella Choi, $34,511 .........68-67-74-71—280 Catriona Matthew, $27,65770-69-72-70—281 P. Phatlum, $27,657............67-71-72-71—281 Morgan Pressel, $27,657 ..70-71-69-71—281 Lizette Salas, $24,084........67-74-70-71—282 Jenny Shin, $20,780 ..........71-72-70-70—283 M.Jutanugarn, $20,780......73-68-71-71—283 Nicole Castrale, $20,780....69-71-69-74—283 SunYoungYoo, $20,780.....67-68-72-76—283 Karrie Webb, $16,619 ........71-71-73-69—284 Jodi Shadoff, $16,619........69-71-74-70—284 Hee-Won Han, $16,619.....72-71-71-70—284 B. Lincicome, $16,619........69-73-72-70—284 Jiyai Shin, $16,619.............71-69-70-74—284 Azahara Munoz, $16,619 ..65-70-72-77—284 Ilhee Lee, $13,768..............70-74-72-69—285 Hee Kyung Seo, $13,768...71-69-74-71—285 Anna Nordqvist, $13,768...72-71-70-72—285 Beatriz Recari, $13,768 .....71-72-69-73—285 Chie Arimura, $11,993.......69-72-72-73—286 Yani Tseng, $11,993...........68-73-71-74—286 Karine Icher, $11,993.........70-71-68-77—286 I.K. Kim, $11,087................70-77-71-70—288 Shanshan Feng, $9,810 ....69-73-76-71—289 Jennifer Johnson, $9,810 ..72-73-73-71—289 Haeji Kang, $9,810.............70-69-77-73—289 AmyYang, $9,810...............69-71-76-73—289 Suzann Pettersen, $9,810 .73-70-72-74—289 Julieta Granada, $7,517.....74-71-73-72—290 Caroline Hedwall, $7,517...70-70-78-72—290 Meena Lee, $7,517............71-71-75-73—290 Gerina Piller, $7,517...........71-71-74-74—290 Brittany Lang, $7,517.........73-69-73-75—290 S.Prammanasudh, $7,517.73-70-71-76—290 Inbee Park, $7,517.............73-69-71-77—290 Karin Sjodin, $7,517...........67-72-74-77—290 Michelle Wie, $6,131..........71-75-77-69—292 Juli Inkster, $6,131..............77-70-71-74—292 Mika Miyazato, $5,690 .......76-71-74-73—294 Vicky Hurst, $5,690............73-71-70-80—294 Katie Futcher, $5,164.........70-75-78-72—295 Katherine Hull-Kirk, $5,16475-70-75-75—295 Giulia Sergas, $5,164.........75-72-72-76—295 HeeYoung Park, $4,626 ....72-75-78-71—296 Cristie Kerr, $4,626.............74-73-77-72—296 Momoko Ueda, $4,626 ......78-68-77-73—296 Cindy LaCrosse, $4,626....70-76-75-75—296 Angela Stanford, $4,258....76-76-73-73—298

FOOTBALL NFL Calendar March 9-11 — Clubs may enter negotiations with certified agents of players who will be unrestricted free agents at end of league year. March 12 — Before 4 p.m. EDT, clubs must exercise options for 2013 on all players who have option clauses in their 2012 contracts; clubs must submit qualifying offers to their restricted free agents with expiring contracts and to whom they desire to retain a right of first refusal/compensation; clubs must submit a minimum salary offer to retain exclusive negotiating rights to players with expiring 2012 contracts and who have fewer than three seasons of free agency credit; all 2012 player contracts expire. All clubs must be under the salary cap. The 2013 league year, free agency and trading period begins at 4 p.m. EDT. March 17-20 — Annual league meeting, Phoenix April 25-27 — NFL draft, New York May 20-22 — NFL spring league Meeting, Boston Sept. 5, 8-9 — 2013 NFL season begins.

TRANSACTIONS Sunday's Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League NEW YORK YANKEES_Reassigned RHP Corey Black, RHP Matt Daley, RHP Nick Goody, RHP Shane Greene, RHP Bryan Mitchell, RHP Zach Nuding, RHP Mike O'Brien, RHP Ryan Pope and INF Kyle Roller to their minor league camp. OAKLAND ATHLETICS_Reassigned RHP Andrew Carignan to their minor league camp. National League FLORIDA MARLINS_Reassigned LHP Andrew Heaney to rehabilitation. NEW YORK METS_Agreed to terms with OF Mike Baxter, LHP Rob Carson, OF Collin Cowgill, C Travis d'Arnaud, OF Lucas Duda, LHP Josh Edgin, RHP Jeurys Familia, INF Wilmer Flores, RHP Dillon Gee, RHP Gonzalez Germen, LHP Darin Gorski, RHP Matt Harvey, INF Reese Havens, RHP Jeremy Hefner, INF Brandon Hicks, OF Juan Lagares, INF Zach Lutz, RHP Collin McHugh, RHP Jenrry Mejia, OF Kirk Nieuwenhuis, OF Cesar Puello, RHP Elvin Ramirez, C Anthony Recker, RHP Hansel Robles, INF Ruben Tejada, INF Wilfredo Tovar, INF Justin Turner, OF Jordany Valdespin and RHP Zack Wheeler on one-year contracts. W A S H I N G T O N NATIONALS_Reassigned LHP Bill Bray, LHP Brandon Mann, LHP Will Ohman and RHP Tanner Roark to their minor-league camp. HOCKEY National Hockey League NHL_Suspended Philadelphia F Harry Zolnierczyk for four games, for charging Ottawa D Mike Lundin during a March 2 game. FLORIDA PANTHERS_Recalled G Jacob Markstrom and D Nolan Yonkman from San Antonio (AHL). Placed G Jose Theodore and D Dmitry Kulikov on injured reserve. TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING_Recalled F Ondrej Palat from Syracuse (AHL). American Hockey League SPRINGFIELD FALCONS_Assigned C Nathan Moon to Evansville (AHL). ECHL G W I N N E T T GLADIATORS_Announced F Evan Bloodoff was reassigned to Portland (AHL). COLLEGE ANGELO STATE_Announced that it will not renew the contracts of men's basketball coach Fred Rike or men's assistant basketball coach Kenneth Mangrum.

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■ National Hockey League

Chicago tops Detroit 2-1 in SO, extend streak Jackets edge Avalanche DETROIT (AP) — Patrick Kane had a couple shots that simply could not be stopped. Just like the Chicago Blackhawks. Chicago extended its NHL-record season-opening points streak to 22 games Sunday when Kane

scored the tying goal on a power play with 2:02 left in regulation and the Blackhawks earned an extra point when the star forward scored the only goal in a shootout of a 2-1 win over the Detroit Red Wings. “Just amazing what’s going on,” Kane said. Corey Crawford was perfect in the shootout and finished with 32 saves to

help Chicago win a ninth straight game. “He had several big saves, particularly right after they scored to go up one,” Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville said. “He kept us in there to make it a one-goal game and gave us a chance.” The Blackhawks have earned at least a point in 28 straight games dating to a March 25, 2012 loss in

regulation to Nashville to tie the second-longest streak in league history. They’ve matched Montreal’s multi-season points run from the 197778 season and trail only Philadelphia’s streak of 35 straight games with at least a point during the 1979-80 season. “It’s impressive,” Detroit goaltender Jimmy Howard acknowledged after making

32 saves. “They’re finding different ways to do it every single night.” Blue Jackets 2, Avalanche 1 COLUMBUS — Artem Anisimov scored on a hard wrist shot on an overtime power play, and Sergei Bobrovsky made 18 saves to lead the Columbus Blue Jackets to a 2-1 victory over the Colorado Avalanche on Sunday.

The victory ended a four-game skid, all of the losses by a goal, with the last two coming in overtime. Columbus, with the worst record in the West, had lost seven of eight. Vinny Prospal had the other goal for the Blue Jackets, thanks to Ryan O’Reilly, who inadvertently tapped it in while making his Avalanche season debut after a contract dispute.

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■ Basketball

Heat rally past Knicks

Rodman: North Korea leader wants call from Pres. Obama

James nets 29 as defending champs win 14th in a row

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Miami Heat forward LeBron James (6) drives against New York Knicks center Tyson Chandler (6) during the first half of their NBA basketball game Sunday at Madison Square Garden in New York. in the first half, for us to have the resilience to come back, find a way fight out this win, it was great.” Carmelo Anthony scored 32 points for the Knicks, who had won three in a row. Jason Kidd emerged from a lengthy slump to finish with 14 points, eight rebounds and six assists. J.R. Smith had 13 points and 12 rebounds, but shot 5 of 18 from the field. “I think we are disappointed because we had an opportunity to win a ballgame here at home against the champs,” Kidd said. “So it’s something we can look at and get better at with

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those mistakes, especially later in the game.” The Heat matched their 14 straight wins during the 2004-05 season and finally beat one of their closest pursuers in the Eastern Conference after dropping their first four against the Knicks and Indiana Pacers. James landed awkwardly when he was fouled trying to catch a lob pass in the third quarter and was trying afterward to loosen his left knee or leg. He looked fine in the closing minutes, making key plays on both ends of the floor. “His motor is limitless. I don’t want to take that for granted. I don’t just want to assume that he can play 40-plus minutes, but he had to do it on both ends,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. “Couldn’t get him out in the fourth quarter and if I would have tried, he probably would have strangled me. “He was strong and was at his strongest after 40 minutes of basketball.”

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Bosh tied it at 87 and Wade’s basket with 4:29 left gave Miami the lead for good. James then blocked Tyson Chandler at the rim and hustled down the floor to put back a Miami miss, making it 9187. The Knicks twice were within two, but James scored on a drive the second time. Bosh followed with a jumper for a 97-91 advantage, and after two free throws by Raymond Felton, James ended the Knicks’ final hopes when he stepped in front of a pass headed toward Anthony and broke in alone for the slam. “They kind of walked us down towards the end,” Anthony said. “We made some mistakes, turned the ball over, and then that turnover was probably just the icing on the cake right there.” James said he felt the knee a little bit during the game, but expected to be in uniform Monday at Minnesota. The Knicks beat Miami here by 20 in their season opener and won again in Miami in early December by 20, even while playing without Anthony because of a cut on his finger that required stitches.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Call me? Maybe? North Korea’s young leader has riled the U.S. with recent nuclear tests, but Kim Jong Un doesn’t really want war with the superpower, just a call from President Barack Obama to chat about their shared love of basketball, according to ersatz diplomat Dennis Rodman, the ex-NBA star just back from an improbable visit to the reclusive communist country. “He loves basketball. … I said Obama loves basketball. Let’s start there” as a way to warm up relations between U.S. and North Korea, Rodman told ABC’s “This Week.” “He asked me to give Obama something to say and do one thing. He wants Obama to do one thing, call him,” said Rodman, who called the authoritarian leader an “awesome guy” during his trip. The State Department criticized North Korea last week for “wining and dining’ Rodman while its own people go hungry. Rodman also said Kim told him, “I don’t want to do war. I don’t want to do war.” Yet in January, after the U.N. Security Council voted to condemn the North’s successful rocket launch in December and expand penalties against Kim’s government, his National Defense Commission said in a statement that “settling accounts with the U.S. needs to be done with force, not with words.” The statement also promised “a new phase of the antiU.S. struggle that has lasted century after century.”

North Korea and the U.S. fought on opposite sides of the three-year Korean War, which ended in a truce in 1953. The foes technically remain at war. They never signed a peace treaty and do not have diplomatic relations. Rodman was the highest-profile American to meet Kim since Kim inherited power from father Kim Jong Il in 2011. He traveled to the secretive state with the Harlem Globetrotters team for a new HBO series produced by New York-based VICE television. The visit took place amid rising tensions between the countries. North Korea conducted an underground nuclear test two weeks ago, making clear the provocative act was a warning to the United States to drop what it considers a “hostile” policy toward the North. Rodman said he was aware of North Korea’s human rights record, which the State Department has characterized as one of the worst in the world, but said he wasn’t apologizing for Kim. “He’s a good guy to me,” Rodman said, adding, that “as a person to person, he’s my friend. I don’t condone what he does.” Basketball is popular in North Korea, and Thursday’s exhibition game with two Americans playing on each team alongside North Koreans ended in a 110-110 tie. Following the game Kim threw an “epic feast” for the group, plying them with food and drinks and making round after round of toasts.

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Female kicker’s NFL tryout lasts all of two kicks FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Lauren Silberman’s NFL tryout has lasted all of two kicks, neither of which traveled 20 yards. Silberman is the first woman to compete at an NFL regional scouting combine. She is 28 years old and played club soccer at Wisconsin. She left the New York Jets’ practice field after injuring her quadriceps. She tried two kickoffs, the

first going 19 yards and the second about 13 yards. She then asked to see a trainer. As more than two dozen media, including E! Entertainment network, watched her every move, Silberman was examined by a trainer. About 30 minutes later, while 36 other kickers continued their workouts, she called the scene “surreal.” Silberman left the complex soon after that.

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NEW YORK (AP) — LeBron James stretched his arm above the rim, soaring high on a shaky knee and turning his steal into a finishing dunk as Carmelo Anthony hung his head near midcourt. The Heat took the Knicks’ best shot, but it wasn’t good enough to beat the defending champs. Nothing is right now. James had 29 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists, and Miami tied a franchise record with its 14th straight victory, rallying for a 99-93 victory at New York on Sunday. “We feel like this is one of our better wins of the season, even under the circumstances that we went through tonight, a little adversity being down double digits,” James said. Dwyane Wade added 20 points, eight rebounds and eight assists for the Heat, who had to overcome a 16point deficit to beat the Knicks for the first time in three tries this season. Chris Bosh bounced back from a dismal first half to finish with 16 points and Shane Battier hit all four 3-point attempts to score 12. The Heat won their sixth straight on the road by controlling the final minutes against a team that had a pair of 20-point victories over them this season and looked ready to run them out of the building again. But James shook off a third-quarter leg injury and was back in top form by the finish, putting it away by coming up with a steal and throwing down a dunk with 23 seconds left. “Obviously, it’s great to win games, period. But when you’re on a win streak, you’ve got to find many different ways to win ballgames and we’ve had comebacks in the last seconds, we’ve had doubleovertime games, but this was probably the most thrilling one,” Wade said. “It was the most challenging. For a team who beat us twice, they handled us twice and they were up 16