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U.S. military deaths hit 2,000 Toll climbing in recent months Exercise, good foods help Sandwiched between office meetings and sales calls, Usana Health Sciences employees blow off steam at the nutritional company’s gym, shoot hoops at the basketball court, work with a yoga coach or relax in the cafeteria with a healthy salad and a bowl of soup.

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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The killing of an American serviceman in an exchange of fire with allied Afghan soldiers pushed U.S. military deaths in the war to 2,000, a cold reminder of the perils that remain after an 11-year conflict that now garners little public interest at home.

The toll has climbed steadily in recent months with a spate of attacks by Afghan army and

police supposed allies against American and NATO troops. That has raised troubling questions about whether countries in the U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan will achieve their aim of helping the government in Kabul and its forces stand on their own after most foreign troops depart in little more than two years.

“The tally is modest by the standards of war historically, but

every fatality is a tragedy and 11 years is too long,” said Michael O’Hanlon, a fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington. “All that is internalized, however, in an American public that has been watching this campaign for a long time.

More newsworthy right now are the insider attacks and the sense of hopelessness they convey to many. “

Attacks by Afghan soldiers or police or insurgents disguised in their uniforms have killed 52 American and other NATO troops so far this year.

“We have to get on top of this.

It is a very serious threat to the campaign,” the U.S. military’s top officer, Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, said about the insider threat.

The top commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, Gen.

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TROY — At its September 2012 meeting, the Distribution Committee of The Troy Foundation reviewed 24 grant applications and awarded 22 organizations a total of $137,188.47 in grants. See

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PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Pirates ensured they’d finish with a record 20th straight losing season Sunday when they blew a ninth-inning lead in a 4-3 defeat to the Cincinnati Reds.

Pinch-hitter Xavier Paul led off the ninth with a home run off Joel Hanrahan (5-2) and Zack Cozart had a go-head double for Cincinnati, who clinched home-field advantage in the NL division series. They are competing with Washington for best overall record in the league.

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Tipp City resident Matthew Smith, center — portraying Sir Francis Walsingham — joins Queen Elizabeth I while greeting patrons at the Ohio Renaissance Festival in Harveysburg Sept. 16.

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BY JIM DAVIS Staff Writer davis@tdnpublishing.com ot everyone can say they hang out with royalty, but weekends throughout September and October, Tipp City resident Matthew Smith can.

In character as Sir Francis Walsingham — right hand man to Queen Elizabeth I of England — Smith is one of several actors who help bring 16th century England to life at the Ohio Renaissance Festival in Harveysburg.

Outfitted in an elaborate period costume and armed with a quick wit and spoton accent, Smith often engages festival patrons in playful banter befitting the times.

It’s heady stuff, mind you, and it comes with loads of responsibility, Smith said with a smile. “(Walsingham) was not only the secretary of state, but he was the spymaster for Queen Elizabeth,” Smith explained during a recent visit to the 30-acre permanent village in Harveysburg. “He pretty much was the inventor of espionage as we know it now, and he was a very interesting character who invested his whole life in keeping the queen safe. He encountered many plots on 6 her life.”

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Smith can be found at the queen’s side as she strolls the festival grounds and presides over daily jousting competitions, but he hasn’t always been in such a high-ranking post.

Inspired by a friend who had worked at the festival in the early 1990s, Smith said he started working various jobs before catching the bug to act.

“I started back in 1995 when I worked in one of the booths. And then in 1996 I joined the cast for a few years,” he remembered. “I’ve worked probably about everything you can think of around here. I even owned a booth for a few years, as well. I made ends meet, but it wasn’t my true passion, so I went back to acting.”

It was only fitting.

Festival general manager Cheryl Bucholtz said Smith is a perfect fit for the role of Walsingham who, in real life, rose from quiet beginnings to become one of England’s power brokers in the

If you know someone who should be profiled in our Next Door feature, contact City Editor Melody Vallieu at 440-5265.

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“Maddie has been here for a long time … and he has been in the role of Walsingham for three or four years,” she said. “He’s a very dynamic person and he’s not afraid to have fun on the streets (of the festival grounds). Maddie is a really great person and is a lot of fun, and he does a phenomenal job as Walsingham.”

While walking around in 16th century attire all weekend might seem tiring — the festival goes on whether it’s 90 degrees or pouring rain — Smith said he’s inspired to perform because it brings him into contact with so many different people, both amongst the cast and the patrons.

“It’s the people.

Absolutely,” he said. “You find the most interesting people here from all walks of life. Some of the people

here … you wouldn’t even know they have high-paying jobs. They walk around here looking like a beggar.

It’s just so fascinating — so interesting and so full of life.”

And that’s something Smith said he thinks brings people back to the annual festival year after year.

“There’s something magical about this place. There are so many entertaining things here … so many different shows and it’s all so interactive,” he said. “As soon as you walk in this door, you’re part of it.”

Smith — and patrons still hoping to catch the festival before its eightweekend run ends later this month — can still be “part of it” through Oct. 21.

For directions or more information about the Ohio Renaissance Festival, visit online at www.renfestival.com.

“Some of the people here ... you wouldn’t know have high-paying jobs. They walk around here looking like a beggar.”

— Matthew Smith

The agenda for tonight’s Troy City Council meeting includes legislation for the North Market Street Improvement Project and an upgrade on the North Market Street/Piqua-Troy Road/Troy-Urbana Road intersection.

Stretching from Staunton Road to Foss Way/Kirk Lane, the improvement project is estimated at nearly $1.75 million and includes work on roadways, sidewalks and more. About 45 property owners would be footing the bill for adjacent sidewalk improvements, accessed based on front footage, which will cost a total of about $145,000.

The city of Troy would pay the cost of handicap ramps, public storm sewers, pavement improvements, water lines, curbs and intersection improvements.

At a Sept. 25 meeting, the Buildings, Streets & Sidewalks Committee recommended council approve plans for the project.

Property owners would be able to appeal the assessment to a board, which would then report to city council.

City Engineer Deborah Swan said having individual contractors, rather than an effort organized by the city, would be more costly and less efficient for a project of this size.

Council also will discuss an application for funding in 2014 that would offset costs of the North Market/PiquaTroy Road/Troy-Urbana Road intersection.

The Ohio Public Works Commission would fund up to 60 percent or $350,000 of construction costs, with the city paying the remainder.

The resolution is emergency to meet the application deadline of Oct. 5.

Also on council’s agenda: • The first reading of resolution that would allow for bidding to clean the east lime sludge lagoon, with a cost not to exceed $95,000.

• The third reading of an ordinance rezoning 722 Grant St. from light industrial district to office commercial district.

• The first reading of an ordinance amending section 103.01 to increase the number of wards in the city from four to six, to reflect the number of council members to be elected.

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Deaths • CONTINUED FROM A1 John Allen, was blunter.

“I’m mad as hell about them, to be honest with you,” Allen told CBS’ “60 Minutes” in an interview broadcast on Sunday. “It reverberates everywhere across the United States.

You know, we’re willing to sacrifice a lot for this campaign, but we’re not willing to be murdered for it.”

The insider attacks are considered one of the most serious threats to the U.S. exit strategy from the country. In its latest incarnation, that strategy has focused on training Afghan forces to take over security nationwide allowing most foreign troops to go home by the end of 2014.

As part of that drawdown, the first 33,000 U.S.

troops withdrew by the end of September, leaving 68,000 still in Afghanistan.

A decision on how many U.S. troops will remain next year will be taken after the American presidential elections. NATO currently has 108,000 troops in Afghanistan including U.S. forces down from nearly 150,000 at its peak last year.

The program to train and equip 350,000 Afghan policemen and soldiers has cost the American taxpayer more than $22 billion in the past three years.

The most recent attack came just days after Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said most U.S. and coalition combat units in Afghanistan returned to their practice of partnering with Afghan forces, nearly two weeks after the top

U.S. commander put restrictions on such cooperation.

Like so many other deaths in Afghanistan, the latest were shrouded in confusion and conflicting accounts.

On Sunday, U.S. officials confirmed the deaths of two Americans, a service member and a civilian contractor killed late Saturday.

The fighting started when insurgents attacked a checkpoint set up by U.S. forces in eastern Wardak province, said Shahidullah Shahid, a provincial government spokesman. He said the insurgents apparently used mortars in the attack. The Americans thought they were under attack from their allies at a nearby Afghan army checkpoint and fired on it. The

Afghan soldiers returned fire, Shahid said.

The Afghan Defense Ministry spokesman said the shooting broke out as a result of a “misunderstanding” while ISAF forces were on patrol near an Afghan army checkpoint.

NATO’s International Security Assistance Force, commonly referred to as ISAF, gave a different account of the fighting in Sayd Abad district.

“After a short conversation took place between (Afghan army) and ISAF personnel, firing occurred which resulted in the fatal wounding of an ISAF soldier and the death of his civilian colleague,” the coalition said in a statement. It said the three Afghan soldiers died “in an ensuing exchange of fire.”

NATO did not say

whether it considered this an “insider” attack on foreign forces by Afghan allies.

In Washington, Pentagon press secretary George Little said 2,000 deaths is one of the “arbitrary milestones defined by others ” that the U.S. administration does not mark.

“We honor all courageous Americans who have paid the ultimate sacrifice in Afghanistan to make the American people more secure,” he said. “The fact of the matter is that America is safer because of all of those who have served in this war, including our fallen heroes.”

In addition to the 2,000 Americans killed since the Afghan war began on Oct. 7, 2001, at least 1,190 more coalition troops from other

countries have also died, according to iCasualties.org, an independent organization that tracks the deaths.

According to the Afghanistan index kept by Brookings, about 40 percent of the American deaths were caused by improvised explosive devices. The majority of those were after 2009, when President Barack Obama ordered a surge that sent in 33,000 additional troops to combat heightened Taliban activity. The surge brought the total number of American troops to 101,000, the peak for the entire war.

According to Brookings, hostile fire was the second most common cause of death, accounting for nearly 31 percent of Americans killed.

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WASHINGTON (AP) If you or an elderly relative have been hospitalized recently and noticed extra attention when the time came to be discharged, there’s more to it than good customer service.

As of Monday, Medicare will start fining hospitals that have too many patients readmitted within 30 days of discharge due to complications. The penalties are part of a broader push under President Barack Obama’s health care law to improve quality while also trying to save taxpayers money.

About two-thirds of the hospitals serving Medicare patients, or some 2,200 facilities, will be hit with penalties averaging around $125,000 per facility this coming year, according to government estimates.

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Becoming “breast aware� is the first step toward each of these goals. The Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation recommends that women of all ages become familiar with the feeling and contours of their breasts at different points throughout their menstrual cycle. This provides a baseline of information, so that any disease-driven changes will stand out. It is recommended that women aged 50-69 have regular mammograms, a free breast cancer screening procedure for women in that age range in Canada.

Prevention is part of being breast aware as well. The Breast Cancer Fund’s State of The Evidence 2010 reports the results of scientific studies which have shown a connection between environmental factors — such as the use of hormones and endocrine-disrupting compounds in some consumer products and pharmaceuticals — and breast cancer. Exercising regularly and eating a diet rich in whole-grain foods, fruits, and vegetables are also central to keeping the body healthy and strong on the long term.

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Data to assess the penalties have been collected and crunched, and Medicare has shared the results with individual hospitals. Medicare plans to post details online later in October, and people can look up how their community hospitals performed by using the agency’s “Hospital Compare� website.

It adds up to a new way of doing business for hospitals, and they have scrambled to prepare for well over a year. They are working on ways to improve communication with rehabilitation centers and doctors who follow patients after they’re released, as well as connecting individually with patients. “There is a lot of activity at the hospital level to straighten out our internal

processes,� said Nancy Foster, vice president for quality and safety at the American Hospital Association. “We are also spreading our wings a little and reaching outside the hospital, to the extent that we can, to make sure patients are getting the ongoing treatment they need.�

Still, industry officials say they have misgivings about being held liable for circumstances beyond their control. They also complain that facilities serving low-income people, including many major teaching hospitals, are much more likely to be fined, raising questions of fairness. “Readmissions are partially within the control of the hospital and partially within the control of oth-

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Word of the Week paragraph — a self-contained unit of a discourse in writing dealing with a particular point or idea

Newspaper Knowledge Survey your classmates or your family to find out which sections of the newspaper are everyone’s favorites.

Make a graph of the results. If you were going to add a new section to the newspaper, what would it be? Why? Which section do you think young people read most often?

Go online to find out about newspapers that have special sections written for or by young people. Write a report telling what you learned about these sections. Do you think they are a good idea?

Printing and Delivering the News Most newspapers today use some kind of offset printing.

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News is hard to define. One definition says that something is news if it has "the quality of being sufficiently interesting to be reported in news bulletins." Of course, that is a pretty broad area. News might be anything from a natural disaster to a human achievement or failure – or even something that is just so odd and funny it makes the news.

News also has been defined this way: When dog bites man, it's not news; when man bites dog, it is. Can you see the difference?

Talk about it with your class or your family.

As you read the newspaper, you might wonder why certain stories are in the news and why some of those are on the front page. Each day, editors decide which stories to include and which to place on page one.

Know your newspaper.

Get to know your newspaper by going on a scavenger hunt to find each of these items. Write the page number on which you found each one.

Index page ____________________ A help-wanted ad page ____________________ A photo of a politician page ____________________ An example of good news page ____________________ A funny comic strip page ____________________ A display ad for clothing page ____________________ The name of a foreign country page ____________________ The weather report page ____________________ Stories get into the newspaper for lots of different reasons Choose a story from today's front page and analyze it for each of the following reasons. You may want to do some Internet research to help you investigate further and answer each question about the story.

Headline of your chosen story: __________________________ __________________________ Timeliness: Is it happening right now? __________________________

__________________________ Relevance: Is it of local interest? __________________________ __________________________ Magnitude: Is it a story that affects a great number of people? __________________________ __________________________ Unexpectedness: Is it unusual, or did it happen without warning? __________________________ __________________________ Conflict: Does the story invoke a major struggle? __________________________ __________________________ Continuity: Is the story following up on an earlier story? __________________________ __________________________ Emotion: Are emotions such as fear, jealousy, love and hate involved? __________________________ __________________________ Progress: Is it a story of new hope or achievement? __________________________ __________________________

Newspaper Sections No two newspapers are exactly alike. A newspaper reflects its community. What the newspaper looks like, then, depends on where it is and what is important to its community. The community essentially “builds” its newspaper based on its values.

Sections vary from newspaper to newspaper. Most newspapers have sections for local news, national news and international news to tell readers what is currently happening. Most newspapers have a features section that informs readers about the day-today life of the community. There, readers find human-interest stories and information about upcoming events. While the news sections deal mostly with facts, the features section offers a perspective beyond just the facts.

Most newspapers also have a sports section, in which readers can follow their favorite teams locally and beyond. You might find a food section in your newspaper, with recipes as well as ads for

local supermarkets.

All of these sections allow readers to customize their newspaper reading experience. They can choose to read what interests them. The sections also give advertisers the power to reach the audience they most want.

Here’s an example. A 2006 report from the Newspaper Association of America (NAA) shows that of women in the to 50 newspaper markets, 86 percent read the main news section. But only 45 percent of the women read the sports section. If you were promoting a product for women, then wouldn’t you want to place your ad in the news section, where more women would be likely to see it?

What do you think is the most widely read section of the newspaper? The same NAA report reveals that it’s main news with 86 percent of all adult readers, followed by local news with 83 percent.

Glossary of Terms Here is a glossary of newspaper words and terms. How many examples of these can you find in today's newspaper?

The Associated Press (AP) – a cooperative, worldwide newsgathering service.

Assignment – any newsgathering task given to a reporter.

Banner – a headline stretching across the top of a page.

Beat – a reporter's regular assignment, such as a city hall beat or police beat, or a geographic area.

Caption – text accompanying a photo or illustration; also call a cutline.

Circulation – the total number of copies of a publication distributed in one day.

Classified advertising – ads arranged according to the product or service advertised.

Display ad – advertising other than classifieds.

Ears – space at the top of the front page on each side of the newspaper's name where weather news, an index to pages or announcements of special features appear.

Editorial – an article that expresses the opinion of the newspaper's editors.

First Amendment – the first article of the Bill of Rights, guaranteeing U.S. residents freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly and petition.

Flag – the printed title of a newspaper at the top of the front page Gutter – the space or margin between facing pages, or the vertical space between any two columns of print.

Human interest story – a lighter story as opposed to a "hard news" or "breaking news" story.

Index – the outline of the newspaper's contents.

Jump – to continue a story from one page to another.

Kicker – small headline, often in italics.

Letter to the editor – a letter in which a reader expresses his or her views in the newspaper.

Masthead – a newspaper's state of ownership, place of publication, executive personnel and other information.

Newsprint – a grade of paper sometimes made from recycled paper and wood pulp, used for printing newspapers.

Obit – a biography of a recently deceased person; short for obituary.

Op-ed – space for comment facing (opposite) the editorial page.

Publisher – the chief executive of a newspaper.

Put to bed – a printer's term meaning that all the pages of an edition are completed and the presses are ready to roll.

Quotes – the portion of a story that shows exactly what a source told the reporter.

Review – a writer's critical evaluation of an artistic event, such as a movie or play.

Scoop – an exclusive story or photograph.

Sidebar – a secondary news story that supports or amplifies a major story.

Subhead – a small, one-line headline inserted in the body of a story.

Tabloid – a newspaper of small page size.

Tip – information that may lead to a story.

United Press International (UPI) – a worldwide newsgathering service.

Wire copy – editorial content supplied by outside sources, transmitted across a wire network.

Notable Newspaper Quotations “The newspaper fits the reader’s program while the listener must fit the broadcaster’s program.”

— Kingman Brewster “There is an urgent need for Americans to look deeply into themselves and their actions, and musical poetry is perhaps the most effective mirror available. Every newspaper headline is a potential song.”

— Phil Ochs “You can never get all the facts from just one newspaper, and unless you have all the facts, you cannot make proper judgements about what is going on.”

— Harry S. Truman “Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.”

— Thomas Jefferson

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Good vision Companies find it pays to and school go offer exercise, good foods hand-in-hand Lauren Grillot For the Troy Daily News come back to it if there is time, but what if that line doesn’t get skipped on the scan sheet? This results in subsequent bubbles being filled in incorrectly.

And speaking of time constraints, children with vision problems need extra time to decipher what their inconsistent vision is telling them.

This only worsens as the hours roll on.

What about the child who is already struggling in school because of a vision problem. For these students, there is additional anxiety to test taking. They are afraid this test will just confirm they are “dumb” or “stupid” when that is not the case at all! Kids do not know that words are letters are not supposed to double or blur when reading because it has been this way their whole life.

The most shocking part of this is that one in four children has a vision problem that interferes with reading and learning and most of these kids can read the 20/20 line perfectly.

They pass school vision screenings with flying colors. If your child is not reaching their potential, consider the possibility that there is an underlying vision problem and have a functional vision assessment performed by an optometrist who specializes in this area.

Lauren Grillot is an optometrist at Troy Vision Therapy working with children and adults who have vision problems that interfere with reading, learning and working.

If you interested in see whether your child’s school struggles are related to a vision problem, come in during the month of October for a free computer analysis of how the eyes function while reading. Call Troy Vision Therapy for an appointment at (937) 875-2151.

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BrainStorm strives to keep a lively, and inspiring office atmosphere, and sometimes that includes random events like dodgeball, dance-offs, crab walk races and more. Pictured, left to right: Tyler Rogers, David Grimsman, Jason Eggett and Jourdan Strain. physical or emotional health reasons — takes an enormous toll on worker productivity. Citing other research, Merrill said presenteeism accounts for about 63 percent of wasted worker productivity, and absenteeism explains the rest.

According to the study, productivity problems show up more often in women and in people who are separated, divorced or widowed.

High-school graduates and people with some college experience also show lower levels of productivity. Service, clerical and other office occupations seem to give rise to presenteeism, he said.

“Given the trends that we see in health and the economy, my guess is that presenteeism is getting worse and will continue (to worsen) unless employers are sensitive to the issue and are making some of the changes that are suggested in this (study),” Merrill said.

The biggest cause of presenteeism was having too much to do and not enough time to do it. Next in line were personal problems, technology issues and financial stress. That was a revelation, Merrill said.

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Presenteeism isn’t an issue at Brainstorm, where life hardly could be better, Milne said. The 32-employee company occupies an office building in the shadow of Mount Timpanogos, the second-highest peak in the Wasatch Range.

Employees are allowed to manage their work hours as they see fit, as long as they get their work done on time and are in the office when someone needs to see them.

“I can’t say we’ve invested time and money in formal studies, but we have seen just in the bottom line, in the culture and in the revenue how much more effective it is to give the responsibility (of time management) back to the employees, and trust them, and make sure we provide the tools they need to be successful,” Milne said.

“I can tell you that certainly it makes sense, seeing how successful the company has been.”

At Usana, more than 600 employees have access to the company’s basketball court, 6,000-squarefoot gym, personal trainers, climbing walls and yoga instructors any time during the day.

Cafeteria food is glutenfree and made from organic ingredients. Fresh fruit is free for the taking. The fare is so good and plentiful that members of the U.S. speed-skating team eat there at least once a week, Macuga said.

“Job satisfaction at the company is at its highest.

In regard to health-care costs, we do see on average a lower cost to the company as a result of all these things. We do believe it’s because we walk the walk and talk the talk,” he said.

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The Ohio Achievement Tests are months away, and most parents and teachers I know cringe at the thought of them; however, it is not too early to start thinking about how to get your child to perform to their potential.

This is of even greater importance if they have a history of doing poorly on this type of test in the past.

How is it that many bright students do not perform up to their potential on these standardized tests? There is so much more that goes into test taking than just using acquired knowledge. One aspect that is overlooked is the importance of good vision.

Just being able to read the 20/20 line of the eye chart is not enough.

Consider the following points to determine whether a child’s poor test performance is actually an indication of a vision problem.

Standardized testing is hours of concentrated near work. In a classroom, a child may be asked to do a near task for only 20-30 minutes before getting a break and allowing the eyes to rest.

If the visual system gets fatigued, sore eyes, headaches and even blurred vision can greatly impact the performance on the second half of testing.

Students who have trouble focusing their eyes to see small print at close distance can very easily misread questions or answers on the tiny scan sheets.

Words that look similar such as “robot” and “rabbit” can change the entire meaning of a sentence. This problem does not only affect words, it can cause decimal places to appear in difference places or be missed altogether.

Tracking problems bring about an entirely new set of difficulties to overcome when it comes to the scan answer sheets. The hundreds of tiny bubbles appear overwhelming to someone who cannot track their eyes across the line to the correct bubble. With the time constraints, children have been taught to skip a difficult problem and

Sandwiched between office meetings and sales calls, Usana Health Sciences employees blow off steam at the nutritional company’s gym, shoot hoops at the basketball court, work with a yoga coach or relax in the cafeteria with a healthy salad and a bowl of soup.

At Brainstorm Inc., people manage stress with impromptu dance contests, foosball games and dodgeball matches.

“We like to take those spontaneous breaks throughout the day, where everyone can get up out of their desks and take a few minutes to get a little exercise,” said Chandler Milne, part of the software training company’s marketing team. “It’s just one of those little things that help employees reset.”

Neither company has done a productivity study or a cost-benefit analysis to prove that these and other office diversions help their bottom lines. They just know. Productivity is high, turnover is low and health insurance for employees is cheaper than the norm, they say. Their companies are growing while their employees’ waistlines are shrinking.

“My personal opinion is, the health and the happiness of your employees is definitely a reflection of the productivity of the company, that it’s the wisest investment that any company could make,” Usana spokesman Dan Macuga said. “The bottom line, is you want to make a place where people want to work.”

Without realizing it, Usana and Brainstorm have internalized many of the lessons arising from a new study published in the journal Population Health Management by several researchers led by Ray Merrill, a health-science professor at Brigham Young University.

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• CLUB MEETING: The Brukner Nature Gem Club will meet at 7 p.m. at Brukner Nature Center. Terry Huizing, adjunct curator of geology at the University of Cincinnati Museum will speak on “Field Trip and Fireworks,” regarding a recent geology trip to Poland.

• KNIGHTS OF THE BLIND: The famous speech

by Helen Keller inspiring the Lions clubs to be the “knights of the blind” will be re-enacted by Jackie Christensen of Canal Winchester at Brukner Nature Center. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. and the speech will begin at 7 p.m.

The event is sponsored jointly by the Piqua Lions Club and the Troy Lions Club. For more information, call Diane Miller at (937)

• SUPPORT GROUP: A Mom and Baby Get Together support group for Community breastfeeding mothers is offered weekly at Upper Calendar Valley Medical Center from 9:30-11 a.m. at the CONTACT US Farmhouse located northwest of the main hospital entrance. The meetings are facilitated by the lactaCall Melody tion department.

Vallieu at Participants can meet 440-5265 to other moms, share about being a new mother and list your free learn more about breastcalendar feeding and their babies. items.You For more information, call (937) 440-4906. can send • COMMISSION MEETyour news by e-mail to ING: The members of the vallieu@tdnpublishing.com.

Public Defenders Commission will meet at 11 a.m. at the office of the public defender, 201 W. 606-2259.

Main St., Troy. On the agenda is the pro• DISCOVERY WALK: A morning disposal to continue the employment of John covery walk for adults will be from 8-9:30 E. Hemm as a re-remployed retirant. a.m. at Aullwood Audubon Center, 1000 Civic agendas Aullwood Road, Dayton. Tom Hissong, • Monroe Township Board of Trustees education coordinator, will lead walkers as will meet at 7 p.m. at the Township they experience the wonderful seasonal Building.

• The Tipp City Council will meet at 7:30 changes taking place. Bring binoculars. p.m. at the Government Center.

OCT. 5-6 • The Piqua City Commission will meet at 7:30 p.m. at City Hall.

• The Troy City Council will meet at 7 • GARAGE SALE: The Tipp City p.m. in the meeting room in Council Seniors, 320 S. First St., will have a Chambers. garage and bake sale from 9 a.m. to 4 • The Staunton Township Trustees will p.m. meet at 7:30 p.m. in the Staunton OCT. 5 Township building.

• Covington Board of Public Affairs will meet at 4 p.m. in the Water Department • CHICKEN FRY: The Pleasant Hill office located at 123 W. Wright St., VFW Post No. 6557, 7578 W. Fenner Covington.

Road, Ludlow Falls, will offer a three-piece • The Potsdam Village Council will meet chicken dinner with french fries and macaat 7 p.m. in the village offices. roni salad for $7 from 6-8 p.m. Chicken livers also will be available.

• FALL FAIR: Newton’s 82nd annual TUESDAY Fall Fair will be begin at 4:30 p.m. and will include a pork dinner, tractor display, • ANNUAL MEETING: The annual cruise in, petting zoo and more. There will meeting of the Miami County Agriculture be a pulled pork dinner beginning at 5 Society will be at 7 p.m. at the secretary’s p.m. in the school cafeteria offered for $7, office. and children’s meals will be $5. The • TINY TOTS: A Tiny Tots program will Newton High School Marching Band will be from 1-1:30 p.m. at the Milton-Union perform its contest show “The Game of Public Library. The interactive program is Life” at 6 p.m. for children birth to 3 and their parents.

• CRUISE IN: Newton’s second annual Civic agenda cruise-in will be held during the 82nd • The Concord Township Trustees will annual Fall Fair. Any vehicle of historical meet at 10 a.m. at the Concord Township or unique value is welcome to attend.

Memorial Building, 1150 Horizon West Registration will be free of charge and will Court, Troy. begin at 4:30 p.m. The first 50 vehicles registered will receive a dash plaque and WEDNESDAY a half priced pulled pork meal. Rain or shine.

• PERI MEETING: The Miami County • PORK OR CHICKEN: The AMVETS Chapter of Ohio Public Employee Retirees Ladies Auxiliary Post No. 88, 3449 will meet at 11:30 a.m. St. John’s Lutheran LeFevre Road, Troy, will offer a pulled pork Church, 248 Wood St., Piqua. Lunch is or shredded chicken sandwich with a $10, payable at the door. Reservations choice of vegetable or potato soup, or needed no later than Sept. 27 by calling salad bar and dessert beginning at 5:30 Beth at 335-2771. A scheduled speaker is p.m. an OPERS representative discussing legislative issues. Any area public employee or OCT. 6 public employee retiree is invited to attend.

• SUPPORT GROUP: The Miami• PRAYER BREAKFAST: The Troy Shelby Ostomy Support Group will mee at Men’s Community Prayer Breakfast will be 7 p.m. at Conference Room A on the lower offered at 7:30 a.m. at Richards Chapel, level of the Upper Valley Medical Center, West McKaig Avenue, Troy. Harry 3130 N. County Road 25-A, Troy. The guest Jackson’s 94th birthday will be celebrated speakers will be nursing students from with cake and a visit from Troy Mayor Edison Community College. For more inforMichael Beamish. mation, call (937) 440-4706.

• MELODY MEN: The 2012 annual • KIWANIS MEETING: The Kiwanis Melody Men Show, “The Church of What’s Club of Troy will meet from noon to 1 p.m.

Up With That? Revival” will be offered at at the Troy Country Club. Chipe Hare, 1:30 and 7:30 p.m. in the Troy High School director of admissions, and Dr. Thomas auditorium. A quest quartet, Rusty Pipes, Martinez, head basketball coach, both of the 2012 International Seniors Quartet Edison Community College, will be the champions, also will perform. Tickets are speakers. They will speak on the new $12 in advance and $15 at the door, stubaseball program at the school. For more dents are $5. For tickets, call (937) 667information, contact Donn Craig, vice presi6750. dent, at (937) 418-1888.

• CLOTHING GIVEAWAY: Troy • SUPPORT GROUP: The Miami Valley Christian Church will offer its annual free Troy Chapter of the National Alzheimer’s closing giveaway from 9 a.m. to noon at Association Caregiver Support Group will the church, 1440 E. State Route 55, Troy. meet from 4-5:30 p.m. at the Church of the They will have coats, clothing and houseNazarene, 1200 Barnhart Road, Troy. Use hold linens and more. For more informathe entrance at the side of the building. tion, call 335-8731.

For more information, call the Alzheimer’s • CREATURE FEATURE: The Virginia Association at (937) 291-3332. opposum wll be the featured animal from Civic agendas 2-4 p.m. at Brukner Nature Center. Join • The Elizabeth Township Trustees will staff and volunteers as they discover the meet at 8 p.m. in the township building, purpose behind that hairless tail and other 5710 Walnut Grove Road, Troy. interesting opossum adaptations.

• The village of West Milton Planning • SPAGHETTI DINNER: The Troy Post Board will meet at 7:30 p.m. in council No. 43 baseball will offer an all-you-canchambers. eat spaghetti dinner from 3:30-7 p.m. at 622 S. Market St., Troy. The meal also will THURSDAY include salad bar, rolls, dessert and soft drink or coffee. Meals will be $6.75 for • COMMITTEE TO MEET: The Fort adults and $4 for children under 12.

Rowdy Gathering Committee will meet at • FREE CONCERT: Big Daddy Weave, 7:30 p.m. in the Covington Park. one of the top 10 most played artists at • SENIOR LUNCHEON: The A.B. Christian radio, will perform a free concert Graham Memoral Center, Conover, will at 6:30 p.m. at the Fort Rowdy Gathering have its senior luncheon at 11 a.m. The in Covington Community Park. For more program will be “Forgotten Communities” information, visit

by Doug Christian, retired county engiwww.BigDaddyWeave.com. neer. Lunch will begin at noon at be $6.

• RIB DINNER: The Pleasant Hill VFW Call (937) 368-3700 for reservations.

Post No. 6557, 7578 W. Fenner Road, • WIENER ROAST: The Tipp City Ludlow Falls, will offer country-style barbeSeniors will host a wiener roast at noon at cue ribs, macaroni and cheese and a vegthe Roundhouse at City Park, Tipp City. etable for $9 from 5 -7 p.m.

Participants are asked to bring table serv• PANCAKE BREAKFAST: The ice, a covered dish to share and beverage. Pleasant Hill United Church of Christ will • HISTORIAN TO SPEAK: Scott hold a pancake and sausage breakfast Trostel, historian and transportation, spefrom 8-11 a.m. The cost is $4 for the stancialist will be at the Milton-Union Public dard adult breakfast of pancakes, Library. He will speak from 6:30-8 p.m. sausage, juice and coffee, tea or milk. about the early railroads through Miami Meals are all the pancakes you can eat County. and free drink refills.

Troy Foundation awards grants TROY — At its September 2012 meeting, the Distribution Committee of The Troy Foundation reviewed 24 grant applications and awarded 22 organizations a total of $137,188.47 in grants.

Grants were awarded to the following: • Adult Basic and Literacy Education — $2,000 for mobile technology cart • Troy Police Department — $10,000 for Tactical Response Team vests • First United Church of Christ — $6,000 for Backpack Food Program • Habitat for Humanity — $10,000 for Builds and Repairs for 2013 • Leadership Troy — $2,000 Leadership Troy Directory for 2012 • Miami County Recovery Council — $4,680 Community Awareness Newsletter • Miami Montessori School — $3,000 for Artist in Residence program • Overfield Early Childhood Program Inc. —

$2,600 Visiting Artist program • St. Patrick Soup Kitchen — $40,000 Construction Project • Staunton Community Grange — $2,100 dictionaries for third graders • Pop Rocks Jump Rope — $5,460 warm-up suits, shoes and gear bags • Troy Community Works — $4,000 Make a Difference Day • Troy Development Council — $14,000 Professional Employee Recruitment program • Troy Lions charities — $2,500 for Sight Conservation for Troy residents • Troy Public Broadcasting — $2,500 for new editing system • Troy-Miami County Public Library — $6,448.89 for new materials for Bookmobile • Miami County Park District — $10,000 for Science Alive!

• Banana Slug Miami County Victim Witness Program — $2,000 replacement clothing for victims

• Dayton Art Institute — $1,344 for post-tour workshop for Troy students • Goodwill Easter Seals - $2,555.58 for assistive technology for Troy Adult Day Support • Ohio Federation of K9 Search Teams — $2,000 K9 SAR Teams Training Workshop • Ohio CPA Foundation — $2,000 F.E.T.C.H. program in Troy City Schools Grants were awarded from the Troy Foundation General Fund, Fifth Third Fund for Arts and Culture, and the Clyde and Kathryn Marr Fund.

The Distribution Committee meets quarterly to review grant applications. The deadline for submitting grants to be reviewed at that meeting at 3 p.m. Nov. 15.

Charitable 501 (c) 3 organizations may apply.

Grant applications and information are available on the foundation’s website at www.thetroyfoundation.org at the officeat 216 W. Franklin St., Troy, or by calling 339-8935.

Art of Nature fundraiser upcoming TROY — Brukner Nature Center’s Art of Nature signature fundraiser will be offered from 4:307:30 p.m. Oct. 14.

Discover the artful quilt designs of West Milton native Kathryn Wagar Wright as participants

enjoy hors d’oeuvres, fine wines and unique auction items. Tickets are $50 per person and can be purchased in advance or at the door.

Proceeds support Brukner Nature Center’s on-going efforts to promote

the appreciation and understanding of wildlife conservation through preservation, education and rehabilitation.

For more information, call (937) 698-6493 or email at info@bruknernaturecenter.com.

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“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”

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EDITORIAL ROUNDUP Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on Syria’s misery as the war continues with nation and world divided: It is clear both from the international news and from the likely agenda of the United Nations General Assembly, opening in New York, that the miserable situation in Syria remains front and center in terms of attention, but so far absent a viable solution.

Estimates now run that some 30,000 people have died in Syria over the past 18 months, most of them civilians. …

In the meantime, it is clear that the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Asad has no intention of stepping down. Part of the reason is that the fate of his Alawite Islamic sect is tied to his own remaining in power.

A second clear fact is that the Syrian opposition is not united — it is, in fact, divided into at least four or five factions — and thus does not present either a coherent bargaining partner if someone could cobble together serious intra-Syrian negotiations. Nor does the disunity of the Syrian opposition present any realistic hope that a successor regime to the al-Asad government, if one could be put together, would be able to provide responsible rule to Syria, a nation of 21 million.

A third critical fact is that the outside world, quite rightly, shows no disposition to intervene in Syria militarily to impose peace, negotiations, an agreement among the different factions, and sustainable long-term government there.

There are at least two reasons for this international reluctance to intervene. …

Effective international intervention on the diplomatic level remains difficult to achieve because of the differences of opinion that exist among the major diplomatic players. That split remains, roughly, the United States, the West, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Turkey against China, Iran, Iraq and Russia, a formidable split in international terms.

One barrier to a unified international approach to the Syria problem remains U.S. opposition, prompted by Israel, of the inclusion of Iran, Syria’s closest ally, in an international package approach to resolving the problem. That position is unlikely to change. For that and other reasons the bloody conflict in Syria is thus likely to continue.

The Daily Star, Beirut, on President Barack Obama’s speech at United Nations: A rough translation to English of lyrics to a popular Arabic song goes something like this: “When I hear your words I am fascinated, When I see your actions I am flabbergasted.”

These are the sentiments of many people in this part of the world on the occasion of Tuesday’s speech by President Barack Obama before the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

They might also apply to past addresses there by Obama’s predecessors George Bush, Bill Clinton, and other presidents over the past several decades.

The verbal prowess might differ, but the content is usually the same.

In addressing a number of key issues, Obama sorely needed to set down a road map for implementation - otherwise, his appearance on the world stage was a useful lesson in speechmaking, but not in politics.

In fact, the speech was an exercise in repetition, but with unintended irony.

In the past he has supported worthy efforts, such as a peaceful resolution of the Palestine issue, or better relations with the Muslim world these goals were tackled during his speech at the U.N. last year, and at the outset of his term, during his famous speech in Cairo. But ironically, conditions back then were more conducive to achieving progress than they are today.

Obama might feel obliged to hold forth on the burning issues of the day, such as Palestine, the Arab Spring, Syria and Iran. However, he merely appeased the usual suspects — the American public and Israel — while failing to offer anything new.

When a politician who enjoys the stature and resources that Obama does makes a decision to talk about the burning issues of the day, he should be prepared to make an effort to put out the fire. Otherwise, the difference between words and actions will lose him more and more of the audience.

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percent annualized pace — slower than at any time in nearly 60 years.”

They go on to point out that To the Editor: the Bush Administration’s fedI am writing in response to eral spending from 2006-09 Mrs. Mary Ellen McKinley’s was 8.1 percent and in the Sept. 24 letter to the editor. period between 2002-05, it was While I fully agree with percent. Whenever someone 7.3 Mrs. McKinley’s statement that tells me that our national debt we need to “stop this out of or federal spending will control spending,” I’d disagree improve under Romney, I ask that Mitt Romney and Josh for specific evidence and an Mandel can “put us on the accurate description of right track,” especially in light Romney’s domestic economic of a few facts: policies. So far, no one has been According to the Office of able to provide such a descripManagement and Budget, the tion.

Congressional Budget Office After all, Romney has so far and Haver Analytics, the refused to say much at all Obama Administration has about this topic and has, in seen the slowest increase in fact, stated that if he were to federal spending in decades. publicly outline his plans, he According to these sources, wouldn’t get elected. As for “government spending under Obama, including his signature Josh Mandel, I wouldn’t be so quick to trust him, either. As stimulus bill, is rising at a 1.4

treasurer, he hired three unqualified friends to work for him at taxpayer expense. He missed 12 important Board of Depositor’s meetings. Finally, he has received six “Pants on Fire” rulings from Politifact – more than any other politician running in this year’s general election.

The choice is clear: elect Romney and Mandel if you want to return our country to the policies that got us in trouble in the first place — or reelect Obama who, with the help of Sherrod Brown and a Democratic Congress, will continue to move our country forward. Choose your candidate based on facts and evidence — not inaccurate and empty political rhetoric.

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I don’t phone home (or anywhere else) on the iPhone 5 Have you run right out and bought your iPhone 5 yet?

As you might suspect, I have not. I also have not run out and bought an iPhone 4, an iPhone 3, an iPhone 2, or, what one presumes is the original, the iPhone 1. But millions of other people have. Some of these millions are not amused. These are the people who are wandering around aimlessly because apparently, the map app is not all it should be.

Remember the good old days when you could get lost all by yourself? You took off in your car with a vague idea of where you wanted to end up. If you were on the cutting edge of technology, you had an atlas with you.

Large print if you were of a certain age and willing to pay extra.

In the atlas, alphabetized for your convenience, were all the states of the union. Mexico and Canada, too, if you were willing to upgrade just a little more. Or, you could wing it like a person of my acquaintance did. This person lived in Dayton. She wanted to go to West Virginia.

Unfortunately, she did not know where West Virginia was. This is in no way an indictment of the quality of the geography taught

Marla Boone Troy Daily News Columnist in Dayton schools, but still.

When she got to the interstate highway, she assumed any place called West Virginia must be to the west so that is the direction she went. Thank goodness she didn’t start her journey from California.

The above method would get you in the general vicinity of your destination. Then you had to rely on verbal directions from someone you hoped was reliable.

This is harder than it sounds.

Most people are lousy at giving directions. Ask three different people how to get somewhere and you will get three wildly different answers. You will be told your target is 5 miles away. Or 10. You will be told to make your way through five traffic lights.

— Amy Sparks Troy

Or none. You will be told it is on the north side of the road. Or the south. Or the east.Or the west.

Also, “Turn left where the brick house used to be” is not helpful to anyone who wasn’t in attendance when the brick house still stood. You follow verbal directions at your own peril.

Steve and I were once on a fishing trip to Ontario. Canada is a very big place mostly, it appeared to us, comprised of Ontario. True to form, we got close to where we wanted to be but just could not find our way to the lake. As we were cruising through a little no-name town, we happened upon two Canadian gentlemen who we decided looked as though they could help us. We reached this conclusion because they were the only two human beings on an otherwise deserted street.

Almost immediately it became apparent these two men were drunker than hoot owls. To fuel their inebriated state, they were chowing down on pork rinds as fast as they could. It is my opinion that only someone really really really drunk can endure the taste of pork rinds, but I digress. Every time one of them

would expound with a distance or a route number or any other unhelpful hint, the monologue would be shrouded in a fine spray of macerated pork rinds.

They were just sober enough to tell we still did not understand how to get to our lake.

These kind, generous souls said they would lead us there … just follow them.

They took off and we took off right in their exhaust trail.

Pretty soon we were approximately in the middle of nowhere.

The thought did cross our minds that we were being led to our grisly deaths by a pair of previously-unreported Canadian serial killers. Then we realized they were so drunk we could bop them over the head with one of the empties in their truck and make good our escape.

Apparently, the native homing reflex is undamaged by 80-proof Canadian Club. We were delivered, unscathed, to the fish camp and our good Samaritans drove out of sight. Probably off to buy more pork rinds.

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Mauk to speak Nov. 8 TROY — The speaker event “Recessions and Depressions Causes and Cures” with Jim Mauk will be from 7-9 p.m. Nov. 8 at the Troy-Hayner Cultural Center, 301 W. Main St., Troy.

It was rescheduled from a previous date. This timely presentation uses basic economic concepts to examine current economic problems and policies.

Discussion will address unemployment, the budget deficit, tax policy, and other current issues suggested by the audience. Mauk comes from the Akron area and has taught college for 15 years at Miami University and also the University of Missouri. He has a bachelor of science and master’s degree in arts from Miami University and was an energy economist for 25 years in the corporate world.

He is now retired and resides in Piqua and is currently teaching classes at Hayner.

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Please call 339-0457 for more information or check out Hayners website at www.troyhayner.org.

Jordan Inman, Haleigh Maggert and Madeline Davis. The team placed 17th out of 26 teams.

Etherington was the high individual from Miami FFA students East, placing 34 out of 182 compete individuals.

The contest consisted of MONTGOMERY evaluating four soils pit for COUNTY — On Sept. 26, slope, erosion, drainage, members of the Miami East FFA Chapter compet- depth and soil texture.

Also, the contestants took a ed in the District 5 Soils written test and answered Judging Contest in Montgomery County at the questions from the Soil Survey of Montgomery Sycamore State Park.

County.

The Montgomery County Soil and Water Conservation District coor- RC fly in set dinated the event. at WACO The Urban Soils team consisted of Braxton TROY — The WACO RC Donaldson, Daniel Everett, Barnstormers eighth annuLevi Reid, Miranda al fly-in will be from 10 Maggart, Hunter Sharp, a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 22 at Kelsey Kirchner, Katrina WACO Historical Society Bendickson and Trent Field, 1865 S. County Road Church. The team placed 25-A, Troy. Spectators are eight out of 20 teams. invited at no charge and Church was the highest should bring lawn chairs. placing individual from There will be a $5 pilot Miami East, placing 22 out landing fee for participants, of 131 individuals. which can include electric The Rural Soils team to giant scale models. Food consisted of Haley also will be available and Etherington, Kayden the museum will be open Gustin, Chase Fulghum, for visitors.

POLICE REPORTS Information provided by the Miami County Sheriff’s Office: Sept. 26 • Resident approaches would-be thieves with shotgun: Miami County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to the 5600 block of State Route 571, Tipp City, when a resident called and advised someone was stealing things out of their barn.

The resident told dispatch that her husband was walking to the barn with a

shotgun to confront the subjects. Deputies arrived and approached a car where a male was outside of the vehicle and a female was inside the car. The resident waved his arms at the officer to back off.

When asked if he was the resident who called 9-11, the resident started yelling at the deputy and told the officer to go sit down and was very uncooperative. The officer spoke with the young male and female who admitted to

stealing property from the barn when the resident approached them with a shotgun. The young male said they put everything back in the barn and said they were sorry.

The resident calmed down and advised he was tired of people stealing his property and wanted something done, but did not want to press charges against the two people. The young male and young female were released at the wishes of the resident.

mix, ranch packet, mixed vegetables, pears, milk.

Friday — Country steak sandwich, baked beans, celery sticks, grapes milk.

• COVINGTON HIGH SCHOOL Tuesday — Grilled chicken sandwich, sweet fries, broccoli with cheese, fruit mix, orange slices, Goldfish crackers, milk.

Wednesday — Chicken and noodles, mashed potatoes, carrot sticks, applesauce, pineapple whole grain roll, milk.

Thursday — Stuffed crust pizza, romaine salad mix, mixed vegetables, pears, fruit mix, milk.

Friday — Country steak sandwich, baked beans, celery and carrots, grapes, applesauce cup, milk.

• MIAMI EAST SCHOOLS Tuesday — Chinese chicken, rice, cherry cobbler, peas, milk.

Wednesday — Soft taco with lettuce, cheese, tomatoes, carrots with dip, grapes, milk.

Thursday — Popcorn chicken, green beans, mixed fruit, butter bread, milk.

Friday — Pizza, salad, sherbet, milk.

• NEWTON ELEMENTARY Tuesday — Popcorn chicken, whole wheat dinner roll, carrots/corn, peaches/apple, milk.

Wednesday — Nachos and cheese with taco meat, refried beans, salad, mixed fruit/oranges, milk.

Thursday — Pita pocket

peaches/apple, milk, orange juice.

Wednesday — Nachos and cheese with taco meat, refried beans, salad, mixed fruit/oranges, milk, grape juice.

Thursday — Junior high/senior high: Salad bar, pita pocket with meat, cheese slice, lettuce, tomatoes, diced pears/apples, milk, apple juice.

Friday — Bosco Sticks, pizza with dipping sauce, broccoli/green beans, applesauce/grapes, milk, orange juice.

PIQUA CITY SCHOOLS K-8: Tuesday — Sesame chicken with rice, California casserole, fruit, fortune cookie, milk.

Wednesday — Pepperoni and cheese pizza sticks, marinara sauce, fruit, spinach strawberry salad, milk.

Thursday — Walking taco, fruit, cowboy salsa, tortilla chips, milk.

Friday — Chicken nuggets, fruit, sweet potato fries, green beans and carrots, milk.

PIQUA CITY SCHOOLS 9-12: Tuesday — Sesame chicken stir fry with rice, California blend, fruit, cookie, milk.

Wednesday — Pepperoni pizza, fruit, tossed salad, green beans, milk.

Thursday — Beef and refried bean burrito, cowboy sauce, fruit, tortilla scoops, milk.

Friday — Spicy chicken

Friday — Sloppy joe sandwich, bake beans, fruit, milk.

• TROY CITY SCHOOLS Tuesday — Hip Dipper, dinner roll, mashed potatoes with gravy, celery sticks, fruit, milk.

Wednesday — Pizza, broccoli florets, carrot snacks, sidekick fruit slushie, milk.

Thursday — Beef rib barbecue, french fries, carrot snacks, fruit, milk.

Friday — Grilled cheese, baked beans, carrot snacks, fruit, milk.

• TIPP CITY HIGH SCHOOL Tuesday — Ravioli, garden salad, choice of fruit, wheat roll, milk.

Wednesday — Chicken patty on a bun, baked potato, choice of fruit, milk.

Thursday — Pizza, steamed green beans, choice of fruit, milk, a la carte fusian.

Friday — Bosco pizza stick, carrots, choice of fruit, milk.

• UPPER VALLEY CAREER CENTER Tuesday — Spaghetti or veggie lasagna, side salad, assorted fruit, milk.

Wednesday — Pizza or quesadilla, glazed carrots, assorted fruit, milk.

Thursday — Soft taco or chicken fajita, black beans and rice, lettuce, tomato, salsa, assorted fruit, milk.

Friday — General Tso chicken or popcorn chicken, fried or sweet brown rice, oriental veggies, assorted fruit, milk.

Anita June Tucker TROY — Anita June Tucker, 75, of Troy, passed away at 12:58 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012, at Koester Pavilion.

She was born Aug. 10, 1937, in Piqua, to the late George and Annabelle (Hackney) Meyer.

She was preceded in death by the father of her children, James E. Tucker; and her brother, Keith Creager.

TUCKER Anita was a graduate of Tippecanoe High School and retired from BFGoodrich following 27 years in the accounting department.

She attended the Congregational Christian Church, Ludlow Falls, and was a former member of Women of the Moose No. 2283 of Troy and Troy Eagles Auxiliary No. 971.

Her grandchildren were the love of her life. Her hobbies included bowling, and going to the casino boat.

Anita is survived by four daughters and

Henry A. ‘Arch’ Spicer TIPP CITY — Henry A. “Arch” Spicer, 79, of Tipp City, Ohio, passed away at his home Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012.

He was born May 10, 1933, in Williamsburg, Ky., to Charles and Reba {Waltrip} Spicer, who preceded him in death.

His also was preceded in death by his wife, Cheryl in 2010, sister; Elizabeth “Lou” Wilkenson; and brothers, Earl, Oscar and Tommy Spicer.

He is survived by his daughter, Cherry L. Spicer of Tipp City and her fiancee, Mark Winn; son, Chuck S. Spicer of Troy; and grandchildren, Chris, Stephen and Ryan Winn and Ashley Vayo along with his siblings, Sisco (Kathy) Spicer of Troy, Scott (Sugar) Spicer of Nebraska, Verden Spicer of Tennessee, Eddie

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husband; and daughter, Mary Jane Yount.

Rosa is survived by four daughters and sons-in-law, Margaret Elaine and Dave Jeffers, Claudia and Dave Barga, Pamela and Danny France and Belinda and Dave Heisey, all of Bradford; sonin-law, Ron Yount of Greenville; step daughter, Carol Kay and her husband Jim Otten of Xenia; 25 grandchildren; 33 great-grandchildren; eight greatgreat-grandchildren; and nieces and nephews to numerous to name.

Memorial services will be at 6 p.m.

Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012, at StockerFraley Funeral Home, Bradford. The family will receive friends from 4 p.m. until the time of service.

In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Bradford Fire and Rescue, 200 S. Miami Ave., Bradford, OH 45308.

Condolences may be left for the family at www.stockerfraley.com.

Ralph A. Van Kirk Sr. PIQUA — Ralph A. Van Kirk Sr., 96, formerly of 5920 W. U.S. Route 36, Piqua, died at 6:35 a.m.

Sunday, Sept. 30, 2012, at Koester Pavilion.

He was born Sept. 25, 1916, in Miami County, to the late Samuel and Laura (North) Van Kirk.

He married Dorothy Evilsizor on May 7, 1949, in Covington, Ky.; she preceded him in death May 1, 2009.

Mr. Van Kirk is survived by three sons, Barrie Van Kirk, Ralph Jr. (Kimberly) Van Kirk and Sherman Van Kirk, all of Troy; a sister, Sally Shaffer of Piqua; five grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by four brothers and three sisters.

Ralph attended Piqua Central High School where he played football.

He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II, and was awarded the Purple Heart and several other

medals for his meritorious service.

He was a member of St. John’s Lutheran Church of Covington, and retired from the shipping department of St. Regis Paper Company of Troy.

Ralph was a lifetime member of the former Moose lodge and V.F.W. Post No. 4874 of Piqua.

A funeral service to honor his life will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 2, at the Jamieson & Yannucci Funeral Home with the Rev. Stephen Nierman officiating.

Burial will follow in Miami Memorial Park, Covington, where full military honors will be conducted by the Veterans Elite Tribute Squad.

Visitation will be from 1-2 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.

Condolences to the family also may be expressed through jamiesonandyannucci.com.

FUNERAL DIRECTORY • Larry E. Francis NEW PORT, Ohio — Larry E. Francis, 71, formerly of New Port, Ohio, died at 5:23 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29,

2012, at Hospice of Cincinnati, Cincinnati.

Arrangements are pending at Melcher-Sowers Funeral Home, Piqua.

DEATHS OF NATIONAL INTEREST • Arthur Ochs Sulzberger NEW YORK (AP) — Former New York Times publisher Arthur Ochs Sulzberger has died at age 86.

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(Sharon) Spicer of Florida and Margaret (John) Burris of Troy.

“Arch” was retired after 20 years from St. Regis Paper in Troy, and had served in the United States Army during the Korean War. He loved his kids and grandkids, enjoyed fishing, working on cars and his favorite past time was his gardening.

Funeral service will be at 11 a.m.

Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012, at Frings and Bayliff Funeral Home, 327 W. Main St., Tipp City, OH 45371.

Burial follow in Miami Memorial Park, Covington. Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.

Contributions may be made in memory of Henry to the Alzheimers Association.

Online condolences may be made at www.fringsandbayliff.com.

Rosa Mitchell

BRADFORD — Rosa Mitchell, 87, lifetime resident of Bradford, passed away Sept. 29, 2012, while listening to the Ohio State football game at Upper Valley Medical Center, Troy.

She was born April 4, 1925, in Piqua, to the late Famiano “Frank” and Maria Rosa (Pilli) Carine, who came to MENUS America in 1913 and had nine children.

Rosa was the last of this loving family with meat, cheese slice, let- strips, sweet potato fries, • COVINGTON ELEwhose decendents now total around beans and corn salad, fruit, 350 people. tuce, tomatoes, diced MENTARY/MIDDLE roll, milk. pears/apples, milk.

SCHOOL Rosa was married to Millard Malen • ST. PATRICK Friday — Bosco Sticks, Tuesday — Grilled chickMitchell who passed away Dec. 25, Tuesday — Cheese ravipizza with dipping sauce, en sandwich, sweet fries, 1989. oli, salad, breadstick, fruit, broccoli/green beans, broccoli, fruit mix, graham She worked as a cook in Bradford for milk. applesauce/grapes, milk. crackers, milk.

Wednesday — Salisbury years; was a member of the • NEWTON HIGH Wednesday — Chicken Immaculate Conception Church in steak, mashed potatoes, and noodles, mashed pota- SCHOOL Bradford; the American Legion corn, fruit, milk.

Tuesday — Junior toes, carrot sticks, appleAuxiliary Unit No. 0643 for 54 years Thursday — Chicken high/senior high: Salad bar, sauce, whole grain roll, noodle soup, peanut butter and the Bradford Community Club. popcorn chicken, whole milk.

She was preceded in death by her sandwich, carrot sticks, wheat dinner roll, Thursday — Stuffed parents; eight brothers and sisters; fruit, milk. carrots/corn, crust pizza, romaine salad

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a sons-in-law, Shelley Hancock, Julie (Craig) Bryan and Toni (Craig) Dudte, all of Troy; and Lisa Tull (Bill Shumard Jr.) of Kissimmee, Fla.; two sisters, Twylah Brown of Troy and Durlene Hines of Pleasant Hill; and nine grandchildren, Valerie (Christopher) Caldwell, Christopher Hancock, Andy Hancock, Ashlee Tucker, Elizabeth Hancock, Chelsea Tull, Nathan Dudte, Natalie Dudte and Bill Shumard III; and 10 great-grandchildren.

Service will be at 10:30 a.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012, at FisherCheney Funeral Home, Troy, with Pastor Jerry Collins officiating. Calling hours will be 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012, at the funeral home. Interment will be in Casstown Cemetery.

Condolences may be left for the family at www.fisher-cheneyfuneralhome.com.

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Southampton, N.Y., after a long illness. He had retired in 1992 after three decades at the paper’s helm and was succeeded by his son, Arthur Jr. Sulzberger’s family has controlled the newspaper since his grandfather Adolph Ochs (OX) acquired it in 1896.

The company has struggled in recent years but during Sulzberger’s tenure it reached new levels of influence and profit.

The paper received more than 30 Pulitzer Prizes and won a historic 1964 legal ruling that strengthened First Amendment protections for the press.

• Jack Koehler STAMFORD, Conn. —

Jack Koehler, who fled advancing Soviets as a boy in Germany during World War II, grew up to report from there for The Associated Press and also served briefly in Ronald Reagan’s White House, has died at age 82 at his Connecticut home.

A friend Anne Cron said Koehler died Friday after battling pancreatic cancer.

Koehler served as a U.S. Army interpreter as a teen in Germany, and came to the U.S. in 1954.

He went on to hold several executive positions with AP. He was later White House communications director for a week before resigning.

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ANNIE’S MAILBOX

Ask your husband to speak to his mother Dear Annie: My mother-in-law blatantly favors her oldest granddaughter, "Miranda," to the exclusion of the other four. She says Miranda is the "good granddaughter" and her 17-year-old sister, "Amy," is the "troublemaker."

I believe that Amy acts out partly because of the negative label she has been saddled with for years.

Meanwhile, Miranda can do no wrong. She recently persuaded her grandmother to let her boyfriend move into the family home while her father was out of town.

My husband and I live out of state. When we visit the relatives, my mother-in-law spends the entire time talking about Miranda's glowing character and wonderful achievements. Our three kids only see their grandmother twice a year. You'd think she'd make an effort to get to know them a little.

This favoritism does not do anything to promote family relationships. Our kids joke about their pecking order in the family and actually rank all the grandchildren through Grandma's eyes. They realize that Miranda is No.1 and Amy is No. 5 and that they fall somewhere in between. How do we approach my mother-in-law about her favoritism, letting her know that it actually makes the other children resent both Miranda and her? — Mom of Nos. 2 Through 4.

Dear Mom: It may not help, but please ask your husband to speak to his mother. He should explain that her favoritism is obvious to everyone and that her strong preference for Miranda severely damages her relationships with the other grandchildren. Fortunately, your children have one another for support. They understand that Grandma is besotted with their cousin and that it is not a reflection on their character. It's Amy who suffers the most. Please reach out to her.

Dear Annie: I am the youngest of three children, and my parents are in their 80s. They both have myriad medical conditions.

Since moving home, I got a new job and assumed the role of caregiver for my parents. I cook, shop, run errands, do laundry and take them to the doctor. My older sister, who lives out of state, visits often and jumps right in to help. She will even trim the bushes. My brother, however, I have no use for. He's twice divorced, makes a six-figure income and travels extensively. He could easily do more for our parents, but his visits are infrequent, and he stays less than two hours.

The role of caregiver is one that should be shared equally and enthusiastically between all siblings. It's one of the most honorable things one can do. My brother understands that. He just doesn't want to do it. What's the best way to get him to start pulling his own weight? — Holding It Together in Indiana Dear Indiana: You and your sister are kind and compassionate.

But you cannot force your brother to be the same. Instead, ask him to contribute financially to your parents' care. Use the money to hire additional help around the house or to have a caregiver come so you can get a break. Hopefully, he'll be relieved to help in a way that doesn't require his physical presence, and you will be less resentful.

Dear Annie: This is for "Wondering," who wanted to know how to ask his parents about his inheritance so he could plan his retirement. My mom passed away suddenly at the age of 64. Dad was devastated. A few years ago, he married a lovely lady and, at the age of 80, has rediscovered the joy of living. His obligation was to provide for me, teach me right from wrong and allow me the opportunity to acquire the skills to be employable. It is my job to raise my kids with the same love and values and provide for my own retirement.

Dad has earned the right to enjoy the fruits of his labors, and I am delighted that he and my new stepmother are spending our inheritance. — Glad To Be Dad's Daughter 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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HINTS FROM HELOISE

Readers share their thoughts on checkout chat Dear Readers: Here are some sound off comments from readers: A reader in South Dakota wrote, “I am so tired of perfect strangers asking me ‘How are you?’ as they wait on me, be it at the checkout in the grocery store or a checkout in a mall store ... wherever.”

A reader from Nebraska wrote: “When checking out at the grocery store or other large retailers, I am routinely asked ‘Did you find everything?’ You can respond with’No,’ to which the cashier has a look of panic and does not know what to say or do. The customers in line behind are inconvenienced while a response is generated.”

Readers, when they ask, tell

Hints from Heloise Columnist them! If you have the time, they will try to find it for you. — Heloise BOOK RECYCLING Dear Heloise: Do any of your readers have any ideas of what to do with an old set of encyclopedia books? I have a 1964 set, in great condition and with lots of stillrelevant information, but I cannot find any organization or

library that can use it. It goes against my nature to just throw away the books. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

— Sharyn, via email Why not try a secondhand bookstore? It might take a donation or even give you a little money for them. Book collectors often shop at secondhand stores looking for great finds, like a classic set of encyclopedias.

Readers, do you have any other ideas? — Heloise FAST FACTS Dear Readers: Uses for small scoops from powdered drinks: • Sprinkles dispenser for cupcakes.

• Scoop food for small pets, like birds.

• Measure bath salts.

• Handy kitchen tool.

• A child’s bath toy.

— Heloise TO THE RESCUE Dear Heloise: My boyfriend and I were visiting his aunt’s home when he accidentally knocked over a red candle. Wax splattered on the carpet. I remembered a trick my grandma taught me.

Heat up an iron (low heat — Heloise) and place a paper towel or a brown paper bag over the wax. Place the iron on the bag and SLOWLY rub. This took about 20 minutes, but all the wax came up and left the carpet like new. — Carpet Saver in Nebraska

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MUTTS

BIG NATE

HAGAR THE HORRIBLE

DILBERT

BLONDIE

FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE

HI AND LOIS ZITS

BEETLE BAILEY FAMILY CIRCUS

DENNIS the MENACE

ARLO & JANIS

HOROSCOPE

BY FRANCES DRAKE For Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) This is a good day at work for you, because you willingly accept your duties and obligations. Furthermore, your coworkers are cooperative, especially those who are older or more experienced.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Romance with someone older might begin today. All relationships will flourish, because both parties have a sense of fair play and what is expected of each other.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) This is an excellent day to make purchases for your home or family. Whatever you buy will be practical, beautiful and long-lasting. (Good bargain!)

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Negotiations with others will go well today. Both parties know what is expected, plus people want practical, long-range solutions.

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) This is an excellent day for business and commerce. Trust your moneymaking ideas, because they’ll be profitable for a long time in the future. Shop for practical, long-lasting items.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) You feel very fair-minded today when dealing with others. You instinctively know what needs to be done or said, and others appreciate this.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Because your sense of duty is strong today, you will put the wants of others before your own. You simply want to offer whatever is needed.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Value the advice of someone who is older or more experienced than you, because it will benefit you today. People can help you in practical ways.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Those in positions of authority will be impressed by you today because you seem to be solid, practical and full of insight into situations. Others will seek your advice.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) This is a great day to take up a new study or to learn a new technique. You have the patience and concentration necessary to do this, along with the commitment.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) You’ll be very sensible when dealing with shared property and matters pertaining to wills, inheritances, debt, taxes and estates. You just want to get the job done.

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) This is an excellent day to talk to partners and close friends in order to seek solutions for problems. People are of like minds in wanting to get things done in a nuts-and-bolts way.

YOU BORN TODAY You have a charismatic personality because you have charm, wit and intelligence. However, you are disarmingly frank and are not afraid to express your opinions.

(You get away with controversial comments because of your diplomacy and humor.) Many of you are concerned about politics and the society around you. Good news! Your year ahead might be one of the most powerful years of your life. Dream big!

Birthdate of: Sting, musician/actor; Kelly Ripa, TV host; Melissa HarrisPerry, author/political commentator. (c) 2012 King Features Syndicate, Inc.

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Today

Tonight

Rain late afternoon High: 66°

Tuesday

Showers Low: 46°

SUN AND MOON Sunrise Tuesday 7:33 a.m. ...........................

Sunset tonight 7:20 p.m. ...........................

Moonrise today 7:23 p.m. ...........................

Moonset today 8:03 a.m. ...........................

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First

Full

Chance of showers High: 73° Low: 55°

Wednesday

Thursday

Scattered showers High: 75° Low: 53°

Partly cloudy High: 75° Low: 53°

Chance of showers High: 65° Low: 50°

TODAY’S STATEWIDE FORECAST Monday, Ocotber 1, 2012 AccuWeather.com forecast for daytime conditions, low/high temperatures

MICH.

National forecast Sunny

Pt. Cloudy

Cloudy

Last

66° 46° Oct. 21

Oct. 29

Cleveland 61° | 52°

Toledo 64° | 48°

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NATIONAL FORECAST

Forecast highs for Sunday, Sept. 30

Monday, October 1, 2012

Youngstown 61° | 45°

Mansfield 63° | 48°

PA

Oct. 8

ENVIRONMENT

Columbus 67° | 46°

Dayton 66° | 47°

Today’s UV factor.

5 Fronts Cold

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ Low

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Moderate

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Harmful

Main Pollutant: Particulate

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250

500

Peak group: Weeds

Mold Summary 17,812

0

12,500

25,000

Top Mold: Cladosporium Source: Regional Air Pollution Control Agency

GLOBAL City Athens Bangkok Calgary Jerusalem Kabul Kuwait City Mexico City Montreal Moscow Sydney Tokyo

Hi 89 83 79 88 80 105 77 64 73 93 75

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Calif. Low: 28 at Crane Lake, Minn.

NATIONAL CITIES Temperatures indicate Saturday’s high and overnight low to 8 p.m.

Pollen Summary 0

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Yesterday’s Extremes: High: 109 at Death Valley,

32

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Hi Lo PrcOtlk 72 61 .41 Cldy Asheville Atlanta 84 68 Rain Atlantic City 68 56 .08 Cldy 83 72 1.76 Cldy Austin Baltimore 70 55 Cldy 84 55 Clr Boise Boston 57 54 .47 Rain Buffalo 65 45 Rain Charleston,S.C. 85 67 Rain Charleston,W.Va. 70 55 PCldy Charlotte,N.C. 73 63 .61 Cldy Chicago 79 48 PCldy Cincinnati 73 57 Clr 67 42 Cldy Cleveland Columbus 70 47 PCldy Dallas-Ft Worth 72 70 1.19 Cldy Denver 76 50 PCldy Des Moines 83 48 Clr Detroit 72 47 Cldy Fargo 85 45 Clr Grand Rapids 75 43 PCldy Greensboro,N.C. 67 64 1.24PCldy Honolulu 86 74 PCldy 80 73 .36 Cldy Houston Indianapolis 73 51 PCldy Kansas City 75 47 Clr

Hi Key West 87 Las Vegas 95 74 Little Rock Los Angeles 85 Louisville 76 Mpls-St Paul 82 Nashville 77 New Orleans 77 New York City 65 Oklahoma City 70 Omaha 79 Orlando 90 Philadelphia 64 Phoenix 97 Pittsburgh 65 86 Rapid City Sacramento 93 76 St Louis St Petersburg 90 Salt Lake City 82 San Diego 83 San Francisco 67 Seattle 69 77 Spokane Syracuse 66 89 Tampa Tucson 94 Washington,D.C. 73

Lo Prc Otlk 78 PCldy 71 Clr 68 Cldy 64 Clr 53 Clr 51 Clr 62 Cldy 74 .36 Rain 57 Cldy 68 .20 Cldy 43 Clr 72 PCldy 58 Cldy 75 Clr 41 Rain 52 Clr 56 Clr 52 PCldy 78 PCldy 54 Clr 68 Clr 54 Clr 58 PCldy 54 Clr 52 .01 Cldy 75 PCldy 66 Clr 59 Cldy

Cincinnati 70° | 49° Portsmouth 73° | 48°

W.VA.

KY

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REGIONAL ALMANAC Temperature High Yesterday .............................68 at 3:31 p.m.

Low Yesterday..............................46 at 6:56 p.m.

Normal High .....................................................70 Normal Low ......................................................49 Record High ........................................94 in 1897 Record Low.........................................30 in 1899

Precipitation 24 hours ending at 5 p.m..............................0.00 Month to date ................................................5.27 Normal month to date ...................................3.30 Year to date .................................................24.22 Normal year to date ....................................31.61 Snowfall yesterday ........................................0.00

TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Monday, Oct. 1, the 275th day of 2012.

There are 91 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Oct. 1, 1962, Johnny Carson debuted as host of NBC’s “Tonight Show,” beginning a nearly 30-year run; after being introduced to the audience

by Groucho Marx, Carson received his first guests, actor-singer Rudy Vallee,

actress Joan Crawford, singer Tony Bennett and comedian Mel Brooks.

(The same day, Merv Griffin launched a daytime show, also on NBC; his guests were comedian Shelley Berman, opera singer Roberta Peters and journalist Adela Rogers St. Johns.)

On this date: In 1861, during the Civil War, the Confederate navy captured the Union

steamer Fanny in North Carolina’s Pamlico Sound.

In 1908, Henry Ford introduced his Model T automobile to the market.

In 1932, Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees made his supposed called shot, hitting a home run against Chicago’s Charlie Root in the fifth inning of Game 3 of the World Series, won by the New York Yankees 7-5 at Wrigley Field.

Dallas suburb rattled by 3.4-magnitude quake DALLAS (AP) — A small earthquake and a subsequent aftershock lent an element of “surprise” to the overnight hours in a suburb west of Dallas.

Authorities reported no serious damage from Saturday’s late-night quakes, just cracked walls and pictures being knocked down. The unscathed Dallas-Fort Worth airport, near the epicenter, kept up with normal flight operations. And emergency officials said they had no indications of any injuries.

The initial earthquake, measured at a preliminary magnitude of 3.4, struck at 11:05 p.m. CDT Saturday and was centered about 2 miles north of the Dallas suburb of Irving, the US Geological Survey’s national earthquake monitoring center in Golden, Colo., reported.

USGS geophysicist Randy Baldwin told The Associated Press from Colorado that the initial quake lasted several sec-

onds and appeared strong enough to be felt up to 15 or 20 miles away. He said the smaller aftershock with an estimated 3.1 magnitude occurred four minutes later and just a few miles away in another area west of Dallas.

Irving’s emergency operators were flooded with more than 400 calls after the initial quake, with people reporting minor damage, such as cracks in some walls and a ceiling, pictures that had been knocked down and a report of a possible gas leak, according to emergency official Pat McMacken.

“We have had no infrastructure impact at all,” McMacken said Sunday morning.

The Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport continued routine operations even though the shaking was felt at the airport, which is partly located in Irving’s city limits, airport public affairs officer David Magana said. He told AP

that the airport, which has 1,800 daily departures and arrivals, had little air traffic late Saturday night.

He said the quake caught the attention of those at the airport, but didn’t prompt wider alarm.

“I wouldn’t call it panic. I would call it surprise,” Magana said by phone.

He said members of the airport operations team went out afterward and inspected landing strips, buildings and other airport installations and found no damage.

“There were no impacts or outages and no disruptions to flights,” Magana said. “I felt it at my house. It shook it a little bit but it wasn’t enough of a jolt to shake anything loose like you have in California. I’ve been in California and this was nothing like that.”

Baldwin said more aftershocks are possible Sunday, noting the region has been periodically rattled by small quakes, including a cluster of minor ones in 2008.

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At Brethren Home Community Services (a subsidiary of Brethren Retirement Community), we are currently hiring: Non-Medical Caregivers (Miami County Areas) Must be able to perform caregiving services. One year experience is preferred.

Duties for this position include the following: meal preparation, light housekeeping, medication reminders, bathing & hygiene, errands & shopping, companionship, and activities for our clients.

Qualified applicants can complete an application at our main facility, 750 Chestnut St., Greenville, OH 45331 or obtain an application at www.bhrc.org and fax to 937-547-7612.

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MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN(S) 2ND & 3RD SHIFT These individuals will assist the Maintenance team in maintaining food processing equipment by overhauling, repairing and testing high speed production equipment such as ovens, packaging machines, mixers, cartoners, baggers, stuffers, etc., throughout the facility. Technicians are responsible for PM's, mechanical repairs, and troubleshooting.

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• TROY SENIOR BUS: Senior citizens wishing to attend Troy varsity football away games may do so by riding a Troy City Schools bus for a nominal fee. For more information, call 335-7742.

• CROSS COUNTRY: Registration is now open for the 6th Annual Ohio Middle School Cross Country State Championships, to be held Oct. 21 at Groveport Madison High School. The first 900 athletes to register will receive a free event T-shirt. The entry deadline is Oct. 18. To register or for more information, go to www.ohiocrosscountry.org.

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Brad Keselowski celebrates his win in victory lane at the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race at Dover International Speedway Sunday in Dover, Del.

Keselowski wins again Gordon takes 2nd at Dover Speedway

“We played with a chip on our shoulder out there because we felt that we haven’t been playing our best defense,” Bengals defensive tackle Domata Peko said. “Our best defense is ahead of us. … The Dline put a lot of pressure on the quarterback. We knew our guys were young in the secondary and we wanted to take some of the pressure off them.”

The Jaguars thought they could take advantage of those changes. So instead of relying on Maurice Jones-Drew, who had 177 yards rushing last week,

DOVER, Del. (AP) — Brad Keselowski had just enough fuel left to take the checkered flag Sunday at Dover International Speedway for his second victory in three weeks.

Keselowski won the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship opener at Chicagoland and followed that by conserving enough fuel down the stretch at Dover.

Keselowski raced to his fifth victory of the season and zipped into the points lead.

Chase driver Jeff Gordon finished second. Jimmie Johnson lost his grip on the points lead with a fourth-place finish.

Johnson and Denny Hamlin, who faded to eighth, had two of the top cars all race. They just did not have enough fuel to make a hard, clean push in the closing laps of the 400-mile race.

There are seven races left in the Chase.

Keselowski heads to Talladega Superspeedway as the hottest driver in the Chase.

“There’s a lot of racing to go, a ton of racing to go,” Keselowski said. “Certainly, we’re in good position.”

Kyle Busch and Johnson had to ease off the gas late in the race and were denied their chances of victory. For Busch, it would have been a nice confidence boost in a season where he failed to make the Chase. Johnson lost a chance to win his record eighth race at Dover when he had to slow down in the No. 48 over the final laps.

Hamlin briefly took the lead but he had to make a pit stop of his own with 10 laps left. Hamlin had talked this week about embracing Dover after calling the mile concrete oval his least favorite one on the circuit. He

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Girls Soccer Wayne at Troy (7 p.m.)

Tecumseh at Tippecanoe (7:15 p.m.)

Stivers at Piqua (7 p.m.)

Franklin Monroe at Lehman (7 p.m.)

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Covington at Versailles (7 p.m.)

Bradford at Troy Christian (6:45 p.m.)

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Boys Soccer Sidney at Troy (7 p.m.)

Madison at Milton-Union (7:30 p.m.)

Newton at Botkins (5 p.m.)

Fairlawn at Troy Christian (7 p.m.)

Trotwood at Piqua (7 p.m.)

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Girls Soccer Milton-Union at Madison (7:30 p.m.)

Botkins at Bethel (7 p.m.)

Troy Christian at Anna (5 p.m.)

Tennis Division II Sectional at Troy Tippecanoe, Milton-Union, Lehman (9 a.m.)

Volleyball Troy at GWOC (7 p.m.)

Tippecanoe at Graham (6:30 p.m.)

Milton-Union at Madison (7 p.m.)

Covington at Miami East (7 p.m.)

Bethel at National Trail (7 p.m.)

Newton at Arcanum (7 p.m.)

Troy Christian at Middletown Christian (6:30 p.m.)

Mississinawa Valley at Bradford (5:30 p.m.)

Piqua at GWOC (7 p.m.)

Lehman at New Bremen (7 p.m.)

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Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton jumps up after scoring a touchdown against the Jacksonville Jaguars on a quarterback sneak from one-yard away during the first half of an NFL football game Sunday in Jacksonville, Fla.

Bengals roll Take down Jaguars for third straight win JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — With four defensive backs sidelined, the Cincinnati Bengals were supposed to be vulnerable.

The Jacksonville Jaguars even tweaked their game plan in hopes of taking advantage of injuries to starting cornerbacks Nate Clements and Leon Hall and backups Jason Allen and Dre Kirkpatrick.

In hindsight, it was a flawed plan.

Andy Dalton, A.J. Green and Cincinnati’s stingy defense spoiled what was supposed to be a celebratory day for the Jaguars.

Dalton threw two touchdown passes and ran for a score, Green made big plays all over the field and the Bengals beat the Jaguars 27-10 Sunday for their third consecutive win.

This one tainted Fred induction into Taylor’s Jacksonville’s ring of honor.

Dalton and Green burned the Jaguars (1-3) several times, including once to set up a second-quarter touchdown and again for a fourth-quarter score.

Cincinnati’s defense was just as good, finishing with six sacks for the second consecutive week and allowing its fewest yards in nearly two years.

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RG3, Redskins beat Buccaneers Billy Cundiff redeemed himself for a poor day kicking, booting a 41-yard field goal with 3 seconds remaining.

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Europe storms back to win Ryder Cup Erasing some of their worst Ryder Cup memories, the Europeans wore the image of Seve Ballesteros on their sleeves and played their hearts out Sunday at Medinah to match the greatest comeback in history and head home with that precious gold trophy. See Page A18.

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Cincinnati Reds third baseman Todd Frazier (21) puts the tag on Pittsburgh Pirates’ Jose Tabata (31) at third during the ninth inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh Sunday. Tabata was attempting to go first to third on an errant pick-off throw by Cincinnati Reds relief pitcher Aroldis Chapman (54).

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Pirates ensured they’d finish with a record 20th straight losing season Sunday when they blew a ninth-inning lead in a 4-3 defeat to the Cincinnati Reds.

Pinch-hitter Xavier Paul led off the ninth with a home run off Joel Hanrahan (5-2) and Zack Cozart had a go-head double for Cincinnati, who clinched homefield advantage in the NL division series. They are competing with Washington for best overall record in the league.

The Pirates extended their major North American professional sports record. Pittsburgh was 16 games over .500 on Aug. 6, but has lost 18 of 23 to fall to 77-82.

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Aroldis Chapman walked Jose Tabata to lead off the bottom of the ninth, but Tabata was thrown out at third trying to advance after Chapman’s throwing error on a pickoff attempt.

Chapman then walked Clint Barmes and allowed a single to Rod Barajas before striking out Michael McKenry and Starling Marte to end the game and earn his 37th save.

Joey Votto went 2 for 4 with an RBI double for the Reds, who have won four of six to improve to 96-63.

Reds bench coach and interim manager Chris Speier said that Dusty Baker would join the team later Sunday in St. Louis and

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RG3 leads Redskins past Buccaneers TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Billy Cundiff redeemed himself for a poor day kicking, booting a 41-yard field goal with 3 seconds remaining.

Cundiff missed three earlier attempts, including a 31-yarder that wound have put the Redskins (2-2) up by two scores early in the fourth quarter. He also missed twice in the first half, but was on the money after Robert Griffin III marched his team into position for the winning score.

Falcons 30, Panthers 28 ATLANTA — Matt Bryant kicked a 40-yard field goal with 5 seconds remaining and the Atlanta Falcons remained unbeaten, rallying past the Carolina Panthers 30-28 on Sunday.

The Falcons (4-0) are off to their best start since 2004, when they reached the NFC championship game. Despite taking a career-high seven sacks, Matt Ryan threw three touchdown passes for Atlanta. Bryant added three field goals.

Texans 38, Titans 14 HOUSTON — Danieal Manning and Kareem Jackson returned interceptions for touchdowns and Matt Schaub threw two TD passes.

Arian Foster had a touchdown run for the Texans (4-0), who are off to the best start in club history.

Titans quarterback Jake Locker left in the first quarter and did not return after hurting his left, non-throwing shoulder on a hit by Glover Quin.

Matt Hasselbeck threw two touchdown passes in relief of Locker for the Titans (1-3). Chris Johnson carried 25 times for 141 yards, more than tripling his rushing total through the first three games.

Cardinals 24, Dolphins 21, OT GLENDALE, Ariz. — Jay Feely kicked a 46-yard field goal 6:31 into overtime to keep Arizona unbeaten.

The Cardinals (4-0) forced overtime when Kevin Kolb threw a 15-yard touchdown pass on fourth down

to Andre Roberts with 22 seconds to play in regulation.

Two big defensive plays set up the final two Arizona scores.

First, Daryl Washington sacked rookie Ryan Tannehill, whose fumble was recovered by Vonnie Holliday at the Arizona 49 and the Cardinals moved downfield to score.

The winning field goal came after Tannehill was hit

by Paris Lenon as he threw and Kerry Rhodes came up with an interception.

49ers 34,

Jets 0 EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Carlos Rogers returned a fumble 51 yards for a touchdown, and San Francisco ran for more than 200 yards.

Frank Gore, Kendall Hunter and backup quarterback Colin Kaepernick on a wildcat-style option all ran for scores as the 49ers (3-1) bounced back from a loss at Minnesota. Rather than head back to the West Coast, coach Jim Harbaugh chose to have his team stay in eastern Ohio and it appar-

ently helped.

The Jets (2-2) lost top wide receiver Santonio Holmes to what appeared to be a serious foot injury. It was the first time New York was shut out since losing 90 to Green Bay in 2010, and the Jets’ biggest shutout home loss since falling 37-0 to Buffalo in 1989.

Broncos 37, Raiders 6 DENVER — Peyton Manning finished with 338 yards and three touchdown passes.

Manning opened the

game by leading the Broncos on an 80-yard touchdown drive their first opening-quarter touchdown of the season and Denver never trailed.

The Broncos (2-2) beat the Raiders (1-3) at home for the first time since 2007.

Willis McGahee ran for 112 yards for his 32ndcareer 100-yard game.

The Broncos held Darren McFadden to 34 yards on 13 carries and Carson Palmer, who led Oakland to a comeback win last week over Pittsburgh, never got on track. He finished 19 for 34 for 202 yards.

Vikings 20, Lions 13 DETROIT — Percy Harvin returned the opening kickoff 105 yards for a touchdown and Marcus Sherels scored on a punt return early in the third for Minnesota.

Minnesota (3-1), in first place in the NFC North, matched the number of wins it had last season. The Vikings also snapped an 11game losing streak in the division.

The Lions (1-3) have lost three straight.

They are the first team since at least 1940 to give up a kickoff and a punt return for TDs in consecutive games, according to STATS LLC. They gave up scores on a kickoff and punt in last week’s 44-41 loss in overtime at Tennessee.

Rams 19, Seahawks 13 ST. LOUIS — Rookie Greg Zuerlein kicked four field goals, including a 58yarder and a club record 60yarder, and the Rams also used a fake field goal to score their only TD of the game.

The Rams (2-2) went ahead 10-7 late in the first half when a fake field goal attempt turned into a 2yard touchdown pass from punter Johnny Hekker to Danny Amendola.

The Seahawks (2-2) lost six days after beating Green Bay when a botched call by replacement officials on the final play gave them the winning touchdown.

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a touchdown and an interception. He was clearly outplayed by fellow second-year quarterback Dalton, who completed 20 of 31 passes

for 244 yards.

“I said it from Day 1, Andy is going to be one of the best ones,” said Green, who caught six passes for 117 yards and a score, most of them against Rashean Mathis. “Once he gets into rhythm, he’s one of the best in the league. I’m just fortunate and blessed to have a quarterback like that.”

More than 30 former Jaguars, including Kyle Brady, Mark Brunell, Fernando Bryant, Donovin Darius, Mike Hollis, Keenan McCardell and Marcus Stroud, were on hand for Taylor’s induction.

They left disappointed.

Midway through the fourth quarter, and with heavy rain starting to fall, most of the home crowd had

hit the exits, too.

“It’s tough. We wanted to send Fred out the right way,” Gabbert said. “Fred is a phenomenal running back, a great person. We definitely would like to have had a win for him. But we didn’t.”

The Jaguars weren’t even all that competitive.

The Bengals (3-1) outgained Jacksonville 382212. It was the fewest yards Cincinnati has allowed since giving up 199 to Baltimore in the final game of the 2010 season.

“We knew we had to put pressure on Gabbert and get him out of rhythm,” Bengals defensive tackle Geno Atkins said. “We had some new guys in the secondary and we didn’t want them to have to make big plays back there. We put good pressure on him and made him hurry his throw or throw before he wanted to.

“If we can exert that type of pressure on quarterbacks every game we have the offense to score points we’re going to win a lot of games.”

The Jaguars got off to a terrible start for the second consecutive week. They trailed 14-3 last week at Indianapolis before Jones-

Drew dug them out of the hole.

This time, they were down 17-7 at halftime thanks to missed opportunities, a huge special teams error and the first of several Dalton-to-Green passes.

Guard Eben Britton also was beaten so often that he got benched at the break.

“I didn’t do a good enough job, that’s about it,” said Britton, who missed the past two weeks with an ankle injury. “Just disappointed that I wasn’t able to get it done. You’ve got to do what’s best for the team.”

Britton had plenty of company in the dumps.

Linebacker Kyle Bosworth intercepted Dalton’s first pass of the game and was headed toward the end zone when he fumbled without being touched. The Bengals got the ball back and put together a 74-yard drive that ended in a field goal.

Just when the Jaguars looked as if they were getting some momentum, leading 7-3 and forcing two punts, Bengals coach Marvin Lewis used a fake punt to turn things around.

Cedric Peerman took the direct snap and gained 48

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Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III scores on a five-yard touchdown run against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers during the second quarter of an NFL football game Sunday in Tampa, Fla.

this weekend.

Marshawn Lynch led Seattle with 118 yards on 20 carries, including an 18yard score on the game’s first possession.

Patriots 52, Bills 28 ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Tom Brady led New England on six consecutive second-half touchdown drives.

Brady finished 22 of 36 for 340 yards and three scores, and also scored on a 4-yard run in helping the Patriots (2-2) avoid their first three-game losing streak in 10 years. Stevan Ridley scored two touchdowns rushing.

New England scored 35 straight points and finished with 580 total yards in overcoming a 21-7 third-quarter deficit.

The Patriots forced six turnovers, including four interceptions of Ryan Fitzpatrick passes, and three sacks.

Chargers 37, Chiefs 20 KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Philip Rivers threw for 209 yards and two touchdowns, and San Diego capitalized on six turnovers.

Five of the Chiefs’ turnovers came in the first half, when San Diego (3-1) raced to a 27-6 lead.

Matt Cassel threw for 251 yards and two touchdowns for Kansas City (1-3), but he also had three firsthalf interceptions. Jamaal Charles, who followed his big game last week at New Orleans with touchdowns rushing and receiving, fumbled twice.

Packers 28, Saints 27 GREEN BAY, Wis. — Aaron Rodgers threw a goahead touchdown to Jordy Nelson in the fourth quarter, and Green Bay shook off a week’s worth of controversy with a rally.

With Packers fans howling about what appeared to be yet another bad call this time by the regular officials, not the replacements Garrett Hartley missed a 48-yard field goal attempt with just under three minutes remaining, costing the Saints a shot at the lead.

yards. Dalton found Chris Pressley for a 1-yard score and a 10-7 lead a few plays later.

Dalton found Green for a 42-yard gain on Cincinnati’s next drive, a perfectly thrown ball over Mathis that set up Dalton’s 1-yard plunge just before halftime.

Dalton connected with Green for an 18-yard score again over Mathis on the third play of the fourth quarter that sealed the victory.

“Just got to make plays when my number is called,” Mathis said. “I definitely didn’t do anything to help the team win today.”

Notes: Taylor became the fourth person inducted into the team’s ring of honor, called the Pride of the Jaguars. Left tackle Tony Boselli and former owners Wayne and Delores Weaver also are in. … Jaguars WR Laurent Robinson sustained his second concussion in as many weeks. “Definitely a concern,” coach Mike Mularkey said. … JonesDrew ran 13 times for 38 yards. … The Jaguars failed to get a sack for the third straight game. … Cincy’s Green leads the AFC in receiving.

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BASEBALL Baseball Expanded Standings All Times EDT AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB WCGB Baltimore 92 67 .579 — — 92 67 .579 — — New York 88 71 .553 4 3 Tampa Bay 70 89 .440 22 21 Toronto 69 90 .434 23 22 Boston Central Division W L Pct GB WCGB Detroit 86 73 .541 — — 83 76 .522 3 8 Chicago 71 88 .447 15 20 Kansas City 67 92 .421 19 24 Cleveland 66 93 .415 20 25 Minnesota West Division W L Pct GB WCGB Texas 92 66 .582 — — Oakland 91 68 .572 1½ — 88 70 .557 4 2½ Los Angeles 73 86 .459 19½ 18 Seattle NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB WCGB z-Washington 96 63 .604 — — z-Atlanta 93 66 .585 3 — 80 79 .503 16 6 Philadelphia 73 86 .459 23 13 New York 67 92 .421 29 19 Miami Central Division W L Pct GB WCGB x-Cincinnati 96 63 .604 — — St. Louis 86 73 .541 10 — Milwaukee 81 78 .509 15 5 77 82 .484 19 9 Pittsburgh 60 99 .377 36 26 Chicago 53 106 .333 43 33 Houston West Division W L Pct GB WCGB x-San Francisco 93 66 .585 — — Los Angeles 84 75 .528 9 2 80 79 .503 13 6 Arizona 75 84 .472 18 11 San Diego 62 97 .390 31 24 Colorado z-clinched playoff berth x-clinched division AMERICAN LEAGUE Saturday's Games Toronto 3, N.Y. Yankees 2 Detroit 6, Minnesota 4 Oakland 7, Seattle 4, 10 innings Tampa Bay 10, Chicago White Sox 4 L.A. Angels at Texas, ppd., rain Baltimore 4, Boston 3 Kansas City 7, Cleveland 6, 14 innings Sunday's Games Cleveland 15, Kansas City 3 L.A. Angels 5, Texas 4, 1st game N.Y. Yankees 9, Toronto 6 Baltimore 6, Boston 3 Detroit 2, Minnesota 1 Tampa Bay 6, Chicago White Sox 2 Oakland 5, Seattle 2 L.A. Angels at Texas, 7:05 p.m., 2nd game Monday's Games Boston (Buchholz 11-7) at N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 14-6), 7:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (H.Santiago 3-1) at Cleveland (Kluber 2-4), 7:05 p.m.

Minnesota (Vasquez 0-2) at Toronto (Laffey 4-6), 7:07 p.m.

Baltimore (W.Chen 12-10) at Tampa Bay (Cobb 10-9), 7:10 p.m.

Detroit (Porcello 9-12) at Kansas City (B.Chen 11-13), 8:10 p.m.

Texas (M.Perez 1-3) at Oakland (J.Parker 12-8), 10:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels (C.Wilson 12-10) at Seattle (F.Hernandez 13-8), 10:10 p.m.

Tuesday's Games Boston at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m.

Minnesota at Toronto, 7:07 p.m.

Baltimore at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m.

Detroit at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m.

Texas at Oakland, 10:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE Saturday's Games Pittsburgh 2, Cincinnati 1 Milwaukee 9, Houston 5 Atlanta 2, N.Y. Mets 0 Philadelphia 9, Miami 5 Washington 6, St. Louis 4, 10 innings Arizona 8, Chicago Cubs 2 San Diego 7, San Francisco 3 L.A. Dodgers 3, Colorado 0 Sunday's Games Philadelphia 4, Miami 1 Cincinnati 4, Pittsburgh 3 Atlanta 6, N.Y. Mets 2 Houston 7, Milwaukee 0 St. Louis 10, Washington 4 San Francisco 7, San Diego 5 Chicago Cubs 7, Arizona 2 L.A. Dodgers 7, Colorado 1 Monday's Games Atlanta (Maholm 13-10) at Pittsburgh (Locke 0-3), 7:05 p.m.

Philadelphia (K.Kendrick 10-12) at Washington (Lannan 4-0), 7:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Familia 0-0) at Miami (Jo.Johnson 8-14), 7:10 p.m.

Houston (Harrell 10-11) at Chicago Cubs (Berken 0-2), 8:05 p.m.

San Diego (Richard 14-13) at Milwaukee (Marcum 6-4), 8:10 p.m.

Cincinnati (Arroyo 12-9) at St. Louis (J.Garcia 6-7), 8:15 p.m.

Colorado (D.Pomeranz 2-9) at Arizona (Miley 16-11), 9:40 p.m.

San Francisco (M.Cain 16-5) at L.A. Dodgers (Harang 10-10), 10:10 p.m.

Tuesday's Games Atlanta at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.

Philadelphia at Washington, 7:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at Miami, 7:10 p.m.

Houston at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 p.m.

San Diego at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m.

Cincinnati at St. Louis, 8:15 p.m.

Colorado at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.

San Francisco at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.

Wild Card Glance All Times EDT AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Baltimore 92 67 New York 92 67 Oakland 91 68 Los Angeles 88 70 Tampa Bay 88 71 NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W L z-Atlanta 93 66 St. Louis 86 73 Los Angeles 84 75 z-clinched playoff berth

PctWCGB .579 — .579 — .572 — .557 2½ .553 3 PctWCGB .585 — .541 — .528 2

Sunday's Major League Linescores AMERICAN LEAGUE First Game Los Angeles .001 001 102—5 11 0 Texas . . . . . . .022 000 000—4 6 0 Greinke, S.Downs (8), Richards (8), Frieri (9) and Iannetta, Bo.Wilson; Darvish, Ogando (7), Nathan (9) and Soto. W_Richards 4-3. L_Nathan 3-5.

Sv_Frieri (23). HRs_Los Angeles, Trout (30). Texas, N.Cruz (24).

Scores L10 7-3 6-4 9-1 4-6 1-9

Str W-4 W-1 W-2 L-1 L-5

Home 47-34 48-30 44-34 38-40 34-47

Away 45-33 44-37 44-37 32-49 35-43

L10 7-3 2-8 3-7 6-4 4-6

Str W-2 L-2 L-1 W-1 L-2

Home 50-31 45-36 36-42 36-42 31-50

Away 36-42 38-40 35-46 31-50 35-43

L10 4-6 6-4 7-3 3-7

Str L-2 W-3 W-2 L-3

Home 49-31 47-31 46-35 38-40

Away 43-35 44-37 42-35 35-46

L10 5-5 8-2 5-5 7-3 1-9

Str L-1 W-2 W-2 L-2 L-2

Home 48-30 48-33 40-41 36-45 36-42

Away 48-33 45-33 40-38 37-41 31-50

L10 6-4 7-3 4-6 3-7 2-8 5-5

Str W-1 W-1 L-1 L-1 W-1 W-1

Home 50-31 48-30 47-31 43-35 37-41 35-46

Away 46-32 38-43 34-47 34-47 23-58 18-60

L10 7-3 7-3 6-4 4-6 4-6

Str W-1 W-5 L-1 L-1 L-3

Home 48-33 43-35 40-38 42-39 35-46

Away 45-33 41-40 40-41 33-45 27-51

NewYork . . . .001 001 322—9 15 0 Toronto . . . . .200 030 001—6 10 1 P.Hughes, D.Lowe (5), Logan (7), D.Robertson (8), R.Soriano (9) and R.Martin; H.Alvarez, Cecil (7), Delabar (7), Loup (7), Oliver (8), Lyon (8), Frasor (9), Beck (9) and Arencibia.

W_Logan 7-2. L_Oliver 3-4. HRs_New York, Er.Chavez (16). Toronto, Lawrie (11).

Boston . . . . .000 100 200—3 9 0 Baltimore . . .302 010 00x—6 9 0 Mortensen (3), Z.Stewart, C.Carpenter (7), Padilla (8) and Lavarnway; J.Saunders, O'Day (8), (9) and Wieters.

Ji.Johnson W_J.Saunders 3-3. L_Z.Stewart 1-4.

Sv_Ji.Johnson (50). HRs_Boston, C.Ross (22), Nava (5). Baltimore, McLouth (7), Hardy (22), C.Davis (31).

Detroit . . . . . .000 000 020—2 7 0 Minnesota . . .000 000 100—1 10 0 A.Sanchez, Coke (7), Dotel (8), Valverde (9) and Avila; Hendriks, Burton (8), Perkins (9) and Mauer.

2-3. L_Burton 3-2.

W_Coke Sv_Valverde (34). HRs_Detroit, Fielder (30).

Tampa Bay . .200 120 001—6 9 0 Chicago . . . .000 200 000—2 5 0 Price, Jo.Peralta (8), Rodney (9) and C.Gimenez, J.Molina; Quintana, N.Jones (5), Myers (7), A.Reed (9) and Pierzynski. W_Price 20-5. L_Quintana 6-6. HRs_Tampa Bay, B.Upton 2 (28), R.Roberts (5).

Seattle . . . . . .002 000 000—2 11 0 Oakland . . . .200 000 03x—5 6 0 Er.Ramirez, Furbush (7), Kelley (8), Luetge (8), Kinney (8) and J.Montero; Milone, Neshek (5), Blevins (5), R.Cook (7), Doolittle (8), Balfour (9) and Kottaras, D.Norris. W_Doolittle 2-1.

L_Kelley 2-4. Sv_Balfour (22).

HRs_Oakland, Cespedes (23), Reddick (32).

NATIONAL LEAGUE Philadelphia .300 000 010—4 9 2 Miami . . . . . . .000 100 000—1 7 0 Hamels, Bastardo (8), Papelbon (9) and Ruiz; Eovaldi, Da.Jennings (7), M.Dunn (8), Webb (8), H.Bell (9) and J.Buck. W_Hamels 17-6. L_Eovaldi 413. Sv_Papelbon (38).

Cincinnati . . .002 000 002—4 10 3 Pittsburgh . . .002 010 000—3 7 0 Cueto, LeCure (8), Marshall (8), A.Chapman (9) and Hanigan; W.Rodriguez, Watson (7), Grilli (8), Hanrahan (9) and Barajas. W_Marshall 5-5. L_Hanrahan 5-2. Sv_A.Chapman (37). HRs_Cincinnati, Paul (2).

Pittsburgh, G.Jones (26).

NewYork . . . .001 000 001—2 5 1 Atlanta . . . . . .030 012 00x—6 8 1 Mejia, McHugh (6), Hampson (7), Acosta (8) and Shoppach; Medlen, Avilan (7), Gearrin (9), Kimbrel (9) and D.Ross. W_Medlen 10-1. L_Mejia 1-2.

Sv_Kimbrel (42). HRs_Atlanta, D.Ross (9).

Houston . . . .001 112 020—7 9 1 Milwaukee . .000 000 000—0 4 1 Lyles and Corporan; Fiers, Kintzler (7), M.Parra (8), Stinson (9) and Lucroy.

W_Lyles 5-12. L_Fiers 9-10.

HRs_Houston, F.Martinez (5), Lyles (1), Lowrie (16), Dominguez (5).

Washington .000 400 000—4 7 1 St. Louis . . . .052 20001x—10 12 0 Detwiler, Wang (3), Stammen (5), C.Garcia (6), Duke (7) and K.Suzuki; Lynn, Rosenthal (6), Mujica (7), Boggs (8), J.Kelly (9) and Y.Molina. W_Lynn 18-7.

L_Detwiler 10-8.

HRs_Washington, Harper (22), Espinosa (17). St. Louis, Beltran 2 (32).

San Francisco100 100 023—7 12 1 San Diego . . .002 111 000—5 6 0 Lincecum, Runzler (7), Loux (8), Romo (9) and H.Sanchez, Whiteside; Volquez, Boxberger (5), Brach (7), Gregerson (8), Thatcher (8), Thayer (8), Street (9) and Grandal. W_Loux 1-0.

L_Street 2-1. Sv_Romo (13). HRs_San Francisco, Nady (4), Pence (24). San Diego, Forsythe (6), Grandal (8.

Colorado . . . .000 100 000—1 9 0 Los Angeles .000 412 00x—7 12 1 J.De La Rosa, Scahill (5), White (6), C.Torres (8) and Pacheco; Beckett, P.Rodriguez (7), Sh.Tolleson (7), Belisario (7), J.Wright (8), Choate (8), Wall (9) and A.Ellis. W_Beckett 2-3.

L_J.De La Rosa 0-2. HRs_Colorado, A.Brown (5). Los Angeles, Kemp (23), L.Cruz (6), A.Ellis (12).

FOOTBALL National Football League All Times EDT AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct N.Y. Jets 2 2 0 .500 New England 2 2 0 .500 Buffalo 2 2 0 .500 Miami 1 3 0 .250 South

PF 81 134 115 86

PA 109 92 131 90

AND SCHEDULES

SPORTS ON TV TODAY BASEBALL 7 p.m.

MLB Network (regional coverage): Boston at N.Y. Yankees or Baltimore at Tampa Bay NFL FOOTBALL 8:30 p.m.

ESPN — Chicago at Dallas SOCCER 2:55 p.m.

ESPN2 — Premier League, West Ham at Queens Park Rangers

TUESDAY SOCCER 2:30 p.m.

FSN — UEFA Champions League, Benfica vs. Barcelona, at Lisbon, Portugal 8 p.m.

FSN — UEFA Champions League, Manchester United at Cluj (same-day tape) WNBA BASKETBALL 8 p.m.

ESPN2 — Playoffs, conference semifinals, game 3, Seattle at Minnesota OR Atlanta at Indiana (if necessary) Wednesday, Oct. 3

WEDNESDAY MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 7 p.m.

ESPN — Teams TBA 8 p.m.

ESPN2 — Teams TBA SOCCER 2:30 p.m.

FSN — UEFA Champions League, Olympiacos at Arsenal 8 p.m.

FSN — UEFA Champions League, Dortmund at Manchester City (same-day tape

THURSDAY AUTO RACING 1 a.m.

SPEED — Formula One, practice for Grand Prix of Japan, at Suzuka, Japan COLLEGE FOOTBALL 9 p.m.

ESPN — Southern Cal at Utah GOLF 8:30 a.m.

TGC — European PGA Tour, Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, first round, at Kingsbarns, Angus, and St. Andrews, Scotland 4 p.m.

TGC — PGA Tour, Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, first round, at Las Vegas 7:30 p.m.

TGC — Web.com Tour, Neediest Kids Championship, first round, at Potomac, Md. (same-day tape) NFL FOOTBALL 8 p.m.

NFL — Arizona at St. Louis PREP FOOTBALL 7 p.m.

FSN — McKinley (Ohio) at Canton Glen Oak (Ohio) WNBA BASKETBALL 9 p.m.

ESPN2 — Playoffs, Western Conference finals, game 1, teams TBD

Monday, October 1, 2012 Alabama A&M at MVSU, 3 p.m.

The Citadel at Samford, 3 p.m.

SE Louisiana at UAB, 3 p.m.

E. Illinois at UT-Martin, 3 p.m.

Elon at Appalachian St., 3:30 p.m.

Georgia Tech at Clemson, 3:30 p.m.

LSU at Florida, 3:30 p.m.

New Hampshire at Georgia St., 3:30 p.m.

Gardner-Webb at Liberty, 3:30 p.m.

Tulsa at Marshall, 3:30 p.m.

Wake Forest at Maryland, 3:30 p.m.

Louisiana-Monroe at Middle Tennessee, 3:30 p.m.

Georgia Southern at W. Carolina, 3:30 p.m.

NC A&T at Bethune-Cookman, 4 p.m.

Delaware St. at Norfolk St., 4 p.m.

Tulane at Louisiana-Lafayette, 5 p.m.

Murray St. at Austin Peay, 7 p.m.

UNLV at Louisiana Tech, 7 p.m.

Rice at Memphis, 7 p.m.

Texas A&M at Mississippi, 7 p.m.

Lamar at Northwestern St., 7 p.m.

Morgan St. at Savannah St., 7 p.m.

Georgia at South Carolina, 7 p.m.

Florida St. at NC State, 8 p.m.

Jacksonville St. at Tennessee Tech, 8 p.m.

MIDWEST Michigan St. at Indiana, Noon Kansas at Kansas St., Noon Buffalo at Ohio, Noon Kent St. at E. Michigan, 1 p.m.

San Diego at Drake, 1:30 p.m.

Bowling Green at Akron, 2 p.m.

S. Illinois at Illinois St., 2 p.m.

Youngstown St. at N. Dakota St., 2 p.m.

Butler at Valparaiso, 2 p.m.

UMass at W. Michigan, 2 p.m.

SC State vs. NC Central at Indianapolis, 2:30 p.m.

N. Illinois at Ball St., 3 p.m.

W. Illinois at South Dakota, 3 p.m.

Cent. Michigan at Toledo, 3 p.m.

Missouri St. at Indiana St., 3:05 p.m.

Illinois at Wisconsin, 3:30 p.m.

Michigan at Purdue, 4 p.m.

Miami (Ohio) at Cincinnati, 7 p.m.

Vanderbilt at Missouri, 7 p.m.

Miami vs. Notre Dame at Chicago, 7:30 p.m.

Nebraska at Ohio St., 8 p.m.

SOUTHWEST Iowa St. at TCU, 3:30 p.m.

Oklahoma at Texas Tech, 3:30 p.m.

Stephen F. Austin vs. Sam Houston St. at Houston, 4 p.m.

Jackson St. at Ark.-Pine Bluff, 7 p.m.

Nicholls St. at Cent. Arkansas, 7 p.m.

North Texas at Houston, 7 p.m.

Grambling St. vs. Prairie View at Dallas, 7 p.m.

West Virginia at Texas, 7 p.m.

SMU at UTEP, 8 p.m.

FAR WEST Navy at Air Force, 11:30 a.m.

Sacramento St. at S. Utah, 3 p.m.

Arizona at Stanford, 3 p.m.

Montana at N. Colorado, 3:35 p.m.

New Mexico St. at Idaho, 5 p.m.

Texas St. at New Mexico, 6 p.m.

Washington St. at Oregon St., 6 p.m.

Fresno St. at Colorado St., 7 p.m.

Montana St. at UC Davis, 7 p.m.

Wyoming at Nevada, 7:05 p.m.

Hawaii at San Diego St., 8 p.m.

North Dakota at E. Washington, 8:05 p.m.

Idaho St. at Portland St., 8:05 p.m.

UCLA at California, 10 p.m.

Washington at Oregon, 10:30 p.m.

AUTO RACING Houston Indianapolis Jacksonville Tennessee North Baltimore Cincinnati Pittsburgh Cleveland West

W 4 1 1 1

L 0 2 3 3

T Pct 0 1.000 0 .333 0 .250 0 .250

PF 126 61 62 81

PA 56 83 97 151

W 3 3 1 0

L 1 1 2 4

T 0 0 0 0

PF 121 112 77 73

PA 83 112 75 98

Pct .750 .750 .333 .000

W L T Pct PF PA San Diego 3 1 0 .750 100 71 Denver 2 2 0 .500 114 83 1 3 0 .250 88 136 Kansas City 1 3 0 .250 67 125 Oakland NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA 2 1 0 .667 47 54 Dallas Philadelphia 2 1 0 .667 47 66 2 1 0 .667 94 65 N.Y. Giants Washington 2 2 0 .500 123 123 South W L T Pct PF PA 4 0 0 1.000 124 76 Atlanta Tampa Bay 1 3 0 .250 82 91 Carolina 1 3 0 .250 80 109 New Orleans 0 4 0 .000 110 130 North W L T Pct PF PA Minnesota 3 1 0 .750 90 72 Chicago 2 1 0 .667 74 50 Green Bay 2 2 0 .500 85 81 Detroit 1 3 0 .250 100 114 West W L T Pct PF PA Arizona 4 0 0 1.000 91 61 San Francisco 3 1 0 .750 104 65 St. Louis 2 2 0 .500 79 91 Seattle 2 2 0 .500 70 58 Thursday's Game Baltimore 23, Cleveland 16 Sunday's Games Houston 38, Tennessee 14 San Diego 37, Kansas City 20 St. Louis 19, Seattle 13 New England 52, Buffalo 28 Minnesota 20, Detroit 13 Atlanta 30, Carolina 28 San Francisco 34, N.Y. Jets 0 Arizona 24, Miami 21, OT Denver 37, Oakland 6 Cincinnati 27, Jacksonville 10 Green Bay 28, New Orleans 27 Washington 24, Tampa Bay 22 N.Y. Giants at Philadelphia, 8:20 p.m.

Open: Indianapolis, Pittsburgh Monday's Game Chicago at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 4 Arizona at St. Louis, 8:20 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 7 Baltimore at Kansas City, 1 p.m.

Atlanta at Washington, 1 p.m.

Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.

Green Bay at Indianapolis, 1 p.m.

Cleveland at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m.

Miami at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.

Seattle at Carolina, 4:05 p.m.

Chicago at Jacksonville, 4:05 p.m.

Buffalo at San Francisco, 4:25 p.m.

Tennessee at Minnesota, 4:25 p.m.

Denver at New England, 4:25 p.m.

San Diego at New Orleans, 8:20 p.m.

Open: Dallas, Detroit, Oakland, Tampa Bay Monday, Oct. 8 Houston at N.Y. Jets, 8:30 p.m.

AP Top 25 Poll ............................Record Pts Pv 1. Alabama (60).........5-0 1,500 1 2. Oregon...................5-0 1,430 2

3. Florida St...............5-0 1,349 4 4. LSU........................5-0 1,310 3 5. Georgia..................5-0 1,252 5 6. South Carolina ......5-0 1,152 6 7. Kansas St..............4-0 1,123 7 8. West Virginia..........4-0 1,066 9 9. Notre Dame...........4-0 1,043 10 10. Florida..................4-0 937 11 11. Texas....................4-0 932 12 12. Ohio St. ...............5-0 793 14 13. Southern Cal.......3-1 703 13 14. Oregon St............3-0 647 18 15. Clemson ..............4-1 608 17 15. TCU .....................4-0 608 15 17. Oklahoma............2-1 581 16 18. Stanford...............3-1 509 8 19. Louisville..............5-0 404 19 20. Mississippi St. .....4-0 306 21 21. Nebraska.............4-1 240 22 22. Rutgers................4-0 160 23 23. Washington..........3-1 159 NR 24. Northwestern.......5-0 143 NR 25. UCLA...................4-1 122 NR Others receiving votes: Cincinnati 72, Boise St. 53, Texas A&M 51, Michigan St. 43, Texas Tech 39, Michigan 38, Louisiana Tech 37, Baylor 31, Ohio 30, Arizona St. 15, Arizona 4, Miami 4, Iowa St. 3, Tennessee 3.

College Football Schedule All Times EDT (Subject to change) Thursday, Oct. 4 SOUTH Arkansas St. at FIU, 7:30 p.m.

East Carolina at UCF, 8 p.m.

FAR WEST Southern Cal at Utah, 9 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 5 EAST Pittsburgh at Syracuse, 7 p.m.

FAR WEST Cal Poly at Weber St., 8 p.m.

Utah St. at BYU, 10:15 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 6 EAST Boston College at Army, Noon Northwestern at Penn St., Noon UConn at Rutgers, Noon Robert Morris at St. Francis (Pa.), Noon South Florida at Temple, Noon Dartmouth at Yale, Noon Columbia at Lehigh, 12:30 p.m.

Albany (NY) at Bryant, 1 p.m.

Georgetown at Fordham, 1 p.m.

Cornell at Harvard, 1 p.m.

Bucknell at Holy Cross, 1 p.m.

Brown at Rhode Island, 1 p.m.

Wagner at Sacred Heart, 1 p.m.

Maine at Delaware, 3:30 p.m.

William & Mary at Penn, 3:30 p.m.

Princeton at Lafayette, 6 p.m.

Charleston Southern at Stony Brook, 6 p.m.

Richmond at Villanova, 6 p.m.

SOUTH Arkansas at Auburn, Noon Boise St. at Southern Miss., Noon Mississippi St. at Kentucky, 12:21 p.m.

Virginia Tech at North Carolina, 12:30 p.m.

Dayton at Davidson, 1 p.m.

Florida A&M at Howard, 1 p.m.

Towson at James Madison, 1 p.m.

Jacksonville at Morehead St., 1 p.m.

Presbyterian at VMI, 1:30 p.m.

Furman at Wofford, 1:30 p.m.

Texas Southern at Alabama St., 2 p.m.

E. Kentucky at Tennessee St., 2 p.m.

Southern U. at Alcorn St., 3 p.m.

Virginia at Duke, 3 p.m.

NASCAR Sprint Cup-AAA 400 Results Sunday At Dover International Speedway Dover, Del. Lap length: 1 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (10) Brad Keselowski, Dodge, 400 laps, 118.2 rating, 47 points, $221,070.

2. (7) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 400, 114.1, 43, $207,796.

3. (26) Mark Martin, Toyota, 400, 98.7, 41, $140,760.

4. (11) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 400, 119.6, 41, $164,321.

5. (15) Carl Edwards, Ford, 400, 100.3, 39, $158,126.

6. (3) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 400, 100.2, 38, $132,674.

7. (5) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 399, 139.8, 39, $148,068.

8. (1) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 399, 119, 37, $136,901.

9. (2) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 399, 108.8, 36, $115,474.

10. (14) Joey Logano, Toyota, 399, 83.6, 34, $95,535.

11. (25) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 398, 85.4, 33, $92,510.

12. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 397, 74.9, 0, $78,935.

13. (13) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 397, 79.6, 31, $126,596.

14. (16) Bobby Labonte, Toyota, 397, 77.7, 30, $106,468.

15. (9) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 397, 98, 29, $87,260.

16. (6) Greg Biffle, Ford, 397, 89.1, 28, $87,485.

17. (18) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 397, 69.3, 27, $102,118.

18. (27) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 397, 64.6, 26, $105,543.

19. (21) Aric Almirola, Ford, 397, 73.1, 25, $114,296.

20. (24) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 397, 70.3, 24, $127,835.

21. (8) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 397, 81, 23, $117,593.

22. (19) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 396, 65.3, 22, $84,735.

23. (28) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 395, 63.9, 21, $98,643.

24. (20) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 394, 66, 20, $107,268.

25. (4) Sam Hornish Jr., Dodge, 393, 84.1, 0, $117,335.

26. (35) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 393, 52.5, 18, $106,326.

27. (39) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 393, 56.3, 17, $114,535.

28. (38) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 393, 42, 0, $75,135.

29. (33) Travis Kvapil, Toyota, 392, 49.9, 15, $94,818.

30. (31) David Ragan, Ford, 392, 45.5, 14, $85,782.

31. (30) Casey Mears, Ford, 391, 42.5, 13, $74,060.

32. (42) David Gilliland, Ford, 391, 52.1, 12, $71,360.

33. (41) T.J. Bell, Ford, 390, 36, 0, $79,485.

34. (40) J.J. Yeley, Chevrolet, 388, 38.3, 10, $71,035.

35. (12) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 371, 66.6, 9, $119,621.

36. (22) Landon Cassill, Toyota, 354, 43.1, 8, $97,280.

37. (23) Josh Wise, Ford, vibration, 92, 32.4, 7, $72,030.

38. (32) Michael McDowell, Ford, suspension, 51, 36.1, 6, $70,353.

39. (37) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, electrical, 48, 31.4, 0, $67,500.

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40. (34) Scott Speed, Ford, suspension, 32, 34, 4, $67,325.

41. (43) Dave Blaney, Chevrolet, overheating, 29, 32.2, 3, $67,125.

42. (36) Scott Riggs, Chevrolet, brakes, 26, 29.3, 2, $66,995.

43. (29) Reed Sorenson, Toyota, brakes, 18, 28.6, 0, $67,329.

Race Statistics Average Speed of Race Winner: 125.076 mph.

Time of Race: 3 hours, 11 minutes, 53 seconds.

Margin of Victory: 1.078 seconds.

Caution Flags: 5 for 28 laps.

Lead Changes: 11 among 6 drivers.

Lap Leaders: D.Hamlin 1-34; Ky.Busch 35-145; J.Gordon 146; C.Bowyer 147; B.Keselowski 148-151; Ky.Busch 152-180; D.Hamlin 181-184; Ky.Busch 185-311; J.Johnson 312-354; Ky.Busch 355-389; D.Hamlin 390; B.Keselowski 391-400.

Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led): Ky.Busch, 4 times for 302 laps; J.Johnson, 1 time for 43 laps; D.Hamlin, 3 times for 39 laps; B.Keselowski, 2 times for 14 laps; J.Gordon, 1 time for 1 lap; C.Bowyer, 1 time for 1 lap.

Top 12 in Points: 1. B.Keselowski, 2,142; 2. J.Johnson, 2,137; 3. D.Hamlin, 2,126; 4. C.Bowyer, 2,117; 5. T.Stewart, 2,110; 6. K.Kahne, 2,110; 7.

D.Earnhardt Jr., 2,103; 8. M.Truex Jr., 2,100; 9. K.Harvick, 2,096; 10.

J.Gordon, 2,094; 11. G.Biffle, 2,091; 12.

M.Kenseth, 2,070.

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.

BASKETBALL WNBA Playoff Glance All Times EDT CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS (x-if necessary) (Best-of-3) Eastern Conference Connecticut 2, NewYork 0 Thursday, Sept. 27: Connecticut 65, New York 60 Saturday, Sept. 29: Connecticut 75, New York 62 Indiana vs. Atlanta Friday Sept. 28: Atlanta 75, Indiana 66 Sunday, Sept. 30: Indiana 103, Atlanta 88 x-Tuesday, Oct. 2: Atlanta at Indiana, TBD Western Conference Minnesota vs. Seattle Friday, Sept. 28: Minnesota 78, Seattle 70 Sunday, Sept. 30: Minnesota at Seattle, 9 p.m. x-Tuesday, Oct. 2: Seattle at Minnesota, TBD Los Angeles 2, San Antonio 0 Thursday, Sept. 27: Los Angeles 93, San Antonio 86 Saturday, Sept. 29: Los Angeles 101, San Antonio 94

GOLF Ryder Cup Results Sunday At Medinah Country Club Medinah, Ill. EUROPE 14½, UNITED STATES 13½ Singles Europe 8½, United States 3½ Luke Donald, Europe, def. Bubba Watson, United States, 2 and 1.

Ian Poulter, Europe, def. Webb Simpson, United States, 2 up.

Rory McIlroy, Europe, def. Keegan Bradley, United States, 2 and 1.

Justin Rose, Europe, def. Phil Mickelson, United States, 1 up.

Paul Lawrie, Europe, def. Brandt Snedeker, United States, 5 and 3.

Dustin Johnson, United States, def.

Nicolas Colsaerts, Europe, 3 and 2.

Zach Johnson, United States, def.

Graeme McDowell, Europe, 2 and 1.

Sergio Garcia, Europe, def. Jim Furyk, United States, Europe 1 up.

Jason Dufner, United States, def.

Peter Hanson, Europe, 2 up.

Lee Westwood, Europe, def. Matt Kuchar, United States, 3 and 2.

Martin Kaymer, Europe, def. Steve Stricker, United States, 1 up.

Francesco Molinari, Europe, halved with Tiger Woods, United States.

Ryder Cup Champions 2012 — Europe 14½, United States 13½; Medinah Country Club, Medinah, Ill. 2010 — Europe 14½, United States 13½; Celtic Manor Resort, Newport, Wales 2008 — United States 16½, Europe 11½; Valhalla Golf Club, Louisville, Ky. 2006 — Europe 18½, United States 9½; The K Club (Palmer Course), Straffan, Ireland 2004 — Europe 18½, United States 9½; Oakland Hills CC (South Course), Bloomfield Township, Mich.

2002 — Europe 15½, United States 12½; The Belfry, Sutton Coldfield, England 1999 — United States 14½, Europe 13½; The Country Club, Brookline, Mass.

1997 — Europe 14½, United States 13½; Valderrama Golf Club, Sotogrande, Spain 1995 — Europe 14½, United States 13½; Oak Hill CC, Rochester, N.Y. 1993 — United States 15, Europe 13; The Belfry, Sutton Coldfield, England 1991 — United States 14½, Europe 13½; The Ocean Course, Kiawah Island, S.C. 1989 — Europe 14, United States 14; The Belfry, Sutton Coldfield, England 1987 — Europe 15, United States 13; Muirfield Village GC, Dublin, Ohio 1985 — Europe 16,½ United States 11½; The Belfry, Sutton Coldfield, England 1983 — United States 14½, Europe 13½; PGA National GC, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. 1981 — United States 18½, Europe 9½; Walton Health GC, Surrey, England 1979 — United States 17, Europe 11; The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, W.Va. 1977 — United States 12½, Great Britain & Ireland 7½; Royal Lytham & St. Annes, England 1975 — United States 21, Great Britain & Ireland 11; Laurel Valley GC, Ligonier, Pa. 1973 — United States 19, Great Britain & Ireland 13; Muirfield, Scotland 1971 — United States 18½, Britain 13½; Old Warson CC, St. Louis

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■ Major League Baseball

Cabrera’s grand slam lifts Tribe to easy win CLEVELAND (AP) — Asdrubal Cabrera knew a fastball was coming.

He hit it for a grand slam.

Cabrera capped a 10run fifth inning with his second career grand slam and the Cleveland Indians routed the Kansas City Royals 15-3 Sunday.

“It was a fastball and I was not surprised,” said Cabrera, who had three hits and scored three runs as Cleveland improved to 2-1 with interim manager Sandy Alomar Jr. “They pitched me the same way every time this

series,” Cabrera said.

“First pitch, curveball, then a changeup and then fastball. So I hit it.”

Zach McAllister (6-8) benefited from the Indians tying a season high in runs and hits, 19. It was their ninth double-digit hit total in 10 games.

They’ve won six of them, including a 15-4 victory in Kansas City a week ago.

McAllister pitched fivehit ball over 6 2-3 innings, allowing three runs.

“It was nice to have all those runs,” said the righthander, who won for the first time in nine starts

■ College Football

since beating Boston on Aug. 11. The rookie started 4-1 with a 3.17 ERA in eight starts after being called up from Triple-A Columbus. Then he was part of Cleveland’s second-half struggles.

“It’s been a big learning year, both good and bad,” said McAllister, who has yielded three runs or fewer in 16 of 22 outings.

“Today, I didn’t have my best stuff, but got through it.”

The Indians are 5-2 after a disastrous 12-41 stretch dropped them out of the AL Central race and

cost manager Manny Acta his job. General manager Chris Antonetti will interview Alomar and former Boston Red Sox manager Terry Francona soon for the fulltime position and expects a few other candidates to be in the search process.

The 10-run inning was Cleveland’s first since doing it in Kansas City in a 19-1 win on May 16, 2011. The Indians had not scored 10 in an inning at home since an 11-run first inning against the Royals on Aug. 13, 2006.

Cleveland went 9 for 20

with runners in scoring position after stranding 20 men on base in a 7-6 loss in 14 innings on Saturday.

“That’s baseball,” Alomar said. “We took what they gave us and kept the line moving, tried not to do too much.”

Royals starter Luke Hochevar (8-16) was tagged for nine runs over 4 2-3 innings.

“It got away in a hurry,” manager Ned Yost said after the Royals’ seventh loss in eight games. “A 10run fifth is not good for your business.”

Lou Marson’s two-out RBI single put Cleveland ahead 1-0 in the second.

Cleveland broke it open in the fifth. Shin-Soo Choo doubled to start the rally and later had a two-run single. Jason Kipnis and Jack Hannahan each had RBI doubles. Other runs scored on a forceout by Casey Kotchman and when Jason Donald was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded.

Cabrera had a bunt single in the midst of the rally before connecting for his slam off lefty reliever Everett Teaford.

■ Golf

Meyer happy, but says offense needs work EAST LANSING, Mich.

(AP) — The spread offense Urban Meyer used at his previous coaching stops isn’t totally clicking right now at Ohio State.

The Buckeyes are winning anyway.

“We’ve got to score more points on offense,” Meyer said. “I like a 70 every once in a while. We’re happy to be 5-0 and a chance to go 6-0.”

Relying on quarterback Braxton Miller’s mobility and a suddenly-stingy defense, the Buckeyes edged Michigan State 17-16 on Saturday, giving Meyer a victory in his first Big Ten game as Ohio State’s coach. The Buckeyes moved up two spots to No. 12 in the AP poll Sunday, and the Spartans fell out of the Top 25.

Miller hurt Michigan State with his arm and his feet, and it was his 63-yard touchdown pass to Devin Smith in the third quarter that put Ohio State ahead to stay. He also turned the ball over three times in opposing territory, but Meyer wasn’t sweating that too much after his team slugged it out with a tough Michigan State team.

“That was a great game.

This ranks as one of the great

ones I’ve (ever coached),” Meyer said. “I’m very lucky to have been around some great players, some great teams. …

This ranks as one of the top wins. This is fantastic.”

The Buckeyes aren’t eligible for the Big Ten title because of sanctions, but they can certainly send a message by rolling through the conference schedule. Michigan State, meanwhile, has a small hole to climb out of. The Spartans (3-2) play at Indiana next weekend after dropping their conference opener.

Running back Le’Veon Bell, a workhouse so far this season, was held to 45 yards on 17 carries Saturday.

Michigan State could take some solace in a polished performance from Andrew Maxwell, who is in his first year as the starting quarterback. Maxwell threw for 269 yards and a touchdown.

Miller was chief among those playmakers. He threw for 179 yards and ran for 136 in a performance that had to be at least a little unnerving for Ohio State’s future opponents. And the defense, which entered the game ranked last in the Big Ten, rose to the occasion.

■ Major League Baseball

Reds ■ CONTINUED FROM 15 resume his managerial duties Monday in the series against the Cardinals. Baker has missed 11 games after having a mini-stroke.

Johnny Cueto pitched effectively but failed in his attempt to become the Reds’ first 20-game winner in 24 years. Cueto allowed three runs one earned on six hits in seven innings.

The most recent Reds 20-game winner is Danny Jackson in 1988.

Wandy Rodriguez allowed two runs in six innings for the Pirates, who beat the Reds on Saturday but could not win consecutive games for the first time since Sept. 45.

That also was the previous time the Pirates won a series, but things were looking good for fans at PNC Park on Fan Appreciation Day with Hanrahan taking the mound having converted his previous 16 save opportunities. Hanrahan had allowed four earned runs in 33 prior appearances at home this season.

Andrew McCutchen put Pittsburgh up 3-2 with a

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Europe’s Martin Kaymer celebrates after winning the Ryder Cup PGA golf tournament Sunday at the Medinah Country Club in Medinah, Ill.

Comeback complete

single to center in the fifth.

Steady rain accompanied the game’s first pitch, and umpired halted play four minutes later.

Grounds crew placed small tarps on the pitching mound and home plate but were stopped from pulling out the large infield tarp.

Play was resumed after a 4-minute delay tied for the shortest delay of any kind in the majors this season, according to STATS LLC. Each of the other two 4-minute delays took place in a dome.

The Reds scored twice in the second inning on Votto’s ground-rule double and Todd Frazier’s groundout. Garrett Jones’ 26th home run, a two-run shot in the bottom half, tied it.

Wilson Valdez and Miguel Cairo added two hits each for the Reds.

Sam LeCure and Sean Marshall (5-5) combined to pitch a scoreless eighth.

Rodriguez finished his season 5-4 with a 3.72 ERA in 13 games (12 starts) with Pittsburgh since being acquired in a July 24 trade with Houston.

MEDINAH, Ill. (AP) — Erasing some of their worst Ryder Cup memories, the Europeans wore the image of Seve Ballesteros on their sleeves and played their hearts out Sunday at Medinah to match the greatest comeback in history and head home with that precious gold trophy.

Europe got its payback for Brookline. Martin Kaymer gave German golf redemption for Kiawah Island.

Jose Maria Olazabal squeezed his eyes and fought back tears when Kaymer holed a 6-foot par putt about the same length that countryman Bernhard Langer missed at Kiawah in 1991 to beat Steve Stricker and give Europe the point it needed to keep the cup.

Tiger Woods missed a 3foot par putt on the 18th hole and conceded a par to Francesco Molinari that halved their match, that extra half-point making it a clear-cut win for Europe, 14-

13.

Woods and Stricker, the anchors in the lineup, didn’t win a single match at Medinah.

“This one is for all of Europe,” Olazabal said. “Seve will always be present with this team. He was a big factor for this event for the European side, and last night when we were having that meeting, I think the boys understood that believing was the most important thing. And I think they did.”

Ian Poulter was the first to embrace Olazabal, which was only fitting.

It was Poulter who gave Europe hope Saturday evening when he made five straight birdies to turn a loss into a win and swing momentum in Europe’s favor.

Poulter was up to his fistpumping, eye-bulging tricks again on the final day, winning the last two holes in his match against U.S. Open champion Webb Simpson.

And he had plenty of help.

Europe’s top five players in the lineup all won, including Rory McIlroy, who was lucky to be playing. McIlroy kept thinking his match was at 12:25 p.m. it was listed in Eastern time, not Central and he needed a police escort to get to the course with 10 minutes to spare. Then, he came up with key birdies to hand Keegan Bradley his first loss of the week.

The biggest match might have belonged to Justin Rose. He was on the verge of losing to Phil Mickelson when Rose holed a 12-foot par putt to halve the 16th, made a 35-foot birdie putt from the back of the 17th green to win the hole, and then closed out Mickelson with a 12-foot birdie on the last hole.

Six of the 12 matches went to the 18th hole on Sunday. The Americans won only one of them.

The Americans also rallied from a four-point deficit to win in 1999 at Brookline.

This was different, though.

The Americans won big in those early matches. At Medinah, so many of them could have gone either way.

It was so close, so tense, that either side could have won the Ryder Cup down to the very end.

Stricker made an 8-foot par putt on the 18th, and Kaymer faced a par putt from 6 feet to win the match.

If he missed, the Americans would get a half-point, and Woods was leading 1-up over Molinari and in the middle of the 18th fairway.

Kaymer, a former No. 1 and major champion who has struggled all year, poured it in the middle and the celebration was on.

“It’s a feeling I never had before,” Kaymer said. “On Friday, I sat down with Bernhard and talked a little bit about the Ryder Cup because my attitude was not the right one. But now I know how important the Ryder Cup is.”

Gordon hoped Keselowski’s No. 2 Dodge would run out of instead.

Instead, Keselowski ran off with the victory.

“We were just a top-five car all weekend,” Keselowski said. “My guys just kept us there. When you’re in top five, you’re in

good position for things to happen.”

Gordon followed his third place last week at New Hampshire with another strong run at Dover. He needed it after a 35th-place finish in the opener at Chicagoland buried him in the standings.

“We’re not going to continue in this championship against those guys up front if they keep running the way they’re running,” he said.

“The only way we’re going to get a chance at them is if they have a problem like we had (in the opener). If we keep running like this, we’ll

get the wins.”

Keselowski had four career wins coming into the season. He had his career breakthrough at Talladega in 2009 when he won his first career race. He won there again this season in May. There were some rough

finishes for the rest of the Chase field. Martin Truex Jr. was sixth, Clint Bowyer was ninth, Dale Earnhardt Jr. 11th, Kevin Harvick 13th, Kasey Kahne 15th, Greg Biffle 16th, Tony Stewart 20th, and Matt Kenseth was knocked out of the race and was 35th.

Europe emerges with Ryder Cup title

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That left it to Gordon and Keselowski to duel for the lead over the closing laps.