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Troy Mayor Michael L. Beamish sings Christmas carols along with members of the Mayor’s Youth Council prior to the Grand Illumination of the Troy Christmas tree during the Hometown Holiday celebration downtown Friday evening.

Time to celebrate Tree lighting kicks off holiday season TROY

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State registers exotic pets COLUMBUS — State officials continue to work with owners of exotic animals to help them fully register their creatures with the Ohio Department of Agriculture, even though the state deadline for them to submit information was several weeks ago. See Page A7.

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Bill and Connie Miller’s large blue spruce tree once was decorated for Christmas every year in their front yard, but this year, they left the decorating to the city of Troy and Santa Claus.

The Millers were aptly honored with a parade escort by the Corvette Club of Troy and enjoyed their first-ever Hometown Holiday.

At the end of the parade, Beamish honored the Millers, the couple who donated this year’s 2,400-pound, 35-foot-tall tree to the city.

“It was really neat, especially since it was our tree,” Bill Miller said. “It’s been fun driving through town and seeing it. I used to decorate it every year until it got too big. We hope everybody enjoys it.”

Connie said now the couple enjoy the unobstructed view of the neighborhood from their picture window and enjoyed being a part of the city’s holiday festivities.

“It was the first year we’ve ever

WASHINGTON (AP) — The crack epidemic that began in the 1980s ushered in a wave of bloodletting in the nation’s capital and a death toll that ticked upward daily. Dead bodies, sometimes several a night, had homicide detectives hustling between crime scenes and earned Washington unwelcome monikers such as the nation’s “murder capital.” At the time, some feared the murder rate might ascend to more frightening heights.

But after approaching nearly 500 slayings a year in the early 1990s, the annual rate has gradually declined to the point that the city is now on the verge of a onceunthinkable milestone. The number of 2012 killings in the District of Columbia stands at 78 and is on pace to finish lower than 100 for the first time since 1963, police records show.

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The 2012 Little Miss Strawberry, Isabelle Eichhorn, 4, of Troy, gets her face painted by Whimsical Faces’ Jolynn Colebaugh at the Troy Sports Center during the Hometown Holiday festival. done this (attended the Hometown Holiday festival) — it was a lot of fun,” Connie said with a smile on her face.

The Hometown Holiday festivities included holiday songs with a brass band providing the pomp and circumstance before Santa, along with Troy Mayor Michael Beamish and members of his youth council, counted down for

the Grand Illumination of the city’s Christmas Tree.

Little Miss and Mr. Strawberry finally got to ride on the Strawberry Festival float Friday to wave to the children and families lining the streets waiting for Santa to come to downtown Troy.

“It was great,” said Little Mr.

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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — WalMart workers and supporters marched in protest at a number of stores nationwide Thursday and Friday, blasting the wages, benefits and treatment of employees of the world’s largest retailer.

The efforts seemed to do little to keep shoppers away though — Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said it was its best Black Friday ever.

In Paramount, Calif., authorities arrested a small group of protesters Friday outside a Wal-Mart.

Elizabeth Brennan of Warehouse Workers United said nine people, including three employees, were arrested shortly after 12 noon for blocking the street outside the store in Paramount. At one point, however, more than 1,000 people blocked traffic outside the store, Sheriff’s Capt. Mike Parker told KNBC-TV.

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Vietnam veteran finally receives Silver Star

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Troy native William “Bill” Warwick has finally received his Silver Star — almost 45 years after selflessly saving six soldiers in Complete weather the Vietnam War. information on Page 12.

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V for Valor and Air Medal for Valor, along with other air medals and numerous other awards. The only honor that has been formally bestowed to him was the Silver Star in September at the U.S. Armed Forces Reserve Center east of McCook, Neb. “I was pretty highly decorated by the time I was 21, and after I got back, I got processed out of the Army, and the military takes a long time to do their paperwork,” explained Warwick, who attended St. Patrick School in Troy and now

lives in Cambridge, Neb. “So all these medals and awards I supposedly had earned were being processed through the Army back in the states, and I never got the paperwork done before I got out.

I was already growing a beard and a ponytail, just like the rest of the world back then. All this paperwork started coming back at my parents’ house, and my folks started reading it.

My mother said, ‘Why didn’t you tell me about this?’”

Warwick earned the Silver Star for his role in an emergency evacuation

in which he jumped about 15 feet from the helicopter as it flew away — “it was a little farther up than I had anticipated,” he admits — into heavy enemy fire to save six critically wounded soldiers.

“I thought, ‘If I wait another second, I’m going to get myself killed. It’s either I do it now or never,’” he recalled.

Warwick insists he is not a hero; instead, he says he was simply fulfilling his duty. If it weren’t for his daughter’s persistence in having her father bestowed with due honor, his heroic

efforts likely would have gone unrecognized.

“I wasn’t ever one to go around telling people about some of the things I did in Vietnam,” Warwick said. “I just went along with my life and let the paperwork lie on the shelf and in the closet.”

Warwick went on to have a 24-year career in the military, becoming the fourth generation of his family to defend the nation on foreign soil. His father William Warwick and mother Clara Cody Warwick both graduated from Troy High School.

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N.Y.’s Fire Island assesses future after Sandy OCEAN BEACH, N.Y. (AP) — New Yorkers who cherish Fire Island as an idyllic summertime getaway feared the worst when the 32-mile-long barrier island took a direct hit from Superstorm Sandy’s powerful surge. The wall of water swamped nearly the entire island, destroyed or washed away about 200 homes and scraped sand dunes down to nothing.

Still, residents are counting their blessings.

That’s because more than 4,000 structures survived, at least enough to be repaired. And some are crediting the carefully maintained wall of dunes, ranging from 10 to 20 feet tall, with taking the brunt of the storm’s fury.

“The dunes were demolished, but without their protection it would have been much worse,” said Malcolm Bowman, a professor of physical oceanography at

Stony Brook University.

Evidence of the hit the dunes absorbed is everywhere. A halfmile from the ocean, a blizzard of sand covers bicycles up to the handlebars. Wooden pilings are all that remain of stairs and walkways that passed over dunes and led down to the beach. A football-field-size network of concrete blocks that once sat under 6 feet of sand lay bare in the autumn sunshine. Houses on stilts that once peeked over sand berms now sit naked to the surf.

New Yorkers know Fire Island as their own private paradise, a close-to-home getaway that’s accessible only by ferry and feels like a different country. The strip of beaches five miles off the south shore of Long Island is threefourths undeveloped and includes a national wilderness area.

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In Lakewood, Colo., shoppers hesitated as they passed dozens of protesters outside a WalMart but entered without incident. Some protesters held signs playing off of the retailing giant’s corporate slogan, “Live better,” accusing the company of corporate greed and underpaying its workers.

“This is the way you get a fair shake. You’ve got to fight for it. You’ve always had to,” said protester Charlie May, of the Industrial Workers of the World labor organization.

A union-backed group called OUR Wal-Mart has said that it is holding an estimated 1,000 protests in 46 states. The exact number is unclear.

Wal-Mart has refuted that estimate, saying the figure is grossly exaggerated and that the protests involved few of its own employees.

A number of demonstrations and walk-outs occurred last week at stores but were scheduled to culminate on one of the year’s busiest shopping days.

OUR Wal-Mart, made up of current and former Wal-Mart employees, was formed in 2010 to press the company for better working conditions.

The retailer filed an unfair labor practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board last week against the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union. The company said that the demonstrations organized by OUR Wal-Mart threatened to disrupt its business and intimidate customers and associates.

Wal-Mart said roughly 50 employees participated in the events Thursday and a “few dozen” employees Friday.

Company spokesman Dan Fogleman said that the number of associates who missed their shifts during the two days of events is 60 percent lower than last year.

“It was proven last night and again today that the OUR Wal-Mart group doesn’t speak for the 1.3 million Wal-Mart associates,” the company said in a statement.

The union group estimated that “hundreds” of employees participated nationwide.

Strawberry Evan Couch.

The 5-year-old was perched on his father’s shoulders with a great view of the parade and festivities on the Public Square. “I really was glad and I loved being on the float — it was so cool!

I was waving to people and they were waving back to me! I’m really happening.”

Couch’s right hand lady Little Miss Strawberry Isabelle Eichhorn stopped in Troy Sports Center to warm up and get her face painted by Whimsical Faces as part of the children’s activities after the Grand Illumination of the tree.

Eichhorn, 4, of Troy, had her crown and bright red coat for the float ride-along with the Troy Strawberry Festival Queen’s processional.

“Everybody was waving to me,” Eichhorn said.

Eichhorn passed the time before Santa was available by getting her face painted at the sporting goods store

idents, but on weekends from Memorial Day to Labor Day, the population is swelled by 75,000 visitors who rent homes ranging in size from multilevel palaces to rustic bungalows. A couple of communities are favorite destinations of gay and lesbian visitors. Cars are banned in the summertime; denizens get around on bikes and boardwalks and tote their gear in red toy wagons.

Because of its remoteness, officials have only begun in the past week or so to allow the residents, and the others who own vacation homes and businesses, to return and assess the damage.

Retired electrical contractor Hyman Portnoy, whose two-story oceanfront home in the village of Ocean Beach suffered damage to its large deck, said rebuilding the dunes is a major concern.

“We haven’t got any protection now,” he said. “I’d be satisfied

with anything. I’d be satisfied with a pile.”

Suzy Goldhirsch, president of the Fire Island Association, which represents businesses and homeowners, noted that homeowners in many Fire Island communities there are 17 different villages and hamlets pay part of their property taxes to maintain the dunes.

But she expects the federal government will be asked to fund some of the dune restoration, arguing that maintaining the barrier island serves to protect not just Fire Island, but also the homes of the 3 million Long Islanders on the mainland.

Critics of federal funding of beach and dune replenishment say U.S. taxpayers shouldn’t pick up the tab for beaches enjoyed by only a fraction of the population.

Replenishment backers counter that Congress has approved recovery funds for other disasters

including Hurricane Katrina and last year’s tornadoes in Missouri.

The work of replacing sand dunes that washed away in the storm is already under way.

Workers are scooping up sand from the streets, putting it in bags and piling it up where the dunes once stood.

Ocean waves demolished at least nine houses, left in splinters on the oceanfront, and about 200 others are severely damaged and likely to be condemned. Dozens of other homes appear uninhabitable without major repairs.

Others are covered in muck several inches deep.

“Decimated,” Ocean Beach artist Kenny Goodman said last week as he returned to the shop he has owned for a quarter-century. When he first saw the damage from flooding in his store, he said, he was “really overwhelmed and sad it’s just a gigantic loss.”

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Ethan Freshour, 4, requests “an American car” from Santa Claus in the community room of the 401 Public Square building after the Grand Illumination ceremony downtown Friday night. Freshour was visiting family during the Thanksgiving holidays from his hometown in Indianapolis. Freshour attended the parade and other festivities with his 6-year-old sister Isabella.

where she warmed up with her family.

The 2012 Strawberry Festival Queen Logan Rathmann came home from her freshman year at Ohio State University to ride the festival float for the first time.

“It was a lot of fun especially since it was our first time on the float,” Rathmann said. “It was great to see everyone and wave at everyone from the float — I’m proud to be a Troy Trojan.”

Santa himself walked around the square and visited with children before lighting the Christmas tree.

Three-year-old Derek Shaber of West Milton shared his excitement when he saw Saint Nick.

“I gave him and hug and a kiss!” Shaber said, before returning to sing Christmas songs and watching the tree light up downtown.

Today kicks off “Small Business Saturday” for downtown business owners.

For more information, visit www.troymainstreet.org.

Homicides “It strikes me probably daily as I ride around the city, or sometimes when I’m sitting at home at night, and it’s 10 o’clock and my phone’s not ringing. Or I get up in the morning, and I go, ‘Oh my gosh, I’ve slept five hours,” said Police Chief Cathy Lanier, who joined the department amid violent 1991 street riots. “It strikes me quite often how different things are now.”

The drop reflects a downward trend in violent crime nationwide and is in line with declining homicides in other big cities.

Though killings have risen in Chicago, New York City officials say homicides dropped to 515 last year from more than 2,200 in 1990. Houston totaled reported 198 homicides last year, down from 457 in 1985, while Los Angeles police reported fewer than 300 last year after ending 1992 with about 1,100.

Across the country, violent crime reported by police to the FBI fell by 3.8 percent last year from 2010.

Though D.C. is hardly crime-free today, and crime in some categories is even up, the homicide decline is especially notable in a place where grisly acts of violence sometimes not far from the U.S. Capitol embodied the worst of the crack scourge.

The number of homicides in this city of about

600,000 residents averaged about 457 between 1989 and 1993, a staggering rate that attracted unwanted attention. “A war zone? No, Washington, D.C.,” was the sub-headline of a 1992 People magazine story that described Washington as a “city under siege.” The Economist in 1995 called it “the violence capital of America.” Tony Patterson, a longtime homicide detective, recalled one eight-hour shift when every detective on his squad landed a homicide investigation. Drive-by shootings with multiple victims were common, as were witnesses who’d see something but say nothing.

The 1990 arrest of thenMayor Marion Barry for smoking crack cocaine fed a perception that the city where the nation’s laws were made was, itself, lawless.

“If you asked people what would happen first, there’ll be a thousand murders in D.C. in a year or there’ll be less than a hundred, I think virtually

everybody would have said there would be 1,000,” said John Roman, a senior fellow at the Washington-based Urban Institute.

Everyone agrees there’s no single cause for the trend.

One overarching factor is the city’s continued gentrification the 2011 median household income of $63,124 is higher than all but four states, census figures show. Whole city blocks have been refashioned, drug dens razed, a Major League Baseball stadium built in place of urban blight, high-rise public housing replaced by lessdense garden style apartments. Though the poverty rate has risen, the growing wealth has pushed impoverished communities farther away from the city center. Some crime has also migrated to neighboring Prince George’s County, Md., though homicides are down there too.

“There are just more physical places in Washington, D.C., that are

affluent and safe than there used to be,” Roman said.

Law enforcement techniques and medical care have advanced at the same time. Improved technology helps officers pinpoint gunfire, even before a 911 call, and share information faster. A police unit dedicated to seizing illegal firearms was re-established and prosecutors, benefiting from the city’s strict gun laws, routinely ask that defendants arrested on weapons charges be held without bond in part, to head off possible retaliation.

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The Dow Jones industrial average gained 172.79, or 1.4 percent, to 13,009.69. The S&P 500 added 18.12, or 1.3 percent, to 1409.15. The Nasdaq ended up 40.30 points, or 1.4 percent, at 2,966.85.

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N. Elm St., will offer a chicken fry from • TENDERLOIN SANDWICH: 5:30-7 p.m. for $7. The meal will include American Legion Post No. 586, Tipp four pieces of chicken, fries, coleslaw and City, will offer a tenderloin sandwich and roll. fries for $5 from 6-7:30 p.m.

• KARAOKE: American Legion Post No. 586, 377 N. 3rd St., Tipp City, will pres- TUESDAY ent Papa D’s Pony Express karaoke for free from 7 p.m. to close.

• ANNUAL MEETING: The Elizabeth • CANDLE DIPPING: Candle dipping Township Historical Society will host its will be offered at 1:30 and 3 p.m. at annual membership meeting in the multiAullwood, 1000 Aullwood Road, Dayton. purpose room of the Elizabeth Township The cost is a general admission fee of $5 Community Center. Following a short for adults and $3 per child, plus $1 for business meeting, a presentation will be each candle made. Call (937) 890-7360 for made titled “The Roaring ’20s through reservations. the Carver’s Eyes.” Sue Curtis, board

SUNDAY • SKATE-A-THON: The Troy High School Hockey Team and the Troy Bruins Youth Hockey program will host a skate-a-thon benefit for the Michael Walter family. He is suffering from metastatic bone cancer. His son, Michael, is a senior on the THS hockey team. The public is invited to support the cause by donating and/or skating from 6:45-8:45 p.m. at Hobart Arena.

Donations will be accepted at the door and skate rental is available for $2.50.

For more information, contact Sharon Morgan at 272-6774 or sharonggarden@aol.com.

• BREAKFAST SERVED: Breakfast will be offered at the Pleasant Hill VFW Post No. 6557, 7578 W. Fenner Road, Ludlow Falls, from 8- 11 a.m. All breakfasts are made-to-order and everything is a la carte.

• FAMILY QUEST: The Miami County Park District will have its monthly Family Quest Day “Rock Hounds Fun with Fossils” program between 1-4 p.m. at Charleston Falls Preserve, 2535 Ross Road, south of Tipp City. This series of fun, family activities in the park is designed for busy families; drop in anytime between 1-4 p.m. at your convenience. A roving naturalist will be on-site.

Participants can investigate real fossils and all different kinds of strange rocks.

Dress for the weather and meet at the falls. Pre-register for the program online at www.miamicountyparks, email to register@miamicountyparks.com or call (937) 335-6273, Ext. 104. For more information, visit www.miamicountyparks.com.

• DIABETES TALK: A “Type 1 Talk,” a group of type 1 diabetics, will meet from 2-4 p.m. at the Troy-Hayner Cultural Center. The meetings serve as times for those with type 1 and their loved ones to get to know each other and discuss the many aspects of the disease in a friendly, non-judgmental environment. For more information, contact Jennifer Runyon at 397-7227.

• BREAKFAST SET: American Legion Post No. 586, 377 N. 3rd St., Tipp City, will have an all-you-can-eat breakfast by the Sons of the American Legion from 811 a.m. for $6. Items available will be eggs, bacon, sausage, pancakes, waffles, toast, biscuits, sausage gravy, french toast, hash browns, fruit, cinnamon rolls and juices.

• ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING: The American Legion Auxiliary, 377 N. 3rd St., Tipp City, will host an organizational meeting of all young women under the age of 18 eligible and interested in becoming junior members of the American Legion Auxiliary at theTipp City Post at 2 p.m. To be eligible you must be a daughter, sister, granddaughter or great-granddaughter of a veteran who is a member of an American Legion or who plans to join, or a deceased veteran who served during certain periods of time, set by the United States Congress. Step relatives are eligible also.

• CANDLE DIPPING: Candle dipping will be offered beginning at 2:30 p.m. at Aullwood, 1000 Aullwood Road, Dayton.

The cost is a general admission fee of $5 foe adults and $3 per child, plus $1

member of the ETHS, will provide excerpts from the George Carver journals covering the decade 1920-1930. The social events of the period as well as fashion, commerce, fads and transportation will be shared including antiques from the period. Light refreshments will be provided.

• FREE SEMINAR: A free seminar on probate and estate law, administration and tax issues will be from 8 a.m. to noon in the Robinson Theater at Edison Community College. To register, contact Roger Luring at 339-2627.

• BOARD MEETING: The Miami County Park District will hold its next board meeting at 9 a.m. at the Lost Creek Reserve Cabin, 2645 E. State Route 41, east of Troy.

WEDNESDAY • RACHEL’S CHALLENGE: While her life was tragically cut short during the Columbine High School shooting on April 20, 1999, Rachel Joy Scotts’ shining example lives on. Come at 7 p.m. at Miami East Junior High auditeria to hear the inspiring true story of one girl’s dream being fulfilled over a decade after her death. The program is free. For more information, call 335-7070.

• COMMISSION MEETING: The Miami County Veterans Service Commission will meet at 3 p.m. at 510 W. Water St., Suite 140, Troy.

• KIWANIS MEETING: The Kiwanis Club of Troy will meet from noon to 1 p.m. at the Troy Country Club. John Terwilliger will speak about the newly created Troy High School Athletic Hall of Fame. For more information, contact Donn Craig, vice president, at (937) 418-1888.

• STORY HOUR: Story hours for children 3-5 and their caregiver will be at 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. at the MiltonUnion Public Library. Programs will include puppet shows, stories and crafts.

• FULL MOON WALK: An Aullwood naturalist will lead a walk from 6:30-8 p.m. in the light of the Mad Buck Moon at Aullwood, 1000 Aullwood Road, Dayton.

NOV. 29 • MOM AND BABY: A Mom and Baby Get Together support group for breastfeeding mothers is offered weekly on Thursdays at Upper Valley Medical Center. The meetings are 9:30 to 11 a.m. at the Farmhouse located northwest of the main hospital entrance. The meetings are facilitated by the lactation department.

Participants can meet other moms, share about being a new mother and learn more about breastfeeding and their babies. For more information, call (937) 440-4906.

• QUARTER AUCTION: The Piqua Optimist Club’s annual quarter auction fundraiser will be at 7 p.m. at Z’s Second Floor Lounge. Doors open at 6 p.m. A limited supply of tickets are available for $3 each, and must be purchased in advance to enter the quarter auction. They are available from any Piqua Optimist member, or at John Bertke State Farm Insurance, 520 N. Main St., Piqua.

Leaf pick-up continues On Nov. 30, the city of Troy street crews will begin the third and final round of the scheduled leaf pick-up.

Residents are asked to comply with this schedule so city crews can finalize the 2012 leaf collection.

Residents who still have leaves after this final pick up may dispose of them by purchasing “T-Bags” for $1.25 each from the Billing & Collection Office, first floor of City Hall.

As with the previous collections, the leaf pick-up will be by zones. The description of the zones and dates for each area as follows: • Zone 1: The area bound on the east by the Corporation line and Ridge Avenue, on the north and west by the corporation line and on the south by West Main Street, south on I-75 and the corporation line. Pick-up scheduled for Nov. 30.

• Zone 2: Area bound

by Ridge Avenue and

TROY Peters Road on the east, to include Pleasant View and Premwood; to the south corporation line and west corporation line to include Willowcreek.

Pick-up scheduled for Dec. 3.

• Zone 3: Area between Ridge Avenue on the west, Peters Road on the south, South Market Street, Canal Street, Monroe Street and Miami River on the east and the corporation line on the north. Pickup scheduled for Dec. 4.

• Zone 4: Area between South Market and CSX Railroad, south of Canal Street to include Southview. Pick-up scheduled for Dec. 5.

• Zone 5: Remainder of east end of town, from CSX Railroad east. Pick-up scheduled for Dec. 6.

• Zone 6: Sherwood and Culbertson area Heights area. Pick-up scheduled for Dec. 7.

• Zone 7: Remaining

sections of Northeast TroyMeadow Lawn, Heritage Hills, Gaslight Village and Northbrook. Pick-up scheduled for Dec. 10.

• Downtown area: Leaves in this area will be picked up intermittently as time permits.

Where possible, residents are asked to rake leaves 1 foot out of the gutter onto the street to allow drainage in the gutter.

Vehicles should be removed from the streets during collection dates.

Residents are reminded that foreign objects, limbs, etc., should be kept out of the leaves since they will damage collection equipment and slow the collection process.

The schedule is to be considered tentative, subject to weather and equipment delays.

For more information, call the city of Troy Central Maintenance & Service Facility at 335-1914 between 7 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Monday-Friday.

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Chamber to host seminar

be “A Dog Named chased it at the retailer or Christmas,” by Greg restaurant location, but Kincaid. Contact Tina the cards are mailed.

Weber at the number listHabitat will in turn TROY — On Dec. 12, ed below for further receive a percentage of the the Miami County details. purchase. For example, Chambers of Commerce The library is at 560 S. you pay $25 for a gift card Small Business Council Main St., West Milton, and that is worth $25, and will host a seminar on is open Monday-Thursday Habitat receives part of “Safety and Social Media.” from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m., your payment.

Did you know that You can go to Friday and Saturday from 1,500,000 pieces of content www.hfhmco.org to order 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. are shared each day on or call the office at 332For more information, social media? The presen3763. visit the library, call (937) ter, Mike McDermott, will 698-5515 or go to explain in detail what www.mupubliclibrary.org. Arts show set security measures your company should take to TROY — Brukner Habitat selling safeguard your business Nature Center’s annual when dealing with social Winter Arts & Crafts gift cards media.

Show will be offered from McDermott also will TROY — Habitat for 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 1 at discuss the benefits of hav- Humanity of Miami Brukner. Admission is free. ing a social media policy.

County is once again sell- The event will include With the ever-growing ing gift cards for the holi- juried artisan projects demand of social media, days. from jewelry to soy candles you and your company The organization has 65 and everything in need to safeguard how and area restaurants and between, including a Pies why your employees are retailers on the gift list. for Possums booth. All propermitted to use this form Participants pay the “same ceeds will benefit the of communication. amount” for the gift card wildlife ambassador and The “Safety and Social as they would if they pur- rehabilitation programs.

Media” seminar will be held at the Concord Room, 845 W. Market St., Troy, beginning at 7:30 a.m. with registration, networking and a light breakfast.

The program will be from 8-9:30 a.m. The cost is $25 for chamber members; $35 for non-chamber members; members with additional staff attending $15; and non-members with addiMiami Valley Centre Mall, Piqua tional staff attending $25.

Monday-Saturday 10-9, Sunday 12-6 937-773-0950 For more information or to register, contact the Piqua Area Chamber of Commerce at 773-2765 or info@piquaareachamber. com.

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PERSPECTIVE

“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.”

— First Amendment, U.S. Constitution

EDITORIAL China Daily, Beijing, on Obama’s next four years: With incumbent President Barack Obama beating his Republican challenger Mitt Romney to win a second term in the White House, the hullabaloo surrounding the presidential election in the United States finally drew to an end.

But the most expensive presidential election in U.S. history has left a social and political divide in the country. If the wounds of political polarization cannot be mitigated, Obama will not be able to deliver on the promises he made during the presidential campaign.

While he could blame the global financial crisis and the mess left by his predecessor for the U.S.’ woes during his first term in office, he will not be able to do that now. He will have to redouble his efforts over the next four years if he is to fix the country’s ailing economy, create more jobs and bring government spending down.

And as the leader of the world’s sole superpower, Obama is facing formidable challenges on the international front as well.

He is expected to readjust Middle East strategy, as the one that his administration has implemented since the Arab uprisings in 2010 is under attack at home and As I abroad.

See It He might want to reflect on his strategic rebal■ The Troy ancing toward the Asia-Pacific as well. The U.S. Daily News moves to boost its military presence and influence in welcomes the region have increased tensions and raised the columns from temperature in the South China Sea disputes. … our readers. To … Despite all the rhetoric that he used to bash submit an “As I China in his presidential campaign, Obama needs to See It” send handle U.S. relations with China in a more mature your type-writand rational way now he is ensconced in the White ten column to: House.

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The Telegraph, London, on the BBC scandal: ■ You can also e-mail us at There seems little point in expecting rational editorial@tdnpu decisions from the British Broadcasting Corp. at this blishing.com. low moment in its fortunes.

■ Please Take the pay-off awarded to George Entwistle, the include your full outgoing director-general, who has received a full name and teleyear’s salary when, contractually, he should have phone number. received half as much. It suggests that Lord Patten of Barnes and the BBC Trust have yet to grasp the true significance of the Newsnight debacle. It is about loss of trust.

As Tim Davie, Entwistle’s temporary replacement, observed, if the BBC forfeits trust, it forfeits everything — and it is certainly undermined by crass decisions such as Entwistle’s lavish severance package.

The events of the past few weeks have left millions of license-fee payers feeling baffled and let down: many more such stumbles will lead to public anger. … Above all else, the BBC’s corporate culture is driven by its determination to retain the funding mechanism of a compulsory TV license that currently guarantees an annual income of >3.6 billion. With such resources, the corporation has no excuse not to proclaim itself the greatest broadcasting organization in the world.

This goes to the heart of how the BBC has lost its way. In pursuit of the renewal of its charter and license fee, the corporation has become obsessed with extending its “reach”, but in trying to appeal to every demographic it risks diluting the quality of its output and the values that it is there to represent. It has also become over-managed, inflexible and sclerotic. In many ways, the current crisis was an accident waiting to happen. …

The BBC celebrates its 90th birthday. It is a great national institution, but if it is to mark its centenary in good health it needs fundamentally to reconsider its role and to do less, but do it better. Let the debate start now.

LETTERS

Rachel’s Challenge program inspiring

ple. By the end of their presentation, I felt tears rolling down the side of my face. From then on I was changed and deterTo the Editor: mined to change our school, Two years ago, a group from seek out the positive in others, Rachel’s Challenge came to even those I hardly ever speak Miami East. to!

Rachel’s Challenge is about As an eighth grader, I am a girl named Rachel Scott, who looking forward to the followlost her life in the Columbine up program, Rachel’s Legacy, shooting in 1999. When this because I want to do that program came to our school I change again and get more into was in the sixth grade and I the spirit of helping others. didn’t know what the Rachel’s I want to give thanks to the Challenge program involved.

Miami County Foundation and The wonderful speakers who The Troy Foundation, who gave came told us about Rachel and us grants to have the Rachel’s how she saw the good in peoChallenge team return to

Miami East this year to present the follow-up program.

We will be presented the program on Nov. 28 and will also receive further student training. There will be an opportunity for the community to see the follow-up program that evening at Miami East Junior High School at 7 p.m. I invite everyone in Miami County and the surrounding area to attend this inspiring program.

“I will not be labeled as average. “ — Rachel Scott

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Turning in my cool badge, proudly wearing my mom one If five years ago I saw my current self walking down the street, I probably would have mocked her.

A lot.

You see, I was never one of those girls that got all sorts of ooey and gooey over babies. I mean, they were alright, but ultimately, I wasn’t sold on the whole idea of motherhood.

And then two-and-a-half years ago a switch went off inside me and suddenly, this little bundle of sugar and spice (and meconium and spit up) became my world. We’re talking about love at first messy sight and it’s the day that infinitely changed my life forever.

Without my daughter, I don’t know who I would be today.

Although I can guarantee you I’d probably be a lot cooler than I am now and I’d probably be able to stay up past 11 p.m. more frequently.

When you see my family on the street, we probably don’t exactly look like your prototypical mother, father and daughter grouping. Between my husband’s tattoos, my piercings and hippie vibe and our daughter’s crazy, rain boots, tights and fancy shmancy Christmas dress eccentric style, it’s safe to say we’re not your averagelooking family.

But just because we have a slightly bigger freak flag flying than most, doesn’t mean we don’t find comfort in

— Emma Linn Piqua

the Elf on the Shelf posts and blogs I saw mommies going crazy blogging about. Some of these moms go really, really out of the way when it comes to “hiding” their family’s elf the next day.

From getting their elf caught up in hijinks like raiding the cookie jar and playing in their child’s toy bin, some mom’s set up intricate scenarios with the elf roasting marshmallows over a Amanda Stewart candle or building a snowman in the Troy Daily News Columnist family’s freezer.

We haven’t gone quite that far yet, traditions for the sake of, well, tradi- but it’s not for lack of desire. It’s tion. mainly because I’m less than a With Pearyn edging 3 years old month (hopefully) away from bringthis year, we decided to fall into the ing our fourth family member into trap of the “Elf on the Shelf” cult. If the world and absolutely exhausted. you’re not familiar with the latest In the two days our elf, “Emma,” has craze to hit families, there’s a book, been living in our home, she’s been an elf, accessories for said elf and found swinging from the ceiling fan even a DVD available as well. They and living in a castle she built with all detail the journey one of Santa’s Pearyn’s legos. magical elves made to become a part It’s cheesy, it’s corny and someof your family and what exactly that times, it requires you to get out of elf is going to do over the holiday sea- your warm bed way too late or way son. You see, this isn’t just any elf, too early to ensure that your elf will this is an elf that reports how good or be up to something cute, funny or bad your child has been and then flies mischievous by the time your chilback to the North Pole while everyone dren wake. is asleep. The elf returns the next But I tell you what, I’ll take on all morning and hides in a different spot the dorky traditions this world has to every time, which leads your child on offer if it means I get to watch my a fun scavenger hunt each day. child wake up, run around with a I know, it’s ingenious, right? massive grin on her face and getting The thing is, I always scoffed at all to feel like a kid just a little bit

longer.

We’re not your average-looking family, but inside our home, you’ll find the same amount of warmth, love and tradition that you would anywhere else.

We read Dr. Seuss birthday books, have more copies of The Night Before Christmas than we can count and every Christmas morning my husband gets up entirely too early to finagle a Christmas wreath made out of crescent rolls and tofu scramble.

We bake more cookies than we need (especially me) and we write letters to Santa.

Because when you’re a parent, that’s what you do. You become shockingly embarrassing and possibly lame versions of yourself because all the sudden, being cool doesn’t matter anymore.

In fact, the coolest parents in the world are the ones that wear jingle bell and mitten covered sweaters and watch Frosty the Snowman 40 times in a row.

I’m pretty sure they hide elves around their houses too, just for good measure.

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LOREN FOSTER OAKES

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In this Aug. 25, 2010 photo, Cyndi Huntsman poses in front of caged tigers at her Stump Hill Farm in Massillon, Ohio. Huntsman is one of four owners of exotic animals in Ohio suing the stateís agriculture department and its director over a new law regulating the dangerous wildlife.

State officials work to get exotics owners registered COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) State officials continue to work with owners of exotic animals to help them fully register their creatures with the Ohio Department Agriculture, even of though the state deadline for them to submit information was several weeks ago.

About 30 registrations covering roughly 200 animals were filed with the state before the Nov. 5 deadline, but they contained errors or omissions, according to the agriculture department.

One of the biggest problems with the incomplete forms was that some owners had yet to implant their wild animals with a microchip containing information to help identify them if they got lost or escaped, said Erica Pitchford Hawkins, a spokeswoman for the agriculture department.

Now the department and the Ohio Veterinary Medical Association are working to help the owners abide by the microchip requirement by connecting them to veterinarians who can perform the task.

“The ones who are making an effort to come into compliance, we’re trying to

“Noah,” left, and “Layla” prowl their enclosure at Stump Hill Farm in Massillon. let them do that as much as possible,” Pitchford Hawkins said, adding that owners must keep a record of their correspondence with veterinarians.

Under a new state law, owners who don’t register could face a first-degree misdemeanor charge for a first offense, and a fifthdegree felony for any subsequent offenses.

But the state isn’t yet referring owners for prosecution if they have failed to register their animals.

That’s part of an agreement officials have with

four owners who are suing the state’s agriculture department and its director over the new law. The owners claim the new regulations threaten their First Amendment and property rights. A federal court hearing on the lawsuit is planned for midDecember.

A list of registrations obtained by The Associated Press through a public records request show that at least 114 private owners have successfully registered animals with the state. That figure

doesn’t include zoos or research facilities that also submitted registrations.

Ohio’s restrictions on exotic animals had been among the nation’s weakest.

State lawmakers worked with a renewed sense of urgency to strengthen the law after an owner last fall released 50 creatures, including black bears and Bengal tigers, from an eastern Ohio farm in Zanesville before he committed suicide. Authorities killed most of the animals, fearing for the public’s safety.

Under the new law, current owners who want to keep their animals must obtain the new stateissued permit by Jan. 1, 2014. They must pass background checks, pay fees, obtain liability insurance or surety bonds, and show inspectors that they can properly contain the animal and care for it.

One of the factors of obtaining a state permit includes timely registration.

If owners are denied permits or can’t meet the new requirements, the state can seize the animals.

Loren was a World War II veteran who proudly served in the U.S. Signal Corp participating in campaigns in Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes and Central Europe. Loren joined other veterans on a bus tour to see their World War II memorial in Washington, D.C., a trip he treasured.

He was engaged in farming all of his life, and he enjoyed Reds baseball and The Ohio State Buckeyes.

Visitation for family and friends will be from 5-7 p.m. Monday in the Suber-Shively Funeral Home, 201 W. Main St., Fletcher. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m.

Tuesday in the funeral home, with his grandson Brent Anthony presiding.

Burial will follow in Casstown Cemetery, North Childrens Home Road, Casstown, with military honors by the Veterans Elite Tribute Squad of Piqua.

Condolences to the family may be sent to www.shively funeralhomes.com.

FLETCHER — Loren Foster Oakes, 92, of Fletcher, passed away in his residence at 12:35 p.m. Friday, Nov, 23, 2012.

Born in Miami County on Sept. OAKES 19, 1920, Loren was the son of the late Jesse James and Emma (Renner) Oakes.

He married Doris Elizabeth Stockslager on Aug. 24, 1946; and she survives in Fletcher.

Together they raised two daughters, Carol Jean (Dale) Barr of Sidney and Merikay (Craig) Hughes of Fletcher. He also is survived by six grandchildren, Shannon (Dwight) Carpenter of Richwood, Elyssa Hughes of Fletcher, Kyleen (T.J) Green of Troy, Brent (Jennifer) Anthony of Columbus, Rob (Lisa) Anthony of Hilliard, Scott (Anita Chitluri) Anthony of Cleveland; five greatgrandchildren, Braden, Hale, Mia, Chloe and Arya.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by three brothers, Byron, Donald and Paul Oakes; and sister, Mary Bair.

JULIE LYNN HECKER SMITH and Lilly Hecker; sister, Judith Thien of Minster; and special friend, Laverne Clark of Piqua.

Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 26, 2012, at the Hale-Sarver Family Funeral Home, 284 N. Miami St., West Milton, with Pastor Robert Kurtz officiating. Burial will follow at Potsdam Cemetery.

Friends may call from 2-5 p.m. Sunday at HaleSarver.

If so desired, contributions may be made to the family care of HaleSarver, P.O. Box 9, West Milton, OH 45383, to assist family with funeral expenses.

PIQUA — Julie Lynn Hecker Smith, 54, of Piqua, formerly of Potsdam, passed away Thursday, Nov. 22, 2012, at Piqua Manor, Piqua.

She was born Nov. 11, 1958, in Dayton, Ohio.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Henry and Doris (Ross) Kelsey; daughter, Brittany Smith; and a brother, Mark Kelsey.

Julie is survived by her husband, Richard Smith of Piqua; daughters, Elizabeth Hecker of Piqua, Betsy Smith of Piqua and Cassidy Smith of Piqua; son, William and Lesly Hecker of Piqua; grandchildren, Grady Egerton

OBITUARY POLICY In respect for friends and family, the Troy Daily News prints a funeral directory free of charge. Families who would like photographs and

more detailed obituary information published in the Troy Daily News, should contact their local funeral home for pricing details.

Powerball jackpot builds to $325M for today’s drawing DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Black Friday shoppers in many cities briefly detoured into lottery retailers, drawn off task by the prospects of winning a $325 million Powerball jackpot — the fourth-largest in the game’s history.

Chicago resident Clyde Gadlin, 65, emerged from the bustle of holiday shoppers on Chicago’s Michigan Avenue, to stop in at a 7Eleven to buy his daily batch of Lottery tickets, including Powerball.

For him, the game is a

chance to dream — a single winner’s cash payout would be nearly $213 million before taxes and he tries not to let the long odds burst his bubble.

Lottery officials say they’re unsure what effect Thanksgiving and the

beginning of Christmas shopping season will have on sales, which normally pick up in the days before high-dollar drawings.

If Gadlin wins, he said he’d return to his grandfather’s farm in Heidelberg, Miss., where he spent part of

his childhood.

“I would go down there again and probably do a little bit of farming,” he said.

And if he isn’t successful this time, it’s likely he’ll have another shot at a record-breaking pot of cash.

Since Powerball tickets doubled in price to $2 in January, the number of tickets sold has decreased, but the sales revenue has made up for it, increasing by about 35 percent, said Norm Lingle, chairman of the Powerball board of directors.

race cities from the existing 123 to more than 200 in five years. He’s also increased focus on education and expanded memorabilia sales opportunities.

The derby lost corporate sponsorship and was sued in 2009 by a bank seeking payment on $580,000 in loans, but the city agreed to guarantee the loans. The derby turned its attention to paying the loans and finding ways to increase funding.

The financial problems inspired actor and director Corbin Bernsen to make “25 Hill,” a film about a derby racer that premiered in Akron last year and generated $150,000 for the organization.

Additional money also came from foundations and grants, sales of derby car kits and licensing agreements with cities hosting derby qualifying races.

Another boost came from adding Akron-based FirstEnergy Corp. as the derby’s first national title sponsor in seven years.

The derby, which celebrated its 75th anniversary this year, started in Dayton and moved to Akron one year later, with the downhill race of gravity-powered cars held annually except during World War II.

checked, followed by Coshocton County with 295 and Muskingum County with 280.

Ohio Department of Natural Resources Director James Zehringer says the event encourages outdoor time for families and he’s glad so many youth participated. The state also offers youngsters special hunting seasons for upland game, wild turkey and waterfowl.

The statewide deer-gun season starts Monday and lasts for a week, with an extra weekend on Dec. 15 and 16.

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vious year. Intersection crashes rose while the overall number of crashes fell for the period from Thanksgiving to New Year’s Day. The department reminded drivers a statewide texting ban is in effect. Under the law, adult drivers face a $150 fine for texting or using email while driving. Those under 18 are prohibited from using a mobile communications device while driving.

Officials said driver distraction often plays a role in crashes.

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AKRON (AP) — Organizers of the AllAmerican Soap Box Derby in northeast Ohio say the youth racing organization is expected to have a profit of roughly $35,000 for the year that ended in September, once paperwork is finalized.

President Joe Mazur told the Akron Beacon Journal the organization’s struggling financial picture is looking better.

Organizers have been working to rebuild the organization’s popularity and its financial footing since 2010, when its economic troubles led to a fundraising campaign that helped it clear $152,000. The derby lost $111,000 the following year as donations decreased.

Mazur took over in mid-2011 and is aiming to expand the number of

Youth kill more deer COLUMBUS — The number of deer killed during Ohio’s two-day deergun season for youth is up compared with last year.

The Logan Daily News says young hunters checked 9,178 white-tailed deer on Nov. 17-18. That’s up more than 5 percent from last year, when the total was a bit under 8,700.

Tuscarawas County led the way with 317 deer

COLUMBUS — Black Friday begins not only the holiday shopping season but the holiday rise in intersection crashes.

The Ohio Department of Transportation warns drivers to be constantly vigilant in heavy shopping corridors to avoid crashes and injuries.

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BY JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It happens every week at meetings in towns, counties and cities nationwide. A lawmaker or religious leader leads a prayer before officials begin the business of zoning changes, contract approvals and trash pickup.

But citizens are increasingly taking issue with these prayers, some of which have been in place for decades. At least five lawsuits around the country — in California, Florida, Missouri, New York, and Tennessee — are actively challenging pre-meeting prayers.

Lawyers on both sides say there is a new complaint almost weekly, though they don’t always end up in court. When they do, it seems even courts are struggling to draw the line over the acceptable ways to pray. Some lawyers and lawmakers believe it’s only a matter of time before the Supreme Court will weigh in to resolve the differences.

The court has previously declined to take on the issue, but lawyers in a New York case plan to ask the justices in December to revisit it. And even if the court doesn’t take that par-

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This June 20 file photo shows protesters remaining seated during an opening prayer during Hamilton County Commission meeting in Chattanooga, Tenn. It happens every week at meetings in towns, counties and cities nationwide. A lawmaker or religious leader leads a prayer before officials begin the business of zoning changes, contract approvals and trash pickup. But citizens are increasingly taking issue with these prayers, some of which have been in place for decades. ticular case, it could accept a similar one in the future.

Lawmakers who defend the prayers cite the nation’s founders and say they’re following a long tradition of prayer before public meetings. They say residents don’t have to participate and having a prayer adds solemnity to meetings and

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Citizens in Lancaster, Calif., for example, voted overwhelmingly in 2010 to continue their prayers despite the threat of a lawsuit. Mayor R. Rex Parris says the city of 158,000 has already likely spent about $500,000 defending the practice, and he expects to spend more before the case is over. He said the issue is worth it because it has brought the town together.

“Once the people realize you are standing up for more than fixing potholes, that sense of community really starts to coalesce,” he said.

Other towns have gone the opposite route, stopping prayer altogether when challenged. Henrico County, Va., stopped prayers recently after lawmakers reviewed recent court decisions and determined it would be too difficult to police the content of prayers.

Still other towns have modified their practices rather than give them up entirely. Earlier this year Kannapolis, N.C., population 45,000, stopped allowing council members to deliver prayers before meetings after getting a Freedom From Religion Foundation letter. Now members pray silently. Council members didn’t want to change the way they prayed, but they also didn’t want to spend thousands of dollars fighting a losing lawsuit.

In Sussex County, Del., lawmakers also agreed to alter their practice this year.

For decades the County Council president opened meetings by leading the Lord’s Prayer, which appears in the New Testament. Michael H. Vincent, the current president, said it makes him feel better to begin by “asking a higher power for some guidance in our decision making process.”

Now, however, after a lawsuit, the council has settled on beginning with the 23rd Psalm, a prayer that appears in the Old Testament and is therefore significant to both Christians and Jews.

One of the Delaware residents who challenged the prayer, retired Lutheran minister John Steinbruck, says he’s satisfied with the resolution, though he would have preferred a moment of silence. Though the fight in Sussex County is over for now, others are just starting.

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Citizens and groups made uncomfortable by the prayers say they’re fighting an inappropriate mix of religion and politics.

“It makes me feel unwelcome,” said Tommy Coleman, the son of a church pianist and a self-described secular humanist who is challenging pre-meeting prayers in Tennessee’s Hamilton County.

Coleman, 28, and Brandon Jones, 25, are urging the county to adopt a moment of silence at its weekly meeting rather than beginning with a prayer.

A number of groups are willing to help with complaints like those filed by Coleman and Jones. Annie Laurie Gaylor, the cofounder of the Wisconsinbased Freedom From Religion Foundation, says complaints about the prayers are among the most frequent her organization gets.

Gaylor’s organization sends out letters when it is contacted by citizens, urging lawmakers to discontinue the prayers. Other groups including the American Civil Liberties Union and the Washington-based Americans United for Separation of Church and State send out similar letters.

Ian Smith, a lawyer with Americans United for Separation of Church and State, says his organization has gotten more complaints in recent years. That could

be because people are more comfortable standing up for themselves or more aware of their options, but Smith also said groups on the right have also promoted the adoption of prayers.

Brett Harvey, a lawyer at the Arizona-based Alliance Defending Freedom, a Christian group that often helps towns defend their practices, sees it the other way. He says liberal groups have made a coordinated attempt to bully local governments into abandoning prayers, resulting in more cases.

“It’s really kind of a campaign of fear and disinformation,” Harvey said.

Harvey has talked with hundreds of towns about their policies and been involved in about 10 court cases in the past three years. Right now, his advice differs for different parts of the country because the law is in flux.

Courts around the country don’t agree on what’s acceptable or haven’t considered the issue.

In 1983 the U.S. Supreme Court approved prayer before legislative meetings, saying prayers don’t violate the First so-called Amendment’s Establishment Clause, which prohibits the government from favoring one religion over another. But the case didn’t set any boundaries on those prayers, and today courts disagree on what is permissible.

For example, one court ruling from 2011 says that prayers before legislative meetings in Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia should be nondenominational or non-sectarian. That means the prayer leader can use general words like “God” and “our creator” but isn’t supposed to use words like “Jesus” ”Christ” and “Allah” that are specific to a single religion.

The law is different in courts in Florida, Georgia and Alabama: In 2008 a federal court of appeals overseeing those states upheld the prayer practice of Georgia’s Cobb County, which had invited a rotating group of clergy members to give prayers before its meetings. The prayers were predominantly Christian and often included references to Jesus.

Towns that get complaints, meanwhile, have responded differently. Some have made changes, some willingly and others with misgivings. Other towns have dug in to defend their traditions.

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Stores try to make holiday shopping cheap and easy NEW YORK (AP) — This holiday season, Burger King won’t be the only place where you can have it your way.

It used to be enough for stores to promise discounts up to 70 percent to lure shoppers during the busy holiday period. But the ease of ordering online and the sluggish economy changed that. Americans are no longer impressed by discounts alone. Now they want their shopping just like their fast food: not only cheap, but convenient too.

That means they’re no longer afraid to walk away from the cashmere sweater with the perfect fit if the store is crowded. They’re unwilling to buy those suede pumps in just the right shade of blue if shipping costs extra. And they cringe at the prospect of carrying around paper coupons; they’d rather pull them up electronically on smartphones.

Retailers from Wal-Mart to Macy’s are doing everything they can to make it easier for more finicky shoppers to spend during the holidays. Several are opening on Thanksgiving Day. Some are offering free layaway and shipping.

Many are matching instore prices with cheaper online deals. Others are allowing shoppers to buy online and pick up their merchandise in stores.

It’s the latest effort by stores to court shoppers like Patty Edwards of Bellevue, Wash. Four years ago, Edwards made all of her holiday purchases online through Amazon because she thought it was the easiest way to shop.

But this year, she plans to go elsewhere because stores are offering more shipping options.

“Now I’m not necessarily tied to Amazon,” said Edwards, a retail analyst and principal at investment firm Trutina Financial. “I can go to Nordstrom, Saks or Target and have stuff available to pick up. It’s a pretty simple process. That wasn’t the case four or five years ago.”

The have-it-your-way approach is partly a response to fear. Merchants are concerned that shoppers will spend less freely this season because of worries about high unemployment and a package of tax increases and spending cuts known as the “fiscal cliff,” which will take effect in January unless Congress passes a budget deal. The changes also come as the growth of smartphones and tablet computers has made it easier to browse and buy with the touch of a fingertip.

That puts pressure on brick-and-mortar retailers, which count on holiday shopping for up to 40 percent of their annual revenue, to get shoppers into stores. It’s becoming an increasingly difficult feat: The National Retail Federation estimates that overall sales in November and December will rise 4.1 percent this year, below last year’s 5.6 percent growth. But the online part of that is expected to rise 17 percent, according to research firm comScore.

“Retailers have to do a little more to grow sales

this year,” said Frank Badillo, a senior economist at consultancy Kantar Retail.

This isn’t the first time stores have had to up the ante. As Americans cut back on spending during the economic downturn, merchants ramped up their already deep discounting.

Shoppers became addicted to the ever bigger sales, and they began fleeing to online retailers, which can offer much cheaper prices because they don’t have the same overhead costs to operate brick-and-mortar locations.

Plus, websites offer the convenience of shopping in the comfort of homes or office cubicles.

To better compete, brick-and-mortar stores concluded that they would have to replicate their online rivals’ formula.

Shopping needs to be cheap and easy, they figured. So stores began trying new ways to make shopping more convenient last year, such as free shipping and expanded hours.

This holiday season, they’ve expanded the scope and scale of those incentives to include: • More shipping: About 44 percent of retailers are offering free shipping this year, a jump from 12.5 percent last year, said Vicki Cantrell, executive director of Shop.org, the Retail National Federation’s digital retail division that tracks retailers’ online offers. And UPS said retailers also are working to make returns easier by including return labels in packages or providing a link online that customers can use to print labels. some Additionally, stores, including Best Buy Co. , Toys R Us and WalMart, are offering customers the option of ordering online and then picking up merchandise in stores.

Danny de Gracia, a political scientist in Honolulu, likes using that option to avoid the hassle and crowds in stores.

Gracia, who said he plans to spend no more than $1,000 this holiday season, last used the service to buy a Sony digital camera for his father at Best Buy. “It’s an outstanding service that I utilize whenever possible,” he said. “I wish that it would be available for groceries.”

• Layaway plans: Shoppers have typically been charged a fee for layaway programs that allow them to pay over a period of weeks. But this year, Sears and discount chain Kmart, both divisions of Sears Holdings Corp., ditched the fees, which could be as much as $10 for 12 weeks. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. lowered layaway fees from $15 to $5.

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BEAVER FALLS, Pa. (AP) Gravy was still warm. Dallas Cowboys were still in uniform.

Thanks were still being given across the country as the pilgrimages to the stores began, heralding a new era of American consumerism.

Lured by earlier-thanever Black Friday sales, people left Grandma and Grandpa in search of Samsung and Toshiba.

They did not go blindly: In dozens of interviews, people acknowledged how spending has become inseparable from the holidays. Older folks pined for the days of Erector Sets and Thumbelinas while in line to pay iPad prices.

Even some younger shoppers said it felt wrong to be spending money instead of quality time on Thanksgiving.

“But we’re still out here,” said Kelly Jackson, a paralegal who was standing inside a Best Buy store in the Pittsburgh suburbs, a 32inch television ($189) in her cart. It was a consolation prize: Despite four hours on line, she missed the cheaper 40-inchers ($179) that she had heard about while listening to Internet radio.

Jackson’s resignation was common among those who flocked to capitalism’s temples for the consumer equivalent of genuflecting. Many said that this Black Friday that bled into Thursday crossed a line, that merchants should not intrude like this. Christmas is about the message of Jesus, the feeling went not about the gold, frankincense and myrrh.

Yet amid these protests, people still talked about feeling powerless beneath the moment as if they had no

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Denise Smith-Lad, left, asks her grandson Jordan Smith, 6, what he would like to eat as they camp in front of a Best Buy store in Cockrell Hill, Texas, Monday.

Smith and her family have come early to line up for the the shopping deals available the day after Thanksgiving. choice but to shop.

“You have to have these things to enjoy your children and your family,” said Jackson’s friend Ebony Jones, who had secured two laptops ($187.99 each) for her 7 and 11 year olds.

Why must we buy? To demonstrate our love for others? To add a few more inches to our televisions?

To help America recover from a vicious recession that itself was born of the desire for more?

Such questions make Jones wince. “It shouldn’t be that way, but in a sense there’s no way around it,” said Jones, a nurse.

“Everything ends up with a dollar amount. Even your happiness.”

Retailers have long capitalized on the holiday season’s perfect storm of emotion and tradition.

“We all want to be loved, we all like to give love,” says Roger Beahme, director of the Center for Retail Innovation at the Wake Forest Schools of Business. Through a flood of advertising on TV, radio and newspapers, he says, retailers can create emotions.

“Will Rogers said it’s the art of convincing people to spend money they don’t have on something they don’t need,” Beahme says. Although advertising can serve useful purposes, he says, “there’s some truth to that.”

Many embrace the feeling and have, in accelerating ways, for a generation and more. Without legions of believers, Black Friday never would have gotten this bold. Despite a surge of resistance as the sales drew near, with scolding editorials and protests by retail employees and reminders of frantic tramplings past, Black Friday’s grip on America may have been proven stronger than ever this year.

“It’s all part of the holiday part of the tradition,” said Dennis River, a truck driver who was in line for a television at the Walmart in Beaver Falls, a small community outside of Pittsburgh. Last year, he went out alone at midnight Thursday. This year, he brought his wife and daughter. They were in place by 7 p.m.

“You get up in the morning, cook, do your

dinner and your football, then you go shopping,” River said. “It’s the new thing now. Everyone’s afraid of change.”

“If they wanna have sales today,” he said, “I’m gonna go shopping today.”

Walmart’s cavernous store is always open, but the deals began at 8 p.m.

As with most big retail stores, a police car was parked near the Beaver Falls store entrance. A uniformed officer was at the door, near a stand holding maps to “featured products” such as bikes, cookware, sheets, video game consoles, and eight different TVs. The witching hour approached. Yellow CAUTION tape cordoned off the bargains and funneled a few thousand supplicants through aisles of ignored items yarn, shower curtains, party hats, clocks. Balloons printed with dollar signs followed by low numbers floated above the treasures.

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Something has perplexed me for the past few years. One of my husband's sisters remembers my son's birthday with a card and check, but neglects to send anything to my two daughters. No one else on either side of the family does this, nor would they consider it acceptable. Cards are either sent to all the children or to none. This apparent display of favoritism greatly bothers me.

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Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s some new options for your potato masher Dear Heloise: My favorite use for a potato masher is to make interesting decorations and patterns on cake icing. Just use a light touch. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Jim G., via e-mail Good idea. Here are some uses we came up with at Heloise Central: â&#x20AC;˘ Crush fruit when making jams or jellies. â&#x20AC;˘ Make designs on peanut-butter cookies. â&#x20AC;˘ Mix up items in a round pot or bowl. â&#x20AC;˘ Break up ground meat when cooking. â&#x20AC;˘ Mash eggs when making egg salad.

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Hints from Heloise Columnist Ohio: â&#x20AC;&#x153;I use the potato masher for my cream soups. Cook potatoes, broccoli or cauliflower in water.

When cooked well, use the potato masher to mash up the chunks, and finish the soup. Great cream soup.â&#x20AC;?

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favorites to receive a Heloise pamphlet. Send your hint to: Heloise(at)Heloise.com; fax to: 210-HELOISE (435-6473); or mail to: Heloise/Potato Masher, P.O. Box 795000, San Antonio, TX 78279-5000. Hope to hear from you soon. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Heloise PET PAL Dear Readers: Frank of Laurelville, Ohio, sent a photo of his black-and-white cat, Moo, waking up in her Buckeyes bed.

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BY FRANCES DRAKE For Sunday, Nov. 25, 2012 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) You might feel a squeeze play with your cash flow today. Just cope as best you can. Someone might be unhappy with his or her share of something.

(Hopefully, it’s not you.)

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Today the Moon is in your sign opposing Venus and Saturn. This makes relations with partners and loved ones a bit tense and standoffish. It is what it is.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Don’t be critical of co-workers today, and don’t overreact if others are critical of you. People in positions of authority are discouraging.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Be gentle dealing with children today, and remember the advice of Goethe: “Criticism does much, but encouragement does more.”

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) People in authority will notice you today; furthermore, they will learn details about your private life. Keep this in mind if you are displeased about something.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Travel plans look discouraging today.

Ditto for your hopes and expectations for further schooling. Fear not. Things look worse than they really are.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) There will be disappointment in discussions about shared property and inheritances today. Because this is a poor day to settle these matters, postpone this for another day.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Relations with loved ones might seem cold and withdrawn today. Many people feel this way today, so don’t take it personally. (It’s too easy to erect fences and hide behind them.)

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Don’t let a boss or someone in authority discourage you at work today. Don’t give up on a project. Some days the glass is half-empty, and this is one of them.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) Children might seem to be an extra burden today and indeed, this could be the case. Furthermore, romantic relationships are disappointing. This is just one of those days. Accept it, and let it be.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) You might feel depressed at home today or within your family. A female relative, especially someone older, might be critical of you. This is just tension before the pending Full Moon.

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) It might be hard to keep your spirits up today. But you are not alone. Millions of people feel this way today! By midweek, your world will look different.

YOU BORN TODAY You work hard for your success. One might even say you create it. You work well with others, but you also love your solitude. You have high standards for yourself and others, and are always very thorough in everything you do. You have strong ethics that you live by. In year ahead, your life will become more social, and relationships will pleasantly flourish.

Birthdate of: Billy Burke, actor; Jill Hennessy, actress; Joe DiMaggio, baseball idol. (c) 2012 King Features Syndicate, Inc.

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REGIONAL ALMANAC Temperature High Yesterday.............................54 at 3:16 a.m.

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TODAY IN HISTORY (AP) — Today is Saturday, Nov. 24, the 329th day of 2012.

There are 37 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Nov. 24, 1987, the United States and the Soviet Union agreed on terms to scrap shorter- and medium-range missiles. (The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty was signed by President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev the follow-

ing month.)

On this date: In 1859, British naturalist Charles Darwin published “On the Origin of Species,” which explained his theory of evolution by means of natural selection.

In 1941, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Edwards v. California, unanimously struck down a California law prohibiting people from bringing impoverished nonresidents into the state.

In 1963, Jack Ruby shot and mortally wounded Lee Harvey

Oswald, the accused assassin of President John F. Kennedy, in a scene captured on live television.

In 1969, Apollo 12 splashed down safely in the Pacific.

In 1971, a hijacker calling himself “Dan Cooper” (but who became popularly known as “D.B. Cooper”) parachuted from a Northwest Orient Airlines 727 over the Pacific Northwest after receiving $200,000 dollars in ransom — his fate remains unknown.

Two powers, Qatar and Iran, try to sway Hamas DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The courtship of Hamas between rivals Iran and Qatar has been one of the Middle East’s intriguing subplots of the Arab Spring. The bloodshed in Gaza has now sharpened their competition for influence with the Palestinian militant group and the direction it takes in the future.

Qatar has sought to use its vast wealth to win over Hamas with investments and humanitarian aid and encouraging Arab partners to do the same part of the hyper-rich U.S. allied nation’s broader campaign to bring under its wing

Islamist movements that have risen to power in the region the past two years.

Qatar’s influence with Hamas could edge it away from armed action toward diplomacy.

Iran, meanwhile, is invigorating its longtime role as the builder of the rocket arsenal for Hamas’ military wing.

For Hamas, there are benefits in both directions and it’s happy to play both sides. During a celebration rally in Gaza City after an Egyptian-mediated ceasefire came into place ending fighting between Israel and Hamas, Gazans wildly waved flags of Qatar, along

with those of Egypt and Turkey, in gratitude for those countries’ diplomatic support.

At the same time, Hamas’ leader-in-exile Khaled Mashaal, who is based out of Qatar, gave a very public thanks to Iran for standing by Gaza with crucial military assistance.

Fighters in Gaza also hailed the new reach of their arsenal, with Iranian-designed Fajr-5 rattling Israel by reaching the outskirts of Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.

Visiting the Syrian capital Damascus on Friday, Iran’s parliament speaker Ali Larijani, who is close to the country’s supreme

leader, promised leaders of Palestinian militant groups that his country would continue to boost “the resistance’s capabilities in confronting the Zionist arrogance and aggression,” according to Palestinian official Khaled Abdul-Hamid, who attended the meeting.

The reminder of Hamas’ reliance on Iran for weapons could help smooth a relationship that has been running through a rough patch because of the civil war in Syria, Iran’s top ally.

Embarrassed by the Syrian regime’s crackdown on a mainly Sunni Muslim uprising, Hamas leaders based in Damascus for years

broke with Syria and left for Qatar and Egypt. Though Iran continued to send weapons to Hamas, the break undermined the “Axis of Resistance” grouping Syria, Hezbollah and Hamas that Iran has assembled in the Arab world.

It’s doubtful Iran can fully reclaim its position as the main big brother for Hamas. But Tehran’s image is certain to receive some lingering boost in Gaza.

For Hamas, hyper-rich Qatar is a political and economic lifeline, a key part of the militant group’s attempts to bolster its ties with the Western-backed Gulf states in efforts gain

more international legitimacy. Last month, Qatar’s emir became the first head of state to visit the Gaza Strip since Hamas took control five years ago. The Gulf state pledged nearly $500 million in aid and a song called “Thank you, Qatar” played on Gaza radio and TV as the emir was given a hero’s welcome.

During the heat of the Gaza battle the past week, Qatar’s prime minister gave a blistering dressing down to the Arab League during an emergency meeting, saying Arab nations had to do more to fight Gaza’s poverty and isolation than just pass resolutions.

Clashes erupt across Egypt over Morsi’s new powers CAIRO (AP) — Thousands of opponents of Egypt’s Islamist president clashed with his supporters in cities across the country Friday, burning several offices of the Muslim Brotherhood, in the most violent and widespread protests since Mohammed Morsi came to power, sparked by his move to grant himself sweeping powers.

The violence, which left 100 people injured, reflected the increasingly dangerous polarization in Egypt over what course it will take nearly two years after the fall of autocrat Hosni Mubarak.

Critics of Morsi accused him of seizing dictatorial powers with his decrees a day earlier that make him immune to judicial oversight and give him authority to take any steps against “threats to the revolution”. On Friday, the president spoke before a crowd of his supporters massed in front of his palace and said his edicts were necessary to stop a “minority” that was trying to block the goals of the revolution.

“There are weevils eating away at the nation of Egypt,” he said, pointing to old regime loyalists he accused of using money to fuel instability and to members of the judiciary who work under the “umbrella” of the courts to “harm the country.”

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Protesters storm an office of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood Freedom and Justice party and set fires in the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria, Egypt, Friday. State TV says Morsi opponents also set fire to his party’s offices in the Suez Canal cities of Suez, Port Said and Ismailia. Opponents and supporters of Morsi clashed across Egypt on Friday, the day after the president granted himself sweeping new powers that critics fear can allow him to be a virtual dictator.

Clashes between his opponents and members of Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood erupted in several cities.

In the Mediterranean city of

Alexandria, anti-Morsi crowds attacked Brotherhood backers coming out of a mosque, raining stones and firecrackers on them.

The Brothers held up prayer

rugs to protect themselves and the two sides pelted each other with stones and chunks of marble, leaving at least 15 injured.

The protesters then stormed a

nearby Brotherhood office.

State TV reported that protesters burned offices of the Brotherhood’s political arm in the Suez Canal cities of Suez, Ismailia and Port Said, east of Cairo.

In the capital Cairo, security forces pumped volleys of tear gas at thousands of pro-democracy protesters clashing with riot police on streets several blocks from Tahrir Square and in front of the nearby parliament building.

Tens of thousands of activists massed in Tahrir itself, denouncing Morsi and chanting “Leave, leave” and “Morsi is Mubarak …

Revolution everywhere.” Many of them represented Egypt’s upperclass, liberal elite, which have largely stayed out of protests in past months but were prominent in the streets during the antiMubarak uprising that began Jan. 25, 2011.

“We are in a state of revolution. He is crazy of he thinks he can go back to one-man rule,” one protester, Sara Khalili, said of Morsi.

“If the Brotherhood’s slogan is ‘Islam is the solution’ ours is ‘submission is not the solution’,” said Khalili, a mass communications professor at the American University in Cairo. “God does not call for submission to another man’s will.”

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FOOTBALL National Football League All Times EDT AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA New England 8 3 0 .727 407 244 4 6 0 .400 230 299 Buffalo 4 6 0 .400 187 205 Miami N.Y. Jets 4 7 0 .364 221 290 South W L T Pct PF PA 10 1 0 .909 327 211 Houston 6 4 0 .600 210 260 Indianapolis Tennessee 4 6 0 .400 219 311 1 9 0 .100 164 289 Jacksonville North W L T Pct PF PA 8 2 0 .800 267 206 Baltimore Pittsburgh 6 4 0 .600 217 190 5 5 0 .500 248 237 Cincinnati Cleveland 2 8 0 .200 189 234 West W L T Pct PF PA Denver 7 3 0 .700 301 212 4 6 0 .400 232 221 San Diego Oakland 3 7 0 .300 208 322 1 9 0 .100 152 284 Kansas City NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA N.Y. Giants 6 4 0 .600 267 216 5 6 0 .455 295 285 Washington Dallas 5 6 0 .455 242 262 Philadelphia 3 7 0 .300 162 252 South W L T Pct PF PA 9 1 0 .900 270 193 Atlanta Tampa Bay 6 4 0 .600 287 230 New Orleans 5 5 0 .500 287 273 2 8 0 .200 184 243 Carolina North W L T Pct PF PA Green Bay 7 3 0 .700 263 207 Chicago 7 3 0 .700 249 165 6 4 0 .600 238 221 Minnesota Detroit 4 7 0 .364 267 280 West W L T Pct PF PA San Francisco 7 2 1 .750 245 134 6 4 0 .600 198 161 Seattle Arizona 4 6 0 .400 163 196 3 6 1 .350 174 237 St. Louis Thursday, Nov. 22 Houston 34, Detroit 31, OT Washington 38, Dallas 31 New England 49, N.Y. Jets 19 Sunday, Nov. 25 Denver at Kansas City, 1 p.m.

Minnesota at Chicago, 1 p.m.

Oakland at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Cleveland, 1 p.m.

Buffalo at Indianapolis, 1 p.m.

Tennessee at Jacksonville, 1 p.m.

Atlanta at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.

Seattle at Miami, 1 p.m.

Baltimore at San Diego, 4:05 p.m.

St. Louis at Arizona, 4:25 p.m.

San Francisco at New Orleans, 4:25 p.m.

Green Bay at N.Y. Giants, 8:20 p.m.

Monday, Nov. 26 Carolina at Philadelphia, 8:30 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 29 New Orleans at Atlanta, 8:20 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 2 Seattle at Chicago, 1 p.m.

Minnesota at Green Bay, 1 p.m.

San Francisco at St. Louis, 1 p.m.

Carolina at Kansas City, 1 p.m.

Houston at Tennessee, 1 p.m.

Arizona at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m.

Indianapolis at Detroit, 1 p.m.

Jacksonville at Buffalo, 1 p.m.

New England at Miami, 1 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Denver, 4:05 p.m.

Cleveland at Oakland, 4:25 p.m.

Cincinnati at San Diego, 4:25 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Baltimore, 4:25 p.m.

Philadelphia at Dallas, 8:20 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 3 N.Y. Giants at Washington, 8:30 p.m.

AP Top 25 The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov.17, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking: Pts Pv .................................Record 1. Notre Dame (60) ..11-0 1,500 3 2. Alabama................10-1 1,399 4 3. Georgia.................10-1 1,316 5 4. Ohio St..................11-0 1,292 6 5. Oregon..................10-1 1,246 1 6. Florida...................10-1 1,171 7 7. Kansas St. ............10-1 1,064 2 8. LSU .........................9-2 1,048 8 9.Texas A&M..............9-2 1,028 9 10. Florida St. ...........10-1 1,026 10 991 14 11. Stanford ................9-2 12. Clemson .............10-1 874 11 13. South Carolina......9-2 795 12 734 13 14. Oklahoma .............8-2 624 17 15. UCLA ....................9-2 599 15 16. Oregon St. ............8-2 17. Nebraska ..............9-2 559 16 18.Texas .....................8-2 498 18 19. Louisville ...............9-1 362 20 20. Michigan ...............8-3 282 23 21. Rutgers .................9-1 265 22 22. Oklahoma St. .......7-3 240 NR 23. Kent St. ...............10-1 155 25 24. N. Illinois..............10-1 144 NR 25. Mississippi St........8-3 82 NR 25. Utah St..................9-2 82 NR Others receiving votes: Boise St. 20, Northwestern 20, Washington 20, Arizona 13, Southern Cal 12, Tulsa 10, San Jose St. 8, Fresno St. 7, Louisiana Tech 4, Wisconsin 4, San Diego St. 2, Baylor 1, Iowa St. 1, TCU 1, Vanderbilt 1.

USA Today Top 25 Poll The USA Today Top 25 football coaches poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 17, total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th, and previous ranking: ..............................Record Pts Pvs 1. Notre Dame (56) ..11-0 1,469 3 2. Alabama (2)..........10-1 1,386 5 3. Georgia (1) ...........10-1 1,348 4 4. Oregon..................10-1 1,227 1 5. Florida St. .............10-1 1,199 6 6. Florida...................10-1 1,166 7 7. LSU .........................9-2 1,062 8 8. Kansas St. ............10-1 1,056 2 9. Clemson................10-1 1,029 9 10.Texas A&M............9-2 994 10 11. Stanford ................9-2 934 13 12. South Carolina......9-2 853 11 13. Oklahoma .............8-2 798 12 14. Nebraska ..............9-2 654 14 15.Texas .....................8-2 593 15 16. UCLA ....................9-2 590 16 17. Oregon St. ............8-2 563 17 18. Louisville ...............9-1 453 18 19. Rutgers .................9-1 408 20 20. Michigan ...............8-3 289 23 21. Oklahoma St. .......7-3 258 24 22. Boise St. ...............9-2 243 22 23. Northern Illinois..10-1 149 NR 24. Mississippi St........8-3 99 NR 25. Kent St. ...............10-1 86 NR Others Receiving Votes: Utah State 74; Northwestern 59; Louisiana Tech 36; Washington 36; Southern California 14; Tulsa 14; San Jose State 7; San Diego State 6; Arizona 5;Vanderbilt 4;Wisconsin

4; Fresno State 3; Middle Tennessee 3; Arkansas State 2; Cincinnati1;Texas Tech 1.

College Football Schedule All Times EST (Subject to change) Thursday, Nov. 22 SOUTH Tuskegee 27, Alabama St. 25 SOUTHWEST TCU 20, Texas 13 Friday, Nov. 23 EAST Cent. Michigan 42, UMass 21 Syracuse 38, Temple 20 SOUTH East Carolina 65, Marshall 59, 2OT MIDWEST Ball St. 31, Miami (Ohio) 24 Bowling Green 21, Buffalo 7 Kent St. 28, Ohio 6 N. Illinois 49, E. Michigan 7 Nebraska 13, Iowa 7 West Virginia 31, Iowa St. 24 Southwest LSU 20, Arkansas 13 FAR WEST Utah 42, Colorado 35 Washington St. 31, Washington 28, OT Saturday, Nov. 24 EAST Rutgers (9-1) at Pittsburgh (4-6), Noon Wisconsin (7-4) at Penn St. (7-4), 3:30 p.m.

MIDWEST Illinois (2-9) at Northwestern (8-3), Noon Michigan (8-3) at Ohio St. (11-0), Noon Indiana (4-7) at Purdue (5-6), Noon Michigan St. (5-6) at Minnesota (65), 3:30 p.m.

SOUTH Georgia Tech (6-5) at Georgia (10-1), Noon UConn (4-6) at Louisville (9-1), Noon UAB (3-8) at UCF (8-3), Noon Virginia (4-7) at Virginia Tech (5-6), Noon Kentucky (2-9) at Tennessee (4-7), 12:21 p.m.

Miami (6-5) at Duke (6-5), 12:30 p.m.

North Texas (4-7) at W. Kentucky (65), 1 p.m.

Grambling St. (1-9) vs. Southern U. (3-7) at New Orleans, 2:30 p.m.

Boston College (2-9) at NC State (65), 3 p.m.

Maryland (4-7) at North Carolina (74), 3 p.m.

Auburn (3-8) at Alabama (10-1), 3:30 p.m.

Florida (10-1) at Florida St. (10-1), 3:30 p.m.

Troy (5-6) at Middle Tennessee (7-3), 3:30 p.m.

Vanderbilt (7-4) at Wake Forest (5-6), 3:30 p.m.

Southern Miss. (0-11) at Memphis (3-8), 4:30 p.m.

South Alabama (2-9) at LouisianaLafayette (6-4), 5 p.m.

Louisiana-Monroe (7-4) at FIU (3-8), 6 p.m.

South Carolina (9-2) at Clemson (101), 7 p.m.

Mississippi St. (8-3) at Mississippi (56), 7 p.m.

SOUTHWEST Tulsa (9-2) at SMU (5-6), Noon Texas St. (3-7) at UTSA (7-4), 2 p.m.

Texas Tech (7-4) vs. Baylor (5-5) at Arlington, Texas, 2:30 p.m.

Tulane (2-9) at Houston (4-7), 3:30 p.m.

Oklahoma St. (7-3) at Oklahoma (82), 3:30 p.m.

Missouri (5-6) at Texas A&M (9-2), 7 p.m.

Rice (5-6) at UTEP (3-8), 7 p.m.

FAR WEST Idaho (1-10) at Utah St. (9-2), 3 p.m.

Air Force (6-5) at Fresno St. (8-3), 3:30 p.m.

BYU (6-5) at New Mexico St. (1-9), 3:30 p.m.

Oregon (10-1) at Oregon St. (8-2), 3:30 p.m.

San Diego St. (8-3) at Wyoming (47), 3:30 p.m.

Stanford (9-2) at UCLA (9-2), 6:30 p.m.

New Mexico (4-8) at Colorado St. (38), 7 p.m.

Notre Dame (11-0) at Southern Cal (7-4), 8 p.m.

Louisiana Tech (9-2) at San Jose St. (9-2), 10:30 p.m.

UNLV (2-10) at Hawaii (1-9), 11 p.m.

FCS Playoffs First Round Colgate (8-3) at Wagner (8-3), Noon Coastal Carolina (7-4) at BethuneCookman (9-2), 2 p.m.

Eastern Illinois (7-4) at South Dakota State (8-3), 3 p.m.

Villanova (8-3) at Stony Brook (9-2), 3 p.m.

OHSAA Football State semifinals Pairings The regional final pairings below include the seeds and won-lost records of the qualifiers. Neutral sites were selected by the OHSAA. Home teams are listed first and appear at the top of the brackets at OHSAA.org.

Division I State Semifinals, Sat., Nov. 24: Mentor vs.Tol. Whitmer Pickerington N. vs. Cin. Colerain Division I State Championship: Saturday, Dec. 1, 7 p.m., Canton Fawcett Stadium Division II State Semifinals, Fri., Nov. 23: Tol. Cent. Cath. 20, Aurora 13 Trotwood-Madison 33, New Albany 32 Division II State Championship: Friday, Nov. 30, 7 p.m., Massillon Paul Brown Tiger Stadium Division III State Semifinals, Sat., Nov. 24: Akr. SVSM vs. Dover Bellevue vs. Day.Thurgood Marshall Division III State Championship: Saturday, Dec. 1, 11 a.m., Canton Fawcett Stadium Division IV State Semifinals, Fri., Nov. 23: St. Clairsville 40, Creston Norwayne 27 Clarksville Clinton-Massie 45, Cols.

Hartley 21 Division IV State Championship: Friday, Nov. 30, 3 p.m., Canton Fawcett Stadium Division V State Semifinals, Sat., Nov. 24: Kirtland vs. Baltimore Liberty Union Findlay Liberty-Benton vs. Coldwater Division V State Championship: Saturday, Dec. 1, 3 p.m., Massillon Paul Brown Tiger Stadium Division VI State Semifinals, Fri., Nov. 23: Newark Cath. 38, Mogadore 21 Maria Stein Marion Local 34, McComb 28, 3OT Division VI State Championship: Friday, Nov. 30, 11 a.m., Massillon Paul Brown

TROY DAILY NEWS • WWW.TROYDAILYNEWS.COM Boston at Orlando, 6 p.m.

New Orleans at Denver, 8 p.m.

Scores AND SCHEDULES

SPORTS ON TV TODAY AUTO RACING 11 a.m. SPEED — Formula One, qualifying for Grand Prix of Brazil, at Sao Paulo BOXING 5 p.m. SHO — Welterweights, Ricky Hatton (45-2-0) vs.

Vyacheslav Senchenko (32-1-0), at Manchester, England 10 p.m. HBO — Junior middleweights, Keith Thurman (180-0) vs. Carlos Quintana (29-3-0); champion Roberto Guerrero (30-1-1) vs. Andre Berto (28-1-0), for WBC interim welterweight title, at Ontario, Calif.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL Noon ABC — National coverage, Michigan at Ohio St. ESPN — Georgia Tech at Georgia ESPN2 — Teams TBA FSN — UAB at UCF FX — Tulsa at SMU 2:30 p.m. FOX — Baylor vs. Texas Tech, at Arlington, Texas 3:30 p.m. ABC — Teams TBA CBS — National coverage, Auburn at Alabama ESPN — Teams TBA ESPN2 — Teams TBA FSN — Tulane at Houston NBC — FCS, Grambling vs. Southern, at New Orleans NBCSN — Air Force at Fresno St. 6:30 p.m. FOX — Oregon at Oregon St. or Stanford at UCLA 7 p.m. ESPN — South Carolina at Clemson or Missouri at Texas A&M ESPN2 — Missouri at Texas A&M or South Carolina @ Clemson 8:07 p.m. ABC — National coverage, Notre Dame at Southern Cal 10:30 p.m. ESPN2 — Louisiana Tech at San Jose St. GOLF 3 a.m. TGC — European PGA Tour, DP World Tour Championship, final round, at Dubai, United Arab Emirates MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 7 p.m. NBCSN — Battle 4 Atlantis, third place game, teams TBD, at Paradise Island, Bahamas 9:30 p.m. NBCSN — Battle 4 Atlantis, championship game, teams TBD, at Paradise Island, Bahamas 11 p.m. ESPN2 — Las Vegas Invitational, championship game, teams TBD NBA BASKETBALL 9 p.m. WGN — Chicago at Milwaukee

SUNDAY AUTO RACING 10:30 a.m. SPEED — Formula One, Grand Prix of Brazil, at Sao Paulo CFL FOOTBALL 6 p.m. NBCSN — Playoffs, Grey Cup, teams TBD, at Toronto MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 7 p.m. ESPN2 — Old Spice Classic, championship game, teams TBD, at Orlando, Fla. 9 p.m. ESPN2 — DirecTV Classic, championship game, teams TBD, at Anaheim, Calif.

10 p.m. FSN — San Diego St. at Southern Cal NFL FOOTBALL 1 p.m. CBS — Regional coverage FOX — Regional coverage, doubleheader 4 p.m. CBS — Regional coverage 4:25 p.m. FOX — Regional coverage, doubleheader game 8:20 p.m. NBC — Green Bay at N.Y. Giants SOCCER 8:15 a.m. ESPN2 — Premier League, Liverpool at Swansea

THE BCS RANKINGS As of Nov. 18 Rk 1 1. Notre Dame 2 2. Alabama 3. Georgia 3 5 4. Florida 4 5. Oregon 6. Kansas St. 7 7. LSU 8 11 8. Stanford 10 9. Texas A&M 10. Florida St. 6 11. Clemson 9 12. South Carolina12 13. Oklahoma 13 14. Nebraska 14 15. Oregon St. 15 17 16. Texas 17. UCLA 16 18. Rutgers 19 19. Michigan 20 20. Louisville 18 21. Oklahoma St. 22 22. Boise St. 21 23. Kent St. 25 24. Arizona 31 25. Washington 30

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New Orleans at Phoenix, 9 p.m.

Sacramento at Utah, 9 p.m.

Minnesota at Portland, 10 p.m.

Saturday's Games L.A. Clippers at Atlanta, 7 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Charlotte at Washington, 7 p.m.

Cleveland at Miami, 7:30 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Chicago at Milwaukee, 9 p.m.

Utah at Sacramento, 10 p.m.

Minnesota at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.

Sunday's Games Detroit at New York, 1 p.m.

San Antonio at Toronto, 1 p.m.

Portland at Brooklyn, 3 p.m.

Phoenix at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.

The Top Twenty Five The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' college basketball poll, with firstplace votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 18, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week's ranking: Pts Prv ...............................Record 1. Indiana (46) ...........3-0 1,602 1 2. Louisville (19) ........3-0 1,579 2 3. Ohio St. .................3-0 1,404 4 4. Michigan ................3-0 1,388 5 5. Duke ......................3-0 1,372 9 6. Syracuse................2-0 1,291 8 7. Florida....................3-0 1,203 10 8. Kentucky................2-1 1,166 3 9. North Carolina.......3-0 1,064 11 10. Arizona ................2-0 983 12 11. UCLA...................3-0 845 13 12. Kansas ................2-1 797 7 13. Missouri ...............3-0 794 14 14. Creighton.............3-0 721 15 15. Michigan St. ........2-1 692 21 16. NC State..............3-1 600 6 17. Gonzaga..............3-0 559 19 18. UNLV ...................2-0 556 18 19. Memphis..............2-0 548 17 20. Oklahoma St. ......4-0 449 — 21. UConn .................4-0 321 23 22. Cincinnati.............3-0 265 24 23. Colorado..............4-0 237 — 24. Baylor...................4-1 202 16 25. San Diego St.......2-1 98 25 Others receiving votes: Minnesota 93, Wisconsin 60, Pittsburgh 43, Notre Dame 40, Texas 25, Saint Joseph's 24, Florida St. 15, Alabama 13, Marquette 13, Wichita St. 13, Saint Mary's (Cal) 9, Kansas St. 7, Ohio 7, Xavier 7, New Mexico 6, Bucknell 5, Murray St. 4, N. Iowa 2, Tennessee 2, Maryland 1.

USA Today/ESPN Top 25 Poll The top 25 teams in the USA TodayESPN men's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 18, points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week's ranking: Pts Pvs ...............................Record 1. Indiana (26) ...........3-0 770 1 2. Louisville (5) ..........3-0 745 2 3. Ohio State .............3-0 666 4 4. Michigan ................3-0 643 5 5. Duke ......................3-0 642 9 6. Syracuse................2-0 603 8 7. Kentucky................2-1 547 3 8. Florida....................3-0 541 10 9. North Carolina.......3-0 488 11 10. Arizona ................2-0 482 12 11. Kansas ................2-1 458 7 12. Creighton.............3-0 390 13 13. UCLA...................3-0 377 14 14. Missouri ...............3-0 363 15 15. N.C. State ............3-1 323 6 16. Gonzaga..............3-0 305 19 17. Memphis..............2-0 288 16 18. UNLV ...................2-0 254 18 19. Michigan State ....2-1 239 22 20. Cincinnati.............3-0 117 24 21. Baylor...................4-1 116 17 22. Oklahoma State ..4-0 113 — 23. UConn .................4-0 101 — 79 20 24. Wisconsin ............2-1 77 23 25. San Diego State..2-1 Others receiving votes: Texas 61, Colorado 59, Notre Dame 31, Pittsburgh 28, Minnesota 23, Saint Mary's 18, New Mexico 16, Kansas State 15, Alabama 12, VCU 12, Florida State 11, Marquette 11, Murray State 10, Bucknell 9, Maryland 9, Ohio 5, Tennessee 5, Stanford 4, Belmont 3, Saint Joseph's 3, Colorado State 2, South Alabama 1.

GOLF DP World Tour Championship Scores Friday At Jumeirah Golf Estates (Earth Course) Dubai, United Arab Emirates Purse: $8 million Yardage: 7,675; Par: 72 Second Round Luke Donald.......................65-68—133 Rory McIlory.......................66-67—133 Marc Warren.......................66-67—133 Louis Oosthuizen ...............67-67—134 Branden Grace...................69-65—134 Richie, Ramsay..................67-68—135 Charl Schwartzel................68-67—135 Fredrik Andersson Hed .....67-69—136 Henrik Stenson ..................68-68—136 Danny Willett ......................71-65—136 Marcus Fraser ....................69-67—136 Raphael Jacquelin .............69-67—136 Nicolas Colsaerts...............68-68—136 Justin Rose.........................68-68—136 Peter Hanson .....................69-67—136 Jamie Donaldson...............68-68—136 Scott Jamieson ..................68-69—137 Thongchai Jaidee ..............68-69—137 Martin Kaymer....................67-70—137 Sergio Garcia .....................73-64—137 Joost Luiten........................69-68—137 Fernandez-Castano...........66-72—138 Padraig Harrington.............67-71—138 Stephen Gallacher.............68-70—138 Marcel Siem .......................73-65—138 George Coetzee ................71-67—138 Romain Wattel....................70-68—138 Simon Dyson......................69-69—138 Anders Hansen..................69-70—139 Thorbjorn Olesen...............68-71—139 Peter Lawrie .......................68-72—140 Chris Wood.........................71-69—140 Victor Dubuisson................71-79—140 Rafael Cabrera-Bello .........70-70—140 Lee Westwood ...................67-74—141 Matteo Manassero.............73-68—141 Soren Kjeldsen...................72-69—141 Michael Hoey .....................70-71—141 Ian Poulter ..........................72-70—142

TRANSACTIONS Friday's Sports Transactions BASEBALL National League LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Agreed to terms with INF Ozzie Martinez, OF Alfredo Silverio, RHP Juan Abreu, LHP Kelvin De La Cruz, RHP Gregory Infante, C Wilkin Castillo and INF Nick Evans on minor league contracts.

FOOTBALL National Football League CHICAGO BEARS — Placed G Chilo Rachal on the reserve/non-football injury list. Signed T G Chris Riley from the practice squad.

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Signed G Justin Anderson to the practice squad.

NEW YORK GIANTS — Signed WR Dan DePalma to the practice squad.

PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Claimed WR Greg Salas off waivers from New England. Released WR Mardy Gilyard.

PITTSBURGH STEELERS — Released TE Jamie McCoy and G Ryan Lee from the practice squad.

■ NBA

Magic beat Cavs ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Jameer Nelson had 22 points, Arron Afflalo scored 19 and the Orlando Magic rallied to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 108104 on Friday night.

Glen Davis had 10 of his 16 points in Orlando’s big fourth quarter. Nelson finished with six assists for the Magic, who have won two straight and continue their five-game homestand Sunday against Boston.

Dion Waiters scored 25 points for Cleveland, and Anderson Varejao had 19.

The Cavaliers have lost seven of eight and face Miami on Saturday.

Orlando had 16 turnovers in the first half, but just two after the break. The Magic connected on 11 of 21 3-pointers for the game.

Saddled with turnover issues in the first half, the Magic trailed for most of the game but managed to rally by turning some of the Cavaliers’ turnovers into easy points. It was tied headed to the fourth quarter, and there were eight lead changes in the final 12 minutes.

Afflalo hit a 3-pointer from the wing with less than two minutes remaining, giving the Magic a 9894 lead.

A free throw and tip-in

by Tyler Zeller trimmed Orlando’s advantage to a point, but a driving layup

by Nikola Vucevic restored the Magic’s three-point lead at 100-97 with 32.3 seconds to play.

J.J. Redick hit eight free throws in the final minute to help the Magic hold on.

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More games called NHL cancels All-Star game By the Associated Press More than a third of the NHL regular season and two of its marquee events have now been called off.

The league announced its latest round of cancellations on Friday Day 69 of its labor lockout. All games through Dec. 14 were wiped out, and this time All-Star Weekend, scheduled for Jan. 26-27 in Columbus, Ohio, was lost, too. The New Year’s Day outdoor Winter Classic already was scratched.

NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly said losing the All-Star festivities is “extremely disappointing.”

“We feel badly for NHL fans and particularly those in Columbus, and we intend to work closely with the Blue Jackets organization to return the NHL All-Star events to Columbus and their fans as quickly as possible,” Daly said in a statement Friday.

The Blue Jackets said fans holding tickets to the game, the skills competition, and other events during that weekend could receive refunds.

Brian Jack, a 35-year-old IT director who grew up in Pittsburgh, moved to Columbus 17 years ago and converted from a Penguins fan to a Blue Jackets supporter after the expansion team hit the ice.

“We knew the All-Star Game, the longer it went, was probably going to be one of the first special events they cancelled,” said Jack, a seasonticket holder for all of the Blue Jackets’ 12 seasons.

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• HOCKEY: The Troy High School hockey team and the Troy Bruins Youth Hockey program are hosting a Skatea-thon benefit for the Michael Walter family. Walter is suffering from metastatic bone cancer. His son, Michael, is a senior on the THS hockey team. The public is invited to support the cause by donating and/or skating from 6:45-8:45 p.m. Sunday at Hobart Arena. Donations accepted at the door and skate rental is available for $2.50. For more information contact Sharon Morgan at (937) 272-6774 or sharonggarden@aol.com.

• BASKETBALL: The Tippecanoe basketball team will be honoring the 1973 SWBL champions on Jan. 19, 2013. The Red Devils face Versailles that night at 7:30 p.m. Any member of the team, cheerleaders or coaches needs to contact Dale Pittenger at dlpittenger@tippcity.k12.oh.us for more information.

• LACROSSE: The Dayton Lacrosse Club will be holding a free informational seminar and clinic. Information to be covered at the seminar includes differences in boys and girls lacrosse, length of season and also it will include a question and answer session for parents, among other topics. The hands on clinic is for boys and girls grades K-12. The Dayton Lacrosse Club’s goal is to field teams in Miami County for 2013 and to educate parents and students about the sport. The event will be held at No Limit Sports Academy, which is located at 650 Olympic Drive in Troy, 2 p.m Sunday. It will last between 60-90 minutes. RSVP is encouraged, but not necessary.

RSVP to daytonlacrossetroy@gmail.com. Visit www.daytonlacrosse.org for more information.

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Bigger than ever ‘The Game’ bigger than individuals COLUMBUS (AP) — Once upon a time, “The Game” was just another game.

When Michigan and Ohio State played, sure, it was important. After all, the schools put it at the end of their schedules in 1935 in recognition of that fact.

But it never really was an epic battle until two longtime friends ended up on opposite sides and transformed it into an over-thetop grudge match.

“The Bo Schembechler/Woody STAFF FILE PHOTO/ANTHONY WEBER Hayes era, when college football Ohio State’s Braxton Miller dives in for a two-point conversion dur- began to explode on a national ing the fourth quarter of a game against California earlier this sea- level that’s what made this such a son at Ohio Stadium. Ohio State hosts rival Michigan today look- visual rivalry for the country to ing to finish off an undefeated regular season. see,” said Ohio State coach Urban

Meyer.

Now, more than 40 years later, two coaches steeped in the rivalry each more than willing to toss a little disrespect toward the other side will be prowling the sidelines in the 109th meeting on Saturday.

Is this the second coming of the “Ten Year War”?

“It’s a new face for the rivalry, of course, but the rivalry is bigger than any one individual,” said Michigan offensive lineman Patrick Omahmeh.

Just like Schembechler and Hayes, Meyer and Michigan’s Brady Hoke are ultra-competitive

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Lessons learned Young Trojans fall in opener Staff Reports WAPAKONETA — Troy’s young Trojans got thrown right into the fire.

The good thing about it? They get another chance right away.

Waynesfield-Goshen’s Kaylee Patton scored 13 of her gamehigh 24 points the third quarter as the Tigers broke a halftime tie with a 21-point effort in the frame then held off a late charge by the Trojans for a 48-44 victory Friday night to open the season in Wapakoneta’s tipoff tournament.

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Piqua at Thurgood Marshall (1 p.m.)

Lehman at Sidney (7 p.m.)

Hockey Troy at Kenston (at Kettering) (8 a.m.)

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Tippecanoe senior Erica Comer goes around a Butler defender Friday night during the Red Devils’ 44-24 victory at Pat Wampler Gymnasium.

Devils on defense Tipp converts enough Butler miscues for win

BY COLIN FOSTER Associate Sports Editor cfoster@tdnpublishing.com Tippecanoe coach Aaron Jackson wasn’t pleased with his team’s ability to convert off of turnovers against Butler Friday night.

“Defensively we did good, we forced them into a lot of turnovers,” Jackson said. “But we didn’t convert a lot of them, which is what we’re going to need to do if we expect to beat those better teams.”

They converted enough on opening night, though.

They sat in a darkened room on the first day of training camp, surrounded by the sounds of quarterbacks barking signals, coaches blowing whistles and fans cheering.

Kent State coach Darrell Hazell told his players to close their eyes and visualize what they wanted from this season.

The Golden Flashes imagined titles, national rankings, a bowl game.

It has all come true. See Page 19.

“The good thing about these tournaments is that if you play well on opening night, great, you get to do it again the next night,” Troy coach Nathan Kopp said. “If you don’t play well, you get the chance right away to wash that bad taste out.”

Troy (0-1) will take on host Wapakoneta — which lost to Bellefontaine — tonight in the consolation game.

With the score tied at 21-21 at halftime, the Tigers (1-0) exploded for another 21 in the third to take a 10-point lead, thanks in large part to Patton’s 13 points in the quarter.

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■ Hockey

Rocky start for Trojans Staff Reports Troy’s season may have gotten off to a slow start.

But the Trojans still have speed and talent — and they’re not going to hit the panic button after only one game.

Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy jumped out to an early lead and then put the game away with three second-period goals, holding off the Trojans on the season’s opening day with a 5-2 victory to kick off the Frozen Creek Tournament Friday at Kettering Rec Center.

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The Red Devils’ defense was the key factor in their 44-24 opening night victory at Pat Wampler Gymnasium. The Tippecanoe ‘D’ caused 27 turnovers and held Butler to around 20 percent shooting from the field as it avenged a 50-48 loss at the hands Butler from last season.

“They beat us by two last year at their place. Two years ago, they come here and we beat them by one on a last-second layup,” Jackson said. “We didn’t necessarily use that (the loss) as motivation. We just know it’s always going to be a good game.”

Though the Aviators had

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Tippecanoe’s Halee Printz drives around a Butler defender Friday

■ See DEVILS on 18 night in both team’s season opener.

“It was a rocky start, but we’ll get there,” Troy coach Larrell Walters said. “We had seven penalties in the game, and it’s tough playing against a good team when you’re always on the penalty kill.”

CVCA went up 2-0 after the first period, but Troy quickly cut that lead in half with a power play goal. Will Schober skated behind the net with the puck and

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Chelsea Tippecanoe’s Clawson steals the ball Friday night against Butler.

COLUMBUS (AP) — Urban Meyer and the football seniors got the longest ovation on the eve of “The Game.”

The rest of the night belonged to a No. 3 Ohio State men’s basketball team that was getting prepared for one of its biggest games of the season.

Deshaun Thomas scored 15 of his 21 points as the Buckeyes rolled to a huge first-half lead on the way to a 91-45 victory against overmatched Missouri-Kansas City on Friday night.

The game was the final tuneup for the Buckeyes (4-0) before their ACC/Big Ten Showdown matchup against No. 5 Duke at Cameron Indoor Stadium on Wednesday night.

“We know they’re a great team,” Thomas said of the Blue Devils. “We need to get better. It’s going to be a great experience it’s going to be loud and crazy. But we just are going to have to take one thing at a time and stay together down there.”

The Buckeyes know that Duke will be ready for them, particularly since Ohio State laid an 85-63 beating on the Blue Devils a year ago in Value City Arena.

“We know we’re proba-

bly circled on their calendar,” said Shannon Scott, who hit career highs with 10 points and 10 assists against UMKC. “We’re just going to be there and be ready for them.”

No. 22 Cincinnati 78, Iowa State 70 LAS VEGAS — Sean Kilpatrick scored 32 points, leading No. 22 Cincinnati to a 78-70 win over Iowa State on Friday night in the semifinals of the Global Sports Classic.

After winning their first four games by an average margin of 34.5 points per game, the Bearcats (5-0) had their hands full with a talented Iowa State (4-1) team that stole the momentum in the first half, dictated the pace at times to keep things close and pulled within 4 points with 46 seconds left.

Xavier 69, Drexel 65 ANAHEIM, Calif. — Semaj Christon scored a season-high 23 points on 10-of-14 shooting, helping Xavier bounce back from a tough loss with a 69-65 victory over Drexel on Friday in the DirecTV Classic consolation bracket.

Christon, a freshman, had 18 points in the Musketeers’ first defeat of the season, 70-67 to Pacific on Thursday.

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Trojans ■ CONTINUED FROM 17 passed out to Clay Terrill, who sent it across the goal mouth to Brandon Beaty on the back side for Troy’s first score of the season.

CVCA responded, though, scoring three times in rapid succession to make it a 5-1 game.

“We outshot them in the first period, but they played a very strong second period,” Walters said.

All told, CVCA outshot Troy 31-28. Trojan goalie Eric Wright made 26

saves in net.

And in the third period, Terrill — the Trojans’ leading scorer last season as a freshman — notched his first goal of the year, taking assists from Schober and Beaty, skating up the left side and beating the CVCA goalie top shelf for the game’s final tally.

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Tippecanoe’s Cassie Gingerich fights off a pair of Butler defenders Friday night. was on.

Printz led Tippecanoe with 11 points, Clawson pitched in nine points and four steals and Clodfelter added eight points.

Despite the win, Jackson knows it’s still a work in progress, especially on the offensive end.

“Our jump-shooting was suspect tonight, and that’s something we are still working on,” Jackson said.

“The girls are coming off of soccer and cross country.

Even though we’ve had a month of practice, the shooting is still suspect.

But it’s still early in the season, that will come Tippecanoe’s McKensie Logan coasts in for a layup around. after stealing the ball Friday against Butler. got in “Everybody Janosik 0-0-0, Carly Clodfelter 2Butler — 24 tonight. We are going to be Autumn Ratliff 1-0-3, Mallory 4-8, Kayla Vath 0-0-0, Lindsey able to watch tape and see 2-3-7, Tierney Black 3- Murray 2-1-6, Jessica Wise 0-0-0, the things we did — good Trentman 0-7, Danyelle Ratliff 0-0-0, Abby Ali Muse 0-0-0. Totals: 15-13-44. and bad. I told a lot of peo- Grooms 0-2-2, Alyssa Dieli 1-0-2, Score By Quarters ple we graduated nine, Allyson Frogge 1-0-2, Morgan Butler .....................3 9 15 24 Tipp ......................7 24 31 44 we’ve got the JV team last Hixenbaugh 0-1-1. Totals: 8-6-24.

3-point goals: Butler — A. Tippecanoe — 44 year that went 18-2. We Erica Comer 2-0-4, Halee Ratliff, Black. Tippecanoe — have a lot of good pieces. Printz 4-3-11, Cassie Gingerich 1- Murray.

We just have to find a way 1-3, Chelsea Clawson 3-3-9, Butler 0-1.

Records: McKensie Logan 1-1-3, Sarah Tippecanoe 1-0. to fit them all together.”

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Roundup ■ CONTINUED FROM 17 “We’ve always prided ourselves on our defense,” Kopp said. “We don’t want to give up 21 points in a half, much less a quarter.

That was the difference.

“Our first five possessions of the quarter were either turnovers or missed layups. We missed 16 point-blank layups in the game.”

Still, Troy fought its way back into the game led by senior point guard Kristen Wood’s 20-point night. Zechariah Bond added 11 points and Courtney Mazzulla scored five.

“Our seniors need to step up,” Kopp said. “Three freshmen and three sophomores played for us tonight. We know we’re young, and we have some girls playing out of necessity thanks to injuries. We were in some foul trouble tonight, too, so some girls played that maybe didn’t expect to quite yet.

“We did some good things. We’ve just got to build on that. It was a learning experience for us all.”

Troy — 44 Mackenzie Schulz 0-0-0, Sierra Besecker 1-0-2, Todda Norris 1-2-4, Christina Dennison 1-0-2, Zechariah Bond 3-3-11, Courtney Mazzulla 2-1-5, Kristen Wood 6-6-20. Totals: 1412-44.

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Waynesfield-Goshen — 48 Kaylee Patton 8-7-24, Sydney Buffenbarger 1-0-3, Kendra Jarnegir 3-0-7, Lidia Turner 1-02, Kiersten Wolcox 0-2-2, Abbie VanHorn 1-0-2, Kindsey SalyerWatts 3-0-6, Rebecca Stevens 10-2. Totals: 18-9-48.

Score By Quarters Troy.....................8 21 32 44 W-G .....................6 21 42 48 3-point goals: Troy — Bond 2, Wood 2. Waynesfield-Goshen — Patton, Buffenbarger, Jarnegir.

Records: Troy 0-1.

Waynesfield-Goshen 1-0.

Newton 39, Bradford 30 PLEASANT HILL — When Bradford jumped out to an 8-2 lead at the end of the first quarter, first-year Newton coach Neal Hans admitted he told his girls they gave him some gray hairs.

But the Indians played better the rest of the way, taking the lead by halftime and rolling to a 1-0 start with a 39-30 win on opening night in Pleasant Hill.

“We knew this would be a tough game,” Hans said.

“Bradford has got some nice players, and I have to give them credit, they play really good man-to-man defense.

“I was really pleased with the girls’ effort. They didn’t roll over and play dead after getting down early. Being down 8-2 isn’t the way you want to start a game, but the girls came

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■ CONTINUED FROM 17 nine turnovers in the first quarter, they stayed close due to Tipp’s inability to get buckets.

Chelsea Clawson led the Red Devils in the opening quarter with four points and two steals, and her pick and layup gave her team a 7-3 advantage after one.

A Carly Clodfelter jumper and Erica Comer steal and layup quickly put Tipp up 11-3 early in the second. Butler finally got its second field goal of the game with 3:15 to remaining in the quarter, but the Red Devils had already started to pull away. A pair of free throws by Halee Printz, who had seven points in the quarter, gave Tipp its first double-digit lead of the game at 19-9.

Printz followed with a basket and a foul, then Clodfelter cashed in off of a steal to make the score 249 at half.

Both sides were offensively challenged in the third, but Tipp finally was able to put the game out of reach late in the quarter.

The Red Devils pushed their lead to 20 with time winding down in the third quarter after a jumper by Lindsey Murray and layup

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back and played very consistent over the next three quarters.”

Newton was led by Trista Lavy and Megan Rutledge, who each scored 13.

Newton is back in action Tuesday at Troy Christian, while Bradford returns to the floor to take on Covington Thursday at home.

Bradford — 30 Barga 2-0-4, H. Patty 2-3-7, Fair 1-0-2, Dunlevy 3-0-6, Brewer 5-1-11. Totals: 13-4-30.

Newton — 39 Trelissa Lavy 1-1-3, Madison Mollette 1-0-2, Trista Lavy 3-713, Kleman 2-2-6, Rutledge 5-313, Wise 1-0-2. Totals: 13-13-39.

Score By Quarters Bradford 8 12 18 30 Newton 2 16 26 39 3-point goals: Bradford — none. Newton — none.

Records: Bradford 0-1.

Newton 1-0.

Covington 43, Houston 41 COVINGTON — Gene Gooding’s debut as Covington coach was a memorable one.

Cassidy Cain made sure it was a good memory.

After Houston tied the score with 7.8 seconds to go, Cain sank a 15-foot jumper as the clock ran out Friday night, giving the Buccaneers a 43-41 victory to open the season.

“We in-bounded to freshman Jessie Crowell, she dribbled it up the floor and dished to Cassidy, she dribbled twice and sank the last-second shot,” Gooding said. “I say sank, but it bounced up there four or five times. It seemed like it was up there for two years. It was one of the most exciting games I’ve coached in.”

Cain finished with 14 points, while Crowell scored a game-high 20 to lead the Buccs (1-0), who travel to Fairlawn tonight.

Courtney Phipps scored 17 to lead Houston (0-1).

Houston — 41 Phipps 8-0-17, Maier 1-1-3, Gilkerson 4-1-9, A. Stang 4-2-10, M. Stang 1-0-2. Totals: 18-4-41.

Covington — 43

Heidi Snipes 1-0-3, Heidi Cron 0-1-1, Brittanie Flora 1-0-3, Cassidy Cain 5-3-14, Jessie Crowell 9-0-20, Jackie Siefring 1-0-2. Totals: 17-4-43.

Score By Quarters Houston ............12 17 29 41 Covington............7 17 29 43 3-point goals: Houston — Phipps. Covington — Snipes, Flora, Cain, Crowell 2.

Records: Houston 0-1.

Covington 1-0.

Lehman 44, Riverside 32 SIDNEY — Lehman led by just a point after three periods, but pulled away late in the final period to post a 44-32 win and give new coach Kim Miller a victory in her debut Friday.

“The girls were ecstatic,” said Miller after the game. “For such a small team, it was a great precedent for them. They did a great job of supporting each other and playing together.”

The Cavs led 11-9 after a quarter and neither team could put together a run. It was still close down the stretch but the Cavs pulled away late by hitting their free throws.

“We only hit 49 percent from the line for the game, but we hit them when we had to late,” Miller said. “I thought our defense was the key. And hitting the free throws at the end.”

Ava Schmitz led Lehman with 16 points, eight of those coming at the line in 14 attempts.

The Cavs put the ball in her hands down the stretch. Allie Hall added 13 for Lehman.

Riverside — 32 Ledley 2-2-7, Hickey 1-5-7, Robison 1-2-4, Egbert 1-0-2, Hurley 3-1-7, Harshbarger 1-1-3, Giles 1-0-2. Totals: 10-11-32.

Lehman — 44 Harrelson 1-3-5, Hissong 1-02, Schmitz 4-8-16, Kronenberger 2-0-4, Jones 1-2-4, Hall 4-5-13.

Totals: 13-18-44.

Score By Quarters Riverside.............9 17 23 32 Lehman.............11 19 24 44 3-point goals: Riverside — Ledley. Lehman — none.

Records: Riverside 0-1.

Lehman 1-0.

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Buckeyes ■ CONTINUED FROM 17 Ohio natives who don’t hide the fact that they can barely abide their chief rival.

Hoke refers to Ohio State as just “Ohio,” which makes Buckeyes fans’ blood boil.

Meyer has taken a page from Hayes and refuses to utter the “M-word,” instead calling it “That Team Up North.”

A chippiness has returned to this staid old annual showdown. It was already evident a year ago when the sides traded shoves, obscenities and taunts in Hoke’s first game (a 40-34 victory) as a head

coach in the series.

It’s even more palpable this year with Meyer joining the fray, 25 years after he was a graduate assistant on Earle Bruce’s staff and learned firsthand from Hayes, Bruce and the others to despise the Wolverines.

Hoke is not sold on the theory that the head coaches, at least since the last of the 10 Schembechler-Hayes battles in 1978, have much influence on the rivalry. But he does agree that it doesn’t hurt when both “get” what the game means to so many.

“There’s a lot of passion on both sides,” he said.

“When you’ve kind of grown up in the rivalry either in the state of Ohio or in the state of Michigan you understand it’s the most important game of the year.”

Adding to the enmity this year so often the case is both sides having a lot riding on the outcome.

The fourth-ranked Buckeyes (11-0, 7-0 Big Ten) want to complete a perfect season if perfection is even possible without going to a bowl. NCAA sanctions have sidelined Ohio State from the national championship conversation.

The Buckeyes have

already won the Big Ten’s Leaders Division, but cannot play in the title game next week. They will get a trophy and each of the players will be fitted for championship rings.

The No. 20 Wolverines (83, 6-1) are shooting to upgrade to an even better bowl. No one in maize and blue is saying it, but upsetting the Buckeyes’ dreams of an unbeaten, untied season wouldn’t be so bad, either.

The Wolverines were hoping to grab a spot in the Big Ten championship game, but No. 17 Nebraska which owned the tie-breaker by virtue of its win over

Michigan beat Iowa 13-7 on Friday to represent the Legends Division. The Wolverines, who had playing in the title game as one of their major goals, can still grab a share of the division crown with a win over the Buckeyes.

Michigan’s hopes rise and fall on a defense that leads the nation against the pass but is considerably less stout against the run which happens to be Ohio State’s strength.

The Buckeyes depend on quarterback Braxton Miller’s legs, whether on set plays or when a pass play breaks

down and he sprints past lunging linemen through the heart of the field for big yardage.

The Wolverines also rely on their quarterback. Now they just have to figure out who their quarterback is.

Devin Gardner has started the last three games, accounting for at least three TDs in each, since four-year star Denard Robinson hurt a nerve in his throwing elbow.

Now Robinson may see time at tailback, in the slot, out wide or even under center. It’s the biggest mystery in a game where there are few unknowns.

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It’s all coming true Golden Flashes top Bobcats, finish regular season 11-1 KENT, Ohio (AP) — They sat in a darkened room on the first day of training camp, surrounded by the sounds of quarterbacks barking signals, coaches blowing whistles and fans cheering.

Kent State coach Darrell Hazell told his players to close their eyes and visualize what they wanted from this season.

The Golden Flashes imagined titles, national rankings, a bowl game.

It has all come true.

“It’s happening,” senior linebacker C.J. Malauulu said. “This is what we dreamed about.”

Malauulu returned an interception 33 yards for a touchdown 12 seconds after another Kent State TD and the No. 23 Golden Flashes completed a perfect season in the MidAmerican Conference with their 10th straight win, 286 over Ohio on Friday.

The regular-season finale was a tuneup for Kent State (11-1, 8-0 MAC East), which will meet No. 24 Northern Illinois, the league’s West champion, in next week’s MAC championship. The win allowed the Golden Flashes to continue the best season in the program’s 90-year history and assured they will remain ranked for the first time since 1973.

The Golden Flashes are also guaranteed a bowl invitation, something they haven’t received since 1972, when they played Tampa in the Tangerine Bowl.

If not for a loss to Kentucky in the second game, Kent State would be unbeaten.

Imagine that.

“Our guys believe, and we believe what the coaches are telling us,” said quarterback Spencer Keith.

Trayion Durham rushed for 97 yards and scored on a 15-yard run in the first quarter as Kent State built a 21-0 lead. And although the Golden Flashes’ offense did little in the second half, Kent State’s defense wouldn’t budge and finished with eight sacks.

The Bobcats (8-4, 4-4) lost four of their last five after cracking the Top 25.

Ohio also had three more players go down with serious injuries, and have now lost 10 players who were projected as starters when the season began to injuries.

“It’s gut wrenching,” running back Beau Blankenship said. “We had some guys step up. It’s hard to see them go down, I’m close to them and I love them. It’s upsetting to finish the season like this.”

With representatives from the Military and GoDaddy.com bowls on hand, the Golden Flashes put on a dazzling show early before the game bogged down into a puntfest. But Kent State, which got only 53 yards from speedy running back Dri Archer, took advantage of Ohio’s mistakes in the opening quarter and did

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Kent State’s Eric Adeyemi celebrates with Trayion Durham after Adeyemi caught a touchdown pass against Ohio during the fourth quarter of an NCAA college football game Friday in Kent, Ohio. Kent State won 28-6. enough to pad its bowl resume.

The Golden Flashes entered the season hoping to build on a strong finish in 2011, when they won four of their last five. But no one could have expected such a dramatic turnaround in Hazell’s second season, which will have at least two more games.

Hazell spent seven seasons as an assistant at Ohio State under Jim Tressel before taking the Kent State job. He may soon be on his way elsewhere with major programs such as Tennessee and California already with openings and other schools likely to make changes.

But nothing will take away what he’s done in a short time with the Golden Flashes.

Their 11 wins are the most in school history and with 16 wins in the past two seasons, the Golden Flashes have matched the school’s win total from 1989-2000, when Kent State went 16-115-1.

Ball State 31, Miami (Ohio) 24 OXFORD, Ohio — Jahwan Edwards rushed for three touchdowns as Ball State defeated Miami (Ohio) 31-24 Friday in their regular-season finale.

The Cardinals (9-3, 6-2 Mid-American Conference) won their sixth straight, their most since winning 12 straight in 2008.

Edwards, who gained 98 yards on 18 carries, scored on first-half runs of 5 and 2, when Ball State took a 21-14 lead. His 17-yard third-quarter touchdown made it 28-14.

Steven Schott, who came in leading the nation in field goals with 23, booted a 27-yarder to make it 31-14 after three quarters.

The RedHawks (4-8, 35) narrowed the gap in the final quarter on Zac Dysert’s 10-yard scoring pass to Jamire Westbrook and a Kaleb Patterson field goal.

Dysert, who completed 26 of 40 for 218 yards, moved into second place on the conference’s career

passing list with 12,013 yards, passing Byron Leftwich, who played for Marshall when it was a league member.

Cincinnati 27, South Florida 10 CINCINNATI — Brendon Kay threw for a touchdown and ran for another on Friday night, getting Cincinnati’s offense moving after its worst showing of the season, and the Bearcats pulled away to a 27-10 victory over South Florida.

Cincinnati (8-3, 4-2 Big East) was coming off a 103 loss to Rutgers that eliminated the Bearcats from the league title race. It was the first time since 1987 that the Bearcats gave up only 10 points and lost.

Kay ended the drought with an 18-yard touchdown scramble in the first quarter. He also threw a 3yard touchdown pass to tight end Travis Kelce and set up another score with a 48-yard completion. Kay was 17 of 27 for 178 yards.

He also ran seven times for 48 yards.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Not many young quarterbacks would even have the audacity to imagine making their first career starts under the circumstances surrounding Max Wittek at the Coliseum on Saturday night.

The freshman is replacing Matt Barkley, an injured senior who has claimed most of the career passing records at Southern California. He’s facing Notre Dame (11-0), a storied football power with a No. 1 ranking and the nation’s most feared defense.

The Irish need just one more win to book a spot in the national title game, and the struggling Trojans (7-4) have lost three of four.

Yet Wittek also has arguably the best receiving duo in the nation catching his passes and a sold-out stadium firmly at his back.

If the enormity of this occasion is scaring Wittek, the confident 19-year-old with a bigger arm than Barkley hasn’t shown it a bit.

“You really can’t ask for a better opportunity to show what you’ve got,” Wittek said. “I just want to get that first snap, maybe that first hit, out of the way,

and I’ll be ready to go.”

Although USC has dominated the past decade in this delicious intersectional rivalry, winning nine of 10 and missing a clean sweep by one dropped touchdown pass two years ago, Wittek and the Trojans realize most of the pressure is on the other sideline this time.

The Irish are just one win away from completing a remarkable run to the BCS title game in coach Brian Kelly’s third season.

With so many pressurepacked wins already behind them this season, the Irish will hit the field in downtown Los Angeles simply trying not to get caught up in the matchup’s history or the history they’ll make with a victory.

“You think about it,” Notre Dame safety Zeke Motta said. “In the back of your mind, it’s there that if you win this game, you’re going to play in the national championship. What more motivation do you need? But I think we want to treat it like any other game. Obviously it’s a rivalry game, so we’re going to be playing fierce and tough. We’re just focused on who we’re playing against and sticking it to them.”

■ National Football League

NFL to examine replay rule from Thursday’s game NEW YORK (AP) — The rule that negated using video replay to confirm a Houston Texans touchdown “may be too harsh” and will be reexamined immediately, NFL director of football operations Ray Anderson said Friday.

Anderson, also co-chairman of the competition committee that suggests rules changes to the owners, said a change could come this year. The NFL traditionally resists changing rules during a season.

“We will certainly discuss the rule with the competition committee members, as we do all situations involving unique and unusual circumstances, and determine if we feel a change should be recom-

mended to ownership,” Anderson said in a statement.

“Not being able to review a play in this situation may be too harsh, and an unintended consequence of trying to prevent coaches from throwing their challenge flag for strategic purposes in situations that are not subject to a coaches’ challenge.”

Anderson added the NFL is not bound by past events when a rule is proved to have loopholes, and that a 15-yard penalty for throwing the challenge flag on a play that is automatically reviewed might be enough. For now, throwing the challenge flag also eliminates the use of replay. All scoring plays otherwise are reviewed.

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