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Hurry-up negotiations unfold in Senate WASHINGTON (AP) Senate leaders groped for a last-minute compromise Saturday to avoid middle-class tax increases and possibly prevent deep spending cuts at the dawn of the new year as President Barack Obama warned that failure could mean a “selfinflicted wound to the economy.”

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Obama chastised lawmakers in his weekly radio and Internet address for waiting until the last minute to try to avoid a “fiscal cliff,” yet said there was still time for an agreement. “We cannot let Washington politics get in the way of America’s progress,” he said as the hurry-up negotiations unfolded.

For all the recent expressions of urgency, bargaining took place by phone, email and paper in a Capitol nearly empty except for tourists. Alone among top lawmakers, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell spent the day in his office. In the Republicans’ weekly

address, Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri cited a readiness to compromise. “Divided government is a good time to solve hard problems and in the next few days, leaders in Washington have an important responsibility to work together and do just that,” he said. Even so, there was no guarantee of success, and a dispute over

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Sluggish global economy is top business story This would be the year when the global economy finally regained its vigor. At least that’s what many had hoped. It didn’t happen. The three largest economies — the United States, China and Japan — struggled again in 2012. The 17 countries that use the euro endured a third painful year in their financial crisis and slid into recession. Emerging economies slowed. See

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BY NATALIE KNOTH Staff Writer nknoth@tdnpublishing.com ith New Year’s resolutions in the works, the timing couldn’t be better for the wellness center Trojan Nutrition to open in Troy. The shop offers a smoothie bar and nutrition counseling through the Herbalife global nutrition company, focused on ensuring healthy eating habits that in turn aid in weight management and athletic training. For people constantly on the go, getting the proper nutrition can be difficult, said owner Shawna

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can sit at the bar to enjoy their smoothie, herbal green tea — served hot or cold — and the “shot” of mango flavored aloe vera. Manning the bar is David Noles. “It’s fast food for smart people. We’re in a fast-paced society, so it’s even harder to get good food and nutrition,” Stephenson said, adding that recipes and instructions can be taken home as well. The menu includes 42 different smoothie flavors, divided into vanilla, chocolate, cookies and cream and cafe latte categories. Strawberry banana, vanilla bit o’ honey, peanut butter cup, Butterfinger and English

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CHICAGO (AP) — It was February, the middle of lunch hour on a busy South Side street. The gunman approached his victim in a White Castle parking lot, shot him in the head, then fled down an alley. The next month, one block away, also on West 79th Street: Two men in hooded sweatshirts opened fire at the Bishop Golden convenience store. They killed one young man and wounded five others, including a nephew of basketball superstar Dwyane Wade. The shooters got away in a silver SUV. In July, a Saturday night, two men were walking on 79th when they were approached by a man who killed one and injured the other. This shooting resulted in a quick arrest; police had a witness, and a security camera caught the shooting. These three violent snapshots of a single Chicago street are not exceptional. It’s been a bloody year in the nation’s third-largest city. A spike in murders and shootings much of it gangrelated shocked Chicagoans, spurred new crime-fighting strategies and left indelible images: Mayor Rahm Emanuel voicing outrage about gang crossfire that killed a 7-year-old named Heaven selling candy in her front yard. Panicked mourners scrambling as shots ring out on the church steps at a funeral for a reputed gang leader. Girls wearing red high school basketball uniforms, filing by the casket of a 16-year-old teammate shot on her porch. A handful of neighborhoods were especially hard

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Election, Chardon shootings, casinos dominate news Ohio was key in 2012 presidential campaign COLUMBUS (AP) — A list of the top 10 stories of 2012 from the Ohio Associated Press, as voted on by member newspapers and broadcasters around the state: 1. The 2012 presidential election campaign targeted Ohio with President 1 Barack Obama going on to

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with a strong showing in the state’s urban centers to capture its 18 electoral votes. 2. Three students are killed and three wounded in a shooting at Chardon High School in northeast Ohio. Prosecutors say 17year-old T.J. Lane admitted taking a .22-caliber pistol

to the school and firing at students in the cafeteria on Feb. 27. A sheriff’s deputy testified Lane was wearing a T-shirt with the word “Killer” when he was found. Lane, now 18, is being tried as an adult and has filed an insanity plea. His trial is set for Jan. 14. 3. The casino industry arrives in Ohio with gaming halls opening in

Cleveland, Toledo and Columbus. One more will open in Cincinnati in the spring. Ohio voters approved the casinos in 2009 to raise revenue and create jobs in the state. The first three opened with great fanfare, and millions have visited since although the latest numbers show

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In this Dec. 3 photo, Carlos Nelson, head of the Greater Auburn Gresham Development Corp., talks about the troubled neighborhood’s future on Chicago’s South Side. Nelson, a 49-year-old engineering graduate raised in Gresham, sees changes since he was a kid, most notably the easy access to guns. “These aren’t six-shooters,” he says. “These are automatic weapons.” gang-related. There, in an empty lot, a wooden cross stands tall in the winter night. Painted in red is a plea: “STOP SHOOTING.” Chicago’s murder count reached the 500 mark in 2012, compared with 435 in 2011. More than 2,400 shootings occurred (as of Dec. 21), an 11 percent increase over last year at the same time. Gang-related arrests are about 7,000 higher than in 2011. Gang violence isn’t new, but it became a major theme in the Chicago narrative this year. Maybe it was because of the audacity of gang members posting YouTube videos in which they flashed wads of cash and guns. The sight of police brandishing automatic weapons, standing watch outside gang funerals. The sting of one more smiling young face on a funeral program. Or dramatic headlines in spring and summer, such as: “13 people shot in Chicago in 30-minute period.”

It was alarming enough for President Barack Obama to mention it during the campaign, noting murders near his South Side home. Then, addressing gun violence in the aftermath of the Newtown, Conn., school shooting, he cited Chicago again. As grim as it is, Chicago’s murder rate was almost double in the early 1990s averaging around 900 before violent crime began dropping in cities across America. This year’s increase, though, is a sharp contrast to New York, where homicides fell 21 percent from 2011, as of early December. Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy says while murders and shootings are up, overall crime citywide is down 10 percent. He says crime strategies some just put into place this year are working, but they take time. “The city didn’t get in this shape overnight,” he says. “I think that we’re doing ourselves a disservice by advertising a Vietnam-

Nutrition • Continued from A1 toffee latte are only a few of the selections. Herbalife provides a one-two punch for weight management, stressing high-protein, low-calorie, nutritious meals while providing free wellness coaching to monitor one’s weight, body fat, muscle percentage, visceral fat, BMI and body measurements. “A lot of people exercise, exercise, exercise,

revenue continuing to level off six months down the road. Some Ohio cities have asked for citizen input on how to spend the extra tax revenue. 4. Millions of Ohioans were left without power as storms struck the state amid a heat wave in late June and early July. As many as three people died, and damage was estimated at more than $433 million as Obama declared a federal emergency in the state. Some households were without electricity for weeks as the extreme heat and more storms in July hampered the efforts of power company crews. It was the worst storm damage in Ohio since the state was battered by the remnants

from which she suffers. The products and lifestyle advice are relevant for all people — including children, who have smoothies tailored to their nutrition needs. “I call it a wellness challenge because it’s not all about weight loss,” she said. Orders also can be called in ahead of time at 332-0993. For more information, visit the Trojan Nutrition Facebook page or herbalife.com.

of Hurricane Ike in 2008 and the third-costliest disaster ever here. 5. Expectations were sky high as Ohio native Urban Meyer came home to coach the Ohio State Buckeyes football team. He and the 2012 squad led by quarterback Braxton Miller delivered in a big way with a perfect 12-0 season. However, Meyer and the team are sitting home this December as Ohio State serves a bowl ban as the result of a cash-for-tattoos scandal involving players that cost former coach Jim Tressel his job. They weren’t eligible to play for the conference title either, but were ranked 3rd in the AP top 25 heading into the bowl season. Filling out the top 10 Ohio stories, in descend-

ing order, are: First man on the moon, Neil Armstrong, dies, prompting tributes and memorial services. Teen sentenced to life in prison and his adult mentor awaits trial in killings of men lured with fake Craigslist job offers. Ohio drivers banned from sending text messages from behind the wheel under new law that includes stricter rules for teen drivers. Gov. John Kasich imposes regional moratorium on deep-injection wells after New Year’s Eve quake strikes Youngstown, state lawmakers pass new well regulations. Sixteen Amish convicted of hate crimes for cutting hair and beards of fellow Amish.

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MOSCOW (AP) — A passenger airliner careered off the runway at Russia’s third-busiest airport and partly onto a highway while landing on Saturday, broke into pieces and caught fire, killing at least four people. Officials said there were eight people aboard the Tu204 belonging to Russian airline Red Wings that was flying back from the Czech Republic without passengers to its home at Vnukovo Airport. Emergency officials said in a televised news conference that four people were killed and another four severely injured when the plane rolled off the runway into a snowy field and partly onto an adjacent highway, then disintegrated. No collisions with vehicles on the major, multilane highway were reported. The plane’s cockpit area was sheared off from the fuselage and the tail section partly torn away. The crash occurred amid snow and winds gusting up to 15 meters a second (30 mph), but other details were not immediately known. A spokesman for Russia’s top investigative agency, Vladimir Markin, said initial indications were that pilot error was the cause. The state news agency RIA Novosti cited an unidentified official at the Russian Aviation Agency as saying another Red Wings Tu-204 had gone off the runway at the international airport in Novosibirsk in Siberia on Dec. 20. The agency said that incident, in which no one was injured, was due to the failure of the plane’s engines to go into reverse upon landing and that its brake system malfunctioned.

Fiscal cliff but they don’t realize 80 percent is what you eat and only 20 percent is physical activity,” she said, referring to people’s tendency to overlook the nutrition component when doing an exercise regimen. Stephenson, who grew up in Troy, said the program helped her lose 14 pounds, transformed her digestive system, increased her muscles mass and minimized the number of headaches

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type body count. I’ve got to tell you when I speak to people … they generally say, ‘You know what? We don’t even hear that anymore. It’s white noise.’… The fascination unfortunately seems to be in the media and it’s become a national obsession.” McCarthy also notes the pace of homicides has slowed sharply since early 2012. Murders skyrocketed 66 percent during an unusually warm March. “We got it down to 20 percent” in fact, the final tally was 15 percent “which isn’t good, but it’s progress,” he says. “I refuse to declare failure from progress.” Up to 80 percent of Chicago’s murders and shootings are gang-related, according to police. By one estimate, the city has almost 70,000 gang members. A police audit last spring identified 59 gangs and 625 factions; most are on the South and West sides. Gangs in Chicago have a long, dangerous history, some operating with the

St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Tipp City will begin a three-week series, Catholics Come Home, for Catholics who wish to consider returning to an active practice of the faith.

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• Continued from A1 the federal tax on large estates emerged as yet another key sticking point alongside personal income tax rates. In a blunt challenge to Republicans, Obama said that barring a bipartisan agreement, he expected both houses to vote on his own proposal to block tax increases on all but the wealthy and simultaneously preserve expiring unemployment benefits. Political calculations mattered as much as deepseated differences over the issues, as divided government struggled with its first big challenge since the November elections. Speaker John Boehner remained at arms-length, juggling a desire to avoid the fiscal cliff with his goal of winning another term as speaker when a new Congress convenes next Thursday. Any compromise legislation is certain to include higher tax rates on the wealthy, and the House GOP rank and file rejected the idea when he presented it to them as part of a final attempt to strike a more sweeping agreement with Obama. Lawmakers have until the new Congress convenes to pass any compromise, and even the calendar mattered. Democrats said they had been told House Republicans might reject a deal until after Jan. 1, to avoid a vote to raise taxes before they had technically gone up and then vote to cut taxes after they had risen. Nor was any taxpayer

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hit, among them AuburnGresham; the police district’s 43 homicides (as of Dec. 21) ranked highest in the city, and represent an increase of about 20 percent over 2011. The outbreak, fueled partly by feuds among rival factions of Chicago’s largest gang, the Gangster Disciples, rippled along 79th street, the main commercial drag. That single corridor offers a window into the wider mayhem that claimed lives, shattered families and left authorities scrambling for answers. The scars aren’t obvious, at first. Drive down West 79th and there’s Salaam, a pristine white building of Islamic design, and The Final Call, the restaurant and newspaper operated by the Nation of Islam. Leo Catholic High School for young men. A health clinic. A beauty supply store. Around the corners, neat brick bungalows and block club signs warning: “No Littering. No Loitering. No Loud Music.” Look closer, though, and there are signs of distress and fear: Boarded-up storefronts. Heavy security gates on barber shops and food marts. Thick partitions separating cash registers from customers at the Jamaican jerk and fish joints. Police cars watching kids board city buses at the end of the school day. Go a few blocks south of 79th to a food market where a sign bears a handscrawled message: “R.I.P. We Love You Eli,” honoring a clerk killed in November in an apparent robbery. Or a block north to the front lawn of St. Sabina church where photos were added this year to a glass-enclosed memorial for young victims of deadly violence over the years. Then go back to a corner of 79th, across the street and down the block from where two killings occurred, both

sophistication and hierarchy of corporations. In the 1980s, the leaders of the El Rukns were convicted of conspiring in a terrorism-for-hire scheme designed to collect millions from the Libyan government. Before the feds took down the leadership of the Gangster Disciples in the 1990s, the group had its own clothing line and political Nowadays, gangs are less structured and disputes more personal, says Eric Carter, commander of the Gresham district, home to 11 factions of the Gangster Disciples. “It’s strictly who can help me make money,” he says. “Lines have become blurred and alliances have become very fragile.” Carter says a gang narcotics dispute that started about six years ago is at the root of a lot of violence in his district. Another change among gangs is the widespread use of YouTube, Facebook and other social media to taunt one another and spread incendiary messages. “One insult thrown on Facebook and Twitter becomes the next potential for a shooting incident on the street,” Carter says. McCarthy, who has consulted with criminologists, has implemented several plans, including an audit that identifies every gang member and establishing a long-term police presence in heavy drug-dealing areas, aimed at drying up business. In two districts, police also have partnered controversially with CeaseFire Illinois, an anti-violence group that has hired convicted felons, including former gang members, to mediate street conflicts. McCarthy, who has expressed reservations about the organization, is taking a wait-and-see attitude. “It’s a work in progress,” he says. “It hasn’t shown a lot of success yet.”

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likely to feel any adverse impact if legislation is signed and passed into law in the first two or three days of 2013 instead of the final hours of 2012. Gone was the talk of a grand bargain of spending cuts and additional tax revenue in which the two parties would agree to slash deficits by trillions of dollars over a decade. Now negotiators had a more cramped goal of preventing additional damage to the economy in the form of higher taxes across the board with some families facing increases measured in the thousands of dollars as well as cuts aimed at the Pentagon and hundreds of domestic programs. Republicans said they were willing to bow to Obama’s call for higher taxes on the wealthy as part of a deal to prevent them from rising on those less well-off. Democrats said Obama was sticking to his campaign call for tax increases above $250,000 in annual income, even though he said in recent negotiations he said he could accept $400,000. There was no evidence of agreement even at the higher level. There were indications from Republicans that estate taxes might hold more significance for them than the possibility of higher rates on income. One senior Republican, Sen. Jon Kyl of Arizona, said late Friday he was “totally dead set” against Obama’s estate tax proposal, and as if to reinforce the point, Blunt mentioned the issue before any other in his

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broadcast remarks. “Small businesses and farm families don’t know how to deal with the unfair death tax_a tax that the president and congressional leaders have threatened to expand to include even more family farms and even more small businesses,” he said. Several officials said Republicans want to leave the tax at 35 percent after exempting the first $5 million in estate value. Officials said the White House wants a 45 percent tax after a $3.5 million exemption. Without any action by Congress, it would climb to a 55 percent tax after a $1 million exemption on Jan. 1. Democrats stressed their unwillingness to make concessions on both income taxes and the estate tax, and said they hoped Republicans would choose which mattered more to them. Officials said any compromise was likely to ease the impact of the alternative minimum tax, originally designed to make sure that millionaires did not escape taxation. If left unchanged, it could hit an estimated 28 million households for the first time in 2013, with an average increase of more than $3,000. Taxes on dividends and capital gains are also involved in the talks, as well as a series of breaks for businesses and others due to expire at the first of the year. Obama and congressional Democrats are insisting on an extension of longterm unemployment benefits that are expiring for about 2 million jobless individuals. Leaders in both parties also hope to prevent a 27 percent fee cut from taking effect on Jan. 1 for doctors who treat Medicare patients. There was also discussion of a short-term extension of expiring farm programs, in part to prevent a spike in milk prices at the first of the year.

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WEDNESDAY • ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING CHANGED: The Elizabeth Township Trustees have rescheduled the Jan. 2 organizational and regular meeting to Jan. 7 at the township building with the organizational meeting beginning at 6:30 p.m., and the regular meeting following at 7 p.m. • REORGANIZATION MEETING: The Newton Township Trustees will hold a reorganization meeting at 3:30 p.m. at the township building, 210 W. Walnut St., Pleasant Hill.

THURSDAY • ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING: The annual organizational meeting of the Tipp City Exempted Village Board of Education will be at 6 p.m. at the board of education office, 90 S. Tippecanoe Drive, Tipp City. There will be a records commission meeting held at 5:45 p.m. preceding the meeting at the same location.

JAN. 5 • SPAGHETTI DINNER: The Troy Post No. 43 baseball will offer an all-you-can-eat spaghetti dinner from 3:30-7 p.m. at 622 S. Market St., Troy. The meal also will include salad bar, rolls, dessert and soft drink or coffee. Meals will be $6.75 for adults and $4 for children under 12. • PRAYER BREAKFAST: The Commmunity Men’s Prayer Breakfast will be at 7:30 a.m. at First Place, Troy.

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• ANNUAL INVENTORY: Elizabeth Township will have its annual inventory meeting at 7 p.m. at the township building. • COLLEGE MEETING: The Milton-Union High School Guidance Department will offer a college financial aid meeting at 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium. Connie Garrett, a financial aid representative from Wright State University, will conduct the meeting. There will be a time for questions after her presentation. For more information, call the high school at 884-7950.

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MONDAY • YEAR END: Elizabeth Township will have a special year end meeting at 10 a.m. at the township building.

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• POVERTY IN AMERICA: “The Line,” a 45-minute documentary on poverty will be shown from 6-7:30 p.m. at the First United Church of Christ, 120 S. Market St., Troy. Participants will then discuss how they can contribute to the story out of poverty in their community. To make a reservation to attend, contact Circles of Hope, a Partners in Hope ministry, at circlesofhopepih@woh.rr.com or (937) 3350448 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. MondayThursday. To learn more, visit www.partnersinhopeinc.org

JAN. 16 • KIWANIS MEETING: The Kiwanis Club of Troy will meet from noon to 1 p.m. at the Troy Country Club. Dave Pinkerton will give a demonstration of handbell ringing with information on its history and manufacturing. For more information, contact Donn Craig, vice president, at (937) 418-1888.

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• LITERACY COUNCIL MEETING: The Troy Literacy Council, an all-volunteer organization, will meet at the Hayner Cultural Center in Troy at 7 p.m. Adults seeking help with basic literacy or wish to learn English as a second language, and those interested in becoming tutors, are asked to contact our message center at (937) 660-3170 for further information.

• KIWANIS MEETING: The Kiwanis Club of Troy will meet from noon to 1 p.m. at the Troy Country Club. Steve Skinner, curator of the Miami Valley Veterans Museum in Troy, will give an overview of the museum’s mission and offerings. For more information, contact Donn Craig, vice president, at (937) 418-1888.

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• KIWANIS MEETING: The Kiwanis Club of Troy will meet from noon to 1 p.m. at the Miami County YMCA-Robinson Branch. Jim McMaken, YMCA executive director, will offer a brief overview of the YMCA’s operations, followed by a tour of the facility. A boxed lunch will be provided for $10. For more information, contact Donn Craig, vice president, at (937) 418-1888. • COUNCIL MEETING: The Troy Literacy Council, an all-volunteer organization, will meet at p.m. at the Troy-Hayner Cultural Center. Adults seeking help with basic literacy or wish to learn English as a second language, and those interested in becoming tutors, are asked to contact the message center at (937) 660-3170 for more information. • ALUMNI LUNCHEON: The Staunton School alumni will meet at 11:30 a.m. at Friendly’s in Troy. • FINANCIAL AID WORKSHOP: Covington High School will host a financial aid workshop for college bound seniors and their parents at 6:30 p.m. A member of the Wright State financial aid counseling staff will conduct a presentation on college scholarship scholarship and loan processes, application procedures, sources and types of financial aid and FAFSA instructions. A question and answer session will follow.

• SPAGHETTI DINNER: The Troy Post No. 43 baseball will offer an allyou-can-eat spaghetti dinner from 3:307 p.m. at 622 S. Market St., Troy. The meal also will include salad bar, rolls, dessert and soft drink or coffee. Meals will be $6.75 for adults and $4 for children under 12.

• TURKEY SHOOT: The Troy VFW Post No. 5436, 2220 LeFevre Road, Troy, will offer a turkey shoot with sign ups beginning at 11 a.m. The shoot will begin at noon. An all-you-can-eat breakfast, by the auxiliary, will be available from 9 a.m. to noon for $6.

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Response so far has been good, Barlage said, and they are in need of spring/summer items. More information can be obtained on the store’s Facebook page: www.facebook.com/babybumpohio in the “about” section. The Barlages will have their official grand opening for Baby Bump on Thursday, Jan. 10, and Saturday, Jan. 12, with hot chocolate and a snack bar available to customers, along with crafts for the kids and 25 percent off all clothing. Baby Bump is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, noon to 7 p.m. Thursday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday. They are closed Sunday and Monday. Baby Bump may also be reached at 778-1010.

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Baby Bump offers a chic boutique atmosphere, open floor plan and a combination play/movie room for the little ones. “We wanted to offer something small, friendly and clean,” Barlage said of the fresh, new store located between Dobo’s Delights and Michalo’s Pizza and Wings. Baby Bump has been open for the past two weeks and is fully stocked for the winter season. Barlage encourages customers to bring in their stain-free and smoke-free, up-to-date clothing to sell. “I accept every day of the week, I just ask that they bring it in, drop it off and give me a few days to call them back,” she said.

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DAYTON (AP) — City leaders in Dayton say they want to speed up the number of vacant houses and buildings being demolished. The city has demolished 1,100 abandoned buildings at a cost of nearly $10 million since 2009. City officials say getting rid of the vacant buildings will stabilize property values, reduce crime, and improve the

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• BREAKFAST OFFERED: The Sons of AMVETS will offer an all-you-can-eat breakfast from 8:30-11 a.m. for $6 at the AMVETS Post No. 88, 3449 Lefevre Road, Troy. Proceeds will benefit Operation Care Pacakge for the troops on the ground in Afghanistan.

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Look no further, moms and dads, as Baby Bump, 415 N. Main St., is open for business with an offering of gently used children’s clothing from sizes newborn to 5T. “I felt Piqua needed something closer,” said Rihana Barlage, store owner with her husband, Alex, and mother of an 18month-old daughter, of the idea behind bringing a used children’s clothing store to downtown Piqua. Her experience with trips to the popular Once Upon a Time children’s store in Huber Heights was a motivating factor. “I feel that by the time you get there, shop for an hour and come home, it’s exhausting,” Barlage said of former excursions with friends and a baby in tow. “I’d rather just stay home. We wanted something closer.” For those who have ever felt in a similar bind, the brand new close-to-home

• APPRAISAL FAIR: An appraisial fair will be offered at 12:30 p.m. at the Tipp City American Legion Post No. 586, 377 N. Third St., Tipp City, sponsored by the Tippecanoe Historical Society. Robert Honeyman, a Miami County auctioneer, will provide information on items brought for him to appraise. Admission is free and there is a limit of two items. Food and refreshments by the Ladies Auxiliary of Post 586 will be available for purchase. For more information, contact Gordon Pittenger at (937) 667-3051 or Susie Spitler at (937) 698-6798.

• KIWANIS MEETING: The Kiwanis Club of Troy will meet from noon to 1 p.m. at the Troy Country Club. Lindsay Woodruff, outreach coordinator of Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Greater Miami Valley will speak about her work and the program in Miami County. For more information, contact Donn Craig, vice president, at (937) 418-1888.

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Budget battle sends mixed signals on health care WASHINGTON (AP) — Confused about the federal budget struggle? So are doctors, hospital administrators and other medical professionals who serve the 100 million Americans covered by Medicare and Medicaid. Rarely has the government sent so many conflicting signals in so short a time about the bottom line for the health care industry. Cuts are coming, says Washington, and some could be really big. Yet more government spending is also being promised as President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul advances and millions of uninsured people move closer to getting government-subsidized coverage. “Imagine a person being told they are going to get a raise, but their taxes are also going to go up and they are going to be paying more for gas,” said Thornton Kirby, president of the South Carolina Hospital Association. “They don’t know if they are going to be taking home more or less. That’s the uncertainty when there are so many variables in play.” Real money is at stake for big hospitals and small medical practices alike. Government at all levels pays nearly half the nation’s health care tab, with federal funds accounting for most of that. It’s widely assumed that a budget deal will mean cuts for Medicare service providers. But which ones? How much? And will Medicaid and subsidies to help people get coverage under the health care law also be cut? As House Speaker John Boehner famously said: “God only knows.” The Ohio Republican was referring to the overall chances of getting a budget deal, but the same can be said of how health care — one-sixth of the economy — will fare. “There is no political consensus to do anything significant,” said Dan Mendelson, president of Avalere Health, a market analysis firm. “There is a collective walking away from things that matter. All the stuff on the lists of options becomes impossible, because there is no give-andtake.” As if things weren’t complicated enough, doctors keep facing their own recurring fiscal cliff, separate from the bigger budget battle but embroiled in it nonetheless. Come Jan. 1, doctors and certain other medical professionals face a 26.5 percent cut in their Medicare payments, the consequence of a 1990s deficit-reduction law gone awry. Lawmakers failed to repeal or replace that law even after it became obvious that it wasn’t working. Instead, Congress usually passes a “doc fix” each year to waive the cuts. This year, the fix got hung up in larger budget politics. Although a reprieve is expected sooner or later, doctors don’t like being told to sit in the congressional waiting room. “It seems like there is a presumption that physicians and patients can basically tolerate this kind of uncertainty while the Congress goes through whatever political machinations they are going through,” said Dr. Jeremy Lazarus, president of the American Medical Association. “Our concern is that physician uncertainty and anxiety about being able to pay the bills will have an impact on taking care of patients.” A recent government survey indicates that Medicare beneficiaries are having more problems when trying to find a new primary care doctor, and Lazarus said that will only get worse. Adding to their unease, doctors also face an additional reduction if automatic spending cuts go through. Those would be triggered if Obama and congressional leaders are unable to bridge partisan differences and strike a deal. They are part of the combination of tax increases and spending cuts dubbed the “fiscal cliff.”

THEY SAID IT “I think what helped was the fact that people were talking about this for the last day or two. And with the holiday yesterday, I think a lot of people were off work today, so there weren’t as many people out.” 9-1-1 dispatch supervisor Jack Staudt on the minimal number of traffic accidents during Wednesday’s snow storm. “We’re out in the rural areas where there’s not a lot of things to break up the wind, so snow can blow for several miles before it settles on the road.” — Miami County Engineer Paul Huelskamp, speaking about county efforts to keep roads clear. “I’m glad we did. I came in just to get a delivery in the door that we needed. I shoveled out the back and 20 minutes later, it looked like I hadn’t even shoveled.” — NightSky manager David Pottenger on the decision to close the restaurant Wednesday. “We had a lot come in for winter clothing — jackets, gloves, hats — and snow blowers, shovels, salt. In the middle of the day we thought about closing early, but then we decided to stick with it.” — Amy Buchert, team leader at Tractor Supply, talking about store sales during Wednesday’s snow.

Saying goodbye to an old, old friend Troy As a 36-year-old gamer, I’ve outlived plenty of consoles. Commodore 64. Atari 2600 and, much later, the Atari Jaguar. Nintendo, Super Nintendo, N64 and Gamecube. Sega’s Master System, Genesis, Saturn and Dreamcast (oh, how we miss you). The TurboGrafx16. The horrendously-overpriced Panasonic 3DO and the home of the absolute worst games ever made, the Phillips CD-i. The original Playstation and XBox. And those are just the ones that stand out the most in my mind, as there have been countless others. But earlier this week, Sony decided to add one more to the list. One that might make me even more sad than the Genesis or Dreamcast. Sony Japan announced this week that it was halting production on and discontinuing shipping (at least in Japan) of one of the longest-lived consoles ever to hit the market, the Playstation 2. While Sony didn’t say for certain whether it will still ship consoles globally, once the current retail stock in Japan is gone, stores in the console’s homeland will never be restocked with them again, meaning the rest of the world can’t be far behind. After more than 12 years, one of

to work) or I bought somewhere down the road after its release. But after years of enjoying the original Playstation and even with a painful $300 price tag, I knew I had to have it right away. So I saved up my own hard-earned cash, preordered one — thankfully, as they were pretty hard to come by without a reservation — earning it a special place in my Josh Brown heart. Sunday Columnist As of March 12 of this year, the Playstation 2 had sold more than the best, most innovative and most 155.1 million consoles, and as of commercially-successful consoles, a November 2011 it had 10,828 differmachine that changed the entire ent games available — and had sold landscape of the video game industry more than 1.52 billion games. — and the potential of the games And the Playstation 2 is still themselves — like no other has home to my favorite video game ever before, is being put to rest. made — Twisted Metal: Black. A car It’s like losing an old friend. combat game with a brilliantly dark Although not really, I guess. and, well, twisted plot that resemBecause I still have a functional one bled the old Monkey’s Paw tale, it — even if I had to buy three sepaalso supported four-player play, rate ones throughout the years meaning that owning the game basithanks to the infamous “disc read cally meant that my friends lived at error” issue. my apartment, too, as we burned Released on Oct. 26, 2000, the countless hours (and skipped countPlaystation 2 was the first game con- less college classes) blowing each sole that I ever bought on launch day other up. That game — and the charwith my own money. Every other acter Sweet Tooth in particular — is gaming system I’d had at the time, the reason I still to this day, every either my parents bought for me time I hear an ice cream truck’s (because I was a kid and too young music playing, think of explosions

and serial killers. My friends all had their own Playstation 2s, sure, but I’d go to bed every night with someone still playing some game, either Final Fantasy X or Metal Gear Solid or one of the Grand Theft Autos, in my living room, and I’d wake up with them right where I left them — parked in front of whatever game they had been playing the night before. That machine brought us all closer and gave us tons of great memories. Sure, game consoles have advanced in the last 12 years. The Playstation 2 pales in comparison to the XBox 360 and Playstation 3 (although it still has better games than the Nintendo Wii and even the brand-new Wii U). But none of them would be where they are today without the success and wonder that was the Playstation 2. Goodbye, old friend. See you in a few hours once I leave work. You and I need to help make Sweet Tooth’s wish come true for the 1,000th time.

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VIRGINIA ANN MCCLURE TROY — Virginia Ann McClure, age 82, of Troy, passed away at 10:40 a.m. Monday, Dec. 24, 2012, at Troy Care & Rehabilitation Center, Troy, Ohio. Virginia was born Sept. 20, 1930, in Troy, Ohio, to the late Kenneth K. and Mildred Mae (Cockrell) McClure. Virginia was employed by Edison Community College, Olivetti Corp., Battelle Research Laboratories, IBM, Frigidaire and the American Red Cross. She received an A.A. degree from Stephens College, a B.A. degree from Indiana University, and an HRPBA from Radcliffe College. Virginia was a member of Westminster Presbyterian

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Visitors look at a display of President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation at the National Archives in Washington, D.C., Nov. 4, 2010. As New Year’s Day approached 150 years ago, all eyes were on Lincoln in expectation of what he warned 100 days earlier would be coming — his final proclamation declaring all slaves in states rebelling against the Union to be “forever free.”

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DAYTON — Evelyn Vagedes, 88, of Dayton, passed away Friday, Dec. 28, 2012. She was born in Covington, Ohio, on Dec. 15, 1924, to Charles and Ethel (Bard) Scarbury. Evelyn was a graduate of both Piqua Central High School and the Springfield City Nursing School. She was a member of Queen of Martyrs Catholic Church and worked for the Marinist Mission in Dayton and the Berry Mailing Service. She was preceded in death by her husband, Louis Vagedes; daughter, Cathy Stough; sons, Steven and Fred Vagedes; sister, Bertha Irwin; and great-grandson, Logan. She is survived by her daughter, Gail Kessler (Jerry); sons, Kenneth, Daniel (Karen) and Bruce Vagedes; nine grandchildren, Kensey Love, Tammy Stough, Ben Kessler, Regan

Smith, Jessica Vagedes, Aaron Vagedes, Shenna Shultz, Josh Vagedes and Caitlin Vagedes; eight great-grandchildren, Sylus, Kailey, Katherine, Aubry, Lucy, Cecilia, Alexander and Brayden; and many other relatives and friends. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2012, at Queen of Martyrs Church, 4144 Cedar Ridge Road, Dayton, with the Rev. Fr. Joshua Otusafo as celebrant. Interment will be in Forest Hills Cemetery in Piqua, Ohio. The family will receive friends from 47 p.m. Tuesday at the George C. Martin Funeral Home, “Northridge Chapel,” 5040 Frederick Pike at Needmore Road, with additional visitation one half hour prior to Mass Wednesday at the church. Condolences can be shared at www.georgecmartinfuneralhome.com.

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This Feb. 18, 2005, file photo shows the original Emancipation Proclamation on display in the Rotunda of the National Archives in Washington. New Year’s Day. The U.S. Postal Service will unveil a new Emancipation Proclamation stamp as well. This special display is just one of many commemoplanned in rations Washington and in churches nationwide to mark the anniversary of Lincoln’s actions to end slavery and end the Civil War. President Lincoln’s Cottage in Washington, where the 16th president spent much of his time and where he began drafting the proclamation, is displaying a signed copy of the document through February. It also will host its own New Year’s Eve celebration. The Library of Congress will display the first draft handwritten by Lincoln. It will be on display for six weeks beginning Jan. 3 in the library’s exhibit, “The Civil War in America,” which features many personal letters and diaries from the era. Also, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture just opened its newest exhibition, “Changing America,” to recount the 1863 emancipation of slaves and the 1963 March on Washington for Civil Rights. It includes a rare signed copy of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution that ultimately abolished slavery. The Watch Night tradition also continues at many sites Monday night. In Washington, the Metropolitan A.M.E. Church, where abolitionist Frederick Douglass was a member, will host a special 150th anniversary service. History lovers say this is a chance to remember what the Emancipation Proclamation actually signified. Lincoln wrote in part: “I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States, and parts of States, are, and henceforward, shall be free.” He went on to say the military would recognize the freedom of slaves, that freed slaves should avoid violence and that freed slaves could enlist in the U.S. armed forces. It did not immediately free a single slave, though, because Lincoln didn’t have the power to enforce the declaration in the Confederacy. Still, many slaves had already been freeing themselves, and the document gave them protection, said

Reginald Washington, an archivist of AfricanAmerican history at the National Archives. “It was a first, important step in paving the way for the abolishment of slavery with the ratification of the 13th Amendment,” he said. It also brought “a fundamental change in the character of the war,” Washington said. “With the stroke of Lincoln’s pen, a war to preserve the union had overnight become a war of human liberation.” The proclamation became a symbol of hope for nearly 4 million slaves and a confirmation that the war should be fought to secure their freedom, said Washington, who is retiring from the Archives after nearly 40 years. Some historians and scholars have come to view to proclamation as one of the most important documents in U.S. history. The final proclamation has been rarely shown because it was badly damaged decades ago by long exposure to light. After it was signed at the White House, it was kept at the State Department for many years with other presidential proclamations. In 1936, it was transferred to the National Archives. Records show it was displayed between 1947 and 1949 in a “Freedom Train” exhibit that traveled the country. Then it was shown briefly in January 1963 to mark the 100th anniversary of its signing. It wasn’t until 1993 that the Emancipation Proclamation has been shown more regularly to the public. In the past decade, it has been shown in 10 other museums and libraries nationwide for no more than three days at a time to limit its exposure to light. A 2011 exhibition at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Mich., that was open around the clock drew lines amounting to eighthour waits to see the document.

TIPP CITY — Louis F. “Fritz” Schmidt, 82 of Bethel Township, Dayton, Ohio, passed away Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012, at Hospice of Dayton. Born April 15, 1930, in Piqua, Ohio, to the late Louis Oscar and Thelma Irene (Brubaker) Schmidt; also preceding him in death is his special “furry friend,” Demi. He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Ruth E. (Wood) Schmidt, daughters; Linda Gilliam, Tipp City, Wendy and her husband Dan Watson, Tipp City, and son Eric and his wife Kathy Schmidt, Cincinnati; grandchildren, Chris (Emily) Gilliam, Jason (Adrienne) Gilliam, Katy (Phil) Davis, Brooke (Eric) Unger, Katie

(Jon) Currier and Will Watson; and 13 great-grandchildren. Louis was a retired engineer from WPAFB, a member of the WPAFB Rod and Gun Club, Masonic Lodge, Antioch Shrine, National Rifle Association and shot in the Grand American Trap Shoot. A Celebration of Life Service will be at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013, at Frings and Bayliff Funeral Home, 327 W. Main St., Tipp City, with a visitation from 2-4:30 p.m. Saturday, prior to the service at the funeral home. Contributions may be made in memory of Louis to Hospice of Dayton. Visit www.fringsandbayliff.com.

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Columbus plans new laws regulating food trucks COLUMBUS (AP) — Ohio’s capital city plans to serve up new regulations for food truck owners. Complaints and questions about how they should operate have been boiling over in recent months as the number of food trucks have grown to an estimated 150 around the city. City officials met recently with food truck operators, neighborhood leaders and restaurant owners to hear their concerns. “We want to be welcoming to food trucks, and we will do everything we can to help them grow, but we must also protect the public in doing so,” said Councilwoman Michelle M. Mills. Complaints center on

where the trucks can park, sales taxes and trash left behind by customers, The Columbus Dispatch reported. Food-truck owners think the city’s laws are outdated and do not address their businesses. “The restaurant owners voiced concern about having a level playing field, but the playing field isn’t level,” said Brian Reed, president of the newly formed Central Ohio Food Truck Association. “We are at the mercy of the weather, and people go to restaurants because they want to sit down in a nice atmosphere and be served, and they don’t come to us for that.” One unresolved issue is how long trucks are allowed to park at meters.

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City code says vendors can sell from a metered spot for 15 minutes unless the city gives permission for longer periods. Foodtruck owners would like to see that changed. “We don’t think it’s unreasonable to do our business where there are parking meters as long as we aren’t out in front of a restaurant that doesn’t want us there,” Reed said. Restaurant owners told city officials that food trucks should be taxed on sales just like restaurants. But the food-truck owners argued that that they serve takeout food, which isn’t covered by a sales tax. Neighborhood leaders in an area near downtown and Ohio State University are upset by the trash customers leave behind.

Ohio’s minimum wage rising 15 cents in 2013 COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s minimum wage is going up 15 cents to $7.85 beginning on Jan. 1. The Ohio Department of Commerce also says the new minimum for tipped employees will be $3.93 — an increase of 8 cents an hour. The state minimum wage is adjusted annually because of an amendment to the Ohio Constitution approved by voters in

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WASHINGTON (AP) — As New Year’s Day approached 150 years ago, all eyes were on President Abraham Lincoln in expectation of what he warned 100 days earlier would be coming — his final proclamation declaring all slaves in states rebelling against the Union to be “forever free.” A tradition began Dec. 31, 1862, as many black churches held Watch Night services, awaiting word that Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation would take effect amid a bloody Civil War. Later, congregations listened as the president’s historic words were read aloud. The proclamation would not end slavery outright and at the time couldn’t be enforced by Lincoln in areas under Confederate control. But the president made clear from that day forward that his forces would be fighting to bring the Union back together without the institution of slavery. Lincoln issued his preliminary Emancipation Proclamation in September 1862, after the Battle of Antietam, announcing that if rebel states did not cease fighting and rejoin the Union by Jan. 1, 1863, all slaves in rebellious states or parts of states would be declared free from that date forward. This year, the Watch Night tradition will follow the historic document to its home at the National Archives with a special midnight display planned with readings, songs and bell ringing among the nation’s founding documents. The official document bears Lincoln’s signature and the United States seal, setting it apart from copies and drafts. It will make a rare public appearance from Sunday to Tuesday — New Year’s Day — for thousands of visitors to mark its anniversary. On New Year’s Eve, the display will remain open past midnight as 2013 arrives. “We will be calling back to an old tradition,” said U.S. Archivist David Ferriero, noting the proclamation’s legacy. “When you see thousands of people waiting in line in the dark and cold … we know that they’re not there just for words on paper. “On this 150th anniversary, we recall those who struggled with slavery in this country, the hope that sustained them and the inspiration the Emancipation Proclamation has given to those who seek justice.” The National Archives allows 100 visitors at a time into its rotunda, where the Emancipation Proclamation will be displayed along with the Constitution and Declaration of Independence. On the busiest days, 8,000 people file through for a glimpse of the founding charters. Performances and reenactments are scheduled to continue throughout

Church, Dayton. She also was a member of Dayton College Women’s Club, Dayton Women’s Club, Delta Kappa Gamma and the American Association of University Women. There will be a service at 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 4, 2013, at the Riverside Cemetery Chapel, Troy, with the Rev. George McConnel officiating. Services are entrusted to Fisher-Cheney Funeral Home, Troy. Memorial flowers may be delivered to the sanctuary of Westminster Presbyterian Church, Dayton. Condolences may be left for the family at www.fisher-cheneyfuneralhome.com.

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2006. Increases are linked to the Consumer Price Index. A year ago, the minimum wage jumped 30 cents at the beginning of 2012. The nonprofit Economic Policy Institute says the 2013 increase will benefit 215,000 low-wage workers in the state and will mean an extra $340 per year. Ohio is one of 10 states that will increase their minimum wage on Tuesday.

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Troy’s struggles continue Eagles win Bradford Tourney Staff Reports KETTERING — The Troy Trojans did what they could to keep up with Beavercreek’s pressure. In the end, a slow start to both halves did them in. The Beavers (8-2) built a seven-point lead after one quarter — which was where things stood at halftime — and then outscored the Trojans 20-12 in the third to put away a 70-57 victory at Fairmont’s Trent Arena to kick off the Greater Western Ohio Conference Holiday Hoops Showcase Saturday.

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Tippecanoe’s Carly Clodfelter collects a rebound and tries to go back up for a shot as the Troy defense, including Kristen Wood (31), closes in during a game Saturday at the Trojan Activities Center in Troy.

THURSDAY Girls Basketball Tippecanoe at Carroll (7:30 p.m.) Miami East at Ansonia (7 p.m.) Covington at Bethel (7 p.m.) Tri-County North at Newton (7 p.m.) Troy Christian at Yellow Springs (7:30 p.m.) Fort Loramie at Lehman (6 p.m.) Bowling Tippecanoe, Indian Lake at Bellefontaine (4 p.m.)

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FRIDAY Boys Basketball Troy at Trotwood (7:30 p.m.) Springfield Shawnee at Tippecanoe (7:30 p.m.) Waynesville at Milton-Union (7:30 p.m.) Miami East at Bethel (8 p.m.) Twin Valley South at Newton (8 p.m.) Piqua at Greenville (7:30 p.m.) Franklin Monroe at Lehman (7:30 p.m.) Bowling Tecumseh at Tippecanoe (4 p.m.) Swimming Piqua at Troy (6:30 p.m.)

Troy knows how to start games. Both the Trojans and Tippecanoe Red Devils, though, have a little to learn about finishing them. In the end, Tippecanoe’s Erica Comer drew a charge that wiped out a potential gametying three-point play with 15 seconds to go, and Troy — which missed 15 free throws in the game, seven in the fourth quar-

Devils close out Trojans in crunch time BY JOSH BROWN Sports Editor jbrown@tdnpublishing.com

The loss dropped Troy to 1-10 on the season and marks the team’s second five-game losing streak of the season. Half of those losses, however, have come to teams with two or fewer losses. The Trojans enter 2013 looking to turn things around in the new year but faced with yet another tough opponent. The Trojans travel to Trotwood Friday for a crucial GWOC North Division showdown. Troy Christian 80, Bradford 37 BRADFORD — After this year, the Troy Christian Eagles may not be invited back to the Bradford Holiday Tournament. That’s because the Eagles dominated, capping off the weekend with a 80-37 victory over host Bradford in the finals — highlighted by a career-high 14 from Logan George and two dunks by Christian Salazar,

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2 Eagles win titles TC 7th at Brecksville BRECKSVILLE — Troy Christian is aiming at a Division III team state title this season. The Eagles got one heck of a workout over the weekend that will help towards that goal. Two Eagles won individual titles and Troy Christian was seventh as a team at the Brecksville Holiday Invitational Saturday with 108.5 points — still missing a returning state champ from its roster. Host Brecksville won the tournament with 191.5 points.

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• COACHING SEARCH: Troy Christian Schools has two coaching positions available. It is looking for a head varsity softball coach and is accepting applications until Jan. 16, 2013 for the position, as well as a head varsity volleyball coach with an application deadline of Feb. 20, 2013. Applications can be found on the Troy Christian Schools website at http://troychristianschools.org/fileadmin/content/athletics/documents/Employment_ Application.pdf. A resume and references should be attached with the applications. For more information, contact Athletic Director Mike Coots at mcoots@tcmail.org or (937) 339-5692. • COACHING SEARCH: Newton High School is looking for a reserve and varsity volleyball coach for next year (2013). If interested, please contact Bob Huelsman or Larry Powell at Newton High School at (937) 6765132, or by e-mail at bob_heulsman@newton.k12.oh.us or larry_powell@newton.k12.oh.us. • BASKETBALL: The Tippecanoe basketball team will be honoring the 1973 SWBL champions on Jan. 19. The Red Devils face Versailles that night at 7:30 p.m. Any member of the team, cheerleaders or coaches need to contact Dale Pittenger at dlpittenger@tippcity.k12.oh.us for more information. • SUBMIT-A-TIP: To submit an item to the Troy Daily News sports section, please contact Josh Brown at jbrown@tdnpublishing.com or Colin Foster at cfoster@tdnpublishing.com.

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ter alone — whiffed on a 3pointer at the buzzer, allowing the Devils to escape the Trojans Activities Center with a 37-34 rivalry victory Saturday night. “We played too hard on defense to lose this game,” Troy coach Nathan Kopp said. “We just didn’t play well enough on the offensive end. We worked so hard, played great defense, but we lacked a little composure in transition and made some bad

MIAMI COUNTY One of the Eagles’ two returning state champs, Jordan Marshall (152), laid claim to first place by defeating Padua’s Tom McNulty in a 14-4 major decision in the finals. And Garrett Hancock (120) won the other title after Olentangy’s Artem Timchenko had to forfeit.

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Ohio State wins in blowout, 87-44 A week after shooting as if they were blindfolded, the 10th-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes regained their touch. Deshaun Thomas scored 17 points and four others also hit double digits as they shot 57 percent from the field in an 87-44 victory over Chicago State on Saturday. See Page A8.

The Miami East, Tippecanoe and Milton-Union rosters are filled with young wrestlers who possess a ton of potential. Milton-Union coach Art Ratcliff was able to shed some light on why that may be the case. “With wrestling being the

TIPP CITY tough sport it is, it’s not for everybody,” Ratcliff explained. “We don’t get to pick and choose those guys who are going to come out. Those who do go out and stay around usually end up becoming a champion.” And several wrestlers from those three schools became

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Pressure on for Houston, Indy

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Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck throws a pass during the first half against the Kansas City Chiefs Sunday, Dec. 23 in Kansas City, Mo. The Colts won 20-13. Luck surpassed Cam Newton’s year-old record for yards passing by a rookie.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — It’s simple for the Houston Texans. Win today and they clinch the AFC’s top seed. Lose again at Indianapolis, with coach Chuck Pagano back on the sideline, and they may lose more than home-field advantage. The Texans could drop to a No. 3 seed and again open the playoffs in the wild-card round. Clearly, the pressure is on Houston. “We know what we need to do. We know what’s at stake,” Pro Bowl receiver Andre Johnson said. “We just need to go out and get it done.”

This is not how it was supposed to be heading into the regular season finale. Houston (12-3) was one of this season’s AFC Super Bowl favorites, started 5-0, had the conference’s best record all season and looked like a shoo-in for the No. 1 playoff spot after moving to 11-1 following a win over Tennessee on Dec. 2. Since then, they lost what was billed as the most important game in franchise history, at New England, held off the feisty Colts to clinch the AFC South and lost last week at home to Minnesota. The latest loss dropped the

Texans into a tie with AFC West champion Denver. With the stakes increasing, Houston faces another potentially disappointing chapter in its most nightmarish series. Ten times, the Texans have come to Indy. Ten times, they have gone home losers — including last December when the Texans captured their first AFC South title and the Colts were 1-13. And while Houston knows what to expect from Andrew Luck and the Colts’ defense, there are plenty of other uncertainties heading into the big game. How will the Colts and

their crowd respond to the inspirational return of Pagano, whose three-month battle with leukemia? Pagano took the reins back from interim coach Bruce Arians on Monday and presided over his first full practice Wednesday. On Sunday, he’s expected to be back on the sideline for the first time since a Week 3 loss to Jacksonville. “I think Chuck gave us a little boost of energy,” guard Mike McGlynn said. “Being late in the season, everybody is kind of beat up dealing with the season but having him back has kind of upped our energy for sure.”

Postseason-ready? Bengals, Ravens want to be sharper for playoffs CINCINNATI (AP) — The Ravens have studied their possible playoff pairings. The only thing for sure: Baltimore gets to play its first game at home as the AFC North champion. The opponent? Too early to tell. “Yeah, we’ve thought about it,” running back Ray Rice said. “We’ve seen it. We know all the scenarios.” An intriguing one: If the Ravens win today at Paul Brown Stadium, there’s a chance they could play division-rival Cincinnati in back-to-back weeks. Their game on Sunday doesn’t mean a lot. Baltimore (10-5) wrapped up its second straight division title and its fifth consecutive playoff appearance by beating the defending Super Bowl champion Giants 33-14 last week. The only undecided is who they will host in the first game. If they win today and New England loses, it will be the Bengals (9-6), who have lost their last four games against the Ravens but wouldn’t be intimidated by facing a familiar team. Cincinnati is locked in as the sixth seed, also waiting to find out where it will go for the first round. Could be Baltimore. Or New England. Or Houston. Or even Denver. “We don’t know,” safety Chris Crocker said. “You have an inkling of who it may be. But you really focus on the Baltimore Ravens. They put a licking on us in the first game of the season.” The Ravens opened the season impressively, beating the Bengals 44-13 on a Monday night. The teams then took very different paths to the playoffs — Baltimore won nine of its first 11 games, went into a slump on offense, changed coordinators, lost three straight games and finally nailed down the division title last week. Cincinnati opened 3-5 but has made the playoffs by winning six of its last seven on the strength of an emerging defense.

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Cleveland Browns quarterback Brandon Weeden (3) is sacked by Denver Broncos defensive end Elvis Dumervil (92) in the third quarter Sunday, Dec. 23 in Denver.

Looking to end on a high note

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Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton acknowledges Bengals fans as he walks of the field after the Bengals’ 13-10 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers in Pittsburgh, Sunday, Dec. 23. The final regular season game represents a chance for both to finetune offenses that have plenty of room for improvement. Baltimore’s has been so inconsistent that coach John Harbaugh fired coordinator Cam Cameron and elevated quarterbacks coach Jim Caldwell for the last two games. Baltimore still looked out of sorts during a 34-17 home loss to Denver, its third straight defeat. The offense had its best moments last week during the 33-14 win over the Giants, piling up a seasonhigh 533 yards. Joe Flacco was sharp, throwing for 309 yards and a pair of touchdowns. Rice and Bernard Pierce each ran for more than 100 yards. “We needed that,” Rice said. “We needed that, especially coming off that three-game skid. For us to come out there and execute the way we did, that’s definitely a confidence booster.” The focus today will be on Flacco, who is usually impressive against Cincinnati. Flacco has completed 71 percent of

his passes in the last four games against the Bengals — all victories — with five touchdowns, two interceptions and a passer rating of 106.9. Flacco finally looked comfortable in the Ravens’ up-tempo approach against the Giants. “Obviously, it worked pretty well and there are always things that we can work on,” Flacco said. “We’re working every week to improve those things and get as good as we can get. But it was a good point, and a good game for us to build off of and try to kind of carry into the next few weeks.” Cincinnati’s offense is still looking for a breakout game. The Bengals have reached the playoffs on the strength of their defense, which has held six of the last seven opponents to 13 points or fewer. The defense outscored the offense last Sunday — Leon Hall’s interception for a touchdown set up a 13-10 win in Pittsburgh. The Bengals managed only 14 yards rushing on 16 carries. “We do have to try to

establish some kind of running game getting into the playoffs,” offensive coordinator Jay Gruden said. “It would be nice.” The offense got the season off to a lousy start in Baltimore on Sept. 10. Safety Ed Reed returned an interception 34 yards for a touchdown that set up the 31-point win, one of the worst season-opening drubbings in Bengals history. They’ve waited for the rematch. “It just happens to be a team that beat us pretty good last time,” quarterback Andy Dalton said. “So we’ve got to come out and we’ve got to do everything we can to execute like we know we can. If we do that, I don’t think it will turn out anything like it did the first time.” It’s something of a dress rehearsal for two playoffbound teams. “The truth is, both of us are teams that are going to playing an extra week,” Bengals left tackle Andrew Whitworth said. “It’s also an early test to both of us to be playing the kind of ball you have to play in the playoffs to make it to where you want to go.”

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Larry Foote knew at some point he would take a long look around the Pittsburgh Steelers locker room and wonder who is going to be around next year. Foote just never expected to have to do a head count so soon. Neither did his teammates. A promising season, however, was undone by a December swoon. And only 60 minutes against the Cleveland Browns stand between the Steelers (7-8) and an uncertain offseason. “You know they’re going to start looking at the 30-year-olds,” the 33year-old linebacker said. “You know they’re going to start thinking about who is part of their plan.” It’s a sentiment the Browns (5-10) know all too well. The franchise is in the midst of yet another reboot under new owner Jimmy Haslam and there’s a real chance second-year coach Pat Shurmur could be coaching his last game in Cleveland during in an otherwise meaningless season finale. The Browns have shown flashes of growth this fall — including a 2014 win over the Steelers on Nov. 25 — but have been unable to make any real headway in the competitive AFC North. Cleveland is already assured of a last-place finish for the fourth time in the last five seasons and with team president Mike

Holmgren already out the door there’s talk Shurmur may soon follow. Chatter about who will be on the sideline is nothing new in Cleveland, where Pro Bowl tackle Joe Thomas could be playing for his fourth coach in seven seasons next fall. “There is going to be plenty of speculation on the side of fans and media members and people that are interested,” Thomas said. “It doesn’t affect us. We don’t have any say in what happens, so all we can really focus on is things that we have control over, and that’s how we play against the Steelers on Sunday.” A victory would give Cleveland its first sweep of its rival since 1988, not an insignificant milestone. Shurmur believes that’s incentive enough to keep his team from focusing on what will happen after the final gun sounds. “I ask the players not to think of anything beyond Sunday” said Shurmur, who is 9-22 in two seasons. “At least to this point they have done a good job of sticking with me on those types of messages.” There figures to be no overhaul on the sideline in Pittsburgh, but there may be plenty of turnover on a roster that’s used to having its season end in January or beyond. The core that’s helped the Steelers to two Super Bowl titles and three Super Bowl appearances over the last eight years may finally disintegrate through age and attrition.

Defending champ Giants need help to stay alive EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — For the New York Giants, playing the Philadelphia Eagles is a long-shot last chance at making the playoffs. For Andy Reid, it’s probably a last chance in Philly. The Giants (8-7) try to finish what has turned into a frustrating season on a good note today when they face Philadelphia (4-11) in what likely will be Reid’s final game as Eagles head coach. Having blown a 6-2 start and two-game, late November lead in the NFC East, the defending Super Bowl champions need to beat the Eagles, have Minnesota and Chicago lose and have the Redskins either beat or tie Dallas just to get a wild-card berth. It’s not likely, especially after being torched the past

two weeks by Atlanta and Baltimore by a combined 6714. “The last two weeks have been pretty embarrassing,” said Lawrence Tynes, who kicked the Giants into the Super Bowl twice in the past five seasons. “There is no other word to say when you go out and play like we have. It’s not a reflection of our head coach or this organization, and what they have done in the past. It puts a bad taste in a lot of people’s mouths, so we have to play better. We have to dig down deep and figure something out between now and Sunday to at least go out, if we are not in the playoffs, thinking: ‘OK, I played well the last game of the year.’” Turning things around against the Eagles is not going to be easy. Philadelphia has won seven

of the last eight against the Giants, including a 19-17 win in late September, just before the Eagles fell apart. Making things even tougher will be how much the Eagles will be motivated to send Reid out a winner. They also will have Michael Vick returning to the starting lineup for the first time since suffering a concussion against Dallas in early November. Giants defensive captain Justin Tuck saw the irony in Vick’s return, especially because he has always made life miserable for the defense. “They are going to be fired up,” Tuck said. “We expect to get their best shot, no question. Regardless if it is Andy Reid’s last game or whatever it may be, Vick there, whoever, this rivalry between these two teams, it

always means something. I expect it to be one of those old-school Philly versus Giants football games.” Reid refused to discuss his future, saying he had not even thought of this as his final game as coach. “I normally don’t do those kinds of things; it’s hard to look forward and look behind in this business, so you just look straight ahead and at the opponent,” Reid said. “We’ve got the holiday weekend and all that stuff going on, so I’m really focused in on just getting ready for the Giants.” The past two seasons have been brutal and tragic for Reid. The Eagles became the NFC’s anointed team in 2011 after a free-agent spending spree. They came up way short with an 8-8 record — they needed to win

their final four games to get there — and didn’t make the playoffs. Before this season started, Garrett Reid, the coach’s troubled 29-year-old son, was found dead in a dorm room at the club’s Lehigh University training camp. After a 3-1 start, the Eagles fell apart. Philadelphia safety Kurt Coleman said the team will fight for their coach today. “Coach has given us so much,” Coleman said. “To go through what he’s gone through and to continue to fight for us, we’re not going to stop fighting for him. That’s not what’s going to happen. We’re going to prepare (because) we want to get this one bad. We really do. “I don’t want to say this is going to be his last game. I hope it’s not so I just want

to finish this season strong and hope for the best.” Defensive tackle Cullen Jenkins said the Eagles would like nothing better than to go out with a win and avoid what would be Reid’s lowest victory total since taking over as coach in 1999. “Andy had a hand in bringing everybody here in,” Jenkins said. “Obviously, he put faith in us and had a lot of trust in us. We haven’t been able to live up to the expectations of the coaches or the fans. We still have to try and give whatever else we can give right now. The only thing we can do is to try and get a win in the last game.” The Giants also want to end the season on a high note, especially after losing five of seven in the second half of the season.

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Buckeyes blast Cougars, 87-44 COLUMBUS (AP) — A week after shooting as if they were blindfolded, the 10th-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes regained their touch. Deshaun Thomas scored 17 points and four others also hit double digits as they shot 57 percent from the field in an 87-44 victory over Chicago State on Saturday. “When we made our first shot today, I turned to the coaches and said, ‘Hey, we’re 1 for 1. That’s 1,000 percent. This is awesome,’” coach Thad Matta said, smiling. “I was pleased with how we shot the ball today.” The game was Ohio

State’s first since losing 7466 to No. 6 Kansas a week earlier. In that game, the Buckeyes played good defense and worked to get open on offense but could not hit shots even when unguarded. They mustered just 31 percent shooting from the field (20 of 65). Against Chicago State, they hit 33 of 58 shots from the field including 8 of 17 3pointers (47 percent). Much of that success came after the Buckeyes had tried to shoot over a Chicago State zone. After a while, however, they decided to go inside more and drive to the basket. That strategy paid huge divi-

dends. “If you look at the numbers, we shot more gamelike shots throughout practice and the week we had off,” said point guard Aaron Craft, who ended up with 10 points his first doublefigure scoring game since November. “We’re taking shooting a little more seriously.” LaQuinton Ross added 15 points, Lenzelle Smith Jr. had 13, Amedeo Della Valle had a career-high 11 for the Buckeyes (10-2), who complete an eightgame homestand when they host Nebraska in the Big Ten opener on Wednesday.

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■ CONTINUED FROM A6 Jarred Ganger (113) finished fourth, falling in the finals via 1-0 decision to Elyria’s Armando Torres. • GMVWA Holiday FAIRBORN — Troy and Covington entered with few Saturday at the remaining GMVWA Holiday Tournament at the Nutter Center in Fairborn. When all was settled, the Buccs came away with an 11th-place finish in the small school division (79 points) and the Trojans placed 19th (59) in the large school division. Troy’s Alex Dalton narrowly missed out on fin-

ishing third. Dalton lost a 3-2 decision to Franklin’s Chase Henderson and ended the tournament in fourth. Andrew Kostecka won by a 2-1 decision over Miamisbug’s Dylan Perander to finish in seventh. Covington’s Kyler Deeter (160), a state qualifier last year, defeated Pickerington Central’s by a 7-1 decision to finish third. Brian Olson (195), a state placer last season, beat Glen Este’s Austin Rowan 9-3 to secure fifth place. Ryan Ford took home seventh-place honors at 126, beating Springboro’s Jakob Ottaway, 11-4.

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Top-ranked Duke holds on for win DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Seth Curry scored 12 of his season-high 31 points during the late run that helped No. 1 Duke pull away for a 9077 victory over pesky Santa Clara on Saturday. Mason Plumlee added points and 13 22 rebounds for the Blue Devils (12-0), who needed a huge run late to overcome both a big game from Kevin Foster and a real scare from the Broncos (11-3). Foster scored 18 of his 29 points in the first half, and his soaring baseline dunk put the Broncos up 45-41 with 16:30 left. But the Broncos managed just one field goal over the next 8 minutes. Curry hit two 3-pointers and followed with three layups during the Blue Devils’ 26-5 run. No. 2 Michigan 88, C. Michigan 73 ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Trey Burke had 22 points and 10 assists as Michigan finished its non-conference schedule with a victory over Central Michigan. Michigan played without junior Tim Hardaway Jr. who missed the first game of his career with an ankle injury. That meant the Wolverines started three freshmen Nik Stauskas, Glenn Robinson III and Caris LeVert along with Burke and Jordan Morgan. No. 4 Louisville 80, Kentucky 77 LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Russ Smith scored 21 points and Chane Behanan had 20 and Louisville ended a fourgame losing streak to rival Kentucky. Peyton Siva added 19 points as the Cardinals (12-1) won a hard-fought Battle of the Bluegrass. Though the Cardinals trail the series 30-15, their victory followed last spring’s 69-61 national semifinal loss to the Wildcats, who went on to win their eighth national championship. No. 6 Kansas 89, American 57 LAWRENCE, Kan. — Travis Releford scored 19 points and Kansas hit a

scorching 13 of its first 18 3-point attempts, rolling to a victory over American. Kansas (11-1) took command with a 21-4 spree in the opening minutes and wound up with six players scoring at least nine points against the outmanned Eagles (4-9). Releford was 7 for 8 from the floor, including 5 of 6 3-pointers. Elijah Johnson had 12 points and was 4 for 5 from behind the arc as the Jayhawks finished with 15-for-24 3-point shooting. No. 9 Syracuse 57, Alcorn St. 36 SYRACUSE, N.Y. — C.J. Fair scored 13 points, Trevor Cooney added 12, all in the second half to key a late surge, and Syracuse beat Alcorn State in the final game of the Gotham Classic. It was the 901st win for Orange coach Jim Boeheim, one behind Bob Knight for second place all-time among Division I men’s coaches. Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski leads with 939 wins. No. 12 Illinois 81, Auburn 79 CHICAGO — Tracy Abrams scored a careerhigh 27 points for Illinois. The Illini (13-1) saw an 11-point lead shrink to one in the closing minutes but they prevailed after falling to Missouri in the Braggin’ Rights game a week earlier their first loss under coach John Groce. No. 14 Florida 78, Air Force 61 SUNRISE, Fla. — Kenny Boynton snapped a shooting slump with three 3-pointers in the second half when Florida pulled away. Boynton had made only 4 of 32 from 3-point range over the previous five games, but he hit three in a span of 8 minutes to break the game open. The Gators used their superior size and smothering defense to grind down the Falcons, who shot 48 percent in the first half and 33 percent in the second half.

■ CONTINUED FROM A6 champions Saturday at the Tippecanoe Holiday Invitational. Tippecanoe had three capture individual titles, Miami East and MiltonUnion each finished the day with two champions. Miami East coach Jason Sroufe set a goal for his team to win five individual titles on the day. The Vikings did in fact send five wrestlers into championship matches, with Allen Seagraves (120) and Austin Rush (132) both winning their classes. Stephen Morrow (126) Mack Rose (145) and Daniel Everett (182) all placed second. Aaron Hubbard placed fourth at 170 as Miami East finished second as a team to Centerville. All things considering, it wasn’t a bad day for the Vikings. “We wanted to come in and finish in the top three,” Sroufe said. “We wanted five champions. We didn’t get five champions, but we still had five guys going for first or second. We were still a few short, probably could have had a few more. We had a 106 pound guy (Josh Morrow) seeded first and he ended up getting sixth. “But we had some extras wrestle today who came in and placed in the top eight. That’s a good experience for them. Overall, we did what we wanted to do, we finished in the top three.” Freshman Jack Peura (138) won Tippecanoe’s first title of the day, holding on for a 5-3 win in the finals. Peura’s only loss of the year came to a state qualifier at the Troy Christian Invitational a few weeks back, but this time around, the freshman took down state qualifier to earn a spot in the finals. “My goal is to get to state this year and I want to do well there,” Peura said. At now he knows he can compete people that have been there before. Tipp’s Gabe Callicoat defeated Miami East’s Rose in a 7-4 decision to win the 145-pound title. At 160, sophomore Austin Robbins, who entered the day with only two losses

Ohio State built a 37-24 lead at the half but then completely overwhelmed the Cougars. “They came out in the second half and they let us know, ‘We’re the big boys.’ They came and let us know, ‘We are a Top-10 team,’” Chicago State coach Tracy Dildy said. “The second half was all Ohio State.” Quinton Pippen, a nephew of ex-Chicago Bulls star Scottie Pippen, had 12 points for Chicago State (312), which fell to 0-11 away from home with its fourth straight defeat. The Cougars’ regular season is half over already with one more game to play in 2012.

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Tippecanoe’s Jack Peura controls his opponent and attempts to work his shoulders to the mat Saturday at the Tippecanoe Holiday Tournament.

Tippecanoe’s Cameron Gibbs and Milton-Union’s Sam Hemmerick grapple Saturday during the Tippecanoe Holiday Tournament.

Miami East’s Matt Amheiser works for control over an opponent Saturday during the Tippecanoe Holiday Tournament. on the season, held off Greenon’s Keegan Shillito for a 6-5 win. “I had high expectations,” Robbins said. “Some of the matches

were tougher than I wanted them to be, but there was some good competition here. I’m just glad I was able to come away with the win in the finals.”

Also making his way the finals for into Tippecanoe was Shane Dodd, who was defeated by Fairborn’s Gunnar Parr in the 195-pound title bout to place second overall. As a team, the Red Devils took fourth. It was the first meet back for Milton-Union’s Josh Booher, who broke his ankle halfway through football season. The lone Milton senior wasn’t even sure he would be wrestling this season after it happened, yet Saturday he took the mat for the first time and won the title in the 126 class, defeating Miami East’s Stephen Morrow in the finals. “It screwed up my season for football,” Booher said about the ankle injury. “One of my my coaches, his name is Vince Bracci, he told me I lost my football career, then he told me I’m lucky I got wrestling back. I’m glad I did because I feel awesome right now.” Milton-Union’s Matt Bracci made short work of his finals opponent in the very last match of the day. Bracci scored a first-round pin to leave Tipp City with the 285-pound title. Sam Hemmerick (152) placed fifth in his class. The Bulldogs finished ninth as a team. Next Saturday, Miami East, Milton and Tipp will all wrestle at the Troy Invitational.

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Nets hold off Cavaliers by 3 NEW YORK (AP) — Brook Lopez scored a season-high 35 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, and the Brooklyn Nets improved to 2-0 under interim coach P.J. Carlesimo by beating the Cleveland Cavaliers 103-100 on Saturday night. Lopez followed his 26point, 11-rebound performance in a victory Friday over Charlotte by shooting 13 of 20 from the field, making a number of timely baskets in the fourth quarter that the Nets ultimately needed to hold on. Deron Williams and Joe Johnson each scored 15 points for the Nets, who fired coach Avery Johnson on Thursday and followed

with two victories over losing teams. But now, they head off for major tests at San Antonio and Oklahoma City. CJ Miles scored 33 points and made eight 3pointers for the Cavs, but Kyrie Irving capped a miserable shooting night when his tying 3-point attempt went in and out. He finished with 13 points on 5-of-16 shooting. Tristan Thompson added 17 points and 15 rebounds for the Cavaliers, who played without center Anderson Varejao because of a knee injury. He had a career-high 35 points and 18 rebounds in the previous meeting in Brooklyn and perhaps could have slowed

Lopez, who fouled out rookie Tyler Zeller. Carlesimo is trying to prove that if the Nets can’t lure top priority Phil Jackson out of retirement, they should keep him. Carlesimo had a chance to spend time with owner Mikhail Prokhorov and other team officials Saturday during a lunch meeting. Then he picked up another victory, with Prokhorov watching from his box above midcourt and part-owner Jay-Z from his courtside seat right next to the Nets’ bench. The Nets got off to another strong start, as they did in Friday’s 97-81 rout of Charlotte, but couldn’t sustain it this time.

After their 15-point lead was cut to one early in the fourth quarter, the Nets seemed to have regained control when they went ahead 92-81 with 7:07 remaining. But Miles nailed two 3-pointers around a pair of free throws, cutting it to five, and the Cavs eventually got it down to 100-97 on Thompson’s follow shot with 47 seconds to go. Irving missed on a drive, then followed Williams’ free throw with a 3-pointer that cut it to 101-100 with 5.9 seconds to play. Johnson made two free throws and Irving got a good look from straightaway, staring at the basket in disbelief when the shot didn’t stay down.

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■ CONTINUED FROM A6 decisions.” Tippecanoe led by eight at 34-26 with 1:30 left, but Troy’s Morgan Taylor scored six of her seven points during that stretch to get Troy within two at 36-34. After a free throw made it a three-point game, Troy turned it over at midcourt, but the Devils had to save the ball going out of bounds — and Taylor intercepted and drove to the basket. Comer collided with Taylor and the whistle blew as the ball went in, but the official signaled an offensive foul. The play may not have mattered so much, though, had either team hit its free throws. Troy (4-8) was 13 for 28 from the free throw line in the game, 8 for 15 in the fourth, while Tippecanoe (5-5) was 9 for 16 in the game and 7 for 12 in the fourth. “I thought when we were up seven or eight with 1:30 left, we had a chance to ice it,” Tippecanoe coach Aaron Jackson said. “They (Troy) fought hard to get back into it, and we didn’t take advantage of our chances. Still, we played just well enough to win.” That wasn’t the case at the beginning, though. For the second night in a row, the Trojans built a big lead, posting a firstquarter shutout for the second time in their last three games. Only this time, it wasn’t Kristen Wood doing all the scoring. After scoring the game’s first eight points Friday night against Fort Recovery, the Troy point guard was able to draw the defense’s attention and dish to open shooters. She hit Mackenzie Schulz (eight points) for a pair of jumpers to start the quarter, then she found Todda Norris on a fast break for a three-point play. Wood — Troy’s leading scorer — finished the game with four points, seven rebounds and six assists. “We can’t win with her only shooting three times,” Kopp said. “She’s got to take more than three shots in a game for us to win.” And it was all by the Devils’ design, too. “I challenged Halee (Printz) to guard Wood, and she ended up in single digits on the night,” Jackson said. “She did a nice job for us tonight.” Tippecanoe, meanwhile, couldn’t buy a break offensively. The Devils went 0 for the first quarter, seeing their only basket wiped out by a traveling call. And after Norris put back a missed Troy free throw to start the second quarter, Troy was up 10-0. Carly Clodfelter finally got the Devils on the board with 6:15 left in the half, but Wood found Norris again on a fast break to make it 12-2. Printz got

■ CONTINUED FROM A6 which were described as “thunderous” by coach Ray Zawadzki. Troy Christian was up 22-1 after one quarter, led 37-10 at half, then poured on 31 points in the third for some insurance. There were 12 different Eagles who scored in the game. Salazar scored 12, Spencer Thomas had 11 points, Nathan Kirkpatrick and Grant Zawadzki each added 10. Kirkpatrick was named tournament MVP, while Salazar and George were each selected to the AllTournament team. It was the seventh win in a row for the Eagles. In the victory, Troy Christian was one 3pointer shy from tying the school record with nine. And actually, the Eagles may get invited back, as first-year coach Jeff Case welcomed the chance to play a team like Troy Christian. “We’re working on getting to a point where we can compete with a team like that,” Case said. “They’re a quality team, and I have a lot of respect for Ray (Zawadzki) and what he does with those kids. We’re rebuilding right now, and we need to play teams like that to get to where we want to be.” Eric Swabb paced the Railroaders with 11 points. Bryce Arnett and Brandon Wirrig each added nine. Next up for the Eagles, it’s the big one. Troy Christian (7-1) hosts Miami East (6-1) Saturday. Bradford is at Franklin Monroe Saturday.

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Tippecanoe’s McKensie Logan attempts to fend off Troy’s Todda Norris (12) and Courtney Mazzulla (13) late in Saturday’s game at the Trojan Activities Center. going late in the second, though, tossing in seven points to get the Devils within four at 14-10 at the break. The Devil defense forced seven third-quarter turnovers, though, and Printz hit Clodfelter for a fast-break basket after a steal to give the Devils their first lead at 20-19 right before a Courtney Mazzulla 3 gave Troy a two-point edge after three. “In the first quarter, holding us to zero … we were getting good shots,” Jackson said. “We knew we had to turn the pressure up on them defensively. We forced several turnovers in transition that we turned into baskets.” Printz and Clodfelter worked the fast break a number of times in the fourth, Comer hit some big shots and grabbed even bigger offensive rebounds on missed Tippecanoe free throws, and slowly the Devils built a comfortable lead — just comfortable enough. Clodfelter scored 12 of her game-high 15 points in the second half and led the Devils with eight rebounds, all off of the bench, Printz finished with eight points, five rebounds and six assists and Comer scored all eight of her points in the second half. “That’s what we need out of Halee,” Jackson said. “If she has zero turnovers and four or five assists — and she had one turnover and six assists tonight — that’s what we expect out of her.” Norris led the Trojan effort with nine points and 16 rebounds as Troy outrebounded Tippecanoe 40-27

Troy Christian — 80 Coots 1-1-3, Varvel 3-1-9, Horn 0-1-1, Thomas 4-0-11, George 7-014, Kirkpatrick 4-0-10, Lewis 2-04, Sloan 1-0-2, Boone 1-0-2, Salazar 5-2-12, Scott 1-0-2, Zawadzki 4-0-10. Totals: 33-5-80. Bradford — 37 Wirrig 2-3-9, Swabb 2-6-11, Arnett 3-3-9, Rose 2-0-4, Hoelscher 2-1-5. Totals: 11-13-37. Score By Quarters TC ........................22 37 68 80 Bradford ................1 10 28 37 3-point goals: TC — Varvel (2), Thomas (3), Kirkpatrick (2), Zawadzki (2). Bradford — Wirrig, Swabb. Records: Troy Christian 7-1.

Troy’s Morgan Taylor drives to the basket Saturday night as Tippecanoe’s Lindsey Murray looks on. for the game — which was Saturday. Tippecanoe — 37 little consolation to Troy. Kayla Vath 0-0-0, Cassie “We may have beat Gingerich 0-0-0, Erica Comer 3-3them on the boards, but we 8. Carly Clodfelter 5-5-15, Sarah didn’t beat them when it Janosik 0-0-0, Chelsea Clawson counted at the end,” Kopp 3-0-6, Lindsey Murray 0-0-0, said. “There were some Halee Printz 3-1-8. Totals: 13-9‘ w h o - w a n t s - i t - m o r e ’ 37. Troy — 34 rebounds at the end of the Mackenzie Schulz 3-2-8, game to get — and we did- Sierra Besecker 0-0-0, Todda Norris 4-1-9, Morgan Taylor 1-5n’t want them enough.” Troy returns to action 7, Courtney Mazzulla 1-1-4, Maddy Taylor 0-2-2, Kristen in the new year on Wood 1-2-4. Totals: 10-13-34. Saturday against Greater Score By Quarters Tipp......................0 10 20 37 Western Ohio Conference Troy .....................8 14 22 34 North Division rival 3-point goals: Tippecanoe — Butler, while Tippecanoe Comer, Printz. Troy — Mazzulla. takes on Carroll Thursday Records: Tippecanoe 5-5. and Kenton Ridge Troy 4-8.

■ College Football

Syracuse runs past West Virginia NEW YORK (AP) — Prince-Tyson Gulley ran for a career-best 208 yards and had three touchdowns, Syracuse scored twice on safeties and the Orange bid a snow-covered farewell to the Big East with a 38-14 victory over West Virginia in the Pinstripe Bowl on Saturday. Syracuse (8-5) will enter the Atlantic Coast Conference on a roll after finishing this season with six wins in its last seven games, capped by its second postseason victory at Yankee Stadium in the last three years. • Fight Hunger Bowl Arizona St. 62, Navy 28 SAN FRANCISCO — Taylor Kelly threw four touchdown passes and ran for a fifth score to help Arizona State rout Navy in the Fight Hunger Bowl for the Sun Devils’ first

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Syracuse running back Prince-Tyson Gulley (23) and guard Zack Chibane (75) celebrate Gulley’s third-quarter touchdown against West Virginia in the Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium in New York, Saturday. bowl win in seven years. Offensive MVP Marion Grice ran for 159 yards and two touchdowns for the Sun Devils (8-5), who used their fast-paced spread offense to score touchdowns on their first nine possessions.

• Armed Forces Bowl Rice 33, Air Force 14 FORT WORTH, Texas — Freshman Driphus Jackson threw for 264 yards in relief injured starter Taylor McHargue, including two touchdown passes to Jordan Taylor,

and Rice beat Air Force in the Armed Forces Bowl. Jackson’s first series after taking over for McHargue ended with a bad pitch for a fumble near the goal line only 2 seconds before halftime, when the Owls (7-6) trailed 14-7. • Alamo Bowl Texas 31, No. 15 Oregon St. 27 AUSTIN, Texas — David Ash threw two fourth-quarter touchdown passes, the last a 36-yard strike to Marquise Goodman with 2:24 left, to give Texas a 31-27 comeback victory over No. 15 Oregon State in the Alamo Bowl on Saturday night. The Longhorns (9-4) never led before Goodman scored his second touchdown on a deep post pattern, just a play after Texas converted a fourthand-1 play to keep its chances alive.

Versailles 54, Miami East 46 VERSAILLES — Miami East coach Allen Mack knew all about Versailles. He knew they were big. He knew they were athletic and talented. Despite that, the Vikings stood their ground and took the Tigers to the wire in the finals of the Versailles Holiday Tournament. Miami East had the lead down to three on separate occasions late in the game, but Versailles was able to come away with a 54-46 victory to improve to 6-0 on the season. “We did a pretty good job defending them,” Mack said. “We shot 50 percent from the field, but we struggled shooting the ball outside. They’re a handful. They’re very skillful and athletic.” Garrett Mitchell went 7 for 9 from the field for 16 points, A.J. Hickman added 13 points, six rebounds and three assists. Both Vikings were named to the All-

Tournament team. Now, the Vikings have two of the biggest games of the year on deck, traveling to play at Cross County Conference rival Bethel (61) Friday, then going to Troy Christian (7-1) on Saturday. “It’s out of the frying pan and into the fire with these next couple of games,” Mack said. Miami East — 46 Mitchell 7-2-16, Hickman 6-113, House 4-0-8, Beard 3-0-6, Villella 1-0-3. Totals: 21-2-46. Versailles — 54 Richard 6-1-13, Winner 4-3-11, Ahrens 2-4-10, Campbell 3-0-7, Wenning 2-1-5, Philpot 2-0-4, Heitkamp 2-0-4. Totals: 21-9-54. Score By Quarters Miami East .........12 19 34 46 Versailles...............9 28 40 54 3-point goals: Miami East — Hickman, Villella. Versailles — Winner (2), Campbell. Records: Miami East 6-1. Versailles 6-0. Reserve Score: Miami East 45, Anna 36 (Versailles Holiday Finals)

• Girls Troy Christian 57, Riverside 22 BRADFORD — Troy Christian coasted past Riverside 57-22 Saturday in the consolation round game of the Bradford Holiday Tournament. Amanda Benjamin (14 points) and Lydia Demmitt (12) led the Eagles in scoring. Troy Christian held Riverside scoreless in the final period of the game. “The kids played all out 110 percent,” Troy Christian coach Dick Steineman said. “We were ready to play today. We played aggressive defense and attacked the basket.” Benjamin also added six rebounds and was named to the All-Tournament team. Troy Christian plays Yellow Springs Thursday. Riverside — 22 Mickey 2-0-6, Egbert 0-1-1, Hurley 1-0-2, Castle 2-0-4, Harshbarger 1-0-2, Giles 2-3-7. Totals: 8-4-22. Troy Christian — 57 Sarah Cambell 3-2-9, Morgan Haddad 1-0-2, Demmitt 6-0-12, Donald 1-0-2, Varvel 2-4-8, Lybarger 0-2-2, Semayet Cambell 0-1-1, Meredith Haddad 0-1-1, Poteet 2-2-6, Benjamin 4-3-14. Totals: 19-15-57. Score By Quarters Riverside ..............9 15 22 22 TC 17 29 39 57 3-point goals: Riverside — Mickey (2). Troy Christian — Sarah Campbell, Benjamin (3). Records: Riverside 3-7. Troy Christian 8-2.

Brookville 57, Milton-Union 32 BROOKVILLE — Brookville defeated MiltonUnion 57-32 in Southwestern Buckeye League crossover play on Saturday. Milton’s Brooke Falb led all scorers in the game with 15, while Jordan Pricer added 10 in the loss. The Bulldogs are back in action Jan. 7 against Covington. Milton-Union — 32 Thompson 0-2-2, Albaugh 1-02, Swartztrauber 1-1-3, Falb 2-1015, Pricer 3-3-10. Totals: 7-16-32. Brookville — 57 Day 6-1-14, Smith 1-0-2, Hall 1-0-2, Bonkley 3-3-9, Mellon 3-0-7, Cera 4-2-11, Donsitz 2-0-4, Gudorf 4-0-8. Totals: 24-6-57. Score By Quarters Milton-Union ........2 10 18 32 Brookville............14 27 45 57 3-point goals: M-U — Falb, Pricer. Brookville — Day, Cera, Mellon. Records: Milton-Union 2-8. Reserve Score: Brookville 28, Milton-Union 25.

■ College Football

Tough call for neutral fans ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — The pub is called the Blue Leprechaun — and the name pretty much says it all. Notre Dame isn’t too popular along this strip of bars and restaurants within walking distance of Michigan Stadium, and at this lively establishment, a couple leprechaun heads wearing Wolverine-colored hats smile out at the street from an exterior awning. Ryan Gardner works inside, and like almost everyone in town, he’s a Michigan fan. So it was a touch startling to hear him declare his allegiance —

such as it is — for the BCS championship game. “I would like to see Notre Dame win,” he said. The 26-year-old Gardner wasn’t exactly humming the “Notre Dame Victory March” while sizing up this Jan. 7 title tilt between two teams that defeated his Wolverines this season. He’s one of many fans across the country reflecting on a question with no easy answer, trying to choose between Notre Dame and Alabama, two of the most successful — and most resented — programs in college football.

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FOOTBALL National Football League All Times EDT AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA y-New England11 4 0 .733 529 331 7 8 0 .467 288 289 Miami 6 9 0 .400 272 347 N.Y. Jets Buffalo 5 10 0 .333 316 426 South W L T Pct PF PA 12 3 0 .800 400 303 y-Houston x-Indianapolis 10 5 0 .667 329 371 Tennessee 5 10 0 .333 292 451 2 13 0 .133 235 406 Jacksonville North W L T Pct PF PA y-Baltimore 10 5 0 .667 381 321 x-Cincinnati 9 6 0 .600 368 303 7 8 0 .467 312 304 Pittsburgh Cleveland 5 10 0 .333 292 344 West W L T Pct PF PA y-Denver 12 3 0 .800 443 286 6 9 0 .400 326 329 San Diego Oakland 4 11 0 .267 269 419 Kansas City 2 13 0 .133 208 387 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA Washington 9 6 0 .600 408 370 8 7 0 .533 358 372 Dallas N.Y. Giants 8 7 0 .533 387 337 Philadelphia 4 11 0 .267 273 402 South W L T Pct PF PA 13 2 0 .867 402 277 y-Atlanta New Orleans 7 8 0 .467 423 410 Tampa Bay 6 9 0 .400 367 377 6 9 0 .400 313 325 Carolina North W L T Pct PF PA y-Green Bay 11 4 0 .733 399 299 Minnesota 9 6 0 .600 342 314 9 6 0 .600 349 253 Chicago Detroit 4 11 0 .267 348 411 West W L T Pct PF PA x-San Francisco10 4 1 .700 370 260 10 5 0 .667 392 232 x-Seattle St. Louis 7 7 1 .500 286 328 5 10 0 .333 237 330 Arizona x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division Saturday's Game Atlanta 31, Detroit 18 Sunday's Games Green Bay 55, Tennessee 7 Indianapolis 20, Kansas City 13 New Orleans 34, Dallas 31, OT Minnesota 23, Houston 6 Carolina 17, Oakland 6 Miami 24, Buffalo 10 Cincinnati 13, Pittsburgh 10 New England 23, Jacksonville 16 Washington 27, Philadelphia 20 St. Louis 28, Tampa Bay 13 San Diego 27, N.Y. Jets 17 Denver 34, Cleveland 12 Chicago 28, Arizona 13 Baltimore 33, N.Y. Giants 14 Seattle 42, San Francisco 13 Sunday, Dec. 30 Jacksonville at Tennessee, 1 p.m. Green Bay at Minnesota, 1 p.m. Carolina at New Orleans, 1 p.m. N.Y. Jets at Buffalo, 1 p.m. Miami at New England, 1 p.m. Baltimore at Cincinnati, 1 p.m. Cleveland at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m. Houston at Indianapolis, 1 p.m. Philadelphia at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m. Dallas at Washington, 1 p.m. Chicago at Detroit, 1 p.m. Tampa Bay at Atlanta, 1 p.m. Oakland at San Diego, 4:25 p.m. Arizona at San Francisco, 4:25 p.m. St. Louis at Seattle, 4:25 p.m. Kansas City at Denver, 4:25 p.m. College Football FBS Bowl Glance Subject to Change All Times EST Saturday, Dec. 15 New Mexico Bowl At Albuquerque Arizona 49, Nevada 48 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl At Boise, Idaho Utah State 41, Toledo 15 Thursday, Dec. 20 Poinsettia Bowl At San Diego BYU 23, San Diego State 6 Friday, Dec. 21 Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl At St. Petersburg, Fla. UCF 38, Ball State 17 Saturday, Dec. 22 New Orleans Bowl Louisiana-Lafayette 43, East Carolina 34 Las Vegas Bowl Boise State 28, Washington 26 Monday, Dec. 24 Hawaii Bowl At Honolulu SMU 43, Fresno State 10 Wednesday, Dec. 26 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl At Detroit Central Michigan 24, Western Kentucky 21 Thursday, Dec. 27 Military Bowl At Washington San Jose State 29, Bowling Green 20 Belk Bowl At Charlotte, N.C. Cincinnati 48, Duke 34 Holiday Bowl At San Diego Baylor 49, UCLA 26 Friday, Dec. 28 Independence Bowl At Shreveport, La. Ohio 45, Louisiana-Monroe 14 Russell Athletic Bowl At Orlando, Fla. Virginia Tech 13, Rutgers 10, OT Meineke Car Care Bowl At Houston Texas Tech 34, Minnesota 31 Saturday, Dec. 29 Armed Forces Bowl At Fort Worth,Texas Rice 33, Air Force 14 Fight Hunger Bowl At San Francisco Arizona State 62, Navy 28 Pinstripe Bowl At NewYork Syracuse 38, West Virginia 14 Alamo Bowl At San Antonio Texas 31, Oregon State 27 Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl At Tempe, Ariz. Michigan State (6-6) vs. TCU (7-5), 10:15 p.m. (ESPN) Monday, Dec. 31 Music City Bowl At Nashville,Tenn. Vanderbilt (8-4) vs. N.C. State (7-5), Noon (ESPN) Sun Bowl At El Paso,Texas Georgia Tech (6-7) vs. Southern Cal (75), 2 p.m. (CBS) Liberty Bowl

At Memphis,Tenn. Iowa State (6-6) vs. Tulsa (10-3), 3:30 p.m. (ESPN) Chick-fil-A Bowl At Atlanta LSU (10-2) vs. Clemson (10-2), 7:30 p.m. (ESPN) Tuesday, Jan. 1 Heart of Dallas Bowl At DallasPurdue (6-6) vs. Oklahoma State (7-5), Noon (ESPNU) Gator Bowl At Jacksonville, Fla. State (8-4) vs. Mississippi Northwestern (9-3), Noon (ESPN2) Capital One Bowl At Orlando, Fla. Georgia (11-2) vs. Nebraska (10-3), 1 p.m. (ABC) Outback Bowl At Tampa, Fla. South Carolina (10-2) vs. Michigan (84), 1 p.m. (ESPN) Rose Bowl At Pasadena, Calif. Stanford (11-2) vs. Wisconsin (8-5), 5 p.m. (ESPN) Orange Bowl At Miami Northern Illinois (12-1) vs. Florida State (11-2), 8:30 p.m. (ESPN) Wednesday, Jan. 2 Sugar Bowl At New Orleans Florida (11-1) vs. Louisville (10-2), 8:30 p.m. (ESPN) Thursday, Jan. 3 Fiesta Bowl At Glendale, Ariz. Kansas State (11-1) vs. Oregon (11-1), 8:30 p.m. (ESPN) Friday, Jan. 4 Cotton Bowl At Arlington,Texas Texas A&M (10-2) vs. Oklahoma (102), 8 p.m. (FOX) Saturday, Jan. 5 BBVA Compass Bowl At Birmingham, Ala. Pittsburgh (6-6) vs. Mississippi (6-6), 1 p.m. (ESPN) Sunday, Jan. 6 GoDaddy.com Bowl At Mobile, Ala. Kent State (11-2) vs. Arkansas State (9-3), 9 p.m. (ESPN) Monday, Jan. 7 BCS National Championship At Miami Notre Dame (12-0) vs. Alabama (12-1), 8:30 p.m. (ESPN) Saturday, Jan. 19 East-West Shrine Classic At St. Petersburg, Fla. East vs. West, 4 p.m. (NFLN) Saturday, Jan. 26 Senior Bowl At Mobile, Ala. North vs. South, TBA (NFLN) NCAA Football Championship Subdivision Playoff Glance All Times EST First Round Saturday, Nov. 24 Wagner 31, Colgate 20 Coastal Carolina 24, BethuneCookman 14 South Dakota State 58, Eastern Illinois 10 Stony Brook 20, Villanova 10 Second Round Saturday, Dec. 1 Wofford 23, New Hampshire 7 Georgia Southern 24, Cent. Arkansas 16 Old Dominion 63, Coastal Carolina 35 Illinois St. 38, Appalachian St. 37, OT North Dakota State 28, South Dakota State 3 Sam Houston State 18, Cal Poly 16 Eastern Washington 29, Wagner 19 Montana State 16, Stony Brook 10 Quarterfinals Friday, Dec. 7 Sam Houston State 34, Montana State 16 Saturday, Dec. 8 Georgia Southern 49, Old Dominion 35 North Dakota State 14, Wofford 7 Eastern Washington 51, Illinois State 35 Semifinals Friday, Dec. 14 North Dakota State 23, Georgia Southern 20 Saturday, Dec. 15 Sam Houston State 45, Eastern Washington 42 Championship Saturday, Jan. 5 At FC Dallas Stadium Frisco,Texas North Dakota State (13-1) vs. Sam Houston State (11-3), 1 p.m.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB New York 21 9 .700 — Brooklyn 16 14 .533 5 Boston 14 14 .500 6 Philadelphia 14 16 .467 7 Toronto 11 20 .355 10½ Southeast Division W L Pct GB Miami 20 8 .714 — Atlanta 19 9 .679 1 Orlando 12 18 .400 9 Charlotte 7 23 .233 14 Washington 4 24 .143 16 Central Division W L Pct GB Milwaukee 16 12 .571 — Chicago 16 12 .571 — Indiana 17 13 .567 — Detroit 10 22 .313 8 Cleveland 7 25 .219 11 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio 23 8 .742 — Memphis 19 8 .704 2 Houston 16 14 .533 6½ Dallas 12 18 .400 10½ New Orleans 7 23 .233 15½ Northwest Division W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 23 6 .793 — Denver 17 15 .531 7½ Minnesota 14 13 .519 8 Portland 14 14 .500 8½ Utah 15 16 .484 9 Pacific Division W L Pct GB L.A. Clippers 24 6 .800 — Golden State 20 10 .667 4 L.A. Lakers 15 15 .500 9 Phoenix 11 20 .355 13½ Sacramento 10 19 .345 13½ Friday's Games Indiana 97, Phoenix 91 Washington 105, Orlando 97 Atlanta 102, Cleveland 94 Brooklyn 97, Charlotte 81 Detroit 109, Miami 99 Toronto 104, New Orleans 97, OT Denver 106, Dallas 85

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Scores AND SCHEDULES

SPORTS ON TV TODAY NFL FOOTBALL 1 p.m. CBS — Regional coverage, doubleheader FOX — Regional coverage, doubleheader 4:25 p.m. CBS — Regional coverage, doubleheader game FOX — Regional coverage, doubleheader game 8:20 p.m. NBC — Dallas at Washington

MONDAY COLLEGE FOOTBALL Noon ESPN — Music City Bowl, NC State vs. Vanderbilt, at Nashville, Tenn. 2 p.m. CBS — Sun Bowl, Southern Cal vs. Georgia Tech, at El Paso, Texas 3:30 p.m. ESPN — Liberty Bowl, Iowa St. vs. Tulsa, at Memphis, Tenn. 7:30 p.m. ESPN — Chick-Fil-A Bowl, LSU vs. Clemson, at Atlanta MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL Noon ESPN2 — Cincinnati at Pittsburgh 2 p.m. ESPN2 — Michigan St. at Minnesota 4 p.m. ESPN2 — Indiana at Iowa 6 p.m. ESPN2 — Gonzaga at Oklahoma St. 8 p.m. ESPN2 — Harvard at Saint Mary's (Cal) NBA BASKETBALL 3 p.m. WGN — Charlotte at Chicago

TUESDAY COLLEGE FOOTBALL Noon ESPN2 — Gator Bowl, Mississippi St. vs. Northwestern, at Jacksonville, Fla. 1 p.m. ABC — Capital One Bowl, Georgia vs. Nebraska, at Orlando, Fla. ESPN — Outback Bowl, South Carolina vs. Michigan, at Tampa Bay, Fla. 5:07 p.m. ESPN — Rose Bowl, Wisconsin vs. Stanford, at Pasadena, Calif. 8:37 p.m. ESPN — Orange Bowl, N. Illinois vs. Florida St., at Miami San Antonio 122, Houston 116 L.A. Clippers 116, Utah 114 Sacramento 106, New York 105 Golden State 96, Philadelphia 89 L.A. Lakers 104, Portland 87 Saturday's Games Atlanta 109, Indiana 100 New Orleans 98, Charlotte 95 Toronto 123, Orlando 88 Brooklyn 103, Cleveland 100 Chicago 87, Washington 77 Oklahoma City 124, Houston 94 Memphis 81, Denver 72 Minnesota 111, Phoenix 107 Milwaukee 104, Miami 85 Philadelphia at Portland, 10 p.m. Boston at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. Sunday's Games San Antonio at Dallas, 7:30 p.m. Milwaukee at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Boston at Sacramento, 9 p.m. Utah at L.A. Clippers, 9:30 p.m. Monday's Games Charlotte at Chicago, 3 p.m. Memphis at Indiana, 3 p.m. Miami at Orlando, 5 p.m. Atlanta at Houston, 7 p.m. Brooklyn at San Antonio, 7 p.m. Phoenix at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. Saturday's Scores Ohio Boys Basketball Amanda-Clearcreek 48, Baltimore Liberty Union 38 Ashland 85, Sandusky 45 Avon Lake 54, Lorain 39 Beavercreek 70, Troy 57 Bellefontaine 35, W. Liberty-Salem 34 Bellevue 63, Pemberville Eastwood 48 Berea 81, Strongsville 67 Bethel-Tate 58, Cin. Deer Park 54 Bloom-Carroll 73, Logan 55 Caledonia River Valley 50, Centerburg 40 Can. South 55, Malvern 52 Chillicothe 55, Sugarcreek Garaway 29 Cin. Colerain 62, Cin. NW 57 Cin. Madeira 82, Goshen 43 Cin. Oak Hills 55, Harrison 40 Cin. Sycamore 65, Kettering Fairmont 58 Cin. Turpin 65, Batavia Amelia 58 Circleville Logan Elm 50, Chillicothe Zane Trace 43 Clayton Northmont 85, Vandalia Butler 48 Cle. Hay 49, Cols. Franklin Hts. 34 Cle. St. Ignatius 94, Cle. Cent. Cath. 64 Coldwater 60, Celina 47 Collins Western Reserve 56, Wellington 53, OT Cols. Ready 47, Johnstown-Monroe 28 Cols. Watterson 92, WhitehallYearling 43 Columbia Station Columbia 63, Grafton Midview 52 Columbus Grove 50, Jackson Center 35 Convoy Crestview 58, Miller City 50 Creston Norwayne 46, Loudonville 33 Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit 48, Rocky River 34 Cuyahga Hts. 45, Kingsway Christian 37 Dalton 66, Cornerstone Christian 58 Delaware Hayes 53, Dublin Jerome 48 Dublin Scioto 56, Bishop Shanahan, Pa. 38 Fairfield 75, Lebanon 60 Fairview 75, N. Ridgeville Lake Ridge 40 Findlay 64, Lima Bath 54 Fremont St. Joseph 54, Norwalk St. Paul 53 Ft. Recovery 53, Miamisburg 52 Garfield Hts. Trinity 61, Gates Mills Hawken 59 Gates Mills Gilmour 66, Chesterland W. Geauga 55 Green 75, Akr. East 65 Grove City Christian 61, Spring. Emmanuel Christian 56 Hamilton Ross 63, Eaton 57 Hartville Lake Center Christian 46, Rootstown 45, OT Hilliard Darby 49, Ashville Teays Valley 24 Houston 54, Ansonia 36

Huber Hts. Wayne 82, Cin. Western Hills 55 Independence 81, Elyria Open Door 48 Jamestown Greeneview 71, London Madison Plains 59 Johnstown Northridge 58, New Lexington 46 Kirtland 68, Middlefield Cardinal 58 Leesburg Fairfield 54, Greenfield McClain 53 Lewis Center Olentangy 75, Delaware Buckeye Valley 61 Lexington 58, Ontario 50 Lima Cent. Cath. 42, Wapakoneta 40 Lima Temple Christian 62, Ft. Jennings 55 London 70, Cedarville 50 Louisville 59, Ravenna 48 Lucasville Valley 75, Chillicothe Unioto 59 Maple Hts. 57, Cle. JFK 50 Maria Stein Marion Local 50, Lima Shawnee 45 Massillon Tuslaw 53, Magnolia Sandy Valley 49 Maumee 56, Defiance 49 McArthur Vinton County 75, Jackson 39 McComb 66, Continental 37 Medina 63, Hudson 62, OT Middleburg Hts. Midpark 47, Cle. Rhodes 24 Milford 66, Day. Stivers 42 Mogadore 90, Canton Heritage Christian 23 Monroe 43, Oxford Talawanda 35 N. Olmsted 62, Lakewood 59 New Albany 62, Westerville Cent. 55 New Bremen 74, Ft. Loramie 62 New Carlisle Tecumseh 89, Sidney 58 New Concord John Glenn 49, Cambridge 45, 2OT Newark 57, Canal Winchester 48 Newark Cath. 60, Sunbury Big Walnut 40 Norton 80, Cinnaminson, N.J. 60 Oak Harbor 57, Elmore Woodmore 44 Oberlin 68, Wickliffe 52 Oberlin Firelands 49, Milan Edison 42 Olmsted Falls 63, Parma Padua 61 Ottovile 52, Van Wert Lincolnview 40 Perry 73, Can. Timken 52 Perrysburg 82, Dublin Coffman 57 Poland Seminary 59, New Middletown Spring. 29 Racine Southern 49, Wahama, W.Va. 46 Richwood N. Union 47, Plain City Jonathan Alder 39 Riverside Stebbins 66, Day. Oakwood 56 Sandusky St. Mary 78, Mansfield St. Peter's 75, OT Spencerville 67, New Knoxville 61 Spring. Kenton Ridge 76, Spring. NE 43 Spring. Shawnee 58, Springfield 56 St. Henry 62, Bryan 53 Teays Valley Christian, W.Va. 69, OVC 44 Thomas Worthington 56, Grove City 54 Tontogany Otsego 73, Oregon Stritch 63 Trotwood-Madison 85, Cin. Winton Woods 72 Upper Sandusky 64, Fostoria 48 Van Wert 56, Delphos St. John's 50 W. Carrollton 60, Day. Carroll 50 Westerville N. 91, Can. McKinley 64 Westerville S. 60, W. Chester Lakota W. 59 Willard 57, Huron 43 Worthington Christian 87, Xenia Christian 48 Zanesville 66, Lancaster 47 Zanesville W. Muskingum 61, Zanesville Rosecrans 53 Zoarville Tuscarawas Valley 56, Tallmadge 46 Bluffton Tournament Consolation Harrod Allen E. 65, Cory-Rawson 64, OT Championship Arlington 52, Bluffton 33 Brunswick Tournament Lakewood St. Edward 63,

MIAMI VALLEY SUNDAY NEWS • WWW.TROYDAILYNEWS.COM Brunswick 49 Bulldog Tournament Cols. Marion-Franklin 77, Cin. Clark Montessori 59 Ecorse Tournament Ypsilanti, Mich. 57, Tol. Scott 40 Farrell Tournament Championship Youngs. East 55, West Middlesex, Pa. 52 Franklin Monroe Holiday Tournament New Madison Tri-Village 41, Pitsburg Franklin-Monroe 29 Union City Mississinawa Valley 67, Arcanum 64 Gateway Holiday Classic Lex. Lafayette, Ky. 75, Worthington Kilbourne 64 Granville Tournament Cols. St. Charles 45, Philo 32 Granville 39, Cols. Hartley 35 Holiday Tournament Coral Reef Senior, Fla. 75, Ironton 73 Marietta Tournament Cadiz Harrison Cent. 46, Stewart Federal Hocking 43 Cle. MLK 48, Reedsville Eastern 44 Cols. Upper Arlington 69, Vincent Warren 47 Parkersburg South, W.Va. 65, Beverly Ft. Frye 52 Motor City Roundball Classic Hyde Park, Ill. 80, Tol. Rogers 62 Parkersburg Tournament Day. Chaminade-Julienne 57, Parkersburg, W.Va. 38 Pike County Tournament Waverly 56, Latham Western 52, OT Republic Bank Classic Lexington Catholic, Ky. 74, St. Bernard Roger Bacon 66 South Charleston Tournament Pickerington Cent. 70, Riverside, W.Va. 54 Wellston Hoop Classic Huntington 65, Chillicothe Wellston 58 POSTPONEMENTS AND CANCELLATIONS Warsaw River View vs. Zanesville Maysville, ppd. Norwalk vs. Galion, ccd. Sugar Grove Berne Union vs. Nelsonville-York, ppd. Cols. South vs. Ada, ppd. Raceland, Ky. vs. Portsmouth Notre Dame, ppd. Saturday's Scores Girls Basketball Ada 60, Dola Hardin Northern 14 Akr. Hoban 58, Akr. Firestone 36 Alexander 62, Albany Williamstown, W.Va. 44 Ashville Teays Valley 67, Plain City Jonathan Alder 27 Baltimore Liberty Union 48, Cols. Ready 38 Brookville 57, Milton-Union 32 Carey 48, Arcadia 46 Chardon 66, Streetsboro 53 Chardon NDCL 57, Cle. Hts. Beaumont 21 Chillicothe Zane Trace 47, Circleville Logan Elm 39 Cin. Madeira 62, Lewisburg TriCounty N. 57 Circleville 62, Williamsport Westfall 43 Clyde 80, Huron 31 Cols. Grandview Hts. 44, East Dayton Christian School 12 Cols. Northland 84, Tol. Start 42 Crooksville 59, Fairfield Christian 34 Cuyahoga Falls 43, Akr. East 31 Dalton 48, Hartville Lake Center Christian 29 Euclid 58, Willoughby S. 30 Fairborn 47, Lewis Center Olentangy 41 Fairview 58, Parma 30 Ft. Loramie 56, Versailles 54, 2OT Gahanna Christian 58, Cols. Mifflin 46 Greenfield McClain 51, Leesburg Fairfield 43 Hamler Patrick Henry 33, Napoleon 22 Hilliard Darby 54, Barberton 46 Hudson 73, Austintown Fitch 54 Kettering Alter 73, St. Bernard Roger Bacon 20 Kings Mills Kings 59, Fairfield 53 Lorain Clearview 46, N. Ridgeville 40 Lynchburg-Clay 73, Mowrystown Whiteoak 38 Mansfield St. Peter's 54, Galion Northmor 41 Mantua Crestwood 61, Atwater Waterloo 50 Marion Harding 42, Cols. Bexley 39 Mason 60, Cin. McNicholas 43 Mechanicsburg 57, N. Lewisburg Triad 44 Mentor 83, Eastlake N. 49 Monsignor Donovan, N.J. 64, Youngs. Ursuline 56 Morrow Little Miami 55, Cin. NW 41 Mt. Blanchard Riverdale 62, Lucas 28 N. Baltimore 40, Vanlue 19 N. Can. Hoover 73, Shaker Hts. 34 N. Olmsted 47, Rocky River 41 N. Royalton 52, Parma Padua 32 New Bremen 37, Houston 33 New Knoxville 53, Botkins 42 Norwood 50, Hamilton Ross 42 Oak Harbor 57, Castalia Margaretta 38 Ottoville 53, Findlay Liberty-Benton 32 Pataskala Licking Hts. 44, Whitehall-Yearling 41 Peninsula Woodridge 62, Rittman 42 Port Clinton 52, Milan Edison 44 Sandusky Perkins 77, Sandusky St. Mary 22 Shelby 71, Collins Western Reserve 54 Smithville 63, Medina Buckeye 28 Strasburg-Franklin 52, Creston Norwayne 48 Strongsville 34, Copley 31 Sugarcreek Garaway 67, W. Salem NW 51 Tol. Ottawa Hills 74, Maumee 68 Upper Sandusky 48, Bucyrus Wynford 41 Ursuline Academy 54, Liberty Twp. Lakota E. 36 W. Liberty-Salem 58, Spring. Cath. Cent. 51 Wooster Triway 60, Cuyahoga Falls CVCA 47 Xenia Christian 54, Grove City Christian 39 Bath Tournament Rossford 53, Lima Cent. Cath. 44 Brookfield Holiday Tournament Championship Sharon, Pa. 55, Brookfield 50 Brown County Tournament Fayetteville-Perry 61, Sardinia Eastern 35 Chatt Insurance Tournament

Van Wert Lincolnview 48, Delphos Jefferson 22 Detroit Country Day Tournament Twinsburg 62, Goodrich, Mich. 48 Lady Viking Tournament Rocky River Magnificat 49, Can. Cent. Cath. 38 Marietta Tournament Reedsville Eastern 52, Beverly Ft. Frye 49 McDonald's Tournament Lima Bath 27, Findlay 24 Mercy Tournament Cin. Mercy 58, Mercy, Calif. 49 Motor City Roundball Classic Twinsburg 62, Goodrich, Mich. 48 POSTPONEMENTS AND CANCELLATIONS Dresden Tri-Valley vs. Berlin Hiland, ppd. Cadiz Harrison Cent. vs. Newcomerstown, ccd. Eaton vs. Oxford Talawanda, ppd. to Dec 31. Steubenville vs. Shadyside, ppd. New Philadelphia vs. Philo, ppd. Rayland Buckeye vs. Weir, W.Va., ppd. Kalida vs. Minster, ccd. Portsmouth Notre Dame vs. Latham Western, ppd. Washington C.H. Miami Trace vs. Wheelersburg, ppd. Wellston vs. Chillicothe Huntington, ppd. Tuscarawas Cent. Cath. vs. Apple Creek Waynedale, ppd. Berlin Hiland vs. Dresden Tri-Valley, ppd. Top 25 Fared Saturday 1. Duke (12-0) beat Santa Clara Next: at Davidson, 90-77. Wednesday. 2. Michigan (13-0) beat Central Michigan 88-73. Next: at Northwestern, Thursday. 3. Arizona (12-0) did not play. Next: vs. Colorado, Thursday. 4. Louisville (12-1) beat Kentucky 80-77. Next: vs. Providence, Wednesday. 5. Indiana (12-1) did not play. Next: at Iowa, Monday. 6. Kansas (11-1) beat American U. 89-57. Next: vs. Temple, Sunday, Jan. 6. 7. Missouri (10-2) did not play. Next: vs. Bucknell, Saturday. 8. Cincinnati (12-1) did not play. Next: at No. 24 Pittsburgh, Monday. 9. Syracuse (11-1) beat Alcorn State 57-36. Next: vs. Central Connecticut State, Monday. 10. Ohio State (10-2) beat Chicago State 87-44. Next: vs. Nebraska, Wednesday. 11. Minnesota (12-1) did not play. Next: vs. No. 19 Michigan State, Monday. 12. Illinois (13-1) beat Auburn 8179. Next: at Purdue, Wednesday. 13. Gonzaga (12-1) did not play. Next: vs. No. 22 Oklahoma State, Monday. 14. Florida (9-2) beat Air Force 7861. Next: at Yale, Sunday, Jan. 6. 15. Georgetown (10-1) did not play. Next: at Marquette, Saturday. 16. Creighton (12-1) beat Evansville 87-70. Next: at Illinois State, Wednesday. 17. San Diego State (11-2) did not play. Next: vs. Cal State Bakersfield, Wednesday. 18. Butler (10-2) beat Vanderbilt 68-49. Next: vs. Pennsylvania, Wednesday. 19. Michigan State (11-2) did not play. Next: at No. 11 Minnesota, Monday. 20. UNLV (11-2) lost to North Carolina 79-73. Next: vs. Chicago State, Thursday. 21. Notre Dame (12-1) did not play. Next: vs. Seton Hall, Saturday. 22. Oklahoma State (10-1) did not play. Next: vs. No. 13 Gonzaga, Monday. 23. N.C. State (10-2) beat Western Michigan 84-68. Next: vs. UNC Greensboro, Monday. 24. Pittsburgh (12-1) did not play. Next: vs. No. 8 Cincinnati, Monday. 25. Kansas State (10-2) beat UMKC 52-44. Next: vs. South Dakota, Monday. Women's Top 25 Fared Saturday 1. Stanford (11-1) lost to No. 2 UConn 61-35. Next: at No. 23 Colorado, Friday. 2. UConn (11-0) beat No. 1 Stanford 61-35. Next: vs. No. 5 Notre Dame, Saturday. 3. Baylor (10-1) beat Southeastern Louisiana 106-41. Next: at TCU, Wednesday. 4. Duke (10-0) did not play. Next: vs. Monmouth (N.J.), Sunday. 5. Notre Dame (10-1) def. No. 11 Purdue 74-47. Next: vs. St. Francis (Pa.), Monday. 6. Georgia (12-1) did not play. Next: vs. Missouri, Thursday. 7. Kentucky (10-1) did not play. Next: vs. Marist, Sunday. 8. California (10-1) did not play. Next: at Utah, Friday. 9. Maryland (10-2) beat Hartford 72-40. Next: at No. 16 North Carolina, Thursday. 10. Penn State (10-2) did not play. Next: vs. Northwestern, Thursday. 11. Purdue (11-2) lost to No. 5 Notre Dame 74-47. Next: at Illinois, Wednesday. 12. Louisville (11-2) did not play. Next: vs. Tennessee State, Monday. 13. Tennessee (8-3) did not play. Next: vs. Rutgers, Sunday. 14. Oklahoma State (9-0) did not play. Next: vs. San Diego State, Sunday. 15. Dayton (12-0) did not play. Next: at Bowling Green, Sunday. 16. North Carolina (12-1) did not play. Next: at Clemson, Sunday. 17. UCLA (8-2) did not play. Next: vs. Saint Joseph's, Monday. 18. Oklahoma (10-2) beat Cal State Northridge 79-57. Next: vs. West Virginia, Wednesday. 19. South Carolina (12-1) beat Western Carolina 66-44. Next: vs. No. 13 Tennessee, Thursday. 20. Texas (8-3) did not play. Next: vs. Central Michigan, Sunday. 21. Florida State (10-1) did not play. Next: vs. Boston College, Sunday. 22. Kansas (9-2) did not play. Next: vs. Kansas State, Wednesday. 23. Colorado (11-0) beat New Mexico 84-39. Next: vs. No. 1 Stanford, Friday. 24. Texas A&M (9-4) did not play. Next: vs. Rice, Tuesday. 25. Arkansas (11-1) did not play. Next: at Auburn, Thursday.

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Top business story: Sluggish global economy rising. And builders broke ground on the most homes in four years. Housing boosted economic growth this year for the first time since 2005. 7. The return of big oil: Domestic crude oil production achieved its biggest one-year gain since 1951, driven by output in North Dakota and Texas. The United States is on pace to pass Saudi Arabia as the world’s top oil producer within two years. Credit goes to drilling improvements, like those that have fed a boom in domestic natural-gas production horizontal drilling combined with hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. The new production helped cut natural gas prices to their lowest levels in more than a decade. Higher oil production helped reduce oil imports to 1992 levels and hand record profits to U.S. refiners. Gasoline prices declined in the last three months of the year. But for all of 2012, the average gallon was a record $3.63. 8. Banks behaving badly: It was a banner year for bank drama. JPMorgan Chase lost $6 billion in a complex series of trades. And one of its bankers in London grew famous for big bets and became known as the “London whale.” Morgan Stanley was accused of botching Facebook’s IPO. An ex-banker trashed Goldman Sachs for putting profits ahead of customers and for mocking clients as “muppets.” Barclays and UBS were fined for their roles in manipulating a key global interest rate. And HSBC agreed to pay $1.9 billion to settle charges that it enabled money laundering by Mexican drug traffickers. 9. Mother Nature: There wasn’t enough rain in much of the nation. Then, suddenly there was much too much. The nation suffered its worst drought since the 1950s, covering 80 percent of U.S. farmland. Grain and food prices soared. Then a storm so destructive it was dubbed a “superstorm” walloped the Northeast. Sandy blasted coastal New Jersey and New York and put 8.5 million customers in 21 states in the dark. Sandy will likely end up as the secondcostliest U.S. storm ever after Hurricane Katrina. 10. Mobile-gadget wars: Competition in mobile technology intensified. Apple maintained its worldwide dominance. But the use of Google’s Android software on competing smartphones and tablets spread faster than Apple’s market share.

By The Associated Press This would be the year when the global economy finally regained its vigor. At least that’s what many had hoped. It didn’t happen. The three largest economies — the United States, China and Japan — struggled again in 2012. The 17 countries that use the euro endured a third painful year in their financial crisis and slid into recession. Emerging economies slowed. President Barack Obama defied predictions by sailing to re-election. And his landmark health care plan surprisingly survived Supreme Court review. Obama’s re-election triggered a face-off with Republicans over averting the “fiscal cliff” — the drastic spending cuts and tax increases that were set to kick in Jan. 1. The tech world dueled over smartphones and tablets and saw Facebook’s IPO sour as fast as it had sizzled. The housing market inched toward recovery. And Americans suffered both a catastrophic drought and a catastrophic superstorm. Least surprisingly, perhaps, another gallery of rogues brought investigative scrutiny to Wall Street. The achingly slow global economic recovery was chosen as the top business story of the year by business editors at The Associated Press. The U.S. presidential election came in second, followed by the Supreme Court’s upholding Obama’s health-care plan. 1. The global economy: Worldwide growth was slack again in 2012. The global economy grew just 3.3 percent, down from 3.8 percent in 2011 and 5.1 percent in 2010, the International Monetary Fund estimates. The U.S. economy, the world’s largest, failed to gain traction. Five years after a recession seized the economy and more than three years after it ended, growth in the United States was only about 2 percent. Unemployment remained a high 7.7 percent. Europe fared worse. Its financial crisis did stabilize, thanks in part to the European Central Bank’s plan to buy government bonds to help countries manage their debts. But the euro alliance sank into recession. Europeans, in turn, held back China, the world’s No. 2 economy, by cutting back on Chinese goods. China’s economy grew at a 7.4 percent annual rate in the JulySeptember quarter. Though a scorching pace for devel-

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A businessman walks by an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo Thursday. At year’s end, Japan’s economy, the world’s third-largest, was shrinking. oped countries, that marked a 3-year low for China. And at year’s end, Japan’s economy, the world’s thirdlargest, was shrinking. 2. U.S. presidential election: Obama vaulted to a re-election victory over Mitt Romney, who had staked his bid on the weakest U.S. economic rebound since the Great Depression and had pledged to slash taxes. Unemployment under Obama topped 8 percent for 43 straight months. Yet he won despite the highest unemployment rate of any president seeking reelection since World War II. Voters assigned him higher marks on the economy as the year progressed, perhaps encouraged by job gains. As the fiscal cliff neared, Obama fought to raise taxes on the highestearning Americans. He also demanded aid for the longterm unemployed and money for roads, bridges and other infrastructure. 3. Obama health care plan upheld: The Supreme Court caught many by surprise when it backed Obama administration’s health care reform in a 5-4 vote. The law requires Americans to buy insurance or pay a tax, while subsidizing the needy. Hospitals and health insurers will likely benefit from 30 million new customers. Medical device makers, though, will face a new sales tax. And some small businesses say the law will discourage hiring because it requires companies to provide health care once they employ more than 50. 4. The fiscal cliff: A dreaded package of tax increases and deep spending cuts to domestic and defense programs loomed

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Metal collector Shaun Johnson, far right, resurrects wiring and cable from a pile of storm-damaged, discarded personal belongings left on the street in the Rockaways section of New York on Christmas Day. Superstorm Sandy will likely end up as the second-costliest U.S. storm ever after Hurricane Katrina. work craved a chance to buy in early. On the eve of its first trading day, Facebook’s market value was $104 billion more than Amazon.com’s or McDonald’s at the time. Yet the IPO bombed. Its debut was marred by technical glitches with the Nasdaq exchange, allegations that a revenue gap wasn’t publicly disclosed and complaints that the IPO had been priced too high. Traders lost AP PHOTO/MARK LENNIHAN The Apple logo is shown on a stock ticker at the confidence fast. Within Nasdaq MarketSite, in New York. Apple maintained its three months, Facebook’s stock had shed more than worldwide dominance in 2012. half its IPO value. Economists warned that if over the economy in the 6. Housing recovery: the fiscal cliff measures year’s final months. After a six-year slump that remained in place for much sent more than 4 million Negotiators struggled to forge a budget deal to avert of 2013, they would cause a homes into foreclosure and recession. those measures. If they shrank home prices about 5. Facebook’s IPO: failed, the tax increases and one-third nationwide, the spending cuts would kick in Years of anticipation led to U.S. housing market began Facebook’s initial public Jan. 1. That threat was to recover in mid-year. offering of stock the hottest Modest job gains and intended to be so chilling that it would force Congress Internet IPO since Google’s record-low mortgage rates in 2004. Many of the billion fueled demand. And the and the White House to take the painful budgetary or so users of the world’s supply of available homes largest online social netsteps needed to avoid it. sank. By June, prices began

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Total Return/Rank 4-wk 12-mo 5-year +0.5 +12.0/B +0.8/C +1.6 +19.4/B -1.0/C +0.4 +19.6/A +0.6/C +0.3 +11.7/C +3.0/B 0.0 +15.0/B +0.5/C -0.3 +11.7/D +1.2/B -0.9 +14.8/B +1.5/B -0.6 +16.6/B -4.0/E +2.4 +18.2/A +7.4/D +2.4 +13.7/A +4.3/B +0.3 +15.4/B +1.1/C +4.4 +19.1/B -2.4/D +0.3 +11.0/A +8.4/A +3.6 +17.4 +0.2 -0.1 +15.4/B +0.8/C -0.3 +14.8/B +1.2/B -0.3 +14.8/B +1.2/B -0.3 +14.8/B +1.2/B +0.1 +15.2/B +1.8/A +0.1 +15.1/B +1.7/A

Pct Min Init Load Invt 5.75 250 5.75 250 5.75 250 5.75 250 5.75 250 5.75 250 NL 2,500 NL 2,500 4.00 2,500 4.25 1,000 NL 2,500 NL 2,500 NL 1,000,000 5.75 0 5.75 0 NL 10,000 NL 5,000,000 NL200,000,000 NL 10,000 NL 3,000

CA -Conservative Allocation, CI -Intermediate-Term Bond, ES -Europe Stock, FB -Foreign Large Blend, FG -Foreign LargeGrowth, FV -Foreign Large Value, IH -World Allocation, LB -Large Blend, LG -Large Growth, LV -Large Value, MA -Moderate Allocation, MB -Mid-Cap Blend, MV Mid-Cap Value, SH -Specialty-heath, WS -World Stock, Total Return: Chng in NAV with dividends reinvested. Rank: How fund performed vs. others with same objective: A is in top 20%, E in bottom 20%. Min Init Invt: Minimum $ needed to invest in fund. Source: Morningstar.

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TODAY IN HISTORY (AP) — Today is Sunday, Dec. 30, the 365th day of 2012.There is one day left in the year. Today’s Highlight: On Dec. 30, 1962, the Green Bay Packers defeated the New York Giants 16-7 in the NFL Championship Game; the event was filmed by Blair Motion Pictures, which later became NFL Films. On this date: In 1813, the British burned Buffalo, N.Y., during the War of 1812. In 1853, the United States and

Mexico signed a treaty under which the U.S. agreed to buy some 45,000 square miles of land from Mexico for $10 million in a deal known as the Gadsden Purchase. In 1922, Vladimir I. Lenin proclaimed the establishment of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. In 1936, the United Auto Workers union staged its first “sitdown” strike at the General Motors Fisher Body Plant No. 1 in Flint, Mich. (The strike lasted until Feb. 11, 1937.) In 1972, the United States halt-

ed its heavy bombing of North Vietnam. In 2006, Iraqis awoke to news that Saddam Hussein had been hanged; victims of his three decades of autocratic rule took to the streets to celebrate. One year ago: North Korea warned the world there would be no softening of its position toward South Korea’s government following Kim Jong Il’s death as Pyongyang strengthened his son and heir’s authority with a new title: “Great Leader.”

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MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s foreign minister said Saturday that Syrian President Bashar Assad has no intention of stepping down and it would be impossible to try to persuade him otherwise. After a meeting with Lakhdar Brahimi, the U.N.’s envoy for the Syrian crisis, Sergey Lavrov also said that the Syrian opposition risks sacrificing many more lives if it continues to insist on Assad leaving office as a precondition for holding talks on Syria’s future. Assad “has repeatedly said publicly and privately, including in his meeting with Lakhdar Brahimi in Damascus not long ago, that he does not intend to leave for anywhere, that he will stay to the end in his post, that he will, as he expressed it, defend the Syrian people, Syrian sovereignty and so forth,” Lavrov said. “There’s no possibility to change this position.” Brahimi warned that the country’s civil war could plunge the entire region into chaos by sending hundreds of thousands of refugees into neighboring nations, but his talks in Moscow produced no sign of progress toward settling the crisis. Brahimi and Lavrov both said after their meeting that the 21-month-old Syrian conflict can only be settled through talks, while admitting that the parties in the conflict have shown no desire for compromise. Neither official hinted at a possible solution that would persuade the Syrian government and the opposition to agree to a ceasefire and sit down for talks about a political transition. Brahimi, who arrived in Moscow on a one-day trip following his talks in Damascus with Assad this

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, and U.N. envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi talk during their meeting in Moscow, Russia, on Saturday. week, voiced concern about the escalation of the conflict, which he said is becoming “more and more sectarian.” The envoy warned that “if you have a panic in Damascus and if you have 1 million people leaving Damascus in a panic, they can go to only two places Lebanon and Jordan,” and those countries may not be able to endure half a million refugees each. Brahimi said that “if the only alternative is really hell or a political process, then we have got all of us to work ceaselessly for a political process.” Russia has been the main supporter of Assad’s regime since the uprising began in March 2011, using its veto at the U.N. Security Council along with China to shield its last Mideast ally from international sanctions. Lavrov said Russia would continue to oppose any U.N. resolution that would call for international sanctions against Assad and open the way for a foreign intervention in Syria. And while he again emphasized that Russia “isn’t

holding onto Bashar Assad,” he added that Moscow continues to believe the opposition demand for his resignation as a precondition for peace talks is “counterproductive.” “The price for that precondition will be the loss of more Syrian lives,” Lavrov said. Both Brahimi and Lavrov insisted that efforts to end the civil war must be based on a peace plan that was approved at an international conference in Geneva in June. The Geneva plan calls for an open-ended ceasefire, a transitional government to run the country until elections, and the drafting of a new constitution. But it was a nonstarter with the opposition because of Russia’s insistence that the plan leave the door open for Assad being part of the transition process and the fact that it didn’t mention possible U.N. sanctions. Brahimi said that while some “little adjustments” could be made to the original plan, “it’s a valued basis for reasonable political process.”

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Year’s best ...

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Critics pick their favorites of 2012 By the Associated Press • The top 10 films of 2012, according to AP Movie Critic Christy Lemire: 1. “Argo” Directing just his third feature, Ben Affleck has come up with a seamless blend of detailed international drama and breathtaking suspense, with just the right amount of dry humor to provide context and levity. He shows a deft handling of tone, especially in making difficult transitions between scenes in Tehran, Washington and Hollywood, but also gives one of his strongest performances yet in front of the camera. The story of a rescue during the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis sounds like eat-your-vegetables cinema, and mixing it with an insideHollywood comedy sounds impossible, but Affleck and screenwriter Chris Terrio pull it all off. 2. “Beasts of the Southern Wild” This is sheer poetry on screen: an explosion of joy in the midst of startling squalor and one of the most visceral, original films to come along in a while. The story of a little girl named Hushpuppy (Quvenzhane Wallis) living with her daddy on a remote, primal strip of eroding land in the southernmost reaches of the Louisiana bayou is so ambitious and so accomplished, it’s amazing that it’s only director Benh Zeitlin’s first feature. His film is at once dreamlike and brutal, ethereal yet powerfully emotional. 3. “Skyfall” One of the best James Bond films ever starring the best Bond yet in Daniel Craig. It’s also the most gorgeous installment in the 23-film franchise, with Sam Mendes directing and Roger Deakins as cinematographer. It’s full of the requisite thrills but also complicated and meaty, featuring an agent who isn’t always slick and doesn’t always have the answers in hunting an elusive cyberterrorist (a fantastic Javier Bardem). 4. “Holy Motors” This movie is just straight-up nuts, in all the best ways. Writerdirector Leos Carax’s journey provides a joyous, surprising and darkly funny exploration of all the best cinema has to offer. Yes, this is a capital-A art film, one that challenges the viewer and leaves a lot of room for interpretation, but that’s part of the adventure. Denis Lavant

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In this publicity film image released by Disney, Chris Hemsworth portrays Thor, left, and Chris Evans portrays Captain America, in a scene from “The Avengers.”

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This film image released by Columbia Pictures shows Daniel Craig as James Bond in the action adventure film “Skyfall.” gives a tour-de-force performance, assuming nine different roles as a mysterious man who travels around Paris in the back of a limousine all day, carrying out various assignments. Hop in and buckle up. 5. “Zero Dark Thirty” A huge achievement from both technical and storytelling perspectives. Following the Oscar success of “The Hurt Locker,” director Kathryn Bigelow reteams with writer Mark Boal to tell an even larger and more complicated story: the decadelong hunt for Osama bin Laden. The attention to detail, to getting it right each step of the way, is evident in every element. And Jessica Chastain is relentless and self-possessed in

Year’s best ... NEW YORK (AP) — What was TV like in 2012? As with every year, it was a mix of the ridiculous and the sublime, the sacred and the profane. A TV-centric political season provided many memorable moments (President Barack Obama’s missing-in-action debate performance; Clint Eastwood’s empty-chair duet). Excellence persevered with series such as HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire” and “Treme,” AMC’s “Mad Men,” History’s surprisingly splendid “Hatfields & McCoys,” ABC’s promising new “Nashville,” CBS’ “The Good Wife” and, of course, AMC’s “The Walking Dead” with its icky charm.

a rare leading role as a young CIA officer on the case. 6. “The Master” Paul Thomas Anderson, long a master himself of technique and tone, has created a startling, stunningly gorgeous film shot in lushly vibrant 70mm, with impeccable production design and powerful performances from stars Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Amy Adams. But this story of a wayward man and the charismatic cult leader who guides him which may or may not have been inspired by Church of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard is also his most ambitious film yet.

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Daniel Day-Lewis, center, as President Abraham Lincoln, looks across a battlefield in the aftermath of a terrible siege in this scene from director Steven Spielberg’s drama “Lincoln.”

TV ACHIEVEMENTS

Then there were stinkers like the best-forgotten ABC sitcom “Work It,” which, focusing on two guys who dress as women to get jobs, was mercifully axed after just two airings. ABC’s “Good Morning America” finally managed to out-fluff NBC’s “Today” and stole the ratings crown. “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” wore on. Bottom line: It’s not easy to narrow down a Top 10 anything for TV. Still, once this year’s thousands of hours are assessed, 10 notable achievements emerge, for better or worse. • “Breaking Bad” (AMC). AP PHOTO/TLC It’s notable not only for how This undated publicity image released by TLC shows Alana twisted, funny and shocking it is, Thompson from the reality series “Here Comes Honey Boo Boo.”

but also for how it keeps on upping the ante. This summer’s satisfying miniseason ended in a most unlikely fashion, hinting that Walter White (series star Bryan Cranston) might actually break free from his life of spiraling disaster and resurrect his happy home. But then, in the last scene, Walter’s drug-enforcementagent brother-in-law made the connection that had always eluded him: the drug lord he’s been chasing all this time is Walter! Once again, the series’ never-broken promise was upheld. Next summer’s final eight episodes aren’t going to be pretty!

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Oldest Southern library starts book bindery Will bind new editions of historic books and repair books CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The oldest library in the South has started its own book bindery to bind, by hand, new editions of historic books and repair books in its collection of tens of thousands of volumes dating to the 15th Century. “There are several lifetimes of work in this library,” said Brien Biedler, who has been the bookbinder at The Charleston Library Society since August. Biedler, 22, has been binding books for almost four years now. He learned his trade both working with collections at The College of Charleston, where he graduated, and with noted bookbinder Don Rash of Plains, Pa. The library was established in 1748 by 19 Charlestonians who said they didn’t want their children to grow up, as they put it, like savages. It’s thought to have as many as 100,000 volumes. No one is really sure because most of the volumes are on old card catalogues and the library has embarked on a multi-year effort to completely tally its collection. The oldest volume is a 1492 Bible. To support the library’s new bindery and archival lab, the library published a new, limited edition of the “Carolinian Florist,” a 1798 work by John Drayton, a noted naturalist and South Carolina governor who was also one of the founders of the University of South Carolina. The limited edition of only 16 volumes includes a

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In this Dec. 12 photo, Brien Beidler, the bookbinder at the Charleston Library Society, shows how a page press works at the library in Charleston, S.C. The library, the oldest in the South, has started its own book bindery to bind, by hand, new editions of historic books and repair books in its collection of tens of thousands of volumes dating to the 15th Century. number of watercolors by Drayton, the grandson and namesake of the builder of Drayton Hall, the noted plantation house on the Ashley River outside of Charleston. Next the bindery will produce a limited edition of John Locke’s “Fundamental Constitution for Carolina” with a foreword written by retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Conner. Besides working on the new editions, Biedler will be spending a lot of time repairing and rebinding editions already in the library’s massive collection. The library is the third-oldest circulating library in the nation. “We have books patrons A 1649 book that will be rebound at the Charleston Library Society, in Charleston, bring by that need to be S.C.

rebound. We have the infinite number of books that need to be fixed here and we have more projects coming up like the Drayton book,” said Biedler, who also manages to find time to teach book binding to interested students at Wando High School, his alma mater in nearby Mount Pleasant. Biedler says he became interested in book binding after taking art classes in high school. “My grandparents had old books and I was reading things like ‘The Lord of the Rings’ and I’ve always been fascinated with medieval stuff and rare books,” he said. A hand-bound book can cost anywhere from several hundred dollars to several thousand, depending on what a customer wants, he said. And even in an age of increasing technology and tablets that can hold dozens of books, Biedler thinks there will always be a place for leather bindings and paper. “The Kindle isn’t hurting us really,” he said. “If anything, it threatens the book as an object and people are willing to invest a little more.” Books, he said, is a way of storing information and ideas “allowing them to be picked up or set down, rediscovered or continued anytime. It is my job to make this housing as permanent as possible.” Books are permanent, not subject to the whim of electronics where materials stored on tablets and computers can be lost to glitches, he said while holding a small book in Latin dating to 1649 from the library collection. “I can look though this book and even though I don’t understand a word, it gives me such a joy to flip through it and look though it and to think someone took the time to put this together by hand,” he said.

High or dry? Staying sober for New Year’s Eve

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NEW YORK (AP) — Jennifer Perry isn’t much of a drinker. Never has been, yet she’s ready every New Year’s Eve for the inevitable attention when she’s out trying to have a good time. “I don’t care if everyone at the table orders a drink but me. That’s fine,” said Perry, 46, a singer in Atlanta. “What I do resent is being pressured, and then being asked is it a ‘religious thing’ or if I have a ‘problem.’” Sometimes, she relies on: “Oh, thank you, but I’m still on methadone.” While not true, a quick apology usually ensues and the pesky prober moves along. Whether in recovery or not interested for other reasons, the holidays often mean an excess of booze and drugs. Occasional drinkers fail to moderate and addiction programs around the country note upticks in patient loads soon after the new year, high season for relapsers and those seeking treatment for the first time. “Alcohol is often center stage at holiday parties,” said Amara Durham, a spokeswoman for Caron Texas, a treatment facility in Princeton, Texas. “Many people think they need alcohol to enjoy social occasions such as holiday celebrations.” Chapman Sledge, chief medical officer at Cumberland Heights, a center in the Nashville, Tenn., area, said loved ones hosting holiday dinners and parties should be sensitive to the difficulties of recovering guests. “Stray comments like, ‘Just a sip of wine at dinner won’t hurt,’ or ‘It’s a party,

have a little fun,’ even if they’re unintentional, can slow or destroy an addict’s recovery,” he said. Gina Bestenlehner, who is 12 years sober and program director for the Pur Detox center in Dana Point, Calif., suggests bringing along a sobriety buddy to help stay focused. She also recommends volunteering as a designated driver, which “gives a person new purpose and a reason to be there sober. It also saves lives.” Like other support groups around the country, the North Central Vermont Recovery Center in Morrisville hosts a sober New Year’s Eve. “Along with Thanksgiving and Christmas, New Year’s Eve is one of those holidays that we try to create community events for because of their association with drinking and the stress of being in recovery and alone on them,” said Nasreen Stump, a fundraiser for the center. “In three years our attendance at these events has almost quadrupled.” In Jersey Shore, Pa., Mary Baier is a non-drinker who will likely stay home with her husband this year for New Year’s Eve. In the past, they’ve left parties right after midnight. “It’s kind of hard to have a good time once people get drunk,” she said. Cathy Griffin, 54, of Los Angeles has been sober for five years. “I’m a free woman now and go about my business and personal life wherever there is alcohol and barely give it any thought,” she said, “but in the early days of my recovery, it was hell!”

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anyone who feels the urgent need to create something beautiful and meaningful, regardless of the cost. Panahi shot it over the course of a day in his Tehran apartment while under house arrest and had it smuggled out in a cake. The most modest film on the list but also the most important. • The top 10 films of 2012, according to AP Movie Writer David Germain: 1. “Moonrise Kingdom” First love is never this crazy and fanciful, but it sure felt like it way back when. Wes Anderson presents a wondrous romance about two 12-year-old runaways seeking refuge from life’s cruelties and disappointments. Newcomers Jared Gilman and Kara Hayward beguile us with performances precociously passionate yet disarmingly innocent, complemented by a group of sweet adult sad-sacks among them Bill Murray, Frances McDormand, Bruce Willis and Edward Norton who find respite from disillusionment themselves with a glimpse through the kids’ pure eyes.

2. “Life of Pi” A film about a youth alone on a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger has no business working. But Ang Lee adapts Yann Martel’s introspective novel with inspired narrative wiles and glorious visuals presented in 3-D that lovingly enfolds and enlarges the action. Newcomer Suraj Sharma is a marvel as the teen cast adrift. And the film richly explores our cathartic need to tell tales, its dual ending asking a lady-or-the-tiger question: Which story do you prefer, the one of genuine horror or the one of hopeful, improbable possibility? 3. “Zero Dark Thirty” Kathryn Bigelow follows her Academy Award triumph on “The Hurt Locker” with a docudrama of even greater ambition and scope. Collaborating again with screenwriter Mark Boal, Bigelow crafts a studiously detailed, relentlessly paced chronicle about the hunt for Osama bin Laden. Jessica Chastain is ferocious as a CIA analyst tracking bin Laden with almost blind obsession. The film’s third act the Navy SEALs assault that killed bin Laden is as tense and

absorbing as big-screen action gets. 4. “Argo” Ben Affleck surges forward as both actor and director with this true-life story of a CIA operative who concocted an incredible ruse to free six Americans from Iran disguised as a movie crew after the 1979 embassy takeover. The film has it all smarts, suspense, dark laughs, exacting attention to period style. This arguably is Affleck’s best on-screen performance, and he’s backed with tremendous heart and humor by John Goodman and Alan Arkin. 5. “Searching for Sugar Man” — Imagine the bitterness of the true artist who fades back to obscurity after being on the verge of stardom. Now imagine a soul so noble that bitterness never enters the picture. That's a guy who truly deserves another chance. Singer-songwriter Rodriquez gets just that as Malik Bendjelloul's inspiring documentary recounts apocryphal rumors about his fate — then reveals what really happened after his brush with success in the 1970s. To paraphrase Joey the Lips in “The

Commitments,” success for Rodriquez would have been predictable. The way it turned out is poetry. 6. “Rust and Bone” — Jacques Audiard delivers one of the oddest of screen couples in this deeply involving and completely unpredictable romantic drama about a whale trainer (Marion Cotillard) who loses her legs in an orca accident and a negligent single dad (Matthias Schoenaerts) training as a mixed martial-arts fighter. Only in a movie would these two fall in love — more likely in a bad movie. But Audiard and his devoted stars find so many moments of grace and pathos that the relationship grows from tenuous to genuine with complete conviction. 7. “The Master” — Good thing Joaquin Phoenix’s retirement turned out to be a hoax. He does his best work ever in his return to the screen as a volatile World War II vet who becomes both disciple and antagonist to an L. Ron Hubbard-style cult leader (Philip Seymour Hoffman, in a performance rivaling his own career high in “Capote”).

Following the battle-ofwills drama of “There Will Be Blood,” Paul Thomas Anderson is proving himself a master of duality, crafting another grand work of egos and outlooks in deadly conflict. 8. “Lincoln” — Few performances qualify as monumental. That’s the best word to characterize Daniel Day-Lewis as Abraham Lincoln, though. He vanishes into the president’s awkward, folksy, melancholy spirit, creating an unforgettable portrait of greatness that pretty much puts to rest any thought of another actor trying his hand at a serious portrayal of Lincoln for a good long while. Steven Spielberg eschews the battlefield for a talky yet affecting look at Lincoln's final months. America couldn't have done without Lincoln, and Spielberg couldn't have done without Day-Lewis. 9. “West of Memphis” — This is a vote not only for a film, but for artists who joined in protest to save three men from prison — one from Death Row — after they were convicted in the 1993 slayings of three Cub Scouts. Inspired by “Paradise Lost,” an earlier documentary about the case, Peter Jackson and wife Fran Walsh bankrolled their own investigation and produced this new film by Amy Berg that calls into question the case built by prosecutors. The story's enthralling, the climax triumphant. 10. “Looper” — For someone who thinks Bruce Willis’ “Twelve Monkeys” is the defining time-travel flick, it’s irresistible to see him in another clever, careening tale of time-hopping. Joseph Gordon-Levitt wonderfully channels the younger Willis as a hit man whose latest assignment is to snuff his older self, in a perverse retirement system where the mob of the future eventually has its assassins kill off themselves. Writer-director Rian Johnson has concocted a rare thriller whose brains equal its action, telling the story with great style and provocative irony.

• “Here Comes Honey Boo Boo” (TLC) and “Killer Karaoke” (truTV). Two new reality shows blazed new trails of idiocy. One capitalized on redneck stereotypes and a 6-year-old beauty pageant veteran. The other invited contestants to sing their hearts out while being zapped with electricity or dunked in a vat of snakes. In a TV universe swamped with reality shows, these two stood apart as groundbreaking, inspired and dismaying if for no other reason than they served as a reminder that each is merely a way station en route to the next extreme in outrageous crassness. • “Homeland” (Showtime). In its second season, this series remained suspenseful, disturbing and riddled with surprises. It mined drama from possibly the most damaged pair of protagonists, opponents and star-crossed lovers in TV history. Marine Sgt. Nicholas Brody (Damian Lewis) was a prisoner of war in Afghanistan who had returned home a national hero and soon-to-be-elected U.S. Congressman and, covertly, a terrorist turncoat. Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes) was a former CIA agent suffering from a bipolar disorder as well as emotional ties to the man she was obsessed with bringing down. They could have titled this series “Homeland Insecurity.”

• “Key & Peele” (Comedy Central). The biracial status of comedy partners Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele (black fathers, white mothers) is notable only because it gives them unique insight sizing up the human condition. And they made the most of that insight on their sketchand-standup half-hour series. In particular, they scored with Peele in an unsurpassed impersonation of Obama where the unflappable president is joined by Key as “anger translator” Luther, who demonstrates, comically unfiltered, what Obama really thinks. But whatever they did, the humor of Key and Peele proved fresh and smart. And without ever preaching, they illustrated how the issue of race (in their words) “always boomerangs back to culture” and ultimately “is an absurd thing.” Doggone funny, too. • “Luck” (HBO). This drama set at a California racetrack boasted the rich density of David Milch’s writing and a king’s ransom of a cast: Dustin Hoffman, Nick Nolte, Dennis Farina, Jill Hennessy and Richard Kind for starters. It explored a strange and fascinating world while capturing the horse races with breathtaking footage. But three horses died during production of the series. That sad fact, and another the show wasn’t exactly a ratings blockbuster led to HBO canceling “Luck”

after its first season, in a bow to bad publicity led by animal-rights activists. Amid the hubbub about the horses’ welfare, there was a question no one seemed inclined to ask: Assuming every reasonable precaution had been taken, was risking the lives of a few horses an excessive price to pay to keep an excellent drama series on the air? • “Smash” (NBC). This NBC musical drama put a bright, sexy sheen on one of filmdom’s most timeless tropes: Hey, kids, let’s put on a show! Which “Smash” did, embedding songs and dance into the story of how a Broadway musical comes to life. Sure, “Smash” took knocks for unbelievable plotlines, cardboard characters and trite show tunes. It gave new life to the term “hatewatch” (that act of watching something solely to delight in its awfulness). So what? With a show-must-go-on defiance emblematic of Broadway, “Smash” never flagged in its unique charm and meticulous artistry. • “Sons of Anarchy” (FX). Tough guys on motorcycles selling guns and drugs. Tough women keeping them in line, or trying. Rival gangs, corrupt cops and a club membership in turmoil. Jax (Charlie Hunnam), his mother, Gemma (Katey Sagal), and her husband, Clay (Ron Perlman), were the core of a series that, in its fifth sea-

son, raged wilder than ever. A family drama set in a hard-hitting workplace, “Sons” was bloodthirsty and brilliant like nothing else on TV. Its audience knew what its characters found out: there was no escaping its excitement. • Donald Trump (all over the place). Never before has this list bestowed a personal commendation. But then, The Donald is an exceptional TV presence. Whether a game-show host (NBC's "The Apprentice"), a commentator-at-large (Fox News Channel and else-

where), a beauty contest impresario (his Miss USA pageant, which is broadcast on NBC), a former almostcandidate for president, or a free-floating billionaire attention junkie, Trump leverages the media with enviable shrewdness. Exactly the nature of Trump's TV appeal has yet to be identified. Equally unexplained is why he always gets a pass from his media gatekeepers. But why sweat the vagaries of stardom? Trump rules. Or if he doesn't, he will surely be the last to know it.

• Continued from B1 7. “The Imposter” A gripping documentary about a missing boy filled with the kind of twists, turns and dramatic character revelations of a pageturner mystery. Director Bart Layton takes a story that was already fascinatingly weird to begin with and makes it even more compelling by structuring it as a shadowy film noir, offering information in expertly paced, precisely measured amounts to maximize suspense. 8. “Moonrise Kingdom” If you love Wes Anderson, you’ll love this: The best of what he can do is vibrantly on display. The screenplay, which he cowrote with Roman Coppola, has resulted in his sweetest and most sincere live-action movie since the one that remains his best, 1998’s “Rushmore.” The contradiction inherent to all of Anderson’s films the juxtaposition of the meticulous artificiality of the settings and the passionately wistful emotions that are longing to burst free is at its most effective in a while in this tale of first love. 9. “Oslo, August 31st” A film of quietly intense precision and vividly honest humanity. Anders Danielsen Lie gives one of the great, underappreciated performances of the year as a heroin addict who’s allowed to leave rehab for the day to head into the Norwegian capital for a job interview. Instead, he wanders around visiting old haunts, reconnecting awkwardly with friends and facing his demons. It’s a performance of both subtlety and darkness, as director Joachim Trier leads him down an unpredictable and poignant path. 10. “This Is Not a Film” Veteran Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi’s homemade documentary is simultaneously depressing as hell and brimming with hope and defiance. With its stripped-down aesthetic, it finds beauty in the mundane and even boring details of daily life. And it’s an inspiring must-see for

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TV • “Fox & Friends” (Fox News Channel). We could easily salute shows that keep us laughing like “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart,” ”The Colbert Report,” ”Saturday Night Live” and “Real Time with Bill Maher.” But maybe we could more appropriately single out one obvious wellspring for those shows’ humor. I’m referring, of course, to “Fox & Friends.” With their three-part harmony, co-hosts Steve Doocy, Gretchen Carlson and Brian Kilmeade offer up a unique brand of jovially partisan delivery. Theirs is a seamless, finish-one-another’ssentence knack for issuing the network-designated messages as news. Contrary viewpoints are admissible only to be mocked. But mostly cheerful unity prevails, a tidy single-minded package of riffs as predictable as the tides but as amusing as any deliberate caricature. Let’s give credit where it’s due: These Friends cry out to be spoofed. • “Girls” (HBO). Lena Dunham this, Lena Dunham that. Blah, blah, blah. She, in her mid-20s, created, wrote, directed, produced and starred in a halfhour comedy series about 20-something adulthood, femininity and sexuality. She sparked adulation, conversation, arguments and green-eyed envy of her talent. “Girls” was a series that couldn’t be ignored at least, by pop-culture cognoscenti. It will surely be welcomed back in January with even more attention, if possible (with always the threat of a backlash), as viewers resume arguing: Does the series measure up to all the hype? Nuff said. Up to now, indisputably, “Girls” has been monumental. And a gas.

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This undated photo provided by the Sanibel & Captiva Chamber of Commerce shows visitors on the West Gulf Beach on Sanibel Island in Florida. The Gulf Coast barrier island is known for quiet beaches, seashells and wildlife and its high season for tourism begins mid-January, peaking mid-March to mid-April.

Quiet beaches on Sanibel Island SANIBEL, Fla. (AP) — Visit the beaches on this Gulf Coast barrier island and you’re likely to see people doing the Sanibel Stoop. That’s the term for the bent-at-the-waist posture used to collect seashells on Sanibel Island, which bills itself as one of the best shelling locations in the world. The island also offers 15 miles (24 kilometers) of beach, 22 miles (35 kilometers) of bike paths, and the largest undeveloped mangrove ecosystem in the country. While other beach destinations in Florida might attract partying spring breakers or glamorous fashionistas, Sanibel proved to be the perfect spot for a family looking for a quiet beach retreat at the height of spring break revelry. What we didn’t find was nightlife, high rises, chain stores, fastfood burger joints, traffic lights or insects. Even travel guru Arthur Frommer, who’s seen more than a few beaches, has named it a favorite destination, calling it an “idyllic haven of white-sand beaches” with “thousands of birds of every species.” The first sign that we’d hit on something special came soon after we landed

This undated photo provided by the Sanibel & Captiva Chamber of Commerce shows a junonia shell amid an array of seashells found on the beaches of Sanibel Island in Florida. The Gulf Coast barrier island is known for quiet beaches, wildlife and good opportunities for finding seashells, especially for visitors who are motivated to check tide tables and comb the beaches at dawn and after dark, when there’s less competition for spotting whatever the tide washes ashore. at the Fort Myers airport, where tourism kiosks handed out free pocketsized Lonely Planet travel guides to the area. The drive from the airport west to Sanibel generally takes less than an hour, but timing is everything. A toll bridge connects Sanibel to the mainland, and the morning rush hour heading onisland and evening rush hour heading off-island can add another 45 minutes onto the trip during high season, which begins mid-January and peaks

mid-March through midApril. We stopped en route at one of the several Publix markets to stock up on groceries for our rented condo. But it turned out that two markets on the island, Jerry’s Foods and Bailey’s General Store, will deliver items ordered online to your rental for $25. Groceries also proved largely unnecessary once we discovered the caliber of local restaurants and opted to eat out most evenings. Traders Cafe and Mad Hatter, both

innovative and outstanding, took reservations. Others had “call-ahead seating” which put our name on a waiting list ahead of the walk-ins. The rest generally had a wait of up to 30 minutes. With as many as 30,000 people on the island during high season, biking is the easiest way to get around. But here’s a tip: Friends don’t let friends ride at night without lights. Knowing that we’d be biking, we brought our helmets (required by law for children under 16), along with small headlights and taillights for our bikes. Even so, with no streetlights on the island and plenty of pedestrians and cyclists on the paths after dark, the trip home proved hairy. Some hotels provide bikes for their guests and the bike rental shops on the island will deliver and pickup for a fee. It pays to shop around as prices vary. Beach equipment can also be rented. Golf, tennis and fishing are also popular options on the island, but no trip here would be complete without two things: the beaches and the J. N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge. Over two-thirds of

Sanibel is a nature reserve, with the refuge making much of it wonderfully accessible by car or bike. We opted for a 90minute kayak tour through the mangrove, and almost immediately caught a brief glimpse of a river otter. An assortment of the 230 species of birds on the island from anhingas to woodpeckers kept us busy taking pictures, while our knowledgeable guide pointed out horseshoe crabs, flying mullet and a water snake. We so enjoyed the trip through the mangrove that we returned later for a pontoon boat tour, where we saw manatees and more birds, but unfortunately, no dolphins. The beaches themselves were lovely. The one we frequented was far from crowded, with room to play Frisbee or fly a kite without bumping into anyone. The waves were gentle and it was shallow for a long way out, making it ideal for children. Other beaches, like Blind Pass, have stronger currents and aren’t suitable for swimming. A small disappointment for us ironically was the shelling. The 10-mile (16kilometer) long island is situated east-west, mak-

IF YOU GO … • SANIBEL ISLAND: Located on the Gulf Coast of Florida. Nearest airport, Fort Myers. Sanibel Chamber of Commerce: http://www.sanibelcaptiva.org. • SHELLING: Tips to maximize your shelling: http://www.iloveshelling. com • BIRDING: J. N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge: http://www.fws.gov/ dingdarling/

ing the south side the place to scoop for shells being carried on the current from the Caribbean and other southern seas. The beaches we explored had an infinite number of shells, but they were run-of-the mill cockles and clam. We didn’t find any of the whelks, conchs, tulips and ceriths that feature prominently in the marketing brochures. Then again, we weren’t beach-combing at dawn like the true devotees, nor did we follow the recommendations to check the tide tables, snorkel for shells or search after dark.

Florida is a vacation paradise for dogs FORT DE SOTO PARK, Fla. (AP) — Picture this: You’re sitting on a white sand beach, warm sun on your skin. Coconut-scented sunscreen wafts through the air. A splashing noise comes from the blue Gulf of Mexico. It’s your dog, happily retrieving his favorite ball from the water. This could be your vacation, with a bit of planning. With miles of sandy beaches, endless winter sunshine and a laid-back vibe, there’s no reason to leave your four-legged friend behind when you vacation in Florida. From lodging that offers special pet beds, to beaches with off-leash play, to theme parks with nearby kennels, many places around the state accommodate visitors with pets. Many Florida state parks also allow leashed dogs. Lodging with your dog

can be as rustic as a campground or as ritzy as, well, the Ritz Carlton. In places like Key West or Sanibel Island where all beaches are open to leashed dogs unique and funky petfriendly accommodations are easy to find in various price ranges. Most counties have their own tourism boards and many have specific pages on their websites about pet-friendly activities, restaurants and hotels. Visit Florida has lots of information at http://www.visitflorida.com /Pet_Friendly_Florida. Here are some dogfriendly destinations around Florida, along with lodging advice and general tips for traveling here with pets. • Dog Beach and Paw Playground at Fort De Soto State Park. In 2010, Southern Living magazine named this spot in Pinellas

County on Florida’s West Coast one of the top five dog beaches in the South. You only need to set one paw onto the sugary sand to know why: It’s a gorgeous and peaceful place. The Gulf of Mexico is usually warm and calm, and dogs of all sizes love to play in the soft surf. Dogs can run on the beach and swim off-leash, then enjoy a large, adjacent fenced-in grassy dog park area. There are water fountains, waste bags and a place to wash salt out of dog fur. Admission to the park area is $5. • Dinosaur World in Plant City. Who loves dinosaurs? Dogs, that’s who. Located halfway between Tampa and Disney, Dinosaur World is a park featuring 150 giant dinosaur statues and trails winding through the lush Florida landscape. Leashed dogs are welcome

on the trails and it’s a great opportunity to snap a photo of your pooch with a giant Stegosaurus (some intrepid bloggers have gotten shots of their dogs posing inside a dinosaur’s mouth). Tickets are $14.95, dogs are free; open daily. • Dog Wood Park, Jacksonville. This 25acre, privately owned park is heaven for dogs. It’s all off-leash and entirely fenced in, from the pond to the grassy knoll to the trails. A separate small area nearby has chairs where owners can sip coffee and chat. There are two ponds, Lake Bow Wow for the big dogs and Lake Fifi for little ones, plus doggie sand piles, shady areas and tires for dogs to climb on. Day visits are $11, including tax. Additional services, like use of the park’s indoor dog wash area, are extra. • The Fountain of

Youth in St. Augustine. Spanish explorer Pedro Menendez de Aviles discovered this spring in 1565 and the Timucua Indians lived here for 4,000 years before that. You and your dog can sniff around and drink from the fountain. Tickets are $12. • Downtown Naples. A great place to stroll with your pet while embracing tropical Florida, downtown Naples has lots of outdoor cafes, bars and restaurants where you can dine al fresco with your dog. Several stores Diva Doghouse, For Footed Friends, Pucci & Catana and Fergie’s Closet Doggie Boutique specialize in upscale pet accessories, clothing and food. • Lincoln Road, Miami. Located on South Beach, this pedestrianfriendly shopping area is the place to watch all of the beautiful people and their designer dogs. Outdoor

restaurants and tropical drinks abound. • Jonathan Dickinson State Park, Hobe Sound. This sprawling park on Florida’s East Coast, north of tony Palm Beach, offers miles of trails that showcase how Florida looked before development. Dogs must be leashed. Admission is $6 per vehicle. • Panama City Beach dog playground. This Florida Panhandle spring break favorite offers 400 feet of beachfront for leashed dogs and the new Panama City Beach Conservation Park with 12 trails (dogs must be leashed there). • Miccosukee Canopy Road Greenway, Tallahassee. This park in the state’s capitol is popular with local dog owners because of its beautiful trails and secluded grassy areas.

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Fans hand Hollywood record cash LOS ANGELES (AP) — The big deal for Hollywood is not the record $10.8 billion that studios took in domestically in 2012. It’s the fact that the number of tickets sold went up for the first time in three years. Thanks to inflation, revenue generally rises in Hollywood as admission prices climb each year. The real story is told in tickets, whose sales have been on a general decline for a decade, bottoming out in 2011 at 1.29 billion, their lowest level since 1995. The industry rebounded this year, with ticket sales projected to rise 5.6 percent to 1.36 billion by Dec. 31, according to box-office tracker Hollywood.com. That’s still well below the modern peak of 1.6 billion tickets sold in 2002, but in an age of cozy home theater setups and endless entertainment gadgets, studio executives consider it a triumph that they were able to put more butts in cinema seats this year than last. “It is a victory, ultimately,” said Don Harris, head of distribution at Paramount Pictures. “If we deliver the product as an industry that people want, they will want to get out there. Even though you can sit at home and watch something on your large screen in high-def, people want to get out.” Domestic revenue should finish up nearly 6 percent from 2011’s $10.2 billion and top Hollywood’s previous high of $10.6 billion set in 2009. The year was led by a pair of superhero sagas, Disney’s “The Avengers” with $623 million domestically and $1.5 billion worldwide and the Warner Bros. Batman finale “The Dark Knight Rises” with $448 million domestically and $1.1 billion worldwide. Sony’s James Bond adventure “Skyfall” is closing in on the $1 billion mark globally, and the list

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In this publicity photo provided by Warner Bros. Pictures, Tom Hardy, center, as Bane, is shown in a scene in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Legendary Pictures’ action thriller “The Dark Knight Rises,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. of action and family-film blockbusters includes “The Hunger Games,” ”The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part Two,” ”Ice Age: Continental Drift,” ”Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted,” ”The Amazing SpiderMan” and “Brave.” Before television, movies were the biggest thing going, with ticket sales estimated as high as 4 billion a year domestically in the 1930s and ’40s. Movie-going eroded steadily through the 1970s as people stayed home with their small screens. The rise of videotape in the 1980s further cut into business, followed by DVDs in the ’90s and big, cheap flat-screen TVs in recent years. Today’s video games, mobile phones and other portable devices also offer easy

options to tramping out to a movie theater. It’s all been a continual drain on cinema business, and cynics repeatedly predict the eventual demise of movie theaters. Yet Hollywood fights back with new technology of its own, from digital 3-D to booming surround-sound to the clarity of images projected at high-frame rates, which is being tested now with “The Lord of the Rings” prelude “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,” shown in select theaters at 48 frames a second, double the standard speed. For all of the annoyances of theaters parking, pricy concessions, sitting next to strangers texting on their iPhones cinemas still offer the biggest and best way to see a movie.

“Every home has a kitchen, but you can’t get into a good restaurant on Saturday night,” said Dan Fellman, head of distribution for Warner Bros. “People want to escape. That’s the nature of society. The adult population just is not going to sit home seven days a week, even though they have technology in their home that’s certainly an improvement over what it was 10 years ago. People want to get out of the house, and no matter what they throw in the face of theatrical exhibition, it continues to perform at a strong level.” Even real-life violence at the movie theater didn’t turn audiences away. Some moviegoers thought twice about heading to the cinema after a gunman killed 12 people and injured 58 at a

screening of “The Dark Knight Rises” in Colorado last summer, but if there was any lull in attendance, it was slight and temporary. Ticket sales went on a tear for most of the fall. While domestic revenues inch upward most years largely because of inflation, the real growth areas have been overseas, where more and more fans are eager for the next Hollywood blockbuster. Rentrak, which compiles international box office data, expects 2012’s foreign gross to be about $23 billion, 3 percent higher than in 2011. No data was yet available on the number of tickets sold overseas this past year. International business generally used to account for less than half of a studio film’s overall receipts. Films now often do two or even three times as much business overseas as they do domestically. Some movies that were duds with U.S. audiences, such as “Battleship” and “John Carter,” can wind up being $200 million hits with overseas crowds. Whether finishing a good year or a bad one, Hollywood executives always look ahead to better days, insisting that the next crop of blockbusters will be bigger than ever. The same goes this time as studio bosses hype their 2013 lineup, which includes the latest “Iron Man,” ”Star Trek,” ”Hunger Games” and “Thor” installments, the Superman tale “Man of Steel” and the second chapter in “The Hobbit” trilogy. Twelve months from now, they hope to be talking about another revenue record topping this year’s $10.8 billion. “I’ve been saying we’re going to hit that $11 billion level for about three years now,” said Paul Dergarabedian, a box-office analyst for Hollywood.com. “Next year I think is the year we actually do it.”

Music writers pick top albums of year

Adele, Carly Rae top music

Mesfin Fekadu’s picks: 1. Nas, “Life is Good”: “I am a graphic classic song composer,” Nas raps on the intro to his latest album. And he’s right. You may disagree, but Nas is the best rapper alive, and with “Life is Good,” he’s got the year’s top album, regardless of genre. On “Life,” he’s spitting rhymes about his ex-wife, Kelis like the soulful “Bye Baby” his daughter on “Daughters” and his childhood on “A Queens Story.” He’s a topnotch lyricist with a knack for storytelling, and it all makes for impeccable music. He knows life is good, and so is this album. 2. Of Monsters and Men, “My Head Is an Animal”: The Icelandic fivesome have melodies that are eerie, jamming, groovy and overall epic. The voices of the male and female lead singers blend so beautifully that it sounds like magic. 3. Elle Varner, “Perfectly Imperfect”: Her raspy and powerful voice, over crisp production, easily gives Elle Varner R&B’s best offering of 2012. The 12track set has an amazing flow that will have you hitting the replay button again, again and again! 4. Lianne La Havas, “Is Your Love Big Enough?”: Lianne La Havas’ honesty pierces on the tracks on her debut album, and it makes the collection of songs both heavy and beautiful. She’s got an acoustic folk-rock-soul sound that is unique, and what’s best is that heavy voice of hers: This London singer sounds like she’s singing straight to your soul. Well, actually, she is. 5. Frank Ocean, “channel ORANGE”: Frank is fresh. Enough said. 6. Miguel, “Kaleidoscope Dream”: It’s a bit shocking though more exciting to see the Grammys acknowledge Miguel’s multi-talents with five nominations. They got it right he’s helping change R&B without dismissing the genre’s more traditional sound from acts like Faith Evans

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“Boys & Girls”: Brittany Howard’s vocals slay on every track though her voice has been described as Joplin-esque, she’s quickly proving that she’s a force all her own. From hard-rocking guitar-based tracks to slower grooves, “Boys & Girls” simply smolders. 6. Various Artists, “The Hunger Games Soundtrack: Songs from District 12 and Beyond”: From Taylor Swift and the Civil Wars to Miranda Lambert’s Pistol Annies, this collection of songs made for the blockbuster film captured the bleakness of the novel better than the movie. In an album of highlight after highlight, the Secret Sisters’ simple and beautiful “Tomorrow Will Be Kinder” was at the apex. 7. Killer Mike, “R.A.P. Music”: Killer Mike has been under the radar in the rap world for years and it’s too bad this great didn’t elevate his profile in the mainstream, because it’s better than 82.4 percent of what’s out there today (and yes, that’s my scientific survey). He mixes rap braggadocio with biting, thought-provoking social commentary. 8. Elle Varner, “Perfectly Imperfect”: Can we get a “Refill” of Varner for 2013? Besides her seductive hit, Varner’s album showed that she’s one of music’s bright new talents with songs that ranged sensuous bedroom workouts to dramatic love ballads. 9. The Robert Glasper Experiment, “Black Radio”: They say you can’t really criticize something if you don’t have a solution to fix it. Well, with “Black Radio,” the jazz pianist offered his take on how the often stagnant medium could be improved and it was dreamy. 10. Nas, “Life Is Good”: Actually, Mesfin, it’s been a while since Nas released an album that lived up to his arguable title as rap’s greatest MC. But he delivered this year with an

NEW YORK (AP) — It may be 2012, but it’s a repeat of 2011 for Adele: Once again, she has the year’s top-selling album on iTunes. Her “21,” which recently passed the 10 million mark in sales, topped the list even though it was first released in January AP PHOTO/UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC RECORDS 2011. It remained popular In this CD cover image released by Universal Republic Records, the soundtrack for the film “The Hunger this year, particularly after she nabbed six Games,” is shown. Grammy Awards in 4. Jack White, album that was a throwFebruary. “Blunderbuss”: We’ve been back to the beats that Coming in second was waiting a long time to hear Taylor Swift’s “Red,” dominated hip-hop when New York was king of the what White would sound which wasn’t released like without the filter of rap game, and of course, until October. Rounding his many, many bandNas’ rhymes. out the top five: Mumford mates. “Blunderbuss,” a Chris Talbott’s picks: & Sons’ “Babel,” One little bit whimsical, a little Direction’s “Up All Night” 1. Cloud Nothings, bit menacing, offered all “Attack on Memory”: and fun.’s “Some Nights.” Blame most of the entries the things we’d hoped we’d Carly Rae Jepsen had on this list on a conversa- find, plus a few surprises. the song of the year with 5. Alabama Shakes, tion I had last year with “Call Me Maybe” and so it Jeff Tweedy, who said one "Boys & Girls": Brittany was also tops on iTunes, of the ways to stay in love Howard's vocals slay on followed by Goyte’s with music was to seek out every track — though her “Somebody That I Used to voice has been described new, young acts. Ohio’s Know,” fun.’s “We Are as Joplin-esque, she's Cloud Nothings punched quickly proving that she's Young,” Maroon 5’s me in the solar plexus “Payphone” with Wiz a force all her own. From with this unrepentant hard-rocking guitar-based Khalifa and Nicki Minaj’s blast of rock that tackles “Starships.” BIG THEMES while musi- tracks to slower grooves, In the world of apps, "Boys & Girls" simply cally careening down a “Angry Birds Space” was smolders. steep, car-lined street on 6. Various Artists, "The king of the top-paid an out-of-control skateiPhone and iPad apps, Hunger Games board. while those looking for Soundtrack: Songs from 2. Natural Child, “For freebies made YouTube District 12 and Beyond": The Love of The Game” From Taylor Swift and the the top iPhone app and and “Hard in Heaven”: Skype the most popular Mining an era that seems Civil Wars to Miranda iPad app. to have been purposely for- Lambert's Pistol Annies, The top-selling movie this collection of songs gotten by today’s young was “The Hunger Games”; made for the blockbuster rockers, this bluesy rock the best-selling TV show trio from Nashville was on film captured the bleakwas an episode of “The a groove so tight this year ness of the novel better Walking Dead” from seathan the movie. In an that it released two son three; and the top TV albums. It’s a tossup which album of highlight after series purchased for a highlight, the Secret one’s better, so we’re not Sisters' simple and beauti- season and a season’s choosing. Both show they ful "Tomorrow Will Be could be Nashville’s next pass was “Downtown Kinder" was at the apex. breakthrough band. Abbey,” season two. 7. Killer Mike, "R.A.P. 3. Kendrick Lamar, Music": Killer Mike has “good kid, m.A.A.d. city”: been under the radar in Displaying the limitless the rap world for years — ambition of a young RZA or Kanye West, this much- and it's too bad this great anticipated, Dr. Dre-sancti- didn't elevate his profile in SCHEDULE SUNDAY 12/30 ONLY LES MISERABLES THIS IS 40 (R) fied release is a cinematic the mainstream, because (PG-13) 11:50 3:30 7:10 10:20 11:00 2:50 6:30 10:05 HOBBIT: AN concept album stuffed full it's better than 82.4 perPARENTAL GUIDANCE UNEXPECTED JOURNEY cent of what's out there of examples of the Los (PG) 3-D ONLY (PG-13) 11:15 1:55 4:35 7:20 9:55 10:45 6:10 Angeles rapper’s versatili- today (and yes, that's my DJANGO UNCHAINED MONSTERS INC. (R) 11:25 3:05 6:50 10:30 2-D ONLY (G) 10:50 scientific survey). He ty, creativity and willingJACK REACHER (PG-13) HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECT12:10 4:00 7:35 10:40 ED JOURNEY 2-D ONLY ness to take chances most mixes rap braggadocio MONSTERS INC. 3-D (PG-13) 2:25 10:15 with biting, thought-proother rappers would ONLY (G) LINCOLN (PG-13) 1:40 4:15 7:00 9:35 11:10 3:15 6:40 10:10 voking social commentary.. blanche at. 2352966

and Tamia. From “Do You…” to “Candles In the Sun,” he hits all the right notes on his sophomore disc. Nekesa Mumbi Moody’s picks: 1. Emeli Sande, “Our Version of Events”: Sande’s forceful, soulful voice is enough of a lure, but coupled with the most poetic, beautiful lyrics and melodies of the year, Sande’s debut album was a brilliant work that was shamefully overlooked by the Recording Academy for Grammy contention in 2013. Don’t make the same mistake if you haven’t already listened this one is a stunner. 2. Taylor Swift, “Red”: Last time, we had John Mayer to thank. This time around, Jake Gyllenhaal is most likely the reason for Swift’s ire in songs like the wickedly vengeful “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together,” as well as poignant, heartbreaking songs like “I Almost Do” or “All Too Well.” At 22, the former teen ingnue also flirts with sensuality on songs like “Treacherous” and “Everything Has Changed.” She may still have a cutesy image, but Swift has grown up, and continues to mature into a singer-songwriter with musical gravitas. 3. Frank Ocean, “Channel Orange”: Ocean’s grand statement about his sexuality seemed to overshadow the real reason why he was one of music’s most important figures his impressive talent. “Thinkin’ Bout You” gave just a taste of Ocean’s allure: With the help of others, he crafted a collection of musically and lyrically daring songs that stand out starkly from the status quo of pop and R&B worlds. 4. Esperanza Spalding, “Radio Music Society”: The 2011 Best New Artist winner delivered her most accessible album to date, melding her jazz roots with R&B for an enchanting album. 5. Alabama Shakes,

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DATES TO REMEMBER • Troy Noon Optimist Club will meet at noon at the Tin Roof restaurant. Guests welcome. For • DivorceCare seminar and sup- more information, call 478-1401. port group will meet from 6:30-8 • Weight Watchers, Westminster p.m. at Piqua Assembly of God Presbyterian, Piqua, weigh-in is at 5 Church, 8440 King Arthur Drive, and meeting at 5:30 p.m. Piqua. Child care provided through • Parenting Education Groups the sixth-grade. will meet from 6-8 p.m. at the Family • COSA, an anonymous 12-step Abuse Shelter of Miami County, 16 recovery program for friends and E. Franklin St., Troy. Learn new and family members whose lives have age-appropriate ways to parent chilbeen affected by another person’s dren. Call 339-6761 for more inforcompulsive sexual behavior, will mation. There is no charge for this meet in the evening in Tipp City. For program. more information, call 463-2001. • Narcotics Anonymous, Hug A • AA, Piqua Breakfast Group will Miracle, will meet at 7 p.m. at the meet at 8:30 a.m. at Westminter Church of the Brethren, 1431 W. Presbyterian Church, corner of Ash Main St., Troy, use back door. and Caldwell streets, Piqua. The • Narcotics Anonymous, discussion meeting is open. Inspiring Hope, 12:30 p.m., Trinity • AA, Troy Trinity Group meets at Episcopal Church, 60 S. Dorset 7 p.m. for open discussion in the 12 Road, Troy. Step Room at the Trinity Episcopal • Sanctuary, for women who Church, 1550 Henley Road, Troy. have been affected by sexual • AA, open meeting, 6 p.m., abuse, location not made public. Westminster Presbyterian Church, Must currently be in therapy. For corner of Ash and Caldwell streets, more information, call Amy Johns at Piqua. Alley entrance, upstairs. 667-1069, Ext. 430 • AA, Living Sober meeting, • Miami Valley Women’s Center, open to all who have an interest in a 7049-A Taylorsville Road, Huber sober lifestyle, 7:30 p.m., Heights, offers free pregnancy testWestminster Presbyterian Church, ing, noon to 4 p.m. and 6-9 p.m. For corner of Ash and Caldwell streets, more information, call 236-2273. Piqua. • Pilates for Beginners, 8:30-9:30 • Narcotics Anonymous, a.m. and 5:30-6:30 p.m. at 27 1/2 E. Winner’s Group, will meet at 5 p.m. Main St., Tipp City. For more inforat Trinity Episcopal Church, 60 S. mation, call Tipp-Monroe Dorset Ave., Troy. Open discussion . Community Services at 667-8631 or • Narcotics Anonymous, Poison Celeste at 669-2441. Free, 7 p.m., First United Methodist • Next Step at Noon, noon to 1 Church, 202 W. Fourth St., third p.m. at Ginghamsburg South floor, Greenville. Campus, ARK, 7695 S. County • Narcotics Anonymous, Never Road 25-A, one mile south of the Alone, Never Again, 6:30 p.m., First main campus. Christian Church, 212 N. Main St., Sidney TUESDAY • Teen Talk, where teens share their everyday issues through com• Deep water aerobics will be munication, will meet at 6 p.m. at the Troy View Church of God, 1879 offered from 6-7 p.m. at Lincoln Community Center, 110 Ash St., Staunton Road, Troy. Troy. Call 335-2715 or visit www.lcc• Singles Night at The Avenue troy.com for more information and will be from 6-10 p.m. at the Main programs. Campus Avenue, Ginghamsburg • A teen support group for any Church, 6759 S. County Road 25-A, Troy. Each week, cards, noncompet- grieving teens, ages 12-18 years in itive volleyball, free line dances and the greater Miami County area is offered from 6-7:30 p.m. on the secfree ballroom dance lessons. Child ond and fourth Tuesday evenings at care for children birth through fifth grade is offered from 5:45-7:45 p.m. the Generations of Life Center, seceach night in the Main Campus ond floor, 550 Summit Ave., Troy. building. For more information, call There is no participation fee. 667-1069, Ext. 21. Sessions are facilitated by trained • A Spin-In group, practicing the bereavement staff and volunteers. art of making yarn on a spinning Crafts, sharing time and other grief wheel, meets from 2-4 p.m. on the support activities are preceded by a third Sunday at Tippecanoe Weaver light meal. and Fibers Too, 17 N. 2nd St., Tipp • Quilting and crafts is offered City. All knitters are invited to attend. from 9 a.m. to noon every Tuesday For more information, call 667at the Tipp City Seniors, 320 S. First 5358. St., Tipp City. Call 667-8865 for • Baseball bingo will be offered more information. from 7 p.m. until games are com• Mothers of Preschoolers, a plete at Sunset Bingo, 1710 W. High group of moms who meet to unwind St., Piqua. Refreshments will be and socialize while listening to inforavailable. Proceeds help the youth mation from speakers, meet the baseball organization, a nonprofit. second and fourth Tuesday from 6:15-8:30 p.m. Single, married, working or stay-at-home moms are MONDAY invited. Children (under 5) are cared for in MOPPETS. For more informa• Christian 12 step meetings, tion, contact Michelle Lutz at 440“Walking in Freedom,” are offered at 7 p.m. at Open Arms Church, 4075 9417 or Andrea Stapleton at 3398074. Tipp Cowlesville Road, Tipp City. • The Miami Shelby Chapter of • An arthritis aquatic class will be the Barbershop Harmony Society offered from 8-9 or 9-10 a.m. at will meet at 7:30 p.m. at Greene Lincoln Community Center, Troy. Street United Methodist Church, Call 335-2715 or visit 415 W. Greene St., Piqua. All men www.lcctroy.com for more informainterested in singing are welcome tion and programs. • AA, Big Book discussion meet- and visitors always are welcome. For more information, call 778-1586 ing will be at 11 a.m. at Trinity or visit the group’s Web site at Episcopal Church, 60 S. Dorset www.melodymenchorus.org. Road, Troy, in the 12 Step Room. • Divorce Care, 7 p.m. at The discussion is open to the pubRichards Chapel, 831 McKaig Ave., lic. • AA, Green & Growing will meet Troy. Video/small group class designed to help separated or at 8 p.m. The closed discussion divorced people. For more informameeting (attendees must have a tion, call 335-8814. desire to stop drinking) will be at • An adoption support group for Troy View Church of God, 1879 Old adoptees and birthmothers will Staunton Road, Troy. • AA, There Is A Solution Group meet on the first Tuesday of each will meet at 8 p.m. in Ginghamsburg month. Call Pam at 335-6641 for time and location. United Methodist Church, County • AA, women’s meeting, 8-9 Road 25-A, Ginghamsburg. The disp.m., Dettmer’s Daniel Dining cussion group is closed (particiRoom. pants must have a desire to stop • AA Tuesday night meeting, 7 drinking). p.m., Troy Church of the Brethren, • AA, West Milton open discus1431 W. Main St., Troy. sion, 7:30 p.m., Good Shepherd • AA, The Best Is Yet To Come Lutheran Church, rear entrance, Group will meet at 11 a.m. in the 12 1209 S. Miami St. Non-smoking, Step Room at Trinity Episcopal handicap accessible. • Al-Anon, Serenity Seekers will Church, 60 S. Dorset Road, Troy. meet at 8 p.m. in the 12 Step Room The discussion is open. • AA, Tipp City Group, Zion at Trinity Episcopal Church, 60 S. Lutheran Church, Main and Third Dorset Road, Troy. The discussion meeting is open. A beginner’s meet- streets at 8 p.m. This is a closed discussion (participants must have ing begins at 7:30 p.m. a desire to stop drinking). • Alternatives: Anger/Rage • Al-Anon, 8:30 p.m. Sidney Control Group for adult males, 7-9 Group, Presbyterian Church, corner p.m., Miami County Shelter, 16 E. Franklin St., Troy. Issues addressed North and Miami streets, Sidney. • AA, 7 p.m. at Troy Church of are physical, verbal and emotional the Brethren, 1431 W. Main St., Troy. violence toward family members and other persons, how to express Open discussion. • An Intermediate Pilates class feelings, how to communicate will be from 9-10 a.m. and 6-7 p.m. instead of confronting and how to at 27 1/2 E. Main St., Tipp City. For act nonviolently with stress and more information, call Tipp-Monroe anger issues. Community Services at 667-8631 or • Mind Over Weight Total Celeste at 669-2441. Fitness, 6-7 p.m., 213 E. Franklin • Women’s Anger/Rage Group St., Troy. Other days and times available. For more information, call will meet from 6-8 p.m. Tuesdays at the Family Abuse Shelter of Miami 339-2699. County, 16 E. Franklin St., Troy. • TOPS (Take Off Pounds Issues addressed are physical, verSensibly), 6 p.m., Zion Lutheran bal and emotional violence toward Church, 11 N. Third St., Tipp City. family members and other persons, New members welcome. For more information, call 335-9721. how to express feelings, how to

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communicate instead of confronting and how to act nonviolently with stress and anger issues. Call 3396761 for more information. • Narcotics Anonymous, Just For Tuesday, will meet at 7 p.m. at Trinity Episcopal Church, 60 S. Dorset Ave., Troy. This is an open discussion. • Narcotics Anonymous, Unity Group, 7 p.m., Freedom Life Ministries Church, 9101 N. County Road 25-A, Piqua. Open discussion. • Public bingo, license No. 010528, will begin with early birds at 7 p.m. and regular bingo at 7:30 p.m. at the Elks Lodge No. 833, 17 W. Franklin St., Troy. Use the Cherry Street entrance. Doors open at 5 p.m. Instant tickets also will be available. • Public bingo — paper and computer — will be offered by the Tipp City Lumber Baseball organization from 7-10 p.m. at the West Milton Eagles, 2270 S. Miami St., West Milton. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. and concessions will be available. Proceeds will benefit the sponsorship of five Little League baseball teams. For more information, call 543-9959. • The Knitting Group meets at 6:30 p.m. the fourth Tuesday of each month at the Bradford Public Libary, 138 E. Main St., Bradford. All knitters are welcome or residents can come to learn. • DivorceCare will be every Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at the Troy Church of the Nazarene, State Route 55 and Barnhart Road, Troy. The group is open to men and women. For more information, call Patty at 440-1269 or Debbie at 3358397. • Christian 12-Step, 7-8:30 p.m. at Ginghamsburg South Campus, ARK, 7695 S. County Road 25-A, one mile south of the main campus.

WEDNESDAY • Skyview Wesleyan Church, 6995 Peters Road, Tipp City, will offer a free dinner at 6:15 p.m. Bible study will begin at 7 p.m. • An arthritis aquatic class will be offered from 8-9 or 9-10 a.m. at Lincoln Community Center, Troy. Call 335-2715 or visit www.lcctroy.com for more information and programs. • The “Sit and Knit” group meets from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Tippecanoe Weaver and Fibers Too, 17 N. 2nd St., Tipp City. All knitters are invited to attend. For more information, call 667-5358. • The Milton-Union Senior Citizens will meet the second and fourth Wednesday 1 p.m. at 435 Hamilton St., West Milton. Those interested in becoming members are invited to attend. Bingo and cards follow the meetings. • Grandma’s Kitchen, a homecooked meal prepared by volunteers, is offered every Wednesday from 5-6:30 p.m. in the activity center of Hoffman United Methodist Church, 201 S. Main St., West Milton, one block west of State Route 48. The meal, which includes a main course, salad, dessert and drink, for a suggested donation of $6 per person, or $3 for a children’s meal. The meal is not provided on the weeks of Thanksgiving, Christmas or New Year’s. • The Kiwanis Club will meet at noon at the Troy Country Club, 1830 Peters Road, Troy. Non-members of Kiwanis are invited to come meet friends and have lunch. For more information, contact Bobby Phillips, vice president, at 335-6989. • The Troy American Legion Post No. 43 euchre parties will begin at 7:30 p.m. For more information, call 339-1564. • The Toastmasters will meet every 2nd and 4th Wednesday at American Honda to develop to help participants practice their speaking skills in a comfortable environment. Contact Eric Lutz at 332-3285 for more information. • AA, Pioneer Group open discussion will meet at 9:30 a.m. Enter down the basement steps on the north side of The United Church Of Christ on North Pearl Street in Covington. The group also meets at 8:30 p.m. Monday night and is wheelchair accessible. • AA, Serenity Island Group will meet at 8 p.m. in the Westminster Presbyterian Church, corner of Ash and Caldwell streets, Piqua. The discussion is open. • AA, 12 & 12 will meet at 8 p.m. for closed discussion, Step and Tradition meeting, in the 12 Step Room, Trinity Episcopal Church, 60 S. Dorset Road, Troy. • AA, open discussion, 8 p.m., Westminster Presbyterian Church, corner of Ash and Caldwell streets, Piqua. Use the alley entrance, upstairs. • Al-Anon, Trinity Group will meet at 11 a.m. in the 12 Step Room at Trinity Episcopal Church, 60 S. Dorset Road, Troy. • Men’s Anger/Rage Group will meet from 6-8 p.m. at the Family Abuse Shelter of Miami County, 16 E. Franklin St., Troy. Issues addressed are physical, verbal and

emotional violence toward family members and other persons, how to express feelings, how to communicate instead of confronting and how to act nonviolently with stress and anger issues. Call 339-6761 for more information. • A Domestic Violence Support Group for Women will meet from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Family Abuse Shelter of Miami County, 16. E. Franklin St., Troy. Support for battered women who want to break free from partner violence is offered. There is no charge for the program. For more information, call 3396761. • Narcotics Anonymous, Inspiring Hope, 12:30 p.m., Trinity Episcopal Church, 60 S. Dorset Road, Troy. • Children’s Creative Play Group will be from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Family Abuse Shelter of Miami County, 16 E. Franklin St., Troy. School-age children will learn appropriate social interactions and free expression through unique play therapy. There is no charge for this program. More information is available by calling 339-6761. • Narcotics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., Spirit of Recovery, Church of the Brethren, 1431 W. Main St., Troy. • Overeaters Anonymous will meet at 7:30 p.m. at Mount Calvary Lutheran Church, 9100 N. Main St., State Route 48, between Meijer and Samaritan North. For other meetings or information, call 252-6766 or (800) 589-6262, or visit the Web site at www.region5oa.org. • Miami Valley Women’s Center, 7049-A Taylorsville Road, Huber Heights, offers free pregnancy testing, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information, call 236-2273. • A Pilates Beginners group matwork class will be from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at 27 1/2 E. Main St., Tipp City. For more information, call TippMonroe Community Services at 667-8631 or Celeste at 669-2441. • Safe People, 7-8:30 p.m., Ginghamsburg Church, SC/DC 104. Find guidance for making safe choices in relationships, from friendships to co-workers, family or romance. Learn to identify nurturing people as well as those who should be avoided. Call Roberta Bogle at 667-4678 for more information. • Boundaries, 7-8:30 p.m., Ginghamsburg Church, ARK 200. A 12-week video series using Boundaries by Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend. Offers practical help and encouragement to all who seek a healthy, balanced life and practice in being able to say no. For more information, call Linda Richards at 667-4678. • The Troy Lions Club will meet at 7 p.m. the second and fourth Wednesday at the Troy-Hayner Cultural Center. For more information, call 335-1923. • A free employment networking group will be offered from 8-9 a.m. each Wednesday at Job and Family Services, 2040 N. County Road 25A, Troy. The group will offer tools to tap into unadvertised jobs, assistance to improve personal presentation skills and resume writing. For more information, call Steven Kiefer at 570-2688 or Justin Sommer at 440-3465.

THURSDAY • Dedicated Rescue Efforts for Animals in Miami County will meet at 7 p.m. the fourth Thursday in April and May at the Troy-Hayner Cultural Center, at at 7 p.m. the fourth Thursday in June, July and August at the Tipp City Library. • Deep water aerobics will be offered from 6-7 p.m. at Lincoln Community Center, 110 Ash St., Troy. Call 335-2715 or visit www.lcctroy.com for more information and programs. • An open parent-support group will be at 7 p.m. at Corinn’s Way Inc., 306 S. Dorset Road, Troy. • Parents are invited to attend the Corinn’s Way Inc. parent support group from 7-8:30 p.m. each Thursday. The meetings are open discussion. • Tipp City Seniors gather to play cards prior to lunch every Thursday at 10 a.m. at 320 S. First St., Tipp City. At noon will be a carry-in lunch and participants should bring a covered dish and table service. On the third Thursday, Senior Independence offers blood pressure and blood sugar testing before lunch. For more information, call 667-8865. • Best is Yet to Come open AA meeting, 11 a.m., Trinity Episcopal Church, 60 S. Dorset Road, Troy. • AA, Tri-City Group meeting will take place 8:30-9:30 p.m. in the cafeteria of the former Dettmer Hospital. The lead meeting is open. For more information, call 3359079. • AA, Spirituality Group will meet at 7 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, Troy. The discussion is open. • Health Partners Free Clinic will offer a free clinic on Thursday night at the clinic, 1300 N. County Road 25-A, Troy. Registration will be from

5:30-7 p.m. No appointment is necessary. The clinic does not accept medical emergencies, but can refer patients to other doctors and can prescribe medication. Call 332-0894 for more information. • Narcotics Anonymous, NAIOU, 7:30 p.m., Church of the Brethren, 1431 W. Main St., Troy. • Preschool story hours will be from 10-11 a.m. and again at 6:30 p.m. at the Bradford Public Library, 138 E. Main St., Bradford. • Weight Watchers, 6 p.m., Zion Lutheran Church, Tipp City. For more information, call 552-7082.

FRIDAY • An arthritis aquatic class will be offered from 8-9 or 9-10 a.m. at Lincoln Community Center, Troy. Call 335-2715 or visit www.lcctroy.com for more information and programs. • AA, Troy Friday Morning Group will meet at 11 a.m. in the 12 Step Room at Trinity Episcopal Church, 1550 Henley Road, Troy. The discussion is open. • AA, open discussion, 8 p.m. in the Salvation Army, 129 South Wayne St., Piqua. Use parking lot entrance, held in gym. • Narcotics Anonymous, Clean and Free, 8 p.m., Dettmer Hospital, 3130 N. County Road 25-A, Troy. Open discussion. Fellowship from 78 p.m. • A Pilates Intermediate group matwork class will be held from 910 a.m. at 27 1/2 E. Main St., Tipp City. For more information, call TippMonroe Community Services at 667-8631 or Celeste at 667-2441. • Weight Watchers, 1431 W. Main St., Church of the Bretheren, Troy, at 10 a.m. For more information, call (800) 374-9191. • A singles dance is offered every Friday from 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. at Christopher Club, Dixie Highway, Kettering, sponsored by Group Interaction. The dance is $6. For more information, call 640-3015 or visit www.groupia.org. • Christian Worship Center, 3537 S. Elm Tree Road, Christiansburg, hosts a Friday Night Bluegrass Jam beginning at 7 p.m. each Friday. Homemade meals are available beginning at 6:30 p.m. Participants may bring instruments and join in. A small donation is requested at the door. For more information or directions, call 857-9090 or 631-2624.

SATURDAY • The Miami County Farmers Market will be offered from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. behind Friendly’s restaurant through October. • The West Milton Church of the Brethren, 918 S. Miami St., West Milton, will offer a free clothes closet from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the second Saturday. Clothes are given to those in need free of charge at this time. For more information, call (937) 698-4395. • Weight Watchers, 1431 W. Main St., Church of the Bretheren, Troy, at 10 a.m. For more information, call (800) 374-9191. • Recovery Too Al-Anon meetings are offered at 8:30 p.m. at Ginghamsburg Church, main campus, Room 117, S. County Road 25-A, Tipp City. • AA, Men’s Meeting will meet at 8:30 a.m. at the new First Lutheran Church, corner of Washington Road and State Route 41. The meeting is closed (members must have a desire to stop drinking). • AA, Troy Winners Group will meet at 8:30 p.m. in the 12 Step Room at the Trinity Episcopal Church, 1550 Henley Road, Troy for discussion. The meeting is open. • AA, Troy Beginners Group meets at 7 p.m. in the 12 Step Room at the Trinity Episcopal Church, 1550 Henley Road, Troy. This is an open discussion meeting. • Weight Watchers, Westminster Presbyterian, Piqua, meeting at 9 a.m., weigh-in at 9:30 a.m. • Pilates for Beginners (Introduction), 9:15-10:15 a.m. at 27 1/2 E. Main St., Tipp City. For more information, call Tipp-Monroe Community Services at 667-8631 or Celeste at 669-2441. • Narcotics Anonymous, Saturday Night Live, 8 p.m., St. John’s Lutheran Church, 120 W. Water St., Sidney. • Relapse Prevention Group, 5:30-6:45 p.m. at The Avenue, Room 504, at Ginghamsburg Main Campus, 6759 S. County Road 25A. • The Next Step, a worship celebration for people on the road to recovery, 7 p.m. at Ginghamsburg Main Campus Sanctuary, 6759 S. County Road 25-A. • Yoga classes will be offered from 10-11 a.m. at the First United Church of Christ, Troy. The public is invited. • Baseball bingo will be offered from 7 p.m. until games are complete at Sunset Bingo, 1710 W. High St., Piqua. Refreshments will be available. Proceeds help the youth baseball organization, a nonprofit.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — For many passengers, air travel is only about finding the cheapest fare. But as airlines offer a proliferating list of add-on services, from early boarding to premium seating and baggage fees, the ability to comparison-shop for the lowest total fare is eroding. Global distribution systems that supply flight and fare data to travel agents and online ticketing services like Orbitz and Expedia, accounting for half of all U.S. airline tickets, complain that airlines won’t provide fee information in a way that lets them make it handy for consumers trying to find the best deal. “What other industry can you think of where a person buying a product doesn’t know how much it’s going to cost even after he’s done at the checkout counter?” said Simon Gros, chairman of the Travel Technology Association, which represents the global distribution services and online travel industries. The harder airlines make it for consumers to compare, “the greater opportunity you have to get to higher prices,” said Kevin Mitchell, chairman of the Business Travel Coalition, whose members include corporate travel managers. Now the Obama administration is wading into the issue. The Department of Transportation is considering whether to require airlines to provide fee information to everyone with whom they have agreements to sell their tickets. A decision originally scheduled for next month has been postponed to May, as regulators struggle with a deluge of information from airlines opposed to regulating fee information, and from the travel industry and consumer groups that support such a requirement.

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This Dec. 21 file photo shows travelers walking to a ticketing desk at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago. For many passengers, air travel is only about finding the cheapest fare. But as airlines offer a proliferating list of add-on services, from early boarding to premium seating and baggage fees, the ability to comparison-shop for the lowest total fare is eroding. Meanwhile, Spirit Airlines, Allegiant Air and Southwest Airlines with backing from industry trade associations are asking the Supreme Court to reverse an appeals court ruling forcing them to include taxes in their advertised fares. The appeals court upheld a Transportation Department rule that went in effect nearly a year ago that ended airlines’ leeway to advertise a base airfare and show the taxes separately, often in smaller print. Airlines say the regulations violate their free-speech rights. At the heart of the debate is a desire by airlines to move to a new marketing model in which customers don’t buy tickets based on price alone. Instead, following the wellworn path of other consumer companies, airlines want to mine personal data about customers in order to sell them tailored services. You like to sit on the aisle and to ski, so how would you like to fly to Aspen with an aisle seat and a movie, no extra baggage charge for your skis, and have a hotel room and a pair of lift tick-

ets waiting for you, all for one price? You’re a frequent business traveler. How about priority boarding, extra legroom, Internet access and a rental car when you arrive? “Technology is changing rapidly. We are going to be part of the change,” said Sharon Pinkerton, vice president of Airlines for America, which represents most U.S. carriers. “We want to be able to offer our customers a product that’s useful to them, that’s customized to meet their needs, and we don’t think (the Transportation Department) needs to step in.” If airlines have their way, passengers looking for ticket prices may have to reveal a lot more information about themselves, such as their age, marital status, gender, nationality, travel history and whether they’re flying for business or leisure. The International Air Transport Association, whose 240 member airlines cover 84 percent of global airline traffic, adopted standards at a meeting earlier this month in Geneva for such information gathering

by airlines as well as by travel agents and ticketing services that would relay the data to airlines and receive customized fares in return. “Airlines want, and expect, their (ticket) distribution partners to offer passengers helpful contextual information to make wellinformed purchase decisions, reducing the number of reservations made based primarily or exclusively on price,” said a study commissioned by the association. advocates Consumer question how airlines would safeguard the personal information they gather, and they worry that comparison shopping for the cheapest air fares will no longer be feasible. “It’s like going to a supermarket where before you get the price, they ask you to swipe your driver’s license that shows them you live in a rich zip code, you drive a BMW, et cetera,” Mitchell said. “All this personal information on you is going out to all these carriers with no controls over what they do with it, who sees it and so on.” The airline association said consumers who choose not to supply personal information would still be able to see fares and purchase tickets, though consumer advocates said those fares would probably be at the “rack rate” the travel industry’s term for full price, before any discounts. It’s up to individual airlines whether they price fares differently for travelers who don’t provide personal information, said Perry Flint, a spokesman for the international airline association. The stakes, of course, are enormous. Since 2000, U.S. airlines have lost money for more years than they’ve made profits.

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Mortgage rates decline to near record lows WASHINGTON (AP) — The average rate on the U.S. 30-year fixed mortgage last week dipped closer to the lowest on record, a trend that is making home buying more affordable and also enabling more Americans to refinance their loans. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac says the average rate on a 30-year loan declined to 3.35 percent from 3.37 percent last week. That’s not far from the 3.31 percent rate of about a month ago, the lowest on records dating to 1971. The average on the 15-year fixed mortgage was unchanged at 2.65 percent. The record low is 2.63 percent. The 30-year fixed mortgage rate averaged 3.66 percent this year, Freddie Mac said, the lowest annual average in 65 years. Frank Nothaft, chief economist at Freddie Mac, said the average 30-year rate has fallen 0.6 percentage points this year. That would save a homeowner about $98,000 in interest payments over the life of a $200,000 loan, he said. The Federal Reserve is purchasing about $85 billion each month in Treasury bonds and mortgage-backed securities in an effort to push down long-term interest rates. In a separate report, the Commerce Department said that sales of new homes jumped 4.4 percent in November to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 377,000. That is the fastest pace in more than two and a half years and the latest sign the housing recovery is sustainable. Low mortgage rates and steady hiring gains have encouraged more people to buy homes. Home owners may also put their homes up for sale if they feel confident they can sell at a good price. To calculate average mortgage rates, Freddie Mac surveys lenders across the country on Monday through Wednesday of each week. The average doesn’t include extra fees, known as points, which most borrowers must pay to get the lowest rates. One point equals 1 percent of the loan amount. The average fee for 30-year loans was 0.7 point, unchanged from last week. The fee for 15year loans was also unchanged at 0.7 point. The average rate on a five-year adjustable-rate mortgage ticked down to 2.70 percent from 2.71 percent last week. The fee was also unchanged at 0.7 point.

BY MARY CAROL GARRITY Scripps Howard News Service There’s a bittersweet feeling for most of us when the holiday decorations come down, but the end of the season doesn’t mean that your house must be bare and empty. Here are some ways to brighten your home for the rest of the winter. Let’s start on the outside, because no matter what time of year it is, you want your home’s exterior to be lovely. It’s easy to keep your outdoor spaces from looking like a sad, frozen wasteland with these easy tricks. I start by building exterior holiday displays filled with winter greens and accents that are generic enough to stay up until the crocuses push through the snow. On Jan. 1, when I’m ready to transition to a more general winter look, I just remove the overly holiday themed decor. I’m done in minutes, and back inside with a hot cup of tea. Don’t leave your garden urns sad and lonely all winter long. Fill them with winter greens until it’s time for the spring planting. For a simple yet lovely display that will give your home a welcome pop of color during the winter, fill a back iron urn with a no-frills bouquet of faux greenery and berries. If you want, you can easily punch it up by inserting a garden statue. Concrete planters are another versatile touch for a front porch. Fill them with displays that look festive enough for the holidays, yet generic enough so that they can stay until it’s planting season again. Big fat silver gazing balls placed on premade winter wreaths that have a wild, woodsy feel look sensational dotted with fall leaves and dusted with winter snow and ice. In fact, these orbs are so timeless, you could leave them up all year long if you want to. Do you have a birdbath or fountain you can fill with greens

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To create all-new winter displays, start by building exterior holiday displays filled with winter greens and accents that are generic enough to stay up until the crocuses push through the snow. this winter? Try topping the birdbath with an old faux pine wreath and insert a statue or gazing ball. It will add charm to your garden all winter long. Winter lanterns — wire or otherwise — will add an inviting touch to an exposed porch or patio during the harsh winter months. All it takes to “cute” them up for January and February is to tuck in a few winter

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breeze. A simple lantern can also be used like a display box. Fill it with whimsical things — a bird’s nest, a votive candle or a tiny string of lights to brighten that dark January landscape. The focal point of your home’s exterior, your front door is one of the most

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COMPUTER SET, Windows XP, loaded, CDROM, DSL Internet, USB. 90 day warranty on parts, $100. Ask about laptops. (937)339-2347.

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