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Sheriff solves crimes By DIANA R. FUENTES THE ZAPATA TIMES

Three adults charged in a burglary spree this week were in the Zapata County Jail on Friday night, thanks to quick work by the Zapata County Sheriff ’s Office. While Zapata County logs its fair share of crime, an unusual number of burglaries were reported this week. “We’ve been hit pretty hard,” said Sheriff Sigifredo Gonzalez Jr. “But we did make some arrests, one was a juvenile and three were adults.” Among those arrested this week on charges related to the burglaries were: Renso Alejandro Buruato, 19. He was charged

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with three counts of burglary of habitation, felony 2; one count of engaging in organized criminal activity, felony 1 and five counts of burglary of vehicle, misdemeanor A. Mario Orlando Garcia, 20. He’s facing the same charges. Jose Everardo Esquivel, 18. He, too, is facing the same charges. All three are from Zapata and have a record of previous arrests. Each of the suspects was still in the Zapata County Jail on Friday night, being held on a total of $225,000 bond — $75,000 on the count of engaging in organized criminal activity; $50,000 on each of two of

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FOOD BANK Photo by Ulysses S. romero | The Zapata Times

TOP: Russell Brown of Florida in a tow plane pulls Ben J. Hering hi a glider during a test run at the Zapata airport as enthusiasts from all over the world in the “World Record Encampment.” ABOVE: Flex wing hang glider pilot Peter Lehmann prepares to be towed Friday at the Zapata airport.

‘World Record Encampment’ hopes to fly faster, farther By JULIETA CHIQUILLO THE ZAPATA TIMES

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GrammyAward winning musical group from the 1970s and 80s,America, will be performing at the Empty Bowls funraiser held by The South Texas Food Bank on Thursday, Aug. 13, at the Laredo Entertainment Center.

Empty Bowls fundraiser set for Aug. 13 By SALO OTERO SPECIAL TO THE ZAPATA TIMES

The South Texas Food Bank, which serves Zapata at five pantries, has its annual Empty Bowls fundraiser Thursday, Aug. 13, at the Laredo Entertainment Center. South Texas Food Bank staff and board of directors invite Zapatans to support the event, which includes a concert by the Grammy Award winning musical group from the 1970s and 80s, America. Concert tickets are reasonably priced at $27, $17 and $12. They are available at the LEC box-office and via Ticketmaster, keying in Empty Bowls. The concert starts at 8. America’s top hits include A Horse With No

Name, Sister Golden Hair, Tin Man, Ventura Highway Lonely People, You Can Do Magic, I Need You and The Border. “We’re hoping to sell out the LEC. That’s 7,000 seats,” said Alfredo Castillo, STFB executive director. “It would mean a huge help to the food bank’s mission of feeding the hungry. It’s Zapata’s opportunity to make it a weekend in Laredo and lend a hand. We served 20,000 families in May.” The food bank number is (956) 726-3120. The Web site is www.southtexasfoodbank.org The South Texas Food Bank’s five pantries distributing food in Zapata are:

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ocooned inside a “pod” harness that fully encloses his legs but not his arms, Pennsylvania resident Pete Lehmann feels just fine despite the triple-digit weather as he hovers a few inches over the Zapata County Airport runway in his hang glider.

‘Exciting’ “Plenty comfortable and kind of exciting,” Lehmann describes his unusual state while he waits for the small tow aircraft to launch him into the wind.

Also sporting a helmet, Lehmann will need the cozy casing when he soars thousands of feet above the ground.

Visiting Zapata Lehmann is one of several hang glider pilots who visit Zapata for about three weeks every summer to try to set a world record during a trip they call “World Record Encampment.” “More world records have been set in hang gliding here in Zapata than anywhere else in the world,” said David Glover, a hang gliding event organizer from Oklahoma City. Meteorology and geology combine

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to create optimum hang gliding conditions in Zapata, Glover said. The southern sea breeze from the Gulf of Mexico and the hot ground generate lifting air early in the morning, he said. Cloud streets, or clouds in parallel rows, are signs of rising air, so pilots try to fly underneath them.x

‘Visual gas stations’ “They’re like visual gas stations for the hang gliding pilots,” Glover said. As the morning progresses, the sun heats up the ground further, warming up the air, which rises in columns called thermals. Pilots fly within the

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ZHS grad dies in park LAREDO MORNING TIMES

Photo by Ulysses S. Romero | The Zapata Times

David Gonzalez shows his niece Megan Rendon the fish they caught together during the Sixth Hunting and Fishing Show at the Laredo Entertainment Center on Friday. The show contiues today and Sunday.

The body of a popular Zapata High School graduate was found at Huntsville State Park in north Texas on Thursday, according to Walker County officials. An autopsy was ordered for Juan Antonio Martinez, 18. The autopsy was conducted in Dallas; results were not available Friday. Walker County Chief Deputy Butch Davis said Martinez’s death is under investigation and details were not immediately available. The young man’s body was released by the Dallas Medical Examiner’s Office on Friday and was expected to be home today. “He was a very likeable guy, extremely

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SATURDAY,JULY 25 The Laredo Hunting & Fishing Show’s 6 Annual weekend run continues today at the Laredo Entertainment Center from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.Admission is $7 for adults and children 15 and under get in free. For more information visit www.smc-events.com Serving Children and Adolescents in Need (SCAN),Inc.is organizing a bowling tournament with the proceeds to benefit SCAN’s Trauma Programs. The event is scheduled for today at Jett Bowl North. Trophies for 1st,2nd and 3rd places will be awarded. We will also have door prizes. Fee is $ 125.00 per team, 5 players per team. For more information contact Sandra Hernandez or Sylvia Flores at 956-725-2522.

SUNDAY,JULY 26 Today is the last day of the Laredo Hunting & Fishing Show’s 6 Annual weekend run at the Laredo Entertainment Center. The event will begin at 11 a.m. and will last until 5 p.m. Admission is $7 for adults and children 15 and under get in free. For more information visit www.smc-events.com

SATURDAY,AUG.1 The second annual Whiskers & Tails Kids “Free” Fishing Tournament is scheduled for today from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Zapata County Public Boat Ramp. For more information,call the Zapata Chamber of Commerce at 765-4871. First United Methodist Church, 1220 McClelland Ave. in Laredo, is having its monthly book sale from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Widener Room. For more information, call 722-1674.

WEDNESDAY,AUG.5 The AgriLIFE Extension in cooperation with the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association presents: How the New Law Affects Ranch Estate Planning, a seminar which will be held today at the College Station Conference Center in College Station, Texas. The seminar will last from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., and participants will discuss basic estate planning devices, with Wayne A. Hayenga serving as special guest speaker.This seminar is offered to provide participants enough information on tax and estate planning matters to help them make difficult estate planning decisions.Aregistration fee of $125 is required to attend the seminar. To register, e-mail Connie at 979-8452226 or csmotek@tamiu.edu.

THURSDAY,AUG.6 The AgriLIFE Extension in cooperation with the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association presents: How the New LawAffects Ranch Estate Planning, a seminar which will be held today at the College Station Conference Center in College Station,Texas.The seminar will last from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. with lunch to be served at noon. Wayne A. Hayenga will serve as special guest speaker. A registration fee of $125 is required to attend.To register contact Connie at 979-8452226 or csmotek@tamiu.edu.

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A flat-bed trailer is parked on the closed boat ramp of a Lake Travis marina Friday, near the village of Briarcliff. Lake Travis is about 31-feet below average level for July. The lake was nearly this low in 1984. Cities across Texas are urging residents to cut back on water usage, especially in areas hit hardest by drought conditions.

Drought means conserving every last drop By JOHN McFARLAND ASSOCIATED PRESS

DALLAS — Off-duty police officers are patrolling streets, looking for people illegally watering their lawns and gardens. Residents are encouraged to stealthily rat out water scofflaws on a 24-hour hot line. One Texas lake has dipped so low that stolen cars dumped years ago are peeking up through the waterline. The nation’s most drought-stricken state is deep-frying under relentless 100-degree days and waterways are drying up, especially in the hardest-hit area covering about 350 miles across south-central Texas. That’s making folks worried about the water supply — and how long it might last. “The water table’s fallin’ and fallin’ and fallin,’ like a whole lot of other people around here,” said Wendell McLeod, general manager of Liberty Hill Water Supply Corp. and a 60-year resident of the town northwest of Austin. “This is the worst I can recall seeing it. I tell you, it’s just pretty bleak.” There are 230 Texas public water systems under mandatory water restrictions, in-

Soldier found unhurt charged as AWOL

Houston Scouts get ill leader to safety

Duncan OKs state’s request for money

McALLEN — The Army has charged a soldier who disappeared for more than a week with being AWOL after he was found unharmed in Laredo. Pfc. James Andrew Gonzalez, 24, a soldier based at Fort Hood in Killeen, was taken into custody during a traffic stop in Laredo on Wednesday. He was brought booked into the Bell County Jail near Fort Hood on Friday.

DURANGO, Colo. — Colorado authorities say a dozen Boy Scouts from Houston helped carry their adult leader to safety after he became ill in the backcountry. Authorities said Don Leever, 58, came down with an unspecified illness Monday while backpacking with the Scouts in southwest Colorado. By Thursday Leever was too ill to walk, so the boys made a stretcher and carried him to safety.

AUSTIN — U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan approved almost $2 billion in federal stimulus money Friday that had been requested by Gov. Rick Perry for Texas school districts. The money will be used at least in part to fund a state-mandated $800 bonus to Texas teachers and other professional school employees. The money also is slated to help replenish the Permanent School Fund. — Compiled from AP reports

SATURDAY,AUGUST 8 The Seventh Annual Zapata Health Fair will be held today from 8 a.m. until noon at the pavailion. Free health screenings will be provided. Other agencies will also be available with general information. The fair is being sponsored by The Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy.For more information,or to become a provider,contact Rosie–Rodriguez at 765-2911, ext. 5.

SATURDAY,AUGUST 15 The Aztec District of Boy Scouts of America invites the public to participate in their first-ever Don Murphy Memorial Pinewood Derby Invitational. Registration and inspection of cars will take place on Friday,Aug.14,at the Imaginarium.Limited spaces are available. For a complete schedule of events, contact the BSA Aztec Office at 7444499 or Toni Ruizat 763-9325 for applications and further information.

WEDNESDAY,SEPT.2 The USS Missouri (BB-63) Association is a nonprofit organization made up of sailors,marines,officers and midshipman that have served aboard this famous battleship.Shipmates that served aboard the battleship USS Missouri (BB63) will hold their annual reunion in Norfolk, Va. starting today,and lasting until Sept. 8.All veterans and interested parties, along with their family and friends are invited.For more information,call Bill Morton,vice president of the association, at (803) 469-3579 or email him at Mo63@ftc-i.net.

cluding those in and near San Antonio, Dallas, Houston and Austin. Another 60 or so have asked for voluntary cutbacks. Water levels are down significantly in lakes, rivers and wells around Texas. Liberty Hill’s Web site urges its 1,400 or so residents in all-red letters to stop using unnecessary water with this plea: “If we follow these strict guidelines, we may have drinking water.” The town’s shortage eased some with the arrival this week of 35,000 gallons a day from a nearby water system, but residents are still worried. According to drought statistics released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 77 of Texas’ 254 counties are in extreme or exceptional drought, the most severe categories. No other state in the continental U.S. has even one area in those categories. John Nielsen-Gammon, the Texas state climatologist at Texas A&M University, said he expects harsh drought conditions to last at least another month. In the bone-dry San Antonio-Austin area, the conditions that started in 2007 are being compared to the devastating drought of the 1950s.

AROUND THE NATION Headscarfs allowed in Ga.courts ATLANTA — Georgia courtrooms will allow religious headgear after last year’s arrest of a Muslim woman who refused to remove her headscarf in a west Georgia courthouse. The Judicial Council of Georgia voted unanimously this week to allow religious and medical headgear into Georgia courtrooms. It also allows a person to request a private inspection for a security search.

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Cool summer disappoints tourists TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — isa Hendrix and Jennifer Webster lounged on a sparsely populated Lake Michigan beach Friday as raindrops trickled from a gloomy sky. It’s been that kind of a summer in northern Michigan, and across the Midwest and East Coast. Temperatures have been well below normal. It’s resulted in crops ripening slowly and some tourist havens taking an extra hit.

Calif.lawmakers pass budget plan SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Law-

Today is Saturday, July 25, the 206th day of 2009. There are 159 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On July 25, 1909, French aviator Louis Bleriot became the first person to fly an airplane across the English Channel, traveling from Calais to Dover in 37 minutes. On this date: In 1866, Ulysses S. Grant was named General of the Army of the United States, the first officer to hold the rank. In 1868, Congress passed an act creating the Wyoming Territory. In 1946, the United States detonated an atomic bomb near Bikini Atoll in the Pacific in the first underwater test of the device. In 1952, Puerto Rico became a selfgoverning commonwealth of the United States. In 1956, the Italian liner Andrea Doria collided with the Swedish passenger ship Stockholm off the New England coast late at night and began sinking; at least 51 people were killed. In 1963, the United States, the Soviet Union and Britain initialed a treaty in Moscow prohibiting the testing of nuclear weapons in the atmosphere, in space or underwater. In 1994, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Jordan’s King Hussein signed a declaration at the White House ending their countries’ 46-year-old formal state of war. In 2000, a New York-bound Air France Concorde crashed outside Paris shortly after takeoff, killing all 109 people on board and four people on the ground; it was the first-ever crash of the supersonic jet. Ten years ago: The Woodstock ‘99 music festival in Rome, N.Y., ended in fires and looting. Lance Armstrong won his first Tour de France. Morocco held a funeral for King Hassan II. Five years ago: Israelis formed a human chain stretching 55 miles from Gaza to Jerusalem to protest Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s Gaza Strip withdrawal plan. Lance Armstrong won a record sixth Tour de France. One year ago: An oxygen tank exploded aboard a Qantas Boeing 747400, ripping a hole in the fuselage and forcing an emergency landing in the Philippines. President George W. Bush signed an executive order expanding sanctions against individuals and organizations in Zimbabwe associated with the regime of President Robert Mugabe. Computer science professor Randy Pausch, whose “last lecture” about facing terminal cancer became an Internet sensation and a best-selling book, died in Chesapeake, Va. at age 47. Today’s Birthdays: Actress Barbara Harris is 74. Rock musician Jim McCarty (The Yardbirds) is 66. Rock musician Verdine White (Earth, Wind & Fire) is 58. Singermusician Jem Finer (The Pogues) is 54. Model-actress Iman is 54. Cartoonist Ray Billingsley (“Curtis”) is 52. Rock musician Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth) is 51. Actresssinger Bobbie Eakes is 48. Actress Katherine Kelly Lang (TV: “The Bold and the Beautiful”) is 48. Actress Illeana Douglas is 44. Country singer Marty Brown is 44. Actor Matt LeBlanc is 42. Rock musician Paavo Lotjonen (Apocalyptica) is 41. Actor D.B. Woodside is 40. Actress Miriam Shor is 38. New York Mets left-handed reliever Billy Wagner is 38. Atlanta Braves pitcher Javier Vazquez is 33. Actor James Lafferty (TV: “One Tree Hill”) is 24. Classical singer Faryl Smith is 14. Thought for Today: “No matter what side of an argument you’re on, you always find some people on your side that you wish were on the other side.” — Jascha Heifetz, Russian-born American violinist (19011987).

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A Hewlett Packard laptop running Microsoft Windows XP is seen on display at Best Buy in Mountain View, Calif., on Wednesday. Microsoft Corp. shares were down Friday, after the software maker reported its first fiscal year with a sales decline since 1986. makers on Friday approved a complex package of spending cuts, local government raids and accounting maneuvers to fill California’s gigantic budget deficit. The legislative package of

about 30 bills, with final passage coming in the Assembly in the afternoon after an all-night session, was similar to the deal announced by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. — Compiled from AP reports

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Gonzalez uses nursing skills to lead community BY DORA MARTINEZ

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Abigail A. Gonzalez, a 1992 graduate of Zapata High School, is married to Daniel A. Gonzalez. The couple owns The Rose Garden Funeral Home. They have two children, Daniel and Alejandro, twins. Husband and wife have been an inspiration to the whole town of Zapata. Abigail is the lead nurse for the Zapata County Independent School District. She has a bachelor’s in nursing, having earned her degree in 1996 from the University of Texas Pan American. Abigail’s working on her master’s in nursing specializing in family practice through Texas A&M International University. She expects to graduate in December 2010. Abigail has worked in emergency and in home health for more than 13 years. She has received numerous recognitions including the Laredo Junior College achievement award, Laredo Community College Honors program, Phi Theta Kappa Honors Society, Who’s Who among Students in Amer-

ican Universities and Colleges, and National Dean’s List. She was a member of the Laredo Junior College Student Board, the Student Nurse Organization and the Laredo Junior College Flamenco and Jazz Performance group. Abigail also has been co-chair of the Student Health Advisory Committee, a member of the National School Nurses Association and Texas School Nurses, and served on the District 31 Policy and Advisory Council. She has obtained certifications from the American Heart Association as an instructor, among others. Her hobbies include reading and spending time with her family Thanks to both Abigail and Daniel for serving the County of Zapata on such a special mission. (Dora Martinez is a native of Zapata who was publisher of Hispanic News in San Antonio for 21 years. She can be reached at thezapatatimes@att.net)

Clinic helps as school nears SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

Operation Lone Star, which provided health care to more than 11,000 South Texas residents in just two weeks last year, is expanding this summer to provide free health clinics in San Juan and Peñitas from Monday, July 27 through Friday, July 31. A Lone Star Clinic will be held in Zapata on Aug. 4–5 at the Zapata Community Center, 607 N. Hwy 83. Other Operation Lone Star free health clinic sites run from Aug. 3–7 in Laredo at Christen Middle School, 2001 Santa Maria Ave., and in

Hebbronville at Hebbronville High School, 210 Longhorn Lane. Military personnel, state and county officials and hundreds of volunteers will provide free health services at those locations, plus in Brownsville, Raymondville and Rio Grande City. The events are a joint project of the state health and human services agencies, Texas State Guard, Army and Air National Guard, county health departments, local service groups and civilian volunteers. Operation Lone Star covers seven counties.

“It doesn’t matter if you are rich or poor, there will be outstanding doctors and nurses – and even dentists – who serve in the Texas military who will be at these sites to examine you, help get you better, give you needed medicines, answer any medical questions, and let you know what other resources are available to help protect your precious health,” said state Rep. Armando Martínez, DWeslaco. This is the largest humanitarian effort of its kind in the United States. They only questions they will ask will be about your health.”

THE BLOTTER DRIVING WHILE INTOXCIATED A man was arrested July 18 on the charge of DWI, a class-B misdemeanor. Christopher Louis Martinez was booked and taken to jail after being pulled over at about 2:30 a.m. near the corner of Highway 16 and U.S.83. A drunken driver was pulled over at about 7:30 a.m. Thursday on U.S. 83 after a deputy noticed that the man failed to drive in a single lane, the offense report stated. Manuel Alanis was charged with DWI.

STOLEN VEHICLE A vehicle was reported stolen July 18 from a steak house restaurant on U.S. 83. The complainant told sheriff’s deputies that his vehicle was stolen between 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. A female complainant reported a stolen vehicle Monday. She told deputies that she wants to locate the vehicle and is aware that it is in Zapata.

ASSAULT A man and woman were ar-

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rested July 17 after deputies responded to a domestic disturbance at about 8 p.m. at a residence in the 1800 block of Roma. Rosa Nelly Treviño Villarreal and Juan Carlos Solis Jr. were charged with assault (family violence). According to the offense report,a two-by-four piece of wood was used in the assault.

ESCAPE A man escaped from custody at abut 5 a.m. July 18 near Rathmell and Lincoln streets, close to the Los Ebanos Golf Course.

HITAND RUN A male complainant told deputies at about 5 a.m.July 19 that a vehicle struck both his vehicles on his property in the 2300 block of Fresno.

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Left to right, Sergio Navarro,Alex Garcia, Robert Bustamante and Danny Boy Muñoz represented Zapata FFA with their roping skills at the state FFA convention in Dallas, on July 5-10. Garcia entered in the tie-down calf roping and with very little practice was able to rope, throw down, and tie down both calves; however, he did not advance to the finals. In the team roping, Muñoz and Bustamante placed sixth in the first go-round, but had tough luck in the second go-round and did not advance to the finals. Navarro and Garcia had the second fastest time in the second go-round, but a broken barrier kept them from advancing to the finals. The boys are already talking about competing at next year’s state convention in Corpus Christi.

Kids fishing tourney on Aug. 1 LAREDO MORNING TIMES

Kids from Zapata, San Ygnacio and the area are getting ready for the upcoming second annual “Whiskers & Tails” children’s fishing tournament. The free event, scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 1 from 8 to 1`1 a.m. at the Zapata County boat ramp, is for boys and girls ages 5 to 13. The children will be able to enjoy a great morning of fishing and eating in the great outdoors. “With the economy the way it is, we know times are hard for everybody,” said Carolina Calderas, a member of the “Whiskers & Tails” board of directors. “This is giving kids an opportunity to do something fun for free. Every kid is going to go home with some type of prize.”

“Whiskers & Tails” is a local organization dedicated to providing activities for children. Hosts of the tournament are the Zapata County Chamber of Commerce, D&D Marine, Falcon Lake Tackle and Robert’s Fish ‘N Tackle. Calderas said the event is made possible through the generous contributions of numerous Zapata and Laredo community leaders and businesses. “They’re really, really stepping up,” she said. “It’s especially wonderful since times are so hard for them, too.” “We have a bunch of companies from all over town and even Laredo donating either door prizes, money or whatever they can,” Calderas said. For more information, call the Chamber of Commerce at 765-4871.

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Put cells away when driving NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE

e find it terrifying every time we get on the highway and see all of those multitasking drivers racing along while they yammer and text on cell phones, juggle hot coffee and a Mcwhatever or attend to personal grooming in the rearview mirror. So it is especially distressing to learn that in 2003 officials at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration quashed a proposal for a large-scale study of cell phone risks and withheld hundreds of pages of research that warned about the dangers of cell phone use while driving. That information — including estimates that cell phoning drivers caused 955 fatalities and 240,000 accidents in 2002 — was finally pried loose this week by a freedom of information lawsuit. The former leader of the agency told The New York Times’ Matt Richtel he was urged by officials at the Department of Transportation to withhold the research to avoid antagonizing congressional appropriators who con-

trolled the highway budget. They had made clear that they wanted the agency to gather safety data but not to “lobby” the states. What we want to know is: Since when did trying to save lives constitute lobbying? The researchers had rightly proposed a warning to state governors about the initial finding that laws mandating the use of hands-free devices did not solve the problem. The conversation is the distraction. This is a finding since confirmed by other studies that show a driver on the phone is four times as likely to crash as other drivers, and is comparable to someone with 0.08 blood-alcohol content, the threshold for drunken driving. Six years later, the Transportation Department advises drivers to avoid cell phones except in emergencies. But far too many Americans now consider phoning while driving to be standard behavior. The department estimates that roughly 12 percent of drivers are on the phone at any given time — twice the estimate of its own researchers when their effort to document the risks was rebuffed.

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It’s conversation that causes a wreck W Addicts Nixon knew how to battle Krushchev NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE

riday was the 50th anniversary of one of the more bizarre clashes of the cold war: the “kitchen debate” between Richard Nixon, then 46 and Dwight D. Eisenhower’s vice president, and Nikita Khrushchev, the cunning peasant who at 65 had just finished consolidating his position at the pinnacle of Soviet power. Unscripted and often raw, it was one of the few times Soviet and American leaders publicly vented at each other. After the brash and mercurial Khrushchev was ousted, summit meetings became choreographed shows. Nixon, too, would fall from power, 10 years after Khrushchev, but both men relished recalling a debate that went to the very heart of the difference in their systems and beliefs. It took place in an American exhibition at the Sokolniki Park in Moscow, featuring all sorts of laborsaving and recreational gadgets meant to showcase the American consumer market. Khrushchev was the last Soviet leader who really believed in the superiority of the Soviet system, and the exhibition seemed only to anger him. He was even angrier about a “Captive Nations Resolution” just passed by the U.S. Congress, to which he returned again and again, each time more crudely. Finally came the legendary exchange: “This resolution stinks,” Khrushchev exclaimed. “It stinks like fresh horse” manure and “nothing smells worse than that,” he said, using a much earthier word than manure. Nixon waited for the translation and fired back: “I am afraid that the chairman is mistaken.” Pig manure smells worse, he explained, using the English version of Khrushchev’s word. In his memoirs, Nixon pictured his retort as a deliberate chess move. He had read the Soviet premier had been a pig herder, and, he wrote, “Khrushchev would respect only those who stood up to him, who resisted him, and who believed as strongly in their own

cause as he believed in his.” I believe it was more than that. Though he had risen in politics in part through Soviet-bashing, Nixon was an ardent student of Russia. After I wrote a series of articles about a dilapidated Russian village, he had sent me a handwritten letter recalling passages from Tolstoy’s “Anna Karenina” in which Levin, the liberal landowner, finds his attempts at agricultural innovation stymied by immutable Russian peasants. Tolstoy and other Russian writers, he told me later, shaped a lasting fascination with Russia, which played a major role in his relish to take on the Soviet leader and, I think, in the respect the Russians developed for Nixon. When the Soviet Union began to unravel in the early 1990s, I had an opportunity to meet Nixon in Moscow. Then 78, with Watergate far enough removed for him to treat it almost casually in conversation, he was received by the Russians as a respected and historical figure, and accorded meetings with both Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin, then locked in mortal political combat. Nixon’s analysis of that struggle was spellbinding, especially when he transposed it onto the American scene. “Gorbachev is Wall Street, and Yeltsin is Main Street,” he said. Or: “Gorbachev is Georgetown drawing room. Yeltsin is Newark factory gate.” It was a very personal view from a man familiar with that battlefield. He found an “animal magnetism” in Yeltsin, but his money was on Gorbachev, in whom he saw a man who had fought hard to get where he was and would not give it up lightly: “He likes power. He intends to keep it. He is a fighter.” Perhaps it was because he saw something of himself in Gorbachev that he failed to see that the Russian, too, would fall painfully from power, 10 months later as it transpired, and take the Soviet Union down with him. He also revealed something else about the kitchen debate: Not only had he deliberately thrown his manure at Khrushchev’s manure, but he armed himself for the confrontation.

ASHINGTON — One night several years ago, my mom slipped and broke a bone in her neck. I stayed late at the hospital with her. Driving home on a mostly deserted road, I checked my cell phone messages. I didn’t notice either the red light coming up or the car stopped at the light. I banged into the back of it, and even though the damage was minor, it was a scary moment. I admitted that I was upset and distracted, took the blame and swore to myself I’d never use a cell phone in a car again. But, of course, I did. D.C. police will pull you over if they see you using a cell phone that you’re holding up to your ear, but not if you’re hands-free.

Conversation Ominously, research by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, suppressed for years and released on Tuesday after petitions were filed by advocacy groups, shows that there are “negligible differences” in accident risk whether you’re holding the phone or not. Hands-free devices may even enhance the danger by lulling you into complacency. It is the conversation that pulls focus. My greatest fear is that I’m going to be in a taxi when the driver gets a call from his wife to tell him that she’s run off with his sexy cousin.

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In a March New Yorker profile, Tony Gilroy, the screenwriter of “Michael Clayton” and “Duplicity,” told the nightmare tale of being in a New York taxi when the cell -chatting driver ran a red light and hit another car.

Crash more likely “So they’re lifting the other guy out of the car, and I’m thinking, I’m lucky,” he said, adding: “Then I see them come at my cab with those things, the Jaws of Life.” He’d fractured his rib and hip. Studies show that drivers who talk on cell phones are four times more likely to be in a crash and drive just as erratically as people with an 0.08 percent blood-alcohol level. In one study cited by the highway safety agency, “drivers found it easier to drive drunk than to drive while using a phone, even when it was hands-free.” The agency buried its head in the sand, keeping the research to itself for years and ignoring the fact that soon nearly all Americans would own cell phones and that the phones are always getting smarter and more demanding, putting a multimedia empire at your fingertips while you’re piloting a poten-

Americans are so addicted to techno-surfing that they’ve gotten hubristic about how many machines they can juggle simultaneously. One reporter I know recently filed a story from his laptop while driving on the Pacific Coast Highway. As John Ratey, the Harvard professor of psychiatry who specializes in the science of attention, told The Times’ Matt Richtel for his chilling series, “Driven to Distraction,” using digital devices gives you “a dopamine squirt.” That explains the Pavlovian impulse of people who are out with friends or dates to ignore them and check their BlackBerrys and cell phones, even if 99 out of 100 messages are uninteresting. They’re truffle-hunting for that scintillating one. Americans woke up one day to find that they were don’t-miss-a-moment addicts who feel compelled to respond to all messages immediately. The tech industry is our drug dealer, feeding the intense social and economic pressure to stay constantly in touch with employers, colleagues, friends and family. It also explains why Christopher Hill, a 21-yearold from Oklahoma who killed a woman last September when he ran a red light while on his cell phone and rammed into her SUV, tried

to keep dialing and driving with a headset his mother gave him. He “found his mind wandering into his phone call so much that ‘I nearly missed a light,’ “ he told Richtel. Now he says he rarely uses the phone.

Out of control Hollywood offered a cautionary story with the depressing “Seven Pounds,” which begins with Will Smith spoiling his perfect life when he BlackBerrys while driving in his fancy car with his gorgeous new fiancee. He crashes into another car, killing six strangers and his girlfriend. The movie ends with a poisonous jellyfish in an icy bathtub. Don’t ask. Left, literally, to our own devices, we spiral out of control. States should outlaw drivers from talking on phones — except in an emergency — and using digital devices that cause you to drift and swerve; or at least mandate a $10,000 fine for getting in an accident while phoning or Twittering. Auto companies are busy creating new crack hits for our self-destructive cravings. Ford is developing a system that would let drivers use phones, music players and surf the Internet with voice commands and audible responses. Sounds like a computerized death machine. But, as our dealers know, we’ll never disconnect.

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The road to becoming a ‘miss’ By JULIETA CHIQUILLO LAREDO MORNING TIMES Becoming a beauty queen is no piece of cake. Contestants have a rigid workout schedule and train for hours trying to perfect their posture and their interviewing skills. After weeks of modeling, fitness, interviewing, hairstyling and makeup classes, the contestants undergo the judges’ and the audience’s scrutiny — and sometimes it’s more than makeup that melts under the spotlight. But for two young women in Laredo with no previous pageant experience, fantasy became a reality when the Miss Laredo and Miss Laredo Teen crowns came to rest on their heads. Casey Rodriguez, 20, and Chelsea Nicole Morgensen, 14, will compete at the Miss Texas USA and Miss Texas Teen USA in September at the Hilton Houston Post Oak.

Casey Rodriguez Rodriguez started singing in the first grade and hasn’t stopped since — not even at her interview with the pageant judges. When Rodriguez told the judges that she enjoys singing, they asked her to show them her singing chops. She was caught off guard, but not enough to stop her from dazzling her audience with “Tu Mirada,” a worship song. Rodriguez not only won over the judges, but also her peers. She was voted Miss Congeniality by the other contestants in the Miss Laredo division. “You spend so much time together that you develop a relationship,” she said of

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Chelsea Nicole Morgensen, left, Miss Laredo Teen, and Casey Rodriguez, Miss Laredo, pose for a photograph after winning their titles July 18. her fellow contestants. The perky Alexander High School graduate joined the pageant after hearing about it on the radio. She said her respect for pageants has increased after going through one herself. “There’s so much work that goes on that people don’t see,” Rodriguez said. “It is a lot of work. But if it’s something that you feel passionate about it, you have a lot of fun.” Rodriguez is home from Florida, where she attended Southeastern University for a music program after the university awarded her a $40,000 scholarship for a year. Before that, she completed two years at a school in Missouri.

Chelsea Nicole Morgensen As a first-time pageant contestant and as one of the

youngest in the Miss Laredo Teen division, Morgensen thought she didn’t have a shot at winning. “Since I’m 14, and that’s the youngest age (to enter the contest), I didn’t expect to win, but I thought I would get a good experience,” Morgensen said. Morgensen got more than she bargained for when she snagged not only the Miss Laredo Teen title, but also the Best Swimsuit, Best Evening Gown and the People’s Choice awards. The road to the crown was occasionally painful. Morgensen, along with her peers, trained for the pageant since June. As the pageant approached, they trained every day from two to three hours. Morgensen practiced the choreography in 5-inch high heels, shorter than those worn by some of her peers. But it was dancing in strappy shoes that gave her blisters.

For the first time in Laredo, Luis Fonsi will bring his award-winning, poetic tunes to the ears of eager fans as part of his “Palabras Del Silencio” tour to the arena on Thursday. Initially molded as a traditional Latin balladeer, one who sings romantic songs with dramatic flair over sweeping string arrange-

ments, Fonsi has since moved on to other artistic ventures, breaking away from that mold steadily as he delved into much more than just singing. He’s had some time to do it. Born in Puerto Rico and raised in Orlando, Florida, Fonsi dove into show business at a young age, and hasn’t stopped since. In his 10 years, Fonsi has compiled multiple gold and

silver record classifications in Puerto Rico, the United States, Venezuela, Chile and Spain, among other countries, and has hit the prestigious No. 1 spot on the Billboard magazine charts for songs such as “Nada es Para Siempre” (“Nothing is Forever”), “Imaginame Sin Ti” (“I Cannot Imagine Myself Without You”) and “Tu Amor” (“Your Love”).

Scares, dark laughs arrive with the ever-creepy ‘Orphan’ By CHRISTY LEMIRE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LOS ANGELES — Esther is unfailingly polite, a sensitive painter and pianist, a vision of traditional feminine charm in her prim dresses and bows. But this 9-year-old also has a way with a hammer and a handgun and knows a thing or two about arson and destruction of evidence. Yes, she’s complicated, the little girl at the center of “Orphan,” a descendant from a long line of cinematic evil children. Still, de-

spite similarities to predecessors like “The Bad Seed” and “The Omen,” this well-crafted flick has frights all its own. Director Jaume Collet-Serra, working from a devilishly clever script by David Leslie Johnson, maintains steady suspense while mercifully mixing in some moments of dark humor. “Orphan,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release, is rated R for disturbing violent content, some sexuality and language. It is playing at Cinemark Mall Del Norte and Hollywood Theaters.

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Agenda en Breve SÁBADO 25 DE JULIO LAREDO — Hoy es el juego de playoff de Laredo Heat SC recibiendo al ganador del partido entre Aztex de Austin y Sockers de Midland. El juego es hoy a las 8 p.m.en el TAMIU Soccer Complex. La entrada general es de 5 dólares. Niños menores de 12 años entran gratis.Área VIP es de 20 dólares. LAREDO — Hoy es el segundo día de la sexta edición del evento Laredo Hunting & Fishing Show en el Laredo Entertainment Center de 10 a.m. a 7 p.m. La entrada general es de 7 dólares para adultos y gratis para menores de 15 años de edad. Habrá más de 150 modulos de exhibición y podrá conocer a Brian Doty, presentador de la serie “Xtreme Outdoor Adventures TV”. LAREDO — Pase la tarde en el Planetario Lamar Bruni Vergara de Texas A&M International University y explore “One World, One Sky Big Bird’s Adventure” a las 6 p.m.; seguido de “Black Holes” a las 7 p.m. y “Entranced Remixed” a las 8 p.m. La entrada general es de 5 dólares; en tanto que niños, personal, alumnos y ex alumnos de TAMIU pagan 4 dólares. Más información llamando al 326-2444.

DOMINGO 26 DE JULIO LAREDO — Hoy es el tercer día de la sexta edición del evento Laredo Hunting & Fishing Show en el Laredo Entertainment Center de 11 a.m. a 5 p.m. La entrada general es de 7 dólares para adultos y gratis para menores de 15 años de edad. Habrá más de 150 modulos de exhibición y podrá conocer a Brian Doty, presentador de la serie “Xtreme Outdoor Adventures TV”.

LUNES 27 DE JULIO LAREDO — El Instituto de Lenguaje Internacional de Texas A&M International University está ofreciendo un taller de tres días denominado Introduction to Collaborative Learning. Este taller se realizará de 1 p.m. a 4 p.m. a partir de hoy y durante el 28 y 30 de julio. La inscripción es de 50 dólares. Más información llamando al 326-2727.

MARTES 28 DE JULIO LAREDO — La Biblioteca Pública de Laredo invita a disfrutar la película “Kung Fu Panda” el día de hoy de 2:30 p.m. a 4 p.m. en la Sala de Usos Múltiples . La entrada es gratuita. La cinta está clasificada PG.

MIÉRCOLES 29 DE JULIO LAREDO — La Biblioteca Pública de Laredo invita a disfrutar la película “TMNT” el día de hoy de 2:30 p.m. a 4 p.m. en la Sala de Usos Múltiples . La entrada es gratuita. La cinta está clasificada PG.

JUEVES 30 DE JULIO LAREDO — Hoy se presenta el cantante Luis Fonsi en concierto en el Laredo Entertainment Center dentro de su gira “Palabras del Silencio”.El concierto inicia a las 8 p.m. Adquiera su boleto en las taquillas de LEC.

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Invitan a vacacionar en Tamaulipas TIEMPO DE ZAPATA

Son vacaciones y pudiera no haberlo considerado pero aquí mismo en Tamaulipas puede encontrar su opción para viajar. La entidad tiene una oferta de hospedaje de 20 mil cuartos, seis opciones diferentes de sol y playa, más de 30 centros de turismo rural, pesca, negocios, frontera, la reserva de la biósfera El Cielo, entre otros atractivos. Algunas opciones son: Por su cultura, tradiciones y costumbres que han trascendido a través del tiempo y la modernidad, Ciudad Mier fue declarada como Pueblo Mágico por la Secretaría de Turismo Federal. Ciudad Mier es la primera en pertenecer a este grupo en toda la frontera de México con Estados Unidos. “Aquí el visitante puede encontrar bellezas naturales, historia y atractivos que se complementan con servicios turísticos de primer nivel, fuentes, columnas conmemorativas y edificios históricos que nos hablan de su pasado extraordinario”, señala un comunicado de prensa del Gobierno del Estado. Tamaulipas cuenta con tres de las cinco ciudades fronterizas más visitadas en Mexico como son Reynosa,

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Las playas de Tamaulipas son una buena opción para visitar durante el periodo de vacaciones de verano, asegura el Gobierno Estatal. Pero además sostiene que la entidad no sólo son playas, sino ecología y cultura. Nuevo Laredo y Matamoros que junto con el resto de los municipios ribereños y el poblado de Nuevo Progreso, reciben mas de 15 millones de visitantes al año, y se ubican solo por debajo de Tijuana en Baja California y Ciudad Juárez en Chihuahua. “Desde Nuevo Laredo hasta Matamoros los visitantes pueden disfrutar de su cultura, gastronomía, turismo de negocios, convenciones y turismo médico”, agrega el

Continúan retiro de ‘Easy Figure’ ESPECIAL PARATIEMPO DE ZAPATA

CD. VICTORIA, México — Luego de casi 500 visitas de verificación a los giros sanitarios correspondientes, la Comisión de Protección contra Riesgos Sanitarios detecto la venta del producto Easy Figure sin dieta, sin dieta forte y sin dieta light en territorio tamaulipeco, decomisando hasta el jueves 3 cajas de este suplemento alimenticio. El Comisionado Estatal Roberto Hernández Báez señaló que desafortunadamente los establecimientos retiraron el producto de su venta antes de que las autoridades sanitarias llegaran a decomisarlo, por lo que solamente se pudieron encontrar tres frascos, los cuales fueron reportados por la Jurisdicción Sanitaria de Tampico. Fue en una casa particular en donde se encontraron estos medicamentaos, en el que se anunciaba la comercialización de Easy Figure sin dieta, sin dieta forte y sin dieta light. Se investiga de dónde los adquirió la dueña de la casa habitación. “La indicación del Gobernador Eugenio Hernández Floreas ha sido muy clara, refiriéndose a no permitir que los productos que se comercializan en Tamaulipas representen (algún) daño a la salud, por lo que la COEPRIS cuenta con las facultades necesarias para evitarlo como lo es el realizar las verificaciones, así como retirar y destruirlos si causan algún efecto negativo”, dijo Hernández Báez.

Desde el pasado 10 de julio la COFEPRIS emitió la alerta sanitaria a nivel nacional, asumHERNÁNDEZ iendo que era en los estados fronterizos en donde existe mayor probabilidad de que se comercializara este producto. Autoridades dijeron que se continuará la búsqueda de Easy Figure para descartar que se siga vendiendo en territorio tamaulipeco. Los productos Easy Figure sin dieta, sin dieta forte y sin dieta light, contienen la especie del genero botánico THEVETIA SPP y esta comprobado que este género produce enfermedades cardiacas. Por lo anterior se determinó prohibir la importación, elaboración, almacenamiento, distribución y comercialización de estos suplementos alimenticios y de todos los medicamentos o remedios herbolarios que contengan la especie del genero botánico THEVETIA SPP por representar un serio daño a la salud. Por último Hernández Báez dijo que el Secretario de Salud Juan Guillermo Mansur Arzola dio la indicación para continuar con la búsqueda de estos productos en los giros sanitarios correspondientes como tiendas de autoservicios, tiendas naturistas, farmacias, boticas y droguerías, mercados públicos, gimnasios, tianguis, entre otros.

comunicado. La reserva de la Biosfera El Cielo es uno de los lugares más impresionantes del continente americano, su principal característica es que enlaza cuatro ecosistemas diferentes desde la selva tropical hasta el desierto, pasando por bosques templados húmedos (bosque de niebla) a bosques templados secos (bosque de pinos), aquí el Gobierno del Estado edifica el Parque Emblemático El

Cielo, icono mundial del turismo ecológico. Otros tipos de atractivos los ofrece: Playa Bagdad en Matamoros, ideal para la recreación, la pesca y los deportes acuáticos. Barra del Tordo en Aldama, considerada el santuario de la tortuga Lora. Playa Carbonera en San Fernando reconocida por su gastronomía y paseos acuáticos.

La Pesca en Soto La Marina ofrece bellezas naturales y calidad en los servicios. Playa Miramar en la zona de Tampico y Madero. Playas de Altamira, especiales para el deporte extremo. En la entidad igualmente se encuentra una gran variedad de ecosistemas que permiten ver paisajes y escenarios ideales para el turismo rural y el ecoturismo. “Hay más de 33 destinos ecoturísticos para la práctica de kayakismo, campismo, rappel, ciclismo, tirolesas, observación de flora y fauna, senderismo, safari fotográfico y todo tipo de actividades al aire libre, con servicios turísticos de primera calidad”, agrega el comunicado. Finalmente, Tamaulipas ocupa el primer lugar nacional en pesca de agua dulce, con 8 grandes presas distribuidas en todo el territorio donde se pueden capturar magnificas especies como Lobina Negra, Carpa, Trucha, Róbalo, etc. Si desea más información para recorrer Tamaulipas estas vacaciones, visite la página en internet www.visitatamaulipas.com ó puede comunicarse a los teléfonos 315 6248 o 315 62 49 para Ciudad Victoria, y de EU 1 888 580 5968.

CAMBIO DE IMAGEN La Alcaldesa de Nueva Ciudad Guerrero Olga Juliana Elizondo Guerra encabezó los esfuerzos de la Presidencia Municipal en coordinación con los departamentos de Seguridad Pública y Vialidad, Policía y Tránsito, para colocar nomenclatura y vialidad en las principales avenidas de la ciudad. De izquierda a derecha, Erika Yolanda Rodríguez Salinas, Directora de Finanzas; Elizondo Guerra; y, Jorge Isaac, Programa Unidos Avanzamos Más. Los trabajos fueron en el marco de la conmemoración del centenario y bicentenario de la Revolución e Independencia de México.

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MARIA DEL SOCORRO G. VILLARREAL

-Maria Del Socorro Guajardo Vda. De Villarreal went to be with the Lord on Saturday, July 18, 2009, at the age of 84. She was born in Lampazos, Nuevo Leon, but had lived in Zapata most of her life. Mrs. Villarreal is preceded in death by her husband, Heleodoro Villarreal; daughter, Martha C. Villarreal and her parents, Emeterio and Beatriz Guajardo. Mrs. Villarreal is survived by her son, Elio Villarreal; daughters, Ayme C. (Joel) Morales, Leticia V. Barrero, Rosa E. Villarreal-Gonzales, and Martha B. (Humberto, Jr.) Botello; 10 grandchildren, Claudia I. Villarreal, Odyssa Villarreal, Joel Jr. (Angelica) Morales, Enrique A. Jr., (Linda) Lopez, Ely A.

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Lopez, Humberto III (Sarah) Botello, Marthlinda Botello, Franco Barrero, Sergio Barrero and Josue D. Gonzales; eight great-grandchildren; and numerous relatives and friends. Pallbearers were Josue D. Gonzales, Joel Morales Jr., Ely A. Lopez, Enrique A. Lopez Jr., Humberto Botello III. Franco R. Barrero, Sergio F. Barrero and Elio Villarreal. Visitation hours were held on Tuesday, July 21, 2009, from 6 to 9 p.m. with a rosary at 7 p.m. at Rose Garden Funeral Home, and Wednesday, July 22, from 8 to 9:30 a.m. The funeral procession departed Wednesday, July 22, 2009, at 9:30 a.m. for a 10 a.m. funeral Mass at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church. Committal services followed at the Zapata County Cemetery. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.rosegardenfuneralhome.com Funeral arrangements were under the direction of Rose Garden Funeral Home, 2102 Hwy. 83, Zapata.

Pump prices rising despite glut of gas By CHRIS KAHN ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Retail gas prices are increasing around the country even though U.S. supplies have swelled for six weeks in a row. Pump prices rose the final three days this week, including a half cent Friday, to a new national average of $2.47 a gallon, according to auto club AAA, Wright Express and Oil Price Information Service. A gallon of gas is still more than 20 cents cheaper than it was a month ago, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s priced at a major discount to last year, when the national average was above $4.02. But with so much unused gasoline in storage, analysts said prices should be heading even lower. That doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seem to matter, with a lot of gasoline futures being bought up on the belief that a number of rosy earnings reports from major corpora-

tions hint at a coming rebound in demand from consumers. Gasoline futures on Nymex have risen every day since July 13 and prices have jumped 28 cents in less than two weeks. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just a crowd behavior, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s forcing prices above what it should be,â&#x20AC;? said Fred Rozell, retail pricing director at Oil Price Information Service. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People are acting emotionally.â&#x20AC;? Crude prices also rallied this week as the Dow Jones industrial average increased 11 percent in the last nine days and passed the 9,000 mark for the first time since January. Benchmark crude for September delivery rose 89 cents to settle at $68.05 a barrel Friday on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Like gasoline futures, crude moved higher this week as the stock market rallied and companies re-

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PARK | Continued from Page 1A well-liked,” said Daniel Gonzalez, owner of Rose Garden Funeral Home. “He had a lot of charisma.” Gonzalez said Martinez received numerous scholarships, including one from Rose Garden.

“He was very smart and was looking at several places,” Gonzalez said. “I remember him when he was a little boy,” he added. “When I saw him last week for the first time in a long time, it took me a few

minutes to realize it was him. He had grown into a fine young man.” Services will be on Sunday and Monday, Gonzalez said, but details were pending. For more information, call Rose Garden at 765-8311.

SHERIFF | Continued from Page 1A the three counts of burglary of habitation and $10,000 on each county of burglary of a vehicle. Arraignment is pending on one of the counts of burglary of habitation. “It happens every so often,” Gonzalez said, of the string of burglaries. “You have some kids, even adults, and they go on a spree and start burglarizing. It can take a while, but we do arrest them.” The sheriff said his department has close to a 100 percent arrest rate. There were at least nine

burglaries within a five-day span. Six were reported on Wednesday alone and three of those were in the same block. The three cases in the same block were listed as cleared by arrest. According to reports filed by the Zapata County Sheriff ’s Office, the three burglaries were committed in the 200 block of Lozano. In two of the cases, the criminal or criminals broke into a vehicle inside a garage. One made off with a GPS system. In the third case, the burglar kicked in a door to the house and stole various items from

inside the residence. No one was injured during the break-ins. A fourth burglary reported on Wednesday also was listed as cleared by arrest. In this case, the burglar entered a house in the 1300 block of Romeo Lane in Siesta Shores. The sheriff ’s report did not say what was stolen, and the name of the suspect was not listed. Another case cleared by arrest involved the burglary of the Economy Store on U.S. 83. Riverview Family Center also was burglarized this week.

GLIDERS | Continued from Page 1A thermals to keep gliding higher, Glover said. They make turns so they can stay in the column of air that’s moving up, he added. Pilots are equipped with a GPS and a gadget called a variometer, which senses the differences in air pressure and beeps when it detects lifting air. To maneuver the aircraft, pilots just have to shift their body, Glover said. If the pilot pulls in, the glider speeds up, and if the pilot pushes out, the glider slows down, he said. The fact that Zapata is a flatland also helps the pilots. “The air is very smooth because there are no bumps in it,” Glover said. Meteorologist and sailplane pilot Gary Osoba from Wichita, Kan., singled

out Zapata as the place to launch world record flights in 1999. Osoba talked to Zapata County Airport manager Charlie Avaritt and confirmed his theories about the place, Glover said. There are from 10 to 15 pilots at the encampment this summer. Pilots visit Zapata not only from other parts of the United States but also from Australia, Europe and South America, Glover said. The main record every pilot seeks to break is the straight distance record, or flying the farthest, Glover said. According to the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, the world governing body for air sports world records, the current world record titleholder for straight distance is Manfred

Ruhmer, who in 2001 launched from Zapata and flew 435 miles to Lamesa, a city south of Lubbock in North Texas. The world record for distance to a declared goal is held by Lehmann, who in 2002 flew 321 miles from Zapata to Big Lake, west of San Angelo. Every pilot at the encampment wants to be the first pilot to break the 500-mile marker, Glover said. About 10 years ago, the farthest hang glider pilots had flown was 300 miles, he said. When the weather conditions are not optimum for long-distance flying, the pilots sail the sky in triangles and try to break distanceover-a-triangular-course records, Glover said.

Guillen on national education committee SPECIAL TO THE TIMES

AUSTIN — State Rep. Ryan Guillen, D-Webb County, was appointed to the Education Standing Committee for the National Conference of State Legislatures, which met in Philadelphia, Pa., last week. Joe Straus, speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, appointed Guillen to the committee. Guillen has been a strong supporter of public and higher education and thanked the speaker for this important appointment. “Education is an issue important to all families and all Americans. I look forward to working with other members of this group to find ways to improve educational opportunity for Texas students,” Guillen said.

$3B for education In this legislative session, Guillen worked on legislation that invested $3 billion in education. These funds were provided to develop dropout recovery programs, enhance library resources,

support career and technolo g y courses and establish more opportunities for health care. GUILLEN Of the $3 billion, $265 million went to ROTC students to assist with financial aid, grants and scholarships. Other portions went to technological advances in the education system and additional basic education services to South Texas adults. A sales tax holiday for school supplies was created and course flexibility in high schools expanded. The legislation also provided an $800 pay raise and guaranteed health insurance coverage for educators, along with a $500 dollar bonus for retirees. In previous legislative sessions, Guillen has passed legislation that supports education in Texas. He has increased funding for educator pay raises and retiree bonuses. His agenda included increased spending to help build

schools, increased spending on school technology equipment and library grants. The first two received funding during both the 80th and 79th sessions. Capital was supplied to dropout prevention, student financial aid, end-of-course exams to replace the TAKS test and the Texas Tomorrow Fund II.

Installments Guillen also passed legislation that allowed governing boards of higher education institutions to decide if their students could pay tuition in multiple installments during the summer. During his first session, Guillen drafted legislation that provided $500 to teachers and $1,000 to administrators for teachers insurance. During that session, he allowed consultation between the Texas Workforce Commission and national teacher pilot programs. The TWC also was permitted to submit status reports to the governor and teachers were promised reimbursement of any personal funds they spend on a classroom.

Zapata County Independent School District 17th & Carla Street, Zapata, Texas 78076 (956) 765-6546

(Public Notification of Nondiscrimination in Career and Technology Education Programs) 2009-2010 1. Zapata County Independent School District offers career and technology education programs in: Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources; Architecture and Construction, Business Management & Administration, Health Science, Hospitality & Tourism, Human Services, Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security, Instructional Technology and Transportation, Distribution & Logistics.

2. Admission to these programs is based on grade level, age, stated prerequisites and pre-admission qualifications as stated in federal and state guidelines.

FOOD | Continued from Page 1A Helping Hands, Eighth Street and Del Mar (phone 765-9327), Norma Mendoza, director. Boys and Girls Club, Sixth and Lincoln (765-3892), Viola Torres, director. Concilio El Buen Pastor, Hawk Street and Falcon Meza (765-1300), Maria Hernandez, director. Iglesia Pentecostes Emmanuel, 302 East Highway 16 (765-5440), Enedina Morales, director. Shepherd’s Pantry, 305 Hawk Street (765-0123), Mary

Pulido, director. Elia Solis, native of San Ygnacio, is the food bank’s pantry coordinator. Zapa-

ta County treasurer Romeo Salinas is on the South Texas Food Bank board.

3. It is the policy of Zapata County Independent School District not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex or handicap in its vocational programs, services or activities as required by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of l964, as amended; Title IX of the Education Amendments of l972; and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of l973, as amended.

4. It is the policy of Zapata County Independent School District not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, handicap or age in its employment practices as required by Title VI of the Civil Rights Acts of l964, as amended; Title IX of the Education Amendments of l972; the Age Discrimination Act of l975, as amended; and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of l973, as amended.

5. Zapata County Independent School District will take steps to ensure that lack of English language skills will not be a barrier to admission and participation in all educational and vocational programs.

6. For more information about your rights or grievance procedures, contact the Title IX Coordinator, Mr. Jose Luis Morales, Chief Personnel Office at 17th & Carla Street, Zapata, Texas 78076, Telephone (956) 765-6546 extension 2417 or for student concerns contact Mr. Derly Villarreal, Jr., 504/Dyslexia Administrator, 17th & Carla Street, Zapata, Texas 78076, Telephone (956) 765-6546, extension 2401.

Distrito Escolar del Condado de Zapata 17th & Carla Street, Zapata, Texas 78076 (956) 765-6546 (Notificación Pública de No Discriminar en los Programas Educativos de la Planeación Profesional y de la Tecnología) 2008-2009 1. El Distrito Escolar Independiente del Condado de Zapata ofrece programas educativos para la planeación profesional y la tecnología en: Agricultura y Recursos Naturales; Arquitectura y Construccion; Gerencia de Negocios y Administración; Ciencia de Salud; Hospitalidad y Turismo; Servicios Humanos; Leyes, Seguridad Publica y Transporte, Instrucción en Tecnologìa Distribuciòn y Logisticas.

2. Es la norma del Distrito Escolar Independiente del Condado de Zapata de no discriminar con relación a la raza, color, nacionalidad, sexo o discapacidad en sus programas, servicios o actividades vocacionales según los requisitos del Título VI de la Ley de Derechos Civiles de l964, según la enmienda prevista; Título IX de las Enmiendas de la Educación de l972; y la Sección 504 de la Ley de la Rehabilitación de l973, según la enmienda prevista.

3. Es la norma del Distrito Escolar Independiente del Condado de Zapata de no discriminar con relación a la raza, color, nacionalidad, sexo, discapacdad o edad en sus practicas de empleo según los requisitos del Título VI de la Ley de Derechos Civiles de l964, según la enmienda prevista; Título IX de las Enmiendas de la Educación de l972; y la Sección 504 de la Ley de la Rehabilitación de l973, según la enmienda prevista.

4. El Distrito Escolar Independiente del Condado de Zapata tomará medidas para asegurarse de que la falta del idioma inglés no sea una barrera para la admisión y participación en todos los programas educativos y vocacionales.

5. Para información sobre sus derechos o procedimientos de quejas, pongase en contacto con el coordinador del Título IX, Jose Luis Morales, en la dirección Calle 17 y Avenida Carla, Zapata, Texas 78076 (teléfono 956-765-6546 ext. 2417), y/o con el Coordinador de la Sección 504, Derly Villarreal, Jr. en la dirección Calle 17 y Avenida Carla , Zapata, Texas 78076 (teléfono 956-765-6546 ext. 2401).

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Sports&Outdoors Armstrong still 3rd at Tour By JAMEY KEATEN ASSOCIATED PRESS

AUBENAS, France — Alberto Contador stayed in command at the Tour de France with two days of racing left while teammate Lance Armstrong remained in third place as a daunting mountain climb awaits. Mark Cavendish of Britain captured Friday’s 19th stage in a sprint finish. He became the first racer to win five stages in a single Tour since Armstrong in 2004. “This is a high point in my career,” Cavendish

told French TV. Cavendish edged Thor Hushovd of Norway and Gerald Ciolek of Germany on the relatively flat, 111-mile ride from Bourgoin-Jallieu to Aubenas. Hushovd most likely will win the green jersey awarded to the Tour’s best sprinter. They all finished in 3 hours, 50 minutes, 35 seconds.

Trimming seconds Armstrong, the seven-time champion, had the same time. He trimmed four seconds off his deficit to Contador and second-place Andy

Schleck of Luxembourg. Contador leads Schleck overall by 4:11 and Armstrong by 5:21 entering the last big stage — Saturday’s 104-mile ride from Montelimar to a punishing finish up the famed Mont Ventoux. The race ends Sunday in Paris, with what is usually a ceremonial ride on the Champs-Elysees for the rider in the yellow jersey. “It’s really hard. I’d very much like there not to be a climb,” Contador said, referring to the widely dreaded mountain. “There’s a lot of headwind.”

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Photo by Tony Gutierrez/file | AP

COWPUNCHERS, PANIOLOS

Dallas Cowboys head coach Wade Phillips looks on as his team runs drills during an NFL football minicamp in Carrollton, n this June 17 photo,. Forget the image of coach Phillips as the smiling, joking coach of the Dallas Cowboys. Instead, picture him as a snarling, in-your-face kind of guy.

No more smiling Phillips By JAIME ARON ASSOCIATED PRESS

DALLAS — Forget the image of Wade Phillips as the smiling, joking coach of the Dallas Cowboys. Instead, picture him as a snarling, in-your-face kind of guy. Bradie James couldn’t do it. It was the morning after the Cowboys’ 2008 season ended in disgrace. Phillips announced at a news conference that although there was not going to be a change in head coaches, there would be a change in the head coach. No more Mr. Nice Guy, he intimated. James, a defensive captain last season, got the word from reporters. His unfiltered reaction: a smile, followed by a giggle, then another smile.

Tougher

Photo by Ross D. Franklin | AP

Hawaii rodeo team member Sam Auld tries to rope a steer in a team roping event at the National High School Finals Rodeo on Thursday, in Farmington, N.M.

Hawaiian team members feel at home at rodeo finals By TIM KORTE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ARMINGTON, N.M. — They’re more likely to be found on a saddle than a surfboard. Just give them a lasso and watch them go. The Hawaiian team is right at home at this week’s National High School Finals Rodeo in New Mexico, where 1,500 contestants from the United States, Canada and even Australia are tying calves, riding bulls and racing around barrels. While most people might associate Hawaii

with beaches and umbrella drinks, the rodeo athletes from the state want folks to know there are plenty of cowboys and cowgirls in the Land of Aloha. “No, we don’t surf,” said Maka DeGuair, a roper from Kona. “A lot of people ask us that question.” Added Marla Loando, also of Kona: “Everybody asks us, ‘How did you get your horses to New Mexico?’ like we paddled a boat to get here. Somebody else asked me, ‘Oh, they have cows in Hawaii?’ I told them, ‘Yeah, they do.”’ The rodeo attracts 7,000 fans, most of them

parents and relatives of participants. When the finals were held in Farmington in 2003 and 2004, officials put the economic impact for the San Juan County area at $5.2 million each year. It’s a new experience for many visitors. “It’s been a lot of fun, definitely worth the trip,” said saddle bronc rider Cody Carlton, who with his parents made a 36-hour drive from Titusville, Fla. “I like the dry heat compared to the humidity at home.” The event requires about 450 volunteers,

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Seven months later, James is still smiling — but for a different reason. He insists the grin is in appreciation of how Phillips has managed to get tougher while still remaining good ol’ Wade. “He’s been more involved, more vocal,” James said. “There are some things he’s been firm about. That’s what you need. You need to see him getting in and getting hands-on with us, and that’s what he’s been doing lately.” The Dallas Cowboys open training camp in San Antonio on Wednesday and the juiciest story lines stem from the departure of Terrell Owens, whether Tony Romo will flourish or flounder without him, and whether Roy Williams can step up as the lead receiver. But don’t forget about

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Perfect game pitcher just does his job By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER ASSOCIATED PRESS

DETROIT — Mark Buehrle already had a no-hitter on his resume when the White Sox left-hander threw his perfect game against Tampa Bay this week in Chicago. So the surprise isn’t so much that he retired all 27 batters he faced, but in how he does it. Buehrle doesn’t overpower batters like Randy Johnson or Nolan Ryan, but he has a style that works just fine. Call it the Buehrle Way: Work fast. Throw strikes. Change speeds. The key is that he doesn’t waste a lot of pitches.

32 minutes He threw 116 of them on Thursday in a game that lasted 2 hours, 3 minutes. Buehrle was on the

mound for only 32 minutes. “When you face him, you have to be ready to hit because he’s gonna throw strikes,” said White Sox slugger Jim Thome. “He’s gonna work quick. There’s not a whole lot of time to think.”

Working fast “The next thing you know, you’re in the seventh inning, going ‘Where did this day go?”’ Thome said ahead of Friday’s day-night doubleheader in Detroit. Working fast doesn’t mean Buehrle flies under the radar. The 30-year-old pitcher is, after all, a four-time All-Star who is 133-90 with a 3.76 ERA in his 10 major league seasons, all with Chicago. He just goes about his work quietly,

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Photo by Jim Prisching | AP

Chicago White Sox pitcher Mark Buehrle, left, is embraced by teammate Josh Fields as catcher Ramon Castro, right, joins in the celebration after Buehrle threw a perfect game against the Tampa Bay Rays on Thursday in Chicago. The White Sox won 5-0.

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Zscores

ULB All Times EDT W L Pct. GB San Angelo 28 13 .683 — Amarillo 22 19 .537 6 Coastal Bend 21 20 .512 7 Edinburg 19 22 .463 9 Harlingen 19 22 .463 9 Laredo 14 27 .341 14 Thursday’s Games Amarillo 5, Laredo 4 San Angelo 1, Coastal Bend 0 Harlingen 10, Edinburg 6 Friday’s Games Laredo at Amarillo, 8:05 p.m. Coastal Bend at San Angelo, 8:05 p.m. Harlingen at Edinburg, 8:05 p.m. Saturday’s Games Coastal Bend at San Angelo, 8:05 p.m. Laredo at Amarillo, 8:05 p.m. Harlingen at Edinburg, 8:05 p.m. Sunday’s Games Coastal Bend at San Angelo, 6:05 p.m. Laredo at Amarillo, 7:05 p.m. Harlingen at Edinburg, 7:05 p.m.

MLB AMERICAN LEAGUE All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB New York 58 37 .611 — Boston 55 39 .585 2½ Tampa Bay 52 44 .542 6½ Toronto 47 49 .490 11½ Baltimore 41 53 .436 16½ Central Division W L Pct GB Detroit 50 44 .532 — Chicago 50 46 .521 1 Minnesota 48 48 .500 3 Cleveland 38 58 .396 13 Kansas City 37 57 .394 13 West Division W L Pct GB Los Angeles 56 38 .596 — Texas 52 41 .559 3½ Seattle 51 44 .537 5½ Oakland 40 54 .426 16 Thursday’s Games Cleveland 5, Toronto 4 Seattle 2, Detroit 1 Chicago White Sox 5, Tampa Bay 0 N.Y. Yankees 6, Oakland 3 L.A. Angels 6, Minnesota 5, 10 innings Friday’s Games Detroit 5, Chicago White Sox 1, 1st game Chicago White Sox at Detroit, 7:05 p.m., 2nd game Oakland at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m. Tampa Bay at Toronto, 7:07 p.m. Baltimore at Boston, 7:10 p.m. Texas at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m. Minnesota at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m. Cleveland at Seattle, 10:10 p.m. Saturday’s Games Oakland (G.Gonzalez 1-2) at N.Y. Yankees (Pettitte 8-5), 1:05 p.m. Tampa Bay (Price 3-4) at Toronto (Tallet 5-6), 1:07 p.m. Chicago White Sox (G.Floyd 8-6) at Detroit (E.Jackson 7-5), 4:10 p.m. Cleveland (Sowers 2-7) at Seattle (Bedard 5-2), 4:10 p.m. Minnesota (Blackburn 8-4) at L.A. Angels, 4:10 p.m. Baltimore (Guthrie 7-8) at Boston (Lester 8-7), 7:10 p.m. Texas (Holland 3-5) at Kansas City (Hochevar 5-3), 7:10 p.m. Sunday’s Games Oakland at N.Y. Yankees, 1:05 p.m. Tampa Bay at Toronto, 1:07 p.m. Baltimore at Boston, 1:35 p.m. Texas at Kansas City, 2:10 p.m. Minnesota at L.A. Angels, 3:35 p.m. Cleveland at Seattle, 4:10 p.m. Chicago White Sox at Detroit, 8:05 p.m. Monday’s Games Kansas City at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Tampa Bay, 7:08 p.m. Oakland at Boston, 7:10 p.m. Detroit at Texas, 8:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m. Cleveland at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m. Toronto at Seattle, 10:10 p.m. NATIONAL LEAGUE All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB Philadelphia 54 39 .581 — Atlanta 49 47 .510 6½ Florida 49 47 .510 6½ New York 44 50 .468 10½ Washington 28 67 .295 27 Central Division W L Pct GB St. Louis 52 46 .531 — Chicago 49 45 .521 1 Houston 49 46 .516 1½ Milwaukee 48 47 .505 2½ Cincinnati 44 51 .463 6½ Pittsburgh 42 53 .442 8½ West Division W L Pct GB Los Angeles 61 34 .642 — Colorado 52 43 .547 9 San Francisco 51 44 .537 10 Arizona 41 55 .427 20½ San Diego 37 59 .385 24½ Thursday’s Games San Francisco 5, Atlanta 1 Philadelphia 9, San Diego 4 St. Louis 4, Washington 1, 7 innings Arizona 11, Pittsburgh 4 Friday’s Games Chicago Cubs 8, Cincinnati 5 San Diego at Washington, 7:05 p.m. St. Louis at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m. Atlanta at Milwaukee, 8:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Houston, 8:05 p.m. San Francisco at Colorado, 9:10 p.m. Pittsburgh at Arizona, 9:40 p.m. Florida at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m. Saturday’s Games Cincinnati (Cueto 8-6) at Chicago Cubs (K.Hart 1-1), 1:05 p.m. St. Louis (Lohse 4-6) at Philadelphia (R.Lopez 2-0), 4:10 p.m. Atlanta (Hanson 5-0) at Milwaukee (Gallardo 8-7), 7:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Niese 0-0) at Houston (R.Ortiz 3-4), 7:05 p.m. San Diego (Stauffer 0-1) at Washington (J.Martin 0-1), 7:05 p.m. Pittsburgh (Ohlendorf 8-7) at Arizona (D.Davis 4-10), 8:10 p.m. San Francisco (J.Sanchez 3-8) at Colorado (De La Rosa 7-7), 8:10 p.m. Florida (VandenHurk 1-0) at L.A. Dodgers (Kuroda 3-5), 10:10 p.m. Sunday’s Games San Diego at Washington, 1:35 p.m. St. Louis at Philadelphia, 1:35 p.m. Atlanta at Milwaukee, 2:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Houston, 2:05 p.m. Cincinnati at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m. San Francisco at Colorado, 3:10 p.m. Florida at L.A. Dodgers, 4:10 p.m. Pittsburgh at Arizona, 4:10 p.m. Monday’s Games L.A. Dodgers at St. Louis, 7:05 p.m. Colorado at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m. San Diego at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m. Houston at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 p.m. Washington at Milwaukee, 8:05 p.m. Philadelphia at Arizona, 9:40 p.m. Pittsburgh at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m. Team-by-Team Disabled List (Provided by Major League Baseball) (x-60-day all others are 15-day) Through July 23 AMERICAN LEAGUE Baltimore OF Luis Montanez, May 23 RHP Chris Ray, July 6 RHP Dennis Sarfate, May 2 RHP Alfredo Simon, April 15 RHP Koji Uehara, June 24 Boston 1B Jeff Bailey, July 5 RHP Miguel Gonzalez-x, March 27 RHP Daisuke Matsuzaka, June 20 RHP Tim Wakefield, July 21 Chicago None. Cleveland LHP Scott Lewis-x, April 11 RHP Anthony Reyes-x, May 23 RHP Jake Westbrook-x, March 26 Detroit RHP Jeremy Bonderman, June 9 RHP Alfredo Figaro, June 28 LHP Nathan Robertson, June 27 C Matt Treanor-x, April 24 LHP Dontrelle Willis, June 15 RHP Joel Zumaya, July 18 Kansas City SS Mike Aviles-x, May 24 OF Coco Crisp-x, June 13 RHP Kyle Farnsworth, June 26 RHP Gil Meche, July 18 RHP Doug Waechter, April 18 Los Angeles RHP Kelvim Escobar, June 7 OF Vladimir Guerrero, July 8 CF Torii Hunter, July 8 RHP Dustin Moseley-x, April 18 C Scott Shields-x, May 27 Minnesota RHP Boof Bonser, March 27 RHP Pat Neshek-x, Feb. 21 RHP Kevin Slowey, July 4 New York LHP Damaso Marte, April 26 OF Xavier Nady, April 15 RHP Chien-Ming Wang, July 5 Oakland 3B Eric Chavez-x, April 25 RHP Joey Devine-x, April 4 RHP Justin Duchscherer-x, March 27 1B Jason Giambi, July 20 RHP Dan Giese-x, May 16 LHP Josh Outman-x, June 20 Seattle 3B Adrian Beltre, June 29 OF Endy Chavez-x, June 20 LHP Ryan Feierabend-x, March 15 LHP Cesar Jimenez-x, March 29 RHP Carlos Silva-x, May 7 Tampa Bay RHP Chad Bradford, July 23 RHP Jason Isringhausen-x, June 14 INF Akinori Iwamura-x, May 25 RHP Troy Percival, May 22 CF Fernando Perez-x, March 27 C Shawn Riggans, April 10

LHP Brian Shouse, May 25 Texas RHP Joaquin Benoit-x, April 5 RHP Franklin Francisco, July 11 LHP Matt Harrison, June 24 RHP Eric Hurley-x, April 5 RHP Brandon McCarthy-x, June 5 Toronto C Michael Barrett, April 18 RHP Jesse Litsch, April 14 RHP Shaun Marcum, March 27 RHP Dustin McGowan, March 27 RHP Robert Ray, May 22 RHP Scott Richmond, July 1 NATIONAL LEAGUE Arizona OF Eric Byrnes, June 26 RHP Tom Gordon-x, May 4 1B Conor Jackson-x, May 12 C Christopher Snyder, June 21 RHP Brandon Webb-x, April 7 Atlanta RHP Jeff Bennett, June 25 RHP Jorge Campillo-x, May 29 RHP Buddy Carlyle, May 26 RHP Tim Hudson-x, Feb. 24 SS Omar Infante, May 21 Chicago RHP Ryan Dempster, July 7 RHP Chad Fox, May 10 2B Aaron Miles, June 21 RHP David Patton, July 5 C Geovany Soto, July 7 Cincinnati OF Jay Bruce, July 12 INF-OF Wilkin Castillo-x, June 21 C Ramon Hernandez, July 17 RHP Mike Lincoln, June 13 INF Danny Richar, July 2 RHP Edinson Volquez, June 2 Colorado RHP Taylor Buchholz-x, March 27 RHP Manuel Corpas, July 21 LHP Alan Embree, July 11 LHP Jeffrey Francis-x, March 27 Florida SS Alfredo Amezaga-x, May 17 LHP David Davidson-x, May 23 RHP Chris Leroux, July 4 RHP Matt Lindstrom, June 24 RHP Scott Proctor-x March 27 RHP Anibal Sanchez, June 3 Houston 1B Lance Berkman, July 23 3B Aaron Boone-x March 27 RHP Doug Brocail, May 4 2B German Duran, July 2 INF-OF Darin Erstad, July 19 RHP Chris Sampson, July 10 Los Angeles RHP Ronald Belisario, July 6 LHP Hong-Chih Kuo-x, April 30 1B Doug Mienkiewicz-x, April 17 LHP Eric Milton, June 28 LHP Will Ohman, May 28 OF Xavier Paul, May 21 RHP Cory Wade, July 12 Milwaukee RHP Dave Bush, June 21 RHP David Riske-x, April 10 2B Rickie Weeks-x, May 18 New York OF Carlos Beltran, June 22 1B Carlos Delgado-x, May 11 RHP John Maine, June 7 OF Fernando Martinez, July 9 INF Ramon Martinez-x, June 3 RHP Fernando Nieve, July 20 RHP J.J. Putz, June 5 SS Jose Reyes, May 21 LHP Billy Wagner-x, March 27 Philadelphia LHP Antonio Bastardo, June 26 RHP Chad Durbin, July 23 RHP Pedro Martinez, July 16 RHP Brett Myers-x, May 28 LHP J.C. Romero, July 23 Pittsburgh LHP Phil Dumatrait-x, March 27 RHP Craig Hansen-x, April 20 RHP Tyler Yates, May 16 St. Louis LHP Jaime Garcia, March 27 3B Troy Glaus, March 27 SS Khalil Greene, June 29 San Diego RHP Cha Seung Baek-x, March 30 C Henry Blanco, July 5 SS David Eckstein, July 6 OF Cliff Floyd-x, June 19 OF Brian Giles, June 19 INF Edgar Gonzalez, July 19 RHP Shawn Hill-x, April 26 C Nick Hundley, June 18 RHP Jake Peavy, June 9 RHP Mark Worrell-x, April 1 RHP Chris Young, June 15 San Francisco INF Rich Aurilia, July 21 LHP Randy Johnson, July 6 LHP Noah Lowry-x, March 26 RHP Joseph Martinez-x, April 10 RHP Kelvin Pichardo-x, June 28 Washington CF Roger Bernadina-x, April 19 C Jesus Flores, May 10 LHP Scott Olsen, July 11 1B Dmitri Young, April 1 RHP Terrell Young-x, March 27 RHP Jordan Zimmermann, July 19

NFL Training Camp Dates Rookie and veteran reporting dates (Dates subject to change) American Football Conference BALTIMORE RAVENS—McDaniel College, Westminster, Md., July 27; July 29. BUFFALO BILLS—St. John Fisher College, Pittsford, N.Y., both July 25. CINCINNATI BENGALS—Georgetown College, Georgetown, Ky., both July 30. CLEVELAND BROWNS—Browns Training Facility, Berea, Ohio, July 24; July 31. DENVER BRONCOS—Paul D. Bowlen Memorial Centre, Englewood, Colo., both July 30. HOUSTON TEXANS—Methodist Training Center, Houston, July 26; July 31. INDIANAPOLIS COLTS—Rose-Hulman Institute, Terre Haute, Ind., both Aug. 2. JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS—Municipal Stadium, Jacksonville, Fla., both Aug. 2. KANSAS CITY CHIEFS—WisconsinRiver Falls, River Falls, Wis., both July 31. MIAMI DOLPHINS—Dolphins Training Center, Davie, Fla., both Aug. 1. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS—Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Mass., July 26; July 29. NEW YORK JETS—Cortland State, Cortland, N.Y., July 27; July 30. OAKLAND RAIDERS—Napa Valley Marriott, Napa, Calif., both July 29. PITTSBURGH STEELERS—Saint Vincent College, Latrobe, Pa., both July 31. SAN DIEGO CHARGERS—Chargers Park, San Diego, July 26; July 31. TENNESSEE TITANS—Baptist Sports Park, Nashville, Tenn., both July 30. National Football Conference ARIZONA CARDINALS—Northern Arizona U., Flagstaff, Ariz., both July 29. ATLANTA FALCONS—Falcons Training Facility, Flowery Branch, Ga., both July 31. CAROLINA PANTHERS—Wofford College, Spartanburg, S.C., both Aug 2. CHICAGO BEARS—Olivet Nazarene, Bourbonnais, Ill., both July 31. DALLAS COWBOYS—Alamodome, San Antonio, both July 29. DETROIT LIONS—Lions Training Facility, Allen Park, Mich., both July 31. GREEN BAY PACKERS—St. Norbert College, De Pere, Wis., both July 31. MINNESOTA VIKINGS—Minnesota State-Mankato, both July 30. NEW ORLEANS SAINTS—New Orleans Saints Training Facility, Metairie, La., both July 30. NEW YORK GIANTS—U. of Albany, N.Y., both Aug. 3. PHILADELPHIA EAGLES—Lehigh U., Bethlehem, Pa., July 26; July 29. ST. LOUIS RAMS—Russell Training Center, Earth City, Mo., July 30; July 31. SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS—Marie P. DeBartolo Sports Center, Santa Clara, Calif., July 28; July 30. SEATTLE SEAHAWKS—Virginia Mason Athletic Center, Renton, Wash., July 30; July 31. TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS—One Buccaneer Place, Tampa, Fla., both July 31. WASHINGTON REDSKINS—Redskins Park, Ashburn, Va., both July 29. Preseason Schedule All Times EDT Subject to Change Sunday, Aug. 9 Buffalo vs. Tennessee at Canton, Ohio, 8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 13 New England at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m. Washington at Baltimore, 7:30 p.m. Arizona at Pittsburgh, 8 p.m. Dallas at Oakland, 10 p.m. Friday, Aug. 14 St. Louis at N.Y. Jets, 7 p.m. Minnesota at Indianapolis, 7:30 p.m. Cincinnati at New Orleans, 8 p.m. Denver at San Francisco, 10 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 15 Atlanta at Detroit, 4 p.m. Chicago at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Cleveland at Green Bay, 8 p.m. Houston at Kansas City, 8 p.m. Tampa Bay at Tennessee, 8 p.m. Seattle at San Diego, 10 p.m. Monday, Aug. 17 Jacksonville at Miami, 7:30 p.m. Carolina at N.Y. Giants, 8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 20 Cincinnati at New England, 7:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Indianapolis, 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 21 Tennessee at Dallas, 8 p.m. Atlanta at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Kansas City at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 22

Carolina at Miami, 7:30 p.m. Detroit at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m. Pittsburgh at Washington, 7:30 p.m. Tampa Bay at Jacksonville, 7:30 p.m. Buffalo at Green Bay, 8 p.m. New Orleans at Houston, 8 p.m. N.Y. Giants at Chicago, 8 p.m. Oakland at San Francisco, 8:15 p.m. San Diego at Arizona, 10 p.m. Denver at Seattle, 10:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 24 N.Y. Jets at Baltimore, 8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 27 Jacksonville at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. St. Louis at Cincinnati, 7:30 p.m. Miami at Tampa Bay, 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 28 New England at Washington, 8 p.m. Green Bay at Arizona, 10 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 29 Indianapolis at Detroit, 1 p.m. New Orleans at Oakland, 4 p.m. Buffalo at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m. Tennessee at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m. San Diego at Atlanta, 8 p.m. Baltimore at Carolina, 8 p.m. N.Y. Jets at N.Y. Giants, 8 p.m. San Francisco at Dallas, 8 p.m. Seattle at Kansas City, 8 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 30 Chicago at Denver, 8 p.m. Monday, Aug. 31 Minnesota at Houston, 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 3 Detroit at Buffalo, 6:30 p.m. Philadelphia at N.Y. Jets, 7 p.m. Baltimore at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. Indianapolis at Cincinnati, 7:30 p.m. N.Y. Giants at New England, 7:30 p.m. Washington at Jacksonville, 7:30 p.m. Cleveland at Chicago, 8 p.m. Green Bay at Tennessee, 8 p.m. Kansas City at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Miami at New Orleans, 8 p.m. Pittsburgh at Carolina, 8 p.m. Arizona at Denver, 9 p.m. Oakland at Seattle, 10 p.m. Friday, Sept. 4 Houston at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m. Dallas at Minnesota, 8 p.m. San Francisco at San Diego, 10 p.m.

NHL 2009-10 Schedule All Times Eastern Thursday, Oct. 1 Washington at Boston, 7 p.m. Montreal at Toronto, 7 p.m. San Jose at Colorado, 9:30 p.m. Vancouver at Calgary, 10 p.m. Friday, Oct. 2 Philadelphia at Carolina, 7 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m. Florida at Chicago, 8 p.m. Detroit at St. Louis, 10 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3 Vancouver at Colorado, 3 p.m. Carolina at Boston, 7 p.m. Montreal at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Philadelphia at New Jersey, 7 p.m. Pittsburgh at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m. Ottawa at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. Toronto at Washington, 7 p.m. Tampa Bay at Atlanta, 7 p.m. Chicago at Florida, 7 p.m. Minnesota at Columbus, 7 p.m. Nashville at Dallas, 8 p.m. St. Louis at Detroit, 9 p.m. Calgary at Edmonton, 10 p.m. San Jose at Anaheim, 10 p.m. Phoenix at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 5 N.Y. Rangers at New Jersey, 7 p.m. Columbus at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 6 Ottawa at Toronto, 7 p.m. Washington at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Tampa Bay at Carolina, 7 p.m. Anaheim at Minnesota, 9 p.m. Montreal at Calgary, 9 p.m. Dallas at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m. San Jose at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 7 Phoenix at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m. Montreal at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 8 Anaheim at Boston, 7 p.m. Phoenix at Buffalo, 7 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Ottawa, 7 p.m. Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Washington, 7 p.m. New Jersey at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. Chicago at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Atlanta at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Colorado at Nashville, 8 p.m. Calgary at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m. Minnesota at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m. Columbus at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 9 Florida at Carolina, 7 p.m. Dallas at Calgary, 9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10 N.Y. Islanders at Boston, 7 p.m. Pittsburgh at Toronto, 7 p.m. Atlanta at Ottawa, 7 p.m. Anaheim at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. New Jersey at Florida, 7 p.m. Washington at Detroit, 7 p.m. Carolina at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. Los Angeles at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Buffalo at Nashville, 8 p.m. Colorado at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. Columbus at Phoenix, 9 p.m. Montreal at Edmonton, 10 p.m. Minnesota at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 11 Anaheim at N.Y. Rangers, 5 p.m. Dallas at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Monday, Oct. 12 Colorado at Boston, 1 p.m. Los Angeles at N.Y. Islanders, 2 p.m. Toronto at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. New Jersey at Washington, 7 p.m. Pittsburgh at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m. Florida at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. Edmonton at Nashville, 8 p.m. Calgary at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. Phoenix at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 13 Detroit at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Calgary at Columbus, 7 p.m. Colorado at Toronto, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14 Los Angeles at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. Edmonton at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. Nashville at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Minnesota at Anaheim, 10 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15 San Jose at Washington, 7 p.m. Pittsburgh at Carolina, 7 p.m. Colorado at Montreal, 7:30 p.m. Tampa Bay at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m. Los Angeles at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Chicago at Nashville, 8 p.m. St. Louis at Phoenix, 10 p.m. Friday, Oct. 16 Atlanta at New Jersey, 7 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Florida, 7:30 p.m. Boston at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Vancouver at Calgary, 9 p.m. Minnesota at Edmonton, 9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17 Atlanta at Buffalo, 7 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Toronto, 7 p.m. Ottawa at Montreal, 7 p.m. Carolina at New Jersey, 7 p.m. San Jose at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m. Nashville at Washington, 7 p.m. Colorado at Detroit, 7 p.m. Los Angeles at Columbus, 7 p.m. Tampa Bay at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m. Dallas at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. Boston at Phoenix, 9 p.m. Minnesota at Vancouver, 10 p.m. St. Louis at Anaheim, 10 p.m. Monday, Oct. 19 San Jose at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. Los Angeles at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Vancouver at Edmonton, 9 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 20 St. Louis at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. Atlanta at Montreal, 7:30 p.m. Columbus at Calgary, 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 21 Nashville at Boston, 7 p.m. Carolina at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m. Buffalo at Florida, 7:30 p.m. Colorado at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Vancouver at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. Dallas at Anaheim, 10 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22 N.Y. Islanders at Montreal, 7 p.m. New Jersey at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. Boston at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Washington at Atlanta, 7 p.m. Nashville at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m. San Jose at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. Columbus at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m. Detroit at Phoenix, 10 p.m. Dallas at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23 Florida at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m. Minnesota at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Carolina at Colorado, 9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24 N.Y. Rangers at Montreal, 7 p.m. Boston at Ottawa, 7 p.m. Washington at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m. Florida at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. San Jose at Atlanta, 7 p.m. Toronto at Vancouver, 7 p.m. New Jersey at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m. Buffalo at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. Dallas at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Carolina at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Nashville at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. Detroit at Colorado, 9 p.m. Los Angeles at Phoenix, 9 p.m. Edmonton at Calgary, 10 p.m. Columbus at Anaheim, 10 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25 San Jose at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Columbus at Los Angeles, 9 p.m. Edmonton at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Monday, Oct. 26 Phoenix at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Montreal, 7:30 p.m. Minnesota at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. Toronto at Anaheim, 10 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27 Philadelphia at Washington, 7 p.m. Colorado at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m. Detroit at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 28 Buffalo at New Jersey, 7 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m. St. Louis at Carolina, 7 p.m. Phoenix at Columbus, 7 p.m. Montreal at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m.

Ottawa at Florida, 7:30 p.m. Nashville at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Toronto at Dallas, 8 p.m. Colorado at Calgary, 9:30 p.m. Los Angeles at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29 New Jersey at Boston, 7 p.m. Washington at Atlanta, 7 p.m. Ottawa at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m. Phoenix at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Chicago at Nashville, 8 p.m. Detroit at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m. Vancouver at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30 N.Y. Islanders at Washington, 7 p.m. Pittsburgh at Columbus, 7 p.m. Toronto at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Montreal at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. Florida at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Vancouver at Anaheim, 10 p.m. Colorado at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31 Edmonton at Boston, 1 p.m. Carolina at Philadelphia, 1 p.m. Atlanta at Ottawa, 2 p.m. New Jersey at Tampa Bay, 3 p.m. Toronto at Montreal, 7 p.m. Buffalo at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m. Minnesota at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m. Florida at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Dallas at Nashville, 8 p.m. Anaheim at Phoenix, 9 p.m. Detroit at Calgary, 10 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 1 Boston at N.Y. Rangers, 1 p.m. San Jose at Carolina, 1:30 p.m. Columbus at Washington, 5 p.m. Colorado at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Monday, Nov. 2 Edmonton at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m. Tampa Bay at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Los Angeles at Phoenix, 9 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3 Boston at Detroit, 7 p.m. Tampa Bay at Toronto, 7:30 p.m. Atlanta at Montreal, 7:30 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Pittsburgh at Anaheim, 10 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4 N.Y. Islanders at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Washington at New Jersey, 7 p.m. San Jose at Columbus, 7 p.m. Carolina at Florida, 7:30 p.m. Calgary at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Phoenix at Colorado, 9 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5 Montreal at Boston, 7 p.m. Columbus at Atlanta, 7 p.m. Tampa Bay at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m. San Jose at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Calgary at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Vancouver at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Chicago at Phoenix, 9 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m. Nashville at Anaheim, 10 p.m. Pittsburgh at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6 N.Y. Islanders at New Jersey, 7 p.m. Toronto at Carolina, 7 p.m. Philadelphia at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m. Washington at Florida, 7:30 p.m. Vancouver at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Chicago at Colorado, 9 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7 Nashville at Los Angeles, 4 p.m. Buffalo at Boston, 7 p.m. Detroit at Toronto, 7 p.m. Tampa Bay at Montreal, 7 p.m. New Jersey at Ottawa, 7 p.m. Atlanta at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m. St. Louis at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Florida at Washington, 7 p.m. Carolina at Columbus, 7 p.m. Dallas at Minnesota, 8 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Calgary, 10 p.m. Phoenix at Anaheim, 10 p.m. Pittsburgh at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 8 St. Louis at Atlanta, 5 p.m. Edmonton at Colorado, 8 p.m. Monday, Nov. 9 Los Angeles at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10 Pittsburgh at Boston, 7 p.m. Minnesota at Toronto, 7 p.m. Calgary at Montreal, 7:30 p.m. Edmonton at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m. Vancouver at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Nashville at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11 Edmonton at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Anaheim at New Jersey, 7 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Washington, 7 p.m. Los Angeles at Carolina, 7 p.m. Detroit at Columbus, 7 p.m. Colorado at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12 Florida at Boston, 7 p.m. Atlanta at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. Ottawa at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. New Jersey at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m. Minnesota at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. Vancouver at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Nashville at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Montreal at Phoenix, 9 p.m. Dallas at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13 Minnesota at Washington, 7 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Carolina, 7 p.m. Anaheim at Columbus, 7 p.m. Calgary at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m. Los Angeles at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. Toronto at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14 Calgary at Toronto, 7 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Ottawa, 7 p.m. Washington at New Jersey, 7 p.m. Buffalo at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Florida, 7 p.m. Anaheim at Detroit, 7 p.m. Boston at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m. Los Angeles at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. San Jose at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Montreal at Nashville, 8 p.m. Dallas at Phoenix, 8 p.m. Vancouver at Colorado, 10 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 15 Minnesota at Carolina, 1:30 p.m. Edmonton at Atlanta, 2 p.m. San Jose at Chicago, 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 16 N.Y. Islanders at Boston, 7 p.m. New Jersey at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Edmonton at Columbus, 7 p.m. Anaheim at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m. Los Angeles at Florida, 7:30 p.m. Tampa Bay at Phoenix, 9 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 17 Washington at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. Carolina at Montreal, 7:30 p.m. Toronto at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m. San Jose at Nashville, 8 p.m. Colorado at Calgary, 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18 Florida at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Dallas at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Phoenix at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Colorado at Edmonton, 9 p.m. Philadelphia at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19 Toronto at Carolina, 7 p.m. Boston at Atlanta, 7 p.m. Pittsburgh at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m. Phoenix at St. Louis, 8 p.m. New Jersey at Nashville, 8 p.m. Columbus at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Chicago at Calgary, 9:30 p.m. Tampa Bay at Anaheim, 10 p.m. Friday, Nov. 20 Montreal at Washington, 7 p.m. Boston at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m. Florida at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Colorado at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Philadelphia at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21 Calgary at Los Angeles, 4 p.m. Washington at Toronto, 7 p.m. Detroit at Montreal, 7 p.m. Buffalo at Ottawa, 7 p.m. Florida at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. Tampa Bay at Carolina, 7 p.m. Pittsburgh at Atlanta, 7 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Columbus at Nashville, 8 p.m. New Jersey at Dallas, 8 p.m. Philadelphia at Phoenix, 8 p.m. Chicago at Edmonton, 10 p.m. San Jose at Anaheim, 10 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 22 Tampa Bay at Atlanta, 5 p.m. Chicago at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Monday, Nov. 23 Detroit at Nashville, 6 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Toronto, 7 p.m. Columbus at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. Washington at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m. Pittsburgh at Florida, 7:30 p.m. Boston at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Carolina at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Colorado, 9 p.m. Phoenix at Edmonton, 9 p.m. Calgary at Anaheim, 10 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 24 Columbus at Montreal, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 25 Ottawa at New Jersey, 7 p.m. Philadelphia at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m. Buffalo at Washington, 7 p.m. Toronto at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m. Montreal at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Florida, 7:30 p.m. Atlanta at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Boston at Minnesota, 8 p.m. St. Louis at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Nashville at Colorado, 9 p.m. Phoenix at Calgary, 9:30 p.m. Los Angeles at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m. Carolina at Anaheim, 10 p.m. Chicago at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 26 Columbus at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m. Los Angeles at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Friday, Nov. 27 New Jersey at Boston, 12 p.m. Buffalo at Philadelphia, 1 p.m. Pittsburgh at N.Y. Islanders, 2 p.m. Colorado at Minnesota, 2 p.m. Chicago at Anaheim, 4 p.m. Atlanta at Carolina, 7 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. Toronto at Florida, 7:30 p.m. Calgary at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. St. Louis at Nashville, 8 p.m. San Jose at Edmonton, 9 p.m. Dallas at Phoenix, 9 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 28 N.Y. Islanders at New Jersey, 1 p.m. Ottawa at Boston, 7 p.m.

SATURDAY,JULY 25,2009 Carolina at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Washington at Montreal, 7 p.m. Philadelphia at Atlanta, 7 p.m. Calgary at Columbus, 7 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m. Detroit at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Florida at Nashville, 8 p.m. Tampa Bay at Dallas, 8 p.m. Minnesota at Colorado, 9 p.m. Edmonton at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Chicago at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 29 Phoenix at Anaheim, 8 p.m. San Jose at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Monday, Nov. 30 Buffalo at Toronto, 7 p.m. Pittsburgh at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. Washington at Carolina, 7 p.m. Florida at Atlanta, 7 p.m. St. Louis at Columbus, 7 p.m. Colorado at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. Dallas at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Calgary at Nashville, 8 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 1 Toronto at Montreal, 7:30 p.m. Columbus at Chicago, 8 p.m. Los Angeles at Anaheim, 10:30 p.m. Ottawa at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 2 Tampa Bay at Boston, 7 p.m. Vancouver at New Jersey, 7 p.m. Colorado at Florida, 7:30 p.m. Nashville at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 3 Montreal at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Vancouver at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Florida at Washington, 7 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Atlanta, 7 p.m. Toronto at Columbus, 7 p.m. Colorado at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m. Edmonton at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Anaheim at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Calgary at Phoenix, 9 p.m. Ottawa at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m. St. Louis at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 4 Tampa Bay at New Jersey, 7 p.m. Boston at Montreal, 8 p.m. Anaheim at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Nashville at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5 Vancouver at Carolina, 1:30 p.m. Edmonton at Dallas, 2 p.m. St. Louis at Los Angeles, 4 p.m. Toronto at Boston, 7 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Detroit at New Jersey, 7 p.m. Washington at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Atlanta at Florida, 7 p.m. Colorado at Columbus, 7 p.m. Chicago at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. Minnesota at Nashville, 8 p.m. Ottawa at Phoenix, 10 p.m. Calgary at San Jose, 10 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 6 Detroit at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. Ottawa at Anaheim, 8 p.m. Monday, Dec. 7 New Jersey at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Atlanta at Toronto, 7 p.m. Philadelphia at Montreal, 7:30 p.m. Carolina at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m. Washington at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. Edmonton at Florida, 7:30 p.m. Colorado at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Minnesota at Phoenix, 9 p.m. Calgary at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 8 N.Y. Islanders at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Montreal at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m. Vancouver at Nashville, 8 p.m. Dallas at Anaheim, 10 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 9 Washington at Buffalo, 7 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Toronto, 7 p.m. Carolina at New Jersey, 7 p.m. Florida at Columbus, 7 p.m. Edmonton at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. St. Louis at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. Minnesota at Colorado, 9 p.m. Atlanta at Calgary, 9:30 p.m. Los Angeles at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 10 Toronto at Boston, 7 p.m. Ottawa at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Pittsburgh at Montreal, 7:30 p.m. Columbus at Nashville, 8 p.m. Atlanta at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Phoenix at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 11 Florida at New Jersey, 7 p.m. Carolina at Washington, 7 p.m. Chicago at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m. Anaheim at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Edmonton at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Tampa Bay at Colorado, 9 p.m. Minnesota at Calgary, 9 p.m. Dallas at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 12 Washington at Toronto, 7 p.m. Carolina at Ottawa, 7 p.m. Philadelphia at New Jersey, 7 p.m. Boston at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m. Buffalo at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. Montreal at Atlanta, 7 p.m. Anaheim at Columbus, 7 p.m. Florida at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m. Detroit at Nashville, 8 p.m. San Jose at Phoenix, 8 p.m. Minnesota at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Dallas at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 13 Tampa Bay at Chicago, 7 p.m. Calgary at Colorado, 8 p.m. Monday, Dec. 14 Philadelphia at Boston, 7 p.m. Ottawa at Toronto, 7 p.m. Florida at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m. Atlanta at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. Nashville at Columbus, 7 p.m. Buffalo at Montreal, 7:30 p.m. Phoenix at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Los Angeles at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 15 Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. Calgary at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Tampa Bay at Nashville, 8 p.m. Columbus at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Washington at Colorado, 9:30 p.m. Los Angeles at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 16 Montreal at New Jersey, 7 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. Dallas at Carolina, 7 p.m. Phoenix at Toronto, 7:30 p.m. Buffalo at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m. Atlanta at Florida, 7:30 p.m. St. Louis at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. Anaheim at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 17 Minnesota at Montreal, 7 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m. Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Dallas at Atlanta, 7 p.m. Phoenix at Columbus, 7 p.m. Tampa Bay at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Los Angeles at Calgary, 9:30 p.m. Nashville at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m. Anaheim at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 18 Ottawa at New Jersey, 7 p.m. Toronto at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m. Carolina at Florida, 7:30 p.m. Tampa Bay at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Boston at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. Washington at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 19 N.Y. Rangers at Philadelphia, 1 p.m. Detroit at Dallas, 3 p.m. Phoenix at Anaheim, 4 p.m. Pittsburgh at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Boston at Toronto, 7 p.m. Minnesota at Ottawa, 7 p.m. Montreal at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m. Florida at Carolina, 7 p.m. New Jersey at Atlanta, 7 p.m. Nashville at Calgary, 7 p.m. Columbus at Colorado, 9 p.m. Washington at Edmonton, 10 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 20 Detroit at Chicago, 7 p.m. St. Louis at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Monday, Dec. 21 Buffalo at Toronto, 7 p.m. Tampa Bay at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m. Florida at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Carolina, 7 p.m. Montreal at Atlanta, 7 p.m. Boston at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m. New Jersey at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m. Colorado at Minnesota, 8 p.m. San Jose at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. St. Louis at Edmonton, 9 p.m. Columbus at Phoenix, 9 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 22 San Jose at Chicago, 8 p.m. Anaheim at Colorado, 10 p.m. Nashville at Vancouver, 10:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 23 Atlanta at Boston, 7 p.m. Toronto at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m. Florida at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. Ottawa at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. Buffalo at Washington, 7 p.m. Montreal at Carolina, 7 p.m. Edmonton at Minnesota, 7 0 p.m. Philadelphia at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. Chicago at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Columbus at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Anaheim at Phoenix, 9 p.m. St. Louis at Calgary, 9:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 26 Ottawa at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Montreal at Toronto, 7 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. New Jersey at Washington, 7 p.m. Philadelphia at Carolina, 7 p.m. Columbus at Detroit, 7 p.m. Atlanta at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. Chicago at Nashville, 8 p.m. St. Louis at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Los Angeles at Phoenix, 8 p.m. Dallas at Colorado, 9 p.m. Edmonton at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Anaheim at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 27 Philadelphia at N.Y. Islanders, 5 p.m. Boston at Florida, 5 p.m. Buffalo at St. Louis, 6 p.m. Toronto at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. Nashville at Chicago, 7 p.m. Vancouver at Calgary, 8 p.m. Monday, Dec. 28 Atlanta at New Jersey, 7 p.m. Carolina at Washington, 7 p.m. Detroit at Columbus, 7 p.m. Montreal at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.

Boston at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. Calgary at Edmonton, 9 p.m. Minnesota at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m. Phoenix at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 29 Pittsburgh at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Columbus at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m. Nashville at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Chicago at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Vancouver at Phoenix, 9 p.m. Minnesota at Anaheim, 10 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 30 Atlanta at Boston, 7 p.m. Pittsburgh at New Jersey, 7 p.m. Philadelphia at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. Montreal at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m. Colorado at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m. Los Angeles at Calgary, 9:30 p.m. Toronto at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m. Washington at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 31 Montreal at Florida, 5 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Ottawa, 7 p.m. Colorado at Detroit, 7 p.m. Nashville at Columbus, 7 p.m. San Jose at Phoenix, 7 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Carolina, 8 p.m. Vancouver at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Los Angeles at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Anaheim at Dallas, 8 p.m. New Jersey at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. Edmonton at Calgary, 9 p.m. Friday, Jan. 1 Philadelphia at Boston, 1 p.m. Atlanta at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 2 Carolina at N.Y. Rangers, 1 p.m. Vancouver at Dallas, 2 p.m. Pittsburgh at Tampa Bay, 3 p.m. Washington at Los Angeles, 4 p.m. Atlanta at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m. Colorado at Columbus, 7 p.m. Toronto at Calgary, 7 p.m. Chicago at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Anaheim at Nashville, 8 p.m. New Jersey at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Detroit at Phoenix, 8 p.m. Edmonton at San Jose, 10 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 3 Buffalo at Montreal, 3 p.m. Philadelphia at Ottawa, 3 p.m. Pittsburgh at Florida, 5 p.m. Anaheim at Chicago, 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 4 Boston at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. Los Angeles at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 5 Florida at Toronto, 7 p.m. Dallas at New Jersey, 7 p.m. Montreal at Washington, 7 p.m. Boston at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m. Atlanta at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m. Calgary at Nashville, 8 p.m. Minnesota at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. Phoenix at Edmonton, 9 p.m. Columbus at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Detroit at Anaheim, 10 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 6 Tampa Bay at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Dallas at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. Toronto at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Calgary at Minnesota, 8 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Colorado, 9 p.m. St. Louis at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 7 Chicago at Boston, 7 p.m. Ottawa at Washington, 7 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Atlanta, 7 p.m. Florida at Montreal, 7:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m. Carolina at Nashville, 8 p.m. Columbus at Edmonton, 9 p.m. Phoenix at Vancouver, 10 p.m. St. Louis at Anaheim, 10 p.m. Detroit at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 8 Tampa Bay at New Jersey, 7 p.m. Colorado at Carolina, 7 p.m. Toronto at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Columbus at Calgary, 9 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 9 N.Y. Rangers at Boston, 1 p.m. Colorado at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Pittsburgh at Toronto, 7 p.m. New Jersey at Montreal, 7 p.m. Florida at Ottawa, 7 p.m. Tampa Bay at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Washington at Atlanta, 7 p.m. Anaheim at Nashville, 8 p.m. Chicago at Minnesota, 8 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Phoenix, 8 p.m. Calgary at Vancouver, 10 p.m. St. Louis at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m. Detroit at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 10 Ottawa at Carolina, 5 p.m. Dallas at Columbus, 7 p.m. Anaheim at Chicago, 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 11 Pittsburgh at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Colorado at Calgary, 10 p.m. Nashville at Vancouver, 10:30 p.m. San Jose at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 12 Carolina at Toronto, 7 p.m. Detroit at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m. New Jersey at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. Dallas at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Ottawa at Atlanta, 7 p.m. Washington at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. Columbus at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Nashville at Edmonton, 9 p.m. San Jose at Phoenix, 9 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 13 Vancouver at Minnesota, 7 p.m. Washington at Florida, 7:30 p.m. Pittsburgh at Calgary, 9:30 p.m. Boston at Anaheim, 10 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 14 Philadelphia at Toronto, 7 p.m. Ottawa at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. Buffalo at Atlanta, 7 p.m. Dallas at Montreal, 7:30 p.m. Florida at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. Carolina at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Minnesota at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Columbus at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. New Jersey at Phoenix, 9 p.m. Pittsburgh at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m. Anaheim at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m. Boston at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 15 Toronto at Washington, 7 p.m. Nashville at Calgary, 9 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 16 Chicago at Columbus, 2 p.m. Detroit at Dallas, 2 p.m. New Jersey at Colorado, 3 p.m. Boston at Los Angeles, 4 p.m. Edmonton at San Jose, 4 p.m. Ottawa at Montreal, 7 p.m. Buffalo at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m. Tampa Bay at Florida, 7 p.m. Atlanta at Carolina, 8 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Minnesota at Phoenix, 8 p.m. Pittsburgh at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 17 Philadelphia at Washington, 3 p.m. Chicago at Detroit, 3 p.m. Montreal at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. Calgary at Anaheim, 8 p.m. Monday, Jan. 18 Ottawa at Boston, 1 p.m. New Jersey at N.Y. Islanders, 2 p.m. Tampa Bay at Carolina, 7 p.m. St. Louis at Columbus, 7 p.m. Buffalo at Phoenix, 7 p.m. Atlanta at Florida, 7:30 p.m. Toronto at Nashville, 8 p.m. Minnesota at Dallas, 8 p.m. Edmonton at Colorado, 9 p.m. Calgary at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 19 Tampa Bay at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. Columbus at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Detroit at Washington, 7 p.m. Toronto at Atlanta, 7 p.m. Chicago at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m. Buffalo at Anaheim, 10 p.m. San Jose at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 20 Florida at New Jersey, 7 p.m. St. Louis at Montreal, 7:30 p.m. Vancouver at Edmonton, 10 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 21 Columbus at Boston, 7 p.m. St. Louis at Ottawa, 7 p.m. Florida at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Carolina at Atlanta, 7 p.m. Toronto at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m. Washington at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m. Detroit at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Nashville at Phoenix, 9 p.m. Chicago at Calgary, 9:30 p.m. Dallas at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Buffalo at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m. Anaheim at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 22 Montreal at New Jersey, 7 p.m. Nashville at Colorado, 9 p.m. Dallas at Edmonton, 9 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 23 Ottawa at Boston, 1 p.m. Carolina at Philadelphia, 1 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Montreal, 7 p.m. New Jersey at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m. Phoenix at Washington, 7 p.m. Toronto at Florida, 7 p.m. Los Angeles at Detroit, 7 p.m. Atlanta at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. Anaheim at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Columbus at Minnesota, 9 p.m. Chicago at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Buffalo at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 24 Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 3 p.m. Boston at Carolina, 5 p.m. Dallas at Colorado, 8 p.m. Monday, Jan. 25 Pittsburgh at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. St. Louis at Calgary, 9:30 p.m. Buffalo at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 26 Los Angeles at Toronto, 7 p.m. Washington at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m. Anaheim at Atlanta, 7 p.m. Nashville at Columbus, 7 p.m. New Jersey at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m. Montreal at Florida, 7:30 p.m. Phoenix at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Chicago at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 27 New Jersey at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Carolina at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. Anaheim at Washington, 7 p.m. Montreal at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.

Detroit at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Calgary at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. St. Louis at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 28 Atlanta at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Ottawa at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Carolina, 7 p.m. Los Angeles at Columbus, 7 p.m. Minnesota at Colorado, 9 p.m. Calgary at Phoenix, 9 p.m. St. Louis at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m. Chicago at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 29 Toronto at New Jersey, 7 p.m. Florida at Washington, 7 p.m. Boston at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m. Anaheim at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. Nashville at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Colorado at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 30 Montreal at Ottawa, 2 p.m. Los Angeles at Boston, 7 p.m. Vancouver at Toronto, 7 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Chicago at Carolina, 7 p.m. Columbus at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Atlanta at Nashville, 8 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Phoenix, 8 p.m. Edmonton at Calgary, 10 p.m. Minnesota at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 31 Detroit at Pittsburgh, 3 p.m. Tampa Bay at Washington, 3 p.m. Los Angeles at New Jersey, 5 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Florida, 5 p.m. Phoenix at Dallas, 6 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Colorado, 8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 1 Buffalo at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. Anaheim at Florida, 7:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Calgary, 9:30 p.m. Carolina at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 2 Washington at Boston, 7 p.m. New Jersey at Toronto, 7 p.m. Tampa Bay at Atlanta, 7 p.m. Vancouver at Montreal, 7:30 p.m. Phoenix at Nashville, 8 p.m. Minnesota at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Columbus at Colorado, 9 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m. Detroit at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 3 Ottawa at Buffalo, 7 p.m. St. Louis at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. Carolina at Calgary, 9 p.m. Philadelphia at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m. Detroit at Anaheim, 10 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 4 Montreal at Boston, 7 0 p.m. Washington at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. Dallas at Columbus, 7 p.m. Vancouver at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. San Jose at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Colorado at Nashville, 8 p.m. Edmonton at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Anaheim at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 5 Toronto at New Jersey, 7 p.m. Atlanta at Washington, 7 p.m. Carolina at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m. Calgary at Florida, 7:30 p.m. Phoenix at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 6 Vancouver at Boston, 1 p.m. Pittsburgh at Montreal, 3 p.m. Detroit at Los Angeles, 4 p.m. Phoenix at Dallas, 6 p.m. Ottawa at Toronto, 7 p.m. Carolina at N.. Islanders, 7 p.m. New Jersey at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. Florida at Atlanta, 7 p.m. Calgary at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m. Buffalo at Columbus, 7 p.m. Chicago at St. Louis, 8 p.m. San Jose at Nashville, 8 p.m. Philadelphia at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Edmonton at Colorado, 10 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 7 Boston at Montreal, 3 p.m. Pittsburgh at Washington, 3 p.m. Monday, Feb. 8 San Jose at Toronto, 7 p.m. New Jersey at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. St. Louis at Colorado, 9:30 p.m. Edmonton at Phoenix, 9:30 p.m. Los Angeles at Anaheim, 10 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 9 Boston at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Nashville at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m. Florida at Carolina, 7 p.m. Calgary at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m. Vancouver at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. Detroit at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Dallas at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 10 Philadelphia at New Jersey, 7 p.m. Nashville at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. San Jose at Columbus, 7 p.m. Washington at Montreal, 7:30 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m. Phoenix at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Atlanta at Colorado, 9 p.m. Edmonton at Anaheim, 10 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 11 Washington at Ottawa, 7 p.m. Buffalo at Carolina, 7 p.m. Boston at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. Vancouver at Florida, 7:30 p.m. San Jose at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Dallas at Calgary, 9:30 p.m. Edmonton at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 12 Nashville at New Jersey, 7 p.m. Montreal at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Vancouver at Columbus, 7 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m. Toronto at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Atlanta at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Phoenix at Colorado, 9 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 13 Tampa Bay at N.Y. Islanders, 2 p.m. San Jose at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Philadelphia at Montreal, 7 p.m. New Jersey at Carolina, 7 p.m. Boston at Florida, 7 p.m. Ottawa at Detroit, 7 p.m. Washington at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Dallas at Phoenix, 8 p.m. Atlanta at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. Anaheim at Calgary, 10 p.m. Colorado at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 14 Tampa Bay at N.Y. Rangers, 1 p.m. Nashville at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m. Vancouver at Minnesota, 3 p.m. Ottawa at N.Y. Islanders, 5 p.m. Chicago at Columbus, 5 p.m. Anaheim at Edmonton, 7 p.m. Monday, March 1 Detroit at Colorado, 9 p.m. Tuesday, March 2 Montreal at Boston, 7 p.m. Carolina at Toronto, 7 p.m. Chicago at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m. Florida at Atlanta, 7 p.m. Vancouver at Columbus, 7 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m. Buffalo at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. Edmonton at Nashville, 8 p.m. Los Angeles at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. St. Louis at Phoenix, 9 p.m. New Jersey at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 3 Washington at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Philadelphia at Florida, 7:30 p.m. Vancouver at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Edmonton at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. Minnesota at Calgary, 10 p.m. Colorado at Anaheim, 10 p.m. Thursday, March 4 Toronto at Boston, 7 p.m. Pittsburgh at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. Tampa Bay at Washington, 7 p.m. Ottawa at Carolina, 7 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Atlanta, 7 p.m. Los Angeles at Nashville, 8 p.m. St. Louis at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Colorado at Phoenix, 9 p.m. Montreal at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. Friday, March 5 Philadelphia at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m. Nashville at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Vancouver at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. New Jersey at Calgary, 9 p.m. Minnesota at Edmonton, 9 p.m. Saturday, March 6 Dallas at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m. Boston at N.Y. Islanders, 2 p.m. Toronto at Ottawa, 7 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Washington, 7 p.m. Carolina at Florida, 7 p.m. Atlanta at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. Anaheim at Phoenix, 8 p.m. St. Louis at Colorado, 9 p.m. Montreal at Los Angeles, 10 p.m. Columbus at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. Sunday, March 7 Boston at Pittsburgh, 3 p.m. Vancouver at Nashville, 3 p.m. Calgary at Minnesota, 3 p.m. Carolina at Atlanta, 5 p.m. Buffalo at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. Toronto at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Detroit at Chicago, 7 p.m. New Jersey at Edmonton, 8 p.m. Montreal at Anaheim, 8 p.m. Monday, March 8 Dallas at Washington, 7 p.m. Columbus at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 9 Boston at Toronto, 7 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Nashville at Atlanta, 7 p.m. Tampa Bay at Montreal, 7:30 p.m. Calgary at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Florida at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Vancouver at Colorado, 9 p.m. Ottawa at Edmonton, 9 p.m. Columbus at Anaheim, 10 p.m. Wednesday, March 10 Dallas at Buffalo, 7 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at New Jersey, 7 p.m. Carolina at Washington, 7 p.m. Los Angeles at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. Vancouver at Phoenix, 10 p.m. Thursday, March 11 Tampa Bay at Toronto, 7 p.m. St. Louis at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m. Boston at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Pittsburgh at Carolina, 7 p.m. Atlanta at Columbus, 7 p.m. Edmonton at Montreal, 7:30 p.m. Minnesota at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Florida at Colorado, 9 p.m.

Ottawa at Calgary, 9 p.m. Nashville at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. Friday, March 12 Pittsburgh at New Jersey, 7 p.m. Tampa Bay at Washington, 7 p.m. Minnesota at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. Los Angeles at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Nashville at Anaheim, 10 p.m. Saturday, March 13 Chicago at Philadelphia, 1 p.m. Edmonton at Toronto, 7 p.m. Boston at Montreal, 7 p.m. New Jersey at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m. Phoenix at Carolina, 7 p.m. Buffalo at Detroit, 7 p.m. St. Louis at Columbus, 7 p.m. Ottawa at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Florida at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. Sunday, March 14 Philadelphia at N.Y. Rangers, 3 p.m. Colorado at Dallas, 3 p.m. Nashville at Los Angeles, 3 p.m. Toronto at N.Y. Islanders, 5 p.m. Phoenix at Atlanta, 5 p.m. Pittsburgh at Tampa Bay, 5 p.m. St. Louis at Minnesota, 6 p.m. Washington at Chicago, 7 p.m. San Jose at Anaheim, 8 p.m. Calgary at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Monday, March 15 Boston at New Jersey, 7 p.m. Edmonton at Columbus, 7 p.m. Detroit at Calgary, 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 16 Montreal at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. Boston at Carolina, 7 p.m. Buffalo at Atlanta, 7 p.m. Toronto at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m. Phoenix at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. Washington at Florida, 7:30 p.m. Colorado at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Philadelphia at Nashville, 8 p.m. Edmonton at Minnesota, 8 p.m. San Jose at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Wednesday, March 17 Pittsburgh at New Jersey, 7 p.m. Calgary at Colorado, 9 p.m. Chicago at Anaheim, 10 p.m. Thursday, March 18 Pittsburgh at Boston, 7 p.m. St. Louis at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. Washington at Carolina, 7 p.m. Ottawa at Atlanta, 7 p.m. New Jersey at Toronto, 7:30 p.m. Buffalo at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. Phoenix at Florida, 7:30 p.m. Minnesota at Nashville, 8 p.m. Philadelphia at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. San Jose at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Chicago at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m. Friday, March 19 Minnesota at Columbus, 7 p.m. San Jose at Calgary, 9 p.m. Detroit at Edmonton, 9 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Anaheim, 10 p.m. Saturday, March 20 Carolina at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m. Ottawa at Dallas, 2 p.m. Montreal at Toronto, 7 p.m. St. Louis at New Jersey, 7 p.m. Philadelphia at Atlanta, 7 p.m. Buffalo at Florida, 7 p.m. Washington at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. Columbus at Nashville, 8 p.m. Chicago at Phoenix, 9 p.m. Detroit at Vancouver, 10 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m. Sunday, March 21 N.Y. Rangers at Boston, 3 p.m. Calgary at Minnesota, 3 p.m. Buffalo at Carolina, 5 p.m. Tampa Bay at Florida, 5 p.m. Nashville at St. Louis, 6 p.m. Atlanta at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Phoenix at Dallas, 7 p.m. San Jose at Edmonton, 8 p.m. Colorado at Anaheim, 8 p.m. Monday, March 22 Pittsburgh at Detroit, 7 p.m. Ottawa at Montreal, 7:30 p.m. Colorado at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 23 Florida at Toronto, 7 p.m. Columbus at New Jersey, 7 p.m. Boston at Atlanta, 7 p.m. Philadelphia at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m. Carolina at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. Dallas at Nashville, 8 p.m. San Jose at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Phoenix at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. Anaheim at Calgary, 9 p.m. Vancouver at Edmonton, 9 p.m. Wednesday, March 24 N.Y. Islanders at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. Pittsburgh at Washington, 7 p.m. Montreal at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m. St. Louis at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Los Angeles at Colorado, 9 p.m. Anaheim at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Thursday, March 25 Tampa Bay at Boston, 7 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at New Jersey, 7 p.m. Calgary at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m. Minnesota at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Washington at Carolina, 7 p.m. Toronto at Atlanta, 7 p.m. Chicago at Columbus, 7 p.m. Florida at Montreal, 7:30 p.m. Los Angeles at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Phoenix at Nashville, 8 p.m. Dallas at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. Friday, March 26 Ottawa at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m. Minnesota at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Anaheim at Edmonton, 9 p.m. Saturday, March 27 Calgary at Boston, 1 p.m. Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m. Tampa Bay at Buffalo, 7 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Toronto, 7 p.m. New Jersey at Montreal, 7 p.m. Florida at Ottawa, 7 p.m. Atlanta at Carolina, 7 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Columbus, 7 p.m. Detroit at Nashville, 8 p.m. Colorado at Phoenix, 9 p.m. Vancouver at San Jose, 10 p.m. Dallas at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m. Sunday, March 28 Calgary at Washington, 3 p.m. Toronto at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m. Edmonton at St. Louis, 6 p.m. New Jersey at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Columbus at Chicago, 7 p.m. Colorado at San Jose, 8 p.m.

Transactions BASEBALL American League DETROIT TIGERS—Activated SS Carlos Guillen from the 15-day DL. Designated OF Josh Anderson for assignment. Recalled RHP Eddie Bonine from Toledo (IL). Optioned RHP Freddy Dolsi to Toledo. OAKLAND ATHELTICS—Traded OF Matt Holliday and cash to St. Louis for 3B Brett Wallace, OF Shane Peterson and RHP Clayton Mortensen. National League CINCINNATI REDS—Activated SS Alex Gonzalez from the 15-day DL. Optioned INF Drew Sutton to Louisville (IL). American Association EL PASO DIABLOS—Signed RHP Albert Montes. FORT WORTH CATS—Released OF Charles Carter. Signed INF Ron Fenwick. GRAND PRAIRIE AIRHOGS—Signed INF-OF Daniel Berg. PENSACOLA PELICANS—Released OF Rafael Alvarez. Atlantic League LANCASTER BARNSTORMERS—Announced resignation of manager Von Hayes. Named Tom Herr interim manager. LONG ISLAND DUCKS—Announced LHP Troy Cate has been signed by Toronto (AL). Golden Baseball League TUCSON TOROS—Signed 2B-OF Junior Spivey. FOOTBALL National Football League BALTIMORE RAVENS—Agreed to terms with WR Drew Bennett on a oneyear contract. JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS—Signed RB Rashad Jennings. PHILADELPHIA EAGLES—Named Sean McDermott defensive coordinator. SEATTLE SEAHAWKS—Signed WR Deon Butler to a multiyear contract. HOCKEY National Hockey League BOSTON BRUINS—Traded D Aaron Ward to Carolina for F Patrick Eaves and a 2010 fourth-round draft pick. Placed Eaves on waivers with the purpose of buying him out. PHILADELPHIA FLYERS—Signed D Marc-Andre Bourdon. American Hockey League GRAND RAPIDS GRIFFINS—Promoted Kevin Huisman to director of ticket operations. Named Chad Erwin group services and box office manager. SYRACUSE CRUNCH—Named G Karl Goehring assistant coach. ECHL CHARLOTTE CHECKERS—Named Donny White equipment manager, Teri LaSalle athletic trainer and Thomas Anderson assistant equipment manager. SOCCER Major League Soccer MLS—Fined Los Angeles MF David Beckham $1,000 for his interaction with a fan at halftime of a July 19 match against AC Milan. COLLEGE ARMED FORCES BOWL—Named Brant B. Ringler executive director. ARMSTRONG ATLANTIC—Named Jason Hall associate director of athletics for compliance and student services. DARTMOUTH—Announced the retirement of track and field coach Carl Wallin.

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ADVICE | HELOISE Dear Heloise: This is in regard to TRAVELING WITH PETS. I place our Yorkie’s favorite blanket and a few of her toys in her crate to make her feel familiar on a long trip. I also keep a plastic bottle of water and her food in a plastic container — that’s for stops or overnight stays. It’s also good to make sure that your pup gets to stretch its legs. I have a tote bag with her medical records, meds, important papers (vaccination, etc.) and the names and numbers of our vet and children in case of an emergency. This helps to make our trip more pleasant. It could be very dangerous with small pets in the front seat if an air bag should release. Don’t let your dog hang out the window because of a possible eye injury. — Sis in New York Very good suggestions! When Cabbie, our miniature schnauzer, travels with us, she has her own bright-pink bag that holds all of her items. — Heloise GREEN HINT

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SMILING | Continued from Page 1B Phillips and his vow to crack a sharper whip. His future might depend on it. Phillips is going into his third season running the Cowboys and his eighth full season as an NFL head coach, yet he’s still seeking his first career playoff victory. He has the second-most regular-season wins without a playoff win in NFL history, 70 compared to Jim Mora’s 125. If Phillips can’t break through this season, it’s hard to imagine team owner Jerry Jones giving him another chance. And if he’s cut loose, the 62-year-old Phillips may not find a fourth franchise willing to put him in charge.

Money talks Jones has plenty of reasons to be impatient, from the $1.1 billion he’s invested in a new stadium that opens this season to the roughly $3 million he’s paying Jason Garrett to be the offensive coordinator. Garrett is the highest-paid assistant in NFL history and widely viewed as the head coach in waiting. Yet the biggest source of impatience — for Jones and all Cowboys fans — is “The Drought,” a stretch between playoff victories that has reached capital-letter status. Dallas’ last playoff win was in 1996, making this the longest dry spell in franchise history. The club also has matched its longest gap between Super Bowl titles; anything shy of a championship

this season will set that dubious mark. The Cowboys seemed poised for a breakthrough in Phillips’ first season, going 13-3 and grabbing the No. 1 seed in the NFC. Then they lost at home to the New York Giants, a wild-card team that went on to win the Super Bowl. Dallas started strong again last season, only to finish 1-3 and miss the playoffs. Romo blew fourth-quarter leads in the first two losses, then everything fell apart in the finale, a 44-6 drubbing by Philadelphia when a win still would’ve put the Cowboys into the playoffs. While Jones kept Phillips, he made a bunch of other changes. Out went perceived troublemakers Owens, Adam “Pacman” Jones and Tank Johnson, plus linebacker Greg Ellis, who’d been griping about his status for several years. Jones also dumped defensive coordinator Brian Stewart, essentially making him the fall guy for the defense’s problems late last season, even though Phillips was calling the plays by then. Stewart’s replacement? Phillips, making him the only coach in the NFL whose business card reads head coach/defensive coordinator. Phillips’ forte over 30-plus NFL seasons is running a defense. But it’s a lot of work, so Phillips tried easing his burden by bringing in Dan Reeves, his former boss and a former Cowboys player and

assistant coach, as sort of a right-hand man. Reeves set up shop at team headquarters, then moved out a few days later when Jones insisted he work a set amount of hours. So Phillips is doing double duty without pals like Stewart or Reeves. He’s also going into the third and final year of the contract he signed when he replaced Bill Parcells. Those factors alone could bring out a new, tougher Phillips even as he has the leeway to be hands-on more often.

Leadership “I’m not going to change my personality,” Phillips said. “I think one of my strengths is getting players to do what I want done. That’s what leadership is — getting what you want done, however you have to do it.” Phillips seems to be pushing players harder without being harsher. Makes sense. He’s never been into playing mind games like Parcells or threatening anyone with being sent to “the asthma field,” a la Jimmy Johnson. “People are going to feel I’m laid back whether I am or not,” Phillips said. “But what you demand of players and what you ask them to do, there are two different things there. Some things you can demand more and other things you can ask them to do, and if it’s not done then you correct it. Some of those things, what I demand, might be different.”

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Mark Cavendish of Britain reacts as he crosses the finish line to win the 19th stage and his fifth stage victory in the Tour de France cycling race over 110.6 miles with the start in Bourgoin-Jallieu the and finish in Aubenas, France, on Friday.

TOUR | Continued from Page 1B While his lock on the yellow jersey isn’t under threat, Contador said his first job Saturday will be to defend it. He also wants to help Armstrong get a spot on the podium. The extra four seconds that Armstrong collected by riding among the 12-man sprinters’ group could come in handy because he is closely trailed in the overall standings for third. “Tomorrow is the big day, but that’s what made the ride today hard because already we’re a bit into the stage (mentally),” Schleck said. “Tomorrow it’s the legs that will do the talking.” Schleck said that in comparison to Mont Ventoux, L’Alpe d’Huez — another of

France’s most punishing climbs — is “a piece of cake.” Bradley Wiggins of Britain, a three-time Olympic pursuit champion who has fared well in the mountains this year, is fourth — 15 seconds slower than the Texan. Germany’s Andreas Kloeden is fifth, 17

seconds behind his Astana teammate Armstrong. Perhaps the top threat to Armstrong’s podium hopes is Schleck’s older brother, Frank. He is a strong climber who is sixth overall — 5:59 behind Contador and 38 seconds slower than Armstrong.

and 1,400 head of livestock are trucked in. Heading into Saturday night’s finals, hotels and RV parks are packed. Organizers say it’s the world’s largest rodeo. “No one else is insane enough to try to deal with so many things at once,” joked Mike Hausmann, spokesman for the Denverbased national association. The stands were full Thursday night and there was a steady stream of action — bull riders, bareback riders and athletes in barrel, pole and roping events — at two rodeo arenas, placed in the infield of the SunRay Park racetrack. In the staging area behind the arenas, hooves clip-clopped as competitors moved to and from a dusty warmup arena while coaches and rodeo officials zoomed around in sputtering golf carts. The rodeo, which offers $150,000 in scholarships to participants, also has been

staged in recent years in Springfield, Ill., and Gillette, Wyo., where it will return for the next two years. Hawaiian team director Richard Kaniho, who raises bucking bulls on the Big Island, participated when the state sent its first team in 1988. He spoke of Hawaii’s long history with cowboys. They’re called Paniolos on the islands. Cattle were introduced as a gift from Capt. George Vancouver to Hawaiian king Kamehameha I in 1793. Because the king barred anyone from harming the animals, they roamed free, overpopulated and eventually became a nuisance. Some 40 years later, Kamehameha III invited Spanish vaqueros from California to show Hawaiians how to manage the herds. The word “Paniolo” is a Hawaiian derivative of the Spanish word, “Espanol.”

“We’ve been punching cows longer than you all here in the West,” Kaniho said. A measure of Hawaii’s cowboy culture is linked to the Parker Ranch in Waimea on the Big Island. Founded in 1847, it spans 135,000 acres and is among the largest ranches in the United States. Many of the 20 members of Hawaii’s high school rodeo team come from Waimea, where the Parker Ranch headquarters are located. The squad also has athletes from the islands of Kauai, Maui and Oahu. So how do they get their horses to New Mexico? They don’t, at least not this year. Kaniho said only a few air carriers will transport horses from Hawaii to the West Coast. One competitor shipped her horses last year, but Kaniho said an alternative is to lease New Mexico horses.

PERFECT | Continued from Page 1B with little fanfare. Even Thursday, with excitement building as the Rays batters kept going down 1-2-3, Buehrle was staying loose in the dugout, smiling and chatting with teammates. In seemingly no time at all, he had pitched the 16th perfect game of the modern era. Manager Ozzie Guillen and his players say no one deserves it more. “You ask his teammates. It couldn’t happen to a better guy,” the manager said. Thome called Buehrle a “tremendous, tremendous” guy. “Genuine. As good as any teammate I’ve ever played with. No question. He gets it. ... I think that comes from his family. He grew up in the Midwest,” Thome said. The St. Charles, Mo., native was coming off a week in which he played in the All-Star game in St. Louis, not far from his hometown. Buehrle and his wife were preparing for their son’s

July birthday. “This has been one of the better months of my life,” said Buehrle, who is 11-3 with a 3.28 ERA this season. The perfect game was nearly lost when the Rays’ Gabe Kapler led off the ninth with a deep blast. Defensive replacement DeWayne Wise took off from his position in center field, jumped and extended his right arm above the top of the 8-foot wall. The ball landed in his glove, then popped out for a split second as he was caroming off the wall and stumbling on the warning track. Wise grabbed it with his bare left hand, fell to the ground and rolled. Buehrle said he didn’t sleep much Thursday night, catching up on 65 text messages and a dozen phone calls congratulating him. Friends bought him dinner and he saw his feat replayed on ESPN. He realized he hadn’t known how spectacular Wise’s catch had been.

“Are you kidding me with that catch?” Buehrle textmessaged Wise late Thursday. A.J. Pierzynski, who caught Buehrle’s no-hitter against Texas on April 18, 2007, wasn’t behind the plate on Thursday. He took the day off, meaning littleused backup Ramon Castro had a bird’s-eye view of history. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, it was the first perfect game in which the pitcher and combination were working their first game together. The combination was electric: Buehrle threw 44 change-ups and 43 fastballs, according to Stats LLC, mingling in 16 curve balls and 13 cut fastballs. His slowest pitch of the day was a 69 mph curve ball fouled off by Pat Burrell in the second inning, and he threw only one pitch in the 90s — a 90 mph fastball (for a ball) facing his 27th and final batter of the day.