July 29, 2010

ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION BATTLE

Judge blocks Arizona law A federal judge dealt a serious rebuke to Arizona’s toughest-in-the-nation immigration law on Wednesday when she put most of the crackdown on hold

Arizona made many arrests of illegals without new law in place

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City votes against nonprofit’s AC request CUOC, a local food pantry, asked for $10k from council

By BILLY BALL bball@sanfordherald.com

SANFORD — Heat or no heat, Sanford City Council members on Wednesday rebuffed a local nonprofit’s pleas for emergency funding to fix a broken-down air conditioner unit.

City council members, with the exception of Councilman Linwood Mann, voted to turn away Christians United Outreach Center of Lee County without the $10,000 it requested from Sanford coffers last week.

The group, which hots a local food pantry, sought help in purchasing a new AC unit estimated to cost $24,000 in its Lee Avenue fundraising thrift store, but council members warned Wednesday of a precedent the city is setting for ailing local nonprofits to ask Sanford officials for bailout money.

“Too many people are concerned about someone coming every week and asking for money,” said Councilman L.I. “Poly” Cohen. “We can’t stand that and that’s what would happen. You don’t want me throwing away your tax money

See CUOC, Page 6A

QUICKREAD SPORTS

CAVS, JACKETS EXCITED TO START FOOTBALL SEASON Lee County High School will host a celebration on Friday night in anticipation of the 2010 campaign on the gridiron Page 1B

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Chatham Central High School horticulture teacher Julian Smith (left) is retiring after 45 years of service, and Chris Hart (right), his former student, will take over the program this fall.

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With 45 years and 16 national competition wins, horticulture teacher leaves a legacy

By ALEXA MILAN

INSIDE: CHATHAM LIVING

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BEAR CREEK — With its small campus tucked away across the railroad tracks in Bear Creek, the small-town visage of Chatham Central High School might seem relatively unassuming. But when Julian Smith and the school horticulture team strut into competitions sponsored by the National FFA Organization, Chatham Central is all the rage.

Through the agriculture program, Smith has taught students

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to correctly identify hundreds of plants that look the same to the untrained eye. The students know all of the plants’ botanical names,

and their correct spellings. They can tackle problem solving tasks, landscape drawings and calculations. They can pot and propagate plants and figure out how to make a flower arrangement at a specified cost under a 20-minute time constraint.

Smith has watched his students evolve through learning the many facets of horticulture, but after 45 years and 16 national competition victories, Smith is hanging up his

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Kick-off to celebrate 50 years in Lee County

CCH to be recognized by U.S. News and World Report

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SANFORD — The United Way of Lee County will celebrate 50 years in Central North Carolina with a community reception and free outdoor concert on Aug. 5.

Each year, the organization kicks off its annual fundraising campaign with a celebration, but having 50 years under its belt, next

HAPPENING TODAY n Bring your lawn chairs, blankets and picnic supper and “Function at the Junction” at Depot Park.

This free outdoor family event starts at 7 p.m. and includes a variety of music throughout the summer. For more information, visit downtownsanford.com.

week’s celebration is expected to be a bit more special.

The fun will begin at 5 p.m. on Aug. 5 with a Business After Hours reception, sponsored by First Bank and offered in partnership with the Sanford Area Chamber of Commerce. It continues at 7 p.m. with a free concert by the beach music-oldies band

See Kick-Off, Page 6A

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SANFORD — The American Heart Association recently recognized Central Carolina Hospital with Get With The GuidelinesSM– Heart Failure Gold Performance Achievement Award, making the local hospital the first in North Carolina to achieve this honor.

The honor means CCH will be listed in the July 27th

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“Best Hospitals” issue of U.S. News and World Report.

Get With The Guidelines is a national program to help standardize care for disease processes such as heart failure, coronary artery disease and stroke patients at participating hospitals.

CCH has successfully implemented these quality measures for 24 consecutive months since they began participating in the program.

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OBITUARIES

SCOTT MOONEYHAM

Sanford: Elijah Caddick, 5; Richard Davenport Sr., 73; Elizabeth Lawrence, 87 Bunnlevel: Pete Dollar, 68 Pinehurst: Allen Joy, 46

College students had better enjoy their financial aid while they still can

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On the Agenda Rundown of local meetings in the area:

MONDAY n The Chatham County Board of Commissioners will meet at 9 a.m. at the Dunlap Classroom in Pittsboro. n The Harnett County Board of Commissioners will meet at 9 a.m. in Lillington. n The Harnett County Board of Education will meet at 7:30 p.m. at the Lillington Education Building in Lillington. n The Siler City Town Board will meet at 7 p.m. in Siler City.

TUESDAY n The Chatham County Planning Board will

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meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Agriculture Extension Building in Pittsboro.

AUG. 5 n The Carthage Planning Board will meet in Carthage.

AUG. 9 n The Pittsboro Board of Commissioners will meet at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 635 East St., in Pittsboro. n The Siler City Planning Board will meet at 7 p.m. in Siler City.

Birthdays LOCAL: Best wishes are extended to everyone celebrating a birthday today, especially Fred Voncanon, Aubrey Herring, Trevor Dezso, Heather Williams, Jonathan Gonzalez-Barcenas, Hayley Douglas, Angela Judd, Freda Miller, Chase Parker, Lavern Holder, George Bennett Boggs, D.J. Ragland, Elizabeth Brown, Chris Headen, Cristal Headen, Paula Martin, Arlene S. Heath, John D. Heck, Brenda M. Willett, Rachel McNeill, Tenell Prince, Jimmy Bethune, Marilyn Joyce Davis, Sharon Hawes, Shelby Jean Johnson, Dapp Daddy Hill and Cassie Fredrick.

CELEBRITIES: Actor Mike Starr is 60.

Documentary maker Ken Burns is 57. Actor Tim Omundson is 41. Actor Wil Wheaton is 38. Rhythm-and-blues singer Wanya Morris (Boyz II Men) is 37. Country singer-songwriter James Otto is 37. Actor Stephen Dorff is 37. Actor Josh Radnor is 36.

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR ONGOING n The Lee County 2010 Idol competition (for ages 35 and above) will hold auditions at 7 p.m. Aug. 10 at Depot Park in Sanford. There is a $10 entry fee to audition. Official entry forms should be submitted by Aug. 4.

Entry forms are available at The Enrichment Center of Lee County, or for information call (919) 776-0501. n Central Fire Station at 512 Hawkins Avenue will check car seats between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. each Saturday. Appointments are required.

Contact Krista at 775-8310 by 5 p.m.

Wednesday to schedule an appointment for the following Saturday.

Child must be present for seat to be checked, unless mother is expecting. n Sanford Farmers Market will be held from 9 a.m. to noon every Saturday from May through October.

TODAY n Bring your lawn chairs, blankets and picnic supper and “Function at the Junction” at Depot Park. This free outdoor family event starts at 7 p.m. and includes a variety of music throughout the summer. For more information, visit downtownsanford. com or call 919-775-8332.

FRIDAY n Carolina DockDogs will hold open practice/introduction for beginners at 2 p.m. at the Ole Gilliam Mill on Carbonton Road. For more information, visit www.carolinadockdogs.

Today is Thursday, July 29, the 210th day of 2010. There are 155 days left in the year.

This day in history: On July 29, 1981, Britain’s Prince Charles married Lady Diana Spencer at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London. (However, the couple divorced in 1996.)

In 1030, the patron saint of Norway, King Olaf II, was killed in battle.

In 1588, the English attacked the Spanish Armada in the Battle of Gravelines, resulting in an English victory.

In 1890, artist Vincent van Gogh, 37, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in Auverssur-Oise, France.

In 1914, transcontinental telephone service began with the first test phone conversation between New York and San Francisco.

In 1957, the International Atomic Energy Agency was established. Jack Paar made his debut as host of NBC’s “Tonight Show.”

In 1958, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act, creating NASA. In 1967, an accidental rocket launch aboard the supercarrier USS Forrestal in the Gulf of Tonkin resulted in a fire and explosions that killed 134 servicemen.

In 1975, President Gerald R. Ford became the first U.S. president to visit the site of the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz in Poland as he paid tribute to the victims.

In 1985, the space shuttle Challenger began an eight-day mission that got off to a shaky start — the spacecraft achieved a safe orbit even though one of its main engines shut down prematurely after lift-off.

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SATURDAY n Blood drive will be held from noon to 4:30 p.m. at Depot Park (Liberty Home Care and Hospice), 106 Charlotte Ave., Sanford. Free eco tote bag for all donors. Contact Dana Smith at 770-3333 or danasmith@libertyhomecare.com to schedule your appointment. n Local farmers will be selling their fresh products from 9 a.m. to noon at Deport Park in downtown Sanford as part of the weekly Sanford Farmer’s Market. To get involved or to learn more, e-mail David Montgomery at david.montgomery@sanfordnc.net. n Diving Dog Competition presented by Carolina DockDogs will be held at the Ole Gilliam Mill. Registration begins at 8 a.m. Competition waves are at 10 a.m., 1 p.m., 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. Boy Scout Troop 942 will be serving food from the grill. For more information, visit www.carolinadockdogs.com. n Applebee’s in Sanford will partner with the Sprott Christian Youth Center to host a Flapjack Fundraiser.

Proceeds raised will help the Moncure community renovate their youth center. Breakfast begins at 7 a.m., and

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County’s 10% Campaign promotes eating local foods

PITTSBORO — Debbie Roos, agriculture agent with the Chatham County Center of N.C. Cooperative Extension, will be Extension’s local foods coordinator supporting the 10% Campaign.

The campaign is an effort to encourage North Carolina consumers to spend at least 10 percent of their food dollars on foods from local sources.

Through the campaign website — www.nc10percent.com — consumers and businesses will pledge to spend at least 10 percent of their food dollars locally, purchasing products from area farmers and food producers. Campaign participants will receive weekly e-mail reminders to report how much money they spent on local food. The website will show consumers how their dollars spent on local foods grow.

North Carolinians spend about $35 billion a year on food. If each person spent just 10 percent on food locally — roughly $1.05 per day — then approximately $3.5 billion would be available in the state’s economy.

Cooperative Extension’s local foods coordinator will help connect consumers and food producers and support local businesses and organizations who want to spend 10 percent of their food dollars locally.

Local food coordinators will personally contact businesses and organizations that register through the website to help them develop a plan for purchasing local products.

To find out what’s happening with local foods in Chatham County, visit the Chatham County Cooperative Extension web site at http://chatham.ces.ncsu. edu/index.php.

A link to the Local Foods page can be found in the left hand column of the home page.

area and attended South Johnston High.

“Benson could really use some more entertainment, especially for the youth,” Layaou said. “It’s really about watering your roots.”

— Smithfield Herald

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Chamber, town to sponsor blood drive SOUTHERN PINES — The Moore County Chamber of Commerce is hosting a Red Cross Blood drive on Aug. 17, at the Carthage Community Center from 1 to 5 p.m.

Donors are needed and are asked to contact the Chamber at (910) 6923926 to schedule a time to donate.

“Convenience, for many people, turns out to be the deciding factor whether they give blood or not. The American Red Cross has worked closely with the Chamber and the Town of Carthage to organize this blood drive.” said Patrick Coughlin, president of the Moore County Chamber of Commerce “Eighty percent of blood donations made through the Red Cross are made at blood drives rather than fixed donor centers.”

— from staff reports

Brick maker to shut down for a month MONCURE (MCT) — The ailing housing market has claimed another casualty in the Triangle with the planned closure of a brick manufacturing plant in Moncure.

General Shale Brick, based in Tennessee, plans to close its two manufacturing facilities in the Chatham County town and furlough 117 people in September.

But in its letter to the N.C. Department of Commerce, the company described the plant closure as temporary.

“As soon as we get our inventory in line with demand, we will call back the

The company will keep 32 people employed at the Moncure site in shipping and distribution. The company also has distribution sites in Raleigh, Sanford, Greensboro, Wilmington and Charlotte.

Chatham County had an unemployment rate of 6.9 percent in June, lower than the state average of 10 percent.

“We’re glad that it’s temporary rather than permanent, that’s for sure,” said Dianne Reid, president of the Chatham County Economic Development Corp.

— Raleigh News & Observer

Theater to house Triangle’s second IMAX screen CARY (MCT) — The Crossroads 20 movie theater in Cary will soon become home to the Triangle’s second IMAX screen.

Regal Entertainment, which owns the theater, began construction this month to convert one of its screens to the IMAX format, company spokesman Chad Browning said.

The rest of the theater will remain open during the construction, and work should be completed by late August.

IMAX theaters are growing in popularity as more Hollywood movies are released in 3-D, and the public demand for such films increases despite the fact that IMAX movie tickets command

a steeper price. The only IMAX option in the Triangle is at the Marbles Kids Museum in downtown Raleigh.

Browning would not disclose the cost of the project, but the National Association of Theater Owners estimates the cost of building an IMAX theater from scratch at $1 million.

Regal operates 45 IMAX screens in its 546 theatersnationwide.

Browning did not rule out the addition of other IMAX screens in the Triangle. Regal also owns the theaters at North Hills and Brier Creek in Raleigh, White Oak in Garner, Beaver Creek in Apex and the Timberlyne 6 in Chapel Hill.

— The Cary News

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BENSON (MCT) — Timothy Layaou is quick to concede that Christian music festivals are a dime a dozen these days.

But the event he’s planning for this Saturday in Benson will be different, Layaou says. Rather than focusing solely on bluegrass, gospel or Christian rock, he wants to bring together all types of Christian music.

“Our dream was to break down the barriers between the churches,” Layaou said.

“We really just want to get all these diverse groups together. Unity is what the whole festival is about.”

One Fest will kick off at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, July 31, and run all day with groups ranging from hardcore metal to hip-hop to country.

The event takes place at Benson Chamber Park, 355 J. Lee Road. Layaou expects thousands of people from around the state to attend.

Embracing Goodbye, a Southern metal/hardcore/ Christian band from Four Oaks, will headline the festival with an evening performance. Layaou, who performs as rapper The Disciple, will also headline.

Layaou is a Harnett County native who now lives in the Charlotte area. He’s hoping the Benson festival will be the first in a series he’s organizing around the state and country. But he wanted to have the first festival here in order to give back to his hometown. The festival’s other organizer, David Houston, lives in the

development and has ridden out the recession by furloughing its work force in response to weakening demand for its products.

The brick company recently furloughed one group of workers from November to January and another group from April until January, Propes said.

The company has not cut the size of its work force in Moncure, about 30 miles southwest of Raleigh.

General Shale makes a range of brick styles and colors for residential and commercial use. It also makes masonry products for remodeling and landscaping.

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— Durham Herald-Sun

Christian music festival coming to Benson

workers and get them back into production,” Bob Propes, the company’s director of promotions and national accounts, said in a phone interview. “Hopefully this is a short-term event.”

Propes said the workers could be recalled as soon as six months from now.

“People are still building, just not at the same pace,” he said.

The housing market has shown glimmers of recovery, but economists said this week that U.S. home prices are likely to continue falling.

General Shale is dependent on real-estate

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Editorial Board: Bill Horner III, Publisher • Billy Liggett, Editor • R.V. Hight, Special Projects Editor

Would law have worked? Maybe When a federal judge stepped in at the last minute Wednesday and blocked the most controversial parts of Arizona’s tough new immigration laws, in essence, that judge put a (temporary) end to what very well could have been the most ambitious experiment to date in addressing this country’s illegal immigration problems.

And yes, it’s a problem.

While we believe those who are in this country illegally shouldn’t be stripped of all rights and essentially treated as less than human — which some would seem to prefer

— we also think our government has acted poorly in addressing the issue.

The Arizona law, while controversial and open to accusations of civil rights violations, was that state’s way of telling the federal government that its way of doing things isn’t working.

A Justice Department spokesperson said Wednesday that while states do play a role in enforcement of immigration laws, they must do so within the constitutional framework.

“While we understand the frustration of Arizonans with

the broken immigration system,” the spokesperson said, “a patchwork of state and local policies would seriously disrupt federal immigration enforcement and would ultimately be counterproductive.”

And there’s the Catch-22.

“Disrupting” federal immigration enforcement was kind of Arizona’s idea.

Blocked is Arizona’s idea to check for immigration status while enforcing other laws -- such as traffic stops or domestic cases. Blocked is a requirement that immigrants carry status papers at all

times. Blocked is the ban on undocumented workers soliciting employment in public places.

Basically, gone is the law’s teeth.

Would Arizona’s laws have led to countless civil rights disputes? Would they have led to chaos in the border state?

We don’t think the proposed law’s teeth were that sharp to begin with.

But would it have led to a “safer” or better documented Arizona?

Looks like that answer’s been put on hold.

Scott Mooneyham Today in North Carolina Scott Mooneyham is a columnist with Capitol Press Association

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ALEIGH — College students and their parents were given a little sugar with the recent bad medicine of substantial tuition increases at many University of North Carolina campuses.

University officials have been quick to point out that additional financial aid will come with the latest tuition hikes, which will reach $750 at some schools.

Here’s what they aren’t saying: Enjoy the financial aid now because one of the big pots of money used to pay for it is slowly draining away.

The state’s escheats, or unclaimed property fund, is required by the state constitution to go to one purpose and one purpose only — paying college tuition for needy students.

In recent years, the fund has grown rapidly as state treasurers have become more aggressive collecting the money from the banks, the insurers and the retailers where it accumulates.

In 2008, $680 million in unclaimed money and property had come to the state, with just $28.3 million being reclaimed that year by the rightful owners, according to the state treasurer’s annual report.

In the past, the bulk of the money that state legislators tapped for needbased scholarships and tuition grants came from the interest earned on the fund. But beginning in 2008, legislators began grabbing big chucks of the principal to pay for financial aid.

That year, the state paid out more money than it took in. Unclaimed money coming to the state totaled $111.9 million; the state paid out $100.7 million in principal and $27.4 million in interest for financial aid.

In 2009, an even bigger chunk in principal — $169.5 million —went out.

Another $6.3 million in interest also went for tuition assistance, while just $107.2 million came into the fund.

The amount of money reclaimed rose to $39.3 million.

The result was that the total fund, in a single year, fell from $680 million to less than $600 million.

It doesn’t take a genius to figure out that the trend can’t be sustained for more than a few years. You also don’t need to be a financial guru to know that depleting the fund’s principal means less interest earnings in the future.

The state budget provision that allowed this latest round of tuition hikes directed that 20 percent of the money accrued from the increase go to financial aid. So, if you’re a student of modest means at one of the UNC school campuses, you might feel like you’ve just been stabbed so that your blood can be used to give you a transfusion.

But recognize that you may be luckier than those who will follow you.

The chance that tuition will ever go down seems about as likely as a tea partier holding up a sign reading, “Don’t Mock Barack.” State budget woes aren’t likely to ease anytime soon. And a key pot of money used to pay for financial aid looks to be as stable as a makeshift cap on a deepwater oil well.

Desperation of deal W ASHINGTON — The Wikileaks document download — illustrating Afghan corruption, Pakistani duplicity and Taliban toughness — revealed little that is new. But it will intensify a popular kind of desperation.

A consensus is growing among foreign policy realists, skittish NATO allies and antiwar activists that the time has come to cut a deal with the Taliban. The Afghan government is hopeless; recent elections were discrediting; nation-building has failed. The only hope is to pursue not only reintegration of low- and mid-level Taliban fighters into Afghan society but reconciliation with Taliban leaders based in Pakistan. As long as these leaders end their relationship with alQaeda — the only firm, non-negotiable red line — the Taliban could return to effective control of southern Afghanistan in a more decentralized system.

Some Afghans are preparing for this prospect — particularly those who find themselves on the wrong side of the red line.

“Women are living in great fear for a peace deal with the Taliban because of what it will mean for their rights,” says the manager of an Afghan woman’s shelter. In areas currently controlled by the Taliban, schools for girls are shut down, women terrorized for working outside the home, woman politicians and activists attacked and murdered. A typical “night letter” from the Taliban reads: “We warn you to leave your job as a teacher as soon as possible otherwise we will cut the heads off your children and we shall set fire to your daughter.” An Afghan women’s rights activist recently explained to Human Rights Watch, “Every woman activist who has raised her voice in the last 10 years fears they (the Taliban) will kill us.”

This debate is not only a conflict of two policy views but of two worlds. Recently, I attended a meeting of diplomats, foreign policy experts and journalists where a diplomatic settlement with the Taliban was broadly endorsed. The participants admitted that some regrettable abuses would result. But Afghanistan, in the general view, had become a costly distraction from issues such as Iran and North Korea. Best to cut our losses and get out. Around the polished table, every participant was a well-dressed, Western man, casually condemning millions of poor and powerless women to fear and slavery.

Supporters of a settlement with the Taliban respond that they are just facing reality — that protecting the rights of Afghan women is desirable; it is simply not possible.

In truth, they know no such thing. Those who predict defeat in Afghanistan significantly overlap with those who confidently predicted defeat in Iraq. Their military judgments merit some skepticism, particularly when American commanders are pursuing a new strategy in Afghanistan they believe may succeed. We should be suspicious of a realism that always amounts to defeatism.

Michael Gerson Columnist Michael Gerson is a columnist with the Washington Post Writers Group

The prospect of serious negotiations with the Taliban does not seem particularly realistic. If America were to insist on protections for the rights of women, ethnic minorities and civil society as preconditions for power sharing discussions with the Taliban, it would probably be a deal breaker. As it stands, the Taliban has every reason to think that it wins by enduring. A panting desire for a hasty deal only encourages this belief.

Coming to the table at this point, the Taliban would have little motivation to make concessions on the most fundamental aspects of its ideology.

If the coalition does not insist on the protection of human rights as a precondition for negotiations, the whole thing gets much easier. It is always easy to end a conflict by giving in to the enemy. Reconciliation with the Taliban from a position of weakness — granting the Taliban control over portions of the country — bears a close resemblance to surrender. No paper assurances could hide the reality that America, under military pressure from Islamist radicals, had betrayed millions of Afghan men and women into comprehensive tyranny.

When asked last month about the possibility of an American settlement with the Taliban, CIA Director Leon Panetta responded: “We have seen no evidence that they are truly interested in reconciliation, where they would surrender their arms, where they would denounce al-Qaeda, where they would really try to become part of that society. We’ve seen no evidence of that and very frankly, my view is that with regards to reconciliation, unless they’re convinced that the United States is going to win and that they’re going to be defeated, I think it’s very difficult to proceed with a reconciliation that’s going to be meaningful.”

This is the realistic alternative: Win first, then negotiate.

Today’s Prayer Ask, and you will receive; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you. (Matthew 7:7 TEV) PRAYER: O Lord, help us to reach out and guide Your sheep back to Your loving arms. Make us like Jesus. Amen.

Letters to the Editor Parent says she wasn’t made aware of laptop change at child’s school To the Editor: When I read the article last week about the upcoming school board meeting, I did note that the board would be discussing the “continuation” of the 1:1 Laptop Program. I was very surprised to learn, however, that the vote last week was actually to “extend” the program to include third graders at B.T. Bullock and Deep River Elementary schools.

As a parent of a third grader at B.T. Bullock, I am disappointed that I had to learn about this program through the newspaper. I know that we have not received any information from B.T. Bullock or Lee County Schools about the possibility of this program being extended to the elementary schools, so I went to the LCS website last Wednesday to see if I missed any notices about the program. The only mention of this extension was in the agenda posted for the board meeting.

I really question why input from parents wasn’t sought. I know that I would like to see the curriculum plans that show how and when the elementary school students will be using laptops. I want to see the research that demonstrates that elementary students learn more and better when they are provided laptops. I want to see the types of collaborative projects my third grader will be working on that will require him to use a laptop at home.

I want to know how the laptop expenditure for elementary students is justified as the elementary AIG programs are being decimated. But, because we the parents weren’t notified about this extension, we haven’t been given the opportunity to ask questions and seek the information we need.

I guess we were wrong to think that Dr. Moss and the board were going to stand by their pledge of open communication with the parents.

I can’t conclude my letter without addressing the comment from Dr. Moss about the laptops enabling us to “expand learning past 3 p.m.” so that “students can learn at home.”

When the school day ends at 2:30, my son goes to the Y aftercare where he learns how to model traits such as respect, responsibility and honesty. Depending on the day of the week, he then goes to soccer practice where he learns how to play as part of a team, how to assess the other team’s moves and how to counter the other team’s offense; or he goes to karate where he learns discipline, focus and the history of Martial Arts.

Over dinner, we discuss what he did in school that day and ask him questions to see how well he understood and can apply what he is learning. We end the day by having him read to us for 15 to 20 minutes from a book of his choice to encourage him to learn new vocabulary.

Wow, all that learning after 2:30 and at home without a laptop.

I deserve the respect of the superintendent and he should not ever assume that my child stops learning at the end of the school day.

MARISSA J. LANGFORD Sanford

Letter writer bashing Shook just a party drone To the Editor: Clearly we might understand why Randall Lee Yow would want Linda Shook out of her commissioners’ seat. After all, he is the founder of the opposing party’s young group and may like to see the good ole days where board members didn’t ask hard questions, and decisions were pretty much pre-determined by one party before the meetings even began.

Do we truly believe more bankers, lawyers and executives should represent the working class concerns?

The county has its lawyer and its treasurer. Linda Shook’s being chairman of her party is not a special interest; it’s a second public service.

Mrs. Shook is dedicated to due diligence and her investigative and informative efforts should be expected of all board members as they are vital to good decision making as well as balancing power. Apparently some are afraid of a movement from “We the people” taking back public positions and standing firm on common sense for the sake of our community, our state, our country and our precious children, regardless of party affiliation.

TAMMY RAUSCH Sanford

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OBITUARIES Allen Joy

PINEHURST — Allen Ray Joy, 46, of Manor Care Health Center in Pinehurst passed away Tuesday, July 27, 2010 at Moore Regional Hospital.

Mr. Joy was born in Lynchburg, Va., on Oct. 4, 1963, the son of Ray Joy of Brookneal, Va., and Cora Elder Ferguson and husband Jim of Sanford. He was a member of Kedron Baptist Church.

In addition to his parents, he is survived by one sister, Kathy Joy Green of Sanford; one niece and nephew, Michael Allen Coates of Gladys, Va. and Jessica Coates of Sanford.

He was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, Willis R. and Mary E. Joy; maternal grandparents, Frank and Melba Elder.

A graveside service will be conducted at 11 a.m.

Friday, July 30, at Union Hill Baptist Church Cemetery Brookneal, Va. by the Rev. Joey Anthony.

The family will receive friends in the church from 9:30 to 10:45 a.m. prior to the graveside service.

Henderson Funeral Home and Cremation Service, Brookneal, VA is in charge of arrangements.

Elijah Caddick

SANFORD — Elijah Christian Caddick, 5, died Monday (7/26/10).

Arrangements will be announced by BridgesCameron Funeral Home, Inc.

Elizabeth Lawrence

SANFORD — Funeral service for Elizabeth Odeska Smith Lawrence, 87, who died Monday (7/26/10), was conducted Wednesday at Hillview Christian Assembly with Pastor Ray Bodin officiating. Burial followed at the Broadway Town Cemetery.

Pianist was Peggy Tracy. Guitarist was Bobby Barbour. Soloist was Bobby Barbour and Pastor Ray Bodin. The congregation sang and recorded music was played.

Pallbearers were Glen Byrd, Leslie Byrd, Brian Lawrence, Ronald Ashworth, Tommy Schulz and Michael Baker.

Arrangements wer by Bridges-Cameron Funeral Home, Inc. of Sanford.

Pete Dollar

BUNNLEVEL — Leon Preston “Pete� Dollar, 68, died Monday (7/26/10) at Betsy Johnson Hospital in Dunn.

He was born in Pavo, Ga., son of the late Louis Preston and Evelyn Eunice Thompson Dollar.

He was a U.S. Army veteran.

He was owner of Dollar Electric and Dollar Lumber Company. He retired as a prison guard with the N.C.

Prison System in Lillington.

He is survived by his wife, Karen Bullock Dollar of the home; daughters, Tiffney Ann Dollar of Anderson Creek, Jennifer Lynn Dollar Ezzell of Fort Polk, La. and Stephanie Faircloth Dollar Poythress of Bunnlevel; a son, James Preston Dollar of St. Joseph, Mo.; a sister, Patricia Pittman of Monroe; and 10 grandchildren.

A memorial service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday at O’Quinn-Peebles Chapel with Pastor Tim Evans officiating. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.

Condolences may be made at www.oquinnpeebles.com.

Memorials may be made to Massey Hill Baptist Church, 27 Southern Ave., Fayetteville, N.C. 28306.

Arrangements are by O’Quinn-Peebles Funeral Home of Lillington.

Odell Jackson PITTSBORO — Odell “Smiley� Jackson, 77, died Wednesday (7/28/10) in his home with his family by his side.

Arrangements will be announced by Hall – Wynne Funeral Home of Pittsboro.

Preston Page Sr. PITTSBORO — Preston Dudley Page Sr., 76, of 101 Exline Williams Drive, died Sunday (7/25/10) at Britthaven Rest Home in Chapel Hill.

He is survived by children, Preston Page Jr. and wife Doris of Hamlet, William Page and wife Sara of Bennettsville, S.C., Patricia Pugh and husband Daryl of Pittsboro and Tabatha Wall and husband Walter of Siler City; sisters, Johnnie M. Goldston and husband Monroe of Siler City, Mary Clark and husband Phillip and Deborah Laws and husband Herbert, all of Pittsboro; 14 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; two sisters-in-laws, three aunts, one goddaughter and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

The funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m.

Friday at Knotts Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Ronnie Brooks officiating. Burial will follow at St. Matthews Chapel AME Zion Church Cemetery in Pittsboro.

Condolences may be made at www.knottsfuneralhome.com.

Arrangements are by Knotts Funeral Home of Pittsboro.

John Wilson SILER CITY — John Hoover Wilson, 82, of 12551 Hwy. 64 West, died Sunday (7/25/10) at his residence.

Richard Davenport Sr.

JORDAN LAKE

SANFORD — Richard Gibbs Davenport Sr., 73, died Wednesday, July 28, 2010, at his home.

Graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Buffalo Cemetery.

Born in Lee County, Mr. Davenport was a son of the late John T. Davenport and Eunice Adams Davenport. He was retired, and was a co-owner of J.T. Davenport and Sons, Inc. Mr. Davenport was a graduate of Fishburn Military School, and also Louisburg College. He served in the National Guard, and the United States Army Reserves. He was a member of the Sanford Jaycee’s, the Sanford Kiwanis Club, BPOE Elks Club, the Sanford Moose Club, Lee County Wildlife Club, a member of the board of directors of Boys & Girls Club, and was past president, and past N.C. Governor of the Optimist Club.

Surviving are his wife, Peggy Price Davenport; a daughter, Mary Davenport Crissman and husband Larkin of Sanford; two sons, Richard Gibbs Davenport Jr., of Sanford, and Michael Currie Davenport and wife Valerie of Sanford; 6 grandchildren, Kimberly Eunice Crissman, Beverly Crissman Akers, Larkin Cristopher Crissman, Emily Taylor Davenport, Matthew Currie Davenport, and Delaney Anne Davenport; three great-grandchildren, Ashley Morgan Brown, Rylee Ann Akers, and Gavin Samuel Akers; one brother, J.T. “Tommy� Davenport and wife Jean of Sanford; a cousin, Mickey Davenport of Wilmington; and also several nieces and nephews.

The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m.

Thursday at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions may be sent to Boys & Girls Homes of N.C., P.O. Box 127, Lake Waccamaw, N.C. 28450; and/or to Heartland Hospice Care, 3200 Atlantic Avenue #100, Raleigh, N.C. 27604.

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

Arrangements are by Rogers-Pickard Funeral Home.

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He was born May 3, 1928, son of the late Thomas Henry and Betty Hough Wilson. He was a native of Chatham County and the owner-operator of Wilson 64 Auto Sales for 45 years. He attended Siler City Pentecostal Holiness Church.

He is survived by daughters, Teresa W. Graves and husband Ricky of Siler City and Carolyn Wilson of Graham; sons, Marty Wilson of Siler City, Greg Wilson of Nashville, Tenn. and John D. Wilson of Siler City; a sister, Rachel W. Hudson of Asheboro; and five grandchildren The family will receive friends from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. today at the funeral home and other times at the home of Teresa and Ricky Graves, 66 Fellowship Church Road, Siler City.

The funeral service will be conducted at 11 a.m.

Friday at Siler City Pentecostal Holiness Church with the Rev. Mark Richardson officiating. Burial will follow in Bear Creek Baptist Church Cemetery with military rites by the Randolph County Honor Guard.

Memorials may be made to Siler City Pentecostal Holiness Church, 17475 Hwy. 64 W, Siler City, N.C. 27344 or Bear Creek

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Sheila Roberts PRINCETON, W.Va. — Sheila Carol Roberts, 61, of 1009 Princeton Ave., died Sunday (7/25/10) at her residence.

Born Sept. 11, 1948 in Jefferson, she was the daughter of the late Larry Dewitt Sheets and Louise Smith Sheets. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Ronald E. Roberts.

She is survived by a son, Michael McKenzie of Pasadena, Md.; two grandchildren; and sisters, Donna Howard of Sanford, Susan Kolton of South Hampton, N.Y., Gail Harr of Clinton and Sherri Simmons of Stark, Fla. Her body has been cremated and there will be no services.

Arrangements were by Seaver Funeral Home in Princeton, W.Va.

DURHAM (MCT) — After hearing more than three hours of public testimony, the Durham County Board of Commissioners decided late Monday night to put off a decision on whether to rezone property for the 751 South subdivision near Jordan Lake.

Meanwhile, the state Department of Transportation is trying to remove itself from the rezoning process by turning down a right of way donation from the 751 South developer, Southern Durham Development Inc. DOT officials say they accepted the donation not knowing that it would invalidate a protest petition filed by 751 South opponents. Because of the petition, the rezoning needs the support of four of the five county commissioners.

On Monday, DOT officials issued a “revocation of acceptance,� rejecting the easement. “We believed strongly it was important for us to politely bow out,� DOT spokeswoman Greer Beaty said Tuesday.

County Attorney Lowell Siler said he needed time to determine whether the DOT could legally reject the easement, but Beaty said the department’s lawyers determined that it could.

In a prepared statement released Tuesday, Southern Durham President Alex Mitchell said the firm is “disappointed with the department’s effort to rescind. ... We hope to reinstate the agreement in the near future.�

Mitchell said the developers have known since they announced their plan for 751 South in January 2008 that they would have to give up a strip of land along N.C. 751 for DOT’s plan to widen the road to four lanes. “It’s something we’ve known we’d have to do since day one,� Mitchell

said Tuesday.

The widening is not in DOT’s near-future plan, said Mitchell and DOT engineer Joey Hopkins, but Mitchell said he went ahead when he realized that donating the right of way would invalidate the protest petition. “I have a group of opponents who wake up every day trying to think of ways to block this plan,� he said. “I’ll do everything within my power, legally, to move it forward.�

Mitchell said it was ironic that DOT said it rescinded the acceptance because it did not want to interfere in a local zoning issue. “When they attempted to rescind it, they chose to get involved,� he said.

Opponents saw things differently. “NCDOT is interfering in an ongoing, highly controversial Durham rezoning case by providing a deed of easement to benefit the Southern Durham Development Company and its 751 South project just prior to a Board of County Commissioners rezoning vote,� wrote petitioner Carrick Glenn in e-mail sent over the weekend to state Transportation Secretary Eugene Conti.

Southern Durham’s project consists of up to 1,300 homes and up to 600,000 square feet of office and commercial space on a 167-acre tract in southwest Durham County near the Chatham County line and Jordan Lake.

Since the developers announced their plans, the project has been the subject of repeated hearings, surveys, petitions, claims, counterclaims and lawsuits.

The developers contend 751 South would be environmentally friendly, would include donated property for a public school and would create at least 1,900 jobs.

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But even from the beginning, Smith’s students learned that they couldn’t pass the course by just sitting in the classroom. Smith taught his students a work ethic that led them to a first-place win in the state and a 10thplace prize in the nation for the first horticulture contest Chatham Central ever entered.

“The next year I got a big head and thought we couldn’t be beat, but we got beat in the state,” Smith said.

Now the walls of Smith’s former classroom are covered with plaques from state and national competitions.

When Hart was a student, his team won the national competition, after sitting through about one hundred names called from last to first.

“The longest hour of my life was spent at the results,” Hart said.

For Smith, the competitions’ significance extends beyond horticulture. Smith said he doesn’t care what field his students go into, but the focus, determination and work ethic they learn from competitive horticulture can serve

them well in whatever they pursue.

Though he said winContinued from Page 1A ning is a great feeling, competitions are only coveralls and retiring a small part of what from teaching.

Smith will remember “I really like his most about teaching. dedication and his He’ll remember getphilosophy toward his ting the school its first students,” said Chris greenhouse, hosting Hart, one of Smith’s plant sales with the former students. “It’s students that sell out his ability to not just every year and teaching teach students about the children of former the subject matter but students who have gone about how to be a better on to have successful person.” careers in and out of Smith made a lasting horticulture. impression on Hart, “I can retire and say and Hart hopes to keep I’ve never let anything that legacy alive as he interfere with my stusteps into Smith’s shoes dents being first,” Smith as Chatham Central’s said. “I had to let some new agriculture teacher. other things go, but they Taking over the program were always first.” from a 45-year veteran Smith often arrived might be a daunting at Chatham Central at task, but Hart has 6 a.m. and didn’t leave Smith’s seal of approval. until after 6 p.m. Hart “I said, ‘If you’d be said he’s prepared to interested, I’d love to work the same long see you take this job hours if it means he can here,’” Smith said. “I have the same impact have nothing but reon his students that spect for him.”

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The program Hart “It feels good to be will begin teaching coming home,” Hart looks quite different said. “I know there’s a from the one Smith enlot of expectation, but tered into in the 1960s.

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Obama nominates judge to be U.S. attorney for central N.C. RALEIGH (AP) — President Barack Obama has nominated a judge and son of a former state senator to serve as U.S. attorney for the middle district of North Carolina.

The White House said in a news release Wednesday that Ripley Rand was nominated to replace Anna Mills Wagoner. Rand was one of several people recommended for the post by U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan.

Rand has served as

a superior court judge since 2002. Before that, he was an assistant district attorney in Wake County from 1997 to 2002 and in Cumberland County in 1997.

He graduated from the University of North Carolina Law School in 1995, Rand was a research assistant to former North Carolina Chief Justice Burley Mitchell.

He is the son of former Senate Majority Leader Tony Rand, who resigned

Dec. 31 to lead the state parole commission.

Obama also selected M. Scott Bowen for U.S. Attorney of the western district of Michigan.

“I am proud to nominate these outstanding individuals to serve as United States Attorneys,” said President Obama.

“They will be unwavering in their pursuit of justice and I am confident they will serve the people of North Carolina and Michigan with distinction.”

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tion, when it comes to replacing an AC, he said.

“We’ve got to help our people, we’ve got to protect our people,” Cohen said. “But there’s only so much the city can do.”

The agency has been without cooling or heating in its thrift store for more than a month, Dew said, weathering tripledigit heat and humidity for weeks now.

Christians United scored a council backer in Mann, but other council members like Mike Stone, a critic of nonprofit spending in the 2010-2011 budget, were unswayed.

“Whoever paid their taxes to any government and then said, ‘I want you to give my money away,’” Stone said.

In addition to the funding discussion, council members also squashed much-discussed calls to draft a policy outlining how the city could dispense contingency money to struggling local charity groups.

Cohen said a policy would have only encouraged more nonprofits to

jostle for funding, not the other way around.

Stone, meanwhile, indicated members should have stayed away from backing groups at all if it turns down requests from Christians United.

“Who am I pick and choose that the Boys and Girls Club is as valuable as Christians Outreach or the Temple Theatre?” he said. “Each one of them provides a different service.”

As council members voted down Dew’s request, Cohen called on local churches to step up support for the organization, claiming he will write a $350 check to the group Thursday to begin its cash drive.

Dew said the group had already raised $2,000 from outside donations since she went before the City Council last week.

But asking for public funds proved to be a nebulous operation considering the lack of a city policy on nonprofits, she said.

“If I don’t know what they’re looking for, then how can I apply for funding?” Dew said.

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on everything that comes along.”

Council members rejected Christians United despite offering up $46,000 in the current year’s budget to groups like the Boys and Girls Clubs, the Temple Theatre and Lee County Arts Council.

Christians United Executive Director Teresa Dew said she was “disappointed” to hear the council’s decision Wednesday, pointing to the panel’s earlier support of nonprofits.

She said the resulting cash dearth could force the nonprofit to take money from its food drive efforts and put it toward a cooling unit.

Cohen said Wednesday that initiatives like the Boys and Girls Clubs and the Temple offer a definite public good in the form of youth programs and tourist dollars.

The case isn’t so clear for Christians United, a church-based organiza-

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RN5P, performing as part of the Function at the Junction summer concert series sponsored by Downtown Sanford Inc. All events will be held at Depot Park and are open to the public. Reservations are requested for the reception and can be made with the Sanford Area Chamber of Commerce.

This year’s annual campaign celebrates the United Way’s 50th anniversary in Lee County.

Since being established in 1960 as the United Fund, the United Way of Lee County has raised and distributed millions of dollars over the years to nurture children, enhance self-sufficiency and strengthen families.

Contributions raised during that original campaign were twice the modest, $21,145 goal.

Contemporary campaigns raise many times that amount; this year’s goal is $450,000.

Money raised during the United Way’s annual campaign is allotted by

Companies interested in sponsoring their own campaign to help neighbors in need may contact Michele Bullard, program services director, at (919) 7765823 or info@leecountyunitedway.org. Bullard provides materials and assistance, making the entire process easy for business leaders.

community volunteers to support roughly two dozen partner agencies caring for neighbors throughout Lee County.

Among this year’s list are organizations providing emergency food and financial assistance; medical care, housing and child care for low income families; greater opportunities for people with disabilities; and assistance for women escaping domestic abuse.

“It’s hard to overestimate how important the United Way has been to our community over the years,” says Joe Martin, this year’s campaign chair and United Way supporter for more than 15 years. “We see every day how much these

contributions mean to people who couldn’t get food, shelter or medical care without this help.

“But contributions also have a huge impact beyond those immediate needs. A lot of the groups we helped when they were just starting are now some of the most solid organizations in our community and are helping make Lee County a better place for everyone.”

Also serving on the 2010 Campaign Cabinet are Mikeal Basinger, Alexander Cox, Carlos Gomez, Susan Gomez, Tony Guerra, Bob Heuts, Tiffany Jefferson, Bob Joyce, Beth Kelly, Tom McSwain, Margaret Minuth, Margaret Murchison, Bonnie Russell, Sharon Spence, David Spivey and Sam Wornom.

The campaign cabinet also recognizes Bill Lawrence, who agreed before his death earlier this month to assist the campaign as its honorary chairman. A longtime United Way supporter, Lawrence retains his title posthumously in recognition of his tireless, lifelong service throughout the community.

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STATE BRIEFS Cops have leads in search for man’s killer in Wilmington

the home late Tuesday, but the man wasn’t there. They did arrest a woman on charges of kidnapping, false imprisonment and promoting prostitution.

WILMINGTON (AP) — Investigators say they have several leads as they search for a suspect in the killing of a 38year-old North Carolina man.

Authorities told The StarNews of Wilmington that Quincey Diallo Rhodes was shot several times after an argument Tuesday morning.

Wilmington police detective Kevin Tully says investigators don’t think Rhodes knew his killer and they aren’t sure what started the argument.

Police say witnesses heard four or five gunshots, and Rhodes managed to walk about half a block looking for help before collapsing.

Investigators say they have several promising leads as they search for Rhodes’ killer.

Authorities say Rhodes’ slaying was the first homicide of the year in Wilmington.

FORT BRAGG (AP) — A North Carolina Army base will celebrate the Army Chaplain Corps’ 235th birthday with a commemorative jump.

About 400 Fort Bragg soldiers, including chaplains from many of the airborne units based at the post, will jump on Wednesday onto Sicily Drop Zone. The jump will be followed by a free barbecue lunch.

The Army’s website says there are are more than 2,700 chaplains representing over 130 different religious organizations. More than 700 are mobilized or deployed.

4-month-old boy taken from N.C. mom found in S.C.

Disability group files complaint on adult homes

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A 4month-old baby boy snatched from his mother’s car in North Carolina was found Wednesday morning wet and crying after surviving seven hours in the South Carolina woods with a man police say took the child. “I held the baby. He was alert, but wet and crying. He seemed fine, but we transferred him to the emergency room to have him checked out,� Chesterfield County Sheriff’s Lt. Briana Davis said in a telephone interview. “He was a little dirty after being in the woods so long.�

The baby was returned to his mother later Wednesday.

Davis said Jalleel Xamir Howard was found around 2 a.m. Wednesday, about 15 hours after he was taken from his mother’s car in a Monroe, N.C., doctor’s office parking lot.

Lonnie Cecil Buchanan, 41, of Monroe has been charged with kidnapping and is being held in the Union County, N.C., jail under a $250,000 bond, said Capt. Bryan Gilliard of the Monroe Police Department.

Beulah Marie Steen, 23, also of Monroe, is charged with kidnapping and is being held on a $50,000 bond, Gilliard said. There was no information about whether either has an attorney.

Gilliard praised the South Carolina police for sighting Buchanan and Steen’s vehicle, then keeping bloodhounds in a wooded area to track down him until he emerged from the woods with the baby. “Those guys just wouldn’t stop until they found that child,� Gilliard said.

South Carolina police stopped a car being driven by Steen around 7 p.m. Tuesday evening on state Highway 207 near Pageland. Davis said Buchanan ran into the woods with the baby after seeing officers in the area. About seven hours later, she said, Buchanan came out of the woods with the child and was arrested.

RALEIGH (AP) — An advocacy group for the disabled says the mentally ill in North Carolina are living in poor conditions.

Disability Rights North Carolina said in a statement that it investigated four deaths as a result of resident-on-resident violence at more than 600 adult care homes between October 2008 and July 2009.

The group filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice, saying the state is in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Disability Rights NC executive director Vicki Smith says the group found overmedicated residents, crowded rooms, a lack of air conditioning and violent altercations at the facilities.

Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Lanier Cansler says the agency shares those concerns but has limited chances to get more money.

N.M. police: N.C. teen forced into prostitution

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Police in Albuquerque, N.M., say they’re looking for a man who allegedly forced a young North Carolina woman into prostitution while holding her captive in his home.

Albuquerque Police spokesman Robert Gibbs says the 18-year-old woman fled the home on Tuesday and ran to a neighbor’s house asking for help. She told officers she had met the man online while she was living in North Carolina, and he offered to fly her to New Mexico on July 17.

Once there, she told officers the man forced her into prostitution and would lock her in a closet whenever he left the home.

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Meeting planned over license for Alcoa’s dams WINSTON-SALEM (AP) — People who want to see Alcoa Inc. lose its license to operate four hydroelectric dams in North Carolina are planning a meeting.

Davidson County Commissioner Cathy Dunn told The Winston-Salem Journal the goal of Thursday’s meeting is to show solidarity with Gov. Beverly Perdue’s push to turn the dams over to the state.

The dams along the Yadkin River once provided power for Alcoa’s aluminum plant in the area, but that facility closed in 2007. The electricity is now sold on the open market.

Perdue wants federal officials to take back the license for the dams from Alcoa. The state would then buy and run the dams.

Alcoa spokesman Mike Belwood says the company isn’t sending someone to the meeting because Alcoa doesn’t think the discussion will be balanced.

Officials: Mom failed to protect Teghan RALEIGH (MCT) — Wake County child welfare officials determined that Teghan Skiba’s mother, Helen Reyes, had failed to protect her daughter and entrust her to an appropriate caretaker before Reyes left for Army Reserve training in New Mexico, according to a statement the county released this morning.

A family court judge granted the county temporary legal custody of Teghan after she was hospitalized with injuries that sheriff’s investigators say were inflicted by

her mother’s boyfriend, Jonathan Douglas Richardson. Teghan died two days later, and Richardson was charged with murder.

Reyes has not been charged with a crime.

Warren Ludwig, Child Welfare Administrator for Wake County Human Services, released a statement this morning outlining his agency’s involvement with Reyes and her daughter, who had lived in Raleigh with Reyes’ mother.

According to the statement, Reyes told Wake County officials

the day after Teghan was hospitalized that she and her daughter had lived with Richardson in an outbuilding on his grandparents’ property in Johnston County for four weeks before she left for Army Reserve training on July 6.

It was after that interview with Reyes that county officials petitioned the court for legal custody of Teghan on July 17.

On Tuesday, Wake County Child Protective Services officials determined that Reyes had abused Teghan.

Ludwig’s statement notes that Reyes may not have physically injured Teghan, but that the definition of abuse includes “creating or allowing to be created a substantial risk of serious physical injury by other than accidental means.�

According to a search warrant, Richardson told Johnston County sheriff’s investigators that bipolar disorder causes him to be short-tempered and that he “lost it� before whipping Teghan with an extension cord. — Raleigh News & Observer

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Gen.: NC post supports military widows FORT BRAGG (AP) — The Army has drastically increased its outreach and support for surviving spouses since the start of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the post commander said.

Lt. Gen. Frank Helmick, commander of the 18th Airborne Corps and Fort Bragg, told reporters on Wednesday that he still remembers the first time he served as a casualty assistance officer in 1994. One of his men was killed in a training accident in Italy, and they didn’t know how long the surviving spouse’s benefits would last or how long they could stay in military housing.

All that has changed with the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Since 2001, the military has drastically increased benefits and allow widows to keep military housing for one year and health care for three years. They also receive almost a half-mil-

lion dollars in benefits.

More than a dozen North Carolina-based soldiers have died in combat in July, continuing what is becoming a deadly summer for coalition forces in Afghanistan. Military officials say 57 American service members have died in Afghanistan in July, including at least 13 Fort Bragg soldiers. The soldiers were from the 82nd Airborne Division’s 4th Brigade Combat Team and the 20th Engineer Brigade’s 27th Engineer Battalion.

Helmick said July has been a hard month. He or one of his generals attends the funeral of every soldier killed on Fort Bragg. He said each one is hard and each one he will remember forever.

But, he said, the family always thanks him. “They say, ’General, my son died doing what he loved to do. He died being a soldier,’ “ Helmick said. “And that

gives me a little bit of comfort.�

The Defense Department says June was the deadliest month for coalition troops in Afghanistan since the war started in 2001. Of the 104 coalition troops killed, 60 were from the U.S.. Fort Bragg has lost almost more than 370 soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq. “It is one of thing that I have done that never gets easier. You become a part of someone’s worst nightmare,� said Chaplain Larry McCarty, a colonel who serves in the 82nd Airborne Division based at Fort Bragg. He said he has lost count of how many funerals and notifications he has done.

Fort Bragg is one of 35 casualty assistance centers in the Army and handles all soldiers killed in North Carolina. The center helps a soldier’s family with paperwork and benefits and trains officers to help families

and break the news of a soldier’s death. All soldiers sergeant first class and above must go through the two-day training so they can help the families of fallen soldiers. “It is one of the hardest duties I have to do,� said Sgt. 1st Class Felix Serra, who has been in the Army 17 years and has been a casualty assistance officer several times.

Besides training casualty assistance officers, the post has created volunteer care and comfort support teams to help widows with everything from walking the dog to washing dishes and built a support center dedicated to surviving spouses.

Fort Bragg has almost 2,000 surviving spouses, parents and children in its database and formed the Fort Bragg Survivor Outreach Services to help widows find a community where they feel comfortable.

TENNESSEE

Priest pleads guilty to abusing boy in N.C. MARION (AP) — A retired Roman Catholic priest from Greene County, Tenn., has pleaded guilty in a North Carolina court to sexually abusing a boy during a trip there more than 30 years ago.

Warren Tucker of Jeffersonville, Ind., has said the Rev. William Casey abused him for five years, beginning in 1975 when he was a fifth-grader at St. Dominic’s church in Kingsport, Tenn.

Casey, 76, was given

a three-year suspended sentence in McDowell County, N.C., Superior Court on Wednesday.

He will be on supervised probation in Tennessee for 24 months and will not have to go to prison if he complies with the conditions of his plea agreement. They include having a sex offender evaluation and completing any recommended treatment. “I tell you, it’s bittersweet someone can

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District Attorney Brad Greenway said North Carolina law at the time of the crime only recog-

nized rape as between a man and a woman. Casey was instead charged with crimes against nature.

Diocese of Knoxville Bishop Richard Stika in April banned Casey from serving as a priest after Casey acknowledged the credibility of Tucker’s abuse allegations.

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Calls for Rangel to quit could escalate

WASHINGTON (AP) — The calls from fellow Democrats for New York Rep. Charles Rangel to resign could quickly turn from a trickle to a flood unless he can quickly negotiate a plea bargain to prevent a congressional trial on allegations of ethical misconduct.

With elections nearing, fellow Democrats don’t relish the spectacle of that trial.

Thursday is a deadline of sorts. An ethics committee panel of four Democrats and four Republicans has scheduled a public hearing where the charges against Rangel would be aired in public for the first time.

The subcommittee’s task is to decide whether the charges can be proved by clear and convincing evidence. Just spelling them out would be bad enough, Democrats running for re-election feel.

For his part, Rangel remained noncommittal Wednesday on whether he’s still open to a deal to avoid all that. “Depends on what the settlement is,� he said of the lawyer-to-lawyer talks.

The House ethics committee has investigated allegations of Rangel’s misuse of his office for fundraising, failure to disclose income, belated payment of taxes

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Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., stands in the corner of the elevator as he leaves his office for to go vote on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday. and possible help with a tax shelter for a company whose chief executive was a major donor. “I think everyone is looking forward to getting all the facts out in the open and people will have to react once we know what we’re dealing with,� said Rep. Mike Quigley, D-Ill. But how to react?

Create distance from Rangel and his conduct, or somehow remain noncommittal? Each option contains political risk.

If a Democrat calls for Rangel’s resignation, returns his campaign donations or just condemns his conduct, he risks alienating the Congressional Black Caucus, a key Democratic constituency, which has warned against a rush to

judgment.

But if a fellow lawmaker remains silent, he risks being tagged an inside-Washington hypocrite who broke a promise to rid Congress of corruption.

The charges are the equivalent of an indictment, not a conviction. So condemning unproven allegations against Rangel could smack of the very rush to judgment against which the CBC warned. But for vulnerable Democrats, especially freshmen eager to prove their ethical bona fides to voters, couched statements of condemnation could be beneficial, some Democratic lawmakers and their aides said in interviews — under a cloak of anonymity.

Rep. Artur Davis, D-Ala., a member of the Ways and Means Committee who called for Rangel to step down from his committee chairmanship, said he would not be urging Rangel’s resignation.

Still, he said of his colleagues, “I’m sure some will.�

Two Democrats didn’t wait to hear the charges.

Rep. Betty Sutton of Ohio, a second-term lawmakers who received 65 percent of the vote two years ago, said Rangel “needs to resign� to preserve the public’s trust in Congress.

Rep. Walt Minnick of Idaho, a freshman who got 51 percent of the vote last time, couched his resignation call on the charges being proven.

While the political stakes are high for Rangel and Democrats with tough races, there also could be consequences for ethics committee members if they leave the perception that Rangel, a Harlem legend, got off too easy.

Voters could decide they were protecting an influential Democrat — the former chief tax writer in the House — if some charges were dropped or if the resulting punishment did not reflect serious wrongdoing.

CHELSEA’S WEDDING

New York town abuzz pre-Clinton wedding

RHINEBECK, N.Y. (AP) — Never mind that the details about Chelsea Clinton’s wedding are being guarded like state secrets. The postcardpretty town of Rhinebeck is ready for its close-up.

The former first daughter and her parents have not even confirmed that her wedding is being held in Rhinebeck. Still, signs congratulating her hang in shop windows, residents are talking to TV crews and officials are bracing for crowds.

Clinton, 30, will wed investment banker Marc Mezvinsky on Saturday, and this little Hudson

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Figures just released from the government, while a bit dated, show that airline prices in the first three months of this year rose nearly 5 percent from a year earlier. And that doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t include baggage fees and other extras.

But if you take a step back, air travel still looks like a bargain. Average fares are 25 percent lower than they were in 1999 after adjusting them for inflation, the government says.

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Unemployment rises in 75 percent of metro areas WASHINGTON (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The unemployment rate in about three-quarters of the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest metro areas rose last month as nearly one million teenagers entered the work force looking for summer jobs.

The Labor Department said Wednesday that the unemployment rate rose in 291 of 374 areas in June from May. It fell in 55 areas and was flat in 28.

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ARIZONA IMMIGRATION LAW

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PHOENIX (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A federal judge dealt a serious rebuke to Arizonaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s toughest-in-the-nation immigration law on Wednesday when she put most of the crackdown on hold just hours before it was to take effect.

The ruling by U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton shifts the immigration debate to the courts and sets up a lengthy legal battle that may not be decided until the Supreme Court weighs in. Republican Gov. Jan Brewer said the state will likely appeal the ruling and seek to get the judgeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s order overturned.

But for now, opponents of the law have prevailed: The provisions that most angered opponents will not take effect, including sections that required officers to check a personâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s immigration status while enforcing other laws.

The judge also delayed parts of the law that required immigrants to carry their papers at all times, and made it illegal for undocumented workers to solicit employment in public places â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a move aimed at day laborers. In addition, the judge blocked officers from making warrantless arrests of suspected illegal immigrants. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Requiring Arizona law enforcement officials and agencies to determine the immigration status of every person who is arrested burdens lawfully-present aliens because their liberty will be restricted while their status is checked,â&#x20AC;? Bolton, a Clinton appointee, said in her decision.

She said the controversial sections should be put on hold until the courts resolve the issues.

Other provisions of the law, many of them slight revisions to existing Arizona immigration statute, will go into effect at 12:01 a.m. Thursday.

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by Brewer in April and immediately revived the national debate on immigration, making it a hot-button issue in the midterm elections.

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Ernesto Fiscal, foreground, and other illegal immigrants who were deported to Mexico early Wednesday morning, gather near the Nogales Port of Entry in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, Wednesday. prompted a boycott against Arizona and led an unknown number of illegal immigrants to leave the state.

Lawyers for the state contend the law was a constitutionally sound attempt by Arizona to assist federal immigration agents and lessen border woes such as the heavy costs for educating, jailing and providing health care for illegal immigrants.

Arizona is the busiest gateway into the country for illegal immigrants, and the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s border with Mexico is awash in drugs and smugglers that authorities badly want to stop.

Brewerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lawyers said Arizona shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to suffer from Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s broken immigration system when it has 15,000 police officers who can arrest illegal immigrants. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a temporary bump in the road, we will move forward, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m sure that after consultation with our counsel we will appeal,â&#x20AC;? Brewer told The Associated Press. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The bottom line is weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve known all along that it is the responsibility of the feds and they havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t done their job so we were going to help them do that.â&#x20AC;?

The ruling came just as police were making lastminute preparations to begin enforcement of the law and protesters were

planning large demonstrations against the measure. At least one group planned to block access to federal offices, daring officers to ask them about their immigration status.

In a sign of the international interest in the law, about 100 protesters in Mexico City who had gathered in front of the U.S. Embassy broke into cheers when speakers told them about the federal judgeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ruling. The demonstrators had been monitoring the news on a laptop computer on the stage.

The crowd clapped and started chanting, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Migrants, hang on, the people are rising up!â&#x20AC;?

Gisela and Eduardo Diaz went to the Mexican consulate in Phoenix on Wednesday seeking advice because they were worried about what would happen to their 3-year-old granddaughter if they were pulled over by police and taken to a detention center.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;I knew the judge would say that part of the law was just not right,â&#x20AC;? said Diaz, a 50-year-old from Mexico City who came to Arizona on a since-expired tourist visa in 1989. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the part we were worried about. This is a big relief for us.â&#x20AC;?

Opponents argued the law would lead to racial profiling, conflict with federal immigration law and distract local police from fighting more serious crimes. The U.S. Justice Department, civil rights groups and a Phoenix police officer had asked the judge for an injunction to prevent the law from being enforced. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is a substantial likelihood that officers will wrongfully arrest legal resident aliens under the new (law),â&#x20AC;? Bolton ruled.

Federal authorities have argued that letting the Arizona law stand would create a patchwork of immigration laws nationwide that would

WASHINGTON (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Without the benefit of their stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s strict new immigration law, officers from a single Arizona county helped deport more than 26,000 immigrants from the U.S. through a federal-local partnership program that has been roundly criticized as fraught with problems.

Statistics obtained by The Associated Press show that the Maricopa County Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office was responsible for the deportations or forced departure of 26,146 immigrants since 2007.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about a quarter of the national total of 115,841 sent out of the U.S. by officers in 64 law enforcement agencies deputized to help enforce immigration laws, some since 2006, under the socalled 287(g) program.

The tens of thousands of immigrant arrests show local officials already have a significant amount of authority to enforce immigration laws and help remove illegal immigrants from the country.

But with Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio the top law officer among all those deputized, questions remain about whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in store when Arizona gives more officers the power to enforce immigration laws. The federal government already is under fire for doing a poor job of keeping watch on local officers enforcing immigration laws and ensuring safeguards for protecting civil rights are in place.

Arpaio is under federal investigation on allegations of civil rights violations, which he denies.

If Arizonaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new law takes effect Thursday, many more of the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s officers will be asking people to prove they are legally in the U.S. The state law requires officers to ask for a driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s license, passport or other identity document if they reasonably suspect a person is not allowed to be in the U.S. They must do so while enforcing other laws or ordinances. burden the agency that responds to immigration-status inquiries and disrupt U.S. relations with Mexico and other countries.

The core of the governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s case is that federal immigration law trumps state law â&#x20AC;&#x201D; an issue known as â&#x20AC;&#x153;pre-emptionâ&#x20AC;? in legal circles. The judge plainly accepted that view, pointing out five portions of the law where she believed the federal government would likely succeed on its claims that U.S. law supersedes state law.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Even though Arizonaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s interests may be consistent with those of the federal government, it is not in the public interest for Arizona to enforce pre-empted laws,â&#x20AC;? Bolton wrote.

Supporters of the law took solace in the fact that the judge did keep several portions of the law intact, including a section that bars local governments from limiting enforcement of federal immigration laws. Those jurisdictions are commonly known as â&#x20AC;&#x153;sanctuary cities.â&#x20AC;?

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Director defensive over test cheating

WASHINGTON (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; FBI Director Robert Mueller told Congress on Wednesday that he does not know how many of his agents cheated on an important exam on the bureauâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s policies, an embarrassing revelation that raises questions about whether the FBI knows its own rules for conducting surveillance on Americans.

The Justice Department inspector general is investigating whether hundreds of agents cheated on the test. Some took the openbook test together, violating rules that they take it alone. Others finished the lengthy exam unusually quickly, current and former officials said.

The test was supposed to ensure that FBI agents understand new rules allowing them to conduct surveillance and open files on Americans without evidence of criminal wrongdoing. If agents canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t pass that test without cheating, civil liberties groups ask, how can they follow them?

Asked about an Associated Press report about the cheating investigation, Mueller said he does not know how widespread the problem was. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got a general idea, but I do not know how many,â&#x20AC;? Mueller testified. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And I am not certain the IG knows how many either. He has pointed out instances orally to me where there may be persons in a particular office where it was widespread and may be attributable to a lack of understanding and confusion about the procedures.â&#x20AC;?

In Columbia, S.C., for instance, agents said they

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FBI Director Robert Mueller testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. got approval from the FBI policy office to print the test in advance and use it as a study guide, according to a letter to the inspector general from the FBI Agents Association. The head of the policy office later said that wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t true, the letter said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are similar stories for practically every office, demonstrating the pervasive confusion and miscommunication that existed,â&#x20AC;? Konrad Motyka, the associationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s president, wrote May 13 in the letter obtained by The Associated Press.

Mueller told Congress that, despite the cheating investigation, the FBI understands the rules and is following them. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I do believe that our work force absolutely understands what can be investigated, how it must be investigated, what predication is necessary for a particular investigation in this day and age,â&#x20AC;? Mueller said.

Mueller, himself, appeared shaky on the rules during the questioning,

however. He told Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., that the FBI cannot conduct surveillance unless it suspects wrongdoing. FBI rules require no such standard. They allow agents to conduct surveillance proactively, without any evidence that a crime has been committed.

After the hearing, the FBI said, Mueller sent a note to Durbin saying he misspoke. The FBI must have a proper purpose before conducting surveillance, but suspicion of wrongdoing is not required, he said.

Under the Domestic Investigations and Operation Guidelines, FBI agents can also consider race when opening early inquiries.

For instance, the FBI could look into whether the terrorist group Lashkar-e Taiba had taken hold in a city if it had a large Pakistani-American presence.

The cheating investigation has heightened skepticism that the FBI understands its own policies. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not actually even doing their home-

work to know what the rules say,â&#x20AC;? said Michael German, policy counsel at the American Civil Liberties Union and a former FBI agent.

The FBI has a checkered past when it comes to conducting surveillance. From the late 1950s through the early 1970s, the bureau opened hundreds of thousands of files on Americans and domestic groups, including anti-war organizations, civil rights groups and womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s movements.

After the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the bureau collected U.S. phone and computer records without court orders.

Depending on the outcome of the cheating investigation, agents could be disciplined or even fired. The brewing scandal has already upended management at one of the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest field offices.

Motykaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s letter urges the inspector general to focus instead on what he called the â&#x20AC;&#x153;systemic failureâ&#x20AC;? of administering the test without consistent rules.

FBI agents should not be punished â&#x20AC;&#x153;because of a failure to effectively communicate the rules,â&#x20AC;? he wrote.

Such testing is unusual.

FBI agents are required to take online training courses to stay current on bureau policies, but pass-fail tests are rare. In 2008, however, when the FBI received more leeway than ever in conducting surveillance and opening investigations, it assured Congress that it would train and test its agents to make sure they knew the rules.

ECONOMY

Fed survey: Recovery slows in some places

By JEANNINE AVERSA AP Economics Writer

WASHINGTON â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The pace of economic activity has slowed or held steady in parts of the country, revealing a choppy path back to health.

A new survey released by the Federal Reserve Wednesday found the U.S. economy growing this summer, even as risks mount. Of the 12 regions tracked by the Fed, the survey said that growth held steady in

Cleveland and Kansas City, but slowed in Atlanta and Chicago. Economic activity elsewhere was described as modest.

High unemployment, cautious consumers and businesses, an ailing housing market and an edgy Wall Street have kept the recovery from gaining strength.

Manufacturing expanded in most regions.

However, half of them â&#x20AC;&#x201D; New York, Cleveland, Kansas City, Chicago, Atlanta and Richmond

â&#x20AC;&#x201D; reported that activity had â&#x20AC;&#x153;slowedâ&#x20AC;? or â&#x20AC;&#x153;leveled off.â&#x20AC;? Steel production declined in both Chicago and Cleveland.

Retailers reported sales gains, although merchants in some places said shoppers focused on buying â&#x20AC;&#x153;necessities.â&#x20AC;? Sales of big-ticket goods were slower. In fact, reports across most regions found that auto sales had declined.

The housing market turned more sluggish after homebuyer tax credits expired in April.

Commercial real estate businesses continued to â&#x20AC;&#x153;struggleâ&#x20AC;? across all 12 regions, the survey said.

The findings will figure into deliberations when Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and his colleagues meet next on Aug. 10. The Fed has signaled that it will hold rates at record lows at that time and probably

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And Bernanke told Congress last week that the Fed is prepared to take new steps to stimulate economic growth if the recovery were to flash signs of sliding back into recession.

The Fedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s region-byregion survey, traditionally known as the Beige Book, provides a unique snapshot of the nation.

The central bankâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 12 regional arms have their people fan out to gather information from businesses and talk to local economists and experts on the markets.

The result is a more intimate look at the overall economy than broad statistics provide.

The Fed survey is based on information collected from the Fedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 12 regional banks on or before July 19.

Deliberations start on charges against Blagojevich CHICAGO (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Rod Blagojevichâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fate was in the hands of jurors Wednesday as they began deciding whether the impeached Illinois governor tried to sell an appointment to President Barack Obamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s former Senate seat and schemed to use his political power for personal gain.

Jurors, weighing evidence against the second Illinois governor in a row to be charged with corruption, received lengthy instructions from the judge on how their deliberations should be conducted. Prosecutors loaded two carts of exhibits they introduced at the trial that a marshal would wheel into the jury room. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not expectingâ&#x20AC;? a speedy verdict, Judge James B. Zagel said before jurors entered the courtroom.

After jurors left to begin their work, Blagojevich appeared relaxed. He cupped his hand over his mouth and said to someone in the spectatorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s section, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Say a prayer.â&#x20AC;? One elderly spectator walked over and hugged him, also handing him a piece of candy.

He and his co-defendant brother, Robert Blagojevich, have rarely been seen speaking to each other during the trial. But they stood shoulder to shoulder in front of Zagel to say they both wanted to be exempt from having to come to court each time jurors have a question for the judge. The judge granted it.

Bedbugs spread in NYC, city commits $500K to kill them NEW YORK (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; One of every 15 New Yorkers battled bedbugs last year, officials said Wednesday as they announced a plan to fight the spreading infestation, including a public-awareness campaign and a top entomologist to head the effort.

The bloodsucking pests, which are not known to spread disease but can cause great mental anguish with their persistent and fast-growing infestations, have rapidly multiplied throughout New York and many other U.S. cities in recent years.

Health officials and pest control specialists nationwide report surges in sightings, bites and complaints. The Environmental Protection Agency hosted its first-ever bedbug summit last year.

In New York City, the pests have been discovered in theaters, clothing stores, office buildings, housing projects and posh apartments.

The stigma of having bedbugs â&#x20AC;&#x201D; whose bites leave itchy red welts â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and the elusive nature of the pests make it impossible to fully understand the problem, experts say.

Bear kills 1 person, injures 2 others at near Yellowstone HELENA, Mont. (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; At least one bear rampaged through a campground Wednesday near Yellowstone National Park in the middle of the night, killing one person and injuring two others during a terrifying attack that forced people to hide in their cars as the animal tore through tents.

Three separate attacks left a male dead and a female and another male injured at the Soda Butte campground.

The female suffered severe lacerations from bites on her arms, and the surviving male was bitten on his calf. Both were hospitalized in Cody, Wyo. Wildlife officials did not release the identities or ages of the victims. A response team was being sent to piece together what happened. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know if it was one bear, two bears, a black bear or grizzly bear,â&#x20AC;? Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks spokesman Ron Aasheim said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Obviously, the bearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gone now. Will it

come back tonight? Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the question.â&#x20AC;?

Authorities were setting traps and seeking bear hair, saliva and droppings while measuring the bite wounds of victims to determine the type and number of bears involved in the attack.

Dow ends 4-day win streak on Fed economic report

NEW YORK (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Investors cashed in some of their recent gains Wednesday after the Federal Reserve gave them more confirmation that the economic recovery is slowing.

The Dow Jones industrial average fell almost 40 points after the Fed released its regional survey of the economy, a report known as the â&#x20AC;&#x153;beige book.â&#x20AC;? The Fed said economic growth has been steady during the summer in Cleveland and Kansas City, but has slowed in Atlanta and Chicago. The central bank described economic activity elsewhere as modest.

The report had some sobering news about manufacturing, which had been one of the strongest parts of the economy. While manufacturing expanded in most of the Fedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 12 regions, about half â&#x20AC;&#x201D; New York, Cleveland, Kansas City, Chicago, Atlanta and Richmond â&#x20AC;&#x201D; said manufacturing had â&#x20AC;&#x153;slowedâ&#x20AC;? or â&#x20AC;&#x153;leveled off.â&#x20AC;?

Investors werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t surprised by the Fed report, but they also didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like hearing their own downbeat assessment of the economy confirmed by the central bank.

The Dow fell 39.81, or 0.4 percent, to 10,497.88. The Standard & Poorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 500 index fell 7.71, or 0.7 percent, to 1,106.13, while the Nasdaq composite index fell 23.69, or 1 percent, to 2,264.56.

Congress narrows gap in cocaine sentences

WASHINGTON (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Congress on Wednesday changed a quarter-century-old law that has subjected tens of thousands of blacks to long prison terms for crack cocaine convictions while giving far more lenient treatment to those, mainly whites, caught with the powder form of the drug.

The House, by voice vote, approved a bill reducing the disparities between mandatory crack and powder cocaine sentences, sending the measure to President Barack Obama for his signature. During his presidential campaign, Obama said that the wide gap in sentencing â&#x20AC;&#x153;cannot be justified and should be eliminated.â&#x20AC;?

The Senate passed the bill in March.

The measure changes a 1986 law, enacted at a time when crack cocaine use was rampant and considered a particularly violent drug, under which a person convicted of crack cocaine possession gets the same mandatory prison term as someone with 100 times the same amount of powder cocaine.

The legislation reduces that ratio to about 18-1.

The bill also eliminates the five-year mandatory minimum for first-time possession of crack, the first time since the Nixon administration that Congress has repealed a mandatory minimum sentence. It would not apply retroactively. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For Congress to take a step toward saying â&#x20AC;&#x2122;we have made a mistakeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and this sentence is too severe ... is really remarkable,â&#x20AC;? said Virginia Sloan, president of the Constitution Project. The group in studies of sentencing practices has referred to crack cocaine mandates as a â&#x20AC;&#x153;â&#x20AC;&#x2122;poster childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; for the injustices of mandatory sentencing.â&#x20AC;?

Under current law, possession of five grams of crack triggers a mandatory minimum five-year prison sentence. The same mandatory sentence applies to a person convicted of trafficking 500 grams of powder cocaine.

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5 most lovable live-action animal movies

By CHRISTY LEMIRE AP Movie Critic

LOS ANGELES — The cats and dogs of “Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore” have all kinds of super-spy gadgetry and training at their disposal: jet-packs, tricked-out collars, the works. But they come from a long and lovable tradition of live-action animal movies — ones that were simpler and sweeter, which seem to be in short supply these days, given the eye-popping sophistication of computer animation.

Here’s a look at five that deserve two paws up: n “Babe” (1995): This is a movie about a talking pig — a talking pig, people!

— that was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including best picture and best supporting actor for James Cromwell. (It won one, for visual effects.)

That’s how good it is. Director and co-writer Chris Noonan’s film about a pig who learns how to herd sheep is so sweet, so funny, so unexpectedly touching, it never hits a false note.

As voiced by Christine Cavanaugh, Babe might just be the most earnest, most adorable creature ever.

That he befriends sheepdogs, horses, ducks and humans alike is only part of his charm. A childlike sense of wonder and the attitude that anything is possible

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Babe the Pig is shown in a scene from the movie, “Babe: Pig in the City.” round out his allure. n “My Dog Skip” (2000): Just writing the name of the movie makes me want to tear up. Seriously, there is no way to get through this thing without bawling — I dare you to try. Several powerful forces are at work here: an insanely cute Frankie Muniz as our shy, 9-year-old hero; the idea of a dog being your only real friend when you’re a lonely, insecure kid; and of course, Skip himself, a lovable, scruffy Jack Russell terrier.

Sure, this coming-of-age tale yanks relentlessly at your heartstrings — and Skip’s antics might seem a little too wacky for the truly, deeply cynical — but its own heart is in the right place. n “Lassie Come Home” (1943): Maybe it’s because I had a collie as a little girl,

but I can walk into this movie at any point and find tears streaming down my face within seconds.

It’s a classic, of course, featuring a young Roddy McDowell and Elizabeth Taylor (and it was remade pretty faithfully a few years ago with Peter O’Toole and Samantha Morton). No, “Lassie” is not realistic. The dog is possessed of such preternatural navigational skills, she can find her way from Scotland to Yorkshire on her own, despite the many obstacles and threats along the way. But when she arrives back home and young Joe Carraclough sees her again for the first time ... wow. Manipulative, yes, but effective. n “The Black Stallion” (1979): It’s scary and thrilling, amusing and inspirational — which means it

has all the ingredients for a perfect family film. And that Arabian horse creates such a striking figure, you can’t help but be in awe of its majesty. The gorgeous cinematography from Caleb Deschanel certainly contributes to the mystical quality of the film, but the fundamental story is what’s crucial: that of a bond between a boy and a horse, which is forged spiritually and without unnecessary dialogue. And Mickey Rooney is a hoot as the horse trainer who drives the stallion to greatness, a role that earned him an Oscar nomination for best supporting actor. n “Every Which Way But Loose” (1978): Goofy, but kinda irresistible in its selfawareness — although we probably didn’t need the 1980 sequel, “Any Which Way You Can.” You have to love Clint Eastwood toying with his tough-guy image by playing ... a tough guy whose best friend is an orangutan. Eastwood plays a trucker and a barroom brawler — an easygoing guy who nonetheless has a penchant for trouble. Clyde is the beer-sipping orangutan he wins on a bet who becomes his right-hand man. There’s some romance with Sondra Locke as the country singer who catches his eye, but the real love affair is between Eastwood and his furry, fun-loving pal.

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Jolie: ’I’m very concerned’ about people of N. Korea

Ohio museum to show art by Stones’ Wood

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Angelina Jolie says she’s worried about the people of North Korea, particularly the persecution defectors face when repatriated to the reclusive state.

Jolie Jolie was in Seoul on Wednesday to promote her latest action thriller, “Salt,” which opens with a scene that takes place in a North Korean prison.

Jolie, who serves as a goodwill ambassador for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, said she got a tutorial on the plight of North Korean defectors from Seoul-based officials from the U.N. refugee agency.

“They spoke a lot about the concerns about people being persecuted when they are sent back to North Korea,” she said. “I’m very concerned about the people.”

Tens of thousands of people from impoverished North Korea have migrated to neighboring China in recent years, activists say.

Many are sent back as part of an agreement between North Korea and China.

Some 19,000 have made it to South Korea.

“I learned today about them gaining citizenship and crossing into South Korea,” Jolie told reporters.

“The UNHCR practices quiet diplomacy in which they do more than they talk about.”

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood is coming to Ohio with a different kind of solo show, spotlighting his paintings and other art.

The Butler Institute of American Art says the exhibition opening is the first Wood for Wood at a major American museum.

The 63-year-old British musician plans to be at the museum for a reception on the show’s opening day, Sept.

21.

Butler chief curator and director Louis Zona describes Wood’s art style as lively and appealing. The museum notes that the rocker picked up a paint brush at the age of 12, before he started playing guitar.

The exhibition includes 30 of Wood’s paintings, 22 pen-and-pencil drawings and seven mixed-media works.

The exhibit runs through Nov. 21.

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Woo joins cast of Chinese propaganda blockbuster

HONG KONG (AP) — A-List filmmaker John Woo is the first celebrity to join the cast of the second major film in the leading Chinese state film studio’s campaign to reform the propaganda genre with a heavy dose of star power.

Last year, China Film Group Corp. released “The Founding of a Republic” to mark the Chinese Communist Party’s 60th year in power.

Eager to beef up the party’s image among audiences who favor commercial blockbusters or Hollywood fare, the studio stacked the historical epic with Chinese-language cinema’s biggest stars.

Actors like Jackie Chan, Jet Li and Andy Lau were happy to comply even though they were given mere cameos, mindful of the importance of cultivating relationships in the booming mainland market.

China Film Group is now following up the $8.8 million production with a second star-studded blockbuster that commemorates the 90th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party next year.

The first celebrity to sign on is “Mission: Impossible II” director Woo, China Film Group Film Production Corp. President Zhao Haicheng told The Associated Press in a phone interview on Wednesday. The veteran filmmaker will play Lin Sen, the former president of the ruling Nationalist government that the communists forced into exile in Taiwan in 1949, he said.

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WASHINGTON — Operatives inside Afghanistan and Pakistan who have worked for the U.S. against the Taliban or al-Qaida may be at risk following the disclosure of thousands of once-secret U.S. military documents, former and current officials said.

As the Obama administration scrambles to repair any political damage to the war effort in Congress and among the American

THE PET VET Ron Myres, D.V.M.

BANISH PET ODORS FROM INSIDE THE HOME Pets can make wonderful companions. Some of the most popular friends people welcome into their homes are cats and dogs. But as loveable as pets can be, they come with their share of work and negative aspects. One of the problems that can invade home life is pet odors.

Pet odors are some of the most tenacious problems homeowners face. Odors may be the result of litter boxes, accidents that occurred in the home or simply the aroma of the pet itself. Some animal breeds simply are more malodorous than others. Ferrets, for example, have a natural musk that can infiltrate the home. Dogs like labradors, produce extra oil on their coats for protection, which can contribute to odor.

Whatever the cause for pet odors, finding the source of the problem is the first step to eradicating smells. Afterward, a homeowner can explore methods for keeping odors at bay, like the following suggestions. * If the pet odor is coming from the pet itself, regular bathing and grooming can help. A dirty pet will attract bacteria and other dirt that can eventually lead to odor. A professional groomer can advise on a grooming schedule and products that are geared toward neutralizing smells. * Change the litter box every day if odors are emanating from that source. A clean litter box is not only more attractive to homeowners, but cats prefer a fresh place to relieve themselves as well. * If a pet does have an accident indoors, clean it up promptly. Urine-Off is a great product that cleans dog and cat urine and neutralizes the odors. There are many commercial products also available that state they will remove pet odor stains and odors. * Some people purchase homes where there is residual pet odor. When neutralizing products don’t work, the only option may be to remove and/ or replace carpeting and floorboards. Urine has a tendency to absorb into porous materials and the odor can linger. * A bad smell on a pet may be a symptom of illness.

Regular veterinary visits can help pet owners catch diseases early on and treat them. * Limit the amount of time dogs spend outdoors in rainy weather. Wet fur can give off a lot of odor. Dry the pet once he or she returns indoors. * Clean cages, tanks and other pet habitats regularly so that odor from waste doesn’t build up unnecessarily. * Ear infections are a common source of bad smells from dogs. If you notice your pet scratching or favoring an ear, you may want to get your veterinarian to examine it before a serious ear infection starts. * Routinely wash pet bedding and other items to remove odors. * Using baking soda as a carpet powder before vacuuming can help lessen odors in the carpeting and on upholstery. * Air fresheners will probably just add to pet odors, not cover them up. Seek products that are specifically designed to neutralize odors.

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public by the WikiLeaks revelations, there are also growing concerns that some U.S. allies abroad may ask whether they can trust America to keep secrets, officials said.

Speaking in the Rose Garden Tuesday, President Barack Obama said he was concerned about the massive leak of sensitive documents about the Afghanistan war, but that the papers did not reveal any concerns that were not already part of the debate.

In his first public comments on the matter, Obama said the disclosure of classified information from the battlefield “could potentially jeopardize individuals or operations.”

The president spoke in the Rose Garden following a meeting with House and Senate leaders of both parties.

In Baghdad, Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters he was “appalled” by the leak. He said “there is a real potential threat there to put American lives at risk.”

The Army is leading the Pentagon’s inquiry into the source of the leak. A federal law enforcement official said the Justice Department is assisting in the probe. The law enforcement official who spoke on condition of anonymity about the ongoing probe says the Justice Department does not have its own separate investigation into the leak, but rather is acting in a support role to the Pentagon.

Col. Dave Lapan said the Army criminal probe launched Tuesday is aimed at finding the source of secret documents published

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Afghanistan’s Ministry of Defense spokesman Gen. Mohammad Zahir Azimi, left, and NATO’s International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) spokesman Gen. Josef Blotz brief journalists on recent media reports on leaked classified U.S. documents by the website Wikileaks, in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Wednesday.

Sunday by WikiLeaks, an online site. The Army’s criminal investigative division led the investigation into Bradley Manning, an Army intelligence specialist charged with leaking other material to WikiLeaks. Lapan said it’s not clear whether the latest material came from Manning or someone else.

The WikiLeaks material, which ranges from files documenting Afghan civilian deaths to evidence of U.S.-Pakistani distrust, could reinforce war opponents in Congress who aim to rein in the war effort. But the leaks are not expected to dim the passage of a looming $60 billion war funding bill.

Congress has backed the war so far, and an early test of that continued support came when the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, led by Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., opened a hearing on the Afghan war.

At the hearing, few

members mentioned the leak of documents but several expressed frustration at the lack of progress in improving Afghan governance and in drawing more ordinary Afghans away from the Taliban. In a tone of exasperation, Kerry questioned why the Taliban, with fewer resources, is able to field fighters who are more committed than Afghan soldiers.

“What’s going on here?”

Kerry asked.

In his only reference to the leak, Kerry called the new material “overhyped,” said that it was released in violation of the law and that it largely involves raw intelligence reports from the field. He said he thought the document release could jeopardize the U.S. mission there.

Despite strong opposition among liberals who see Afghanistan as an unwinnable quagmire, House Democrats must either approve the funding bill before leaving at the end of this week for a sixweek vacation, or commit political suicide by leaving troops in the lurch in war zones overseas.

Sen. Kit Bond, R-Mo., the ranking Republican on the Senate Intelligence Committee, said Tuesday he worries that the leaks won’t stop “until we see someone in an orange jump suit.”

Plane crashes in Pakistan, killing 152 ISLAMABAD (AP) — A passenger jet that officials suspect veered off course in monsoon rains and thick clouds crashed into hills overlooking Pakistan’s capital Wednesday, killing all 152 people on board and scattering body parts and twisted metal far and wide.

The Airblue jet’s crash was the deadliest ever in Pakistan, and just the latest tragedy to jolt a country that has suffered numerous deaths in recent years due to al-Qaida and Taliban attacks. At least two U.S. citizens were on the plane, which carried mostly Pakistanis.

The plane left the southern city of Karachi at 7:45 a.m. for a two-hour flight to Islamabad and was trying to land when it lost contact with the control tower, said Pervez George, a civil aviation official. Airblue is a private airline based in Karachi, Pakistan’s largest city.

The aircraft, an Airbus A321, crashed some 15 kilometers from the airport, scorching a wide stretch of the Margalla Hills, including a section behind Faisal Mosque, one of Islamabad’s most prominent landmarks.

Twisted metal wreckage hung from trees and lay scattered across the ground. Smoke rose from the scene as helicopters hovered.

The exact cause of the crash was not immediately clear, and rescue workers were seeking the “black box” flight data recorder amid the wreckage. But Defense Minister Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar said the government did not suspect terrorism.

Archaeologists find ship lost in 1850s in Canada TORONTO (AP) — Canadian archeologists have found a ship abandoned more than 150 years ago in the quest for the fabled Northwest Passage and which was lost in the search for the doomed expedition of Sir John Franklin, the head of the team said

Wednesday.

Marc-Andre Bernier, Parks Canada’s head of underwater archaeology, said the HMS Investigator, abandoned in the ice in 1853, was found in shallow water in Mercy Bay along the northern coast of Banks Island in Canada’s western Arctic.

“The ship is standing upright in very good condition.

It’s standing in about 11 meters (36 feet) of water,” he said. “This is definitely of the utmost importance.

This is the ship that sailed the last leg of the Northwest Passage.”

The Investigator was one of many American and British ships sent out to search for the HMS Erebus and the Terror, vessels commanded

by Franklin in his ill-fated search for the Northwest Passage in 1845.

Environment Minister Jim Prentice said the British government has been notified that one of their naval shipwrecks has been discovered, as well as the bodies of three sailors.

Worst floods in a decade in China, 30,000 trapped BEIJING (AP) — Floods caused by heavy rains in northeastern China stranded tens of thousands of residents without power Wednesday, as the worst flooding in more than a decade continued to besiege areas of the country.

Floods this year have killed at least 823 people with 437 missing and have caused tens of billions of dollars in damage, the State Flood Control and Drought Prevention reported. More heavy rains are expected for the southeast, southwest and northeast parts of the country through Thursday.

About 30,000 residents in Kouqian town were trapped after torrential rains drenched the northeastern province of Jilin on Wednesday, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. Water began flooding the town after the nearby Xingshan Reservoir and the Wende and Songhua rivers overflowed.

Flooding has hit areas all over China. In Wuhan city in central Hubei province thousands of workers sandbagged riverbanks and checked reservoirs in preparation for potential floods expected to flow from the swollen Yangtze and Han rivers, an official with the Yangtze Water Resources Commission said Wednesday. He was surnamed Zhang but refused to give his full name, as is common with Chinese officials.

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UNCLE: POLICE FIND FORMER NBA STAR DEAD MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The uncle of former NBA player Lorenzen Wright said Wednesday that police have told the family the athlete who had been missing for 10 days has been found dead.

Curtis Wright told The Associated Press that police called the player’s father, Herb Wright, Wednesday afternoon with the news he had died.

Sgt. Alyssa Macon-Moore of the Memphis Police Department wrote in an e-mail to the AP that police were investigating the death of an unidentified man.

Asked if the man was Wright, she wrote they could not confirm the victim’s identity Wednesday night.

The Commercial Appeal cited a police source as identifying the body found in a field in southeast Memphis as Wright’s.

Wright’s mother, Deborah Marion, arrived at the scene Wednesday night with a handful of family members. She crossed the crime scene tape and tried to talk to police when she was told to move back.

golf TIGER WOODS SET TO PLAY AT BRIDGESTONE AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Tiger Woods has entered the Bridgestone Invitational next week at Firestone, where he is the defending champion and a seven-time winner of the World Golf Championship.

Woods won last year by rallying to beat Padraig Harrington, becoming the first player to win a PGA Tour event seven times on the same course.

He has won every year at Firestone since 2005, except for when he missed the second half of the 2008 season following knee surgery.

Anthony Kim also has entered the tournament that begins Aug. 5. It will be Kim’s first tournament since having thumb surgery in May. The Bridgestone Invitational is a a week before the final major championship of the year, the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits.

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Lee County’s Josh Brinkley (5) scrambles for extra yardage during a recent 7-on-7 scrimmage against Ragsdale. The Yellow Jackets will hold their first official practice of the season at 6 p.m. Monday at Lee County High School.

Jackets, Cavs gear up for first day of practice

By RYAN SARDA sarda@sanfordherald.com SANFORD — It’s that time of the year again.

Football season is right around the corner and all the area coaches and players seem ready to finally get things started for the 2010 season.

Burton Cates and the Lee County Yellow Jackets will get things started a little early with a wrap up to their sumParis mer workouts on Friday night before opening the first day of practice at 6 p.m. Monday.

Tom Paris and the Southern Lee Cavaliers will begin their practices at 8:30 a.m. Monday as they look to turn things around following an 0-11 season in 2009.

“The good thing about this season is

COLANGELO SAYS BOSH ‘CHECKED OUT’ LAST YEAR TORONTO (AP) — Chris Bosh’s former general manager says the player was “checked out” late last season and chose not to play some of the Raptors’ final games.

Talking on radio station FAN 590 in Toronto, Bryan Colangelo said Bosh wasn’t the same player toward the end of the year.

Colangelo said on Monday’s show that whether Bosh was “mentally checked out or, you know, just wasn’t quite into it down the stretch, he wasn’t the same guy. And I think everybody saw that, just no one wanted to acknowledge it.”

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Israel Williams (left) goes up for a catch during a recent scrimmage against Ragsdale.

CHAPEL HILL — North Carolina boasted the top defense in the ACC a year ago, and with the core of that group returning in 2010 five of those Tar Heels _ the most of any school _ were recognized on the preseason All-ACC team the league announced Wednesday.

Defensive end Robert Quinn, defensive tackle Marvin Austin, linebackAustin er Quan Sturdivant, cornerback Kendric Burney and safety Deunta Burney Williams all helped UNC rank sixth in the nation in total defense in 2009.

Wide Sturdivant receiver Donovan Varner was the lone Duke player to be voted to the squad, Quinn while tight end George Bryan was N.C. State’s lone representative.

BosWilliams ton College had four players voted to the team: tailback Montel Harris, offensive tackle Anthony Castonzo, offensive guard Thomas Claiborne and linebacker Luke Kuechly.

Clemson and Miami had three players picked, while Maryland and Florida State had two

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New faces, Fox’s future highlight Panthers camp

By MIKE CRANSTON AP Sports Writer

SPARTANBURG, S.C. — The familiar sights were missing on Wednesday morning as 80 mostly young guys reported for the start of Carolina Panthers training camp.

There was no wondering which side door Julius Peppers might try to sneak through to avoid reporters outside the dormitory. The star defensive end is in Chicago now.

Jake Delhomme didn’t walk up with his familiar smile and trash bag draped over his shoulder. The seven-year starting quarterback was cut, then signed with Cleveland.

No sign of veterans Muhsin Mu-

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Panthers sign QB Clausen to 4-year deal SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — The Carolina Panthers have come to terms with quarterback Jimmy Clausen on a four-year contract, ensuring they’ll have no rookie holdouts at the start of training camp.

The second-round pick from Notre Dame agreed to his deal hours before the Panthers reported to Wofford College on Wednesday. He was the last of Carolina’s 10 draft selections to be unsigned.

Clausen will likely start practice on Thursday as the third-string quarterback behind Matt Moore and Hunter Cantwell.

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Carolina Panthers quarterback Matt Moore, right, arrives for the beginning of the NFL football team’s training camp Wednesday in Spartanburg, S.C.

Local Sports

2B / Thursday, July 29, 2010 / The Sanford Herald UPCOMING Registration open for SASL rec season

SANFORD — Registration for the Sanford Area Soccer League’s 201011 recreation season is open.

SASL is open to players born between the dates of Aug. 8, 1992, and July 31, 2007. Late registration is open until Saturday and will cost $80.

The league is designed for fun, with no scores being kept and the focus on the players’ development of the skills.

Registration forms are available at www.sasl. net and can be mailed to: SASL, P.O. Box 1212, Sanford, N.C., 27331.

For more information, call (919) 708-6886 or visit www.sasl.net.

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tally wins 2010 Prairieville Park Open Mini Golf Tournament

Cavs golf team to hold tryouts

SANFORD – Any female student at Southern Lee High School who is interested in going out for the golf team this season should come to practices at 6 p.m. on Tuesday evenings at Tobacco Road and at 6 p.m. on Thursday evenings at Quail Ridge.

The first practice is Aug. 3.

Those interested must bring proof of a recent doctor’s physical exam to the first practice.

Lee girls’ tennis tryouts scheduled

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Grace hosting soccer camp

SANFORD — Grace Christian School is hosting a soccer camp soon.

The camp, hosted by Crusaders coach Chris Pratt, will be held on Aug. 2-6 and is for girls and boys in grades 1-8.

The cost is $60.

For more information, contact Grace Christian Athletic Director Chris Pratt at (919) 353-5755.

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DRNV holding registrations for fall ball

SANFORD — Registration is currently underway for Deep River-Northview baseball and softball for the fall season.

Baseball registration is for boys ages 5-15 and fast pitch softball is available for girls between 7-12.

Registration may be completed online at www.drnvobaseball.com.

The deadline for registration is Sunday, Aug. 8.

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Tim Tally, a native of Goldston, recently won the Prairieville Park Open Mini Golf Tournament in Waukesha, Wisconsin. The tournament helped provide nine scholarships for kids to attend a week-long summer camp at Camp Timberlee, which is for underprivileged kids from Milwaukee and Waukesha. Tally, right, is pictured with Bill Gustafson, the head golf pro at Prairieville Park Open.

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Top NASCAR owners hold their own town hall meeting CHARLOTTE (AP) — The top team owners in NASCAR set their individual agendas aside for a unified brainstorming session on how to cut costs and help revive the auto racing industry.

“We’re all stakeholders in this thing, and we all want to know ’What can we do to make this better? How can we save some money and help the show?’ “ team owner Rick Hendrick told The Associated Press on

Wednesday, the day after representatives from about 10 race teams gathered at Hendrick Motorsports to discuss ideas.

The meeting was an offshoot of the “town hall” style sessions NASCAR has been holding with competitors since early last season to give drivers and teams an opportunity to discuss the issues facing America’s No. 1 racing series. Unable to shake the slide in both attendance and TV ratings,

NASCAR and its participants have been working together to re-energize the sport.

“I really like the new attitude in NASCAR,” Hendrick said. “I really like the way we’re all just kicking around something, talking it out and coming to agreements on how to move this sport forward.”

NASCAR has historically been run by the founding France family as a dictatorship, and although partici-

pants could offer opinions, the ruling family made all the decisions. It was somewhat benevolent, though, and the late Bill France Jr. traditionally hosted an annual fishing trip following the July race in Daytona in which drivers and owners could raise questions and concerns away from the race track.

Current NASCAR chairman Brian France has continued the postDaytona trip, and owners in attendance earlier this month decided to call a meeting for further discussion among a larger group of participants.

NASCAR approved of the idea, and an agenda was set to discuss ideas ranging from restrictions on traveling crew members, tires used in a weekend, the current testing ban and shortening the length of the races.

“NASCAR has become a very different business model,” said Walt Czarnecki, president of Penske Racing, who attended the meeting with owner Roger Penske. “And we all need to figure out a way, like all business today, to cut costs without impacting the integrity of the product.

How do we become more efficient, better business managers?

“We have to face this from the business context, as all businesses have had to do over the last 18 months, and motorsports is no different.”

NASCAR has made several steps over the past few years to alleviate rising costs to team owners, from implementing a singleengine rule, eliminating testing at sanctioned tracks and starting a tire leasing program. Even the current model car was designed by NASCAR as a cost-cutting measure.

The sanctioning body is open to listening to more ideas from the owners, and was hopeful Tuesday night’s meeting produced some unified thoughts.

“Cost containment is a key issue in our sport (and) we are always open to additional ideas,” NASCAR spokesman Ramsey Poston said. “Hopefully, the owners will find common ground on some ideas to present to NASCAR for consideration.”

SANFORD — Lee County’s girls’ tennis team will hold tryouts in a couple of weeks.

Tryouts will take place from 3:30-5:30 p.m on Aug. 2 and will continue through Thursday at the same time. The tryouts will take place at the Lee County tennis courts.

All participants must have a current physical exam completed.

For more information please contact coach Mary Tatum at (919) 775-3712.

Lee volleyball tryouts set

SANFORD — Tryout dates for the Lee County volleyball team have been announced.

The tryouts will be held between 8-10 a.m. beginning on Monday, Aug. 2.

In order to try out, students must have an updated physical. If they do not have a physical, they will not be allowed to participate.

For more information, contact Cindy Kelly at (919) 353-9887.

Wicker schedules Lee soccer tryouts

SANFORD — Tryouts for the Lee County soccer team under new coach Brad Wicker will begin at 7 a.m.

Monday.

Students are required to bring a current physical or they will not be allowed to participate. Participants are also required to bring a pair of tennis shoes. The team will meet at the baseball parking lot.

A mandatory afternoon practice will also be held from 6-8 p.m. on Monday. All practices are mandatory in order to play for the Yellow Jackets this fall.

For more information, contact Wicker at (919)8898552.

Local golfers hit rare shots at Quail Ridge SANFORD — Glen McCormick recorded a double eagle on hole 14 recently at Quail Ridge Golf Course.

McCormick shot from about 150 yards out and was playing with Joe Simmons and Bob Rosser.

McCormick’s partner, Simmons also recently recorded an eagle on the fifth hole at Quail Ridge. Along with McCormick and Rosser, Simmons was playing with Ray Johnson.

Powell wins Midstate Golf Tourney

SANFORD — Linda Powell and Cathy Eubanks highlighted the flight and net winners at the recent Ladies Mid State Golf Tournament at the Sanford Municipal Golf Course.

Powell won the championship flight with an 84.

Eubanks won the first net, holding off Ida Pharr.

The winner of the second flight was Penny Anderson.

First net winner of the second flight was Jenny Branch.

Candy Glidden won the third flight while Delores Shope was the net winner of the third flight.

Diane Tarrants won the fourth flight with an 85. The net winner was Lucrieta Edwards.

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Bengals report for camp, T.O. to follow GEORGETOWN, Ky. (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A flamboyant Cincinnati Bengals receiver has the whole team talking, and this time itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not Chad Ochocinco.

Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s overshadowed by a player who has yet to arrive.

Terrell Owens was headed to the area Wednesday while his teammates-tobe tucked pillows Owens and sound systems under their arms, unpacking for the start of training Ochocinco camp at Georgetown College. Owens wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t expected to arrive until a day later.

The anticipation was already there. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This just shows that we are building this team to go all the way this year,â&#x20AC;? offensive guard Bobbie Williams said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all you can ask an organization to do. So bring on TO! Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m excited.â&#x20AC;?

Adding the 36-year-old receiver who has a history of clashing with quarterbacks came as a surprise.

The Bengals had a chance to sign him after a tryout in March, but gave Antonio Bryant a four-year deal instead to line up opposite Ochocinco.

With Owens still available on the eve of training camp, the Bengals made a move that will affect them in a lot of ways. One receiver will lose a job; other receivers will get fewer passes thrown their way; Ochocinco and Owens will be challenged to keep their egos in check.

It has the feel of a reality-TV show. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everybodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s telling me I need to start one,â&#x20AC;? receivers coach Mike Sheppard joked.

They have enough of those already.

Ochocincoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dating show on VH1 is winding down. His show is followed on the cable channel by â&#x20AC;&#x153;The T.O. Show.â&#x20AC;?

When they get together in the locker room, the two friends will have to figure out how to turn their look-at-me style into a look-at-us season.

Nothing new for an organization that isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t afraid to give troublemakers another chance. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been through a lot here,â&#x20AC;? quarterback Carson Palmer said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A lot of ups and downs, a lot of personalities, a lot of egos. He definitely is another personality. I had a chance to work with him. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been very easy to work with, very coachable.â&#x20AC;?

Palmer worked out with Owens in California over the last month and told coach Marvin Lewis that he looked really good. The scouting report helped persuade the Bengals to make an offer.

Owens gets a $2 million salary and a chance to make another $2 million in bonuses.

It will be a bargain if Owens can help revive a passing game that finished 26th in the NFL last season â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and do it without causing problems in the locker room.

NFL BRIEFS Haynesworth must pass test, wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be with starters

ASHBURN, Va. (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Albert Haynesworth must pass a conditioning test before he can practice with the Washington Redskins.

And even if he passes it, he wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t start out with the firstteam defense.

The disgruntled defensive tackle met with coach Mike Shanahan on Wednesday, the day before the Redskins open training camp. Shanahan says Haynesworth looks in good shape, but must pass the conditioning test after skipping the entire offseason program.

Haynesworth is unhappy with the Redskinsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; switch to a 3-4 defense and wants a trade. Teammates have called Haynesworth selfish for staying away after accepting a $21 million bonus in April.

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Carolina Panthers receiver Steve Smith, left, leaves the dorms at Wofford College as a mover carries bedding prior to the beginning of the NFL football teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s training camp Wednesday in Spartanburg, S.C.

Smith ditches the cast, still not ready to practice SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Carolina Panthers receiver Steve Smith showed up to training camp on Wednesday without a cast, but not ready to play thanks to a bizarre offseason injury.

About five weeks after breaking his left forearm in a recreational flag football game, Smith was coy when asked when if he plans to play in a preseason game. He has already vowed to be ready for the regular-season opener. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Right now, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m just working on what toothpaste Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going to get for Spartanburg,â&#x20AC;? Smith said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not really focusing on any games.

Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s try practice first.

Then from practice weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll get on the plane, on the bus and all that stuff.â&#x20AC;?

So does he have a practice date targeted? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re talking about practice?â&#x20AC;? Smith said in an Allen Iverson impersonation. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m focusing on if Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going to Wal-Mart or Target to get toothpaste.â&#x20AC;?

Coach John Fox would only say that Smith would be listed as â&#x20AC;&#x153;week to week.â&#x20AC;? The four-time Pro Bowl receiver did say his injury has prevented him from lifting weights, which will be a focus in training camp when heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s held out of workouts. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve lost some muscle mass. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m very disappointed,â&#x20AC;? Smith said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was looking pretty good on the beach in Europe.â&#x20AC;?

Smith was the target of criticism for playing in an adult flag football league, which violated his contract. The Panthers decided against suspending him, and Smith seemed to take issue with all the attention heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s received. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Just with the significance of the injury, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m just lucky to be able to scratch my side and brush my teeth and stuff,â&#x20AC;? Smith said,

sarcastically. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m just fortunate to be able to be walking.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D;â&#x20AC;&#x201D;â&#x20AC;&#x201D; EDWARDS HOMECOMING: Armanti Edwards will be one of the most-watched players in camp not just because the former Appalachian State star quarterback is moving to receiver and kick returner.

With the third-round pickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hometown of Greenwood, S.C., just a 45-minute drive from Wofford College, a lot of friends and family members plan on attending the practices. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Yes sir, I had a lot of people texting and calling, asking when is practice open so they can come,â&#x20AC;? Edwards said.

The only player in NCAA Division I history to throw for 10,000 yards and rush for 4,000 looked impressive in no-contact drills last month as he played receiver for the first time since high school. Edwards ran routes well and showed good hands as he adjusted to catching punts.

But now the speed picks up, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s contact and everybody will be in pads. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I got comfortable on the playing field,â&#x20AC;?

Edwards said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Just trying now to get more comfortable at a new position and being ready to catch a couple punts.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D;â&#x20AC;&#x201D;â&#x20AC;&#x201D; GUARD SHUFFLE: If the coaching staff has decided on a front-runner for the vacant right guard

job, they havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t told Mackenzy Bernadeau, one of the candidates. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Not yet,â&#x20AC;? Bernadeau said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got some rotations in and see who looks good and what not and see where everyone fits.â&#x20AC;?

The spot is open after the Panthers decided not to re-sign veteran Keydrick Vincent. Bernadeau, entering his third season, started seven games at left guard last season after injuries on the line.

Bernadeau, Geoff Schwartz and Duke Robinson were rotated at right guard in offseason workouts. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The right guard spot is what Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m looking to do, what I want to do. If coach feels differently, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s whatever it is,â&#x20AC;?

Bernadeau said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m just ready to compete and take care of business, but I want that spot.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D;â&#x20AC;&#x201D;â&#x20AC;&#x201D; EXTRA POINTS: Fox said there were no problems as players took physicals Wednesday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everybody came back in good shape,â&#x20AC;? he said. ... Fox indicated they would practice in full pads in the first workout Thursday. ... The Panthers practice twice on Thursday, at 9 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. All workouts are free and open to the public. ... RB DeAngelo Williams, who rode a scooter around the Wofford campus in recent camps, showed up with a Segway.

Seahawks, WR Golden Tate reach contract agreement

SEATTLE (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Secondround draft choice Golden Tate says he and the Seattle Seahawks have agreed to a multiyear contract.

The wide receiver from Notre Dame posted on his Twitter page Wednesday morning that he had agreed to terms and conditions on his first NFL deal.

He says â&#x20AC;&#x153;letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s play ball!â&#x20AC;?

Training camp begins on Saturday.

Tate is the highest of Seattleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nine draft picks to reach an agreement with the team.

The Seahawksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; first-round picks â&#x20AC;&#x201D; sixth-overall pick and left tackle Russell Okung and safety Earl Thomas â&#x20AC;&#x201D; are the only two from Seattleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2010 draft class to remain unsigned.

Ravens DT Cody finally launches NFL career

WESTMINSTER, Md. (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Baltimore Ravens defensive tackle Terrence Cody finally participated in his first NFL practice after passing the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s conditioning test on the third try.

Cody, a 350-pounder out of Alabama, failed the test twice on Tuesday. But he was able to master the running exercise Wednesday morning and was removed from the physically unable to perform list before taking the field.

During his first practice with the Ravens, Cody got advice from defensive tackle Haloti Ngata, who also stuck the rookie with a new nickname: Cheeseburger.

Selected in the second round of the draft, Cody is expected to provide help to Ngata and Kelly Gregg in stopping the run. But coach John Harbaugh said Wednesday

that the rookie might also turn out to be an effective pass rusher.

Jets sign veteran QB Brunell to deal

NEW YORK (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Jets have signed veteran quarterback Mark Brunell, who backed up Drew Brees last season for the Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints, to a two-year contract.

The move Wednesday had been expected for several months as New York sought an experienced quarterback to back up Mark Sanchez. The Jets couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sign Brunell until free agency restrictions were lifted last week.

Brunell, 39, played the last two years in New Orleans and the previous four with Washington after nine years with Jacksonville. The three-time Pro Bowl selection spent his first two years as Brett Favreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s backup in Green Bay. The Jets had Kellen Clemens, Erik Ainge and Kevin Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connell as backups last year, and at least one will likely be cut before training camp.

Campbell opens camp as Raiders starting QB

NAPA, Calif. (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Coach Tom Cable says offseason acquisition Jason Campbell will open training camp as the Oakland Raidersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; starting quarterback.

Cable spoke on Wednesday at the Raidersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; first full day of camp. The team has meetings scheduled all day long and will begin practice on Thursday.

Campbell will open with the first string. Cable says he is going that direction because Bruce Gradkowski missed the past three months with a torn pectoral muscle.

Jetsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Jenkins dropping weight while eating cookies

NEW YORK (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Kris Jenkins is shedding weight one cookie at a time.

The New York Jetsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; hefty nose tackle tells The Associated Press he has lost about 20 pounds since starting the popular Dr. Siegalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cookie Diet in May. Yep, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s right â&#x20AC;&#x201D; by eating cookies.

Jenkins says he weighs 365 pounds right now after ballooning to 390 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 30 more than his normal playing weight â&#x20AC;&#x201D; earlier in the offseason while recovering from a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee that sidelined him for the second half of last season.

He is also determined to win a weight-loss competition between him, coach Rex Ryan and teammate Damien Woody, with the winner to be determined at a weigh-in when the team reports for training camp Sunday in Cortland,

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MLB Standings

New York Tampa Bay Boston Toronto Baltimore

W L 63 36 61 38 58 44 52 49 31 69

Chicago Minnesota Detroit Cleveland Kansas City

W L 55 44 56 46 51 48 42 58 42 59

Texas Oakland Los Angeles Seattle

W L 59 41 50 49 52 52 39 62

Atlanta Philadelphia New York Florida Washington

W L 57 42 54 46 51 49 50 50 43 57

Cincinnati St. Louis Milwaukee Chicago Houston Pittsburgh

W L 57 46 55 45 48 55 46 56 42 59 35 64

San Diego San Francisco Los Angeles Colorado Arizona

W L 58 40 57 44 54 46 51 49 37 63

Sports Review

AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division Pct GB WCGB L10 .636 — — 6-4 .616 2 — 7-3 1 1 .569 6 ⁄2 4 ⁄2 6-4 .515 12 10 6-4 .310 321⁄2 301⁄2 2-8 Central Division Pct GB WCGB L10 .556 — — 5-5 1 .549 ⁄2 61⁄2 7-3 .515 4 10 3-7 .420 131⁄2 191⁄2 6-4 .416 14 20 3-7 West Division Pct GB WCGB L10 .590 — — 7-3 1 .505 8 ⁄2 11 7-3 .500 9 111⁄2 2-8 .386 201⁄2 23 4-6 NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division Pct GB WCGB L10 .576 — — 4-6 1 .540 3 ⁄2 21⁄2 6-4 1 1 .510 6 ⁄2 5 ⁄2 3-7 .500 71⁄2 61⁄2 7-3 .430 141⁄2 131⁄2 3-7 Central Division Pct GB WCGB L10 .553 — — 6-4 1 .550 ⁄2 11⁄2 6-4 .466 9 10 6-4 .451 101⁄2 111⁄2 5-5 .416 14 15 5-5 .354 20 21 5-5 West Division Pct GB WCGB L10 .592 — — 7-3 1 .564 2 ⁄2 — 7-3 1 .540 5 2 ⁄2 5-5 .510 8 51⁄2 2-8 .370 22 191⁄2 3-7

AMERICAN LEAGUE Tuesday’s Games Cleveland 4, N.Y. Yankees 1 Toronto 8, Baltimore 2 Tampa Bay 3, Detroit 2 Texas 3, Oakland 1, 10 innings Minnesota 11, Kansas City 2 Chicago White Sox 11, Seattle 0 Boston 4, L.A. Angels 2 Wednesday’s Games Minnesota 6, Kansas City 4 Boston 7, L.A. Angels 3 N.Y. Yankees at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m.

Baltimore at Toronto, 7:07 p.m.

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

Oakland at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

Seattle at Chicago White Sox, 8:10 p.m.

Thursday’s Games Detroit (Porcello 4-8) at Tampa Bay (Price 13-5), 12:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Moseley 0-0) at Cleveland (Talbot 8-9), 7:05 p.m.

Oakland (Mazzaro 6-2) at Texas (C.Wilson 9-5), 8:05 p.m.

Baltimore (Matusz 3-11) at Kansas City (Davies 5-6), 8:10 p.m.

Seattle (Pauley 0-2) at Chicago White Sox (F.Garcia 9-4), 8:10 p.m.

Friday’s Games Cleveland at Toronto, 7:07 p.m.

Detroit at Boston, 7:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m.

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

Oakland at Chicago White Sox, 8:10 p.m.

Seattle at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m.

Texas at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m.

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RACING Str L-1 W-4 W-3 W-2 L-4

Home 34-16 28-20 30-20 26-22 18-33

Away 29-20 33-18 28-24 26-27 13-36

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

Home 29-19 30-20 35-17 23-25 20-28

Away 26-25 26-26 16-31 19-33 22-31

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

Home 35-20 30-22 27-24 24-28

Away 24-21 20-27 25-28 15-34

Str L-2 W-6 W-1 L-1 W-1

Home 34-13 30-17 31-16 28-26 26-21

Away 23-29 24-29 20-33 22-24 17-36

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

Home 31-22 34-16 24-28 26-27 23-29 23-26

Away 26-24 21-29 24-27 20-29 19-30 12-38

Str L-1 W-1 W-3 L-7 L-5

Home 30-20 29-19 32-21 31-17 24-29

Away 28-20 28-25 22-25 20-32 13-34

NATIONAL LEAGUE Tuesday’s Games Philadelphia 9, Arizona 5 Washington 3, Atlanta 0 N.Y. Mets 8, St. Louis 2 Houston 6, Chicago Cubs 1 Cincinnati 12, Milwaukee 4 Pittsburgh 4, Colorado 2 L.A. Dodgers 2, San Diego 0 San Francisco 6, Florida 4 Wednesday’s Games Houston 8, Chicago Cubs 1 Cincinnati 10, Milwaukee 2 Arizona at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.

Atlanta at Washington, 7:05 p.m.

Florida at San Francisco, 7:05 p.m.

St. Louis at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at San Diego, 10:05 p.m.

Thursday’s Games St. Louis (Hawksworth 4-6) at N.Y. Mets (Dickey 6-4), 12:10 p.m.

Atlanta (D.Lowe 10-8) at Washington (Olsen 2-2), 12:35 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Maholm 6-8) at Colorado (Jimenez 15-2), 3:10 p.m.

Florida (Ani.Sanchez 7-6) at San Francisco (Bumgarner 4-2), 3:45 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Padilla 4-3) at San Diego (Latos 11-4), 6:35 p.m.

Arizona (J.Saunders 0-0) at Philadelphia (K.Kendrick 6-4), 7:05 p.m.

Friday’s Games Philadelphia at Washington, 7:05 p.m.

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

Atlanta at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m.

Milwaukee at Houston, 8:05 p.m.

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

Chicago Cubs at Colorado, 9:10 p.m.

Florida at San Diego, 10:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m.

Transactions Wednesday’s Sports Transactions

By The Associated Press BASEBALL COMMISSIONER’S OFFICE — Suspended Detroit manager Jim Leyland one game and fined him an undisclosed amount for his inappropriate and aggressive conduct during Monday’s game against Tampa Bay. American League DETROIT TIGERS — Assigned RHP Casey Fien outright to Toledo (IL).

KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Recalled RHP Bryan Bullington from Omaha (PCL). Optioned RHP Victor Marte to Omaha.

SEATTLE MARINERS — Recalled LHP Luke French from Tacoma (PCL). Placed LHP Ryan Rowland-Smith on the 15-day DL. National League PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Placed OF Shane Victorino on the 15-day DL. Selected the contract of OF Domonic Brown from Lehigh Valley (IL).

PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Promoted RHP Derek Hawkins from Altoona (EL) to Indianapolis (IL).

Southern League CAROLINA MUDCATS — Released OF Sean Danielson.

FOOTBALL National Football League CAROLINA PANTHERS — Agreed to terms with QB Jimmy Clausen on a four-year contract.

CLEVELAND BROWNS — Placed DL Shaun Rogers, DL C.J. Mosley and CB Coye Francies on physically-unable-to-perform list.

HOUSTON TEXANS — Signed TE Garrett Graham.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Signed CB Devin McCourty.

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — Signed TE Jimmy Graham. Agreed to terms with QB Patrick Ramsey on a one-year contract.

ST. LOUIS RAMS — Agreed to terms with OT Rodger Saffold.

Signed TE Fendi Onobun.

HOCKEY National Hockey League ANAHEIM DUCKS — Signed D Cam Fowler to a three-year contract.

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS — Agreed to terms with D Anton Stralman on a one-year contract.

NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Agreed to terms with D Mark Fraser on a one-year contract.

OTTAWA SENATORS — Named Rick Wamsley goaltending coach.

MOTORSPORTS HENDRICK MOTORSPORTS — Promoted Marshall Carlson to president and chief operating officer.

WINTER SPORTS U.S. SKI TEAM — Named Dane Spencer Europa Cup and World Cup coach.

COLLEGE CLEMSON — Named Brandon Miller women’s basketball video coordinator.

COLGATE — Named Jaclyn Davison women’s assistant rowing coach.

DUKE — Named Glen Lanham assistant wrestling coach and Jonathan Stokke men’s assistant tennis coach.

FLORIDA ATLANTIC — Named Tom Newell men’s assistant soccer coach.

QUINNIPIAC — Signed women’s basketball coach Tricia Fabbri to a contract extension through the 2014-15 season.

FedEx Cup Standings

By The Associated Press Through July 25 Rank Name 1. Ernie Els 2. Steve Stricker 3. Justin Rose 4. Phil Mickelson 5. Jim Furyk 6. Tim Clark 7. Matt Kuchar 8. Ben Crane 9. Anthony Kim 10. Dustin Johnson 11. Robert Allenby 12. Jeff Overton 13. Bubba Watson 14. Camilo Villegas 15. Rickie Fowler 16. Carl Pettersson 17. Luke Donald 18. Bo Van Pelt 19. J.B. Holmes 20. Zach Johnson 21. Hunter Mahan 22. Bill Haas 23. Ricky Barnes 24. Jason Bohn 25. Retief Goosen 26. Paul Casey 27. Nick Watney 28. K.J. Choi 29. Jason Day 30. Rory McIlroy 31. Adam Scott 32. Ryan Moore 33. Vaughn Taylor 34. Brendon de Jonge 35. Geoff Ogilvy 36. Fredrik Jacobson 37. Scott Verplank 38. Sean O’Hair 39. Brian Davis 40. Ian Poulter 41. Ryan Palmer 42. Kevin Na 43. Brian Gay 44. Bryce Molder 45. Charlie Wi 46. Heath Slocum 47. Y.E. Yang 48. Brandt Snedeker 49. Charles Howell III 50. Matt Jones 51. Steve Marino 52. Marc Leishman 53. Lucas Glover 54. Paul Goydos 55. Padraig Harrington 56. Spencer Levin

Pts 1,751 1,575 1,542 1,541 1,479 1,370 1,243 1,222 1,215 1,193 1,169 1,136 1,124 1,121 1,100 1,081 1,067 1,061 1,028 976 950 949 946 922 883 882 878 872 865 850 841 832 822 799 771 768 756 743 731 729 721 713 709 681 681 657 656 654 649 647 635 617 609 597 590 590

Money $3,941,028 $2,982,169 $3,159,748 $3,220,969 $2,883,915 $3,031,948 $2,545,705 $2,396,357 $2,518,521 $2,400,564 $2,519,867 $2,411,781 $2,072,761 $2,367,848 $2,171,531 $1,804,080 $2,095,770 $2,095,308 $1,969,338 $1,886,368 $1,857,545 $1,585,320 $1,750,862 $1,776,491 $1,887,589 $2,047,144 $1,694,084 $1,496,764 $1,668,839 $1,909,071 $1,620,635 $1,686,873 $1,513,153 $1,360,173 $1,521,795 $1,432,327 $1,564,665 $1,453,438 $1,432,291 $1,753,114 $1,362,112 $1,332,998 $1,254,558 $1,215,033 $1,127,330 $1,313,294 $1,196,307 $1,037,207 $950,598 $1,115,911 $1,259,363 $1,099,010 $1,252,750 $1,059,092 $1,235,789 $680,104

57. Rory Sabbatini 58. Stewart Cink 59. Shaun Micheel 60. Kris Blanks 61. Vijay Singh 62. Greg Chalmers 63. Chad Campbell 64. D.J. Trahan 65. Charley Hoffman 66. Kenny Perry 67. Blake Adams 68. Angel Cabrera 69. Kevin Sutherland 70. Alex Prugh 71. Stephen Ames 72. Tom Gillis 73. Pat Perez 74. Jeff Maggert 75. John Rollins 76. Tim Petrovic 77. Jason Dufner 78. Chad Collins 79. Derek Lamely 80. Davis Love III 81. Jimmy Walker 82. Stuart Appleby 83. Ryuji Imada 84. J.P. Hayes 85. Aaron Baddeley 86. Joe Ogilvie 87. John Merrick 88. Corey Pavin 89. Steve Elkington 90. Alex Cejka 91. Boo Weekley 92. John Senden 93. Chris Couch 94. Cameron Beckman 95. Kevin Streelman 96. Sergio Garcia 97. Nathan Green 98. David Toms 99. Chris Riley 100. Garrett Willis 101. Webb Simpson 102. Matt Bettencourt 103. Jerry Kelly 104. Kevin Stadler 105. Briny Baird 106. Josh Teater 107. Tiger Woods 108. J.J. Henry 109. David Duval 110. Dean Wilson 111. Andres Romero 112. Michael Sim 113. Ben Curtis 114. Graham DeLaet 115. Martin Laird

576 576 575 553 549 542 521 515 514 504 502 489 483 483 479 468 468 463 457 457 456 456 455 452 450 447 445 439 437 436 435 433 429 426 425 424 419 413 412 408 408 404 403 402 401 397 396 394 394 390 389 383 382 378 377 377 370 368 368

$1,052,988 $1,047,084 $956,589 $1,008,949 $962,530 $825,456 $740,963 $985,329 $741,653 $872,327 $905,568 $969,615 $685,838 $778,651 $743,933 $709,160 $651,460 $783,354 $786,926 $718,814 $680,903 $733,911 $913,400 $1,020,867 $694,199 $767,762 $686,997 $767,548 $634,751 $608,994 $563,310 $839,193 $578,994 $723,853 $655,634 $481,283 $754,695 $978,516 $644,227 $851,945 $544,900 $576,184 $760,488 $675,339 $493,397 $713,557 $685,884 $750,801 $619,070 $633,592 $789,511 $537,947 $712,629 $616,570 $721,135 $673,263 $660,644 $564,040 $620,585

NASCAR Sprint Cup Leaders

By The Associated Press Through July 25 Points 1, Kevin Harvick, 2,920. 2, Jeff Gordon, 2,736. 3, Denny Hamlin, 2,660. 4, Jimmie Johnson, 2,659. 5, Kurt Busch, 2,658. 6, Kyle Busch, 2,630. 7, Jeff Burton, 2,615. 8, Matt Kenseth, 2,573. 9, Tony Stewart, 2,544. 10, Carl Edwards, 2,496.

11, Greg Biffle, 2,462. 12, Clint Bowyer, 2,446. 13, Mark Martin, 2,384. 14, Dale Earnhardt Jr., 2,353. 15, Ryan Newman, 2,299.

16, Jamie McMurray, 2,295. 17, Kasey Kahne, 2,290. 18, David Reutimann, 2,269. 19, Joey Logano, 2,241. 20, Martin Truex Jr., 2,145.

Money 1, Jamie McMurray, $4,687,502. 2, Kurt Busch, $4,628,322. 3, Jimmie Johnson, $4,408,193. 4, Kevin Harvick, $4,306,470.

5, Kyle Busch, $3,792,817. 6, Jeff Gordon, $3,595,042. 7, Denny Hamlin, $3,498,233.

8, Matt Kenseth, $3,307,517. 9, Kasey Kahne, $3,299,607. 10, Tony Stewart, $3,208,357.

11, Jeff Burton, $3,176,307. 12, David Reutimann, $3,162,218. 13, Dale Earnhardt Jr., $3,155,253. 14, Carl Edwards, $3,138,541.

15, Greg Biffle, $3,058,162. 16, Joey Logano, $3,007,293. 17, Ryan Newman, $2,982,052.

18 Juan Pablo Montoya, $2,978,237. 19, Clint Bowyer, $2,778,329. 20, A J Allmendinger, $2,764,493.

Odds to Win Pennsylvania 500

By Keith Glantz and Russell Culver DRIVER ODDS Denny Hamlin 4-1 Kyle Busch 6-1 Jimmie Johnson 6-1 Jeff Gordon 10-1 Kevin Harvick 10-1 Clint Bowyer 12-1 Tony Stewart 12-1 Jeff Burton 18-1 Kurt Busch 18-1 Greg Biffle 20-1 Carl Edwards 20-1 Kasey Kahne 20-1 Jamie McMurray 20-1 Juan Pablo Montoya 20-1 Mark Martin 25-1 Matt Kenseth 30-1 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 35-1 Joey Logano 35-1 Ryan Newman 40-1 David Reutimann 40-1 Martin Truex Jr. 45-1 A.J. Allmendinger 65-1 Brad Keselowski 80-1 David Ragan 80-1 Field (All Others) 100-1

BASEBALL Red Sox 7, Angels 3 Boston Los Angeles

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Willits cf 3 1 2 1 Totals 38 7 12 7 Totals 31 3 6 3 Boston 020 000 140 — 7 Los Angeles 020 010 000 — 3 LOB—Boston 13, Los Angeles 5. 2B— E.Patterson (8), Callaspo (20), Napoli (15), Willits (3). 3B—E.Patterson (5). HR—Scutaro (6), Youkilis (19), A.Beltre (17), Hall (11).

S—E.Patterson, E.Aybar. SF—M.Izturis.

IP H R ER BB SO Boston Beckett W,2-1 7 5 3 3 1 5 Delcarmen 1 1 0 0 1 2 R.Ramirez 1 0 0 0 0 2 Los Angeles S.Shields 1 2-3 4 2 2 2 2 F.Rodriguez 2 1-3 3 0 0 0 2 R.Thompson 3 2 1 1 1 5 Rodney L,4-1 1-3 2 4 4 3 1 Kohn 1 2-3 1 0 0 2 2 WP—S.Shields 2.

Umpires—Home, Todd Tichenor; First, Laz Diaz; Second, Wally Bell; Third, James Hoye.

T—3:36. A—44,052 (45,285).

Twins 6, Royals 4 Minnesota Kansas City

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— 6 — 4

DP—Minnesota 2, Kansas City 1. LOB— Minnesota 9, Kansas City 8. 2B—Mauer (33).

HR—Delm.Young (14), Repko (2). CS—Repko (1). SF—Kubel.

IP H R ER BB SO Minnesota Duensing W,4-1 6 8 2 2 1 2 Crain H,9 1 0 0 0 0 1 Guerrier H,15 2-3 2 2 2 1 0 Mijares H,7 1-3 1 0 0 0 0 Rauch S,21-25 1 1 0 0 0 1 Kansas City Bannister L,7-10 6 11 5 5 1 4 Bullington 2 2 0 0 1 1 Soria 1 1 1 1 1 0 Bannister pitched to 1 batter in the 7th.

WP—Soria.

Umpires—Home, Ron Kulpa; First, Dan Bellino; Second, Rob Drake; Third, Angel Hernandez.

T—2:45. A—15,484 (37,840).

NL Boxscores Reds 10, Brewers 2 Cincinnati Milwaukee

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E—McGehee (12). DP—Cincinnati 1.

LOB—Cincinnati 7, Milwaukee 5. 2B—Gomes (18), Cairo (8), Braun (26), McGehee (23), C.Gomez (9). HR—B.Phillips (14), Votto (26).

SB—B.Phillips (12), Cairo (3). CS—O.Cabrera (3), Bruce (3). S—Hanigan.

IP H R ER BB SO Cincinnati Tr.Wood W,1-1 5 5 2 2 1 6 Jor.Smith H,1 1 1-3 2 0 0 0 0 Rhodes H,19 2-3 0 0 0 0 1 Masset 1 1 0 0 0 1 F.Cordero 1 0 0 0 0 2 Milwaukee Narveson L,8-7 5 6 3 3 1 2 Loe BS,1-1 2-3 3 2 2 1 1 Coffey 1 0 0 0 1 0 Braddock 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 Villanueva 1 4 5 5 1 2 Riske 1 0 0 0 0 1

Narveson pitched to 3 batters in the 6th.

HBP—by Loe (B.Phillips). WP—Braddock.

Umpires—Home, Mike DiMuro; First, Tim Welke; Second, Scott Barry; Third, Bill Welke.

T—3:38. A—38,365 (41,900).

Astros 8, Cubs 1 Chicago Houston

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— 1 — 8

E—A.Hernandez (1). DP—Houston 2. LOB— Chicago 9, Houston 11. 2B—Berkman (16), Pence (17). 3B—Bourgeois (1). HR—Ca.Lee 2 (14). SB—S.Castro (5). SF—Ar.Ramirez.

IP H R ER BB SO Chicago R.Wells L,5-8 5 2-3 5 3 3 5 4 J.Russell 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 Schlitter 1 4 2 2 0 0 Howry 2-3 4 3 3 1 0 Berg 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 Houston Norris W,3-7 6 4 1 0 3 7 W.Lopez H,7 1 1 0 0 0 2 Lyon 1 1 0 0 0 0 Abad 1 1 0 0 1 0 WP—Howry.

Umpires—Home, Vic Carapazza; First, Greg Gibson; Second, Brian Knight; Third, Gerry Davis.

T—2:58. A—28,046 (40,976).

American League Top 10

By The Associated Press AMERICAN LEAGUE

G AB R H Pct. Hamilton Tex 97 388 67 139 .358 MiCabrera Det 96 361 71 126 .349 Morneau Min 81 296 53 102 .345 DelmYoung Min 95 341 49 114 .334 ABeltre Bos 97 372 49 124 .333 Cano NYY 98 383 69 126 .329 DeJesus KC 91 352 46 112 .318 AJackson Det 90 366 60 115 .314 Butler KC 99 378 47 118 .312 Crawford TB 95 367 74 114 .311 Home Runs JBautista, Toronto, 30; MiCabrera, Detroit, 24; Hamilton, Texas, 23; Konerko, Chicago, 23; CPena, Tampa Bay, 22; DOrtiz, Boston, 21; Guerrero, Texas, 20; Teixeira, New York, 20; VWells, Toronto, 20.

Runs Batted In MiCabrera, Detroit, 88; ARodriguez, New York, 81; DelmYoung, Minnesota, 79; Guerrero, Texas, 77; JBautista, Toronto, 75; Hamilton, Texas, 74; Teixeira, New York, 70.

Pitching Sabathia, New York, 13-4; Price, Tampa Bay, 13-5; Pavano, Minnesota, 13-6; PHughes, New York, 12-3; Verlander, Detroit, 12-6; Pettitte, New York, 11-2; CBuchholz, Boston, 11-5.

NL Top 10

G AB R H Pct. Furcal LAD 70 286 55 92 .322 Votto Cin 95 352 70 112 .318 Polanco Phi 73 311 47 99 .318 Prado Atl 98 424 71 134 .316 Byrd ChC 99 371 56 116 .313 AHuff SF 98 352 63 108 .307 Holliday StL 97 368 56 112 .304 CGonzalez Col 88 365 59 111 .304 Pagan NYM 92 342 50 104 .304 Ethier LAD 82 314 47 95 .303 Home Runs Votto, Cincinnati, 25; Fielder, Milwaukee, 24; Reynolds, Arizona, 24; ADunn, Washington, 23; Howard, Philadelphia, 23; Pujols, St. Louis, 23; Hart, Milwaukee, 22; Weeks, Milwaukee, 22.

Runs Batted In Howard, Philadelphia, 81; Hart, Milwaukee, 70; Pujols, St. Louis, 70; DWright, New York, 69; Votto, Cincinnati, 68; Weeks, Milwaukee, 67; Loney, Los Angeles, 65.

Pitching Jimenez, Colorado, 15-2; Wainwright, St. Louis, 14-6; CCarpenter, St. Louis, 11-3; Latos, San Diego, 11-4; Nolasco, Florida, 11-7; Halladay, Philadelphia, 11-8; Cueto, Cincinnati, 10-2.

Most No-Hitters in a Year

By The Associated Press (Nine innings or more) SEVEN 1991 (5 individual and 2 combined) May 1 — Nolan Ryan, Texas def. Toronto, 3-0.

May 23 — Tommy Greene, Philadelphia def.

Montreal, 2-0.

July 13 — Bob Milacki (6), Mike Flanagan (1), Mark Williamson (1) and Gregg Olson (1), Baltimore def. Oakland, 2-0.

July 28 — x-Dennis Martinez, Montreal def.

L.A. Dodgers, 2-0.

Aug. 11 — Wilson Alvarez, Chicago White Sox def. Baltimore, 7-0.

Aug. 26 — Bret Saberhagen, Kansas City def. Chicago White Sox, 7-0.

Sept. 11 — Kent Mercker (6 innings), Mark Wohlers (2) and Alejandro Pena (1) vs. San Diego, 1-0. 1990 (6 individual and 1 combined) April 11 — Mark Langston (7) and Mike Witt (2), California Angels def. Seattle, 1-0.

June 2 — Randy Johnson, Seattle def.

Detroit, 2-0.

June 11 — Nolan Ryan, Texas def. Oakland, 5-0.

June 29 — Dave Stewart, Oakland def.

Toronto, 5-0.

June 29 — Fernando Valenzuela, L.A. Dodgers def. St. Louis, 6-0.

Aug. 15 — Terry Mulholland, Philadelphia def. San Francisco, 6-0.

Sept. 2 — Dave Stieb, Toronto def. Cleveland, 3-0.

——— SIX 1969 (6 individual) April 17 — Bill Stoneman, Montreal def.

Philadelphia, 7-0.

April 30 — Jim Maloney, Cincinnati def.

Houston, 10-0.

May 1 — Don Wilson, Houston def. Cincinnati, 4-0.

Aug. 13 — Jim Palmer, Baltimore def.

Oakland, 8-0.

Aug. 19 — Ken Holtzman, Chicago Cubs def. Atlanta, 3-0.

Sept. 20 — Bob Moose, Pittsburgh def. N.Y. Mets, 4-0. 1917 (5 individual and 1 combined) April 14 — Eddie Cicotte, Chicago White Sox def. St. Louis Browns, 11-0.

April 24 — George Mogridge, N.Y. Yankees def. Boston, 2-1.

May 2 — Fred Toney, Cincinnati def. y-Chicago Cubs, 1-0, 10 innings.

May 5 — Ernie Koob, St. Louis Browns def.

Chicago White Sox, 1-0.

May 6 — Bob Groom, St. Louis Browns def.

Chicago White Sox, 3-0.

June 23 — z-Babe Ruth (0) and Ernie Shore (9), Boston def, Washington Senators, 4-0.

1915 (6 individual) April 15 — Rube Marquard, N.Y. Giants def.

Brooklyn Robins, 2-0.

April 24 — Frank Allen, Pittsburgh Rebels def. St. Louis Terriers, 2-0.

May 15 — Claude Hendrix, Chicago Whales def. Pittsburgh Rebels, 10-0.

Aug. 16 — Alex Main, Kansas City Packers def. Buffalo Blues, 5-0.

Aug. 31 — Jimmy Lavender, Chicago Cubs def. N.Y. Giants, 2-0.

Sept. 7 — Dave Davenport, St. Louis Terriers def. Chicago Whales, 3-0.

1908 (6 individual) June 30 — Cy Young, Boston def. N.Y. Highlanders, 8-0.

July 4 — Hooks Wiltse, New York Giants def.

Philadelphia, 1-0, 10 innings.

Sept. 5 — Nap Rucker, Brooklyn Superbas

def. Boston Doves, 6-0.

Sept. 18 — Bob Rhoads, Cleveland Naps def. Boston Red Sox, 2-1.

Sept. 20 — Frank Smith, Chicago White Sox def. Philadelphia Athletics, 1-0.

Oct. 2 — x-Addie Joss, Cleveland Naps def.

Chicago White Sox, 1-0.

——— FIVE 2010 (5 individual) July 26 — Matt Garza, Tampa Bay vs.

Detroit, 5-0 April 17 — Ubaldo Jimenez, Colorado at Atlanta, 4-0 May 9 — x-Dallas Braden, Oakland vs.

Tampa Bay, 4-0 May 29 — x-Roy Halladay, Philadelphia at Florida, 1-0 June 26 — Edwin Jackson, Arizona at Tampa Bay, 1-0 1973 (5 individual) April 27 — Steve Busby, Kansas City def.

Detroit, 3-0.

May 15 — Nolan Ryan, California Angels def. Kansas City, 3-0.

July 15 — Nolan Ryan, California Angels def.

Detroit, 6-0.

July 30 — Jm Bibby, Texas def. Oakland, 6-0.

Aug. 5 — Phil Niekro, Atlanta def. San Diego, 9-0.

1968 (5 individual) April 27 — Tom Phoebus, Baltimore def.

Boston, 6-0.

May 8 — x-Catfish Hunter, Oakland def.

Minnesota, 4-0.

July 29 — George Culver, Cincinnati def.

Philadelphia, 6-1.

Sept. 17 — Gaylord Perry, San Francisco def. St. Louis, 1-0.

Sept. 18 — Ray Washburn, St. Louis def.

San Francisco, 2-0.

1962 (5 individual) May 5 — Bo Belinsky, L.A. Angels def.

Baltimore, 2-0.

June 26 — Earl Wilson, Boston def. L.A. Angels, 2-0.

June 30 — Sandy Koufax, L.A. Dodgers def.

N.Y. Mets, 5-0.

Aug. 1 — Bill Monbouquette, Boston def.

Chicago White Sox, 1-0.

Aug. 26 — Jack Kralick, Minnesota def.

Kansas City, 1-0. x-perfect game y-Cubs pitcher Hippo Vaughn threw a no-hitter through 9 innings z-Ruth was ejected after walking the first batter

FOOTBALL ACC Player of the Year Media Poll 1. Christian Ponder, Florida State 45 2. Ryan Williams, Virginia Tech 16 3. Tyrod Taylor, Virginia Tech 11 T4. Russell Wilson, NC State 6 T4. Robert Quinn, North Carolina 6 6. Joshua Nesbitt, Georgia Tech 4 7. Kyle Parker, Clemson 3 T8. Mark Herzlich, Boston College 2 T8. Jacory Harris, Miami 2 T10. Montel Harris, Boston College 1 T10. Darren Evans, Virginia Tech 1 T10. Bruce Carter, North Carolina 1

ACC Championship Game Media Predictions 1. Virginia Tech over FSU 35 2. Virginia Tech over Clemson 13 3. Florida State over Virginia Tech 11 4. Florida State over Miami 10 5. Miami over Florida State 9 6. Georgia Tech over Florida State 7 7. Florida State over North Carolina 3 T8. Virginia Tech over Boston College 2 T8. Florida State over Georgia Tech 2 T10. Miami over Clemson 1 T10. Georgia Tech over Clemson 1 T10. Boston College over Georgia Tech 1 T10. Boston College over Virginia Tech 1 T10. North Carolina over Florida State 1 T10. North Carolina over Clemson 1

2010 preseason All-ACC team

By The Associated Press GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — The 2010 preseason all-ACC football team as voted on by 52 media members at the league’s media days: OFFENSE QB—Christian Ponder, Florida State RB—Ryan Williams, Virginia Tech RB—Montel Harris, Boston College WR—Donovan Varner, Duke WR—Torrey Smith, Maryland TE—George Bryan, N.C. State OT—Anthony Castonzo, Boston College OT—Chris Hairston, Clemson OG—Rodney Hudson, Florida State OG—Thomas Claiborne, Boston College C—Sean Bedford, Georgia Tech K—Matt Bosher, Miami DEFENSE DE—Robert Quinn, North Carolina DE—Allen Bailey, Miami DT—Marvin Austin, North Carolina DT—Jarvis Jenkins, Clemson LB—Alex Wujciak, Maryland LB—Quan Sturdivant, North Carolina LB—Luke Kuechly, Boston College CB—Kendric Burney, North Carolina CB—Brandon Harris, Miami S—DeAndre McDaniel, Clemson S—Deunta Williams, North Carolina P—Matt Bosher, Miami Spec.—Torrey Smith, Maryland

GOLF PGA Tour Statistics

By The Associated Press Through July 25 Scoring Average 1, Ernie Els, 69.67. 2, Shaun Micheel, 69.69. 3, Justin Rose, 69.74. 4, Steve Stricker, 69.84. 5 (tie), Phil Mickelson and J.B. Holmes, 69.87. 7, Matt Kuchar, 69.88. 8, Retief Goosen, 69.91. 9, Luke Donald, 69.95.

10, K.J. Choi, 70.04.

Driving Distance 1, Robert Garrigus, 318.1. 2, Bubba Watson, 306.7. 3, Dustin Johnson, 306.6.

4, Graham DeLaet, 305.4. 5, Angel Cabrera, 304.6. 6, J.B. Holmes, 304.4. 7, John Daly, 301.8. 8, Charles Warren, 301.6. 9, Phil Mickelson, 300.5. 10, Rory McIlroy, 298.9.

Driving Accuracy Percentage 1, Omar Uresti, 75.34%. 2, Brian Gay, 74.09%. 3, Tim Clark, 73.15%. 4, Joe Durant, 72.31%. 5, Heath Slocum, 71.43%. 6, Zach Johnson, 71.04%. 7, Justin Leonard, 70.39%.

8, David Toms, 70.38%. 9, Garrett Willis, 70.36%. 10, Craig Bowden, 70.35%.

Greens in Regulation Pct. 1, Kevin Sutherland, 71.18%. 2, Rickie Fowler, 70.79%. 3, Nick Watney, 70.46%. 4, Troy Matteson, 70.37%. 5, Bubba Watson, 70.34%. 6, Kris Blanks, 70.28%. 7, Adam Scott, 70.20%. 8, Heath Slocum, 70.04%. 9, D.J. Trahan, 69.94%. 10, Bo Van Pelt, 69.89%.

Total Driving 1, Hunter Mahan, 76. 2, Kenny Perry, 89. 3, Ryan Moore, 90. 4, Mathias Gronberg, 93. 5 (tie), Charles Warren and John Merrick, 95. 7, Retief Goosen, 101. 8, Bo Van Pelt, 102. 9, Rickie Fowler, 105. 10, Chris Couch, 106.

Putting Average 1 (tie), J.P. Hayes and Brandt Snedeker, 1.715. 3, Carl Pettersson, 1.724. 4, Matt Bettencourt, 1.728. 5, Steve Stricker, 1.732.

6, Shaun Micheel, 1.734. 7, Paul Stankowski, 1.735. 8, Tim Clark, 1.736. 9, Chris Couch, 1.738. 10, Aaron Baddeley, 1.740.

Birdie Average 1, Bubba Watson, 4.15. 2, Steve Stricker, 4.08. 3, Justin Rose, 4.02. 4, Kevin Streelman, 4.00. 5 (tie), Paul Stankowski and Paul Casey, 3.97. 7, Matt Every, 3.96. 8, Bo Van Pelt, 3.95. 9 (tie), Phil Mickelson and Tom Gillis, 3.94.

Eagles (Holes per) 1, Dustin Johnson, 74.6. 2, Harrison Frazar, 79.2. 3, Matt Bettencourt, 80.4. 4, Adam Scott, 88.0. 5, Martin Laird, 93.3. 6, Bubba Watson, 95.4. 7, Paul Casey, 102.0. 8 (tie), Phil Mickelson and Scott Piercy, 108.0. 10, Kevin Sutherland, 115.2.

Sand Save Percentage 1, Luke Donald, 72.37%. 2, Carl Pettersson, 65.57%. 3, Greg Chalmers, 62.89%.

4, Mark Wilson, 61.73%. 5, Ryuji Imada, 61.22%. 6, Trevor Immelman, 60.87%. 7, Paul Stankowski, 60.53%. 8, Brandt Snedeker, 60.50%. 9, Justin Rose, 59.80%. 10, Tim Clark, 59.63%.

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Strasburg listed as day to day

SPORTS BRIEFS Phillies place Victorino on DL

PHILADELPHIA (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Philadelphia Phillies have placed center fielder Shane Victorino on the 15-day disabled list and called up outfielder Domonic Brown from Triple-A Lehigh Valley.

Victorino has an abdominal strain on his left side. He was injured diving back to first base during a pickoff attempt in Tuesday nightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s win over Arizona. Victorino stayed in and left after making a catch later in the game.

He was batting .250 with a career-high 15 homers, 53 RBIs and 20 steals.

Brown, the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top prospect, batted .327 with 20 homers and 68 RBIs in 93 games at Double-A Reading and Lehigh Valley.

Indians trade 3B Peralta to Tigers

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The banged-up Detroit Tigers acquired third baseman Jhonny Peralta from the Cleveland Indians on Wednesday for minor league left-hander Giovanni Soto.

Detroit also received cash considerations in the trade.

Peralta will fill-in for Brandon Inge, the Tigersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; injured third baseman. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was trying to do something to help our ballclub and do something to stay in this,â&#x20AC;?

Detroit general manager Dave Dombrowski said before the game against Tampa Bay. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We think this helps our ballclub with a solid big league player. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got a lot of young players. Right now it gives us another veteran in our lineup.â&#x20AC;?

Hendrick promotes Carlson to president and COO

CONCORD (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Hendrick Motorsports has promoted Marshall Carlson to president and chief operating officer.

The role of president had been held by team owner Rick Hendrickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s brother, John, from 1998 until his 2004 death in a plane crash. It had gone unfilled until Carlsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s promotion Wednesday.

Carlson has overseen the day-to-day operations at HMS as team general manager since 2005.

Roush still hospitalized, stable after plane crash

MILWAUKEE (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; NASCAR team owner Jack Roush remains hospitalized in serious but stable condition after walking away from a plane crash in Wisconsin on Tuesday night.

In a statement, Roush Fenway Racing says Roush is under observation for facial injuries he sustained in the accident.

The team says Roushâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s passenger, friend Brenda Stricklin, was treated and released from a Wisconsin hospital Wednesday afternoon.

Roush â&#x20AC;&#x201D; an aviation buff who survived another crash in 2002 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; was attending the Experimental Aircraft Associationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wis. According to the EAA, a Beechcraft Premier business jet registered to Roush Fenway Racing, LLC was involved in a landing accident at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh around 6:15 p.m. Tuesday.

Jeff Gordon has new spotter this weekend at Pocono

CHARLOTTE (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Fourtime NASCAR champion Jeff Gordon will have a new spotter starting this weekend at Pocono Raceway.

Hendrick Motorsports has hired Jeff Dickerson to replace Shannon McGlamery, who had been Gordonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s spotter since 2007. McGlamery will continue his role as a mechanic with Hendrick.

Dickerson became available last week when he parted ways with Kyle Busch.

The two had worked together since Buschâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s early days at Hendrick, and Dickerson was often credited by the driver for guiding him to many victories.

Pitino arrives as aide testifies about sex fling

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Jurors at an extortion trial who have heard a lot about the night Karen Cunagin Sypher met University of Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino are about to hear from Pitino himself.

Pitino arrived around midday Wednesday at the federal courthouse to testify against Sypher, who is charged with trying to extort cash, cars and a house to stay quiet about a sexual liaison. She has pleaded not guilty.

Pitinoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s driver, Vinnie Tatum, told jurors that Sypher appeared to have had a few drinks and was â&#x20AC;&#x153;flirtyâ&#x20AC;? when she joined Pitinoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s group at an Italian restaurant that night.

AP Source: Josh Howard to get 1-yr deal with Wizards

WASHINGTON (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A person familiar with the deal says Josh Howard has agreed to a one-year contract to return to the Washington Wizards.

The person told The Associated Press on Wednesday that Howard is set to come back after playing only four games with the team last season. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been signed.

Howard was acquired in a seven-player trade with the Dallas Mavericks on Feb. 13, but he tore a ligament in his left knee on Feb. 22. The Wizards declined to pick up their option on his contract at the end of the season but left open the possibility of re-signing him.

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Boston Red Soxâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Marco Scutaro watches his grand slam against the Los Angeles Angels during the eighth inning of a baseball game Wednesday in Anaheim, Calif.,

Red Sox sweep Angels on Scutaroâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 8th-inning slam ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Marco Scutaro hit a tiebreaking grand slam in the eighth inning, and the Boston Red Sox wrapped up a 10-game West Coast road trip with a 7-3 victory over the slumping Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday, sweeping the three-game series.

Kevin Youkilis tied it with a seventh-inning homer, while Adrian Beltre and Bill Hall hit early inning solo shots as the Red Sox improved to 7-0 this season against the club that sent them home from last seasonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s playoffs.

Josh Beckett (2-1) yielded five hits over seven innings in his first victory since April 10 for Boston.

Angels starter Joel Pineiro strained a muscle in his left side moments before the first pitch, sidelining him with an injury that will keep him out for six to eight weeks.

Lee has two homers as Astros down Cubs 8-1

HOUSTON (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s certainly too soon to know how much hitting coach Jeff Bagwell can help im-

prove the Houston Astros offense.

He already appears to be having an affect on Carlos Lee. Lee hit two home runs, including the go-ahead homer in the sixth inning, and the Astros went on to an 8-1 win over the Chicago Cubs. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I had a good day,â&#x20AC;? Lee said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Me and (Bagwell) were talking about taking a two-strike approach, spread out a little and see what happens, and it was successful.â&#x20AC;?

Phillips hits slam, Reds rally against Brewers

EMILWAUKEE (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Brandon Phillips hit a 450-foot grand slam that landed in Bernie Brewerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s slide in deep left field and Travis Wood earned his first win in the majors for the Cincinnati Reds, 10-2 over Milwaukee on Wednesday.

The Reds scored 10 unanswered runs, capped

by Phillipsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; shot and Joey Vottoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s solo homer in the eighth.

With the win, Cincinnati kept the pressure on St. Louis for first in the NL

Central after the teams entered play Wednesday in a virtual tie at the top.

Wood (1-1), who took a perfect game into the ninth inning on July 10, won in his sixth career start and the Reds piled on the runs, scoring five in the sixth off starter Chris Narveson and reliever Kameron Loe and five more off Carlos Villanueva in the eighth.

Cincinnati finished the trip 4-2 and is 26-24 away from Great American Ball Park.

The Redsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; bullpen of Jordan Smith, Arthur Rhodes, Nick Masset and Francisco Cordero combined for four scoreless innings, allowing three hits.

Trailing 2-0, the first six batters reached to start the sixth for the Reds, who sent 11 men to the plate.

Vottoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s RBI single chased Narveson (8-7) and Jonny Gomes tied the game when he drove in the 300th run of his career with a double off Loe.

WASHINGTON (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Nationals rookie righthander Stephen Strasburg first sensed tightness in his pitching shoulder â&#x20AC;&#x153;a couple days ago,â&#x20AC;? he said Wednesday, chalking it up to â&#x20AC;&#x153;kind of hitting the wall a little bit.â&#x20AC;?

A day after being scratched minutes before what was supposed to be the 10th major league start of his much-hyped career, Strasburg said he felt â&#x20AC;&#x153;a lot betterâ&#x20AC;? and his range of motion is â&#x20AC;&#x153;starting to come back.â&#x20AC;?

Washington general manager Mike Rizzo and trainer Lee Kuntz said Strasburg did not indicate he had a problem before Tuesday, when his pregame bullpen session was stopped about a half-dozen throws in. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really scared, because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kind of something that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had happen to me before,â&#x20AC;? Strasburg said, referring to feeling stiffness in his right shoulder while in college at San Diego State. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t on just one pitch, so thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s obviously a big thing.â&#x20AC;?

He took anti-inflammatory medicine Wednesday and underwent treatment that Kuntz said included â&#x20AC;&#x153;stretching, strengthening ... using heat, using ice.â&#x20AC;? But the No. 1 overall pick in the June 2009 amateur draft did not toss a ball. Instead, during batting practice, Strasburg stood in the right-field grass, chatting with pitching coach Steve McCatty.

The plan is for Strasburg to go at least two days â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and perhaps three or four â&#x20AC;&#x201D; without throwing at all. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not clear when he will next pitch in a game; his next scheduled appearance would be Sunday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have an update whether heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to pitch Sunday or when heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll pitch again, if not Sunday,â&#x20AC;? manager Jim Riggleman said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just really going to give it another day or two before we do anything.â&#x20AC;?

The Nationals have been quite careful in the way they have brought along Strasburg since giving him a record $15.1 million contract right before the August 2009 deadline for getting deals done.

Even though Strasburg was dominant at times during spring training, he was moved to minor league camp in Florida, then began the season at Double-A Harrisburg.

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Team USA trims its roster to 15 for worlds (AP) — USA Basketball trimmed its roster of candidates for the world championships to 15 on Wednesday, cutting Rookie of the Year Tyreke Evans, O.J. Mayo and Gerald Wallace.

Kevin Durant leads three Oklahoma City players on the guard-heavy list announced that included the Clippers’ Eric Gordon, who was thought to be on the bubble.

Tyson Chandler and Brook Lopez are the only true centers on the squad, which includes talented point guards such as Chauncey Billups, Derrick Rose, Rajon Rondo and Russell Westbrook.

The Thunder’s Jeff Green also will join Durant and Westbrook in New York when the team reconvenes Aug. 9. The roster has to be reduced to 12 before the world championships begin on Aug. 28 in Turkey.

The remainder of the finalists are: Lamar Odom, Stephen Curry, Andre Iguodala, Rudy Gay, Danny Granger and Kevin Love.

Evans missed the last few days of practice in Las Vegas, including the team’s intrasquad scrimmage Saturday, with an ankle injury. Wallace had only four points and no rebounds in 12 1/2 minutes, while Gordon may have clinched his ticket to New York by making four 3-pointers and scoring 16 points.

Mayo was dropped despite a strong performance in the game, scoring 18 points on 7-of-12 shooting.

Washington center JaVale McGee, who participated in the Las Vegas camp but was not on the roster, also won’t be coming to New York.

The Americans hoped to have at least some of the players from the team that won the gold medal in the 2008 Olympics, but all declined to return this summer. The team was further weakened when All-Star forwards Amare Stoudemire and David Lee were forced to withdraw early in last week’s camp.

The team is scheduled to train in New York from Aug. 10-16, playing an exhibition game against France on Aug. 15 at Madison Square Garden.

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each. Georgia Tech and Virginia Tech, which was picked to win the ACC championship, had just one preseason all-conference selection.

Tiger safety DeAndre McDaniel recorded the most votes, landing on 48 of the 52 ballots, while Quinn was second with 47 votes.

Quinn was named first-team All-ACC last

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hammad, Brad Hoover, Damione Lewis, Maake Kemoeatu, Na’il Diggs, Chris Harris or Keydrick Vincent, either. All were former starters. All were then let go in the Panthers’ offseason youth movement.

Just how young is Carolina? Steve Smith, at 31, is the oldest position player on the roster and one of only four players not born in the 1980s.

“The vibe around here is unknown,” said Smith, out of his cast but still weeks away from returning from a broken arm.

“Literally, half of them just pulled up.”

The new leader looked different, too. Matt Moore, thrust into the starting quarterback job despite just eight career starts, showed up with a thin beard.

At least he’s old enough to grow one.

“There’s a lot of wide eyes with the youth,”

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that we know the players much better than we did last year and they know us,” said Cates, who enters his second season with the Yellow Jackets.

“A lot of times coaches use the first few days of practice conditioning and getting in shape. We feel like we’ve done a lot of that this summer. Our main goal is to prepare for Aug. 20 for that first game.”

Cates is still going to work a lot with conditioning during the first week of practice. He’s also focusing a lot on depth, which his something the Yellow Jackets had a hard time with during their 3-8 season in 2009.

“You have to be conditioned to play in 95 degree weather,” said Cates. “So, we’re going to work on that a lot. We’re also going to make sure we’re deep. We need to have the right guys in the right positions and have guys willing to come in and step up.”

The Yellow Jackets will do battle with Western

year as he finished with 52 tackles and 11 sacks.

He was also the runnerup for ACC defensive player of the year in 2009.

Sturdivant, Burney and Williams also were first-team All-ACC last fall, while Austin was named to the second team.

Varner was voted first team All-ACC a year ago after leading the league in receptions (65), receptions per game (5.42) and receiving yards per game (87.2) while ranking

second in both receiving yards (1,047) and touchdown catches (8).

FSU, which was picked to win the Atlantic Division, had quarterback Christian Ponder and offensive guard Rodney Hudson named to the team.

Ponder was voted ACC preseason player of the year and Hudson is looking to become the seventh player in league history to be named AllACC for four consecutive seasons. Hudson was a second-team All-ACC

pick in 2007 and earned first-team honors in 2008 and 2009.

Miami’s Matt Bosher, who earned first-team All-ACC honors as a placekicker and second team as a punter last year, was named to the preseason team at both positions.

Maryland’s Torrey Smith, who set ACC single-season kickoff return yardage records in each of the last two seasons, was also named to the preseason team at two positions-specialist and

wide receiver. Smith was a second-team All-ACC choice at both positions last year.

In all, 20 of the 23 honorees on the team earned first or secondteam All-ACC honors a year ago, with 16 having been selected to the All-ACC first team. The three remaining players who were voted onto to the preseason team were honorable mention in 2009.

Moore said.

After finishing 8-8 last season and under orders by owner Jerry Richardson to cut costs with labor unrest looming, the Panthers begin a season full of uncertainty that includes their coach.

Only Jeff Fisher in Tennessee, Bill Belichick in New England and Andy Reid in Philadelphia have been with their teams longer than John Fox. But his ninth season in Carolina could be his last after he was denied a contract extension in the offseason.

Fox enters the last year of his deal with the challenge of getting a team with 63 players who are 25 or younger ready to compete in the same division as the Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints.

“I feel like I’m one of the older guys because I’m in my third year,” said Mackenzy Bernadeau, a candidate to start at right guard.

The biggest intrigue will be at QB and on the defensive line.

After finishing strong

last season, Moore was handed the starting job when Delhomme was released following his miserable season. Moore is 6-2 as a starter, but those games came over two seasons after Carolina was already effectively eliminated from playoff contention.

Moore, the affable, easygoing Californian, appeared far from overwhelmed as he reported to camp.

“I think if I make it bigger than it is, that’s when things start going wrong,” he said.

His hold on the starting job is hardly secure. The Panthers snatched up Jimmy Clausen in the second round after his remarkable fall in the draft, and the former Notre Dame star agreed to a four-year contract early Wednesday to avoid a holdout.

With DeAngelo Williams and Jonathan Stewart back after they each rushed for more than 1,100 yards last season and with one of the best offensive lines in the league, the Panthers are

likely to lean on their running game as they settle their quarterback spot.

That’s good because Smith will miss most of the preseason after being hurt playing in a recreational flag football game, a violation of his contract.

“It’s only been five weeks. Next week will be six weeks. All the analysts say it takes eight to 10 weeks to see how well I’ll be able to use it,” Smith said, refusing to say if he thinks he’ll play in a preseason game.

Without their four-time Pro Bowl pick in practices, the Panthers will shuffle in Dwayne Jarrett, Brandon LaFell, Kenny Moore and Armanti Edwards as they look for depth after Muhammad’s departure.

The defensive line has even more work to do.

After allowing their career sacks leader to walk away in free agency, the Panthers also must replace both defensive tackles.

Only starting defensive end Tyler Brayton returns.

“There is a lot of starting positions on the line and a

lot of candidates for them at all positions,” said Everette Brown, a candidate for Peppers’ old spot. “It’s just going to pick up the intensity.”

Weakside linebacker Thomas Davis’ seasonending knee injury last month will cause changes there, too. Pro Bowl pick Jon Beason could move from the middle to the outside. The Panthers plan to use Sherrod Martin as Harris’ replacement at safety.

With so many new and young players, Fox is expected to push the team harder when two-a-day workouts begin Thursday morning in perhaps his final camp at Wofford College.

“I think it’s going to be fun,” Smith insisted. “We’ve got a lot more younger guys, so I think things are going to be different, a little bit more loose, a little bit more fun, a little bit of guys trying to establish their own traditions. I’m excited to see, to observe, what’s going to happen.”

Harnett in the season opener. Last season, Cates’ debut in Lee County didn’t get off to the start he would’ve liked as the Eagles shut out the Yellow Jackets 20-0.

“I think our work habits are much better than they were when we came here last year,” said Cates. “In fact, I know it is. Is it where we want it to be? No. But we’re certainly better with our work ethic. We’re going to do everything we can to prepare for that first game.”

At 6:30 p.m. Friday, the Yellow Jackets will hold one last mini practice to wrap up their summer workouts. At 8 p.m., the booster club will provide inflatables for kids and food on the baseball field to celebrate a successful summer for the Yellow Jackets.

Lee County students, fans and supporters are encouraged to attend Friday’s festivities.

“It’s going to be a good time,” said Cates. “We’re all eager to get everything started.”

Over at Southern Lee, Paris has seen some growth and maturity in his Cavaliers, especially

after beating Scotland County in a 7-on-7 scrimmage.

But Paris insists they haven’t seen anything yet.

“Our guys are going to face some adversity in our practices,” said Paris, who is Southern Lee’s fourth coach in as many years. “As coaches, we’re going to do everything in our power to make them adverse.”

Although they’ve won just once in the past two seasons and have been through three coaches in the last three years, Paris is proud of how hard the Cavaliers have worked since he took over the program in May. With practice right around the corner, Paris says its time for the Cavaliers to reveal their true character on the gridiron.

“There’s an old saying that goes, ‘Football builds character,’ said Paris. “I don’t buy into that too much. I believe football reveals character. It’s time to start holding people accountable for.

It’s also time for the guys to start working harder than the player beside them. There’s not much time between now and our first game, so it’s time

to work.”

After having just one win in the last two years and beating Scotland County was a sign that made the Cavaliers feel as though things are going in the right direction.

“We worked very hard in that scrimmage and we enjoyed the victory and celebrated,” said Paris. “By the same respect, we’ve moved on from that and we’re now concentrating on the day-to-day aspects of the season. They’ve worked hard all summer and they’ll continue to work hard when practice gets here. We’re going to be ready for that first game.”

The Cavaliers will open their season with former Cape Fear Valley Conference foe South Johnston on Aug. 20 at Cavalier Stadium.

Paris plans on doing a lot of conditioning and coaching a lot of the basic fundamentals leading up to his coaching debut with the Cavaliers because this is the time to be in shape.

“We’ve got our personnel identified,” said Paris. “We’re going to continue to work the fundamentals of the game and getting everyone on

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Everybody’s got to be in shape if we’re going to turn this thing around.”

Paris and his staff, who has been pleased with the overall numbers Southern Lee has seen this summer, will hold position meetings during Monday’s practice.

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We’re all excited.”

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The meeting will be at 5 p.m. Monday and is required for all players interested in playing football.

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BRIDGE HAND

Loud music ruins reception for many wedding guests

HOROSCOPES Universal Press Syndicate

Happy Birthday: Do your research and look past the obvious this year, if you want to get ahead.

There is plenty of room for advancement if you are willing to make mental, physical and emotional changes. Money from an unusual source is in the picture. Restraint will be part of your success.

There is plenty to learn and implement that will lead to your victory. Your numbers are 6, 11, 20, 22, 35, 39, 48 ARIES (March 21-April 19): Don’t give in to temptation. It will end up costing you, even if it appears to have the potential to make you well off. Mixing business with pleasure isn’t going to help you get what you want. Do a great job and let your work speak for itself.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Get involved in activities you enjoy with the people you have the most fun with and you will enhance your personal relationships. Don’t let someone else’s uncertainty cause you to miss the events that will lead to closer connections with colleagues.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Don’t expect smooth sailing when addressing emotional issues that affect home, family and friends. Face each situation before it escalates to proportions you can no longer handle on your own.

Criticism will follow if you have to call in an outsider.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Don’t fight the inevitable when you need to embrace change and what it can bring. If you are open, you will come to realize the events that take place are to your advantage. Love is growing.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): A change of plans, location or events is heading your way. Turn whatever you face into a positive experience and you will teach those around you what having a good attitude can do to help you through troubled times.

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22): Take your time and monitor whatever situation you face, especially if it has to do with finance.

Once you have all the facts, you can make an educated move. You should address any situations that deal with a love relationship.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You’ll have plenty to think about if you let your personal life intertwine with your professional goals.

You’ll attract someone who can influence your future.

The choice you make can leave you in a vulnerable position if you aren’t upfront regarding your feelings and plans.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Doing too much for someone will be costly. The more you give, the more everyone will want and expect. Sharing emotional thoughts will help others understand where you are coming from.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21): You’ll be walking a fine line when it comes to both personal and professional dealings. If you don’t agree with someone, keep it to yourself. A move may be required for you to advance.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22Jan. 19): There is money to be made and contracts formulated and signed. Push for everything you want but be willing to give back in return. A past partner may have something to bring to the table. Don’t hesitate to reunite.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You may want to start something with someone off-limits. Consider if you are breaking any rules before you make your move. A setback at this time will be costing emotionally and financially and will adversely affect personal and family relationships.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Don’t make a move without giving it plenty of thought. You will be prone to make mistakes right now if you act impulsively.

It’s better to be safe than sorry, especially with professional and personal partnerships.

DEAR ABBY: “Lost My Appetite in South Carolina” (June 1) walked out of a wedding reception after waiting for a delayed dinner and suffering through the DJ’s “loud, deafening rock ‘n’ roll music.” You chided the writer and suggested he should have asked the hosts to lower the volume somewhat. It’s my experience this doesn’t work. Insanely loud music is part of the contemporary American culture.

I have walked out of at least two wedding receptions because of loud music. A wedding reception is supposed to be an event to enjoy and talk to people. Something is amiss when people are invited to a wedding and become a captive audience, forced to put up with intolerable conditions. Walking out is a reasonable response.

— PAUL IN CHESTERFIELD, MO. DEAR PAUL: It was impossible to turn a deaf ear to the “volume” of letters I received supporting “Lost” for the reasons you expressed. Read on: DEAR ABBY: Spoiled brides and loopy parents treat weddings like Broadway productions. The guests are just extras in the extravaganza.

If people have been invited for dinner and it isn’t being served, they are justified in leaving.

I went to a wedding and was shocked to learn dinner wouldn’t be served until five hours after the reception began because “the bride

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preferred to dance on an empty stomach.” My husband and I left our gift and took our empty stomachs to a restaurant. We heard later that the mother of the bride was angry because more than a dozen guests also left before dinner, while the bride danced merrily on.

— J.G. IN LOS ANGELES DEAR ABBY: You missed an opportunity to point out to your readers that special dinners are a time for family, friends and new acquaintances to renew, rekindle and update their lives and relationships. It might be wise for future wedding planners to instruct the DJ or band to play soft music — or none at all — during dinnertime.

Remember, the “bash” goes on after dinner and lasts for hours.

— CATHY LEE IN GROSSE POINT FARMS, MICH. DEAR ABBY: That letter made me furious! Because of the 30 extra

guests we expected, we rented a larger room, hired an extra waiter and bartender and set up additional tables. Because some guests didn’t show up and others left before the meal, we had couples left sitting alone at their tables.

The money we could have saved if some of those ungrateful people had simply declined in the RSVP could have gone to the newlyweds to start their household.

Whatever happened to courtesy and good manners?

— DISAPPOINTED MOTHER IN TEXAS DEAR ABBY: The comfort of one’s guests must be considered in planning an event. I think it’s perfectly acceptable for a guest to leave before dinner, stating, “I’m sorry, but the music has become too loud for me to stay.” It is extremely rude of hosts to expect guests to tolerate dangerous, uncomfortable noise levels.

— VALUES MY HEARING IN N.Y. DEAR ABBY: The “rule” that guests must eat dinner because it was paid for is right up there with the assumption that the price of the gift must be equal to the guests’ share of the cost of the reception.

Utter nonsense! It costs the same whether they eat while suffering from the deafening noise or discreetly making an escape.

— COMMON SENSE IN ILLINOIS

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ODDS AND ENDS Cow sculptures in Vt. city under siege by vandals

Bear turns Goldilocks tale on its head in NH home

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — You’ve heard of cow tipping?

It really happens: A community art project that installed 37 fiberglass cows in and around Vermont’s biggest city has been plagued by vandalism, leaving four men charged, one injured — the cow he tipped broke his foot — and sponsors beefing up security.

In all, six of the 600-pound sculptures have been targeted by vandals since being installed in May. “These aren’t quickie, random acts of stupidity,” said Tom Torti, president of organizer Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce. “These acts of stupidity take time.”

Taking a cue from cities that have used ersatz pigs, moose and bison in similar street displays, Burlington businesses signed onto the $90,000 “Cows Come Home” project, in which sponsors agreed to pay $3,500 for each cow and then use a decorative theme to promote their businesses.

The brightly colored cows, which stand about 4 1/2 feet high and are fastened to cement bases, now dot the Church Street Marketplace pedestrian mall and have proved big draws for camera-toting tourists and families with small children.

But they’ve been irresistible to vandals, too, even though they’re no easy marks. Each weighs about 120 pounds, but the base weighs about 500.

The moo-dus operandi: Young, drunken men taking late-night potshots at the sculptures, according to police Lt. Art Cyr. “As much as we’d love to, we can’t have an officer standing by each cow,” said Cyr. Four people have been charged with felony unlawful mischief so far.

LACONIA, N.H. (AP) — A black bear walked into a New Hampshire house through an open door, ate two pears and a bunch of grapes, took a drink from the family fishbowl and grabbed a stuffed bear on its way out the door.

Mary Beth Parkinson says the bear apparently took advantage of the open outside door to get into her kitchen Tuesday in Laconia, about 20 miles north of Concord. She thinks the garage door going up scared the bear enough that it fled the house.

She says she arrived in time to save the fish.

Parkinson said her 6- and 9-year-old boys made sure the doors were locked before they went to bed.

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Wisconsin teens take flying leap to deliver mail LAKE GENEVA, Wis. (AP) — The main worry for some young mail carriers in southern Wisconsin is neither dogs nor extreme weather.

It’s plunging into a lake.

A never-stopping boat delivers mail to dozens of mansions on Lake Geneva during the summer. Teenage carriers are hired to jump off the boat, put the mail in mailboxes on the dock, then scurry back on board. An ill-timed jumper could fall in.

The U.S. Postal Service says it’s the only delivery like it in the nation and has been running since 1916. The boat carries about 150 people who watch the mail delivery, sometimes cheering for carriers when they safely return to the boat.

Though the post office lost $3.8 billion last year, officials say the Lake Geneva route is expected to stay a while. The contract for it is just $1 a year.

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Pray for those who don’t want God Q: I suppose you’ve heard the old expression that “there aren’t any atheists in foxholes.” Well, I’m on my second tour of duty in Afghanistan, and I don’t think it’s necessarily true. Some people in my unit have a strong faith in God but others don’t want anything to do with Him, even when facing death. Why are they so resistant? - Lt. J.McK. A: First, let me thank you and all those who are serving (or have served) in our armed forces for your courage and your commitment to our nation’s freedom. Your task is difficult, but without you our world would be a much more dangerous place.

I too have puzzled over why some people want nothing to do with God, even when facing great danger or death.

It’s not logical, of course, because whether we die tomorrow or 50 years from now, some day we each will enter eternity and stand before God. Doesn’t it make sense, therefore, to prepare for that day now, instead of waiting until it’s too late? The Bible is blunt: “Prepare to meet your God” (Amos 4:12).

Most people, I find, who reject God do so for one of two reasons (or for both reasons). The first reason is pride; they don’t want to admit that they are weak and need God. This can be especially true of people who are naturally strong and independent. The second reason is a stubborn will; they want to run their own lives, instead of yielding their lives to Christ’s control.

Pray for your buddies who don’t want anything to do with God that He will open their eyes and help them face their need for Christ.

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bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate please make immediate payment.

This 15, day of July, 2010.

Lora W. Kelley 1512 Paige Circle Sanford, NC 27330 Jean W. Godfrey 10322 US 421 N Broadway NC 27505 Executor/trixof the estate ofOra Isabell Womack(July 15, 22, 29 & August 5th) NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Ancillary Administrator of the Estate of Ruth D. Yovanovich a/k/a Ruth Dawson Yovanovich, late of Lee County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned in care of Bain, Buzzard & McRae, LLP, 65 Bain Street, Lillington, North Carolina 27546, Attention: Alton D. Bain, Attorney for the Estate of Ruth D. Yovanovich a/k/a Ruth Dawson Yovanovich, on or before the 16th day of October, 2010, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This the 15th day of July, 2010. ________________________ _______ Michael C. Yovanovich, Ancillary Administrator of the Estate of Ruth D. Yovanovich a/k/a Ruth Dawson YovanovichBain, Buzzard & McRae, LLPAlton D. Bain, Attorney for the Estate of Ruth D. Yovanovich a/k/a Ruth Dawson Yovanovich65 Bain StreetLillington, NC 27546 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE DISTRICT COURT DIVISIONCOUNTY OF LEE FILE NO. 10CVD490 COUNTY OF LEE, CITY OF SANFORD, Plaintiffs vs.

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& PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, JAMES R. LANGDON, Trustee, THE MARMON GROUP (formerly Cerro Metal Products Co.), PAUL J. ADCOCK, Trustee GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATIONWILLIAM F. POTTS, JR., Trustee, Lienholders & WELSH PAPER COMPANY, NORTH CAROLINA EMPLOYMENT SECURITY COMMISSION, and THE TROXEL CO, Judgment holders Under and by virtue of the power and authority contained in North Carolina General Statute &sect;105-374 and due to default in the payment of the real property taxes levied against Defendants for the 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 calendar years (and of certain other costs associated with the demolition of the subject property), and pursuant to the Order of the Lee County Clerk of Superior CourtĘźs office entered in this tax foreclosure proceeding, the undersigned Commissioner will expose for sale at public auction on the 5th day of August, 2010, at 10:00 am or as soon thereafter as possible at the Lee County Courthouse, 1400 S. Horner Blvd., Sanford, North Carolina all of the following described land, real property interests, buildings, improvements, fixtures and other personal property located in Lee County, North Carolina:

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Executor NoticeHaving qualified as Executor of the estate of Deceased Person's, Ora Isabell Womack, late of Lee County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said deceased to present them to the undersigned within three months from July 15, 2010 or this notice will be pleaded in

NOTICE OF SALE Defendants,

All that certain lot or parcel of land situated in West Sanford Township, Lee County, North Carolina and more particularly described as follows: BEGINNING at an iron stake at a point where the southern line of Maple Avenue intersects the western line of Second Street (formerly Foundry Street); thence with the western line of Second Street South 12 degrees East 400 feet to the northern line of Hickory Avenue; thence with the northern line of Hickory Avenue, South 78 degrees West 200 feet to the eastern line of Market Street; thence with the eastern line of Marker Street, North 12 degrees West 400 feet to the southern line of Maple Avenue; thence with the southern line of Maple Avenue, North 78 degrees East 200 feet to the point of BEGINNING, and being the entire block embraced by Second Street, Hickory Avenue, Market Street and Maple Avenue in the City of Sanford, Le County, North Carolina, and shown by a plat recorded in Map Book 2 at page 14 in the

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Office of the register of Deeds of Lee County, North Carolina.

The real property is more commonly known as 202 Maple Avenue, Sanford, NC 27330.The property will be sold in fee simple, free and clear of all interests, rights, claims, and liens whatever except that the sale shall be subject to taxes, the amount of which were not definitely determined at the time of the judgment, and taxes and special assessments of taxing units which are not parties to the action. The sale will not be sold subject or together with any exceptions, rights or interests of record inferior to the priority of the PlaintiffĘźs liens together with penalties, interest and costs thereon and those liens in favor of other taxing units if those taxes have been alleged in answers filed by the other taxing units, together with penalties, interest and costs thereon or otherwise subordinate to the priority of the PlaintiffĘźs liens together with penalties, interest and costs thereon and those liens in favor of other taxing units if those taxes have been alleged in answers filed by the other taxing units, together with penalties, interest and costs thereon. The above-described property shall be auctioned together as a whole, and sold only by that method. The fixtures and personal property shall not be present at the place of sale.

The property will be sold â&#x20AC;&#x153;AS IS, WHERE IS.â&#x20AC;? Neither the Commissioner nor the Plaintiffs nor the officers, directors, attorneys, employees, agents or authorized representatives of either the Commissioner or the Plaintiffs make any representation or warranty relating to the title or any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being sold, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such conditions are expressly disclaimed.

The record owner of the above-described real property as reflected on the records of the Lee County Register of Deeds not more than ten (10) days prior to the posting of this notice is American Performance Industries, Inc.

Pursuant to North Carolina General Statutes Section 105-374(m), any successful bidder shall be required to deposit with the Commissioner immediately upon conclusion of the sale a cash deposit of not more than twenty percent (20%) of the successful bidderĘźs bid. Any successful bidder shall be required to tender the full balance of the purchase price so bid in cash or certified check at the time the Commissioner tenders to the successful bidder a deed for the property or attempts to tender such deed, and should said successful bidder fail to pay the full balance of the purchase price so bid at that time, his deposit shall be applied to pay the costs of sale and any loss resulting and/or said bidder shall remain liable on his bid as provided for in North Carolina General Statutes Section 105-374(m). The Plaintiffs purchase real property at a foreclosure sale and resell it governed by North Carolina General Statute 105-376. This sale will be held open for upset bids as required by law.

The property is not residential real property. Upon the completion of the sale, an order for possession of the property sold, or any portion thereof, may be issued pursuant to North Carolina General Statutes &sect; 1-339.28(c) in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the Clerk of Superior Court of the county in which the property is sold.

This the 15th day of July, 2010.

By:

M. Andrew Lucas Commissioner Harrington, Gilleland, Winstead, Feindel & Lucas, LLP 1410 Elm St. Sanford, NC 27331-1405 Telephone: (919) 776-4131

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