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Beasley falls hard, taken to locker room

MIAMI (AP) — Michael Beasley's return to Miami ended painfully for the Minnesota forward, who was helped to the locker room after a hard fall while driving for a score against his former team.

Beasley landed awkwardly after making a layup with 8:10 remaining until halftime, immediately grabbing his left hip after falling on his side to the court. He got up and took a few steps, face writhing in pain, before going down again near the Timberwolves' bench and needing assistance to reach the locker room.

Beasley was quickly diagnosed with a bruise and was getting X-rays, which were negative, the Timberwolves said.

It was Beasley's first game back in …

Jaime Ayovi leads Ecuador over US 1-0

HARRISON, New Jersey (AP) — Substitute Jaime Ayovi scored in the 79th minute to give Ecuador a 1-0 away win over the United States in a friendly on Tuesday.

Ayovi broke free of defender Tim Ream and headed Walter Ayovi's cross to the left of goalkeeper Tim Howard in one of the few scoring chances for either team.

The U.S. has won only once in five games under new coach Jurgen Klinsmann.

Ayovi also scored the first goal Friday as Ecuador opened World Cup qualifying with a 2-0 home win over Venezuela.

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Lineups:

United States: Tim Howard, …

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BOISE WEEKLY PUBLISHER CALLS FOR SALARY CUTS

On Friday, Dec 5, Boise Weekly publisher Sally Freeman asked the staff at Idaho's only alternative weekly newspaper to take a 10 percent cut in pay through the end of February, optimistic that revenue would rebound by spring. Freeman told the staff the cuts were necessary to make up for a shortfall in November advertising revenue and a bleak outlook for the coming months.

After the quick announcement at BW's regular Friday staff meeting, Freeman cried briefly and offered to meet with each employee individually. When Freeman bought the paper with thenhusband Bingo Barnes in August 2001, she faced an even more daunting …

Builders Put Headquarters Up for Sale

How bad is the housing market? Bad enough that a cash-strapped builders' group is forced to sell its own home.

Three years after moving into its posh, new $3.5 million headquarters, the Home & Building Association of Greater Grand Rapids is putting the building up for sale.

Chief Executive Judy Barnes said the association is hampered by the weak economy, a sluggish residential building industry and declining membership. The setbacks have resulted in some pledges made toward paying for construction of the 15,000-square-foot headquarters going unfulfilled.

The association spent $1.5 million of its own money on the building. The remainder was to …

Czech Republic takes 2-1 lead over US in Fed Cup

Lucie Safarova beat Bethanie Mattek-Sands 6-3, 6-1 Sunday to give the Czech Republic a 2-1 lead over the United States in the Fed Cup semifinals.

The Czech Republic needs just one more win in the best-of-five series to reach its first Fed Cup final since the country came into existence after the break up of Czechoslovakia in 1993.

"It would be fantastic to reach the final," Safarova said. "We need three points and I believe that we'll make it."

Czechoslovakia won five Fed Cup titles, the last in 1988.

Safarova broke Mattek-Sands in the opening game of the first set and again in the ninth when she converted her …

Marinades Put Extra Pizzazz in Grilled Chicken

It's perfect. It's quick and easy, relatively cool, cheap andreadily available, ideal for just about every summer meal.

What is this magic formula? You may already have it in yourrefrigerator and your backyard. It's chicken on the grill, and itshour has come.

"Chicken is particularly good on the grill," said ThomasIngalls, co-author with David Barich of the new book Chicken on theGrill (HarperPerennial, $17). It's lean and tasty, and it's easilyenhanced with other flavors through marinating and basting.

Grilling, Ingalls and Barich note in their introduction, has along history in the United States, "from the planked and smoked fishof the Northwest …

LA pushing to become nation's mass transit leader

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The region famous for jilting the street car to take up a love affair with the automobile is trying to rekindle its long ago romance with commuter rail.

If successful, the novel plan to borrow billions from the federal government, led by Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, would result in the largest transit expansion project in the nation.

Los Angeles County voters agreed two years ago to pay a half-cent sales tax over the next 30 years to extend train and rapid bus lines, projects that would routinely require federal assistance.

But the mayor, who sits on a county transportation board, wants a loan instead of Washington handouts to get the …

NYC auction set for rare portrait of Russian czar

A miniature portrait of Russia's Peter the Great in a diamond-encrusted frame will be auctioned in New York City. Its importance was discovered only recently by the Arizona family that had owned it for decades.

Experts believe as few as 10 of the portraits were bestowed by the czar on subjects who provided exceptional service. Until the latest …

Okla. ordeal recalled // Witnesses describe agony, horror of blast

DENVER In wrenching testimony that brought two jurors to tears, amother sobbed Friday as she described how Oklahoma City bombingrescuers carried out dead children as she anxiously waited for herson.

"They started bringing our babies out in those sheets, and theylaid them by my feet," said Helena Garrett, who ran to the federalbuilding's day-care center after the bombing. "They started making aline of them."

Her own 16-month-old son, Tevin Garrett, who was at the center,was later found dead. She said he was identified by a fingerprintsample lifted from a mirror that he used to look at and kiss.A female juror cried into a blue tissue. A man on the panelsoon …

Wednesday's Champions League Results

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Lufthansa 1st-half passenger figures rise

Deutsche Lufthansa AG says the number of passengers flying with the airline, Germany's biggest, was up 1.8 percent in year-on-year terms in the first half of 2010.

Lufthansa said Friday that it carried nearly 27.2 million passengers from January to June. It said passenger numbers were up in all regions but particularly in the Middle East and Africa.

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Consumers in No Hurry to Get Lead Out Of Tap Water

After seeing the recent headlines about excessive lead in thedrinking water of Chicago suburbs, thousands of worried consumersrushed out to buy filters and bottled water, right?

Wrong.

Even though the lead content exceeded new federal standards,there's been no rush away from the tap.

"We have not made a single sale as a result of it," says ScottCrawford of Bensenville-based U.S. Water Works, which sells treatmentequipment. "There's been very, very little response."

Chicago area Culligan dealers took a more aggressive approach,launching an ad campaign that offered free testing of water for lead.But fewer than 25 responded to it, and many of those had lead levelsbelow the new standards, says Charlie Forness of Greater ChicagoCulligan in Wheeling.

"There was a slight response," he says. "Very slight."

At Hinckley & Schmitt, a big Chicago bottled-water company, "Wedid have some increase in sales the same day the media stories hit,but I wouldn't say it was a tremendous upsurge," says spokeswomanDebbie Lawrence.

How many new customers?

"No more than 10," she says. "We had more of a response whenthe Iraqi war was on and people were afraid (Iraqi ruler SaddamHussein) was going to put cyanide in the water."

That cyanide scare illustrates a point made by Lawrence andothers - the media seem to constantly report so many new hazards inevery mundane aspect of life that consumers are tired of worrying.

"People are just so bombarded with everything these days," saysCrawford, of U.S. Water Works. "Unless they know they have a problemor someone gets sick from it, they don't do anything. It's justanother worry among many."

Lately, that's particularly true of drinking water. The reportsabout lead levels in July were followed by other reports about thedangers of chlorine in the water, says Larry Rogers of Puro FilterCorp. in Chicago. It all contributes to "a mentality thatsomething's going to get you sooner or later," he says.

In fact, lead is worth worrying about, particularly foryoungsters and pregnant women. Chronic, low-level exposure can causepermanent learning disabilities and hyperactive behavior in children,and even more damage in developing fetuses.

The Environmental Protection Agency is crusading against lead inwater, imposing stricter limits and forcing communities across thenation to conduct tests, in part because of its success controllinglead elsewhere. Lead-based paint and leaded gasoline, big sources oflead exposure in the past, are now banned. Another source, leadsolder used in food cans, is becoming very rare as well.

As for cleaning up water that contains lead, the bad news isthat simple charcoal filters don't do the job.

Reverse-osmosis systems are effective, but they're moreexpensive, work slowly and leave the water with a flat taste. Thesame goes for distillers, which also are hard to maintain and costlyto operate. Special anti-lead filters are available, but they tendto have limited capacities.

The best hope may come from municipal water departments, whichare now adding anti-corrosion chemicals that help prevent lead fromleaching into the water from pipes and plumbing solder. Meanwhile,consumers are being advised to simply run the faucet for a fewminutes in the morning to clear out water that sat in the pipesovernight.

Another round of tests is scheduled over the next six months to see if the municipal measures are effective. If they're not, andlead levels remain high, a second round of publicity might finallystimulate the sales of filters and bottled water that were expected with the first, says Puro Filter's Rogers.For both the consumers and the sales personnel, he says, "It's await-and-see approach."

LA Port approves plan for cleaner-running trucks

Commissioners at one of the nation's major seaports unanimously approved Thursday a final prong of a landmark plan intended to clean up some of America's dirtiest air.

The 4-0 vote by the Los Angeles Harbor Commission would usher in a new generation of cleaner-running trucks to carry goods in and out of the Port of Los Angeles each day. Truck traffic _ an estimated 70,000 trips daily at the adjacent ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach _ is considered a key culprit in the region's notoriously polluted air.

The plan still must be approved by the City Council.

But the plan and a key element _ requiring thousands of independent drivers to become employees of licensed trucking companies _ face an almost certain legal challenge that could delay environmental gains for years, as well as lead to higher prices for consumers, critics claim.

It is also unclear how the plan would dovetail with the neighboring port in Long Beach, which earlier adopted a plan that allows independent truckers to continue hauling goods, although with tough emission standards for their trucks.

"The next venue for the proposal will be in the court," Curtis Whalen of the Intermodal Motor Carriers Conference, an affiliate of trade group American Trucking Association, said in a statement. The Los Angeles plan will "undermine ... a workable clean-truck program."

At a news conference after the vote, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said the city's harbor was at the forefront of efforts to shift to cleaner energy in an era of climate change. He blamed pollution at the port for causing a raft of health problems for local residents.

Los Angeles "has said enough is enough," the mayor told a cheering crowd, as ship horns sounded in the distance. In just months, "children will breathe easier, and so will their grandchildren."

Convinced of the legal soundness of the approach, commissioners insisted it was the best way to regulate thousands of independent drivers while ensuring port security and good maintenance of the truck fleet.

Under the plan, the nearly 17,000 independent truckers who work at the port would be required to become employees of trucking companies. The companies _ licensed motor carriers _ would be responsible for purchasing and maintaining trucks that meet tougher federal emissions standards. Independently owned trucks comprise more than 85 percent of the those going in and out of the ports.

To take effect, it must also be approved by the City Council.

The trucking companies will be eligible for grants covering up to 80 percent of the cost of newer, cleaner-burning trucks. And the port will also offer drivers $5,000 (euro3,242) to retire trucks built before 1989.

In time, port officials predict truck pollution could be slashed by as much as 80 percent in the region.

The current truck fleet is "made up of drivers earning low pay, driving dirty trucks and who may not meet security requirements," said commission President S. David Freeman.

Labor supports the plan. Some critics have charged it is little more than a thinly veiled effort to unionize low-wage drivers, a claim disputed by the commission.

"We want clean air, we want good jobs, we want to grow the port," said Maria Elena Durazo, head of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor. "This proposal will give that to us."

In an editorial Thursday, the Los Angeles Times described the trucking plan as "an untested attempt at regulating the business that might run afoul of interstate commerce laws. By passing it, harbor commissioners will all but assure a legal battle that may go on for years."

In an earlier vote, the sister ports each voted to require trucks to meet tougher 2007 federal emissions standards by Jan. 12, 2012, along with a $35 (euro23) cargo fee to pay for the newer, cleaner-running trucks.

Long Beach Mayor Bob Foster said Los Angeles' decision could open the way to a long, expensive legal fight that would undercut the purpose of the plan _ cleaning up the air. Moreover, he said many independent drivers do not want to become trucking company employees.

"I think our plan is better. It doesn't place in jeopardy the clean-air program itself," Foster said.

Obama, Clinton campaign in western states holding last primary contests

With no end in sight to the hard-fought Democratic presidential battle, both Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton were already launching their campaigns Saturday in western states that will be among the last to hold primary contests.

Obama and Clinton were scrapping for every last nominating convention delegate in a contest that is now expected to continue through the last scheduled primary contests on June 3 in South Dakota and Montana.

At the start of the primary season, Montana Democrats had little reason to expect that the presidential candidates would be paying much attention to their state's primary in which only 17 delegates are at stake.

But on Saturday evening, both Clinton and Obama were scheduled to speak at the state party's annual dinner in Butte, which was expected to draw about 4,000 Democratic activists.

Obama said he understood that Democrats are becoming a little restless with the protracted race between himself and Clinton, but he expected the party will come together behind its eventual nominee before its national convention in Denver.

"We are going to be unified by the time we get to Denver in August," Obama told a packed rally that drew 8,000 people Saturday on a cold, snowy day to the University of Montana's sports arena in Missoula.

Obama stressed environmental issues in his speech, acknowledging his suport of clean-energy technology might worry voters in a region that produces a lot of coal.

"I know Montana's a coal state. My home state, Illinois, is a coal state, but we've got to make sure that we are investing in technologies that capture carbon because we can't sustain the planet the way that we're doing it right now," Obama said. "Look at this incredible landscape around you. We've got to pass that on."

Accusing President George W. Bush of weakening civil rights, Obama appealed to the independent pioneer tradition of his audience. "If you live out here in Big Sky Country, I know you believe in civil liberties," he said.

Clinton began the day by making her first presidential campaign visit to Oregon, which holds its primary on May 20. Several thousand people packed a gymnasium and an overflow room at a high school in Hillsboro to hear Clinton.

Clinton also focused on the environment, saying the northwestern state was a role model for several of her priorities such as promoting wind power. She promised investments in "green manufacturing," which would be partially paid for by removing tax subsidies for big oil companies.

While the Democrats battled on, Republican nominee-in-waiting John McCain was trying to broaden his appeal beyond the voters who cast ballots in last winter's Republican primaries, calling for a presidential campaign that is more like a respectful argument among friends than a bitter clash of enemies.

"We have nothing to fear from each other," the Arizona senator said as he wrapped up a weeklong biographical tour. "We are arguing over the means to better secure our freedom, promote the general welfare and defend our ideals."

After a series of stops earlier in the week that emphasized his military service, McCain spoke on the steps of the Yavapai County Courthouse in Prescott, Arizona, his home state where he launched his political career by winning election to Congress in 1982.

McCain said that if elected, he would attempt to govern in a bipartisan spirit, and sharpened that theme in a news conference shortly after his speech.

"I have a record unmatched by either Senator Hillary (Rodham) Clinton or Senator (Barack) Obama of reaching across the aisle," he said. He said his record demonstrates "the environment for working together is clearly there."

A Gallup poll showed Obama with a a slight lead nationally over Clinton in the Democratic presidential race, at 49 percent to 44 percent. The survey conducted April 1-3 had a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.

Obama leads in the delegate count, 1,635-1,501, according to The Associated Press. Because of the way Democrats apportion delegates, Clinton is not likely to catch Obama even if she has a strong showing in the remaining 10 contests, including the 158 at stake in the next contest in Pennsylvania on April 22.

That leaves the race largely in the hands of the 800 so-called superdelegates _ party leaders, lawmakers and officials who are not bound by state results when casting their vote.

Clinton's chances of catching Obama were further dimmed Friday when Michigan Democrats announced there would be no do-over of that state's Jan. 15 primary. Democrats in Florida had already announced there would be no revote there.

Both the Michigan and Florida primaries were essentially nullified after they were moved into January in violation of national Democratic party rules. The party voted to strip both states of their delegates and all the candidates, including Clinton and Obama, signed a pledge not to campaign in either state.

On Saturday, Clinton strengthened her pitch to allow the disputed primary results to be counted in the nominating contest, noting the vote totals had been officially recognized in each state.

"Some say their votes should be ignored and the popular vote in Michigan and Florida should be discounted. Well, I have a different view," Clinton said at a rally in Hillsboro, Oregon. "The popular vote in Florida and Michigan has already been counted. It was determined by election results, it was certified by election officials in each state, it's been officially tallied by the secretary of state in each state, and the question is whether those 2.3 million Democrats will be honored and their delegates seated by the Democratic party."

Both states saw record turnout in their primaries and the former first lady won both contests. Her campaign has pressed hard for the results to be recognized, even as the Obama campaign has argued Clinton is trying to circumvent rules she agreed to long ago.

Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean has been conferring with party leaders in both states, hoping to find a way to seat their delegations. The Obama campaign has proposed a 50-50 split of both states' delegations, an option Clinton advisers have resisted.

Obama spokesman Bill Burton dismissed Clinton's latest call to recognize the Florida and Michigan's results.

"Senator Clinton herself said these contests 'didn't count for anything.' But now that it serves her own political self-interest, she's trying to change the rules and count the results of contests where she and every other candidate pledged not to campaign," Burton said. "In Michigan, Senator Obama wasn't even on the ballot. Our focus should now be on seating the Michigan and Florida delegations in a fair manner."

Chicago wiener war ends in hot dog truce

CHICAGO (AP) — A dogfight in federal court over who makes America's tastiest wieners has ended with a fizzle.

The two-year battle pitted Sara Lee's Ball Park and Kraft Foods' Oscar Mayer hot dogs. Both alleged the other exaggerated their claims about being No. 1.

The sides announced Thursday they settled out of court, nearly a month after their civil trial began.

Sara Lee spokesman Mike Cummins says the terms are confidential. But he says neither side paid money to the other.

The legal beef began when Sara Lee filed a lawsuit in 2009, singling out Oscar Mayer ads bragging its dogs beat Ball Park franks in a national taste test. Kraft countersued, accusing Sara Lee of running ads for Ball Parks with the tagline, "America's Best Franks," based on a food-industry award.

Betting your hedges

I was helping a friend solve a design problem in her garden:Should she continue the existing hedge to completely enclose hersmall urban front yard or remove it entirely?

Needing more information before I could advise her, I answeredwith a question of my own: "What type of hedge do you have?"

Puzzled, she replied: "You know--hedges!"

A beginning gardener, she failed to grasp that "hedge" was not asingle plant species, but an architectural landscape feature thatcould perform multiple garden functions and consist of any number ofdifferent plant varieties. To her, all hedges looked alike.

Hers turned out to be a privet hedge, the most common deciduousplant used to build hedges here in southwestern Pennsylvania. Privetis also a perfectly valid reason to wrinkle a nose when a gardendesigner suggests planting a hedge.

Had it been an evergreen hedge, chances were overwhelmingly infavor of yew.

Gardeners use hedges for two important jobs: enclosure andframing. Most specific uses--privacy from neighbors, definition offormal herb beds, to backdrop a perennial border, as a screen forwall or fence--fall into one of those two categories.

Interpreted broadly, the concept of a hedge can even be expandedto include landscape features like large informal shrub borders,particularly when they're used as barriers or screens. I think thatdefinition is unnecessarily confusing, but I notice more and moreprofessionals using the term "hedge" to describe mixed shrub borders.

Indeed a hedge can be planted strictly for show. Given enoughspace, who wouldn't want the gorgeous tapestry hedge described inWhite Flower Farm's 2002 catalog? Typically, however, hedges have adefinite purpose in the landscape.

That doesn't mean they can't be pretty. In fact, they should be.And that premise all but excludes privet from the list of potentialhedge plants.

Specimens with small leaves and dense growth habits, such asboxwood, make the best formal hedges. They adapt well to clipping andcan be tightly or loosely sheared to achieve the desired effect.

Formal hedges are beautiful, but definitely "high maintenance,"requiring frequent grooming to keep them neat and tidy.

Be sure to research boxwood varieties carefully before planting aformal hedge. Dozens of cultivars are available. For large-scaleprojects, choose a robust variety such as 'Winter Gem' over a slow-growing miniature like 'Green Gem.'

In addition to boxwood, Japanese holy, inkberry holly, and yewmake excellent formal evergreen hedges.

Though they're commonly clipped into formal shapes, I think blueholly, arborvitae, and chamaecypraris serve better in informalsituations. Shearing turns leaf edges ragged and brown. New growth isslower to cover it up than with faster-growing, small-leaved plants.Try hand pruning these special varieties once or twice a year for asofter, more natural look.

Informal deciduous hedges offer gardeners a lot of flexibility.Undulating shapes, varying heights, and widths, colorful booms, andelegant foliage fill different landscape needs.

I credit the hedge display at the Holden Arboretum, nearCleveland, Ohio, with opening my eyes many years ago to the diversityof informal hedge-making materials. Chicago Lustre arrowwood viburnum(V. dentatum 'Chicago Lustre') has since become a favorite of minefor large informal gardens.

For an inexpensive fast-growing or temporary hedge, considerornamental grasses. They don't offer much privacy during the briefperiod in spring after they've been cut down, but they'll quicklygrow into a dense green curtain for summer and fall. Try maiden grassif you need something tall, fountain grass for a shorter hedge.

To keep all hedges, but especially evergreen varieties, looking--and behaving--their best, always trim them so that the bottom of thehedge is slightly wider than the top. If sunshine can reach thebottom of the plant, foliage will respond better to pruning, and thehedge will stay dense all the way to the ground.

Horticulturist Lindsay Bond Totten writes about gardening for theScripps Howard News Service.

O'Neill nominated as Treasury secretary

Paul ONeill is positioned to become Secretary of the Treasury, following his nomination by President-elect George W. Bush. O'Neill is chairman of Alcoa and has a background in the public sector. Among his government posts, he served as deputy director of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget from 1974-1977.

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan in a statement on the appointment said, "In Paul O'Neill, the President-elect has attracted an exceptional and talented person. I look forward to again working closely with an old friend and colleague."

ABA Executive Vice President Donald G. Ogilvie commented, "Paul O'Neill has impeccably good judgment, is extraordinarily smart and is very familiar with all aspects of government. Put that all together and it makes for a superbly qualified candidate." Ogilvie served as associate director at the Office of Management and Budget during O'Neill's tenure as deputy director.

Phone company provides lifeline for victims

A new partnership between a major telecommunications company and a statewide advocacy group will supply free cellular telephones to victims of domestic violence for use in emergency, life-threatening situations.

Under the Domestic Victim Phone Loan Program, battered women in 38 Pennsylvania counties covered by 360 Communications can get cellular phones programmed to call 911 or the local emergency access number. The company will be donating 300 used telephones, air time, batteries, chargers and maintenance. The program is the first of its kind in Pennsylvania.

The Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence is working with local shelters to implement the program, which is aimed at providing a vital link to safety and support for battered women and their families. The local agencies will determine who will receive the phones.

"Having immediate access to a telephone can mean the difference between life and death for some victims of domestic violence," said PCADV Executive Director Susan Kelley-Dreiss in a statement.

"A battered woman can be at risk of violence not only at home, but also when traveling to work, taking her children to school or child care, or running errands."

Central Pennsylvania counties eligible to participate in the program are Adams, Centre, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Perry and York. The cell phones will only be programmed to the emergency numbers; no other calls can be made or received.

Vicki Cuscino, PCADV publications and communications specialist, said a pilot program of the phoneloan project supplied phones to staff and volunteers at shelters in Dauphin, Clinton, Lancaster and Lycoming counties early last year. The company then decided to expand the program, she said.

Details on the actual phone distribution are not yet finalized, but Cuscino stressed that any information on who gets the phones will remain completely confidential, even from 360 Communications and her agency.

"It's very important that when a woman goes into a program, she knows that her confidentiality will be maintained. We want to make sure we do everything we can to ensure her safety," she said.

Both the company and the advocacy group warn that while the phones will help bolster security for victims, it is not an automatic guarantee of safety. Because 911 operators cannot trace the location calls made from cellular phones, women must be able to say where they are. The women must also be prepared for police intervention, Cuscino said.

"We don't want anybody to get a false sense of security. This does not provide a guarantee of safety. It doesn't necessarily give them any additional safety than they had before, except that it does give them more access to emergency communication," Cuscino said.

"One of the requirements is that the woman has to know that the police will be involved if she calls 911. Some women are not ready for that," she added.

Mary Ann Welch, regional media relations manager for 360 Communications, said the 1-year-old program is currently operating in eight states.

In Virginia, the company has donated 200 phones to agencies in 30 counties with great results, she said.

"The program has saved lives and resulted in arrests," Welch said. "We've had letters from agencies who say that even if the victims have not had to use the phone, they say they've been able to sleep for the first time in months. There's a real sense of security. In one case, a woman said she felt safe enough to go out on the road and travel to and from work."

Welch tells the story of a Virginia woman who used her cell phone to call police just before her estranged husband defied a protection-from-abuse order, charged into her home and began stabbing her multiple times. The call brought police and the appropriate medical personnel almost immediately, and the woman survived the attack.

"In a domestic violence situation, it's so important for people to be able to reach out for help when they need it," Welch said. "We feel happy to be able to use our technology to provide this type of creative solution to promote safety."

The used phones would cost between $30 to $50 and batteries would cost from $50 to $70, Welch said.

The company's interest in working with victims of domestic abuse started when direct-sales representative Glen Dellinger of York learned that a receptionist in a client's office was a victim of domestic abuse.

"It stunned me; I was floored," Dellinger said of learning about the women's problems at home.

"If you had ever tried to describe an abuse victim, you'd never think it was this person, that it would happen to this person. She was very professional, dressed well, very attractive, had a good job. I was shocked."

Dellinger decided the cell phone could serve as a lifeline for women in trouble and approached the local YWCA and then the PCADV.

"I didn't realize that if a woman calls into a domestic-abuse shelter, a volunteer comes to pick them up, maybe in the middle of the night, and they have no protection whatsoever. The guy could follow them, go after them, it's a pretty scary situation," he said. "I thought our company could respond to a situation like that and do something. We carry a product that could help."

Giving phones to domestic-violence victims will provide them with a vital connection to safety and security, according to Deb Markel, executive director of Access York, a shelter and resource center for victims and their families. The agency will be one of the first in Central Pennsylvania to participate in the program.

"We think it's wonderful," Markel said. "It's another linkage that otherwise people might not have, a connection to the community and safety. People in domestic-violence situations never really know when the violence could occur; it could happen at any time. The ability to connect with help is a critical link."

Helping an abused woman establish a personal-safety plan is one of the most important pieces in her struggle to start a new life away from her abuser, Markel said. After their escape from a troubled situation, many women don't even have access to a phone.

"Any link to normalcy and consistency, such as 911, makes them feel more secure. It's part of their safety planning, and that' s critical," Markel said.

"One woman told me that, 'You stay until the fear of staying becomes greater than the fear of leaving.' It's a scary thing to leave," she added. "Another person told me that she finally got the strength to leave when she found something stronger and more powerful than the threats of the abuser ... and that can come in the support of the community."

Fans face nightmare trek to see Euro showdown

Dons fans travelling independently to the Ukraine better beprepared to face delays.

Pittodrie coach Sandy Clark admits his trip to see Dnipro play was"a bit of a nightmare."

Sandy waited for hours on end for connecting flights, on the waythere and back.

He said: "It's not a hellish trip for our fans, the people thereare very friendly and helpful, but it could be awkward."

The official Dons party are going in a private charter plane andwill take a limited number of supporters with them.

But the majority of the Red Army are expected to make their owntravel arrangements to go to the second leg in Dnipropetrovsk onOctober 4.

Sandy hopes they are lucky enough to avoid the problems heencountered.

He set out immediately after Aberdeen's 1-0 win over Kilmarnock atRugby Park.

Sandy flew via Edinburgh, London and Austria to Kiev, thencompleted the final 100 miles to Dnipro's game with Vorskala by car -having slept just four hours on Saturday night.

He then had a 4am check-in on Monday for the flight back to Kiev,where he waited six hours for a connecting flight to London.

Sandy got home at 9pm on Monday and was at Pittodrie at 9am thenext day to supervise training.

"I feel for the fans planning to go on their own," said Sandy. "Iwas only in the air about six hours either way, so it was a bit of anightmare."

Dons security chief John Morgan and director David Johnston arenow in Dnipropetrovsk sorting out facilities for the team and fans.

Supporters intent on travelling are advised to contact TMG SportTravel at www.tmgsport.com/aberdeen

Tickets for the home leg, on Thursday September 20, are now ongeneral sale at Pittodrie.

US man dies on plane, flight diverted

NORFOLK, Virginia (AP) — A 73-year-old passenger who was complaining of feeling ill has died on board an American Airlines flight and the plane has been diverted to Virginia.

Norfolk Airport Authority executive director Wayne Shank says the New York-to-Miami flight landed at Norfolk International Airport shortly before 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.

The passenger had complained he wasn't feeling well about 20 minutes after the flight took off from John F. Kennedy International Airport. Crew members' efforts to resuscitate him were unsuccessful.

Shank says the state medical examiner's office will determine what caused his death. He declined to release the man's name, but said he was a Miami resident.

New Q-school plans starting to take shape

JACKSONVILLE, Florida (AP) — Big dreams and a little luck can go a long way in golf, though this much should be clear about the 160 players who finished Q-school, and the 27 players who walked away with a full-time job on the U.S. PGA Tour:

They all believed they were good enough to compete at the highest level.

That part shouldn't change, even as the tour moves closer to revamping Q-school as we've come to know it for nearly 50 years.

If everything goes according to schedule, next December will be the last time that Q-school won't earn anyone a ticket straight to the U.S. PGA Tour.

The final pieces are starting to come together in a plan that would merge the top 75 players from the Nationwide Tour with the 75 players from the U.S. PGA Tour who failed to qualify for the FedEx Cup playoffs. They would play a three-tournament series, and the top 50 would earn U.S. PGA Tour cards. The rest could go back to Q-school to try to earn status on the Nationwide Tour.

It's a revolutionary plan, and not very popular among traditionalists.

While it strengthens the Nationwide Tour, and tries to ensure that only the best players reach the big tour, the U.S. PGA Tour is eliminating the dreamers who have provided so much charm to the most grueling week in golf at Q-school.

This week alone, the 27 winners at Q-school included a guy who played his last five holes in 5-under par to earn his tour card, and a 38-year-old who, only a few years ago, was working on a farm in North Carolina to pay the bills. There's always someone who endured a family tragedy or a health scare, who was driving a delivery truck or working in a pizza restaurant to pay for a chance to play golf for a living. Only the names change. Those stories are as cool now as they were when Q-school began in 1965.

And that's what makes Steve Stricker, who is on the U.S. PGA Tour policy board, pause when considering the change.

"I would like to see them keep a few more spots — maybe 10 spots or something like that," Stricker said. "I still think it would be nice if somebody had the opportunity to get a quick turn on tour. I believe, though, it's going to be better for a better player. It's going to bring out talent over a longer period of time. If I was a good player, I would love to have the whole year to prove myself for 50 spots."

The tour wants to start this in 2013. After that three-tournament series ends, the new season would start with what used to be the Fall Series.

Jim Furyk goes on the policy board next year. What concerns him is that the players who earn cards out of Q-school in 2012 will only have eight months to try to get into the FedEx Cup playoffs and keep their cards; they no longer would have the Fall Series to help them.

"I'm torn with the proposals out there," Furyk said. "Because there are going to be situations — injuries, different things — that happen that don't give you an opportunity to get back on tour. I'm worried about blending the Nationwide and the regular tour together. The first year we do this, the rookies and first-timers get an extremely short season.

"I know the tour has an idea what they want to accomplish, but I don't think they have all the details yet," he said. "And I'm a details guy."

The overhaul seems to be inevitable, though. Next year is likely to be the last that players with big dreams can have a great week or a great finish, and the reward will be a job on the U.S. PGA Tour.

What won't change is that the best players will find a way.

AirAsia takes risks with expansion amid downturn

AirAsia, the region's biggest budget carrier, is making a risky bet.

As soaring fuel prices have forced other airlines to cut back, shed jobs and ground planes, AirAsia is doing the opposite: increasing flights, adding routes and boosting capital investment.

Last month, it even gave away a million free seats (although passengers still had to pay taxes and fuel surcharges). The seven-year-old company is aiming to fill the vacuum as other airlines reduce capacity, betting that more travelers will opt for budget flights amid a global economic downturn.

Analysts say that if it survives the industry slump, AirAsia could come out a winner with increased customer loyalty and a strong route network to catch the growth wave when good times return.

"They are reasonably well positioned for the long run but there's always a trade-off. It's a long term decision, which will cause some short-term pain," said Damien Horth, Asia transport analyst at UBS AG in Hong Kong.

Of course, the strategy could also backfire badly.

Already there are signs of trouble. Last month, AirAsia reported a 95 percent plunge in its net profit for April-June quarter to 9.42 million ringgit ($2.9 million). But the company chalked that up mostly to a 77 million ringgit ($23 million) foreign exchange loss from a weakened Malaysian ringgit, not weakness in its underlying business.

Average load factor _ the percentage of seats taken up in an airplane _ dipped to a still relatively strong 76 percent, from 80 percent in 2007.

Chief Executive Tony Fernandes remains undaunted.

"We are focused and happy with our strategy. We won't sacrifice long-term (growth) for short-term profits," he told The Associated Press.

There are doubts, however, on whether AirAsia can fund its expansion.

It has a cash reserve of about 1 billion ringgit ($303 million) but outstanding debts stand at 5.4 billion ringgit ($1.6 billion), giving it a net debt position of 4.4 billion ringgit ($1.3 billion). Debts are set to grow as it receives new planes.

The carrier has firm orders for 175 Airbus A320 planes, to be delivered gradually up to 2014, as part of fleet replacement and expansion.

Chris Eng, analyst with OSK Securities in Malaysia, said AirAsia's growth prospects may be curbed while its joint-ventures in Thailand and Indonesia are expected to remain in the red.

"It will be challenging but we believe AirAsia can survive," Eng said, citing its efficient regional network and good cost control.

As it expands, AirAsia also faces a challenge in filling up capacity as consumer spending slows and competition increases from flag carrier Malaysia Airlines, which recently offered zero fares on surplus seats, analysts say.

"Everybody is now having to dig deeper into the well of consumer demand and the more they compete, the more fares go down," said Peter Harbison, executive chairman of the Center for Asia-Pacific Aviation in Sydney.

The International Air Transport Association has forecast a $5.2 billion loss this year for the global airline industry. It said crude oil price, currently averaging $113 a barrel, is still 55 percent higher than the 2007 average price while passenger demand growth is slowing even in Asia-Pacific.

At least two dozen airlines worldwide have closed down this year. Many low-cost airlines are also struggling despite escaping the worst of the downturn.

Europe's Ryanair and Southwest Airlines in the U.S._ two of the most resilient budget carriers _ have cut capacity this year. Ryanair, which reported a second quarter loss, said it may face its first full-year losses in 2008.

UBS's Horth warned AirAsia may also plunge into the red for the first time this year with losses stretching into 2009, as its rapid expansion and aggressive pricing policy bite into revenue.

"Assuming oil prices remain around current levels, its certainly going to be tough. The management is taking a long term approach but investors may get scared," he said. Fuel prices account for half of AirAsia's cost.

AirAsia's stock has plunged by half from a year ago to around 1 ringgit (30 cents), but has risen from an all-time low of 0.765 ringgit (23 cents) in June.

CDC chief picks 6 'winnable battles' in health

ATLANTA (AP) — Where would you start if you were charged with keeping the nation healthy? Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has chosen six priorities — winnable battles, he calls them.

They are smoking, AIDS, obesity/nutrition, teen pregnancy, auto injuries and health care infections. These are long-standing, major challenges that get a lot of attention already.

But elevating a handful of problems above dozens of others is a bold move for a public health official. So far, it's been received like a bucket of cold water — invigorating some, infuriating others.

Many advocates, legislators and others in public health have devoted their lives to problems that did not make Frieden's short list. So there are complaints.

A CDC employee blog is peppered with postings like, "I guess climate change is not a battle worth winning," and "Don't we still owe the patients of tomorrow an investment in things that may not pay off immediately?"

Some advocates wonder aloud just how targeted federal public health dollars are going to be. A particular point of concern is hepatitis C, a long under-recognized liver-destroying virus which has infected more than 3 million Americans. Some experts consider the issue a ticking time bomb and have called for the government to step up efforts to prevent it and better diagnose and treat people who already are infected.

Hepatitis B and C already are "badly neglected" by the CDC, and their omission from Frieden's winnable battles list is more bad news, said Bruce Burkett, past president of the National Hepatitis C Advocacy Council.

"I was very disappointed that it wasn't on there. This is going to affect millions by not being on there," he said.

Frieden, who took over CDC in June last year, already had a reputation as something of a public health maverick. When he started his previous job as New York City's health commissioner in 2002, he began by identifying the city's most pressing health issues. He led campaigns to ban smoking in the workplace, tax soda, cut salt in processed foods, and ban artificial trans fats in restaurants.

It's no surprise that he is boldly painting targets at the CDC, said Dr. Jo Ivey Boufford, president of the New York Academy of Medicine. She's a fan of Frieden's who worked with him as a member of an advisory council to the city health department.

Frieden's CDC job, ironically, does not provide the same kind of power he had in New York City to engineer bans or tax increases. But Frieden calls his new short list "winnable battles" because, he says, proven programs can save lives and reduce harm from each of these health problems. He believes government can make dramatic improvements if available money and manpower are focused.

"In each of these areas we know what to do to make a difference and we need to do it to a much greater extent," he said in an interview.

Frieden, with a low-key demeanor, has said relatively little about this to the public, though he seems to be building support within the public health community.

There is some nervousness about how far Frieden's going to take this.

"I think everyone is going to be cautious in how the focus on winnable battles is balanced against other areas" that are also deemed important but may not be as easy to dent, said Jeff Levi, who heads Trust for America's Health, a research group.

Top CDC officials have been quick to say they have no intention of walking away from other public health missions. They couldn't even if they wanted to, because much of the agency's funding is directed to certain causes by Congress. According to one estimate, less than one-tenth of 1 percent of CDC's $6.6 billion budget is discretionary money that can be channeled into the winnable battles campaign. Indeed, the agency has been asking for more flexibility.

But there's power in perception, especially concerning CDC's grant money to states. Nearly a quarter of that is targeted at the six battle areas, which already were major areas of interest. State health officers say they're acutely aware of Frieden's priorities and want him to know it when they apply for CDC money.

"We're in the position of focusing pretty much on what we can get federal funds for," said Will Humble, director of the Arizona Department of Health Services.

Humble and several other public health leaders applaud Frieden's priorities as an overdue attempt to narrow the public health message and better market health improvement to Americans.

"You can't market if your message is too diffuse," Humble said. "If we're all on the same page and working in the same direction, we can get a lot more momentum."

This isn't how many public health officials traditionally operate, partly because they tend to worry about alienating employees, legislators and advocates, observed Stanton Glantz, a University of California-San Francisco expert on the health effects of smoking.

Other top federal health officials have not been as specific. U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Regina Benjamin, the government's chief health educator, has made the broader themes of prevention and wellness her focus.

But Frieden clearly has the blessing of his Obama administration bosses to set clear targets.

"Getting focused, and getting some quick wins under your belt, is terribly important," said Victor Strecher, a University of Michigan health behavior expert.

Progress in these areas has long been measured by health statistics. What exactly will constitute a win? Frieden hasn't said yet.

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Online:

CDC Web page describing winnable battles: http://bit.ly/bCd8Lr

WTA Tour Rankings

Through April 11
Singles

1. Caroline Wozniacki, Denmark, 9,930 points.

2. Kim Clijsters, Belgium, 8,115.

3. Vera Zvonareva, Russia, 7,815.

4. Francesca Schiavone, Italy, 5,171.

5. Victoria Azarenka, Belarus, 4,630.

6. Sam Stosur, Australia, 4,606.

7. Li Na, China, 4,300.

8. Jelena Jankovic, Serbia, 4,235.

9. Maria Sharapova, Russia, 3,726.

10. Serena Williams, United States, 3,035.

11. Shahar Peer, Israel, 3,030.

12. Marion Bartoli, France, 2,925.

13. Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russia, 2,900.

14. Agnieszka Radwanska, Poland, 2,860.

15. Venus Williams, United States, 2,765.

16. Kaia Kanepi, Estonia, 2,760.

17. Ana Ivanovic, Serbia, 2,750.

18. Petra Kvitova, Czech Republic, 2,743.

19. Andrea Petkovic, Germany, 2,735.

20. Flavia Pennetta, Italy, 2,570.

Balancing the budget

Asset managers eat away at banks' market share by spending more on acquiring customers than on building infrastructure

Banks' collective hold on market share is slipping, according to the sixth annual Special Report on Technology in Banking and Financial Services, recently released by consulting company Ernst & Young.

Approximately $22 million in U.S. household assets are at stake, contends the Ernst & Young report, which adds that asset management firms are successfully battling for these funds.

"In 1976, banks held 25% of U.S. invested assets; today their share has dwindled by nearly half, to just 13%," the publication states. "During this same 20-year period, assets held by asset managers have ballooned from 38% to 66%, at the expense of banks and other traditional institutions. No ambiguity there: Banks are losing ground."

The report reveals that banks, along with insurance companies and brokerage firms, are battling with discount brokers and mutual fund companies to maintain their once-secure place in the market.

So what is the competition doing right?

According to Ernst & Young, while banks are keenly focused on building products, mutual fund companies and other asset management firms favor expenditures aimed at customer acquisition and distribution. The report noted that last year, banks earmarked 19% of their discretionary technology expenditures for new products while asset managers budgeted 13%. Meanwhile, asset managers targeted 41% of their budgets to acquire new customers, as compared to 31% for banks.

The strategy of the asset managers, the publication indicates, has led to nonbanks snatching up consumers who previously never would have considered doing business with these less-traditional firms.

The report notes that a large part of asset managers' expenditures is funneled into technological innovations that focus on more-convenient delivery methods-Internet transactions, for example-largely because asset managers "view physical presence as an adjunct to virtual delivery channels." Banks, on the other hand, have different priorities: "While 79% of survey respondents indicated plans to redesign branches, their commitment to the past is deep and tangible, including brick-and-mortar structures, legacy mainframe systems and a culture that is conservative and risk-averse."

Charles D. Petersen, national director of Ernst & Young's financial services consulting group, commented on this difference:

"Financial services firms are racing to implement their visions. ' Banks are laden with large physical infrastructures and face important decisions about how they compete in the new landscape, while asset managers, who have less infrastructure, are moving swiftly to target the consumer.

"While the contest is not over, it is clear that firms need to take decisive steps or risk not having a place in the evolving value network, where firms collaborate with other institutions to offer services."

Illustrating the increasing competitive furor, the Ernst & Young report-for the first time-names nonbanking institutions among the top financial services technology innovators. Most frequently cited as leaders in this category were Citibank, Fidelity, Charles Schwab and Wells Fargo.

But although banks are lagging in technological development, the publication relates that many of them recognize the need to adopt new technology-and soon. Ninety-five percent of the Ernst & Young survey respondents plan to use the Internet for information dissemination, and 87% want to be able to offer Internet transactions by 1999. Thirty-six percent of respondents believe "the most important technology investment in 1999" will be Internet and personal computer banking.

A majority of financial institutions also plan to adopt one-touch processing-the single entry of transactions typically applied to ATMs, call centers, securities processing, loan applications and bill payments-as the new back-office operating model. Survey data show a 34% increase in ATM transactions and a fourfold increase in home banking transactions before the turn of the century.

Already, the combination of technology and product decision support has made tremendous strides, the publication states. Data warehousing, a technology used to capture information about customers and their transactions, is moving to the front office, where it is actively used by 60% of survey respondents in their product management and risk assessment decisions.

"Melding knowledge about all aspects of customers and their financial transactions into the decision process is indispensable in offering products and services today," said Phil Lawrence, partner in Financial Services Consulting Practice, a division of Ernst & Young.

"Forward-looking companies," Lawrence continued, "are recognizing that the integration of customer information into the decision-making process is an imperative in this [competitive] environment."

Ernst & Young cautions banks, however, in their race to acquire the latest technology:

"Unless information technology is effectively applied, it will remain simply a large-cost item and will not fulfill its potential as a competitive advantage."

The report encourages banks to "make clear choices about what [market] segments they will serve," "position the company according to its core competencies," "develop an explicit operating model" and "quickly take action in the marketplace."

In other findings about technology expenditures, the publication relates that spending to correct the Year 2000 problem will peak this year, while 68% of all respondents will still be working toward solutions into 1999.

A fourth of the respondents plan to defer a mission-critical project to fund Year 2000 initiatives.

American League

royals 4, yankees 3

Another home run record fell on the final night of the regularseason at the new Yankee Stadium.

Derek Jeter homered against Kansas City's Robinson Tejeda leadingoff the bottom of the first inning Wednesday, and the $1.5 billionballpark became the first major league stadium with home runs in allbut one regular-season game.

Three ballparks had home runs in 79 of 81 games, according toSTATS LLC: Edison Field (2000), Coors Field (2001) and U.S. CellularField (2004). The only game without a home run at Yankee Stadiumthis season was on June 18, when the Washington Nationals won 3-0after a 5-hour, 26-minute rain delay at the start.

Playing its regular-season home finale, New York also became thefirst team to go deep in 73 home games, according to STATS. The 2004Chicago White Sox homered in 72 home games.

"Early on it played different than the old ballpark, but lately,you know the last three, 31/2 months, I think it's been prettysimilar," Yankees Manager Joe Girardi said before New York's 4-3loss. "We love this ballpark. This ballpark has been very good forour team."

Kansas City New York

ab r h bi ab r h bi

Maier lf 3 0 0 0 Jeter ss 2 1 2 1

Hulett 2b 3 1 0 0 HrstnJr ss 1 0 0 0

LHrndz 2b 1 0 0 0 Damon lf 2 0 0 0

BButler 1b 3 0 2 0 Gardnr cf 1 0 0 0

B.Pena dh 5 0 2 2 Teixeir 1b 4 0 0 0

Callasp 3b 5 1 1 0 Mirand 1b 0 0 0 0

Teahen rf 3 1 2 1 ARdrgz 3b 3 0 0 0

J.Buck c 4 0 2 1 Hinske 3b 1 0 0 0

YBtncr ss 4 0 0 0 HMatsu dh 4 0 0 0

JAndrs cf 4 1 2 0 Posada c 3 0 0 0

Cervelli c 1 0 1 0

Cano 2b 1 1 0 0

FGzmn pr-rf 1 0 0 0

Swisher rf 3 1 1 2

R.Pena 2b 1 0 0 0

MeCarr cf-lf 3 0 1 0

Totals 35 4 11 4 Totals 31 3 5 3

Kansas City 101 100 100-4

New York 100 020 000-3

E-Y.Betancourt (18). DP-Kansas City 1, New York 1. LOB-KansasCity 10, New York 5. 2B-Callaspo (40), J.Buck (12). 3B-J.Buck (4).HR-Jeter (18), Swisher (29). SB-Teahen (8), J.Anderson 2 (25). CS-J.Buck (1), F.Guzman (1). S-Maier.

IP H R ER BB SO

Kansas City

Tejeda 5 4 3 3 3 5

J.Wright W,3-5 2 0 0 0 1 2

R.Colon H,6 1 0 0 0 0 1

Soria S,30-33 1 1 0 0 0 1

New York

Chamberlain 32/3 7 3 3 4 3

Aceves 2 2 0 0 0 3

Albaladejo 1/3 0 0 0 0 0

D.Marte L,1-3 1/3 0 1 1 1 1

Mitre 2/3 1 0 0 0 0

P.Hughes 1 0 0 0 0 2

Ma.Rivera 1 1 0 0 0 0

WP-Mitre.

T-3:17. A-46,956 (52,325).

blue jays 12, red sox 0

Toronto Boston

ab r h bi ab r h bi

JBautst rf 5 1 1 3 Gthrght cf-rf 4 0 2 0

A.Hill 2b 6 0 3 2 Reddck lf 4 0 0 0

Millar 3b 4 1 1 0 Ktchm 1b 3 0 0 0

V.Wells cf 5 1 3 0 D.Ortiz dh 3 0 0 0

Overay 1b 3 1 1 3 Baldelli rf-3b 4 0 1 0

Barajs c 6 0 0 0 Kottars c 3 0 0 0

R.Ruiz dh 6 4 4 2 AlGnzlz ss 2 0 0 0

Snider lf 4 3 2 0 BrAndr cf 1 0 0 0

JMcDnl ss 3 1 2 2 Lowrie 3b-ss 3 0 0 0

Wdwrd 2b 2 0 0 0

Totals 42 12 17 12 Totals 29 0 3 0

Toronto 023 032 011-12

Boston 000 000 000- 0

DP-Toronto 1. LOB-Toronto 13, Boston 5. 2B-A.Hill (37), V.Wells 2(37), R.Ruiz (5). 3B-Snider (1). HR-J.Bautista (11), Overbay (16),R.Ruiz 2 (9). SB-Baldelli (1). S-Jo.McDonald. SF-J.Bautista.

IP H R ER BB SO

Toronto

Halladay W,17-10 9 3 0 0 2 6

Boston

Wakefield L,11-5 3 7 5 5 2 2

F.Cabrera 1 3 3 3 2 0

D.Richardson 1 1 0 0 1 0

Delcarmen 1 3 2 2 0 0

H.Jones 1 0 0 0 2 1

Okajima 1 1 1 1 0 0

D.Brown 1 2 1 1 0 1

F.Cabrera pitched to 3 batters in the 5th.

HBP-by Halladay (D.Ortiz), by Wakefield (Jo.McDonald). WP-Wakefield, D.Richardson. Balk-D.Richardson.

T-2:38. A-37,246 (37,373).

indians 5, white sox 1

white sox 1, indians 0

First Game

Chicago Cleveland

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Pdsdnk lf 4 0 1 0 Brantly cf 4 0 0 0

Bckhm 3b 3 0 1 0 ACarer ss 2 0 1 0

Kotsay dh 4 0 2 0 JCarrll 2b 2 0 0 0

Rios cf 4 0 0 0 Choo rf 3 0 0 0

Fields 1b 4 1 1 0 JhPerlt 3b 4 0 0 0

Wise rf 4 0 1 1 Hafner dh 3 3 2 1

Flowrs c 1 0 0 0 LaPort 1b 1 2 1 1

RCastr c 2 0 0 0 Valuen 2b-ss 3 0 1 0

J.Nix 2b 3 0 0 0 Marson c 2 0 1 2

Lillirdg ss 2 0 0 0 Crowe lf 2 0 0 1

Totals 31 1 6 1 Totals 26 5 6 5

Chicago 000 100 000-1

Cleveland 020 201 00x-5

DP-Chicago 1, Cleveland 1. LOB-Chicago 6, Cleveland 5. 2B-LaPorta (12). 3B-Wise (3). HR-Hafner (16). SB-Choo (21). CS-Lillibridge (2). S-Valbuena. SF-Marson, Crowe.

IP H R ER BB SO

Chicago

C.Torres L,1-2 6 6 5 5 4 4

Williams 2 0 0 0 0 2

Cleveland

Carmona W,5-12 7 5 1 1 2 5

C.Perez 2 1 0 0 0 1

HBP-by Williams (LaPorta), by Carmona (Flowers).

T-2:17. A-0 (45,199).

Second Game

Chicago Cleveland

ab r h bi ab r h bi

Wise rf 4 1 1 0 JCarrll 2b 4 0 0 0

AlRmrz ss 4 0 0 0 Crowe cf 4 0 1 0

Kotsay lf 4 0 1 0 Choo rf 4 0 1 0

Konerk dh 2 0 1 1 JhPerlt 3b 4 0 1 0

Pdsdnk pr-dh 0 0 0 0 LaPort lf 3 0 0 0

Rios cf 4 0 1 0 Shppch dh 3 0 0 0

Fields 1b 3 0 0 0 AMarte 1b 3 0 0 0

J.Nix 3b 3 0 0 0 Toregs c 3 0 0 0

RCastr c 3 0 0 0 NRomr ss 2 0 0 0

Lillirdg 2b 3 0 0 0 Valuen ph-ss 1 0 1 0

Totals 30 1 4 1 Totals 31 0 4 0

Chicago 000 001 000-1

Cleveland 000 000 000-0

LOB-Chicago 4, Cleveland 4. 2B-Wise (8), Kotsay (8), Jh.Peralta(35). SB-Konerko (1), Crowe (6). CS-Podsednik (12).

IP H R ER BB SO

Chicago

Buehrle W,13-10 6 3 0 0 0 3

T.Pena H,4 2 1 0 0 0 1

Thornton S,4-9 1 0 0 0 0 2

Cleveland

Masterson L,4-10 9 4 1 1 2 12

T-2:02. A-16,872 (45,199).

tigers 7, twins 2

Minnesota Detroit

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Span cf 5 0 2 0 Grndrs cf 5 0 0 0

OCarer ss 5 1 1 0 Polanc 2b 3 1 1 0

Mauer c 4 1 1 0 Thoms rf 3 1 0 0

Kubel rf 3 0 1 1 MiCarr 1b 4 1 2 0

Cuddyr 1b 3 0 1 0 Ordonz dh 4 1 2 3

DlmYn lf 4 0 2 1 CGuilln lf 2 1 0 0

JMorls dh 2 0 0 0 Raburn lf 1 0 0 0

Tolbert 3b 4 0 1 0 Inge 3b 4 1 2 2

Punto 2b 4 0 0 0 Avila c 2 0 0 0

WRmrz pr 0 0 0 0

Laird c 0 0 0 0

Santiag ss 3 1 2 2

Totals 34 2 9 2 Totals 31 7 9 7

Minnesota 200 000 000-2

Detroit 040 030 00x-7

DP-Minnesota 1, Detroit 1. LOB-Minnesota 10, Detroit 6. 2B-Ordonez (23), Inge (15). CS-Tolbert (2). S-Santiago.

IP H R ER BB SO

Minnesota

Pavano L,13-12 42/3 7 7 7 2 4

Crain 2/3 1 0 0 1 0

Mahay 2/3 0 0 0 1 1

Rauch 1 1 0 0 0 2

Liriano 1 0 0 0 1 0

Detroit

Bonine W,1-1 5 7 2 2 2 3

Miner 21/3 2 0 0 3 1

Lyon 2/3 0 0 0 0 2

Rodney 1 0 0 0 0 0

T-2:59. A-34,775 (41,255).

rays 5, orioles 3

Baltimore Tampa Bay

ab r h bi ab r h bi

BRorts 2b 4 0 0 0 Bartlett dh 4 0 1 0

Fiorntn cf 4 0 0 0 Crwfrd lf 4 1 1 1

CIzturs ss 0 0 0 0 Longori 3b 3 1 0 0

Markks rf 4 0 0 0 Zobrist rf 4 1 2 3

Scott lf 3 0 1 0 BUpton cf 2 1 1 0

Montnz lf-cf 1 0 0 0 WAyar 1b 4 0 1 1

Wieters dh 4 0 1 0 Iwamr 2b 3 0 2 0

Mora 3b 4 1 2 0 Riggns c 4 0 0 0

Aubrey 1b 3 1 1 0 Navarr c 0 0 0 0

Moeller c 2 0 1 1 Brignc ss 3 1 1 0

Andino ss 2 0 0 0

Wggntn ph-lf 1 1 1 2

Totals 32 3 7 3 Totals 31 5 9 5

Baltimore 000 000 030-3

Tampa Bay 013 010 00x-5

DP-Baltimore 1, Tampa Bay 1. LOB-Baltimore 3, Tampa Bay 6. 2B-Aubrey (7), Bartlett (29). HR-Wigginton (11), Crawford (15), Zobrist(26). SB-Bartlett (28), B.Upton 2 (41). CS-Zobrist (6). SF-Moeller.

IP H R ER BB SO

Baltimore

Da.Hernandez L,4-10 41/3 7 5 5 2 4

Bass 22/3 2 0 0 0 1

Ji.Johnson 1 0 0 0 2 0

Tampa Bay

J.Shields W,11-12 8 6 3 3 0 8

Shouse H,11 1/3 0 0 0 0 0

Springer S,1-3 2/3 1 0 0 0 1

PB-Moeller.

T-2:23. A-10,554 (36,973).