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Sunny, hotand humidTuesdaywith highin low 90s.See page 2.

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High school setsregistration

St. Johns High Schoolhas announced registration.

The schedule is:Seniors 1-3

p.m. Aug. 16Juniors 9-11a.m. Aug. 17

Sophomores 1-3 p.m. Aug. 17

Freshmen orienta-tion 9-11 a.m Aug. 16

Incoming freshmen willregister, receive their sched-ules, pick up their rentalbooks and purchase work-books and supplies at thebookstore. Shorts or bluejeans are not to be wornto freshmen orientation.

St. Johns does not pro-vide any type of accidentinsurance for students or ath-letes. To purchase basic acci-dent insurance for a student,please contact the rectory.

St. Johns Alumni CrossCountry race

St. Johns cross coun-try coach Steve Hellmanwill host an alumni crosscountry race/walk at hisresidence 7 p.m. Aug. 12.

All former Blue Jaycross country runners areinvited out to run, walk orjust reminisce. Any ques-tions, please give Steve acall at (419) 233-1870.

As well, the first practicefor any St. Johns studentsgrades 7-12 interested inrunning cross country thisyear is 7 p.m. tonight at theStadium Park shelterhouse.

Delphos midget footballsign-ups tonight

Sign-ups for the 2011Delphos midget footballseason will run from 6-7p.m. tonight at the StadiumPark shelterhouse.

This is for anyone betweenages 9-12 not currently on ateam. You must be 9 by or onSept. 1 and no older than 12.

Try-outs will be from6-7 p.m. Aug. 8-9 nearStadium Park Diamond 4.

Big Green AthleticBoosters holding scramble

The Ottoville Big GreenAthletic Boosters are spon-soring their 10th annualGolf Outing Aug. 13 at theDelphos Country Club.

The 4-person scramble for-mat with a minimum teamhandicap of 45 will beginwith a shotgun start at 1 p.m.

The $260-per-team eventfeatures 18 holes of golfand a cart; drink tickets;dinner; door prizes; longdrive/closest-to-the-pin/longputt prizes; a Skins game;and first- and second-placeawards. An auction follows

featuring items from theOhio State University, theCleveland Browns, other areacourses, Budweiser and more.

Entry deadline is tonight.Make checks (with teamcontact name and e-mailaddress) payable to: GolfOuting, PO Box 512,Ottoville, OH 45876.

Nancy Spencer photo

Two young girls check out the second floor of Memorial Hall in Fort Jennings Saturdayevening.

Curious get look at MemorialHall restoration projectBY NANCY SPENCER

nspencer@delphosherald.com

FORT JENNINGS Curious supporters of theMemorial Hall restorationproject in Fort Jenningsgot a preview of work per-formed at the historical siteSaturday evening. Membersof the Jennings MemorialAssociation opened the hallto those holding tickets for aplay presented by the JestersRoving Players later that eve-ning.

Dr. Wesley Klir, who ledthe campaign to save andrestore the hall at one timeslated for demolition, wasencouraged by the turnoutSaturday and interest shownin the project.

I think you can say bythe crowd here tonight that alot of people do want to seeMemorial Hall restored and

preserved as part of the his-tory of Fort Jennings, Dr.Klir said. There arent toomany people I have talked towho havent either attendeda function here in the past orused the hall for one. In the1940s and 50s, this was theplace to hold an event. Wevelearned that nearly 60 percentof all weddings in the countywere held here. Weve alsohad people tell us they wouldlike to hold an anniversaryparty here since they weremarried here. The responseand support of the projecthas been overwhelming andhumbling.

Work on the memorialhas included furnace repair;removal of items from base-ment; sorting through itemsstored in the hall; roof repair;refinishing of woodwork inthe meeting room; reconfigu-ration of the restroom facili-

ties; repair of masonry chim-neys/tuck-pointing; rewiringthe entire first floor; restora-tion of original woodwork inthe meeting room, foyer andrestroom hallway; multime-dia service provided to meet-ing room and hall upstairs forspeakers, cable and Internet;new drywall applied to allceilings in meeting room,restrooms and hallway; allnew drywall finished; wallrepair completed in meetingroom, restrooms and hall-way; painting of meetingroom, restrooms and hallway;windows in meeting roomrepaired; and the removal ofall cast iron sewer lines.

According to Dr. Klir, thelaundry list of items was com-pleted with a $2,000 budget.

Weve had supplies,labor and equipment donated

Voters to decideschool incometax Tuesday

Staff reports

DELPHOS Voters wholive within the city schooldistrict will decide on a5-year, .5 percent TraditionalIncome Tax Levy Tuesdayat the Special Election polls.Regardless of voters personalaffiliations, both local schoolswould be impacted if the mea-sure fails.

The passage of the levyis important to everyone,Superintendent Jeff Price said.If this levy fails, there will bereductions that will affect boththe city and parochial schoolstudents the whole commu-nity. I really hope the changesand cuts we have made are suf-ficient to let our voters know weare serious about their concernsbut we still are in the businessof education and need to pro-vide our students with the toolsto succeed and compete withothers.

If the levy is passed, wewill reinstate some of the need-ed services that benefit both thepublic and non-public schools.We have two school districtshere and both their successdepends on the communityssupport.

If passed, the levy will gen-erate approximately $850,000per year with the district notseeing full collection untilOctober 2013. From Jan. 1,

2012, to Dec. 31, 2012, the dis-trict will see only approximately$383,000.

The levy will allow the dis-trict to keep current programsand reinstate some that were cutto balance the schools FY 2012budget.

If this tax passes, Pricesaid, it will allow us to con-tinue to maintain the programswe have and to restore someof the more vital programs we

have had to cut or make reduc-tions in. We have cut programswe feel are important to ourstudents education.

The district has made$711,000 in cuts to the 2011-12 budget and in the last fouryears has cut $1.3 million.Since 2006, the district haseliminated 27 full- and part-time positions and 23 supple-mental positions.

There isnt an area we didntcut in, Price said. Wevereduced administrative supportstaff and custodial, cafeteriaand teaching staffs. Weve alsohad to eliminate programs ourstudents need to be successfulno matter where they go aftergraduation college, the work

force or the military.Price said the most recent

cuts have affected JeffersonHigh School the most.

High school students arefeeling the cuts to a greaterdegree than other students,Price said. We have had toeliminate the block schedulingdue to a limited faculty andstudents have lost electives likeFrench. They are also takingseveral courses online like per-sonal finance instead of in aclassroom setting.

Price said that if the levyfails, more reductions wouldhave to be made.

We run a very tight ship. Ifany operating levies go down,

cuts would have to be made.We depend on these levies foroperations. Its not to pay ourteachers more or give anyonea raise. Its to keep what wehave, Price added.

Items up for reinstatementinclude a Franklin fourth-gradeteacher, transportation supervi-sor and the payment of extra-curricular mileage for both St.Johns and Jefferson programswould be eliminated.

Debt, spending deal picksup momentum in Senate

By ANDREW TAYLORThe Associated Press

WASHINGTON A cri-sis-conquering deficit-reduc-tion agreement struck by theWhite House and congres-sional leaders after monthsof partisan rancor picked upmomentum in the Senatetoday, as a member of theRepublican leadership pre-dicted at least 30 GOP votes.

Maybe 35 will supportit in the end. There will besome who will pull back,Sen. Mike Crapo, the dep-uty Republican whip, toldreporters, as climactic votesapproached in both the Houseand Senate on the long-soughtspending plan.

The Idaho Republicansassessment came as VicePresident Joe Biden, whoplayed an instrumental rolein successful weekend effortsto hammer out an accord,went to Capitol Hill to sellthe plan in separate meet-ings with House and SenateDemocrats.

Relief around the worldwas indisputable, with Asianshares today enjoying one ofthe best sessions in weeks. Theadvance continued in Europe.Wall Street opened higher,but faltered on a report that akey manufacturing index haddropped sharply in July.

Whatever momentumcould be claimed for the def-icit-reduction plan, Congressstill has precious little time toavert a potentially devastatingdefault on U.S. obligations.And there was little disputethat the endgame productcontained plenty to offendlawmakers of both parties,and tea party sympathizersas well.

Sen. John McCain conced-ed as much, saying hed haveto swallow hard to vote forit because of cuts in defensespending. But the ArizonaRepublican said lawmakershad little choice in the face ofthe specter of default.

Said Crapo: It is always

Roselawn Manor offers sneak peek at new Transitional Care unitBY STACY TAFF

staff@delphosherald.com

S P E N C E R V I L L E

Roselawn Manor ofSpencerville opened its doorsto area residents Sunday toallow a sneak peek intoits new Transitional Carefacility, a wing that aims tomake the transition for thosewho need therapy or who arecoming from the hospital assmooth as possible.

Roselawn AdministratorShanna Holland was on handto answer questions and giveinformation on the project.

Its been about a year onthis project we started in

August 2010, she said. Westill have to finish the frontentrance and living room forthe Transitional Care wing

and another wing of ourAssisted Living but its get-ting close, so we decided togive a sneak peek to thosewho are interested. The proj-ect is a $1.5 million renova-tion and was just a completeoverhaul of the facility.

Roselawn tried to staylocal when choosing contrac-tors for the project.

We hired Alexander &Bebout for the general con-struction and then we went

Nancy Spencer photoDancers make video

Children and adults alike from Hearts in Motion Baton, Dance and Cheer Centergathered on the Canal Parking Lot Saturday afternoon to film a video to be submittedto So You Think You Can Dance in conjunction with July 30 named National DanceDay.

See ROSELAWN, page 12 The new physical therapy and rehabilitation area is four times the size of the old one.

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Ohio inmates learning horticulture

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over gas fnd

TOLEDO (AP) The

planned closing of an air cargohub has officials at a northh-west Ohio airport searching fora much-needed replacement forthe business that provided $2million in revenue annually tothe agency operating the airport.

German-based shipper DBSchenker recently announced itwill eliminate its U.S. air fleetand shut down a cargo hub at theToledo Express Airport becauseof a drop in demand for airfreight. The closing of its BAXGlobal Inc. hub in Toledo willmean the loss of about 700 jobs,most of them part-time.

It also will deal a significantfinancial blow to the Toledo-

Lucas County Port Authoritythat operates Toledo Expressand has depended on revenuefrom the hub for about 20 years.

Paul Toth, the port author-itys chief executive officer andpresident, has promised to seeka new tenant or tenants for theport-owned hub facilities, TheBlade of Toledo reported.

Nobody has to worry aboutthe airport closing down, Tothsaid, adding that the Ohio AirNational Guards 180th FighterWing base with 400 to 500employees is enough to main-tain Toledo Expresss services.

Toth hopes the airportsexperienced work force and

central U.S. location will helpattract new cargo business atask an industry analyst says willbe difficult in the current freightmarket.

Many freight shippershavent returned to air cargosince the U.S. economy tookits sharp downturn in 2008, andthe announced closing of theBAX Global hub comes twoyears after DHL, owned byDeutsche Post, shut down itscargo hub and distribution cen-ter in Wilmington in southwestOhio.

By LISA CORNWELLAssociated Press

CINCINNATI Anorthwest Ohio jails garden-ing program for inmates isspreading to other jails as away to save on food and pro-

vide rehabilitation opportuni-ties, the sheriff who devel-oped the program said.

Sheriff Kyle Overmyer ofSandusky County says he hasshared his programs detailswith sheriffs as far away asUtah, and that sheriffs inOhios Wood and Logancounties have since start-ed their own gardens. Theextent of the interest in theprogram was first reportedby The News-Messenger ofFremont.

The vegetable garden cov-ering more than an acre atthe county jail in Fremontwas started in 2009 whenOvermyer was faced withbudget cuts. The gardennow includes raspberries

and pumpkin and water-melon patches, along withvegetables like green beans,peas and broccoli. Last year,inmates began raising donat-ed chickens.

We raised 100 broilerslast year and had 600 pounds

of meat after processing,Overmyer said. This benefitsthe jail and allows inmates tolearn a life lesson by workingand seeing the results of thatwork.

The sheriff estimates thatthe program, which excludesviolent and new felonyoffenders, already has savedhis office about $20,000.

Inmate John Smith, 31, ofGibsonburg, said the gardenis helping him as he servesa 180-day sentence for pettytheft.

Ive learned how to plantthings, harvest them and pre-pare them for use, so I canraise my own garden when Igo home Smith said. It alsohas helped me realize that I

dont have to lie, cheat andsteal to get things. I can workfor them.

Jim Seaman, who coordi-nates the Community Workprogram that includes the gar-den, believes it gives inmatesa sense of self-worth.

Jail officials in westernOhios Bellefontaine touredOvermyers garden beforestarting their own last summer.Logan Countys jail adminis-trator, Greg Fitzpatrick, saidthat garden has more thandoubled in size to about 2 1/2acres mainly because it wasso successful and easy.

We also underestimatedjust how much would be con-sumed when we first started,said Fitzpatrick, who says the jail tries to preserve somevegetables for later use. Heestimated the garden savedthe jail about $12,000 lastyear and allowed inmates toget time credits that can leadto a day or two off their sen-tences.

COLUMBUS (AP) Gov.John Kasich is calling an ener-gy companys announcementthat an eastern Ohio naturalgas deposit could be worth$20 billion thrilling news forthe state.

Kasich is also makingclear he wants jobs created toextract the natural gas to goto Ohioans, including minori-ties, and not people from otherstates.

I dont want any foreign-ers working on wellheads,Kasich said Friday in a speechat the Columbus Metropolitan

Club. Foreigners are peoplewho come from Pennsylvania,Maryland, West Virginia andKentucky, and those distantforeigners from Texas.

On Thursday, OklahomaCity-based ChesapeakeEnergy Corp. announced itbelieves the 1.25 million acresthe company has leased abovethe Utica Shale formation ineastern Ohio is worth $15 bil-lion to $20 billion.

Chesapeake currently oper-ates five Utica Shale rigs,expects to expand that to eightby years end and anticipatesup to 20 rigs by the end ofnext year. The company said

it believes its leases can sup-port 40 rigs by the end of2014.

Drilling for natural gas inthe Utica Shale formation anda second formation known asthe Marcellus Shale has beenunderway in Ohio for the pastfew years.

But the amount of produc-tion has been tiny comparedto the thousands of MarcellusShale wells drilled in neigh-boring Pennsylvania.

CINCINNATI (AP) Ohio has 614 school districts,a number that could be in forsome subtraction dependingon results of a study called forby Gov. John Kasich, a news-paper reported Sunday.

The governor has askedOhio lawmakers to set upa panel to explore whethermoney could be saved and thequality of learning could beboosted by consolidating dis-tricts, something not done ona grand scale since the 1960s,The Cincinnati Enquirerreported.

The states public schoolsystems vary widely in termsof both geographical and stu-dent body size. The borders,such as the zigzag lines aroundthe Little Miami district insouthwest Ohio, are largely athrowback to the agricultural-

based economy of the early20th century.

When you look at them,there is no rhyme or reason,said Little Miami school boardpresident Kym Dunbar. Itwould benefit a lot of peopleif they (state officials) were tolook at these borders again.

Republican State Rep.Peter Beck of Mason, northof Cincinnati, said there mightbe academic advantages forstudents if smaller districtswere combined with bigger,

neighboring ones with moreresources. Beck, the chairmanof the Ohio House Ways andMeans Committee, said merg-ers also could be used to savetaxpayer dollars by reducingthe numbers of high-paid dis-trict administrators such assuperintendents.

Three years ago, theOrrville and Rittman schooldistricts in northeast OhiosWayne County combinedtheir office staffs, and optedto share one superintendent,one treasurer and a number ofservices. The move, stoppingshort of a full merger, hassaved the districts a combined$300,000 a year, the Enquirerreported.

Still, James Ritchie, thedistricts superintendent, cau-tioned that consolidation needsto be looked at on an individ-

ual district basis to determinewhether its right for studentsand families.

A report prepared by OhioUniversity researchers andreleased in February by theNational Education PolicyCenter said larger districtsare associated with problemsincluding lower graduationrates and more dangerousschool environments, so nei-ther greater efficiency nor bet-ter instructional outcomes islikely from consolidation.

State looks into merging schools

Ohio medical marijuana ballot issue takes 1st stepDAYTON (AP) A

group that wants to legalizemedical marijuana in Ohiohas turned in hundreds ofpetition signatures in a firststep toward putting the ideabefore voters in November2012.

A proposed OhioAlternative TreatmentAmendment would amendthe state Constitution toallow caregivers and patients

with qualifying ailments topossess up to 3.5 ounces ofpot, the Dayton Daily Newsreported. Backers of themeasure last week submit-ted to Attorney General MikeDeWine 2,143 signatures onpetitions summarizing theamendment.

If 1,000 of the signaturesare validated and the summa-

ry language passes a reviewprocess, the amendmentssupporters would then needto collect at least 385,245valid petition signatures towin the amendment a spoton the ballot next year, saida spokesman for Secretary ofState Jon Husted, Ohios topelections official.

Were hoping the bal-lot will force our legislatorsto stand up and do whats

right, said Tonya Davis, 48,a Dayton area resident andmember of a committee thatdelivered the first batch ofsignatures to DeWine.

Medical conditions thatwould qualify for medicalmarijuana, according to theamendment summary lan-guage, include glaucoma,Parkinsons disease, post-

traumatic stress disorder,or any disease that produc-es severe nausea, wasting,persistent muscle spasms orchronic pain.

Davis, who told the DailyNews she suffers from scolio-sis, thyroid disease, inflamedbowel disease and otherhealth problems, said mari- juana has offered her reliefwithout spasms, nausea andother side effects she said she

has found with narcotic painmedications.

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One Year Ago Friday evening, the people of Delphos and the surrounding

area received a special treat as the much anticipated Carson& Barnes Circus provided two eye-popping shows filled withdeath-defying feats and family-friendly comedy. Its beenyears since this area has seen a genuine circus and the spectacleinspired smiles, laughter and waves of nostalgia.

25 Years Ago 1986 Routine business was conducted at the recent Eagles

Auxiliary meeting. No one was eligible for the door award.Maybelle Briggs won the hot seat award. Special awards werewon by Helen Vance, Rosemary Schulte and Margie McKniel.Hostesses for the Aug. 11 meeting will be Goldie Symonds,

Lucy Chaney, Edith Keliner, Bette Frysinger and KarenKlopfenstein. M & W Storage Systems of Delphos has recently been

awarded a Lesters Building Systems dealership for this area.As an authorized Lesters dealer, Ken Miller, owner of M & WStorage Systems Inc. will be able to provide complete buildingservice to local area customers, from planning and design tohelp right through to finished construction.

Delphos Central Soya Blue added the tournament cham-pionship to their league championship. Members of the Bluesare Jim Baumgartner, Bill Stemen, Craig Poling, Dan Swick,Greg Klausing, Scott Schulte, Dave Ketchum, Joe Bricker,Nathan Wannemacher, Mark Youngpeter, Scott Suever, PatMcGue, Steve Jettinghoff, Rob Czerwinski, Reid Thompsonand Jack Vogt.

50 Years Ago 1961 The Womens Society of Christian Service of the Elida

Methodist Church will hold its August meeting on Aug. 2,opening at 11:30 a.m. with prayer service led by Mrs. OscarGuyer, followed with a covered dish dinner at the noon hour.The afternoon session will open at 1:30 p.m. with Mrs. WorthyGahman and Mrs. Cecil Wyant as devotional leaders and Mrs.Cecil Wyant as program leader.

The winners in the annual Father-Son Golf Outing, heldJuly 2, at the Delphos Country Club, were decided in a play -off Sunday at the club. The July 2nd matches ended in a tiebetween Jim Lang, Sr., and Jim, Jr., and Ray McKowen andJim McKowen. The Langs won Sunday taking over the father-son championship.

The Little League Cardinals won their 12th game of thecampaign Saturday over the Pirates, 10-6, and the MinorLeague Delphos White Sox tripped the Van Wert MinorLeague Cubs, 7-4, in a game played here Sunday. Dave Willwas on the hill all the way for the Cards. In the Minor Leaguecontest, Mike Bonifas started for the Delphos team. He wasrelieved by Gary Bonifas, who was the winning pitcher.

75 Years Ago 1936

Delphos councilmen and city officials accompanied byCarl Simmons, Van Wert engineer employed to make a surveyin Delphos, were in Goshen, Indiana Thursday to view the lightand power plant. Those making the trip were Service DirectorWeger, President of Council William Corns, CouncilmenSwihart, Baumgarte, Peiffer and Cordell. Norbert Schergeralso accompanied the party.

Gerdeman and Swick are engaged at the present time inbrightening up the interior of their automobile sales room forthe Studebaker agency. A steel ceiling was recently installedand the ceiling and walls are now being repainted. Theimprovements under way will add materially to the attractive -ness of the sales room.

Arnold Sheeter has moved his City Welding Shop into therear of the Frank Patton building, just across the alley from hisformer location. He was forced to move when the McKenziebuilding was torn down. Workmen have completed the job oftearing down the structure.

ANKENY, Iowa (AP) Republican presidential can-didate Tim Pawlenty has beenreading his own political obit-uary for weeks. But hes stillalive as he campaigns acrossIowa.

Even though the air con-ditioner had died on his cam-paign RV somewhere betweenOskaloosa and Osceola, theformer Minnesota governorshowed little sweat as he facedintense pressure to prove hesa viable candidate.

He was at ease in the midstof a 1,500-mile Iowa cam-paign tour, playing a pickuphockey game, joking withaudiences and sticking to hispitch: Republicans need tonominate as the challenger toDemocratic President BarackObama a pragmatic, swing-state governor known morefor getting things done thangiving good speeches.

It gives me energy,Pawlenty said of his wall-to-wall campaigning as heleaned back in a chair dur-ing an Associated Press inter-view as a 15-hour campaignday wound down. Still, heallowed: I have my dayswhere, like everybody else,Im a little tired.

Who wouldnt be aftervisiting 36 towns and citiesin two weeks and meetingwith more than 1,500 GOPactivists during a swelteringMidwest summer?

With wife Mary and olderdaughter Anna at his side,Pawlenty spent much of histime campaigning within 100miles of where a test vote onthe GOP field will be heldAug. 13. He plans to do the

same in the week leading upto the Iowa Republican strawpoll at Iowa State University, atest of organizational strengthand popularity that Pawlentypredicts will show hes mak-ing progress.

Despite spending the past18 months building a cam-paign for the leadoff caucuses,Pawlenty has faced a series ofbumps in the road this sum-mer, including a rocky debateperformance, lackluster fund-raising and a poor single-digitshowing in early Iowa polls inthe wake of Minnesota Rep.Michele Bachmanns rise.

Undeterred, the low-key

Midwesterner brushes offconventional wisdom insidepolitical circles that says hesin trouble, if not using thenaysaying as motivation; hespressing ahead with his work-manlike approach to winningover Iowa Republicans andputting his back into his Iowacampaign with a steady-as-she-goes demeanor.

You cant move the nee-dle by showing up and givinga speech here or there, hesaid. Youve got to have asustained comprehensive con-centrated campaign, and inthe last three weeks wevehad that.

Hes also had a robusttelevision, radio and directmail presence. And heshad a sharper tone againstBachmann, painting hishome state rival and tea-partyfavorite as an inexperiencedspeech-maker in an effort tocast himself as the seasonedexecutive ready to lead theparty and beat Obama.

For now at least, Pawlentyis publicly keeping the faithin a campaign formula ofearly organizing and internalpatience.

By DAVID CRARYAP National Writer

NEW YORK Same-sexmarriage might seem like astraightforward issue: Yourefor it or against it. Yet for thefield of Republican presiden-tial hopefuls, its proving tobe an awkward topic as pub-lic attitudes change and morestates legalize gay unions, thelatest being New York.

Numerous recent pollssuggest a slim majority ofAmericans now back gaymarriage. Support is high-est among Democrats, but isgrowing across the political

spectrum even while religiousconservatives a key part ofthe GOP primary electorate remain largely opposed.

The result, according topolitical analysts from bothmajor parties, is a dilemmafor the leading GOP candi-dates, most of whom opposesame-sex marriage but tend toavoid raising the topic unlessasked.

They see the polling more and more Republicansare supporting gay mar-riage, said David Welch,a former research directorfor the Republican NationalCommittee. It puts them in

an awkward position withthe younger members of theparty and also with indepen-dents whose votes you needto win.

Richard Socarides, a for-mer Clinton White House

adviser on gay rights, said thepolitical climate has changedrapidly and dramatically asleading Democrats celebratethe advent of gay marriage inNew York and the imminentend of the ban on gays servingopenly in the military underPresident Barack Obama.

Its now advantageousfor Democrats to support gayrights, and a net negative forRepublicans to oppose them,Socarides said. Its becomeextremely complicated formany of the Republican can-didates who are used to usinganti-gay rhetoric as a way togin up their base.

Obama, though still notready to endorse gay mar-riage, says hes evolvingon the issue and is supportinga bill that would extend fed-eral recognition to same-sexcouples who marry in the sixstates that allow it.

New Hampshire is amongthose six states and also hometo the first Republican pri-mary next winter. Accordingto conservative activists inthe state, none of the majorGOP presidential candidateshas yet taken a public posi-tion on the ongoing effort bysome Republican legislatorsto repeal the 2009 state law

legalizing same-sex marriage.Andy Smith, director of theUniversity of New HampshireSurvey Center, predicted thatmost of the GOP contend-ers would continue trying tododge the issue because of

lukewarm public support forrepeal.However, David Bates,

one of the lawmakers pushingfor the repeal, says he and hiscolleagues intend to put someheat on the GOP contendersby scheduling debate on therepeal bill in the weeks lead-ing up to the primary.

We will be seeing to itthat each candidate addressesit, Bates said. They will notbe able to duck it.

In Iowa, where socialconservatives are likely toplay a key role in the GOPcaucus next winter, two can-didates Rep. Michele

Bachmann of Minnesota andformer Sen. Rick Santorum ofPennsylvania both signed apledge denouncing same-sexmarriage rights. Former gov-ernors Mitt Romney and TimPawlenty were among thoserefusing to sign the pledge,but both issued statementsstressing that they favoredlimiting marriage to one-man,one-woman unions.

Among the other majorGOP candidates, formerUtah Gov. Jon Huntsmanstands out as supporting civilunions, which would extendmarriage-like rights to same-sex couples. Rep. Ron Paul

of Texas, a favorite of manylibertarians, says he supportsthe right of states to legal-ize same-sex marriage butopposes any effort to requirerecognition of those unionson a national level.

By DARLENESUPERVILLE

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WASHINGTON Turning 50 is hard enough.But its got to be even hard-er when youre president,because the whole world

knows about it, and harderstill when one of lifes mile-stones is nearly overshad-owed by a nasty tussle withCongress over money.

Well, too bad for PresidentBarack Obama. Thats exact-ly how the big 5-0 is shapingup for him.

Obamas birthday onThursday falls two days afterthe deadline for the presi-dent and lawmakers to agreeon borrowing more moneyto keep paying the countrysbills or else send the U.S.spiraling into a potentiallycalamitous, first-ever defaulton its financial obligations.

What I really want rightnow is to, to get a debt-ceiling deal for my birthday,Obama told NPR recently.He got an early birthday pres-ent on Sunday, when leadersof both parties in both housesof Congress hammered out adeal to avoid default.

The monthslong debate Obama said its been tak-ing up all the oxygen in theroom threatened to forcehim to skip his own party,

a pair of birthday fundrais-ers planned in his Chicagohometown on Wednesday,including an event featur-ing musicians and Chicagonatives Herbie Hancock andJennifer Hudson.

I feel real good about5-0, he said. Ive gotten

a little grayer since I tookthis job, but otherwise, I feelpretty good.

Obama added that his wife,Michelle, has told him thatshe still thinks Im cute.

And I guess thats, thatsall that matters, isnt? hesaid.

Obama was born in 1961near the end of the baby boomyears of 1946-1964. Helljoin the more than 4.5 millionother boomers who are turn-ing 50 this year, accordingto AARP, citing U.S. Censusfigures.

Now Im gray, he saysat campaign fundraisers.

Ive got dings and dents, anapparent allusion to the bruis-ing policy disputes hes hadwith Congress, including overthe governments authority toborrow the money it needs topay the bills.

He told reporters at aWhite House news confer-ence in mid-July that he wasturning 50 in a week; hisbirthday actually was stillthree weeks away.

So Im starting to think a

little bit more about Medicareeligibility, he said. Imgoing to get my AARP cardsoon and the discounts.Not that he needs them. Hehas made millions from abest-selling memoir and earns$400,000 a year for runningthe country.

The gray hair aroundObamas temples is about theonly obvious sign of aging.

The 6-foot-1 president isas lanky as he was when hetook office. Hes gained nonoticeable amount of weightdespite a level of job stressthat would send most peopleto the refrigerator for reliefon a nightly basis. He hasstuck to a regimen of neardaily exercise that includestreadmill runs, weight lift-ing and weekend games ofpickup basketball, golf orsubstitute coaching daughterSashas basketball team.

Many of you knew me

before I had gray hair,Obama jokes at campaignfundraisers. He halted mosttravel in July, including fund-raising appearances, due tothe tense and intense negotia-tions with Congress.

Of the gray hair, he says:Malia and Sasha say itmakes me look distinguished.Michelle says it makes melook old. The first lady alsotalks about seeing the worrycreasing his face.

By JOSH LOFTINAssociated Press

SALT LAKE CITY A diplomat to the core, JonHuntsman is well known hereas a likable guy who preferscompromise to combative-ness. Niceness is such a strongpart of his persona that theRepublican pledged to run acivil campaign for president.

He genuinely wants toplease people, and he getsalong with everyone, saysOlene Walker, a Republicanwho preceded Huntsman asUtah governor.

But now, as Huntsmanstruggles against better-knownopponents, he is both subtlyand directly criticizing GOP

front-runner Mitt Romney aswell as the Democrat whonamed him U.S. ambassadorto China just a few years ago,President Barack Obama.

The shift in tone comesas polls show Huntsman insingle digits nationally and inkey states, and it follows hisdecision to change campaignmanagers. Advisers over thepast few weeks have been tell-ing Huntsman that he mustengage Romney and Obamato boost his prospects of win-ning the GOP nomination.

Hes obliged.While in South Carolina

recently, Huntsman jabbed at

Romneys record, saying Utahled the way on job creationand urging his audience tocompare it to Massachusettsstanding: Not first, but47th. And last week in NewHampshire, he called Obamaa good man and earnest.But, he added, Hes funda-mentally failed us.

Its an uncomfortablepolitical role for Huntsman,who has prided himself onhis diplomatic skills and israrely disliked by anyone,even those who disagree withhim politically. In part, thatsbecause he has never faced astrong challenge for political

office, but it also speaks to hispersonality.Republicans and Democrats

alike in Utah roundly describeHuntsman as a leader whoalways sought the middleground and never resorted topersonal attacks to gain theupper hand.

He wasnt an ideologue,and he empathized with a lotof different points of views,said Salt Lake City MayorRalph Becker, who was theUtah House minority leaderduring most of Huntsman time

as governor. Hes the kind ofleader we want. Hes inclu-sive, hes charming and hes

got strong diplomatic skills.As governor, Huntsman

was almost as popular withDemocrats as he was withthose in his own party, whichmade him practically invinci-ble when he ran for re-electionin 2008 in a strongly conser-vative state.

His Democratic oppo-nent, Bob Springmeyer, saidHuntsman never did anythingpublicly or privately that sug-gested he was anything butgenuine. The nice-guy image,the diplomatic personality islegitimate, he said.

Thus, as he increases hiscriticism of his White House

rivals, Huntsman risks under-mining his authenticity andturning off GOP primary vot-ers. That may explain whyhes trying to contrast himselfwith his rivals without appear-ing negative. Its as if hedrather let voters read betweenthe lines of his criticism thancastigate his opponents byname.

A lot of people run fromtheir record. Were runningon our record, Huntsmantold college Republicans lateFriday in Washington.

Gay marriage awkwardissue for some in GOP

Obama reaches milestone of turning 50

Niceness aside, Huntsman nds fault with his rivals

Tim Pawlentyaims for strongshowing in Iowa

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CARNOUSTIE, Scotland Judging by the recordbooks, Yani Tseng is 10 yearsahead of Annika Sorenstam.

The 22-year-oldTaiwanese won the WomensBritish Open for the secondstraight year Sunday, beatingBrittany Lang by four strokesand becoming the youngestplayer male or female to capture a fifth major title.

Sorenstam was 32 whenshe won the 2003 LPGAChampionship for her fifth

major. Tiger Woods was 24when he won his fifth at the2000 PGA Championship.

Its so great making his-tory on this golf course andI feel wonderful right now,said Tseng, who is rankedNo. 1 and won the LPGAChampionship last month. Ihope to keep winning. Nextyear, there are another fourmajors and I will try andorganize and keep workinghard.

Tseng became only thethird player to win consec-utive British titles, joiningSherri Steinhaurer (1998,1999) and Debbie Massey

(1980, 1981).Tseng shot a 3-under 69to finish at 16-under 272.She trailed third-round leaderCaroline Masson of Germanyby two strokes entering thefinal round. Masson closedwith a 78 and tied for fifth.

I wish to win more but Iam really happy, Tseng said.I think in my mind I say,wow, 5-times major. I neverthink about that. It just feelsreally very special.

Lang shot a 67 to finish at276, one ahead of SwedensSophie Gustafson (68). SouthKoreas Amy Yang (67) wasfourth.

Lang was tied for sixth

entering the final day, eightbehind Masson. She pickedup one stroke by the turn butthe American bagged fourbirdies at Nos. 11, 12, 14and 17.

I made some really bigpar putts early on and fromthen on played fairly flawlessgolf, Lang said.

T s e n gdropped a shot atthe first hole withthree putts, miss-ing a 3-footer forpar. She birdiedthe third with a

pitching wedgeto 2 feet and thelong sixth with achip to 5 feet.

By the turn,she was in com-mand. She was just short of thegreen off the tee at the par-411th and took two putts fora birdie, then dropped a shotat two straight holes. She hitan 8-iron over the back of thegreen at 12 and then hit thepin off the tee on the short13th but her ball stopped atthe edge of a bunker. Shestood in the sand to play hersecond shot.

Tseng birdied the long14th and finished with twobirdies, holing from 20 feeton the 17th and hitting amajestic 9-iron to 3 feet atthe last.

I was a little nervousbefore the start but then Ihit a good tee shot and I feltgood, Tseng added. I feelthat, having been in this posi-tion in a major a few timesbefore, I am getting moremature and can handle thepressure better.

Masson dropped four shotsin the first three holes of herclosing nine. She finished at9 under with local favorite

Catriona Matthew, the 2009

champion, who had a double-bogey 6 on the final hole.

Swedens Anna Nordqvisttied for seventh at 280 withSouth Koreans Sun YoungYoo, Na Yeon Choi andInbee Pak. American StacyLewis had a 68 to rally to a281.

Swedens Maria Hjorthwas at 282after a 68 andA m e r i c a n sKatie Futcherand Cristie Kerrwere in a groupa stroke further

back. Futcherequaled thebest round ofthe week witha 64, includingan eagle at the14th, followedby three birdies.

Kerr had four birdies for a 68to finish at 5 under.

Paula Creamer droppedfive strokes in the first fiveholes to be out in 40, thendropped three more on theback nine for a 79. BrittanyLincicome shot 73 to finish at287 as did first-round leaderMeena Lee, who closed witha 74 after opening with a 65

Thursday.Champions TourTOLEDO, Ohio After a stoic

week, Olin Browne finally let loose.Browne showed little emotion

until rolling in a 30-foot birdie putton the final hole to clinch a 3-shotvictory over Mark OMeara in theU.S. Senior Open.

After Brownes last putt droppedand a large gallery around the finalgreen at Inverness Club roared itsapproval as he raised his arms intriumph. It was the biggest victoryof the journeymans 27 years as aprofessional.

Brownes closing even-par 71followed rounds of 64, 69 and 65 andleft him at 15-under 269.

Making few mistakes, he parredthe first seven holes. After a bogeydropped him into a tie with OMeara(72), he played the last 10 holes in1 under, while OMeara made twocostly bogeys.

Mark Calcavecchia shot a 69 and

was alone in third at 273. AgelessHale Irwin had a 68 was another shotback along with Joey Sindelar (70).

PGA TourWHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS,

W.Va. PGA Tour rookie ScottStallings won the Greenbrier Classic,sinking a birdie putt on the firstplayoff hole to beat Bob Estes andBill Haas.

After watching Estes and Haasmiss their birdie attempts on the 168-yard 18th hole, Stallings curled in a7-footer for his first tour victory. Heflipped his putter, then hugged andhigh-fived his caddie.

Stallings made six birdies on theback nine to make the playoff, wherehe earned a winners check of $1.08million and a spot in the BridgestoneInvitational.

Estes shot 6-under 64 and wasthe clubhouse leader at 10 under,

then watched as Haas birdied thepar-5 17th six groups later to joinhim after a 67.

Stallings, who shot 69, bogeyedthe par-5 17th after his drive wentout of bounds and he needed a birdieat No. 18 to make the playoff. Hesank a 5-footer to do it.

Jimmy Walker (68), AndresRomero (65), Brendon de Jonge(66), Cameron Tringale (67) andGary Woodland (69) finished at 9under.

European TourKILLARNEY, Ireland Simon

Dyson of England won the IrishOpen by a stroke, capitalizing on apoor approach shot by Richard Greenof Australia on the final hole.

Dyson was trailing by a shotwhen he birdied the 17th to draweven. His round of 4-under 67 lefthim 15-under 269 for the tournament.Dyson finished ninth at the BritishOpen two weeks ago and called his

play in the Irish Open probably thebest golf Ive ever played.

Green all but handed Dyson thevictory when his approach on the18th led to a 3-putt bogey, only hissecond of the day. He finished at 68for a 14 under total.

Scotlands Stephen Gallacher wasthird after a 68 left him at 12 under.

Nationwide TourSANDY, Utah J.J. Killeen

earned his first Nationwide Tour vic-tory at the Utah Championship onSunday, closing with a 6-under 65 tobeat Jeff Gove by four strokes.

Killeen opened the tournamentwith a course record 62 at WillowCreek Country Club and shared atleast a tie of the lead in every round,finishing at 22-under 262 to tie thetournament record set by BrendonTodd in 2008.

Gove closed with a 69 and CaseyWittenberg shot a 65 to finish alone

in third another two strokes back.

Yani Tseng wins Womens

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Gone are the days when theNew York Yankees, BostonRed Sox and PhiladelphiaPhillies poached all the avail-able talent leading up to base-balls trade deadline.

Some of the biggest dealsthis year were made by small-market teams.

Michael Bourn, UbaldoJimenez and Ryan Ludwickwere among the key players whochanged clubs Sunday at theend of a topsy-turvy weekend,when the surprising ClevelandIndians, Pittsburgh Pirates andArizona Diamondbacks mademany of the boldest moves.

Long labeled as sellersin July, those cost-conscioussquads instead went shoppingfor immediate help as they rec-ognized a rare chance to makea postseason run.

Just 2 1/2 games behindfirst-place Detroit in the ALCentral, the Indians completedtheir Saturday night deal withColorado for Jimenez abouta half-hour before the 4 p.m.EDT deadline Sunday. Untilthen, they were waiting forresults of the pitchers physi-cal.

This was a rare andunique opportunity, especiallyin our market, which comesalong few and far between,explained Cleveland general

manager Chris Antonetti, whoalso pulled off a deal Thursdayto obtain outfielder KosukeFukudome from the ChicagoCubs.

Jimenez is under contractthrough 2013 at a team-friend-ly price. The right-hander was19-8 with a 2.88 ERA last year,when he started the All-Stargame, but hes struggled thisseason. He is 6-9 with a 4.46ERA in 21 starts and his veloc-ity has dipped.

If we want to stay andmaintain our competitiveness,with an opportunity to winevery year, we had to be bold.It wasnt a time to be timid,Rockies general manager DanODowd said. As difficult asit might have been to pull thetrigger, it wouldve been moredifficult not to do it and put ourfranchise in a position of facingsome type of major rebuildingprocess in the near future. Thisdecision, if we were 10 gamesup and not 10 games back, stillwouldve been a difficult dealto pass up.

Cleveland paid a hefty pricefor Jimenez, who spent muchof April on the disabled list.The Indians gave up minor-league pitchers Alex Whiteand Joe Gardner, first basemanMatt McBride and a player tobe named, expected to be leftyDrew Pomeranz.

White and Pomeranz were

considered the top two pitch-ing prospects in the Indiansorganization.

Bourn went from the bottomof the NL Central in Houston tothe top of the wild-card stand-ings with Atlanta, trying to keepup with the NL East-leadingPhillies. Bourn, a 2-time GoldGlove winner, is hitting .303and leads the majors with 39stolen bases.

The Astros received out-fielder Jordan Schafer and

three minor-league pitchers butthe Braves didnt give up anyof their top prospects.

Bourn wasnt the only play-er who suddenly found himselfin a pennant race Sunday.

Erik Bedard was shippedfrom Seattle to Boston andRafael Furcal went from theLos Angeles Dodgers to theSt. Louis Cardinals. Last-placeSan Diego sent two playersto postseason contenders, withLudwick headed to Pittsburghand Mike Adams to Texas.

But all in all, it was a rela-tively quiet deadline day asthe non-waiver cutoff cameand went. Two of the biggestdeals were completed daysearlier when All-Star outfield-ers Carlos Beltran and HunterPence switched teams.

Notable names stayingput after weeks of specula-tion: Padres closer Heath Bell,Tampa Bay outfielder B.J.Upton and Astros lefty WandyRodriguez.

Standing pat unusually were the Yankees, contentto try to catch Boston in theAL East with a rotation that hasreclamation projects BartoloColon and Freddy Garcia at the

back end.Detroit made an interest-ing move, getting right-handerDoug Fister from Seattle onSaturday to boost the rota-tion. The Tigers also receivedreliever David Pauley for twoprospects and a player to benamed.

After a record 18 straightlosing seasons, the Pirates arein the thick of it in the NLCentral. They showed theyreserious by dealing for Ludwicka day after acquiring Baltimorefirst baseman Derrek Lee.

The Diamondbacks bol-stered their bullpen, addingOakland submariner BradZiegler as they chase theWorld Series champion Giantsin the NL West. On Saturday,Arizona obtained starter JasonMarquis from the WashingtonNationals.

In other deals Sunday: The Red Sox picked

up Bedard after a deal forOaklands Rich Harden fellthrough late Saturday. Sixprospects were involved in a3-team, 7-player swap that alsoinvolved the Dodgers.

St. Louis acquired Furcal,a 2-time All-Star shortstop,for Double-A outfielder AlexCastellanos.

Texas bolstered its bull-pen again with Adams, a dayafter adding Baltimore right-hander Koji Uehara. The Padresreceived a pair of minor-leaguepitchers.

Teams can still make tradesfor the rest of the season butit becomes more complicated.Players must first pass throughwaivers, meaning any club getsan opportunity to claim thembefore a deal is done.

Trades must be completedbefore Aug. 31 for a player tobe eligible for the postseasonwith his new team.

Small-market teams turnbuyers at trade deadline

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BEREA Two daysinto training camp, rookieGreg Little has moved upthe Cleveland Browns depthchart.

The wide receiver made themost of getting the opportu-nity Sunday under new coachPat Shurmur while three keyreceivers sat out.

Josh Cribbs missed the sec-ond half of drills, his left kneewrapped in ice. Mohamed

Massaquoi still had his rightfoot in a cast. Tight end BenWatson watched after sustain-ing a concussion Saturday.

Shurmur said it all meansthat Little will get a chance inthe new West Coast offense.

When the lines get short-er, guys get more reps and ithelps them, Shurmur said.If you can handle it, the moreyou do, the better you get.Hes getting more.

Cribbs said his knee wasstrained when a defensiveback landed on his leg but hedidnt think the injury was tooserious. Shurmur said Watsonwould miss a few days but

Massaquoi declined commenton his injury.

Shurmur was pleased otherthan first-round draft pick PhilTaylor remaining unsigned.The defensive lineman fromBaylor was taken 21st.

Later, the team announcedthey had re-signed unrestrict-ed free agent defensive line-man Derreck Robinson. Hehad 24 tackles in 14 gamesa year ago. The move addsanother option on the line ifTaylor stays out.

When a player is not onthe field for any reason, ascoaches, you have to treat itlike he had an ankle injury andthe next guys up, Shurmursaid. We need to focus onworking with guys that arehere. You find a way to catchthem up when they get here.Well fight our fannies off toget him caught up.

Little is moving up. Heshowed little rust from a lay-off that was much longer thanthe 4 1/2-month NFL lockoutendured by others. The 59thpick in the 2011 draft missedall of last season at NorthCarolina after being declared

ineligible by the NCAAbecause of improper dealingswith an agent.

That was the start of bigproblems for former Brownscoach Butch Davis, who gotfired last week at the school.Little said Davis helped hima lot and told him nothing butgood things about Cleveland.

He was part of somethings that he couldnt con-trol, Little said, adding hewas surprised by the firingbecause he thought Davis had

the program on a winningtrack. He told me about howgreat the fans are in Clevelandand he was right. To have thistype of showing at a practicekind of gives you that gamevibe. You want to step up andproduce. Its fun.

Little did that Sundayin front of a few hundredonlookers, earning cheersearly by making a nice catchon a down-and-out pattern.

Playing in a similar pro-style West Coast offense withthe Tar Heels two years agoshould benefit him with theBrowns.

Working out with quarter-back Colt McCoy and otherveterans at the unofficialCamp Colt held by playersduring the lockout was a greatlearning experience, too.

That was so empow-ering for me to be part ofthat, Little said. I think thathelped the camaraderie a lot.To start getting the terminol-ogy and get some reps in, itwas good.

Littles straightforwardapproach and eagerness tolearn have made an impres-

sion.Guys that are playmakers

have a lot of confidence intheir ability, Shurmur added.He takes in coaching. One ofthe first things we talk aboutis being coachable, being ableto stand there and listen. Hesgot skill. Hes got ability.

Little wasnt ready to makeany bold statements.

Its Day 2, man, headded. Im just trying tomake plays. If you study yourcraft, your playbook, when

you come out here, it is likea review session. I just try toget better every day, improvemyself in becoming a profes-sional.

Bengals agree to 1-yeardeal with RB Benson

GEORGETOWN, Ky. The Bengals have agreed ona 1-year deal with runningback Cedric Benson, who wasan unrestricted free agent butwanted to stay in Cincinnati.

Coach Marvin Lewis sayshes happy to hear the news.Benson has been the Bengalsleading rusher since 2008. Heworked out with the rest ofthe team in Cincinnati in Juneeven though he was a freeagent, showing how much hewanted to stay.

Benson was arrested inJuly on a misdemeanor chargeof assaulting his former room-mate in Texas. He could facediscipline from CommissionerRoger Goodell.

The Bengals need adependable running gameas they transition to rookiequarterback Andy Dalton andan inexperienced group ofreceivers.

Browns rookie WR Greg Little has opportunity

The Associated PressNL CapsulesPHILADELPHIA Raul Ibanez

homered twice and hit the game-winning double in the 10th inningto lift the Philadelphia Phillies to a6-5 win over the Pittsburgh Pirateson Sunday.

The Phillies trailed 5-3 in theeighth when Ibanez hit a 2-run shotfor his second homer of the game.He doubled to right off Tony Watson(0-2) in the 10th to score HunterPence and help the Phillies completea 3-game sweep.

Antonio Bastardo (4-0) struckout one in a scoreless inning to earnthe win.

Ibanez hit a solo homer inthe second off Pirates starter JeffKarstens and his tying drive was offJose Veras.

Reds 9, Giants 0CINCINNATI Johnny Cueto

pitched a 3-hitter, Joey Votto hada 3-run homer and tied his careerhigh with five RBIs and Cincinnaticompleted a 3-game sweep of San

Francisco.Todd Frazier hit his first career

home run and Drew Stubbs had acareer-best four hits as the Redsrebounded from being swept by the

New York Mets in four games to postthree consecutive wins for the firsttime since sweeping the Los AngelesDodgers from June 13-15.

Cueto (7-4) missed the firstmonth of the season with irritation inhis right upper arm and needed 7 1/3innings to qualify for the NL ERAlead. He went into the game witha 1.88 ERA and lowered it to 1.72with his first shutout since beatingPittsburgh 9-0 with a 1-hitter on May11, 2010.

San Francisco lefty Barry Zito(3-4) lost his third straight.

Marlins 3, Braves 1ATLANTA Ricky Nolasco

scattered 12 hits, Emilio Bonifaciohomered and Florida handed theAtlanta Braves the 10,000th loss infranchise history.

The Braves squandered numer-ous scoring chances to become onlythe second team in big-league his-tory with 10,000 losses. The Phillies

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Greg Dalman gets into the wall during his sprint heatrace at Limaland Motorsports Park Friday night.

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LIMA A rare event inmotorsports, nearly exclu-sive to Limaland MotorsportsPark, saw University ofNorthwestern Ohio athletic

motorsports stock car driverMatthew Custer hold off fel-low Racer Josh Ulrich and vet-erans Keith Ralston and TonyAnderson to win the 15-lapBudweiser Thunderstocksfeature Friday night.

It marked only the thirdtime a Racer team driver haswon an A-Main feature at thetrack.

Custer, a UNOH under-graduate from Alum Bank,Pennsylvania, started fromthe pole position in the19-car field. An early-raceflat tire eliminated top con-tender Kevin Gossard fromthe event, although he wouldlater go on to win the Fricke

Memorial ThunderstockSelect presented by MenkeBros. Construction to closeout the night of racing.

Ulrich, of Gettysburg,Pennsylvania, stayed close toCuster through most of therace but various scrapes lefthis #1 car noticeably banged-up and he never really threat-ened for the lead. A pair ofcautions through the secondhalf of the feature slowedRalston and Andersonsattempt to gain momentumand they were unable to haltCusters historic run.

The race was prettysmooth for me, stated Custer,surrounded by his Racers

teammates. The car washandling fantastic and I guesswith about four laps to goanother UNOH car (Ulrich)came up to battle with us. Iwish we could have battledhim to the end but well takethe win.

Custer, a student in theUNOH High Performance/Motorsports program, wasquickly looking ahead:Tomorrow night, well washthe car, take everything com-pletely off, re-grease it, cleanit, put it all back together,scale it and come back againnext week on race day.

The Elwer Fence Sprints25-lap feature produced one

of the more thrilling eventsof the season, with all-timeLimaland Motorsports Parkrace winner Tim Allison pre-vailing over Dylan Cisneyand veteran driver RandyHannagan.

Cisney, a UNOH student

piloting a privately-owned car,took advantage of his frontrow starting position alongsideof Allison to lead the opening14 laps. It wasnt easy as bothAllison and Hannagan were inhot pursuit. A dramatic 2-caraccident on the front straightinvolving Tony Beaber andTodd Heuerman brought outthe red flag.

The final 10 laps sawthrilling racing with the threelead drivers navigating lappedtraffic masterfully. It led upto a valiant, yet futile, attemptby Hannagan to catch Allison

at the finish line.I have to give this oneto my crew, said Allison,on his first win of the seasonand 29th career during the14-year UNOH ownership ofthe facility. Its been a whilecoming for me to win. DougWolfgang told me years agothat you are a hero one dayand a zero the next. I wasa zero last week and a herotoday. It was a good race. Iknew those guys were com-ing, so I had to pace myself.

The K & N UMP Modifiedfeature came to the line with21 cars and regular front run-ners Jerry Bowersock, TerryHull and Todd Sherman all

starting in the first three rows.At the start, another formerwinner, Casey Luedeke of St.Marys, bolted the front andled for the opening six laps.Sherman and Hull sandwichedLuedeke and eventually thepoints leader and defending

track champion Sherman setup for an inside pass to takeover race leadership.

The only drama remain-ing was a white flag restartas Sherman was able to posthis third win of the seasonand 24th all-time. Hull andTony Anderson rounded outthe podium finishers.

The track was fast andgood but a little rough, so weran low at one end and high atthe other, said Sherman fromthe winners circle.

The special format FrickeMemorial Thunderstock

Select was filled with fivecautions through the 10laps. The event saw veteranGossard bounce back from hisearlier flat tire in the stocksfeature to win the covetedrace. It was his first win ofthe Fricke Memorial since therace began in 2001.

Actions resumes on Fridayas LMP will host the final Meetthe Drivers Night for 2011.The Elwer Fence Sprints, K& N UMP Modifieds and theBudweiser Thunderstockswill compete. Gates open at5 p.m. with hot laps begin-ning at 6:30 p.m. Racing startspromptly at 7:30 p.m.

All the latest news and

information about Americaspremier quarter-mile dirt track,can be found at www.lima-land.com. You can also find2011 Limaland MotorsportsPark on Facebook.

Bud Thunderstocks:

Heats(8 Laps - Top 7 Transfer)Heat 1: 1. 62-Kevin Gossard;

2. 22T-Tony Anderson; 3. 71-KeithRalston; 4. 7B-Shawn Valenti; 5. 58P-Jim Post; 6. 21T-Tony Zuppardo; 7.27-Frank Paladino.

Heat 2: 1. 1-Josh Ulrich; 2. 52B-Sam Bodine; 3. 82-Chris Douglas; 4.2-Harry Smith; 5. O1-Lance Weppler;6. 89-Keith Shockency.

Heat 3: 1. 16-Jeff Koz; 2. 99-AndyKing; 3. OO-Matthew Custer; 4.26-Justin Long; 5. 5K-Karl Spoores; 6.3-Randy Crossley.

A-Main - (15 Laps) [#]-StartingPosition: 1. OO-Matthew Custer[1]; 2.1-Josh Ulrich[8]; 3. 71-Keith Ralston[3];4. 22T-Tony Anderson[6]; 5. 99-AndyKing[4]; 6. 16-Jeff Koz[7]; 7. 7B-ShawnValenti[10]; 8. O1-Lance Weppler[14];9. 58P-Jim Post[13]; 10. 26-JustinLong[12]; 11. 82-Chris Douglas[2]; 12.27-Frank Paladino[19]; 13. 3-RandyCrossley[18]; 14. 52B-Sam Bodine[5];15. 5K-Karl Spoores[15]; 16. 2-HarrySmith Ii[11]; 17. 62-Kevin Gossard[9];18. 21T-Tony Zuppardo[16].

Elwer FenceSprintsHeats (8 Laps - Top 5 Transfer)Heat 1: 1. 7C-Tim Hunter; 2.

22-Ben Rutan; 3. 18-Todd Heuerman;4. 22D-Dennis Yoakam; 5. 2H-DallasHewitt; 6. 34-Luke Hall; 7. 28H-HudHorton; 8. 2-Brent Gehr; 9. 41J-JeremyPowley.

Heat 2: 1. 22H-Randy Hannagan;2. 11-Tim Allison; 3. 4U-RickBoughan; 4. 3T-Tony Beaber; 5.

49-Shawn Dancer; 6. 82-Mike Miller;7. 4J-Bob Gehr; 8. 2M-Tom Rhoades;9. 27-Beau Stewart.

Heat 3: 1. 40-Caleb Helms; 2.57-Dylan Cisney; 3. 7K-Kyle Sauder;4. 6S-Jr Stewart; 5. 17-JaredHorstman; 6. 10J-Jarrod Delong; 7.5M-Max Stambaugh; 8. 77-Tim Viles;9. 49T-Gregg Dalman.

B-Main (10 Laps - Top 7 Transfer):1. 34-Luke Hall; 2. 82-Mike Miller;3. 28H-Hud Horton; 4. 5M-MaxStambaugh; 5. 4J-Bob Gehr; 6. 27-BeauStewart; 7. 10J-Jarrod Delong; 8.2M-Tom Rohades; 9. 2-Brent Gehr; 10.41J-Jeremy Powley; 11. 77-Tim Viles;12. 49T-Gregg Dalman.

A-Main - (25 Laps) [#]-StartingPosition: 1. 11-Tim Allison[2]; 2.22H-Randy Hannagan[5]; 3. 57-DylanCisney[1]; 4. 7C-Tim Hunter[6]; 5.7K-Kyle Sauder[9]; 6. 34-LukeHall[14]; 7. 6S-Jr Stewart[12]; 8.17-Jared Horstman[15]; 9. 22-BenRutan[3]; 10. 2H-Dallas Hewitt[13];11. 28H-Hud Horton[17]; 12. 82-MikeMiller[16]; 13. 5M-Max Stambaugh[18];14. 22D-Dennis Yoakam[10]; 15.

40-Caleb Helms[4]; 16. 4J-CalebHelms[19]; 17. 27-Beau Stewart[20];18. 4U-Rick Boughan[8]; 19. 10J-RickBoughan[21]; 20. 3T-Tony Beaber[11];21. 18-Todd Heuerman[7].

K&N UMP ModifiedsHeats (8 Laps - Top 7 Transfer)Heat 1: 1. 40-Terry Hull; 2.

L5-Casey Luedeke; 3. 22T-TonyAnderson; 4. O1-Kody Weisner;5. 1-Chris Puskas; 6. 18N-DerrickNoffsinger; 7. 45P-Brian Post.

Heat 2: 1. 28-Shaun Smith; 2.28R-Chad Rosenbeck; 3. 33-ClintReagle; 4. 20K-Bill Keeler; 5. 19-RyanOrdway; 6. 73-Jerry Hayden; 7.22B-Andy Bibler.

Heat 3: 1. 5X-Jerry Bowersock;2. 65-Todd Sherman; 3. 69-TommyBeezley; 4. O4-Bill Griffith; 5. 2C-DeanCraig; 6. 18JP-John Powell; 7. 12-TomJacobs.

A-Main (20 Laps) [#] StartingPosition: 1. 65-Todd Sherman[6];2. 40-Terry Hull[5]; 3. 1-ChrisPuskus[13]; 4. 22T-Tony Anderson[7];5. L5-Casey Luedeke[2]; 6. 69-Tommy

Beezely[9]; 7. 22B-Andy Bibler[20]; 8.28R-Chad Rosenbeck[1]; 9. 20K-BillKeeler[11]; 10. 45P-Brian Post[19];11. 18N-Derrick Noffsinger[16]; 12.19-Ryan Ordway[14]; 13. 2C-DeanCraig[15]; 14. 01-Kody Weisner[10];15. 18JP-John Powell[18]; 16. 73-JerryHayden[17]; 17. 12-Tom Jacobs[21];18. 33-Clint Reagle[8]; 19. 28-ShaunSmith[4]; 20. 5X-Jerry Bowersock[3];21. 04-Bill Griffith[12].

Mike Campbell photo

UNOH Racer Custer, Gossard, Allison

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MLB Capsules

The Associated PressNational LeagueEast Division

W L Pct GBPhiladelphia 68 39 .636

Atlanta 63 46 .578 6New York 55 53 .509 13 1/2Florida 53 55 .491 15 1/2Washington 51 56 .477 17Central Division

W L Pct GBMilwaukee 60 49 .550 St. Louis 57 51 .528 2 1/2Pittsburgh 54 52 .509 4 1/2Cincinnati 53 55 .491 6 1/2

Chicago 43 65 .398 16 1/2Houston 35 73 .324 24 1/2West Division

W L Pct GBSan Francisco 61 47 .565

Arizona 59 49 .546 2Colorado 51 57 .472 10Los Angeles 48 59 .449 12 1/2San Diego 47 62 .431 14 1/2Saturdays ResultsSt. Louis 13, Chicago Cubs 5Washington 3, N.Y. Mets 0Philadelphia 7, Pittsburgh 4

Atlanta 5, Florida 1Milwaukee 6, Houston 2Cincinnati 7, San Francisco 2Colorado 10, San Diego 6

Arizona 6, L.A. Dodgers 4Sundays ResultsCincinnati 9, San Francisco 0Florida 3, Atlanta 1Washington 3, N.Y. Mets 2Philadelphia 6, Pittsburgh 5, 10 inningsMilwaukee 5, Houston 4San Diego 8, Colorado 3

Arizona 6, L.A. Dodgers 3Chicago Cubs 6, St. Louis 3Todays Games

Atlanta (Jurrjens 12-3) at Washington(L.Hernandez 5-10), 7:05 p.m.Chicago Cubs (Zambrano 7-6) at Pittsburgh(Maholm 6-10), 7:05 p.m.Florida (Vazquez 7-9) at N.Y. Mets (Pelfrey6-9), 7:10 p.m.Cincinnati (Arroyo 7-9) at Houston (Norris 5-7),8:05 p.m.St. Louis (C.Carpenter 6-7) at Milwaukee(Greinke 8-4), 8:10 p.m.Philadelphia (Hamels 12-6) at Colorado(Chacin 8-8), 8:40 p.m.L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 12-4) at San Diego(Luebke 3-5), 10:05 p.m.

Arizona (I.Kennedy 12-3) at San Francisco(Cain 9-6), 10:15 p.m.Tuesdays Games

Atlanta (D.Lowe 6-9) at Washington (Lannan7-7), 7:05 p.m.Chicago Cubs (R.Wells 2-4) at Pittsburgh(Correia 12-8), 7:05 p.m.Florida (Hand 1-3) at N.Y. Mets (Capuano9-10), 7:10 p.m.Cincinnati (H.Bailey 5-5) at Houston(W.Rodriguez 7-7), 8:05 p.m.

St. Louis (J.Garcia 10-5) at Milwaukee (Marcum10-3), 8:10 p.m.Philadelphia (K.Kendrick 5-5) at Colorado(A.Cook 2-5), 8:40 p.m.L.A. Dodgers (Kuroda 6-13) at San Diego(Latos 5-10), 10:05 p.m.

Arizona (D.Hudson 10-7) at San Francisco(Lincecum 9-8), 10:15 p.m.American LeagueEast Division

W L Pct GBBoston 66 40 .623 New York 64 42 .604 2Tampa Bay 56 51 .523 10 1/2Toronto 55 53 .509 12

Baltimore 42 63 .400 23 1/2Central DivisionW L Pct GB

Detroit 57 51 .528 Cleveland 53 52 .505 2 1/2Chicago 52 54 .491 4Minnesota 50 58 .463 7Kansas City 46 62 .426 11West Division

W L Pct GBTexas 61 48 .560 Los Angeles 59 50 .541 2Oakland 49 59 .454 11 1/2Seattle 45 62 .421 15Saturdays ResultsN.Y. Yankees 8, Baltimore 3, 1st gameTexas 3, Toronto 0L.A. Angels 5, Detroit 1Seattle 3, Tampa Bay 2N.Y. Yankees 17, Baltimore 3, 2nd gameCleveland 5, Kansas City 2Boston 10, Chicago White Sox 2Oakland 8, Minnesota 3Sundays ResultsN.Y. Yankees 4, Baltimore 2Kansas City 5, Cleveland 3Detroit 3, L.A. Angels 2Toronto 7, Texas 3

Boston 5, Chicago White Sox 3Oakland 7, Minnesota 3Tampa Bay 8, Seattle 1Todays GamesCleveland (Tomlin 11-5) at Boston (Lackey9-8), 7:10 p.m.N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 15-5) at ChicagoWhite Sox (Peavy 4-4), 8:10 p.m.Oakland (Cahill 9-9) at Seattle (Beavan 1-2),10:10 p.m.Tuesdays GamesTexas (C.Lewis 10-8) at Detroit (Scherzer11-6), 7:05 p.m.Cleveland (D.Huff 1-1) at Boston (Beckett 9-4),7:10 p.m.Toronto (R.Romero 8-9) at Tampa Bay (Price9-9), 7:10 p.m.Baltimore (Simon 2-4) at Kansas City (Chen5-4), 8:10 p.m.N.Y. Yankees (P.Hughes 1-3) at Chicago WhiteSox (Danks 4-8), 8:10 p.m.Minnesota (Duensing 8-8) at L.A. Angels(E.Santana 6-8), 10:05 p.m.Oakland (Harden 2-1) at Seattle (F.Hernandez9-9), 10:10 p.m.

The Associated PressEASTERN CONFERENCE

W L Pct GBIndiana 14 6 .700 Connecticut 11 6 .647 1 1/2New York 10 8 .556 3Chicago 9 11 .450 5

Atlanta 8 10 .444 5Washington 3 14 .176 9 1/2WESTERN CONFERENCE

W L Pct GBMinnesota 13 4 .765 San Antonio 11 6 .647 2Phoenix 11 7 .611 2 1/2Seattle 10 8 .556 3 1/2Los Angeles 7 11 .389 6 1/2Tulsa 1 17 .056 12 1/2

Saturdays ResultsPhoenix 91, New York 84Los Angeles 88, Chicago 84Seattle 89, Tulsa 72Sundays ResultsMinnesota 70, San Antonio 69Connecticut 99, Atlanta 92Indiana 98, Los Angeles 63Todays GamesNo games scheduledTuesdays GamesNew York at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.Phoenix at Minnesota, 8 p.m.San Antonio at Seattle, 10 p.m.

The Associated PressPRO FOOTBALLNEW YORK Stuck in prison

and his NFL career derailed, PlaxicoBurress insisted hed be back oneday.

Rex Ryan and the New York Jetsare giving him that second chance.

The former Super Bowl starwith the New York Giants signed a1-year, fully-guaranteed $3.017 mil-lion deal with the Jets on Sundayafter recently being released fromprison after serving 20 months on agun charge. Burress, who turns 34 onAug. 12, caught the game-winningtouchdown in the Giants upset ofthe unbeaten New England Patriotsin the 2008 Super Bowl, before hiscareer derailed after he accidentallyshot himself in a New York nightclublater that year.

RENTON, Wash. First MattHasselbeck was told his decade atquarterback of the Seattle Seahawkswas over.

Now its middle linebacker Lofa

Tatupu being shown the door, leavingthe Seahawks with just two remain-ing members of their Super Bowlteam from six seasons ago.

Tatupu was cut by Seattle onSunday morning after the Seahawksdefensive captain reportedly declinedto restructure his contact. It wasannounced as a mutual decision,a line that was regularly repeated byhead coach Pete Carroll followingpractice.

WASHINGTON Its on tothe next step for the NFL and itsplayers, who are getting closer toa full-fledged collective bargainingagreement.

A person familiar with the nego-tiations confirmed to the AP that theNFL Players Association already re-established itself as a union. The per-son spoke on condition of anonymitybecause no announcement had beenmade by the NFLPA.

Re-establishing the union wasa key step needed to finish a CBAafter the main parts of the deal to endthe NFLs 4 1/2-month lockout wereagreed to by owners on July 21 andby players on Monday. Only a unioncan negotiate items such as drug test-ing, player conduct policy and dis-ability and pension programs.

For the lockout to remain liftedand the season to proceed, thoseissues must be resolved and a fullCBA completed by Thursday, adeadline both sides are confidentwill be met.

Once the CBA is fully squaredaway, veteran free agents who havesigned new contracts in the pastfew days will be allowed to prac-tice with their teams. Those playersare currently allowed to attend teammeetings, work out individually andwatch but not participate inpractice.

In addition to the Bills, at least thefollowing teams had voted in favorof re-certification as of Saturday:Patriots, Chiefs, Broncos, Bengals,Cowboys, Jaguars, Browns, Saints,Steelers, 49ers, Falcons, Giants,Titans, Buccaneers, Bears, Cardinals,Dolphins, Rams and Redskins.

AUTO RACINGINDIANAPOLIS Paul

Menard became NASCARs newestfirst-time winner Sunday with anupset victory at Indianapolis MotorSpeedway, a track steeped in tradi-tion for his family.

The first half of the race wasdominated by drivers with the stron-gest cars. But when debris cau-tions jumbled up the pit cycles, theBrickyard 400 turned into a race of

pure strategy.Menard and his Richard Childress

Racing team played it brilliantly,as crew chief Slugger Labbe hadMenard give the lead up to defend-ing race winner Jamie McMurrayin an effort to save fuel. CertainMcMurray didnt have enough gasto make it to the finish, Labbe thenturned his attention to Jeff Gordon,who fell 12 seconds behind after alate fuel stop but was slicing his waythrough the field.

Labbe gave Menard the green-light with just over three laps to go.He passed McMurray for the leadand was silent as he circled the trackwith Labbe giving constant updateson Gordons lap times. Gordon ranout of time and Menard cruised tohis first career victory in his 167thcareer start.

Menards only other victory camein the second-tier Nationwide Seriesin 2006.

TENNISSTANFORD, Calif. Serena

Williams smashed one final serve,dropped her racket, clenched herhands together and raised her armsin triumph.

At long last, a champion again.After blood clots in her lugs and

two foot operations threatened hercareer for nearly a year, Williamscaptured her first tournament titlesince returning with a 7-5, 6-1 winover Marion Bartoli in the Bank ofthe West Classic final Sunday.

The 13-time major championovercame two breaks in the first setto rally for a dominating finish. Shewent ahead 5-0 in the second and leftno doubt.

The victory was even sweeterbecause the ninth-ranked Bartoli beatthe former world No. 1 in straightsets in the fourth round at Wimbledonthis year. The finals appearance wasthe first for Williams since winningat the All England Club in 2010 and

her best showing this year.LOS ANGELES Ernests

Gulbis of Latvia won the FarmersClassic on Sunday, rallying past top-seeded Mardy Fish 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 forhis second career ATP tour title.

Gulbis entered the tournamenton a five-match losing streak but theinconsistent 22-year-old player witha ferocious serve outlasted Fish, thetop-ranked American and world No.9, in a 2-hour, 43-minute final.

Gulbis went ahead 5-1 in thethird set but nearly blew it. Fishbroke Gulbis serve and rallied to5-4 before Gulbis won three straightpoints in the final game, culminatingin a forehand winner down the line.

Along with his $113,000 win-ners check, Gulbis will move fromNo. 84 to No. 57 in the world rank-ings with his first victory since win-ning at Delray Beach last year.

COLLEGE PARK, Md. Second-seeded Nadia Petrova ofRussia beat top-seeded Shahar Peer7-5, 6-2 to win the inaugural CitiOpen on Sunday.

Its the 10th career WTA title forPetrova and her first since 2008 atQuebec City.

Petrova, who has been ranked ashigh as No. 3 in the world and nowranked 32nd, took advantage of astrong serve to control the match.Petrova won 30 out of 36 first-pointserves and had seven aces to one forthe Israeli. Peer, ranked 24th, hadfive double-faults in the first set.

Peer came in having lost fivestraight first-round matches but madeit to the finals of a WTA event for thefirst time since January 2010.

reached that mark in 2007. TheBraves picked up their 10,000th wina couple of weeks ago, includingtheir time in Boston and Milwaukee.Nolasco (8-7) lasted 6 2/3 innings.Leo Nunez came on in the ninth forhis 30th save.

Atlanta starter Tommy Hanson

(11-6) gave up all three Florida runsin six innings.Diamondbacks 6, Dodgers 3LOS ANGELES Joe Saunders

came within four outs of his secondstraight complete game, GerardoParra homered twice and the surg-ing Arizona Diamondbacks beat LosAngeles.

Ryan Roberts also homered forthe Diamondbacks, who won for the10th time in 15 games.

Saunders (8-8) won his fifthstraight road decision, allowing tworuns and eight hits including foursingles by Andre Ethier. The left-hander walked none and struck outthree. J.J. Putz got two outs for his24th save in 28 chances.

Rubby De La Rosa (4-5) matchedSaunders pitch total with 103. Butthe rookie right-hander lasted onlyfour innings, giving up three runs,five hits and four walks.

Cubs 6, Cardinals 3

ST. LOUIS Starlin Castro andMarlon Byrd had key hits as Chicagobroke up Jake Westbrooks perfectgame with a 4-run sixth inning andheld off St. Louis to avoid a 3-gamesweep.

Lance Berkmans 3-run homerin the bottom of the sixth madeit interesting for the Cardinals.Ryan Theriot, before Sean Marshallinduced Ryan Theriot, who had been6-for-7 in the series, into an inning-ending double play with runners onfirst and third.

Alfonso Soriano homered forthe second straight game and RyanDempster (8-8) pitched 6-plusinnings for the Cubs, who snapped a5-game losing streak. Carlos Marmolworked the ninth for his 20th save in27 chances.

Westbrook (9-5) needed only 44pitches to get through five innings,then labored through 33 pitches inthe sixth and left trailing by four.

After he retired his first 16 batters,five straight Cubs reached safelywith two outs.

Nationals 3, Mets 2WASHINGTON Rick Ankiel

scored on Ian Desmonds chopperup the middle in the bottom of theninth inning, giving Washington awin over New York on a scorcher ofa summer afternoon.

With runners on second andthird and the infield in, Desmondbounced the ball over pitcher BobbyParnell (3-3), who deflected it withhis glove. Second baseman WillieHarris throw was too late to getAnkiel.

Scott Hairston hit two homeruns, including a tying shot with twoouts in the ninth, for the Mets as theyfinished 6-4 on their road trip.

Drew Storen (6-2) got the winafter blowing the save.

Brewers 5, Astros 4MILWAUKEE Prince Fielder

drove in the go-ahead run in theeighth and Milwaukee beat Houstonto complete a 3-game sweep.

Jonathan Lucroy and YunieskyBetancourt drove in two runs apiecefor the NL Central leaders (60-49)

tied its season-best 6-game winningstreak and moved 11 games over.500 for the first time in more thantwo years.

Milwaukee reliever FranciscoRodriguez (4-2) failed to protectthe lead in the eighth, costing starterChris Narveson a victory. But theBrewers bounced right back againstFernando Rodriguez (2-1) whenRyan Braun doubled off the wall andFielder punched a single into center.

John Axford converted his club-record 28th consecutive save and31st in 33 chances this season.

Padres 8, Rockies 3SAN DIEGO Jesus Guzman

drove in three, including the go-ahead run in a 6-run eighth inning, asSan Diego avoided a 3-game sweepwith a victory over Colorado.

The late Padres rally ruined asolid outing by Colorado rookie JuanNicasio, who struck out a career-high 10 in seven strong innings.

Nicasio limited the Padres to tworuns, one earned, and five hits. ChadQualls (5-5) pitched one inning forthe win.

Rex Brothers (1-1) took the loss.AL CapsulesDETROIT Justin Verlander

came within four outs of anotherno-hitter, outpitching an angry JeredWeaver as the Detroit Tigers beat theLos Angeles Angels 3-2 on Sundayin a testy game that grew particularlyheated in the late innings.

Maicer Izturis lined an RBI sin-gle to left field with two outs inthe eighth for the Angels only hit.Verlander (15-5) was trying for histhird career no-hitter and second thisseason.

Weaver (14-5) was ejected forthrowing a pitch over Alex Avilashead in the seventh, right after CarlosGuillen showboated on a solo homerun infuriating the right-hander.Guillen flipped his bat, posed at

the plate and skipped a few stepssideways, prompting Weaver to yellat him before Guillen rounded thebases.

Sensing trouble was coming,plate umpire Hunter Wendelstedtwarned both benches. But Weaverthrew the next pitch near Avilashead and was quickly ejected alongwith Los Angeles manager MikeScioscia.

In a marquee matchup of All-Star aces, Verlander allowed twounearned runs in eight innings. JoseValverde worked the ninth for his28th save in 28 tries.

Red Sox 5, White Sox 3CHICAGO Dustin Pedroia

hit a go-ahead 2-run single in theseventh, Jason Varitek homered andthe Red Sox beat the White Sox to

win their weekend series at U.S.Cellular Field.

Alfredo Aceves (7-1), whorelieved starter Andrew Miller in thesixth, pitched a scoreless inning toget the victory. Jonathan Papelbonstruck out the side in the bottom halffor his 24th save.

White Sox star Paul Konerko leftwith a bruised left calf after being

hit with a pitch from Miller in thebottom of the fourth inning. X-rayswere negative.

Jesse Crain (5-3) surrenderedPedroias hit and Adrian Gonzalezdoubled in a run in the ninth to giveBoston a 5-3 lead.

Blue Jays 7, Rangers 3TORONTO Brandon Morrow

struck out a season-high 11 to winfor the third time