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Sooners, Crimson
Tide will meet in
the WCWS finals
Celtics beat
Heat in OT,
tied at 2-2
BOSTON (AP) -- Rajon
Rondo delivered the trash talk
at halftime and the big plays
in overtime. And after one
final defensive stand - maybe
assisted by a Garden ghost the Boston Celtics were two
wins away from an improbable chance to play for another
championship.
Rondo had 15 points and
15 assists, and scored the final
three points of the Celtics’
93-91 overtime victory over the
Miami Heat on Sunday night
that evened the Eastern Conference finals at two games apiece.
Getting a huge break when
LeBron James fouled out for
the first time since joined the
Heat, the Celtics recovered
after blowing an 18-point lead
in regulation and moved two
games away from a third trip
to the NBA finals in five years.
Garnett added 17 points and
14 rebounds for the Celtics,
while Paul Pierce scored 23
points before fouling out. Ray
Allen finished with 16 points.
“Stops,” Rondo said when
asked what was the difference
in the tight game. “I think we
executed offensively, came up
with some lucky plays and we
got stops at the end.”
James had 29 points and
Wade scored 20 after another
dismal start for the Heat, who
host Game 5 on Tuesday.
“Not stressed the series
is tied 2-2,” James said. “It’s
great basketball, great competition. We wanted to get one
up here and we didn’t.”
In a game that started as
a Celtics blowout and turned
into a foul- and tension-filled
fourth quarter, followed by the
second overtime in this series,
the Celtics held on when Wade
missed a potential winning
3-pointer on the last possession.
“It was a good look. It was
online but didn’t want to go
in,” Wade said. “Got the shot
off I wanted and that is all you
can ask for.”
Celtics coach Doc Rivers
had his own unusual reasoning
for Wade’s oh-so-close shot.
“Red wasn’t going to let
that go in. Not in the Boston
Garden,” he said of former
coach Red Auerbach.
Mickael Pietrus drew
James’ sixth foul and grabbed
two huge offensive rebounds
that extended consecutive pos(Continued on page B4)
Jack Nicklaus, left, talks with Tiger Woods after Woods won
the Memorial golf tournament at the Muirfield Village Golf
Club in Dublin, Ohio, Sunday, June 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)
Tiger Woods rallies;
Wins the Memorial
DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) -- Tiger Woods was at his best Sunday
at the Memorial. He hit nearly every shot just the way he wanted,
worked the gallery into a frenzy with one last charge over the
final hour and left everyone buzzing - especially Jack Nicklaus with a shot they will talk about for years.
Better yet was the timing of his 73rd win.
Woods tied Nicklaus for career PGA Tour victories at the
tournament that Jack built. And the 14-time major champion suddenly looks equipped to resume his chase of another Nicklaus
mark that is more significant - 18 major championships.
The U.S. Open starts in 11 days.
With a chip-in that even Woods called one of the toughest
shots he ever made, he birdied three of his last four holes to close
with a 5-under 67 and turn a two-shot deficit into a two-shot victory over Rory Sabbatini and fast-closing Andres Romero.
Coming off a two-putt birdie on the 15th, Woods hit 8-iron over
the green at the par-3 16th and into an impossible lie. It was buried
in deep rough, the pin 50 feet away along a ridge. Woods hit a full
flop shot, hopeful to give himself a reasonable putt for par. Far more
likely was the ball going short and down a slope away from the pin,
or coming out too strong and rolling into the water.
No one was thinking birdie, not even Woods, until he took
two steps and delivered an uppercut when the ball fell in the right
side of the cup.
Nicklaus was gushing from the broadcast booth. “The most
unbelievable, gutsy shot I’ve ever seen,” he said.
“Under the circumstances - the circumstances being Tiger has
been struggling - it was either fish or cut bait,” Nicklaus said
later. “He had one place to land the ball. He’s playing a shot
that if he leaves it short, he’s going to leave himself again a very
difficult shot. If he hits it long, he’s going to probably lose the
tournament. He lands the ball exactly where it has to land. Going
in the hole was a bonus. But what a shot!
“I don’t think under the circumstances I’ve seen a better shot.”
Woods, who finished at 9-under 279, won the Memorial for
the fifth time. At age 36, he is 10 years younger than Nicklaus
when the Golden Bear won his 73rd tournament at the 1986 Masters. Sam Snead holds the PGA Tour record with 82 wins.
It was vintage Woods at Muirfield Village, the fifth course
where he has won at least five times. And it was the perfect way
for him to end his worst stretch as a pro. After winning at Bay
Hill in March, he tied for 40th in the Masters, missed the cut at
Quail Hollow and tied for 40th at The Players Championship.
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Pac 12’s run of Women’s
College World Series championships has been interrupted.
Jackie Traina homered and threw a two-hitter, Kaila Hunt
and Jazlyn Lunceford also connected and Alabama beat topseeded California 5-2 on Sunday to reach the Women’s College
World Series finals for the first time.
The No. 2 seed Crimson Tide (58-7) will face Oklahoma
(53-8), which knocked off defending champion Arizona State
5-3 in the other semifinal. Both teams arrive on 11-game winning streaks.
The best-of-three championship series starting Monday
night marks the first time since 1986 that no Pac-12 teams made
it to the finals.
The conference had won six straight titles, 10 of the past 11
and 23 of 30 since the tournament started.
“There’s athletes everywhere now — I mean everywhere —
and if you find them, you’re going to put together a good team,”
Alabama coach Patrick Murphy said.
“It doesn’t matter who it is or where you’re at. Cold weather,
warm weather, East Coast, West Coast, if you can put them
together and you can coach them up, you’re going to have a
good team and I think it’s great for the sport.”
This time, it will be the Big 12 going for its fourth NCAA
title while Alabama will go for the Southeastern Conference’s
first.
“The way we’ve gone through this tournament, we’ve
played the best and I like it that way because we’ve earned the
right to be here,” said Oklahoma coach Patty Gasso, whose
fourth-seeded Sooners beat California on Friday night before
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Oklahoma’s Keilani Ricketts pitches against Arizona State
in the first inning of an NCAA college World Series softball
game in Oklahoma City, Sunday, June 3, 2012.
(AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
Oklahoma won 5-3. Page B2
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Milwaukee Brewers catcher Martin Maldonado watches as Pittsburgh Pirates’ Andrew
McCutchen is congratulated at home by Garrett Jones (46) and James McDonald after McCutchen
hit a two-run home run during the fifth inning of a baseball game, Sunday, June 3, 2012, in Mil(AP Photo/Morry Gash)
waukee.
Verlander and Tigers
lose 5-1 to Yankees
DETROIT (AP) — Derek Jeter and Alex
Rodriguez each homered off Justin Verlander,
and Phil Hughes pitched a four-hitter to lead
the New York Yankees to a 5-1 victory over the
Detroit Tigers on Sunday.
Jeter homered on the first pitch of the game,
and Rodriguez hit a long solo shot in the third
inning. Hughes (5-5) didn’t need much support
in throwing his first career complete game of nine
innings — last Aug. 2 he went all six innings in a
rain-shortened win over the White Sox.
Hughes struck out eight and walked three. He
threw a career-high 123 pitches. Verlander (5-4)
allowed five runs — three earned — and nine
hits in 6 1-3 innings. He’s now lost three straight
starts for the first time since 2008.
Prince Fielder homered for the Tigers.
RANGERS 7, ANGELS 3
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Matt Harrison
won his third straight start, Nelson Cruz hit a
long two-run homer and the Texas Rangers beat
the streaking Los Angeles Angels 7-3 on Sunday
to avoid a three-game sweep.
The victory ended a four-game skid by the
two-time defending AL champions, who lead the
Angels by 4½ games in the West. The clubs play
13 more times during the regular season.
Harrison (7-3) was charged with three runs
and four hits in 6 2-3 innings after handing a 5-2
lead to the bullpen.
Dan Haren (3-6) threw 104 pitches over five
innings, allowing two runs and seven hits.
TWINS 5, INDIANS 3
CLEVELAND (AP) — Scott Diamond
allowed three unearned runs over seven innings
for Minnesota. Joe Mauer hit an RBI single in
the first off Justin Masterson (2-5). The Twins
star left in the ninth with a sprained right thumb.
Diamond (4-1) gave up seven hits and didn’t
issue a walk. In six starts since being recalled
from the minors May 8, he has walked only four.
Matt Capps pitched the ninth for his 12th save
in 13 chances as Minnesota took two of three
in the series. Minnesota made three errors, but
improved to 5-1 since a five-game losing streak.
Cleveland fell to 2-7 since sweeping three
straight at home from Detroit.
ROYALS 2, ATHLETICS 0
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Alex Gordon
and Brayan Pena combined on a play at the plate
to preserve a shutout for Vin Mazzaro and three
Royals relievers. Mazzaro six innings to help beat
up on punchless Oakland again. The Athletics are
hitting .209 on the season and have been shut out
in three of their past four games. The Royals sent
the A’s to their 10th loss in 11 games.
In the fifth inning, Josh Reddick hit a foul fly
ball that Gordon caught near the seats. Adam
Rosales tagged up at third, as Gordon let fly. The
throw beat Rosales, who tried but failed to jar the
ball loose from catcher Brayan Pena.
BLUE JAYS 5, RED SOX 1
TORONTO (AP) — Jose Bautista hit a threerun home run and rookie Drew Hutchison won
for the fourth time in five starts.
In an ill-tempered game that featured four
hit batters, plate umpire Mike Winters warned
both benches after Boston’s Kevin Youkilis was
drilled on the shoulder in the sixth. Youkilis
stepped in front of the plate and yelled at
Hutchison, but the situation did not escalate.
Daniel Bard (5-6) allowed five runs, walked
six, struck out two and hit two batters in 1 2-3
innings, his shortest career start.
Hutchison (5-2) allowed one run and five hits
in seven innings, matching his career high. He
walked one and struck out five.
RAYS 8, ORIOLES 4
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — B.J. Upton
hit a tiebreaking two-run double, Matt Moore won
for the first time after losing four straight decisions
and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Baltimore Orioles 8-4 on Sunday. Upton gave the Rays a 4-2
lead with a two-out hit off Jake Arrieta (2-7) in the
fifth. Arrieta walked three during the inning.
Moore (2-5) allowed two runs and seven hits
over six innings. The left-hander had four losses
in five starts since beating Seattle on May 1.
Matt Wieters and Mark Reynolds homered
for the Orioles, who have lost seven of eight.
Arrieta, 0-5 over his last six starts, gave up four
runs, two hits and four walks in 4 2-3 innings.
WHITE SOX 4, MARINERS 2
CHICAGO (AP) — Chris Sale pitched a fivehitter for his first major league complete game
and Chicago won for the 10th time in 11 games.
Sale (7-2) struck out eight and walked two. It
was his 10th start this year after pitching in relief
for Chicago during the last two seasons.
In Sale’s previous start, he struck out 15 in 7
1-3 innings at Tampa Bay.
Sale allowed White Sox manager Robin Ventura to rest his entire bullpen after Chicago used
all seven relievers in Saturday’s taxing 12-inning
loss. Alex Rios drove in two runs for the AL Central leaders. Kevin Millwood (3-5) allowed four
runs and seven hits in four innings. He struck out
four but walked five.
Dartmouth repeats
as ‘rugby champs’
CHESTER, PA (AP) — Dartmouth repeated as national champions beating Arizona 24-5 on Sunday in the third annual USA
Sevens Collegiate Rugby Championship.
Dartmouth’s Will Mueller led the Big Green with two tries and
Kevin Clark and Will Lehmann had one each, while Arizona’s
Brett Thompson scored the Wildcats’ lone try on the final play of
the first half. The consecutive national titles ends a great run for a
strong Dartmouth senior nucleus.
“You have to give credit to our senior class, they all played
in this last year, they work their guts off and these guys all have
almost perfect grades which tells you the type of guys they are,”
said Dartmouth coach Alex Magleby, who’s also the head coach of
the US national sevens team. “This is a group that gets things done.
Arizona is a tough team, it was a team full of superstars. Going
into the weekend, we didn’t know exactly where we were going to
stand. How well we were going to be able to keep possession was
key and what our speed would be like matching up to others.”
Clark started the scoring taking the first try in from about 20
yards out with 6:06 left in the first half, then Mueller tallied the first
of his two tries on a short run with slightly under three minutes left
in the first half. He added another try with less than 40 seconds left
in the half for a commanding lead. Lehmann’s try with 5:59 left to
play sealed the victory for the Big Green.
Dartmouth was dominant throughout its six games. The Big
Green outscored their opponents by a combined 170-41. Dartmouth entered the championship match of the 16-team, two-day
round-robin tournament by giving up one try or less in five of its
six victories. California was the only team to lead against Dartmouth, 5-0 and 19-7, before the Big Green rebounded for 14 unanswered points in a 21-19 semifinal victory.
“I think with us, it comes down to fundamentals,” Mueller said.
“This is an unbelievable tradition with the seniors in this team and
alumni. It was equaling challenging this year to win the national
championship. We have a great core group of seniors that were
able to learn from the experience we had in this tournament last
year. We knew there was a target on us, and it comes down to
doing the fundamentals correctly. That was the difference.”
Arizona lost its top player, Peter Tiberio, in the second minute
with a broken left forearm. The Wildcats were hit again with another
major injury about a minute later when starter Trent Fischer went
down with an injured left ankle.
“That’s a very well coached team that’s played together for a
while, they train together, they’re well drilled, Dartmouth is a great
team,” Arizona coach Dave Sitton said. “The key to their success is
their team concept. Our semifinal game against Life was hard fought,
and we thought we were prepared to play, but when you take a look
at the injuries we had, there wasn’t quite as much gas in the tank in
the end as we would have liked. When Tiberio and Fischer went out
of the game, it might have been a little too much to ask.”
In the consolation match, California won the bronze by beating
Life University (Marietta, Ga.) 26-7 after surging to a big 21-0 lead
in the first half.
Seamus Kelly, Connor Ring, Josh Tucker and Ahmed Chehade
all scored tries for the Golden Bears, while Cornelius Dirksen
scored on a long try for Life with 2:02 left to play.
NOTES: Dartmouth coach Alex Magleby was named the USA
men’s sevens head coach back in March. Along with guiding the
Big Green to consecutive national championships, Magleby has
built an incredible resume, which includes being the former Team
USA sevens’ captain, and he’s also Dartmouth’s 15s head coach .
In 2016, rugby sevens will be an official Olympic sport . Tiberio’s
loss in the championship game was not only a crucial loss to the
Wildcats, but he plays a critical role for the U.S. National team .
Before the championship game, Arizona had defeated its five previous opponents by a combined 149-38. The Wildcats had only
given up two tries in two of their first five games.
SAfrican rugby team:
‘Game can be for all‘
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Sport, like so many other
aspects of life, was divided along racial lines in apartheid South
Africa. White rugby fans in the Johannesburg area are trying
to close the divide that endures 18 years after apartheid’s end.
Panorama sports club members have been working with community development organizations in some of the townships
set aside for blacks under apartheid, neighborhoods that remain
predominantly black and poor. Sixteen black players are now
on Panorama’s junior rugby team.
Nelson Mandela, the anti-apartheid icon, made a dramatic
gesture of reconciliation when he attended the 1995 World
Cup rugby final wearing a South Africa jersey. Mandela said
without words that sport could be for all South Africans.
The Panorama Cobras are trying to make that vision real.
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History-making
Nationals lose to
the Braves, 3-2
Boston Celtics guard Rajon Rondo (9) drives against Miami Heat guards Dwyane Wade, left,
and Mario Chalmers (15) during the first quarter of Game 4 in their NBA basketball Eastern
(AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
Conference finals playoff series in Boston, Sunday, June 3, 2012.
➧ Celtics beat Heat in OT, tied at 2-2…
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sessions for the Celtics, who lost Game 4 in
overtime in a second-round series against the
Heat last year with a chance to tie the series.
This time, they overcame their second-half
stall on the offensive end by limiting the Heat to
just one basket in overtime, by Udonis Haslem,
who finished with 12 points and 17 rebounds.
“At the end you have a chance to win after
50-plus minutes and losing the MVP. Hey,
you’ll take that,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said.
Rondo’s layup gave the Celtics a 92-91 lead
with 2:34 left, and neither team scored again
until he made a free throw with 21 seconds to
play. Wade, already finding it tough to locate
any room with Chris Bosh out and then having
to do it James also on the sideline, saw his
potential winning attempt bounce off the rim as
time expired.
“I don’t ever think I’ve seen that before,”
Allen said of James and Pierce fouling out. “But
Rondo’s on the floor, I’m on the floor, Kevin’s
on the floor, Wade’s on the floor. All that has to
happen at that point is the game has to be won.
We don’t care what it looks like. We had plenty.”
In what could have been the final Beantown game for the Celtics’ Big Three, Boston
scored 61 points in a sensational first half that
concluded with some televised trash talk from
Rondo. But the Celtics managed only 12 points
in the third quarter, and Wade finally got going
after managing just eight points on 2-of-11
shooting in the first half.
With the Celtics down by two, Pierce and
Rondo made consecutive layups for an 85-83 edge
with 3:08 to go in regulation. But with the Celtics
up three, they lost James, who was wide open with
plenty of time to set himself for a 3-pointer that
evened it at 89 with 37.5 seconds left.
Garnett was called for an offensive foul on
the next possession, giving the Heat the ball
back with 21 seconds left. But they passed it
around too long, leaving them with a long
forced attempt from Haslem that was well off
before the buzzer. The videoboard kept encouraging fans to get louder, as if they needed any
prompting in what could have been the final
time they got to watch the Big Three together.
Fans who left and stayed away for years
during the Celtics’ lean years started coming
back in the 2007-08 season after Garnett and
Allen were traded to Boston to form join an AllStar trio with Pierce, the Garden almost always
full as the Celtics won a championship, played
in two finals and returned the franchise back to
its traditional place atop the East.
But the aging group was nearly broken up
when the Celtics sputtered through the first half
of the shortened season, and it seems doubtful
they’ll be back together after this season.
The fans grew even louder when the
Celtics ran out to a 14-4 lead after consecutive 3-pointers by Pierce and Allen. The Celtics
went to Garnett for their next two baskets,
pushing it to 18-4, and when Pierce’s 3-pointer
made it 21-6, it was the third time in four games
they had a lead of at least 15 points.
And after leading the Celtics to the highestscoring half the Heat have surrendered this postseason, Rondo even fired a shot at the visitors,
saying in his televised halftime interview what
was working for Boston was the Heat “complaining and crying to the referees in transition.”
The point guard didn’t back down after the
game, either. “What I said was true,” Rondo said.
“I don’t take back what I said. That’s what it is.”
It was so hard for the Heat early that James
didn’t even make his first basket - the Celtics
accidentally tipped in his miss, and it was credited to him as the closest player. But Miami
finally got untracked when Garnett left for a
rest, getting a number of easy baskets to get
within six before the Celtics regained control
and went ahead 34-23 after one.
The Celtics made 16 of their first 25 shots
and seemed intent on outhustling the Heat to the
ball on the rare times they did miss. And the
Heat, who insisted they would be more aggressive, didn’t shoot their first free throw until
James was fouled while making a basket with
6:53 remaining in the first half.
Boston pushed the lead to 18 when Pierce
shook off a foul and tossed in a long, one-legged
jumper with 3:12 left in the second quarter, and
the Celtics were ahead 61-47 at the break.
The Celtics averaged 89.1 points on 44 percent shooting in an ugly second-round survival
against Philadelphia, then managed a measly
79 points in the opener of this series, the old
guys looking like their best basketball was well
behind them. They seemed to have solved their
offensive woes, then managed only 12 points in
the third quarter, losing Rondo along the way to
his fourth foul.
It was down to 73-68 after three, and the Heat
tied it for the first time when James’ layup made
it 74-all with 8:54 remaining. Norris Cole’s layup
on the next possession gave Miami the lead for
the first time and it stayed tight from there.
NOTES: Bosh missed his ninth straight game
with a lower abdominal strain. Spoelstra said
his status is still out indefinitely. ... The Heat
changed centers again, starting Joel Anthony.
... James said there’s no playoff silence or anything else behind his absence from Twitter.
James, who has more than 4.6 million followers,
hasn’t posted on the site since April 27, the day
before the playoffs began. “My fans, I’m still
with them, but I haven’t been on there,” he said.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Tommy Hanson shook off an agonizing start to outpitch Gio Gonzalez, and the Atlanta Braves
beat the Washington Nationals 3-2 Sunday to end a six-game
skid against their NL East rivals.
Hanson (6-4) gave up homers to the first two batters he faced,
with Steve Lombardozzi and Bryce Harper connecting on consecutive pitches. They became the first pair of rookies in modern
baseball history to homer in succession leading off a game, the
Nationals said in citing the Elias Sports Bureau.
Hanson then blanked the Nationals over the next six innings.
The right-hander allowed two runs, six hits and no walks in
seven innings.
Eric O’Flaherty worked the eighth and Craig Kimbrel struck
out the side in the ninth for his 16th save in 17 tries.
Gonzalez (7-2) was seeking to win his sixth straight start.
METS 6, CARDINALS 1
NEW YORK (AP) — Jonathon Niese struck out a careerhigh 10 in six scoreless innings and the Mets shut down the
slumping Cardinals for the third straight game, getting a homer
and three RBIs from rookie Kirk Nieuwenhuis.
Andres Torres added a two-run triple and finished a homer
shy of the cycle.
Nieuwenhuis, batting leadoff, also had three hits.
Niese (4-2) became the latest New York pitcher to dominate
the Cardinals, following Johan Santana’s no-hitter in the series
opener Friday night — the first in Mets history — and knuckleballer R.A. Dickey’s seven-hit shutout Saturday.
The only thing that prevented the Cardinals from being
blanked in three consecutive games for the first time since
October 1976 was a two-out RBI single by Adron Chambers
in the eighth off Elvin Ramirez, who was making his major
league debut.
GIANTS 2, CUBS 0
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Barry Zito pitched 8 1-3 scoreless innings for his 150th career win and Joaquin Arias snapped
an 18 at-bat hitless stretch with an RBI single that led the San
Francisco Giants over the Chicago Cubs.
Zito (5-2) was rarely threatened by the struggling Cubs,
allowing just four hits and two walks before leaving to a standing
ovation after a one-walk to Darwin Barney in the ninth. Sergio
Romo finished for his second save.
Travis Wood (0-2) was the tough-luck loser for the Cubs,
allowing just one run and three hits in seven innings as Chicago
fell for the 15th time in 18 games. The Cubs have also lost 10
straight road games for their longest skid away from Wrigley
Field since dropping 10 in a row in September 2000.
MARLINS 5, PHILLIES 1
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Carlos Zambrano homered and
pitched into the eighth inning, and Hanley Ramirez went deep,
too, to lead the Miami Marlins over Philadelphia.
Zambrano (4-3) allowed four hits, walked two and struck out
seven in before leaving with two outs in the eighth to win for the
seventh time in nine games.
Zambrano leads all pitchers since 1974 with 24 career home
runs. He connected against Joe Blanton (4-6).
Heath Bell came on with two on and one out in the ninth and
got a pair of groundouts for his 12th save in 16 chances.
Jose Reyes went 2 for 5 with a double and two RBIs to extend
his hitting streak to 14 games.
DIAMONDBACKS 6, PADRES 0
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Trevor Cahill threw a six-hitter and
Paul Goldschmidt, Miguel Montero and Gerardo Parra homered
to lead the Arizona Diamondbacks past San Diego.
Cahill (3-5) threw his second career shutout and complete
game. His other came with Oakland on Aug. 2, 2010 in a 6-0
win against Kansas City when he threw a three-hitter.
Cahill, born and raised in Vista about 40 miles north of San
Diego, won for the first time in six starts, striking out five and
walking three.
Eric Stults (1-2) took the loss.
ASTROS 5, REDS 3
HOUSTON (AP) — Jordan Lyles pitched seven strong
innings, Justin Maxwell hit his third pinch-hit home run this
season and the Houston Astros ended a season-worst eight-game
losing streak by beating Cincinnati.
Lyles (1-1) allowed five hits and struck out three in his first
win since last Aug. 20.
He has made five starts for Houston, but spent most of the
season in Triple-A.
Brett Myers pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for his 13th save.
Bronson Arroyo (2-4) yielded a season-high five earned runs
in 6 1-3 innings and remained winless since May 7.
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Tarver fights to draw with Kayode; Wright loses
CARSON, Calif. (AP) — Antonio Tarver rallied in the late
rounds to earn a draw with unbeaten cruiserweight Lateef Kayode
on Saturday night, and Winky Wright lost a unanimous decision to
unbeaten middleweight Peter “Kid Chocolate” Quillin.
Austin Trout also defended his WBA super welterweight title
at the Home Depot Center complex south of Los Angeles with
an uneventful unanimous decision over Delvin Rodriguez. Local
bantamweight Leo Santa Cruz won the vacant IBF title with a onesided decision over South Africa’s Vusi Malinga.
The 43-year-old Tarver (29-6-1) got off to a slow start against
the powerful Kayode (18-0-1), but rallied in the second half of the
bout. Tarver and Kayode each won 115-113 on one judge’s scorecard, and the third was 114-114.
The 40-year-old Wright was soundly outpointed in his first
fight in nearly three years.
Tarver likely didn’t move much closer to his goal of landing a
heavyweight title fight against a Klitschko brother, but the veteran
champion avoided his first defeat since May 2009 with a solid
second-half rally. Kayode dominated the early rounds, keeping
Tarver constantly in a defensive retreat, but Tarver broke through
in the sixth round and finished strong.
“I beat this guy in every aspect,” said Tarver, who works as an
analyst for Showtime. “I dictated every round. I hit him with clean
shots all night long. He was sloppy, just like I said he was. He was
just slapping and never landing. I swept him after the sixth round.
From the sixth to the 12th, it was a shutout. I was slow to start.
That’s all he had on me.”
Kayode showboated and goaded Tarver to throw more punches
throughout the bout. Although Kayode landed just 8 percent of his
punches compared to 20 percent for Tarver, the Nigerian slugger
who trains in Hollywood under Freddie Roach reacted with outrage at the decision. “Everybody knows I won this fight,” Kayode
said. “I am a strong man. I came to fight. Power is my name, and
I did my job. I am better than him. He won because he works for
Showtime. Let’s go to HBO.”
Wright (51-6-1), the former middleweight champion fighting in
the co-main event behind his friend and fellow Tampa-area fighter
Tarver, showed rust during his first fight in 38 months. He also demonstrated a willingness to engage Quillin (27-0, 20 KOs) in one of
the defense-oriented Wright’s most entertaining fights in years.
Quillin’s speed and power caused enormous problems for
Wright, knocking him down in the fifth round and leading to a
prolonged battering in the eighth. Wright engaged with Quillin for
all 10 rounds, a change from the defense-first style he has used for
most of his career. “He definitely won the fight, no doubt at all,”
Wright said. “My timing was off. He fought a good fight, and he
came prepared. I think I need to be at 154 if I fight again. He was
quicker than I thought, and he was stronger than I thought.”
Wright had fought just once since losing to Bernard Hopkins in
July 2007, losing a one-sided decision to Paul Williams in April
2009. Wright claimed he couldn’t find any fights that intrigued
him, even with his 40th birthday looming last November.
Quillin was highly watchable in the biggest victory of his
career, consistently breaking through Wright’s defense with combinations and big shots. The fight was a step up in competition for
Quillin, whose style could attract bigger fights with bigger names.
“I’m very proud. This was hard work for me,” said Quillin,
who grew up in Grand Rapids, Mich., the hometown of Floyd
Mayweather Jr. “I threw a lot of punches and made him fight me.
He was very smart and crafty. I had to watch for the shots.”
Tarver hadn’t fought since stopping Australia’s Danny Green
last July in yet another upset victory for the Magic Man. But with
just three fights in the previous 43 months, Tarver realizes he’s
running out of time to land the big-money bouts he wants: He’s
determined to fight one of the Klitschko brothers for a final careerdefining achievement.
Tarver got Kayode’s attention months before the fight with
critical comments about Kayode’s fighting style. Kayode got mad
again in the third round when Tarver hit him as the referee separated them out of a clinch, dismissively waving away Tarver’s
apologetic offer to touch gloves.
Kayode landed the majority of decent punches in the first five
rounds, but Tarver came back with several big shots in the sixth
and a left hand in the eighth that buckled Kayode’s knees.
Trout (25-0, 14 KOs) acknowledged he wasn’t impressive
while beating Rodriguez in a decision that drew scattered boos.
Although Trout was never hurt, his low punch output and Rodriguez’s ever-changing style led to an awkward fight.
Santa Cruz (20-0-1), who fights out of nearby Rosemead, threw
an astonishing 1,350 punches in a near-shutout decision victory,
losing only one round on one judge’s scorecard and earning the
118-pound title.
Earlier, African-Australian super middleweight Sakio Bika
returned to prominence with a dominating performance, stopping
Dyah Davis in the 10th round.
Fans near ringside included 50 Cent, Lakers forward Metta
World Peace, former major league slugger and Tampa native Gary
Sheffield, WBC 154-pound champion Canelo Alvarez, WBC 122pound champ Abner Mares, Sugar Shane Mosley, Victor Ortiz,
Laila Ali, Marshall Faulk, Lindsey Vonn and Strikeforce MMA
star Ronda Rousey.
Antonio Tarver, right, and Lateef Kayode, of Nigeria, exchange punches in the 12th round of
a cruiserweight boxing match in Carson, Calif., Saturday, June 2, 2012.
(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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Due Date and Time: June 21, 2012
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Submission:
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Mapusaga, American Samoa 96799
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Any bids received after the aforementioned date and time will not be accepted under any
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Documents:
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➧ Ricketts in WCWS finals…
Continued from page B1
Oklahoma pitcher Keilani Ricketts pumps her fist as she runs towards her teammates after
their 5-3 win over Arizona State in an NCAA college World Series softball game in Oklahoma
(AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
City, Sunday, June 3, 2012.
knocking Arizona State out of
the double-elimination event.
Oklahoma is in the finals
for the first time since winning
its only national championship
in 2000, when the title was
decided with a single game.
Katie Norris homered,
Keilani Ricketts struck out 13
and the Sooners struck for four
runs in the third inning against
Dallas Escobedo (24-8) to take
control.
Ricketts hit an RBI single
that tied it at 2 and Jessica
Shults followed with a tworun double that nicked off right
fielder Alix Johnson’s glove
as she tried for a diving grab.
Shults then came in to score
when third baseman Haley
Steele lost Norris’ potential
inning-ending popup and let it
fall.
“I just love the tenacity of
this team, and to find a way
to play for a national championship has been our ultimate
dream and our ultimate goal,”
Gasso said. “And to know that
it has a chance for reality, it is
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unbelievable.
“The hard work and effort
they put in, there’s not another
team that deserves it more than
my Sooners.”
The Crimson Tide ended
a Sunday jinx at the World
Series after getting eliminated
in the semifinals three of the
past four years.
They were knocked out on
a game-ending grand slam in
2009 and lost twice last year
just one win away from the
championship round.
SEC teams have lost in the
finals three of the past five
years.
“We’d love to do that, we’d
love to bring it home to our
conference and show we have
the power,” Alabama catcher
Kendall Dawson said. “But
we’re just going to stick with
our game.”
The only other times there
wasn’t a Pac-12 finalist were
when Texas A&M beat Cal
State-Fullerton in 1983 and
when the teams met again with
the opposite result three years
later.
“There’s more parity across
the country and there’s great
teams across the country, and
it’s good for softball,” Golden
Bears coach Diane Ninemire
said.
California’s Danielle Henderson launched a two-run
homer halfway up the leftfield bleachers to tie it at 2 in
the fourth, but Alabama struck
right back.
Dawson bounced an RBI
single into center in the bottom
half, and Hunt’s 21st homer
made it 4-2 in the fifth.
Dawson picked off Henderson to snuff out a rally in
the sixth, when the Golden
Bears (58-7) put runners on
first and second with nobody
out. Henderson slipped as she
tried to get back to the base.
Traina (40-2) struck out
Cheyenne Cordes to end the
threat, and Lunceford tacked
on a leadoff shot against Jolene
Henderson (38-4) just over the
right-field fence in the sixth.
“Being No. 1, it means a lot
but it also means people are
going to be gunning for you,”
California’s Jamia Reid said.
“We knew that coming here, it
was going to be a tough World
Series.”
Ricketts (36-7) hadn’t
given up an earned run in 40
consecutive innings before
Annie Lockwood’s two-run
double in the first but was able
to limit Arizona State (53-11)
to three runs despite giving up
eight hits and a season-high
four walks.
Norris cut Oklahoma’s deficit in half with her lined shot
over the center-field fence in
the second, and Ricketts was
back ahead after Johnson fully
extended to try to catch Shults’
liner to the gap in right-center
but had the ball pop out of her
glove.
“We had just that one bad
inning where a few squeak in
and they just fall,” Lockwood
said, “and we don’t get those
plays when we needed them.”
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➧ Tiger wins the Memorial…
Continued from page B1
➧ National League Action…
Continued from page B4
ROCKIES 3, DODGERS 2
DENVER (AP) — Alex White gave the overworked Colorado bullpen some much-needed rest, pitching shutout ball into
the seventh inning as the Rockies beat the Los Angeles Dodgers.
The Rockies took two of three from the NL West leaders.
White (2-3) gave up two runs and two hits in 6 2-3 innings.
Rafael Betancourt pitched a perfect ninth for his 10th save.
Colorado starters had combined for a total of five innings in
the first two games of the series. Josh Outman reached a pitch
limit after 3 1-3 innings in his first start this season, then a knee
injury forced Juan Nicasio out after 1 2-3 innings.
Nathan Eovaldi (0-2) lost in his second start since being
recalled to replace injured Ted Lilly in the Dodgers’ rotation.
PIRATES 6, BREWERS 5
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Andrew McCutchen and Garrett
Jones hit consecutive homers and James McDonald struck out
eight and won for the third time in four starts when the Pittsburgh Pirates beat Milwaukee.
McDonald (5-2) held the Brewers to four hits and a walk, and
only one of the three runs he allowed was earned.
Joel Hanrahan pitched a shaky ninth for his 14th save of the
season. Brooks Conrad led off with a solo home run, and pinchhitter George Kottaras walked before Norichika Aoki hit into a
game-ending double play. Michael Fiers (1-1) gave up four runs
and eight hits with eight strikeouts and a walk in five innings in
his second big league start.
ALOHA
NEWS BRIEFS
Woman with CPR renewal
credited with saving child
HONOLULU (AP) — A woman who had
recently renewed her certification for infant CPR
is being credited with saving a 2-year-old girl
from drowning in a Hawaii Kai residential pool.
Momi Wilkins was at the pool with her 9-year-old
daughter and three other children she was baby-sitting Saturday afternoon when she saw the 2-yearold girl facedown at the bottom of the pool, the
Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported Sunday.
Wilkins told the newspaper that she jumped
in, pulled the child out and performed CPR for
several minutes until paramedics arrived.
The child was taken to the hospital in serious
condition but was later upgraded to stable condition, the newspaper said.
Wilkins had been talking to the 2-year-old’s
mother just before the incident. “The little girl
had been swimming with a vest but then took the
vest off,” Wilkins said. “I told the mother that I
didn’t think that was a good idea.”
At the time about 15 children were in the pool.
Wilkins, whose prior CPR certification
expired in 2010, said she renewed her certification last week as a requirement for her new job
as a cruise director.
“One of the first things I did when I got home
was call my employer and thank him for making
me take that class,” Wilkins said.
Hawaiian to launch HonoluluNew York City flights
HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaiian Airlines is
about to be the only carrier offering year-round
flights between Honolulu and New York City.
Daily service between Honolulu International
Airport and John F. Kennedy International Airport will begin Monday.
Inaugural Flight 50 — playing off the television show “Hawaii Five-0” — will depart Honolulu at 3:05 p.m. Monday and arrive in New
York City at 6:55 a.m. Tuesday.
On Tuesday, Flight 51 will depart Kennedy
airport at 10 a.m. and arrive in Honolulu at 3 p.m.
The Hawaii Tourism Authority estimates the
new flights will generate $156 million in direct
visitor spending and $17 million in state tax revenue annual for Hawaii’s tourism economy.
Court docs detail boy’s injuries
HONOLULU (AP) — Newly released court
documents say a 4-year-old boy who died this
week in a Maui hospital had injuries consistent
with hitting a “concrete wall at approximately 65
mph.” The Honolulu Star-Tribune reports the documents released Friday say the boy had likely been
stomped on before he was brought to the hospital
unresponsive and gray in color on Tuesday.
They say he died the next day of his injuries.
The boy’s father Kyle McKeown and his livein girlfriend, Grace Lee-Nakamoto, have been
charged with second-degree murder and held on
$500,000 bail.
The documents say all of Zion McKewon’s
injuries were caused just before the boy’s death.
Kyle McKeown and Lee-Nakamoto have told
police they boy sustained some of his injuries
after falling in a shower.
Strong winds blow metal
roof onto Maui home
KIHEI, Hawaii (AP) — The Maui Fire Department says strong winds blew a corrugated metal
roof against a Kihei home, causing some downed
power lines and nearly $30,000 in damage.
There were no injuries in Thursday’s incident.
Fire officials say the roof was from a 30-by40 foot container at a tour bus service base yard.
The power outage was confined to the base yard,
which sustained about $25,000 damage.
The home suffered cosmetic damage of about
$3,000.
June Donaghy tells the Maui News she was
in the kitchen when she heard a loud boom and
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Asked about the endless chatter about whether his game is
back, Woods sighed and said, “I’ll let you guys figure that out.”
Woods won for the second time this year and moved to No. 4
in the world. This was more impressive than his five-shot win in
the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill in March, when he had
a one-shot lead going into the final round on a course where he
could get by with par. The Memorial required much more work,
especially when he had to go after birdies on the back nine.
And that’s what he did.
Woods reached the par-5 15th into the wind in two shots to
set up a two-putt birdie and get within one shot of Sabbatini. But
just like that, it looked as if his chances were over when his 8-iron
bounded through the green and into a tough lie behind the green.
“I had to take a cut at it because the lie wasn’t as great,” he
said. “I went for it. I pulled it off. And for it to land as soft as it did
was kind of a surprise, because it was baked out and it was also
running away from me. It just fell in. I didn’t think it was going to
get there at one point.”
Sabbatini didn’t need to see it. He was on the 15th green,
scrambling for par, when Muirfield Village shook with the loudest
roar of the day.
The South African hit his tee shot into the right bunker on the
16th, the third-hardest hole Sunday that yielded only four birdies,
and then blasted out to just inside 15 feet and took bogey to fall
one behind. That was all Woods needed.
From the middle of the 18th fairway, with Nicklaus watching
from behind the green, Woods hit 9-iron to the perfect spot on
the back of the green, where it caught the slope and rolled to just
inside 10 feet for the final birdie of a masterful finish.
Fittingly, Woods raised the putter in his left hand before the
fall disappeared into the cup. That was the pose Nicklaus struck so
often in his career, and this win was all about Woods and Nicklaus.
It was a hard-luck finish for Sabbatini, who has a long history
with Woods for brazen comments that always backfire on him.
He didn’t get many breaks, but kept his patience throughout the
final round and still had a chance until he failed to take advantage
of a big drive on the 17th, having to save par from a bunker.
Spencer Levin, who had a one-shot lead going into the final
round, lost the lead to Sabbatini with a two-shot swing on the
par-3 12th, then took double bogey on the next hole to fall from
contention. He closed with a 75, the same score he shot in the
final round at Phoenix when he had a six-shot lead.
That was nothing compared with Rickie Fowler, who played
in the second-to-last group with Woods to help generate an enormous gallery. Fowler opened with a birdie, and his day fell apart
after that. With a double bogey on the last hole, he closed with an
84. The only consolation for Fowler was getting a front-row seat
to a comeback remarkable even by Woods’ standards - especially
the chip-in on the 16th. Fowler said a good shot would have been
anywhere around 10 feet.
“It came out perfect, landed right on the crown of that ridge
there, and the rest is history,” Fowler said. “I mean, he loves being
in the moment, and that’s where he kind of gets down, focuses
and hits those shots. It was fun to see.”
It was the second time this year Woods has won in his final
tuneup before a major. He won Bay Hill, but then tied for 40th at
the Masters. The U.S. Open at Olympic Club starts on June 14,
and Woods would be quite happy to take the game he had Sunday
to San Francisco. “That was some good stuff out there,” Woods
said. “I never really missed a shot today.”
Niihau
Hawaii
then saw the roof laid against her house. She says
everything was whirling like a “mini tornado.”
The Gas Co. plans to bring
natural gas to Hawaii
HONOLULU (AP) — A Denver-based engineering and consulting firm has been hired to
help with a project to ship liquefied natural gas
to Hawaii.
The Gas Co. wants to bring natural gas to
Hawaii from producers on the mainland as a new
and cheaper energy alternative.
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported Friday
in addition to hiring CH2M HILL, The Gas Co.
officials have begun seeking regulatory approval
to bring in the first shipment of liquefied natural
gas by the end of the year.
Hawaii is the only state with no power plants
fueled by natural gas. High oil costs have been
blamed for the main reason for Hawaii’s expensive electric rates.
Lt. Gov. Brian Schatz says he supports using
natural gas because it burns cheaper and cleaner
than coal or oil.
Waikiki beach sand replenishment project complete
HONOLULU (AP) — A project to widen an
eroding section of world-famous Waikiki beach
has been completed.
The shoreline in the area is eroding one-totwo feet per year, allowing water to rush into
seawalls and a hotel restaurant bar during south
shore swells and peak high tide.
The state Department of Land and Natural
Resources used machines to haul sand onto the
beach. In some areas where tides once lapped at
walls, there is now up to 40 feet of new sand.
DLNR covered more than half the cost. The
Hawaii Tourism Authority and Kyo-ya Hotels
and Resorts, the owner of the Moana Surfrider
and other Waikiki hotels, each contributed
$500,000. Work began Jan. 23.
Gov. Neil Abercrombie said Thursday the
project significantly improves one of Hawaii’s
most iconic and heavily used shorelines.
NLRB dismisses complaint
against Hawaiian Telcom
HONOLULU (AP) — The National Labor
Relations Board has dismissed an unfair labor
practices charge against Hawaiian Telcom.
International Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers Union Local 1357 filed the complaint
challenging Hawaiian Telcom’s Jan. 1 implementation of its last, best and final offer.
The company had said talks with the union
reached an impasse. The NLRB determined the
parties bargained in good faith to a valid impasse.
The new terms meant union workers would
pay five percent of the premiums for their healthcare coverage in 2012.
The union represents about 700 members, or
about half of the utility’s workers.
Hawaiian Telcom announced the decision
Thursday.
The union said on its website they are disappointed with the decision and will be meeting
with attorneys to explore options.
UH wins grant to
further biofuel research
HONOLULU (AP) — The University of
Hawaii has won a $6 million federal grant for
biofuel research.
Hawaii’s congressional delegation revealed
Friday that the money will be used by UH’s
College of Tropical Agriculture and Human
Resources on a project designed to convert grass
and other biomass into biofuel.
Sen. Daniel K. Inouye said in a press release
that such sustainable energy projects are “vital to
the health of our environment and our economy.”
He says the project will ease Hawaii off its
dependence on imported oil.
U.S. Rep. Mazie K. Hirono says the funding
will help Hawaii create more of its own energy.
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SURVIVORS TAKING ACTION THROUGH SHARING Meeting every
Saturday. Open Fellowship, everyone welcome @ Lion’s office by
Showers of Blessing. Elizabeth 770-2504 or 699-0272 (Victiims of
Violence)
FARM FAIR 2012 Hosed by Dept. of Agriculture will be July 4th.
More info call office 699-9272.
ASOA General Meetings. Will be held each month on the 3rd Friday
at 10am at ASOA Center in Tafuna on Tasi St. All seniors welcome.
Questions, call Marilyn 699-4432.
AA MEETINGS Held at Catholic Social Services. Samoan version
- Tues. & Thur. 12noon. English version - Tue. & Fri. 5-6pm (Hope
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here for you. Please contact us at 252-YANA(9262) 24/7
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& need someone to talk to? Call Stella 731-8606.
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Tel # 684 699 1854; Fax # 684 699 2869
Email – rtaufaasau@ghcreid.com
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business or office. Please call Ralph Taufaasau @
256-2178 or 699-1854/55 for more information.
Good Morning!
You know it’s a good morning when you
wake up with everything you need. Find us
at a store near you!
American Samoa Government
OFFICE OF PROCUREMENT
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP)
RFP No: RFP 074-2012
Issuance Date: May 31, 2012
We’re here for you - 633-5599
GHC Reid & Company Ltd.
for rent
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Date & Time Due: June 14, 2012
No Later than 2:00pm local time
The American Samoa Government (ASG) issues a Request For Proposals (RFP) from
qualified individuals or firms to provide:
“Forklift Maintenance & Repair Services for the
DOE-School Lunch Program”
Submission:
Original and five copies of the Proposal must be submitted in a sealed envelope marked:
“Forklift Maintenance & Repair Services for DOE-SLP.” Submissions are to be sent to the
following address and will be received until 2:00 p.m. (local time), Thursday, June 14, 2012:
Office of Procurement
American Samoa Government
Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799
Attn: Ivy V. Taufa’asau, CPO
Any proposal received after the aforementioned date and time will not be accepted under any
circumstances. Late submissions will not be opened or considered and will be determined as
beingn on-responsive.
Documents:
The RFP Scope of Work outlining the proposal requirements is available at The Office of
Procurement, Tafuna, American Samoa, during normal working hours.
Review:
Request for Proposal data will be thoroughly reviewed by an appointed Source Evaluation
Board under the auspices of the Chief Procurement Officer, Office of Procurement, ASG.
Right of Rejection:
The American Samoa Government reserves the right to reject any and/or all proposals and to
waive any irregularities and/or informalities in the submitted proposals that are not in the best
interests of the American Samoa Government or the public.
IVY V. TAUFA’ASAU
Chief Procurement Officer
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ByGary
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Manning
Happy Birthday: Keep close tabs on what
everyone around you is doing. Don’t let assumptions lead you in the wrong direction. Ask questions
and focus on your relationships to avoid mishaps
and encourage greater opportunity and advancement. Love is in the stars, and doing a little extra to
keep the peace will pay off. Your numbers are 3, 8,
13, 23, 28, 35, 47.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Make changes now.
Develop your ideas and plans, and discuss your
intentions with someone who will contribute. Don’t
get flustered or try to cut corners. Accidents will set
you back. Take your time and do things right. Love
is highlighted. ✸✸✸✸✸
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Take care of any
financial or personal paperwork. Procrastinating will
lead to anxiety and stress. Being proactive and wellprepared will impress, leading to fortunate opportunities. Take care of ailments or injuries quickly. Collect on old debts. ✸✸✸
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Relationships count,
so don’t terminate a partnership that can offer you
something in the future. Financial gains can be
made, as long as you stick to a set budget. Emotions will escalate. You cannot buy love, but you can
win it with affection. ✸✸✸
CANCER (June 21-July 22): Deal with institutions, government agencies or any matters that
can affect you financially or medically. Stifle anyone
trying to take advantage of you in order to avoid a
stressful situation. Assess, do what’s necessary and
move on quickly. ✸✸✸
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Caring, sharing and
helping others will lead to high returns. Taking on
responsibilities will show your capabilities and
should be embraced. Love and romance will play
out in your favor. Generosity and kindness will bring
great success. ✸✸✸✸✸
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Radical changes may
be tempting, but the consequences would be too
great to consider moving forward. There will be too
many obstacles to overcome. Opportunities will
come from picking up the pieces after someone
else fails to excel. ✸✸
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You’ll capture the
attention of the people most likely to support your
efforts. Your contribution will bring about prospects
that can help you establish your presence in an area
you want to dominate. Partnerships will improve.
✸✸✸✸
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Use your intuition
regarding financial or domestic decisions. Consider
signing an agreement, but don’t give in to demands
that don’t promise results. Take greater interest in
your community or past relationships. Don’t spend
foolishly. ✸✸✸
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Embrace
change as well as challenges. Use established
connections to get the results you want. Love and
romance are in the stars, and favorable alterations
to your current living arrangements will lead to
greater happiness. ✸✸✸
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Look at all
aspects of any contract or deal you are trying to get
launched. Don’t look for ordinary solutions when
a more obscure approach is required. Forget past
squabbles and reunite with someone from your past
who can help you now. ✸✸✸
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Socialize, network, share ideas and formulate agreements. Suggestions will be worth considering, and mixing business with pleasure will bring a friendly atmosphere
to whatever you are trying to accomplish, ensuring
success. A proposal looks promising. ✸✸✸✸✸
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Someone will want
to ruin your plans. Don’t allow criticism to slow your
progress. Rethink your strategy and incorporate
suggestions. Don’t misinterpret someone’s interest.
Ulterior motives are likely. Resolve injuries or ailments quickly. ✸✸
Birthday Baby: You are fun, bright, adventuresome and quick to make a choice.
Dear Abby
by Abigail Van Buren
WOMAN SEARCHES FOR RECOURSE TO EX-HUSBAND’S PUBLIC ABUSE
DEAR ABBY: I’m divorced with a young son. My
ex-husband and I share joint custody, and for the
most part it has worked well. My problem is that my
ex is very bitter about our divorce and the fact I have
moved on with my life. He constantly makes derogatory comments to me in front of our son and others.
It is bad enough that my son must witness this,
but my ex has taken it a step further. He is the editor
of a small newspaper and is now making disparaging
comments about me in his column. He is trying to
improve his image at my expense; however, I am
unable to respond because he won’t print a rebuttal
in his paper.
The abuse continues despite the divorce, but
now the audience is wider. Is this ethical journalism,
and how can I put a stop to it? -- FRUSTRATED EX
DEAR FRUSTRATED EX: Using a newspaper
column to continue a personal vendetta over a failed
marriage is not ethical journalism, although it may
make for titillating reading. You do not have to tolerate
his public sniping. Take the offensive clippings to your
lawyer and ask him or her to write a strong letter to the
publisher of the newspaper -- because THAT’S who
will be liable if there are grounds for a lawsuit.
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
DEAR ABBY: My husband and I attended a
wedding in September of last year. We purchased
expensive crystal for the bride and groom, which
cost us nearly $600. This was separate from the
bridal shower gift we gave them in May. We have
not received thank-you notes for either of these gifts.
My husband told me that you have said it’s
appropriate to send thank-you notes up to one year
after the wedding. My mother taught me to send
them as quickly as possible.
My sister had her wedding thank-you notes out
in three weeks, and I had mine out in two weeks. My
sister and I both worked and were setting up new
households with our husbands, but we felt it was
a priority. We wanted to ensure that our family and
friends knew how much their thoughtfulness was
appreciated.
Can you please clarify thank-you note etiquette?
I am tired of wondering if my gifts were received and
appreciated. -- DISGUSTED IN DELAWARE
DEAR DISGUSTED: I have said in the past
that a thank-you note anytime is better than none
at all. However, good manners dictate that thankyou notes should follow within three months at the
latest, and preferably within one month -- regardless
of whether the giver has been thanked verbally.
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
DEAR ABBY: I work in the medical field and
have recently learned about a campaign that was
launched in England. It urges people to store the
word “ICE” (In Case of Emergency) in their cellphone
address book, along with the phone number of the
person you would want contacted.
It’s such a simple idea, but it could be extremely
helpful in an emergency situation. It would save
ambulance crews and hospital staff precious time
and ensure that a patient’s loved ones are contacted
as quickly as possible. If you agree the idea is worthwhile, please mention it in your column and help to get
this initiated in the United States. -- TANYA F., MIAMI
DEAR TANYA: The idea is certainly worth considering; however, I would offer a minor adjustment.
I would recommend that it be indexed under “Emergency Contact” rather than an obscure heading
such as “ICE.”
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