300 spartans: 2012

четверг, 15 марта 2012 г.

Oklahoma regulator to CSBS board

Mick Thompson, Oklahoma bank commissioner, has been named a member-at-large on the Conference of State …

England vs. South Africa Scoreboard

Scoreboard at the end of play in the second one-day international against England at Trent Bridge on Tuesday:

South Africa Innings

Graeme Smith c Prior b Broad 9

Herschelle Gibbs c Prior b Broad 10

Jacques Kallis c Shah b Broad 6

AB de Villiers lbw b Flintoff 5

JP Duminy c Prior b Broad 8

Mark Boucher c Prior b Flintoff 10

Johan Botha c Prior b Broad 1

Albie Morkel c Prior b Harmison 6

Andre Nel c Wright b Harmison 13

Dale Steyn b Flintoff 6

Makhaya Ntini not out 0

Extras: (1lb, 8w) 9

TOTAL: (all out) 83

Overs: …

Marines battle Taliban in searing heat: ; Insurgents likely captured American soldier missing Tuesday, U.S. military says

NAWA, Afghanistan - U.S. Marines hiked through searing heat andtook fire from small pockets of militants after landing in thisTaliban-controlled southern region of tree-lined fields, mud homesand crisscrossing waterways in the first major operation underPresident Barack Obama's strategy to stabilize Afghanistan.

Elsewhere, the U.S. military announced that insurgents werebelieved to have captured an American soldier missing in easternAfghanistan on Tuesday. The missing soldier was not involved inOperation Khanjar, or "Strike of the Sword," under way in southernAfghanistan.

The southern offensive was launched shortly after 1 a.m.Thursday, as thousands of Marines …

среда, 14 марта 2012 г.

Gonzales Rejects Calls for Resignation

WASHINGTON - Attorney General Alberto Gonzales rejected growing calls for his resignation Tuesday as scores of newly released documents detailed a two-year campaign by the Justice Department and White House to purge federal prosecutors.

Gonzales acknowledged his department mishandled the dismissals of eight U.S. attorneys and misled Congress about how they were fired. He said he was ultimately to blame for those "mistakes" but stood by the firings.

"I acknowledge that mistakes were made here," Gonzales told reporters at a news briefing after he canceled an out-of-town trip. "I accept that responsibility." He promised changes "so that the mistakes that occurred in this …

Lightning-Jets Sums

Tampa Bay	0 1 1—2
Winnipeg	2 2 1—5

First Period_1, Winnipeg, Kane 6 (Byfuglien, Burmistrov), 4:51. 2, Winnipeg, Byfuglien 3 (Kane), 13:02. Penalties_Kane, Wpg (high-sticking), 9:22; Stuart, Wpg (slashing), 17:21.

Second Period_3, Winnipeg, Flood 3 (Stapleton, Little), 7:49 (pp). 4, Tampa Bay, St. Louis 4 (Stamkos, Lecavalier), 10:47. 5, Winnipeg, Ladd 5 (Oduya, Wellwood), 12:14. Penalties_Bogosian, Wpg (holding, unsportsmanlike conduct), 1:51; Downie, TB (hooking), 6:40; Oduya, …

Fidel Castro to appear on Cuban television program

Fidel Castro is back.

The aging revolutionary leader will appear Monday Cuba's key public affairs television program, according to a front-page headline in the Communist-party newsletter Granma. It may be the most prominent appearance by the former president since he fell ill in 2006.

Castro, 83, was set to discuss his concerns about the Middle East on the Mesa Redonda _ or Round Table _ a daily talk show about current events that is usually transmitted live on state media and seen across the island.

"This afternoon, special Mesa Redonda with Fidel," blares the headline.

The announcement did not specify if Monday's program would …

Moussaoui spared execution, sentenced to life in prison

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Al-Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui escaped the death penalty Wednesday as a jury decided he deserved life in prison instead for his role in the bloodiest terrorist attack in U.S. history. "America, you lost," Moussaoui taunted.

After seven days of deliberation, the nine men and three women rebuffed the government's appeal for death for the only person charged in this country in the four suicide jetliner hijackings that killed nearly 3,000 people on Sept. 11, 2001.

Three jurors said Moussaoui had only limited knowledge of the Sept. 11 plot, and three described his role in the attacks as minor, if he had any role at all.

Moussaoui, as he was led …

Details for the Wyo. Conventions

Next stop: Wyoming GOP county conventions on Saturday, Jan. 5.

At stake: 12 GOP delegates.

Polls show: …

Doctors back claims against Mac dermatologist, lawyer says;

A day after a South Side dermatologist denied claims he delayed emergency care for Emmy-nominated comedian Bernie Mac -- hastening his death -- an attorney for the late actor's family says medical experts back up allegations that the skin doctor dragged out a nine-hour appointment rather than summon an ambulance for the ailing Mac.

By the time Mac left the office of Dr. Rene M. Earles and arrived at Northwestern Memorial Hospital on July 17, 2008, his condition was so bad he was unable to recover, dying weeks later due to complications from pneumonia, said Chicago attorney Larry Rogers Sr.

"We had the records reviewed, and a dermatologist told us he [Earles] …

Blinky Palermo: Retrospective 1943-1977

LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OFART

October 31, 2010-January 16, 2011

Curated by Lynne Cooke

Artists and critics wax rhapsodic about Blinky Palermo, but a deep understanding of his work is only beginning to emerge. His no fewer than six posthumous European surveys, excepting a resolute and spectacular 2007 retrospective in Dusseldorf, have not done Palermo any favors, confining him to the dubious role of distinctly German quasi-Expressionist. Dia's stunning …

Pens take 2-1 lead over Red Wings into 3rd period

A quick-hitting goal, a fortunate one and a spectacular save gave the Pittsburgh Penguins a chance Monday night to extend the Stanley Cup finals against the Detroit Red Wings.

Pittsburgh led Detroit 2-1 entering the third period of Game 5, needing a win to force the series to return home.

The Penguins went ahead 2-0 in the first period on Marian Hossa's wrist shot and when Adam Hall was credited with an unassisted goal that caromed into the net after Detroit defenseman Niklas Kronwall tried to whack the puck into a corner.

The Red Wings pulled within one early in the second with a lucky goal of their own and were robbed on a shot that could have tied …

Defense: Marine Corps helped Haditha prosecution

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (AP) — Defense lawyers for a Marine whose squad killed 24 Iraqis in Haditha alleged Tuesday that the Marine Corps unfairly allowed the prosecution's team of military lawyers to remain on active duty, but denied the same request for the defense.

The Marine Corps refused to postpone the retirement in 2008 of former Marine Haytham Faraj and retired Marine Lt. Col. Colby Vokey as the case dragged on for five years. They continued to represent Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich as a civilian lawyers but say they were limited in their abilities.

"We just don't have the resources that we had when we were in uniform," Faraj told a military judge at Camp …

The tenure-track years

When the academic clock is ticking, it's important to get off on the right foot.

I BELIEVE THAT MOST OF US IN THE ENGINEERING PROfessorate are very satisfied with our professional lives, and feel that our decision to pursue an academic career was a good one. We may not have been so sure, however, during those first five to six years of our career--that demanding and stressful period known as the tenure track, in which the assistant professor must establish her or his credentials. It is a very short period of time given the extremely high expectations, so it is important to get off to the right start.

To help ensure that you are granted tenure, you should know from the outset what is expected of you. At a research university where strong scholarly work and an international reputation are the most important prerequisites to success, there will be certain expectations with respect to published output, external funding obtained from agency and industry sources, Ph.D. production, and so on. Ask your department chair and your senior colleagues for general guidelines on what these productivity measures should be for a successful tenure candidate. While they won't be able to give you an exact answer--the tenure decision will be based in large part on the quality of your work as evaluated by your professional peers--they will be able to give you guidance on how the promotion and tenure process works at your university, and on what basis decisions have been made in the recent past.

Establishing a visible and highly respected research program will not be your only responsibility. You will also be expected to establish yourself as an effective and involved teacher at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, and to actively serve your university and your profession. For the vast majority of faculty members these are welcomed expectations, because engineering education is what attracted us to academia in the first place. As a new assistant professor, however, you must be careful to balance these responsibilities and to set priorities carefully. Before accepting a faculty position, you should inquire about your teaching and service responsibilities during the tenure-track years.

Many departments have instituted lighter teaching loads for new faculty members, usually one course per semester for the first one to three years. Generally the assigned courses are a mix of undergraduate and graduate courses, but the number of different courses is limited to three or four--allowing the new faculty member to teach each more than once during the tenure-- track period. A reduced and focused teaching assignment will allow you to develop several strong courses, while still having sufficient time to build your research program and become actively involved in your professional community.

During your early tenure-track years, professional service should take strong precedence over institutional service. Be visible at professional society meetings, where you should volunteer to organize and chair technical sessions and to serve on technical committees. You should also become a reviewer for professional journals and funding agencies and serve on funding agency review panels. Ask your department chair to limit the number of department and university committees on which you serve.

The mission of a faculty member at a research university is threefold: research, teaching, and service. During the tenure-track years, you need to demonstrate that you are highly capable in all three aspects of this mission. Your main focus, however, must be on building a strong scholarly foundation. Talk to your department chair at the outset about expectations and assignments during the tenure-track years. If you set your goals and priorities carefully, your tenure-track years will be rewarding and successful.

[Author Affiliation]

Nicholas J. Altiero is chair of ASEE's Engineering Research Council (web.egr.msu.edu/asee) and dean of engineering at Tulane University. The opinions in this article are solely his.

вторник, 13 марта 2012 г.

ON THE MOVE

REAL ESTATE NEWS: openings, contracts, transactions, relocations

Stephen McNamara leased 1,200 square feet of office space in Ryan Run Plaza at 555 Ryan Run Road nearYorkfor three years from Ryan Run Properties LP. Coldwell Banker Commercial Bennett Williams of York represented both parties.

Five Guys Burgers & Fries leased 2,583 square feet of retail space in Town Square Plaza at Route 222 and South Temple Boulevard near Reading, Berks County, from Newman Reading Associates. Five Guys Burgers & Fries also leased 2,503 square feet of retail space in Exeter Commons at Route 422 and Perkiomen Avenue in Exeter Township, Berks County, from The Goldberg Group. Coldwell Banker Commercial Bennett Williams represented the tenant; Metro Commercial Real Estate Inc. of Conshohocken, Montgomery County, represented the landlords.

SGS Architects Engineers Inc. of Carlisle signed a contract to conduct a feasibility study for a new facility for Vigilant Hose Co. in Shippensburg.

SGS will provide design services for a new 13,000-square-foot facility for Cumberland Valley Animal Shelter on 11 acres adj acent to Letterkenny Army Depot in Franklin County. The shelter will qualify for LEED certification. Brechbill & Helman Construction Company Inc. of Chambersburg is the design/build contractor.

SGS signed contracts to provide architectural and engineering services for Giant Food Stores near Pottstown, Montgomery County; Altoona, Blair County; Manchester; and Hanover. SGS also will provide services for renovations and additions to stores in Easton, NorthamptonCounty; Carlisle; and Bethlehem, Northampton County. The firm designed a 4,000-squarefoot Giant convenience store. The first Giant To Go is under construction in Lancaster County.

SGS completed renovations to the Lewistown Municipal Building. The project included interior and exterior painting, new carpet, masonry repairs and cleaning, interior storm windows, new lighting, Americans with Disabilities Act upgrades and roof repairs. lack Hess General Contractor of Burnham, Mifflin County was the general contractor.

SGS signed a contract to provide architectural services for a new Oxford Borough police station at 57 N. Fourth St. in the borough. Previously, the building housed the Southern Chester County Family Practice. The borough bought the building and plans to renovate it to house the borough police.

SGS completed architectural and engineering design for 14,500-square-foot Rite Aid stores near Bellefonte, Centre County; and Scranton, Lackawanna County. Each store will include a fullservice pharmacy.

SGS designed the 67,000-square-foot North American headquarters of Vacon, a Finland-based manufacturer. The building is in the Chambers 5 Business Park near Chambersburg and will qualify for LEED certification. The building is expected to be completed in November. Brechbill & Helman Construction is the project contractor.

SGS is designing a new 800-seat church for St. Margaret Mary Parish in Penbrook. Construction of the 15,000-square-foot building is expected to begin in April.

Property Management Inc. began to manage 10 duplex homes under construction in Redbud Court at Northwoods Crossing in Susquehanna Township.

PassItOn leased 4,600 square feet of retail space in Lower Allen Shopping Center on Old Gettysburg Road in Lower Allen Township for a consignment furniture and accessories business. Landmark Commercial Realty Inc. of Lemoyne represented both parties.

Respitech Medical Inc. leased 2,082 square feet of office space at 4813 Jonestown Road in Lower Paxton Township from OLS Partners. Landmark Commercial Realty handled the transaction.

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Donovan Leaving Gators to Coach Magic

ORLANDO, Fla. - Rich history wasn't enough to lure Billy Donovan away from Florida. In the end, it was just riches. Donovan will have plenty of them after he was hired to coach the Orlando Magic on Thursday. The team confirmed the hiring Thursday night and scheduled a news conference for Friday morning.

Donovan agreed to a five-year deal paying $5.5 million annually, an official in the NBA told The Associated Press.

"Billy Donovan is a winner," general manager Otis Smith said in a statement. "We feel he is the right person to develop and maximize the talents of our players. We look forward to Billy leading us to the next level."

The Magic scheduled a news conference for Friday morning.

Donovan has been the subject of speculation since the Gators' second straight NCAA championship in April. He turned down an offer to coach Kentucky, whose storied program launched his career as an assistant in 1990, and was more recently linked to the Memphis Grizzlies' vacant coaching job.

He seemed to squash those rumors after turning down the Kentucky position, proclaiming, "I love the University of Florida."

But Orlando, about 115 miles south of Gainesville, proved too strong to resist. The Magic job pays more than twice Donovan's $1.7 million annual deal with the Gators.

"There's going to be a lot of hamburgers, a lot of filet," departing Florida star Joakim Noah joked.

Donovan, his agent and Florida athletic director Jeremy Foley didn't return phone messages left by The AP.

School president Bernie Machen said he didn't believe Donovan had yet accepted the Orlando job, but there were no hard feelings if he had.

"There's always a next," Machen said at the Southeastern Conference's annual spring meeting in Destin, Fla. "Billy Donovan has been here for 11 years, won two national championships. He's been a great ambassador for the University of Florida. We'll always love Billy Donovan, whether he's here 11 years or 21 years."

Both Donovan and the school had said all along they were negotiating a contract extension. Machen said Thursday the deal was basically done, just not signed.

At the NBA predraft camp, Donovan's former players said they hadn't heard anything about him switching jobs.

"I've talked to him, just not about that," Al Horford said.

Donovan replaces Brian Hill, who was fired after two consecutive losing seasons. Hill's ouster followed the Magic's first playoff appearance in four years, which ended in the first round against Detroit.

If he's going to go, now could be the best time for Donovan. Florida lost its top seven scorers after the season, including potential top-10 NBA picks Noah, Horford and Corey Brewer.

In Orlando, Donovan inherits a team without a single first-round draft pick - or much veteran experience. Orlando is rebuilding around third-year player Dwight Howard, who made his first All-Star team this season, and counting on bigger contributions from Trevor Ariza and J.J. Redick.

The Magic have vowed to re-sign free agent Darko Milicic, who flourished despite an injury in the playoffs, but the 7-footer still has to prove his NBA value.

Besides the coach, the big question mark for Orlando is whether Grant Hill will return. The often-injured star's contract expired this season, and he could opt to retire or chase a title elsewhere. If Hill leaves, it would open up a big load of salary cap room for a skilled offensive player.

Donovan has shown he can improve even mediocre programs. At Florida, a traditionally football-oriented school, he made it to the NCAA title game three times in his 11 years. He led the Gators to nine straight 20-win seasons, nearly doubling the amount it had before his arrival. Florida won three SEC championships under Donovan after getting just one in 77 years previously. He became the winningest coach in Florida history on Dec. 20 and now has 261 victories.

With the Magic, he'll face a similar challenge. Orlando hasn't been out of the first round of the playoffs in a decade.

--- AP Sports Writer Mark Long in Destin, Fla., contributed to this report.

Missing Fla. girl's mom indicted on murder charge

The mother of a missing Florida 3-year-old wept as her attorney told reporters she is innocent and going through a "nightmare."

Hours later, a grand jury issued a sealed indictment charging Casey Anthony with first-degree murder in the death of daughter Caylee, even though the child's body has not been found during an exhaustive four-month search.

"I sincerely believe that when we have finally spoken, everyone, and I mean everyone, will sit back and say, 'Now, I understand. That explains it,'" Anthony's attorney, Jose Baez, said Tuesday as he stood next to his client before the indictment was issued.

The grand jury also charged Anthony, 22, with aggravated child abuse, aggravated manslaughter and four counts of lying to investigators about Caylee's disappearance, State Attorney Lawson Lamar said. Casey Anthony is being held without bond.

Orange County Sheriff Kevin Beary said investigators' satisfaction that the indictment had been issued was tempered by what it concludes about the fate of the girl, whose body has not been found.

"Speaking as a father, a day doesn't pass where I wish the evidence that we have gathered didn't add up to the painfully obvious," he said, adding that investigators will continue looking. "Sadly, I cannot change the facts surrounding the investigation."

If convicted of first-degree murder, Anthony could face the death penalty or life in prison. Prosecutors said no decision has been made on whether to seek the death penalty.

After the indictment was announced, Baez spokesman Todd Black said Lamar was rushing the case to the grand jury as a ploy to get re-elected.

Casey Anthony's father, George, testified Tuesday behind closed doors to the 19-member grand jury along with a detective, a cadaver dog handler and an FBI agent.

For part of the grand jury hearing, the external audio system of the courtroom was left on, feeding into media trucks outside. Chief Judge Belvin Perry Jr. warned members of the news media that they could be charged with criminal contempt if they made public what was said since grand jury proceedings are secret. Perry said he didn't know what may have been heard.

The child's grandmother first called authorities in July to say that she hadn't seen Caylee for a month and that her daughter's car smelled like death.

Casey Anthony told authorities that she had left her daughter with a baby sitter in June, and that the two were gone when she returned from work. She says she spent the next month trying to find her daughter and didn't call authorities because she was scared.

Investigators immediately started poking holes in her story. The apartment where Casey Anthony said she had left her daughter had been vacant for months, they said. They said she also lied when she told them she had been working at an area theme park as an event planner.

Investigators also accused her of stealing checks from a friend and cashing them. She was charged with felony child neglect and making false statements along with forgery and theft. She was released on $500,000 bail and confined to her parents' home.

Stocks look to give back gains after 2-day rally

Wall Street is giving back some of its gains from a two-day rally after negative outlooks from Texas Instruments Inc. and FedEx Corp. The companies' announcements reminded investors that the impact of the recession will be felt for some time.

FedEx cut its forecast for fiscal 2009 earnings and capital spending late as the slumping economy cut into package deliveries. And chip maker Texas Instruments warned of a significant, broad-based deterioration in business and forecast fourth-quarter earnings and revenue below earlier expectations.

Meanwhile, Japanese electronics maker Sony Corp. said it is slashing 8,000 jobs, or 4 percent of its global work force.

The Dow Jones industrials are down 120 points at 8,813. All the major indexes are down more than 1 percent.

Balloon bid No 6 takes off

AMERICAN adventurer Steve Fossett launched his latest solo bid tofly round the world in a Bristol-made balloon early today.

His silver balloon, the Bud Light Spirit of Freedom, created byBedminster-based Cameron Balloons, took off over an Australianfarming town after a long delay because of wind conditions.

Hundreds of spectators cheered as the 58-year-old investmenttycoon left the ground in his sixth attempt to become the firstperson to fly around the world alone in a balloon.

Fossett's 140ft-high balloon lifted off at 9.37am Australian time,according to his mission control at Washington University in StLouis.

He climbed to 21,000 feet and just over an hour later wastravelling east over Australia at over 50 knots and had coverednearly 95 miles.

Fossett hopes to reach New Zealand in two to three days, and thencross the Pacific and reach the coast of Chile in six days. His goalis to complete the trip in 15 days Hannah Cameron, of CameronBalloons, said: "It's just tremendous.We are very pleased he has setoff on his latest attempt and wish him the best of luck.

"He has used one of our balloons on each attempt, but each balloonis different - we modify them as we learn.We will be following hisprogress and receiving regular updates from mission control."

Last July, bad weather forced him to crash-land his balloon inBrazil after 12 days.

The trip was the longest solo balloon flight.

A team has already flown a balloon around the globe: Brian Jones,from Wiltshire, and Swiss adventurer Bertrand Piccard completed thetrip in 1999 in the Breitling Orbiter 3, also made by CameronBalloons.

NASCAR Sprint Cup Leaders

1, Jimmie Johnson, 6,248. 2, Carl Edwards, 6,065. 3, Greg Biffle, 6,063. 4, Jeff Burton, 6,030. 5, Kevin Harvick, 5,941. 6, Jeff Gordon, 5,936. 7, Clint Bowyer, 5,934. 8, Tony Stewart, 5,847. 9, Matt Kenseth, 5,835. 10, Dale Earnhardt Jr., 5,829.

11, Denny Hamlin, 5,823. 12, Kyle Busch, 5,783. 13, David Ragan, 3,944. 14, Kasey Kahne, 3,720. 15, Martin Truex Jr., 3,529. 16, Ryan Newman, 3,495. 17, Kurt Busch, 3,386. 18, Brian Vickers, 3,362. 19, Jamie McMurray, 3,304. 20, Bobby Labonte, 3,232.

Money

1, Carl Edwards, $7,068,675. 2, Jimmie Johnson, $6,807,278. 3, Kyle Busch, $6,269,645. 4, Kasey Kahne, $5,901,011. 5, Tony Stewart, $5,880,549. 6, Ryan Newman, $5,823,561. 7, Jeff Gordon, $5,249,232. 8, Jeff Burton, $5,153,607. 9, Matt Kenseth, $5,120,296. 10, Denny Hamlin, $5,105,441.

11, Kevin Harvick, $5,001,671. 12, Greg Biffle, $4,562,814. 13, Dale Earnhardt Jr., $4,326,270. 14, Bobby Labonte, $4,322,773. 15, Martin Truex Jr., $4,295,604. 16, Sam Hornish Jr., $4,290,324. 17, Elliott Sadler, $4,156,433. 18, Kurt Busch, $4,155,905. 19, Juan Pablo Montoya, $4,088,049. 20, Clint Bowyer, $4,071,445.

Fed Cup: Chakvetadze beats King to give Russia 1-0 lead over United States

Anna Chakvetadze defeated Vania King 6-4, 7-5 in the opening singles Saturday to give Russia a 1-0 lead over the United States in the World Group semifinal match of the Fed Cup.

Ahsha Rolle later played fourth-ranked Svetlana Kuznetsova in the second singles match.

The United States has won a record 17 Fed Cup titles, but its last triumph came in 2000. Russia has won three titles in the last four years and has not lost at home since hosting France in 2003.

Russia has also won the last two of their six overall meetings, with the Americans taking the previous four.

The winner will play either Spain or China for the title in September.

Polish markets see biggest 1-day drop since 2008

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's leading stock market indexes have fallen more than 7 percent, their sharpest one-day drop since 2008.

The WIG-20 index dropped about 8 percent in the afternoon but then rallied a bit to recover some of its value. It was down more than 7 percent, at 2,216 points, shortly after 5 p.m. Other indexes showed similar drops.

The Polish currency, the zloty, also weakened against the euro, dollar and Swiss franc.

Poland, the largest of the new European Union members, was the bloc's only country to avoid recession in 2009, though its growth did slacken.

Now Polish leaders worry that growth projected at 4 percent for this year could suffer a setback due to new financial turmoil in Europe and beyond.

понедельник, 12 марта 2012 г.

Glaus' sacrifice fly helps Cardinals beat Reds 7-6

Troy Glaus drove in the winning run with a bases-loaded sacrifice fly in the ninth inning and Albert Pujols homered and had three hits to run his streak to seven straight hits over three games in the St. Louis Cardinals' 7-6 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Friday night.

Javier Valentin's sixth career pinch homer, a two-run shot off Ryan Franklin (6-6) with two outs in the ninth, tied it at 6. Reds pinch hitters were 3-for-3 in the ninth while handing the Cardinals their 31st blown save, tied with the Mariners for the most in the majors.

Felipe Lopez singled off Bill Bray (2-2) for his third hit with one out in the 10th, Pujols walked and Mike Lincoln hit Ryan Ludwick on a 1-2 pitch before Glaus hit a towering drive to medium center, scoring Lopez easily.

Reds starter Bronson Arroyo reached 200 innings for the fourth straight season, allowing five runs on a career-high 13 hits in seven-plus innings. Joey Votto hit his 23rd homer, a two-run shot in the fourth.

The Reds' ninth-inning rally deprived Braden Looper of a 13th victory on his sixth attempt, which would have set a career best. Looper allowed four runs and seven hits in seven innings.

Pujols' 36th homer in the fifth was a massive drive well over the visitor's bullpen in left field, a two-run shot estimated at 433 feet. He also singled twice and walked twice to raise his average four points to .357 in a late, longshot bid for his second batting title.

The Braves' Chipper Jones did not play Friday and remained at .365.

Reds left fielder Jerry Hairston struggled to make the play on all three of the Cardinals' triples, two by Adam Kennedy.

Kennedy tripled to start the sixth on a drive that sliced just out of Hairston's reach. He and scored on Looper's triple for a 5-4 lead when Hairston anticipated the ball deflecting where the stands jut out near the field and ended up chasing a ball that just missed the barrier.

Hairston just missed flagging down another opposite-field drive by Kennedy to start the eighth for the third triple, and Cesar Izturis' sacrifice fly made it 6-4.

Notes:@ Hall of Famer Red Schoendienst, a player, manager and coach with the Cardinals since 1945, was honored with a bobblehead night that drew sellout attendance of 44,709. His low-key impression of his statuette, a young Schoendienst kneeling with a bat: "It's all right." Manager Tony La Russa said Schoendienst told him it was "cute." ... The Reds are 3-10 at Busch Stadium the last two years. ... Kennedy has three triples the last two games, and four overall. ... The Reds will start their only left-hander of the season in Sunday's finale, going with Adam Pettyjohn, to snap an 180-game streak by right-handers. The Cardinals will end the year with only two starts by lefties, one each by Mark Mulder and Jaime Garcia. ... Arroyo's previous high for hits allowed was 11 on June 24 at Toronto.

Juanes wins 4 Latin Grammys; sweep still possible

A sweep was still in the cards for Juanes on Thursday night at the Latin Grammys, as the Columbian rocker picked up four awards and was in the running to win record of the year.

Juanes, who was nominated for five awards, took trophies for song of the year for his joy-filled love song, "Me Enamora"; the year's best album, "La Vida ... Es Un Ratico"; best male pop vocal and best short-form music video.

The awards bring his total Latin Grammy wins to 16, breaking Alejandro Sanz's mark of 14.

"This is incredible. A million thanks, truly," Juanes said, after the song of the year win. "I have to thank my father, who is in heaven, God, my children. Since I was very young, my family taught me to listen to Latin-American music ... They have all been an influence."

The Medellin-born musician, who has become a voice for social causes, also opened the show's live broadcast with an emotional duet with soul singer John Legend. Backed by a chorus, Juanes and Legend performed "If You Are Out There," a new collaboration that's scheduled to be released next week.

Earlier in the evening, Puerto Rican singer Kany Garcia picked up the best new artist honor, winning against Mexican alt-pop sensation Ximena Sarinana. Garcia was also nominated in three other categories, including song of the year, album of the year, and best female pop vocal album.

Mexican alternative rock group Cafe Tacuba, which led the night's nominations with six, picked up awards for rock song of the year for "Esta Vez" and alternative song of the year for "Volver a Comenzar." The quartet was also still in the running for record of the year.

Latin pop diva Gloria Estefan, who was honored with the 2008 Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year award Wednesday night, also scooped up awards for best traditional tropical album for "90 millas" and best tropical song.

In pre-show awards, Mexican singer-songwriter Julieta Venegas picked up two Latin Grammys for best long form video and best alternative music album.

This year marked the Houston debut of the Latin Grammys, which give out awards in 49 categories from ranchera to rock en espanol.

The show's lineup of performers reflected the theme of musical diversity and fusion, starting with the opening duet and bursting to life in a rousing accordion jam featuring performers from Colombian vallenato, Argentine tango, Mexican norteno and Tejano genres, and showcasing Julieta Venegas' pop hit "El Presente."

Another of the night's highlights was a vibrant rendition of Gloria Estefan's hits, "Mi Tierra" and "Oye Mi Canto," which featured musical legends Jose Feliciano and Carlos Santana.

During the show, a video package highlighted the iconic images and multicultural mix of Houston, the country's fourth largest city. Oil rigs, glass-walled skyscrapers and Tex-Mex food painted a quick portrait of the sprawling metropolis.

spring into summer

8 BEAUTY TIPS FOR A SIZZLING YOU

Although we all love the long, sunny days of summer, getting our bodies ready to bare can seem like quite a challenge. But with a few refinements to your beauty routine, you can have gorgeous skin and hair throughout the months ahead.

Tip #1

Shed Your Winter Skin

Our bodies slow in the winter-just as bears hibernate-and the exfoliation process is no exception. We need to slough off the ugly, dying cells to reveal younger, plumper cells, says Linda Miles, DOM, vice president at Derma E. "This simple process can take years off our appearance in a matter of minutes. Skin is smoother, more vibrant," she says. When exfoliating, the key is to remove the dead skin cells but leave healthy ones intact. Look for exfoliants that contain gentle ingredients, such as a scrub with sugar or a chemical scrub with fruit acids.

Tip #2

Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow

Getting rid of unwanted body hair is no fun, but using a product that actually smells good and nourishes the skin while it works makes the task more manageable. Look for hair removal systems made with ingredients such as sugar and pine resin. "Sugaring" is designed to stick to the hair, not the skin, so there's no painful tearing. Made with ingredients such as lavender and vitamin E, these natural products also benefit the skin.

Tip #3

Lighten Up

Set aside heavy-duty skin creams, and stock up on lightweight products for the summer. "Heavy moisturizers aren't necessary during the summer months because our skin isn't exposed to the harsh environment of winter: artificial heating and extreme cold weather conditions that can be so detrimental to skin," says Shelley Rubenstein of Nature's Gate..

Tip #4

Pop a Supplement

Nourish hair, skin and nails from the inside out with supplements. "Healthy skin, nails and hair need a good source of protein," Miles says, "and your supplement should include silica [present in all connective tissue], zinc [promotes hair growth and skin health] and sulfur [a building block for protein], just to mention a few."

Tip #5

Safely Sun-Kissed

Worried about the potential health hazards associated with sunbathing but want a bit of color? Try the new breed of sunless tanning creams that actually produces an authentic-looking tan. Researchers have found that dihydroxyacetone (DHA), a colorless sugar, interacts with dead cells located in the upper layer of the epidermis to produce a harmless color change that lasts about a week. Opt for a natural sunless tanning product that is enriched with botanicals and vitamins that leave skin soft and supple.

Tip #6

Power-Packed Sunscreens

Look for sunscreens that contain plants and other nutrients that enhance the product's actions. "Certain botanicals offer unrated SPF factors (the US Food and Drug Administration specifies which ingredients are acceptable to achieve the specified effectiveness) such as wild pansy and coffee extract. Plus botanicals offer soothing and calming properties that help enhance the properties of the sunscreens," Rubenstein says.

"When applying sunscreen to the face, it is best to apply it after a moisturizer that doesn't contain sunscreen," says Jim Caras, CEO for Health Direct. "You want the properties in the moisturizer to penetrate the skin and reach cells; sunscreens prevent this from happening," he says.

Tip #7

Treat Your Tresses Right

Chlorine, wind and sun are all hard on our hair during the summer. Protecting yours with shampoos and conditioners that offer moisturizing and soothing benefits-as well as protection against the weather-is especially important this time of year, says Rubenstein. "Look for products with panthenol and vegetable proteins that strengthen hair, and grape seed extract and sunflower seed extract that offer color protection," she says. Also, during the summer months, consider a leave-in hair conditioner that contains an SPF. For extra highlights, try using a conditioner that contains botanicals that work with the sun to brighten hair-such as chamomile or henna.

Tip #8

Unmask Beautiful Skin

There is perhaps nothing more effective after a long winter than a mask to reveal beautiful skin and stimulate cell renewal. "Masks help to detoxify the skin and are usually gentle exfoliants as well. These are great to help remove debris and toxins," Miles says. "They also encourage the shedding of old dead skin cells for a younger, smoother look."

Summer Beauty

Moisturize

Aura Cacia Natural Cocoa Butter

Derma E Pycnogenol Cr�me

Health Direct Cocoon

Exfoliate

Diamond Herpanacine Associates Pumpkin Face Scrub

Himalaya Walnut Scrub

Jason Citrus 6-in-1 Wash & Scrub

Sunscreen

Desert Essence SPF 30 Sunscreen Towelettes

Nature's Gate Natural Suncare Aqua Block SPF 30

Nutra-Lift Day Moisture SPF 25

Facial Masks

CamoCare Gold Revitalizing Mask

EO Purifying Mask with Olive & Lavender

Zia French clay Purifying Mask

Hair, Skin and Nail Supplements

Futurebiotics Hair, Skin & Nails

Health Support Beautiful You

Nature's Plus Ultra Hair Plus

Nature's Way Hair & Skin

Hair Removal

Moom All Natural Hair Removal

Parissa Tea Tree Soft Gel Hair Remover

Hair Care

Aubrey Organics Swimmer's Normalizing Shampoo

Jason Swimmer's & Sports Rejuvenating Shampoo

Nature's Plus Ultra Hair Conditioning Shampoo

Sunless Tanning

Alba Botanica Sunless Tanning Lotion

Nature's Gate Natural Suncare Self-Tan Lotion

Nutra-Lift Sunless Tan

The logistics of moving feedstocks to farms

State grants to stimulate on-farm composting are helping to provide services such as sourcing and hauling food residuals, as well as windrow turning for operations in New York State.

FOR the past four years" the Association for Resource Conservation (ARC), a nonprofit waste reduction organization in Centerport, New York, has been providing farmers in eastern Long Island with yard trimmings and food processing residuals. The main obstacle so far, according to Julie Sullivan, ARC's executive director, has been convincing haulers to take the organics to the farms instead of to municipal incinerators.

In 1993, ARC began looking at bringing yard trimmings from Nassau County in western Long Island to farms in Suffolk County on the island's eastern end. Suffolk County has about 30,000 acres in cultivation, most of which are nursery and vegetable operations. "Long Island soils are very sandy and low in organic content, so the farmers compensate by using a fair amount of chemical fertilizers and pesticides," says Sullivan. "We also have a problem with nonpoint source pollution, so a lot of farms have an interest in obtaining compost, but they can't afford it because it typically sells for $10/cubic yard. If they applied compost at a rate to replace the nitrogen that they use from chemical fertilizer, they would have to pay $400/ acre, compared to about $168/acre for chemical fertilizers."

Although buying compost isn't economical for these farmers, they do have the land, labor and equipment to compost, but need outside sources of feedstocks. Three years ago, villages in western Long Island began hauling their leaves -- around 3,000 tons per year - to the eastern farms. ARC charges the municipalities a $10/ton tip fee and passes on $7/ton to the farmer accepting the leaves. "We thought that if we provided the added motivation of a tip fee, more farmers would be interested in composting," says Sullivan.

ARC next focused on bringing in food processing residuals and how best to compost them. "We wanted to speed up the process because leaf matter takes a long time to break down by itself, and we also wanted to improve the nutrient content in the compost," Sullivan notes. "We looked at food processors on Long Island to see if we could find some companies that had a very steady flow of material. We figured that we would not have any problem finding generators if we charged a $10 tip fee because the average tip fee on Long Island is $65."

Then two years ago, ARC received funding for the project, including a $70,000 grant from New York State's Office of Recycling Market Development (ORMD), $17,500 from the Norcross Wildlife Foundation, $10,000 from the Rauch Foundation, and $5,000 from the Long Island Community Fund. The funds were used to purchase a self-propelled, 80-horsepower Sandberger compost turner for $35,000 and to build a trailer for $5,000 to transport the turner from farm to farm. Twelve farms agreed to take part in the program and received variances from the state's Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to accept food processing residuals. ARC's target goal was 1,200 tons/year of food residuals and the organization contacted several food processors, microbreweries, supermarkets and haulers. Since then, the only reliable source of residuals has been a food processor that generates baker's sludge as a by-product. The nutrient rich baker's sludge, which contains calcium, magnesium, fast-acting sugars and low levels of nitrogen, is hauled biweekly by the company's commercial hauler to participating farms. Each farm receives approximately 25 tons per quarter and Sullivan notes that DEC is considering her request to double that amount. The food processor is charged a tip fee of $10/ton, which goes directly to ARC to pay for composting services provided free to the farmers.

The windrow turner stays at each participating farm for approximately two weeks and during that time, the baker's sludge is brought to that farm. Sullivan forms the initial windrows out of leaves and mixes the windrows after the baker's sludge has been spread over them. The windrows measure approximately 200 feet long, four feet high and six to seven feet wide. "Some farmers then turn the piles as often as they can over the next two weeks," she says.

POTENTIAL FEEDSTOCKS

ARC approached a few microbreweries and proposed to accept their spent grain on the farms at no cost. "The microbreweries originally agreed to do this, but managed to find the only cattle farm on Long Island that was willing to pick up the spent grain for free and we couldn't compete with that," says Sullivan. Arrangements to collect produce trimmings from a supermarket also fell through when the local fire marshall failed to approve the installation of a compactor system to store the material.

The farms were able to receive trimmings from produce markets via a private transfer station in the Bronx for a two-month period in 1997. "It worked well on our end but it was a long haul -100 miles one way," says Sullivan. She is looking into acquiring a screw press to try dewatering the produce, which would reduce its volume and weight by 50 percent and make it less expensive to haul.

"The farmers have had no problems handling the produce trimmings or bakery sludge," notes Sullivan. Rather, she says, the difficulty is competing with incinerators for additional compostable materials. "Long Island has the capacity to incinerate 50 percent of the amount of garbage it generates, and some towns are desperate to find enough waste to pay for the incinerators," she says.

In an effort to prevent materials from going out of state, municipalities are providing incentives to haulers to bring materials to incinerators. "The town of Babylon bills businesses directly to incinerate their waste, so the incinerator doesn't charge haulers a tip fee, which increases the amount of material they bring there," she says. Town officials are in cooperative negotiations with ARC to develop composting programs for food processing residuals so that these materials can be diverted from incinerators in the future. The grant funding for the food processing residuals project ends in February, 1998, but Sullivan says that ARC has the financial resources to continue it.

CUSTOM SERVICE

Bob Walker, owner of Terra Nova, a custom composting service for vegetable and dairy farms, received a one-year, $70,000 ORMD grant from the Empire State to promote composting by collecting and hauling food residuals and other feedstocks to farmers in Columbia County, New York. Part of the $70,000 grant was used to lease a turner and a hook lift truck.

Walker is using the hook lift truck, which has a 15-yard capacity, to bring food residuals from the produce and bakery departments of a Price Chopper grocery store in Hudson, New York to Roxbury Farm, a 150acre farm in Calverack that raises beef cattle and 25 acres of organic vegetables. "Roxbury Farm had been composting cattle manure and straw for several years and saw no reason not to add food residuals," says Walker.

Walker tried to find a hauler for the supermarket organics but ended up doing the hauling himself. "We have seven different haulers in the area and none will take a truck around to pick up small amounts of food trimmings," he says. He collects approximately 3,000 pounds of residuals twice a week from Price Chopper. The store pays $51/ton to have the food residuals collected. Walker provides the store with 90-gallon containers and charges extra for plastic liners for the containers.

A second grocery store, Shop Rite, is interested in participating, but Walker is waiting until a rendering-style truck is built by local contractors. (Terra Nova received an additional $50,000 ORMD grant to develop the rendering truck, which will have a hydraulic lift to automatically empty containers into the box.) He plans to use the new truck to collect both food residuals and manure. "Using one truck to collect both eliminates the need to hire a hauler to collect the food residuals and puts the vehicle in use almost every day," he explains. Walker currently uses the hook lift truck to collect horse bedding from four stables and hauls it to Roxbury Farm as well as two other organic vegetable farms. - M.F.

Eye on Small business: Crystal balls draw on Chinese folk art form

When Geri and John Cross gazed into their crystal ball, they saw a vision of a future business venture. The couple are sole proprietors of The Painted Ball Co., which designs and markets an adaptation of a Chinese folk art form.

Started in 2001, the small business sells 4-pound crystal balls that are hollowed out through a single hole and hand-painted on the inside to depict a select commemorative design. The current, line features balls showing the World Trade Center and Penn State University in State College.

With approval from Penn State to market the balls, the couple commissioned several artisans in Tianjin, China, to paint the initial prototypes.

Their investment in the folk art was inspired when the two lived in China three years ago, when John was sent to work there as a quality assurance engineer for Applied Mechanical of Austin, Texas.

"We saw the balls and were astounded by their beauty," said Geri Cross.

The couple saw a ball that had been commissioned to commemorate a project for the Motorola Co. They decided to create one that would appeal to Penn State fans.

The Penn State Pride Ball features a campus scene and is capped on top with the Penn State seal. However, the Joe Pa Ball, with a portrait of Joe Paterno, has captured the attention of Lancaster resident Tony Corbin.

"I was struck by the ball's uniqueness," Corbin said.

Corbin owns the first six Joe Pa balls made, each of which comes with a special documentation. The company will make a limited number of Joe Pa balls to equal the number of wins by the coach when he retires. Paterno has a record of nearly 330 wins.

Each of the Joe Pa balls cost $110. Eight percent of the sales are paid to Penn State as a royalty fee. An additional 8 percent will be sent to a charity of Joe Paterno's choice.

The couple sends about half the cost of the ball back to China, where their manager, Li Longqing, oversees the work and payment of the artists.

Also, a portion of that money is given to the Tianjin International Committee for Chinese Orphans. After these distributions, the company makes a profit of approximately 25 percent on each ball sold.

The Pride ball and World Trade Center ball retail for $55, and a Penn State Graduates' Celebration Ball is $75.

Fifty percent of the company's sales are through the business's Web site. Other sales come through word-of-mouth or at local craft shows.

In the future, the Crosses would like to produce a ball for Florida State University, the alma mater of John Cross.

But the company first must obtain a standard collegiate license, as opposed to a local license; the latter permits them to market items for up to six different schools within their home state. A standard license permits a company to seek collegiate approval anywhere in the United States.

The cost of an expanded standard license is no more than an additional $150 over the $50 local fee. But according to Amy Olson, coordinator for local restricted licensing at the Collegiate Company, the competition to capture the approval of a popular university can be tough. Currently, the majority of collegiate licenses - about 1,200 - are local, while only about 800 are standard.

Watchdog: FAA improves for-hire aircraft oversight

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration has significantly improved its safety oversight of for-hire aircraft companies but hasn't followed through on recommendations regarding air tours and illegal operators, a government watchdog said Wednesday.

The FAA is doing a better job of targeting inspections to more risky for-hire operations, Transportation Department Inspector General Calvin Scovel said in a progress report. The agency has also given inspectors better procedures for evaluating safety concerns.

For-hire companies include a wide variety of aircraft and operations, including emergency medical helicopters, aerial sightseeing tours and air taxis. They often fly in more risky circumstances than scheduled airlines, but operate under less stringent safety regulations. Medical helicopters, for example, pick up patients at accident scenes and land at hospital helipads without the guidance of air traffic controllers. Some air tour helicopters land on glaciers or fly close to volcanoes.

The FAA also proposed new safety rules in October for medical helicopter operations, Scovel noted. Those rules, which are not yet final, would require operators to evaluate the risk of a flight before sending out a helicopter. Operators with 10 or more helicopters would have to establish a control center to communicate with pilots, advise them on weather conditions and monitor the progress of each flight. Operators would also have to equip their fleets with cockpit warning systems that alert pilots flying at night or in poor weather when a helicopter is in danger of colliding with a mountainside, the ground, a building or some other object.

The National Transportation Safety Board has long expressed concern about the high number of accidents involving medical flights.

FAA has also issued new pilot and flight attendant training rules for for-hire operators.

There were 47 for-hire accidents and 17 people killed in 2009, the latest year for which data was available from the National Transportation Safety Board. The number of fatalities involving for-hire operations has gone up and down over the last two decades. For example, there were 69 fatalities in 2008, but only 16 two years earlier.

Scovel also criticized FAA for not implementing NTSB recommendations for better identifying illegal for-hire operators.

"Finding and taking action against illegal operators is a significant challenge for FAA," the report said. The agency generally finds out about an illegal operator when it investigates a fatal accident or through hotline complaints.

For example, FAA discovered an unlicensed air charter operator at Wiley Post Airport in Oklahoma City, Okla., in 2008 only after a chartered plane crashed, killing all five people on board. The cause of the accident — a collision with birds — was not related to the illegal charter. An NTSB investigation found that because the charter operator wasn't licensed by FAA to carry passengers for hire, it wasn't following safety rules that apply to for-hire operations. The board also found that the local FAA office was too short-staffed and didn't have enough money to catch illegal for-hire operators.

FAA also hasn't followed through on NTSB recommendations that air tours be required to follow the same safety rules as other for-hire operations, including implementing pilot training programs, more stringent maintenance policies, rest requirements for flight crews, and an annual FAA surveillance program, the report said.

The report was contained in a letter to Rep. Jerry Costello of Illinois, the top Democrat on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee's aviation subcommittee. FAA officials didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.

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U.S.: Test Points to N. Korea Nuke Blast

WASHINGTON - One of many tests conducted since North Korea's claimed nuclear test found a radioactive gas consistent with an atomic explosion, but the U.S. government has made no definitive conclusions about the blast, a senior Bush administration official said Friday.

"The betting is that this was an attempt at a nuclear test that failed," the official said. "We don't think they were trying to fake a nuclear test, but it may have been a nuclear fizzle." The official spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the information.

The test found a type of radioactive gas that would be present after a nuclear detonation, the official said. It is one of a …

Shooting in Park Place hurts 3, one a bystander: Two in 'random' spat are shot; shopper reportedly is grazed by bullet.

Byline: Jack Gillum

Jul. 2--Gunshots rang out inside Park Place mall during a busy shopping day Sunday, injuring three people -- including a shopper -- and causing thousands inside to bolt for the exits.

The midafternoon incident began when two men inside the Dillard's department store got into an argument and one pulled a handgun, police said. That led to a struggle over the gun in which both men were shot, and a bystander apparently was grazed by a bullet.

The incident sent mall customers, who were visiting stores or catching movie matinees, pouring out into the parking lots and leaving in their cars by the dozens.

Witnesses inside Park Place, 5870 E. Broadway, reported hearing three gunshots near the food court entrance to Dillard's at about 3:10 p.m. Sunday. Some said the noises sounded more like balloons popping, but they soon realized the sounds were, in fact, gunfire.

The shooting was considered a "random" incident because the men involved had passed each other by chance inside the store and got into a confrontation, said Sgt. Mark Robinson, a Tucson Police Department spokesman.

Police said the shooting appeared to be gang-related.

They said the two men were initially detained by off-duty law enforcement officers.

Late Sunday night, police said they had charged Vicente Alcaraz, 20, with aggravated assault; theft, because the gun involved was stolen; and attempted robbery. The second man involved in the fight was not charged.

Police still had not identified the bystander or the nature of the wounds. None of the injuries was life-threatening, however.

Visitors in the mall had mixed impressions of how shoppers reacted to the echoes of gunfire, a sound rarely heard in Tucson's bustling public places. Some said shoppers left in an orderly manner after being told the mall was being evacuated, while others said some customers panicked.

But the evacuation resulted in jammed parking lot exits and briefly clogged traffic.

Hope Reichlein, a manager at the food court's Jamba Juice, said she ran to over to the Dillard's entrance after the shooting to see if she could offer medical assistance. But before she thought it was safe, she and her co-workers hit the floor.

"An employee said, 'There are gunshots!' and pulled us all to the ground," said Reichlein, who was working yards away from the west-side Dillard's entrance, where the shooting took place.

Some interviewed on Sunday afternoon had been watching movies in the mall's theaters when they heard the shots or calls for evacuation.

Albert Angevine, 79, said he was riding down the escalator into the Century Theatres lobby when several people ran the opposite way and warned others to turn around. The lobby opens up into the food court, but it's located diagonally across from the Dillard's entrance.

Joe Stephens, 30, said he was waiting in line to buy movie tickets when he heard the shots.

"I just remember hearing people say, 'There's a guy with a gun,' " he said, recollecting events while standing in the parking lot outside Dillard's.

Another man, who was seen wearing a black football jersey, was detained in the parking lot just south of Dillard's at about 4 p.m. There was no indication that he was involved in the shooting, but Robinson said he was detained after trying to hide a gun underneath a vehicle.

Tiana Velez, an employee of the Arizona Daily Star who was inside Dillard's during the shooting, said there was "a lot of confusion" inside both the store and the mall. She noted that many shoppers initially believed there was a bomb scare.

"A lot of people just didn't know what was going on," Velez said -- including mall store employees, many of whom were locking their front doors to keep shoppers safe inside and possible intruders out.

Park Place has an emergency plan that was put into place, said Jim Heilmann, the mall's senior general manager, but he wouldn't discuss specifics. He said the decision to evacuate the mall was made by Tucson police.

Shopping mall shootings appear to be uncomfortably common in the United States. Within the last year, fatal shootings at shopping centers have been recorded in Utah, Arkansas, Missouri, South Carolina and Indiana.

And in Tucson in June 2000, police fatally shot a man after he grabbed a woman and held her hostage in the Park Place Dillard's.

Sunday's incident seemed to bring dozens of police to the mall, including Tucson Police Chief Richard Miranda. A spokesman said he was in the area at the time of the shooting.

Police were reviewing surveillance tapes Sunday evening, and they said they had recovered at least two shell casings inside the store.

Park Place reopened shortly after 5 p.m. Sunday, although Dillard's remained closed, Robinson said.

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Shooting in Park Place hurts 3, one a bystander: Two in 'random' spat are shot; shopper reportedly is grazed by bullet.

Byline: Jack Gillum

Jul. 2--Gunshots rang out inside Park Place mall during a busy shopping day Sunday, injuring three people -- including a shopper -- and causing thousands inside to bolt for the exits.

The incident sent mall customers, who were visiting stores or catching movie matinees, pouring out into the parking lots and leaving in their cars by the dozens.

Witnesses inside Park Place, 5870 E. Broadway, reported hearing three gunshots near the food court entrance to Dillard's at about 3:10 p.m. Sunday. Some said the noises sounded more like balloons popping, but they soon realized the sounds were, in fact, gunfire.