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AMERICAN LEAGUE

East Division

W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Intr

New York 78 28 .736 - z-7-3 W-1 38-8 40-20 13-3

Boston 65 45 .591 15 7-3 L-1 33-17 32-28 9-7

Baltimore 56 55 .505 241/2 z-6-4 W-1 31-25 25-30 5-11

Toronto 56 56 .500 25 5-5 W-2 30-23 26-33 9-7

Tampa Bay 43 66 .394 361/2 z-6-4 L-3 23-34 20-32 5-11

Central Division

W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Intr

Cleveland 62 49 .559 - z-5-5 L-4 30-24 32-25 10-6

Minnesota 51 58 .468 10 6-4 L-2 24-30 27-28 7-9

Kansas City 49 61 .445 121/2 z-5-5 L-1 21-37 28-24 9-7

Chicago 48 62 .436 131/2 4-6 W-1 25-29 23-33 7-9

Detroit 46 63 .422 15 z-4-6 W-2 …

Drama Mamas! A Salute to Black Women Directors

Drama Mamas!�, a feature-length documentary film by writer, director and producer, Rhonda "Passion" Hansome, highlights the world of Black women theater directors. In Drama Mamas!, Passion chronicles both the professional and personal lives of some of theater's most accomplished Black women directors through a series of intimate interviews. "We want to speak to women who have directed landmark works in a range of categories, but have been overlooked by popular culture until now," says Passion. She interviews a list of directorial legends that include Shauneille Perry, Glenda Dickerson, Barbara Ann Teer, Gertrude Jeannette, Billie Allen, Vy Higginsen, Seret Scott, Jaye Austin Williams and …

Toronto's Jose Calderon strains hamstring

Toronto Raptors guard Jose Calderon sprained his right hamstring in the game against the Houston Rockets on Friday, the same injury that sidelined him for two NBA games in November.

Calderon was averaging 13.4 points and was third in the NBA with 9.0 assists. He was injured driving to the basket late in the first quarter, running out of bounds and clutching at his leg before leaving the game and heading to the locker room for treatment.

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Israeli confirms girl shot // Troops find M-16 used in killing

TEL AVIV A senior Israeli security source confirmed Friday that15-year-old Tirza Porat died from a bullet wound in a confrontationthis week between Palestinians and Jewish settlers in the occupiedWest Bank.

The source said troops had found the M-16 rifle that fired thebullet when they arrested a Palestinian West Bank villager who tookthe weapon after the girl was shot. It belonged to a Jewish settler,right-wing activist Roman Aldubi.

The source said it was most likely Aldubi shot the girl byaccident after being hit on the head with a stone. It also waspossible the gun went off during a struggle with an Arab who tried totake it from Aldubi, the source …

Right now, the Big Reds aren't wowing foes

THESE aren't your older brother's Big Reds.

And they certainly aren't your father's.

Parkersburg High School proved that by barely escaping defeat forthe second time in three games Friday to a Mountain State AthleticConference foe at home.

Sophomore linebacker Jason Phillips intercepted a Deion Spurlockpass at his own 19-yard line with just one second left on the clock,sealing a 30-26 win over South Charleston for the Big Reds.

Spurlock, wide receiver Aaron Dobson and an opportunistic BlackEagle defense had rallied SC from a 20-6 halftime deficit to a 26-23lead with five minutes remaining in regulation.

Parkersburg quarterback Andy Thomas gave his …

Euro higher against US dollar as data shows German economy rebounding in 3rd quarter

The euro gained more ground against the U.S. dollar on Wednesday as new data showed the German economy, Europe's biggest, rebounded in the third quarter and Washington reported more disappointing economic developments.

The 13-nation euro bought US$1.4700 in afternoon European trading, up from US$1.4596 in New York late Tuesday.

German government data showed the country's gross domestic product grew by 0.7 percent in the July-September period from the previous quarter. It grew by only 0.3 percent in the second quarter.

The dollar was further hurt after the U.S. Commerce Department reported that retail sales managed only a small increase in October …

PARIS, HON. BRENT, LL.B.

Ed. at Univ. of Ottawa (LL.B., 1982). Private Career: . Appt'd Judge of the Tax Court of Canada, Dec. 12, 2002. Address: Tax Court of Canada, 200 Kent St., Ottawa., Ont., K1A 0M1.