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| Larry Harmon, longtime Bozo the Clown, dead at 83 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:10:00 EDT LOS ANGELES (AP) — Larry Harmon, who turned the character Bozo the Clown into a show business staple that delighted children for more than a half-century, died yesterday of congestive heart failure. He was 83. |
| Father without baby sitter accused of caging kids Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:09:00 EDT POSEN, Ill. (AP) — A suburban Chicago man locked his two young daughters in a wire cage hidden in the back of his pickup truck because he didn't have a baby sitter, officials said yesterday. Ricardo Gonzalez, 35, of Midlothian, was arrested Monday after a woman at a gas station in Posen heard a crying child and spotted him pushing small hands back into a cage, police said. |
| 62,000 jobs lost, off nearly half-million for year Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:08:00 EDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation lost jobs for a sixth month in a row in June, a storm of pink slips drenching this year's July Fourth holiday for more than 60,000 Americans and leaving thousands more worried about the future. |
| Death penalty possible in Vermont sex-kidnap Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:08:00 EDT BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Federal prosecutors have filed kidnapping charges that carry the death penalty against a Vermont man whose 12-year-old niece was found dead near his home. Authorities accused Michael Jacques, 42, of carefully orchestrating events and e-mails to make it appear that Brooke Bennett had gone on June 25 to see someone she had met online, according to an affidavit accompanying the charges. |
| Haywire brain chemical linked to sudden baby death Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:07:00 EDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists have new evidence that the brain chemical best known for regulating mood also plays a role in the mystifying killer of seemingly healthy babies — sudden infant death syndrome. |
| Massachusetts news in brief Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:06:00 EDT New UMass chancellor signs $375K annual deal AMHERST, Mass. (AP) — University of Massachusetts officials have approved a $375,000 annual salary, plus benefits, for incoming chancellor Robert Holub. |
| Cremated remains part of fireworks show Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:06:00 EDT INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — One of the fireworks bursting above the city this year will contain a bit of cremated remains — a fitting tribute, organizers say, to the man who ran the annual event for 40 years. |
| Tow-truck funeral planned for Maine tow operator Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:50:00 EDT AUBURN, Maine (AP) — An Auburn man who towed disabled vehicles for nearly a half century will be making his last ride in a procession of tow trucks and wreckers as family, friends and colleagues bid him a final goodbye. |
| Aztec U-17 girls team captures state title and college coaches' eyes Sat, 05 Jul 2008 01:43:00 EDT The Aztec Club Soccer program of Beverly sent several teams to the U.S. Youth Mass State Cup finals. In fact, the U-18 boys made it to the championship game last month. No team, however, had ever won the title until the U-17 girls did it at Lancaster two weeks ago with a thrilling double-overtime victory over the Stars of Mass. |
| Gillette Stadium a great venue for flag football festival Sat, 05 Jul 2008 01:42:00 EDT Jean DePlacido The third annual Youth Flag Football Festival was held at Gillette Stadium last Sunday, sponsored by the Peabody Youth Flag Football League. It attracted 32 teams from 10 different leagues with teams coming from as far away as New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and New Hampshire. A total of 60 games were played and mascot Pat the Patriot along with two Pats cheerleaders were on hand to sign autographs. |
| Sports briefs Sat, 05 Jul 2008 01:41:00 EDT Pop Warner Football Peabody Pop Warner football is holding a late registration on July 12 at the Higgins concession stand, from 9 a.m to 11 a.m. Cheering will also be accepting registrations. Fees are $150 per player with a $50 equipment fee that will be returned at the end of the season. For more information, go to www.eteamz.com/ppw. |
| Salem News 2008 Girls Tennis All-Star Team Sat, 05 Jul 2008 01:41:00 EDT 2008 Girls Tennis All-Stars Name%School%Yr.%Position 'Jennifer Cleary, Swampscott, Soph, 1st singles McKenzie Love, Hamilton-Wenham, Jr., 1st singles Kate Hall, Swampscott, Soph, 1st doubles Kara Gilberg, Swampscott, Soph, 1st doubles |
| Salem News Sports Schedule Sat, 05 Jul 2008 01:41:00 EDT Today SUMMER BASEBALL Legion — Saugus at Danvers (7). Junior Legion — Gloucester at Peabody (10 a.m.); Newburyport at Peabody (3). North Shore League — Kingston, N.H. at North Shore (5). |
| One more time: Federer vs. Nadal at Wimbledon Sat, 05 Jul 2008 01:41:00 EDT WIMBLEDON, England — Add up all of Roger Federer's greatness on grass courts, and the numbers are striking: 40 wins in a row at Wimbledon, 65 overall on the surface. Now he seeks an additional victory, a victory that would make him the first man since the 1880s to win six consecutive Wimbledon titles, a victory that would give him a 13th Grand Slam championship, one shy of Pete Sampras' career record. |
| Off-the-wall win: Strange Youkilis triple highlights Sox victory in Bronx Sat, 05 Jul 2008 01:41:00 EDT NEW YORK — Kevin Youkilis created the drama. Mike Lowell gave Boston the win. Lowell hit a go-ahead, three-run homer two innings after Youkilis' shot squirted out of Johnny Damon's glove, bounced off the top of the left-field wall three times, and sat on the fence for several tantalizing seconds. |
| Fireworks in the air and in the water Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:47:00 EDT Fishfinder Frank Dwyer Fishing close to shore has been somewhat hit or miss this week as unsettled weather in the late afternoon and evening has disturbed fishing patterns. Striped bass, bluefish and flounder remain plentiful; you'll just need to work a bit harder to find them. |
| All-Williams final at Wimbledon Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:47:00 EDT WIMBLEDON, England — A spot in her seventh Wimbledon final already secured, Venus Williams headed back to Centre Court to catch the end of the next match. Scouting? Not really. More like rooting. And when yesterday's second semifinal ended, Williams stood, smiling and applauding for the woman who won, the woman she will have to beat to earn a fifth championship at the All England Club: her younger sister, Serena. |
| Lester pitches 5-hitter, Red Sox end 5-game skid Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:47:00 EDT NEW YORK — Jon Lester pitched a sharp five-hitter while the Boston Red Sox roughed up Andy Pettitte, beating the New York Yankees 7-0 last night to end a five-game losing streak. A throwing error by shortstop Derek Jeter gave the Red Sox a quick lead. Coco Crisp came back from a five-game suspension to score twice, and it was 6-0 by the fifth inning. |
| Swamp Bats down Navigators Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:47:00 EDT KEENE, N.H. — The North Shore Navigators stood a half-game ahead of the Keene Swamp Bats in the New England Collegiate Baseball League standings prior to last night's game. Moreover, the Navs were out for revenge, having dropped their first two meetings with the Swamp Bats. |
| Salem News 2008 Softball All-Star Team Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:47:00 EDT 2008 Softball All-Stars Name%School%Yr.%Position 'Ashley Burnham%Danvers%Sr.%Shortstop Kerry Desmond%Ipswich%Jr.%Pitcher Krista MacKenzie%Ipswich%Jr.%Second base Emma Docking%Ipswich%Sr.%Shortstop |
| Sports in brief Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:46:00 EDT Radio Sports Olympic gymnastics hopeful Corrie Lothrop of Danvers and newly named Masconomet Regional athletic director Jared Scarpaci will be the guests on "North Shore Sports Desk" tomorrow (8-9 a.m.) on 104.9 FM. Co-hosts are Bill Kipouras and Phil Stacey of The Salem News. |
| POOLING HIS TALENT:
Landmark's Shea will swim for Division 1 Marist College Thu, 03 Jul 2008 02:33:00 EDT Coach John Ogden likes to keep Patrick Shea guessing when it comes to his swimming workouts at the Sterling Center YMCA in Beverly. "It's a mixed bag with coach Ogden," said Shea, 18, who lives in Peabody. "You don't know what you're going to get." |
| Salem News 2008 Baseball All-Stars Thu, 03 Jul 2008 02:33:00 EDT 2008 Baseball All-Stars Name%School%Yr.%Position Josh Band%Peabody%Sr.%Shortstop 'Bobby Dean%Danvers%Sr.%Pitcher Ben Dora%North Shore Tech%Sr.%OF/P Paul Drinkwater%Beverly%Sr.%OF Dan Duval%Masconomet%Sr.%Pitcher |
| Wenham Country Club is the ace for hole-in-ones Thu, 03 Jul 2008 02:32:00 EDT Hitting the Links Matt Jenkins First-year assistant golf pro Jason Greene of Wenham Country Club is making a career out of golf. But even he has never recorded a hole-in-one. He must experience some level of frustration then, working at a club that has to be considered the undisputed champ of holes-in-one on the North Shore. |
| Danvers American bats break out to avoid elimination Thu, 03 Jul 2008 02:31:00 EDT DISTRICT 15 LITTLE LEAGUE Danvers American blasted five homers to avoid elimination last night in a 16-1 mercy-rule shortened win over Hamilton-Wenham at Amesbury's Cashman Field. Joe Stone smashed a pair of bombs and Dylan Dodge added one homer and earned the win with four solid innings. |
| Sox bullpen blows lead; Rays sweep Thu, 03 Jul 2008 02:30:00 EDT ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Evan Longoria went 3 for 4 and drove in three runs last night, helping the surging Tampa Bay Rays beat the Boston Red Sox 7-6 for their second three-game sweep of the World Series champions this season. |
| Salem News spring all-star teams begin tomorrow Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:56:00 EDT Starting tomorrow, The Salem News will present its annual spring sports all-star teams. One all-star team will be featured each day from July 3 until Friday, July 11, followed by the spring Coaches of the Year on Saturday, July 12. |
| Garza beats Wakefield, Rays down Red Sox again Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:56:00 EDT ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Matt Garza pitched seven strong innings in his first outing since throwing a one-hitter, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat Boston and nemesis Tim Wakefield 3-1 last night. The win extended their lead in the AL East to 21/2 games over the second-place Red Sox. |
| Salem's Morency a life saver Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:55:00 EDT The Celtics have a wonderful program called "Heroes Among Us" that introduces individuals who have produced a significant act of bravery and gallantry, but Salem teenager Joe Morency's heroics — rescuing two students who were struggling in the pool at Salem State's O'Keefe Center — were never made public. |
| Catching up with Salem's Jasmine Bryant Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:54:00 EDT JASMINE BRYANT Age: 15 High school: Salem Year in school: Sophomore Sport: Track Position: triple jump, 200 meters, 4x400 relay How does a freshman become a three-sport regular with honor student grades? |
| St. Mary's nabs Durgin for football post Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:52:00 EDT There will be a familiar face looking back at the Lynn Classical football team when the Rams open the 2008 season against St. Mary's on Sept. 11. Strong family ties helped the Spartans convince long-time Rams coach Matt Durgin — who stepped down from the Classical post in mid-April — to get back on the gridiron, this time on the St. Mary's side, the school announced yesterday. |
| Danvers Legion shut out Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:51:00 EDT LEGION Newburyport 1, Danvers 0 Danvers (2-6) pitcher Kyle James allowed only one hit in six innings of work. Unfortunately, however, it was a homer to Newburyport's Tim Holland and the Danvers offense could never get the run back. Tom Marini had a pair of hits and Larry Saggese added a base hit, but each was stranded on base as James took the hard luck loss. |
| Beverly West spoils Middleton's upset bid Tue, 01 Jul 2008 01:55:00 EDT PEABODY — Middleton made history by beating Amesbury on Saturday to record the town's first win in District 15 Williamsport Little League All-Star Tourney play. They made a valiant attempt to pick up win No. 2 at the expense of Beverly West last night. |
| Danvers' O'Keefe grabs gold at Special Olympics Summer Games Tue, 01 Jul 2008 01:55:00 EDT After winning the gold medal in power lifting at the Special Olympics Massachusetts Summer Games at Harvard recently, it would have only been natural for Corey O'Keefe to take a break from training. But two days later, O'Keefe was right back at it, lifting under the direction of Mark Ironfield at Powerfit Gym in Peabody. |
| Red Sox rally in ninth falls short Tue, 01 Jul 2008 01:54:00 EDT ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — James Shields scattered five hits over 6 1-3 innings and B.J. Upton and Gabe Gross homered last night, helping the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Boston Red Sox 5-4 to open a 11/2-game lead in the division. |
| Cahoon, Marblehead renew good times Tue, 01 Jul 2008 01:54:00 EDT MARBLEHEAD — Yes, it does look like Toot Cahoon's ninth season has a lot of promise. The UMass Amherst hockey coach has 22 of 28 players returning, there's good balance and his recruiting prospects are all set for 2008-09. His staff is now working on 2009-10. |
| Sucharewicz, Peabody walk off with win Tue, 01 Jul 2008 01:53:00 EDT LEGION Peter Sucharewicz's seventh inning three-run homer that reached Perkins Street lifted Peabody (4-3-1) to a walk-off 6-3 win over Gloucester at Emerson Park in Zone 8 Legion action last night. The visitors had rallied to tie the game in the top half of the frame and got the first two outs of the bottom before Josh Band and Danny Mello reached to set up Sucharewicz's heroics. |
| Flanagan advances to 5K finals at U.S. Olympic Trials Tue, 01 Jul 2008 01:52:00 EDT Marblehead's Shalane Flanagan took another step toward qualifying for two events for the 2008 Beijing Olympics when she won a women's 5,000 meter semifinal last night in 15:35.85 at the U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene, Ore. |
| Cousins a hit at Tedesco Cup Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:10:00 EDT Relatively speaking, the 44th Tedesco Cup was a family affair. The prestigious two-day event at Tedesco Country Club in Marblehead ended up with first cousins Dan Santanello and Steve Glowacz atop the leaderboard, but with different partners. |
| McDonald powers Danvers National Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:09:00 EDT There was no rain, but plenty of thunder from the bat of Luke McDonald Saturday. While pitcher Branson Hyde handcuffed Danvers American with three hits, McDonald lit up the sky with three homers and seven RBIs in a 4-for-4 day that gave the Danvers Nationals an 11-1 mercy rule victory in a District 15 Little League opener. |
| Salem News spring all-star teams begin this Thursday Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:09:00 EDT Beginning Thursday, The Salem News will present its annual spring sports all-star teams. One of our eight spring sports all-star teams will run each day from July 3 until Friday, July 11, followed by the spring Coaches of the Year on Saturday, July 12. |
| Beijing Bound
Flanagan conquers field, qualifies in 10K Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:05:00 EDT Very little doubt remained at the midpoint of Friday night's 10,000-meter final at the U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene, Ore. Marblehead's Shalane Flanagan, the race favorite, was one of three women who had separated themselves from the rest of the pack. |
| Beverly East rolls in District 15 tournament opener Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:03:00 EDT PEABODY — The night before the District 15 Little League All-Star Tournament began, Beverly East manager Jeff Bryson found out his starting pitcher would not be able to take the mound against the Peabody Americans at MacArthur Park. |
| Connolly, Scarpaci join AD ranks Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:03:00 EDT Scott Connolly grew up in the Gallows Hills section of Salem, starring in every youth sport known in the city. He emerged a consensus All-Scholastic as a tailback on the Salem High football team and was a two-sport All-American in football and wrestling at Ithaca College. |
| Phil Stacey column: Some tidbits for you to chew on Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:02:00 EDT Throwing out some news, notes and random thoughts from the world of North Shore sports and beyond ... Smart move by whomever decided to move the Peabody at Salem football game, originally scheduled for Friday, Oct. 31 in Salem, to Saturday, Nov. 1 at 7 p.m. Can you imagine trying to get into the Witch City on Halloween night to see that game? It would've been insanity. Smart move waiting 24 hours to play this one. |
| Red Sox fall into second place Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT HOUSTON (AP) — Mark Loretta has gone from All-Star to nemesis for the Boston Red Sox. Loretta had a pinch-hit, RBI single in the eighth inning off Hideki Okajima yesterday to lift the Houston Astros to a 3-2 win over the Red Sox. |
| Recs work overtime to win in New Hampshire Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT NORTH SHORE BASEBALL LEAGUE At the rate this game was going, the Beverly Recs may have thought they were never getting out of New Hampshire. But in a game that featured very little offense, Beverly's Kyle Petterutto smashed a solo homer to right-centerfield to lead off the 13th inning and power the Recs to a 3-2 win over Kingston (N.H.) in the North Shore Baseball League. |
| Perez, Toomey win Danvers Kiwanis Race Sat, 28 Jun 2008 01:06:00 EDT DANVERS — Considering the high profile talent that toed the starting line for the 24th running of the Danvers Kiwanis Club 5 Mile Road Race last night, the top spots for males and females were pretty much decided before the starting gun was even fired. |
| Top 100 Finishers
in Danvers Kiwanis Five Mile Road Race Sat, 28 Jun 2008 01:04:00 EDT Place Name Town Time 1. Wilson Perez Keene, N.H. 25:07 2. Dan Verrington Bradford 26:58 3. Todd Lagimonier Kingston, NH 27:59 4. Jen Toomey Salem 28:15 5. Chris Chaptuet Danvers 29:46 6. Timothy Short Danvers 30:09 |
| Jean DePlacido column: Palmieri headed to UMass for softball Sat, 28 Jun 2008 01:03:00 EDT The wait is finally over for Peabody High three-sport captain Tawny Palmieri, who is going to UMass Amherst on a partial softball scholarship. Playing Division 1 softball for the Minutemen was at the top of Palmieri's list, with nearby Endicott College a close second. Once the financial aid package arrived from UMass, making the decision became a huge weight off Palmieri's shoulders. |
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