Tropical Storm Irene Devastates Vermont
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Credit union posts profit. Published on: May 20, 2013
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Kathryn Wyman dies at age 96. Published on: May 20, 2013
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Jeannine Wood dies at age 81. Published on: May 20, 2013
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Service set for Rowland Richards Jr. Published on: May 20, 2013
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Service set for Harold Perry. Published on: May 20, 2013
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Funeral held for Nettie Miles. Published on: May 20, 2013
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Marion McKenna dies at age 97. Published on: May 20, 2013
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William Lamorey dies at age 99. Published on: May 20, 2013
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Leo Gendron dies at age 86. Published on: May 20, 2013
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Charles Champney dies at age 48. Published on: May 20, 2013
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Funeral set for Ruth Bisson. Published on: May 20, 2013
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Luella Potter dies at age 96. Published on: May 20, 2013
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The various allegations of wrongdoing against the Internal Revenue Service, the Justice Department, the Central Intelligence Agency and the State Department cast a serious shadow on President Obama’s administration and hand his political foes abundant ammunition to distract the American people from other important issues. Published on: May 20, 2013
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The various allegations of wrongdoing against the Internal Revenue Service, the Justice Department, the Central Intelligence Agency and the State Department cast a serious shadow on President Obama’s administration and hand his political foes abundant ammunition to distract the American people from other important issues. Published on: May 20, 2013
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Whether one thinks the demiscandals being howled about in Washington should or should not resonate more widely, they don’t. According to a Gallup report released Thursday, “The amount of attention Americans are paying to the I.R.S. and the Benghazi situations is well below the average for news stories Gallup has tracked over the years. Published on: May 20, 2013
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In 1925, the year “The Great Gatsby” was published, the top 1 percent of Americans earned about 20 percent of the nation’s income; in 2013, the year that Baz Luhrmann’s frantic movie adaptation became a hit, the figure is likely to be, well, about 20 percent. Published on: May 20, 2013
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ROME — After all these years, Rafael Nadal still knows how to dominate Roger Federer. Published on: May 20, 2013
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CONCORD, N.C. — It’s only fitting that Jimmie Johnson’s latest romp through the record books was shrouded in post-race controversy. Published on: May 20, 2013
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BALTIMORE — Another year, another Triple Crown hopeful unable to come through. Published on: May 20, 2013
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IRVING, Texas — Sang-Moon Bae won the Bryon Nelson Championship on Sunday for his first PGA Tour title, beating Keegan Bradley by two strokes after blowing a four-stroke lead. Published on: May 20, 2013
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BOSTON — Johnny Boychuk broke a tie midway through the second period, and the Boston Bruins scored two goals in the third to beat the New York Rangers 5-2 on Sunday and take a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinal series. Published on: May 20, 2013
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SAN ANTONIO — Tony Parker had 20 points and nine assists, Kawhi Leonard scored 18 points and the San Antonio Spurs struck first in the Western Conference finals by beating the Memphis Grizzlies 105-83 on Sunday. Published on: May 20, 2013
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BRADFORD — Veteran stock car driver Chris Donnelly of Piermont, N.H.rode to victory on Valley Floors night at Bear Ridge Speedway on Saturday. Published on: May 20, 2013
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Radio show adds station. Published on: May 20, 2013
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Business workshop Published on: May 20, 2013
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Business awards Published on: May 20, 2013
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Summer has almost arrived. Vermont summers bring many things: warmer temperatures, sunny skies and, of course, the annual company picnic. Company picnics are just one of many great events in a Vermont summer and they hold great memories for many of us. Published on: May 20, 2013
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Until very recently I did not drink iced coffee every day. This is a testament to my fortitude not only because I love iced coffee more than regular coffee, and in fact most things in life, but also because on my way to work I pass three restaurants that serve it. Published on: May 20, 2013
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The Central Vermont Chamber of Commerce will host a pre-summer mixer in its conference rooms at Beaulieu Place in Berlin from 5 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, May 30. Published on: May 20, 2013
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MONTPELIER — House Speaker Shap Smith didn’t get everything he wanted this year, as he acknowledged in his adjournment speech last Tuesday. Published on: May 20, 2013
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Monday, May 20, marks week six of “On the Road” with the Agency of Transportation. This week includes several new local projects coming on line. Night paving and several road closures on existing projects will be added to this week’s review of transportation projects around the state. Published on: May 20, 2013
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As you all know, last week’s schedule was completely changed due to weather conditions. Hopefully this update will bring you information that will hold true for the coming week. Published on: May 20, 2013
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BURLINGTON — Youth — and youthful — prevailed at the Burlington Chamber Orchestra’s 2012-13 season finale Saturday at Saint Michael’s College’s McCarthy Arts Center. Published on: May 20, 2013
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It was, some said, the finest grist mill in America. Published on: May 20, 2013
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MONTPELIER — The North Branch Nature Center has served as a nature lovers’ outdoor classroom for the past 17 years. Now, with the purchase of its 28-acre site, it has a permanent home. Published on: May 20, 2013
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LYNDON — A passenger has been killed in a car accident in northern Vermont after the driver lost control while swerving to avoid a small animal that was crossing the road. Published on: May 20, 2013
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WILLIAMSTOWN — Failing ninth grade for the second year in row, A.J. Swan had accepted that he wasn’t going to graduate from his Vermont high school. He’d barely made it this far, after being held back in seventh grade. Published on: May 20, 2013
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BURLINGTON — More than 3,000 University of Vermont students have received degrees at the school’s 211th graduation ceremony. Published on: May 20, 2013
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NEWPORT — Vermont police say a 22-year-old Newport man is in jail on charges of stealing a school bus and two other vehicles. Published on: May 20, 2013
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BURLINGTON — The University of Vermont has dedicated a campus building in honoring of one of the school’s longest-serving presidents, Lattie Coor. Published on: May 20, 2013
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MONTPELIER — Vermont State Auditor Doug Hoffer is praising lawmakers for passing legislation to clean up glitches in the state’s so-called tax increment financing program. Published on: May 20, 2013
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LOS ANGELES — It’s almost time for a new Xbox. Published on: May 20, 2013
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LOS ANGELES — “Star Trek: Into Darkness” has warped its way to a $70.6 million domestic launch from Friday to Sunday, though it’s not setting any light-speed records with a debut that’s lower than the studio’s expectations. Published on: May 20, 2013
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Financial advice column Published on: May 20, 2013
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PUTNEY — An iconic general store with roots more than 200 years old has a new owner. Published on: May 20, 2013
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Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., released a statement after the House Agriculture Committee passed the farm bill last week highlighting Vermont priorities included in the legislation. Published on: May 20, 2013
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BROC workshop Published on: May 20, 2013
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WASHINGTON — The House Agriculture Committee approved a $940 billion farm bill, a day after the Senate passed its version, setting the stage for Congress to finally begin work on a new five-year bill. Published on: May 20, 2013
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GALLUP, N.M. — A surge in HIV infections on the Navajo Reservation has doctors and public health workers increasingly alarmed that the virus that causes AIDS has resurfaced with renewed intensity in this impoverished region. Published on: May 20, 2013
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CAIRO — Seven men purported to be the members of Egypt’s security forces kidnapped by suspected militants last week appeared in a video posted online Sunday and urged the government to secure their release by meeting their captors’ demands. Published on: May 20, 2013
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JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s senior coalition partner says that reaching a final peace agreement with the Palestinians is unrealistic at the current time and the sides should instead pursue an interim arrangement. Published on: May 20, 2013
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BEIRUT — Syrian troops pushed into a rebel-held town near the Lebanese border on Sunday, fighting house-to-house and bombing from the air as President Bashar Assad tried to strengthen his grip on a strategic strip of land running from the capital to the Mediterranean coast. Published on: May 20, 2013
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DES MOINES, Iowa — Is the tea party getting its groove back? Shouts of vindication from around the country suggest the movement’s leaders certainly think so. Published on: May 20, 2013
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ZEPHYRHILLS, Fla. — Some lucky person walked into a Publix supermarket in suburban Florida over the past few days and bought a ticket now worth an estimated $590.5 million — the highest Powerball jackpot in history. Published on: May 20, 2013
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DAMASCUS, Va. — Authorities believe the driver who plowed into dozens of hikers marching in a Virginia mountain town parade suffered from a medical condition and did not cause the crash intentionally, an emergency official said Sunday. Published on: May 20, 2013
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BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — Commuters are bracing for a difficult trip around southwest Connecticut and to New York City beginning today as workers repair the Metro-North commuter rail line crippled by a derailment and crash. Published on: May 20, 2013
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MONTREAL — Gaz Metro’s publicly traded affiliate, Valener Inc., beat expectations as it benefited from the contribution of a Vermont acquisition and favorable weather conditions. Published on: May 20, 2013
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MONTEPLIER — Sen. Bernard Sanders has been introducing Denmark’s U.S. Ambassador Peter Teksoe-Jensen around the state for the past few days at a series of town hall meetings designed to provoke a reset in thinking about the words “welfare state.” Published on: May 20, 2013
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HARTLAND — It was a perfect day for plowing, a little overcast with a cool breeze. You could hear the sound of the birds, the chink-chink-chink of the harness. Published on: May 19, 2013
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WASHINGTON — Political scandals have strange ways of causing collateral damage, and Republicans are hoping the furor over federal tax enforcers singling out conservative groups will ensnare their biggest target: President Barack Obama’s health care law. Published on: May 19, 2013
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Like most gardeners, I rejoice in spring. New leaves on trees have a special hue; the grass is finally green; flowers of every persuasion are in bloom. The air is warm, life is good. So we trundle off to the garden center and buy flowers and plant them. Here are some flowers I am enjoying in May, including a few you might not have in your garden. Published on: May 19, 2013
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During the first two weeks of May, as regularly as clockwork, three important things happen in our lives here in the bushes of central Vermont: The first black fly appears in front of my eyes in the backyard (average date May 6); the American tamaracks (Larix laricina), my favorite trees, leaf out in a lovely shade of pale green; and the... Published on: May 19, 2013
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If you’re traveling light, you can board earlier on American Airlines. Published on: May 19, 2013
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With graduation season approaching, parents have been staying awake worrying about whether their teens will follow the curfew rules they set and whether their rules for a curfew are the right ones. Let me see if I can help everyone rest easy on the subject of curfews. Published on: May 19, 2013
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In the natural world predation is relentless, and evading predators strongly favors the evolution of camouflage colors in animals. How contradictory, then, for small, defenseless creatures — like red efts and monarch butterflies — to be sporting a bright shade of orange. But there is more to their cheerful color than meets the eye. Published on: May 19, 2013
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“INFERNO,” by Dan Brown (463 pages, Doubleday, $29.95) Published on: May 19, 2013
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I now know why I gained more than 30 pounds in my early 20s: I was lonely. I had left my beloved alma mater in upstate New York for graduate school and a job in the Upper Midwest. I knew no one and felt like a fish out of water. Published on: May 19, 2013
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“SHE LEFT ME THE GUN: My Mother’s Life Before Me,” by Emma Brockes (298 pages, The Penguin Press, $26.95) Published on: May 19, 2013
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“THE GUNS AT LAST LIGHT: the War in Western Europe, 1944-45,” by Rick Atkinson (Henry Holt) Published on: May 19, 2013
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“LITTLE GREEN,” by Walter Mosley (Doubleday) Published on: May 19, 2013
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“WE NEED NEW NAMES,” by NoViolet Bulawayo (296 pages, Little, Brown & Co., $25) Published on: May 19, 2013
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Weight is a sensitive issue for many women. Pregnancy is a time when there can be concern about a woman’s weight as a health risk. Published on: May 19, 2013
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Outdoor Vermont recreation column. Published on: May 19, 2013
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If you’ve been looking for a good excuse to give fishing a try, Saturday, June 8, is Vermont’s Free Fishing Day: the one day in the summer when residents and nonresidents may go fishing in the Green Mountain State without a fishing license. Published on: May 19, 2013
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I was storing away my turkey hunting gear after a five-hour hunt the other morning when I noticed the rapid flight of a very small bird, winging its way, then pausing in mid-air, just off the front porch. Published on: May 19, 2013
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I was storing away my turkey hunting gear after a five-hour hunt the other morning when I noticed the rapid flight of a very small bird, winging its way, then pausing in mid-air, just off the front porch. Published on: May 19, 2013
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MONTPELIER — Ask Peter Shumlin to track the origins of his fiscal policy, and he’ll tell you about childhood trips to a general store in Putney, where he turned his 5-cent allowance into a budding bedroom candy enterprise. Published on: May 19, 2013
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PLAINFIELD — Goddard College summoned up a bit of its past while keeping an eye on the future during its Alternative Media Conference on Saturday. Published on: May 19, 2013
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SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea fired three short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters on Saturday, a South Korean official said. It routinely tests such missiles, but the latest launches came during a period of tentative diplomacy aimed at easing tensions. Published on: May 19, 2013
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STAVANGER, Norway — Russia’s Sergey Karjakin won the $130,000 Norway chess championship Saturday after drawing against Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria. Published on: May 19, 2013
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INDIANAPOLIS — Lance Stephenson scored nine of his playoff career-high 23 points during a late 11-2 run Saturday night, leading the Indiana Pacers past the New York Knicks, 106-99 and into the Eastern Conference finals for the first time since 2004. Published on: May 19, 2013
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PARIS — Never a stranger to the big stage, David Beckham went out in a burst of fireworks and adulation Saturday in his final home game for Paris Saint-Germain before retirement. Published on: May 19, 2013
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IRVING, Texas — Keegan Bradley overcame two early bogeys and maintained his lead at the Byron Nelson Championship with 2-under 68 in the third round Saturday. Published on: May 19, 2013
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NEW YORK — Robinson Cano hit a pair of two-run homers to back a solid effort by David Phelps, and the New York Yankees beat the Toronto Blue Jays for the ninth straight time at Yankee Stadium, 7-2 Saturday. Published on: May 19, 2013
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INDIANAPOLIS — Will Power was the most relieved man in Roger Penske’s garage Saturday. Published on: May 19, 2013
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SOUTH PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. — Brian Hoar won the ACT 100 in spectacular style Saturday, besting Jimmy Hebert by inches on the final lap at Airborne Speedway. Published on: May 19, 2013
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AUTO RACING Published on: May 19, 2013
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BALTIMORE — Oxbow put D. Wayne Lukas in the record books again with an upset of Orb in the Preakness Stakes on Saturday, giving the Hall of Fame trainer his 14th win in a Triple Crown race. Published on: May 19, 2013
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BASEBALL Published on: May 19, 2013
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GIRLS TENNIS Published on: May 19, 2013
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NORTHFIELD — Oxbow took advantage of early Northfield errors and held off a late Marauder rally for a 4-2 baseball win on Saturday at the newly re-named Frank Pecora Field at Memorial Park. Published on: May 19, 2013
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BOYS LACROSSE Published on: May 19, 2013
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GIRLS LACROSSE Published on: May 19, 2013
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BOYS LACROSSE Published on: May 19, 2013
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BASEBALL Published on: May 19, 2013
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GIRLS LACROSSE Published on: May 19, 2013
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GIRLS TENNIS Published on: May 19, 2013
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NORTHFIELD — The baseball field at Memorial Park already bore the name of one Northfield legend with the Coach Hock granite plaque on the home dugout for longtime coach Ed Hockenbury. Published on: May 19, 2013
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SOFTBALL Published on: May 19, 2013
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BOYS TENNIS Published on: May 19, 2013
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