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Marysville football Coach Mark Caza will find out how much his defensive unit has improved in the past five weeks. In Week 5 of the regular-season schedule, Marysville dropped a 25-13 decision to Marine City in a Macomb Area Conference crossover game. The Vikings have given up 21 points in their past five games while putting 229 points on the scoreboard.  

Former state Rep. Steve Nunn, facing a murder charge in the shooting of his former fiancée in Lexington, has been indicted in Hart County on six counts of wanton endangerment. A grand jury returned the indictment this week, charging that Nunn fired a gun near six police officers on Sept. 11, hours after Nunn's former fiancée, Amanda Ross, was killed outside her Lexington townhouse. Police had been looking for Nunn to question him because Ross had gotten an emergency protection order against Nunn after  

Although hints had been dropped, Floyd's week started with news that Chris Chambers was being waived, a stark reminder of what a wicked business pro football can be. The team's decision to dispatch Chambers represented a well-earned promotion for Floyd that — while reconfirming that he'd displaced the former Pro Bowl receiver as a starter in San Diego — felt like one of those tackles he gets after going high for a catch and leaves his ribs exposed. "Chris is a friend, an idol, and all of a sudden he's g  

Robbie Williams is busy promoting his must have new album Reality Killed the Video Star , and releasing new videos . He spoke with Steve Jones about inspiration, moving to America and his famous ancestry in a 4Music Favourites special, which will air tomorrow alongside concert footage from Robbie's Knebworth gigs. Here are the highlights :  

GOLD Coast United had A-League pacesetters Sydney FC on the ropes at halftime in their match at Skilled Park. United, desperate to end a dreadful fortnight with a home win, finished the first half leading 1-0 and full of confidence and running after star duo Jason Culina and Shane Smeltz combined for a superb 36th-minute goal. A Sydney midfield turnover saw Zenon Caravella deliver the ball to captain Culina wide on the right and the skipper sent a pin-point cross to the far post where Smeltz clinically  

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JAMES McFadden believes that Blues should use Sunderland as a template for their medium-term ambitions. It's been over three weeks since Carson Yeung announced his arrival as the new Blues owner, yet the buzz still remains around St Andrew's. Speculation has been rife over who exactly will arrive at the club in January from the moment the Hong Kong tycoon announced his planned financial injection.  

All participants please stand by. Your conference is ready to begin. Good morning ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Canadian natural resources 2009 third quarter results conference call.  

A business-backed public relations executive squared off against a prominent liberal Democrat on Friday to debate whether to raise corporate and personal income taxes. The winner: civil discourse. Pat McCormick, communications coordinator for "Oregonians Against Job-Killing Taxes," argued against the increases proposed in Ballot Measure 66 and 67, noting that raising taxes during a recession is devastating to the very businesses necessary to help lift the state out of it.

I have 17Œ bags of M&Ms here.   -Steve Novick

 

Brandon Roy had 24 points and five rebounds, Steve Blake added 15 points and the Portland Trail Blazers got a lift from their new-look lineup in a 96-84 win against the San Antonio Spurs on Friday night. Richard Jefferson had 19 points, Manu Ginobili had 17, and Tim Duncan added 14 points and eight rebounds, but San Antonio lost Tony Parker to a sprained ankle and couldn't overcome a lethargic first half, playing one night after a loss at Utah. The Spurs haven't won on the road this season. In an ef