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</tbody></table></div></div><strong class="Dateline">DAVIDSON COUNTY, N.C. -- </strong>A woman was arrested Monday on charges of trying to obtain a controlled substance by calling in a fake prescription, Davidson County deputies said.Marci Brooks Carpenter, 33, of Winston-Salem, called the prescription in to the Walgreens on NC Highway 150, deputies said.Carpenter was charged with attempting to obtain a controlled substance by fraud, deputies said.She is currently being held in the Davidson County Jail with bail set at $5,000.Carpenter is scheduled to appear in court Aug. 8.</div><br />
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</tbody></table></div></div><strong class="Dateline">STOKES COUNTY, N.C. -- </strong>The merry, merry month of May wasn’t so merry for dozens of Stokes County residents. More than 47 separate automobile break-ins and larcenies took place over a four-week period, leaving Stokes County law enforcement officials with their hands full.But not for long.On Thursday, June 2, a big break came after much investigation on the part of the Stokes County Sheriff’s Office. Detectives found large amounts of pertinent information and evidence that seemed to point the finger of blame to two young men: Nevin Casey Burton, 19, Highway 66 South, King, and Brandon Wayne Waddell, 17, Rosebud Road, Walnut Cove.Burton has been charged with 47 counts of felony Breaking/Entering of Motor Vehicle, 25 counts of misdemeanor Larceny and 25 counts of misdemeanor Possession of Stolen Goods. He was issued a secured $10,000 bond.Waddell faces charges of 45 counts of felony Breaking/Entering of Motor Vehicle, 24 counts of misdemeanor Larceny and 24 counts of misdemeanor Possession of Stolen Goods. He also was given a secured $10,000 bond.Both young men were scheduled to appear in District Court on Wednesday, June 15.The breaking and entering of automobiles and resulting larcenies primarily took place in the area of the southern portion of Highway 66, which falls within the county’s jurisdiction. The time frame for most of the crimes was May 1-June 3.There have also been reports of additional motor vehicle break-ins within the inner city locations of the city limits of King. The time frame for these crimes is the same as the one for the crimes charged to Burton and Waddell. The Sheriff’s Office is sharing information they have gathered with the King Police Department to aid them in their investigations.The break in the case came after Sheriff Mike Marshall, along with several deputies and detectives from the Stokes County Sheriff’s Office, spent much time collecting information. They interviewed citizens in the communities where these break-ins occurred. By using this information and piecing together events and reports, they were led to Burton and Waddell.The evidence gathered points to the possibility that more than 100 vehicles were actually broken into. Many of these automobiles belonged to people who did not choose to file a report.Further investigation is continuing.Stokes County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Craig Carico stated: “Sheriff Marshall wishes to thank all of our citizens who have shared information with our officers and investigators in this case, and he encourages everyone to report any suspicious activity, suspicious persons and suspicious vehicles any time these are observed.” <i>This article appeared in Wednesday's edition of the Stokes News.</i></div><br />
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UPDATED: 8:55 am EDT May 25, 2011</span></div></div><div class="storyTools"><div class="storyToolsEmailPrint"><a class="storyToolsEmail" href="" target="_self"><img border="0" class="storytool" id="stemailIcon" src="http://www.wxii12.com/sh/images/hearst/icons/email_story_icon.gif" title="EMAIL: Kyle Busch Cited For Driving 128 In 45 MPH Zone" /> Email </a><a class="storyToolsPrint" href="http://www.wxii12.com/sports/28010834/detail.html#" target="_self"><img border="0" class="storytool" id="stprintIcon" src="http://www.wxii12.com/sh/images/hearst/icons/print_story_icon.gif" title="PRINT: Kyle Busch Cited For Driving 128 In 45 MPH Zone" /> Print </a></div><div class="storyToolsComment"><a class="storyToolsComment" href="http://www.wxii12.com/sports/28010834/detail.html#COMMENTTOP"><img border="0" class="storytool" id="stcommentIcon" src="http://www.wxii12.com/sh/images/hearst/icons/ulocal_story_icon.gif" title="COMMENTS: Kyle Busch Cited For Driving 128 In 45 MPH Zone" /> Comments </a><div class="component " id="component_N6E00731E64"><a class="storyToolsComment" href="http://www.wxii12.com/sports/28010834/detail.html#COMMENTTOP"><span id="commentcount">(94)</span></a></div><span></span></div><span>&nbsp;</span><div class="storyToolsAddThis"><a class="addThisAnchorstoryToolsAddThis" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&username=hearsttv"><img alt="Bookmark and Share" height="16" src="http://www.wxii12.com/sh/images/hearst/buttons/share_icons.gif" style="border: 0;" width="125" /></a><span></span></div></div><div class="StoryBody" style="clear: both;"><div class="relatedMedia" id="relatedImage"><div align="center" class="AssocContClkImg"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="clkImgTbl" style="width: 240px;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table></div></div><strong class="Dateline">IREDELL COUNTY, N.C. -- </strong>NASCAR racer Kyle Busch was cited for speeding and reckless driving on Tuesday.Iredell County deputies said Busch was driving 128 mph in a 45 mph zone in Troutman.Deputies said Busch was driving a yellow Lexus car.The 26-year-old Busch released a statement Tuesday saying he was driving a new car and got carried away. He promised it would never happen again.Busch finished second in the NASCAR All-Star race on Saturday. He's also scheduled to compete in the Coca Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway this weekend.Last month, Busch was placed on probation through June 15 after he and Kevin Harvick confronted each other in the pits after a race at Darlington Raceway.Busch is currently third in the points standing.</div><br />
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</ul></div><div class="cnnSection cnnPlate"> <div class="cnnONMC"> <a class="cnnGraphic" href="http://www.nascar.com/promos/redirects/onmc/main.exclude.html"> </a> <a href="http://www.nascar.com/promos/redirects/onmc/at_a_glance.exclude.html">Learn More</a> | <a href="http://www.nascar.com/promos/redirects/onmc/enroll_now.exclude.html">Sign Up</a> </div></div><div class="cnnSection cnnPlate"> <div class="cnnNPN"> <a alt="NASCAR Performance Network" class="cnnGraphic" href="http://www.nascar.com/auto/" title="NASCAR Performance Network"> </a> <a href="http://www.nascar.com/auto/">Auto Service</a> </div></div></div><div><img alt="" height="19" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/nascar/.e/img/2.0/global/util/ftr_160x19.gif" width="160" /></div></div><div id="cnnBanner"> <div class="cnnAd"> <a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;236724653;61588096;u;pc=[TPAS_ID]"> <img alt="Advertisement" border="0" height="1" src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/N4390.no_url_specifiedOX2496/B5268315.77;sz=1x1;pc=[TPAS_ID];ord=[timestamp]?" width="1" /> <img alt="Live Leaderboard" height="100" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/nascar/.element/img/2.0/sect/promos/coke/leaderboard/2011/header.png" width="840" /></a> </div></div><div class="cnnEventSummary" id="eventSummary"> <img alt="" class="cnnPNGImage" height="42" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/nascar/.element/img/2.0/sect/races/apps/leaderboard/logo_cup.png" width="70" /> <h5>LIVE LEADERBOARD : <span id="raceName">FedEx 400 benefiting Autism Speaks</span></h5><h1 id="location">Dover</h1><table><tbody>
<tr> <td> <span class="header">Flag:</span> <img class="cnnPNGImage" height="32" id="flagImg" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/nascar/.e/img/2.0/sect/races/apps/flags/checkered.png" width="22" /> </td> <td> <span class="header">Laps:</span> <h4 id="lapsCompleted">400</h4>of <span id="totalLaps">400</span> </td> <td> <span class="header">Time Elapsed:</span> <h4 id="elapsedTime">03:13:19</h4></td> <td> <span class="header">Cautions/Laps:</span> <h4 id="cautions">6</h4><span id="cautionLaps">28</span> </td> <td> <span class="header">Leaders:</span> <h4 id="leaders">11</h4></td> <td> <span class="header">Lead Changes:</span> <h4 id="leadChanges">23</h4></td> </tr>
</tbody></table><div class="cnnEventCars"> <span class="header">Cars:</span> Started: <b><span id="carsStarted">43</span></b> <span class="cnnDivider">|</span> Running: <b><span id="carsRunning">39</span></b> <span class="cnnDivider">|</span> Lead Lap: <b><span id="carsOnLeadLap">18</span></b> </div><div class="cnnEventSpeed"> <span class="header">Average Speed:</span> <span id="averageEventSpeed">125.583</span> mph </div></div><div id="cnnEventBlurbs"> <h3 style="position: relative; top: -5px;"> </h3><div class="cnnEventBlurbsHdr" id="cnnEventBlurbsHdr"> <a class="cnnSelected" href="" id="cnnCautionSummary">Caution Summary</a> </div><div class="cnnEventBlurbs" id="CautionSummary" style="display: block;"> <div id="cnnBlurb"><div id="cautionSummaryContent"><div class="cnnCautionInfo"><b>6. Lap 362</b> (Restart Lap 367), 05:13</div><div class="cnnCautionInfo"><b>5. Lap 332</b> (Restart Lap 338), 07:01</div><div class="cnnCautionInfo"><b>4. Lap 217</b> (Restart Lap 223), 06:32</div><div class="cnnCautionInfo"><b>3. Lap 163</b> (Restart Lap 170), 07:58</div><div class="cnnCautionInfo"><b>2. Lap 41</b> (Restart Lap 46), 05:33</div><div class="cnnCautionInfo"><b>1. Lap 20</b> (Restart Lap 25), 05:30</div></div></div></div><div class="cnnEventLinks"><a href="http://www.nascar.com/lap-by-lap/110515/lbldover/index.html">Full Lap By Lap</a> </div></div><div class="nscrTPAd"> <div class="nscrTPAdBtnL"> <a href="" style="background: none;" title="Launch Scanner"><img border="0" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/nascar/.element/img/2.0/sect/races/apps/leaderboard/leaderboard_lsnlv.jpg" /></a> </div><div class="nscrTPAdBtnR"> <a href="" style="background: none;" title="Launch RaceView"><img border="0" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/nascar/.element/img/2.0/sect/races/apps/leaderboard/leaderboard_wtchlv.jpg" /></a> </div></div><div id="tableWrapper" style="display: block;"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" class="cnnDataTable" id="cnnDataTable"><thead id="cnnDataBody">
<tr class="cnnTopTR" id="cnnTopTR"> <td><img alt="" height="1" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/nascar/.e/img/2.0/global/util/pixel.gif" width="20" /></td> <td><img alt="" height="1" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/nascar/.e/img/2.0/global/util/pixel.gif" width="30" /></td> <td><img alt="" height="1" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/nascar/.e/img/2.0/global/util/pixel.gif" width="130" /></td> <td><img alt="" height="1" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/nascar/.e/img/2.0/global/util/pixel.gif" width="30" /></td> <td><img alt="" height="1" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/nascar/.e/img/2.0/global/util/pixel.gif" width="60" /></td> <td><img alt="" height="1" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/nascar/.e/img/2.0/global/util/pixel.gif" width="60" /></td> <td><img alt="" height="1" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/nascar/.e/img/2.0/global/util/pixel.gif" width="60" /></td> <td><img alt="" height="1" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/nascar/.e/img/2.0/global/util/pixel.gif" width="30" /></td> <td><img alt="" height="1" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/nascar/.e/img/2.0/global/util/pixel.gif" width="35" /></td> <td class="cnnLast"><img alt="" height="1" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/nascar/.e/img/2.0/global/util/pixel.gif" width="35" /></td> </tr>
<tr> <th>Pos</th> <th>Car</th> <th>Driver</th> <th>Lap</th> <th>Speed</th> <th>Time</th> <th>Behind</th> <th>Led</th> <th>Points</th> <th class="cnnLast">More</th> </tr>
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<tr id="driverRow22" style="color: #ed1c16;"> <td id="pos22" style="background-color: #efefef;">1</td> <td style="background-color: #efefef;"><img alt="24" class="cnnPNGImage" height="20" id="badgeImg22" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/nascar/.element/img/2.0/global/badges/cup/25x20/17.png" width="25" /></td> <td id="driverNameLink22" style="background-color: #efefef;"><a class="" href="http://www.nascar.com/drivers/dps/mkenseth00/cup/index.html" style="color: #ed1c16;">Matt Kenseth</a></td> <td id="lap22" style="background-color: #efefef;">400</td> <td id="speed22" style="background-color: #efefef;">144.863</td> <td id="time22" style="background-color: #efefef;">24.85</td> <td id="timeBehind22" style="background-color: #efefef;">0.000</td> <td id="lapsLed22" style="background-color: #efefef;">33</td> <td id="points22" style="background-color: #efefef;">339</td> <td class="cnnLast" id="expand22" style="background-color: #efefef; cursor: pointer;">[+]</td> </tr>
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<tr id="driverRow29" style="color: black;"> <td id="pos29" style="background-color: white;">2</td> <td style="background-color: white;"><img alt="24" class="cnnPNGImage" height="20" id="badgeImg29" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/nascar/.element/img/2.0/global/badges/cup/25x20/5.png" width="25" /></td> <td id="driverNameLink29" style="background-color: white;"><a class="" href="http://www.nascar.com/drivers/dps/mmartin00/cup/index.html" style="color: black;">Mark Martin</a></td> <td id="lap29" style="background-color: white;">400</td> <td id="speed29" style="background-color: white;">141.783</td> <td id="time29" style="background-color: white;">25.39</td> <td id="timeBehind29" style="background-color: white;">2.122</td> <td id="lapsLed29" style="background-color: white;">6</td> <td id="points29" style="background-color: white;">324</td> <td class="cnnLast" id="expand29" style="background-color: white; cursor: pointer;">[+]</td> </tr>
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<tr id="driverRow621" style="color: black;"> <td id="pos621" style="background-color: #efefef;">3</td> <td style="background-color: #efefef;"><img alt="24" class="cnnPNGImage" height="20" id="badgeImg621" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/nascar/.element/img/2.0/global/badges/cup/25x20/9.png" width="25" /></td> <td id="driverNameLink621" style="background-color: #efefef;"><a class="" href="http://www.nascar.com/drivers/dps/mambrose00/cup/index.html" style="color: black;">Marcos Ambrose</a></td> <td id="lap621" style="background-color: #efefef;">400</td> <td id="speed621" style="background-color: #efefef;">144.081</td> <td id="time621" style="background-color: #efefef;">24.99</td> <td id="timeBehind621" style="background-color: #efefef;">2.344</td> <td id="lapsLed621" style="background-color: #efefef;">0</td> <td id="points621" style="background-color: #efefef;">281</td> <td class="cnnLast" id="expand621" style="background-color: #efefef; cursor: pointer;">[+]</td> </tr>
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<tr id="driverRow240" style="color: black;"> <td id="pos240" style="background-color: white;">4</td> <td style="background-color: white;"><img alt="24" class="cnnPNGImage" height="20" id="badgeImg240" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/nascar/.element/img/2.0/global/badges/cup/25x20/18.png" width="25" /></td> <td id="driverNameLink240" style="background-color: white;"><a class="" href="http://www.nascar.com/drivers/dps/kbusch01/cup/index.html" style="color: black;">Kyle Busch</a></td> <td id="lap240" style="background-color: white;">400</td> <td id="speed240" style="background-color: white;">143.489</td> <td id="time240" style="background-color: white;">25.09</td> <td id="timeBehind240" style="background-color: white;">3.948</td> <td id="lapsLed240" style="background-color: white;">0</td> <td id="points240" style="background-color: white;">379</td> <td class="cnnLast" id="expand240" style="background-color: white; cursor: pointer;">[+]</td> </tr>
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<tr id="driverRow234" style="color: black;"> <td id="pos234" style="background-color: #efefef;">5</td> <td style="background-color: #efefef;"><img alt="24" class="cnnPNGImage" height="20" id="badgeImg234" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/nascar/.element/img/2.0/global/badges/cup/25x20/83.png" width="25" /></td> <td id="driverNameLink234" style="background-color: #efefef;"><a class="" href="http://www.nascar.com/drivers/dps/bvickers00/cup/index.html" style="color: black;">Brian Vickers</a></td> <td id="lap234" style="background-color: #efefef;">400</td> <td id="speed234" style="background-color: #efefef;">143.977</td> <td id="time234" style="background-color: #efefef;">25.00</td> <td id="timeBehind234" style="background-color: #efefef;">4.689</td> <td id="lapsLed234" style="background-color: #efefef;">0</td> <td id="points234" style="background-color: #efefef;">238</td> <td class="cnnLast" id="expand234" style="background-color: #efefef; cursor: pointer;">[+]</td> </tr>
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<tr id="driverRow247" style="color: black;"> <td id="pos247" style="background-color: white;">6</td> <td style="background-color: white;"><img alt="24" class="cnnPNGImage" height="20" id="badgeImg247" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/nascar/.element/img/2.0/global/badges/cup/25x20/33.png" width="25" /></td> <td id="driverNameLink247" style="background-color: white;"><a class="" href="http://www.nascar.com/drivers/dps/cbowyer00/cup/index.html" style="color: black;">Clint Bowyer</a></td> <td id="lap247" style="background-color: white;">400</td> <td id="speed247" style="background-color: white;">141.688</td> <td id="time247" style="background-color: white;">25.41</td> <td id="timeBehind247" style="background-color: white;">5.771</td> <td id="lapsLed247" style="background-color: white;">29</td> <td id="points247" style="background-color: white;">336</td> <td class="cnnLast" id="expand247" style="background-color: white; cursor: pointer;">[+]</td> </tr>
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<tr id="driverRow272" style="color: black;"> <td id="pos272" style="background-color: #efefef;">7</td> <td style="background-color: #efefef;"><img alt="24" class="cnnPNGImage" height="20" id="badgeImg272" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/nascar/.element/img/2.0/global/badges/cup/25x20/99.png" width="25" /></td> <td id="driverNameLink272" style="background-color: #efefef;"><a class="" href="http://www.nascar.com/drivers/dps/cedwards00/cup/index.html" style="color: black;">Carl Edwards</a></td> <td id="lap272" style="background-color: #efefef;">400</td> <td id="speed272" style="background-color: #efefef;">142.903</td> <td id="time272" style="background-color: #efefef;">25.19</td> <td id="timeBehind272" style="background-color: #efefef;">5.796</td> <td id="lapsLed272" style="background-color: #efefef;">117</td> <td id="points272" style="background-color: #efefef;">416</td> <td class="cnnLast" id="expand272" style="background-color: #efefef; cursor: pointer;">[+]</td> </tr>
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<tr id="driverRow254" style="color: black;"> <td id="pos254" style="background-color: white;">8</td> <td style="background-color: white;"><img alt="24" class="cnnPNGImage" height="20" id="badgeImg254" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/nascar/.element/img/2.0/global/badges/cup/25x20/56.png" width="25" /></td> <td id="driverNameLink254" style="background-color: white;"><a class="" href="http://www.nascar.com/drivers/dps/mtruex01/cup/index.html" style="color: black;">Martin Truex Jr.</a></td> <td id="lap254" style="background-color: white;">400</td> <td id="speed254" style="background-color: white;">143.341</td> <td id="time254" style="background-color: white;">25.12</td> <td id="timeBehind254" style="background-color: white;">6.585</td> <td id="lapsLed254" style="background-color: white;">1</td> <td id="points254" style="background-color: white;">282</td> <td class="cnnLast" id="expand254" style="background-color: white; cursor: pointer;">[+]</td> </tr>
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<tr id="driverRow71" style="color: black;"> <td id="pos71" style="background-color: #efefef;">9</td> <td style="background-color: #efefef;"><img alt="24" class="cnnPNGImage" height="20" id="badgeImg71" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/nascar/.element/img/2.0/global/badges/cup/25x20/48.png" width="25" /></td> <td id="driverNameLink71" style="background-color: #efefef;"><a class="" href="http://www.nascar.com/drivers/dps/jjohnson00/cup/index.html" style="color: black;">Jimmie Johnson</a></td> <td id="lap71" style="background-color: #efefef;">400</td> <td id="speed71" style="background-color: #efefef;">143.948</td> <td id="time71" style="background-color: #efefef;">25.01</td> <td id="timeBehind71" style="background-color: #efefef;">7.763</td> <td id="lapsLed71" style="background-color: #efefef;">207</td> <td id="points71" style="background-color: #efefef;">394</td> <td class="cnnLast" id="expand71" style="background-color: #efefef; cursor: pointer;">[+]</td> </tr>
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<tr id="driverRow17" style="color: black;"> <td id="pos17" style="background-color: white;">10</td> <td style="background-color: white;"><img alt="24" class="cnnPNGImage" height="20" id="badgeImg17" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/nascar/.element/img/2.0/global/badges/cup/25x20/29.png" width="25" /></td> <td id="driverNameLink17" style="background-color: white;"><a class="" href="http://www.nascar.com/drivers/dps/kharvick00/cup/index.html" style="color: black;">Kevin Harvick</a></td> <td id="lap17" style="background-color: white;">400</td> <td id="speed17" style="background-color: white;">144.602</td> <td id="time17" style="background-color: white;">24.90</td> <td id="timeBehind17" style="background-color: white;">8.489</td> <td id="lapsLed17" style="background-color: white;">0</td> <td id="points17" style="background-color: white;">362</td> <td class="cnnLast" id="expand17" style="background-color: white; cursor: pointer;">[+]</td> </tr>
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<tr id="driverRow7" style="color: black;"> <td id="pos7" style="background-color: #efefef;">11</td> <td style="background-color: #efefef;"><img alt="24" class="cnnPNGImage" height="20" id="badgeImg7" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/nascar/.element/img/2.0/global/badges/cup/25x20/31.png" width="25" /></td> <td id="driverNameLink7" style="background-color: #efefef;"><a class="" href="http://www.nascar.com/drivers/dps/jburton00/cup/index.html" style="color: black;">Jeff Burton</a></td> <td id="lap7" style="background-color: #efefef;">400</td> <td id="speed7" style="background-color: #efefef;">142.931</td> <td id="time7" style="background-color: #efefef;">25.19</td> <td id="timeBehind7" style="background-color: #efefef;">9.028</td> <td id="lapsLed7" style="background-color: #efefef;">0</td> <td id="points7" style="background-color: #efefef;">258</td> <td class="cnnLast" id="expand7" style="background-color: #efefef; cursor: pointer;">[+]</td> </tr>
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<tr id="driverRow12" style="color: black;"> <td id="pos12" style="background-color: white;">12</td> <td style="background-color: white;"><img alt="24" class="cnnPNGImage" height="20" id="badgeImg12" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/nascar/.element/img/2.0/global/badges/cup/25x20/88.png" width="25" /></td> <td id="driverNameLink12" style="background-color: white;"><a class="" href="http://www.nascar.com/drivers/dps/dearnhar01/cup/index.html" style="color: black;">Dale Earnhardt Jr.</a></td> <td id="lap12" style="background-color: white;">400</td> <td id="speed12" style="background-color: white;">141.393</td> <td id="time12" style="background-color: white;">25.46</td> <td id="timeBehind12" style="background-color: white;">11.353</td> <td id="lapsLed12" style="background-color: white;">1</td> <td id="points12" style="background-color: white;">364</td> <td class="cnnLast" id="expand12" style="background-color: white; cursor: pointer;">[+]</td> </tr>
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<tr id="driverRow9" style="color: black;"> <td id="pos9" style="background-color: white;">14</td> <td style="background-color: white;"><img alt="24" class="cnnPNGImage" height="20" id="badgeImg9" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/nascar/.element/img/2.0/global/badges/cup/25x20/22.png" width="25" /></td> <td id="driverNameLink9" style="background-color: white;"><a class="" href="http://www.nascar.com/drivers/dps/kbusch00/cup/index.html" style="color: black;">Kurt Busch</a></td> <td id="lap9" style="background-color: white;">400</td> <td id="speed9" style="background-color: white;">143.564</td> <td id="time9" style="background-color: white;">25.08</td> <td id="timeBehind9" style="background-color: white;">12.257</td> <td id="lapsLed9" style="background-color: white;">0</td> <td id="points9" style="background-color: white;">336</td> <td class="cnnLast" id="expand9" style="background-color: white; cursor: pointer;">[+]</td> </tr>
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<tr id="driverRow218" style="color: black;"> <td id="pos218" style="background-color: #efefef;">15</td> <td style="background-color: #efefef;"><img alt="24" class="cnnPNGImage" height="20" id="badgeImg218" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/nascar/.element/img/2.0/global/badges/cup/25x20/00.png" width="25" /></td> <td id="driverNameLink218" style="background-color: #efefef;"><a class="" href="http://www.nascar.com/drivers/dps/dreutima00/cup/index.html" style="color: black;">David Reutimann</a></td> <td id="lap218" style="background-color: #efefef;">400</td> <td id="speed218" style="background-color: #efefef;">143.598</td> <td id="time218" style="background-color: #efefef;">25.07</td> <td id="timeBehind218" style="background-color: #efefef;">12.362</td> <td id="lapsLed218" style="background-color: #efefef;">0</td> <td id="points218" style="background-color: #efefef;">244</td> <td class="cnnLast" id="expand218" style="background-color: #efefef; cursor: pointer;">[+]</td> </tr>
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<tr id="driverRow359" style="color: black;"> <td id="pos359" style="background-color: white;">16</td> <td style="background-color: white;"><img alt="24" class="cnnPNGImage" height="20" id="badgeImg359" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/nascar/.element/img/2.0/global/badges/cup/25x20/11.png" width="25" /></td> <td id="driverNameLink359" style="background-color: white;"><a class="" href="http://www.nascar.com/drivers/dps/dhamlin00/cup/index.html" style="color: black;">Denny Hamlin</a></td> <td id="lap359" style="background-color: white;">400</td> <td id="speed359" style="background-color: white;">143.535</td> <td id="time359" style="background-color: white;">25.08</td> <td id="timeBehind359" style="background-color: white;">12.526</td> <td id="lapsLed359" style="background-color: white;">0</td> <td id="points359" style="background-color: white;">304</td> <td class="cnnLast" id="expand359" style="background-color: white; cursor: pointer;">[+]</td> </tr>
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<tr id="driverRow14" style="color: black;"> <td id="pos14" style="background-color: #efefef;">17</td> <td style="background-color: #efefef;"><img alt="24" class="cnnPNGImage" height="20" id="badgeImg14" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/nascar/.element/img/2.0/global/badges/cup/25x20/24.png" width="25" /></td> <td id="driverNameLink14" style="background-color: #efefef;"><a class="" href="http://www.nascar.com/drivers/dps/jgordon00/cup/index.html" style="color: black;">Jeff Gordon</a></td> <td id="lap14" style="background-color: #efefef;">400</td> <td id="speed14" style="background-color: #efefef;">143.135</td> <td id="time14" style="background-color: #efefef;">25.15</td> <td id="timeBehind14" style="background-color: #efefef;">13.359</td> <td id="lapsLed14" style="background-color: #efefef;">0</td> <td id="points14" style="background-color: #efefef;">299</td> <td class="cnnLast" id="expand14" style="background-color: #efefef; cursor: pointer;">[+]</td> </tr>
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<tr id="driverRow23" style="color: black;"> <td id="pos23" style="background-color: white;">18</td> <td style="background-color: white;"><img alt="24" class="cnnPNGImage" height="20" id="badgeImg23" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/nascar/.element/img/2.0/global/badges/cup/25x20/47.png" width="25" /></td> <td id="driverNameLink23" style="background-color: white;"><a class="" href="http://www.nascar.com/drivers/dps/blabonte00/cup/index.html" style="color: black;">Bobby Labonte</a></td> <td id="lap23" style="background-color: white;">400</td> <td id="speed23" style="background-color: white;">142.484</td> <td id="time23" style="background-color: white;">25.27</td> <td id="timeBehind23" style="background-color: white;">16.688</td> <td id="lapsLed23" style="background-color: white;">0</td> <td id="points23" style="background-color: white;">251</td> <td class="cnnLast" id="expand23" style="background-color: white; cursor: pointer;">[+]</td> </tr>
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<tr id="driverRow82" style="color: black;"> <td id="pos82" style="background-color: #efefef;">19</td> <td style="background-color: #efefef;"><img alt="24" class="cnnPNGImage" height="20" id="badgeImg82" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/nascar/.element/img/2.0/global/badges/cup/25x20/16.png" width="25" /></td> <td id="driverNameLink82" style="background-color: #efefef;"><a class="" href="http://www.nascar.com/drivers/dps/gbiffle00/cup/index.html" style="color: black;">Greg Biffle</a></td> <td id="lap82" style="background-color: #efefef;">399</td> <td id="speed82" style="background-color: #efefef;">142.744</td> <td id="time82" style="background-color: #efefef;">25.22</td> <td id="timeBehind82" style="background-color: #efefef;">1 Lap</td> <td id="lapsLed82" style="background-color: #efefef;">0</td> <td id="points82" style="background-color: #efefef;">311</td> <td class="cnnLast" id="expand82" style="background-color: #efefef; cursor: pointer;">[+]</td> </tr>
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<tr id="driverRow112" style="color: black;"> <td id="pos112" style="background-color: white;">20</td> <td style="background-color: white;"><img alt="24" class="cnnPNGImage" height="20" id="badgeImg112" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/nascar/.element/img/2.0/global/badges/cup/25x20/1.png" width="25" /></td> <td id="driverNameLink112" style="background-color: white;"><a class="" href="http://www.nascar.com/drivers/dps/jmcmurra00/cup/index.html" style="color: black;">Jamie McMurray</a></td> <td id="lap112" style="background-color: white;">398</td> <td id="speed112" style="background-color: white;">142.428</td> <td id="time112" style="background-color: white;">25.28</td> <td id="timeBehind112" style="background-color: white;">2 Laps</td> <td id="lapsLed112" style="background-color: white;">0</td> <td id="points112" style="background-color: white;">267</td> <td class="cnnLast" id="expand112" style="background-color: white; cursor: pointer;">[+]</td> </tr>
</tbody><tbody id="driverTBody34">
<tr id="driverRow34" style="color: black;"> <td id="pos34" style="background-color: #efefef;">21</td> <td style="background-color: #efefef;"><img alt="24" class="cnnPNGImage" height="20" id="badgeImg34" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/nascar/.element/img/2.0/global/badges/cup/25x20/39.png" width="25" /></td> <td id="driverNameLink34" style="background-color: #efefef;"><a class="" href="http://www.nascar.com/drivers/dps/rnewman00/cup/index.html" style="color: black;">Ryan Newman</a></td> <td id="lap34" style="background-color: #efefef;">398</td> <td id="speed34" style="background-color: #efefef;">142.090</td> <td id="time34" style="background-color: #efefef;">25.34</td> <td id="timeBehind34" style="background-color: #efefef;">2 Laps</td> <td id="lapsLed34" style="background-color: #efefef;">0</td> <td id="points34" style="background-color: #efefef;">340</td> <td class="cnnLast" id="expand34" style="background-color: #efefef; cursor: pointer;">[+]</td> </tr>
</tbody><tbody id="driverTBody380">
<tr id="driverRow380" style="color: black;"> <td id="pos380" style="background-color: white;">22</td> <td style="background-color: white;"><img alt="24" class="cnnPNGImage" height="20" id="badgeImg380" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/nascar/.element/img/2.0/global/badges/cup/25x20/34.png" width="25" /></td> <td id="driverNameLink380" style="background-color: white;"><a class="" href="http://www.nascar.com/drivers/dps/dgillila00/cup/index.html" style="color: black;">David Gilliland</a></td> <td id="lap380" style="background-color: white;">398</td> <td id="speed380" style="background-color: white;">143.084</td> <td id="time380" style="background-color: white;">25.16</td> <td id="timeBehind380" style="background-color: white;">2 Laps</td> <td id="lapsLed380" style="background-color: white;">0</td> <td id="points380" style="background-color: white;">202</td> <td class="cnnLast" id="expand380" style="background-color: white; cursor: pointer;">[+]</td> </tr>
</tbody><tbody id="driverTBody122">
<tr id="driverRow122" style="color: black;"> <td id="pos122" style="background-color: #efefef;">23</td> <td style="background-color: #efefef;"><img alt="24" class="cnnPNGImage" height="20" id="badgeImg122" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/nascar/.element/img/2.0/global/badges/cup/25x20/13.png" width="25" /></td> <td id="driverNameLink122" style="background-color: #efefef;"><a class="" href="http://www.nascar.com/drivers/dps/cmears01/cup/index.html" style="color: black;">Casey Mears</a></td> <td id="lap122" style="background-color: #efefef;">397</td> <td id="speed122" style="background-color: #efefef;">142.552</td> <td id="time122" style="background-color: #efefef;">25.25</td> <td id="timeBehind122" style="background-color: #efefef;">3 Laps</td> <td id="lapsLed122" style="background-color: #efefef;">0</td> <td id="points122" style="background-color: #efefef;">168</td> <td class="cnnLast" id="expand122" style="background-color: #efefef; cursor: pointer;">[+]</td> </tr>
</tbody><tbody id="driverTBody135">
<tr id="driverRow135" style="color: black;"> <td id="pos135" style="background-color: white;">24</td> <td style="background-color: white;"><img alt="24" class="cnnPNGImage" height="20" id="badgeImg135" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/nascar/.element/img/2.0/global/badges/cup/25x20/27.png" width="25" /></td> <td id="driverNameLink135" style="background-color: white;"><a class="" href="http://www.nascar.com/drivers/dps/pmenard00/cup/index.html" style="color: black;">Paul Menard</a></td> <td id="lap135" style="background-color: white;">396</td> <td id="speed135" style="background-color: white;">142.001</td> <td id="time135" style="background-color: white;">25.35</td> <td id="timeBehind135" style="background-color: white;">4 Laps</td> <td id="lapsLed135" style="background-color: white;">0</td> <td id="points135" style="background-color: white;">291</td> <td class="cnnLast" id="expand135" style="background-color: white; cursor: pointer;">[+]</td> </tr>
</tbody><tbody id="driverTBody77">
<tr id="driverRow77" style="color: black;"> <td id="pos77" style="background-color: #efefef;">25</td> <td style="background-color: #efefef;"><img alt="24" class="cnnPNGImage" height="20" id="badgeImg77" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/nascar/.element/img/2.0/global/badges/cup/25x20/32.png" width="25" /></td> <td id="driverNameLink77" style="background-color: #efefef;"><a class="" href="http://www.nascar.com/drivers/dps/mbliss00/cup/index.html" style="color: black;">Mike Bliss</a></td> <td id="lap77" style="background-color: #efefef;">396</td> <td id="speed77" style="background-color: #efefef;">143.050</td> <td id="time77" style="background-color: #efefef;">25.17</td> <td id="timeBehind77" style="background-color: #efefef;">4 Laps</td> <td id="lapsLed77" style="background-color: #efefef;">1</td> <td id="points77" style="background-color: #efefef;">--</td> <td class="cnnLast" id="expand77" style="background-color: #efefef; cursor: pointer;">[+]</td> </tr>
</tbody><tbody id="driverTBody4">
<tr id="driverRow4" style="color: black;"> <td id="pos4" style="background-color: white;">26</td> <td style="background-color: white;"><img alt="24" class="cnnPNGImage" height="20" id="badgeImg4" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/nascar/.element/img/2.0/global/badges/cup/25x20/36.png" width="25" /></td> <td id="driverNameLink4" style="background-color: white;"><a class="" href="http://www.nascar.com/drivers/dps/dblaney00/cup/index.html" style="color: black;">Dave Blaney</a></td> <td id="lap4" style="background-color: white;">396</td> <td id="speed4" style="background-color: white;">140.889</td> <td id="time4" style="background-color: white;">25.55</td> <td id="timeBehind4" style="background-color: white;">4 Laps</td> <td id="lapsLed4" style="background-color: white;">0</td> <td id="points4" style="background-color: white;">174</td> <td class="cnnLast" id="expand4" style="background-color: white; cursor: pointer;">[+]</td> </tr>
</tbody><tbody id="driverTBody724">
<tr id="driverRow724" style="color: black;"> <td id="pos724" style="background-color: #efefef;">27</td> <td style="background-color: #efefef;"><img alt="24" class="cnnPNGImage" height="20" id="badgeImg724" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/nascar/.element/img/2.0/global/badges/cup/25x20/20.png" width="25" /></td> <td id="driverNameLink724" style="background-color: #efefef;"><a class="" href="http://www.nascar.com/drivers/dps/jlogano00/cup/index.html" style="color: black;">Joey Logano</a></td> <td id="lap724" style="background-color: #efefef;">395</td> <td id="speed724" style="background-color: #efefef;">142.778</td> <td id="time724" style="background-color: #efefef;">25.21</td> <td id="timeBehind724" style="background-color: #efefef;">5 Laps</td> <td id="lapsLed724" style="background-color: #efefef;">0</td> <td id="points724" style="background-color: #efefef;">238</td> <td class="cnnLast" id="expand724" style="background-color: #efefef; cursor: pointer;">[+]</td> </tr>
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<tr id="driverRow416" style="color: black;"> <td id="pos416" style="background-color: white;">28</td> <td style="background-color: white;"><img alt="24" class="cnnPNGImage" height="20" id="badgeImg416" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/nascar/.element/img/2.0/global/badges/cup/25x20/6.png" width="25" /></td> <td id="driverNameLink416" style="background-color: white;"><a class="" href="http://www.nascar.com/drivers/dps/dragan00/cup/index.html" style="color: black;">David Ragan</a></td> <td id="lap416" style="background-color: white;">395</td> <td id="speed416" style="background-color: white;">142.897</td> <td id="time416" style="background-color: white;">25.19</td> <td id="timeBehind416" style="background-color: white;">5 Laps</td> <td id="lapsLed416" style="background-color: white;">0</td> <td id="points416" style="background-color: white;">270</td> <td class="cnnLast" id="expand416" style="background-color: white; cursor: pointer;">[+]</td> </tr>
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<tr id="driverRow44" style="color: black;"> <td id="pos44" style="background-color: #efefef;">29</td> <td style="background-color: #efefef;"><img alt="24" class="cnnPNGImage" height="20" id="badgeImg44" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/nascar/.element/img/2.0/global/badges/cup/25x20/14.png" width="25" /></td> <td id="driverNameLink44" style="background-color: #efefef;"><a class="" href="http://www.nascar.com/drivers/dps/tstewart00/cup/index.html" style="color: black;">Tony Stewart</a></td> <td id="lap44" style="background-color: #efefef;">394</td> <td id="speed44" style="background-color: #efefef;">142.868</td> <td id="time44" style="background-color: #efefef;">25.20</td> <td id="timeBehind44" style="background-color: #efefef;">6 Laps</td> <td id="lapsLed44" style="background-color: #efefef;">0</td> <td id="points44" style="background-color: #efefef;">328</td> <td class="cnnLast" id="expand44" style="background-color: #efefef; cursor: pointer;">[+]</td> </tr>
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<tr id="driverRow741" style="color: black;"> <td id="pos741" style="background-color: white;">30</td> <td style="background-color: white;"><img alt="24" class="cnnPNGImage" height="20" id="badgeImg741" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/nascar/.element/img/2.0/global/badges/cup/25x20/09.png" width="25" /></td> <td id="driverNameLink741" style="background-color: white;"><a class="" href="http://www.nascar.com/drivers/dps/lcassill00/cup/index.html" style="color: black;">Landon Cassill</a></td> <td id="lap741" style="background-color: white;">394</td> <td id="speed741" style="background-color: white;">142.146</td> <td id="time741" style="background-color: white;">25.33</td> <td id="timeBehind741" style="background-color: white;">6 Laps</td> <td id="lapsLed741" style="background-color: white;">0</td> <td id="points741" style="background-color: white;">--</td> <td class="cnnLast" id="expand741" style="background-color: white; cursor: pointer;">[+]</td> </tr>
</tbody><tbody id="driverTBody303">
<tr id="driverRow303" style="color: black;"> <td id="pos303" style="background-color: #efefef;">31</td> <td style="background-color: #efefef;"><img alt="24" class="cnnPNGImage" height="20" id="badgeImg303" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/nascar/.element/img/2.0/global/badges/cup/25x20/38.png" width="25" /></td> <td id="driverNameLink303" style="background-color: #efefef;"><a class="" href="http://www.nascar.com/drivers/dps/tkvapil00/cup/index.html" style="color: black;">Travis Kvapil</a></td> <td id="lap303" style="background-color: #efefef;">394</td> <td id="speed303" style="background-color: #efefef;">143.062</td> <td id="time303" style="background-color: #efefef;">25.16</td> <td id="timeBehind303" style="background-color: #efefef;">6 Laps</td> <td id="lapsLed303" style="background-color: #efefef;">0</td> <td id="points303" style="background-color: #efefef;">--</td> <td class="cnnLast" id="expand303" style="background-color: #efefef; cursor: pointer;">[+]</td> </tr>
</tbody><tbody id="driverTBody433">
<tr id="driverRow433" style="color: black;"> <td id="pos433" style="background-color: white;">32</td> <td style="background-color: white;"><img alt="24" class="cnnPNGImage" height="20" id="badgeImg433" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/nascar/.element/img/2.0/global/badges/cup/25x20/42.png" width="25" /></td> <td id="driverNameLink433" style="background-color: white;"><a class="" href="http://www.nascar.com/drivers/dps/jmontoya00/cup/index.html" style="color: black;">Juan Pablo Montoya</a></td> <td id="lap433" style="background-color: white;">393</td> <td id="speed433" style="background-color: white;">137.221</td> <td id="time433" style="background-color: white;">26.24</td> <td id="timeBehind433" style="background-color: white;">7 Laps</td> <td id="lapsLed433" style="background-color: white;">2</td> <td id="points433" style="background-color: white;">296</td> <td class="cnnLast" id="expand433" style="background-color: white; cursor: pointer;">[+]</td> </tr>
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<tr id="driverRow733" style="color: black;"> <td id="pos733" style="background-color: #efefef;">33</td> <td style="background-color: #efefef;"><img alt="24" class="cnnPNGImage" height="20" id="badgeImg733" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/nascar/.element/img/2.0/global/badges/cup/25x20/71.png" width="25" /></td> <td id="driverNameLink733" style="background-color: #efefef;"><a class="" href="http://www.nascar.com/drivers/dps/alally00/cup/index.html" style="color: black;">Andy Lally</a></td> <td id="lap733" style="background-color: #efefef;">389</td> <td id="speed733" style="background-color: #efefef;">140.587</td> <td id="time733" style="background-color: #efefef;">25.61</td> <td id="timeBehind733" style="background-color: #efefef;">11 Laps</td> <td id="lapsLed733" style="background-color: #efefef;">0</td> <td id="points733" style="background-color: #efefef;">127</td> <td class="cnnLast" id="expand733" style="background-color: #efefef; cursor: pointer;">[+]</td> </tr>
</tbody><tbody id="driverTBody439">
<tr id="driverRow439" style="color: black;"> <td id="pos439" style="background-color: white;">34</td> <td style="background-color: white;"><img alt="24" class="cnnPNGImage" height="20" id="badgeImg439" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/nascar/.element/img/2.0/global/badges/cup/25x20/78.png" width="25" /></td> <td id="driverNameLink439" style="background-color: white;"><a class="" href="http://www.nascar.com/drivers/dps/rsmith02/cup/index.html" style="color: black;">Regan Smith</a></td> <td id="lap439" style="background-color: white;">361</td> <td id="speed439" style="background-color: white;">142.292</td> <td id="time439" style="background-color: white;">25.30</td> <td id="timeBehind439" style="background-color: white;">39 Laps</td> <td id="lapsLed439" style="background-color: white;">0</td> <td id="points439" style="background-color: white;">226</td> <td class="cnnLast" id="expand439" style="background-color: white; cursor: pointer;">[+]</td> </tr>
</tbody><tbody id="driverTBody92">
<tr id="driverRow92" style="color: black;"> <td id="pos92" style="background-color: #efefef;">35</td> <td style="background-color: #efefef;"><img alt="24" class="cnnPNGImage" height="20" id="badgeImg92" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/nascar/.element/img/2.0/global/badges/cup/25x20/37.png" width="25" /></td> <td id="driverNameLink92" style="background-color: #efefef;"><a class="" href="http://www.nascar.com/drivers/dps/traines00/cup/index.html" style="color: black;">Tony Raines</a></td> <td id="lap92" style="background-color: #efefef;">341</td> <td id="speed92" style="background-color: #efefef;">75.094</td> <td id="time92" style="background-color: #efefef;">47.94</td> <td id="timeBehind92" style="background-color: #efefef;">59 Laps</td> <td id="lapsLed92" style="background-color: #efefef;">0</td> <td id="points92" style="background-color: #efefef;">109</td> <td class="cnnLast" id="expand92" style="background-color: #efefef; cursor: pointer;">[+]</td> </tr>
</tbody><tbody id="driverTBody232">
<tr id="driverRow232" style="color: black;"> <td id="pos232" style="background-color: white;">36</td> <td style="background-color: white;"><img alt="24" class="cnnPNGImage" height="20" id="badgeImg232" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/nascar/.element/img/2.0/global/badges/cup/25x20/4.png" width="25" /></td> <td id="driverNameLink232" style="background-color: white;"><a class="" href="http://www.nascar.com/drivers/dps/kkahne00/cup/index.html" style="color: black;">Kasey Kahne</a></td> <td id="lap232" style="background-color: white;">331</td> <td id="speed232" style="background-color: white;">13.690</td> <td id="time232" style="background-color: white;">262.96</td> <td id="timeBehind232" style="background-color: white;">69 Laps</td> <td id="lapsLed232" style="background-color: white;">0</td> <td id="points232" style="background-color: white;">286</td> <td class="cnnLast" id="expand232" style="background-color: white; cursor: pointer;">[+]</td> </tr>
</tbody><tbody id="driverTBody422">
<tr id="driverRow422" style="color: black;"> <td id="pos422" style="background-color: #efefef;">37</td> <td style="background-color: #efefef;"><img alt="24" class="cnnPNGImage" height="20" id="badgeImg422" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/nascar/.element/img/2.0/global/badges/cup/25x20/43.png" width="25" /></td> <td id="driverNameLink422" style="background-color: #efefef;"><a class="" href="http://www.nascar.com/drivers/dps/aallmend00/cup/index.html" style="color: black;">A.J. Allmendinger</a></td> <td id="lap422" style="background-color: #efefef;">166</td> <td id="speed422" style="background-color: #efefef;">44.044</td> <td id="time422" style="background-color: #efefef;">81.74</td> <td id="timeBehind422" style="background-color: #efefef;">234 Laps</td> <td id="lapsLed422" style="background-color: #efefef;">1</td> <td id="points422" style="background-color: #efefef;">295</td> <td class="cnnLast" id="expand422" style="background-color: #efefef; cursor: pointer;">[+]</td> </tr>
</tbody><tbody id="driverTBody105">
<tr id="driverRow105" style="color: black;"> <td id="pos105" style="background-color: white;">38</td> <td style="background-color: white;"><img alt="24" class="cnnPNGImage" height="20" id="badgeImg105" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/nascar/.element/img/2.0/global/badges/cup/25x20/7.png" width="25" /></td> <td id="driverNameLink105" style="background-color: white;"><a class="" href="http://www.nascar.com/drivers/dps/swimmer00/cup/index.html" style="color: black;">Scott Wimmer</a></td> <td id="lap105" style="background-color: white;">77</td> <td id="speed105" style="background-color: white;">79.876</td> <td id="time105" style="background-color: white;">45.07</td> <td id="timeBehind105" style="background-color: white;">323 Laps</td> <td id="lapsLed105" style="background-color: white;">0</td> <td id="points105" style="background-color: white;">--</td> <td class="cnnLast" id="expand105" style="background-color: white; cursor: pointer;">[+]</td> </tr>
</tbody><tbody id="driverTBody33">
<tr id="driverRow33" style="color: black;"> <td id="pos33" style="background-color: #efefef;">39</td> <td style="background-color: #efefef;"><img alt="24" class="cnnPNGImage" height="20" id="badgeImg33" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/nascar/.element/img/2.0/global/badges/cup/25x20/87.png" width="25" /></td> <td id="driverNameLink33" style="background-color: #efefef;"><a class="" href="http://www.nascar.com/drivers/dps/jnemeche00/cup/index.html" style="color: black;">Joe Nemechek</a></td> <td id="lap33" style="background-color: #efefef;">55</td> <td id="speed33" style="background-color: #efefef;">74.522</td> <td id="time33" style="background-color: #efefef;">48.31</td> <td id="timeBehind33" style="background-color: #efefef;">345 Laps</td> <td id="lapsLed33" style="background-color: #efefef;">0</td> <td id="points33" style="background-color: #efefef;">--</td> <td class="cnnLast" id="expand33" style="background-color: #efefef; cursor: pointer;">[+]</td> </tr>
</tbody><tbody id="driverTBody271">
<tr id="driverRow271" style="color: black;"> <td id="pos271" style="background-color: white;">40</td> <td style="background-color: white;"><img alt="24" class="cnnPNGImage" height="20" id="badgeImg271" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/nascar/.element/img/2.0/global/badges/cup/25x20/46.png" width="25" /></td> <td id="driverNameLink271" style="background-color: white;"><a class="" href="http://www.nascar.com/drivers/dps/jyeley00/cup/index.html" style="color: black;">J.J. Yeley</a></td> <td id="lap271" style="background-color: white;">51</td> <td id="speed271" style="background-color: white;">82.852</td> <td id="time271" style="background-color: white;">43.45</td> <td id="timeBehind271" style="background-color: white;">349 Laps</td> <td id="lapsLed271" style="background-color: white;">0</td> <td id="points271" style="background-color: white;">36</td> <td class="cnnLast" id="expand271" style="background-color: white; cursor: pointer;">[+]</td> </tr>
</tbody><tbody id="driverTBody42">
<tr id="driverRow42" style="color: black;"> <td id="pos42" style="background-color: #efefef;">41</td> <td style="background-color: #efefef;"><img alt="24" class="cnnPNGImage" height="20" id="badgeImg42" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/nascar/.element/img/2.0/global/badges/cup/25x20/60.png" width="25" /></td> <td id="driverNameLink42" style="background-color: #efefef;"><a class="" href="http://www.nascar.com/drivers/dps/mskinner00/cup/index.html" style="color: black;">Mike Skinner</a></td> <td id="lap42" style="background-color: #efefef;">51</td> <td id="speed42" style="background-color: #efefef;">76.651</td> <td id="time42" style="background-color: #efefef;">46.97</td> <td id="timeBehind42" style="background-color: #efefef;">349 Laps</td> <td id="lapsLed42" style="background-color: #efefef;">0</td> <td id="points42" style="background-color: #efefef;">--</td> <td class="cnnLast" id="expand42" style="background-color: #efefef; cursor: pointer;">[+]</td> </tr>
</tbody><tbody id="driverTBody323">
<tr id="driverRow323" style="color: black;"> <td id="pos323" style="background-color: white;">42</td> <td style="background-color: white;"><img alt="24" class="cnnPNGImage" height="20" id="badgeImg323" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/nascar/.element/img/2.0/global/badges/cup/25x20/30.png" width="25" /></td> <td id="driverNameLink323" style="background-color: white;"><a class="" href="http://www.nascar.com/drivers/dps/dstremme00/cup/index.html" style="color: black;">David Stremme</a></td> <td id="lap323" style="background-color: white;">47</td> <td id="speed323" style="background-color: white;">71.358</td> <td id="time323" style="background-color: white;">50.45</td> <td id="timeBehind323" style="background-color: white;">353 Laps</td> <td id="lapsLed323" style="background-color: white;">0</td> <td id="points323" style="background-color: white;">15</td> <td class="cnnLast" id="expand323" style="background-color: white; cursor: pointer;">[+]</td> </tr>
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<tr id="driverRow684" style="color: black;"> <td id="pos684" style="background-color: #efefef;">43</td> <td style="background-color: #efefef;"><img alt="24" class="cnnPNGImage" height="20" id="badgeImg684" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/nascar/.element/img/2.0/global/badges/cup/25x20/66.png" width="25" /></td> <td id="driverNameLink684" style="background-color: #efefef;"><a class="" href="http://www.nascar.com/drivers/dps/mmcdowel00/cup/index.html" style="color: black;">Michael McDowell</a></td> <td id="lap684" style="background-color: #efefef;">45</td> <td id="speed684" style="background-color: #efefef;">38.147</td> <td id="time684" style="background-color: #efefef;">94.37</td> <td id="timeBehind684" style="background-color: #efefef;">355 Laps</td> <td id="lapsLed684" style="background-color: #efefef;">2</td> <td id="points684" style="background-color: #efefef;">32</td> <td class="cnnLast" id="expand684" style="background-color: #efefef; cursor: pointer;">[+]</td> </tr>
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</div>Eagle's Nesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11352353834896741201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658703399228318187.post-13498520003828863312011-05-15T13:51:00.000-07:002011-05-15T13:51:04.725-07:00Scotty McCreery and Josh Turner<iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/bGHSL1E6F9E?fs=1" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="295" width="480"></iframe>Eagle's Nesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11352353834896741201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658703399228318187.post-9052799737513811932011-05-15T13:46:00.000-07:002011-05-15T13:46:41.718-07:00Scotty McCreery Surprised By Josh Turner At Homecoming Concert<span class="post-details"> </span><br />
<div class="title"><h2>Scotty McCreery Surprised By Josh Turner At Homecoming Concert</h2></div><div class="posted"> Posted Sun May 15, 2011 2:12am PDT by Lyndsey Parker in <a href="http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/realityrocks;_ylt=AtWfrDSX2o6A.ZpTuGG5mEnNwSUv">Reality Rocks</a> </div><br />
<a href="http://us.lrd.yahoo.com/_ylt=Agj3W.eD.RJL12hCuOgecFDNwSUv/SIG=13aq62ccl/**http%3A//a323.yahoofs.com/ymg/realityrocks__26/realityrocks-656798993-1305449671.jpg%3FymHjSBFD9XsUrUx3"><img border="0" src="http://a323.yahoofs.com/ymg/realityrocks__26/realityrocks-656798993-1305449671_thumb.jpg?ymIjSBFD9BfKI0I4" /></a>Top 3 "American Idol" finalist Scotty McCreery first made an impression auditioning with, and then repeatedly singing, "Your Man" by Josh Turner, aka the "baby lock them doors and turn them lights down low" song. As Scotty's "Idol" star has soared, his audition song choice has turned out to be the best publicity Josh could ask for. So when Scotty returned to his hometown of Garner, North Carolina, this weekend for his big homecoming event (an "Idol" top 3 tradition), Josh repaid the favor by bumrushing the stage during Scotty's welcome-home concert, giving Scotty the surprise of his life.<br />
Scotty had started to sing "Your Man"--his first time performing it with a band--when Josh appeared unannounced onstage. When Scotty turned around he sort of experienced a delayed reaction, at first reaching out to grasp Josh's shoulder, before suddenly realizing just who he was sharing the stage with. Observe his hilarious reaction below: <br />
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Josh's band then came out to complete the song as a Josh/Scotty duet. Seventeen-year-old Scotty could barely contain his boyish excitement over getting to sing with his idol, yet still performed like an old pro and held his own.<br />
<a href="http://us.lrd.yahoo.com/_ylt=ArPg.1K4OA84la3NDIicsfvNwSUv/SIG=13ahki1b3/**http%3A//a323.yahoofs.com/ymg/realityrocks__26/realityrocks-585400813-1305449671.jpg%3FymHjSBFDviqSgqTr"><img border="0" src="http://a323.yahoofs.com/ymg/realityrocks__26/realityrocks-585400813-1305449671_thumb.jpg?ymHjSBFD_ZcRqg0h" /></a>"Thanks for singing my songs," said Josh, to which Scotty answered, "Thank you for singing them first!" The duo then performed another Josh song Scotty once sang on "American Idol" (during Hollywood Week), "Long Black Train," with both guys playing guitar.<br />
"It's good to see someone waving the country music flag out there in Hollywood," said a torch-passing Josh, as what appeared to be the entire population of Garner cheered. It seems pretty obvious who Josh will be voting for next Wednesday night.<br />
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</ul></div><div class="byline"> <cite class="vcard"> By MICHELLE TRAVIERSO <span class="fn org">Michelle Travierso</span> </cite> – <abbr class="recenttimedate" title="2011-05-05T06:05:00-0700">1 hr 6 mins ago</abbr></div>A picture of the tail rotor of the chopper that the Navy Seals' Team Six detonated revealed unfamiliar features. Reports say it could be a new, secret helicopter.<br />
When the Team Six members reached Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad one of the choppers made a "controlled but hard landing," according to reports, probably due to higher than expected temperatures.<br />
Temperatures affects the density of the air, and low density makes it harder for the rotor to sustain the weight of the chopper, especially if it was near its maximum weight (being packed with soldiers and fuel to fly in from Afghanistan). Abbottabad is about 1200 meters above the sea level, and altitude also affects air density. <span class="see"><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/time/us_time/storytext/httpnewsfeedtimecom20110504couldthebinladenraidhaverevealedasecretnewhelicopterxidrssfullnationyahoo/41335907/SIG=11vbvl085/*http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,2069635,00.html" target="_blank">(See pictures of the elite force which killed Osama bin Laden.)</a></span><br />
So what machine exactly experienced the hard landing described above? Short answer: we don't know for sure. Long answer: It seems that the tail rotor visible in the picture belongs to a highly modified version of the H-60, the chopper of choice of the special forces for more than 30 years. <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/time/us_time/storytext/httpnewsfeedtimecom20110504couldthebinladenraidhaverevealedasecretnewhelicopterxidrssfullnationyahoo/41335907/SIG=168t4pv7t/*http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_channel.jsp?channel=defense&id=news/awx/2011/05/03/awx_05_03_2011_p0-318248.xml&headline=Bin%20Laden%20Raid%20May%20Have%20Exposed%20Stealth%20Helicopter" target="_blank">Aviation Week</a> doesn't beat around the bush, claiming: "A previously undisclosed, classified stealth helicopter apparently was part of the U.S. task force that killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan on May 1."<br />
Stealth technology on helicopters is not itself new, but the fact that a previously unknown machine was used in this raid is yet another proof of the degree of importance that this mission had for U.S. commanders. <span class="see"><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/time/us_time/storytext/httpnewsfeedtimecom20110504couldthebinladenraidhaverevealedasecretnewhelicopterxidrssfullnationyahoo/41335907/SIG=11vjd7s48/*http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,2068945,00.html" target="_blank">(See pictures of Osama bin Laden's Pakistan hidaway.)</a></span><br />
Aviation Week then goes techie and explains what we can see from that picture: "Photos disseminated via the European PressPhoto agency and attributed to an anonymous stringer show that the helicopter’s tail features stealth-configured shapes on the boom and the tail rotor hub fairings, swept stabilizers and a 'dishpan' cover over a five-or-six-blade tail rotor. It has a silver-loaded infrared suppression finish similar to that seen on V-22s."<br />
Low radar visibility was essential, for the Pakistani air force would have either scrambled its jets if an unknown threat to its airspace (and near the country's best military academy!) was detected, or fired its surface to air missiles. It's possibly more proof of the fact that Pakistan really knew nothing about the mission - or at least its first wave of attack - until it ended. <span class="see"><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/time/us_time/storytext/httpnewsfeedtimecom20110504couldthebinladenraidhaverevealedasecretnewhelicopterxidrssfullnationyahoo/41335907/SIG=11vfuah0b/*http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1888705,00.html" target="_blank">(See pictures of Osama bin Laden.)</a></span><br />
This would explain why the Seals wasted critically precious time to blew up the mysterious helicopter and why many experts had problems identifying its remains. It's unclear what Pakistan could have made of the downed chopper, but growing ties between Pakistani and Chinese armed forces could have made the destruction of such new machine a must. China and Pakistan, over the past two decades, have developed a multi role combat aircraft called <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/time/us_time/storytext/httpnewsfeedtimecom20110504couldthebinladenraidhaverevealedasecretnewhelicopterxidrssfullnationyahoo/41335907/SIG=11c0323u4/*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JF-17_Thunder" target="_blank">JF-17</a> and an advanced trainer, the <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/time/us_time/storytext/httpnewsfeedtimecom20110504couldthebinladenraidhaverevealedasecretnewhelicopterxidrssfullnationyahoo/41335907/SIG=11c6rd8o7/*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-8_Karakorum" target="_blank">JL-8</a>.<br />
The Navy Seals usually fly in the famed Sikorsky UH-60, popularized by the movie <i>Black Hawk Down</i>, in which two UH-60 were shot down in Somalia, resulting in the death of 18 men.<br />
Black Hawk Down was a scenario, insiders say, that together with first attempt to rescue the hostages held at the U.S. embassy in 1980 in Iran, that's been evoked constantly in the planning phases leading to the May 1 raid, as examples of potentially disastrous outcomes. (Via <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/time/us_time/storytext/httpnewsfeedtimecom20110504couldthebinladenraidhaverevealedasecretnewhelicopterxidrssfullnationyahoo/41335907/SIG=168t4pv7t/*http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_channel.jsp?channel=defense&id=news/awx/2011/05/03/awx_05_03_2011_p0-318248.xml&headline=Bin%20Laden%20Raid%20May%20Have%20Exposed%20Stealth%20Helicopter" target="_blank">Aviation Week</a>)<br />
<span class="see"><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/time/us_time/storytext/httpnewsfeedtimecom20110504couldthebinladenraidhaverevealedasecretnewhelicopterxidrssfullnationyahoo/41335907/SIG=124vqijop/*http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/0,28757,2068895,00.html" target="_blank">See continuing coverage of Osama's death.</a></span><br />
<span class="see"><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/time/us_time/storytext/httpnewsfeedtimecom20110504couldthebinladenraidhaverevealedasecretnewhelicopterxidrssfullnationyahoo/41335907/SIG=122ip83be/*http://search.time.com/results.html?N=46&Ntt=Al+Qaeda&iid=covers" target="_blank">See TIME's al-Qaeda covers.</a></span><br />
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</ul></div></div><div class="fs-page-article-article-container"> <div class="fs-article"> <div class="timestamp"> Updated May 5, 2011 3:05 AM ET </div><h3>LOS ANGELES (AP)</h3><a href="http://msn.foxsports.com/nba/player/dirk-nowitzki/71174">Dirk Nowitzki</a> and the <a href="http://msn.foxsports.com/nba/team/dallas-mavericks/71080">Dallas Mavericks</a> let loose with a few primal howls as they left the court, cutting through the scattered boos and gloomy silence at Staples Center.<br />
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<div class="video-player right" id="fs-article-inline-video-player-1_p"> </div>After back-to-back wins over the <a href="http://msn.foxsports.com/nba/team/los-angeles-lakers/71087">Los Angeles Lakers</a>, the Mavericks are headed home with something coach Rick Carlisle insists they expected.<br />
These longtime playoff disappointments have a golden opportunity to knock out the two-time defending champions.<br />
Nowitzki scored 24 points, <a href="http://msn.foxsports.com/nba/player/shawn-marion/71382">Shawn Marion</a> added 14 and the Mavericks stunned the erratic Lakers 93-81 in Game 2 on Wednesday night, taking a 2-0 second-round lead with consecutive road wins.<br />
<a href="http://msn.foxsports.com/nba/player/jason-kidd/71320">Jason Kidd</a> scored 10 points for the Mavericks, who pushed the Lakers halfway to playoff elimination with Nowitzki's stellar shooting, another steady defensive performance, and a decisive 9-0 fourth-quarter rally. Dallas did nothing spectacularly well, yet was significantly better than the cold-shooting Lakers on both ends.<br />
''We came to compete, and we came to make something happen here,'' Marion said. ''We made our presence felt on both ends of the floor tonight. We did a good job of handling their pressure and just going out there and doing what we've been doing all postseason, just playing good defense and just playing our style of play.''<br />
<a href="http://msn.foxsports.com/nba/player/kobe-bryant/71272">Kobe Bryant</a> scored 23 points for the Lakers, who hadn't lost the first two games of a playoff series since the 2008 NBA finals - also the last series they lost. Only three NBA teams have come back to win a best-of-seven series after losing the first two at home, where dismayed fans sent the Lakers off with boos and jeers.<br />
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<div class="video-player right" id="fs-article-inline-video-player-2_p"> </div>''We came here to win two games,'' Carlisle said. ''We're going to need every gun blazing and throw the kitchen sink at these guys when they come to our place.''<br />
Game 3 is Friday night in Dallas.<br />
Los Angeles missed its first 15 3-point attempts in Game 2, only avoiding its first playoff game without a 3-pointer since May 8, 2001, on Bryant's 3-pointer with 2:43 left. Los Angeles finished 2 for 20 on 3-pointers, but the Lakers also appeared simply exhausted during long stretches of their 75th playoff game in the last four seasons.<br />
''I saw guys tired out there, but I don't think it's contagious from two years ago or three years,'' Lakers coach Phil Jackson said. ''Really poor second half on our part tonight. Just really a rugged third quarter for our team, had a hard time getting going.''<br />
Los Angeles also could be short-handed in Dallas: <a href="http://msn.foxsports.com/nba/player/ron-artest/71148">Ron Artest</a> was ejected with 24.4 seconds left for apparently clotheslining Dallas guard Jose Barea, possibly leading to a suspension. Even Jackson conceded ''there's a good chance'' he won't have Artest on Friday.<br />
''It's not a basketball play, so we'll see what happens,'' Barea said.<br />
After years of playoff underachievement during owner Mark Cuban's tenure, the Mavericks certainly appear primed to change their reputation.<br />
Dallas, which won just one playoff series in the past four years before this spring, was more aggressive and inventive than the champs, maintaining a steady lead before breaking it open with nine straight points down the stretch in the rally led by Barea, who highlighted it with an impressive short shot directly over <a href="http://msn.foxsports.com/nba/player/andrew-bynum/339151">Andrew Bynum</a>. Barea had 12 points and four assists.<br />
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</ul></div></div>Cuban led the cheers behind Dallas' bench as the Mavs pulled away in the fourth quarter. Not even Bryant could save the Lakers, going scoreless in the fourth until hitting two free throws with 3:11 to play.<br />
Bynum had 18 points and 13 rebounds for the Lakers, who haven't been able to control the paint with their usual vehemence against the Mavericks' three 7-footers. <a href="http://msn.foxsports.com/nba/player/pau-gasol/71502">Pau Gasol</a> had 13 points and 10 rebounds, but appeared tentative for long stretches while struggling to contain Nowitzki.<br />
The Mavericks protected the rim and largely controlled the tempo, using their advantages in depth and athleticism to limit the Lakers' offense. Dallas took a six-point lead into the fourth quarter and stretched it to 10 moments later before coasting home with little opposition from the Lakers, who went 7 for 20 in the final period.<br />
Gasol's struggles have been the Lakers' biggest mystery of the postseason. The Spanish All-Star 7-footer barely contributed to Los Angeles' tough six-game victory over New Orleans in the first round, and he came back from a quiet opener against Dallas with another mediocre game, getting booed several times by the home crowd.<br />
''He was one of the guys that looked tired out there,'' Jackson said.<br />
Dallas rallied from a 16-point deficit in the second half to win Game 1, finishing on a 9-2 run capped by four last-minute points from Nowitzki, who seems determined to erase memories of the Mavericks' past playoff failures on big stages. Nowitzki had 28 points and 14 rebounds in Game 1, including the go-ahead free throws.<br />
Nowitzki came out firing again in Game 2, scoring 15 points in the first half with the 7-footer's usual array of impossible-to-block fallaway jumpers. Dallas took an eight-point lead in the second quarter, but Los Angeles made a 10-0 run catalyzed by Bryant before the Mavericks took a 51-49 halftime lead on another Nowitzki jumper.<br />
The Lakers ran several defenders at Nowitzki, using Gasol and <a href="http://msn.foxsports.com/nba/player/lamar-odom/71262">Lamar Odom</a> before trying Artest in the second quarter. Artest gives up 5 inches to Nowitzki, who seemed to have little trouble in the matchup.<br />
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</div></div>Eagle's Nesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11352353834896741201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658703399228318187.post-33700480684630392882011-05-05T06:41:00.001-07:002011-05-05T06:41:41.009-07:00DOJ asks why there's no football playoff<div class="fs-page-article-article-head"> <div class="fs-article-headline"> <h1>DOJ asks why there's no football playoff</h1></div><div class="fs-article-attribution"> <div class="caption"> <img border="0" src="http://msn.foxsports.com/fe/images/Story/storypage_APlogo_01.png" /> </div><div class="description"> <span class="author"> </span> </div></div></div><div class="fs-page-article-share-nav"> <div id="shareMenu" style="position: fixed; top: 50px;"> <ul><li><a href="" id="facebook" title="Share on Facebook"> </a></li>
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</ul></div></div><div class="fs-page-article-article-container"> <div class="fs-article"> <div class="timestamp"> Updated May 4, 2011 8:01 PM ET </div><h3>WASHINGTON (AP)</h3>The Justice Department wants to know why the NCAA doesn't have a college football playoff system and says there are ''serious questions" about whether the current format to determine a national champion complies with antitrust laws.<br />
Critics who have urged the department to investigate the Bowl Championship Series contend it unfairly gives some schools preferential access to the title championship game and top-tier end-of-the-season bowl contents.<br />
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</ul></div></div>In a letter this week, the department's antitrust chief, Christine Varney, asked NCAA President Mark Emmert why a playoff system isn't used in football, unlike in other sports; what steps the NCAA has taken to create one; and whether Emmert thinks there are aspects of the BCS system that don't serve the interest of fans, schools and players.<br />
"Your views would be relevant in helping us to determine the best course of action with regard to the BCS," she wrote.<br />
''Serious questions continue to arise suggesting the current Bowl Championship Series system may not be conducted consistent with the competition principles expressed in the federal antitrust laws," Varney said.<br />
Varney noted that the attorney general of Utah, Mark Shurtleff, has said he plans an antitrust lawsuit against the BCS, and that 21 professors recently wrote the department requesting an investigation.<br />
Shurtleff, who met with department officials last fall to discuss a possible federal probe, said at the time that such an investigation was critical to the effort to get a playoff system.<br />
The NCAA said Wednesday it would respond to the government's questions when it receives the letter.<br />
Spokesman Bob Williams said Emmert consistently has said the NCAA is willing to move to a playoff format if schools with the nation's major football programs want to go that route.<br />
Bill Hancock, the BCS executive director, was confident the current system complies with the law.<br />
"Goodness gracious, with all that's going on in the world right now and with national and state budgets being what they are, it seems like a waste of taxpayers' money to have the government looking into how college football games are played," he said.<br />
Under the BCS, the champions of six conferences have automatic bids to play in top-tier bowl games; other conferences don't. Those six conferences also receive more money than the other conferences.<br />
Attorney General Eric Holder referenced Varney's letter at a Senate hearing Wednesday, in response to a statement from Sen. Orrin Hatch, a Utah Republican and BCS critic. Hatch called the BCS a "mess" and said that "privileged conferences" have tremendous advantages over the unprivileged.<br />
"And I just hope that you'll continue to follow up on that particular issue," he said. "It's an important one, I think."<br />
"I don't disagree with you," Holder responded. "You and I have talked about this issue, and I think I'm free to say that we have sent a letter to the NCAA about this issue and will be following up."<br />
Before he was sworn in as president, Barack Obama said in 2008 that he was going to ''to throw my weight around a little bit'' to nudge college football toward a playoff system.<br />
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