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* SIBA National Championship finals (West Lothian)

Men's Championship semi-finals

Pairs Arbroath (R & D Burnett) bt Auchinleck (J Leitch & SRankin) 23-19, East Lothian (J Higgins & D Oliver) bt Inverclyde (MMcAlees & S Wotherspoon) 26-7; Final Arbroath bt East Lothian 21-15

TriplesBlantyre (C & B Irvine, I McLean) bt Tweedbank (RNicholson, N NcNally, A White) 19-15, Stonehaven (D Colvin, DBaillie, P Hay) bt Cumbernauld (G Brooks, E & R Reid) 18-16; FinalBlantyre bt Stonehaven 23-13

Fours West Lothian (B Cooper, J Speirs, T Mann, N Speirs) btBlantyre (G Walker, G Sullivan, B Irvine, I McLean) 21-20 (Afterextra end); East Lothian (M Johnston, M Higgenbotham, J Higgins, DOliver) bt Elgin (G Donaldson, N & A Barker, M Stepney) 22-13; FinalWest Lothian bt East Lothian 22-11;

Taylor Bowls Women's Championships

Pairs Balbardie (S Leitch & L Malloy) bt Turriff (F Thomson & NRobertson) 28-7, *Holders East Fife (J Sword & L Stein) btAuchinleck (C Cowie & C Johnston) 21-7

Final Balbardie bt East Fife 17-16 (After an extra end)

Triples East Fife (L Gordon, K McAndrew,

C Smith) bt Turriff (K Gordon, V Wade, E Fraser) 19-17, Blantyre(M Archibald, C Brown, M Letham) bt Auchinleck (E Reid, E Magorian,

J Williamson) 19-4

Final East Fife bt Blantyre 17-9

Fours Whiteinch (A Cameron, AM Taggart, I Brown, L Cameron) btElgin (V Cruickshank, I Smith, I Laing, M Cruickshank) 23-16; EastFife (L Gordon, C Bain, K McAndrew, C Smith) bt Abbeyview (K Hume, LLees, V McGreggor, A Bernard) 31-1

Final Whiteinch bt East Fife 20-13:

* siba Premier League Indoor Bowls Championship draw for season2011/2012 Jack High Insurance National Men's Indoor League. Sectiona West Lothian, Paisley, Prestwick, East Lothian, Blantyre, Alloa BLanarkshire, Midlothian, Auchinleck, Aberdeen, Turriff, Falkirk

Greengauge Women's National Indoor League. Section A Aberdeen,Turriff, East Fife, Falkirk, Coatbridge, Blantyre B Auchinleck,Galleon, West of Scotland, Midlothian, Arbroath, Abbeyview

badminton

* Bank of Scotland Under-23 Championship, Meadowbank, Edinburgh.Finals

Under-23 Men's singles G Hoggan (Dunfermline) bt M Carder (SouthQueensferry) 21-12 21-13 Women V Tsvetanova (Glasgow) bt KirstenGeals Mauchline) 21-13 21-19

Men's doubles M Campbell (Edinburgh) and P MacHugh (Kinross) bt DLeinster (Glasgow) S Stewart (Bonhill) 21-17 25-23 Women's doublesTsvetanova and E Cook (Mauchline) bt G and F Archibald (Larkhall)Mixed doubles Stewart and Archibald bt Leinster and Tsvetanova 21-423-21

Under-17 Boys' singles J Neil (Prestwick) bt J Gilvear (Falkirk)21-11 21-16 Girls R Findlay (Erskine) bt M Richardson (Haddington)21-16 21-16 Boys' doubles Gilvear and B Torrance (Prestwick) bt AHall (Mauchline) and S Mann (Glasgow) 21-13 21-18 Girls' doublesRichardson and H Laing (Haddington) bt Findlay and H Campbell(Glasgow) 21-9 21-10 Mixed doubles Neil and Findlay bt Gilvear andLucy Nelvin (Duns) 21-3 21-5

Under-13 Boys' singles A Dunn (Motherwell) bt M Duguid(Stonehaven) 21-13 21-14 Girls' singles H Newall (Mauchline) bt EO'Donnell (Beith) 21-12 21-14 Boys' doubles C Grimley and M Grimley(both Glasgow) bt Dunn and S Dyce (Mauchline) 21-17 22-20 Girls'doubles Newall and C McCulloch (Catrine) bt S Whillans (Longniddry)and G Wright (Edinburgh) 21-9 21-17 Mixed doubles Dunn and Newall btC Grimley and Biatrice Gabell (Dalry) 22-20 21-13

Cricket

* Scotland U19 Tour of India

Scotland U19 309-6 (R McLean 115, F Coleman 103, P Ross 38no; RParasanjeet 3-47) Ashimanyu Academy 215-8 (C Chandela 100no; PSadler 2-9, N Farrar 2-44). Scotland won by 47 runs (D/L method)

Scotland U19 188-9 (A Bailwal 49, F Coleman 36; S Shubham 5-22)Himalayan Doon Academy 107 (N Farrar 5-18) Scotland won by 81 runs.

FOOTBALL.

* UEFA 2011 European Women's Under-19 Championship, SecondQualifying Round, Austria. Group 6 Scotland 1 Spain 2; Austria 5Poland 0; Austria 3 Scotland 3; Spain 3 Poland 0.

* South of Scotland League Creetown 1 Mid Annandale 0; DalbeattieStar 4 Crichton 1; Heston Rovers v Abbey Vale P; Newton Stewart 0 StCuthbert Wanderers 3; Threave Rovers 2 Stranraer 1; Wigtown &Bladnoch 4 Nithsdale Wanderers 3.

hockey

* Subway Eat Fresh National League. Men

Div 1 AMN Hillhead 3 Inverleith 4, Glynhill Hotel Kelburne 4 VWSDundee Wands 1, Grange 3 Grove Menzieshill 3, Western Wildcats 3Greaves Clydesdale 1

Yesterday Aberdeen Asset Management 3 AMN Hillhead 6, Grange 4Western Wildcats 4, Grove Menzieshill 3 Glynhill Hotel Kelburne 6,VWS Dundee Wands 0 Inverleith 1

Div 2 Alpha Data Carnegie 1 Falkirk GHG 7, Chapman Motherwell 5Watsonians 6, Mango Optical Uddingston 4 Granite City Wands 1,Stepps 1 CALA Edinburgh 5, Waverley Inveresk Trinity 1 Harris AcadFP 1

Yesterday Alpha Data Carnegie 7 Waverley Inveresk Trinity 2, CALAEdinburgh 4 Granite City Wands 1, Stepps 2 20-20 Renewables Greenock0, Watsonians 6 Harris Acad FP 2

Div 3 Aberdeen GS 3 Stirling Wands 1, Ayr 2 Erskine StewartsMelville 1, Dundee Uni 2 Perthshire 3, FMGM Monarchs 2 Highland 9Yesterday Dundee Uni 2 Erskine Stewarts Melville 6

* Scottish Hockey Regional Leagues

Central Div 1 Alpha Data Carnegie A 2 Watsonians A 1, EdinburghUni A 2 AMN Hillhead A 3, Grange A 8 Greaves Clydesdale A 3,Kelburne A 2 Western Wildcats A 1

Div 2 Deloitte Team Strathclyde 10 GHK 0, Livingston West Lothian0 CALA Edinburgh A 1, Stepps A 1 EK Avondale 5, Western Wildcats B 5Mango Optical Uddingston A 1

North Div Grove Menzieshill A 5 AAM Gordonians B 0, Harris AcadFP A 0 VWS Dundee Wands A 4

* Activcity District Cup. Quarter-finals AAM Gordonians A 7Greaves Clydesdale A 3, Anchor 4 Fidra Lions 4 (Findra won 4-3 onpens), Grange A 3 Granite City Wands A 2, Kelburne A 2 WesternWildcats A 4

* Activcity District Plate. Quarter-finals Harris Acad FP A 1Watsonians A 3, Rottenrow 1 Dunfermline City 2, Inverleith A 6Strathclyde Uni A 4, Reivers 2 EK Avondale 2 (Reivers won 5-4 onpens)

* Activcity Reserve Cup. Quarter-finals AAM Gordonians B 7Inverleith B 1, AMN Hillhead B 5 Grange VI 1, Grange Development 3Erskine Stewarts Melville A 5, Kelburne B 1 VWS Dundee Wands B 4

* Activcity Reserve Plate. Quarter-finals AMN Hillhead V 2Western Wildcats C 4, Grange B 0 Alpha Data Carnegie B 2, GraniteCity Wands B 2 Western Wildcats B 3, Greaves Clydesdale B 3 AberdeenGS A 5

* Subway Eat Fresh National League. Women

Div 1 Giffnock 5 CALA Edinburgh 1, Glynhill Hotel Kelburne 4Hillhead 1, Grange EL 0 Grove Menzieshill 6, Western Wildcats 1 VWSDundee Wands 8 (Yesterday) Grange EL 4 VWS Dundee Wands 4

Div 2 Borders Fjordhus 5 Alpha Data Dunfermline 0, Granite CityWands 2 Waverley Inveresk Trinity 0, Highland 1 GHK 2, Watsonians 1George Heriots 2

Div 3 Dundee Uni 2 Ayr 0, Glasgow Accies 3 Stirling Wands 2,Haddington 5 Bon Accord MBC 0, Team Strathclyde 0 Inverleith 7(Yesterday) Ayr 1 Glasgow Accies 3

* Scottish Hockey Reserve League

Grove Menzieshill A 0 Milne Craig Orange Sox 6, Hillhead A 1Giffnock A 4, Milne Craig Blue Sox 3 CALA Edinburgh Whites 0, GrangeEL A 4 Watsonians A 2, Kelburne A 5 VWS Dundee Wands A 0

* Activcity District Cup. Quarter-finals Giffnock A 4 Hillhead A1, Greaves Clydesdale Navy Sox 1 CALA Edinburgh A 2, Kelburne A 3Clydesdale Western 6, Perthshire 0 Orkney 5

* Activcity District Plate Quarter-finals Aberdeen GS 0Watsonians A 1, Aberdeen 2 East Kilbride B 1, Erskine StewartsMelville A 2 Grange EL A 0, Watsonians IV 5 Aberdeen GS A 2

ice hockey

* Elite league play-off, semi-finals (at Nottingham) SheffieldSteelers 3, Nottingham Panthers 4 (after overtime); Cardiff Devils4, Belfast Giants 1

* Scottish National League Dundee Tigers 3, Paisley Pirates 5

motorsport

* British Touring Car Ch'ship, Brands Hatch

Leading final positions after Race 2 1 M Neal (Gbr) Honda 19mins50.198secs, 2 M Jackson (Gbr) Ford 19:50.387, 3 PO'Neill (Gbr)Chevrolet 19:54.011, 4 G Shedden (Gbr) Honda 19:56.800, 5 J Plato(Gbr) Chevrolet 19:57.348, 6 J Nash (Gbr) Vauxhall 19:57.521, 7 RCollard (Gbr) Ford 19:58.126, 8 T Chilton (Gbr) Ford 19:58.505, 9 AMacDowall (Gbr) Chevrolet 19:59.108, 10 T Gilham (Gbr) Vauxhall20:01.962

Driver Championship standings 1 J Plato (Gbr) Chevrolet 38pts, 2M Jackson (Gbr) Ford 30, 3 J Nash (Gbr) Vauxhall 26, 4 G Shedden(Gbr) Honda 25, 5 M Neal (Gbr) Honda 23, 6 P O'Neill (Gbr) Chevrolet20

netball

* Glasgow Wildcats remain bottom of the UK Superleague afterlosing their ninth successive match - 62-29 at Surrey Storm.

speedway

* Premier League Berwick Bandits 48, Redcar Bears 44

* Premier Shield, second-leg Newcastle Diamonds 48, EdinburghMonarchs 45 (agg: 94-89) Newcastle: Rene Bach 11, Derek Sneddon 6,Lubos Tomicek 2, Stuart Robson 14, Mark Lemon 9, Kyle Newman 4,Richie Worrall 2. Edinburgh: Kevin Wolbert 7, Matthew Wethers 5,Andrew Tully 10, Craig Cook 6, Kalle Katajisto 9, Ashley Morris 3,Robert Branford (guest) 5

bowls * SIBA National Championship finals (West Lothian) Men's Championship... [Derived headline]

bowls

* SIBA National Championship finals (West Lothian)

Men's Championship semi-finals

Pairs Arbroath (R & D Burnett) bt Auchinleck (J Leitch & SRankin) 23-19, East Lothian (J Higgins & D Oliver) bt Inverclyde (MMcAlees & S Wotherspoon) 26-7; Final Arbroath bt East Lothian 21-15

TriplesBlantyre (C & B Irvine, I McLean) bt Tweedbank (RNicholson, N NcNally, A White) 19-15, Stonehaven (D Colvin, DBaillie, P Hay) bt Cumbernauld (G Brooks, E & R Reid) 18-16; FinalBlantyre bt Stonehaven 23-13

Fours West Lothian (B Cooper, J Speirs, T Mann, N Speirs) btBlantyre (G Walker, G Sullivan, B Irvine, I McLean) 21-20 (Afterextra end); East Lothian (M Johnston, M Higgenbotham, J Higgins, DOliver) bt Elgin (G Donaldson, N & A Barker, M Stepney) 22-13; FinalWest Lothian bt East Lothian 22-11;

Taylor Bowls Women's Championships

Pairs Balbardie (S Leitch & L Malloy) bt Turriff (F Thomson & NRobertson) 28-7, *Holders East Fife (J Sword & L Stein) btAuchinleck (C Cowie & C Johnston) 21-7

Final Balbardie bt East Fife 17-16 (After an extra end)

Triples East Fife (L Gordon, K McAndrew,

C Smith) bt Turriff (K Gordon, V Wade, E Fraser) 19-17, Blantyre(M Archibald, C Brown, M Letham) bt Auchinleck (E Reid, E Magorian,

J Williamson) 19-4

Final East Fife bt Blantyre 17-9

Fours Whiteinch (A Cameron, AM Taggart, I Brown, L Cameron) btElgin (V Cruickshank, I Smith, I Laing, M Cruickshank) 23-16; EastFife (L Gordon, C Bain, K McAndrew, C Smith) bt Abbeyview (K Hume, LLees, V McGreggor, A Bernard) 31-1

Final Whiteinch bt East Fife 20-13:

* siba Premier League Indoor Bowls Championship draw for season2011/2012 Jack High Insurance National Men's Indoor League. Sectiona West Lothian, Paisley, Prestwick, East Lothian, Blantyre, Alloa BLanarkshire, Midlothian, Auchinleck, Aberdeen, Turriff, Falkirk

Greengauge Women's National Indoor League. Section A Aberdeen,Turriff, East Fife, Falkirk, Coatbridge, Blantyre B Auchinleck,Galleon, West of Scotland, Midlothian, Arbroath, Abbeyview

badminton

* Bank of Scotland Under-23 Championship, Meadowbank, Edinburgh.Finals

Under-23 Men's singles G Hoggan (Dunfermline) bt M Carder (SouthQueensferry) 21-12 21-13 Women V Tsvetanova (Glasgow) bt KirstenGeals Mauchline) 21-13 21-19

Men's doubles M Campbell (Edinburgh) and P MacHugh (Kinross) bt DLeinster (Glasgow) S Stewart (Bonhill) 21-17 25-23 Women's doublesTsvetanova and E Cook (Mauchline) bt G and F Archibald (Larkhall)Mixed doubles Stewart and Archibald bt Leinster and Tsvetanova 21-423-21

Under-17 Boys' singles J Neil (Prestwick) bt J Gilvear (Falkirk)21-11 21-16 Girls R Findlay (Erskine) bt M Richardson (Haddington)21-16 21-16 Boys' doubles Gilvear and B Torrance (Prestwick) bt AHall (Mauchline) and S Mann (Glasgow) 21-13 21-18 Girls' doublesRichardson and H Laing (Haddington) bt Findlay and H Campbell(Glasgow) 21-9 21-10 Mixed doubles Neil and Findlay bt Gilvear andLucy Nelvin (Duns) 21-3 21-5

Under-13 Boys' singles A Dunn (Motherwell) bt M Duguid(Stonehaven) 21-13 21-14 Girls' singles H Newall (Mauchline) bt EO'Donnell (Beith) 21-12 21-14 Boys' doubles C Grimley and M Grimley(both Glasgow) bt Dunn and S Dyce (Mauchline) 21-17 22-20 Girls'doubles Newall and C McCulloch (Catrine) bt S Whillans (Longniddry)and G Wright (Edinburgh) 21-9 21-17 Mixed doubles Dunn and Newall btC Grimley and Biatrice Gabell (Dalry) 22-20 21-13

Cricket

* Scotland U19 Tour of India

Scotland U19 309-6 (R McLean 115, F Coleman 103, P Ross 38no; RParasanjeet 3-47) Ashimanyu Academy 215-8 (C Chandela 100no; PSadler 2-9, N Farrar 2-44). Scotland won by 47 runs (D/L method)

Scotland U19 188-9 (A Bailwal 49, F Coleman 36; S Shubham 5-22)Himalayan Doon Academy 107 (N Farrar 5-18) Scotland won by 81 runs.

FOOTBALL.

* UEFA 2011 European Women's Under-19 Championship, SecondQualifying Round, Austria. Group 6 Scotland 1 Spain 2; Austria 5Poland 0; Austria 3 Scotland 3; Spain 3 Poland 0.

* South of Scotland League Creetown 1 Mid Annandale 0; DalbeattieStar 4 Crichton 1; Heston Rovers v Abbey Vale P; Newton Stewart 0 StCuthbert Wanderers 3; Threave Rovers 2 Stranraer 1; Wigtown &Bladnoch 4 Nithsdale Wanderers 3.

hockey

* Subway Eat Fresh National League. Men

Div 1 AMN Hillhead 3 Inverleith 4, Glynhill Hotel Kelburne 4 VWSDundee Wands 1, Grange 3 Grove Menzieshill 3, Western Wildcats 3Greaves Clydesdale 1

Yesterday Aberdeen Asset Management 3 AMN Hillhead 6, Grange 4Western Wildcats 4, Grove Menzieshill 3 Glynhill Hotel Kelburne 6,VWS Dundee Wands 0 Inverleith 1

Div 2 Alpha Data Carnegie 1 Falkirk GHG 7, Chapman Motherwell 5Watsonians 6, Mango Optical Uddingston 4 Granite City Wands 1,Stepps 1 CALA Edinburgh 5, Waverley Inveresk Trinity 1 Harris AcadFP 1

Yesterday Alpha Data Carnegie 7 Waverley Inveresk Trinity 2, CALAEdinburgh 4 Granite City Wands 1, Stepps 2 20-20 Renewables Greenock0, Watsonians 6 Harris Acad FP 2

Div 3 Aberdeen GS 3 Stirling Wands 1, Ayr 2 Erskine StewartsMelville 1, Dundee Uni 2 Perthshire 3, FMGM Monarchs 2 Highland 9Yesterday Dundee Uni 2 Erskine Stewarts Melville 6

* Scottish Hockey Regional Leagues

Central Div 1 Alpha Data Carnegie A 2 Watsonians A 1, EdinburghUni A 2 AMN Hillhead A 3, Grange A 8 Greaves Clydesdale A 3,Kelburne A 2 Western Wildcats A 1

Div 2 Deloitte Team Strathclyde 10 GHK 0, Livingston West Lothian0 CALA Edinburgh A 1, Stepps A 1 EK Avondale 5, Western Wildcats B 5Mango Optical Uddingston A 1

North Div Grove Menzieshill A 5 AAM Gordonians B 0, Harris AcadFP A 0 VWS Dundee Wands A 4

* Activcity District Cup. Quarter-finals AAM Gordonians A 7Greaves Clydesdale A 3, Anchor 4 Fidra Lions 4 (Findra won 4-3 onpens), Grange A 3 Granite City Wands A 2, Kelburne A 2 WesternWildcats A 4

* Activcity District Plate. Quarter-finals Harris Acad FP A 1Watsonians A 3, Rottenrow 1 Dunfermline City 2, Inverleith A 6Strathclyde Uni A 4, Reivers 2 EK Avondale 2 (Reivers won 5-4 onpens)

* Activcity Reserve Cup. Quarter-finals AAM Gordonians B 7Inverleith B 1, AMN Hillhead B 5 Grange VI 1, Grange Development 3Erskine Stewarts Melville A 5, Kelburne B 1 VWS Dundee Wands B 4

* Activcity Reserve Plate. Quarter-finals AMN Hillhead V 2Western Wildcats C 4, Grange B 0 Alpha Data Carnegie B 2, GraniteCity Wands B 2 Western Wildcats B 3, Greaves Clydesdale B 3 AberdeenGS A 5

* Subway Eat Fresh National League. Women

Div 1 Giffnock 5 CALA Edinburgh 1, Glynhill Hotel Kelburne 4Hillhead 1, Grange EL 0 Grove Menzieshill 6, Western Wildcats 1 VWSDundee Wands 8 (Yesterday) Grange EL 4 VWS Dundee Wands 4

Div 2 Borders Fjordhus 5 Alpha Data Dunfermline 0, Granite CityWands 2 Waverley Inveresk Trinity 0, Highland 1 GHK 2, Watsonians 1George Heriots 2

Div 3 Dundee Uni 2 Ayr 0, Glasgow Accies 3 Stirling Wands 2,Haddington 5 Bon Accord MBC 0, Team Strathclyde 0 Inverleith 7(Yesterday) Ayr 1 Glasgow Accies 3

* Scottish Hockey Reserve League

Grove Menzieshill A 0 Milne Craig Orange Sox 6, Hillhead A 1Giffnock A 4, Milne Craig Blue Sox 3 CALA Edinburgh Whites 0, GrangeEL A 4 Watsonians A 2, Kelburne A 5 VWS Dundee Wands A 0

* Activcity District Cup. Quarter-finals Giffnock A 4 Hillhead A1, Greaves Clydesdale Navy Sox 1 CALA Edinburgh A 2, Kelburne A 3Clydesdale Western 6, Perthshire 0 Orkney 5

* Activcity District Plate Quarter-finals Aberdeen GS 0Watsonians A 1, Aberdeen 2 East Kilbride B 1, Erskine StewartsMelville A 2 Grange EL A 0, Watsonians IV 5 Aberdeen GS A 2

ice hockey

* Elite league play-off, semi-finals (at Nottingham) SheffieldSteelers 3, Nottingham Panthers 4 (after overtime); Cardiff Devils4, Belfast Giants 1

* Scottish National League Dundee Tigers 3, Paisley Pirates 5

motorsport

* British Touring Car Ch'ship, Brands Hatch

Leading final positions after Race 2 1 M Neal (Gbr) Honda 19mins50.198secs, 2 M Jackson (Gbr) Ford 19:50.387, 3 PO'Neill (Gbr)Chevrolet 19:54.011, 4 G Shedden (Gbr) Honda 19:56.800, 5 J Plato(Gbr) Chevrolet 19:57.348, 6 J Nash (Gbr) Vauxhall 19:57.521, 7 RCollard (Gbr) Ford 19:58.126, 8 T Chilton (Gbr) Ford 19:58.505, 9 AMacDowall (Gbr) Chevrolet 19:59.108, 10 T Gilham (Gbr) Vauxhall20:01.962

Driver Championship standings 1 J Plato (Gbr) Chevrolet 38pts, 2M Jackson (Gbr) Ford 30, 3 J Nash (Gbr) Vauxhall 26, 4 G Shedden(Gbr) Honda 25, 5 M Neal (Gbr) Honda 23, 6 P O'Neill (Gbr) Chevrolet20

netball

* Glasgow Wildcats remain bottom of the UK Superleague afterlosing their ninth successive match - 62-29 at Surrey Storm.

speedway

* Premier League Berwick Bandits 48, Redcar Bears 44

* Premier Shield, second-leg Newcastle Diamonds 48, EdinburghMonarchs 45 (agg: 94-89) Newcastle: Rene Bach 11, Derek Sneddon 6,Lubos Tomicek 2, Stuart Robson 14, Mark Lemon 9, Kyle Newman 4,Richie Worrall 2. Edinburgh: Kevin Wolbert 7, Matthew Wethers 5,Andrew Tully 10, Craig Cook 6, Kalle Katajisto 9, Ashley Morris 3,Robert Branford (guest) 5

Russian émigré sentenced in NY for illegal trades

NEW YORK (AP) — A former executive director at UBS Securities has been sentenced in New York to 22 months in prison for his role in an insider trading scheme with a fellow Russian émigré.

Igor Poteroba (POH-tur-oh-bah) was sentenced Monday by Judge Paul Crotty (KRAW'-tee) in federal court in Manhattan. The judge also ordered the Darien, Conn., resident to forfeit $465,000 in proceeds from the crime and to pay a …

Shooting Suspect's Brother Sentenced

PHOENIX - The brother of a man accused in a serial killing case was sentenced Friday to more than seven years in prison for stabbing a homeless man.

Jeff Hausner, 40, received the sentence for his guilty plea to aggravated assault. Under terms of a plea agreement with prosecutors, an attempted murder charge was dropped.

"I made a very bad spur-of-the-moment decision," Hausner said at a court hearing. "I'm not some kind of monster."

Hausner is the brother of one of two men charged in a 14-month Phoenix shooting spree that wounded at least 17 people and left seven others dead, according to police.

His brother, Dale, is charged with seven counts of murder. Jeff Hausner's former roommate, Samuel Dieteman, is charged with two of the killings.

Police say Jeff Hausner was with Dieteman on April 14, 2006, when he attacked a homeless man outside a supermarket. When the man asked Hausner for money, Jeff Hausner turned around and stabbed him in the stomach, authorities said.

The man has since recovered from his injuries.

Judge Andrew Klein could have sentenced Hausner to almost nine years in prison. But the judge said that family members who asked for mercy and Hausner's lack of a violent criminal history persuaded him to impose a shorter sentence.

Family members said that Jeff Hausner was known for bringing vagrants and stray dogs into his home. One of those people was Dieteman, who lived with him for several months in 2005 and 2006.

Police initially said that the stabbing Jeff Hausner was charged with committing was linked to the same string of attacks, but prosecutors later decided he was acting alone.

An Evaluation of the Ontario Rapid Risk Factor Surveillance System

ABSTRACT

Background: The Rapid Risk Factor Surveillance System (RRFSS) is an ongoing population health survey conducted by a collaborating group of Ontario public health units. This formative evaluation examined the process effectiveness, collaboration, utility and cost-effectiveness of RRFSS during its first year of operation.

Methods: An Evaluation Framework was developed with reference to guidelines for evaluation of surveillance systems developed by the World Health Organization and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The study focussed on evaluable performance areas in a young surveillance system and on information needed to inform stakeholder decisions …

Fitch raises Italian Acea outlook to "stable".

(ADPnews) - Jan 28, 2011 - Italian utility Acea SpA (BIT:ACE) said that Fitch announced on Friday it had raised the rating on the company to A with a "stable" outlook from A with a "negative" outlook.

The reasons for the …

Dexter leaps to the top spot.(Sports)

Byline: FELLICIA SMITH Staff Writer

BURNT HILLS - It's not hard to high jump, but it is hard to do it well.

Brittany Dexter learned that the hard way.

The Burnt Hills junior went from jumping 3-foot-6 as a seventh-grader to 4-10 the next season. She was leaping her way to the top until she began losing ground and stalled at 4-6.

"I was so frustrated," Dexter recalled. "At that point and time is when most people are done. I was like, `I've got to stick with it. You can't give it up.' Once I got past that, I was happy I chose to stay."

Now Dexter is the state's top-ranked high jumper.

She is one of many top-ranked athletes …

Pros and cons: Some students look forward to graduation ceremony; others prefer to not attend.

Byline: Chloe Morrison

May 7--Area colleges are in the midst of graduation season, but not every graduate will attend commencement. For some college students, commencement is the symbolic light at the end of a tunnel, marking the end of an undergraduate career. For others, the ceremony is an unnecessary ritual. Students weighing in on the pros and cons of commencement said everything from family expectations to the cost of a cap and gown can influence a decision on whether or not to attend graduation. Some are swayed by the choice of speakers or the chance to watch their friends walk across the stage. Communication major Billy Smith, 25, was scheduled to graduate Saturday from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Mr. Smith said last week that he was excited …