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Here's a news flash you won't hear from those Channel 2 guys, by gosh.

Bright and early on the morning of October 5 of last year, Brent Coles, Gary Lyman, Don Pierce and the Pope were going fishing. But first, they had to stop off at the Boise River Festival warehouse to unload some items out of the back of Lyman's Suburban. It seems somebody had "borrowed" about $150,000 worth of big papier-m�ch� animals and a Pronto Pup wagon and Coles and the others were returning it all. The fact the state AG's office was sending investigators that very afternoon to find out where the stuff went had nothing to do with the foursome's timing, according to John Paul's press secretary, …

China warns of tougher punishment for bad blood

Agents who collect or supply blood that causes death or serious illness face stricter punishments starting Tuesday in an attempt by Chinese authorities to crack down on the illegal sale of blood.

Those found guilty of collecting or supplying blood that causes at least five people to contract AIDS, hepatitis B, hepatitis C or syphilis, or that leads to severe anemia or organ malfunction, could face 10 years to life in prison, said a statement by the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate carried by the official Xinhua News Agency.

Unhygienic blood-buying rings were responsible for infecting thousands of people with HIV/AIDS in rural …

Business show offers advice

BUSINESSES and traders from across west Wales are invited toattend the Liberty Stadium Business Show in Swansea later thismonth.

This year's show, on Thursday September 16, has been designed toassist all business-minded …

Willis Pitches Marlins Past Devil Rays

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Dontrelle Willis allowed two runs in seven innings, Jeremy Hermida and Aaron Boone homered on consecutive pitches in the sixth and the Florida Marlins beat the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 7-2 on Saturday night.

Willis (6-3) stopped a personal two-game losing streak. He gave up five hits, three walks and struck out seven. The left-hander had two complete games - a rain-shortened five-inning win in 2003 and an eight-inning loss last year - in his only other two starts against Tampa Bay.

Hermida hit a two-run homer off Jae Seo (2-4) to give the Marlins a 5-1 lead. Boone, who hit a grand slam in Florida's 8-4 win on Friday, then connected for his third homer …

Arsenal beats Birmingham 2-1 after falling behind

LONDON (AP) — Arsenal came back from a goal down to beat Birmingham 2-1 on Saturday, easing pressure on manager Arsene Wenger as his team tries to play catch-up in the English Premier League title race.

Wenger said it was imperative for Arsenal to win after going three league games without one.

"We played with nerves," Wenger said. "It was a nervy game for us. Our fluency was affected by the fact that we hadn't won for three games.

"It was never comfortable today. You could see that and feel that in the way we played."

Birmingham took the lead in the 33rd minute, when towering forward Nikola Zigic rose above the Arsenal defense deep in the area and met a cross from …

Azarenka ends Bartoli's win streak

Victoria Azarenka beat defending champion Marion Bartoli 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 on Friday in the Bank of the West Classic quarterfinals, ending the Frenchwoman's run of eight straight victories in the event.

"Every single game was tough," Bartoli said. "It was hard to win some easy points because I was fighting and running so much. This was a very high quality game and she just was a little better than me. She was beating me easily the last three times, so there was some improvement."

Azarenka advanced to her fourth semifinal of the year. The 18th-ranked Belarusian will face top-seeded Samantha Stosur, a 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 winner over No. 7 Yanina …

Outside In

THOMAS LAWSON ON THE ART OF LUCY MCKENZIE

LUCY MCKENZIE GREW UP in Glasgow, Scotland, in the 1980s and early '90s, an era that saw the dismantling of much of the United Kingdom's welfare state in service to Margaret Thatcher's idea that "there is no such thing as society"-only striving, self-interested individuals who should he given every encouragement to make their own way in the world. This philosophy was widely understood as a sick joke in old industrial cities like Glasgow, whose economies had been all but destroyed by the forces of global capital. In response, in Glasgow at least, the political and intellectual classes began to see themselves as aligned with the still-extant …