| HOPKINS RELIEVED TO RETAIN TITLE
In other action, super middleweight Librado Andrade (25-1, 19 KOs) secured a second-round TKO over Ted Muller (19-12-2), while Demetrius Hopkins - the nephew of Bernard Hopkins - improved to 27-0-1 with a first-round technical knockout of Enrique Berrio (11-3) from Colombia in a junior welterweight bout. Click here to send us your sporting feedback .
Food-related stocks take crown
It was a year in which King Corn dominated the action among Midwestern stocks.
Make that King Corn, Prince Soybean and Queen Wheat.
After years of lying fallow on Wall Street, the stocks of companies catering to soaring worldwide demand for food and biofuels sprouted in 2007.
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Around the NFC: Giants' RB depth tested
You want to have balance in what you do. But in this one, we were forced into throwing, and we showed we can throw the football." Indeed. Gibbs had been saying in previous weeks that the team would open up the offense when Campbell was ready for it. Well, it's finally happened, which makes Campbell and really all the team's top offensive options a bit more attractive fantasywise. As Gibbs himself noted: "Jason [showed] if [we] gotta throw it, he can throw it. That will help for down the road." .
Shopping for Answers: Tall girls need options, too, for pants, coats
DEAR SHOPPING: Like other 16-year-old girls, I'm always trying to find trendy clothes that compliment my body. But I'm also 6-foot-2. Being this tall makes it impossible for me to find cute clothes that fit my 38-inch inseam and thin frame. I read where you suggested Alloy and was very happy with their jeans, but where can I find (even if online) a place that carries really tall clothes that a teen would find appealing? With the cold weather, I really need long-sleeve shirts and coats, something I've never been able to find. Kelly, Sacramento DEAR KELLY: Online is, indeed, one of the best options for finding cute clothes for taller teens. I checked with a couple of "tall" sources who share your shopping dilemma. While a variety of mainstream stores carry tall sizes, it seems most of them sell only via catalogs or the Internet.
Meteoric ascent
The same room where Lucenti watched film with Magazu and other Division I college coaches was the place where the former high school coach greeted well-wishers last week. With pictures of Snee and other Montrose players on the wall, Lucenti posed for pictures and answered questions from an espn.com reporter who came to Montrose to find out more about one of the key players in Sunday’s game. It is not hard to trace Snee’s football roots these days. A walk or drive through Montrose, the Susquehanna County seat with approximately 1,600 residents, brings into view sign after sign, congratulating or wishing Snee well. A late start in organized ball Snee’s family, which lives on a dirt road outside of town, moved to the Montrose area from New Jersey when he was a child.
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