Friday, November 2, 2007

South Bend, Indiana, Nov. 2

Announcements
Community Party: There will be a Community Party Friday, November 9, 6-8 p.m. in the dining room.
Games: Cards, board games or bring your own.
Music: You can bring your own.
Food and Drinks: You can bring your own as long as you are willing to help afterwards.
For more information see Mary Fenton. Please be mindful to follow the rules.

Nation/World

Col. Tibbets Dies
: Paul Tibbets, the commander of the plane that dropped the first atomic bomb on Japan in 1945, died yesterday at the age of 92.
Tibbets, a 30-year-old colonel in 1945, commanded the Enola Gay, a B-29 Superfortress named for his mother.
Tibbets said he regretted killing 80,000 people but he throught the mission was necessary to avoid a bloody invasion of Japan.

Herald Sports

NCAA Football

(11) Virginia Tech 27, Georgia Tech 3
: Sean Glennon threw two long touchdown passes and ran for another as the Hokies (7-2, 4-1 ACC) held on to a share of first place in the ACC Coastal Division.
Glennon and two other Hokie players had to play in borrowed Georgia Tech road jersies after losing theirs. The Yellowjackets drop to 5-4 overall and 2-4 in the ACC.

MLB
Torre to Manage Dodgers
: Sixty-seven-year-old Joe Torre is not ready to head off into retirement after turning down a pay cut from the Yankees.
Torre, the winningest manager in postseason history, signed a three-year, $13-million deal Thursday to manage the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Torre grew up in Brooklyn rooting against the Dodgers when they were based there. He won four World Series in five years with the Yankees and made the playoffs every year during his 12-year tenure.
NBA

Thursday NBA Scores:
Detroit 91, Miami 80 (Tayshaun Prince 34 points; Ricky Davis 23 points; Shaquille O’Neal nine points and seven rebounds; Dwayne Wade out, injury); Phoenix 106, Seattle 99 (Kevin Durant 27 points, Chris Wilcox and Amare Stoudemire 23 points, Steve Nash 18 points and 12 assists); Houston 106, Utah 96 (Tracy McGrady 47 points, Carlos Boozer 30 points and 16 rebounds).

NHL

Thursday NHL Scores:
Boston 4, Buffalo 3 (OT, Game winning goal Marco Sturm); N.Y. Rangers 2, Washington 0 (GWG Chris Drury); N.Y. Islanders 4, Tampa Bay 0 (GWG Bill Guerin); Montreal 5, Philadelphia 2 (GWG Chris Drury); Ottawa 6, Atlanta 4 (GWG Daniel Alfredsson); St. Louis 3, Minnesota 2 (GWG Jay McKee); Detroit 4, Calgary 1 (GWG Henrik Zetterburg); Colorado 3, Pittsburgy 2 (GWG Ben Guite); Anaheim 2, Columbus 1 (GWG Mathieu Schneider); Nashville 3, Vancouver 0 (GWG David Legwand).

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