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) Tennis leaders seek to rid sport of fixing
LONDON -- As more and more players speak out about match-fixing in tennis, the sport's leaders are intent on keeping the game clean.Top-20 player Andy Murray told the British Broadcasting Company on Tuesday it is easy to throw a match, and the ATP Tour immediately asked him to explain himself.
"It's difficult to prove if someone has tanked a match or not tried, because they can try their best until the last couple of games of each set and then make some mistakes, a couple of double-faults, and that's it," Murray said. "It's pretty disappointing for all the players, but everyone knows it goes on."
The ATP and the International Tennis Federation are joining the WTA Tour and the Grand Slam Committee to come up with a unified set of regulations to combat match-fixing and illegal betting. More>>
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) Governor's debate gets heated
PADUCAH, Ky. - The gubernatorial race continued in Paducah Thursday night as Gov. Ernie Fletcher and Democratic challenger Steve Beshear jockeyed for position in what has become a hotly contested race for Frankfort.Fletcher and Beshear faced off in a debate in front of a lively crowd at the Luther F. Carson Four Rivers Center towards the end of their debate tour throughout the Commonwealth.At the forefront was the issue of allowing casino gambling. Fletcher furthered his stance against allowing it by airing a laundry list of misfortunes Kentuckians will suffer if casinos enter the Commonwealth. According to Fletcher, gambling will take money out of the economy and will appropriate fifty percent of the funds out of charitable gaming, and $51 million will be taken out of Kentucky's scholarship programs.“It brings in a different element," he said. More>> - (
) Manduro makes it five out of five
A day of memorable racing confirmed that the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe next month promises to be a magnificent spectacle as well as re-emphasising that Irish trainer Jim Bolger is the master practitioner with two-year-olds.The three trials at Long-champ yesterday for the French race, whose winner invariably becomes the champion middle-distance horse in Europe, cannot be taken as 100% guides to the big race, but they did at the least prove that the competition will be ferocious.
Manduro, the highest-rated horse in the world, won his fifth successive race when striding on in impressive style to win the Prix Foy, his first victory over the mile-and-a-half trip. His trainer, Andre Fabre, said later, surely with tongue in cheek: "Of course, we will now think of supplementing him for the Arc."
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) Workforce development system praised Frederick County used as model for other Maryland programs
Frederick County has an outstanding workforce development system, one that surpasses many counties in Maryland.That was one of the accolades given Friday morning by Thomas E. Perez, secretary of the Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation.
Speaking to the Frederick County Chamber of Commerce, Perez lauded Laurie Holden, director of the local workforce development office.
"The best investment we can make is in our human resources. That is the key, the linchpin to economic development," Perez said.
He uses Frederick County's workforce programs as a model for others, he said, noting the cooperation between businesses and local government.
More than 930,000 Marylanders are significantly undereducated, Perez said, challenged by either a lack of English or lack of training. More>>
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) Autistic authors write their own love story
It sounds like the typical boy-meets-girl story: Jerry Newport and Mary Meinel meet, fall in love, marry, and work hard at sustaining their relationship.
Maybe they work a little harder than most married couples.
Both have Asperger's syndrome, a form of autism that makes it difficult to relate emotionally to other people.
Jerry and Mary Newport tell their story, with the help of co-author Johnny Dodd, in the joint autobiography "Mozart and the Whale: An Asperger's Love Story," published by Touchstone early this year. The paperback version will be released soon.
The couple will sign their book at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 10, at Barnes & Noble Booksellers and discuss it at 7 that evening at HACC, Lancaster Campus. Both events are free and open free to the public. More>>