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ATLANTA (AP) The New York Liberty's awful performance in their last game embarrassed Cappie Pondexter.

She was determined not to let it happen again.

''I brought a great deal of energy tonight, which has been inconsistent with us,'' Pondexter said. ''I feel like when we play with a lot of energy it allows us to play both ends of the floor the way we really want to.''

Pondexter had 14 points and a season-high 13 assists and Essence Carson added 14 points in the New York Liberty's 73-60 victory over the Atlanta Dream on Tuesday night.

The Dream dropped their second straight game with Angel McCoughtry, the WNBA's leading scorer and shot blocker, injured and unable to play.

Sancho Lyttle and Lindsey Harding each finished with 13 points for Atlanta (4-7). Lyttle pulled down a game-high 13 rebounds.

New York (4-7) had plenty of incentive after last Friday's debacle at Connecticut, a 42-point loss that was the worst in team history and included 34-point halftime deficit that was the largest in league history.

The Liberty, who snapped a two-game skid, never trailed after Leilani Mitchell pulled up for a 15-foot fast-break jumper to make it 13-12 late in the first.

''We were so hungry for a win,'' Mitchell said. ''We were just playing harder. We were taking it easy in the last couple of practices trying to save our legs for this game.''

New York went up 36-30 on Pondexter's 19-foot fadeaway in transition in the final minute of the second period.

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BOSTON, June 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Youth sports organizations and schools appreciate every penny when it comes to shoestring athletic budgets. For many organizations, a lack of funding has resulted in poorly maintained facilities, aged and possibly unsafe equipment, or insufficient resources to enable all families to participate. To address this local need, Liberty Mutual Insurance created the Responsible Sports grants program with Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA) in 2007, offering organizations and school athletic programs the opportunity to earn funds by championing a community-wide commitment to sportsmanship and responsibility in youth sports.

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Today, Liberty Mutual announces 15 schools and youth sports teams or leagues to each earn $2,500 Responsible Sports grants. These organizations successfully rallied their communities to participate in an online course on mentoring and responsibility in youth sports for coaches and parents at ResponsibleSports.com. Each successful course completion earned a credit for a designated organization and these groups garnered the highest level of participation, based on population size, to earn $2,500 grants:

Large Organizations (100+ players)

Small Organizations (Less than 100 players)

School Athletic Programs

"Liberty Mutual Insurance celebrates these 15 organizations and schools for the values and positive experiences of youth sports they are promoting in their communities," said Greg Gordon, Liberty Mutual Insurance senior vice president, Consumer Marketing. "Responsibility in sports at this level is crucial to shaping youth experiences and teaching life lessons, and we applaud these groups for their commitment and dedication."

Liberty Mutual Insurance now has awarded more than $500,000 in Responsible Sports funding to more than 150 organizations and schools since 2007. Liberty Mutual will make another round of 15 grants available this fall; with youth sports groups eligible to compete for $2,500 in funding beginning September 1.

Nominate a Responsible Sports Moment of 2012

For the second year, Liberty Mutual and PCA are searching for demonstrations of the power, impact and inherent goodness at the youth sports and amateur sports levels with the "Top 10 Responsible Sports Moments" of 2012. Now through November 15, coaches and parents can nominate a moment that celebrate the positive values that sports instill in young people at http://www.ResponsibleSports.com or by visiting program's Facebook page, http://www.Facebook.com/ResponsibleSports.

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ENGLEWOOD, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Liberty Global, Inc. (Liberty Global) (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB and LBTYK), the leading international cable operator, today announced its refreshed corporate identity and vision, summarized by Connect. Discover. Be Free. With operations in 13 countries, Liberty Global connects 20 million households to the digital world - a world of quality, convenience and infinite choice.

As part of this global initiative, all corporate offices, including UPC Broadband in the Netherlands, will operate under the Liberty Global banner. The refreshed corporate identity carries the highly-recognized bloom icon, which is also used by Liberty Globals largest consumer brand in Europe, UPC, as well as by Unitymedia in Germany. This shared identity and vision builds upon the positioning of Liberty Globals operations across its footprint and is consistent with the goal of leveraging scale, invigorating over 20,000 employees, and encouraging innovation and entrepreneurial thinking.

President and CEO Mike Fries said, Digital technology has forever changed the way that consumers communicate with one another, and how they are informed and entertained. Liberty Globals refreshed corporate identity was developed to reflect how our market-leading broadband, voice and video services provide millions of customers with the freedom to connect to and discover their world.

For a closer look at Liberty Globals refreshed identity, please visit http://www.lgi.com.

About Liberty Global, Inc.

Liberty Global is the leading international cable company with operations in 13 countries. We connect people to the digital world and enable them to discover and experience its endless possibilities. Our market-leading television, broadband internet, and telephony services are provided through next-generation networks and innovative technology platforms that connect 20 million customers who subscribe to 33 million services as of March 31, 2012.

Liberty Globals consumer brands include UPC, Unitymedia, Kabel BW, Telenet, and VTR.Our operations also include Chellomedia, our content division, UPC Business, our commercial services division and Liberty Global Ventures, our investment fund. For more information, please visit http://www.lgi.com.

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The 3rd Annual Houston Area High School All-Star Game, held at the University of Houston Lady Cougar Softball Complex on June 13, had a healthy dose of Liberty County.

At the helm of the East Squad was Liberty Head Softball Coach Karen Slack, and right beside her were assistant Liberty softball coach Jessika Tate and Daytons head man Daryl Bell.

Liberty County All-Stars Shelby Vandeventer (Liberty), Taylor Kaderli (Liberty) and Eden Favela (Dayton) played an integral part in the victory. Favela (3) and Kaderli (2) drove in five runs en route to the Easts 13-1 win over the South.

The East jumped out in front 3-0 in the first. Kaderli helped set up the first run with a sacrifice bunt while Vandeventer drew a walk, keeping the inning alive.

In the Easts five-run fifth, Kaderli delivered a ringing two-out, two-run double to left field. Favelas bloop two-run single into right field in the sixth gave her a team high three RBIs in the game. Favela also drew a hit-by-pitch in the fifth that scored a run.

Shelby Vandeventer

Softball: Three time All-District 2010, 2011, 2012

Academic Honors: National Honor Society, National Technology Honor Society, Graduate with honors

College: Texas State University

Taylor Kaderli

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PHOENIX, June 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Liberty Gold Corp. (OTCBB: LBGO; "Liberty Gold" and/or "the Company") is pleased to announce it has acquired a 60% interest* in the ~2,218-acre McCord Creek Property gold project in central Alaska's Tolovana Mining District. Liberty Gold will be the project's operator.

The McCord Creek project is comprised of 14 State mining claims located 70 miles northwest of Fairbanks in the Tintina Gold Belt, which has produced nearly 30 million ounces (Moz) of gold to date[1] and has experienced accelerated gold exploration, development, and mining activity over the years.[2]

The McCord Creek property is also located within the eastern extension of the Livengood gold district, and immediately adjoins the eastern side of International Tower Hill Mines' (ITH) Livengood Property. The Money Knob deposit on ITH's Livengood Property represents a resource estimate of 20.6 Moz gold (16.5 Moz Measured & Indicated; 4.1 Moz Inferred),[3] making it one of the largest gold deposits discovered in 20 years.[2] To the southeast of the McCord Creek property is Kinross Gold's Fort Knox mine, which produces over $1 million of gold equivalent per day.[4] Also to the southeast is the Pogo mine, which produced 324,722 troy ounces of gold in 2011.[5]

According to a 2012 technical report by David Adams, B.S., M.S., CPG, Liberty Gold's McCord Creek property exhibits 5 gold-in-soil anomalous zones with the maximum soil value exceeding 100 ppb gold. The 2 largest anomalies lie within the same sedimentary and volcanic package of rocks that contain ITH's Money Knob deposit.[2] All anomalous zones warrant additional exploration to pursue a deposit of similar nature to the Money Knob deposit.

As such, the Company is currently developing an exploration plan to evaluate the prospect's mineral potential. A phased exploration approach involving at least 2 field seasons will be necessary to accomplish an evaluation of the prospect. The target for the McCord Creek property is a dispersed gold system similar to ITH's Money Knob deposit, and possibly a nickel-platinum disseminated deposit. A minimum target size for gold would be 3 to 5 Moz contained in a bulk tonnage grading in the order of 1 gram per tonne (gpt). The potential net present value (NPV) for geological exploration targets of this magnitude is in the order of $1B to $3B.[2]

To the immediate east of Liberty Gold's McCord Creek property, ITH has announced plans calling for drilling 3,000 meters in 10 core holes focused on making new gold deposit discoveries on their Livengood property, with results expected throughout the summer and fall of 2012.[3] ITH's planned initial exploration drill holes lie within ~1 to 2 miles of Liberty Gold's McCord Creek property.

Lynn Harrison, Liberty Gold's President and CEO, commented: "The McCord Creek Property acquisition has enabled us to effectively establish a presence in this proven region of Alaska. Now we can proceed to build on our knowledge of the property's full mineral potential through further exploration and development activities."

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To learn more about the McCord Creek Property, and to read more about the Company and its latest news, visit Liberty Gold's website at http://www.libertygoldcorp.com.

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UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) The New York Liberty caught the Connecticut Sun at the wrong time.

Tina Charles scored 20 points and the Sun had a record-setting first half en route to a 97-55 victory over the Liberty on Friday night, handing New York its worst loss in franchise history.

Mistie Mims and Renee Montgomery scored 13 points each, Asjha Jones had 10 points and eight rebounds and Kara Lawson also scored 10 points for the Sun (7-2).

All 11 players scored for Connecticut, which led 61-27 at halftime to set the league record for the largest lead at the break - besting Seattle's 33-point margin (60-27) at the half against Tulsa on Aug. 7, 2010.

It was also the Sun's biggest margin of victory, topping their 81-47 win over Washington on Aug. 26, 2005.

Connecticut was coming off an 87-81 loss to Los Angeles on Wednesday night in a game the Sun led with a little over a minute left.

''If you look at our record and see our two losses, we think we could've been undefeated,'' Connecticut's Kalana Greene said. ''It kind of ticks us off. ... The beauty of this part of the season is you play games almost every day. . You have a short-term memory and you get to kind of let off your energy and frustration on the next team.''

With team owner James Dolan sitting courtside, New York (3-7) eclipsed its 37-point defeat to Seattle on July 22, 2006.

''I don't want to take anything away from the Sun,'' Liberty coach John Whisenant said. ''They played well, but to lose like this, we had to play pretty bad. It was just a combination (of things). I've never lost a game like that in my coaching life.''

Essence Carson scored 10 of her 14 points in the first half for New York and was the team's only scorer in double figures. Liberty leading scorer Cappie Pondexter finished with seven points, all in the second half.

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ENGLEWOOD, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Liberty Global, Inc. (Liberty Global) (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB and LBTYK) will be holding its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on Tuesday, June 19, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. Mountain Time at The Inverness Hotel and Conference Center, 200 Inverness Drive West, Englewood, Colorado 80112. The meeting will be webcast live at http://www.lgi.com. We intend to archive the webcast under the investor relations section of our website for approximately 30 days. In addition, the meeting will be available via teleconference:

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Please dial in to the teleconference 15 minutes prior to the start of the meeting. Following the meeting, a question and answer session will take place. Liberty Global may make observations concerning its historical operating performance and outlook. While the teleconference and webcast will both broadcast the question and answer session, participants can only ask questions via teleconference as the webcast will be listen-only.

About Liberty Global, Inc.

Liberty Global is the leading international cable operator offering advanced video, voice and broadband internet services to connect its customers to the world of entertainment, communications and information. As of March 31, 2012, Liberty Global operated state-of-the-art networks serving 20 million customers across 13 countries principally located in Europe and Chile. Liberty Globals operations also include significant programming businesses such as Chellomedia in Europe.

For more information, please visit http://www.lgi.com.

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We reiterate our long-term Neutral recommendation on Liberty Interactive Corp. ( LINTA ) following its mixed first-quarter 2012 financial results. We believe the TV home shopping business will continue to flourish in the near future as the global macro-economy is expected to gradually stabilize compared with the massive fluctuations in the last couple of years.

Liberty Interactive's most prestigious division QVC continues to perform well. QVC shopping network has successfully transformed itself into a powerful global brand, which may facilitate the company to boost its revenue in double digits. The strategic move taken by management to offer QVC programs on mobile platforms, such as smartphones and tablets, was a huge success. Furthermore, the company is generating positive free cash flow. We believe Liberty Interactive is currently fairly valued as the company is undergoing a process to create Liberty Ventures tracking stock.

Liberty Interactive's QVC division has become the undisputed market leader in the $8 billion TV home-shopping business. Currently, QVC commands an estimated 69% market share, far ahead of its nearest rivals, HSN Inc. ( HSNI ) and ValueVision Media Inc. ( VVTV ). Furthermore, Liberty Interactive also owns a 32% stake of HSN Inc. TV home-shopping business is characterized as having quite stable customer base, generally women. QVC accounts for over 11 million customers in the U.S., which is expected to grow in the long term.

Currently, QVC's services are distributed to approximately 195 million homes worldwide. Despite facing devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan, resulting in severe disruption of QVC TV shows in the country, Liberty Interactive managed to retain its sales momentum in Japan.

The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.

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RICHMOND, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Vistar, a division of Performance Food Group, Inc. (PFG), has announced it will acquire Liberty Distribution Company, LLC (Liberty). The acquisition brings together two distributors of candy, snacks and beverages. Liberty is based in Chandler, Arizona, with additional locations in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania and Memphis, Tennessee. Liberty was founded in 1998 by Jim Schweikert and is one of the nations leading distributors of candy and snacks to national and regional retail establishments. The transaction is expected to close by the end of June.

Liberty employs approximately 150 people at its three locations. Vistar is very excited to partner with the Liberty team, to expand products and services, and to leverage the exceptional capabilities of both organizations.

George Holm, president and CEO of Performance Food Group, stated, Liberty is a well-respected organization whose values are aligned closely with Vistar and the entire PFG organization. Serving customers with unique requirements is something Liberty does extremely well and Liberty will be an integral part of Vistars continued success.

Patrick Hagerty, president and CEO of Vistar, added, We have long admired Liberty. They pioneered the availability of candy and snacks to non-perishable retailers. This category is now common place in retail industries where it was virtually unknown just 15 years ago.We are excited to be adding the entrepreneurial spirit of Libertys management team and we are confident that they will be instrumental in helping Vistar meet its long term growth strategy.

James Schweikert, founder and CEO of Liberty, noted, I am pleased and proud that we have been successful in bringing these two great companies together. This transaction ensures that the commitment to integrity, customer service and execution, which have been the hallmarks of Liberty Distribution, will continue into the future with the greater financial strength and market breadth that Vistar provides. Concurrent with this transaction, Jim Schweikert has announced his decision to retire from Liberty; however, he will remain in an advisory capacity as Liberty joins the Vistar team. Liberty will remain a standalone company under the direction of Robert Armstrong, who is currently the Chief Operating Officer and will become President at the close of the transaction.

About Performance Food Group:

Performance Food Group Company is the parent company of the leading family of foodservice distributors Performance Foodservice, Vistar, and PFG Customized Distribution. Through these three segments, it delivers over 94,000 national and proprietary branded food and food-related products to more than 115,000 independent and national chain restaurants, quick-service eateries, pizzerias, theaters, schools, hotels, healthcare facilities, and other institutions via its 64 distribution centers and 12 Merchants Mart locations across the United States. Altogether, Performance Food Group Companys family of distributors offers outstanding service with a wide variety of high quality products that, along with the strength of our industry wide relationships and expertise, helps customers run their businesses successfully. For more information, visit http://www.pfgc.com.

About Liberty Distribution Company:

Founded in 1998, Liberty Distribution Company works with numerous world-class retailers with products in over 50,000 locations. They specialize in the distribution of candy, snacks and other impulse items to retailers who do not traditionally offer food products. Libertys commitment is focusing on delivering outstanding, value added distribution services through their integrity, superior customer service and execution.

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We reiterate our long-term Neutral recommendation on Liberty Interactive Corp. (LINTA) following its mixed first-quarter 2012 financial results. We believe the TV home shopping business will continue to flourish in the near future as the global macro-economy is expected to gradually stabilize compared with the massive fluctuations in the last couple of years.

Liberty Interactives most prestigious division QVC continues to perform well. QVC shopping network has successfully transformed itself into a powerful global brand, which may facilitate the company to boost its revenue in double digits. The strategic move taken by management to offer QVC programs on mobile platforms, such as smartphones and tablets, was a huge success. Furthermore, the company is generating positive free cash flow. We believe Liberty Interactive is currently fairly valued as the company is undergoing a process to create Liberty Ventures tracking stock.

Liberty Interactives QVC division has become the undisputed market leader in the $8 billion TV home-shopping business. Currently, QVC commands an estimated 69% market share, far ahead of its nearest rivals, HSN Inc. (HSNI) and ValueVision Media Inc. (VVTV). Furthermore, Liberty Interactive also owns a 32% stake of HSN Inc. TV home-shopping business is characterized as having quite stable customer base, generally women. QVC accounts for over 11 million customers in the U.S., which is expected to grow in the long term.

Currently, QVCs services are distributed to approximately 195 million homes worldwide. Despite facing devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan, resulting in severe disruption of QVC TV shows in the country, Liberty Interactive managed to retain its sales momentum in Japan.

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