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PENDLETON Late game errors helped Liberty (5-4, 4-0) beat Pendleton (7-6, 3-2) at Pendleton Friday night.

"We got a little battle tested today and I was proud to see when we came back, even when we watched strike three go by a couple of times," said Liberty coach Scott Kerwin.

The Red Devils struck first in the top of the first inning with a Dakota Barrett home run which brought in Caleb Whitworth from his single.

Blake Martin doubled for Pendleton bringing in Garrett Lovorn for the Bulldog's first run in the bottom of the second.

Tyler Fortner ran in on an error at the top of the third inning putting the Red Devils up 3-1.

Pendleton started a comeback in the bottom of the fifth with Bry Anderson singling Tim Slaton from second in for a run, then at the bottom of the sixth Colin Brady brought Drew Cole in for another tying the game 3-3. Barrett fired off his second home run of the night putting the Devils up at the top of the eighth.

Pendleton answered in the bottom with Brady bringing Slaton in for another run.

A scoreless ninth inning tug of war led the game into extra innings.

Liberty's endurance held up, with Pendleton letting three runners go in on an error, a walk and a balk.

"We get a chance now to show what we can do," said Kerwin.

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Liberty wins three times in Lynch Cup tennis BY ZACH EWING Californian staff writer zewing@bakersfield.com | Friday, Mar 23 2012 11:08 PM

Last Updated Friday, Mar 23 2012 11:11 PM

Rod Thornburg / Special to The Californian

It doesn't take an expert to tell you that a tie, in any sport, was a close contest.

But not all ties are created equal. Take, for example, Friday's Lynch Cup match between Liberty and host Stockdale.

Each team won three matches -- Liberty the singles, Stockdale the doubles. Each team won six sets, sweeping each of its victories. Now it gets wild: The next tiebreaker is games, and each team won precisely 54 of those. Finally, on the third tiebreaker -- the No. 1 singles match -- Anthony Busacca's win gave the Patriots the narrowest of victories.

"I figured my match was obviously going to matter, but I didn't know it would go down to games and be that close," Busacca said. "It was really crazy how it ended up being."

That's not all. The same two teams played in a Southwest Yosemite League match Thursday -- and played to a 6-6 tie that wasn't broken.

Of course.

"Tying is not bad, but when the tiebreaker doesn't go your way, it's a little bit rough," Stockdale coach Dave Hillestad said. "I was saying the day before, 'If it comes to a tie, we know their singles are tough.' I knew we either had to win a set or get them on games, and it was right there."

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After a heartbreaking loss in last year's girls lacrosse state quarterfinals, the Liberty Falcons look poised to become more than just a playoff staple.

With Wednesday's Northwest Oregon Conference opening 14-4 win against rival Century at 53rd Ave. Park, the Falcons are now 3-0 to start the season. Liberty opened with a 15-5 win against Westview, then doubled up host Jesuit 10-5 on Monday.

"They've been playing really well together, especially our offense," Liberty's third-year coach Amber Christensen said. "They make a lot of connections with really good passing, and they're very smart. We've had a lot of fun so far."

Last season ended in dramatic fashion for the Falcons, who finished 14-5 and shared the conference championship with Century. Although, if you ask the Falcons, they consider themselves sole conference champions since they outscored the Jaguars overall in two meetings.

In the quarterfinals against West Linn at Hillsboro Stadium, the Falcons were down by three goals with 5 1/2 minutes to go. Their season was on the line, so they called a timeout.

The break paid off as Liberty scored twice over the final 4:48 to pull within one of the Lions. The Falcons even had the ball and were threatening to tie the game with less than a minute to go.

But a pass into traffic failed to connect, West Linn corralled the ball and the Lions tacked on one more score late to hold on for the 12-10 win.

In addition to winning the conference title, the Falcons advanced to the final eight for the third time ever and first since 2008, following back-to-back first-round exits in 2009 and 2010.

For the fourth year in a row, the Falcons' year ended in the playoffs at the hands of a team from the vaunted Three Rivers League. Following losses to Oregon City in 2008, Lakeridge in 2009 and Lake Oswego last season, Liberty took on this year's TRL No. 3 seed, West Linn.

"We played really well," Christensen said following the loss to West Linn. "We're a really good team, and I think we'll be even better next year. So we're happy with our season."

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High school girls lacrosse: Liberty Falcons looking to keep postseason streak alive

WEST LIBERTY, W.Va. -- West Liberty University is trying to reach out to adult learners with a variety of new classes on everything from wine tasting to World War II movies.

Its "Community University" targets people 50 and older and is still accepting new students.

The State Journal said one $25 fee pays for as many classes as a student wants to take. They start March 28.

Vice President of Community Engagement Jeff Knierim said other subjects include social media, marketing, entrepreneurship, the Civil War, American history and politics, improving communication skills and motorcycling.

WEST LIBERTY, W.Va. -- West Liberty University is trying to reach out to adult learners with a variety of new classes on everything from wine tasting to World War II movies.

Its "Community University" targets people 50 and older and is still accepting new students.

The State Journal said one $25 fee pays for as many classes as a student wants to take. They start March 28.

Vice President of Community Engagement Jeff Knierim said other subjects include social media, marketing, entrepreneurship, the Civil War, American history and politics, improving communication skills and motorcycling.

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West Liberty classes target learners over 50

Posted: Thursday, March 22, 2012 1:46 pm | Updated: 1:50 pm, Thu Mar 22, 2012.

Dedicated to ending domestic and sexual violence, the Houston Area Womens Center reported that it received more than 40,000 24-hour hotline calls from women and men in crisis in 2011. Nearly 1,200 women and more than 1,000 children lived in the safety of the organizations shelter.

The sexual violence hotline is 713-528-RAPE (7273), and the lifeline for domestic violence victims is 713-528-2121.

Liberty rental property owner Brenda Wooldridge believes it may be time to consider a hotline devoted to Liberty County residents in crisis. Such a hotline certainly would not replace the others, but it would be a place to reach helpers who know the lay of the land. It's something we need to talk about, she said.

A localized hotline is an idea that Wooldridge would like to discuss as she hears experts speak on domestic and sexual violence during the monthly Community Awareness Meeting that First United Methodist Church in Liberty will host at 6 p.m., Sunday, April 29. The church is located at 539 Main St. Wooldridge makes the meeting arrangements there.

A fundamental premise of this discussion is that no community is immune from such violence.

It is a serious problem everywhere, Wooldridge said. Living in Liberty, from what I can see here, there is still a lot of that 1950s mentality, me Tarzan, you Jane. We just need a phone number that somebody can call and talk to someone locally, someone who lives here, who understands some of the problems that people are addressing here.

It is just like the difference between having a hotline in Houston and having the national hotline.

For instance, there is a protocol for getting people in crisis to the shelter. When someone needs to be picked up someplace other than home, localized crisis intervention may provide the safest options.

You need to get to a public location, and then we can send a taxi to pick you up and take you to the shelter, because there is also the safety of the people in that intermediate stage, Wooldridge explained in regard to when she volunteered in Houston. The taxi driver is at risk, and you dont want whoever it is following you to the shelter. So the person that is local knows a little bit more about where you can go to find this. They can give you directions to wherever the counseling may be. Here in Liberty, the resources are more limited than in Houston, and the victim will need help that is actually available in Liberty.

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League Report of Wednesday, 21 March 2012

Source: GNA

Liberty Professionals denied visiting Wassaman United their fifth win of the season by coming from behind to earn a 1-1 draw in the Week 20 Glo Premier League match on Wednesday at the Sly Tetteh Stadium, Dansoman.

A blunder by former national goalie Stephen Ahorlu gifted Liberty Professionals an image saving equalizer through substitute Christopher Nkansah four minutes from time after the visitors shot into a surprise lead through Evans Nyarko.

Wassaman, who are languishing amongst the bottom rungs of the league log displayed an output that contradicted their position matching their hosts squarely in every department of the game.

Referee Nuhu Yakubu Liman gave out a below par performance that left officials and fans of the host team stunned and visibly disappointment throughout the game.

Liberty had the first chance at goal on 20 minutes when Latif Salifu laid a perfect pass to Ibrahima Kamara, but the latter shot at the feet of onrushing goalie Ahorlu.

Few minutes later, Libertys goalie Daniel Agyei was to come to his sides rescue by stretching to his elastic limit to parry wide Nyarkos curling free-kick at the edge of their penalty area.

The game remained balanced but it was Libertys Salifu who fluffed the best chance of the opening by heading wide from close range from Richard Antwis cross.

The hosts had the upper hand in the second half but failed to break the deadlock with Kwame Boahene, Francis Morton and Salifu failing to score from close range.

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Liberty Interactive Corp. ( LINTA ) is diversifying its businesses globally. The company's TV and online retail segment, QVC Inc., recently entered into a definitive agreement to form a joint venture with China National Radio ( CNR ), the government controlled radio division of China.

The joint venture will be known as "CNR Home Shopping Co., Ltd." QVC will hold 49% stake and China National Radio will control the remaining 51% share. However, the financial terms of this venture is still undisclosed.

Around 35 million Chinese households watch China National Radio's own home shopping TV channel, CNR Mall TV. The joint venture will further aggressively operate a multimedia retailing business in China through CNR Mall TV and its e-commerce website. At present, QVC's programming is distributed to approximately 195 million homes worldwide.

Excluding the U.S., the company already has presence in the U.K., Germany, Japan, and Italy. Currently, the company is trying to extensively penetrate highly lucrative and large Chinese market. In future, QVC will try to enter other emerging markets, such as India and Brazil besides entering into France and Spain.

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 ). In the previous quarter, QVC segment generated a total revenue of $2,649 million, of which nearly one third came from its international operations. The company is expecting this figure to reach 50% by next 5 years.

Liberty Interactive's Internet operations are a primary growth engine. We expect QVC to continue leveraging its brand to rapidly grow its Internet operations. This segment currently generates approximately 87% of the company's total revenue and 96% of profit. Exposure to a large emerging market, such as China will enable QVC to achieve a high rate of growth in future.

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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Liberty Interactive Eyeing China - Analyst Blog

Liberty Interactive Corp. (NasdaqGS:LINTA - News) is diversifying its businesses globally. The companys TV and online retail segment, QVC Inc., recently entered into a definitive agreement to form a joint venture with China National Radio (:CNR), the government controlled radio division of China.

The joint venture will be known as CNR Home Shopping Co., Ltd. QVC will hold 49% stake and China National Radio will control the remaining 51% share. However, the financial terms of this venture is still undisclosed.

Around 35 million Chinese households watch China National Radios own home shopping TV channel, CNR Mall TV. The joint venture will further aggressively operate a multimedia retailing business in China through CNR Mall TV and its e-commerce website. At present, QVCs programming is distributed to approximately 195 million homes worldwide.

Excluding the U.S., the company already has presence in the U.K., Germany, Japan, and Italy. Currently, the company is trying to extensively penetrate highly lucrative and large Chinese market. In future, QVC will try to enter other emerging markets, such as India and Brazil besides entering into France and Spain.

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. (NasdaqGS:HSNI - News) and ValueVision Media Inc. (NasdaqGM:VVTV - News). In the previous quarter, QVC segment generated a total revenue of $2,649 million, of which nearly one third came from its international operations. The company is expecting this figure to reach 50% by next 5 years.

Liberty Interactives Internet operations are a primary growth engine. We expect QVC to continue leveraging its brand to rapidly grow its Internet operations. This segment currently generates approximately 87% of the companys total revenue and 96% of profit. Exposure to a large emerging market, such as China will enable QVC to achieve a high rate of growth in future.

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NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire -03/21/12)- American Liberty Petroleum, Corp. (OTC.BB: OREO.OB - News), a company focused on reducing America's need for imported oil through discovering major, new onshore U.S. energy resources, announced background information on their acquisition of Paradise 2-12, a well located in Gabbs Valley in Nye County, Nevada.

The Western US is not only a target by American Liberty, but companies like Occidental Petroleum (NYSE: OXY - News), whose California discovery is so large it could run into land controlled by Chevron (NYSE: CVX - News), ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM - News) and Royal Dutch Shell. The United States Geological Survey estimates the total, undiscovered, technically recoverable crude oil onshore in the US is 48.5 billion barrels, a majority of this falls into the Western half of the US.

According to the Baker Hughes rig count, the number of oil rigs on US fields has quadrupled in the past three years to 1,272. The US now has more rigs at work than the entire rest of the world. Marshall Adkins, Director of Energy Research at Raymond James, has recently stated, "If we continue growing anywhere near that pace and keep squeezing demand out of the system, that puts you in a world where we are not importing oil in 10 years."

Information, opinions and analysis contained herein are based on sources believed to be reliable, but no representation, expressed or implied, is made as to its accuracy, completeness or correctness. The opinions contained herein reflect our current judgment and are subject to change without notice. We accept no liability for any losses arising from an investor's reliance on or use of this report. This report is for information purposes only, and is neither a solicitation to buy nor an offer to sell securities. A third party has hired and paid IO Circuit twelve hundred and ninety five dollars for the publication and circulation of this news release. Certain information included herein is forward-looking within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including, but not limited to, statements concerning manufacturing, marketing, growth, and expansion. Such forward-looking information involves important risks and uncertainties that could affect actual results and cause them to differ materially from expectations expressed herein. We have no ownership of equity, no representation; do no trading of any kind and send no faxes or emails.

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SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) So anxious and eager was Notre Dame to get back in the NCAA tournament, the Irish pretty much decided the outcome of their opener in the first two minutes.

Top-seeded Notre Dame took off with the game's first 11 points Sunday and, playing loose on their home floor, routed Liberty 74-43.

''It was important for us to come out and understand that the game started at 0-0 and we did not want to underestimate them, so we wanted to get off to a good start,'' guard Skylar Diggins said.

''We hadn't played in a while and that fed into it a lot. Plus, it's the NCAA tournament and upsets happen on both sides (men and women) and you don't want to be that team. So, we wanted to make a statement right off the tip and control the tempo right away.''

Did they ever. After Liberty closed to within 16-8, Notre Dame reeled off 11 more points in a row and that led to a 44-19 halftime lead. Notre Dame was up by as many as 34 in the second half when coach Muffet McGraw was able to substitute freely and rest her regulars.

The Irish (31-3), the national runner-up last year, will face California (25-9) on Tuesday at the Purcell Pavilion, where Notre Dame is 16-1 this season. The Golden Bears beat Iowa 84-74 in the first game and they will most certainly provide a stronger test.

In the Irish's opening burst, Natalie Novosel and Brittany Mallory hit 3-pointers to open the scoring. Kayla McBride converted a three-point play and Devereaux Peters made a jumper for an 11-0 lead with 18:24 left in the half.

Playing in her first NCAA tournament game, McBride had 13 of her team-high 15 points in the first half to get the Irish moving.

''I came out with a sense of urgency to try and get into the flow of the game and try to get good shots,'' McBride said.

''I think she was so anxious to play in her first NCAA and she really came out well,'' McGraw said of McBride.

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