the boys next door will never leave. who says we want them to? . complete bay area news coverage starts right now. this is the 10:00 news, on ktvu channel 2. surveillance video in a string of armed robberies shows anywhere from three to six suspects, always wearing halloween masks. good evening, i'm julie haener. and i'm frank somerville. a band of robbers is going through stores in contra costa county. and police are trying to stop them before somebody gets hurt.

new tonight, live in antioch. >> the scene of the latest. >> reporter: earlier this morning they hit this food max, and with gunfire it is getting more dangerous. when the gunmen came in, the shelves were being restocked. there were few customers, shots were fired. >> they were aggressive, they take over the business. >> reporter: police connected the dots, because before this incident, a gang came here in walnut creek and stole items. the clerks are jumping now. >> this wal nut creek. it is happening now, we're scared. >> reporter: on their way out, robbers fired at a customer pumping gas, who bolted unhurt. >> that is random, i wouldn't

see the motive unless they saw their faces. >> reporter: but nobody saw their faces, all the robbers wore masks, costumes and hooded sweat shirts. >> they were working there on the corner. >> reporter: and the night before they tried to stick up this 7-eleven in pleasant hills, but the clerk locked himself in the bathroom, and they left. >> it is more difficult when people wear the masks. it is scary for the victims. >> reporter: the same men may have done a dozen hold-ups around the county, five in antioch, always in the early morning hours and wearing disguises. >> for them to come in and rob and maybe kill somebody in the process. that is very scary. >> reporter: tomorrow, detectives from a half dozen departments sit down with the fbi and share leads. and they may decide to make it public, the surveillance video of these robbers if they think it can help their search.

live in antioch, channel 2 action news. and members of the san francisco police gang task force investigating a double shooting this evening in the city's western division neighborhood. police responded to gunfire at baker and post street. they say a man and woman were sitting in a blue car when they were shot and wounded. our camera was there when the man was taken to an ambulance. his wounds are not life- threatening, but the woman's injuries could be a threat to her life. both are in their 30s, nobody has been arrested yet. and the city of east palo alto worried because of a shooting, one victim was a six- year-old girl walking to school. the press is at bay road where people have been stopping this evening to pay their respects at a growing memorial for the child. >> reporter: julia, we saw too often, the loss of a child in a traffic accident is among the people who don't even know her.

this growing memorial is for a six-year-old second grader. it was shortly after 8 this morning when she stepped out into a cross walk on bay road. her -- mother and two sisters were behind her, police say a bmw drove up and hit her. this girl was on her way to green oak school. >> i was playing at first -- this is the last time. >> reporter: margaret saw the car hit the girl, and that the car was going fast she says. >> i stay saw this lady in a bmw racing, i saw the child in the cross area, she hit her. >> reporter: the driver is a music teacher at another east palo alto elementary school. police say she was on her way to work. the dmv says she has violations for driving while on a cell phone, speeding and turning right on a red arrow. police didn't arrest her this

morning but say the investigation is continuing. >> there is a lot of -- people who drive really fast around here in the neighborhood. >> reporter: police say bay road may have had more traffic than normal. nearby university avenue has been blocked off for hours. police were investigating the death of a motorcyclist hit by an suv that police were chasing. >> this is just a dangerous street. >> reporter: do you think something can be done? >> i think it us dangerous, because the cars go fast. it is really bad for the family, my prayers go to all the family. >> tonight, family and friends were collecting donations for the funeral. they say the family had been saving up for a birthday party which was planned for sunday. live in east palo alto, ktvu. and we now know the identity of the motorcyclist killed this morning. he is identified as 51-year-old dan dickson of east palo alto. the crash happened just two blocks from where the second

grader was killed. police say the officers were driver trying to pull over the driver wanted in connection with the incident. the driver was going the wrong way and slammed into the motorcycle. police arrested him at the scene. and students at solano community college in fairfield are not seeing humor in a racially charged cartoon, appearing last week. it accused black men of being poor parents, selfish, stupid and suggests they just go away. it was addressed, at times it was emotional. >> don't you think it is time for us to stop being stepped on? it is nothing funny. >> they say we need to go away. >> reporter: the cartoonist says it was supposed to be the first in a part of a series on black help. he said if he could do it over

again, he would. the paper has now dropped the comic strip. and new information on the forearm-alarm fire causing extensive damage to able in san francisco's lower haight. officials say 4 40 people at least are out of their home because of the fire. the fire started on the corner of fillmore streets. the estimate stands at about 2 million. still no word on what caused the fire. police in san francisco also are looking for a missing woman. this afternoon officers issued an alert for 70-year-old pang, family members say she has alzheimer's, they last saw her month when she left her jackson home for a walk. she weighs about 80 pounds. she was wearing a red vest, white hat and blue jeans. and professors at csu east bay will walk off the job they say. the protests are nothing new, but the planned one on november

17th will be a first for faculty, the professors were upset regarding a pay raise. a spokesperson for the school says it would be inappropriate to give raises during the budget issues. and president obama recognizing the achievements of a bay area teen in his back-to- school speech. jana katsuyama has more on the story. >> reporter: it is not often when a high schooler gets a nod from the president of the united states. >> he said the white house called -- and -- i was stunned. >> reporter: but that is what happened today to will kim during president obama's annual back-to-school speech he gave a shout out to will. >> there are students like will kim from fremont, california, who launched a nonprofit that gives loans to students from low income schools who want to

start their own business. >> hi, i am will, i am the founder. >> reporter: his website explains the goal, to help the student business people. he says the idea came from a practice s.a.t. reading session on micro funds. >> there was no program for young kids nor me to get involved. so i decided to make it myself. >> reporter: so with a few friends he set to work. >> at first we did the fundraiser by asking for donations. we decided it was boring, so we decided to do games. >> reporter: so far he raised thousands from dodge ball tournaments and other games. the nonprofit gave out loans to one woman in bangladesh and to other students starting an accessory business. >> he is doing it to truly help. >> reporter: a young man who says he always wants to stay on the move. just do what you love, keep on going from there. >> reporter: willis set to graduate this year, but will

expand his business nationwide. in fremont, jana katsuyama, ktvu. and the obama administration launching its defense of the landmark health care reform legislation. the white house filed appeal with the u.s. supreme court, asking them to uphold the center piece of the law, which appeals court in atlanta struck down last month. the health care law requires everybody to buy health insurance or pay a penalty in 2014. opponents say it violates the constitutional rights. a supreme court ruling could come in the middle of next year's presidential campaign. and no more live chicken sales in the richmond area. that is the decision of the richmond city council. they say it was the last stand allowed to sell live chickens. they accused the owner of keeping unsafe conditions. county officials say there was no proof of it, but still they voted 4-2 to shut down the farmer's stand at the farmer's

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. >> at 10:00, investigators just made a big arrest in an unusual

crime wave in sonoma county. stolen sheep, eric rasmussen is live there in sonoma county finds out how they were able to steal large amounts of animals. >> reporter: well sometimes the thieves just pull up at night and take the animals. at least in one case investigators believe it was an inside job that cost the victims thousands. pepper the goat and these seven sheep are all that is left at ron lawson's ranch in sonoma. >> you can see this here. >> reporter: somebody stole 20 sheep in one night, including 11 pregnant ones, and two babies. >> he just grabbed those, put them in the trailer, took off. >> reporter: turns out lawson is only the latest victim this what investigators are calling a spike in the thefts. >> we have had several sheeps stolen that were the children's sheep from the 4 hh, and they

showed them in the fair. >> reporter: they pulled over the person, driving the trailer, filled with sheep. at the time the officer couldn't prove they were stolen, but took pictures and noted tag numbers on their ears, before letting him go. only later they learned he was an employee at his ranch, he and his brother, pedro, were arrested after finding some stolen sheep where pedro lived in santa rosa, but lawson's animals were not there. investigators believe they were sold for 80 a head. >> for them to disappear, suddenly, it is disturbing. >> reporter: lawson thinks his total loss could be more than 5000. orea are charged with grand theft, conspiracy, and stolen livestock. eric rasmussen, ktvu. and it was day two of the involuntary manslaughter trial of michael jackson's doctor.

witnesses described a sad scene as the singer died and a frantic doctor they say acted oddly. the head of jackson's security team said that jackson's two older children cry as dr. conrad murray tried to bring back their father. earlier in the day, the assistant testified that after jackson's death, dr. conrad murray said he needed to return to the house. >> he said there was cream in michael's room, or house, the room that he wouldn't want the world to know about. >> reporter: the powerful drug found in jackson's system at the time of his death has a white, creamy appearance. both williams and the head of security said they found murray's request odd and told him they couldn't bring him back to jackson's home. murray faces four years in prison if convicted. and a baseball season for the san francisco giants came to an end today, not the way the fans and team hoped. but the fans still have spirit. fans enjoy the sunny day trying

unsuccessfully to cheer the team on to one more victory. they know they wouldn't repeat as world series champion. >> well, sure they didn't make it. but it was great. always a giants fan. so however they do is great. >> reporter: they still had a winning record this season, they sold out all 81 home games bringing the total attendance record to 3.3 million. and don't forget their thoughts, there is always next year. on ktvu's facebook page tonight we asked about the big differences compared to last year. one wrote, the injury bug hit hard, still lacking big bucks in the lineup. and now, brian wilson's beard is a problem, it needs to be beard-free, it is giants, not zz top. tell us what you think on ktvu. and new at 10:00, the race for mayor heating up in san francisco tonight as candidates tried for the city's largest

minority. ktvu's amber lee has more where the candidates went out of their way to make sure the voters could understood their message. >> reporter: and ken tonight, the mayoral candidates came to town tonight to court the asian- american vote. it was printed in chinese. the beauty of chinatown lies in its long history in san francisco. today, many of the population is from china. and they courted the vote tonight at a forum held at the hotel in china town. >> the first round of questions, you will have 60 seconds. >> reporter: the mayor arrived late. and looked at a crowd of more than 300 people, some gave him a standing ovation, the interrupting candidate -- >> i thought everybody was clapping for me. >> reporter: organizers

provided a head set that offered the language in canton ese. of it ese. >> this project does not fit the bill. >> thank you. >> it is one of the best, highly rated transportation system designed. >> reporter: voters received it was important to hear the candidates in person. >> this way i can actually hear what they're going to say, and answer you know questions which i think could be very pointed. and they -- they can't fudge. >> reporter: this election has an unprecedented amount of candidates, live in china town, amber lee, ktvu. and medical marijuana advocates will fight

restrictions on expense expenses. they -- dispensaries, they will block a petition on new rules, after they put the number of pot clubs to just ten, now dispensaries will have to grow their own marijuana on site. activists say that would invite federal drug raids. and the board of the metropolitan transportation commission voted 10-6 to move their headquarters into this building on main street in san francisco. they hope to buy it for about 100, or hundred million. and lights went out in parts of oakland tonight. and for a time it affected bart, their station was closed for about an hour, now back open. the outage began at about 8:30, pg&e restored power but about 100 customers are single in the dark. a train operator reported seeing a transformer blow, but pg&e doesn't know the reason for the outage

. these are the highs from today. we did have a spare the air day today. these temperatures as warm as they will be all week. i bet you as warm as we'll see for a few weeks, things are trending down, cooler tomorrow. you will notice the cooldown, temperatures inland, instead of the mid-90s, upper 90s, low 90s in the hot spots, everybody else in the upper 80s, still mild, 71 in livermore, and fairfield. right now, very, very warm. but the fog is moving in. coming up the coast, coming up from the south. it will push in, reduce visibility tomorrow. and back here, significant changes coming our way, it will feel like winter here pretty soon. i have the five-day forecast with the weekend in view, we'll see you here at about 10:45. and jews are celebrating the new year this evening around the world. part of it is celebrated with song and dance. there is time for a family

feast and reflection. it marks the beginning of the high holy days. on the hebrew calendar, this is 5772. and to our friends we say happy new year. and in yosemite, take

. police are investigating two reported rapes at st. mary's college in the past two weeks. in each case, the suspects know the victims. students held a rally today to promote awareness about sexual assaults. many brought signs, encouraging students to speak out. both alleged attacks happened in dorms, the most recent on

sunday. the school's security chief told ktvu that both women knew the alleged attackers. one woman we spoke to today said it is working. >> you just have to think about your actions, as you go around, especially as it happened a couple of times. >> reporter: so you're doing that now? >> yeah, i think everybody is. >> reporter: police say they identified the attackers in each case, but are still gathering evidence. new information tonight about a fatal shooting at the east bay dragon's motorcycle motorcycle clubhouse, we brought you this story last night. we learned more about the man killed and the club's role in the community. >> reporter: members of the club said that the deadly violence at the headquarters is not what they're about. what does that say when a brotherhood of men like this who love and care for the youth of oakland finds violence at their own door step. it has to stop. >> reporter: bullets hit the clubhouse where just before 10:00 last night, members of

the east bay dragons had gathered as they do every tuesday to watch tv. >> we have a motorcycle club. it is about motorcycles, and we just do what we do, have fun out of it. >> reporter: he said he arrived about a men after a lone masked gunman on foot came in the open garage door and started shooting, killing the 40-year- old man known as ike. the east bay dragons who have the club formed in the 50s, joined the violence to stop at city hall. >> he didn't deserve this. like the crime, and these guns it has to stop. >> reporter: folks say ike cooked at the clubhouse, had a big heart and was excited about being rehired monday by the city of oakland as a custodian after being laid off last year. >> police are offering a reward for helping to find the killer

of saaed, oakland's homicides are 58, compared to 44 last year. and authorities in reno say they have identified the gunman who shot and killed the president of san jose's hell's angels chapter. pettigrew died in a gun battle at the nugget casino, the name of the suspect is not released. but authorities say he belongs to the bike club, and has ties to the bay area. police say they wouldn't be surprised if the hell's angels find him before they do. and a rescue at yosemite national park, a rock climber from austria cuts thumb while climbing el capitan. in this picture, they're helping him. police say the climbing partner found the thumb from a ledge, 80 feet below. the injured climber was rushed to the hospital in san francisco where the thumb was

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. the listeria outbreak from cantaloupes grown in colorado is being linked now to at least 16 deaths across the country, and the deaths are expected to go up. it is already the worst food outbreak in more than 10 years. at least 72 people got sick in 18 states. many bay area shoppers say they're staying away from the popular fruit. >> i am very concerned because

i eat a lot of cantaloupe, and now i'm not going to. >> the outbreak is expected to get worse because the bacteria can be slow to move in the body for several weeks. and state health officials said today the only person in california sick is now out of the hospital and recovering. we posted all the information on ktvu.com, and look for the web section on the front page. and many of us can't live without modern technology, and our mobile devices seem to be everywhere. the health and sciences center spokesperson said the amount of radiation the devices throw out it so high it is illegal in many countries. we have the special report tonight. >> reporter: it looks like any bay area need, neighborhood, but what you can't see is the swirl of microwave radiation put out by home electric devices used. it is now making many uneasy. >> the question of can we do anything, and what do we need to be concerned about? how does it affect the kids, all of that. >> reporter: the canadian researcher offered the family

help with this radio frequency detector, found in the cell phone radiation, noah turned his off. but in their daughter's bedroom? >> oh, charming. >> reporter: it is the baby monitor. checking the levels by her bed? but at least they don't have the wireless baby monitor right next to the bed or crib, this is a big no-no. >> reporter: now on to the home office, the router is a wireless transmitter. and look at this. there is radiation in the house from at least four neighborhood routers. >> what i'm picking up here -- it's a cordless phone, probably one of the highest sources of radiation in everybody's home. >> reporter: powerful enough to broadcast hundreds of feet through walls and some say trigger moon disorders, cause cancer even. >> the different types of tumors, for people who use the

technology against their head, their cordless phone, for example. >> reporter: from the wireless router to this home here, this is probably not different from yours. so what is your risk? >> the radiation from microwaves, from cell phones, from baby monitors, that doesn't have enough energy to disrupt certain elements. >> reporter: one expert puts the router on his lap, using a cordless phone. >> i feel comfortable having them in my home. >> reporter: some research showed association between heavy cell phone use and brain tumors, low sperm count and other problems. but research concludes there is no proof. close to the microwave oven, there were more than 160

microwatts per square inch. >> this exceeds the guidelines here, but not exceeding it in the united states. >> reporter: u.s. federal guidelines are maximum 1000. >> they're not adequate. they're not protecting public health. >> and there is financial interest in us keeping this technology around, and using it. so i think we probably are getting exposed to too much new these are all new technologies, will it take another 60 years or another 80 years to actually really know? >> this is an important matter, it is a crime in progress, we need to take action to stop it. >> people always thought they should have something to blame their ills. back in the 1600s. it was westchesters. >> witches. >> reporter: activists say with future generations at possible risk, don't turn them off, but just turn them down. >> it is not as if we're interfering with the technology, we just don't need

it to be so powerful. >> reporter: activists are calling for congressional hearings this year. ktvu channel 2 action news. and the highway patrol investigating a solar crash on highway 101 that left the driver dead, the passenger with serious injuries. police say the driver crashed into a tree, totaling the car this afternoon. he died at the scene. the chp shut down the freeway to allow a medical helicopter to land and take the passenger to marin general hospital. we're told that woman has major injuries. and a man wanted in connection with a homicide in alameda county under arrest tonight following a chase that led to the lockdown of two schools in east oakland. the high school on sterns avenue and nearby president obama elementary school were locked down as a precaution. the man was approached, then took off. officers chased him, caught him under the porch of a home near the schools. investigators say he was wanted for a homicide in

unincorporated alameda county near san leandro. and police able to hire 25 more police officers thanks to a federal grant, the city is getting the grant from the justice department. they will be assigned to areas around the middle schools, and focus on youth, keeping the streets clear of drugs and gang activity. the city will have 675 officers, still down from more than 800 officers just two years ago. and fresh worries about the greek bailout package, the dow dropped 179 points, the nasdaq closed down 55. the german chancellor said the bailout may need to be reworked, leaving banks with bigger losses on greek bonds. and holding up the latest kindle model, it is a tablet computer with platforms for

games, music, movies and other applications. it is about half the size of the ipad. available for consumers in mid- november. and a vacaville health teacher is doing what he can to keep blessings and destructions out of his class. the high school teacher is trying to make his students stop saying god bless you after somebody sneezes in class. he even knocked 25 points from a student's grade for saying it. for mr. kukovich it is all about history. >> when you did this in the old days they thought you were throwing away the eevil spirits, so they said god bless you. >> after parents complained about grades being hurt, the school made him stop docking points. but he is still looking for ways to keep the blessings to a minimum. and cheating on s.a.t.s, how an alleged scam was uncovered. and back here in 10 minutes, we'll show you big

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cheating scandal rocking one of the country's top academic high schools. 19-year-old college student sam eshaghoff and six others were arrested in long island, new york, he is accused of taking tests for students at great neck north high school in exchange for payments of up to 2500. the alleged scam was uncovered when the scores were much higher for the students who were supposed to be taking the test. and reebok to give back money regarding toning shoes due to a settlement . it involves easy tone walking shoes, run tone running shoes and flip flops. in ads, reebok claimed it had better toning benefits than other shoes. reebok is allowed to sell the shoes still, but can't make claims about the toning benefits. and in libya, the fight for muammar qaddafi's home town is

proving to be a battle. muammar qaddafi's loyalists are well trained in putting up a fight. muammar qaddafi's son is said to be hiding there. the leader himself may be in the southern desert, sources say. and in somali, aid is pooring in for people hit by the drought and famine, the united states says that two thirds needed has been donated so far. nearly 13 million people in the horn of africa need help desperately. and in switzerland, film director roman polanski apologized to the woman he sexually assaulted years past, he calls her a victim, and a victim of the press. he also received a lifetime achievement reward. he is still wanted in the u.s. for the sexual assault. and new associated press mtv poll shows teens and young adults are no strangers to

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talking about issues important to latino voters. he told the representatives that he believes it will only be a matter of time before the country sees a strong candidate for president. as they reported, latino voter news s in the bay area are a strong and growing group. >> if you don't vote, you will live with the consequences. >> this is the latest ad encouraging latinos to vote. the u.s. census showed that hispanics made up 7% of voters in the 2010 congressional election, that is up from past recordings. >> no surprise, says the stanford history professor if you look at the numbers of the eligible latino voters. >> it went up to 20 million in 10 years. so right there the demographics tell you there is potential for a huge increase in the hispanic vote. >> reporter: he says one big

challenge remains roughly half the latino population can't vote because they're either too young or not citizens. and those who can vote traditionally have low turnouts at the polls. >> i don't have time for that. >> i just became a legal resident, so that is the reason i haven't voted yet. >> reporter: roughly one third of santa clara's population is latino, the highest in the area. they usually vote democratic, but yet there were three key candidates that were republican. they are getting influenced in sacramento. >> that will continue, okay, because the population numbers are growing, and we like to elect people that look like us, that speak like us. >> and the courting has started. maureen naylor, ktvu channel 2 action news. and today brings another

challenge to the state over the budget, the league of california is suing the state, saying that many are cheated out of vehicle taxes. in june, the government and lawmakers shifted that to pay for public safety grants. the suit asked the state to return the funds to cities at a later date. and the u.s. coast guard released video today of a so- called drug sub stopped in the caribbean. it showed them approaching the vessel 10 days ago, the subs are apparently designed to sink quickly in case law enforcement approaches. this one did sink, but the crew was caught along with a quantity of cocaine. the crew members are now in u.s. custody. and welcome back, right now the fog is moving back up the coast, today the hotter day that we'll see for a while. maybe a few weeks. it was hot out there, what we're checking out now you can't see it because it is night. but the fog is coming up the coast, right now it is this far. the winds switched around on the coast, we're seeing a southerly surge of fall coming

up to san francisco, and ocean beach. tomorrow morning when you wake up we have fog in our beaches, right at the coast, the visibility will be poor. it will be right down at the deck. you will have poor visibility up there on devil slide, the great highway, highway one going up towards the beach. poor visibility, early morning hours. the general theme here with weather, a cooling trend starting tomorrow, going right through the weekend and into next week. and this weekend, this cooling trend is being pushed along by weather systems in the pacific that are fairly strong for this time of year. up in the aleutian island chains that is where the storms come from this time of year, and there are a couple brewing here that are significant. and we're looking at rain for the bay area as we look at monday, tuesday of next week. the timing is rough but it will knock the fire danger down big time if we see the rain. wet and windy conditions next week. the cooling trend starts now, all part of the same deal.

the forecast going through the bay area, climbs tomorrow, cool along the coast, mild around the bay. instead of upper 90s in the inland bay valleys you will find livermore, out towards brentmore, 91-2, san jose, in the mid-80s, and significant cooling for friday, saturday and sunday. so that low pressure center dropping south, the temperatures drop south and it starts to really, really feel like fall around here. it is going to be interesting how quickly things change. you probably noticed that last sunday was kind of unusual, this weekend looks okay. a lot more clouds, especially on sunday, next week looks wet. the forecasted highs tomorrow, clear lake, 90, 80 in richmond, the forecast out there, walnut creek, 85. not a spare the air day. fire danger, not as high, along the coast, temperatures in the

mid-to low 60s, and it will be interesting, julie haener next week. if you washed your cars, i'm telling you, very interesting, the storms are like december, a long ways to go, but unusual to see it. >> tonight a beautiful night. >> and tomorrow night will be nice as well. >> and the weekend will be okay, because there is a big festival in the city, the work crews busy this week getting ready for one of san francisco's most popular free events, the hardly strictly blue grass festival starting friday morning, running until sunday evening. bill says the weather will be okay. few days of free music, a gift from the music lover, warren hellman, and chris isaac and big old

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. came down to the wire for four teams but now everything is set. >> yeah, and no giants, last season it was not until november one, this time, they're finished after 162 games, and a sellout, and carlos beltran in the fifth, preserving a 300 average, one of the questions is whether pat burrell will still be playing, giants go down 6-3 to finish the season, 86 and 76. the baseball constant is, new season, bring change. >> you know i knew it would be a tough one, it just was -- the uncertainty of what is going to happen next. but -- the thought that -- this

may be the last day, you know -- kind of took over. >> next year will be a better ball club, having others healthy, sanchez, healthy, and it will be a good thing. but like i say right now i'm just going to take advantage of the off season and see how everything works. >> the a's played out the string tonight in seattle. miller knocking in all the runs with this swing of the bat off the seattle mariners, anthony vasquez, the 2-0 win, was off the starter, gio gonzales, and deciding baseball's two wild card team, in the american league, boston and tampa bay started dead evening, and in the 9th, 2-3 lead over the orioles, and robert andino leans it up to the left, nolan

ryan gets the winning run. and they celebrate like they just won the pennant, moments later in the 12th of a 7-7 game, tampa bay finishing, longoria with a line drive to left, makes it off the fence, the rays had come back from a 7- 0 deficit, part of that, a 3- run homer by longoria, they are in the 3-run wild card, similar in the national, between st. louis and atlanta, cardinals did their part in houston, pujols with a hit in the first, scoring john jay, st. louis gets five in the first, 8-0 win over the astros, cardinals and braves started the day in a dead heat. atlanta was in philadelphia, tied with the phillies at 3. hunter with a bloop, doesn't make it to right field, philadelphia wins 4-3, in 13, they were interested observer

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