. >>> a fight for first place in detroit, tigers pitcher justin verland er facing the minnesota twins vrelander doing his best, the tigers beat the twins. so detroit now has a two game lead, those two teams head to head in the next few weeks. we count down to >>> it's a diamond big enough to make friends with hundreds of girls. this 500 carat was found at an african mine. it was found with over 200 other diamonds: the value of the stone, has yet to be determined. >> kind of hard to find a ( band playing "late show" theme ) >> from new york, the greatest city in the world, it's the "late show" with david letterman.

in detroit, the tigers and the minnesota twins played two games on the same night because monday's game was rained out. they split them one game apiece. the tigers are the leading team in the american league central. three games remaining for the colorado rockies. they have a three-game lead against the atlanta team. this game into extra innings. to see what remains. that is why he is a pinch hitter. he hits the ball very far. in tennis, calling the early departure of the top two seeds, the no. 3 has also been knocked out in tokyo. she was beaten in three sets b. that will be plenty of bankers reform maria, who is aiming for her first title of the year. she has been injured for most of the season. this is the last 16 after a straight set crashing from the australian athletes. the vilest of the recent u.s. open had to pull out of her second round match. -- the final list of the recent u.s. open had to pull out of her second round match. on tuesday, there were held to a draw in russia, held in barcelona take sole control. it certainly is an equalizer. the 19-year-old scored both of the go

central, trying to hold off the minnesota twins. taking on the cleveland indians.n, solo home run here. his 14th. edwin jackson, seven shutout innings for detroit. when the tigers got in trouble, they got out of it. bases-loaded jam here in the eighth. tigers win, 3-1. >>> that means the twins need to win to keep pace with the tigers in the a.l. central. top of the sixth, michael cuddyer, off john danks. solo shot. 6-5, minnesota. later in the inning, matt tollbert, deep to left. carlos quentin back at the wall. can't make the grab. goes over the wall for a two-run grab. >>> that will do it from here. now, back to you in new york. >>> now, to really unbelievable video. a 6-year-old girl from washington state is still shaken up after a narrow brush with disaster. and it was all caught on surveillance camera. yasmine was trailing behind her parents outside a supermarket, when an out-of-control car barrels toward her and crashes against the building. >> look at that. if it weren't for those concrete parking poles, she, of course, would have been crushed. afterward, ya

young vida blue, lefty, for the oakland a's pitched a no-hitter against the minnesota twins. ggie wayne forges memories. you saw the baseball turf. one of a couple of stadiums that still has the baseball diamond out interest in september. more on tonight's match-up, heading down to south florida, join stuart scott for the "monday night football" launch engineered by the gmc sierra. to our engineer, stuart along with steve and mack. good evening. >> good evening, a balmy night in south florida. last time peyton manning was in this stadium was if called dolphins shame yum. and mvp much super bowl xli. it's now called landshark stadium. when super bowl xlvi roll as round it's dolphins stadium. or joe robby. >> miami-dade. orange. >> the colts are just the colts. always one of the best teams in the league. are they still good with a new coach, and, you know, not so many wideouts? >> yes. that's real simple answer. >> they're still good like the colts have been good. >> yeah. they are. because not a lot of pieces have changed. main thing they have peyton manning, that's the first t

big trouble for the detroit tigers, the minnesota twins are closing in. justin verlander on the mound for detroit in the dome. after the twins won on friday, here's mauer, bottom one, his 28th. 1-1. >> last time he faced verlander, he hit a home run off of him in that game too. >> and gerald laird throwing out base runners. this time, bernard span. carl pavano facing everett. brian buscher and e.y. that one went off his foot. >> i can tell that's the breaks are you going your way. when it goes to your particular play, he's able to make the play out. >> that's why you see the pitchers stick their legs up all the time, looking for the deflection. >> why is gerald laird so great at throwing them out? >> he moves his feet well, he's athletic. he's one of the top three or four throwers in baseball. >> cabrera left field, don kelly put out there. got that white ceiling at the dome in a day game. kelly said once it got above the lights i lost it, i had no clue where it was. >> i know how you feel out there, kelly, because that's happened to me and a lot of outfie

the strikeouts, second only to justin verlander's 245. his next scheduled start on sunday at home against the twins. his final two starts should be against the minnesota twins. so here are your big four contenders in the american league. greinke across the board looks really good with all of his numbers. hernandez is the closest to him from all those numbers, and then verlander and sbadgea. sbadgea has the most wins. look at the e.r.a. difference between greinke and sabathia. more than a run. a healthy, healthy margin there. tim kurkjian is back. tim, in my mind, this is no argument at all. zack greinke is by far the best pitcher in the american league this year. what about his performance this year and what do you think about the cy young? >> well, i agree with you completely, john. he's going to win the cy young and he will deserve it. you talked about that e.r.a. it's remarkable, 2.08 in this -- you know, hitting era that we're in. keep in mind in the d.h. era in the american league, 1973 on, only four pitchers have had an e.r.a. as low as greinke's now in the 200-inning season. roger clemens, pedro martinez, and jim palmer. no pitcher in the ameri

the a.l. central. minnesota was seven games back. the tigers have been in first place since early may. now the twins within two games with five more to may against the tigers including sunday series finale at the dome in which scott baker will start for the twins as minnesota goes for the three-game sweep. buck, the tigers are sitting pretty here. everything lined up. verlander was pitching well. he had a lead and then the eighth inning it is gone. what happened in the eighth inning? >> you go back in the locker room and you go what just happened out there? it was a fascinating eighth inning and in close games the little things matter so much. with the help of my friends here we'll break down the eighth inning and look at the little things that made such a huge difference in that game. first of all, a good outfielder. >> he is. he's a defensive replacement and did play one game in the outfield, july 5 and he's used to it. he makes a really nice play here. keeping denard span to the single. it doesn't matter how long you've been out there, you can lose the ball very easily and don kelly loses it here

central, because after he pitches against boston tonight, his next two starts will be against the minnesota twins go in to play today 2 1/2 games behind the tigers. chris: and felix hernandez, his next start is thursday against the blue jays. greinke's second in the a.l. in strikeouts. the cy young predictor is interesting, if you haven't checked it out. it says c.c. sabathia is even ahead of greinke in the race. check it out, espn.com. let's move on to another big pitcher, chapman, that hard- throwing lefty, one of the best prospects in the world. now he started the process to become eligible for free agency in the off-season, establishing residency outside the u.s. in andora, a small european country near spain and france. this is an important step because it takes him out of the amateur draft. big bidding war. how big, buster? >> it's going to be enormous. and it's going to involve the usual suspects, the red sox against the yankees, maybe the chicago teams getting involved. a lot of the bidding is going to depend on how he looks when he throws for scouts before the bidding process begins. in

they were known as the minnesota twins when justice blackman came on the court. >> justice, in writing an opinion will, arguably conflicting priorities on the one hand to state a general will, making clear that your opinion is situated within the rule of law. and on the other hand, the obligation to decide for the case. before you. how does one balance the obligation to state a general rule with the onablyization not the -- to say more than you need to say. and what do you think the court has to decide to stay or not stay? >> when an area is new tow the court. my colleague calls it minimalism. i don't call it that. we can't see all we see around corners. and it's better, i think the first time an issue comes before the court to be very careful. and even in the line of cases that i argued in the 1970's. when people told me that justice fren nan, had for a particularity. it was much too early. my thought was that there would be 6 $15,, $7,000. then it could come without that general rule there. so i think go slow is the right approach for judges. but you can't know from the first case wh

. >> their last 12 games, six are against the kansas city royals or the minnesota twins. d. the twins play the royals, the twins will catch the tigers. >> i give plaschke the point because it sounded like blackistone was going to say the city of chicago. you don't like m.m.a. but you do like herschel walker. now that he's commenced training, whatever shall you do? we know he's probably gonna be in pretty good shape but he's 47. will this work out well, plaschke? >> it's going to with -- be horrific. anybody used to playing in a sport with controlled rules -- no this is going to be ugly. >> he's one of the greatest athletes of our time and he's just about one year shy of what randy couture is in terms of age and couture dominates. >> he didn't even talk about the tae kwon do that walker does. point and game to kevin blackistone. wealth of information from k.b. >> thank you very much. i want to pat somebody on the back. a guy by the name of diego gutierrez. he was a retired soccer player in the m.l.s. played for a long time with the kansas city wizards. later this week he is

the twins. >> yeah. >> jimmy: did he play on the minnesota twins? laughter ] >> jimmy: did you think i think kirby had twins? >> yes, i did. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: you didn't hear? >> i was like, "wow, okay." >> jimmy: yeah, he had twins. all right, so, now before you let me empty your purse, let's find out what question i'll have to answer about you. here we go. question number two here. this is from a long time ago. who knows what they could ask. [ laughter ] fantastic. adhesive there. "what is your favorite sport? what is your favorite sport?" >> jimmy: let me -- "empty your pocketbook." let's go. ♪ >> pocketbook and pockets. or -- okay. >> jimmy: come on, puckett, let's do this. all right, there's some cash, lip balm. that's illegal. yes, you know what to bring. [ laughter ] oh, my god. what is going on? what is going on? you have four cameras. >> yes. >> jimmy: okay. >> and it zooms. >> jimmy: all right, yeah, yeah, one of them zooms. >> they're both zooms. >> jimmy: hopefully -- hopefully they do different things. yeah, why would -- okay, why

the game at five. but michael cuddyer did it for the twins. solo shot for him. his 29th of the year. minnesota regains the lead at 6-5. later in the inning, matt colbert off danks. off the top of the fence. they say it was a home run. tolbert's second home run of the year. big sixth inning for the twins helped them pull away and win 8-6. tigers and twins both remain so detroit's lead remains at 2 1/2 games in the a.l. central. twins, 12-8 this month, that's just one game better than the tigers. >>> cardinals in a bit of a lull. they've lost 6-10. albert pujols, top three, two outs, two on, he singles. skip schumaker scores.

the minute fin twins. fans want their final taste of the stadium. you have a twins' team under rod gardenhire that believes in itself. you have the tigers looking over the shoulders and the charging minnesotawins who are ready the make up that ground. >> they've been hot. >> they've definitely been hot, but from a tigers standpoint, they need to ignite them. somebody at the top of the lineup to get this offense going. curtis granderson is the guy you're looking for, however, he's been 5-33 his last ten game, so it's obvious you cannot put him at the top of the lineup. them from a pitching standpoint, the e.r.a. is over 6.44. therefore if you give up that many runs and are not scoring a lot of run, that dooms for a lot of losses. the tigers are in trouble. >> they have their rotation set up. they'll go pore sell low, verlander, washburn friday, saturday, sunday in minnesota. >> back to one of our stories earlier that we were telling you about. brandon jacobs had some things to say about the cowboys, particularly the cowboys' fans. not happy about the way the fans have i guess cheered against him and his giants' teammates. this is what jake had to say about the cowboys as he goes into dallas

i told you about the minnesota twins. do not have the best pitching staff and now they just lost clifton morneau. they can't afford it. and they never spent money for it anyway. the only money they spent was to keep joe nathan in house and have the great closer there but other than that they don't spend a lot of money. but if you only make 66 or close to 70 errors for the entire season that's spectacular. that's the kind of stuff that ceepsz you in it this late in the year, four games behind the tigers in the central. you know the tigers paid a pretty penny for their team. >> bob: bergmann on a breaking ball strikes out beltran. he got ahead with the fastball. buries the hook. >> rob: and then buries the hook in the ground right where it should be. >> bob: johnny and ray are back together. it's "nats xtra" postgame presented by verizon fios. home run lumber broken out here in the big apple tonight >> rob: i like that nickname. the national lumber company. >> bob: you like that. >> rob: for our offense? >> bob: a bouncer, b

the sixth. american league central -- it is in chicago. minnesota twins beat the white sox 7-0. chicago had a rookie pitcher on the mound, did not have a good night. about was orlando cabrera coming home thanks to an error and in the fifth cabrera was on second base and then an rbi getting him home. triumphant return of cami clusters -- kim clijsters but just been henin will announce a return, and she is only 27 years old -- justin henin. >> let me just remind you of the top stories. world leaders, including presidenthu jintao in china are said to me for a climate change summit in new york. they will discuss plans for a cheats -- treated to replace the kyoto protocol. the u.n. chief, negotiator says he believes president who jintao could release dated ambitious plan to reduce the carbon footprint. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu, the newman's own foundation, the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, union bank. >> union bank has put its financial strength to work for a wide range of companies from small bu

the bird, 9-6. in minnesota, white sox and twins, bottom of the second. brendan harris, fly ball to gap. scott podsednik, difings catch for the out. scott podsednik with our catch of the day. out, big fella. for tennis fans, it is the u.s. open. the top seed safina advanced advanced just barely in three sets. maria sheriff rims a forehand winner. she breaks serve and wins the first set 6-3. second said, sheriff up 4-0, comes to the net and ban the winner at the net. sheriff advance 6-3, 6-0. 67-year-old muhammad ali, who continues to suffer with park insons continues to search for his irish roots. thousands lined the streets to get a glimpse of the three tim champ. the mayor treated him like royalty. abe grady settled in kentky. muhammad ali back in ireland. is that a great story or what? >> i have heard everything. we will be right back. the new mcdonald's bacon and cheese angus third pounder. before taking it on, one must study it first. rushing in unprepared may prove overwhelming... with all that juicy, 100% angus beef. there! you found a point of entry! the bacon beckons like a spri

the aft l. central still up for grabs. down to the twins and tigers. they played a doubleheader in detroit. in the 10th. cabrera lined one to left. that scored a run. minnesota jumps on top. they scored two in the inning and win 3-2 1k3 close the gap to just one game. twins down 5-2 in the sixth. layered popped one behind home plate. mauer made a juggling grab on the other side of the screen. take a look. a fan interfered with the ball and he stuck with it. down two with two down. nick a fly ball to granderson. game over, right? wrong. grander son miss judged it. scored a run and the lead down to one. that wouldn't get it done. tigers won game two and remain two games ahead of minnesota in the central. now to boston. the red sox needed to get a win against the blue jays and they would clinch the wild card. that, though, easier said than done. he hit not one, not two, but three home runs. could have hit four but was hit by a pinch in the night. blue jays won 8-7. red sox dropped five straight. angels beat texas. dodgers magic number remains at one after losing to the padres. san diego a 1-0 lead with his second homer of the season. dodgers are limping toward

the nation. you can expect rain and possible flooding from minnesota to mississippi, with the heaviest downpours in the twincities, .es moines and st. louis. showers expected in kansas and colorado. and northern new england.lley and northern new england. >> as for temperatures, 90 in boston 72 in new york. and high and just 63 in boston. 68 in minneapolis. and highs in the 70s across much sacramentowest. a sweltering 103 in phoenix. 97 in sacramento. nd 90 in boise. portland will get up to 81. and seattle will be just 71. >>> and coming up, when you'll va be able to get the swine flu leaders >>> also, the world is watching the g-20 leaders today. but why are they meeting in pittsburgh? turns out the city has quite a aory to tell. st> and this morning, actor randy quaid, under >>> we'll get a fresh read on the housing market this morning. government numbers are expected to show a slight increase in new home sales in august. but the market is still very fragile. existing home sales dropped nearly 3% last month, after rising four months in a row. and home prices were down, more than 9% from a year ago. >>> chr

the nation. you can expect rain and possible flooding from minnesota to mississippi, with the heaviest downpours in the twincities, .es moines and st. louis. showers expected in kansas and colorado. and northern new england.lley and northern new england. >> as for temperatures, 90 in boston 72 in new york. and high and just 63 in boston. 68 in minneapolis. and highs in the 70s across much sacramentowest. a sweltering 103 in phoenix. 97 in sacramento. nd 90 in boise. portland will get up to 81. and seattle will be just 71. >>> and coming up, when you'll va be able to get the swine flu leaders >>> also, the world is watching the g-20 leaders today. but why are they meeting in pittsburgh? turns out the city has quite a aory to tell. st> and this morning, actor randy quaid, under arrest and taken to jail. óóó why did i take an allergy medicine... ...that only lasts four to six hours? i discovered claritin has a new 12-hour. it works all day, so i can make it to the top. (announcer) introducing the only non-drowsy 12-hour allergy medicine. new claritin 12-hour. live claritin clear. activia light!ht yogurt like n

there were very close and there were known as the minnesota twins won justice blackmun for skin on thert. >> in writing an opinion with conflicting priorities on the one hand to steady general rule will guide future decisions and make it clear that your opinion is situated within the rule block and on the other hand, the obligation to decide no more than the case or controversy before you. how does one balance the obligation to state a general rule with the obligation not to say more than you need to said? what you think the court should do in terms of making sure it does stay on one case at a time? >> when an area is new to the court, that could be minimalism. i don't call it that. we cannot always see around corners. it is better that the first on an issue comes before the court to be very careful. even at a lot of cases i targeted the 1970's, when people told me that justice brennan had declared sex as suspect classification, it was much too early. that's what i was arguing but my thought was that there would be maybe a up to eight cases and when the courts so that none of these cla

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the twins also on the road, taking on the white sox in chicago. so they needed a win to keep pace. rookie jeff manship getting the start in a crucial spot for minnesota. top first, orlando cabrera up with a man on. that's off john danks. and it's not coming back. two-run shot. eighth of the year. for cabrera. twins are on the board early. 2-0. and manship, hanging a breaking ball to gordon beckham. and beckham going deep for his 13th. two-run shot. white sox up 4-3. manship lasted just 2 2/3, five hits, four runs. top five, game now tied at four, joe mauer up with two out and one on. scott podsednik almost got to it. but this isn't the almost "sportscenter." cabrera scores all the way from first on a close play. the twins back on top 5-4. bottom of the fifth, francisco liriano on in relief of manship. paul konerko getting to him. beckham will come all the way around from first. and chicago comes back to tie the game at five. but michael cuddyer did it for the twins. solo shot for him. his 29th of the year. minnesota regains the lead at 6-5. later in the inning, matt colbert off danks. off the top of the fence. they say it was a home run. tolbert's se

the twins also on the road, taking on the white sox in chicago. so they needed a win to keep pace. rookie jeff manship getting the start in a crucial spot for minnesota. top first, orlando cabrera up with a man on. that's off john danks. and it's not coming back. two-run shot. eighth of the year. for cabrera. twins are on the board early. 2-0. and manship, hanging a breaking ball to gordon beckham. and beckham going deep for his 13th. two-run shot. white sox up 4-3. manship lasted just 2 2/3, five hits, four runs. top five, game now tied at four, joe mauer up with two out and one on. scott podsednik almost got to it. but this isn't the almost "sportscenter." cabrera scores all the way from first on a close play. the twins back on top 5-4. bottom of the fifth, francisco liriano on in relief of manship. paul konerko getting to him. beckham will come all the way around from first. and chicago comes back to tie the game at five. but michael cuddyer did it for the twins. solo shot for him. his 29th of the year. minnesota regains the lead at 6-5. later in the inning, matt colbert off danks. off the top of the fence. they say it was a home run. tolbert's se

the sixth inning in texas. sixth inning in minnesota with the twins out in important of cleveland 5-3. the year with a back injury. and the second inning in seattle, the white sox and the mariners are scoreless. the red sox win. to get an updated look at the wildcard standings, five games up on the texas rangers. the way the red sox are going, they're going to try to make a charge at the yankees over the final week0s f the season. tonight the birds win it 10-5 over the rays to even up this four-game series at a win each.   >> brian roberts, his 57, a short time ago he was asked about breaking the club record of the doubles in a season. >> thanks. it is kind of like the one they asked me the o'day. it is something when it is all said and done and when i'm old and i have my grandkid sitting on my knee, i might look back and enjoy it. right now i am just trying to play games and help these young guys along and get us ready for next year. >> brian roberts, the seasoned veteran at 31. "o's xtra" challenge, oh, i won! luke scott, 2-4 for the double and the home run and two rbi's. for

the seventh. blackburn, seven innings, eight hits, no runs. twins win 7-0 and pick up a half game on the tigers. the twins dwayne a half game because the tigers were idle with their win. minnesota2 games back of detroit after their seventh win in their last eight games. we do have a race. >>> astros have seen enough of cecil cooper to know they didn't want him anymore. the team fired him monday. cooper was one game positive .500 in his two seasons in houston. the astros said they moved on early to evaluate other facets of the organization. >>> dave clark taking over as interim manager and started his new gig monday against the cardinals. mark derosa made his night a tough one. top first, 1-0, cardinals, facing wandy rodriguez, that will be good for a double. here comes matt holliday and ryan ludwick. derosa, a little greedy, trying to take third base. and they nail him. cardinals take a 3-0 lead. top three, 5-1 cards. derosa with the look in his eye. look where humberto quintero sets it up. top six, 6-2, cards. chad paronto facing derosa. watch where he sets up and look where it's thrown. i think you know the rest. derosa goes deep. his 23rd. the cardinals win it 7-3. >>> a bro

the seventh. blackburn, seven innings, eight hits, no runs. twins win 7-0 and pick up a half game on the tigers. the twins dwayne a half game because the tigers were idle with their win. minnesotain in their last eight games. we do have a race. >>> astros have seen enough of cecil cooper to know they didn't want him anymore. the team fired him monday. cooper was one game positive .500 in his two seasons in houston. the astros said they moved on early to evaluate other facets of the organization. >>> dave clark taking over as interim manager and started his new gig monday against the cardinals. mark derosa made his night a tough one. top first, 1-0, cardinals, facing wandy rodriguez, that will be good for a double. here comes matt holliday and ryan ludwick. derosa, a little greedy, trying to take third base. and they nail him. cardinals take a 3-0 lead. top three, 5-1 cards. derosa with the look in his eye. look where humberto quintero sets it up. top six, 6-2, cards. chad paronto facing derosa. watch where he sets up and look where it's thrown. i think you know the rest. derosa goes deep. his 23rd. the cardinals win it 7-3. >>> a broken fingernail would not sideline brett favre

i should mention that the minnesota gold echb gophers have a football game and twins have a game and 15,000 crowd is pretty impressive concerning what sells available in the area today. >> jamie: mike, live from minneapolis. so many americans are concerned about health care. >>> president obama is maintaining that sense of you are is genesee. he wants action. from that rally in minnesota that mike just told bus to saturday morning address. >> based on a brand-new report from the treasury department we can expect that about half of all americans under 65 will lose their health coverage at some point over the next ten years. if you are under the age of 21 today, chances are more than half that you'll find yourself uninsured during that time and one-third will go without coverage for longer than one year. >> jamie: so the president is saying, if you are not on medicare sometime in the next ten years, you won't have coverage for some period of time. is this is scary to think about it. is it a scary tactic or true reality check? joining us now is susan and matt lewis. welcome to both of yo

the season. tigers win 6-2 and they snap the twins' six-game-winning streak and extend their division lead to three games. big, big win for detroit as they stop minnesota's momentum and the lead once again back to three. the tigers at cleveland and chicago this week before heading home for the final seven games which include a four-game home stand against the twins. mean while the twins head out on the road for the next 10 games before closing at home against the royals. the tigers' magic number is 11. >>> still to come on "sportscenter," packers-bengals, won and lost in dramatic fashion last week. see how they switched role this is sunday. and peyton manning, why he's not comfortable with brett favre in viking horns and how powerful the word "retirement" can be. >> people start to ask me, what about -- they threw that "r" word out to me and if you mention the r word it creeps in your mind. plus i still feel young. >> the race for the chase. the points leader off to a great start thanks to a three-lap dash to the finish. stay with us. >>> week two of the nfl, drew brees taking his act to philly and the titans beaten at their own game and the packers raci

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the committee opposed, it is likely to fail. >> now a look at your friday forecast. a wet day from minnesota to mississippi with flooding in the twinunderstorms in florida, scattered showers in the carolinas and ohio valley and south texas. >> a high of 81 in dallas, 88 in new orleans and 90 in miami. boston will only get up to 63. baltimore 75. a rainy 75 in st. louis, 72 in detroit and 71 in chicago. it's 86 in salt lake city and 78 in albuquerque. >> here's an interesting way to get around. it looks like a cross between the unicycle and star ship enterprise. >> take a look at this thing. it's the single wheel futuristic power chair prototype. to get around you sit on it like a stool and lean in the direction you want to go. honda say it designed the electric battery powered device for the elderly. >> we'll have to wait and see how many seniors are daring enough to take a look at this one. senior citizens on unicycles may not be a good idea. pete, i'm not going to ask you to chime in. you want to be polled? he's nodding no. we'll be right back with more "world news now." ♪ >> welcome back. as we mentioned earlier, among the serie

the remaining schedule, both of his scheduled starts are against the twins who like boston are still playing for something. so far this year, he's 0-1 in two starts against minnesota and while the royals have been out of the race for some time in their division, greinke still has a say in who wins it. 17 of his starts have been versus the division. he's 7-4 with an e.r.a. of 2.22 against the central division foes. >>> thank goodness we have the a.l. central. closest thing we have to a race. the tigers in cleveland leading the twins. you can see by just two. and edwin jackson going for detroit. trevor crowe with two on and two out. crowe singles to left. matt laporta will try and score. if you're calling for laporta, the best is yet to be. he'll call you when he gets home. out at the plate. the throw by ryan raburn. laporta out. by several steps. he was hurt on the play and would have to leave the game. top of the third, here's raburn. how about raburn? after the defensive throw, shows the offense. throws one out of the yard. tigers had a 1-0 lead. raburn, his 14th. miguel cabrera an up-and-down night. lines it off jhonny peralta's glove but asdrubal peralta fields

somali individuals from minnesota who were returned to somalia to join islamic extremists and after the briefings i'm satisfied the fbi has done a very good job on the ground in the twin cities. obviously, these individuals are a rare exception within the somali community and -- in minnesota, which is a patriotic and hard-working and important part of our statement one of the main things that makes the country special is, we're a melting pot and have people with the cultural background and language skills that we need for these investigations, how is the fbi doing on this front, do we have enough arabic-speaking translators for example? for terror investigations. >> we -- i cannot say we're doing as well as i would like. we have almost doubled our capabilities since september 11th, but that was a small capability to begin with. and when it comes to somali speakers or pashtun or others where there are various clan dialects and the like it becomes more problematic. we have had substantial outreach programs since september 11th, in trying to attract those who have those capabilities, both in terms of providing translating and... and -- well, translating capabilities but

the boston red sox. >>> minnesota, starting a four- game series at detroit. game 1 this afternoon. i'll have highlights of the twins and tigers, play-off style baseball. that's ahead. >>> plus, we'll hear from ravens coach john harbaugh about the team's success on the road. and he talks about quieting that road crowd, which they will try to do in foxboro. by the way, the patriots are the only team in the afc. the ravens in the franchise have never beaten. >> wow. >>> still to come tonight on wjz eyewitness news. >>> how the mount airy community is trying it heal after a triple murder-suicide claimed the life of a family. i'm adam may, coming up with >>> coming up now on eyewitness news at 6:00. shocking tragedy. how friends of the victims are coping. >>> a university of maryland research doctor is dead, after overdosing on drugs. now, her boyfriend, also a doctor with the school of medicine, faces several charges. i'm weijia jiang in downtown baltimore. the details straight ahead on eyewitness news. >>> blowing its stack. flames shooting 100 feet into the air. and a baltimore county industrial plant. what sparked i

the year, angels have would be four of five. >>> minnesota making things interesting in the al central, blackburn struck out six over seven innings. hit in the head by a pitch, remained down for seven minutes. twins beat the sox 7-0, now trail first place detroit by 2 1/2. >>> cecil cooper fired hours before the game against the cards. st. louis handed houston the eighth straight loss, 7-3. >>> the world's tallest man taking in the mets-braves game. the mets got blown out. chipper jones 4 rbi, braves scored 11 runs in the first three to beat the mets 11-3. that's your early look at sports on "early today." >>> which reality tv star got the cold shoulder from martha stewart? your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, pamploma, eat your heart out. nothing can top nebraska's running of the weiners. today." we've had outstanding weather for the last several days, but we are finding showers creeping into western new york and northwestern pennsylvania. new york today, and increasing cloud cover, highs at 80, boston, 76, still a storm chance in the southeast. but things do get better tomorrow. partly cloudy in atlanta, getting a chance to dry out there, high's at 85. atlant

the season. tigers win 6-2 and they snap the twins' six-game-winning streak and extend their division lead to three games. big, big win for detroit as they stop minnesota's momentum and the lead once again back to three. the tigers at cleveland and chicago this week before heading home for the final seven games which include a four-game home stand against the twins. mean while the twins head out on the road for the next 10 games before closing at home against the royals. the tigers' magic number is 11. >>> still to come on "sportscenter," packers-bengals, won and lost in dramatic fashion last week. see how they switched role this is sunday. and peyton manning, why he's not comfortable with brett favre in viking horns and how powerful the word "retirement" can be. >> people start to ask me, what about -- they threw that "r" word out to me and if you mention the r word it creeps in your mind. plus i still feel young. >> the race for the chase. the points leader off to a great start thanks to a three-lap dash to the finish. stay with us. call it a weight-loss smack down. he's a hall of fame quarterback who scored a 22-pound weight loss thanks to nutrisystem

the central. the twins gain game on the tigers, so minnesota, only 3 1/2 hour. >> espn sideline reporter erin andrewsterviewed for the oprah winfrey show. her first interview since footage of her being unknowingly videotaped inside a hotel room appeared on the internet. andrews told oprah winfrey the incident was "a nightmare." and that returning to work is going to help me heal my wounds. the interview is slated to air on the oprah winfrey show friday, september 11, she returns to the sidelines this thursday night for the south carolina nc state game on espn. top stories on the way. the ricky rubio saga continues. we now know he's not coming to minnesota just yet. but he has found a new home in spain. and brett favre on the field monday night for the vikings. we'll break down number four's second opportunity to win over fans and teammates in minnesota. i'm racing cross country in this small sidecar, but i've still got room for the internet. with my new netbook from at&t. with its built-in 3g network, it's fast and small, so it goes places other laptops can't. i'm bill kurtis, and i've got plenty of

twins and tigers, a blts a top the a.l. central. rayburn went deep for a solo blast. tigers won it 6-2. they lead minnesota by three with just 13 to placement new hampshire, trouble in the pits. kyle busch, look out. right into david ragan. a love tap. 50-year-old won the first race in the chase to the cup. that's an early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >> thank you, fred. >>> someone has actually come out defending kanye west. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, he tried to wake his dad to play a video game and ended up saving his life instead. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back on this monday morning. i'm meteorologist bill karins. i talked a little bit about the flash flooding in atlanta. that's going to be troublesome for the commute. we have rain up through michigan, detroit, saginaw, grand rapids, traverse city. other areas for rain today, really everywhere in the ohio valley back down through tennessee. tennessee valley, jackson, atlanta. some of the worst of it today. mid atlantic, you're actually looking pretty g. well, if you're

the red sox. >> and minnesota michael could either rights of the offense the second-place twins needed against theoit three-set. the tiger leak seven games a week ago now down to three in the al central. >> to the ice and hit you have to see. although i warn you it is a nasty one. check out in calgary, the islanders file a posole, on the receiving end of a wallop by the flames dion back. i remind you this is preseason hockey. he was motionless on the ice for more than six minutes before being carted off on a stretcher. tests showed he suffered a mild concussion, should be okay. he says this was a clean hit. boy it is one that is hard to watch. >> good news to pass along from our producer joe, he said wolf blitzer was allowed to donate $25,000 to his charity. so they didn't lose $4000 through an x-ray. now he just has to go to distribute issue back. let's go to wreck. >> rick: in with a visitor here. 1000 is asking about kaitlyn. and wanting to not if he is as crazy as he seems on tv. clayton, kate is asking about you figure i wonder i would say that. nevermind. take a look at the weather picture n

providing me with briefings on somali individuals from minnesota who returned to somalia to join extremists. i am very happy that you're on the ground in the twincities. obviously, these individuals are a rare exception within the somali community in minnesota which is a patriotic and hardworking and important part of our state. one of the things that makes this country special is we're a melting pot and we have people with the cultural background and skills that we need for these investigations. how is the fbi doing on this front? do we have enough arabic-speaking translators, for example for terror investigations? >> we -- i can't say we're doing as well as i would like. we have almost doubled our capability since september 11th, but that was a small capability to begin with. when it comes to somali speakers or pashtu or others where there are various clan dialects it becomes more problematic. we've had substantial outreach programs since september 11th in trying to attract those who have those capabilities both in terms of providing, translating and -- translating capability, but also as agents to be able to operate. we're not where we want

the season. tigers win 6-2 and they snap the twins' six-game-winning streak and extend their division lead to three games. big, big win for detroit as they stop minnesota'sback to three. the tigers at cleveland and chicago this week before heading home for the final seven games which include a four-game home stand against the twins. mean while the twins head out on the road for the next 10 games before closing at home against the royals. the tigers' magic number is 11. >>> still to come on "sportscenter," packers-bengals, won and lost in dramatic fashion last week. see how they switched role this is sunday. and peyton manning, why he's not comfortable with brett favre in viking horns and how powerful the word "retirement" can be. >> people start to ask me, what about -- they threw that "r" word out to me and if you mention the r word it creeps in your mind. plus i still feel young. >> the race for the chase. the points leader off to a great start thanks to a three-lap dash to the finish. stay with us. ♪ ♪ i always feel like (announcer) it's right here, it's easy... ♪ somebody's watching me. ...it's the money you could be saving with geico. ♪ who's watchi

providing me with briefings on somali individuals from minnesota who returned to somalia to join extremists. i am very happy that you're on the ground in the twin cities. obviously, these individuals are a rare exception within the somali community in minnesota which is a patriotic and hardworking and important part of our state. one of the things that makes this country special is we're a melting pot and we have people with the cultural background and skills that we need for these investigations. how is the fbi doing on this front? do we have enough arabic-speaking translators, for example for terror investigations? >> we -- i can't say we're doing as well as i would like. we have almost doubled our capability since september 11th, but that was a small capability to begin with. when it comes to somali speakers or pashtu or others where there are various clan dialects it becomes more problematic. we've had substantial outreach programs since september 11th in trying to attract those who have those capabilities both in terms of providing, translating and -- translating capability, but also as agents to be able to operate. we're not where we want

. >> rob: you know the twins are still just four games out of first place, they have a shot, playing the tigers here the next three. they have only made 66 errors in minnesota: isn't that something. >> rob: in minnesota and that leads the american league. >> bob: well the phillies have made 67 and those pittsburgh pirates, all the grief they take from everybody, they have only made 63 errors all year. they at least catch the ball and don't beat themselves. when they get beat it's because the other team is better. and higher pryceed. >> former national brian schneider, he'll be a free agent after this year, hit .235 for the nationals in '07. .257 here in the last year. he hit 9. >> rob: very nice change-up right here. see how it starts inside, moves outside, brian this year was on the d.l. with a muscle pull in his back then tore a calf muscle while rehabbing. been a terrible season for him. just powers a fastball by him 1-2. >> rob: he took the 1-0 change- up. normally he offers that pitch. schneider has a good enough eye, comes back, four-seam fastball. >> bob: and that will be foul. >> rob: there you go, see, give it to a kid. he'll remember that the rest

the students in princeton, minnesota, they've been sent home. there are reports of suspicious packages all over the town, including the high school. so the school district, 50 miles north of the twinent all the kids there and the middle and two elementary schools as well, they've been sent home just as a precaution. the princeton union eagle reports suspicious packages were also found at the public utility commission office and the post office, as well. we are awaiting a news conference from officials in princeton. we'll bring that to you live when it happens. >>> millions of people are on edge after two deadly earthquakes. thousands of miles apart. the first hit the south pacific including a u.s. territory known as american samoa. waves washed away entire villages. 24 hours later another powerful and deadly earthquake hit the indian ocean in indonesia. there was no tsunami there but a lot of damage. western end indonesia earthquak killed many people. many were crushed under collapsed buildings. a lot of people don't have power or phone service there. the u.s. geology survey says it had a magnitude of 7.6. it sent panicked residents into the streets. a tsunami warning was issued b

minnesota can control their own destiny. be within four and you have a shot to control it. you don't have to watch the scoreboard. you only have to control what you are doing on the field. >> twinsn three out in that central division race. you get around the bases with espn on wednesday night for two major league baseball games. phillies take on the marlins and the giants will take on the diamondbacks. wednesday night baseball, part of the hunt for october on espn and espn 360 on wednesday. >> hotdogs, hamburgers and sausage. we are here at "sportscenter" and prefer to grill meat. who i say will have the best nfl career. >> peyton manning standing one win away from colts history. we go one-on-one with indy's head coach about their issues at wide receiver. that's next. three wides to the right side. one to the left. what does greatness taste like? steps up. heaves the ball. step up and order a miller lite aluminum pint. with a wide opening to deliver that true pilsner taste. down into the endzone. it's gonna be a tip ball. he's got it! unbelievable... and it's gonna be a touchdown! this is unbelievable! there's light beer. and then there's triple hops brewed miller lite. taste gr

the wild card. >>> indianapolis, twins and tigers, a battle l atop the a.l. central. ryan rayburn went deep for a solo blast. tigers won 8-2. they lead minnesotawith just 13 to play. >>> nascar in new hampshire. trouble in the pits. right into david reagan. just a little love tap. plenty of love from mark martin. don't say senior citizens can't drive for mark martin will prove you wrong. you guys have a great monday. >> thanks so much, fred. >>> the red sox have the wild card locked up. breathing down the yankees' neck a little bit. four games in the loss column. coming up next, i hate to show this video game, but news warrants. we've got to do it. >> values. she's got values. family values. >> and she's going to prove it one more time. pure cane sugar and the stevia plant. two of nature's sweetest wonders growing together under the same sun. and now for the first time, in new sun crystals ® . the only 100% natural sweetener made with pure cane sugar and stevia. finally, all the sweetness of nature and just 5 calories a packet. nature gave us the recipe; we just gave it a name. new sun crystals ® all natural sweetener. two natural wonders. one