No. 8 Louisville survives Rutgers, 24-10

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Louisville free safety Calvin Pryor and cornerback Terell Floyd prepare hard to make big plays in key moments. They had a couple of huge ones against stubborn Rutgers.

The defensive backs intercepted passes on back-to-back drives in the fourth quarter, the second by Floyd to set up Teddy Bridgewater's 6-yard touchdown pass that clinched the Cardinals' 24-10 victory over Rutgers on Thursday night.

Defense was the story for the eighth-ranked Cardinals (6-0, 2-0 American Athletic Conference), who had four interceptions, sacked Gary Nova eight times and held Rutgers to 12 yards rushing. Pryor led Louisville's stifling effort with 14 tackles and the first late-game interception in holding the Scarlet Knights to 240 yards.

"We knew it was going to be aggressive, so we knew we had to cover on the back down," Pryor said. "We had to execute our defense, and that's what we did tonight."

The Cardinals needed that performance to offset Bridgewater's off night. The junior completed 21 of 31 passes for 310 yards and two touchdowns, but he also threw an interception and fumbled early in the fourth quarter on the last of two sacks.

Rutgers (4-2, 1-1) couldn't take advantage of those miscues in seeing its four-game winning streak end and losing a fourth straight time to the Cardinals, who temporarily took control of first place in the AAC.

Nova completed 19 of 36 passes for 202 yards.

"There are certain things you have to do in games like this because your margin of error is so small," Rutgers coach Kyle Flood said. "We didn't do those things this evening."

Damian Copeland had career highs of eight receptions and 115 yards, and Senorise Perry ran for 104 yards and a TD on 13 carries in Louisville's 461-yard effort.

But it took pickoffs by Pryor and Floyd to help preserve the lead.

Bridgewater didn't have one of his sharper games before 55,168 and 26 scouts from 20 NFL teams looking at a likely first-round draft choice in April. He overthrew his receivers several times — including one 5 yards out of bounds to an open Copeland in the fourth quarter that would have put the Cardinals inside the 5 — and had an interception in the end zone.

"It was a decent performance," Bridgewater said. "I left a couple of throws on the field. I battled adversity, but it was a decent performance. It was a great team effort, the guys laid it all on the line."

Floyd's interception gave Bridgewater a chance to close strong, and he hit Eli Rogers for the clinching touchdown to send a huge crowd home happy in the final meeting between the schools as conference members. Louisville is headed to the Atlantic Coast Conference next season, while Rutgers is bound for the Big Ten.

The series finale had Cardinals coach Charlie Strong lamenting the end of a highly competitive rivalry. But it didn't change the bottom line of getting the upper hand in a conference race that figures to involve both schools. And typical of recent meetings, it was settled late.

But Louisville took charge with a 17-7 halftime lead as it balanced running and passing to score on three of their first four possessions while the defense held the Scarlet Knights to just 1 yard rushing and intercepted Nova twice.

That became a pattern for the Cardinals, who seemed to get meaner with each offensive hiccup.

"When our offense struggles we just want to go out there do our best and get the ball back for them," said defensive end Marcus Smith, who had three sacks.

After driving 65 yards for John Wallace's 24-yard field goal on its first possession, James Burgess returned an interception 39 yards to set up Bridgewater's 34-yard touchdown pass to a wide-open Kai De La Cruz two plays later for a 10-0 lead.

Louisville's next scoring drive featured two 12-yard Bridgewater runs followed by Perry's 23-yarder on a delay that led to his 1-yard TD dive.

Louisville seemed to be in gear on that score, but its lead wasn't totally safe against a Rutgers team that has made a habit of comebacks this season. And the Scarlet Knights finally got on the scoreboard late in the second quarter as J.T Tartacoff hit wide-open tight end Tyler Kroft down the middle on a trick play for 26 yards to the 1. Kroft's 1-yard TD on the next play was just as easy.

Everything after that was hard for the Scarlet Knights.

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1 in 4 American Dogs & Cats Is Overweight

Do you own a portly pooch or a corpulent kitty? Unfortunately, the answer in the United States is all too likely to be yes.

Nearly one in every four dogs and cats in the United States is overweight or obese, according to recent numbers tallied by the Banfield Pet Hospital. The problem is so pervasive that the Association for Pet Obesity has declared today (Oct. 9) National Pet Obesity Awareness Day. 

Banfield collects nationwide data on pet health through its 800 animal hospitals spread over 43 states. According to their veterinarian's observations, American pets have a fat problem. Overweight dogs have become 37 percent more prevalent compared with five years ago. For cats, the number is a stunning 90 percent. [Heavy Hounds: A Gallery of Portly Pooches]

Despite the dire numbers, 76 percent of dog owners and 69 percent of cat owners think Fido and Fluffy are just fine the way they are. That’s a problem, according to veterinarians, because extra weight means a higher risk of arthritis, heart disease and respiratory problems ­­­— just as in humans.

In fact, another Banfield report showed that between 2006 and 2010, doggie diabetes rose 32 percent from 12.2 cases per 10,000 to 17.4 cases per 10,000. Cat diabetes, which is strongly linked to obesity, rose 16 percent, from 55.5 cases per 10,000 to 64.3 cases per 10,000 in that same time period.

As of 2012, Minnesota was home to the highest prevalence of overweight dogs, followed by Utah, Nebraska, Nevada and Iowa. Minnesota also beat out the rest of the country for overweight cats, followed by Nebraska, then Iowa, Utah and Oklahoma.

A dog or cat at the proper weight should have an obvious waist, with ribs that are easily felt but not seen, according to Banfield. An overweight or obese pet will have too much padding over the ribs for them to be easily felt, an undefined waist, and obvious belly fat. Trouble breathing when active is another sign your pet may be overweight.  

Since the upsurge in pet obesity seems to have similar roots to weight gain in humans, some pet weight-loss methods, such as interactive weight-monitoring tools and exercise equipment, have been modeled after humans weight-loss programs.

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Fed's easy policy faces real test when it's time to exit: Fisher

EL PASO, Tex. (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve's unprecedented effort to ease monetary policy will face its biggest test when it comes time to withdraw the policy accommodation, a top Fed official said on Wednesday.

Once the economy begins to grow more quickly and banks start lending out more of the money that they now hold on the sidelines, "We are going to have to titrate or taper back the way that money flows back into the system," Dallas Fed President Richard Fisher said at the University of Texas at El Paso.

If the Fed fails to do so at the right rate, inflation could start to take hold, he warned.

Fisher repeated his view that he would not favor an immediate end to the Fed's asset purchases, but wants an end to them because they are less effective than they were at the beginning. He said and his colleagues at the Fed last month had a "serious discussion" about when and whether to taper bond buys.

(Reporting by Ann Saphir; Editing by Leslie Adler)

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Louvre Museum shuts for day as guards protest pickpockets

PARIS (Reuters) - Tourists caught no glimpse of the Mona Lisa, Winged Victory or Venus de Milo on Wednesday due to a one-day closure of the Louvre, as guards protested that pickpockets were rampant at the world's most visited museum.

Two hundred museum guards exercised their right to a work stoppage, forcing the museum to shut its doors for the day, union representatives said.

The CGT union said guards were "fed up" by attacks and threats directed at them and visitors over the past few months by pickpockets.

The secretary general of the national union for museums (SNMD), David Maillard, said petty thieves were multiplying at the site, visited by nearly 9 million people each year.

"There are thefts and threats every day. The guards are fed up with being assaulted by pickpockets," Maillard told Reuters, adding that the unions want better security at the museum.

The Louvre, which confirmed the closure on its website, could not be immediately reached for comment, but unions said the museum would reopen on Thursday.

Paris police regularly patrol the city's most crowded tourist sites, such as the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre.

But thieves who often operate in organized gangs are a constant frustration for authorities as they are easily able to exploit tourists and can lose themselves in crowds.

Many of those arrested do not hold French nationality or are minors, complicating judicial pursuit.

The Louvre posts signs warning against pickpockets at its entrances.

(Reporting By Alexandria Sage and Marion Douet; Writing by Alexandria Sage; Editing by Michael Roddy)

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Penney, Macy's court fight comes down to plastic pitchers

By Karen Freifeld

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The legal battle between Macy's and J.C. Penney over who gets to sell what Martha Stewart products took a comedic turn on Tuesday when lawyers asked a judge to weigh two pitchers in his hands, one from each of the rival retailers.

At stake is the question of whether Penney violated the judge's order not to sell certain Stewart products.

Macy's Inc lawyer Michael Platt placed the two tastefully designed plastic pitchers on the bench in front of Justice Jeffrey Oing in New York state Supreme Court in Manhattan.

One pitcher was from the Macy's Martha Stewart Collection, Platt said, the other from J.C. Penney Co Inc's label, Martha Stewart Celebrations. (The Macy's pitcher is $30 online, the Penney model $12).

"Pick them up," the Macy's lawyer urged the judge. "They are both made of plastic. They both weigh about the same."

The judge obliged, lifting one in each hand.

Macy's wanted the judge to order J.C. Penney to pull the pitcher from its shelves. It claims Penney violated a temporary order barring it from selling Martha Stewart-branded products in tableware, bedding, bath and other home product categories.

Oing issued the injunction last summer after Macy's sued J.C. Penney and Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc over their plans to launch Martha Stewart boutiques in stores.

The deal was part of former Penney Chief Executive Ron Johnson's failed effort to reinvent the retailer. Johnson was ousted on Monday after sales declined 25 percent at J.C. Penney last year.

Macy's claims the domestic diva's J.C. Penney deal breaches its contract to exclusively sell certain categories of Martha Stewart products.

A non-jury trial in the battle over her home goods resumed this week after a month-long hiatus.

In addition to the pitchers, Macy's says it discovered over the weekend that Penney is selling a $10 set of champagne flutes and other Stewart-branded stemware that it allegedly should not.

Macy's said it found the disputed items on its rival's website and bought the pitcher at a J.C. Penney store in a New Jersey mall.

Mark Epstein, a lawyer for Penney, said he was looking into the matter.

The judge said he would not immediately rule on whether the items were being sold in violation of his preliminary injunction.

Ultimately, Oing said, if he decides Penney was not allowed to sell the items, Penney could be ordered to pay monetary damages to Macy's.

"Let's move on," the judge said Tuesday, after weighing the pitchers - and Penney's fate - in his hands for a second time.

(Reporting by Karen Freifeld. Editing by Andre Grenon)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/penney-macys-court-fight-comes-down-plastic-pitchers-200731330--sector.html

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