Books read in 2013

Between Here and April, Deborah Copaken Kogan
Bleed for Me, Michael Robotham
The Making of a Royal Romance, Katie Nicholl 
Prince Philip: The Turbulent Early Life of the Man Who Married Queen Elizabeth II, Philip Eade
The Black Box, Michael Connelly
The Painted Girls, Cathy Marie Buchanan
The Drowning House, Elizabeth Black
Killing Kennedy, Bill O'Reilly
Argo, Antonio Mendez & Matt Baglio
Mad Women: The Other Side of Life on Madison Avenue in the '60s and Beyond, Jane Maas
Marilyn Monroe: A Case for Murder, Jay Margolis 
Amelia Earhart: The Truth at Last, Mike Campbell
Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho, Stephen Rebello
Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness, Susannah Cahalan
Detroit: An American Autopsy, Charlie LeDuff
Top of the Morning, Brian Stelter
A Private Disgrace: Lizze Borden by Daylight, Victoria Lincoln
Iron War: Dave Scott, Mark Allen and the Greatest Race Ever Run, Matt Fitzgerald
Waiting to be Heard, Amanda Knox
Behind the Candelabra: My Life with Liberace, Scott Thorson & Alex Thorleifson
The Good Nurse: A True Story of Medicine, Madness and Murder, Charles Graeber
The Astronaut Wives Club: A True Story, Lily Koppel
The Great Railroad Revolution: The History of Trains in America, Christian Wolmar
Banksy: The Man Behind the Wall, Will Ellsworth-Jones 
Detroit City Is the Place to Be, Mark Binelli 
Wreck of the Wabash, Laurie C. Dickens  
Hidden History of Detroit, Amy Elliott Bragg
The Devil in the White City, Erik Larson
Kate: The Biography, Marcia Moody
Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison, Piper Kerman
Teardown: Memoir of a Vanishing City, Gordon Young
This Town, Mark Leibovich
City of Scoundrels, Gary Krist
Grand Central: How a Train Station Transformed America, Sam Roberts
The Princess Diana Conspiracy, Alan Power  
The Shadow King; The Bizarre Afterlife of King Tut's Mummy, Jo Marchant
Seabiscuit: An American Legend, Laura Hillenbrand
Where Snowflakes Dance and Swear, Stephen Manes
 

Currently Reading: Reclaiming Parkland, Jame DiEugenio

Chicago Marathon

Associated Press/Andrew Nelles

A new course record was set Sunday by Dennis Kimetto of Kenya at the Chicago Marathon. Kimetto won the marathon with the time of 2:03:45, which broke last year's course record of 2:04:38. Finishing behind Kimetto were two more Kenyans, in second place was Geoffrey Mutai (2:03:52) and Sammy Kitwara was third (2:05:16). The top American men finishers were Dathan Ritzenhein in fifth with a time of 2:09:45, Matt Tegenkamp was 10th in 2:12:28 and Leon Craig was 13th in 2:13:53.

Associated Press/Andrew Nelles

On the women's side Kenya's Rita Jeptoo won in 2:19:57. Jemima Sumgong of Kenya was second in 2:20:48 and Maria Konovalova of Russia was third (2:22:46). Clara Santucci was the top American woman in ninth place (2:31:41) and right behind her in 10th was fellow American Melissa White in 2:32:39.

Kimetto and Jeptoo earned $100,000 for winning the marathon. Kimetto was given an additional $75,000 for setting a course record and Jeptoo received another $40,000 for running under 2:20:00

WNBA finals - Game 3

Associated Press/John Bazemore

The Minnesota Lynx held off the Atlanta Dream 86-77 in Game 3 to win the WNBA championship Thursday. The Lynx won their second WNBA title in three years.

Leading the way for Minnesota was Maya Moore with 23 points. Rebekkah Brunson and Lindsay Whalen also added 15 points. Moore was named the MVP of the finals.

Tiffany Hayes was the leading scorer for the Dream with 20 and Alex Bentley had 18 points.

The Lynx finished the season with a 26-8 record and Atlanta Dream finished 17-17.

Read the ESPN story.

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WNBA finals - Game 2

USA Today/Marilyn Indah 

Minnesota Lynx hosted Atlanta Dream Tuesday for Game 2 of the WNBA finals. The Lynx defeated the Dream 88-63. The Lynx are now 2-0 in the best of five series.

Seimone Augustus lead Minnesota with 20 points. Lindsay Whalen and Maya Moore where the second leading scorers with 14 points a piece. The series will now head to Atlanta, where the Dream will host Minnesota on Thursday. The Lynx can win the WNBA title if they can beat Atlanta Thursday.

Read the ESPN game story.

Michigan Interscholastic Horsemanship Association Region Ten III - Adrian, MI

Michigan Interscholastic Horsemanship Association

Region 10 Equestrian competition

Adrian, MI - Lenawee County Fair and Event Grounds
September 8, 2013

WNBA finals - Game 1

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The Minnesota Lynx hosted the Atlanta Dream Sunday in Game 1 of the WNBA finals. The Lynx defeated the Dream 84-59 and lead the series 1-0.

Maya Moore led the Lynx with 23 points and
Monica Wright added 20 points.Read ESPN's game story.

Game 2 will be played on Tuesday at 8 p.m. in Minnesota. 

Books read in 2013

Between Here and April, Deborah Copaken Kogan
Bleed for Me, Michael Robotham
The Making of a Royal Romance, Katie Nicholl 
Prince Philip: The Turbulent Early Life of the Man Who Married Queen Elizabeth II, Philip Eade
The Black Box, Michael Connelly
The Painted Girls, Cathy Marie Buchanan
The Drowning House, Elizabeth Black
Killing Kennedy, Bill O'Reilly
Argo, Antonio Mendez & Matt Baglio
Mad Women: The Other Side of Life on Madison Avenue in the '60s and Beyond, Jane Maas
Marilyn Monroe: A Case for Murder, Jay Margolis 
Amelia Earhart: The Truth at Last, Mike Campbell
Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho, Stephen Rebello
Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness, Susannah Cahalan
Detroit: An American Autopsy, Charlie LeDuff
Top of the Morning, Brian Stelter
A Private Disgrace: Lizze Borden by Daylight, Victoria Lincoln
Iron War: Dave Scott, Mark Allen and the Greatest Race Ever Run, Matt Fitzgerald
Waiting to be Heard, Amanda Knox
Behind the Candelabra: My Life with Liberace, Scott Thorson & Alex Thorleifson
The Good Nurse: A True Story of Medicine, Madness and Murder, Charles Graeber
The Astronaut Wives Club: A True Story, Lily Koppel
The Great Railroad Revolution: The History of Trains in America, Christian Wolmar
Banksy: The Man Behind the Wall, Will Ellsworth-Jones
Detroit City Is the Place to Be, Mark Binelli 
Wreck of the Wabash, Laurie C. Dickens  
Hidden History of Detroit, Amy Elliott Bragg
The Devil in the White City, Erik Larson
Kate: The Biography, Marcia Moody
Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison, Piper Kerman
Teardown: Memoir of a Vanishing City, Gordon Young
This Town, Mark Leibovich
City of Scoundrels, Gary Krist
Grand Central: How a Train Station Transformed America, Sam Roberts
The Princess Diana Conspiracy, Alan Power 
The Shadow King; The Bizarre Afterlife of King Tut's Mummy, Jo Marchant
Seabiscuit: An American Legend, Laura Hillenbrand

Currently Reading: Where Snowflakes Dance and Swear, Stephen Manes

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Fall TV programs

Each new TV season, I try not to get attached to too many new shoes. Because one day there here, the next day their gone. This season I have a handful that I watch. I'm hoping these stick around for a while. Unlike back in 2011 when four TV shows that I watched were canceled. To this day, I still think they were awesome shows.

Low Winter Sun (AMC) - The AMC Original Series "Low Winter Sun," is a contemporary story of murder, deception, revenge and corruption in a world where the line between cops and criminals is blurred. Low Winter Sun begins with the murder of a cop by a fellow Detroit detective. Seemingly the perfect crime, in reality the murder activates forces that will forever alter the detective's life, and pull him into the heart of the Detroit underworld. Based on the award-winning 2006 British miniseries of the same name. - Synopsis by www.aceshowbiz.com

Sleepy Hollow (FOX) - Ichabod Crane falls asleep during the Revolutionary War and wakes up in the present day. He works with a police officer to stop the Headless Horseman, who is one of the four horseman of the Apocalypse. 

The Blacklist (NBC) - Raymond "Red" Reddington, one of the FBI's most wanted fugitives, surrenders in person at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. He claims that he and the FBI have the same interests: bringing down dangerous criminals and terrorists. Reddington will co-operate, but insists that he will speak only to Elizabeth Keen, a rookie FBI profiler. Keen questions Reddington's sudden interest in her, though he claims that Keen is very special. After the FBI brings down a terrorist he provided information on, Reddington reveals that the terrorist is only just the first of many. In the last two decades, he's made a list of criminals and terrorists he believes the FBI cannot find because they did not know they exist and that they matter the most. Reddington calls it "The Blacklist". - from wikipedia

Brooklyn Nine-Nine (FOX) - A laid-back NYPD detective is told he must grow up and "respect the badge" when his new boss is a strict, by-the-book type. - from wikipedia

The Michael J. Fox Show (NBC) - After being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, Mike Henry had to give up his career as a news anchor and focus on his health and his family. Five years later, Mike decides to get back to work and struggles between family and career. - from wikipedia

WNBA finals

Associated Press/Ross D. Franklin

The WNBA finals are set. Atlanta Dream and Minnesota Lynx will play for the WNBA title starting on Sunday at 8:30 p.m.

Atlanta and Minnesota faced each other in the 2011 WNBA final. Minnesota won the title. Atlanta defeated the Indiana Fever in two games in the Eastern Conference finals Sunday to advance to the finals. Minnesota defeated the Phoenix Mercury in two games also to win the Western Conference finals on Sunday.