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Volleyball
CHICAGO -- Youngstown State (9-13, 1-8 Horizon League) fell to Loyola in straight sets, 23-30, 28-30, 16-30, Friday evening in Alumni Gymnasium.
Junior Melanie Pounders led the Penguins with nine kills while senior Annie Buschur added eight kills and five blocks.
The Penguins travel to Illinois-Chicago today at 3 p.m.
LOCAL
KSU-Trumbullhas basketball team
CHAMPION -- For the first time in years, students at Kent State University's Trumbull Campus can play organized basketball.
The club's first game is Tuesday against KSU Tuscarawas. Home games will be played at the Trumbull County Community Action Program center on Palmyra Road.
Thirteen players comprise the Warriors club and the university bought the home and away uniforms and shoes, said Abdu Awolowo, a member of Independent Black/Minority Coalition at the school.
He said students hope to establish girls basketball and tennis clubs.
Awolowo said the group also wants to start a program similar to the midnight basketball programs in other cities, offering young people an opportunity to play basketball instead of getting into trouble.
Other teams on the Warriors basketball schedule include Ashland University in Ashland, Walsh University in North Canton, Kent Salem and Ohio State University's Marion campus.
NATION/WORLD
Some storesremove tabloid
DENVER -- Colorado's two largest grocery chains on Friday yanked copies of a supermarket tabloid featuring a front-page photo and the name of the woman who alleges she was raped by Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant.
King Soopers and its sister chain, City Market -- which has a store in Eagle, the hometown of the 19-year-old accuser -- pulled this week's Globe off checkout racks at stores in Wyoming, Utah and Colorado.
Safeway said it will not carry the issue at all.
Ed White loses house in California wildfire
JULIAN, Calif. -- Ed White, a former NFL lineman and a member of the College Football Hall of Fame, lost his house in the Cedar Fire that ravaged San Diego County this week. White and his wife, Joan, lived just south of Julian, an old Gold Rush town in the mountains northeast of San Diego.
King activatedby Seahawks
KIRKLAND, Wash. -- Seattle defensive end Lamar King, a former first-round draft pick who hasn't played in almost a year, was activated by the Seahawks on Friday. He is expected to play Sunday against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
49ers Carter out
SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Defensive end Andre Carter is expected to miss the San Francisco 49ers' game against St. Louis on Sunday with a bulging disk in his back.
The 49ers also will be without quarterback Jeff Garcia, who will rest his sprained left ankle.
Blackhawks signdefenseman Berard
CHICAGO -- The Chicago Blackhawks signed free agent defenseman Bryan Berard to a one-year deal on Friday.
The former Calder Trophy winner as NHL rookie of the year will earn $2.01 million this season.
Roddick reachesParis semis
PARIS -- Andy Roddick hit 19 aces at up to 135 mph and beat Jonas Bjorkman 7-5, 7-6 (0) Friday to reach the semifinals at the Paris Masters.
Roddick, who will move up to No. 1 in the rankings for the first time next week, won the match's eighth game thanks to four aces.
Roddick's semifinal opponent is Tim Henman, who upset Wimbledon champion Roger Federer 7-6 (5), 6-1.
The other semifinal will be between 14th-seeded Jiri Novak and Andrei Pavel. Novak beat Hicham Arazi 6-2, 6-1, while Pavel knocked off fifth-seeded Rainer Schuettler 2-6, 6-3, 6-2.
Petrova, Sugiyama, Mauresmo advance
VILLANOVA, Pa -- Seventh-seeded Nadia Petrova, struggling with consistency but using a strong power game, upset No. 4 Chanda Rubin 7-6 (7-5), 7-5 Friday in the quarterfinals of the Advanta Championships.
Other top seeds advanced, No. 2 Ameile Mauresmo beating Lisa Raymond 6-3, 6-3, No. 3 Anastasia Myskina defeating Marlene Weingartner 6-3, 6-1, and No. 5 Ai Sugiyama prevailing over ninth-seeded Meghann Shaughnessy 6-2, 5-7, 6-2.
Vindicator staff/wire reports