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A 5-foot-high horse corral was set up around the encampment and fuel containers were covered with tarp.That’s because when Ronnie Byrd, a McCoy’s volunteer, stopped to get some coffee in Baytown, just east of Orange, a crowd surrounded his pickup truck and began picking off filled gas containers one by one.When he tried to drive away, a man stood in front of his truck until all the 5-gallon containers had been pilfered from the trailer.”We’re not going to let that happen again,” said White, of McCoy’s security. “There’s a lot riding on me,” she said after her victory in the 200. Over at the Weiser Family Farms stand you’ll find German butterballs, purple Peruvians and Russian bananas, all varieties of potatoes.It’s marvelous to be able to choose something other than iceberg and russets. On Saturday, Chris Simms tries to win on the road against New England.In the NFC East, Dallas won a big interconference game against Kansas City, 31-28, but needed Chief kicker Lawrence Tynes to pull a Jay Feely and push his last-second 41-yard field-goal attempt wide right.And the Giants had to go overtime to beat the injury-ravaged Eagles — and had to resort to Feely to win it. Although transparency remains a problem, Beijing has helped shore up investor confidence by reforming state-owned shares and relaxing controls on foreign stock ownership, allowing investors to gain from China’s surging economy. It was Wambach’s 69th goal in 89 games for the national team.The U.S., which outshot Mexico, 36-7, doubled its lead in the 33rd minute when Tarpley latched on to a perfect pass from Lilly, fired a shot that was blocked by Perez and then scored off the rebound to make it 2-0.A dipping 30-yard half-volley by Lilly five minutes into the second half gave the U.S.

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