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Bona's Posley Gets National Honors

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After a week during which he won two games with buzzer-beating shots, St. Bonaventure junior guard Marcus Posley has earned multiple Player of the Week honors. Posley's remarkable performances caught the attention of the national media. He was named national Player of the Week by ESPN college basketball reporter Andy Katz as part of his weekly "3-Point Shot" segment on ESPN.com. Posley was also named national Player of the Week by CBSsports.com college basketball insider Gary Parrish and "Mr. Big Shot" by USA Today writer Scott Gleeson. He also was selected SB Nation Mid-Major Madness Player of the Week. In addition, Posley was selected the Atlantic 10 Conference Player of the Week and the Big 4 Player of the Week. Posley scored buzzer-beating game-winners against both Davidson and VCU last week. Feb. 4 at Davidson, with 4.8 seconds left in regulation and the Bonnies trailing 61-60, he drove the length of the court and scored just before the horn sounded. The...

Five Classic Mike Wallace Moments

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By Gael Fashingbauer Cooper Mike Wallace interviewed hundreds of people and reported on many issues over the 65 years of his journalism career. But the "60 Minutes" legend, who died Sunday at age 93, is best remembered for certain stories. See five of them here . The news leader of the Twin Tiers ... since 1947

'Mike & Molly' Star to Appear at LucyFest

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Billy Gardell, co-star of the CBS sitcom Mike & Molly, will be the headline performer for LucyFest 2012. The festival will be held August 1 to 5. Comedienne Paula Poundstone makes a return trip to the festival. She performed during last year's LucyFest. Lucie Arnaz, daughter of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, will also be in Jamestown for the festival. Tickets for Gardell's performance will go on sale April 17. For more information about LucyFest 2012 go to Lucy-Desi.com . The news leader of the Twin Tiers ... since 1947

Whiteout the RC on Wednesday!

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Winners of eight straight home games, the Bonnies host league-leader Temple in a nationally televised "White Out" game Wednesday at the Reilly Center. The Reilly Center will host a "White Out" night and athletics department officials encourage everyone in attendance to wear white in support of the Bonnies. The Student Government Association is also sponsoring a canned-food drive. Temple enters the game on an eight-game win streak and sits just outside the Top 25 in the most recent AP poll. St. Bonaventure is 9-1 in the Reilly Center this season, with all but one victory coming by double digits. The game features Co-Atlantic 10 Players of the Week Andrew Nicholson and Ramone Moore, as the senior tandem picked up league honors for their performances last week. Nicholson averaged 22.5 points, 16.0 rebounds and shot 19-of-30 for the week (63.3 percent) in a 1-1 week for the Bonnies. After a 24-point, nine-rebound outing in a loss at UMass, the senior posted St. Bonave...

Bona Women's Game on National TV

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Off to a 5-1 start, the St. Bonaventure women's basketball team had another national TV game added to its schedule on Thursday as CBS Sports Network officials announced they will broadcast the Feb. 18 home contest against Xavier. The game against the Musketeers will now begin at 2 p.m., as opposed to the originally scheduled time of 1:30, and is part of a doubleheader with the men against Rhode Island. It will also be Senior Day for both the women's and men's programs. Xavier has won the Atlantic 10 regular-season championship or tournament title each of the last five years, advancing to the NCAA Tournament every season since 2006-07. The game is now the second nationally televised contest the Bonnies have this season as their contest on Jan. 28 at La Salle will also be shown by CBS Sports Network. The original news leader of the Twin Tiers ... since 1947

Andy Rooney Dead at 92

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Andy Rooney, the "60 Minutes" commentator known to generations for his wry, humorous and contentious television essays died today, according to CBS News. He was 92. From CNN: He had been hospitalized after suffering "serious complications" following minor surgery last month. Rooney got his start in journalism during World War II, when he wrote for the Stars and Stripes, and he joined CBS in 1949 as a writer for Arthur Godfrey's radio and television entertainment show. He went on to collaborate between 1962 and 1968 on a series of essays with his friend, the late newsman Harry Reasoner. He joined "60 Minutes" in 1978, according to CBS, beginning decades of show-ending essays on topics as varied as looking for a job ("We need people who can actually do things. We have too many bosses and too few workers. More college graduates ought to become plumbers or electricians, then go home at night and read Shakespeare."); his bushy eyebrows ("I tr...

Gov. Rendell on '60 Minutes' Sunday

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Master Sergeant Thomas Maholic

Pictures of Brockway Fire Scene

I found this photo essay at CBS News on Thursday's fatal fire in Brockway.