Shortly before half-time Little again whipped in a decent deep cross for Crouch but he could only head weakly into the hands of Friedel as he attempted to guide the ball back on the direction it came.

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Drogba took his time to warm up in the first half but wasted little time in making an impact after the break, setting up Kalou with a neat pass only for his Ivorian team-mate to shoot straight at Jaaskelainen.

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Ms. BUFORD: The only time it feels unsafe--at first it felt a little unsafe at night, but now there's like--they're enforcing the curfew--Katrina, shush, shush.

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But with only three weeks until these indiscriminate cuts hit, Congress should find a short term package to give themselves a little more time to find a solution to permanently turn off the sequester.

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Clijsters had never played on the court before - it was only opened in 2009 - but she wasted little time getting familiar with it, winning in 65 minutes without facing a single break point.

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