Game 7: Close call helps Cards extend lead to 5-2 (AP)

A close call goes to the Cardinals in the fifth inning.

With first base open, Texas intentionally walked David Freese to load the bases with two outs. Scott Feldman fell behind 3-1 on Yadier Molina, then threw a strike. The full-count pitch also looked like a strike, right on the outside corner, but this time Feldman didn't get the call from plate umpire Jerry Layne.

Ball four, 4-2 Cardinals.

Hard to argue with walking Freese in that spot, even though Molina has a clutch pedigree. Freese has just been on such a tear lately, especially in big situations.

C.J. Wilson came on and hit Rafael Furcal with his first pitch, forcing in another run. Skip Schumaker strikes out to end the inning.

St. Louis leads 5-2.

Texas pitchers have issued 40 walks in the World Series, tying the record set by the 1997 Florida Marlins.

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Allen Craig makes a leaping catch at the left-field fence in the sixth, probably taking a home run away from Nelson Cruz. Chris Carpenter works a 1-2-3 sixth, and the Cardinals are nine outs from their second World Series championship in six seasons.

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Big sequence in the top of the fifth inning.

Ian Kinsler hit a leadoff single and was sacrificed to second by Elvis Andrus. Carpenter fell behind 3-1 on Josh Hamilton ? the only strike may have been a generous call. Hamilton then swung at an inside pitch that might have been ball four and lofted a foul popup wide of third. Freese caught it at the dugout railing for the second out.

Freese had a similar chance Thursday night but was unable to make the play.

Michael Young struck out to end the inning.

Feldman has replaced Texas starter Matt Harrison in the bottom of the fifth. The Cardinals still lead 3-2.

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Harrison worked a scoreless fourth. He pounded Skip Schumaker in on the hands, shattering his bat on a groundout, and retired Carpenter on an easy fly with runners at second and third to end the inning.

Furcal, dropped from his leadoff spot to seventh in the lineup, is 2 for 2 with a pair of singles.

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Craig hits his third home run of the World Series to give St. Louis a 3-2 lead after three innings.

Craig's opposite-field fly to right appeared to carry and carry before landing in the Cardinals' bullpen as St. Louis relievers danced with glee.

Wilson is warming up again for Texas, with Harrison due up third in the fourth inning.

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With runners at the corners in the second, Carpenter retired Andrus on a comebacker to end the inning.

Carpenter is the first pitcher to make three starts in one World Series since Curt Schilling for Arizona in 2001. Carpenter, who beat Texas 3-2 in Game 1 and took a no-decision in Game 5, is 6-0 at home in his postseason career. His eight career postseason wins tie him with Yankees closer Mariano Rivera for most among active pitchers.

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Harrison looked more comfortable in the second. He was helped out when Young made a nice stretch at first to complete a double play.

Score tied at 2 in the bottom of the third inning.

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Back and forth again.

Texas scored twice in the top of the first inning, only to have the Cardinals tie it right away on Freese's two-run double to left-center in the bottom half.

What a run for Freese! Two-run triple Thursday night to tie it with two outs in the ninth inning, followed by his homer in the 11th to win it. All after the hometown kid (Freese grew up in a St. Louis suburb) was MVP of the NL championship series.

Molina flied out to the center field fence to end the inning, with Hamilton making a nice catch to keep it tied at 2.

Hamilton and Young had RBI doubles in the first off Carpenter.

Harrison got into trouble with consecutive two-out walks to Albert Pujols and Lance Berkman. Wilson began warming in the bullpen.

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It didn't take long for the Rangers to make a mistake. Kinsler opened the game with a single, then was promptly picked off first base by Molina, the Cardinals' strong-armed catcher.

Not sure if Kinsler was trying to bluff a stolen base attempt and simply slipped, or if he was really going and felt as though he didn't get a good jump. Either way, he stopped and got caught in between and was picked off pretty easily.

Pained look on manager Ron Washington's face.

But that changed quickly. Andrus walked and Washington was undeterred, putting Andrus in motion on a hit-and-run. Hamilton ripped an RBI double past Pujols at first base and Young fisted a run-scoring double inside the right field line to make it 2-0 Texas.

That was all Carpenter allowed. He struck out Adrian Beltre and retired Nelson Cruz on a groundout.

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Game 7 of the World Series. The most exciting night in baseball.

Except for last night, that is. What could possibly top that?

Following one of the most thrilling finishes in postseason history, the Rangers and Cardinals are back at it tonight, less than 20 hours after Freese's 11th-inning homer for St. Louis pushed the Series to the limit.

Truly, a Fall Classic.

Winner takes all tonight. First pitch is 8:05 p.m. EDT at Busch Stadium.

The Cardinals seem to have everything on their side ? momentum, history and their No. 1 pitcher on the mound. After much debate about what manager Tony La Russa would do, Carpenter is set to start on three days' rest for the second time in his career.

The first time was Game 2 of the NL division series in Philadelphia, and that one didn't go very well. But the 36-year-old right-hander says he learned a few things about how to handle pitching on short rest.

The home team has won eight straight Game 7s in the World Series, a streak started by the Cardinals in 1982 against Milwaukee. This is the first time the Series has gone the distance since 2002, when the Angels beat San Francisco.

Harrison gets the ball for Texas. Let down by his defense, he was pulled in the fourth inning of a Game 3 defeat.

Twice, the Rangers were one strike away from their first World Series championship Thursday night. They couldn't nail it down.

Now, after such a painful defeat, can they possibly recover? The last team to win Game 7 of the World Series on the road was the Pittsburgh Pirates at Baltimore in 1979.

Almost lost in all the back-and-forth excitement Thursday night were injuries to several key players. Cruz strained his right groin and Mike Napoli twisted his left ankle, but both Rangers sluggers are in the Game 7 lineup.

Matt Holliday, however, was removed from the St. Louis roster with a bruised right wrist. Craig starts in left field in place of Holliday.

La Russa also dropped a slumping Furcal to seventh in the lineup and Schumaker to eighth. Second baseman Ryan Theriot is at the top of the order and Craig bats second in front of Pujols.

Holliday's absence might not be such a terrible thing for the Cardinals at this stage.

Sure, it shortens their lineup. He's a dangerous hitter and a legitimate All-Star. But he really struggled with his swing during the World Series (.158) and he hurt the Cardinals with his glove and on the bases in Game 6, too.

With Holliday out, Freese moves up to fifth in the lineup, perhaps providing better protection for Pujols and Berkman. Freese has been a clutch hitter throughout the postseason, never more so than Thursday night.

Speedy outfielder Adron Chambers, a rookie, replaced Holliday on the active roster. Fox sideline reporter Ken Rosenthal says Chambers was grabbing a bite to eat with his girlfriend at a TGI Friday's when he saw the scroll on television saying he'd been added to the roster for Game 7. That's how he found out.

Clear skies at Busch Stadium. The temperature is 51 degrees, with a little light wind.

All set to play ball.

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Voters in Kyrgyzstan cast presidential ballots (AP)

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan ? Voters in the turbulent Central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan headed to polling stations Sunday to cast their ballots in a presidential election that could set a democratic precedent for the region.

Three main contenders are vying for victory in the vote, which pits front-runner Almazbek Atambayev against two popular nationalist politicians ? Kamchibek Tashiyev and Adakhan Madumarov.

Outgoing President Roza Otunbayeva, a seasoned diplomat who served as ambassador in Washington and London and has been running the country as interim leader since 2010, will step down later this year to make way for the election winner. That sets the stage for the first peaceful transition of power in the economically struggling ex-Soviet nation's history.

Kyrgyzstan, an impoverished nation of around 5 million people on China's western fringes, is home to both U.S. and Russian military air bases, making its fortunes the subject of lively international interest.

If nobody garners more than 50 percent of ballots in the election, a runoff will have to be held within a month between the two top vote-getters.

Atambayev, who had the best-funded campaign and enjoyed significant public exposure by serving as prime minister until last month, said he hoped everything would be settled within one round.

"I have bright hopes, it is time for our country to live, achieve harmony and flourish. People are tired of political battles and meetings," he said after voting.

The election is the culmination of a movement for political reform away from the strong authoritarian model that has prevailed in the country since independence in 1991.

Over the last two decades, elections have been purely formal exercises designed to lend a threadbare veil of legitimacy to the ruling elite. Former strongman leader Kurmanbek Bakiyev and his predecessor, mathematician Askar Akayev, left office only after being literally chased out of by angry mobs.

Speaking after casting her ballot at a music college in the capital, Bishkek, Otunbayeva said the election would consolidate the parliamentary system adopted under constitutional reforms approved last year.

"What is important is that we have chosen parliamentary governance in our country," Otunbayeva told The Associated Press, speaking in English. "People will choose the route of freedom ? freedom of speech, freedom of assembly."

That sentiment was echoed by Atambayev.

"Over the course of 20 years, we have seen that we don't need absolute power that is transformed into a dictatorship," Atambayev said after voting.

Walburga Habsburg Douglas, who is leading the Organization for Security and Cooperation's observer mission, said Otunbayeva's decision to step down will be a boost for the development of democracy in Central Asia, where most countries are ruled by authoritarian presidents.

"I think this (will) be a very good example for other countries in the region," said Habsburg Douglas.

While the election has been hailed by many as a victory for democracy, many are concerned that the vote could lay bare interregional divisions. Atambayev's following is mainly in the north, while his nationalist opponents' main base of support is in the south.

Southern Kyrgyzstan, which lies along a major route for heroin trafficked northward from nearby Afghanistan, has seen waves of political unrest over the past year and was the site of ethnic clashes last summer in which hundreds of people, mainly minority ethnic Uzbeks, were killed.

Madumarov and Tashiyev have repeatedly leveled accusations of possible vote-rigging ahead of the election.

"The main thing is that should be no evidence of fraud and the election results must not be falsified," Tashiyev said Sunday.

Electioneering has been relatively low-key and voters at Kyrgyz National University in Bishkek early Sunday seemed largely fatalistic about the outcome.

"These elections are important for the politicians, but not really for the simple people," said 19-year old journalism student Manas Aslanbekov. "It is clear who is going to win, it is the person who has the most money."

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Associated Press writer Leila Saralayeva contributed to this report.

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Harbor-UCLA Medical Center cited for safety violations

Harbor-UCLA Medical Center has failed to keep its operating rooms clean and safe and to protect its patients from possible infection, according to federal inspection reports recently released to The Times.

Inspectors found rooms that had holes in the ceilings or that were dusty and cluttered. Operating rooms were kept at the wrong humidity level, which can lead to the spread of germs, the reports said. Hospital staff members also weren't washing their hands according to policy.

"The hospital failed to maintain a sanitary environment for the provision of surgical services," the reports said. "This could lead to contaminated surfaces in the operating room and the spread of infection."

The infection control problems found at the county-run hospital earlier this year were so serious that the federal government sent a letter this summer threatening to revoke Medicare funding, a move that could financially destroy the institution. The county submitted a plan of correction. The federal agency hasn't issued its follow-up report.

"Thank God for the federal inspection," said Los Angeles County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas. "It is necessary for the purposes of accountability and quality of care."

Rufus Arther, director of hospital operations for the California office of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, which oversees federal healthcare funding, said the agency never likes to arrive at a place where such a letter has to be sent. "We do not take these matters lightly at all," he said.

Delvecchio Finley, who became the hospital's chief executive earlier this month, said the Torrance-area hospital has addressed all the concerns raised by inspectors. The correction report noted several changes, including weekly audits of infection-control risks and more staff education on hand washing. Nevertheless, Finley said, issues continue to arise because of the age of the hospital, which was built in 1963.

"It's an old building," he said. "Because of that, there are certain challenges."

Los Angeles County is spending nearly $323 million to construct a 190,000-square-foot building at the hospital that will replace both the surgical facilities and the emergency room. Completion is expected in 2013.

Ridley-Thomas said the new building is crucial because high-quality healthcare cannot happen in "decrepit" facilities. "It was known that the current conditions were simply unacceptable," he said.

Miguel Ortiz-Marroquin, former chief executive, said Harbor-UCLA has constantly tried to stay ahead of inspectors and to correct problems as quickly as possible. But, he said, "until we have the new building open that will meet all the standards, we will be out of compliance."

Harbor-UCLA, the only trauma center serving the South Bay, struggles to meet patient demand, especially in the emergency room. The hospital, which is affiliated with the UCLA Medical School, has 538 beds. In the last fiscal year, about 80,600 patients visited the emergency room and 23,000 patients were admitted to the hospital.

Since Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center closed in 2007, the hospital has seen an increase in patients, especially in the emergency room, administrators said.

Healthcare-associated infections are a serious issue nationwide, but there have been several successful efforts to reduce them, including programs to increase hand-washing at hospitals, according to Dr. James I. Cleeman, senior medical officer at the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

"When a patient goes into a hospital, they are entitled to expect that they will not get sicker," he said. "And the vast majority of healthcare-associated infections can be prevented."

In addition to the federal reports, the California Department of Public Health also fined the hospital four times in 2008 and '09 for medical errors that put patients at risk of serious injury or death. In one of those cases, a mix-up in labeling caused the wrong patient to have his prostate removed. In another, a sponge was inadvertently left in a patient's abdomen during an operation.

The state also cited the hospital for not quickly screening and stabilizing two patients who went to the emergency room complaining of chest pain. Another patient who had been hit by a car died after nurses failed to closely monitor his condition, according to the state.

The hospital has remained accredited by the Joint Commission, though it had 21 complaints that met the criteria for review by the agency.

Health advocate Lark Galloway-Gilliam said the issues are alarming and the county must ensure that patients can receive safe, high-quality medical care at Harbor-UCLA and the county's three other hospitals.

"You don't want to be that family member of someone who comes down with an infection because someone didn't follow protocol," said Galloway-Gilliam, executive director of Community Health Councils in South Los Angeles.

Katarina del Valle Thompson, a union representative for the nurses at Harbor-UCLA, said she believes inadequate staffing has contributed to the problems. "The best thing we could do to minimize the chances of errors would be to staff adequately," she said.

Several lawsuits also have been filed against the hospital in recent years, alleging medical malpractice and negligence. In January, the county settled a case for $1.175 million involving a woman whose blood vessel was injured during a procedure at the hospital. She had gone to Harbor-UCLA after being in a car accident.

All hospitals face some issues with patient safety and quality, but the problems at Harbor-UCLA should be taken very seriously, said James Lott, executive vice president of the Hospital Assn. of Southern California. The reports should put Harbor-UCLA on alert that it needs to improve ? quickly.

"We only have to recall what happened with the former King/Drew Medical Center," he said. "The downfall of that hospital started with these types of alerts."

anna.gorman@latimes.com

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9 Incredible Tech-Themed Halloween Costumes (Mashable)

Memes are huge this year. So are video game birds, superheros and working iPhone bodysuits. The year 2011 has never seen so many tech-inspired Halloween costumes. That's right, nowadays white sheets and bloody fangs are out -- unless you're desperately hanging on to the Twilight trend, which is only borderline acceptable in my book. This Halloween you'll be encountering "aha" moments around every corner. Mermaid with thick-rimmed glasses = Hipster Ariel. Aviator-rimmed older man carrying a stuffed badger = Ojai taxidermist Chuck Testa (either that, or someone you should avoid at all costs).

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Flip through our gallery for a brief overview of what to expect this Halloween. Homemade, assembled or bought, these costumes represent tech innovation and digital trends from the past and present.

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China's Pang Da, Youngman agree to buy all of Saab: court (Reuters)

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) ? Chinese firms Pang Da Automobile Trade Co (601258.SS) and Zhejiang Youngman Lotus Automobile Co have agreed to buy all of the shares in struggling carmaker Saab (SWAN.AS), a court document showed on Friday.

The two Chinese firms will provide sufficient financing so that a court-backed reconstruction process under creditor protection can continue, it said.

The memorandum of understanding meant the Chinese firms would "buy all of the shares in Saab Automobile AB", the document said.

The document was a statement from Saab's administrator, who was withdrawing an earlier request to end the reconstruction. The court had been due later on Friday to decide on Lofalk's application.

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Reggie: Martin made racial, anti-Semitic remarks (AP)

Reggie Jackson heard Billy Martin use racial and anti-Semitic remarks then, and felt it was time to talk about them now.

"You need to set the record straight," the Hall of Fame slugger told The Associated Press on Friday. "They're the truth."

The late Martin managed the New York Yankees in the late 1970s, a fiery time that included a pair of World Series championships. Jackson spoke about Martin in an interview with the MLB Network that will be shown Monday night.

"I did not accept the way he managed me. I did not accept the way he managed Ken Holtzman. I thought there was anti-Semitism there," Jackson said in the MLB Network interview.

"I couldn't accept the racial epithets in reference to players like Elliott Maddox or Billy Sample," he said. "There are players that played for him that would tell you that."

Jackson told the AP that "sometimes it's uncomfortable, but it's real and you can't ignore it."

"There's a certain time that when somebody asks you a question, you answer them," the 65-year-old Jackson said. "I don't think I said anything with venom. If you can express yourself without anger and make it as palatable as you can, that's what you do."

Jackson was asked how often Martin used such language.

"Sometimes," he said. "It wasn't all the time."

Jackson hit three home runs in the clinching Game 6 of the 1977 World Series, earning the nickname "Mr. October." He starred again in the Series the next year as the Yankees won another title.

The relationship between Jackson and Martin was a tumultuous one, played out against a backdrop of what became known as "The Bronx Zoo."

"He was a guy I never got to know really well. Obviously, we didn't see eye to eye," Jackson said.

Martin died in a car crash on Christmas Day in 1989.

Jackson hit 563 career home runs in a career that lasted through 1987. He says he was aware some players were using performance-enhancing drugs at the time.

"When (Jose) Canseco came in, he talked about steroid use fairly openly and when I was playing with Mark McGwire, he was not suspect, didn't have the size and he was not a steroid user," Jackson told the MLB Network. "McGwire, (Barry) Bonds, (Roger) Clemens ? these guys were great players without PEDs. Would Canseco have his 460 or 470 home runs without? Probably not. McGwire hits 480 or 500. Bonds hits 600. Clemens wins 320."

"The sad part of that, too, is when you see the great players like Prince Fielder and great players like (Albert) Pujols, it makes you unfairly question," Jackson said.

He said he ran across someone Friday who was aware Jackson had referenced current players in his remarks.

"He said to me, 'Why did you have to mention those guys?'" Jackson said. "I told him that's what those guys who used steroids did to the game. They raised suspicions all over baseball."

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NBA sides return, hope to build on progress

NEW YORK (AP) ? NBA owners and players are meeting again, hoping to build on the progress from a marathon session Wednesday and strengthen the chances of an 82-game season.

Small groups from both sides resumed talks less than 12 hours after finishing a 15-hour meeting that went until past 3 a.m. Both sides said there was progress on issues related to the salary cap system, though didn't offer any specifics.

They are expected to continue discussing the system Thursday. Union executive director Billy Hunter says they might be in a better position to quantify the progress on specific issues following Thursday's talks.

Though the first two weeks of the season have been canceled because of the lockout, Hunter said he believed 82 games were still possible with a deal by Sunday or Monday.

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Move over, Maks! Cher blasts 'Dancing' judges

Maksim Chmerkovskiy isn?t the only one angry at the judges of ?Dancing with the Stars.?

Superstar entertainer Cher also is getting on their case.

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After an angry confessional camera featuring Cher?s son, Chaz Bono, blasting Bruno Tonioli for comparing him to a penguin ? and previously an Ewok ? aired on Tuesday?s show (the confessional was taped Monday night), Cher leapt to her eliminated son?s defense.

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?Going Home is Fine but why insult him b4 he Goes! Maybe Rudeness & Flapping Arms take the place of TALENT,? Cher tweeted, clearly singling out Bruno.

?As for the Older Gentleman ?.every Show Needs A Grumpy Old Man !? she added.

Maks: 'DWTS' rant wasn't selfish

Carrie Ann Inaba, however, escaped Cher?s criticisms, as she was moved each week by Chaz?s journey.

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?Thank u Carrie Ann 4 your Gentility u r beautiful inside & out,? Cher wrote.

?The Chick is beautiful & Polite ! The Men suck,? Cher added later.

Chaz and partner Lacey Schwimmer were eliminated on Tuesday?s ?DWTS.?

'Dancing' finally boots a less talented hopeful

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DNA vaccines show promise in preventing dental caries

ScienceDaily (Oct. 25, 2011) ? In a report on a preclinical investigation titled "Flagellin Enhances Saliva Ig A Response and Protection of Anti-caries DNA Vaccine," lead author Wei Shi, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and his team of researchers demonstrate that anti-caries DNA vaccines, including pGJA-P/VAX, are promising for preventing dental caries. However, challenges remain because of the low immunogenicity of DNA vaccines.

This study is published in the Journal of Dental Research, the official publication of the International and American Associations for Dental Research (IADR/AADR).

In this study, Shi and team used recombinant flagellin protein derived from Salmonella as mucosal adjuvant for anti-caries DNA vaccine (pGJA-P/VAX) and analyzed the effects of Salmonella protein on the serum surface protein immunoglobulin G and saliva surface protein immunoglobulin A antibody responses, the colonization of Streptococcus mutans (S. mutans) on rodent teeth, and the formation of caries lesions. The results showed that Salmonella promoted the production of surface protein immunoglobulin G in serum and secretory immunoglobulin A in saliva of animals by intranasal immunization with pGJA-P/VAX plus Salmonella.

Furthermore, Shi found that enhanced surface protein immunoglobulin A responses in saliva were associated with inhibition of S. mutans colonization of tooth surfaces and endowed better protection with significant less carious lesions. In conclusion, the study demonstrates that recombinant Salmonella could enhance specific immunoglobulin A responses in saliva and protective ability of pGJA-P/VAX, providing an effective mucosal adjuvant candidate for intranasal immunization of an anti-caries DNA vaccine.

Daniel Smith, The Forsyth Institute, wrote a corresponding perspective article in response to the Shi et al report titled "Prospects in Caries Vaccine Development." In it, he states that DNA vaccine approaches for dental caries have had a history of success in animal models. Dental caries vaccines, directed to key components of S. mutans colonization and enhanced by safe and effective adjuvants and optimal delivery vehicles, are likely to be forthcoming.

"These papers highlight the exciting potential of using vaccines to protect against dental caries," said JDR Editor-in-Chief William Giannobile. "This research is promising and provides optimism to help promote public health of caries-susceptible individuals."

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CBS wins ratings night as "Two and a Half Men" inches up (Reuters)

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) ? After a month of declines following its stellar season premiere performance, "Two and a Half Men" may have found its ratings bottom -- and it's quite high. The show had a slight increase Monday night and helped make CBS the highest-rated network for the evening, according to preliminary numbers.

With ratings data from Game 5 of the World Series on Fox still pending, "Men" at 9 currently holds the best-rated spot in the adults 18-49 demographic. The show -- which drew massive interest with its September 19 premiere, thanks to the Ashton Kutcher-led revamp -- went up 5 percent to a 5.6 rating/13 share in the demographic, with 15.4 million total viewers.

The network began the night with "How I Met Your Mother" at 8, which scored a 4.3/12 and 9.8 million total viewers, while "Two Broke Girls" at 8:30 drew a 4.6/11 and 11.4 million total viewers. "Mike & Molly" at 9:30 enjoyed a 13 percent leap versus last week, receiving a 4.4/10 and 12.6 million total viewers. "Hawaii 5-0" rounded out the night at 10, ticking up 6 percent for a 3.3/8 and 11 million total viewers. The combined performances gave CBS an average 4.2/10 and 11.9 million total viewers.

At ABC, "Dancing With the Stars" from 8 to 10 slipped 6 percent from last week with a 3.1/8 in the demo, though it had the night's biggest overall audience with 16.9 million total viewers. Castle at 10 ran flat with last week, taking a 2.5/6 and 11.1 million total viewers. Overall the network averaged 15 million total viewers for the night.

NBC's night began with "The Sing-Off" at 8, which tied its series low with a 6 percent decrease from last week, taking a 1.5/4 and 4.1 million total viewers. A "Prime Suspect" repeat closed the night at 10.

The CW enjoyed a night of growth, with "Gossip Girl" at 8 taking a 0.6/2 and growing 18 percent in total viewership with 1.4 million total viewers, while "Hart of Dixie" at 9 jumped 33 percent for a 0.8/2 and 2 million total viewers, a 19 percent increase in total viewership.

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AP Source: Big 12 approves WVU to replace Missouri

West Virginia quarterback Geno Smith throws against Syracuse during the first quarter of an NCAA college football game in Syracuse, N.Y., on Friday, Oct 21, 2011. (AP Photo/Kevin Rivoli)

West Virginia quarterback Geno Smith throws against Syracuse during the first quarter of an NCAA college football game in Syracuse, N.Y., on Friday, Oct 21, 2011. (AP Photo/Kevin Rivoli)

The Big 12 has approved bringing in West Virginia to replace Missouri when the Tigers complete their move to the Southeastern Conference, a person with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press on Tuesday.

The person spoke on condition of anonymity because neither the school nor the Big 12 had announced that its board of directors unanimously approved inviting West Virginia when Missouri's spot comes open.

The move would allow the Big 12 to maintain 10 members and is another blow to the embattled Big East, which already has lost two members and one member-to-be in the last six weeks.

The Big East is trying to reconfigure as a 12-team football league and has been courting Boise State, Navy and Air Force as football-only members and Central Florida, SMU and Houston for all sports. Commissioner John Marinatto met with officials from some of those schools Sunday in Washington.

Since there is no timetable for Missouri to complete its expected departure from the Big 12 ? and the league's board of directors announced that it expressed "a strong desire" for Missouri to stay during a Monday meeting ? there is no timetable for West Virginia to receive a formal invitation, the person said.

But the school will accept an invitation once it is offered, the person said.

Big 12 Commissioner Chuck Neinas has already said he expects Missouri to compete in the Big 12 in 2012, but all signs indicate Missouri is leaving and now the conference is prepared for that.

On Friday, the Missouri Board of Curators gave Chancellor Brady Deaton the authority to move the school out of the Big 12. The school has been considering a move to the SEC, where it would become that conference's 14th member and join Texas A&M, which made its move from the Big 12 official earlier this month.

A report reviewed by Missouri officials and obtained by the AP earlier this month stated a move to the SEC from the Big 12 could net the school as much as an extra $12 million in revenue a year.

West Virginia also would likely make more money by moving from the Big East to the Big 12. The Big 12 distributed $139 million to its members in 2010 and in April signed a 13-year TV deal with Fox worth $1.17 billion that kicks in next year. The conference also recently agreed to start sharing TV revenue equally.

The Big East distributed $113 million to its 16 all-sports members last year and has yet to ink a new TV deal. Its separate deals for football and basketball expire in 2013.

It's also a step up in competition for the Mountaineers ? at least in football. No. 25 West Virginia is one of two Big East teams ranked in the AP Top 25, along with No. 24 Cincinnati.

The Big 12 has five teams ranked in this week's poll, including No. 3 Oklahoma State, and not including perennial power Texas.

Georgraphically, West Virginia will be by far the easternmost school in the Big 12, 870 miles away from the closest Big 12 school, Iowa State.

West Virginia has been the Big East's most successful football program since the league lost Miami, Virginia Tech and Boston College to the Atlantic Coast Conference in 2004 and '05. The Mountaineers have been to a bowl game every season since and won two BCS games.

Without West Virginia, only one of the original eight schools that made up the Big East's football conference when it began in 1991 will remain: Rutgers.

Last month, Pittsburgh and Syracuse announced they were leaving the Big East for the ACC, and earlier this month TCU reneged on its plans to join the Big East in 2012 to instead go to the Big 12.

Marinatto has said he plans to make Pitt and Syracuse abide by the league's bylaws and stay in the Big East for the next two years. The Big East's 27-month notification will likely be a hurdle for West Virginia to clear on its way to the Big 12.

TCU only must pay the league's $5 million exit fee.

The Big East presidents voted last week to double that fee to $10 million if the league added either Navy or Air Force, but the conference has not formally invited any new members yet.

It's unclear how the loss of West Virginia will affect the Big East's expansion plans. The Big East made protecting its status as a BCS automatic qualifying conference its expansion priority, and adding Boise State's high successful football program to the conference with West Virginia had league officials optimistic.

Boise State President Bob Kustra has said that getting into conference with an automatic bid to the BCS was one of his top priorities, but the stability of the Big East was a concern. Boise State is in its first season in the Mountain West Conference. Air Force also plays in the MWC. Navy is an independent in football.

To replace West Virginia, the Big East could turn to Temple, which was also being considered before the conference decided to try to add the two Texas schools from Conference USA.

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89% The Lion King (In 3D)

All Critics (95) | Top Critics (15) | Fresh (94) | Rotten (10) | DVD (53)

The story line is a Joseph Campbell hero-quest so stripped down to its basics as to become dull.

A computer-animated scene featuring a stampede of wildebeest is positively breathtaking.

The Lion King, more than any of the recent wave of Disney animated features, has the resonance to stand not just as a terrific cartoon but as an emotionally pungent movie.

The result is a step toward multiculturalism and ecological correctness, though not without a certain amount of confusion.

A crown jewel of modern Disney animation.

More so than the exuberant movie miracles that came before it, this latest animated juggernaut has the feeling of a clever, predictable product.

It's an attractive film but altogether less interesting and more conventional than the Pixar productions that now dominate Disney's animated output.

"Hakuna Matata" would mean never having to be subjected to The Lion King ever again, much less having Simba's growing pains coming at your face in 3D.

It does exactly what it says on the tin.

Feel the love tonight. And see the colours, too.

The 3D technology adds some eye-popping moments but the best thing about this reissue is the chance for a new generation to see a modern classic on a cinema screen.

There are no gimmicks and the big emotional moments are almost entirely untouched.

However crass Disney's motivation may have been in rereleasing the film... it's cheering to see that... people still want to see great movies on a big screen with big sound...

Well worth another look, though it's a pity they're saving the newly made bloopers for the upcoming Blu-ray.

It didn't really need the 3D, but it's still a stunning, glorious family film, with the third dimension or otherwise.

While the core ideology behind The Lion King is extremely problematic and stands out even more today than it did in 1994, there is still much to admire about the film.

It's a wonderful treat to revisit and the 3-D is beautifully utilised, but it's perhaps not the classic that Disney purports it to be.

Art History stands out as one of Joe Swanberg's most visually and conceptually accomplished experiments.

Is the 3D version superior to the 2D version? No. Is the film still magnificent? Yes.

While "The Lion King" is one of the best Disney movies of all time, "The Lion King 3D" is a manipulative exploitation to bring paying parents back with their kids merely through the sexiness of today's 3D fad.

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Arab delegation presses Syria's Assad on violence

FILE - In this Friday, July 8, 2011 file photo, a pro-Syrian President Bashar Assad protester, hold Assad's portrait and wave their country flag as they protest against the visit of the US Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford to the Syrian city of Hama, in front the US embassy in Damascus, Syria. The U.S. has pulled its ambassador out of Syria over security concerns, blaming President Bashar Assad's government for the threats. State Department spokesman Mark Toner said Monday Oct. 24, 2011 that Ambassador Robert Ford returned to Washington this weekend after "credible threats against his personal safety."(AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman, File)

FILE - In this Friday, July 8, 2011 file photo, a pro-Syrian President Bashar Assad protester, hold Assad's portrait and wave their country flag as they protest against the visit of the US Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford to the Syrian city of Hama, in front the US embassy in Damascus, Syria. The U.S. has pulled its ambassador out of Syria over security concerns, blaming President Bashar Assad's government for the threats. State Department spokesman Mark Toner said Monday Oct. 24, 2011 that Ambassador Robert Ford returned to Washington this weekend after "credible threats against his personal safety."(AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman, File)

FILE - This Oct. 21, 2005 file photo shows Syrian Ambassador Imad Moustapha responding to a U.N. report at the Syrian Embassy in Washington. In an immediate response to the Obama administration pulling its ambassador out of Syria over security concerns, Syrian Ambassador Imad Moustapha promptly left the U.S. on Monday, Oct. 24, 2011, said Roua Shurbaji, a Syrian Embassy spokeswoman. She said no other steps were being taken by the embassy and declined to comment on U.S. allegations. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf, file)

BEIRUT (AP) ? Senior Arab officials visiting Syria pressed President Bashar Assad on Wednesday to start a dialogue with the opposition, hours after tens of thousands packed a Damascus square to show support for their embattled leader, state TV reported.

The Arab ministerial committee led by Qatar's prime minister began a meeting with Assad later in the afternoon, but prospects for the mission's success were dim. The opposition's refuses any dialogue with the regime, particularly while it continues its military crackdown on protesters, which the U.N. says has killed 3,000 people since March.

Activists said at least nine civilians were killed Wednesday in military operations across the country, six of them in the flashpoint central city of Homs.

The Arab officials' visit follows a meeting in Cairo last week by the 22-nation Arab League, which gave Syria until the end of the month to end military operations, release detainees arrested in the crackdown, and start a dialogue with the opposition.

Bassma Kodmani, spokeswoman for the broad-based opposition group, the Syrian National Council, said it is "impossible" to talk about a dialogue within the current security crackdown.

"And even if the right conditions for dialogue prevail, the only thing to discuss would be a roadmap for the peaceful transfer of power," she told The Associated Press.

Paris-based Kodmani echoed the feelings of Syrian anti-government protesters, many of whom expressed disappointment with the Arab League and called for suspending Syria's membership.

"Russia gives Bashar international protection, Iran gives him weapons, and Arabs give him time," read a banner carried by protesters in northern Syria Tuesday evening. "No dialogue with the killer of children," read another.

The SNC had said in a statement Tuesday it was worried that the Arab League's initiative "did not distinguish between the victim and the executioner."

It also called for international protection for civilians, and for Arab and international observers to be allowed immediately into Syria to monitor the situation.

Human Rights Watch also called on the Arab ministers to demand that the government allow independent, civilian monitors into Syria to observe the behavior of security forces.

Tens of thousands of Syrians carrying white, red and black flags and posters of Assad gathered at Damascus' Omayyad square in a rally timed to coincide with the Arab ministers' visit.

The opposition says authorities regularly stage massive rallies in support of the embattled leader even as his regime becomes increasingly isolated.

Assad, however, still has significant support among many Syrians, including those who benefited financially from the regime, minority groups who fear they will be targeted if the Sunni majority takes over and others who see no clear and safe alternative to the president. He also still has the loyalty of the bulk of the armed forces, key to his remaining in power.

Damascus appears to have grudgingly agreed to the Arab mission even though it refuses to have outsiders interfere in what it considers its internal affairs.

Gulf countries seeking to suspend Syria's membership in the Arab League because of its bloody crackdown on protesters failed to gain enough support for the move at the Oct. 16 meeting in Cairo.

Human Rights Watch also quoted Syrian activists as saying at least 186 protesters and residents have been killed in Syria since the Cairo meeting.

The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and other rights groups said nine civilians were killed Wednesday in shootings by security forces nationwide, including six in the restive city of Homs. The Observatory also reported nine soldiers were killed in Hama province when the bus they were traveling in was hit by a rocket propelled grenade.

The activists said towns and villages in southern Syria, and some areas in the north and east closed their shops and businesses in compliance with an opposition call for a general strike.

The Syrian government has staunchly defended its crackdown on protesters, saying it is the target of a foreign conspiracy.

On Wednesday, it issued a rare rebuttal to a recent report by Amnesty International that accused security forces and medical personnel of torturing wounded protesters at state-run hospitals. A statement issued by the Syrian Health Ministry said the Amnesty report was "full of fallacies and fabrications."

The accusation that Syria is targeting doctors and raiding hospitals in search of wounded protesters has been made before by leading international human rights groups.

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Kimberly-Clark net income falls, though sales rise (AP)

NEW YORK ? Rising costs led Kimberly-Clark Corp., maker of Kleenex, Huggies and other household brands, to report an 8 percent decline in third-quarter net income Monday. It also cut its revenue outlook and the high end of its earnings outlook.

Like many companies, Kimberly-Clark is struggling with higher costs for oil, wood, pulp and other materials it needs to make and transport its products. Some of those costs have leveled off recently, but they're still far higher than they were a year ago.

To make up for those higher costs, Kimberly-Clark has raised prices on some products, a delicate dance because it risks driving away budget-conscious customers. Analysts raised concerns about whether customers would rebel against the higher prices, many of which will take effect in the last months of this year.

Softening demand in parts of Europe and North America were also a disappointment, though Kimberly-Clark pointed to its expansion in fast-growing foreign markets including China, South Korea and Latin America.

Net income fell to $432 million, or $1.09 per share. That was down from $469 million, or $1.14 per share, last year. Adjusted earnings of $1.26 per share were in line with expectations of analysts polled by FactSet.

Revenue was a bright spot, rising 8 percent to $5.38 billion, beating analysts' expectations for $5.29 billion. It was helped by a combination of higher prices on some products and higher sales in some areas, though analysts noted that overall sales volume was flat.

The revenue increase couldn't overcome a 13 percent increase in the cost of making products. And some of the revenue rise was a result of currency translation: When the dollar is weak, goods sold overseas translate into more dollars. However, Kimberly-Clark also said it expects that benefit to soften because some foreign currencies have weakened in the past four weeks.

The company's shares fell $3.25, or 4.5 percent, to $69.75 in afternoon trading.

CEO Tom Falk said the company will continue to look for ways to cut costs. The company also hopes new products, such as slip-on diapers and Kleenex boxes meant to fit in car doors, will help sales.

The company said that some softening sales volumes will probably prevent it from trimming costs as much as it had hoped this year. But it also said it is reacting more quickly to trim production when volumes fall.

In North America, sales of baby wipes and feminine-care products increased. Sales of safety products, such as helmets and goggles, and medical products, such as exam gloves, did well.

Diaper sales in North America suffered, which the company pinned to several changes in customer behavior. North American customers are having fewer babies, are more willing to trade down to cheaper brands, and are buying on a "just-in-time" basis instead of overstocking.

More moms are moving their children directly from diapers to potty training, which crimps sales of more-expensive and higher-margin training pants, the company said. Kimberly-Clark is also under pressure to offer discounts to keep up with rivals.

As U.S. customers get tapped out, Kimberly-Clark and other companies are relying on growth in emerging markets, trying to transform long-held behaviors of potential customers there whose incomes are rising. For example, Falk said, the company could sell training pants instead of just diapers in developing countries.

"It's taking a mom from using one diaper per day to using five diapers a day as they would in developed markets," he added.

Significantly, Kimberly-Clark said it expects higher prices for raw materials to cost it $575 million to $625 million for the year, down from previous assumptions of $650 to $750 million. That's because prices for some materials have fallen in recent months. However, those costs are still higher than they were a year ago, the company said, and it still expects to push through price increases through the fourth quarter.

In some cases, the company isn't raising the price outright but is offering smaller packages for the same price, such as rolls of toilet paper with fewer sheets.

Kimberly-Clark also said it expects an overall revenue increase of 4 to 6 percent for the year, down from previous predictions of 5 to 7 percent. It expects per-share earnings of $4.80 to $4.90 after adjusting for one-time expenses. Previously, it had said that earnings were expected to be in the lower half of a range from $4.80 to $5.05.

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Missing Mo. baby's age makes her harder to find

FILE - In this Oct. 11, 2011, file photo posters for missing baby Lisa Irwin are taped to a light pole near the Irwin home in Kansas City, Mo. The pictures on the "KIDNAPPED" flier have put an emotional face on what could have been simply just another missing person's case. Lisa?s parents reported her missing Oct. 4. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner, File)

FILE - In this Oct. 11, 2011, file photo posters for missing baby Lisa Irwin are taped to a light pole near the Irwin home in Kansas City, Mo. The pictures on the "KIDNAPPED" flier have put an emotional face on what could have been simply just another missing person's case. Lisa?s parents reported her missing Oct. 4. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner, File)

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) ? The reported sightings have come from as far as California, people just certain they've spotted the blond-haired Kansas City baby whose cherubic face has been printed on fliers and circulated on national television programs since her disappearance three weeks ago.

Yet so far, the some 200 calls fielded by Kansas City police have only generated a string of false positives in the search for Lisa Irwin.

The problem, officials say, is that at her age ? just 10 months when she went missing on Oct. 4 ? countless babies match the same description, right down to the bright blue eyes and two bottom teeth. She does have a distinguishing birth mark on her right thigh, but that would hardly be noticed from a distance.

"There is a kind of generic, cute little baby, little chubby cheek, bald-headed baby look," said Ernie Allen, president of the Center for Missing and Exploited Children. "But our message to the public is, look at her picture. Really look at her in the eyes. Don't just see a cute little baby but look in the child's face. Like every human being she is unique. She is different. She doesn't look like every baby."

Investigators in the past week have stepped up their focus on the parents Deborah Bradley and Jeremy Irwin, searching their home after a cadaver dog reacted to what seemed to be the scent of a dead person inside.

Yet amid those developments, police say they continue to follow up on other tips and leads. Allen said his organization received at least a dozen tips over the weekend, even after news of the cadaver dog's finding became public.

The couple's attorneys, meanwhile, say the parents ? who insist someone must have snatched Lisa as her mother and two other boys slept ? are still answering questions and deny having anything to do with the disappearance.

Without any formal suspects, police can't yet rule out that Lisa was abducted in the middle of the night and taken away from the area, potentially entering a vast pool of infants that could pass for Lisa.

"We do not want to discourage any one from calling in a tip that may lead to Lisa Irwin," police spokeswoman Sgt. Stacey Graves said.

ABC News reported Sunday that it had obtained fuzzy surveillance video from a gas station near the home showing an unidentified man leaving a wooded area in the early morning, just before the baby was discovered missing from her crib. Kansas City police spokesman Steve Young declined to comment on the video.

Other tips have focused on the baby herself.

Last week, police in Manhattan, Kan., about two hours west of Kansas City, scrambled six officers to look for a black car with Missouri license plates after getting a tip that two women eating at a deli had a baby who looked like Lisa. Police eventually tracked down the "creeped out" customer and confirmed the child she had seen wasn't Lisa.

The child may have looked like Lisa, but the baby was a little older and had reddish hair, said Riley County Police Capt. Kurt Moldrup, adding that matching a baby in public to a photo of Lisa is tricky, partially because of her age.

As the father of 11, Moldrup should know. He said his children looked a lot like Lisa when they were babies.

"It's hard to take a picture and put that on a real face," he said. "Video is better. Kids, it's even harder."

In northwest Missouri, police in St. Joseph have taken at least three calls from people who thought they saw Lisa. One came from a gas station where a child in a car seat resembled the missing baby. Another time, a couple shopping at a St. Joseph mall aroused suspicions before an officer was able to use a photo to determine their baby wasn't Lisa.

"Something that has attracted this much attention is generating a lot of, 'That looks like it could be.' And so they are calling the police to check it out," said St. Joseph police spokesman Commander Jim Connors. "I actually favor that kind of thing. It's better than people not calling the police to check it out."

Over the past 20 years, about one in six children has been recovered as the result of photographs on fliers, billboards and other media, Allen said.

In one case in Texas, a 5-year-old saw a flier on her dining room table and told her mother that the pictured boy was a classmate. Her mother was doubtful but eventually called the school principal. It was learned that the boy had been abducted from Michigan.

Allen said another child was recovered after a young girl waiting in a south Texas health clinic wandered down a hallway and recognized one of the children on a missing children bulletin board display.

"There is example after example," he said. "Photos are powerful."

Associated Press

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Occupy Wall Street arrests increase. Have mayors reached their tipping point?

Encampment sweeps and arrests are increasing as mayors from Oakland to Atlanta reach a turning point in their negotiations with the Occupy Wall Street movement.

A few days after seeming to accept the idea of Occupy Oakland protesters camping outside Oakland City Hall by saying "democracy is messy," Mayor Jean Quan ordered riot police Tuesday to move in and scatter two city protest camps in the pre-dawn hours.

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In Atlanta, after originally giving protesters until Nov. 7 to clear out from a downtown park, Mayor Kasim Reed threatened to revoke that order on Monday. He said the relationship between the city and protesters had changed and campers are "on a clear path to escalation."

While the original Occupy Wall Street protesters have won standoffs with New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, other city mayors are quickly losing patience with the protest movement, which drew inspiration from Middle East revolutions and anti-austerity protests in Europe as it spread to dozens of US cities in recent weeks.

The rising tensions are testing how far protesters are willing to go to draw attention to their cause ? and how long local authorities are willing to let their parks and squares remain occupied.

"The Occupy strategy of [encampments] has been essential to its success in changing the national conversation about economic inequality, but it's a very difficult strategy to maintain over a long period of time," says T.V. Reed, an American studies professor and expert on social movements at Washington State University, in Pullman. "If the protests are seen as becoming routine, then they lose their ability to gain the attention of people."

And Reed continues, gaining the attention of people, many times means clashes with authorities.

For the most part Occupy gatherings have remained peaceful and protesters cite free speech rights as they vow to hold steadfast in their camps. But mayors like Mr. Reed in Atlanta say protesters are breaking city rules that would lead to arrests of other citizens, including a no-camping rule in city parks.

Showing his frustration this weekend, Reed personally addressed one of the de-facto leaders of the movement during a meeting in a police trailer after protesters in Atlanta's Woodruff Park held an unlicensed hip-hop concert.

?I believe they placed lives at risk this weekend,? said Reed, who has already pushed the eviction date back twice after meeting with protesters. ?The nature of the relationship has changed.?

Framing the confrontation as police overreach, protesters charged Reed with "malfeasance." One protest supporter, former City Councilor Derrick Boazman, in an interview with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, called Atlanta police chief George Turner, who is black, a "Bull Connor" character in reference to the ignominious Birmingham police commissioner who cracked down on civil rights protesters.

?I?m just really appalled to see this massive police presence, so we?re calling on the people of Atlanta to recall Mayor Reed for malfeasance in office because he is abusing the taxpayers? money by having this massive show of force when it?s not needed,? Joe Beasley, the southern coordinator for the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition said Tuesday.

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Prosecution rests case against Jackson physician

Dr. Conrad Murray sits in a courtroom during his involuntary manslaughter trial in Los Angeles, Friday, Oct. 21, 2011. Murray has pleaded not guilty and faces four years in prison and the loss of his medical license if convicted of involuntary manslaughter in Michael Jackson's death. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, Pool)

Dr. Conrad Murray sits in a courtroom during his involuntary manslaughter trial in Los Angeles, Friday, Oct. 21, 2011. Murray has pleaded not guilty and faces four years in prison and the loss of his medical license if convicted of involuntary manslaughter in Michael Jackson's death. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, Pool)

Anesthesiology expert Dr. Steven Shafer holds an intravenous line as he is cross examined by Ed Chernoff, a defense attorney for Dr. Conrad Murray, background right, during Murray's involuntary manslaughter trial in Los Angeles, Friday, Oct. 21, 2011. Murray has pleaded not guilty and faces four years in prison and the loss of his medical license if convicted of involuntary manslaughter in Michael Jackson's death. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, Pool)

LOS ANGELES (AP) ? Prosecutors concluded their case Monday against the doctor charged with Michael Jackson's death after questioning 33 witnesses, including an expert who said the physician committed numerous violations of medical practices that made him solely responsible for the singer's death.

Defense attorneys quickly called their first two witnesses.

One was Dona Norris, a records custodian for the Beverly Hills Police Department who briefly discussed the timing of the 911 call received on the day Jackson died.

They also called a police surveillance specialist who retrieved grainy surveillance footage shot outside Jackson's home on the day of his death.

The specialist, Alexander Supall, told jurors he only collected a few minutes of footage taken around the time Jackson arrived home after a June 25, 2009, rehearsal for his comeback concerts.

The witnesses were among 15 expected to be called by the defense over the next few days.

The final prosecution witness against defendant Dr. Conrad Murray was Dr. Steven Shafer, an expert on the anesthetic propofol that authorities say killed Jackson.

Shafer, a Columbia University researcher and professor, said Jackson had been receiving propofol almost every night for more than two months, according to a police statement by Murray. The Houston-based cardiologist has pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter.

Shafer previously testified that he thinks a propofol overdose killed Jackson. But he said Murray kept no records about how much of the drug he gave the singer.

Shafer told jurors that it's difficult to know the precise effects of the drug on the singer because he had been given so much of it in the months before he died.

Shafer made the statement while being cross-examined by lead defense attorney Ed Chernoff, who noted the risk that Jackson would stop breathing should have been low after the first few minutes the drug was administered on the day he died.

Chernoff based that conclusion on models and research done by Shafer.

"In Mr. Jackson's case, it's harder to have that certainty," Shafer replied. "There's very little, almost no precedent for this level of propofol exposure."

Shafer has said the only possible explanation for Jackson's death based on the evidence was that Murray put the singer on an IV drip of propofol then left the room after the singer appeared to be asleep.

Murray's attorneys will try to counter four weeks of damaging testimony from prosecution witnesses who have cast Murray as an inept, distracted and opportunistic doctor who repeatedly broke legal, ethical and professional guidelines.

Murray's attorneys have not publicly revealed whether they will call him to testify.

Jurors have heard from the doctor through a more than two-hour interview with police, and it seems unlikely his attorneys would subject their client to what would be blistering questioning from prosecutors.

Shafer never retreated from his position that Murray is solely responsible for Jackson's death and that the cardiologist committed 17 egregious violations of medical practices that each could have either led to Jackson's serious injury or death.

Out of sight of the jury, the defense's theory has shifted in recent months from arguing that Jackson swallowed propofol and gave himself the fatal dose to suggesting the singer had swallowed several pills of the sedative lorazepam that led to his death.

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AP Special Correspondent Linda Deutsch contributed to this report.

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