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Thursday, March 15, 2012

Chile names 23-man WCup squad

Chile coach Marcelo Bielsa has omitted defender Roberto Cereceda from his final 23-man squad for the World Cup.

Cereceda was included in the initial squad as cover for Universidad de Chile midfielder Marco Estrada, who has since proven his fitness.

The final squad named Tuesday, which is dominated by European-based players, includes Real Zaragoza forward Humberto Suazo, who has been reported in various media as having suffered a hamstring injury in training this week.

Bielsa reduced his 30-man squad to 25 players last month, before further paring it back with the omission of striker Hector Mancilla shortly after.

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County man catches a robber without its mask: Rare albino raccoon caught outside city

Conward "Red" Humphreys is used to finding fat, sneaky raccoonsraiding his chicken coop at night.

What threw him a couple of days ago was the white fur, glowing redeyes and missing mask of the animal that padded onto his property.

Humphreys on Tuesday found what seems to be an albino raccoon, arare white or off-white breed of the familiar creature often foundmaking a racket with garbage cans and pet food dishes.

Humphreys, who uses a cage to catch and release raccoons thatfrequently creep into his yard and dine on his chickens, planned torelease the strange and surprising creature back into the wild today.

He found it sitting in the cage late Tuesday …