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MEXICO CITY - Mexico's giant Popocatepetl volcano may generate lava flows, explosions of "growing intensity" and ash that could reach miles away, the National Center for Disaster Prevention said Monday. Officials were preparing evacuation routes and shelters for thousands of people who live in the shadow of Popocatepetl, located 40 miles southeast of Mexico City. Officials have created a 7.5-mile restricted zone around the cone of the volcano. Popo, as the volcano is known, has displayed a "notable increase in activity levels" in the last few days, including tremors and explosive eruptions, according to a statement from the federal government.

MEXICO CITY - Mexico's giant Popocatepetl volcano may generate lava flows, explosions of "growing intensity" and ash that could reach miles away, the National Center for Disaster Prevention said Monday. Officials were preparing evacuation routes and shelters for thousands of people who live in the shadow of Popocatepetl, located 40 miles southeast of Mexico City. Officials have created a 7.5-mile restricted zone around the cone of the volcano. Popo, as the volcano is known, has displayed a "notable increase in activity levels" in the last few days, including tremors and explosive eruptions, according to a statement from the federal government.

Kareem Jamar glanced at the scoreboard in the fourth quarter and couldn't believe it. "It was crazy because all my four years," the Westchester guard said, "it's never been a blowout." A series that has spawned plenty of epic battles produced an instant clunker Wednesday night when top-ranked Westchester beat Fairfax, 72-39, in the tiny Fairfax gym. It was the most one-sided game in the series since Fairfax trounced its Western League rival by 33 points in the 2007 Southern California Regional Division I championship.

ESCONDIDO, Calif. - Lieuwe Westra, red-faced and shaking, was the winner of Sunday's first stage at the Amgen Tour of California, on a day when temperatures on the route were recorded as high as 105 degrees. James Stemper, of the 5-hour Energy/Kenda Racing team, who was awarded the title as most courageous rider for helping lead an early breakaway, said, "Heat was probably the biggest factor of the day. Eventually you could not pedal very hard. " Carter Jones, who rides for the Bissell Pro Cycling team and who earned the most points toward winning the King of the Mountain title as best uphill rider, said, "The heat was brutal.

MEN at UC Riverside 85, Berry College 53: Brandon Dowdy scored 14 points, Lateef McMullan and Larry Gurganious each scored 11 and Konner Veteto scored 10 to lead the Highlanders (6-3). Tim Miles had 19 points for the Vikings (3-6). Utah State 68, at Cal State Bakersfield 51: A 27-2 run over a 12-minute span in the first half gave the Aggies (6-3) a commanding lead and the Roadrunners (1-7), who got 11 points from Stephon Carter and 10 from Trent Blakley, could not recover.

at Charlotte 104, Miami 65: Stephen Jackson scored 24 points, Gerald Wallace had 20 points and 10 rebounds, and the Bobcats completed a 6-0 homestand with their most lopsided victory in team history. The Bobcats picked up their ninth consecutive home victory. at Orlando 109, Indiana 98: Dwight Howard had 32 points and 11 rebounds, and the Magic ended a losing streak at three games. Orlando had lost seven of its previous nine games. Dallas 94, at Washington 93: Shawn Marion blocked Caron Butler's jump shot with 1.9 seconds to play, and the Mavericks extended their streak of victories in one-point games to nine, which is tied for the second-longest in NBA history.

at No. 1 Florida 56, Troy 6: After a slow start, Tim Tebow threw four touchdown passes, ran for another score and the Gators (2-0)beat the Trojans (0-2) in their final tuneup before beginning conference play. at No. 4 Alabama 40, Florida International 14: Greg McElroy completed a school-record 14 straight passes, freshman Trent Richardson rushed for a pair of second-half touchdowns and Alabama the Crimson Tide (2-0) pulled away to beat the Golden Panthers (0-1). at No. 11 Louisiana State 23, Vanderbilt 9: Keiland Williams rushed for 72 yards and two touchdowns for the Tigers (2-0, 1-0)

Patrick Christopher scored all 21 of his points in the first half as California quickly took a commanding lead, and the Golden Bears beat Oregon, 89-57, Thursday night in Berkeley. Christopher scored 14 straight points for his team late in the first half to help Cal (12-6, 4-2) stay in first place in the Pacific 10 Conference with Arizona State. Jeremy Jacob scored 13 points for the Ducks (10-8, 2-4). at Stanford 59, Oregon State 35: Landry Fields had 17 points and nine rebounds as the Cardinal (9-9, 3-3)

at San Francisco 77, Pepperdine 47: The Dons (10-15, 5-5 West Coast Conference) seized control with a 21-2 run to finish the first half. The Waves (7-18, 3-6) never recovered. Loyola Marymount 73, at Santa Clara 67: Drew Viney scored 20 points to lead the Lions (13-12, 4-5 WCC). Long Beach State 78, at Cal Poly SLO 72: T.J. Robinson had 14 points as the 49ers (12-12, 6-5 Big West) beat the Mustangs (8-15, 5-6). -- associated press

Ronnie Weaver rushed for a career-high 150 yards, Jeff Godfrey ran for two touchdowns and Central Florida beat Marshall, 35-14, Wednesday night in Huntington, W.Va. Central Florida, 4-2 overall and 2-0 in Conference USA, broke open a close game in a steady rain with two touchdowns in the span of a minute in the third quarter and Marshall (1-5, 0-2) never recovered. The nation's ninth-best defense limited Marshall's running game to 41 yards. And on a soggy night, two Marshall quarterbacks couldn't complete enough passes to overcome a big deficit.

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When giant container ships sail into major ports like Los Angeles and Long Beach, it's not just clothing and cars that they deliver. They also carry critters. The specimens - microscopic algae cells or larger castaways, such as eggs of fish or crustaceans - float about in the thousands of tons of water the boats use as ballast. When the ships dump their ballast at port, the species can establish a foothold in foreign lands, often with detrimental consequences to native wildlife. But soon ports may be able to mitigate some of that harm by predicting where invasive species are likely to arrive.

The Champions League final will feature two German teams for the first time after visiting Bayern Munich completed a surprising 7-0 rout of Barcelona. Playing with a big cushion after a 4-0 win in the first leg at home last week, Bayern beat Barcelona, 3-0, in the second leg Wednesday night on goals by Arjen Robben in the 48th minute and Thomas Mueller in the 76th around Gerard Pique's own goal in the 72nd. Bayern, which relaxed when it saw injured Lionel Messi wasn't in Barcelona's starting lineup, is in the final for the third time in four years and will play Borussia Dortmund at London's Wembley Stadium on May 25. "I think it is a terrific performance, it is a little bit of history," Robben said.

Some brought children. Some brought friends. Alden Delos Santos brought Chihuahuas. Delos Santos, 41, carried his puppies Bianco and Sriracha in a front pack as he joined as many as 150,000 other bicycle riders Sunday along a downtown-to-the-ocean path of streets that were closed to car traffic for the occasion. It was the sixth and biggest CicLAvia, a celebration of cycling, walking, in-line skating, skateboarding, scootering and any other form of transportation that requires no motor.

You'll have to forgive the nicest guy in the NBA if he ignores your complimentary tweets for several weeks. Jamal Crawford is not being rude. He is, to put it in his words, "#onamission. " The Clippers guard has vowed to stay off Twitter during the playoffs, apologizing to his roughly 279,600 followers with a 140-character missive on the eve of his team's series opener against the Memphis Grizzlies. "Anything worth having is worth working hard for, thank you guys for all the support," Crawford tweeted Friday.

Angelenos taking to car-free streets along CicLAvia's 15-mile route say they came out to have fun, enjoy family and give back to the community. One volunteer, who rode in the past, said she wanted to help Sunday because it was important to let people know that biking can be fun, and family-friendly, particularly when you don't have to worry about potential danger from cars. But some came to the streets with other means of transportation, For Spencer Knight a skateboard was the way to go. What made him want to skateboard the entire route?

Miami 103, at Chicago, 74: Jermaine O'Neal scored 24 points and the Heat jumped out to a 30-point halftime lead Thursday night to rout the Bulls. Miami's third straight victory and ninth in 12 games lifted the Heat into the No. 6 slot in the Eastern Conference, a half-game ahead of idle Charlotte. The Bulls have lost 11 of 13, including a 10-game losing streak, and are currently in ninth place in the East. O'Neal shot nine for 14, Michael Beasley added 15 points and Udonis Haslem 14 on a night when Dwyane Wade scored only 12 in 29 minutes — 14.5 under his average.

The Galen Center scoreboard should have short-circuited Monday night. Electric signals buzzed the board's way with a lightning-like frequency that hadn't been seen since last season. No, neither of the local NBA teams that had used it in recent days for scrimmages were playing here. They were up the street in their usual haunt, trading much-anticipated baskets. It was the building's usual tenant — USC — that put on an offensive exhibition, an unexpected show considering the Trojans' offensive shortcomings this season.

CicLAvia -- L.A.'s outdoor experiment in car-free urbanism -- is set to return for a sixth time on Sunday, with an expanded route offering bikers, roller-bladers, walkers and others a route stretching from downtown L.A. to Venice Beach. Organizers said the expanded route will cover more than 15 miles, allowing individuals to make their way through several neighborhoods. The event had previously been confined mostly to the downtown and Hollywood areas, covering approximately nine miles.