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What does a bullet do to a deer?

Most people don’t understand what a bullet does, but that’s not surprising. The science of how a bullet behaves—ballistics—is complicated. Here is a basic explanation that may not satisfy everyone, but it should be helpful to most people. Internal ballistics apply to what happens ...

Senior Open milestones

WARREN — The 11th annual Jackson Valley Golf Course Senior Open was held last Friday. The tournament invites any player over the age of 50 to play the gold tees in an age-flighted championship. During play, Slugger Lawson, pictured above left, had his first-ever hole-in-one on the par-3, ...

Rodgers, Steelers edge Patriots 21-14

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Aaron Rodgers doesn’t think the Steelers did nearly enough with the chances they had with the ball against the Patriots. Fortunately for Pittsburgh, it got lots of help from a New England team that had all kinds of trouble holding onto it. Rodgers threw a go-ahead ...

Triolo, Bart power Pirates past Athletics

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jared Triolo and Joey Bart both had four hits including a home run, and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Athletics 11-0 on Sunday. Triolo hit his seventh homer, a two-run shot to left-center field off Mitch Spence with two outs in the second for a 4-0 lead. Bart hit his ...

O’Neill runs wild

WARREN — Titusville’s Jaydin O’Neill ran for 226 yards, including an 82-yard gain on third down from his own 5-yard line late in the fourth quarter, as the Rockets survived a late scare from Warren to pick up their first win of the season, 26-7 in nonregion football Friday at War Memorial ...

Eisenhower pulls away from Cochranton for 33-8 win

COCHRANTON — Eisenhower used a ball-control offense and an opportunistic defense to defeat Cochranton 33-8 in nonregion football Friday night. After a scoreless first quarter that saw each team unable to move the football and each team punt twice, it was Eisenhower senior tailback Logan ...