NJN/am for Monday, September 29, 2014

Published 7:12 am Monday, September 29, 2014

Ugh! Monday again? Yep, happens every seven days…

Weather: Belated rain. All that wet stuff we were supposed to get on Sunday will instead fall today, but not nearly as much as originally expected. A 20 percent chance of scattered showers today, mainly before noon, with highs around 80 degrees. Mostly cloudy tonight, with lows in the middle 60s. Sunny and warm on Tuesday, with highs in the middle 80s. No rain is in sight until Thursday.

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One dead in Saturday crash. As of Monday morning we still don’t have an official identification of a man killed when a vehicle ran off of Barber Blvd. (formerly Mary Buckelew Blvd.) and into a ravine. The wreck happened Saturday morning. The victim died at the scene.

Sports: Difference of opinion. The two major college football polls have the same top five teams, but in much different orders. The Associated Press rankings continues to have Florida State at the top – barely – with Oregon second Alabama third, while the USA Today Coaches’ Poll puts the Crimson Tide at No. 1, followed by the Seminoles and Oklahoma. Auburn holds the fifth spot in both polls… NASCAR: The first stage of the new Chase for the Sprint Cup is completed, and four of the 16 drivers have been eliminated from further contention. Kurt Busch, Greg Biffle, A.J. Almendinger and Aric Almirola were cut after Sunday’s race at Dover, with Jeff Gordon automatically advancing with the race victory. The points will be reset for the remaining 12 Chase drivers in the next three-race stage, which includes Kansas, Charlotte and Talladega… Baseball: Derek Jeter ended his career with the fans of hated arch-rival Boston on their feet, as his final at-bat resulted in an RBI single in the Yankees’ 9-5 win over the Red Sox. It was base hit number 3,465, sixth on the all-time list. Elsewhere, Jordan Zimmerman closed out the regular season by pitching a no-hitter for Washington, as they beat Miami 1-0. It’s the fifth no-no of the season, and the first pitched in the city of Washington since 1931.