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Cease-fire falters in embattled Syrian city, halts aid, evacuations
• BEIRUT (AP) -- Two trucks carrying food and medical supplies into rebel-held neighborhoods in the central Syrian city of Homs turned back under heavy fire Saturday, leaving four paramedics wounded as a cease-fire faltered, Syrian officials said.
• Talal Barrazi, the governor of Homs province, told the Lebanon-based Al-Mayadeen TV that the attack occurred late in the afternoon and that the trucks were targeted by two roadside bombs and a mortar shell from the rebel side.
• Homs activist Ahmad al-Qusair however denied there had been roadside bombs and said the convoy was attacked by mortar shells fired by government forces.
• Barrazi later told Syrian state TV that two trucks were able to reach opposition-held neighborhoods earlier in the day. Al-Mayadeen also reported that two trucks, carrying 250 food parcels, were able to cross into rebel-held areas Saturday.
• The state TV said four members of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent were wounded by rebel fire in the area, but gave no further details.
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Erika, Craig Brown continuing great family tradition in curling by competing in Sochi Games
• SOCHI, Russia (AP) -- Meet the Browns, unofficially the U.S. First Family of Curling.
• There's Erika, skip of the women's team competing in the Sochi Olympics. Her brother, Craig, is also in Russia as an alternate for the men's team.
• Then there's Steve and Diane Brown, the parents, who also curled for the U.S. Steve will be coaching the U.S. wheelchair team in the Sochi Paralympics next month.
• Between the four natives of Madison, Wisconsin, the Browns have won 19 national titles in singles and mixed competition dating back to the mid-1980s, and -- just for good measure -- own the biggest curling retailer in the United States.
• Oh, and Erika is married to three-time Canadian and world curling champion Ian Tetley.
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