| For Florida State, nowhere to run
MIAMI - Florida State entered this season promising to improve upon one of its worst campaigns ever running the football. It will have to wait at least one more game to see any significant results. Despite rallying to beat rival Miami, 13-10, on Monday night at the Orange Bowl, the Seminoles' backs found little room to run compiling only 1 yard on 25 carries against a stingy Miami defense. Its longest run of the game: a 5-yard scramble by sophomore quarterback Drew Weatherford in the fourth quarter. Its leading rusher: sophomore Antone Smith with 5 yards on nine carries. Last season, FSU finished last in the Atlantic Coast Conference in rushing, averaging only 94.0 yards per game and compiling 1,222 yards for the season. The dismal output ranked 109th overall among NCAA Division I-A teams.
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Seeking solutions: New buses may help city's struggling transit ...
Public transit is Lynchburg is struggling with deficits and bus-maintenance problems that often leave paying customers without a reliable way to get to work or to the doctor. But there may be several solutions, both long-term and short-term, that could strengthen a system that many of the city's working poor depend upon. Over the past several weeks, The News & Advance spent more than 20 hours riding nearly every Greater Lynchburg Transit Company bus route, and has interviewed numerous riders. The newspaper also reviewed hundreds of documents detailing maintenance work and costs after filing a Freedom of Information request. Those interviews and documents show that the GLTC faces severe maintenance issues and growing costs to provide service, including rising fuel prices.
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