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Metro State edges West Liberty 83-76

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- Jonathan Morse, Brandon Jefferson and Nicholas Kay each scored 17 points, helping Metro State overcome a second-half rally by top-ranked West Liberty for an 83-76 victory Saturday in the NCAA Division II semifinal.

The third-ranked Roadrunners had a 16-point lead in the first half, but needed that trio to hold off the Hilltoppers in the second period.

West Liberty (34-2) rallied within 69-68 with 3:02 left on a three-point play by All-American Alex Falk, who scored 28 second-half points and 34 overall. Metro State went on a 9-1 run, with Jefferson scoring five points, Morse making two free throws and Kay adding a layup for 78-69 lead with 1:05 left. The Roadrunners clinched the game with five late free throws, finishing 27 of 35 from the line.

Demetrius Miller added 15 points and Mitch McCarron 14 for Metro State (32-2), which advanced to the April 7 final in Atlanta against Drury, a 107-97 winner over defending champion Western Washington in the second semifinal.

The Roadrunners will be seeking their first national championship since winning titles in 2000 and 2002.

''When they got it to one point, I don't think anybody on our bench was panicked like we're in trouble,'' said Metro State coach Derrick Clark, whose team played without a timeout for the final 14 1/2 minutes. ''It was just time to make a play, and that's what we did. We just continued to answer any kind of a rally they made and that's a credit to our guys and their toughness.''

McCarron had a game-high 16 rebounds for the Roadrunners, who also got nine boards each from Kay and Morse.

The balanced box score typified the season for Metro State, which entered the game with its starters averaging in double figures. That mix of offensive and quickness helped the Roadrunners take control early and eventually withstand West Liberty's numerous comeback attempts from beyond the arc.

The Hilltoppers attempted 47 3-pointers and made just 13, but two by Falk helped cut into the Roadrunners' lead. He did most of his damage driving to the basket and seemed on the verge of completing a stunning rally for the West Virginia school before its 20-game win streak ended.

''I just saw some lanes open up and tried to drive the lane and create for other people,'' Falk said. ''But really, overall, I just didn't shoot very good in the second half. It was tough going for us for a while, we made a run, but they just pulled away from us at the end.''

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Liberty Interactive Corporation to Present at Morgan Stanley Retail & Restaurant Conference & Field Trip

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ENGLEWOOD, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Liberty Interactive Corporation (Nasdaq: LINTA, LINTB, LVNTA, LVNTB) announced that Mike George, President and CEO of QVC, Inc., will be presenting at the Morgan Stanley Retail & Restaurant Conference & Field Trip, on Friday, April 5th at 8:40 a.m., Eastern Time at the Loews Portofino Bay Hotel, FL. During his presentation, Mr. George may make observations regarding the company's financial performance and outlook.

The presentation will be broadcast live via the Internet. All interested persons should visit the Liberty Interactive Corporation website at http://www.libertyinteractive.com/events to register for the webcast. An archive of the webcast will also be available on this website for 30 days.

About Liberty Interactive Corporation

Liberty Interactive Corporation operates and owns interests in a broad range of digital commerce businesses. Those interests are currently attributed to two tracking stock groups: Liberty Interactive Group and Liberty Ventures Group. The Liberty Interactive Group (Nasdaq: LINTA, LINTB) is primarily focused on digital commerce and consists of Liberty Interactive Corporations subsidiaries Backcountry.com, Bodybuilding.com, Celebrate Interactive (including Evite and Liberty Advertising), CommerceHub, MotoSport, Provide Commerce, QVC and Right Start, and Liberty Interactive Corporations interests in HSN and Lockerz. The Liberty Ventures Group (Nasdaq: LVNTA, LVNTB) consists of Liberty Interactive Corporations interests in TripAdvisor, Expedia, Interval Leisure Group, Time Warner, Time Warner Cable, Tree.com (Lending Tree), AOL and various green energy investments.

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UPDATE 1- Liberty pushes deeper into Netherlands with Ziggo stake

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* Buys 12.65 pct stake in Ziggo for 632.5 mln euros

* Liberty already present in Netherlands through UPC

* Ziggo shares rise on speculation of full takeover bid

* Liberty already tied up with $15.75 bln Virgin Media (NasdaqGS: VMED - news) deal (Adds shares, analyst comment, background)

AMSTERDAM, March 28 (Reuters) - Cable operator Liberty Global extended its reach into the Netherlands by buying a 12.65 percent stake in Ziggo for 632.5 million euros ($808 million), prompting speculation it might eventually make a full bid.

Liberty Global (NasdaqGS: LBTYA - news) , which owns Dutch cable firm UPC, said on Thursday it bought the shares in the Netherlands' largest cable operator for 25 euros apiece from Barclays Capital Securities.

Barclays (LSE: BARC.L - news) ended up with a 14.2 percent stake in Ziggo after failing to find enough buyers for the shares in a sale it ran last week.

Ziggo shares shot up 9.3 percent to 26.565 euros in early trading, valuing the whole company at about 5.3 billion euros.

Analysts said the rise was based on the idea Liberty could make a full bid, although they added it probably couldn't in the short term because it was already planning to buy Britain's Virgin Media Inc for about $15.75 billion.

"Ziggo shares should benefit from hopes of an eventual takeover by Liberty, but we think the shares are also seeing a short-squeeze following overhang from the recent placing," said UBS Investment Research in a research note.

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Liberty First Bank Upgrades IT Infrastructure, Implements Virtualized Environment with Safe Systems

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ALPHARETTA, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Safe Systems, recently ranked among MSPmentors top 100 managed service providers in the world, and national provider of compliance-centric IT support and hosted services exclusively to financial institutions, today announced Monroe, Ga.-based Liberty First Bank has successfully implemented a virtual IT environment supported by Safe Systems network management solution, NetComply.

Liberty First was founded in 2006 on the principles of providing the highest levels of service and most competitive product offerings to the community of Walton County, Georgia. In the last six years, the bank has evolved beyond its original technology investment and needed a solution that would be flexible enough to grow the bank as its customer base expands. Liberty First made the decision, with support from their longstanding technology vendor, Safe Systems, to transition from aging hardware, renewal fees and maintenance costs to a scalable, virtual IT network, replacing all servers in the institution. Safe Systems designed, managed and implemented the virtualization project from beginning to end.

We didnt want to baby our IT, said Vicki Hubbard, AVP of operations. Liberty First had grown into and out of our original hardware and needed a solution that would allow us to be flexible and well-positioned for future growth. Safe Systems provides us with a secure, flexible, and compliant infrastructure that runs effortlessly behind the scenes with 99.9 percent uptime. We have a team of experts available for support, where previously there was no internal staff wholly dedicated to IT.

The virtual IT network consolidates multiple operating system environments onto a single server. This simplifies back office operations, increases response time to changing business demands and improves business continuity planning by providing high availability for mission critical servers. Combining this back office technology with the FFIEC compliant IT management toolset, NetComply, allows the bank to completely outsource day-to-day IT functions and management to a hosted environment with Safe Systems and its SOC 2 Type II audited facilities.

We are proud to partner with an institution such as Liberty First, said Danny Johnston, CEO for Safe Systems. Financial institutions like Liberty First can benefit tremendously from the efficiencies gained by running an automated, virtual environment. It is our goal to provide sophisticated solutions that enable financial institutions to run a seamless, secure, and compliant back office, while still positioning competitively.

About Safe Systems

Founded in 1993, Safe Systems is a national leader in providing compliance-centric IT solutions exclusively to financial institutions, working with more than 600 financial institutions and managing more than 25,000 network devices nationwide. Safe Systems' scalable and cost effective solutions include IT support and managed services, compliance solutions, business continuity and disaster recovery, hosted email, data vaulting, network design and installation, security services, and IT and compliance training. Safe Systems helps financial institutions significantly decrease costs, increase performance, and improve compliance posture. For additional information about Safe Systems, Inc., please visit http://www.safesystems.com, Twitter: @SafeSystems, or call 877.752.0550.

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Liberty Mutual Insurance Announces Search For 2013’s "Top 10 Responsible Sports Moments"

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BOSTON, March 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --Liberty Mutual Insurance today announced the annual search for the most responsible youth sports moments of the year, in partnership with Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA). Now in its third year, the "Top 10 Responsible Sports Moments" of 2013 seeks to identify and applaud acts of sportsmanship, selflessness, integrity, fairness, and honesty from youth sports fields, rinks, courts, mats and pools around the country. This year, with the help of U.S. Olympic skiing legend and youth sports parent Picabo Street, Liberty Mutual Insurance will name the "Top 10 Responsible Sports Moments" at the close of 2013.

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Aligning with the brand's ongoing commitment to responsibility, Liberty Mutual Insurance recently announced its partnership with the United States Olympic Committee and Team USA as the Official Property and Casualty and Life Insurance Partner of the 2014 and 2016 U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Teams that will compete in Sochi, Russia, and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Street, best known for her gold medal performance in the super-G at the 1998 Olympic Winter Games in Nagano, Japan, and silver medal downhill performance in 1994 in Lillehammer, Norway, joins Liberty Mutual's commitment to youth sports as a mother and avid supporter of sportsmanship at all levels.

"As an athlete and now a mother of four young sons, I know first-hand the influence youth sports have in enriching a child with the values of sportsmanship and responsibility," said Street. "To see U.S. Olympic Team partners like Liberty Mutual Insurance celebrate responsibility on the youth sports level is something I am proud to be a part of, and I urge fans across the country to share their examples of selflessness with us as nominees for 2013's 'Top 10 Responsible Sports Moments.'"

Now through November 30, coaches and parents can submit a moment that celebrates the inherent goodness in youth sports at ResponsibleSports.com or by tweeting a nomination using #RSMoments. In addition, throughout 2013, Liberty Mutual Insurance and PCA will scour local headlines across the country and identify additional moments that exemplify sportsmanship within local communities. Each month, three nominees will be highlighted on the Responsible Sports site where fans can tweet their vote for the most responsible "Moment of the Month."

The March 2013 "Moment of the Month" nominees exemplify the spirit of sportsmanship, selflessness and responsibility on the basketball court, at the ice rink and even on the gymnastics floor, with a touching display from El Paso, Texas, voted the "Moment of the Month":

The Top 10 winners will be chosen from among the monthly finalists by a panel of sports experts, including PCA Founder and Chief Executive Officer Jim Thompson; executive directors from leading youth sports organizations and Responsible Sports partner organizations, ASA Softball, AYSO Soccer, US Youth Soccer, USA Hockey, USA Softball, USA Volleyball, USA Water Polo and USA Wrestling; as well as former and current U.S. Olympic greats, including Street. Winning moments will be announced at the close of 2013 and be honored by Liberty Mutual Insurance with a charitable donation of $1,000 to the ten organizations that are responsible for each Responsible Sports moment. The Top "Moment of the Year" winner, as voted on by fans on Twitter, will also earn an extra $1,000 honorarium for their organization.

"Youth sports are a vibrant part of our communities, yet we often fail to recognize the acts of responsibility and sportsmanship by our children and coaches that happen every day," said James MacPhee, senior vice president and Chief Marketing Officer, Liberty Mutual Personal Insurance. "Responsible acts should be celebrated across the country at home, in our communities and on the youth sports fields and we invite parents and coaches to join us in doing just that with our Responsible Sports program."

The "Top 10 Responsible Sports Moments" is part of the larger Liberty Mutual Insurance Responsible Sports program powered by Positive Coaching Alliance, which supports volunteer youth sports coaches and parents who help children succeed both on and off the field. Liberty Mutual Insurance recently re-launched the Responsible Sports website with a new look to the vast tools, resources, tips and advice that adults and youth coaches can use to help kids experience the best that youth sports have to offer. For more information, visit ResponsibleSports.com or join the conversation @RespSports.

About Responsible Sports At Liberty Mutual Insurance, we constantly look for ways to celebrate the countless acts of responsibility shown by people every day who take personal ownership in ensuring positive outcomes in life. In 2007, we created Responsible Sports as a part of this belief, to help ensure that our kids experience the best that sports have to offer in environments that promote and display responsibility. We believe kids can learn valuable life lessons when Responsible Coaches and Responsible Sports Parents come together to support winning both on and off the field.

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Liberty Mines Reports Financial Results For Fiscal 2012

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TORONTO , March 27, 2013 /CNW/ - Liberty Mines Inc. (LBE; TSX) ("Liberty" or the "Company") today reported its financial results for the 12-month period ended December 31, 2012 . All amounts are in Canadian currency.

"Bolstered by a new management team and strong support from our Timmins operation, we achieved each of our key milestones in the first half of 2012. Most notably, we restarted production in Q1, stabilized and increased production in Q2, and then we were faced with rapidly declining nickel prices in Q3. As a result, we had to make the difficult decision to move to a care and maintenance mode in mid-August until Nickel prices increase and stabilize", said Mr. Chris Stewart , President and CEO of Liberty Mines. "Throughout all of 2012 Liberty delivered outstanding Safety and Environmental results. We continue to have belief in the long term success of Liberty Mines and will be aggressive with our business plans going forward."

2012 Operational Highlights

Operational Highlights Subsequent to Year-end

On January 23 , Liberty Mines announced that it had identified the presence of chrysotile in its ore body at its McWatters Mine. As chrysotile, a form of asbestos, is a designated substance under Ontario Health and Safety Regulation, the Company is investigating these matters further and is taking all required measures.

The Company expects to conduct additional testing and further independent analysis to determine the impact on the economic feasibility of restarting mine operations at the McWatters Mine having regard to this information.

Review of 2012 Financial Performance

Revenue for 2012 was $8.99 million , up from $2.1 million for 2011. The increase was directly related to the increase in mining and milling operations initiated in March 2012 .

In 2012, Liberty shipped 1,143,053 pounds of payable nickel concentrate to X-Strata in Sudbury at an average price of $8.02 per pound. In comparison during 2011, Liberty shipped 276,692 pounds of payable nickel concentrate at an average price of $10.36 .

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