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Tina Maze wins slalom, takes over discipline lead
Tina Maze of Slovenia celebrates in the finish area after winning an alpine ski, women's World Cup slalom, in Ofterschwang , Germany, Sunday, March 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta)
Tina Maze of Slovenia celebrates in the finish area after winning an alpine ski, women's World Cup slalom, in Ofterschwang , Germany, Sunday, March 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta)
Tina Maze of Slovenia celebrates in the finish area after winning an alpine ski, women's World Cup slalom, in Ofterschwang , Germany, Sunday, March 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta)
From left, Wendy Holdener, of Switzerland, second placed, Tina Maze, of Slovenia, the winner and Mikaela Shiffrin, of United States, third placed celebrate on podium after an alpine ski, women's World Cup slalom, in Ofterschwang , Germany, Sunday, March 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta)
OFTERSCHWANG, Germany (AP) ? Overall champion Tina Maze of Slovenia beat Mikaela Shiffrin in a World Cup slalom Sunday to overtake the American teenager in the discipline standings and close in on becoming the first woman to win five crystal globes in a season.
Maze also got a piece of another record in a season where she has already broken several, equaling Austrian great Hermann Maier's mark of 22 World Cup podiums in 1999-2000. The Slovenian earlier broke Maier's record for points in a season, and she extended her total to 2,254 with her 10th win.
Maze finished her two runs on the Ofterschwanger Horn course in 1 minute, 52.85 seconds to beat Wendy Holdener of Switzerland by 0.25 seconds.
More importantly, though, she beat the 17-year-old Shiffrin after trailing the American world champion by one tenth of a second on the first run. Shiffrin couldn't protect her lead and finished 0.75 behind in third place, giving Maze a seven-point lead in the slalom standings going into Saturday's last race of the season.
With a win worth 100 points and second place getting 80, a win for either Shiffrin or Maze would secure the slalom title and the crystal globe that comes with it.
"It isn't over until the fat lady sings," Shiffrin said. "It's good that it's exciting to the end."
The 29-year-old Maze has already clinched the overall and giant slalom titles. She leads the super-G standings along with the slalom and can also clinch the downhill title at next week's World Cup finals at Lenzerheide, Switzerland.
Shiffrin had been bidding to become only the second woman to win four World Cup slaloms in a season at age 17 or younger; she won't have the chance again as she turns 18 on Wednesday.
German skier Christa Zechmeister achieved the feat in 1973-74 as a 16-year-old.
The race was held up for several minutes after Anne-Sophie Barthet of France crashed near the finish and needed treatment.
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Stringer leaving Sony in June, hands over to Hirai
FILE - In this Nov. 19, 2009 file photo, Sony Corp. Chief Executive Howard Stringer speaks during a press conference, in Tokyo, Japan. Stringer, who fought to bring a divided and struggling Sony Corp. together as the Japanese electronics and entertainment company's first foreign president, announced Friday, March 8, 2013, he is retiring as chairman in June. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File)
FILE - In this Nov. 19, 2009 file photo, Sony Corp. Chief Executive Howard Stringer speaks during a press conference, in Tokyo, Japan. Stringer, who fought to bring a divided and struggling Sony Corp. together as the Japanese electronics and entertainment company's first foreign president, announced Friday, March 8, 2013, he is retiring as chairman in June. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File)
TOKYO (AP) ? Howard Stringer, who fought to bring a divided and struggling Sony Corp. together as the Japanese electronics and entertainment company's first foreign president, is retiring as chairman in June.
He announced his departure in New York in a speech at the Japan Society on Friday, which was confirmed by Tokyo-based Sony on Sunday. His retirement will come at an annual general shareholders' meeting in June.
Stringer, a Welsh-born American and 15-year employee at Sony, became president in 2005, when the once glorious maker behind the Walkman portable player was first starting to get slammed by the flashier Apple Inc. and the nimbler Samsung Electronics Co.
The company, which makes the PlayStation 3 game console as well as "Spider-Man" movies, is still struggling. It has lost money for the last four years, and racked up its biggest loss in its 67-year history for the fiscal year through March 2012.
Stringer said he was ready to retire after handing over the helm last year to Kazuo Hirai. Stringer groomed Hirai, longtime head of Sony's video-game unit, who led its relative success as a brand in the U.S. market, to be his successor.
"I was pleased to hand the reins to Kazuo Hirai last year because I saw in him the right mix of skills to lead Sony, and I knew it was the right time to bring about generational change," Stringer said in the speech.
"Over the course of the past year, he has come into his own and is leading Sony with vision and authority."
Stringer said he will remain busy with charity work in education and medicine, and will continue as chair of the American Film Institute.
Hirai credited Stringer in the next-generation video-format battle by leading the Blu-ray camp, which included Sony, to victory; for pursuing efficiency and cost reductions, and expanding the film and music businesses to become "key profit drivers."
"Howard's unwavering dedication and leadership throughout his tenure as CEO enabled us to form the foundation to overcome huge challenges and the path to future growth," Hirai said in a statement.
"I was able to learn so much from him as a business leader and person, particularly his incomparable ability to inspire and invigorate all of those around him."
Before joining Sony in 1997, Stringer had a 30-year career as a journalist, producer and executive at CBS Inc. His pivotal role was seen as developing strategic links between the entertainment and electronics business ? a plan Sony has pursued for years but is still not fully realized.
While president, Stringer pinpointed as the major problem the divisions within Sony's sprawling empire he disparagingly named "silos." He reorganized the company, ended unprofitable businesses like the robot project and slashed thousands of jobs. He also encouraged collaborations.
Hirai has followed with the same effort under the slogan "One Sony." Sony has recently come out with smartphones and other products that have gotten good reviews. But it is still losing money in its core TV division.
Some critics say playing catch-up with Apple and Samsung isn't enough, and Sony needs to pioneer an entire consumer electronics sector, as it once did with the Walkman.
But Stringer said he was ready to move on.
"A new world is opening up for me, too," he said.
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Deanna Cook
Most of the news coverage of Deanna Cook?s August murder has been rightfully focused on that horrific final 911 call that Cook made as she was fatally attacked.
What should not be forgotten, however, is that Cook was a long-time victim of domestic violence. Her ex-husband Delvecchio ?Red? Patrick, who is charged with her murder, assaulted and threatened to kill her repeatedly dating to at least January 2009, according to court documents.
Cook called police again and again. She turned to the criminal justice system for help. Patrick went to jail a few times, but never for very long. And when he got out, he came after Cook.
This is important because this is typical of the cycle of domestic violence that Mayor Mike Rawlings and other city leaders are talking so much about these days. Of Cook?s murder, Rawlings told me, ?We all failed her. The system failed her, the neighbors next door failed her, the media failed her, the mayor failed her.?
According to court records:
Delvecchio "Red" Patrick
*On Jan. 3, 2009, Balch Springs police arrested Patrick on a felony charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, accusing him of attacking Cook during an argument and threatening to kill her with a knife. Patrick posted bond and was released from jail the next month.
*In August 2009, prosecutors filed a motion to hold Patrick?s bond insufficient and send him back to jail because he allegedly had continued to assault Cook and threaten her life and the lives of her children and mother. He also was accused of using PCP and selling crack cocaine. It appears he was not immediately arrested.
*In November 2009, Patrick attacked Cook again, according to police documents. She told Dallas officers that she got into an argument with Patrick at an East Oak Cliff store. He told her to ?get out of my hood!? and punched her in the face, she told police. Patrick was jailed again in March 2010.
*In April 2011, Patrick ultimately pleaded guilty to reduced misdemeanor charges in each of the 2009 cases in exchange for concurrent one-year jail sentences. It appears he completed those sentences through credit for time he had already served in jail.
*In May 2011, Patrick attacked Cook during an argument, punching her, pulling her hair and threatening her with a crowbar. He was arrested on a felony assault charge and pleaded guilty in July 2012 to a reduced misdemeanor assault charge in exchange for a sentence of 120 days in jail. ?It appears he completed most of that sentence through credit for time he had already served in jail.
Scott Goldstein writes about crime. Follow @dallascrime?on Twitter and Dallas Morning News Crime Blog on Facebook.?
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