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CARSON, Calif. — Chad Marshall, Ned Grabavoy and Alejandro Moreno scored as the Columbus Crew played one man down for more than 60 minutes to earn a 3-2 victory over the Los Angeles Galaxy on Saturday night.

"It's a tremendous boost to our confidence," Columbus coach Sigi Schmid said. "We had so many bad breaks. All that this team needed was confidence. All that this team needed was a chance to believe in themselves."

Marshall gave the Crew (3-4-6) a 1-0 lead in the 15th minute with a 7-yard header off Guillermo Barros Schelotto's 22-yard free kick. Schelotto earned his sixth assist to tie for the Major League Soccer lead.

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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Getaway day at the NHL draft ended up being the highlight of Akim "The Dream" Aliu's young life.

Born in Nigeria, raised in Ukraine, moved to Canada when he was 11, and then shuttled to Sudbury, Ontario, to play juniors a year ago, Aliu was picked by the Chicago Blackhawks in the second round on the second day of the NHL draft on Saturday.

Long after history was made in Friday night's first round when Patrick Kane (Chicago) and James vanRiemsdyk (Philadelphia) became the first Americans to be picked 1-2, Aliu finally heard his name mentioned before a thinning crowd at Nationwide Arena.

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CARSON, Calif. - Chad Marshall, Ned Grabavoy and Alejandro Moreno scored as the Columbus Crew played one man down for more than 60 minutes to earn a 3-2 victory over the Los Angeles Galaxy on Saturday night.

"It's a tremendous boost to our confidence," Columbus coach Sigi Schmid said. "We had so many bad breaks. All that this team needed was confidence. All that this team needed was a chance to believe in themselves."

Marshall gave the Crew (3-4-6) a 1-0 lead in the 15th minute with a 7-yard header off Guillermo Barros Schelotto's 22-yard free kick. Schelotto earned his sixth assist to tie for the Major League Soccer lead.

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NEW YORK — Quarterback Matt Nagy threw for 256 yards and seven touchdowns and the Columbus Destroyers qualified for the playoffs, beating the New York Dragons 74-43 Saturday night.

Josh Bush caught six passes for 87 yards and a touchdown and also ran for two scores for the Destroyers (7-9).

Rohan Davey completed 28 of 46 passes for 307 yards and five scores, four to Mike Horacek, for the Dragons (5-11).

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Fireman's Fund Insurance Co. launched a new wildfire readiness program to help millions of Bay Area homeowners protect their homes from wildfires. Novato-based Fireman's Fund is unveiling the Wildfire Readiness Helpline — (800) 317-0575— a toll-free number Bay Area homeowners can call to receive a free on-site inspection of their home. In partnership with FireProtec, a vegetation removal company, the visit will be conducted by a firefighting professional who will provide customized adv...

Generic drug legislation

Makers of generic drugs would gain the right to sell copies of medicines developed by biotech companies such as Amgen Inc. of Thousand Oaks and Genentech Inc. of South San Francisco under legislation to be introduced in the U.S. Senate. The measure would create a pathway for the Food and Drug Administration to approve copies of treatments made through biotechnology, the senators said Friday in an e-mailed statement. The sponsors are Democratic Sens. AdvertisementHillary Clinton and Edward Kennedy and Republican Sens. Orrin Hatch and Michael Enzi.

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