Reds' Branyan blasts three HRs

SAN DIEGO - Even when the Cincinnati Reds were down, RussellBranyan and his teammates refused to doubt their chances.

Behind Branyan's three home runs, the Reds rebounded from an earlyfive-run deficit and went ahead on Brandon Larson's two-run singleoff Trevor Hoffman in a five-run ninth inning for a 15-10 win Sundayover the San Diego Padres.

Branyan, who scored the go-ahead run in the ninth, hit a two-runhomer in the first inning and a solo home run in the fourth thattraveled 404 feet off Padre starter Bobby J. Jones.

Branyan then hit a two-run homer in the seventh off reliever MikeHoltz to tie the game at 10.

"We could have folded up and taken it on …

Workforce pressure cooker.(Aged care campaign)

An ageing nursing and midwifery workforce distrustful of management with increasing workloads is an industrial tinderbox, a leading workforce expert has warned governments.

Data presented to the ANF federal council shows nursing as the greatest ageing workforce. Forty-six per cent of Australia's nursing and midwifery workforce is aged over 45 years, 47% are aged 25-44 years and 7% are aged 24 years and under.

More than 8,000 workers from various sectors were studied for the five-year Australia at Work report.

The latest data from May 2008 to 2010 shows nurses "happier" with their hours of work and remuneration for overtime, weekend and on call work. …

BOARD OKS $102 MILLION SCHOOL BUDGET.(CAPITAL REGION)

Byline: MIKE GOODWIN Staff writer

Schenectady The Board of Education agreed on a $102 million budget for 2004-2005 Wednesday night that raises property taxes 5.3 percent and cuts three jobs, including the supervisor of custodians.

By a unanimous vote -- excluding Board President Brian Ansari, who was absent -- board members agreed on a $102,261,917 spending plan, a 5.5 percent increase over last year's $96 million pact. If passed by voters May 18, residents would be hit with the lowest tax increase in at least four years, continuing a trend of declining increases.

``We made a pledge to the voters that we would keep working in that direction,'' …