The Big Ten also lost the first bowl game of 2011, when Texas Tech beat Northwestern 45-38 in the TicketCity Bowl, and dropped its most meaningful when TCU beat Wisconsin 21-19 in the Rose Bowl.

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They dropped back to fourth behind Montreal when the Canadiens beat the Buffalo Sabres, but Boston coach Claude Julien was pleased with his team's play.

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Hasbro stock dropped a bit in premarket trading Monday after it just beat lowered expectations for its fourth quarter.

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The other sharp equities move in Asia was in the Philippines, where the PSE Composite dropped 3.2% as strong first quarter growth data beat expectations, triggering profit-taking in a market that has already gained 21% so far in 2013.

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And its players' ability to beat defenders one-on-one hasn't dropped off either with their number of dribbles per game staying fairly close to the usual 10, according to WhoScored.com.

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Sabathia (4-4) dropped to 0-2 with a 4.85 ERA since he beat Toronto on April 27.

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The Swiss ace dropped his serve early on but dominated from 3-1 down to beat the 16th seed in 76 minutes.

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Shares of Harvey Norman dropped 4.2% although the retailer issued a first-half profit that beat expectations, as offshore and domestic sales fell.

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But failure to beat Kilmarnock in the 0-0 draw at Rugby Park ensure Falkirk dropped into the First Division while the Ayrshire side stayed up.

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Morkel twice beat Collingwood's outside edge and, in between, Pietersen was dropped by a back-tracking Ntini at mid-on after again top-edging an attempted hook, this time off Nel.

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