1 The rate of DUI arrests is significantly greater in non-urban counties. 2  Forty percent of rural 12th graders reported using alcohol while driving compared to 25% of their urban counterparts. 3  Rural eighth graders are twice as likely to smoke cigarettes (26.1% versus 12.7% in large metro areas.) **. Hypertension was also higher in rural than urban areas (101.3 per 1,000 individuals in MSAs and 128.8 per 1,000 individuals in non-MSAs.) **. 2  Twenty percent of nonmetropolitan counties lack mental health services versus five percent of metropolitan counties.
Five of the twenty highest paid players in 2013 were members of the Yankees. Their team payroll for 2013 was $228,835,490, roughly $12 million above the second-largest Los Angeles Dodgers. The Yankees have drawn criticism for their payroll, with some claiming it undermines the parity of MLB.
Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Roy Halladay, right, and former pitching coach Rich Dubee. The first casualty after the Phillies' worst season in 13 years was longtime pitching coach Rich Dubee, who was fired Monday. Dubee, one of the longest-tenured pitching coaches in baseball at nine years, oversaw a staff that finished 2013 with a lower ERA (4.34) only than altitude-sickened Colorado. He will be remembered as former manager Charlie Manuel's right-hand man during the franchise's finest era.