Roethlisberger will not start for Steelers (Reuters)

(Reuters) ? Injured Pittsburgh quarterback Ben Roethlisberger will definitely not start and probably will not play at all on Saturday when the Steelers host the St. Louis Rams, the National Football League team said on Friday.

Roethlisberger, who has a badly sprained left ankle, will be replaced by back-up Charlie Batch in the starting role, the Steelers said.

Roethlisberger was listed as questionable for the game.

Despite the injury that has limited his mobility, the two-time Super Bowl winner started Monday's game at San Francisco and passed for 330 yards but was intercepted three times in the 20-3 loss to the 49ers.

Coach Mike Tomlin decided to go with Batch against St. Louis, though, with the Steelers (10-4) already having clinched a playoff berth. They remain in the race for the AFC North Division title.

Batch, 39, has compiled a 4-2 record with the Steelers over the past six years. His last start came in October 2010.

(Reporting by Gene Cherry in Salvo North Carolina; Editing by Julian Linden)

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Obama campaign, Dems set $60M fundraising goal (The Arizona Republic)

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Jimmy Carter Sends Condolences to Kim Jong-un, According to North Korean Media (Michellemalkin)

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Critics Consensus: Tintin, Dragon Tattoo Are Certified Fresh

Plus, We Bought a Zoo and War Horse are sweet and warm, and The Darkest Hour wasn't screened.

Also opening this week in limited release:

• Wim Wenders' Pina, a 3D documentary about the work of modern dance guru Pina Bausch, is at 91 percent.
• Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, starring Thomas Horn and Tom Hanks in a drama about a boy who goes searching for a hidden message from his recently deceased father, is at 63 percent.
• Angelina Jolie's In the Land of Blood and Honey, a drama about a relationship between two people on different sides of former Yugoslavia's ethnic conflict, is at 50 percent.
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Gaza paramedics: Man dies from gunfire on border (AP)

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip ? Palestinian paramedics say a man has died from heavy machine gun fire on the tense border between the Gaza Strip and Israel.

The man was rushed to the Al Aksa hospital in central Gaza, where he died late Friday night. Family members identified the victim as Nafez Nabhein, 35, a Bedouin civilian from the Bureij refugee camp.

An Israeli military spokeswoman said soldiers on patrol in the area heard explosions, and a tank responded with gunfire toward "suspicious locations." She said the border is used by Palestinian militants to plant explosives and attack Israel.

The military and a Gaza health official could not confirm if the man was killed by military gunfire.

Last week, Israeli forces carried out airstrikes against suspected militants, retaliating for weeks of rocket fire.

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