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City defines affordable housing in new policy

Retiring KU professor invented drugs for HIV, other conditions

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When residential developers seeking incentives from the city propose affordable housing units for their project, they will now have an exact target to meet. The city has decided on a model that specifically calculates fair values for Lawrence rentals, and will define what is affordable for each size of unit. “I think it gives us a quantifying measure, where we can actually look at something, and instead of just subjectively saying, ‘Oh, I think that is or isn’t affordable,’ we can actually tie it to a fixed market rate we have established,” said City Commissioner Matthew Herbert. The city’s Affordable Housing Advisory Herbert Board recommended using the Fair Market Rent model, and commissioners agreed at their most recent meeting to incorporate the recommendation into the city’s new economic development incentives policy. For example, the fair value rent for a one-bedroom apartment in Lawrence for 2016 is $639 per month, including the cost of required utilities — namely water, electricity and gas, if applicable. For a two-bedroom unit, it’s $835 per month.

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UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR OF PHARMACEUTICAL CHEMISTRY Valentino Stella is retiring at the end of this semester. Stella has invented or co-invented several widelyused drugs during his years at KU. He is pictured at Simons Laboratories on West Campus on Wednesday, Dec. 14.

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It’s not the papers, it’s not the grants, it’s not the accolades. It’s the impact you have on people’s lives.”

here’s a high chance you know someone whose life has been saved, extended or improved by a drug invented by University of Kansas professor Valentino “Val” Stella. Stella himself does: A KU colleague and the father of another both used the drug Velcade to treat blood cancer, to name just two. “About two-thirds through my career, all of a sudden I realized this is not about publishing another paper,” said Stella, an internationally lauded distinguished professor of pharmaceutical chemistry at KU. “It’s not the papers, it’s not the grants, it’s not the accolades. It’s the impact you have on people’s lives.” Stella’s 43-year career as a professor at KU came to a close with his retirement this semester. Velcade is one of several drugs he invented or coinvented that made it to market as a commercial product. Including those, he said he holds 45 U.S. patents.

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Judge dismisses case from KU student seeking $100K after expulsion Case highlights uncertainty about students’ free-speech rights on social media

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A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit seeking monetary damages from a University of Kansas administrator, brought by a KU student who at one point was expelled over social media posts.

Experts say the ruling doesn’t answer the larger, muddier question of how far universities can go in disciplining students for things they post on social media. But it does send a message that individual

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by expelling him, KU violated his First Amendment rights because his Twitter posts referencing an ex-girlfriend were protected speech, according to the federal suit. He also argued KU violated his right to due process.

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“The inventions or the creations that we had in the lab that Val directed have had direct influence on the treatment of care, like the fosphenytoin. The previous formulation was horrible; it would destroy the vein it was being infused in ... Val’s idea was, ‘Let’s go around that,’” Myers said. “That was the beauty about Val, the thought about how to get around the problems — not through them, but around them.”

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Stella has specialized in prodrugs, which involve developing better ways to formulate and deliver drugs to the body. In addition to Velcade, other drugs Stella invented or co-invented are: l Viread, which millions of people worldwide have used to treat HIV. It’s also used to treat chronic hepatitis B. l Fosphenytoin (the brand name is Cerebyx), a water-soluble form of phenytoin that, instead of being taken orally, is injected to treat major epileptic seizures in emergency situations. l Fospropofol (brand named Lusedra), an injectable form of the anesthetic propofol. l Captisol, the solubilizer used to create injectable forms of the anti-schizophrenic drugs Geodon — again, used in emergency situations because it’s absorbed quickly — and Abilify, which can be administered monthly so patients don’t have to take daily pills. Captisol is now in a total of 10 FDA-approved products, Stella said. Julie Nagel, KU’s associate vice chancellor for innovation and entrepreneurship, said Stella ranks in the top two or three of patent-holders at KU but that the use of his inventions counts more than those numbers. “You can spend a career collecting patents, but really what’s important and what sets Val apart is the impact the patents he has gotten have had on how we treat diseases,” Nagel said. One of the Velcade patients Stella knows is Nagel’s own father. He was diagnosed with multiple myeloma around the time Velcade

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Yeasin asked for damages in excess of $100,000. “As a result of KU’s wrongful expulsion of Yeasin, he has suffered damages in the form of delay in completing his education, lost employment and wages, emotional distress and mental anguish, attorney fees and litigation costs,” his suit said. In dismissing the case, Robinson cited the qualified immunity doctrine, which protects government officials from liability for civil damages unless they violated the defendant’s “clearly established” constitutional rights. “Qualified immunity gives government officials breathing room to make reasonable but mistaken judgments about open legal questions,” Robinson wrote in her Dec. 1 dismissal. “To this end, qualified immunity shields government officials from liability.” l l l

Robinson explains that students’ right to online speech is not clearly established under the law. Neither the Supreme Court nor a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit has considered whether universities can regulate offcampus, online speech by students, Robinson said. She said another circuit court did address the matter in “Keefe v. Adams,” which involved Facebook posts by a nursing student at Central Lakes College in Minnesota. In that case, the court held that a college could expel a student for off-campus social media posts without violating his First

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THIS FILE PHOTO FROM APRIL 2011 SHOWS VAL STELLA and his wife Beth Stella when they served as United Way of Douglas County campaign co-chairs. Being a businessman in addition to a researcher helped Stella propel his inventions from patents to products. Stella founded three pharmaceutical companies to help with that process. This year he became one of KU’s first two inductees into the National Academy of Inventors. In 2010 he was an inaugural inductee into the Lawrence Business Hall of Fame. He also was a founding board member of the Bioscience & Technology Business Center at KU, which opened in 2010 to help other entrepreneurs. “He can help understand how to transform l l l the science into a busiStella, 70, is originally ness venture,” BTBC from Melbourne, Ausexecutive chair Laverne tralia. Epp said. “In addition to He got his bachelor’s being a board member degree in pharmacy from he’s been a valued adthe Victorian College of viser to other inventors. Pharmacy in Victoria, He has a very broad netAustralia. He then came work across the country to KU, where he received and internationally. He’s his doctorate in anaintroduced us to some lytical pharmaceutical important people.” chemistry and pharl l l maceutics, and had the Besides helping people legendary professor and through his own rementor Takeru Higuchi search, Stella said he’s as his graduate adviser. came on the market, Nagel said. That was 12 years ago, and he’s still with the family this Christmas season. “His oncologist, who doesn’t know who Val Stella is, said Velcade was the biggest splash in treating this disease since I’ve been a physician,” Nagel said. Stella said he’s heard from doctors who’ve used fosphenytoin on a patient who had a seizure on the operating table and injectable Geodon on a schizophrenic patient in crisis in the Lawrence Memorial Hospital emergency room. “It comes close to home,” he said.

Amendment rights when the speech was directed at classmates, involved conduct at the school and violated the Student Code of Conduct. “However, this is a 2016 case,” Robinson said. “... The law in this area is constantly developing, and when (Yeasin) was expelled in 2013, it was even more unclear what standards applied.” Title IX adds another twist. Robinson said she was unaware of any case that undermines a university’s ability to take action against a student for making off-campus comments that implicate the student code, the university’s sexual harassment policy and the federal law known as Title IX. “Even assuming that (Yeasin) had a First Amendment right to post the tweets, it was not objectively unreasonable for (Durham) to believe that the Student Code of Conduct extended her ability to discipline offcampus conduct that affected A.W. on campus,” Robinson said, using the female student’s initials. “During the course of the investigation and the formal hearing, A.W. admitted she was scared to be on campus.” l l l

Title IX requires universities to investigate and adjudicate reports of sexual harassment, including sexual violence, on their campuses. By doing so, universities are supposed to ensure that a hostile environment does not prevent students from accessing their education. Since Yeasin was expelled, KU’s Code of Student Rights and Responsibilities has been updated to say the university can discipline students for violations,

proud of the 100-some KU doctoral and postdoctoral students and visiting scientists he worked with over the years who went on to have successful careers that also impact lives through science. One of them is Rob Myers, now working in the pharmacy field in Idaho Falls, Idaho, who worked for Stella first as a lab technician right out of Lawrence High School in 1979. Myers went on to get his bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees in pharmaceutical chemistry from KU, working with Stella the whole time. Myers was the person who mixed up the first batch of fosphenytoin, the injectable seizure drug, as an undergrad in the early 1980s. At the time, he said, they borrowed lab space in Malott Hall, found as big a container as they could and made as big a batch as they could. Of course the team hoped the drug would succeed, but Myers said he didn’t hear much about its progression until later, when fosphenytoin made it to market.

Stella, who’s married with six children and now four grandchildren, said he’s glad he made time for his family and his children’s activities throughout his busy career, when some opportunities to “get bigger” might have made that impossible. Stella and his wife, Beth Stella, have served as United Way of Douglas County campaign cochairs, and he’s worked with KU Endowment to raise money for pharmaceutical chemistry-related efforts. He said in retirement he’d continue to help raise money for KU. He said he’s also considering a new startup company for veterinary drugs, specifically for companion animals. Stella said that although people like him often get the “direct glamour” of their inventions and research, it’s a team effort. He said he stayed out his career at KU School of Pharmacy because it’s a “kind” place to work where people get along and cooperate. “We do what we do because we want to impact people’s lives,” he said. “And we have fun along the way doing good science.” — KU and higher ed reporter Sara Shepherd can be reached at 832-7187. Follow her on Twitter: @saramarieshep

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I don’t see how social media can ever create a hostile environment on a campus like KU’s, because you can elect not to look at it. It’s not like they put it on the bulletin board at Watson Library or put it on some sign at the union.” — Doug Bonney, chief counsel and legal director for the ACLU Foundation of Kansas

including sexual harassment, that occur on campus or off. The code now defines KU’s jurisdiction as on university premises, at university sponsored events, off-campus if the behavior “affects the on-campus safety of a member of the university community” or when KU is required by law to address the behavior. The code does not specifically address social media or online behavior. l l l

This is what happened with Yeasin and KU, according to court documents from the federal case: Yeasin was admitted to KU in fall 2010 to pursue a degree in petroleum engineering. He had a romantic relationship with another KU student that ended in summer 2013, following an incident in Johnson County that led to criminal charges and a protection order against him, in Johnson County courts. Yeasin blocked her from seeing his Twitter posts, and over a period of four months proceeded to post about 14 tweets that referenced but did not name her. When both students returned to campus in August 2013, the woman filed a sexual harassment complaint against Yeasin with KU’s Office of Institutional Opportunity and Access (IOA). The office ordered him to have no contact with her, and told

him that included the social media comments. In October 2013 the IOA determined that Yeasin had sexually harassed the woman — both in the Johnson County incident and through his tweets, which a friend showed to the woman. KU said the woman was “fearful for her safety on campus and wanted to stay inside her sorority house,” and ruled that Yeasin’s conduct was so “severe, pervasive, and objectively offensive” that it interfered with her education. In November 2013, following a hearing, KU expelled Yeasin for nonacademic misconduct and banned him from campus. Yeasin then sued KU in county court, where a judge ruled in September 2014 that KU was wrong to expel him because administrators erroneously interpreted the student code — as written at the time — by applying it to off-campus conduct. KU did not immediately let Yeasin re-enroll. Instead the university appealed to the Kansas Court of Appeals, which in September 2015 affirmed the lower court’s ruling. l l l

In “Keefe v. Adams” and in Yeasin’s case, ACLU and other freespeech advocates have sided with students. Doug Bonney, chief counsel and legal director for the ACLU Foundation of Kansas, wrote an amicus brief in

Yeasin’s state case. “It was an interpersonal dating issue, and the guy was a complete jerk,” Bonney said. “KU had no iron in that fire, and yet they reached out and disciplined him.” Bonney was speaking recently with the JournalWorld about Yeasin’s case and this semester’s campus hubbub over a Snapchat photo — which some called racist — featuring the text “Kkk go trump” over a photo of three KU cheerleaders in “K” sweaters. The involved cheerleaders were suspended from cheering and later resigned from the squad, though KU has not disclosed whether any action was taken against them at the university level. “I don’t see how social media can ever create a hostile environment on a campus like KU’s, because you can elect not to look at it,” Bonney said. “It’s not like they put it on the bulletin board at Watson Library or put it on some sign at the union.” Frank LoMonte, executive director of the national Student Press Law Center, bemoaned courts taking an “easy-way-out approach” to avoid answering difficult constitutional questions. “The Yeasin case exemplifies the detriments of taking that off-ramp,” LoMonte wrote in a recent column about the case. “Qualified immunity applies where the case law is unsettled. The only way to settle a legal issue is to, you know, actually decide it. Postponing a decision on the merits means that the next generation of Navid Yeasins will be stuck with the same ‘law-is-unclear’ outcome a year — or a decade — from now.” — KU and higher ed reporter Sara Shepherd can be reached at 832-7187. Follow her on Twitter: @saramarieshep

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Cheerleader tackles life changes after leukemia diagnosis By Kathy Hanks The Hutchinson News

Hutchinson (ap) — It was Tuesday and Hutchinson High had a home game, but cheerleader Kiley Flanagan wasn’t there. Instead, she was wrapped in a fleece giraffe-print blanket, curled on her side in a hospital bed as chemotherapy drugs slowly dripped into a catheter in her chest. A nurse was preparing to transfer her to Wesley Medical Center’s pediatric intensive care unit where she would remain for several days, according to The Hutchinson News. In Kiley’s fight against acute lymphoblastic leukemia, the medical staff first inject her with a high dose of methotrexate, which remains in her system for 24 hours. However, because it’s dangerous to her organs, they spend 48 hours flushing it out

of her system, explained Kiley’s mother Tamera Simpson, Arlington. “It’s a whole new world,” said Simpson, a single parent, as she remained close to her daughter’s bedside, helping her to get comfortable. Nearby was a 3-inch thick binder filled with every lab number, medication, and hospital visit Kiley has experienced since July 29 when she was diagnosed with the disease. Holding up the hefty tome, Simpson said, “This notebook has become our life.” Kiley, 15, is a relatively new face at Hutchinson High School, transferring from Fairfield High last spring semester during her freshman year. She ran track and made Hutch High’s cheer squad. Being a cheerleader is something Kiley loves. She was on the squad at Fairfield and has participated competitively in

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in July 2015, and the board’s new recommendation replaces another it submitted in October. The previous recommendation said rents needed to be affordable for specific income brackets, but didn’t set exact amounts for rent. The determining factor for affordable homes or apartments for sale will still be based on whether it is affordable for specific income brackets. For affordable ownership, payments can’t exceed 30 percent of household income for families that make 80 percent of the area median income. The fair market rent is calculated annually by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Shannon Oury, executive director of the Lawrence-Douglas County Housing Authority and a member of the advisory board, said she thinks the calculation is the most accurate one to use. “It’s based on our local data rather than either Kansas statewide data or national data,” Oury said. “So I think that helps us to make sure that it’s a local number that we’re looking at.” Before the recommendation was adopted, the advisory board and the City Commission received two affordable housing proposals for residential incentives requests. The Affordable Housing Advisory Board recommended the affordable housing component of both proposals. Herbert said although it’s unfortunate the fair market rent model wasn’t in effect for those requests, a more specific policy will help guide the commission’s decisions going forward. “It is by far a better system than we had before, because quite frankly we had no system before,” Herbert said. “We were simply going off of what the Affordable Housing Advisory Board had told us, whether

emergency room for a nose bleed that wouldn’t stop until it was cauterized several hours later. Then it happened again less than 24 hours later, and she headed back to the ER. “They did some lab work and said they couldn’t handle it and sent her to Wesley in an ambulance,” Simpson said. Quickly it was determined she had leukemia, and treatment began immediately. There have been many setbacks over the past months, including a stress fracture above her knee because her bones have weakened. “She used to be so active,” Simpson said. “It brings her down to be so weak.” Sandra J. Milburn/The Hutchinson News via AP Following chemo in IN THIS TUESDAY, DEC. 13, 2016 PHOTO, TAMERA SIMPSON, LEFT, CHECKS her daughter September she was flown Kiley Flanagan’s nutrition bag for her feeding tube while Terri Griffin begins to prepare the to Kansas City’s Children’s chemotherapy at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. Mercy Hospital with a form of pancreatitis that the past. however, things changed diagnosed with acute leu- left 25 percent of the tissue She attended cheer drastically for Kiley on kemia. The discovery becamp during the summer; July 29 when she was gan after she went to the > KILEY, 6A

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Four bedrooms: $1,458 Five bedrooms: $1,677 Six bedrooms: $1,895

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Target income for affordable home sales (80 percent of median income): One person: $41,850 Two people: $47,800 Three people: $53,800 Four people: $59,750

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or not they thought it was a good plan, and they didn’t have any measure in place to determine for themselves if it was a good plan. It’s a lot easier to hit an objective when you actually have a target.”

because they just didn’t like the developer, or they approved it because they do like the developer,’” Herbert said. “It’ll take that element out of it, and it will make it to where we can look at the numbers.”

Recap of affordable housing proposals Though the commission’s decision is based on the project as a whole, the project approved by the commission wouldn’t have hit the affordable housing targets had they been in place. On Nov. 1, the commission voted to provide public incentives for a brewery, restaurant and apartment project in East Lawrence that will offer two one-bedroom apartments at the reduced rate of $840 per month, including utilities. Based on the project as a whole, the commission voted earlier this month to deny public incentives for a luxury condominium, retail and office project downtown. That project would have offered a onebedroom affordable condo for about $95,000. Because there will be a clear target for affordable housing, Herbert said the model will help with perceptions of favoritism. “That will take any element of, ‘Oh, they denied this project

Addressing a ‘severe’ shortage The affordable housing component of the incentives policy is part of the city’s effort to address a shortage of affordable housing, which has become an acute problem in Lawrence. National health rankings have designated the shortage in Douglas County as “severe.” Significant portions of renters and homeowners in Lawrence spend more than 30 percent of their monthly incomes on housing, qualifying them as “cost burdened.” The problem is worse for renters, with 57 percent being cost burdened, according to the most recent U.S. Census data. For homeowners, 28 percent are cost burdened. As part of the new incentives policy, how many units need to be set aside as affordable has also been addressed. Under the policy, any developer seeking incentives for a project with a residential component will be required to designate a portion of the units as affordable. For residential

A full list of the affordable housing provision of the incentives policy is as follows: l The rent for affordable rental housing units will not exceed the maximum Fair Market Rent (FMR) as established by the Lawrence-Douglas County Housing Authority. l Applicants will not deny Section 8 vouchers for the affordable rental housing units. l Affordable rental housing units will target those qualifying at 60 percent or below of HUD area median income (AMI) for the most recent available year. Income levels below 60 percent AMI are preferred in order to provide units to those most in need. Preference will also be given to developing units that are larger than one bedroom. l Affordable ownership units will target those qualifying at 80 percent or below of HUD area median income (AMI) for the most recent available year. All housing costs (i.e., HOA or other fees, principal and interest, utilities, etc.) must not exceed 30 percent of household income. l Performance agreements will require verification of low/ moderate income occupancy of affordable housing units in a method satisfactory to the city at the applicant’s expense. Applicants are highly encouraged to partner with local nonprofit agencies to screen and verify income for affordable housing units to meet the ongoing performance agreement requirements. l Universal design standards to enable unit accessibility for everyone is highly encouraged. l Energy-efficient design is highly encouraged. l Applicants will provide affordable housing units with approximate base finishes of other standard units and shall fully meet or exceed all city code requirements. l Applicants will be required to maintain these affordable housing provisions throughout the entire duration of the incentive period. However, the city strongly encourages maintaining affordability of the units beyond the required time frame. — Source: City of Lawrence

projects with 4-49 units, at least 10 percent of the units will have to be affordable. For projects with 50 or more units, the requirement is 15 percent. The city will conduct annual reviews to make sure the agreement is being followed. All affordable housing designations must remain in effect for at least the term of the incentive period, but the policy states that the city “strongly encourages” the applicant to maintain units designated as affordable housing even after the incentive period. Oury said the fair market rent measure will help with those performance reviews, because the rate is adjusted annually.

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“HUD puts this out every single year, so that as we go to measure these incentives going forward, we know we’ll have a measure,” Oury said. The city’s plan is to provide affordable rental units and first-time homes in scattered sites throughout the city, as opposed to concentrating units in certain neighborhoods. The plan is to do so via new construction as well as the conversion of existing properties. In addition to the set aside requirements for incentives, the city plans to build up its affordable housing trust fund. — City Hall reporter Rochelle Valverde can be reached at 832-6314. Follow her on Twitter: @RochelleVerde

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Getting the lead out Community Building cleanup is a wise investment to make the facility downtown usable again.

he city will soon begin lead contamination cleanup of the Community Building at 115 W. 11th St. That’s a good thing. The cleanup by Titan Environmental Services will cost $40,000 and take about a week. It’s an investment that’s a small price to pay to make the building usable again. Lead contamination was discovered earlier this year and the primarily concrete room in the basement of the Community Building has been locked up ever since. Professional decontamination just began. The room will be stripped as part of the cleanup, said Mark A. Hecker, assistant director of the Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department. “So it’ll be everything from removing all the surfaces in there — from carpet to wood to the traps — then cleaning it and repainting it if needed for sealing purposes,” Hecker said. “It’ll basically leave us with a bare-naked room.” The 1,400 square-foot space housed a gun range for more than a half century. As weapons were fired there, traces of lead from bullets built up. Testing has shown lead levels inside the range are in some spots 17,000 times greater than what is considered safe by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The Douglas County Rifle and Pistol Club leased the space from the city and operated the gun range until February, when city leaders realized the location violated the federal Gun Free School Zones Act, enacted in 1990, because of the building’s proximity to St. John School. Since then the room in the basement of the Community Building has been locked. The city subsequently tested the area for lead contamination. The results of those tests showed that each of the four samples taken from the room — and one from the public stairway leading down to it — had excessive levels of lead contamination. According to HUD guidelines, lead levels above 40 micrograms per square foot are hazardous, and the five samples taken from the former gun range showed levels from 400 to 681,000 micrograms per square foot. Even low levels of lead are toxic if ingested. Lead is especially harmful for infants and children; small levels of lead contamination have been shown to affect IQ, ability to pay attention and academic achievement, according to the Centers for Disease Control. The effects of lead exposure cannot be reversed. Hecker said once the decontamination is complete, the city will test the former shooting range and adjacent areas to make sure the space is safe. Once that is achieved, the city can begin conversations about how the space can be used. Getting the building cleared of lead contamination and putting it to use as a recreational amenity for the public is a welcomed outcome, worth the $40,000 investment.

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Did I say that? Let me apologize For your semi-faithful correspondent, 2016 has been a 12-month exercise in humility. I apologize to you, gentle reader, for the errors — all unforced — to which I subjected you. My introduction to the 2016 campaign was to endorse the timeless wisdom of former Sen. Bill Cohen, a Republican from Maine who never lost an election: “I don’t care how great your ideas are or how well you can articulate them. People must like you before they will vote for you. Donald Trump is not a likable man.” Correction. Election Day exit polls asked 24,558 actual voters whether their personal opinions of Hillary Clinton and Trump were favorable or unfavorable. Clinton was rated personally favorable by 43 percent of voters and unfavorable by 55 percent, which was not exactly a ringing endorsement but better than Trump’s numbers. Sixty percent of voters found him personally unfavorable, and just 38 percent said they liked the nowpresident-elect. So I was wrong when I insisted that voters have to “like you before they will vote for you.” In April, I wrote of the surprise support for Democratic long shot Sen. Bernie Sanders and his economic

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I was wrong when I insisted that voters have to ‘like you before they will vote for you.’” populism: “Consistent with the values of a world leader he so openly admires, good Pope Francis, Sanders insists on looking at the economy from the bottom up and from the outside in. Sanders’ remarkable success all but ensures that the next treasury secretary will not be an alumnus of Citigroup or Goldman Sachs.” Wrong: President-elect Trump’s nominee to be treasury secretary is Steven Mnuchin, who was a partner at Goldman Sachs. Another mea-culpa comes from something I said in August. After taking notice of Trump (who avoided the military draft during wartime with an alleged bone spur) describing his success-

fully eluding sexually transmitted diseases during his New York “swinger” years as his “personal Vietnam,” I wrote, “As John McCain struggles to win re-election in Arizona to his sixth Senate term, fate has cruelly chained him to a national ticket headed by the man who so publicly and callously disparaged McCain’s valor and sacrifice.” “Chained”? I don’t think so. On Election Day, McCain won a thumping re-election victory by 250,000 votes — a margin nearly three times as large as Trump’s over Clinton in the Grand Canyon State. Two months later, I somewhat pompously announced after the president’s wife’s well-received public appearances as a campaign surrogate, “We now know that the October surprise of the 2016 presidential campaign has turned out to be first lady Michelle Obama.” This, of course, was setting aside the universal distribution earlier in the month of the videotape of then-59-year-old Trump revealing how he had tried but failed to seduce and sleep with “Access Hollywood” co-host Nancy O’Dell and volunteering his technique for assaulting attractive women: “When you’re a

star, they let you do it. You can do anything — grab them by the (expletive).” It was a major October surprise that this documented prurience did not hurt Trump among the 26 percent of the electorate most identified with good morals, white evangelical Christians, who had supported John McCain in 2008 and Mitt Romney in 2012 over Barack Obama by essentially a 3-1 margin. Brushing aside the argument that “character counts,” white evangelical Christians voted by a 5-1 ratio for the thrice-married Trump over the once-andstill-wed Clinton. Let it be admitted that I suggested that just as Barry Goldwater’s disastrous 1964 “states’ rights” campaign had united African-American voters in the Democratic camp, Trump — “by his language, his policies and his attitude” — could “permanently reduce the GOP share of the Latino vote to 10 percent.” Wrong again. On Election Day, Trump won one in three male Latino voters. I thank you for reading what I have written and for, up to now, having been so forgiving for what I have gotten wrong. I promise to try to do better in 2017. — Mark Shields is a columnist with Creators Syndicate.

With more terror comes more denial Recent terrorist attacks in Ankara, Turkey, and Berlin, Germany, add to a growing list of incidents that are becoming increasingly difficult to remember. Does one begin the list with the plane hijackings in the ‘60s and ‘70s, or the first World

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Mounting evidence that many of these people are time bombs waiting to explode still fails to open eyes that have been deliberately shut.”

Trade Center bombing in 1993, or the USS Cole attack in 2000, or the second World Trade Center attack in 2001, or Ft. Hood, San Bernardino, Orlando, Paris or Nice? And that’s not all of them, nor will it be the end of them, if we don’t have a better response. During the great wave of immigration in the early 20th century, the United States barred those afflicted with tuberculosis, venereal disease, trachoma and other serious diseases from entering the country. Now a different kind of infection is invading Europe and increasingly the United States. It’s called radical Islamic terrorism. The West con-

tinues to admit people from terrorist countries, people who have been infected with this killer disease, seemingly fearing the affliction less than being labeled intolerant. How is that working out? So afraid of being charged with Islamophobia, German Chancellor Angela Merkel admitted more than 1 million refugees in 2015 from nations that breed terrorists. It was inevitable that some would come to destroy rather than assimilate. Mounting evidence that many of these people are time bombs waiting to explode still fails to open eyes that have been deliberately shut. Take the case of a 24-yearold Tunisian named Anis Amri, the suspect in the Berlin Christmas market attack, shot dead by authorities on Friday in Milan, Italy. Amri was one of a number of suspected terrorists who have

come from Tunisia, a country that has reportedly sent more fighters to Syria than any other. The Charlie Hebdo attacker was Tunisian, as was the man who drove a truck into a crowd in Nice on Bastille Day, killing 86 people. ISIS had urged similar attacks be made and, apparently, the Berlin suspect obeyed. The UK Daily Mail reports Amri was jailed four years ago in Italy for burning down a school. He also was arrested three times in Germany before giving police the slip earlier this month. German authorities reportedly were in touch with Tunisian officials to get Amri a passport so he could be deported. But Tunis rejected the request, saying it had no record of his ever being a citizen. Was this a lie, or was he a plant? We may never know. Chancellor Merkel’s response to all of this is a

case of too little, too late. She wants to ban Muslim women from wearing fullface veils. That is a political move, not a strategic one. It will not deter terrorists from their mission, as more enter Germany hidden among legitimate refugees. Responding to the latest terrorist attacks, Presidentelect Donald Trump said he has been proved “100 percent correct” when it comes to his plans to curtail Muslim immigrants from nations that spawn terrorists. Given the number already in Europe or those who have been self-radicalized and allowed into the U.S., it may be too late. The West can either acquiesce or fight back. Trump wants to fight back. It’s better than waiting for the next attack, hoping we’re not the target. — Cal Thomas is a columnist for Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

TODAY IN HISTORY On Dec. 27, 1904, James Barrie’s play “Peter Pan: The Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up” opened at the Duke of York’s Theater in London. l In 1831, naturalist Charles Darwin set out on a roundthe-world voyage aboard the HMS Beagle. l In 1932, New York City’s Radio City Music Hall first opened.

l In 1945, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund were formally established. l In 1947, the original version of the puppet character Howdy Doody made his TV debut on NBC’s “Puppet Playhouse.” l In 1949, Queen Juliana of the Netherlands signed an act recognizing Indonesia’s sovereignty after

more than three centuries of Dutch rule. l In 1968, Apollo 8 and its three astronauts made a safe, nighttime splashdown in the Pacific. l In 1970, the musical play “Hello, Dolly!” closed on Broadway after a run of 2,844 performances. l In 1979, Soviet forces seized control of Afghanistan. President Hafizullah Amin,

who was overthrown and executed, was replaced by Babrak Karmal. l In 1985, American naturalist Dian Fossey, 53, who had studied gorillas in the wild in Rwanda, was found hacked to death. l In 2007, opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was assassinated during a suicide bomb attack in Pakistan following a campaign rally.

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Beatrice 48/26

Concordia 48/25

Centerville 44/30

St. Joseph 46/26 Chillicothe 47/29

Sabetha 48/28

Kansas City Marshall Manhattan 50/33 49/31 Goodland Salina 50/25 Oakley Kansas City Topeka 48/26 51/25 49/25 50/28 Lawrence 47/29 Sedalia 50/28 Emporia Great Bend 50/33 50/27 48/23 Nevada Dodge City Chanute 51/33 48/26 Hutchinson 50/31 Garden City 50/24 48/24 Springfield Wichita Pratt Liberal Coffeyville Joplin 49/33 51/26 47/25 51/25 51/34 51/33 Hays Russell 49/23 49/22

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Today Wed. Today Wed. Cities Hi Lo W Hi Lo W Cities Hi Lo W Hi Lo W Holton 51 29 pc 54 31 s Atchison 49 26 s 51 30 s Independence 49 33 s 52 32 s Belton 48 31 s 50 30 s Olathe 47 29 s 50 30 s Burlington 51 30 s 55 31 s Osage Beach 49 30 s 53 33 c Coffeyville 51 33 s 56 32 s 52 29 s 56 31 s Concordia 48 25 s 51 28 pc Osage City Ottawa 51 29 s 53 31 s Dodge City 48 26 s 55 23 s Wichita 51 26 s 56 30 s Fort Riley 51 26 s 54 31 s Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.

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INTERNATIONAL CITIES Cities Acapulco Amsterdam Athens Baghdad Bangkok Beijing Berlin Brussels Buenos Aires Cairo Calgary Dublin Geneva Hong Kong Jerusalem Kabul London Madrid Mexico City Montreal Moscow New Delhi Oslo Paris Rio de Janeiro Rome Seoul Singapore Stockholm Sydney Tokyo Toronto Vancouver Vienna Warsaw Winnipeg

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-10s -0s 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s 110s National Summary: Snow showers will linger over parts of the Northeast today. The front will cause showers over the Southeast. The air will be quite warm south of the front and chilly to the north. Today Wed. Today Wed. Cities Hi Lo W Hi Lo W Cities Hi Lo W Hi Lo W 54 38 pc 59 41 r Albuquerque 48 29 s 52 29 pc Memphis 83 69 pc 83 68 pc Anchorage 25 18 c 25 6 pc Miami Milwaukee 31 21 c 41 28 pc Atlanta 72 49 t 66 57 r Minneapolis 24 17 pc 34 26 pc Austin 68 59 sh 77 55 c Nashville 53 34 c 57 44 r Baltimore 62 32 sh 46 31 s New Orleans 75 62 pc 74 63 c Birmingham 68 47 c 65 54 c 59 34 sh 42 34 s Boise 29 18 sn 29 11 pc New York Omaha 45 27 s 46 29 pc Boston 54 31 sh 41 30 s Orlando 83 62 pc 82 61 pc Buffalo 35 26 sf 34 29 c 61 34 pc 44 30 pc Cheyenne 42 29 s 37 17 pc Philadelphia 69 46 s 69 49 pc Chicago 34 24 c 42 29 pc Phoenix 46 29 pc 40 32 pc Cincinnati 42 27 s 45 35 pc Pittsburgh Portland, ME 46 25 pc 37 20 pc Cleveland 35 30 c 39 34 c Portland, OR 47 35 r 46 33 c Dallas 63 53 pc 72 46 c 47 28 pc 48 22 pc Denver 50 31 s 46 22 pc Reno 68 37 pc 55 36 s Des Moines 42 29 s 44 28 pc Richmond Sacramento 54 34 s 58 33 s Detroit 35 28 sf 37 31 c 46 32 s 51 35 pc El Paso 61 40 pc 66 39 pc St. Louis Salt Lake City 29 27 pc 35 18 c Fairbanks 3 -7 sn -1 -14 c 68 48 s 71 51 s Honolulu 81 70 s 80 68 sh San Diego San Francisco 56 42 s 58 44 s Houston 76 65 pc 78 66 c 45 38 sh 46 38 c Indianapolis 40 26 s 44 29 pc Seattle Spokane 33 24 sn 31 21 c Kansas City 47 29 s 49 31 s Tucson 72 45 s 72 48 pc Las Vegas 51 38 s 56 42 s Tulsa 53 37 pc 61 35 pc Little Rock 55 36 pc 56 39 r Wash., DC 64 37 pc 49 36 s Los Angeles 69 48 s 74 50 s National extremes yesterday for the 48 contiguous states High: Fort Myers, FL 88° Low: Bryce Canyon, UT -21°

WEATHER HISTORY New York City was hit by its biggest 24-hour snowstorm on Dec. 26 and 27, 1947; 26 inches accumulated in Central Park.

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dead. It’s one of the downsides of the medication. Kiley was in the hospital in Kansas City for three and a half weeks, which put chemotherapy on hold, while they waited for her pancreas to heal. Because she couldn’t keep any foods down, a feeding tube was surgically inserted into her stomach. Kiley says it looks like a flower. But it is uncomfortable. However, now she can get heavy-duty nutrition around the clock, her mother said, and she seems to be regaining some strength. Meanwhile one Tuesday, Kiley’s nurse, Terri Griffin, bantered with her as she assembled the IV drugs. “I’m her favorite,” Griffin said with a smile. Kiley rolled her eyes in disagreement. “She’s spunky,” Griffin said, smiling at the redheaded teenager. Going through such an ordeal would be tough for an adult, Simpson said, “but for a kid it’s pretty intense.” On this day while her friends were attending class, cheer practice and a basketball game, Kiley was trying to get through the treatment that makes her nauseous, weak and miserable. It drags her down,

but Simpson says she’ll come back up for a week and a half before she has to start over again with treatments. Visits from two older sisters, Keegan Dougherty and Kiara Flanagan — who bring along her 20-month-old niece, Audrey Dougherty — bring a smile to Kiley’s face. She also had a surprise visit from several cheerleaders and chatted with friends this past week. “Kiley absolutely is still a part of our team and in our thoughts daily,” said Ashleigh Vieyra, coach of the HHS cheerleaders. After she was diagnosed in July she did continue to practice and participate with the squad as she could. “Going through her treatments has been hard for her to continue actively participating, but as she is able to she attends any events that she can physically attend. “She is a very kind, hardworking girl and we are pulling for her,” Vieyra said. Last Tuesday, she was beginning the second treatment for the third phase of a four-phase regimen that her doctors hope will move her into remission so that she can have a bone marrow transplant in early 2017. The transplant offers a better chance the leukemia won’t return. Last week, they hoped to be home for Christmas,

but they couldn’t plan that far ahead. “Nobody understands the extent of all the treatment until they are in the situation,” Simpson said. So it’s the simple things that others do for Kiley that mean so much to her and her mother. She was feeling groggy as the chemotherapy was beginning its slow drip. “Mrs. Rice came to see me,” Kiley said, perking up and smiling, remembering how the Iron Riderz came to visit when she was in the hospital the previous Sunday. They brought gifts, and Paula Rice, assistant principal at HHS, was with this group. “It worked out well that I was able to coordinate with Tamera to give her a heads up that we were in that group. It was great to see Kiley,” Rice said. Rice tries to help students who cannot attend school for various reasons stay as connected as possible. “They need to know that they are not alone and that HHS is with them in their fight. When we cannot personally visit, we find a way.” For example, this week a parent volunteered to drive two of the senior cheerleaders down with a few surprises for Kiley. “The rest of us called her via FaceTime. It was great for them to see and talk with her, and I know that she enjoyed it also.”

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Hitter, 24, a graduate student, are tavern regulars and fear that the rising cost of a pint is another financial squeeze in one of Europe’s most expensive places to live. They call it an attack on a great institution. “The pub is the chief arena for socializing in the U.K.,” Hitter said. “It’s casual fun, but it still feels like you’re doing something despite basically sitting in a living room.” Making ends meet is increasingly tough for owners of pubs, which are closing at a rate of 27 a week nationwide. London alone loses about 500 a year, as they fail to compete with trendy cocktail bars and cheap booze offers from supermarket chains, according to the Campaign for Real Ale. At the same time, the United Kingdom has among the high-

More than 75 years after the attack on Pearl Harbor, remembrance and reconciliation are the themes Tuesday as Japan’s prime minister makes the first formal visit by a Japanese leader to the site where the world changed forever. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and President Obama will speak at the commemoration of the Japanese air attack in 1941 that drew the United States into the Second World War. Abe landed at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam for the historic visit Monday. Obama and Abe will meet privately to discuss the state of the U.S.-Japanese alliance, one that could undergo stark changes after Donald Trump becomes president next month. “The two leaders’ visit will showcase the power of reconciliation that has turned former adversaries into the closest of allies,” the White House said in announcing the visit this month. Obama and Abe plan to make remarks at the memorial built atop the bombed-out hull of the USS Arizona, which sank to the bottom of the harbor Dec. 7, 1941. The attack, on what President Franklin D. Roosevelt called “a date which will live in infamy,” killed more than 2,400 Americans. Abe probably won’t apologize for the Pearl Harbor attack, but he is likely to express sympathy for the victims. Monday, Abe visited the Ehime Maru Memorial near downtown Honolulu where a U.S. Navy submarine, the USS Greeneville, sunk a Japanese fishing vessel, killing nine people in 2001. Hawaiian Gov. David Ige and Caroline Kennedy, U.S. ambassador to Japan, were among those who joined Abe at the memorial, the Associated Press reported. In announcing his visit this month, the Japanese prime minister said, “We must never repeat the horror of war. ... I want to express that determination as we look to the future and at the same time send a message about the value of U.S.Japanese reconciliation.” The Obama-Abe meeting takes place less than a month

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Beer-loving Brits are heading to their local pubs for festive tipples as part of the holidays, even as many Londoners fume that their already pricey pint will cost still more in 2017. A new city tax hike on business that takes effect next year will rise from an average of about 10% to more than 12%, boosting the price of a pint by more than 40% in some pubs, according to business tax research firm CVS. “It does outrage me — the premium on a pint in London compared to buying it in a supermarket is already too high,” said Farhud Manzoori, 29, a trader for Nobel Group, as he sipped ale at the Roebuck pub in South London. “It means you have to use a £20 bill (about $25) to pay for two pints. It’s already too expensive.” According to the Good Pub Guide, the average cost of a pint in the United Kingdom tops $4, but in central London, the price can creep past $6. Average prices in the USA are about the same, according to the website pintprice.com. Manzoori and his friend Alex

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Wintry weather caused travel trouble across the nation’s northern tier for folks returning home from holiday celebrations Monday. A blizzard buried the northern Plains under as much as 16 inches of snow, which was blown around

by winds of up to 50 mph. Nearly every highway across North Dakota and the western half of South Dakota was shut down Monday, the National Weather Service said. The North Dakota Highway Patrol warned that motorists who venture out in areas under notravel advisories go at their own risk and “may become stranded, and emergency responders may not be able to reach them safely,” the Associated Press said. The storm caused widespread power outages in the Dakotas, Nebraska and western Iowa, AP reported. The Minot (N.D.) International

Airport closed Monday because of low visibility and will remain closed until early Wednesday, the Minot Daily News said. Though the worst of the snow fell to the west of Minneapolis, dozens of flights were delayed Monday at the city’s airport, FlightAware said. Travel hazards will persist across the region into Tuesday, despite the storm winding down, AccuWeather said. Elsewhere, portions of New England and New York state saw freezing rain Monday, which was forecast to persist into early Tuesday, the weather service said.

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Chris Barrett walks in lowvisibility conditions in Mandan, N.D., on Christmas.

In the western USA, a new storm Tuesday will spread snow eastward into interior Washington and Oregon and the northern Rockies, the weather service said. For the central, eastern and southern USA, winter will take a vacation Tuesday as above-average temperatures take hold. The East Coast will be particularly warm. Afternoon high temperatures were forecast to be 10 to 25 degrees above average, the weather service reported. A few locations in Florida, including Miami, are seeing their warmest December on record.

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Melissa Grajek was subjected to all kinds of taunts for wearing the hijab, but an incident at Discovery Lake in San Marcos, Calif., sealed the deal. Her 1-year-old son was playing with another boy when an irate father saw her and whisked his son away, telling Grajek, “I can’t wait until Trump is president because he’ll send you back to where you came from.” The man then scooped up a handful of wood chips and threw them at Grajek’s son. At that moment, Grajek said, enough was enough. She decided to take off her head covering. “I had been on the fence regarding hijab, but that incident made it clear my religious choices could be putting my son at risk,” she said. Grajek’s decision to doff the hijab follows reports of assaults against Muslim women. Last week, Ilhan Omar, a newly elected Minneapolis state representative, was leaving the White House, where she discussed policy initiatives, when a cab driver threatened to yank her hijab while shouting expletives and calling her “ISIS.” A day earlier, a man pushed a New York City transit worker down a staircase at Grand Central Terminal, yelling, “You’re a terrorist, go back to your own country!” Two weeks ago in Brooklyn, a man threatened an off-duty po-

lice officer with his pit bull, telling her and her son to “go back to your country.” All three women were wearing hijabs. Assaults or intimidation of Muslims had been steadily rising well before the election, but they became more common during the divisive campaign of President-elect Donald Trump, who called for a temporary ban on Muslim immigrants and proposed a registry for U.S. Muslims. A Pew Research Center analysis of hate crimes statistics from the FBI shows that the number of physical assaults against Muslims reached 9/11-era levels last year. The number of anti-Muslim intimidation crimes — defined as threatening bodily harm — also rose. Some imams across the country say it’s OK to take the hijab off, at least temporarily. Imam Abdullah Antepli recently asked a group of women at the Islamic Association of Raleigh (N.C.) how many of them felt unsafe in public. Dozens of hands shot up. He told them the extraordinary circumstances under which Muslim Americans live may require extraordinary measures — including taking off the hijab, at least for a while. “I’m not trying to be alarmist,” said Antepli, the chief representative of Muslim affairs at Duke University. “But the nation is being sucked into a combustible mix. We have to think unconventionally.” Antepli’s call to remove the hijab, which he repeated at a

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Women participate in a self-defense class at the Muslim Community Network in New York on Dec. 3. Physical assaults against Muslims reached 9/11-era levels last year, statistics show.

“I’m not trying to be alarmist. But the nation is being sucked into a combustible mix.” Imam Abdullah Antepli, chief representative of Muslim affairs at Duke University

mosque in Cary and in home gatherings of Muslims in Raleigh and Chapel Hill, is rare but not unheard of. In Texas, Imam Omar Suleiman, president of the Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research and resident scholar at the Valley Ranch Islamic Center in Irving, said women’s fears should be taken seriously. “It’s important to give our women support and validate the fear they’re feeling,” Suleiman said. “Fear isn’t quantifiable; it’s to the person’s own experience.” Though Suleiman doesn’t foresee a blanket call to abandon the head scarf, he advises women to consider practical measures, such

as wearing a hoodie instead of a hijab if they feel like they may be in danger. For many Muslim women, the head covering is a quintessential mark of their identity — much as the kippa or yarmulke is a customary requirement for Orthodox and some Conservative Jewish men. Though often understood as a symbol of modesty and privacy, the hijab is much more for those Muslim women who choose to wear it. They view it alternately as a sign of religious devotion, discipline, freedom from Western expectations or simply a way to be in a continuous state of prayer. Many Muslim women would never think of giving it up, even if it means being targeted. “This is a difficult time,” acknowledged Khalilah Sabra, a Raleigh Muslim activist who works for the Muslim American Society’s Immigrant Justice Center. Last month, a man spit in her face as she descended the stairs of the Garfield, N.J., Municipal Court, where she was testifying in a domestic violence dispute. “I

had to pause and decide do I fight or let it go?” Sabra decided to buck up and carry on. “We have to stand up for our religious rights and encourage women to stand their ground,” she said. Others are taking security measures. On Nov. 9, when New York’s Muslim Community Network posted a notice on Facebook about a self-defense workshop, leaders expected 50 or 60 women would respond. Within hours, 2,700 women had signed up. Some Muslim women buy pepper spray, take firearms training or apply for concealed-carry permits. And quietly, some Muslim women are uncovering their hair. “One of the reasons women are encouraged to dress modestly is for their protection,” said Engy Abdelkader, senior fellow and adjunct professor at Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service. “Once that purpose is no longer served, there’s an argument that it becomes a matter of necessity to remove it.”

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est beer taxes in Europe, about 63 cents a pint. Brigid Simmonds, CEO of the British Beer and Pub Association, said the higher tax could force even more pubs to shutter their doors. “Independent pubs are going to find it difficult,” she said. Simmonds pushes for the government to soften the blow by reducing the beer tax rate from what it is now, along with a rebate on business taxes for all pubs. “Pubs are important to local communities,” she said, “We think pubs should be treated differently.” Some pubs that have been serving pints for centuries are at risk for the greatest tax increases because of their central locations, popularity and high sales. The revered, centuries-old Anchor, for example, has been a brothel, a tavern and a chapel. It sits on the south bank of the River Thames, just around the corner from the Globe Theatre, where William Shakespeare’s plays were per-

President Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attend a conference in May in Japan. They will meet again at Pearl Harbor on Tuesday.

“The pub is the chief arena for socializing in the U.K. It’s casual fun, but it still feels like you’re doing something.” Alex Hitter, a graduate student in London

formed. The bard himself was a regular drinker there, according to lore. The pub will have to cough up an extra $182,000 a year when the new taxes begin. Simmonds said the increase also will hit tourists, who love going to British pubs. “We want you to keep on visiting, but you may have to pay a bit for your pint,” she said. Leah Hardiker, 26, an accountant and a regular at the Anchor, isn’t prepared to accept that. “I come here quite a lot,” she said, “so it’s not good news.”

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London’s Anchor pub, where Shakespeare allegedly drank.

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before Obama will leave the White House and Trump will enter it, a development that will probably affect U.S.-Japanese relations. During the presidential campaign, Trump talked about changing trade policies worldwide and requiring Japan and other allies to pay more for security assistance. Abe met with the president-elect face to face last month at Trump Tower. The Obama-Abe meeting in Hawaii is designed “to review our joint efforts over the past four years to strengthen the U.S.-Japan alliance, including our close cooperation on a number of security, economic and global challenges,” according to the White House statement. In many ways, Abe’s visit reciprocates Obama’s trip this year to Hiroshima, site of the first U.S. atomic attack on Japan

that ended the war in 1945. Trump weighed in on the trip in May, tweeting at the time, “Does President Obama ever discuss the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor while he’s in Japan? Thousands of American lives lost.” Japanese public opinion has opposed the prospect of a formal government visit to Pearl Harbor. To many in Japan, the air attack of 1941 was a response to a U.S.-led oil embargo. But Abe’s plans for this year have won good reviews in the national media. Technically, Abe will not be the first Japanese leader to visit Pearl Harbor. In 1951, Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida went to the site during a stopover in Hawaii after an international conference in San Francisco. Abe is the first to make an official trip to Pearl Harbor and to speak publicly about what happened there.

The Obama-Abe meeting in Hawaii is designed “to review our joint efforts over the past four years to strengthen the U.S.-Japan alliance.” The White House

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STOCK MARKET PREDICTIONS FOR 2017

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One Wall Street bull is predicting a more than 10% jump for the S&P 500 in 2017, but the average gain seen is 4.4%.

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The post-election stock rally and investor euphoria inspired by President-elect Donald Trump’s promise to boost corporate America’s fortunes won’t add up to big market gains in 2017, a USA TODAY review of predictions from 15 Wall Street strategists found. The average year-end 2017 price target for the Standard & Poor’s 500 stock index is 2363, or 4.4% higher than Friday’s close of 2264. The average gain predicted for all of next year is less than the 5.8% gain the S&P 500 has enjoyed in the 27 trading days since Election Day, a stock surge dubbed the “Trump rally.” The low single-digit percentage gain forecast for 2017 is also well below the 10% annual return stocks have posted over long periods of time. That’s not to say Wall Street pros gazing into their crystal balls see a bear market. Or a damaging recession. Or a market meltdown. One prognosticator sees the S&P 500 gaining more than 10% next year, on top of the 10.8% gain it has posted in 2016. Not one of the 15 strategists sees the stock market posting losses next year. The lowest 2017 year-end price target — 2300 — equates to a gain of less than 2%. The year’s biggest bull, or market cheerleader, is Jonathan Golub, chief equity strategist at RBC Capital Markets. He sees the S&P 500 ending next year at 2500, or 10.4% higher than Friday’s close. Golub sees stocks benefiting from Trump’s pro-growth policies, which he says will “amplify” trends that have been in the pipeline for months, such as a strengthening U.S. economy and a shift toward rising interest rates and inflation. “Trump’s policies are adding fuel to the fire,” Golub said. “You are juicing a system that’s already torqued to the upside.” Golub expects profit growth at U.S. firms to “re-accelerate.” He sees the S&P 500 growing profits at a 7.6% clip in 2017, up from about 1% this year.

S&P 500 YEAR-END TARGETS1

2500 10.4% RBC

2450 8.2% Oppenheimer

2425 7.1% Citigroup

2400 6.0% Barclays Deutsche Bank JP Morgan

2363 Avg. prediction 2350 3.8% BMO Scotiabank

2340 3.4% Canaccord

2335 2.7% Jefferies

2300 1.6% MARK LENNIHAN, AP

Wall Street pros don’t see a bear market, damaging recession or a market meltdown in 2017.

“Trump’s policies are adding fuel to the fire. You are juicing a system that’s already torqued to the upside.” Jonathan Golub, chief equity strategist at RBC Capital Markets

The improving earnings picture, Golub says, will be driven in part by a better business environment for banks and financial companies, which should gain from rising rates and Trump’s promise to abolish regulations. A

profit recovery is also expected for energy stocks, which will benefit from oil’s rise back above $50 per barrel. Golub sees even stronger profit growth in 2018 when Trump’s plans to slash corporate taxes, reduce regulation and spend on infrastructure are more likely to be implemented and have a bottom-line impact. Corporate tax cuts could add 5% to 7% to profits annually going forward, Golub believes. The less bullish end of the spectrum is driven by concerns that market sentiment will sour next year if Trump’s plans are scaled back. David Kostin, chief U.S. equity strategist at Goldman Sachs, sees

the S&P 500 rising as high as 2400 in the first quarter of 2017 on Trump-driven “hope” but then giving back a chunk of those gains and finishing the year at 2300, or 1.6% higher than Friday’s close. The late-year 2017 pullback, he argues, will come as sentiment shifts to “fear” over rising inflation and interest rates as well as concern that some members of Congress may “constrain” some of Trump’s tax-reform plans, eroding some of the expected profit gains for U.S. companies. “Potential tariffs and uncertainty around other policy prescriptions” may also weigh on stocks in 2017. Savita Subramanian, equity

BofA Merrill Lynch Goldman Sachs Stifel Credit Suisse UBS 1 — Changes as of Dec. 23’s close of 2264 SOURCE USA TODAY research JIM SERGENT, USA TODAY

and quantitative strategist at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, says her modest 2300 year-end 2017 price target is contingent on Trump getting the economy moving again as he promises. “2017 could be anything but normal,” she wrote in her 2017 outlook. “Against the backdrop of elevated valuations, slow growth and limited scope for credit expansion, our 2300 target … is reliant on policymakers’ ability to deliver growth next year.”

2 ways to make coin in ’17 (and 2 ways not to) Energy, health care sectors might be best bets for stock gains Matt Krantz @mattkrantz USA TODAY

It has been a great year for stocks — so it’s only natural to start looking for another one. Pay FRIDAY MARKETS INDEX

Dow Jones industrials Dow for the week Nasdaq composite S&P 500 T-bond, 30-year yield T-note, 10-year yield Gold, oz. Comex Oil, light sweet crude Euro (dollars per euro) Yen per dollar

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19,933.81 x 14.93 x 90.40 5462.69 x 15.27 2263.79 x 2.83 3.11% y 0.02 2.54% y 0.01 $1,131.90 x 3.10 $53.02 x 0.07 $1.0452 x 0.0019 117.26 y 0.34

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attention, and the investment pros following companies the closest are already telling you where to put your money. A USA TODAY review of estimates from Wall Street analysts collected by S&P Global Market Intelligence pinpoints the sectors where profit and stock gains are expected to gush in 2017. What are they? Expect companies in the energy, materials and information technology industries to put up the largest increases in earnings per share, according to data from S&P Global. But when it comes to stock gains, analysts are calling for the biggest increases in health care, telecom and consumer discretionary. Such winning stocks could be where the power comes from to keep the impressive late-year rally rolling. “With the economy showing signs of accelerating as we head into 2017, this helps support valuations and increases the odds of this bull market reaching its eighth birthday next year,” says Ryan Detrick, market strategist at LPL Financial. The winners and losers in terms of both expected earnings growth and stock price returns are becoming more clear: uProfit gain winner: energy. The surge in oil prices this year is expected to feed into a big recovery in oil price profits. The energy sector is seen producing 304% profit growth next year, by far the largest expected increase of any of the 11 sectors. The price of oil has surged 45% from its lows over the past year to roughly $53 a barrel. The surge in oil prices is a big reason why companies in the Standard & Poor’s 500

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Investors are predicting which stocks will do well in 2017 long before the lights turn on over Times Square on Saturday night.

2017 PROFIT GROWTH WINNERS AND LOSERS Energy companies are expected to deliver standout profit growth next year.

Sector Consumer discretionary Consumer staples Energy Financials Health care Industrials Information technology Materials Real estate Telecom Utilities S&P 500

EPS growth expected 8.0% 7.9% 304.7% 11.7% 7.5% 3.3% 11.6% 16.7% 8.2% 3.5% -1.2% 11.9%

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are seen putting up 11.8% earnings growth next year. Despite these huge earnings growth forecasts, analysts are expecting energy stocks in the S&P 500 to post an average gain of 6.2%. That’s still better than the 3.4% rise in the Standard & Poor’s 500 index expected by CFRA Research. uProfit gain loser: utilities. The utilities sector is the only one seen reporting lower earnings per share next year. Analysts are forecasting the sector’s profits to drop by 1.2%. Utilities in many ways are the losers from higher commodity prices, as they could be forced to pay more for raw ingredients. The average utility stock in the S&P 500 is expected to rise 4.4%. uStock price winner: health care. Health care stocks underperformed in 2016 — the Health Care Select Sector SPDR fell 3.6% — as they suffered from a combination of problems. In-

tense government scrutiny over drug prices and an unexpected Donald Trump victory in the presidential election introduced uncertainty. Even so, price targets for the next 18 months on health care stocks in the Standard & Poor’s 500 are 16% above these stocks’ current stock prices on average. That’s the biggest expected upside of any sector’s stocks. Investors will need to be patient, though, says David Maris, analyst at Wells Fargo, as many elements that could affect health care companies are yet to be determined, such as the future of regulations. “If investors have a multiyear view, then they’ll be fine” with drugmakers’ stocks, he says. uStock price loser: financials. If you didn’t own financials in 2016 and enjoy the year’s rally, don’t expect another one in 2017. Financial stocks have ripped higher since the election. The Financial Select Sector SPDR exchange-traded fund is up 5.4% over the past month, which is the best performance of all 11 sectors. Hopes for easier regulations and higher long-term interest rates have fueled a big rally in financials. Investors expect financials’ profits to jump to more than 11% in 2017. But the stocks are a different story. The average financial stock in the S&P 500 is seen rising just 1.7% in 2017, the lowest implied upside of all the sectors. Just remember, stocks don’t tend to move in a straight line, so expect surprises. “(Stock) markets are extremely stretched, and some well-deserved consolidation wouldn’t be the worst thing for equities to catch their breath,” Detrick says.

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BOX OFFICE REPORT ‘Rogue One’ continues to prove Star Wars domination as it flew to the top spot at the box office once again. The GILES KEYTE standalone adventure blasted the competition, capturing $96 million over the four-day holiday weekend, according to studio estimates Monday. ‘Sing’ ($56 million), ‘Passengers’ ($23.1 million), ‘Why Him?’ ($16.7 million) and ‘Assassin’s Creed’ ($15 million) rounded out the top five. HOW WAS YOUR DAY? GOOD DAY VANESSA AND NICK LACHEY Talk about a Christmas miracle. Vanessa and Nick Lachey welcomed their third child over the holiday weekend, taking to Instagram on Monday to share the news. “Phoenix Robert Lachey decided to show up early and was born on Christmas Eve,” Vanessa captioned a photo of her newborn son holding her hand. “Mommy, Daddy, Camden & Brooklyn LOVE You very much! #LacheyPartyOf5.”

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The coming-of-age drama Moonlight, starring Alex Hibbert, left, and Mahershala Ali, was a high point for diversity in 2016.

They say hindsight is 20/20, and looking back on the year that was has surely served up some lessons in Hollywood. USA TODAY’s Andrea Mandell looks at seven standout trends from the film world in 2016.

So here’s to well-executed righteous bunnies, forgetful fish, fluffy friends and disturbed birds. EXPLOSIVE DOCUMENTARIES

SOUL-CRUSHING SEQUELS

DAN MACMEDAN, USA TODAY

BAD DAY SONY Sony was hacked. Again. On Monday, the Twitter account for Sony Music issued two false tweets that Britney Spears had died. A representative for the 35-year-old pop singer promptly debunked the claim to CNN, ANGELA WEISS, with Sony later AFP/GETTY IMAGES confirming the hack. "This has been rectified," the company said in a formal statement. "Sony Music apologizes to Britney Spears and her fans for any confusion." THEY SAID WHAT? THE STARS’ BEST QUOTES “It is still very groundbreaking to me. There’s a traditional way that we’ve seen women be written for, and I think this is very different.” — Tracee Ellis Ross to ‘Entertainment Tonight’ on her role in ABC’s ‘Black-ish.’

Hollywood went back to the well, again, again and again. The list of failed sequels that flopped stateside in 2016 is long, but it seems fair to start with The Huntsman: Winter’s War, the misguided attempt to follow 2012’s Snow White and the Huntsman. There was the summer bomb Independence Day: Resurgence, which subbed in Liam Hemsworth for Will Smith, to dismal results, and Johnny Depp’s Alice Through the Looking Glass. This year also brought the box office disaster Allegiant, the sycophantic Zoolander 2 and the retread London Has Fallen. THOUGHTFUL PREQUELS

Here’s to J.K. Rowling, who set sail as a screenwriter thanks to her Harry Potter spinoff, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. We’re counting creative origin stories here, too, from Ryan Reynolds’ Deadpool to Benedict Cumberbatch’s Doctor Strange. Even Rogue One: A Star Wars Story overcame prerelease skepticism and delivered an awe-inspiring spectacle. DIVERSE CASTING

After two frustrating years of #OscarsSoWhite, diverse fare,

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Rinse and repeat: Emily Blunt, Charlize Theron and Huntsman. though still vastly underserved, made waves in 2016. Among the films: the Asian-inspired animated hit Kubo and the Two Strings; the Denzel Washington-directed Fences; the Indian adoption tale Lion; Loving, an intimate portrait of the interracial Virginia couple whose marriage changed the Supreme Court; Morris from America, an indie about a black father trying to raise his son abroad; Birth of a Nation, the story of slave-turned-rebel Nat Turner; and Moonlight, the tale of a gay black boy growing up in Miami. SUPERHERO SIGHTINGS

All we’re going to say here is Captain America: Civil War rocked, Batman v Superman was a depressing disaster and Suicide Squad failed to live up the hype it had built for more than a year. Let’s hope Justice League and Ben Affleck’s Batman standalone film took notes.

Entertainment was rocked by the return of O.J. Simpson in 2016, and those who put in the time for ESPN’s five-part documentary series O.J. Made in America were duly rewarded with the most analytical look yet at the man behind the bars. Then there was Weiner, the political documentary about Anthony Weiner, whose scandals would affect Hillary Clinton’s candidacy and shame his wife, Huma Abedin. Meanwhile, Ava Duvernay somehow had time to make The 13th, an uncompromising look at the mass incarceration of black men in the USA. MUSIC-PACKED MOVIES

DAVID DOLSEN, MARVEL

Ryan Reynolds and Deadpool gave superheroes new life. TALKING ANIMALS

Let’s consider just how well talking animals did at the cineplex this year: Zootopia ($341 million), Finding Dory ($486 million), Secret Life of Pets ($368 million), Angry Birds Movie ($107 million).

With the election hanging over the populace, this was the year to belt it out. We began the year with movies like Sing Street, a comedy about an Irish boy who desperately wants to impress in a rock band, then moved on to the box office blockbuster The Jungle Book, the hilarious pop cultureskewering comedy Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping and Meryl Streep purposefully hitting all the wrong notes in Florence Foster Jenkins. The year closed with the coarse animated comedy Sausage Party; a new tough Disney heroine in Moana singing lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda; relatable animals belting out top 40 hits American Idol-style in Sing; and the tour de force La La Land, which cast Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone as young dreamers dancing and singing around Tinseltown. Not a bad year for musical fare, indeed.

GEORGE MICHAEL, 1963-2016

In his own words: Fame, creativity, sexuality The pop icon at his most outspoken and introspective KEVIN MAZUR, WIREIMAGE

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Big on small screen, too 2016’s most tweeted-about movie hashtags:

1. #StarWars 2. #Suicide Squad 3. #Deadpool SOURCE Twitter rankings of hashtags Jan. 1-Nov. 14 by unique user TERRY BYRNE AND VERONICA BRAVO, USA TODAY

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Stunned and saddened by the loss, George Michael’s famous friends and collaborators spent the day after Christmas remembering and admiring the ’80s pop icon, who died of heart failure over the holiday. Sam Smith hailed Michael as “one of the most magical, talented, bravest and important figures in music and life as I know it,” tweeting Monday that “I would not be the artist I am if it wasn’t for (him).” Paul McCartney praised the star’s “sweet soul music” and self-deprecating humor, and Mariah Carey cited him as an inspiration. Michael’s former Wham! bandmate Andrew Ridgeley

years ago was perfectly happy to stand in front of a camera all day. Now it makes me so miserable. I’ve never been happy with the way I looked. Maybe I needed physical adulation to make up for things I didn’t see in myself. ... I realize it’s not everything to be attractive.” (1990)

called him “the finest singer/ songwriter of his generation.” But few understood the 53year-old talent as well as he knew himself. Here are the best insights from his interviews with USA TODAY: ON FAME

“I believe I have some kind of gift, but I don’t believe in myself as a star. To be happy as a star, you have to believe you’re really removed from people. I’ve never been comfortable with that. I know that deep down I’m the same as everyone else.” (1990) “I don’t think I will ever be a big star in America again. The music industry here is a hard sell. The only way to be a star again is to spend my life promoting myself in a way that I find cheapening.” (1998) “The irony about losing success in America is that it was really the thing I needed to lose. If I wanted my ego stroked, I could turn the radio on anywhere in Europe. I felt left alone here, and lucky. It

ON SUFFERING AND ART

“You find hidden depths when you’re faced with such pain. But I’m definitely one of those people who would rather be happy and less creative than miserable. I’ve been the tortured artist completely involuntarily for five or six years and I have no intention of doing it anymore.” (1998) ANDREW WEBER, USA TODAY

George Michael performs at the closing ceremony for the 2012 Olympics in London.

was like being on holiday from me.” (1998) ON HIS LOOKS

“The person I was four or five

ON HIS SEXUALITY

“Over here (in the U.S.), it looks like I was dragged out, but I outed myself with the last album. I did interviews that said everything except the three words they wanted to hear. I was trying to retain my privacy and dignity without lying.” (1998) Contributing: Edna Gundersen

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Dear Annie: I’ve been seeing this woman, ‘‘Becky,’’ for six months or so. We met through a mentorship program for underprivileged teens. She’s a lawyer and incredibly smart. I write for a music magazine. We have a great time together. But — and I know this is going to make me sound like a jerk — I can’t get over her terrible taste in movies, music and TV shows. I don’t own a television, and I only dedicate precious free time to critically acclaimed shows. She watches, you guessed it, reality TV. We have tried taking turns picking out movies to watch, but I’m miserable watching rom-coms, and she’s miserable watching the heavy films I pick out. It doesn’t seem like a good time for either of us.

Dear Annie

Annie Lane

dearannie@creators.com

I collect vinyl and enjoy discovering new music from independent artists (which is part of my job, after all). She listens to pop stuff that might as well be nails on a chalkboard to me. Annie, what do you think? Can we ever make this work? — Dinner and Definitely Not a Movie Dear Not a Movie: Opposites attract for good reason. Sure, you might drive each other a little

The architect who saw the future The future is behind us. A culture that used to embrace progress and the future with such gusto that it has theme parks named ‘‘Tomorrowland’’ has now given way to a popular penchant for nostalgia. This is coming from someone who has had to review remakes of ‘‘Grease,’’ ‘‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show,’’ ‘‘The Exorcist’’ and ‘‘Hairspray’’ just this year. Part of the disenchantment for the new and the modern stemmed from public rejection of bad architecture. The destruction of New York’s beloved Beaux-Arts-style Pennsylvania Station in 1963, and its subsequent replacement with the squat and generic Madison Square Garden in 1968, inspired a movement for cultural and building preservation that lives with us to this day. “American Masters” (7 p.m., PBS, TV-PG, check local listings) concludes its 30th season with ‘‘Eero Saarinen: The Architect Who Saw the Future,’’ a profile of an architect and visionary who fought the big glass box stereotype of mid-century design to create startling structures -- private and public -- that still seem daring, more than 50 years after his death. Saarinen’s most famous buildings include St. Louis’ iconic Gateway Arch; the General Motors Technical Center in Warren, Michigan; New York’s TWA Flight Center at John F. Kennedy International Airport; and Washington, D.C.’s Dulles International Airport. He also worked with furniture designer Charles Eames to develop the famous ‘‘Tulip’’ chair. Many of Saarinen’s most famous structures were completed after his sudden death in 1961, when he had just turned 51. ‘‘Future’’ was directed by his son, Eric, who barely knew his father, a man who left his family to work endless hours and eventually marry another woman, an architectural critic who became his champion during and after his life. This film is a tale of grand passions and a commitment to buildings that retain a sense of humanity and mark a man’s place in the grand sweep of history. Saarinen’s buildings have become classics without seeming ‘‘old.’’ And they will likely be that way a century from now. O Stephen Colbert returns to host the 39th Annual Kennedy Center Honors (8 p.m., CBS). This year’s recipients include pianist Martha Argerich, movie star Al Pacino, singers Mavis Staples and James Taylor as well as rock band The Eagles. Tonight’s other highlights

O “This Is Us” (8 p.m., NBC, r,

TV-14) repeats its pilot episode, an overlapping tale of 30-somethings seeking meaning and direction. O The Puppeteer returns on the repeat season 11 finale of “Bones” (8 p.m., Fox, r, TV-14). Copyright 2016 United Feature Syndicate, distributed by Universal Uclick.

nuts — but would you really want to date someone exactly like you? Taste is fleeting. The important thing is that you hold similar values. It sounds as if you two share common ground there, where it counts. Keep an open mind (no snobbery), and encourage her to do the same. Who knows? You might find something profoundly liberating about shaking it off to some Taylor Swift, and your girlfriend might love crying her heart out to a Sundance selection. You can learn from each other. And a bonus: You’ll never have to worry about her stealing your records. Dear Annie: You printed a letter from ‘‘Sick of It,’’ who related that an acquaintance is ‘‘crazy,’’ ‘‘ridiculous,’’ ‘‘filled with hate’’ and ‘‘acting like a spoiled brat.’’ As a clinical social

JACQUELINE BIGAR’S STARS

For Tuesday, Dec. 27: This year you grow in new ways. If you are single, you have a tendency to attract those who are attached or emotionally unavailable. If you are attached, the two of you will be working on a common goal. The stars show the kind of day you’ll have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult Aries (March 21-April 19) ++++ You tend to do the unexpected, which is a result of your spontaneous and adventurous spirit. Tonight: Read between the lines. Taurus (April 20-May 20) +++++ One-on-one relating will result in some unexpected insights. Tonight: Time for a readjustment of the budget. Gemini (May 21-June 20) +++++ Opportunities are likely to emerge if you choose to make one of your creative ideas a reality. Tonight: Go with the moment. Cancer (June 21-July 22) ++++ Whatever you have to do, you are likely to take it seriously and complete it with ease. Tonight: Know when to slow down. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) +++++ A news event is likely to start a conversation. Adjust your schedule if need be. Tonight: Be with a favorite person. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

worker, I would like to suggest that this acquaintance may, in fact, be mentally ill. In both the letter and the response, the word ‘‘crazy’’ was used in a pejorative manner, as if it were an acceptable bad name to call someone. If this acquaintance is, in fact, suffering from bipolar disorder or borderline personality disorder, she may not be able to control these behaviors. This wouldn’t mean you have to put up with them; some distance might still be the best idea. However, within our culture, ‘‘crazy’’ remains one of the labels we casually damn people with. Mental illness strikes 1 in 4 Americans. Isn’t it time to be more sensitive and aware of this? — Edwin Cole — Send your questions for Annie Lane to dearannie@ creators.com.

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NANCY WILLORA MILLS 79, of Tonganoxie, died 12/25/2016 in Lawrence. Committal services are 10AM Fri, 12/30 at the Leavenworth. Nat'l Cemetery. Full obit at www.barnettfamilyfh.com

LLOYD ELTON WILKERSON Lloyd Elton Wilkerson passed away December 22, 2016 at his home at the Foxwood Springs Retirement Center in Raymore, MO. Lloyd died comfortably and unexpectedly due to a heart condition. The loss is felt by his wife of 62 years, Betty Wilkerson, his son Dr. Brian C. Wilkerson and wife Joni, his grandchildren Elizabeth, Caroline, Brian Jr., Alissa Schrank and husband Tony, Mallory, and step grandsons Tyler and Jonathan Gittins. He will also be dearly missed by his sister Louise, brother O.E. and wife Nina, sister inlaw Vivian and many nieces and nephews. Lloyd felt that he would one day join his deceased son Brock Elton Wilkerson in heaven. Lloyd was born May 2, 1928 in Stanberry, MO. After graduating from Stanberry High School, he joined the Army division of the armed services. He then became a manager of the Milgram Stores, which included supervising the Treasure Stamp Center for 33 years. In retirement, he was employed by Overland Park State Bank

for seven years. He was a member and former deacon of the Country Club Christian Church and active in The Anniversary Class. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to: The Fellowship of John Foxwood Springs Retirement Center P.O. Box 1400 Raymore, MO 64083 The celebration of life service will be at Country Club Christian Church on Friday, January 6, 2017 at 2 PM. Visitation will precede the service at 1 PM. Lloyd was the perfect example of a loving husband, father, grandfather, and friend. Everyone loved Lloyd! Please sign this guestbook at Obituaries. LJWorld.com.

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Holiday Happenings, 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Holcom Park Center, 2700 W. 27th St. Build your own Menorah (children’s event), 11 a.m., Home Depot, 1910 W. 31st St. Career Clinic, 1-2 p.m., Lawrence Public Library Health Spot, 707 Vermont St. Bingo night, doors 5:30 p.m., refreshments 6 p.m., bingo starts 7 p.m., Eagles Lodge, 1803 W. Sixth St.

3 brief tornadoes seen on Christmas in western Kansas Dodge City (ap) — Three tornadoes were reported in Kansas on Christmas Day, causing some damage but no injuries. The Dodge City office of the National Weather Service says the first tornado was reported 6 miles southeast of Bucklin Sunday morning, destroying a cattle building. KAKE reports that 20 minutes later, a horse shed was damaged 3 miles south of Greensburg. Another weak tornado touched down later in a farm field southwest of Rush Center in Rush County. No damage was reported from that tornado. Strong winds attached to thunderstorms caused damage to roofs, a grain bin and trees. No injuries are reported from the storms.

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Wichita (ap) — Wichita police are investigating DON’T MISS THIS after a body was found in WEEKEND: a dumpster on Christmas Karaoke New Year’s Day. Eve Party, 9 p.m.- 2 Police Sgt. Wendell a.m. Saturday, The Yacht Nicholson says the cause Club, 530 Wisconsin St. of death is not clear but investigators are treating John Lee: Life-Chang- the case as suspicious. ing Truths Workshop, Nicholson says people noon-6 p.m. Sunday, Per- going through the dumpsonal Power Wholeness ster found the body (formally Pilates Studio), Sunday afternoon outside 3115 W. Sixth St. Call a bakery in southwest 316-209-8865 to reserve. Wichita.

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as police investigations of Ninth Street. Friday, 6:46 p.m., five offimove forward. cers, medical, 1100 block of Friday, 12:23 p.m., four officers, medical emergency, 1700 block of Iowa Street. Friday, 1:32 p.m., five officers, theft, 700 block of Wakarusa Drive. Friday, 3:05 p.m., four officers, suicide threat, 3800 block of Greenway Circle. Friday, 3:15 p.m., four officers, auto accident, 1200 block of Kasold Drive. Friday, 3:45 p.m., four officers, runaway, 4800 block of Bob Billings Parkway. Friday, 4:58 p.m., four officers, suspicious activity, 3100 block of Iowa Street. Friday, 5:01 p.m., five officers, disturbance, 10 block

Louisiana Street. Friday, 7:34 p.m., four officers, adult welfare check, 3600 block of East 24th Street. Friday, 9:31 p.m., five officers, fight, 700 block of New Hampshire Street. Friday, 9:41 p.m., four officers, trespassing, 3200 block of Iowa Street. Friday, 11:23 p.m., five officers, domestic disturbance, 2300 block of Ridge Court. Friday, 11:32 p.m., four officers, trespassing, 3600 block of East 25th Street. Saturday, 2:30 a.m., six officers, criminal damage/ vandalism, 1400 block of

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vandalism, 2700 block of Lankford Drive. Saturday, 7:15 p.m., five officers, disturbance, 3200 block of Iowa Street. Saturday, 8:13 p.m., four officers, traffic stop, intersection of 19th Street and Stewart Avenue. Saturday, 8:23 p.m., five officers, request to speak to officer, 900 block of West 23rd Street. Saturday, 8:58 p.m., four officers, missing adult, 200 block of Lincoln Street. Saturday, 10:50 p.m., seven officers, auto accident, 1300 block of Massachusetts Street. Saturday, 11:32 p.m., four officers, suicide threat, 3600 block of East 25th Street. Saturday, 11:40 p.m., five

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s we near the end of 2016 and look forward to the calendar turning to 2017, many people are starting to think about making some changes to their lives or even making a so-called New Year’s resolution. For some, it may be to quit smoking, while others may want to exercise more, eat healthier, lose weight or even work on getting their financial house in order. Research shows that about 50 percent of people make New Year’s resolutions. Unfortunately, only about 10 percent of those actually achieve them. There are multiple reasons for failure, including not developing a well thought out plan about how to achieve the goal or making goals that are too complex or too lofty for success. Here are some tips to help you work toward achieving any goals that you might have for the new year, especially those that involve lifestyle changes. Try starting with just one or two easily achievable goals and make them SMART goals. SMART is an acronym for Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic and Time-based. The success rate for long-lasting change is much higher. S = Specific. Make sure the goal addresses what needs to be accomplished, where the action will take place, when is it going to happen, and even what is needed for success. For example, “I will exercise more” is a very broad goal, whereas “I will walk on the school track four times a week for 30 minutes after work” is much more

Success rate higher with Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, Time-based goals specific and directive for you. M = Measurable. Make goals that you can easily measure and continue to monitor your progress. Measurable goals provide answers as to how much, how often and how you will know when the goal has been accomplished. Use a tracking app or website like supertracker.usda.gov, a fitness tracking device, or even a calendar to help with this. A = Attainable. A lifestyle change goal should be something you can realistically achieve. Don’t set the bar too high and commit to eating five servings of vegetables daily when you previously have not been eating any. When you are just starting to focus on eating healthier, a goal like this may be unachievable and lead to failure over the long term. Make your goals small and doable so that you have success. Losing 60 pounds may be your ultimate longterm goal, but that large amount can seem out of reach initially. Break that down into smaller increments, such as “I will lose 10 pounds by the end of February.” When

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Sacramento, Calif. — The surge in popularity of fermented foods in recent years — eating them, creating them at home, exploring different cultures and cuisines — is based largely on the idea that this stuff can be really good for you. In today’s filtered, purified, sanitized, antibacterial world, you might think avoiding bacteria of any kind is a good thing. Turns out, plenty of bacteria, invisible to the naked eye, are plastered all over our food and working on our behalf. Yes, that food you forgot was in the back of your fridge is fermenting, but not in a good way. Healthy fermentation requires a lot of care and control, but it’s very doable.

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(First published in the Estate within four months Lawrence Daily Journal- from the date of first pubWorld December 13, 2016) lication of this notice, as provided by law, and if NOTICE TO CREDITORS their demands are not thus PURSUANT TO exhibited, they shall be K.S.A. 58a-818 forever barred. TO ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: You are notified that Jerry D. Buie died on July 23, 2016. The decedent was the settlor of the Jerry D. Buie Revocable Trust, dated the 7th day of June, 2007. Paula E. Buie, Charles Richard Buie, and Kathleen Buie Benedict serve as Successor Co-Trustees. The Successor Co-Trustees have the power to pay the outstanding debts of the decedent from the trust property upon receipt of proper proof of the debts. In accordance with K.S.A. 58a-818, creditors of the decedent must present claims for such debts to the trustees in writing within the later of four (4) months from the date of the first publication of notice, or thirty (30) days after receipt of actual notice if the identity of the creditor is known or reasonably ascertainable by the Successor Co-Trustees. If a creditor fails to present such claims to the Successor Co-Trustees within such prescribed time period, the creditor will be forever barred as against the Successor Co-Trustees and the trust property. Paula E. Buie, Successor Co-Trustee of the Jerry D. Buie Revocable Trust, dated the 7th day of June, 2007 Charles Richard Buie, Successor Co-Trustee of the Jerry D. Buie Revocable Trust, dated the 7th day of June, 2007 Kathleen Buie Benedict, Successor Co-Trustee of the Jerry D. Buie Revocable Trust, dated the 7th day of June, 2007 Paula E. Buie, Charles Richard Buie, and Kathleen Buie Benedict 5023 West 18th Street Lawrence, Kansas 66047 _______

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KANSAS BASKETBALL

BILL SELF By the numbers

By Dave Skretta AP Sports Writer

Kansas City, Mo. — There was no shortage of smiles inside the Kansas City locker room after the Chiefs unceremoniously dumped the Super Bowl champion Denver Broncos from the AFC playoff picture Sunday night. Nor was there a sense of accomplishment. The Chiefs knew even before kickoff they had locked up a wild-card spot, thanks to Pittsburgh rallying past Baltimore earlier in the day. But their 33-10 rout of the Broncos kept alive their hopes of winning the AFC West, and with that comes a first-round bye and at least one home playoff game. “Everyone just has to stay on task. We have so much ahead of us,” Chiefs defensive tackle Chris Jones said. “We can still win the division, you know? Our hopes are farther than the playoffs. We want to win the division and clinch the bye. Our mind is on the next game. We are on to San Diego.” The Chiefs (11-4) are a game back of Oakland (123) in the division race, but they hold the head-to-head tiebreaker by virtue of two wins over the Raiders earlier this season. So, if the Chiefs win their regular-season finale at San Diego and the Broncos beat Oakland — which will be without quarterback Derek Carr, who broke his leg on Saturday — in a game that will be happening simultaneously, coach Andy Reid’s crew will win its first division title since 2010. Earn all the trappings that come with it, too. And that sure beats opening the postseason on the road without getting a week off. “We always want to play at home,” said Chiefs owner Clark Hunt, whose team is playoff-bound in back-toback seasons for the first time since making it every year from 1990-95. “You hear opposing coaches, opposing players, talk about what a difficult place this is to play,” he said. “We want to be able to bring that playoff game to Arrowhead. We want our fans to experience it.” As it stands, the Chiefs are the No. 5 seed and would head to Houston for the first round. It would be a rematch of last year’s playoff opener that Kansas City won in a rout. But the ramifications of that playoff seed quickly became evident the following week, when the Chiefs were forced to hit the road. They played competitively in New England, but were done in by injuries and a few miscues that cost them dearly against a team virtually impossible to beat at home. The Chiefs would avoid a similar trip to Foxborough until at least the AFC title game if they can win the AFC West. That would allow them to ascend to the No. 2 seed in the conference. “We want to get that 2 seed,” Chiefs wide receiver Tyreek Hill said, “and get that bye.” Ah, yes, the bye. The Chiefs certainly could use the extra week off in early January considering the growing number of guys dealing with nagging lateseason injuries.

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KANSAS HEAD COACH BILL SELF APPLAUDS HIS PLAYERS during the Jayhawks’ 89-71 victory over Davidson on Dec. 17 at Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo.

KU coach celebrates 54th birthday today

n the 27th day of December, 1962, Billy Eugene Self was born in Okmulgee, Okla., which means he celebrates his 54th birthday today. Here’s a 1-through-54 look at how each number has a connection to Self, via this year’s teams and others he has coached: 1 — National title, achieved in 2008, the only Final Four featuring all No. 1 seeds. 2 — Final Four appearances (2008, 2012).

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3 — Game-winning shots hit for Edmond High in the three-game Bishop McGuinness tournament his senior year. 4 — Available scholarship post players on roster:

Carlton Bragg Jr., Dwight Coleby, Mitch Lightfoot, Landen Lucas. 5 — Available scholarship perimeter players on roster: Devonté Graham, Josh Jackson, Frank Mason III, Svi Mykhailiuk, Lagerald Vick. 6 — Times in the past 10 years that Kansas has earned a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament. 7 —Active coaches rank ahead of Self on the alltime Div. I (or equivalent) victory list (victories, age): Mike Krzyzewski (1,055, 69), Jim Boeheim (990, 72),

Roy Williams (794, 66), Rick Pitino (754, 64), Bob Huggins (730, 63), John Calipari (672, 57), Rick Barnes (626, 62). 8 — Elite Eight appearances, including one apiece at Tulsa and Illinois. 9 — Losses in Allen Fieldhouse in 13-plus seasons. In chronological order: Richmond, Iowa State, Nevada, Kansas State, Oral Roberts, Texas A&M, Texas, Oklahoma State and San Diego State. 10 — Most losses in one

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Defensive lineman Simmons aims to bring versatility to KU By Benton Smith basmith@ljworld.com

When junior college recruit KeyShaun Simmons made his official visit to the University of Kansas, head coach David Beaty didn’t anticipate coming away from their interaction wowed by how the defensive lineman looked with a basketball in his hands. But when Simmons, a 6-foot-2, 285-pound specimen from Pearl River Community College, joined in on a little fun the KU coaches had planned for the recruits

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Playing basketball is a part of why I am so athletic.” — Incoming KU defensive lineman KeyShaun Simmons and started showing off his jumper, the moment left an impression on his future head coach. “For a big dude, he’s a very athletic guy and he can rain some threes,” Beaty later said, after Simmons signed with KU in mid-December. “The dude can hit ’em. He can move.” Although that particular

skill set obviously won’t help the Jayhawks inside Memorial Stadium or other Big 12 football venues, KU’s coaches expect Simmons’ athleticism to translate well to the next level, once he joins the program in January. Contributed Photo The lineman from Jackson, Miss., played small DEFENSIVE LINEMAN KEYSHAUN SIMMONS poses for a photo while wearing Kansas football gear > SIMMONS, 3D prior to signing with the Jayhawks this month.

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Villanova remains atop AP poll ————

No. 3 Kansas ranked in Top 25 for 150th straight week The Associated Press

Villanova starts its fourth week as the No. 1 team in The Associated Press Top 25 and the ranked teams stay the same from the last poll except for Florida, which replaces fellow Southeastern Conference member South Carolina. The Wildcats (12-0) received 56 first-place votes from the 65-member national media panel to maintain its big lead over UCLA (13-0), which received three No. 1 votes. Kansas (11-1) was third, followed by Baylor (12-0), which

received the other six firstplace votes. Duke remained fifth while Louisville jumped from 10th to sixth following its 73-70 victory over Kentucky last week. Gonzaga is seventh followed by Kentucky, North Carolina and Creighton. West Virginia is again No. 11, followed by Virginia, Butler, Wisconsin, Purdue, Indiana, Xavier, Arizona, Saint Mary’s and Florida State. The last five ranked teams are Oregon, Southern California, Cincinnati, Notre Dame and Florida. Florida (9-3) returns to

the Top 25 after two weeks out of the rankings. The Gators come back in off a 94-71 victory over Arkansas-Little Rock in their first game in the renovated O’Connell Center. They had played their first 11 games on the road or at neutral sites. South Carolina (9-2) was ranked for four weeks, reaching as high as No. 16. The Gamecocks lost 62-60 last week to instate rival Clemson. Kansas is ranked for the 150th consecutive poll, a streak that started on Feb. 3, 2009. The second-longest current streak is 86 polls by Arizona.

The all-time record is 221 consecutive polls by UCLA from 1966-80. With the start of conference play this week, there are six games featuring two ranked teams. On Wednesday, No. 2 UCLA is at No. 21 Oregon and No. 6 Louisville hosts No. 12 Virginia. On Friday, No. 21 Oregon hosts No. 22 Southern California. On Saturday, Villanova puts the No. 1 ranking on the line by visiting No. 10 Creighton. The others are No. 6 Louisville hosting No. 16 Indiana and No. 20 Florida State is at No. 12 Virginia.

NBA roundup The Associated Press

Wizards 107, Bucks 102 Washington — Otto Porter scored 32 points and grabbed 13 rebounds, John Wall had 18 points and a season-high 16 assists, and Washington came from behind to beat Milwaukee on Monday night. Bradley Beal scored 22 points as Washington turned the game around on a 15-2 fourth-quarter run. Markieff Morris added 18 in the Wizards’ sixth-straight home win and seventh this season after trailing by double figures. Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 22 points and grabbed 12 rebounds for the Bucks, who had beaten the Wizards by 27 points in Milwaukee on Friday. Milwaukee’s Tony Snell made a career-high six 3-pointers and set a season high with 20 points, but missed a baseline 3-point attempt late that could’ve tied it at 105-all. Down 10 early in the fourth quarter, Washington roared back while holding Milwaukee to just one field goal over a stretch of 6:41. MILWAUKEE (102) Snell 7-14 0-0 20, Antetokounmpo 7-12 8-11 22, Henson 4-7 0-0 8, Parker 7-18 0-0 14, Dellavedova 1-9 6-8 8, Beasley 4-11 0-0 8, Monroe 7-10 2-4 16, Terry 0-1 0-0 0, Brogdon 3-3 0-0 6. Totals 40-85 16-23 102. WASHINGTON (107) Porter 13-18 1-2 32, Morris 7-11 3-4 18, Gortat 2-5 0-0 4, Wall 8-19 1-2 18, Beal 5-14 9-10 22, Oubre 2-6 0-0 5, Smith 1-1 1-2 3, Burke 0-1 0-0 0, Thornton 2-4 0-0 5. Totals 40-79 15-20 107. Milwaukee 27 30 27 18 — 102 Washington 28 25 29 25 — 107 3-Point Goals-Milwaukee 6-21 (Snell 6-11, Beasley 0-1, Antetokounmpo 0-1, Parker 0-3, Dellavedova 0-5), Washington 12-29 (Porter 5-9, Beal 3-8, Thornton 1-2, Morris 1-2, Wall 1-4, Oubre 1-4). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Milwaukee 40 (Antetokounmpo 12), Washington 40 (Porter 13). Assists-Milwaukee 27 (Dellavedova 11), Washington 29 (Wall 16). Total Fouls-Milwaukee 19, Washington 16. A-15,773 (20,356).

Nets 120, Hornets 118 New York — Randy Foye made a 3-pointer to beat the buzzer and give Brooklyn a victory over Charlotte. The Nets overcame the loss of Jeremy Lin and a 14-point deficit in the third quarter to stop a five-game losing streak. Bojan Bogdanovic led Brooklyn with 26 points, Sean Kilpatrick had 23 and Brook Lopez scored 10 of his 21 in the fourth. Nicolas Batum had 24 points and Jeremy Lamb added 17 for Charlotte, but Kemba Walker was scoreless in the fourth quarter as the Hornets had their three-game winning streak snapped. Lin strained his left hamstring in the third, the same injury that forced him to miss 17 games earlier this season.

How former Jayhawks fared Cole Aldrich, Minnesota Did not play (coach’s decision). Darrell Arthur, Denver Late game. Cheick Diallo, New Orleans Did not play (coach’s decision). Joel Embiid, Philadelphia Late game. Ben McLemore, Sacramento Late game. Marcus Morris, Detroit Min: 36. Pts: 15. Reb: 5. Ast: 2. Markieff Morris, Washington Min: 38. Pts: 18. Reb: 4. Ast: 0. Kelly Oubre Jr., Washington Min: 17. Pts: 5. Reb: 2. Ast: 3. Paul Pierce, L.A. Clippers Late game. Brandon Rush, Minnesota Did not play (coach’s decision). Andrew Wiggins, Minnesota Min: 28. Pts: 21. Reb: 4. Ast: 2.

Magic 112, Grizzlies 102 Orlando, Fla. — Aaron Gordon scored 30 points, and Serge Ibaka and Elfrid Payton had 16 apiece to help Orlando beat Memphis. Seven players reached double figures for the Magic, who maintained a large lead most of the night despite playing without leading scorer Evan Fournier. Nikola Vucevic had 13 points and nine rebounds, and Bismack Biyombo added 10 points and 12 rebounds. Mike Conley led Memphis with 17 points. Troy Daniels had 16 and Zach Randolph 13, but the Grizzlies were down early and never recovered. Orlando’s victory took some of the sting out of a 95-94 loss at Memphis earlier this season.

Pistons 106, Cavaliers 90 Auburn Hills, Mich. — Tobias Harris scored 21 points to help Detroit snap a five-game losing streak by beating Cleveland while LeBron James sat out resting. James missed his third game of the season, and Cleveland has lost all three. The Cavaliers had their five-game winning streak snapped on a night they never led. Cleveland was playing its fifth game in seven days and coming off a thrilling win Sunday over Golden State. Detroit scored the first eight points, led 50-44 at halftime and took control near the end of the third quarter. Harris and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope made 3-pointers early in the fourth, and the Pistons led 82-65. Kevin Love had 17 points and 14 rebounds for Cleveland. There was some booing when James was announced as a scratch before the game. Although the crowd was certainly happy to see the Pistons play well, the atmosphere wasn’t quite as raucous as it surely would have been had Detroit routed the Cavs with Cleveland’s top player in the lineup.

MEMPHIS (102) Parsons 0-4 0-0 0, Ja.Green 3-6 1-2 9, Gasol 4-9 3-4 11, Conley 6-8 5-5 17, Allen 4-7 2-2 10, Ennis 3-4 3-4 11, Martin 2-3 0-0 4, Randolph 6-15 0-0 13, Harrison 1-4 6-8 8, Daniels 5-12 2-3 16, Carter 1-4 0-0 3. Totals 35-76 22-28 102. ORLANDO (112) Ibaka 6-11 2-2 16, Gordon 11-15 4-5 30, Biyombo 4-6 2-4 10, Augustin 4-8 0-0 10, Meeks 5-8 0-0 13, Je.Green 2-11 0-0 4, Rudez 0-2 0-0 0, Zimmerman 0-0 0-0 0, Vucevic 6-11 0-0 13, Payton 6-10 3-5 16, Watson 0-4 0-0 0, Hezonja 0-1 0-0 0, Wilcox 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 44-87 11-16 112. Memphis 18 25 28 31 — 102 Orlando 36 32 28 16 — 112 3-Point Goals-Memphis 10-25 (Daniels 4-8, Ennis 2-2, Ja.Green 2-5, Randolph 1-3, Carter 1-3, Gasol 0-1, Conley 0-1, Parsons 0-2), Orlando 13-26 (Gordon 4-4, Meeks 3-5, Augustin 2-2, Ibaka 2-6, Vucevic 1-1, Payton 1-2, Hezonja 0-1, Rudez 0-1, Watson 0-2, Je.Green 0-2). (Biyombo 12). Assists-Memphis 17 (Conley 4), Orlando 23 (Payton, Augustin 7). Total Fouls-Memphis 19, Orlando 21. A-17,104 (18,846).

CLEVELAND (90) Jefferson 1-4 0-0 2, Love 6-14 2-2 17, Thompson 2-4 3-4 7, Irving 8-20 0-1 18, Liggins 0-3 0-0 0, Frye 4-8 0-0 11, Felder 2-8 7-8 11, McRae 1-2 4-4 7, Shumpert 4-10 2-2 11, Jones 0-2 0-0 0, Dunleavy 2-4 1-2 6. Totals 30-79 19-23 90. DETROIT (106) Morris 6-16 0-0 15, Leuer 5-11 1-1 13, Drummond 5-15 1-7 11, Jackson 5-9 1-1 13, Caldwell-Pope 7-11 0-0 18, Harris 7-14 4-4 21, Hilliard 0-2 1-2 1, Johnson 1-4 0-0 3, Ellenson 0-2 0-0 0, Baynes 1-1 0-0 2, I.Smith 4-7 0-0 9, Gbinije 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 41-93 8-15 106. Cleveland 19 25 20 26 — 90 Detroit 22 28 26 30 — 106 3-Point Goals-Cleveland 11-28 (Frye 3-5, Love 3-6, Irving 2-6, McRae 1-1, Dunleavy 1-1, Shumpert 1-3, Felder 0-1, Jones 0-1, Jefferson 0-2, Liggins 0-2), Detroit 16-28 (Caldwell-Pope 4-6, Harris 3-6, Morris 3-6, Jackson 2-3, Leuer 2-3, I.Smith 1-1, Johnson 1-2, Drummond 0-1). Rebounds-Cleveland 47 (Love 14), Detroit 46 (Drummond 17). Assists-Cleveland 19 (Irving 8), Detroit 25 (Jackson 6). Total FoulsCleveland 23, Detroit 19. A-18,123 (19,971).

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CHARLOTTE (118) Kidd-Gilchrist 5-10 2-2 12, Williams 3-8 2-2 9, Zeller 7-11 1-2 15, Walker 6-17 2-2 15, Batum 7-16 8-8 24, Hibbert 2-3 0-0 4, Kaminsky 5-9 2-2 13, Sessions 2-6 4-4 9, Lamb 7-14 1-3 17. Totals 44-94 22-25 118. BROOKLYN (120) Booker 1-3 1-2 3, Lopez 8-13 4-4 21, Lin 6-11 3-4 17, Harris 0-2 0-0 0, Kilpatrick 9-15 1-2 23, Hamilton 1-2 0-0 3, Whitehead 4-7 0-0 9, HollisJefferson 1-6 8-10 10, Foye 1-2 0-0 3, LeVert 2-3 0-0 5, Bogdanovic 7-11 8-9 26. Totals 40-75 25-31 120. Charlotte 40 23 25 30 — 118 Brooklyn 31 23 29 37 — 120 3-Point Goals-Charlotte 8-26 (Lamb 2-6, Batum 2-6, Kaminsky 1-3, Sessions 1-3, Williams 1-3, Walker 1-5), Brooklyn 15-31 (Kilpatrick 4-7, Bogdanovic 4-7, Lin 2-4, Foye 1-2, LeVert 1-2, Hamilton 1-2, Whitehead 1-2, Lopez 1-3, Harris 0-2). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Charlotte 44 (Kidd-Gilchrist 10), Brooklyn 39 (Booker 12). Assists-Charlotte 23 (Walker 6), Brooklyn 26 (Lopez 5). Total FoulsCharlotte 24, Brooklyn 21. A-17,732 (17,732).

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Northwestern at Penn St. 2 p.m. ESPN2 34, 234 Illinois at Maryland 4 p.m. ESPN2 34, 234 Rutgers at Wisconsin 6 p.m. ESPN2 34, 234 Kent St. at Texas 6 p.m. ESPNU 35, 235 Lander at S. Carolina 6 p.m. SECN 157 Cornell at Syracuse 6 p.m. FSN+ 172 Michigan St. at Minnesota 8 p.m. ESPN2 34, 234 SMU at Memphis 8 p.m. ESPNU 35, 235 Duke v. Kansas replay 7 p.m. TWCSC 37, 226 UMKC at Kansas replay 10:30 p.m. TWCSC 37, 226 College Football

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Heart of Dallas Bowl: Army v. N. texas 11 a.m. ESPN 33, 233 Military Bowl: Temple v. Wake Forest 2:30 p.m. ESPN 33, 233 Holiday Bowl: Minnesota v. Washington St. 6 p.m. ESPN 33, 233 ESNDEP 142 Cactus Bowl: Boise St. at Baylor 9:15 p.m. ESPN 33, 233 ESNDEP 142 Soccer

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Davis made four free throws WEDNESDAY and a 19-foot jumper in the final 2:12 and got his second block on College Football Time Net Cable Harrison Barnes’ layup attempt Pinstripe Bowl: with 22 seconds remaining. Pitt v. N’western 1 p.m. ESPN 33, 233 DALLAS (104) Finney-Smith 1-1 0-0 2, Barnes 6-14 2-2 15, Nowitzki 4-9 0-0 10, D.Williams 9-18 3-4 24, Matthews 4-11 6-7 17, Brussino 0-0 0-0 0, Powell 2-3 2-4 6, Mejri 0-0 0-0 0, Hammons 0-0 0-0 0, Gibson 0-0 0-0 0, Harris 2-4 0-0 5, Curry 5-9 4-5 16, Anderson 4-6 0-0 9. Totals 37-75 17-22 104. NEW ORLEANS (111) Hill 2-5 4-4 10, Cunningham 4-7 2-2 11, Davis 8-14 12-14 28, Holiday 2-11 3-4 7, Hield 6-8 0-0 14, Jones 1-3 3-4 5, Galloway 6-8 0-0 17, Frazier 0-0 1-2 1, Evans 1-4 0-0 2, Moore 7-10 0-0 16. Totals 37-70 25-30 111. Dallas 20 33 24 27 — 104 New Orleans 25 30 30 26 — 111 3-Point Goals-Dallas 13-32 (Matthews 3-7, D.Williams 3-7, Nowitzki 2-4, Curry 2-6, Anderson 1-2, Barnes 1-2, Harris 1-3, Powell 0-1), New Orleans 12-25 (Galloway 5-5, Moore 2-3, Hield 2-4, Hill 2-5, Cunningham 1-3, Holiday 0-1, Jones 0-1, Davis 0-1, Evans 0-2). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Dallas 32 (Barnes 7), New Orleans 41 (Davis 16). Assists-Dallas 27 (D.Williams 9), New Orleans 24 (Holiday 11). Total Fouls-Dallas 22, New Orleans 19. Technicals-New Orleans defensive three second, New Orleans team. A-15,764 (16,867).

Bulls 90, Pacers 85 Chicago — Dwyane Wade scored 21 points, Nikola Mirotic added a season-high 20, and Chicago survived a poor shooting performance for a victory over Indiana to snap a threegame losing streak. Jimmy Butler had 16 points despite making only 3 of 12 field-goal attempts. Chicago, which had dropped nine of 12, was 32-for-83 (38.6 percent) from the field for the game. INDIANA (85) Robinson 1-5 0-0 3, George 6-14 1-1 14, T.Young 5-11 0-0 12, Turner 7-15 1-2 16, Teague 2-8 1-2 6, Miles 0-6 0-0 0, Seraphin 1-3 0-0 2, Jefferson 5-9 1-1 11, Brooks 6-8 4-4 19, Stuckey 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 34-81 8-10 85. CHICAGO (90) Gibson 5-12 0-0 10, Lopez 4-8 0-1 8, Rondo 1-6 0-0 2, Butler 3-12 9-12 16, Wade 8-19 5-5 21, Felicio 0-1 2-4 2, Mirotic 7-13 3-4 20, Grant 4-7 0-0 10, Carter-Williams 0-5 1-2 1. Totals 32-83 20-28 90. Indiana 19 22 20 24 — 85 Chicago 28 23 12 27 — 90 3-Point Goals-Indiana 9-25 (Brooks 3-4, T.Young 2-5, Teague 1-3, Robinson 1-3, Turner 1-3, George 1-5, Miles 0-2), Chicago 6-25 (Mirotic 3-9, Grant 2-4, Butler 1-3, CarterWilliams 0-2, Rondo 0-3, Wade 0-4). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Indiana 41 (Turner 8), Chicago 47 (Lopez 12). Assists-Indiana 26 (George 8), Chicago 17 (Rondo, Butler, Wade 5). Total Fouls-Indiana 21, Chicago 15.

Russell Athletic Bowl: W.Va. v. Miami 4:30p.m. ESPN 33, 233 Foster Farms Bowl: Indiana v. Utah 7:30p.m. FOX 4, 204 Texas Bowl: Texas A&M v. K-State 8 p.m. ESPN 33, 233 College Basketball

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S’hampton v. T’ham 1:40p.m. NBCSN 38, 238 Rockets 131, Suns 115 Houston — James Harden had 32 points and 12 assists in Pro Hockey Time Net Cable three quarters, and Houston Flyers at Blues 7 p.m. NBCSN 38, 238 never trailed. It was the 12th 30-point game LATEST LINE this season for Harden, who made 12 of 15 free throws. NFL Houston led by at least 20 Favorite.............. Points (O/U)........... Underdog points for most of the night Sunday, Jan. 1 and was up by 27 entering the TENNESSEE........................ 3 (41)............................Houston Buffalo................................6 (45)...........................NY JETS fourth quarter. Harden didn’t CINCINNATI........................3 (39).........................Baltimore play after that, and coach Mike WASHINGTON................ 7 1/2 (44).....................NY Giants D’Antoni had the rest of his DETROIT.........................2 1/2 (46.5)..................Green Bay starters on the bench by the INDIANAPOLIS..................6 (49)...................Jacksonville middle of the fourth quarter. Dallas.............................. 3 1/2 (44)............PHILADELPHIA Eric Bledsoe led the Suns Timberwolves 104, MINNESOTA.....................6 (40.5)...........................Chicago Hawks 90 with 24 points, and Brandon TAMPA BAY.......................4 (48)...........................Carolina Minneapolis — Karl-Antho- PITTSBURGH..................13 1/2 (46)....................Cleveland Knight added 21 off the bench. ny Towns had 22 points and ATLANTA........................ 6 1/2 (56)............... New Orleans PHOENIX (115) 11 rebounds, and Zach LaVine New England..................7 (44.5)...............................MIAMI Tucker 0-2 0-0 0, Chriss 5-9 1-2 12, Chandler 3-6 0-0 6, Bledsoe 8-20 7-9 24, Booker 6-18 hit six 3-pointers to lead Min- Arizona..........................6 1/2 (41.5).............LOS ANGELES 3-3 16, Warren 5-16 0-1 11, Williams 0-0 2-2 2, nesota to a victory over At- Kansas City............1 1/2 (45)........... SAN DIEGO Bender 5-11 0-0 11, Len 2-2 2-2 6, Ulis 1-2 0-0 Seattle............................ 9 1/2 (44).........SAN FRANCISCO lanta. 2, Knight 6-12 7-8 21, Barbosa 2-3 0-0 4. Totals LaVine scored 21 points, An- DENVER........................... 5 1/2 (43)........................ Oakland 43-101 22-27 115. College Football Bowl Games HOUSTON (131) drew Wiggins had 21 and was 4 Favorite.............. Ariza 3-9 1-1 8, Anderson 6-9 0-0 15, Harrell Points (O/U)........... Underdog for 6 on 3-pointers, and Towns 5-6 4-6 14, Beverley 4-10 0-0 11, Harden 9-18 Heart of Dallas Bowl 12-15 32, Brewer 3-3 1-1 8, Dekker 5-10 0-0 was 8 for 8 from the field, inCotton Bowl Stadium-Dallas 12, Wiltjer 0-3 0-0 0, Hilario 2-3 1-2 5, Onuaku 2-2 2-2 6, Ennis 1-3 1-1 3, McDaniels 1-3 0-0 2, cluding 3 for 3 from 3-point Army..................................11 (48.5)..................North Texas Gordon 5-13 2-2 15. Totals 46-92 24-30 131. Military Bowl range. Minnesota hit a seasonPhoenix 23 20 37 35 — 115 Navy-Marine Corps Stadium-Annapolis, Md. Houston 39 30 38 24 — 131 high 15 3s and led by as many as Temple................................12 (41)...................Wake Forest 3-Point Goals-Phoenix 7-30 (Knight 2-5, 29 points.

Warren 1-4, Chriss 1-4, Bender 1-4, Booker 1-5, Bledsoe 1-8), Houston 15-43 (Beverley 3-4, Anderson 3-5, Gordon 3-8, Dekker 2-4, Harden 2-9, Brewer 1-1, Ariza 1-7, McDaniels 0-1, Ennis 0-1, Wiltjer 0-3). Fouled Out-Booker. ReboundsPhoenix 53 (Bender 13), Houston 47 (Ariza 10). Assists-Phoenix 17 (Booker, Bledsoe 4), Houston 28 (Harden 12). Total Fouls-Phoenix 25, Houston 21. Technicals-Bledsoe. A-18,055 (18,055).

Pelicans 111, Mavericks 104 New Orleans — Anthony Davis had 28 points and 16 rebounds to lead New Orleans. Langston Galloway made all five of his 3-point shots and finished with 17 points for the Pelicans, who’ve won three of four as they try to climb back into the race for the final Western Conference playoff spot.

ATLANTA (90) Bazemore 1-3 0-0 2, Sefolosha 5-10 0-0 13, Millsap 2-13 3-4 7, Howard 9-9 2-3 20, Schroder 4-10 0-0 8, Prince 1-3 0-0 2, Bembry 3-4 1-3 7, Muscala 1-4 0-0 3, Humphries 3-5 6-7 12, Scott 2-6 0-0 5, Kelly 1-3 0-0 3, Delaney 1-6 0-0 2, Korver 2-7 0-0 6. Totals 35-83 12-17 90. MINNESOTA (104) Wiggins 7-14 3-4 21, Towns 8-8 3-3 22, Dieng 6-12 2-2 14, Rubio 1-4 0-0 3, LaVine 7-16 1-1 21, Muhammad 4-13 3-4 12, Hill 0-1 0-0 0, Bjelica 3-9 2-2 8, Dunn 1-4 1-2 3, Jones 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 37-82 15-18 104. Atlanta 25 20 20 25 — 90 Minnesota 23 31 35 15 — 104 3-Point Goals-Atlanta 8-32 (Sefolosha 3-4, Korver 2-6, Kelly 1-2, Muscala 1-4, Scott 1-5, Humphries 0-1, Bazemore 0-2, Schroder 0-2, Millsap 0-3, Delaney 0-3), Minnesota 15-31 (LaVine 6-9, Wiggins 4-6, Towns 3-3, Rubio 1-3, Muhammad 1-3, Dunn 0-1, Jones 0-1, Bjelica 0-5). a 40 (Towns 11). Assists-Atlanta 20 (Muscala, Schroder 4), Minnesota 26 (Rubio 10). Total Fouls-Atlanta 19, Minnesota 19. A-15,617 (19,356).

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At first glance, it makes little sense that the Big 12 conducts its men’s basketball tournament at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo., considering the state of Missouri no longer has a program in the league. Then again, perhaps it makes perfect sense. As the league begins its double-round-robin grind next week, Kansas sets its sights on a 13th consecutive regular-season championship. That almost unfathomable stretch of dominance would match the UCLA

teams of the 1960s and ’70s for the longest streak in major college basketball, and is one that may never again be matched in an era of increased roster turnover and greater overall parity. And since the Jayhawks reside in Lawrence, a short drive down Interstate 70 from the Sprint Center, the old cliché appears to hold true: The road to the Big 12 title goes through Kansas. “What Kansas has done, it’s unheard of,” said TCU coach Jamie Dixon, who arrived in the Big 12 from Pittsburgh this season. “I guess it hasn’t been done since

UCLA, and that was obviously a different time.” Baylor coach Scott Drew even called Kansas “a career favorite.” “But other than that,” Drew added, “it’s a crapshoot. And that makes the league so good.” Indeed, the league may be Kansas and everybody else, but that doesn’t mean it will be easy on the perennial favorite. The Bears have roared through the rankings after wins over Oregon, Michigan State, Louisville and Xavier, and are now considered the biggest threat to the Jayhawks’ throne. West Virginia, TCU, Kansas State and

Oklahoma State are among those off to hot starts. There are plenty of good players around the league, though. Here are some of them, along with some of the other story lines that will dominate the league this season: Building momentum: The Big 12 hadn’t had a Final Four team since Kansas in 2012 before last season, which was rather embarrassing for a league that likes to call itself the toughest around. But the Sooners ended that streak, and now the question is whether the conference can build on it. Freshman phenoms:

Kansas’ Josh Jackson could be the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft next year, but there are plenty of other newcomers making a splash. Texas center Jarrett Allen, Oklahoma State guard Brandon Averette and Jaylen Fisher of TCU have already made their marks. Veterans, too: Sure, the Big 12 lost Buddy Hield, Georges Niang and several other standouts that seemed as if they’d been there forever. In reality, seven of the top eight scorers in the Big 12 last season are gone. That doesn’t mean teams aren’t relying on experience this season.

Kansas has Frank Mason III and Devonté Graham in the backcourt. Johnathan Motley of Baylor is an early pick for player of the year. Coaching matters: Huggins reached win No. 800 this season. Self hit the 600 mark. Kansas State coach Bruce Weber reached 400. Throw in the old guard, including Oklahoma’s Lon Kruger, and the newcomers — Dixon at TCU, Brad Underwood at Oklahoma State and Chris Beard at Texas Tech — and the argument could be made that the Big 12 has the best top-to-bottom collection of coaches in college basketball.

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forward, power forward and center in high school. In 2015 he helped Ridgeland High reach the 5A state championship game, where the Titans lost to Callaway and star guard Malik Newman — now a member of the Kansas basketball team. “Playing basketball is a part of why I am so athletic,” Simmons told the Journal-World. Although his prep basketball coaches played Simmons at the 3, 4 and 5 spots, Beaty said Kansas defensive coordinator Clint Bowen and defensive line coach Michael Slater could utilize him anywhere from a 3-, to 6-technique — asking the former juco standout to line up against guards, tackles or even tight ends. “I’m strong enough to stop the run,” Simmons replied, when asked about his versatility, “and fast enough to get a pass-rush. I can also drop back in coverage to defend the pass.” Beaty described Simmons, who made 41 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks as a sophomore at PRCC, as “every bit of 285 pounds.” The coach thinks the two-star juco lineman might be able to carry even more weight — though he wasn’t sure yet how big KU’s staff would want him to get. Similar to KU’s other mid-year signees, Beaty declared adding Simmons helped the rebuilding program address a need. “We are seeing a lot more tight end in this league,” KU’s head coach said, “or at least some offthe-ball tight end stuff, and you’ve got to have anchor points in that C-gap (outside of either tackle spot). And, man, this guy really helps us kind of answer that issue. And he’s another very, man, very mature guy at a young age.” At this point at least, Simmons said, he doesn’t know for sure where he will end up playing on KU’s defensive line, because his coaches haven’t decided yet. “They are just happy that I’m on their team and giving them that option to play me anywhere,” the incoming junior said. The D-line, of course, projects as KU’s biggest strength in 2017, with All-Big 12 defensive end Dorance Armstrong Jr. and productive defensive tackle Daniel Wise — both juniors — returning.

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KANSAS COACH BILL SELF SLAPS HANDS WITH FANS after the Jayhawks’ 89-71 victory over Davidson on Dec. 17 at Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo.

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season at Kansas, 2013-14. 11 — First-round draft choices he recruited to and coached at Kansas. 12 — Associated Press All-Americans he has coached at Kansas. Firstteam: Wayne Simien, Thomas Robinson; Second-team: Sherron Collins, Marcus Morris, Ben McLemore, Andrew Wiggins, Perry Ellis. Third-team: Simien, Collins, Cole Aldrich, Tyshawn Taylor, Jeff Withey. 13 — Number of consecutive Big 12 titles he hopes to have won by end of this season. 14 — Seasons as Kansas basketball coach. 15 — Total of 3-pointers hit by Kansas in 2008 Big 12 title game, an 8474 victory. 16 — Times his teams at Tulsa, Illinois and Kansas finished first outright or tied for first in 22 completed seasons at the three schools. Oral Roberts was an independent. 17 — McDonald’s All-Americans who were both recruited to and play or played for him at KU. 18 — Losing streak at

Oral Roberts, 15 coming at the end of his first season, three at the beginning of his second. He left the school with a winning record (55-54). 19 —Size of Missouri’s lead with 17 minutes remaining in regulation of most recent installment of the Border War (Feb. 25, 2012), a game Kansas went on to win in overtime, 87-86. 20 — Rebounds by Cole Aldrich on the day he recorded KU’s first official triple-double against Dayton. 21 — Date this month that Self was nominated for the Hall of Fame. 22 — Points by which Texas led 12 minutes into 2007 Big 12 title game won by Kansas, 88-84 in overtime. 23 — Victories needed to pass Roy Williams and settle into second place behind Phog Allen on the all-time KU list. 24 — Age when he became full-time assistant coach on Leonard Hamilton’s staff. 25 — Worn by fan favorites Brandon Rush and Tarik Black. 26 — Made 3-pointers by Frank Mason III in 52 attempts this season; not half bad. 27 — Thomas Robinson double-doubles, a single-season school

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record, in 2011-12. The record books for the stat don’t stretch back to the days of Wilt Chamberlain. 28 — Career Perry Ellis 20-point games, most by any player under Self. 29 — Free throws attempted by Udoka Azubuike, an average of 8.2 per 40 minutes, highest among scholarship players. 30 — Career-high point total for Mario Chalmers in the Big 12 tournament title game victory vs. Texas. 31 — Years Self has been recruiting Div. I basketball players, starting with seven seasons as assistant at Oklahoma State. 32 —Dartmouth point total in 51-point loss in Allen Fieldhouse during 2006-07 season. 33 — Size of KU’s lead with inside of three minutes remaining in the first half in Lincoln in 2007, by which time Nebraska had scored all of six points. A 27-0 run was largely responsible for the 39-6 lead. 34 — Victories for him at Kansas in home games vs. teams ranked in Associated Press top 25 with just four losses. 35 — Jersey number for Udoka Azubuike, lost for the season (wrist

surgery) after attempting 35 field goals and making 22 (.629) and gathering 35 defensive rebounds. 36 — Self’s age when he coached first NCAA tournament game, a 62-53 victory against College of Charleston. 37 — Career-best victory total, accomplished in 2007-08 in 40 games. 38 — Self’s age when he coached Illinois into the Elite Eight one year after doing the same at Tulsa. 39 — Losses in 13 Big 12 seasons. 40 — Points scored by KU in first 13:11 of 2008 national semifinal game vs. North Carolina when Jayhawks stormed to a 28-point lead. 41 — Points scored by Andrew Wiggins, highest output by a Kansas player under Self, in loss at West Virginia. 42 — NCAA tournament games Self has coached at Kansas, 30 of them victories, a .714 winning percentage. 43 — Points Dayton scored when Cole Aldrich blocked 10 shots on way to triple-double in second-round NCAA tournament game. 44 —Jersey number for freshman Mitch Lightfoot, more of a factor since Udoka Azubuike was lost for season.

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45 — Worn by Cole Aldrich. 46 — Points scored by three different KU victims in 2005-06: Yale, Kentucky, Missouri. 47 — Points Jeremy Case scored for nationaltitle team, nine coming in 12 minutes of memorable Senior Day. 48 — Rebounds in 142 minutes, which calculates to 13.5 rebounds per 40 minutes, ranking behind only Carlton Bragg Jr. (14.0 per 40). 49 — Longest-innation active home-court winning streak, including three games in Sprint Center. 50 — Team-high defensive rebound total for Josh Jackson, who also leads squad with 28 offensive boards. 51 — Points Texas Tech scored against KU national-title team in a 58-point loss, a regularseason finale. 52 — Free throws made this season by Frank Mason III, which is a higher total than any two teammates combined. 53 — Total, times a million, of dollars Self has coming to him in his 10-year contract if he stays at Kansas through the 10th year (2021-22 season) of the deal. 54 — Candles on Self’s cake today.

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College football bowl roundup On the Terrapins’ first snap of the second half, Quick Lane Bowl Hills handed off to Ty Johnson and the running Boston College 36, back’s fumble was recovMaryland 30 ered in the end zone by Detroit — Boston Col- Boston College. lege blew a fourth-quarter lead in a loss to Georgia Maryland 0 13 14 3 — 30 Tech in its season opener Boston 6 23 7 0 — 36 in Ireland. In the Eagles’ finale, they showed they St. Petersburg had learned how to hold Bowl on for a victory. Patrick Towles threw Mississippi State 17, two touchdown passes Miami (Ohio) 16 and caught a pass for a St. Petersburg, Fla. — score in the first half, Mississippi State’s sidehelping Boston Col- line erupted in celebralege beat Maryland in tion, relieved to escape the Quick Lane Bowl on with a victory to end a Monday. challenging season. The Eagles (7-6) led by Nick Fitzgerald rushed 16 at halftime, 23 points for 142 yards and two early in the third quar- touchdowns in another ter and then had to force strong performance by Maryland to turn the ball the dual-threat quarterover on downs late in the back; however, the heavgame to seal their first ily favored Bulldogs had bowl victory since beat- to block a field goal in the ing Michigan State at closing seconds to hold the 2007 Champs Sports off Miami (Ohio) in the Bowl. St. Petersburg Bowl. “We started to really “Great game. Not exdevelop a resolve that actly how we drew it up,” you see in the players’ coach Dan Mullen said eyes,” Boston College after defensive tackle coach Steve Addazio said. Nelson Adams got a hand “The most critical thing on Nick Dowd’s potenin building your program tial game-winning kick is having that. And, I real- that would have helped ly believe we have finally Miami finish a stunning set that platform forward turnaround from a 0-6 and that’s the most excit- start to the season to a ing thing to me of all.” winning record. Maryland (6-7) had the Instead, both the Bullball at its 35 with 1:48 left dogs (6-7) and the Redwith a chance to drive for Hawks (6-7), who won six a go-ahead TD. straight games to become “That’s all you can ask bowl eligible, finished for,” Maryland coach DJ with losing marks. Durkin said. “You’ll take “You know what, it’s that in any game.” been an interesting year. But the Terrapins We’ve battled. Throughdidn’t gain a yard before out the year we’ve lost Harold Landry helped some tough games on the finish them off with a final play of the game,” possession-ending sack. Mullen said. “I told the Maryland made some guys in the locker room big plays on offense, but afterward, we’re here four turnovers, eight because we didn’t give sacks allowed, 11 penal- up. We found a way to ties and poor field posi- go make that final play. tion proved to be costly. Even though we missed In the first half, Perry a lot of opportunities, we Hills threw an intercep- made the final play when tion, lost a fumble and it mattered.” Fitzgerald, who led the was sacked four times. The Associated Press

Cowboys 42, Lions 21 Arlington, Texas — Dez Bryant threw his first career touchdown pass between a pair of scoring catches, Ezekiel Elliott ran for two TDs, and the Dallas Cowboys kept Detroit from clinching a playoff spot with a win over the Lions on Monday night. With home-field advantage already wrapped up, the Cowboys (13-2) didn’t let up in their seventh straight home win while matching their franchise record in victories, reached two other times. The biggest sign they were serious about this one came late in the third quarter, when Bryant took a reverse pitch from Dak Prescott and tucked the ball as if planning to run before pulling up

and tossing a lefty lob to Jason Witten for an easy 10-yard score and a 35-21 lead. Witten, the normally stoic 14th-year tight end, flashed Bryant’s celebratory “X’’ when the oftenexuberant receiver made the signal in his direction after the touchdown. Detroit quarterback Matthew Stafford lost in a visit to his hometown team again, after a wildcard defeat two years ago. While the Lions (9-6) missed a chance to clinch a playoff berth with their second straight loss following five consecutive wins, they still control their postseason fate. Detroit plays Green Bay (96) for the NFC North title in the finale Sunday. Elliott, the NFL rushing leader, had a 55-yard touchdown run in the first half and finished with 80 yards on 12 carries. He has

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Southeastern Conference in total offense, scored on runs of 2 and 44 yards AP Top 25 The top 25 teams in The Associated on the way to his eighth college basketball poll, with 100-yard rushing perfor- Press’ first-place votes in parentheses, mance of the season. The records through Dec. 25, total points on 25 points for a first-place redshirt sophomore also based vote through one point for a 25thcompleted 13 of 26 passes place vote and last week’s ranking: Record Pts Prv for 126 yards. 1. Villanova (56) 12-0 1614 1 Miami (Ohio) Mississippi St.

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2. UCLA (3) 13-0 1518 2 3. Kansas 11-1 1461 3 4. Baylor (6) 12-0 1458 4 5. Duke 12-1 1375 5 6. Louisville 11-1 1260 10 7. Gonzaga 12-0 1222 7 8. Kentucky 10-2 1171 6 9. North Carolina 11-2 1113 8 10. Creighton 12-0 1049 9 11. West Virginia 11-1 933 11 12. Virginia 10-1 892 12 13. Butler 11-1 837 13 14. Wisconsin 11-2 772 14 15. Purdue 11-2 745 15 16. Indiana 10-2 709 16 17. Xavier 10-2 548 17 18. Arizona 11-2 512 18 19. Saint Mary’s (Cal) 10-1 407 19 20. Florida St. 12-1 326 21 21. Oregon 11-2 321 20 22. Southern Cal 13-0 248 23 23. Cincinnati 10-2 207 24 24. Notre Dame 10-2 204 25 25. Florida 9-3 76 — Others receiving votes: Maryland 40, Virginia Tech 37, Seton Hall 18, Clemson 12, Minnesota 8, Miami 8, Oklahoma St. 7, Northwestern 5, South Carolina 4, UNC Wilmington 3, Arkansas 3, Iowa St. 2.

Dec. 30 — at TCU, 8 p.m. Jan. 3 — vs. Kansas State, 8 p.m. Jan. 7 — vs. Texas Tech, 6:15 p.m. Jan. 10 — at Oklahoma, 8 p.m. Jan. 14 — vs. Oklahoma State, 1 p.m. Jan. 16 — at Iowa State, 8 p.m. Jan. 21 — vs. Texas, 1 p.m. Jan. 24 — at West Virginia, 6 p.m. Jan. 28 — at Kentucky, 5 p.m. Feb. 1 — vs. Baylor, 8 p.m. Feb. 4 — vs. Iowa State, 5 or 7 p.m. Feb. 6 — at Kansas State, 8 p.m. Feb. 11 — at Texas Tech, 1 p.m. Feb. 13 — vs. West Virginia, 8 p.m. Feb. 18 — at Baylor, noon Feb. 22 — vs. TCU, 6 p.m. Feb. 25 — at Texas, 5 or 7 p.m. Feb. 27 — vs. Oklahoma, 8 p.m. March 4 — at Oklahoma State, 5 p.m. Big 12 Championship, at Kansas City, Mo. March 8 — First Round March 9 — Quarterfinals March 10 — Semifinals March 11 — Final

N.C. State 41, Vanderbilt 17 Shreveport, La. — Jaylen Samuels caught three Kansas Women Nov. 13 — vs. Missouri State, L 64-87 touchdown passes from (0-1) Ryan Finley, Nyheim Nov. 16 — vs. SMU, L 63-75 (0-2) Nov. 20 — at Memphis, W 68-58 (1-2) Hines returned a kickoff Nov. 23 — vs. Oral Roberts, W 64-56, for a 100-yard touchdown 2 OT (2-2) and North Carolina State Nov. 27 — vs. North Dakota, W 76-71, OT (3-2) beat Vanderbilt in the InNov. 30 — at Creighton, L 49-69 (3-3) dependence Bowl. Dec. 4 — at Alabama, L 65-71, OT (3-4) North Carolina State Dec. 7 — vs. Harvard, L 59-69 (3-5) (7-6) won three of its final Dec. 11 — vs. Rhode Island, W 72-36 (4-5) four games to finish with Dec. 17 — vs. Arizona, W 75-51 (5-5) a winning record. The Dec. 21 — vs. U.C. Riverside, W 90-84 (6-5) Wolfpack built a 28-3 lead USA Today Top 25 The top 25 teams in the USA Today Dec. 29 — vs. Oklahoma, 7 p.m. by midway through the men’s college basketball poll, with Jan. 1 — at Baylor, 2 p.m. Jan. 4 — vs. Texas, 7 p.m. third quarter — largely first-place votes in parentheses, through Dec. 25, points based Jan. 8 — at Iowa State, 1 p.m. thanks to Samuels’ touch- records on 25 points for a first-place vote Jan. 11 — at Kansas State, 7 p.m. down catches of 9, 55 and through one point for a 25th-place Jan. 15 — vs. Baylor, 1 p.m. vote and previous ranking: Jan. 18 — vs. West Virgina, 7 p.m. 17 yards — and then held Record P ts Pvs Jan. 22 — at TCU, 6 p.m. 12-0 771 1 off a brief Vanderbilt ral- 1. Villanova (27) Jan. 25 — at Oklahoma State, 7 p.m. 2. UCLA (2) 13-0 736 2 Jan. 28 — vs. Texas Tech, 11 a.m. ly. 3. Kansas (1) 11-1 695 3 Feb. 1 — at Oklahoma, 10:30 a.m. Finley completed 19 of 4. Baylor 12-0 656 6 Feb. 5 — vs. TCU, 1:30 p.m. 5. Duke (1) 12-1 641 4 Feb. 8 — vs. Oklahoma State, 7 p.m. 30 passes for 235 yards. 6. Gonzaga 12-0 600 7 Feb. 11 — at Texas, 1:30 p.m. Samuels’ three touch- 7. Louisville 11-1 560 11 Feb. 18 — at Texas Tech, 2 p.m. 10-2 537 5 Feb. 21 — vs. Iowa State, 7 p.m. down catches were an In- 8. Kentucky 9. Creighton 12-0 531 9 Feb. 25 — vs. Kansas State, 2 p.m. dependence Bowl record. 10. North Carolina 11-2 522 8 Feb. 27 — at West Virginia, 6 p.m. 10-1 454 10 Vanderbilt (6-7) had a 11. Virginia Big 12 Championship, at Oklahoma 12. West Virginia 11-1 438 12 City lot of momentum going 13. Butler 11-1 397 13 March 3 — First round 11-2 347 14 into the game thanks to 14. Wisconsin March 4 — Quarterfinals 15. Purdue 11-2 331 15 March 5 — Semifinals surprising wins over Mis- 16. Indiana 10-2 285 16 March 6 — Final sissippi and Tennessee to 17. Xavier 10-2 277 17 18. Arizona 11-2 232 18 end the regular season. 19. Saint Mary’s NBA 10-1 214 19 EASTERN CONFERENCE But the Commodores’ 20. Florida State 12-1 161 22 Atlantic Division Oregon 11-2 148 21 offense — which scored 21. W L Pct GB 22. Southern Cal 13-0 136 25 Toronto 21 8 .724 — a combined 83 points 23. Cincinnati 10-2 93 23 Boston 18 13 .581 4 10-2 92 24 against the Rebels and 24. Notre Dame New York 16 14 .533 5½ 25. South Carolina 9-2 57 20 Volunteers — struggled 8 22 .267 13½ Others receiving votes: Florida 37, Brooklyn 7 22 .241 14 Maryland 33, Arkansas 27, Oklahoma Philadelphia for most of the night. Southeast Division 17, Miami 13, California 7, Vanderbilt’s Kyle Shur- State W L Pct GB Minnesota 7, TCU 7, Seton Hall 4, 17 14 .548 — mur completed just 19 of Virginia Tech 4, Nevada 3, Colorado Charlotte 15 16 .484 2 Middle Tennessee 1, New Mexico Atlanta 46 passes for 158 yards 2, Washington 14 16 .467 2½ State 1, UNC-Wilmington 1. Orlando 15 18 .455 3 and three interceptions. Miami 10 21 .323 7 Even so, the Commo- Big 12 Men Central Division League Overall dores briefly made things Baylor W L Pct GB 0-0 12-0 Cleveland 23 7 .767 — interesting, closing to Kansas 0-0 11-1 Chicago 15 16 .484 8½ State 0-0 11-1 28-17 early in the fourth Kansas Milwaukee 14 15 .483 8½ TCU 0-0 11-1 Indiana 15 17 .469 9 quarter. Texas Tech 0-0 11-1 NC State Vanderbilt

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West Virginia 0-0 11-1 Oklahoma State 0-0 10-2 Iowa State 0-0 8-3 Oklahoma 0-0 6-5 Texas 0-0 6-5 Today’s Game Kent State at Texas, 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 30 Kansas at TCU, 8 p.m. West Virginia at Oklahoma State, 3 p.m. Texas Tech at Iowa State, 5 p.m. Baylor at Oklahoma, 6 p.m. Texas at Kansas State, 7 p.m.

15 touchdowns rushing, two behind league-lead- Big 12 Women ing LeGarrette Blount of West Virginia New England. Baylor Detroit 7 14 0 0 — 21 Dallas 14 7 14 7 — 42 First Quarter Dal-Butler 21 pass from Prescott (Bailey kick), 9:57. Det-Zenner 7 run (Prater kick), 5:23. Dal-Elliott 55 run (Bailey kick), 2:49. Second Quarter Det-Stafford 1 run (Prater kick), 13:32. Det-Zenner 5 run (Prater kick), 7:40. Dal-Bryant 25 pass from Prescott (Bailey kick), 1:04. Third Quarter Dal-Elliott 1 run (Bailey kick), 10:19. Dal-Witten 10 pass from Bryant (Bailey kick), 4:03. Fourth Quarter Dal-Bryant 19 pass from Prescott (Bailey kick), 12:12. A-92,885. INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Detroit, Zenner 12-67, Washington 7-22, Stafford 1-1. Dallas, Elliott 12-80, D.McFadden 14-49, Prescott 4-35. PASSING-Detroit, Stafford 26-461-260. Dallas, Prescott 15-20-0-212, Bryant 1-1-0-10. RECEIVING-Detroit, Ebron 8-93, Tate 6-58, Boldin 5-33, Zenner 2-25, M.Jones 1-16, Roberts 1-14, T.Jones 1-9, Mulligan 1-8, Washington 1-4. Dallas, Bryant 4-70, T.Williams 4-61, Beasley 4-25, Witten 2-33, Butler 1-21, Elliott 1-12. MISSED FIELD GOALS-Detroit, Prater 47.

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Detroit 15 18 .455 9½ WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio 25 6 .806 — Houston 23 9 .719 2½ Memphis 20 13 .606 6 New Orleans 12 21 .364 14 Dallas 9 22 .290 16 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 19 12 .613 — Utah 18 13 .581 1 Portland 13 19 .406 6½ Denver 12 18 .400 6½ Minnesota 10 21 .323 9 Pacific Division W L Pct GB Golden State 27 5 .844 — L.A. Clippers 22 10 .688 5 Sacramento 13 17 .433 13 L.A. Lakers 12 22 .353 16 Phoenix 9 22 .290 17½ Sunday’s Games Boston 119, New York 114 Cleveland 109, Golden State 108 San Antonio 119, Chicago 100 Oklahoma City 112, Minnesota 100 L.A. Lakers 111, L.A. Clippers 102 Monday’s Games Orlando 112, Memphis 102 Washington 107, Milwaukee 102 Brooklyn 120, Charlotte 118 Detroit 106, Cleveland 90 Chicago 90, Indiana 85 Houston 131, Phoenix 115 Minnesota 104, Atlanta 90 New Orleans 111, Dallas 104 Toronto at Portland, (n) Denver at L.A. Clippers, (n) Philadelphia at Sacramento, (n) Today’s Games Memphis at Boston, 6:30 p.m. Oklahoma City at Miami, 6:30 p.m. Houston at Dallas, 7:30 p.m. Utah at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m. Wednesday’s Games Charlotte at Orlando, 6 p.m. Indiana at Washington, 6 p.m. Milwaukee at Detroit, 6:30 p.m. New York at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m. Brooklyn at Chicago, 7 p.m. L.A. Clippers at New Orleans, 7 p.m. Phoenix at San Antonio, 7:30 p.m. Minnesota at Denver, 8 p.m. Sacramento at Portland, 9 p.m. Toronto at Golden State, 9:30 p.m.

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AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA y-New England 13 2 0 .867 406 236 x-Miami 10 5 0 .667 349 345 Buffalo 7 8 0 .467 389 348 N.Y. Jets 4 11 0 .267 245 399 South W L T Pct PF PA y-Houston 9 6 0 .600 262 304 Tennessee 8 7 0 .533 357 361 Indianapolis 7 8 0 .467 387 372 Jacksonville 3 12 0 .200 298 376 North W L T Pct PF PA y-Pittsburgh 10 5 0 .667 372 303 Baltimore 8 7 0 .533 333 294 Cincinnati 5 9 1 .367 298 305 Cleveland 1 14 0 .067 240 425 West W L T Pct PF PA x-Oakland 12 3 0 .800 410 361 x-Kansas City 11 4 0 .733 352 284 Denver 8 7 0 .533 309 291 San Diego 5 10 0 .333 383 386 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA y-Dallas 13 2 0 .867 408 279 x-N.Y. Giants 10 5 0 .667 291 274 Washington 8 6 1 .567 386 364 Philadelphia 6 9 0 .400 340 318 South W L T Pct PF PA y-Atlanta 10 5 0 .667 502 374 Tampa Bay 8 7 0 .533 337 353 New Orleans 7 8 0 .467 437 416 Carolina 6 9 0 .400 353 385 North W L T Pct PF PA Green Bay 9 6 0 .600 401 364 Detroit 9 6 0 .600 322 327 Minnesota 7 8 0 .467 289 297 Chicago 3 12 0 .200 269 361 West W L T Pct PF PA y-Seattle 9 5 1 .633 329 269 Arizona 6 8 1 .433 374 356 Los Angeles 4 11 0 .267 218 350 San Francisco 2 13 0 .133 286 455 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division Thursday’s Games Philadelphia 24, N.Y. Giants 19 Saturday’s Games New England 41, N.Y. Jets 3 Jacksonville 38, Tennessee 17 Washington 41, Chicago 21 Green Bay 38, Minnesota 25 Cleveland 20, San Diego 17 Atlanta 33, Carolina 16 Miami 34, Buffalo 31, OT Oakland 33, Indianapolis 25 New Orleans 31, Tampa Bay 24 San Francisco 22, Los Angeles 21 Arizona 34, Seattle 31 Houston 12, Cincinnati 10 Sunday’s Games Pittsburgh 31, Baltimore 27 Kansas City 33, Denver 10 Monday’s Games Dallas 42, Detroit 21 Sunday, Jan. 1 New England at Miami, noon Cleveland at Pittsburgh, noon Carolina at Tampa Bay, noon Dallas at Philadelphia, noon Houston at Tennessee, noon Buffalo at N.Y. Jets, noon Chicago at Minnesota, noon Baltimore at Cincinnati, noon Jacksonville at Indianapolis, noon Seattle at San Francisco, 3:25 p.m. New Orleans at Atlanta, 3:25 p.m. Kansas City at San Diego, 3:25 p.m. Arizona at Los Angeles, 3:25 p.m. Oakland at Denver, 3:25 p.m. N.Y. Giants at Washington, 3:25 p.m. Green Bay at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Kansas City Chiefs

Sept. 11 — vs. San Diego, W 33-27 OT (1-0) Sept. 18 — at Houston, L 19-12 (1-1) Sept. 25 — N.Y. Jets, W 24-3 (2-1) Oct. 2 — at Pittsburgh, L 43-14 (2-2) Oct. 9 — Bye week Oct. 16 — at Oakland, W 26-10 (3-2) Oct. 23 — vs. New Orleans, W 27-21 (4-2) Oct. 30 — at Indianapolis, W 30-14 (5-2) Nov. 6 — vs. Jacksonville, W 19-14 (6-2) Nov. 13 — at Carolina, W 20-17 (7-2) Nov. 20 — vs. Tampa Bay, L 19-17 (7-3) Nov. 27 — at Denver, W 30-27, OT (8-3) Dec. 4 — at Atlanta, W 29-28 (9-3) Dec. 8 — vs. Oakland, W 21-13 (10-3) Dec. 18 — vs. Tennessee, L 19-17 (10-4) Dec. 25 — vs. Denver, W 33-10 (11-4) Jan. 1 — at San Diego, 3:25 p.m.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES — Assigned F Troy Williams to Iowa (NBADL). FOOTBALL National Football League CHICAGO BEARS — Waived OL Cornelius Edison. CINCINNATI BENGALS — Placed TE Tyler Eifert and G Clint Boling on injured reserve. DALLAS COWBOYS — Waived DE Zach Moore. Activated DE Randy Gregory from the exempt/commissioner permission list. HOCKEY National Hockey League PITTSBURGH PENGUINS — Signed coach Mike Sullivan to a three-year contract extension. COLLEGE CLAYTON STATE — Named Jimmy Baxter assistant cross country and track and field coach. MARYLAND — Ruled LB Shane Cockerille ineligible to play in the Quick Lane Bowl. UCONN — Fired football coach Bob Diaco.

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