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TODD “LEAPER” WILLIAMS CHEERS ON the Kansas University Jayhawks at a recent football game. For the past 45 years, Williams has worked as the team’s equipment manager and one of the team’s biggest supporters.

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espite Kansas University’s football team completing its 2015 season without a win, Todd “Leaper” Williams doesn’t let anything dampen his spirits. Instead, he holds his head high and earnestly looks toward next season with a positive attitude. “We’re going to be really good,” said the KU equipment manager. “We’re going to have to work a little bit harder and go from there.” Up or down, thin or

flush, Leaper, 62, has seen all kinds of seasons in his lifetime and through his 45 years with KU’s athletics department. Leaper was born and raised in a home that lived and breathed Kansas University athletics. The athletic department’s revenue-generating vehicle, the Williams Education Fund, was named after his father, uncle and grandfather. Old family photo albums show dinner parties with the likes of Bob Billings, Olin Petefish, Wilt Chamberlain, Arthur C. Clarke and Truman Capote in attendance. And although Leaper, one of four sons, was left

with a mental development impairment due to anoxia — a lack of oxygen to the brain — at birth, he grew up cheering for the Jayhawks alongside the rest of the family. “When it comes to walking into a room and knowing who 500 people are, he’s extraordinary,” said Leaper’s younger brother, Sean Williams. “But when it comes to making change for a dollar, he’s just not very good at that.” Growing up as an avid sports fan, Leaper immediately began memorizing the names of local and professional athletes, game statistics and more, Williams said.

Only in Lawrence A Monday feature highlighting behindthe-scenes stars and unsung heroes who make Lawrence a special place to live. To suggest someone for a feature, email news@ljworld.com. Put “Only in Lawrence” in the subject line. “He knew everybody on the Chiefs, the Kansas City Athletics and everybody on KU’s teams,” he said. “He can still rattle off everybody on the 1968 Orange Bowl team.” Leaper was so passionate about sports, in fact, that in 1970 he approached the football team’s thenequipment manager, Ray Coughenour, to ask Please see LEAPER, page 2A

Douglas County officials will host another town hall meeting tonight to offer several updates on the county’s potential jail expansion and mental health crisis intervention center projects. During the meeting, officials working on the project will explain a few of the conclusions they’ve reached so far, said County Administrator Craig Weinaug. The project team, largely consisting of representatives from criminal justice consultants Huskey & As- Weinaug sociates, Kansas University, Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center and Sheriff Ken McGovern’s Office, will provide updates on the county’s need for crisis intervention training and the schedule for a crisis center, Weinaug said. Near-capacity inmate populations at the Douglas County Jail were one of the catalysts for the organizations coming together to look into providing better services for people with serious mental illness. As the project has progressed, increasing emphasis has been placed on providing better mental health services for the entire community. Please see JAIL, page 2A

Superintendent search process focus of meeting Doll leaving district in June By Rochelle Valverde Twitter: @RochelleVerde

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At a special meeting tonight, the Lawrence school board will review the process for hiring a new superintendent and decide whether it will spend about $30,000 to employ a search firm to do so. School board President Vanessa Sanburn called the meeting last week. The board will review a summary of the procedures and search options for hiring a superintendent. David Cunningham, SCHOOLS director of human resources and legal services for the school district, will present the summary. The summary includes 16 “essential steps,” the first of which is determining whether to hire an outside executive search firm. The alternative is a search organized and conducted by staff in the district’s human resources department. If a firm is hired, the district’s HR staff would provide support. Lawrence schools Superintendent Rick Doll announced on Nov. 23 that he will

Jason Divad, left, rides a unicycle while Rabbi Zalman Tiechtel, right, readies a gathered crowd for the lighting of the Hanukkah Menorah during a celebration at the Lawrence Arts Center, 940 New Hampshire St., on Sunday evening, Lawrence resident Neil Salkind lit the first candle to begin celebrating the eight days of Hanukkah. Mike Yoder/Journal-World Photo

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chili feed at their home for a number of the players, Williams said. The two brothers CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1A looked over an old photograph of one such for a job, Williams said. dinner in the 1980s as Leaper was immediately Leaper hovered a finger set up with several reover the musky picture, sponsibilities and set out calling out the names of on his new position. the teammates. “They got him collect“That’s Dan Wagoner, ing gym bags at the end Roger Foote,” he said. of practice and handing “And Tony McNeely. He out towels and stuff,” was allergic to chili.” Sean Williams said. “He Over the years, Leaper memorized everybody’s was given more and pin number, knew their more responsibility, he height, weight, homesaid. For a period of time, town, girlfriend’s name, he even held a set of keys dog’s name. He knew to Allen Fieldhouse. everything about them.” Not only has Leaper Dave Aikins, a former worked to better KU’s offensive guard for KU athletic department, but who graduated in 1970, he’s worked as an ambassaid he’s kept in touch sador for people with with Leaper over the disabilities everywhere, years and clearly noticed Aikins said. that he provides the team Aikins’ son, Kurt, who with a giant psychologialso has a disability, works cal boost. for KU’s athletic depart“They absolutely feed ment, and Leaper helped off him,” he said. “He’s blaze the trail for that opalways energetic and portunity, Aikins said. always up and fun to be Leaper said he has around.” also been quite active Williams said Leaper’s with a number of local friendly and energetic sports teams, including demeanor especially Lawrence High School, helps new players adjust his alma mater. He holds to being a part of the a gold medal from the group. All the while, he Kansas Special Olympics works himself up each softball team in 1987. game, emulating coachAlthough Leaper’s not ing phrases and termias spry as he once was, nologies he’s heard over he’s still as passionate. the years. He plans on continuing “Here’s this disabled his work as long as he’s guy that’s barking out able, he said. stuff, and he’s so enthuAnd as far as losing siastic that he’s really seasons go? KU has had a made a difference. He few, he said. But that’s no makes the guys feel like reason to give up hope. a part of the team,” he They’ll be back at it next said. “He loves what he’s year. doing, and he’s happy “We just had a young doing it.” team,” he said. “But Leaper became so inyou’ve got to realize volved with the team that these new kids are goeach year on his birthday ing to turn around and his mother would host a grow.”

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resign his position effective June 30. Doll, 61, has accepted a full-time position as associate professor and executive director of the Kansas Educational Leadership Institute at Kansas State University. As part of the decision of whether to hire a search firm, Sanburn previously told the Journal-World the board will review contract proposals from several firms, which will include the cost to hire each one. The cost has been estimated at about $30,000, which would come from the district’s general fund. The district has requested proposals from four search firms: Hazard, Young, Attea & Associates of Rosemont, Ill.; McPherson & Jacobson of Omaha, Neb.; Ray and Associates of Cedar Rapids,

Iowa; and Kansas Association of School Boards of Topeka, according to district spokeswoman Julie Boyle. If the board decides to hire a firm, board members will interview prospects at a subsequent meeting. The board elected to hire a firm for the last superintendent search, when Superintendent Randy Weseman announced in 2008 that he would retire. Cunningham told board members at their last meeting that hiring a firm to aid in the process was typical for a district of Lawrence’s size. The district has 20 schools, a college and career center, a virtual school and about 12,000 students overall. The school board will meet at 7 p.m. at the district offices, 110 McDonald Drive.

Topeka (ap) — Kansas lawmakers and corrections officials are looking for ways to address overcrowding in state prisons as the adult population is expected to be nearly 1,700 inmates over capacity by the middle of the next decade. The Legislature has taken some measures to address shrinking bed space, but it has not been enough to curb growth. The Wichita Eagle reported that

as of Friday, the state’s men’s prisons were 99 inmates above capacity. There are a number of options lawmakers will consider when they convene in January, including housing more inmates in county jails, building additional jail space, reducing sentences for lower-level crimes and increasing the amount of time an inmate can cut from a sentence for completing rehabilitation programs.

Nonprofits need holiday help Agency: Community Neighbors and Friends Contact: See below Numerous agencies in our community need volunteers to adopt their clients for holiday programs. Many of our community neighbors will go without holiday gifts and food without your help. Please consider offering assistance to any of the following agencies: Eckan — 785-423-4142; Penn House — 785-842-0440; The Salvation Army — 785-843-4188; Catholic Charities — 785-8562694; Toys for Tots — 785-766-3023; Just Food — 785-856-7030; The Villages Inc. — 785-267-5900; The Willow Domestic Violence Center — 785-331-2034; Douglas County Senior Services — 785-8420543; Lawrence Meals on Wheels — 785-8308844; Family Promise of Lawrence — shaun@ lawrencefamilypromise.org; and the Lawrence Community Shelter — TreyM@ lawrenceshelter.org.

Help bring joy The Salvation Army is looking for volunteers to help with its Christmas Joy Shop. Setup volunteers are needed today and Tuesday; distribution volunteers are needed Thursday and Friday. For more information, contact Jim Evers at jim_evers@salvationarmy.org or call 785-764-0962. Distribute food Just Food needs volunteers to help with holiday food distribution from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Dec. 20; 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Dec. 21; and 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Dec. 22. Please contact Elizabeth Keever at ekeever@justfoodks.org or 785-856-7030 to volunteer.

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Research done by Huskey & Associates as part of the project indicated 18 percent of bookings into the Douglas County Jail are people with serious mental illness, and 80 percent of those individuals had not been convicted of a violent offense. Researchers with Kansas University School of Social Welfare have examined programs and services other communities have available for people — K-12 education reporter Rochelle with serious mental illValverde can be reached at 832-6314 ness and how those proor rvalverde@ljworld.com. grams intersect with the

Home-school oversight unlikely to change Kansas City, Kan. (ap) — The case of a missing 7-year-old Kansas boy who is believed to be dead has renewed calls for better oversight of home-schooled children, but state lawmakers say there’s no reason to make any changes to home-schooling laws. Earlier this year two home-school children were found in a freezer in Detroit two years after they vanished, while an 11-year-old Florida girl also turned up in a family freezer after

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being missing more than a year. Home-schooling researcher Rob Kunzman says such horrific events often create a short-term effort to increase regulations in states where they happen, but rarely lead to new restrictions. Kansas House Education Committee Chairman Ron Highland, a Wamego Republican, says no matter how many regulations are in place, people are going to do some bad things.

Shovel snow Douglas County Senior Services and the city of Lawrence need your help. The Safe Winter Walkways program still needs volunteers to help elderly or disabled individuals clear public sidewalks during snow events. Able-bodied Lawrence residents with a passion for helping others and an enjoyment of winter weather are needed to volunteer to create safer and more accessible pedestrian walkways by shoveling snow through the winter months. To register to volunteer, please go to lawrenceks. org/safe_winter_walkways. Share tax skills AARP Tax-Aide provides free income tax assistance for taxpayers with low to moderate income, with special attention to those residents age 60 years and older. AARP Tax-Aide has offered free tax assistance in the Lawrence area for more than 25 years, serving 2,000plus clients per year. If you enjoy working with people and computers, embracing challenges and learning new things, AARP has the volunteer opportunity for you. Volunteers are needed to help low- and moderate-income families prepare and file their individual tax returns next season. Volunteers should have basic computer skills and the personal drive necessary to learn and become proficient with new tax preparation software provided by the IRS. AARP Tax-Aide volunteers are provided access to all computer equipment criminal justice system. Programs in other cities the KU researchers visited included crisis centers, substance abuse centers, jails and mental health courts. At tonight’s meeting, the team will also outline the next steps toward developing a mental health court and explain some of the jail’s future needs and concept ideas to meet them. The meeting will give area residents an opportunity to ask officials questions and provide feedback on the project thus far, Weinaug said. The meeting, which begins at 6 p.m., will be at the Douglas County Courthouse, 1100 Massachusetts St. It is open to the public.

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Few students use KU’s free gun storage 2009, though only a handful of students use the service, said KU police Capt. When concealed guns James Anguiano. come to campus, one KU is one of two Renew thing Kansas gents universities Board of Regents to offer such a universities apservice currently. pear likely to be KU’s free gun required to do is to storage is aimed at provide a secure hunters who want storage location. to bring their rifles That’s someand shotguns to KANSAS thing the Kansas UNIVERSITY school with them University Ofand take them fice of Public Safety has out on the weekend, but already been doing since aren’t allowed to keep By Sara Shepherd

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the firearms in their oncampus residence halls or apartments, Anguiano said. “A lot of our students that are from this area, they can go home, and they’re usually hunting in their area,” he said. “Sometimes we get students from out of state, from Texas, or sometimes the East Coast.” Roughly four to five students per semester ask to store their guns, Anguiano said. The KU Office of Public Safety’s “Storage of

Civilian Firearms” policy says the service is for legal rifles and shotguns belonging to students, faculty and staff living on campus, or university departments that own firearms for work-related reasons. Here’s how it works, according to Anguiano: l A student wishing to store a gun must bring it to the KU Office of Public Safety, provide a government-issued photo ID —which is photocopied and kept with the weapon

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Weapons on campus info session The University Senate at Kansas University is planning an informational session about changes in the law that will allow concealed weapons on campus. KU students, faculty and staff are invited to the event from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday in 120 Budig Hall. — and sign a log. Police check serial numbers to verify the gun is not stolen or connected to any crime. l Guns may be stored and retrieved during normal business hours,

although — particularly since it’s not unusual for hunting trips to start before dawn — police will meet a student to do so at Please see GUNS, page 5A

Full study of facilities underway at Haskell

obsolete.” The Haskell campus has about 40 buildings. Haskell Indian Nations In addition to surveyUniversity this fall has ing buildings, represenhad crews on the ground tatives of the consulting analyzing “every room” firm hired to do the study of every building to cre- are collecting data on ate the school’s first com- everything from traffic prehensive facilito topography to Haskell ties study in 10 other infrastrucUniversity years. ture such as parkWhen the full ing, Prue said. report is comHaskell’s newplete, expected est building, Roe early next year, Cloud residence it will advise fuhall, was conture planning on structed in 1994. the campus, said A roughly $4 mil- Haskell Stephen Prue, lion bevy of renoUniversit executive assistant to vation and maintenance Haskell President Venida projects this year caught Chenault. Haskell up on “a good “This is part of our share” of deferred maintestrategic plan,” Prue said, nance, Prue said. “We’ve got to determine, However, there is still of the facilities, which more to address, he said, ones can be updated, Please see HASKELL, page 5A which ones that are really By Sara Shepherd

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THE KANSAS UNIVERSITY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AND KU CHOIRS PERFORM “There Shall a Star from Jacob” during the annual KU School of Music Holiday Vespers concert Sunday afternoon at the Lied Center, 1600 Stewart Drive.

Safely decorate your home with outdoor lights

hether it’s the holiday season or another special occasion, decorating the outside of a home with lights is a fun project. A little planning can ensure it is done safely. Step 1: Plan the project by drawing a basic sketch of the home’s exterior where the lights are to be hung. Measure the distances of each run of lights and mark that on the diagram. Step 2: Choose what type of lights are to be used for each section. Note the length of the wire, the number of lights and wattage of the bulbs. Step 3: Mark the diagram with the appropriate number of strings for each section. Step 4: Determine the wattage of each

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Linda Cottin string of lights. The total amperage and the total wattage are listed on the tag located 6 inches from the plug end on most strings. Wattage can also be determined by multiplying the number of lights on the string by the wattage of each bulb or by multiplying the amperage of the string by 120 volts. A typical string of 100 miniature lights requires about 40

watts of power. A typical string of LED miniature lights requires less than 10 watts. Step 5: Mark the wattage needs along each section of lights drawn on the diagram. Step 6: Locate the electrical outlets that will be used to plug the lights in. Determine if any of the outlets are on separate circuit breakers by plugging a light set into the outlets and turning off and on the circuit breakers one at a time until each light set goes out. Using outlets connected to separate circuit breakers will increase the number of light strings that can be installed. Step 7: Follow the manufacturer’s recommendations when connecting multiple

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light sets. Confirm each outlet can safely handle the power requirements before plugging the lights in. Step 8: Each circuit breaker can handle up to 80 percent of its maximum wattage capacity. A standard 15-amp circuit breaker has an 1800 watt capacity (15 amp x 120 V = 1800 watts). It can power up to 1440 watts at one time (1800 w x .8 = 1440 watts.) Add up the wattage of each string set and consider what other items are operating on that same circuit inside the home. If power is an issue, switch to LED lights for more lights with less power! — Have a home improvement question for the Fix-It Chick? Email it to Linda Cottin at features@ljworld.com.

Kansas Catholic school wins $100K for iPads By Melissa Treolo Twitter: @LJWorld

Shawnee — “We did it!” An eruption of applause and cheers followed these remarks by St. Joseph Catholic School teacher Lisa Fox after she was surprised during a Wednesday all-school assembly with the news that she was the Kansas-based winner of Farmers Insurance’s nationwide Thank America’s Teachers Dream Big Teacher Challenge. Fox’s proposal to provide an iPad Mini for each student and replace teachers’ older iPads with new iPad Airs was one of six across the country to win a $100,000 grant. “That is the best thing that could happen for us right now, so we could have the technology for the kids,” said Fox, who on the morning following the announcement at her

school in Shawnee was still visibly overwhelmed by the news. “The whole thing is, we fight for every dime, because we’re a Catholic school. … For our school, it’s amazing.” At the assembly, officials with Farmers Insurance were on hand to present Fox with an oversized $100,000 check. Kansas Education Commissioner Randy Watson also attended the proceedings. “This is what we love, that one of your teachers would step forward and say this is so important,” he said. Fox, a longtime kindergarten teacher at the school, decided to pursue a Dream Big grant in June after seeing the value of introducing beginning computer program coding concepts to her kindergarten students. Her Please see IPADS, page 5A

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Chamber touts 484 jobs added to city

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ou can tell we’re getting close to the end of the year because the numbers are starting to pile up. And I’m not even talking about the fact the credit card statements are now coming on oversized pieces of paper to contain all the zeros. No, groups and organizations are starting to put out their year-end statistics. The latest is a report from the Lawrence chamber of commerce touting positive job growth totals. Leaders with The Chamber hosted a meeting for about 40 key investors in the economic development arena on Wednesday afternoon, and the headline number from that event was 484 jobs. That’s the number of Lawrence jobs that are expected to be created as part of new companies The Chamber has helped recruit to town in the past year. “2015 has been a fantastic year,” said Larry McElwain, president and CEO of The Chamber. “It will be a hard act to follow in 2016.” The three companies that are accounting for the projected 484 new jobs are: USA800, the call-center company that we reported in July was moving into the I-70 Business Center in North Lawrence; Integrated

Animal Health, which we reported in April was moving its world headquarters to the Bioscience & Technology Business Center on KU’s West Campus; and Midwest Manufacturing. As we reported last week, the company is part of home improvement retailer Menards, and it plans to build a production plant in Lawrence’s VenturePark. Other numbers cited by The Chamber include $19.8 million in new payroll that’s expected to be created by the three companies and $28.6 million in new capital investment that will be generated by the companies. The numbers, though, should come with a fairly significant asterisk. The Menards deal — and the 100 jobs anticipated with the plant — isn’t yet a done deal, and economic development leaders were highlighting that fact at Wednesday’s meeting. “The announcement took place, and that is a victory, but it is not done yet,” said Brady Pollington, vice president of the Economic Development Corporation of Lawrence and Douglas County, which helped broker the deal. “We still need support from the community.” The project, and its related financial

any concerns that people may have.” To back up, concerns about environmental issues related to Menards primarily are coming from some folks who have commented on LJWorld.com and others about some violations in other jurisdictions that show up when you do clawhorn@ljworld.com a Google search for the company and its environmental record. I’ve incentives package, asked City Hall reporter has thus far been well Nikki Wentling to look received by community into the issue further to leaders. Chamber officials on Wednesday did see what environmental acknowledge there likely issues have arisen elsewill be some community where with Menards. We’ll let you know what discussion about Menards’ record on environ- we find out. Soden brought it up mental compliance at at Tuesday’s meeting other locations around because she said she had the country. City Comheard some concerns missioner Leslie Soden expressed by residents. briefly raised the issue She felt it was important at Tuesday night’s City Commission meeting, at to let people know the which commissioners city will examine the unanimously agreed to issue. accept Menards’ applica“I think it would be tion for a tax abatement good to let people know and other incentives. that we do have things McElwain said he in our performance was pleased that Soden agreement that would raised the issue. He said address something like the environmental issues that,” Soden said. should be examined, and The city requires any he predicted they won’t company receiving a tax end up being a major isbreak to sign a contract sue for the project. it calls a performance “We have absolutely agreement. Among the no concern on the enviissues in a performance ronmental front,” McElagreement is a statewain said. “We think this ment that the company is a good company, and will operate in a manner our process is very well that follows applicable designed to deal with laws and regulations. If

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training on the iPads for teachers. The proposal developed by Fox and several other St. Joseph teachers was the only one in the state of Kansas to make it to the finalist level of the competition. And the school’s goal of teaching coding concepts to students as young as kindergarten age is exactly the kind of unique idea Farmers is looking to award through its grant challenge, said Chase Freeman, media relations specialist with Farmers. A lack of funding is also a main factor Farmers officials take into consideration in their selection process. Once Fox and St. Joseph made it to the finalist level, however, the outcome of their proposal was all up to the voters. Winners of a grant through the challenge all were determined based on online votes from community members in their region. Fox said she received updates each

week from Farmers letting her know where her proposal stood in the competition. “We had been in the lead,” she said. “I thought we had a chance.” Fox said officials with Farmers have told her they won’t reveal how many total votes her proposal ultimately received, but she and Carter aren’t terribly surprised by the strong show of support that poured in from friends, family and Shawnee community members. “Anytime you ask, people have come through in this community,” Carter said. Given the reaction to Wednesday’s announcement, it’s clear that Fox’s excitement is equally shared by the students at St. Joseph. And they won’t have to wait long before a new iPad is available for them. “We hope soon after the first of the year,” Carter said.

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not a bad idea,’” he said. Police have not had any problems with guns or students using the service, he said. Emporia State University also provides gun storage for students at its Police and Safety office, and has done so for at least 10 years, ESU police Cpl. Jerrod Schumann said. The number of users fluctuates but seems to be around eight a semester, Schumann said. Kansas State, Wichita State, Fort Hays State and Pittsburg State universities do not provide gun storage, according to campus police officials. Ed Howell, university police chief at Fort Hays, said one reason his office doesn’t provide gun storage is liability. He said he had concerns with storing

weapons in case someone — such as a person with a protection from abuse order — should later use the gun to commit a crime. Under state law, public universities in Kansas must allow concealed weapons on campus beginning July 1, 2017. The Regents and individual universities currently are working on policies to implement the change. The Regents have drafted amendments to their current weapons policy that, among other things, would require universities to provide a secure storage location for weapons on campus, such as at their respective police offices. The draft calls for firearms to be locked up when not in the lawful carrier’s possession.

Tentatively, the Regents expect to discuss the issue in committee this month and before the full board in January, said Regents spokeswoman Breeze Richardson. After the Regents adopt a policy, then individual universities will be charged with crafting their own, more specific policies for their respective campuses. Without any new state or KU policies decided yet, though, it remains to be seen how KU’s gun storage service may be affected. “We’re like everybody else,” Anguiano said. “We’re kind of waiting to see what’s going to happen.”

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beginning efforts last school year were so successful that students in all grade levels are now taking coding courses using the school’s limited number of iPads and one computer lab. Sue Carter, principal at St. Joseph Catholic School, said the more than 330 new iPads the grant will purchase would help pave the way for the school to more fully integrate technology into the classroom and for current and future students to “have a better understanding of the technology they use every day.” The school’s plan is for the iPads to be used in all other instructional areas, too, including math, science and music, Carter said. Some of the funding will also go toward

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other times. l Guns are stored in a locker, and only police have the key. l Firearms must be transported in cases, and unloaded. KU won’t store ammunition. Anguiano said he initiated and wrote the policy after seeing that a number of other schools, mostly in the Midwest, offered a similar service. He added that it’s a “very cost effective” thing to provide. “When you start going to different conferences and talking to different people at different universities, you see things come up and you say, ‘Hey that’s

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including foundation and settling problems with multiple buildings and the historic but longshuttered Hiawatha Hall. Prue said Haskell also needs a new state-of-the-art Science, Technology, Engineering and Math facility with updated information technology capability. “Easily we could spend $25 million on that building alone, and we need it desperately,” Prue said. Haskell leaders discussed the facilities plan during a committee meeting at the Board of Regents meeting earlier this fall. Cheryl Chuckluck, dean of professional schools, said a facilities study was important to have in place for prioritizing projects and seeking funding. “The sky’s the limit,” she said. “It’s exciting.”

the company doesn’t, the city has the option of reducing or eliminating the tax abatement given to the company. As reported last week, commissioners unanimously agreed to accept the tax abatement application from Menard Inc., which means the incentive request will now go to a city-appointed review board that makes recommendation on such matters. While Soden brought up the environmental issue, she also made it clear she’s looking favorably upon the potential Menards project. “I’m really excited about this,” she said. “I think it is going to be great.” Other information The Chamber shared at Wednesday’s event at Maceli’s included: l As we previously have reported, General Dynamics is going through a large hiring phase at its customer service center at the East Hills Business Park. McElwain said the company is in the process of trying to hire 2,000 employees for the center, which provides customer service for a variety of government programs. l A private fundraising campaign to raise money for economic development initiatives is on pace to raise

$750,000 over a three year period. Bonnie Lowe, chief operating officer for The Chamber, said the campaign is in its second year and pledges are coming in on budget. McElwain told the crowd planning would soon begin for creating a new capital campaign that will stretch beyond 2016. The Chamber estimated it has spent about 70 percent of the proceeds so far on increasing marketing efforts to bring new companies into the community. l McElwain said work is beginning to identify some sites in Douglas County that would be appropriate for future industrial development. If the Menards deal is completed, that will significantly reduce the amount of property available for industrial projects. “We’re selling roughly a third of what is available out at VenturePark for that deal,” McElwain said. “There are some of us looking at more tracts of land for expansion at a later date. We hope to have conversations with the city soon. We’re trying to take a 30,000-foot view of what is possible in Douglas County.” — This is an excerpt from Chad Lawhorn’s Town Talk column, which appears each weekday on LJWorld.com.

ON THE RECORD Marriages Justin Bradley Hodge, 34, Lawrence, and Jennifer Lynne Truitt, 34, Lawrence. Shanyan Chen, 31, Columbia, Mo., and Ying Chen, 24, Lawrence. Jordan Michelle Payne, 26, Lawrence, and Jordan Daniel Welch, 25, Lawrence. Kirsten Adelle Dahlgren, 26, Lawrence, and Bradley Kyle Lanpher, 27, Lawrence. Joshua Neal King, 26, Lawrence, and Abigail Willa Sechrist, 25, Lawrence. Anthony Douglas Michael, 25, Baldwin City, and Shelby Marie Swafford, 23, Baldwin City. Bethany R. Zeller, 25, Lawrence, and Cory Roberson, 25, Lawrence. Matthew Logan Purkapile, 26, Lawrence, and Mykel Kay Schmiedeler, 28, Lawrence. Richard Dwane Englebrecht, 43, Eudora, and Marie Jane Oroke, 46, Eudora. Kristine Lee Hicks, 56, Lawrence, and Patricia Ann Weaver, 65, Lawrence. Lynn Michelle Komorouski, 33, Baldwin City, and Benjamin Isaac

Packard, 23, Topeka. Bryce Dowling, 40, Liberty, Mo., and Jingrong Xie, 37, Lawrence. David Kopp, 29, Lawrence, and Lindsay Horwitz, 24, Gurnee, Ill. Gaelle Verreaut, 22, Lawrence, and Christian John Warner, 23, Lawrence. Sherri Nicole Blaylock, 43, Topeka, and Peter Matthew Swart, 43, Topeka. Niki Salehian, 22, Lawrence, and Tyler Joseph Amos, 23, Lawrence.

Divorces Melisa Ann Waltner, 30, Topeka, and Wayne Alan Waltner, 27, Lawrence. Nakisha Dawn Ballard, 27, Lawrence, and Jonathan Eric West, 33, Lawrence.

Bankruptcies Jason Noah King and Rebecca Lynn CheekKing, 3006 Bently Circle, Lawrence. Melissa Sue Oshel, 3905 W. 11th Place, Lawrence. Charles David Junge, P.O. Box 1142, Lawrence. Monica Felice Rivera, 602 Church St., Eudora.

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Friends who steal are not friends for real Dear Annie: What should one do if family and friends come from out of state to visit, and when they leave, you see that some of your items are missing? I’m not talking about money and jewelry. I’m talking about good feather pillows and objects of art that are treasured. When I asked the suspected perpetrators about the items, they all denied taking them. So I give up. Is there any way to get them back, or to prevent such things from being taken the next time? — A Mom Dear Mom: Feather pillows? Perhaps you need to check the size of their luggage. Let’s start by giving them the benefit of the doubt. Is it possible that you moved these items elsewhere and forgot? It happens more often than we care to admit. And if it hap-

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pens every single time you have any overnight guest, you may want to speak to your doctor. The problem may be coming from your end. Friends who steal should not be invited back to stay overnight. Instead, recommend a nearby hotel and offer to meet them for dinner. You can do the same with relatives if you choose. We know that children and grandchildren often fall into a different category. Those

Fox special honors 2-D icons Ready for a 3-D look at cartoons? Arguably, the best part about the two-hour “TV’s Funniest Animated Stars: A Paley Center for Media Special” (7 p.m., Fox, TV-14) is meeting the faces behind the voices that have amused us all these years. The special will honor what it calls the 40 most “iconic” animated television characters of all time. I’m not sure how you whittle down that list. There are at least 20 on “The Simpsons” alone. In addition to conversations with animators and series creators, we meet some of the fleshy faces behind the scenes, including Pamela Adlon (the voice of Bobby Hill), Tony Anselmo (Donald Duck), Todd Barbee (Charlie Brown), H. Jon Benjamin (Bob Belcher and Sterling Archer), Alex Borstein (Lois Griffin), Nancy Cartwright (Bart Simpson), John DiMaggio (Bender), Seth Green (Chris Griffin and The Nerd), Mike Henry (Cleveland Brown), Mike Judge (Hank Hill, Beavis and Butt-head), Tom Kenny (SpongeBob SquarePants) and Yeardley Smith (Lisa Simpson). Fox is the appropriate home for this celebration, as it broadcasts “The Simpsons” and “Family Guy,” two of the longest-running network primetime animated comedies. Of course, Fox’s history with both series is interesting. When the network acquired “The Simpsons” way back in the 1980s, the show’s creators demanded that they never receive “notes,” suggestions or interference from Fox. “The Simpsons” flourished in that fashion, frequently lampooning Fox and its owner, Rupert Murdoch, along the way. Fox canceled “Family Guy” after its 1999-2002 run only to see it revived on the Cartoon Network. “Family Guy” rejoined the Fox schedule in 2005 and has been there ever since.

On a night that Fox champions cartoons, NBC previews “Telenovela” (9 p.m. and 10:30 p.m., TV-PG), a sitcom that barely rises to the level of 2-D. Eva Longoria (”Desperate Housewives”) stars as the insecure, curvy bombshell at the center of a high-strung cast and crew of a Spanish-language television soap opera for American audiences. Obvious and frantically belabored in any language, “Telenovela” debuts on Jan. 4.

Tonight’s other highlights

An earthquake calls for heroics on “Supergirl” (7 p.m., CBS, TV-14).

The final nine perform on “The Voice” (7 p.m., NBC, TVPG).

Flynn recuperates on “Major Crimes” (8 p.m., TNT, TV14).

“U2: Innocence and Experience Live in Paris” (8 p.m., HBO) captures a concert postponed after the Paris terror attacks.

who are already under suspicion should know that you plan to check their rooms for missing items before they leave because things get misplaced and you’d hate to accuse them of anything. Those who contemplate stealing will hopefully be warned and not repeat their misdeeds. You also should lock up any items of particular value. Dear Annie: I am writing in response to “Lonely for Life,” the teenager who had few friends. I, too, had social anxiety for most of my life. In my 30s, I decided I just couldn’t continue that way. I started off simply by walking down the hall at work, looking people in the eyes and saying, “Good morning.” It was very difficult in the beginning, but became easier. Then I took further small steps.

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For Monday, Dec. 7: This year others might be surprised by the amount of caring that emanates from you. A female friend or a family member could take on unusual significance. If you are single, you can’t be too discriminating. If you are attached, the two of you frequently are in different places at different times. 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 generally are as extroverted and intense as they come. Tonight: As you like it. Taurus (April 20-May 20) You could be in the position of allowing others to take the lead, when you normally wouldn’t. Tonight: The only answer is “yes.” Gemini (May 21-June 20) You could be concentrating on one specific issue and doing some research. Be willing to take a risk. Tonight: Take the time you need for yourself. Cancer (June 21-July 22) You might not be able to close down the muse that lies within you. Your creativity can’t be shut off easily. Tonight: Let the fun begin! Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) You might feel as if you see eye to eye with another party involved and can come to an agreement. You rarely feel strongly about these type of situations. Tonight: Head home early, if you can.

It took a number of years to reach an acceptable (to me) level of comfort in social situations. I am in my 60s now and have been teaching for a nonprofit for the past 20 years. Who would have thought I would ever be comfortable standing up in front of others and teaching? “Lonely for Life” should take slow steps and try to get outside her comfort zone a little each day. It doesn’t happen overnight, but if it can happen for me, then I think “Lonely” can do it, too. — No Longer a Wallflower Dear No Longer: Thank you for your words of encouragement. — Send questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or Annie’s Mailbox, P.O. Box 118190 Chicago, IL 60611.

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Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Enjoy the moment, but be rational in your choices. What a loved one feels could be off as well. Tonight: Continue the happy moment. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) You will be very tempted to make a certain purchase and/or head in a certain direction. Tonight: Meet a friend for some eggnog. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Sometimes, when we overthink a personal matter, we get into trouble. Perhaps you need to take some time off. Tonight: The world is your oyster. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Several friends might notice a serene quality emanating from you. It likely stems from a personal matter. Tonight: All is well. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Stay focused on the long term. Politely isolate yourself. Tonight: Open the door for others. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) One-on-one relating takes on a new level of caring that somehow leaks into other areas of your life. Tonight: Out till the wee hours. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) Look at the big picture, and you will make a much better decision. Tonight: Start hanging up some mistletoe.

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Positive plan Lawrence city commissioners should take the necessary actions to allow plans for a retail development on South Iowa Street to move ahead.

proposed retail shopping center on Iowa Street just south of Kansas Highway 10 seems like an appropriate plan for a high traffic intersection that clearly is destined for commercial development. Lawrence city commissioners will be asked Tuesday night to approve landuse and zoning changes to allow plans to move forward on the development known as KTen Crossing. A group based in North Carolina is proposing a 250,000-square-foot shopping center at the site and has letters of intent from several probable tenants. The retailers, the developer said, will create 442 jobs and generate $1.27 million a year in sales tax revenue for the city, along with $207,000 in additional property tax. A company representative told a public meeting last week that the firm won’t seek any financial incentives, such as property tax or sales tax rebates, for the project and that the developers “expect to pay our fair share for public infrastructure.” He also pointed out that the property already is inside city limits, meaning the city is committed to providing city services for whatever development occurs at the site. None of the concerns that have been raised about the development seem sufficient to nix the project. Some officials would rather have the additional retail development at the northwest corner of the city, but despite the availability of properly zoned land in that area, developers prefer the retail density on South Iowa. The developers say they tried to minimize competition with downtown Lawrence by not designing a “lifestyle center” with smaller shops and the feel of downtown. The reality is, that although downtown Lawrence is a gem, it is not the city’s retail center and would be unlikely to attract the same stores as the new development. Those chains do, however, draw many shoppers from Lawrence and the surrounding area to stores in suburban Kansas City, and it would be great to keep those retail dollars in Lawrence. Some also say the project would contribute to undesirable “sprawl,” but, as noted at the outset, commercial development is almost guaranteed at that site and the retail development seems preferable to most other options. The proposed zoning and plan changes are coming to the City Commission with positive recommendations from both the planning staff and the Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission. Allowing plans for this development to go forward seems like a good move for the city.

Progressive taxation indefensible Washington — Progressives are increasingly preoccupied with income inequality, and their current hero, Sen. Bernie Sanders, favors increasing the tax system’s progressivity. So, in this 103rd year of the income tax, it is timely to note that there still is no intellectually sturdy case for progressive taxation. Arguments for it are invariably arguments for increased equality of social outcomes. Because individuals have different vocational desires and different aptitudes for adding value to the economy, inequality is inevitable. Because individuals have different social sensibilities, opinions will differ about what degrees of inequality are intolerably unlovely (more about this aesthetic metric in a moment). But inequality, even when unlovely to some, is unjust only when it arises from unjust social arrangements. So, the degree to which inequality is morally troubling depends on the degree to which the process that allocates wealth does so according to merit and selfreliance rather than political influence and rent-seeking. Society should prevent extreme privation, no matter how far the top earners are from those near the bottom. But who is to decide, and how are they to decide, the ideal spread between the top and the bottom of income distribution? The argument for progressive taxation must demonstrate this: Such taxation does not do more harm by slowing economic growth than faster economic growth

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thetic judgment — about the “social value” of expenditures by the wealthy and the nonwealthy. When these moral judgments are codified in tax policy, they conflict with this idea: “It is one of the virtues of a free society that, within the widest limits, men are free to maximize their satisfactions according to their own hierarchy of preferences.” So wrote two University of Chicago law professors, Walter J. Blum and Harry Kalven Jr., in a famous 1952 essay, “The Uneasy Case for Progressive Taxation.” Their understanding of a free society is shared by many conservatives, including many Republican presidential aspirants, who favor a “flat” or proportionate income tax: If taxpayer A earns 20 times more than taxpayer B earns, taxpayer A pays 20 times more dollars. Proportionate taxation always is what progressive taxation never is: simple. What justifies progressive taxation, and characterizes progressivism, is confidence that at any moment in society’s endless evolution, what is equitable can be known and society can be fine-tuned to achieve it. Which is how we got our baroque tax code. As Blum and Kalven noted, “It is the very nature of majority rule that the majority can vote distinctive burdens for the minority.” It is, however, the nature of reality that burdens imposed on the wealthy minority can injure the majority by impairing economic incentives, thereby suppressing growth. Progressive taxation reduces the rewards of in-

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vestments, and the real rate of return on savings, thereby encouraging consumption over saving and hence over capital formation. When progressive taxation slows economic growth, it makes inequalities of wealth more durable by retarding the accumulation of new fortunes. And by encouraging constant tinkering with the tax code to perfect equity, progressive taxation gives a patina of altruism to rent-seeking by economic factions, whereby government enriches those sophisticated at manipulating it. Because other arguments produce only an “uneasy” case for progressive taxation, this is the argument of last resort: All striving occurs in, and all success is conditioned by, a social context. Each individual’s achievement, like each individual, is derivative of society, which is entitled to socialize — conscript — whatever portion of each individual’s acquisition that society calculates is its rightful share. Because collective choices (provision of education, infrastructure and other public goods) facilitate individuals’ strivings, the collectivity, represented by government, can take as much of created wealth as it decides it made possible. Being judge and jury in its own case, government will generously estimate its contributions and entitlements. The arguments for progressive taxation range from the feeble to the sinister. The case for it is not uneasy, it is nonexistent.

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To the editor: Thank you, Bill Simons, for your letter of support for the Kansas University football team and coaches (Public Forum, Dec. 3). It has been painful reading the sports page, especially Tom Keegan’s writing the last several months. We don’t need this constant verbal bullying. It is neither entertaining nor enlightening. It is hateful. The Journal-World is doing a creditable job of transforming itself into the kind of small-circulation newspaper that Warren Buffet is adding to his portfolio, focusing on quality coverage of local-interest stories and leaving the national and international news to larger news outlets. The sports section is unfortunately the black eye! Thank you, KU football, for failing to respond to this diatribe. We’re proud of your efforts but embarrassed by the J-W coverage. Beverley Wilson, Lawrence

Wrong plan To the editor: The financial debacle of 2008 slowed architecture, building and historic preservation in Lawrence. TIF’s and tax incentives became more common in the years following the wounded economy. Kansas historic preservation was also

wounded by the removal of the historic environs as a component of preservation requirements in our state. Now a proposed project next to the historic 1872 Lucy Hobbs Taylor home at 809 Vermont arises. Kansas University architecture professor Dan Rockhill designed a very wonderful project along the west side of the 1500 block of Kentucky, adding two very nice jewel-like buildings in brick next to the historic residence there. Something with this kind of approach, placing a group of jewel-like buildings right next to one of the treasures of downtown Lawrence is in order for the vacant lot and former community garden on Vermont Street, not, as proposed, a fivestory behemoth. Smaller projects that pay their own way certainly make more sense today. A project based upon a property-line-toproperty-line full floor of office space seems far too speculative to place next to a noteworthy landmark. Sven Erik Alstrom, Lawrece

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‘WE WILL PREVAIL,’ OBAMA VOWS

He says nation will be ‘relentless’ in fighting terro r Gregory Korte USA TODAY

President Obama sought to reassure the nation Sunday night amid renewed fears of terrorism, promising to defeat the forces of wanton violence. “The threat from terrorism is real, but we will overcome it,” the president vowed in a prime-time televised address. “We will prevail by being strong and smart, resilient and relentless.” Obama said the terrorist threat has “evolved into a new phase” of attacks hatched at home by extremists “poisoning the minds” of killers already on American soil. He called on Americans to resist letting fear dictate the response to the mass shootings last week in San Bernardino, Calif. — WASHINGTON

JOE RAEDLE, GETTY IMAGES

Dounia Omar places an inspirational message on a piece of paper onto a memorial at the Islamic Community Center of Redlands.

“We have come from a time of the large-scale, planned, al-Qaeda-style attacks, to ... the encouragement of people to act on their own.” Loretta Lynch, attorney general

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Day of ‘infamy’ The Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor involved a Japanese strike force of 353 aircraft and lasted

1 hour and 15 minutes

Source The National WWII Museum TERRY BYRNE AND PAUL TRAP, USA TODAY

San Bernardino inquiry stretches across globe Kevin Johnson USA TODAY

WASHINGTON The U.S. investigation into the California shooting massacre is reaching into Saudi Arabia and Pakistan as federal authorities seek a fuller profile of the young married couple whose arsenal of weapons and explosives escaped detection before they launched the most deadly suspected terror attack on American soil since 9/11. Attorney General Loretta Lynch said Sunday that investigators are working through intermediaries in the Middle East and scouring the USA to learn what prompted Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik to target a San Bernardino County holiday party packed with Farook’s co-workers in a rampage that left 14 dead and 21 wounded. Lynch told NBC’s Meet the Press that investigators have found no formal link between the killers and a larger network of suspects, nor a direct connection with a specific terror group. Although authorities classified the inquiry as a terror investigation and learned that Malik expressed support for the Islamic State — the terror group also known as ISIL and ISIS — in a Facebook post shortly before last week’s attack, Lynch cautioned that investigators have yet to conclude what motivated the assault.

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The attorney general said that although the couple’s stockpile of pipe bomb components, ammunition and firearms stoked suspicion that they may have eyed other targets, authorities have found no evidence that other assaults were planned. “At this point, we do not have any evidence that they were part of either a larger group or a cell or that they were planning anything else,” Lynch said. “What I will say is again, we are continuing to run everything to ground we can about these two individuals.” That effort has focused in part on Malik’s family roots in Pakistan where she was born and into Saudi Arabia where she spent much of her upbringing. Farook, who was seeking a wife

U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch says investigators are trying to determine why Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik targeted a social services center last week.

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President Obama says the terrorist threat has evolved.

or the broader threat from terrorism. He said the FBI has no evidence that the killers were directed by terrorist overseas or were part of a broader conspiracy. The speech, Obama’s third Oval Office address, came three weeks after a terrorist attack in Paris killed 130 people and four days after a husband-and-wife team — apparently inspired by a similar ideology — fatally shot 14 at a holiday party. The White House did not preview any new policies or strategies that the president would announce in his speech, and Obama has resisted sending ground combat troops to Syria or Iraq, where the Islamic State militant group has strongholds. The U.S. military has ramped up its campaign against the Islamic State in recent weeks: More special operations forces have been dispatched to advise and assist Syrian opposition forces and Iraqi forces. Since the San Bernardino attacks, Obama has stressed combating the extremist ideology that inspires terrorists by enlisting help from the Muslim-American community to offset such beliefs. Obama has asked Congress to approve a new use-of-force authorization that would update the global war-on-terror resolution Congress first passed in 2001. Republican presidential candidates reacted with sharp attacks. “Is that all there is?” Donald Trump, the leader in Republican polls, tweeted. “We need a new President — FAST!”

GM’s Buick SUV will be first U.S. ‘made in China’ vehicle Envision will go on sale next summer Chris Woodyard USA TODAY

and Greg Gardner Detroit Free Press

After years waiting for an invasion of Chinese cars that never came, General Motors says it’s going to be the first of Detroit’s Big 3 to offer a Chinesemade model for sale in the USA — a Buick SUV. The Buick Envision crossover will go on sale next summer, DETROIT

helping to fill ravenous demand in the USA for smaller SUVs when the Chinese economy has weakened. The Buick is coming despite resistance from the United Auto Workers union that wants it produced in the USA. Envision, which will make its U.S. debut in January at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, was a sore subject during recent contract talks between General Motors and the UAW. Envision is large enough to be assembled profitably in the USA. It’s comparable in size to the Ford Escape, assembled in Louisville, and the Jeep Cherokee, assembled in Toledo,

The Envision is on sale in China and will be imported to the USA.

The Buick is coming despite resistance from the United Auto Workers union that wants it produced in the USA.

Ohio. “The company should reconsider this decision and place this product into one of their facilities in the United States,” the union said Friday after GM announced its decision.

Though GM, Ford and Fiat Chrysler, along with a raft of Asian and European automakers, have been building cars in Mexico and other low-wage countries for import into the USA for years,

China is a different matter. About a decade ago, automakers feared the Chinese would export waves of cheaply made cars to the USA. But it never happened. Chinese auto quality and engineering weren’t deemed to be good enough to succeed in the competitive U.S. market. Plus, China became the world’s hottest auto market as consumers grew wealthier. Automakers couldn’t make enough cars fast enough to satisfy the domestic market there. Rather than facing competition from Chinese makers, Detroit’s Big 3 could become the importers themselves.

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Pope Francis prays for success of climate summit Pontiff’s plea comes as African nations, meeting in Paris, pledge to restore forests

VENEZUELANS VOTE ON CHÁVEZ LEGACY FERNANDO LLANO, AP

Opposition win would upend socialism as economy struggles Peter Wilson

Special for USA TODAY CARACAS , VENEZUELA

The legacy of the late Hugo Chávez was on the line Sunday as voters decided whether to abandon his socialist system led by President Nicolás Maduro for the first time in 16 years and give the opposition a majority of seats in congress. Most polls showed the Democratic Unity, a coalition of parties opposed to Maduro’s United Socialist Party of Venezuela, with a lead of as many as 30 percentage points in the vote for the 167-seat National Assembly. Most analysts had predicted a much closer contest, given past gerrymandering and election regulations that favor the ruling socialist party. Before the announcement of official results, leaders of Venezuela’s opposition said Sunday night that they won a majority of seats in the legislative elections. Their claim could not be verified. If the opposition wins, the National Assembly could start proceedings to recall Maduro as early as next year, even though his term doesn’t expire until 2019. Maduro, 53, a former bus driver who was handpicked by the cancer-stricken Chávez before his death, has been blamed for Venezuela’s economic woes. After voting, Maduro pledged to work with the incoming National Assembly and said he would schedule working meetings with the new deputies to smooth the transition. Opposition leader Henrique Capriles Radonski, 43, governor of Miranda state, narrowly lost to Maduro in a special presidential election in April 2013 after Chávez died. “This has been an unfair fight,” Capriles said after voting. “The government has used state funds to finance their campaigns.” He stressed that all

LUIS ROBAYO, AFP/GETTY IMAGES

Top, a poster of the late Hugo Chávez looms over a crowd waiting to vote. Above, President Nicolás Maduro is surrounded by supporters as he arrives to vote in Caracas.

“I always supported Chávez, but I never voted for him. I’m here because I’ve had enough. Our situation is so bad, so dire, that we need a change.” Irene Hernandez, 56, a housewife in Caracas

changes “must be made legally, constitutionally and peacefully.” Irene Hernandez, 56, a housewife in Caracas, hasn’t voted since the 1990s but stood in a long line to vote Sunday. “I always supported Chávez, but I never voted for him,” she said. “I’m here because I’ve had enough. Our situation is so bad, so dire, that we need a change.” Venezuela’s oil-dependent economy is likely to contract up to 10% this year, and inflation rages at more than 150% a year.

Shortages of food and medicine are common as Maduro slashed imports to free up dollars to make debt payments. The drop in oil prices has hit Venezuela especially hard. The country sits on the world’s largest oil reserves and derives 95% of its hard currency from crude sales. Maduro and his party have asked voters to give them time to make the economy better, blaming the downturn on a “war” against their policies by the business elite and outside interests such as the United States and Colombia. Maduro repeatedly asked Venezuelans to support the socialist party candidates to protect Chávez’s legacy — the anti-capitalistic movement of giving more to the poor called Chávismo — while promising to boost pensions, scholarships and public housing. “We have to support the revolution and Chávez,” said Jose Luis Reveron, 34, a farm laborer in the city of La Victoria. “Maduro is doing a great job as president in protecting us from our country’s enemies. Those opposed to the revolution will never return.” If the opposition’s Democratic Unity prevails, the impact will depend on its margin of victory. A simple majority in the National Assembly would allow the opposition to set the legislative agenda and possibly pass a law to free political prisoners. A three-fifths majority, or 101 seats, would empower the opposition to sack ministers and the vice president, while a two-thirds majority, 112 seats, would allow them to call for a Constitutional Assembly to rewrite the constitution. “There is a high rate of participation,” Diosdado Cabello, a close supporter of Maduro and president of the outgoing National Assembly, said after he voted Sunday.

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Pope Francis greets the faithful during a prayer in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Sunday during which he asked that the climate change conference in Paris would succeed.

“African countries ... are showing leadership with ambitious pledges to restore land.” Andrew Steer, the World Resources Institute

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Pope Francis prayed Sunday for the success of the global climate summit in Paris, where another week of negotiations are underway to reach an agreement that would limit the warming of the planet. The pontiff, who has made fighting climate change a cornerstone of his papacy and issued an encyclical on the contentious topic this year, asked about “the kind of world we want to pass on to those who come after us, to the children who are growing up.” Francis’ prayer at the Vatican comes as 195 countries at the climate change conference, which will conclude Friday, strive to produce a plan that would limit global warming to no more than 2 degree Celsius, or 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit. “For the sake of the common home we share and for future generations, every effort should be made in Paris to mitigate the impact of climate change and at the same time to tackle poverty and to let human dignity flourish,” Francis said, according to Vatican radio. Sunday at the Paris talks, more than a dozen African governments — including Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Burundi and Rwanda — pledged to restore the continent’s natural forests, according to the Associated Press. West African nations along the Sahara desert have pledged to plant more trees to stop the encroaching desert from destroying more arable land, the AP said. “As the world forges a climate agreement in Paris, African countries — which bear the least historic responsibility for climate change — are showing leadership with ambitious pledges to restore land,” said Andrew Steer, president and CEO of the World Resources Institute. Deforestation of the world’s tropical forests has contributed to climate change by producing up to 15% of global carbon emissions, according to the institute. Negotiators at the conference produced a draft accord last week ahead of schedule, according to media reports. China’s chief negotiator, Su Wei, said the preliminary blueprint lays a foundation for this week’s continuing negotiations, according to The Guardian. “Political will is there for all parties,” Wei said, according to the newspaper. The document addresses deforestation, food security, poverty and other issues, CNN reported. “We could have been better, we could have been worse. The job is not done,” the French negotiator, Laurence Tubiana, told The Guardian.

Jimmy Carter says he is cancer-free Former president’s church bursts into applause at good news

week, and the cancer was gone,” class participant and family friend Jill Stuckey told the newspaper. “The church, everybody here, just erupted in applause.” Carter, 91, announced in August that he had cancer but that he hoped it was limited to his liver. He later said doctors found small melanoma lesions on his brain. He received drug treatments and radiation therapy. Unlike Carter, few doctors would ever say that a cancer is

“gone” or that a person is cured, but they will say someone is free of cancer. Cancer may never be found again or may not recur for years. Carter further explained his condition in a video statement NBC posted on Twitter. “The first time I went for an MRI of my brain, the four places were still there, but they were responding to the treatment,” he said. “And when I went this week, they didn’t find any cancer at all. So I have good news.”

Lynch warns against early conclusions

Lynch said it is “too early” to adopt any conclusions about the two attackers, including their motive. “I would caution people not to try and define either of these two individuals right now, because we do not want to foreclose either any avenues of investigation or any other issues or motivations,” Lynch said Sunday. Lynch indicated that the nature of last week’s attacks illustrated in deadly relief a long-held fear among law enforcement and intelligence officials of the threat posed by radicalized individuals in the USA who have avoided de-

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on the Internet, connected with Malik nearly two years ago before he brought her to California from Saudi Arabia last year as his wife, authorities said. Among the scenarios being explored by investigators, two federal law enforcement officials said, is the prospect that Malik

adopted a radical ideology before arriving in the USA, where she and Farook settled in sprawling Southern California. The theory of Malik’s prior radicalization is being aggressively pursued as investigators seek a conclusive motive for the attack, said the officials who are not authorized to comment publicly on the developing investigation.

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tection. This year, FBI Director James Comey said the bureau had 900 active investigations across the USA involving suspected Islamic State sympathizers and other homegrown extremists. “What I will say is that this (California attack) indicates the evolving nature of the threat that we are seeing,” Lynch said. “We have come from a time of the large-scale, planned, al-Qaedastyle attacks, to ... the encouragement of people to act on their own.” The search for additional evidence in the shooting at the Inland Regional Center, which

helps people with disabilities, took authorities Saturday to the Riverside, Calif., home of a man who initially purchased the two assault-style rifles the couple used in the attack. The man, an acquaintance of Farook, may have transferred the weapons to Farook, but authorities do not regard him as a suspect in the shootings, law enforcement officials said. Farook’s father told the Italian newspaper La Stampa that his son “was obsessed with Israel” and supported the Islamic State ideology of creating a new Islamic state.

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The USS West Virginia burns Dec. 7, 1941 after the surprise Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

‘Date which will live in infamy’ will be commemorated online, across the country Gregg Zoroya

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he 74th anniversary of the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor will be commemorated Monday with ceremonies, a parade and a host of other events from Washington to the site of the attack in Hawaii that drew the United States into World War II. Pearl Harbor Day honors the 2,400 people who died when the Japanese attacked the base in Ha-

waii on Dec. 7, 1941, which brought a war being fought largely in Europe to U.S. soil. Flags will be flown at half-staff at government locations to honor those who died, and many homes across the USA will display the American flag. A ceremony will be held Monday afternoon in Washington at the National World War II Memorial. In Honolulu, the annual Pearl Harbor Memorial Parade will extend a mile through the city Monday evening. Many of the events of the day from Pearl Harbor can be viewed via live-streaming at pearlharbor

events.com. Participants will be able to ask National Park Service experts questions about the attack. In addition, the live-stream will show a commemoration of the sinking of the USS Oklahoma, which lost 429 crewmembers, and observe interment in the hull of the USS Arizona of an urn containing the ashes of Joseph Langdell, a former ensign on the ship. The events are sponsored by the park service, the U.S. Navy and the Pacific Historic Parks. Tuesday, a dive to the wreck of the Arizona by a Pacific National Monuments cultural resources chief will be broadcast live, and

people can ask questions through Facebook. President Obama issued a proclamation on Friday, saying, “We pay tribute to the men, women and children — military and civilian — who lost their lives on Dec. 7, 1941, honor all who served in wake of this infamous day, and recognize the sacrifices today’s servicemembers make to carry forward the inextinguishable torch of liberty for generations to come.” Of more than 16 million U.S. servicemembers who fought in the war, fewer than 900,000 are still alive, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs.

GOP hopefuls call for more tools to fight terrorism David Jackson USA TODAY

The Republican presidential candidates served notice Sunday that terrorism will be a major part of their 2016 campaigns, calling for more surveillance powers and criticizing President Obama’s efforts to roll back the Islamic State militant group. Hours before Obama delivered a prime-time address on counterterrorism, the GOP candidates said Wednesday’s mass shooting in California underscores the need for more investigative tools. They criticized Obama for declining to WASHINGTON

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use the term “radical Islamic terrorism” to describe the threat. “We are having a tremendous problem with radical Islamic terrorism,” GOP front-runner Donald Trump said on CBS’ Face the Nation, adding, “We have a president that won’t issue the term.” The New York businessman said the nation needs more “vigilance,” which could include profiling of Muslims who may be tempted by extremism. “You have people that have to be tracked,” Trump said. “If they’re Muslims, they’re Muslims. But you have people that have to be tracked.” Trump later said he would be live-tweeting the president’s address.

“You have people that have to be tracked. If they’re Muslims, they’re Muslims. But you have people that have to be tracked.” Donald Trump New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said on CBS’ Face the Nation that the nation needs to increase surveillance and create relationships “with mosques in the MuslimAmerican community across the

country.” Stressing his experience as a U.S. attorney, Christie said, “We did that after 9/11 and prevented attacks in New Jersey and all across the country.” Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., called for expanded intelligence gathering capabilities that he said have eroded under the Obama administration. Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, appearing on Fox News Sunday, called for a “better job of monitoring the Internet.” Obama has said his Republican critics are either proposing things that already are being done or are blocking gun control measures, including a proposal last week to ban gun sales for people who are on

the no-fly list because of suspicious behavior. “Right now, people on the no-fly list can walk into a store and buy a gun,” Obama said Saturday. “That is insane. If you’re too dangerous to board a plane, you’re too dangerous, by definition, to buy a gun.” Asked about his opposition to closing that loophole, Rubio said too many people are on the no-fly list by mistake. “If these were perfect lists, that would be one thing,” Rubio said. “But there are over 700,000 Americans on some watch list that would all be captured under this amendment the Democrats offered. And that’s the problem.”

IN BRIEF LONDON POLICE: STABBING ATTACK IS TERRORISM

LET HANUKKAH BEGIN

London police said Sunday they are treating a stabbing attack at a subway station that injured two people as a terrorist incident. Officers were called to reports of “a number of people” stabbed at the Leytonstone underground station in east London on Saturday evening, Scotland Yard said. The attacker shouted, “This is for Syria,” according to media reports. A bystander shouted, “You ain’t no Muslim bruv (brother)” in a video posted on social media purported to be from the incident. Police said a man, about 29, was tasered and arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. He remained in police custody Sunday.

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ASSAD: BRITISH AIRSTRIKES IN SYRIA WILL FAIL

A menorah is lit Sunday in Hanover, Germany, to mark the opening of the Jewish holiday Hanukkah. The eight-day Festival of Lights begins Sunday night and runs till Dec. 14.

Syrian President Bashar Assad said Britain’s airstrikes in his country are illegal, doomed to fail and will help spread terrorism. The United Kingdom launched airstrikes against Islamic State militants in Syria on Thursday after Parliament voted Wedesday to approve the bombings. The move came after a request from French President François Hollande for allies to do more to combat the extremist group after the terror attacks in Paris that

killed 130 people Nov. 13. The Islamic State claimed responsibility for those attacks. The United States, France and others are also bombing the terrorist group in Syria. In an interview with Britain’s Sunday Times conducted Wednesday, Assad said Britain’s airstrikes in Syria would fail. “It has to be from the air, from the ground, to have cooperation with troops on the ground — the national troops — for the inter-

ference to be legal,” he said. “So I would say they don’t have the will and don’t have the vision on how to defeat terrorism.” ISIL CLAIMS BLAST THAT KILLED YEMENI GOVERNOR

The governor of the Yemeni province of Aden and six of his bodyguards were killed in a massive explosion Sunday that was claimed by an Islamic State affiliate.

Gov. Gaafar Mohamed Saad was traveling to his office when his convoy was hit in the Rimbaud area of the city, security officials told the Associated Press. An affiliate of the Islamic State, also known as ISIL or ISIS, claimed responsibility for the attack in an online statement. The group referred to Saad as a “tyrant” and said a bomb was hidden in a parked car on the convoy’s route. — Jane Onyanga-Omara

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STATE-BY-STATE News from across the USA ALABAMA Huntsville: AL.com tallied “the 25 worst songs from rock’s greatest bands,” including such arguable “stinkers” as Floyd the Barber by Nirvana and Shiny Happy People by R.E.M.

ALASKA Fairbanks: The boards

that set fish and game rules may meet less often or furlough staff next year because of cuts to the groups’ $1.7 million budget, newsminer.com reported.

ARIZONA Tucson: Clear plastic

bags are the new mode of carry for University of Arizona home fans entering athletic venues, a change officials required for public safety in light of “recent international events,” the Arizona Daily Star reported. ARKANSAS Searcy: A toddler whose disappearance a year ago led to a murder charge last week against Jeffrey Clifton, his father, died in a beating days before he was first reported missing, according to police affidavits cited by ArkansasOnline. CALIFORNIA San Francisco:

The Abner Phelps home on Oak Street is up for rent for $12,000 a month, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. COLORADO Fort Collins: A

nurse at Poudre Valley Hospital was fired for viewing patients’ medical records out of personal curiosity, The Coloradoan reported.

CONNECTICUT Manchester: A

second man was sent to prison in connection with a fatal beating inside a room at a motel last year, the Hartford Courant reported. DELAWARE Dover: The jury did not immediately agree on a verdict in the assault trial of a white police officer charged after a police dashcam video captured him kicking a black man in the head and knocking him out cold during an arrest in 2013 , The (Wilmington, Del.) News Journal reported. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: The

Council approved a plan that would allow most footage captured by police wearing body cameras to be accessible to the public, The Washington Post reported.

Report: Cops hasty in shooting Tamir Rice Oren Dorell USA TODAY

Police officers in the Tamir Rice case rolled up and fatally shot him so fast he had no time to hear or respond to any orders they gave, according a report released by Tamir’s family. Contrary to the officers’ version of the incident, Tamir, 12, was not reaching for his waistband the moment before Cleveland police officer Timothy Loehmann shot and killed him Nov. 22, 2014, according to a report by Jesse Wobrock, an accident reconstruction and biomechanics expert. Wobrock conducted his analysis based on surveillance video of the incident provided by Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tim McGinty. The report was issued late Friday and first reported by WKYC in Cleveland. Wobrock’s report says Loehmann shot Tamir “within less than 1.0 second of exiting the vehicle.” A Cuyahoga County grand jury is hearing evidence to decide whether Loehmann, a rookie cop, or his training officer, Frank Garmback, should face charges in the killing. The two were responding to a report about a man with a gun near a recreation center on a wet snowy day. Loehmann and Garmback

Supreme Court decided not to reinstate the license of Wolf People, a wolf exhibition company, the Bonner County Daily Bee reported. ILLINOIS Chicago: More than

100 students from the Horace Mann school were taken to hospitals as a precaution after high carbon monoxide levels were detected, the Chicago Tribune reported. INDIANA Indianapolis: Gen

Con, the hobby gaming convention that attracts more than 50,000 game enthusiasts to the Indiana Convention Center each year, will expand into Lucas Oil

said in their accounts of the incident that they ordered Tamir to show them his hands. They said that Tamir reached for his waistband and that they saw a gun. Wobrock says the video and other evidence contradicts those accounts. For one, the video does not show Tamir’s hands ever coming out of his jacket pockets, Wobrock says. Also, according to the images and Garmback’s statement, the police car windows were up and the doors were closed when they pulled up on Tamir, “so no

MINNESOTA Minneapolis: The state may soon see less than half of its adult residents married, the Star Tribune reported. The U.S. Census data were released last week.

KENTUCKY Louisville: Tens of

thousands walked across the new Abraham Lincoln Bridge joining Louisville and Jeffersonville, two days before the bridge is scheduled to open for vehicle traffic, The Courier-Journal reported. LOUISIANA New Orleans: After more than a decade, Dunbar’s, a destination for red beans and fried chicken, will return, the Advocate reported. The new location on Earhart Boulevard in Gert Town will open in January.

GEORGIA Coweta County: Veridiana Pardo Meo Erbskorn, 47, was arrested after she allegedly scrubbed her 12-year-old son’s face with a Brillo pad because he was going through what she called a “rock ’n’ roll stage,” The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.

IDAHO Sandpoint: The state

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Demonstrators block Public Square in Cleveland on Nov. 25, 2014, to protest the police shooting of Tamir Rice.

IOWA Des Moines: Democratic leaders slammed Republicans for scrapping their plans to participate in the Iowa Black & Brown Forum, the oldest minorityfocused presidential forum in America, which had been scheduled for Thursday, The Des Moines Register reported.

vard Zoo welcomed its newest resident last week: a 6-foot, 152pound female Masai giraffe born to mother Johari and dad Raffiki, Florida Today reported.

Arakawa’s administration submitted five bills to the County Council aimed at enforcing laws surrounding “nuisance” behavior, The Maui News reported.

Rawlings Hach, a culinary pioneer who had the first televised cooking show in the South, died last week at age 89, The Tennessean reported. The restaurateur, caterer and innkeeper starred on WSM-TV’s Kitchen Kollege from 1950 to 1956, and in 1976, she famously smuggled mint juleps to a luncheon she catered for 1,700 United Nations members and dignitaries at Centennial Park.

Mich.) Daily Press & Argus reported.

KANSAS Topeka: The Kansas Turnpike Authority said it might not meet a federal deadline for allowing people to use the state’s electronic transponders, known as K-Tag, on other states’ toll roads, the Lawrence JournalWorld reported.

MISSISSIPPI Tupelo: More than

a dozen county-issued garbage cans were reported stolen in the Springhill, Auburn, Eggville and Lake Piomingo areas, according to the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal.

agency report shows that state residents spent 3.5% more per person on household expenditures in 2014 than they did in 2013, the Portland Press Herald reported.

MARYLAND Baltimore: Melvin

Williams, 73, whose life as a West Baltimore drug kingpin in the 1960s and post-prison redemption earned him a place as an actor and inspiration for HBO’s The Wire, died of cancer last week, The Sun reported.

MASSACHUSETTS Boston: The

Public Library’s Rare Books Department reopened after a mold outbreak, according to The Boston Globe. MICHIGAN Howell: A wildlife

rehabilitation center is raising money to build, supply and staff a barn for injured and orphaned fawns, the (Livingston County,

audible commands could have been heard by Tamir before Loehmann opened the door,” Wobrock wrote. On the video, only one second passes between when the vehicle door opens, when Loehmann exits the car, and when Tamir reacts to having been shot, according to Wobrock’s report. That means Loehmann had already unholstered and drawn his gun when he exited the vehicle, the report says. Contributing: Wale Aliyu of WKYC in Cleveland

NORTH CAROLINA Raleigh: The state received three proposals to build a sky ride over the main midway at the fairgrounds in time for next fall’s State Fair, The News & Observer reported. NORTH DAKOTA Bismarck:

The Capitol Christmas tree is artificial this year, and it’s on display in Memorial Hall, the Grand Forks Herald reported.

Several statues at a cemetery have been vandalized, the Omaha World-Herald reported. Black spray paint was used to mark statues at the St. Patrick-St. Joseph Cemetery.

OHIO Brooklyn: Authorities

have arrested Christopher Schroeder, 41, of Marthasville, Mo., who is accused of transporting a 15-year-old Ohio girl whom he met online to Missouri, WKYC-TV, Cleveland, reported.

NEVADA Carson City: More than 23,000 state residents signed up for coverage through the health insurance exchange in the first month of open enrollment.

OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City: The National Alliance on Mental Health Illness accused Oklahoma City Public Schools of denying children in psychiatric treatment an appropriate education at a city-based facility, The Oklahoman reported.

NEW HAMPSHIRE Exeter:

OREGON Pilot Rock: Pilot Rock

NEW JERSEY Cherry Hill: Cherry Hill High School East will soon have a sign to signify a new single-use, gender-neutral bathroom, according to the Courier-Post. NEW MEXICO Farmington: The state Supreme Court suspended Aztec Magistrate Court Judge Connie Johnston after she ordered a court clerk who wouldn’t leave her courtroom to be arrested and jailed for contempt, the Daily Times reported. NEW YORK Buchanan: Gov.

Cuomo, a Democrat, said Indian Point nuclear power plant was “forced to shut down” one of its reactors because of a “reported power loss to several control rods,” The (Westchester County, N.Y.) Journal News reported. No radioactivity was released into the environment, the owner and operator of the nuclear plant said in a news release.

UTAH Salt Lake City: A study by the Utah Foundation shows that state cities and counties that voted by mail this year saw an increase in voter turnout of an average of 52%. VERMONT Burlington: The

Vermont Liquor Control Board fined the Burlington Country Club on Wednesday after state investigators discovered members drinking after hours during an illegal poker game in August. The board suspended the private club’s liquor license for a weekend in April 2016, the Burlington Free Press reported.

VIRGINIA Richmond: Mayor Dwight Jones signed a petition to prevent a live oak tree on Broad Street from being cut down as part of plans to install a statue honoring pioneering businesswoman Maggie L. Walker, the Times-Dispatch reported.

WEST VIRGINIA Charleston: Despite the disbanding of its organizing sponsor, the New Year’s Eve concert series will continue this year. Good Night features dozens of musicians at various venues, the Charleston Gazette-Mail reported.

MONTANA Billings: Yellow-

NEBRASKA Platte Center:

no longer have to travel elsewhere to do basic training, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported. The $97 million Bob Bolen Public Safety Complex, which is shared with city police, is one of the best live fire facilities in the USA.

set at $100,000 for Michael Goins, the director of the Downtown Pasco Development Authority, who admitted embezzling about $90,000 from the agency, according to the Tri-City Herald.

school districts are fully accredited, while the St. Louis-area Riverview Gardens district, which made gains on performance reports, will stay unaccredited for now. stone National Park biologists counted at least 104 wolves from 11 packs living in the park at the end of 2014. The figures were up slightly from the prior year, when 95 wolves from 10 packs were counted.

TEXAS Fort Worth: Firefighters

WASHINGTON Pasco: Bail was

MISSOURI Jefferson City: Five

Flames ripped through a home that was more than a century old, according to the Portsmouth Herald.

MAINE Portland: A federal

Edmunds County Sheriff Todd Holtz has seen enough wrecks on U.S. Highway 12 and wants changes made, the American News reported. Highway 12 from the state Highway 45 intersection at Craven Corner into Brown County, where the highway divides west of Aberdeen, has historically been a bad stretch, he said. TENNESSEE Nashville: Phila

Stadium next year, The Indianapolis Star reported.

FLORIDA Melbourne: The Bre-

HAWAII Wailuku: Mayor Alan

SOUTH DAKOTA Aberdeen:

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WISCONSIN Madison: State and county officials would be required to identify areas vulnerable to groundwater pollution and enforce manure spreading restrictions on that land under a bill introduced Wednesday by Northeastern Wisconsin lawmakers. State Rep. Eric Genrich and state Sen. Dave Hansen, both Democrats from Green Bay, said they proposed the bill because of growing concerns that large-scale farms, known as concentrated animal feeding operations, are spreading more manure than the land can safely absorb, the Green Bay Press-Gazette reported.

became the latest city in Umatilla County to ban marijuana businesses, the East Oregonian reported. Pilot Rock joins Athena, Weston, Stanfield, Umatilla and Ukiah.

PENNSYLVANIA Reading: A fire tore through a garage and shed in central Pennsylvania, killing up to 100 racing pigeons, the Reading Eagle reported. RHODE ISLAND Coventry: The

Coventry Fire District board and the firefighters union reached an agreement, according to WPRI-TV. SOUTH CAROLINA Columbia:

The flu has claimed seven lives in the state this season, one in the week ending Nov. 28. In addition, there have been 123 hospitalizations for flu since Oct. 4, the state Department of Health and Environmental Control reported Wednesday. Eighteen of them occurred in the week ending Nov. 28. During the 2014-2015 flu season, there were 3,365 hospitalizations and 156 deaths from flu, including three children, The Greenville News reported.

WYOMING Sheridan: The

Antelope Butte Foundation, which is trying to revive the shuttered Antelope Butte Ski Area, received two significant donations to support the group’s efforts, The Sheridan Press reported. The foundation has raised more than $550,000 toward its goal of $4 million to purchase and restore the ski area.

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MONEYLINE NET NEUTRALITY RULES AWAIT COURT DECISION The fate of the Federal Communications Commission’s net neutrality rules are in the hands of a three-judge panel. Those judges, who heard arguments Friday in federal court in Washington, are expected to announce a ruling in the next three to six months. Both sides were optimistic after the hearing. Supporters of the trade group USTelecom that counts AT&T and Verizon among its members and sued to overturn the FCC’s rules were optimistic that the judges questioned whether the rules should apply to mobile broadband and interconnections where Internet providers connected to larger backbone networks. Proponents of the rules, which would prevent blocking, slowing and prohibit paid prioritization of content, were hopeful that the court recognized the agency’s attempt to follow a legal road map created by earlier court decisions.

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USA TODAY’S INVESTMENT ROUNDTABLE CONTINUES All this week get insights from top strategists and money managers from Goldman Sachs, T. Rowe Price, BlackRock, Wells Fargo and Edward Jones as part of USA TODAY’s 20th Investment Roundtable. Go to www. usatoday.com/money/ every day this week for an outlook on what the pros expect in 2016 and get their moneymaking tips for investors. You can follow along on Twitter with the #Markets16 hashtag. BEER DRINKERS SUE OVER ANHEUSER-BUSCH MERGER Nearly two dozen Oregon beer lovers filed a suit last week asking the federal court to prevent the $107 billion merger of Anheuser-Busch InBev and SABMiller. The 23 plaintiffs, who say they are consumers of the large producers’ beers, argue that the merger falls short of meeting antitrust law. If allowed to proceed, the merger could lead to higher prices, lower quality and less availability of beers, especially those made by small brewers, they said. “We believe that the claims alleged in this lawsuit are without merit, and we intend to vigorously defend against them. The U.S. beer market has never been more competitive ... and nothing in this transaction will change that fact,” said John Blood of Anheuser-Busch InBev.

NEWS MONEY SPORTS Hot items for holidays LIFE make investors merry AUTOS TRAVEL

The companies that make them have been good bets Matt Krantz USA TODAY

Visions of tablets, video games and cameras might be dancing in consumers’ heads. But investors are counting their money — if they bet on the right companies. Makers of five hot holiday sellers — Nvidia’s (NVDA) Shield tablet, Logitech’s (SWX:LOGN) video game headsets, Activision Blizzard’s Call of Duty: Black Ops III video game, Microsoft’s (MSFT) Surface Pro 4 laptop and Barbie maker Mattel (MAT) — have generated the biggest stock gains for investors since Black Friday kicked off the holiday shopping season. The popularity of the items is measured by IBM Watson Trend. These stocks are stand out in a good way because even investors who bet on the hottest holiday items aren’t doing all that great as a whole. The 23 publicly traded companies selling what IBM Watson says are the most popular items are actually down an average of 1.5% since Black Friday. The Standard & Poor’s 500, on contrast, is down 0.1% since then. Even some of the companies selling the most popular holiday items haven’t exactly seen their shares shoot higher. Shares of Samsung (KOSE:A005930), maker of several of the holiday’s most popular items — namely TV sets — have seen their shares fall by 4.9% since Black Friday. Apple (AAPL), seller of several popular items, has seen its shares rise by 0.5%, which is still far below the gains of the top stock winners. It seems investors made the Nvidia’s Shield tablet

NVIDIA

most money by spotting holiday hits that weren’t so obvious as Samsung TVs and Apple products. The Nvidia Shield tablet, a gaming device that has been winning mostly positive reviews, is

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HOTTEST ITEMS How shares of companies with the most-popular products this holiday season are doing since Black Friday:

% Company chg Item Nvidia Activision Blizzard Logitech Microsoft

7.4% Shield Tablet 4.4% Call of Duty: Black Ops III 3.7% gaming headsets 3.5% Surface Pro 4MineCraft Mattel 3.0% Barbie Take-Two 2.4% Grand Theft Auto Interactive online Electronic 1.2% Need for Speed Arts game Canon 0.9% EOS M10 camera Apple 0.5% watch/computers/ tablets/headphones Vtech -0.9% Innotab Max Holdings tablet Nike -1.3% running shoes, apparel ASUSTek -2.2% laptops Nintendo -2.3% Nintendo 3DS FujiFilm -2.4% cameras HP -2.8% desktop computers Nikon -2.9% cameras Walt Disney -2.9% Star Wars LEGO (license) Sony -4.6% TVs/cameras/ PlayStation 4 Samsung -4.9% TVs/cameras/ tablets Koninklijke -5.3% TVs Philips LG -6.2% TVs Electronics Sharp -8.6% TVs GoPro -9.1% cameras

NOTE: CHANGE IS THROUGH FRIDAY SOURCES: IBM WATSON TREND, S&P CAPITAL IQ, USA TODAY RESEARCH

the 10th-most-popular item this that the latest version out this fall holiday season. IBM Watson would be a hit. The game is four Trend says its popularity proba- times more popular with men bly will lead to it being difficult to than with woman and especially find. Shares of Nvidia, best popular in Louisiana, Nevada and known for its graphics cards and Michigan, IBM Watson Trend smartphone microprocessors, are says. But shares are a hit with inscarce, too. Shares are up 7.4% vestors everywhere. Shares of Activison Blizzard are up since Black Friday to $33.42. 4.4% since Black FriLogitech, the Swiss makday, an impressive er of peripherals for digifeat given the stock is tal gadgets, is another already up more example of how investhan 80% this year tors have scored to $38.88. from a popular It’s important niche product to note some of aimed at gamers. the companies The company’s Arare very broad temis Spectrum and have Wireless products that headset, are more imporwhich allows contant to their stock sole gamers prices than those to talk to one anthat are most popuLOGITECH other over networks lar during the holiLogitech’s G933 days. Microsoft like Microsoft’s Xbox Live, is a hot seller be- Artemis Spectrum shares are up 3.5% since Black Friday, cause of its price and headset and the popularity of quality, IBM Watson Trend says. Investors also like its Surface Pro 4 laptop that conwhat they’re hearing: The stock is verts into a tablet and Minecraft doesn’t hurt. But the stock is up 3.7% since Black Friday. Sometimes, even when inves- more driven by cloud computing tors know a product is going to be services sold to companies. big, there’s still money to be Shares closed Friday at $55.56. But during the holidays, what’s made. Given the popularity of previous versions of the game wrong with a little early Santa Call of Duty, it’s not a shocker Claus magic?

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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

CHG

17,847.63 x 369.96 x 49.14 5142.27 x 104.74 2091.69 x 42.07 3.01% y 0.05 2.27% y 0.05 $1086.80 x 25.10 $40.12 y 0.96 $1.0871 y 0.0104 123.22 x 0.91

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SAN FRANCISCO Yahoo’s ninemember board of directors increasingly finds itself front and center in deciding the company’s future, including the potential sale of Yahoo’s core Internet assets. Last week, it convened three days and, as part of the proceedings, received a presentation from Starboard Value, a major Yahoo investor that implored the board to scrap its planned spinoff of a 15% stake in e-commerce giant Alibaba and sell assets. More likely, Yahoo will do some restructuring, eliminate jobs, proceed with the Alibaba spinoff, and subsequently, sell its Yahoo Japan stake before selling the core business, said a source familiar with the situation. Any action by the board would mark a departure, says that person and three others with direct ties to the board who asked not to be named because they are not authorized to speak on behalf of the company. They claim the board’s ineffectiveness is a reflection of its deference to Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, who has been a forceful leader since taking over the helm in July 2012. She is one of six

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Sources say claim Yahoo’s board of directors’ ineffectiveness is a reflection of its deference to Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer.

More likely, Yahoo will do some restructuring, eliminate jobs, proceed with the Alibaba spinoff, and subsequently, sell its Yahoo Japan stake. members with tech experience on the board, which also includes Yahoo co-founder David Filo, retired Intel chairman Jane Shaw

and chairman Maynard Webb, former chief operating officer of eBay. One-third of the board — Webb; Sue James, a retired partner at Ernst Maynard & Young; and Webb Thomas McInerney, former chief financial officer at InterActiveCorp — were on the board before Mayer joined and were part of the team that selected her.

Additionally, Mayer has ties to board members Max Levchin, who worked with her at Google, and Charles Schwab, chairman of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, where Mayer is an elected trustee. H. Lee Scott was previously CFO of Walmart, where Mayer is a board director. The pro-Mayer board, the insiders claim, has resulted in a rubber-stamping of all of Mayer’s decisions, good and bad. Those who disagreed or raised objections, such as Daniel Loeb, departed in July 2013, a year into Mayer’s tenure. Two of his allies, board members Harry Wilson and Michael Wolf, also stepped down then. Loeb declined to comment, as did Webb and Yahoo, for this report. A few key members of the board, especially Filo and Levchin, are intimately knowledgeable about Yahoo’s core business, but most know little or nothing about Yahoo, media or the future of Internet businesses, says a source who knows several Yahoo directors but asked not to be named. Such unfamiliarity with the market has created a board that is largely a reflection of the CEO’s wishes or, at times, reactive to outside pressures from activists, they said.

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TRAVEL ASK THE CAPTAIN

AT AIRPORT HOTELS, SILENCE IS GOLDEN

Winter adds to demands of flying John Cox

Special for USA TODAY

Airport hotel designers go to great lengths to mitigate noise for weary guests

Harriet Baskas

Special for USA TODAY

The first rave review of the inroom experience at the Westin Denver International Airport adjacent to the airport’s main terminal arrived before the hotel opened Nov. 19. There was no mention of the panoramic views or the brand’s much-touted Heavenly Bed. Instead, before he got down to the business of thanking everyone involved and cutting the ribbon to declare the hotel open for business, Denver Mayor Michael Hancock took a moment to review the hotel’s sound. Rather, he reviewed the hotel’s soundproofing. “There are some hotels in airports where it feels like the airplane is coming right into your room,” Hancock said. “I have been in the rooms here, and you do not hear the external noise pollution.” Frequent travelers know what he’s talking about. So do the architects who built the structures. “Whether its airplanes on the FAIRMONT VANCOUVER AIRPORT In Vancouver, improved door runway or cars or buses on the seals and fewer connecting street, there’s a rooms help keep down noise. perception about airport hotels being noisy,” said Thomas Ito, a principal and lifestyle sector leader at Gensler, the firm that designed DIA’s hotel. “We did a close analysis and noise studies for factors that could affect the guest experience … and we designed a hotel that not only mitigates the sound transmission from outside but

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The Hyatt Regency Orlando International Airport uses a fountain to mask noise.

also between floors and between guest rooms. Because no one wants to be in a room where they can’t sleep or can’t feel comfortable,” Ito said. Quiet is touted by other at-theairport hotels as well. The Hilton Chicago O’Hare Airport, on airport grounds but surrounded by terminal buildings and parking, boasts of its location in a “quiet, no fly-zone.” The Westin Detroit Metropolitan Airport, connected to DTW’s McNamara Terminal, sits adjacent to taxiways. Beyond heavily soundproofed windows and other design features, “one reason our hotel rooms are quiet is that the planes have already landed by the time they get close to the hotel,” said Denise Bednarczyk, the hotel’s director of sales and marketing. “Pilots stay with us all the time, and sleep is of the utmost importance to them. They tell us this is a very soundproof hotel.” Travelers usually will find that the windows at airport hotels don’t open. “That keeps airport fumes out and contributes to the noise-dampening features,” said Keith Spinden, manager of the

Grand Hyatt DFW, which is part of International Terminal D. All these precautions were taken into account when the Fairmont Vancouver Airport, which sits on top of the U.S. departures terminal, was built in 1999. Extra attention to door seals and a reduced number of connecting rooms help keep noise down, general manager Ken Flores said. The emphasis on quiet goes beyond the architecture. The hotel’s vacuum system has a centralized motor located apart from the guest rooms. “Our housekeeping staff doesn’t drag vacuums with motors around. Instead, they plug hoses into the wall,” Flores said. Some floors are designated as “quiet zones” where accommodations are made to ensure that guests trying to sleep during the day won’t be interrupted. Room service orders are delivered on trays. Housekeeping and luggage carts are kept off these floors as well. “We can’t completely remove the noise,” Flores said, “but there’s a conscious effort to have everyone on the floor — including guests — recognize that their neighbors are resting.” At the Hyatt Regency Orlando International Airport, which is part of the airport’s main terminal, a fountain helps mask sounds that could travel into the atrium. “It uses a principle of white noise to help drown out and dampen a good portion of the noise from the busy airport before it travels upward to the hotel,” airport spokesman Rod Johnson said. “So instead of hearing the click of luggage wheels on tile or the screams of babies, hotel guests hear the soothing sounds of a babbling water fountain and the ‘shh’ sound it provides.”

The Westin Detroit Metropolitan Airport sits next to McNamara Terminal’s taxiways.

SPECIAL STEPS TO MAINTAIN SILENCE Hotel designers take special steps to keep noice at a minimum at airport sites: uWindows that don’t open uIncreased soundproofing on door seals uFewer connecting rooms uWhite noise, such as from fountains uRoom service delivered on trays, not carts

Q: Captain, is there a noticeable difference between flying in summer or winter? — Submitted by reader James, Miami A: The cooler temperatures in winter result in improved takeoff and climb performance. There are often higher winds in winter, while summer brings thunderstorms. Every season brings different challenges. My favorite month to fly was October — usually the weather was great, and seeing the changing of the leaves from above is beautiful. The most challenging period was mid-March to midApril due to high winds, late-season blizzards and thunderstorms. Most of my flying was in North America, making these choices specific to this region. Q: When landing in snow, how much sliding does the plane do? Is it harder to control the plane during snow, wind or rain? — Robert, Calif. A: In some conditions, the airplane will slide during the touchdown and rollout. For this reason, the maximum acceptable crosswind decreases in slippery conditions. Pilots provide brakingaction reports after landing to let other pilots know the state of the runway. As in an automobile, adverse weather can cause control challenges. Taxiing is done at lower speeds and with great care during icy conditions. Q: Which American airports are the best at keeping operations going in winter weather? — Nick Leberis, Chicago A: Several airports in the USA are very good in snow and icing conditions. Buffalo, Chicago, Minneapolis, Detroit, Denver and Pittsburgh are a few that I have seen do amazing jobs keeping runways safe and open. Do you have a question about flying? Send it to travel@usatoday.com.

Holiday survival guide: Stay sane amid the stress Christopher Elliott Special for USA TODAY

Did you know that the average American will spend more than seven hours getting somewhere for the holidays? At least that’s what a new survey by S.C. Johnson suggests. “You’ll likely encounter traffic,” says Steven Orma, a clinical psychologist and mental health expert who specializes in treating stress. “You’ll probably encounter rude passengers. Delays may happen.” No doubt. Nearly 47 million Americans took to the highways for Thanksgiving this year, making it the busiest driving holiday in eight years, according to AAA. Expect more of the same for Christmas, fueled by a healthy economy and low fuel prices. The skies will be crowded, too, where 45 million customers are predicted to fly during the 19-day period from just before Christmas to just after New Year’s Day, an increase of approximately 2%, says Airlines for America, an airline trade group. It doesn’t have to be seven hours of torture. Here are the most common holiday travel flash points, and how to handle them.

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Pack early and light.

There’s never enough room for your luggage, no matter which mode of transportation you choose. That’s because inexperienced travelers overpack, and they wait until the last minute to

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Make a game of your holiday drive to keep stress in check. squeeze everything into their carry-ons. Don’t be that person, says Tim Griffin, an airline pilot who runs a workshop that treats fear of flying. “Pack a few days early,” he recommends. “Rushing around packing the night before while you are already anxious will only add to the stress.”

Bring toys. Leaving early or later to avoid the crush of cars remains the best advice for motorists. Dave Blackmer, who works for a health care company in Salt Lake City, offers this irreverent tip for destressing: “We have a family tradition of keeping bubbles in the car, so we can brighten

uBe nice. “Everyone is trying to see their loved ones and enjoy the holidays,” says Elizabeth McCormick, president of Uniglobe Travel Designers, a travel agency. “Kindness always prevails over rudeness.” uNo yelling. A recent poll of travelers by Homewood Suites and Home2Suites found one-third of respondents admitted to yelling at a total stranger when traveling. Don’t be that person. Raised voices will just ruin everyone’s holiday trip. uRemember the four-second rule. When you find yourself getting annoyed and frustrated with a situation, close your eyes, says Achim Nowak, author of “The Moment” (New Page Books) and an interpersonal communication expert. Wait four seconds. “When you open your eyes, the world will look different to you,” he says. “Guaranteed.” Works for any holiday travel problem — except when you’re driving, of course.

our day when we’re stuck in traffic,” he says. “You’d be surprised how much fun you can have by blowing bubbles and how much people band together when they see the simplicity of bubbles floating by.” Other recommended toys include Wiffle balls, coloring books (they have them for adults now) and relaxation CDs.

mendation of Ros Banks, who works for a vacation rental company in Berlin. “Find the prayer room,” she says. “If you find yourself in need of some quiet time for thinking or reflection, then go there.” Banks says you should treat these interfaith worship areas “with the utmost respect.” You probably will find serenity.

Say a prayer. Yes, the airport Breathe. If you’re flying, here’s

is going to be a nuthouse if you’re flying just before a major holiday. The pre-holiday strike by baggage handlers at seven major U.S. airports didn’t make anyone feel better. Maybe we should all say a prayer. At least that’s the recom-

a little practical advice: Print your boarding pass and check to make sure your flight is leaving on time. Check again a few hours before your scheduled departure. Too many inexperienced travelers forget. One more thing: Don’t for-

get to breathe. That’s what Micah Mortali, director of the Kripalu Schools of Yoga and Ayurveda in the Berkshire Mountains of Massachusetts, told me. Mortali recommends the neck roll, which you can do in your airline seat. “As you inhale, roll the right ear toward your right shoulder,” he explains. “As you exhale, roll the chin back down to center. Inhale as you roll the left ear to the left shoulder. Exhale down to center, and repeat as desired.” Ah, I feel much better already.

Out is inn. Staying with family can amp up stress levels. “It can be well worth the expense to have your own space by staying at a nearby hotel or B&B,” advises Hilary Stockton, the CEO of a luxury travel company. “Balance family holiday gatherings with some time to yourself, relaxing in the hotel pool or with a spa massage.” Take care of yourself.

Perhaps the best way to cope with holiday stress is to mind your behavior. Mostly, be kind to yourself. “Make healthy choices to reduce stress levels,” says Mike Kelly, CEO of On Call International, a travel risk management provider. “Don’t indulge in an airport drink or road trip latte, as flying and traveling dehydrate the body. Stay as active as possible, taking frequent breaks when driving long distances, or stretching during a flight.” If you treat yourself well, it’s easier to treat those around you well. When that happens, everyone has a great holiday trip. Christopher Elliott is a consumer advocate and editor at large for National Geographic Traveler. Contact him at chris@elliott.org or visit elliott.org.

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HOW WAS YOUR DAY? GOOD DAY ADELE The singer’s ‘25,’ the fastest-selling ever, has hit another music milestone: selling 1 million copies in its second week. It’s the only record to move that many copies in separate weeks since Nielsen SoundScan started tracking that information in 1991. Since its release Nov. 20, ‘25’ has sold more than 4 million copies in the USA alone.

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HOW WAS YOUR DAY? GOOD DAY ‘DANCING WITH THE STARS’ PROS Maksim Chmerkovskiy and Peta Murgatroyd, both dancers on ABC’s ‘Dancing With the Stars,’ got engaged on the dance floor over the weekend. Chmerkovskiy, 35, popped the question to Murtgatroyd, 29, during the couple’s performance in Miami’s Olympia Theater Saturday night.

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KIM KARDASHIAN AND KANYE WEST WELCOME SON North West is a big sister. Kim Kardashian, 35, and Kanye West, 38, welcomed a son Saturday. “Mother and son are doing well,” said the announcement on Kardashian’s website about baby No. 2.

COUNTDOWN TO ‘STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS’ Is it Dec. 18 yet? It’s Star Wars Month at USA TODAY, and we’re counting down to the release of ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ by spending all of December celebrating the beloved film series. Visit us online for exclusive interviews with the cast and creators of ‘The Force Awakens,’ videos, quizzes and so much more. And as always, may the Force be with you.

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ould Star Wars’ biggest hero join the Dark Side, like his father before him? Promotional material for Star Wars: The Force Awakens (in theaters Dec. 18) has teased longtime fans with cameos by the original trilogy’s star characters, including Han Solo and Princess Leia. But it’s the absence of Luke Skywalker that’s buzzing louder than a Jedi lightsaber. So where is Luke (played by Mark Hamill)? Force Awakens director J.J. Abrams isn’t saying. “I’m not surprised that people

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care, because I feel like I’m one of those people who cares as well,” Abrams told USA TODAY during interviews with the core cast, minus Hamill. “It feels appropriate, given that we’re trying not to ruin the film for everyone before the film comes out.” That has left Star Wars fans speculating online about why Abrams is keeping Luke under wraps. One popular idea: Luke has followed his father Darth Vader’s footsteps and turned evil. But it doesn’t appear the Force is strong with this theory. Jay Shepard, who reports for the fan site TheForce.net, says fans would “have a hard time stomaching” the notion of Luke becoming the bad guy. Shepard also cites Abrams’ reverence for Star Wars as another reason for Luke to stick with the Jedi path. “J.J. is very respectful of the source material.”

Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) was the linchpin of the original trilogy.

Although Luke is purportedly spotted in an earlier teaser — shrouded in a robe and reaching with a robotic hand (the same hand he lost in The Empire Strikes Back) for favorite droid R2-D2 — speculation about Luke’s whereabouts ramped up in October when the movie’s final trailer was released. Adding fuel: Hamill was missing from the Force Awakens posters that featured original trilogy castmates Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford. “That was sort of the moment

where people really starting theorizing as to why that may be,” says Dominic Jones, head writer for fan site Star Wars Underworld. Shepard believes Luke could fall into the role of mentor ObiWan Kenobi from A New Hope, morphing into a “mythological figure” whose existence has become legend. Online theorists also have suggested that Luke may have a smaller role than thought. “It almost seems like maybe they’re saving Luke for future movies,” Jones says. “And he could be more of a Yoda-type character in Episodes VIII and IX.” Contributing: Brian Truitt

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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2 continues to kill competition entering the box office arena as it beat out Krampus, the sole new major release, to win the crown for the third weekend in a row. Mockingjay took in $18.6 million for a three-week total of $22.1 million, according to studio estimates. Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss is dominating the postThanksgiving box office just as the franchise’s predecessor, Mockingjay — Part 1, did a year ago. “Mockingjay — Part 2 is taking on all newcomers and then dispatching them, as expected,” says Paul Dergarabedian, senior box office analyst for Rentrak. “But we’re in the lull of a movie storm before Star Wars: The Force Awakens opens in the next two weeks. We’re on the cusp of this onslaught of holiday movies, and this picture will change soon.” The new horror film Krampus, featuring a boy (Emjay Anthony)

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Cressida (Natalie Dormer, left) Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) and Mockingjay — Part 2 are No. 1 for a third straight weekend. who accidentally summons a demonic Santa, scored $16 million for second in the slow weekend. Michael B. Jordan and Sylvester Stallone continued to pull in returns with Rocky spinoff Creed, taking the upper hand in a virtual tie for third place with $15.54 mil-

lion ($65.1 million total). Creed is neck-and-neck with Pixar’s The Good Dinosaur, which took in $15.51 million ($76 million total). The Peter Sohn-directed film also crossed the $100 million mark globally with a worldwide total of $131.4 million.

Exhibitor Relations box office analyst Jeff Bock says he was surprised to see Creed and The Good Dinosaur drop to levels that allowed the little-discussed Krampus to take second place. “I thought both of these major films would hold on stronger. They both dropped in a way that was pretty surprising,” Bock says. “And Krampus took advantage of that. It was the right film at the right time. “But, really, all discussion is about Star Wars right now.” James Bond installment Spectre remained in the top five in its fifth weekend with $5.4 million, bringing 007’s domestic total to $184.5 million. Spike Lee’s Chi-Raq, which deals with gang violence in Chicago, opened at No. 13 with $1.25 million in 305 theaters. Likely awards contender Spotlight and its ensemble cast, including Michael Keaton and Mark Ruffalo, expanded to 980 theaters, taking $2.9 million in its fifth weekend of release and $16.6 million to date. Final numbers, including the tiebreaker with Creed and Good Dinosaur, are expected Monday.

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Don’t swear off KU just yet

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‘Svi’ slumps from three By Gary Bedore gbedore@ljworld.com

If only all those people who rifled remotes at their TVs and swore off Kansas University basketball for life when Harvard tied the score with 7:36 remaining Saturday could have exercised just a wee bit more patience. They could call themselves a fan of the No. 2 team in the nation. Too late, already swore off the Jayhawks. That’s how it goes early in a college basketball season. Final Four contenders today. Bums tomorrow. Sure-fire national champions next week. No shot whatsoever the week after that. KU very well could move from No. 4 in the Associated Press poll to No. 2, despite Saturday’s lackluster six-point victory vs. a Harvard squad that traveled so much farther to scare Kansas than it did to lose to Providence, UMass (at home), Boston College, Holy Cross (visits Allen Fieldhouse on Wednesday) and Northeastern. Even so, the odds of Kansas winning its second national title under Bill Self seemed better, based on the Mike Yoder/Journal-World Photo absence of an obvious No. KANSAS UNIVERSITY’S CAELYNN MANNING-ALLEN PUTS UP A SHOT for two of her team-high 15 points in 1 in the wake of Kentucky’s the Jayhawks’ 86-71 loss to St. John’s on Sunday at Allen Fieldhouse. loss to a team that Kansas smoked in Maui. Michigan State, the only team to beat KU, will move into No. 1, climbing over No. 2 Maryland (eightpoint loss at North CaroBy Benton Smith fast-break points for SJU. But thought part of that was our lina) and No. 1 Kentucky basmith@ljworld.com Schneider didn’t think the inability to play with the kind (10-point loser to UCLA Red Storm’s perimeter de- of pace that we’ve seen our in Pauley Pavilion). If the When Kansas University fense (Aliyyah Handford and team play with before.” Tar Heels, a different team women’s basketball coach Danaejah Grant each had four Both Handford (33 points) with star guard Marcus Brandon Schneider surveyed steals) was the most disrup- and Grant (26) torched KanPaige back in the lineup, the floor Sunday afternoon tive his team has faced so far sas (4-3), primarily by attackaren’t No. 2, Kansas likely at Allen Fieldhouse, he saw a this season, noting Memphis ing off the dribble and getting will occupy the spot for the team playing with such pace played similarly. SJU loads of quality looks. moment. and scrappiness that its op“They go down and get a Schneider said both senior Two games, 23 minutes, ponent eventually got beaten layup, and we’re taking it out guards are future pros. 17 points, eight rebounds, into submission. of the net,” Schneider said “We enabled them a little four blocked shots and five After watching visiting St. after SJU (6-1) scored 22 fast- bit more than we would’ve personal fouls into Cheick John’s shoot 57 percent from the break points and dominated liked,” the coach added. Diallo’s college basketball floor and score 26 more points points in the paint, 56-30, “and After KU surrendered a career, it’s difficult to idenin the paint than his Jayhawks, now instead of just coming season high in points, Schneitify the nation’s top nationSchneider said the Red Storm’s right back and being aggres- der found St. John’s transial-title contender, but the style led not only to an 86-71 sive and attacking them, we tion effectiveness and offenusual suspects are vying for KU loss, but also a “dejected” played dejected, we played sive rebounding — 11, for 17 No. 1. Vegasinsider.com still brand of offense in the first-year slower. And now if you’re go- second-chance points — the had Kentucky on top Suncoach’s first home loss. ing at 70 percent and they’re most troubling. day night at 5/1, followed Kansas turned the ball going at 100, of course they by Duke (9/1), Maryland Please see KU WOMEN, page 3C over 18 times, leading to 22 look really disruptive. But I and Virginia (10/1), Michigan State (13/1) and Kansas (14/1). Diallo’s development during his freshman season, although far from the only key factor in how strong KU becomes, ranks as the most intriguing. He has a soft touch, but doesn’t Oakland, Calif. (ap) — know when and sometimes Marcus Peters and Tyvon how to use it. He’s a quick Branch made the Oakland jumper with long arms and Coliseum feel just like quick feet, but doesn’t yet home. know how to defend in the Peters, an Oakland napost. tive who grew up attend“He’s going to foul a lot, ing Raiders games, set up but that’s OK. He’ll be agKansas City’s go-ahead gressive and foul,” Self said. score with an interception, “He’s got to figure out how and former Oakland safety to play defense before his Tyvon Branch put the game man catches it, as opposed away with an interception to just playing behind.” return for a touchdown that Self and assistants must gave the Chiefs their sixth coach plenty of knowstraight win, 34-20, on Sunhow into Diallo in a short day. period, but won’t have to Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP Photo “It was a whole lot more coach effort. Those type CHIEFS RUNNING BACK SPENCER WARE, CENTER, CELEBRATES with wide receiver than I expected,” said Peof development projects Jason Avant (81) and tackle Donald Stephenson after scoring on a touchdown run ters, who gave the ball are the most enjoyable to in the Chiefs’ 34-20 victory over the Raiders on Sunday in Oakland, California. from his interception to his witness.

Red Storm rolls over KU

Svi Mykhailiuk sizzled against Chaminade, sinking six of 11 threes and scoring 18 points in Kansas University’s Maui Invitational opener on Nov. 23. Since then, however, the 6-foot-8, 195-pound sophomore from Ukraine has sunk just five of 21 threes in four games, including one trey in six tries in Saturday’s 75-69 victory over Harvard. “It was ‘in and out’ on a couple shots. I think it was (a) soft touch. I’ll keep shooting and get my confidence back,” Mykhailiuk said. He was able to muster seven points Saturday, taking it to the hoop for two baskets. “I’m trying to be more aggressive, trying to go inside more and get easy layups. Mykhailiuk I think it will help the team,” said Mykhailiuk, who credits the 15 pounds he put on since last season for giving him the confidence to take it to the basket. “Last year, I was not that strong. I was kind of lightweight. Now I’m getting stronger, (am) kind of faster. I try to use my weight and speed to go inside.” For the year, Mykhailiuk is averaging 9.1 points a game off 43.6 percent shooting. He has made 12 of 34 threes. The 1-of-6 three-point outing Saturday dropped his three-point percentage from .393 to .353 in one game. “My field-goal percentage was not good. We won the game. That’s what’s better,” Mykhailiuk said, noting, “We played pretty good ‘D.’ We did turn them over a lot of times (19). Defense helped us win the game.” KU coach Bill Self likes what he has seen from Svi this season. “I think he’s totally bought into the ‘we’ concept instead of ‘me,’” Self said. “I think he’s matured a bit. He’s still the 34th-youngest player in college basketball, or something like that (at age 18). Think of all the freshmen out there (older than him) ... he’s still a baby. But he’s grown up quite a bit and matured quite a bit. “He has a good stroke,” Self added. “He’s a good Please see HOOPS, page 3C

Raiders give; Chiefs receive 34-20 win mother. “It was hard, man, I can’t lie, to come out there and stay focused. My nerves were up and down. “Early in the game my emotions were everywhere so it took for coach and the other leaders on the team to just bring me back. I made some silly mistakes early, but they reeled me in.” Peters and Branch helped key a momentum-changing fourth quarter as Kansas City (7-5) turned three interceptions by Derek Carr into three touchdowns to remain in the AFC wildcard lead. Please see CHIEFS, page 4C

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Watson takes Hero Nassau, Bahamas — Bubba Watson wasn’t even planning to play in the Hero World Challenge. He left no doubt Sunday who was going to win. With two quick birdies, Watson was never seriously challenged at Albany Golf Club and sailed home to a 6-under 66 for a three-shot victory over Patrick Reed. Watson didn’t make a bogey all weekend until the final hole, and by then it didn’t matter except in the record book. He finished at 25-under 263, missing by one shot the tournament record set last year by Jordan Spieth at Isleworth. It was the second victory this year for Watson, who will finish the year at No. 4 in the world.

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the third quarter, and Golden State ran its NBA-record start to 22-0 by beating Brooklyn on Sunday night. Draymond Green added 22 points, nine rebounds and seven assists. Klay Thompson scored 21 for the Warriors, who won their 26th in a row overall in the regular season, one behind the 2012-13 Miami Heat for the second-longest streak in NBA history. Coming off consecutive 40-point games, Curry was having a relatively quiet and even puzzling night — he missed his first three free throws — before helping the Warriors regain control against a team that nearly beat them this season and looked capable of finishing the job this time.

GOLDEN STATE (114) Rush 1-2 0-0 3, Green 7-10 6-9 22, Bogut 0-1 0-2 0, Curry 11-17 1-4 28, K.Thompson 8-18 2-2 21, Iguodala 2-8 0-0 4, Ezeli 5-7 2-5 12, Livingston 2-6 0-0 4, Barbosa 4-5 0-0 11, Speights 3-8 1-1 7, Clark 0-2 0-0 0, McAdoo 0-1 0-0 0, J.Thompson 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 44-86 12-23 114. BROOKLYN (98) Johnson 4-12 0-0 9, Young 11-19 3-6 25, Lopez 7-14 4-4 18, Jack 3-13 5-6 11, Bogdanovic 2-7 0-0 5, Robinson 0-2 1-2 1, Ellington 1-3 0-0 3, Larkin 5-9 2-3 13, Reed 2-3 0-2 4, Brown 3-6 0-0 7, Sloan 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 39-89 15-23 98. Golden State 30 27 30 27—114 Brooklyn 16 38 26 18— 98 3-Point Goals-Golden State 14-33 (Curry 5-9, Barbosa 3-3, K.Thompson 3-10, Green 2-2, Rush 1-2, Clark 0-1, Livingston 0-1, Speights 0-1, Iguodala 0-4), Brooklyn 5-17 (Ellington 1-2, Larkin 1-2, Johnson 1-3, Bogdanovic 1-3, Brown 1-3, Young 0-1, Jack 0-3). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Golden State 53 (Green, Iguodala 9), Brooklyn 58 (Young 14). Assists-Golden State 25 (Green 7), Brooklyn 21 (Larkin 6). Total Fouls-Golden State 18, Brooklyn 18. Technicals-Golden State defensive three second. A-17,732 (17,732).

Thunder 98, Kings 95 Oklahoma City — Russell Westbrook had his third triple-double of the season with 19 points, 10 assists and 11 rebounds, and Oklahoma City rallied late to beat Sacramento. Kevin Durant committed 10 turnovers but hit the go-ahead jumper with 23 seconds left and two free throws with 4.4 seconds left to cap a 20-point, nine-rebound outing for Oklahoma City. The Thunder won their fourth straight home game. Since the franchise moved to Oklahoma City, it is 14-0 against Sacramento in Chesapeake Energy Arena and 23-4 overall. NBA assists leader Rajon Rondo had 10 to go with seven points for the Kings. SACRAMENTO (95) Gay 8-18 2-2 20, Casspi 4-9 1-4 11, Cousins 5-20 3-9 13, Rondo 3-9 1-2 7, McLemore 1-2 0-0 2, Belinelli 6-13 3-3 16, Koufos 4-5 2-4 10, D.Collison 4-10 6-6 16, Anderson 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 35-88 18-30 95. OKLAHOMA CITY (98) Durant 7-13 5-7 20, Ibaka 6-8 0-0 12, Adams 3-8 0-0 6, Westbrook 7-13 4-5 19, Roberson 1-7 1-2 3, Waiters 2-12 4-4 10, Kanter 4-9 6-9 14, Augustin 0-2 0-0 0, Payne 1-3 0-0 3, Singler 1-4 0-1 2, Morrow 3-7 2-3 9. Totals 35-86 22-31 98. Sacramento 25 23 16 31—95 Oklahoma City 28 23 25 22—98 3-Point Goals-Sacramento 7-24 (D.Collison 2-4, Casspi 2-4, Gay 2-6, Belinelli 1-6, Rondo 0-1, Cousins 0-3), Oklahoma City 6-22 (Waiters 2-4, Payne 1-2, Morrow 1-3, Westbrook 1-3, Durant 1-6, Singler 0-1, Roberson 0-1, Augustin 0-2). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Sacramento 55 (Cousins 10), Oklahoma City 70 (Adams 12). Assists-Sacramento 20 (Rondo 10), Oklahoma City 18 (Westbrook 10). Total FoulsSacramento 20, Oklahoma City 22. A-1,823 (18,203).

Grizzlies 95, Suns 93 Memphis, Tenn. — Jeff Green’s dunk on an alley-oop inbound pass from Courtney Lee with 0.5 seconds left gave Memphis a victory over Phoenix.

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Tarik Black, L.A. Lakers Did not play (coach’s decision) Mario Chalmers, Memphis Min: 21. Pts: 11. Reb: 4. Ast: 2. Nick Collison, Oklahoma City Did not play (coach’s decision) Drew Gooden, Washington Did not play (coach’s decision) Ben McLemore, Sacramento Min: 20. Pts: 2. Reb: 1. Ast: 0. Marcus Morris, Detroit Min: 31. Pts: 9. Reb: 3. Ast: 3.

Markieff Morris, Phoenix Did not play (coach’s decision) Kelly Oubre, Washington Min: 1. Pts: 0. Reb: 0. Ast: 0. Thomas Robinson, Brooklyn Min: 8. Pts: 1. Reb: 3. Ast: 0. Brandon Rush, Golden State Min: 21. Pts: 3. Reb: 3. Ast: 2.

The Suns’ last chance to tie the game came on Eric Bledsoe’s shot from the right corner. The two-point attempt was long, sending Phoenix to its fourth straight loss despite a late rally that pulled the Suns even. Marc Gasol led Memphis with 22 points. The inbound pass from Lee capped a fourth quarter in which he scored 13 of his 18 points. Mike Conley had 12 points, and Mario Chalmers finished with 11. Green and Zach Randolph scored 10 points apiece. Bledsoe led the Suns with 23 points and six assists and also had seven rebounds. Brandon Knight scored 17 points and Mirza Teletovic had 14. Alex Len had 12, while Jon Leuer finished with 10 points and 11 rebounds.

Boston 11 9 .550 ½ New York 10 11 .476 2 Brooklyn 5 15 .250 6½ Philadelphia 1 20 .048 11 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Miami 12 6 .667 — Atlanta 13 9 .591 1 Charlotte 11 8 .579 1½ Orlando 11 9 .550 2 Washington 8 10 .444 4 Central Division W L Pct GB Cleveland 13 7 .650 — Chicago 11 6 .647 ½ Indiana 12 7 .632 ½ Detroit 12 9 .571 1½ Milwaukee 8 13 .381 5½ WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio 17 4 .810 — Memphis 12 9 .571 5 Dallas 12 9 .571 5 Houston 10 11 .476 7 New Orleans 5 15 .250 11½ Northwest Division W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 12 8 .600 — Utah 9 9 .500 2 Portland 9 12 .429 3½ Minnesota 8 11 .421 3½ Denver 8 13 .381 4½ Pacific Division W L Pct GB Golden State 22 0 1.000 — L.A. Clippers 11 9 .550 10 Phoenix 8 13 .381 13½ Sacramento 7 15 .318 15 L.A. Lakers 3 17 .150 18 Today’s Games San Antonio at Philadelphia, 6 p.m. Detroit at Charlotte, 6 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Toronto, 6:30 p.m. Dallas at New York, 6:30 p.m. Washington at Miami, 6:30 p.m. Phoenix at Chicago, 7 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Minnesota, 7 p.m. Boston at New Orleans, 7 p.m. Portland at Milwaukee, 7 p.m.

DALLAS (116) Matthews 12-23 2-2 36, Nowitzki 5-8 8-10 19, Pachulia 3-6 4-5 10, Williams 2-12 6-6 11, Felton 5-13 0-0 11, Villanueva 3-4 3-3 10, Harris 3-4 1-1 7, Evans 3-3 0-0 7, Jenkins 2-3 0-0 5. Totals 38-76 24-27 116. WASHINGTON (104) Porter 7-17 0-0 15, Dudley 2-7 1-1 6, Hollins 0-2 0-0 0, Wall 12-22 4-4 28, Beal 7-19 3-6 21, Blair 3-3 1-3 7, Temple 0-1 0-0 0, Neal 8-14 0-1 18, Sessions 3-4 3-6 9, Oubre Jr. 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 42-89 12-21 104. Dallas 29 26 32 29—116 Washington 28 30 26 20—104 3-Point Goals—Dallas 16-31 (Matthews 10-17, Nowitzki 1-1, Evans 1-1, Jenkins 1-2, Villanueva 1-2, Williams 1-4, Felton 1-4), Washington 8-27 (Beal 4-6, Neal 2-7, Dudley 1-3, Porter 1-6, Temple 0-1, Sessions 0-1, Wall 0-3). Rebounds—Dallas 56 (Felton 10), Washington 41 (Porter 11). Assists—Dallas 25 (Williams 9), Washington 22 (Wall 10). Total Fouls—Dallas 17, Washington 22. A—16,394 (20,308).

PHOENIX (93) Tucker 3-7 0-0 6, Leuer 3-11 3-5 10, Len 5-6 2-2 12, Bledsoe 8-22 5-7 23, Knight 7-15 1-1 17, Warren 3-4 0-0 6, Teletovic 5-10 1-2 14, Booker 2-6 0-0 5, Price 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 36-82 12-17 93. MEMPHIS (95) Je.Green 5-11 0-1 10, Randolph 5-16 0-0 10, Gasol 9-17 4-6 22, Conley 4-14 2-4 12, Allen 0-4 0-0 0, Lee 7-12 2-2 18, Ja.Green 2-4 3-3 7, Barnes 1-4 3-4 5, Chalmers 3-7 4-4 11, Carter 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 36-90 18-24 95. Phoenix 16 25 27 25—93 Memphis 20 23 24 28—95 3-Point Goals—Phoenix 9-31 (Teletovic 3-8, Bledsoe 2-6, Knight 2-7, Booker 1-1, Leuer 1-3, Price 0-1, Warren 0-1, Tucker 0-4), Memphis 5-15 (Lee 2-2, Conley 2-5, Chalmers 1-3, Carter 0-1, Barnes 0-2, Je.Green 0-2). Fouled Out— None. Rebounds—Phoenix 56 (Leuer 11), Memphis 55 (Ja.Green, Randolph 9). Assists— Phoenix 20 (Bledsoe 6), Memphis 23 (Lee, Conley 6). Total Fouls—Phoenix 24, Memphis 16. Technicals—Len, Phoenix defensive three second, Barnes. A—16,022 (18,119).

Pistons 111, Lakers 91 Auburn Hills, Mich. — Kentavious Caldwell-Pope scored 22 points, Andre Drummond added 18 points and 15 rebounds, and Detroit beat Los Angeles in Kobe Bryant’s last visit to Detroit. Reggie Jackson added 20 points as the Pistons won their fourth straight. Lou Williams scored 21 points and Julius Randle added 15 points and 11 rebounds . Bryant received a standing ovation before the game, when the arena went dark while Pistons public-address announcer Mavericks 116, Wizards 104 John Mason read off his long Washington — Wesley Mat- list of achievements. thews scored 28 of his seasonhigh 36 points in the second L.A. LAKERS (91) 2-15 0-0 5, Randle 5-9 5-7 15, Hibbert half, and Dallas beat Washing- 3-5Bryant 2-2 8, Russell 5-9 2-2 12, Clarkson 3-11 1-2 7, Williams 6-12 6-9 21, Bass 3-4 0-0 6, World ton. 0-2 0-0 0, Nance Jr. 0-0 2-2 2, Young 0-3 He hit 10 3-pointers overall Peace 0-0 0, Sacre 1-3 0-0 2, Huertas 3-5 1-1 8, Kelly 1-2 and eight in the second half. 3-4 5. Totals 32-80 22-29 91. (111) The Mavericks took the lead DETROIT Morris 4-13 1-3 9, Ilyasova 3-5 0-0 7, early in the third quarter and Drummond 8-12 2-5 18, Jackson 6-13 6-6 20, Caldwell-Pope 9-14 3-3 22, Tolliver 3-9 1-2 9, pulled away in the fourth. Baynes 1-6 0-0 2, Johnson 2-10 2-2 6, Blake John Wall led Washington 3-5 1-1 9, Hilliard 1-5 2-2 5, Dinwiddie 1-1 0-0 2, with 28 points but injured his Bullock 0-0 2-2 2. Totals 41-93 20-26 111. Lakers 19 23 23 26— 91 right leg colliding with Dallas’ L.A. Detroit 32 33 25 21—111 3-Point Goals-L.A. Lakers 5-18 (Williams Jeremy Evans and was helped 3-6, Huertas 1-1, Bryant 1-6, Clarkson 0-1, off the court with 1:14 left. Russell 0-1, Kelly 0-1, Young 0-2), Detroit 9-24 Dirk Nowitzki had 19 points (Blake 2-2, Jackson 2-2, Tolliver 2-7, Ilyasova Caldwell-Pope 1-2, Hilliard 1-4, Morris and Raymond Felton added 11 1-2, 0-2, Johnson 0-3). Rebounds-L.A. Lakers points and 10 rebounds. Der- 47 (Randle 11), Detroit 66 (Drummond 15). on Williams helped with 11 Assists-L.A. Lakers 12 (Huertas 4), Detroit 20 (Jackson 6). Total Fouls-L.A. Lakers 21, Detroit points, nine assists and seven 21. Flagrant Fouls-Young. Ejected-Young. A-20,228 (22,076). rebounds.

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shooter but not quite pure yet. He could become a pure shooter, not far from the Brannen Greene level. Brannen’s about at pure as I’ve coached. Svi’s not quite there yet. His thoughts are good. I don’t think his execution is always great. He thinks the right plays but gets sped up, turns over at too frequent a pace (eight turnovers, 10 assists). He just turned 18. He’s going to be a great player.” Mykhailiuk said he and his teammates learned a lot in hanging on to beat a pesky Harvard team that rallied from a 16-point first-half deficit to tie the game in crunch time. “It was a tight game, so it showed us who we are. We needed that game to see how we are going to play in a tough situation,” Mykhailiuk said. “I think it was everybody (who stepped up late). We tried to be a good team and talk on defense and talk to everybody and get the stops.” Out

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went recruiting Saturday night after the Harvard game. He headed to Kentucky to watch both Josh Jackson (6-7 senior guard, Prolific Prep, Napa, California) and Thon Maker (7-foot senior, Orangeville Prep, Mono, Ontario) compete in the Marshall County Hoopfest. Maker had 18 points and 17 rebounds Saturday in a loss to Oak Hill Academy. Jackson — he had 34 points and 19 rebounds with eight assists Friday night — had 13 points, seven rebounds and six assists with Self on hand in a win over Dallas Advanced Prep. Jackson told Rivals.com he will attend the KU-Texas game on Jan. 23 and visit Arizona on Dec. 19. Michigan State, UNLV and UCLA are involved. Maker, who was born in Sudan, grew up in Australia and has attended high school in both the U.S. and Canada may face potential academic eligibility issues. “There is never going to be a ‘Free Thon Maker’ sign,” Maker’s guardian, Ed Smith, told Zagsblog.com, noting Maker may not commit

to a school until August and only if he’s declared eligible. “I felt it wasn’t the greatest of situations of what happened with Cheick (Diallo) or what happened with Skal (Labissiere) or what happened with Tacko (Fall, players whose eligibility was in question late). If I see Thon sitting there stressed, going through that level of stress, I always keep his mind open to options of what he can do (perhaps play pro ball in Europe leading up to the 2017 NBA Draft). “Our thing is this, we are going to give the NCAA a 100 percent opportunity,” Smith added to Zagsblog. “By midJanuary, they are going to have everything they need. So we are going to give the NCAA an opportunity to get ahead of this.” Smith said Maker is considering KU, Notre Dame, Arizona State, Indiana and St. John’s. “When they (NCAA) come back and say yes or no, then we will sign,” Smith told snytv.com. “We have all the way up until August. We would have options ready by then. We are not going to go until fall. We will look

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at what’s best for him. We are going to say, ‘Here you go, NCAA. Tell us if we fit within your criteria or if we don’t,’ and then we have to make a decision.” l

Lynette in town: Self was thrilled former Jayhawk great Lynette Woodard was honored at both the men’s game Saturday and women’s game Sunday. “She is awesome,” Self said. “To think (her) high school, Wichita North, you have Barry Sanders, arguably as good a running back ever, and Lynette Woodard, arguably as good a women’s basketball player ever and was the best women’s player in the world at the time she was playing. Nancy Lieberman I’m sure would agree she (Woodard) was as good as anybody. More so than that, she’s a sweet LM Otero/AP Photo lady, great heart and perBAYLOR FORWARD TAUREAN PRINCE REACTS to hitting a sonality, loves KU obvithree-point shot during the first half of Baylor’s 69-67 victory ously. over Vanderbilt on Sunday in Waco, Texas. “Everybody knows she’s the first women’s Globetrotter ever,” Self COLLEGE HOOPS ROUNDUP added. “This is back when the Globetrotters were the Globetrotters. We have a lot to be proud of with her time at KU.”

Baylor clips Vandy, 69-67

BOX SCORE ST. JOHN’S 86) MIN FG FT REB PF TP m-a m-a o-t Sondra Udobi 20 0-0 0-0 0-2 1 0 Imani Littleton 25 3-6 0-0 3-6 3 6 Aliyyah Handford 34 16-25 0-0 0-5 2 33 Ailiyah Lewis 36 2-4 0-1 1-2 3 4 Danaejah Grant 37 10-17 4-4 1-2 1 26 Akina Wellere 19 2-5 0-0 0-2 0 4 Jade Walker 17 3-7 4-4 3-8 3 10 Crystal Simmons 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 T. Alexander 4 1-1 1-1 1-1 1 3 Joradn Agustus 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 team 2-3 Totals 37-65 9-10 11-31 15 86 Three-point goals: 3-7 (Grant 2-4, Handford 1-1, Wellere 0-2). Assists: 14 (Handford 5, Lewis 5, Grant 2, Udobi, Walker). Turnovers: 13 (Handford 3, Lewis 3, Alexander 2, Udobi, Littleton, Grant, Simmons, Agustus). Blocked shots: 4 (Udobi, Handford, Simmons, Walker). Steals: 12 (Handford 4, Grant 4, Lewis 3, Littleton).

Heels get senior guard Marcus Paige back from a Top 25 Men hand injury that had sidelined him since the preNo. 25 Baylor 69, season. Paige scored 20 No. 16 Vanderbilt 67 points Tuesday night in a Waco, Texas — Tauvictory over No. 2 Maryrean Prince scored a caland in the ACC/Big Ten reer-high 30 points, and Challenge. Lester Medford had 15, including the winning DAVIDSON (5-1) 3-10 2-2 10, Barham 5-10 three-pointer, in Baylor’s 1-2Sullivan 11, Gibbs 7-20 2-2 19, Aldridge 3-9 victory over Vanderbilt 0-0 6, Belford 0-1 4-4 4, Ekwu 1-5 0-0 2, Watkins 2-7 0-0 6, Michelsen 2-3 2-3 on Sunday night. 7, Reigel 0-0 0-0 0, McAuliffe 0-2 0-0 0. Medford hit from the Totals 23-67 11-13 65. CAROLINA (7-1) left corner while being NORTH Berry II 4-10 0-0 11, Meeks 3-3 3-4 9, knocked down with 42 Paige 5-12 1-1 13, Johnson 5-9 3-3 13, seconds left. That ended Jackson 7-13 0-0 15, Britt 6-8 3-3 17, Pinson 2-5 2-3 6, Hicks 1-3 0-0 2, Coker up being the last points of 0-1 0-0 0, Williams 2-3 0-0 4, White 0-0 the game after Medford 0-0 0, Coleman 0-0 1-2 1, Maye 0-4 0-0 0, Egbuna 0-0 0-0 0, James 2-2 1-1 5, missed the free throw. Dalton 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 38-75 14-17 98. Halftime-North Carolina 47-24. 3-Point Rico Gathers, who 8-31 (Gibbs 3-11, became Baylor’s career Goals-Davidson Watkins 2-6, Sullivan 2-8, Michelsen leading rebounder, fouled 1-2, Belford 0-1, Aldridge 0-3), North 8-23 (Berry II 3-6, Britt 2-3, Paige out while going for the Carolina 2-5, Jackson 1-5, Dalton 0-1, Williams rebound on Medford’s 0-1, Coker 0-1, Pinson 0-1). Fouled miss. But Nolan Cressler Out-Aldridge. Rebounds-Davidson 31 Barham 5), North Carolina 52 missed two free throws at (Aldridge, (Meeks 10). Assists-Davidson 13 (Gibbs the other end for Vander- 4), North Carolina 21 (Berry II, Paige, Pinson 4). Total Fouls-Davidson 16, bilt (6-2). North Carolina 18. A-14,805. Gathers had 10 points and 13 rebounds for the No. 17 Cincinnati 87, Bears (6-1). He has 920 Morgan State 66 rebounds to break Brian Cincinnati — Gary Skinner’s school record Clark had a career-high of 915. 14 rebounds as part of his Wade Baldwin had first double-double of the 19 points for the Comseason, and Cincinnati remodores, but his foul on covered from its first loss Medford was his fifth. of the season by drubbing Matthew Fisher-Davis Morgan State. had 11 points. Vanderbilt missed two MORGAN ST. (2-6) 6-12 0-0 17, Carr 2-6 0-0 shots in the final four sec- 5, Thomas Blossom 6-13 3-6 16, Pretlow 5-11 onds, including Cressler’s 1-2 12, Cameron 0-2 0-0 0, Simpson 2-5 10, Vaughan Jr. 3-10 0-0 6, baseline jumper after a 4-11 Redmond 0-0 0-0 0, Streeter 0-2 0-0 0. rebound. Totals 26-67 6-13 66. (8-1) Baylor has won seven CINCINNATI Ellis 6-7 1-2 13, Clark 4-6 4-5 13, consecutive games over Thomas 7-9 0-2 15, Caupain 3-14 0-0 SEC teams the past four 6, Cobb 4-14 1-2 11, Moore 1-4 0-0 2, Evans III 0-0 0-0 0, Jenifer 2-6 2-3 6, seasons. The Big 12 is 5-1 DeBerry 4-5 3-4 11, Johnson 4-8 0-0 10. against the SEC so far this Totals 35-73 11-18 87. Halftime-Cincinnati 51-27. 3-Point season. Goals-Morgan St. 8-17 (Thomas The Associated Press

KANSAS (71) MIN FG FT REB PF TP m-a m-a o-t C. Manning-Allen 28 5-7 5-9 2-5 2 15 Lauren Aldridge 35 4-11 4-4 0-0 0 13 Aisia Robertson 15 2-6 2-2 1-5 2 7 Chayla Cheadle 28 2-6 1-2 1-3 3 6 Kylee Kopatich 37 4-7 0-0 1-7 0 10 Jayde Christopher 21 3-5 2-4 0-1 1 9 Timeka O’Neal 14 3-5 1-2 0-0 3 9 Tyler Johnson 12 1-2 0-0 1-2 1 2 Jada Brown 10 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 team 2-2 Totals 24-49 15-23 8-25 13 71 Three-point goals: 8-19 (O’Neal 2-2, Kopatich 2-5, Christopher 1-1, Robertson 1-3, Cheadle 1-3, Aldridge 1-5). Assists: 14 (Kopatich 3, Christopher 3, Aldridge 2, Robertson 2, Cheadle 2, Brown, O’Neal). Turnovers: 18 (Manning-Allen 4, Aldridge 4, Brown 4, O’Neal 2, Chrisotpher 2, Robertson, Cheadle). Blocked shots: 3 (Manning-Allen 2, Cheadle). Steals: 7 (Robertson 3, Cheadle 2, Kopatich, O’Neal, Christopher). St. John’s 24 22 23 17 — 86 Kansas 17 14 24 16 —71 Technical fouls: Walker. Officials: Jesse Dickerson, Cameron Inouye, Billy Smith. Attendance: 2,476.

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“Those are things,” Schneider said, “I’ve always felt like you have a lot more control over, and we just really struggled to get them in the half court. And when we did, we didn’t keep them off the glass.” St. John’s won the battle of the boards 31-25, and although KU junior forward Caelynn ManningAllen led the team with 15 points, the Red Storm limited the 6-foot-4 post player to five rebounds in 28 minutes. Manning-Allen shot 5-for-7 from the floor. Sophomore point guard Lauren Aldridge (13 points on 4-of-11 shooting) and freshman guard Kylee Kopatich (10 points on 4-for-

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KANSAS UNIVERSITY GUARD LAUREN ALDRIDGE, RIGHT, DRIVES TO THE BASKET against St. John’s defender Danaejah Grant in KU’s 86-71 loss Sunday at Allen Fieldhouse. 7 shooting) joined her in double figures. Kansas hit 49 percent of its shots but couldn’t match the easy offense so often created by St. John’s. “I think that we made a couple poor decisions,”

Aldridge said, before correcting herself, “quite a few poor decisions with the basketball that kind of exposed us offensively.” Kansas returns home Thursday night, to play host to UMKC.

Woodard honored: Kansas great Lynette Woodard received a warm welcome from the announced crowd of 1,036 between the first and second quarters.

KU volleyball to play LMU in Sweet 16 J-W Staff Reports

Kansas University’s volleyball team will make the program’s second appearance in the NCAA Tournament’s Sweet 16 at 7:30 p.m. Central time on Friday at the Jenny Craig Pavilion in San Diego. The ninth-seeded Jayhawks (28-2) will meet Loyola Marymount (248) in the tournament’s third-round game.

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Tourney top seed Southern Cal (32-2) and No. 16 Creighton (278) will meet in the regional’s other game at 10 p.m. Friday’s winners will meet in an Elite Eight game at 10 p.m. Saturday. Saturday’s winner will advance to the Final Four, which will run Dec. 17-19 at Century Link Center in Omaha, Nebraska.

Third Round Friday at Jenny Craig Pavilion San Diego No. 9 Kansas (28-2) vs. Loyola Marymount (24-8), 7:30 p.m. (ESPN3) No. 1 Southern Cal (32-2) vs. No. 16 Creighton (27-8), 10 p.m. (ESPNU) at Memorial Coliseum Lexington, Ky. No. 13 BYU (28-3) vs. No. 4 Nebraska (28-4), 4 p.m. (ESPN3) No. 5 Washington (30-2) vs. No. 12 Ohio State (25-9), 6:30 p.m. (ESPN3) at Gregory Gym Austin, Texas No. 6 Wisconsin (26-6) vs. No. 11 Florida (24-6), 4:30 p.m. (ESPN3) No. 3 Texas (27-2) vs. No. 14 UCLA (24-7), 7 p.m. (ESPN3)

at Wells Fargo Arena Des Moines, Iowa No. 2 Minnesota (28-4) vs. Illinois (21-12), 5 p.m. (ESPN3) No. 7 Penn State (28-5) vs. Hawaii (28-1), 7:30 p.m. Fourth Round Saturday at San Diego Kansas-Loyola Marymount winner vs. Southern Cal-Creighton winner, 10 p.m. (ESPNU) at Lexington, Ky. BYU-Nebraska winner vs. WashingtonOhio State winner, 3 p.m. (ESPNU) at Austin, Texas Wisconsin-Florida winner vs. TexasUCLA winner, 7 p.m. (ESPNU) at Des Moines, Iowa Minnesota-Illinois winner vs. Penn State-Hawaii winner, 5:30 p.m. (ESPNU)

VANDERBILT (6-2) Kornet 2-4 2-2 7, Baldwin IV 7-9 2-2 19, Fisher-Davis 4-9 0-1 11, LaChance 2-8 2-2 7, Jones 2-7 5-6 9, Roberson 2-3 0-0 4, Cressler 3-7 0-2 8, Henderson 0-0 2-2 2. Totals 22-47 13-17 67. BAYLOR (6-1) Gathers 5-15 0-0 10, Medford 6-12 2-4 15, Prince 10-19 6-9 30, Wainright 1-7 0-0 2, Freeman 0-4 2-2 2, Lindsey 1-1 0-0 2, Motley 3-7 2-5 8, McClure 0-0 0-0 0, Maston 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 26-65 12-20 69. Halftime-Baylor 34-32. 3-Point Goals-Vanderbilt 10-21 (Baldwin IV 3-4, Fisher-Davis 3-7, Cressler 2-4, Kornet 1-2, LaChance 1-4), Baylor 5-11 (Prince 4-7, Medford 1-2, Wainright 0-1, Freeman 0-1). Fouled Out-Baldwin IV, Gathers. Rebounds-Vanderbilt 32 (Jones 8), Baylor 39 (Gathers 13). Assists-Vanderbilt 17 (Jones 6), Baylor 18 (Medford 5). Total Fouls-Vanderbilt 17, Baylor 17. A-7,084.

5-8, Blossom 1-1, Carr 1-1, Pretlow 1-2, Streeter 0-1, Vaughan Jr. 0-4), Cincinnati 6-29 (Johnson 2-6, Cobb 2-9, Thomas 1-2, Clark 1-2, Jenifer 0-2, Caupain 0-8). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Morgan St. 37 (Blossom 9), Cincinnati 49 (Clark 14). AssistsMorgan St. 11 (Cameron 5), Cincinnati 25 (Caupain, Clark 5). Total FoulsMorgan St. 13, Cincinnati 14. A-6,126.

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No. 4 Baylor 96, Grambling St. 42 Waco, Texas — Nina Davis and Beatrice Mompremier each had 18 points, leading five players in double figures for Baylor in a victory over No. 9 North Carolina 98, Grambling State. Davidson 65 Chapel Hill, N.C. — No. 6 Texas 66, Nate Britt matched his UALR 56 Little Rock, Ark. — career high with 17 points, and North Carolina rolled Brooke McCarty scored to a huge first-half lead to 23 points and made all eight of her free-throw atbeat Davidson. Justin Jackson added tempts to help Texas beat 15 points to help the Tar Arkansas-Little Rock. Heels (7-1) cap a big week with an easy win over No. 21 Oklahoma 71, the cold-shooting Wild- Washington 68 Seattle — Maddie cats (5-1). North Carolina scored the first 10 points, Manning scored 15 points then used an 18-4 run to and had a key block in build a 25-point lead be- the final seconds to lead Oklahoma past Washingfore the break. It was a good finish to ton for its sixth straight a week that saw the Tar victory.

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Eagles 35, Patriots 28 Foxborough, Mass. — Najee Goode scored on a blocked punt, Malcolm Jenkins returned an interception 99 yards for another touchdown, and Philadelphia held on for a victory over New England. Darren Sproles returned a punt 83 yards for the Eagles’ second special-teams TD, giving Philadelphia a 21-point lead before the Patriots came charging back. Philadelphia 0 14 14 7—35 New England 0 14 0 14—28 Second Quarter NE-White 4 pass from Brady (Gostkowski kick), 14:57. NE-Amendola 11 pass from Brady (Gostkowski kick), 7:47. Phi-Ertz 5 pass from Bradford (Sturgis kick), 4:04. Phi-Goode 24 blocked punt return (Sturgis kick), :08. Third Quarter Phi-Jenkins 99 interception return (Sturgis kick), 7:26. Phi-Sproles 83 punt return (Sturgis kick), 4:18. Fourth Quarter Phi-Matthews 10 pass from Bradford (Sturgis kick), 11:09. NE-Chandler 14 pass from Brady (Gostkowski kick), 5:27. NE-Brady 1 run (Gostkowski kick), 3:00. A-66,829. NE Phi First downs 15 27 Total Net Yards 248 427 Rushes-yards 33-128 25-103 Passing 120 324 Punt Returns 5-115 3-4 Kickoff Returns 5-35 5-68 Interceptions Ret. 2-99 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 14-24-0 30-57-2 Sacked-Yards Lost 1-0 4-24 Punts 7-46.9 7-43.3 Fumbles-Lost 3-2 0-0 Penalties-Yards 8-97 3-30 Time of Possession 25:44 34:16 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Philadelphia, Sproles 15-66, Barner 9-39, Murray 8-24, Bradford 1-(minus 1). New England, Blount 13-54, Bolden 3-22, Brady 6-17, Johnson 1-6, White 2-4. PASSING-Philadelphia, Bradford 14-24-0-120. New England, Brady 29-56-2-312, Amendola 1-1-0-36. RECEIVING-Philadelphia, Sproles 4-34, Matthews 3-36, Ertz 2-9, Barner 2-7, Celek 1-16, Cooper 1-14, Krause 1-4. New England, White 10-115, Amendola 7-62, Chandler 4-61, LaFell 4-27, Martin 3-45, Brady 1-36, Bolden 1-2.

Panthers 41, Saints 38 New Orleans — Cam Newton passed for five touchdowns, capped by a 15-yard scoring strike to Jerricho Cotchery with 1:05 to go, and unbeaten Carolina clinched the NFC South. Carolina is the only remaining unbeaten team in the NFL. Carolina 0 13 14 14—41 New Orleans 14 2 8 14—38 First Quarter NO-Watson 14 pass from Brees (Forbath kick), 8:16. NO-Anthony 31 fumble return (Forbath kick), 4:04. Second Quarter Car-Tolbert 12 pass from Newton (Gano kick), 14:55. Car-Stewart 5 run (kick blocked), 1:55. NO-2-point defensive conversion by Anthony, 1:55. Third Quarter Car-Ginn Jr. 13 pass from Newton (Gano kick), 10:21. Car-Funchess 13 pass from Newton (Gano kick), 4:56. NO-Cooks 54 pass from Brees (Ingram run), 2:51. Fourth Quarter NO-Coleman 24 pass from Brees (Forbath kick), 14:02. Car-Ginn Jr. 45 pass from Newton (Gano kick), 11:54. NO-Ingram 9 run (Forbath kick), 5:21. Car-Cotchery 15 pass from Newton (Gano kick), 1:05. A-73,097. NO Car First downs 33 21 Total Net Yards 497 334 Rushes-yards 34-175 14-70 Passing 322 264 Punt Returns 0-0 2-7 Kickoff Returns 2-47 1-26 Interceptions Ret. 1-0 1-22 Comp-Att-Int 28-41-1 24-42-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 1-9 2-18 Punts 3-38.0 5-40.8 Fumbles-Lost 2-2 1-0 Penalties-Yards 8-87 11-104 Time of Possession 36:34 23:26 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Carolina, Stewart 21-82, Newton 10-49, Tolbert 2-33, Whittaker 1-11. New Orleans, Ingram 12-56, Brees 1-12, Hightower 1-2. PASSING-Carolina, Newton 28-41-1331. New Orleans, Brees 24-42-1-282. RECEIVING-Carolina, Olsen 9-129, Ginn Jr. 5-80, Stewart 3-31, Dickson 3-27, Cotchery 3-26, Tolbert 2-18, Brown 2-7, Funchess 1-13. New Orleans, Cooks 6-104, Coleman 4-73, Watson 4-38, Ingram 4-23, Hill 2-11, Hoomanawanui 1-19, Colston 1-14, Graham 1-0, Spiller 1-0. MISSED FIELD GOALS-New Orleans, Forbath 38 (WR).

Broncos 17, Chargers 3 San Diego — Brock Osweiler threw for one touchdown, and Danny Trevathan intercepted Philip Rivers and returned it 25 yards for a score, leading the Broncos to a victory against hapless San Diego. Osweiler improved to

3-0 since taking over for the injured Peyton Manning. Denver 14 3 0 0—17 San Diego 0 3 0 0— 3 First Quarter Den-Thomas 3 pass from Osweiler (McManus kick), 11:15. Den-Trevathan 25 interception return (McManus kick), :04. Second Quarter Den-FG McManus 23, 5:26. SD-FG Lambo 51, 1:41. A-68,631. SD Den First downs 19 15 Total Net Yards 293 272 Rushes-yards 39-134 23-93 Passing 159 179 Punt Returns 1-21 1-4 Kickoff Returns 1-33 1-24 Interceptions Ret. 1-25 1-0 Comp-Att-Int 16-26-1 18-35-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 1-7 4-23 Punts 5-36.6 4-48.0 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 4-2 Penalties-Yards 3-18 8-72 Time of Possession 32:57 27:03 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Denver, Hillman 19-56, Anderson 7-42, Thompson 8-27, Sanders 1-5, Caldwell 1-3, Osweiler 3-1. San Diego, Gordon 12-55, Brown 7-26, Woodhead 3-10, D.Johnson 1-2. PASSING-Denver, Osweiler 16-26-1166. San Diego, Rivers 18-35-1-202. RECEIVING-Denver, Thomas 6-61, Sanders 3-19, V.Davis 2-25, Daniels 2-13, Green 1-22, Thompson 1-14, Anderson 1-12. San Diego, Gates 6-50, Woodhead 3-24, Herndon 2-30, Green 2-21, Brown 1-31, Floyd 1-15, Inman 1-15, Gordon 1-8, J.Phillips 1-8. MISSED FIELD GOALS-Denver, McManus 52 (WR). San Diego, Lambo 48 (WR).

49ers 26, Bears 20, OT Chicago — Blaine Gabbert threw a 71-yard touchdown pass to Torrey Smith in overtime after running for the tying TD late in regulation. The Bears had just gone three-and-out after forcing a punt by San Francisco to start the extra period. San Francisco 6 7 0 7 6 —26 Chicago 6 7 0 7 0 —20 First Quarter Chi-FG Gould 40, 10:17. Chi-FG Gould 51, 5:59. SF-Ward 29 interception return (kick blocked), 2:49. Second Quarter Chi-Forte 5 run (Gould kick), 13:37. SF-Draughn 1 run (Dawson kick), 6:53. Fourth Quarter Chi-Carey 4 run (Gould kick), 3:32. SF-Gabbert 44 run (Dawson kick), 1:42. Overtime SF-Smith 71 pass from Gabbert, 12:50. A-62,088. Chi SF First downs 13 20 Total Net Yards 291 364 Rushes-yards 23-121 42-170 Passing 170 194 Punt Returns 3-0 6-72 Kickoff Returns 5-116 2-92 Interceptions Ret. 1-29 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 18-32-0 18-31-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 4-26 1-8 Punts 9-48.1 6-42.8 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0 Penalties-Yards 6-50 8-72 Time of Possession 24:46 37:24 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-San Francisco, Gabbert 6-75, Draughn 13-36, Cadet 3-6, Miller 1-4. Chicago, Forte 21-84, Langford 12-59, Carey 5-17, Cutler 4-10. PASSING-San Francisco, Gabbert 18-32-0-196. Chicago, Cutler 18-31-1202. RECEIVING-San Francisco, Draughn 5-50, Boldin 5-37, Smith 2-76, McDonald 2-18, Cadet 1-6, Bell 1-5, Miller 1-4, Ellington 1-0. Chicago, Forte 5-39, Jeffery 4-85, Bennett 3-14, Mariani 2-33, Langford 2-9, Bellamy 1-16, Miller 1-6. MISSED FIELD GOALS-Chicago, Gould 40 (WL), 36 (WL).

Jets 23, Giants 20, OT East Rutherford, N.J. — Randy Bullock kicked a 31-yard field goal on the first possession of overtime to give the Jets a stunning win that sent the reeling Giants to their third straight loss. The Jets didn’t seal the win until Josh Brown missed a 48-yard field goal with 6:33 left in the extra session. N.Y. Jets 3 7 0 10 3 —23 N.Y. Giants 0 20 0 0 0 —20 First Quarter NYJ-FG Bullock 24, 5:47. Second Quarter NYG-D.Harris 80 punt return (Brown kick), 14:39. NYG-FG Brown 20, 8:58. NYJ-Powell 25 pass from Fitzpatrick (Bullock kick), 3:21. NYG-Beckham Jr. 72 pass from Manning (Brown kick), 2:13. NYG-FG Brown 35, :30. Fourth Quarter NYJ-FG Bullock 24, 4:24. NYJ-Marshall 9 pass from Fitzpatrick (Bullock kick), :27. Overtime NYJ-FG Bullock 31, 8:45. A-80,898. NYJ NYG First downs 28 14 Total Net Yards 463 355 Rushes-yards 24-90 24-74 Passing 373 281 Punt Returns 1-(-1) 2-96 Kickoff Returns 5-108 4-104 Interceptions Ret. 1-11 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 36-50-0 18-34-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 3-17 3-16 Punts 5-44.8 5-42.2 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 0-0 Penalties-Yards 8-61 8-60 Time of Possession 38:31 29:56 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-N.Y. Jets, Ivory 10-47, Fitzpatrick 5-22, Powell 6-17, Ridley 3-4. N.Y. Giants, Darkwa 8-23, Williams 6-22, Jennings 5-14, Vereen 4-13, Manning 1-2. PASSING-N.Y. Jets, Fitzpatrick 36-500-390. N.Y. Giants, Manning 18-34-1297.

RECEIVING-N.Y. Jets, Marshall 12-131, Decker 8-101, Powell 8-91, Ivory 5-22, Enunwa 2-37, K.Davis 1-8. N.Y. Giants, Beckham Jr. 6-149, Tye 3-70, Randle 2-22, Vereen 2-7, Jennings 1-19, Darkwa 1-10, D.Harris 1-8, Nicks 1-7, White 1-5. MISSED FIELD GOALS-N.Y. Giants, Brown 48 (WL).

Seahawks 38, Vikings 7 Minneapolis — Russell Wilson threw for three touchdowns and rushed for another, Seattle’s defense didn’t allow a score, and the surging Seahawks won their third straight game with a romp over Minnesota. Doug Baldwin had two touchdowns and 94 yards receiving, and Thomas Rawls rushed for 101 yards and a score as the Seahawks (7-5) did whatever they wanted with the ball against an injury-depleted Vikings defense. Seattle 7 14 14 3—38 Minnesota 0 0 7 0— 7 First Quarter Sea-Rawls 5 run (Hauschka kick), 3:36. Second Quarter Sea-Wilson 8 run (Hauschka kick), 2:04. Sea-Baldwin 20 pass from Wilson (Hauschka kick), 1:04. Third Quarter Sea-F.Jackson 5 pass from Wilson (Hauschka kick), 9:12. Sea-Baldwin 53 pass from Wilson (Hauschka kick), 1:01. Min-Patterson 101 kickoff return (Walsh kick), :48. Fourth Quarter Sea-FG Hauschka 23, 8:00. A-52,430. Min Sea First downs 25 9 Total Net Yards 433 125 Rushes-yards 36-173 16-31 Passing 260 94 Punt Returns 4-26 2-24 Kickoff Returns 1-47 6-203 Interceptions Ret. 1-25 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 21-28-0 17-28-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 2-14 4-24 Punts 2-39.0 7-40.1 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-0 Penalties-Yards 9-65 9-95 Time of Possession 35:10 24:50 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Seattle, Rawls 19-101, Wilson 9-51, Harris 3-7, Lockett 1-7, F.Jackson 1-5, Tukuafu 1-4, T.Jackson 2-(minus 2). Minnesota, Peterson 8-18, McKinnon 4-18, Bridgewater 1-2, Asiata 2-(minus 1), Diggs 1-(minus 6). PASSING-Seattle, T.Jackson 0-10-0, Wilson 21-27-0-274. Minnesota, Bridgewater 17-28-1-118. RECEIVING-Seattle, Lockett 7-90, Baldwin 5-94, Rawls 3-22, Willson 2-36, F.Jackson 2-13, Helfet 1-13, Daniels 1-6. Minnesota, Peterson 4-6, Rudolph 3-13, McKinnon 3-6, Wallace 2-43, Wright 2-24, Diggs 2-22, Pruitt 1-4.

Bills 30, Texans 21 Orchard Park, N.Y. — Tyrod Taylor threw a 40-yard touchdown pass to Charles Clay with 1:53 left to lead Buffalo over Houston. Taylor finished 11-of21 for 211 yards and three TDs and also scored on an eight-yard run. Buffalo snapped a two-game skid and gained ground on the Texans in the AFC playoff race. Houston 6 7 0 8—21 Buffalo 7 14 0 9—30 First Quarter Buf-Watkins 3 pass from Taylor (Carpenter kick), 9:37. Hou-Griffin 8 pass from Hoyer (kick failed), 3:58. Second Quarter Buf-Taylor 8 run (Carpenter kick), 14:53. Hou-Polk 11 pass from Hoyer (Novak kick), 3:57. Buf-Woods 2 pass from Taylor (Carpenter kick), :30. Fourth Quarter Hou-Hopkins 19 pass from Hoyer (Grimes run), 9:12. Buf-Clay 40 pass from Taylor (kick failed), 1:53. Buf-FG Carpenter 36, :33. A-68,544. Buf Hou First downs 21 15 Total Net Yards 401 390 Rushes-yards 26-126 36-187 Passing 275 203 Punt Returns 0-0 2-16 Kickoff Returns 1-21 4-84 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 1-0 Comp-Att-Int 26-43-1 11-21-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 2-18 1-8 Punts 7-40.7 6-45.3 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 10-89 5-42 Time of Possession 31:53 28:07 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Houston, Polk 12-61, Grimes 5-28, Hoyer 3-15, Blue 4-14, Hunt 1-7, Shorts III 1-1. Buffalo, McCoy 21-112, Gillislee 7-41, Taylor 7-28, Dixon 1-6. PASSING-Houston, Hoyer 26-43-1293. Buffalo, Taylor 11-21-0-211. RECEIVING-Houston, Shorts III 6-91, Washington 6-44, Hopkins 5-88, Griffin 3-29, Grimes 2-15, Polk 1-11, Fiedorowicz 1-8, Lamm 1-7, Hunt 1-0. Buffalo, Clay 4-66, Watkins 3-109, Woods 2-19, Hogan 1-12, Gillislee 1-5. MISSED FIELD GOALS-Buffalo, Carpenter 50 (WL).

Titans 42, Jaguars 39 Nashville, Tenn. — Marcus Mariota scored the go-ahead touchdown on an 87-yard run midway through a wild fourth quarter, and Tennessee edged Jacksonville to snap its 11-game home losing streak.

Jacksonville 0 12 7 20—39 Tennessee 7 14 0 21—42 First Quarter Ten-Stevens 10 pass from Mariota (Succop kick), 4:15. Second Quarter Jax-Greene 2 pass from Bortles (kick failed), 14:56. Ten-Walker 7 pass from Mariota (Succop kick), 8:45. Jax-Yeldon 1 run (pass failed), 1:52. Ten-Andrews 1 run (Succop kick), :02. Third Quarter Jax-A.Robinson 1 pass from Bortles (Myers kick), 4:52. Fourth Quarter Ten-Green-Beckham 47 pass from Mariota (Succop kick), 14:49. Jax-A.Robinson 8 pass from Bortles (kick failed), 11:52. Jax-Thomas 9 pass from Bortles (Myers kick), 10:09. Ten-Mariota 87 run (Succop kick), 8:30. Ten-Woodyard 3 fumble return (Succop kick), 7:46. Jax-A.Robinson 7 pass from Bortles (Myers kick), 6:28. A-57,355. Ten Jax First downs 20 26 Total Net Yards 383 467 Rushes-yards 21-81 35-210 Passing 302 257 Punt Returns 2-18 2-11 Kickoff Returns 3-54 4-80 Interceptions Ret. 1-5 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 24-36-0 20-29-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 2-20 4-11 Punts 3-53.3 3-44.3 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-1 Penalties-Yards 6-21 4-38 Time of Possession 26:26 33:34 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Jacksonville, Yeldon 15-57, D.Robinson 3-21, Lee 1-4, Bortles 2-(minus 1). Tennessee, Mariota 9-112, Andrews 13-58, Cobb 13-40. PASSING-Jacksonville, Bortles 24-360-322. Tennessee, Mariota 20-29-1-268. RECEIVING-Jacksonville, A.Robinson 10-153, Yeldon 4-79, Walters 2-18, Greene 2-15, Thomas 2-15, Lee 1-17, Alualu 1-16, Lewis 1-7, D.Robinson 1-2. Tennessee, Walker 8-92, GreenBeckham 5-119, Wright 3-28, Stevens 2-11, Andrews 1-10, Douglas 1-8.

Bengals 37, Browns 3 Cleveland — Andy Dalton threw two touchdown passes and ran for a score, and Cincinnati moved closer to a playoff berth and the AFC North title with a win over woeful Cleveland, which dropped its seventh straight. Cincinnati 7 13 14 3—37 Cleveland 0 3 0 0— 3 First Quarter Cin-Dalton 3 run (Nugent kick), 3:45. Second Quarter Cin-Green 23 pass from Dalton (Nugent kick), 13:40. Cin-FG Nugent 44, 6:24. Cin-FG Nugent 40, 3:20. Cle-FG Coons 47, :00. Third Quarter Cin-J.Hill 1 run (Nugent kick), 7:42. Cin-M.Jones 21 pass from Dalton (Nugent kick), :42. Fourth Quarter Cin-FG Nugent 20, 5:45. A-64,775. Cle Cin First downs 20 18 Total Net Yards 377 273 Rushes-yards 33-144 19-68 Passing 233 205 Punt Returns 2-18 0-0 Kickoff Returns 1-20 5-112 Interceptions Ret. 1-31 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 16-22-0 25-38-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 1-6 3-25 Punts 1-27.0 3-39.7 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1 Penalties-Yards 5-55 7-84 Time of Possession 30:58 29:02 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Cincinnati, J.Hill 22-98, Bernard 5-26, Dalton 4-11, Sanu 1-7, Burkhead 1-2. Cleveland, Crowell 11-62, Davis 3-4, Johnson Jr. 5-2. PASSING-Cincinnati, McCarron 2-30-19, Dalton 14-19-0-220. Cleveland, Davis 25-38-1-230. RECEIVING-Cincinnati, Green 5-128, M.Jones 5-55, Kroft 1-17, Alford 1-15, Bernard 1-9, Hewitt 1-7, Burkhead 1-4, Uzomah 1-4. Cleveland, Hartline 8-83, Barnidge 5-59, Jennings 5-35, Johnson Jr. 4-30, Moore 1-14, Bibbs 1-7, Crowell 1-2. MISSED FIELD GOALS-Cleveland, Coons 47 (BK).

Buccaneers 23, Falcons 19 Tampa, Fla. — Jameis Winston threw a six-yard touchdown pass to Mike Evans with 1:39 remaining to give Tampa Bay a victory over Atlanta. Atlanta 0 9 3 7—19 Tampa Bay 7 0 9 7—23 First Quarter TB-Winston 5 run (Barth kick), 1:01. Second Quarter Atl-FG Graham 28, 9:36. Atl-FG Graham 47, 1:01. Atl-FG Graham 52, :00. Third Quarter Atl-FG Graham 29, 8:35. TB-Martin 1 run (pass failed), 3:35. TB-FG Barth 23, 1:21. Fourth Quarter Atl-Williams 5 pass from Ryan (Graham kick), 10:41. TB-Evans 6 pass from Winston (Barth kick), 1:39. A-58,221. TB Atl First downs 21 25 Total Net Yards 319 388 Rushes-yards 18-64 37-166 Passing 255 222 Punt Returns 1-3 2-41 Kickoff Returns 2-47 3-57 Interceptions Ret. 1-0 1-(-5) Comp-Att-Int 30-45-1 18-27-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 3-14 1-5 Punts 4-48.3 3-37.3 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-1 Penalties-Yards 7-58 8-53 Time of Possession 28:45 31:15 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Atlanta, Freeman 14-47, Coleman 3-13, Ryan 1-4. Tampa Bay, Martin 25-95, Sims 7-56, Winston 5-15. PASSING-Atlanta, Ryan 30-45-1-269. Tampa Bay, Winston 18-27-1-227. RECEIVING-Atlanta, Freeman 10-56, Jones 8-93, White 3-33, Tamme 3-26, Hardy 2-34, DiMarco 2-18, Williams 1-5, Coleman 1-4. Tampa Bay, Evans 5-61, Jackson 3-87, Seferian-Jenkins 3-31, Sims 2-21, Brate 2-12, Humphries 1-6, Martin 1-5, Stocker 1-4.

Dolphins 15, Ravens 13 Miami Gardens, Fla. — Miami intercepted a pair of deflected passes from Matt Schaub to score two touchdowns 20 seconds apart late in the first half and held on to beat Baltimore. Baltimore 0 3 7 3—13 0—15 Miami 0 15 0 Second Quarter Mia-Parker 38 pass from Tannehill (Franks kick), 1:47. Mia-Shelby 22 interception return (Ajayi run), 1:27. Bal-FG Tucker 38, :29. Third Quarter Bal-Allen 41 pass from Schaub (Tucker kick), 11:44. Fourth Quarter Bal-FG Tucker 31, 10:17. A-64,519. Mia Bal First downs 22 8 Total Net Yards 375 219 Rushes-yards 26-94 26-137 Passing 281 82 Punt Returns 5-47 2-15 Kickoff Returns 1-23 2-42 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 2-24 Comp-Att-Int 32-46-2 9-19-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 3-27 1-4 Punts 5-53.4 9-45.8 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1 Penalties-Yards 5-36 5-31 Time of Possession 38:09 21:51 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Baltimore, Allen 17-63, West 8-31, Schaub 1-0. Miami, Miller 20-113, Ajayi 4-12, Tannehill 1-11, D.Williams 1-1. PASSING-Baltimore, Schaub 32-46-2308. Miami, Tannehill 9-19-0-86. RECEIVING-Baltimore, Allen 12-107, Aiken 6-48, Butler 4-43, Givens 3-68, Boyle 3-15, D.Brown 1-17, Gillmore 1-7, West 1-5, Juszczyk 1-(minus 2). Miami, Parker 3-63, Landry 2-5, Miller 1-5, D.Williams 1-5, Cameron 1-4, Sims 1-4. MISSED FIELD GOALS-Baltimore, Tucker 55 (WR).

Cardinals 27, Rams 3 St. Louis — Running backs David Johnson and Kerwynn Williams scored a touchdown apiece, and Arizona stuffed St. Louis. Arizona 7 3 14 3—27 St. Louis 0 0 3 0— 3 First Quarter Ari-Nelson 22 pass from Palmer (Catanzaro kick), 10:07. Second Quarter Ari-FG Catanzaro 33, :06. Third Quarter StL-FG Hocker 35, 11:30. Ari-D.Johnson 10 pass from Palmer (Catanzaro kick), 5:53. Ari-K.Williams 35 run (Catanzaro kick), 1:30. Fourth Quarter Ari-FG Catanzaro 29, 4:09. A-51,115. StL Ari First downs 29 9 Total Net Yards 524 212 Rushes-yards 36-175 15-66 Passing 349 146 Punt Returns 3-30 4-43 Kickoff Returns 1-0 5-132 Interceptions Ret. 1-(-7) 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 27-41-0 15-35-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 2-13 0-0 Punts 6-43.5 8-54.5 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-0 Penalties-Yards 3-25 7-104 Time of Possession 39:47 20:13 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Arizona, D.Johnson 22-99, K.Williams 6-59, Taylor 5-20, Stanton 3-(minus 3). St. Louis, Gurley 9-41, Austin 2-14, Mason 2-13, Foles 2-(minus 2). PASSING-Arizona, Palmer 26-40-0356, Stanton 1-1-0-6. St. Louis, Foles 15-35-1-146. RECEIVING-Arizona, Fitzgerald 8-55, Floyd 7-104, Jo.Brown 6-113, Nelson 2-34, D.Johnson 2-21, Fells 1-22, Gresham 1-13. St. Louis, Cook 3-22, Marquez 3-16, Britt 2-41, Welker 2-15, Mason 2-10, Austin 1-24, Quick 1-14, Harkey 1-4.

Steelers 45, Colts 10 Pittsburgh — Ben Roethlisberger threw for 364 yards and four touchdowns, and Pittsburgh overwhelmed Indianapolis. Indianapolis 3 7 0 0—10 Pittsburgh 6 15 7 17—45 First Quarter Ind-FG Vinatieri 35, 10:19. Pit-FG Boswell 29, 5:27. Pit-FG Boswell 51, 3:15. Second Quarter Ind-Gore 9 pass from Hasselbeck (Vinatieri kick), 8:26. Pit-Brown 7 pass from Roethlisberger (Johnson pass from Roethlisberger), 4:04. Pit-Wheaton 5 pass from Roethlisberger (Boswell kick), :10. Third Quarter Pit-Bryant 68 pass from Roethlisberger (Boswell kick), 12:35. Fourth Quarter Pit-Brown 5 pass from Roethlisberger (Boswell kick), 14:11. Pit-FG Boswell 42, 6:29. Pit-Brown 71 punt return (Boswell kick), 4:01. A-58,701. Pit Ind First downs 11 24 Total Net Yards 240 522 Rushes-yards 18-54 32-158 Passing 186 364 Punt Returns 0-0 3-74 Kickoff Returns 6-125 1-19 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 2-6 Comp-Att-Int 20-34-2 24-39-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 5-34 0-0 Punts 5-42.2 1-37.0 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 4-2 Penalties-Yards 5-30 4-48 Time of Possession 27:10 32:50 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Indianapolis, Gore 13-45, Herron 2-8, Hasselbeck 2-1, Tipton 1-0. Pittsburgh, D.Williams 26-134, Roethlisberger 1-13, Toussaint 4-12, L.Jones 1-(minus 1). PASSING-Indianapolis, Hasselbeck 16-26-2-169, Whitehurst 4-8-0-51. Pittsburgh, Roethlisberger 24-39-0364. RECEIVING-Indianapolis, Fleener 4-20, Gore 3-49, Hilton 3-36, Herron 3-16, Johnson 2-44, Whalen 2-9, Moncrief 1-33, Tipton 1-7, Allen 1-6. Pittsburgh, Brown 8-118, D.Williams 5-31, Bryant 4-114, Wheaton 3-50, James 3-30, Heyward-Bey 1-21. MISSED FIELD GOALS-Pittsburgh, Boswell 47 (WR).

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Alex Smith threw two TD passes to Jeremy Maclin after Carr’s first two interceptions to lead the opportunistic Chiefs to another win. “We knew we dug ourselves in a hole in the beginning of the year, but we’ve been battling back every week — just working hard and believing in each other and coming out with victories,” said linebacker Josh Mauga, whose interception started the fourth-quarter barrage. Carr became the third Raiders quarterback since the team moved back to Oakland in 1995 to throw three fourthquarter interceptions to send the Raiders to their fourth loss in five games and likely a 13th season without a playoff berth. “I played a lot of football in my life, won a lot of games, lost a lot of games. But today was probably one of the hardest losses I’ve been a part of in my career,” safety Charles Woodson said. “That was a tough loss.” The game turned odd late in the third quarter after the Raiders took a 20-14 lead on a five-yard TD pass from Carr to Lee Smith. But Sebastian Janikowski hit the upright on the extra point, ending a streak of 225 straight makes. The Raiders then forced a punt and were driving to make it a two-score game when Carr tried to make something out of nothing and it cost him. He tried to throw the ball away to avoid a sack, but was hit on the play, and the ball went right to Mauga, who rumbled 65 yards to the two on the return. “The only thing in my mind was try to get as close to the goal line or even score,” Mauga said. “I was hoping I could score, but I ran out of gas.” Maclin then scored on a one-yard pass from Smith. But the holder Dustin Colquitt couldn’t get the snap down and the Chiefs missed the extra point, keeping the game tied at 20. Carr then threw another interception on the next possession after Michael Crabtree tripped and Peters returned it 58 yards to the 13. Maclin then took a short pass and ran 13 yards for the goahead score only to have kicker Cairo Santos miss the point after attempt. The botched kicks proved contagious as Janikowski hit the upright again on Oakland’s ensuing possession on a 49yard field goal try. The Raiders got another chance, but Branch scooped up a pass that deflected off Cooper’s hands and ran it back 38 yards for the score.

SUMMARY Kansas City 7 0 7 20—34 Oakland 7 7 6 0—20 First Quarter Oak-Murray 2 run (Janikowski kick), 10:25. KC-A.Smith 3 run (Santos kick), 4:58. Second Quarter Oak-Crabtree 25 pass from Carr (Janikowski kick), :13. Third Quarter KC-Ware 10 run (Santos kick), 9:16. Oak-L.Smith 5 pass from Carr (kick failed), 2:12. Fourth Quarter KC-Maclin 1 pass from A.Smith (pass failed), 11:17. KC-Maclin 13 pass from A.Smith (kick failed), 7:57. KC-Branch 38 interception return (Kelce pass from A.Smith), 3:14. A-55,010. Oak KC First downs 15 27 Total Net Yards 232 361 Rushes-yards 22-89 24-99 Passing 143 262 Punt Returns 2-29 3-21 Kickoff Returns 1-33 4-88 Interceptions Ret. 3-162 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 16-22-0 31-48-3 Sacked-Yards Lost 4-19 4-21 Punts 5-50.0 4-39.5 Fumbles-Lost 3-2 3-0 Penalties-Yards 11-88 4-21 Time of Possession 25:32 34:28 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Kansas City, West 9-35, Ware 7-26, A.Smith 5-23, A.Wilson 1-5. Oakland, Murray 20-86, Olawale 2-16, Reece 1-4, Cooper 1-(minus 7). PASSING-Kansas City, A.Smith 16-22-0-162. Oakland, Carr 31-48-3-283. RECEIVING-Kansas City, Maclin 9-95, Kelce 2-42, West 2-9, Ware 2-(minus 1), A.Wilson 1-17. Oakland, Walford 5-53, Crabtree 5-45, Cooper 4-69, Roberts 4-51, Murray 4-11, Reece 3-19, Rivera 2-13, Helu Jr. 1-15, L.Smith 1-5, A.Holmes 1-1, Olawale 1-1. MISSED FIELD GOALS-Oakland, Janikowski 49 (WL).

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(First published in the Lawrence Daily JournalWorld December 7, 2015)

known spouse, if any, of Michael W. Frenzel, Defendants.

Kansas, commonly known as 1729 Linden Court, Eudora, KS 66025 (the “Property”)

vs.

Public Notice

Case No. 15CV402

Notice is hereby given that I, David Bach, mechanic and garage owner under the firm name of Das Autohaus Inc. at 1045 New Jersey St. in Lawrence, Kansas, is applying for Mechanic Lien Titles on the following vehicle for the purpose of satisfying an unpaid payment for assessments, improvements or repairs made on the vehicle which has remained or is now in my possession. Said vehicles were brought to my business where work was completed and vehicle was never picked up and fees were not paid. Vehicle has been stored at my premises for over 30 days. Labor, materials, and storage fees apply. 1973 Volk 1832943379 If you have title and interest in said vehicle, contact Dave at (785) 843-9494. _______ (First published in the Lawrence Daily JournalWorld November 30, 2015) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS CIVIL DEPARTMENT Carrington Mortgage Services, LLC Plaintiff, vs.

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Michael W. Frenzel; John Doe (Tenant/Occupant); Mary Doe (Tenant/Occupant); Un-

and all those defendants who have not otherwise been served are required to plead to the Petition on Pursuant to K.S.A. or before the 11th day of Chapter 60 January, 2016, in the District Court of Douglas NOTICE OF SUIT County,Kansas. If you fail THE STATE OF KANSAS, to to plead, judgment and dethe above-named defend- cree will be entered in due ants and the unknown course upon the Petition. heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, NOTICE creditors and assigns of Pursuant to the Fair Debt any deceased defendants; Collection Practices Act, 15 the unknown spouses of U.S.C. §1692c(b), no inforany defendants; the un- mation concerning the colknown officers, succes- lection of this debt may be sors, trustees, creditors given without the prior and assigns of any defend- consent of the consumer ants that are existing, dis- given directly to the debt solved or dormant corpo- collector or the express rations; the unknown ex- permission of a court of ecutors, administrators, competent jurisdiction. devisees, trustees, credi- The debt collector is attors, successors and as- tempting to collect a debt signs of any defendants and any information obthat are or were partners tained will be used for that or in partnership; the un- purpose. known guardians, conservators and trustees of any Prepared By: defendants that are SouthLaw, P.C. minors or are under any le- Kristen G. Stroehmann gal disability; and the un- (KS #10551) known heirs, executors, 6363 College Blvd., administrators, devisees, Suite 100 trustees, creditors and as- Overland Park, KS 66211 signs of any person al- (913) 663-7600 leged to be deceased, and (913) 663-7899 (Fax) all other persons who are Attorneys for Plaintiff (185272) or may be concerned. _______ You are notified that a Petition has been filed in the (First published in the District Court of Douglas Lawrence Daily JournalCounty, Kansas, praying to World December 7, 2015) foreclose a real estate mortgage on the following IN THE DISTRICT COURT described real estate: OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS Lot 15, in Block 4, in WINCIVIL DEPARTMENT CHESTER ESTATES NO. 5, a subdivision in the City of Bank of America, N.A. Eudora, Douglas County, Plaintiff, Court Number:

Chad D. Richardson, Diane K. Richardson, Stephanie A. Richardson, Jane Doe, and John Doe, et al., Defendants Case No. 15CV426 Court No. Title to Real Estate Involved Pursuant to K.S.A. §60 NOTICE OF SUIT STATE OF KANSAS to the above named Defendants and The Unknown Heirs, executors, devisees, trustees, creditors, and assigns of any deceased defendants; the unknown spouses of any defendants; the unknown officers, successors, trustees, creditors and assigns of any defendants that are existing, dissolved or dormant corporations; the unknown executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, creditors, successors and assigns of any defendants that are or were partners or in partnership; and the unknown guardians, conservators and trustees of any defendants that are minors or are under any legal disability and all other person who are or may be concerned: YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that a Petition for Mortgage Foreclosure has been filed in the District Court of Douglas County, Kansas by Bank of America, N.A., praying for foreclosure of certain real property le-

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MV TRANSPORTATION ......................... 25

COTTONWOOD................................... 10

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USA 800 ........................................ 100

ENGINEERED AIR .................................8

KU: STUDENT OPENINGS .................. 135

VALEO ............................................. 20

GENERAL DYNAMICS (GDIT) ................. 75

LAWRENCE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL .......... 12

WESTAFF .......................................... 25

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PUBLIC NOTICE CONTINUED FROM 6C gally described as follows: LOT 1, OF A REPLAT OF THE NORTH HALF OF LOT 1, IN ADDITION NO. 5, IN THAT PART OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCE KNOWN AS NORTH LAWRENCE, DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS. PARCEL ID #023-079-30-0-10-01-001.01-0 Commonly known as 819 N. 7th St., Lawrence, KS 66044 (“the Property”)

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for a judgment against defendants and any other interested parties and, unless otherwise served by personal or mail service of summons, the time in which you have to plead to the Petition for Foreclosure in the District Court of Douglas County Kansas will expire on January 19, 2016. If you fail to plead, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon the request of plaintiff.

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SCOREBOARD Bowl Glance

(Subject to Change) Saturday, Dec. 19 Celebration Bowl Atlanta NC A&T (9-2) vs. Alcorn St. (9-3), 11 a.m. New Mexico Bowl Albuquerque Arizona (6-6) vs. New Mexico (7-5), 1 p.m. (ESPN) Las Vegas Bowl BYU (9-3) vs. Utah (9-3), 2:30 p.m. (ABC) Camelia Bowl Montgomery, Ala. Ohio (8-4) vs. Appalachian St. (9-2), 4:30 p.m. (ESPN) Cure Bowl Orlando, Fla. San Jose St. (5-7) vs. Georgia St. (6-6), 6 p.m. (CBSSN) New Orleans Bowl Louisiana Tech (8-4) vs. Arkansas St. (8-3), 8 p.m. (ESPN) Monday, Dec. 21 Miami Beach Bowl South Florida (8-4) vs. Western Kentucky (11-2), 1:30 p.m. (ESPN) Tuesday, Dec. 22 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Boise Akron (7-5) vs. Utah St. (6-6), 2:30 p.m. (ESPN) Boca Raton (Fla.) Bowl Temple (10-3) vs. Toledo (9-2), 6 p.m. (ESPN) Wednesday, Dec. 23 Poinsettia Bowl San Diego Northern Illinois (8-5) vs. Boise St. (8-4), 3:30 p.m. (ESPN) GoDaddy Bowl Mobile, Ala. Bowling Green (10-3) vs. Georgia Southern (8-3), 7 p.m. (ESPN) Thursday, Dec. 24 Bahamas Bowl Nassau Middle Tennessee (7-5) vs. Western Michigan (7-5), 11 a.m. (ESPN)

Hawaii Bowl Honolulu Cincinnati (7-5) vs. San Diego St. (103), 7 p.m. (ESPN) Saturday, Dec. 26 St. Petersburg (Fla.) Bowl Marshall (9-3) vs. UConn (6-6), 10 a.m. (ESPN) Sun Bowl El Paso, Texas Miami (8-4) vs. Washington St. (8-4), 1 p.m. (CBS) Heart of Dallas Bowl Washington (6-6) vs. Southern Mississippi (9-4), 2:20 p.m. (ESPN) Pinstripe Bowl Bronx, N.Y. Duke (7-5) vs. Indiana (6-6), 2:30 p.m. (ABC) Independence Bowl Shreveport, La. Virginia Tech (6-6) vs. Tulsa (6-6), 4:45 p.m. (ESPN) Foster Farms Bowl Santa Clara, Calif. Nebraska (5-7) vs. UCLA (8-4), 8:15 p.m. (ESPN) Monday, Dec. 28 Military Bowl Annapolis, Md. Navy (9-2) vs. Pittsburgh (8-4), 1:30 p.m. (ESPN) Quick Lane Bowl Detroit Central Michigan (7-5) vs. Minnesota (5-7), 4 p.m. (ESPN2) Tuesday, Dec. 29 Armed Forces Bowl Fort Worth, Texas Air Force (8-5) vs. California (7-5), 1 p.m. (ESPN) Russell Athletic Bowl Orlando, Fla. North Carolina (11-2) vs. Baylor (9-3), 4:30 p.m. (ESPN) Arizona Bowl Tucson Nevada (6-6) vs. Colorado St. (7-5), 6:30 p.m. (TBA) Texas Bowl Houston Texas Tech (7-5) vs. LSU (8-3), 8 p.m. (ESPN)

Wednesday, Dec. 30 Birmingham (Ala.) Bowl Auburn (6-6) vs. Memphis (9-3), 11 a.m. (ESPN) Belk Bowl Charlotte, N.C. NC State (7-5) vs. Mississippi St. (8-4), 2:30 p.m. (ESPN) Music City Bowl Nashville, Tenn. Louisville (7-5) vs. Texas A&M (8-4), 6 p.m. (ESPN) Holiday Bowl San Diego Wisconsin (9-3) vs. Southern Cal (8-5), 9:30 p.m. (ESPN) Thursday, Dec. 31 Peach Bowl Atlanta Houston (12-1) vs. Florida St. (10-2), 11 a.m. (ESPN) Orange Bowl (Playoff Semifinal) Miami Gardens, Fla. Clemson (13-0) vs. Oklahoma (11-1), 3 p.m. (ESPN) Cotton Bowl Classic (Playoff Semifinal) Arlington, Texas Alabama (12-1) vs. Michigan St. (121), 7 p.m. (ESPN) Friday, Jan. 1 Outback Bowl Tampa, Fla. Northwestern (10-2) vs. Tennessee (8-4), 11 a.m. (ESPN2) Citrus Bowl Orlando, Fla. Michigan (9-3) vs. Florida (10-3), noon (ABC) Fiesta Bowl Glendale, Ariz. Notre Dame (10-2) vs. Ohio St. (11-1), noon (ESPN) Rose Bowl Pasadena, Calif. Iowa (12-1) vs. Stanford (11-2), 4 p.m. (ESPN) Sugar Bowl New Orleans Oklahoma St. (10-2) vs. Mississippi (9-3), 7:30 p.m. (ESPN)

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NFL

AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T New England 10 2 0 N.Y. Jets 7 5 0 Buffalo 6 6 0 Miami 5 7 0 South W L T Indianapolis 6 6 0 Houston 6 6 0 Jacksonville 4 8 0 Tennessee 3 9 0 North W L T Cincinnati 10 2 0 Pittsburgh 7 5 0 Baltimore 4 8 0 Cleveland 2 10 0

Pct PF PA .833 375 247 .583 295 248 .500 296 278 .417 240 300 Pct PF PA .500 259 305 .500 253 264 .333 275 341 .250 245 296 Pct PF PA .833 334 196 .583 311 240 .333 272 291 .167 216 347

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West W L T Pct PF PA Denver 10 2 0 .833 269 210 Kansas City 7 5 0 .583 321 240 Oakland 5 7 0 .417 284 314 San Diego 3 9 0 .250 247 324 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA Washington 5 6 0 .455 241 267 Philadelphia 5 7 0 .417 278 302 N.Y. Giants 5 7 0 .417 307 296 Dallas 3 8 0 .273 204 261 South W L T Pct PF PA x-Carolina 12 0 0 1.000 373 243 Tampa Bay 6 6 0 .500 271 298 Atlanta 6 6 0 .500 279 257 New Orleans 4 8 0 .333 299 380 North W L T Pct PF PA Green Bay 8 4 0 .667 289 238 Minnesota 8 4 0 .667 238 232 Chicago 5 7 0 .417 251 290 Detroit 4 8 0 .333 253 315 West W L T Pct PF PA Arizona 10 2 0 .833 382 232 Seattle 7 5 0 .583 305 229 St. Louis 4 8 0 .333 189 257 San Francisco 4 8 0 .333 178 291 x-clinched division Monday’s Game Dallas at Washington, 7:30 p.m.

Today’s Games Oklahoma vs. Villanova, 6 p.m. at Honolulu, Hawaii (FS1) Buffalo at Iowa State, 8 p.m. (ESPNU)

Big 12 Women

Big 12 Overall W L W L Baylor 0 0 9 0 Oklahoma State 0 0 7 0 Texas 0 0 7 0 Oklahoma 0 0 7 1 Kansas State 0 0 6 1 Texas Tech 0 0 5 1 TCU 0 0 6 2 West Virginia 0 0 6 2 Kansas 0 0 4 3 Iowa State 0 0 4 3 Sunday’s Games Baylor 96, Grambling State 42 St. John’s 86, Kansas 71 Iowa State 86, Southern 46 Texas 66, Arkansas-Little Rock 56 W. Virginia 91, Farleigh Dickinson 42 Oklahoma 71, Washington 68

College Men

Clemson 66, Wofford 51 Florida St. 76, VCU 71 North Carolina 98, Davidson 65 Cincinnati 87, Morgan St. 66 Colorado 88, Colorado St. 77 UCLA 83, Long Beach St. 76

College Women Big 12 Men

Big 12 Overall W L W L West Virginia 0 0 7 0 Iowa State 0 0 6 0 Oklahoma 0 0 5 0 Kansas 0 0 6 1 Baylor 0 0 6 1 Kansas State 0 0 6 1 Texas Tech 0 0 5 1 Oklahoma State 0 0 5 3 Texas 0 0 4 3 TCU 0 0 4 3 Sunday’s Game Baylor 69, Vanderbilt 67

Rutgers 60, Arkansas 40 Syracuse 64, Stony Brook 49 Alabama 97, Alcorn St. 50 Florida St. 75, Temple 47 Georgia 70, Seton Hall 52 Miami 84, Mass.-Lowell 53 Mississippi St. 82, Tennessee St. 54 NC State 72, Charlotte 65 South Carolina 66, Duke 55 Virginia Tech 57, Tennessee 43 Iowa 69, Robert Morris 50 Michigan St. 76, Loyola-Chicago 47 Nebraska 65, Creighton 63 Northwestern 69, Milwaukee 44 Ohio St. 105, Cincinnati 76 Southern Cal 73, UNLV 42

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