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Classroom spending definition key to debate

For schools, renovations top $100M

By John Hanna Associated Press

Topeka — Republican Gov. Sam Brownback says he and many Kansas legislators won’t be ready to consider big increases in aid to public schools until they are confident that enough of the money already spent on education is finding its way into the classroom. But the lawmakers who expect to work on a new school funding law next year don’t yet have a clear definition of what makes up classroom Gov. Sam spending. Their uncerBrownback tainty is likely to cloud says he discussions about how to wants to see distribute nearly $4.1 bilmore state lion in annual aid to 286 education school districts and how dollars go much to increase it. directly toward Brownback said he and instruction. like-minded legislators would be willing to consider whether the state is spending enough on schools if more money were going directly to instruction. “But right now, you’ve got this high percentage that’s not getting to the classroom,” Brownback said in a recent Associated Press interview. Brownback’s critics see such arguments as an attempt by Brownback and his allies to justify inadequate education funding. “What is the classroom? What does that involve?” said Democratic state Rep. Ed Trimmer, of Winfield, a retired Please see CLASSROOM, page 2A

toward the Lawrence College and Career $1.7 MILLION Went Center, where high student interest in the program

prompted the district to finish about half of the area of the building that was originally planned to be completed later.

$10 million over bond issue largely went to secondary facilities By Rochelle Valverde Twitter: @RochelleVerde

$936,000

At Quail Run Elementary School was spent mostly to replace the building’s roof, which district officials said had an interior gutter system that was causing issues with moisture in the school, though no mold was reported.

$660,000

Earmarked for Lawrence High School was used for a variety of upgrades and add-ons, most notably including new doors on every classroom, as well as about $200,000 for a new intercom system. Journal-World File Photos

The Lawrence school district’s renovations of its 20 schools have already cost more than $10 million in addition to the $92.5 million bond issue, and district officials say that amount will rise as construction continues through the upcoming year. While one factor is the rise of construction costs since planning for the bond projects occurred, the largest increases have gone toward SCHOOLS making improvements at the secondary level, including additions to the Lawrence College and Career Center. “The elementary schools were obviously the focus of the bond issue, and so when we went into it with the secondary schools, we knew we didn’t have enough money to do everything we needed to do,” said Kyle Hayden, assistant superintendent of business and operations for the district. About three-quarters of the $92.5 million bond went toward the district’s 14 elementary schools, with most of that focused on six older schools in central and eastern Lawrence: Sunset Hill, Kennedy, Cordley, Hillcrest, Pinckney and New York. Please see SCHOOLS, page 5A

Neighbor frustrated over missed community shelter meetings By Conrad Swanson Twitter: @Conrad_Swanson

The Lawrence Community Shelter has fallen short on its commitment to meet quarterly with the city’s association of neighborhoods, an agreement it made before moving to a new facility in 2012. The shelter, 3655 E. 25th St., has missed its past four meetings, said Prairie Park Neighborhood Association President

Lindsey McCaig — and the absence has had negative consequences. The last community meeting was held in December 2014 with then-executive-director Steven Robinson. The quarterly meetings are a part of the shelter’s management plan, which was written in May 2010 as a part of the process to obtain a Special Use Permit, or SUP, said Scott McCullough, director of the city’s planning and development

noticed an increase of crime

On two separate occasions, my children found bloody in the Prairie Park Neighborrubber gloves in the park right next to the school.” hood, which roughly spans — Lindsey McCaig, Prairie Park Neighborhood Association president services department. In essence, the SUP is the permit that allows the organization to legally house its guests. The meetings typically offer neighbors a chance to voice any concerns they might have

with the shelter or its guests and give the organization an opportunity to keep them updated on any new developments, McCaig said. In the year since the last meeting, McCaig said, she has

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law down. Even supporters see it as a stopgap policy because it expires in July 2017. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1A ay rene nderwood The court could rule early next year on Fay Irene Underwood, son, Carl Underwood 33-year teacher. “Yes, I’d whether the law prevents 88, of Tonganoxie, (Connie) of Tonganoxie like to have had a raise the state from fulfilling Kansas passed away in January, 2015, and or I’d like to have more its duty under the state Sunday, December 20, a sister, Fern Meyer money in materials and constitution to provide 2015, at The University of of Oskaloosa. Also supplies, but I also didn’t a suitable education for Kansas Hospital. surviving are 10 want the roof to leak every child. The justices She was born grandchildren and six on our computer equipalso could rule later in December 19, 1927, in great grandchildren as ment.” 2016 on whether Kansas Lawrence, Kansas, the well as her two sisters, With Brownback’s spends enough money daughter of Carl and Frances Hickey, Florida support, Republican overall. Blanche (Farmer) Young. and Florence Somers, legislators enacted a new Educators frequently She grew up in the Tonganoxie. school funding law earnote that the state’s basic Tonganoxie area where Fay and David enjoyed lier this year that junked aid per pupil under the she graduated from many years of camping a per-pupil formula for old formula peaked at Tonganoxie High School. and in retirement distributing aid and re$4,400 during the 2007She then worked for spending time in Texas. placed it with predictable 08 school year, dropped Suburban Telephone Visitation will be block grants. They arduring the Great ReCompany in Tonganoxie Tuesday from 6-8 p.m. gued that the old formula cession and was $3,852 and later at Hallmark in at Quisenberry Funeral was too complicated and before the new school Lawrence. Home in Tonganoxie; diverted dollars from funding law took effect On September 7, services will be classrooms. earlier this year. 1947, she married Wednesday at 1 p.m. at Many superintendents But even as that figDavid Underwood in the funeral home. dislike the new law, ure dropped, the state Tonganoxie. They were Memorials are which doesn’t call for an boosted spending on married for 68 years suggested to the automatic increase in a teacher pensions, aid for and he survives. Other Lawrence Memorial district’s aid if it gains construction projects and survivors include a Hospital Endowment more students or more of other items, and total aid son, Paul Underwood Association to benefit the them live in poverty or continues to set annual (Kathy) of Tonganoxie oncology department. have special needs. Four records. and a daughter, Martha Please sign this school districts have Brownback said with Hendricks (Randy) of guestbook at Obituaries. asked the Kansas Supublic schools, “You Tulsa, Oklahoma. She LJWorld.com. preme Court to strike the have efficiencies that can was predeceased by a

be gained.” “This is about your back-office operation. This about how you purchase IT services or insurance or a series of things,” he said. “No student would see any difference, but you would recognize more money available to put into the classroom to pay teachers more.” The State Department of Education said in 2014-15, districts spent 61 percent of their operating budgets on instruction. Some legislators and educators argue the definition of classroom spending should be broader, covering libraries, professional development for teachers and services for students, such as counseling. “The assumption is that just spending more money, quote, ‘in the classroom’ gives you better results in the classroom,” said Mark Tallman, a Kansas Association of School Boards lobbyist. “What matters is that you also have to spend enough.”

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looking at January, April, July and October of 2016,” he said. “I’d like to get them back on schedule. It’s something we need to be doing.” McCullough said the city plans to address the missed meetings with the shelter at the end of this year, when the organization delivers its annual operations report. While the city could begin a hearing process to revoke the shelter’s SUP, McCullough said he sees no need to take such a drastic action since the shelter brought the noncompliance to the city’s attention and plans on following through with its commitments in the future. As for any neighborhood crime linked to the shelter, Meyer said the organization’s reach doesn’t really extend beyond the walls of the building. Staff does, however, try to help curb any potential criminal activity when and where they can. “We have very little, if any, ability to control the behavior of people who are not in our facility,” he said. “If we have any idea of who may be engaging in that behavior, then we will engage them in a very direct conversation.”

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Funeral Services for Charles Grahnert, 65, Lenexa, will be 1 pm Wed. Dec. 23, 2015, at Rumsey-Yost Funeral CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1A Home,Visitation at noon. info at rumsey-yost.com

Ruth MaRie Johnson Ruth Marie Johnson, 92, Lawrence, passed away Saturday. Mrs. Johnson is the mother of Marjorie “Marge” Etzig of Lawrence. rumsey-yost.com

Linda Sue McniSh Graveside services for Linda Sue McNish, 50, Lawrence, will be 11 am, Wednesday, December 23, 2015, at Maple Grove Cemetery, Lecompton, KS. Linda passed away peacefully Friday, December 18, 2015, at her home, with her family at her bedside. She was born April 19, 1965, in Little Rock, Arkansas, the daughter of James Franklin and Justine Pauline Barrett McNish. She attended Perry /Lecompton High School. Linda worked at Henry’s, Hardees and Hallmark Cards as a machine operator. She is preceded in death by her dad (Jim), mom (Justine), a brother (James Jr.), a sister (Betty Jo Corel), a nephew (Blake McNish) and maternal and paternal grandparents. Survivors include two sisters, Mary

and husband Phillip Markmann, MO, Judy McNish, Lawrence; three brothers, Paul McNish, Avondale, LA, Tim McNish, Lecompton, KS, Tom and wife Brandi McNish, Eudora, KS; seven nieces, six nephews, two great nieces and one great nephew. A visitation will be 6-8 pm Tuesday December 22, 2015, at Rumsey-Yost Funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the Linda Sue McNish memorial fund, sent in care of RumseyYost Funeral Home, 601 Indiana Street Lawrence, KS 66044 Online condolences may be made at rumseyyost.com Please sign this guestbook at Obituaries. LJWorld.com.

In addition, McCaig said she has been contacted by neighbors with issues ranging from cars being broken into to public intoxication and trespassing. Each time she passes complaints on to the police department. Lawrence Police Sgt. Trent McKinley said since the shelter’s new facility opened, police have paid special attention to the Prairie Park neighborhood by increasing patrol units and investigating concerns as they arise. Some crimes, ranging from serious to minor offenses, can be linked to the shelter, McKinley said. That uptick was an expected turn with the shelter’s new location, he said. But other crimes, such as the bloody gloves and drugs noted by McCaig, are not necessarily unique to Prairie Park and can be seen all throughout the city, McKinley said. The link between those crimes and the shelter’s guests may be tenuous, if it’s there at all, he said. “We had one (shelter) resident who came up and stabbed somebody in the neck,” McKinley said, referring to a March 2014 incident at the shelter. “Yes, there is crime

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that is associated with the shelter, and now that the shelter is located out there, it’s going to follow. But whether or not that impacts the amount of crime that occurs near the Prairie Park School. ... You look at it on a map, and why would anybody be cutting through that area?” McCaig said she has her own opinions on the philosophy of the shelter, but she speaks for the neighborhood when she addresses concerns for the safety of area residents. Last weekend she sent the Lawrence City Commission an email addressing those concerns and the shelter’s missed meetings. Trey Meyer, the shelter’s executive director, also brought the missed meetings to the city’s attention recently, said McCullough. Since relocating, the shelter has seen significant financial difficulties and changes in administration. Meyer, who officially took over in November, is the organization’s third executive director in a little more than a year. Meyer said although the shelter has missed recent neighborhood meetings, he has contacted McCaig and hopes to get them started again. “We are absolutely going to start having these meetings now, we’re

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Mental hospital to lose Medicare funds Osawatomie (ap) — One of Kansas’ two mental hospitals will lose federal Medicare funds after Monday because it falls short of meeting federal regulations. The Center for Medicare and Medicaid

Services told the state it will no longer pay for new patients admitted to Osawatomie State Hospital because the hospital doesn’t comply with part of the Social Security Act that requires a hospital to provide services sufficient

to meet its patients’ needs. After Monday, the state will pay the costs of caring for patients at the facility, according to Angela de Rocha, spokeswoman for the Kansas Department of Aging and Disability Services.

A notice in the Osawatomie Graphic newspaper on Wednesday said the hospital was determined to be in noncompliance during a Nov. 3 survey, The Wichita Eagle reported. Federal inspectors visited the Osawatomie

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hospital again Friday before CMS informed the state of its decision. “The survey revealed a condition or circumstance that would put someone’s life or well-being in jeopardy,” de Rocha said. She said the state had

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ime flies. It’s hard to believe, but fall finals are wrapping up, Christmas is almost here and in less than two weeks I’ll be swapping out my 2015 wall calendar for a 2016 one. Like many other Kansas University Alumni Association members, no doubt, the one hanging in my cubicle has for years been the KU Alumni Association calendar (they send them out free with the Alumni magazine, and the photos of campus are always really beautiful). The 2016 calendar is different: it’s full of vintage campus photos, in celebration of the KU Mike Yoder/Journal-World Photo Sesquicentennial. RUBY WALKER, 8, LEFT, and Sarah Whittaker, 9, both of Lawrence, play a "Find It" game Saturday as On the cover is Old they visit The Festival of Nativities at Centenary United Methodist Church, 245 N. Fourth St. The festival North College, KU’s first includes displays of 350 to 400 nativity scenes collected from around the world. The festival will be open and only building when one more weekend, from noon to 4 p.m. the Saturday and Sunday after Christmas. the university opened 150 years ago. Inside the calendar, each month features a collage of old photos. Some are silly, like the January image of 11 students squeezed onto what elato. Sorbet. CanLawrence businessman Lawrence store. appears to be some kind noli. Am I showing Dan Blomgren has signed Blomgren owns Cibo of giant sled contraption off my bilingual a deal to open Crema Sano Italian Grille at on a snowy day in 1928. skills here? Of course. Dolce — Italian for Sweet Sixth and Wakarusa Some are serious, like Am I pointing to stains Cream — in the spot that streets. In the past three February’s shot of a large on my tie? Well, yes, but Bloom Bath & Body is va- months, he’s begun offer- group of black students on neither of those are recating in the coming days. ing a homemade line of the Strong Hall steps holdally the point. I’m mainly In case you have forgotgelato at the store. ing signs protesting racial working up to tell you ten, that’s the space at 704 “The response discrimination. that a new dessert shop Massachusetts St., right has been so strong,” My personal favorites — with a specialty in Ital- above Rudy’s Pizza. We Blomgren said. “People are June and July. June’s ian dishes — is coming to previously have reported lead photo is of two Please see DESSERT, page 5A men carving the original downtown Lawrence. that Bloom is closing its clawhorn@ljworld.com

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to care for and treat its patients. “The hospital intends to seek Medicare recertification immediately,” Bruffett said Friday. “During that process, the hospital will continue to accept patients. Osawatomie staff will continue to work diligently to meet certification standards.” Osawatomie is in

Miami County near the Missouri state line. The state’s other mental hospital is in Larned. Both institutions care for people who are a danger to themselves or others, with patients usually admitted involuntarily. Earlier this year federal officials raised safety concerns at the Osawatomie hospital, such as fixtures in the ceilings that patients could use to hang themselves. Osawatomie put a cap on the number of patients it admits while it

made renovations in an effort to comply with federal standards. That work limited the number of beds available, which led to the creation of a waiting list that has persisted since June. CMS spokesman Mike Fierberg in the Denver regional office said compliance inspections try to ensure the highest quality of care is provided. “It’s not our goal to shut these places down,” Fierberg said. “That’s stupid. That doesn’t serve anybody.”

Blomgren notes that it is actually made from milk rather than cream, which makes it “a little bit healthier.” The bigger difference, though, is that it has a lot less air whipped into it, making it a heavier, denser dessert than ice cream. (I knew air was what made ice cream unhealthy. That’s why I hardly ever take a breath while I’m eating it.) As for sorbet, it also is a frozen dessert, but it is dairy-free. Blomgren

expects to have about 16 flavors of the dessert available. He’ll also offer the gelato in the forms of malts and shakes. All the desserts will be made in the store. Blomgren went to a culinary school in North Carolina earlier this year to get a crash course in gelato making. Blomgren said he eventually wants the business to become a full dessert bar business. That doesn’t mean the business will be serving alcohol, but rather

patrons would be able to belly up to a bar and order a variety of desserts. Blomgren said he’s been experimenting with tiramisu, creme brulee, cannoli and other dishes. “I’ll probably start out doing mostly Italian desserts, but I’ll go where the market takes me,” said Blomgren, who previously was in the liquor store business in Lawrence. Blomgren said he plans to have the business open until 10 p.m. or so to take

advantage of diners who are in downtown and want to cap the night off with something sweet. That seems to be a trend in downtown. I can think of five other dessertoriented businesses in downtown off the top of my head, and I very well may be forgetting someone: Sylas & Maddy’s ice cream; TCBY frozen yogurt and cookies; Hot Box Cookies; Cold Stone Creamery; and Billy Vanilly Cupcakes.

fixtures” for use districtwide. Kimball said a lot of the furniture within the district, and even within CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1A schools themselves, was mismatched, and replacing The additional $10.1 it was a needed update that million focuses more on also provided standardizathe secondary schools, tion and interchangeabilwith half of the funds ity among schools. The accounted for by six amount spent also helped schools: LCCC, Quail replace the hardware on Run Elementary, Libmost of the classroom erty Memorial Central doors in the district, equipMiddle, Lawrence High, ping them with keypad Free State High and entry for security reasons, West Middle. she said. About $1.7 million went Construction costs Efficiencies toward the LCCC. The About $2.3 million of the Kimball said taking on original bond plan would additional funds are from additional renovations have left about half of the the bond interest, with while contractors are alarea of the building unthe remaining $7.8 million ready working at a building finished, but Hayden said coming from the district’s is more efficient than going there was enough student capital outlay funds. back and doing updates interest in the program Hayden said district oflater. that they decided to go ficials do not know exactly “I think in some ways ahead and finish the entire how much is attributable to we’ve been able to make facility. rising construction costs, those capital outlay dollars Another $936,000 at but such costs do account stretch further because Quail Run was spent for a portion. we’ve done a lot of work in mostly to replace the buildSchool board member conjunction with the bond ing’s roof, which Kimball said had an interior gutter Shannon Kimball, who projects,” she said, adding system that was causing has been on the board’s that the district typically Facility Planning Commit- spends $6 million to $8 mil- issues with moisture in the tee since the bond issue lion per year on upkeep of school. “We didn’t have mold, passed in 2013, agreed that facilities. but it was not a good rising construction costs Hayden said the bond design, and the only way have contributed to some dollars took care of the to fix that was to rip the degree. essential renovations at “I think just the general the secondary schools, but whole roof off and replace it,” she said. construction market in school officials knew they Hayden said that at Lawrence and regionwouldn’t be able to cover Liberty Memorial Central, ally has picked up a lot, everything. an additional $704,000 covand that has driven up ered a new section of roof costs,” she said. “When we Additions About $2.3 million of and skylights, amounting were doing the pre-bond the additional funds went to about $214,000, as well planning three-plus years toward “furniture and as several interior updates. ago, we were still kind of

At West, the majority of the additional $572,000 was used to completely remodel the school’s kitchen. Both high schools were allocated additional dollars, with $660,000 going toward Lawrence and another $642,000 toward Free State. Hayden said that at Lawrence, the most significant add-on was putting new doors on every classroom, as well as about $200,000 for a new intercom system. At Free State, more than half of the extra funds paid for the remodel of four classrooms.

Ring that bell The Salvation Army still needs volunteers to serve as bell ringers for the Red Kettle Christmas Campaign. Two-hour shifts are available Mondays through Saturdays throughout the holiday season. Volunteers can sign up online at ringbells.org or contact Jim Evers at jim_evers@usc. salvationarmy.org or at 764-0962. The Salvation Army is also looking for volunteers to help with their Adopt-a-Family distribution. Volunteers are needed today and Tuesday for assisting with distribution of donations. — See many more ways to volunteer at LJWorld.com.

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with email forwarding services were mounting and, as such, KU’s had become unreliable. “Few universities or alumni associations are still offering forwarding services, and we’ve seen a sharp decrease in new accounts created since 2011. As a result, the KU alumni email forwarding service that began in

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have really loved the product, and I know there is so much activity downtown. I just told myself that I really needed to be downtown.” Perhaps I should back up. I sometimes forget not everyone is as bilingual as I am. Gelato is basically Italian ice cream.

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2000 has run its course.” l Mark your (2016) calendars: The 2016 KU Homecoming date has been set. Homecoming week will be Oct. 16 through Oct. 22, culminating with the football game against Oklahoma State University Oct. 22 in Memorial Stadium. The theme will be chosen later.

recovering from the bottoming out in the housing market, and all of these contractors and (subcontractors) were not nearly as busy as they are now.” But both Hayden, who is also on the committee, and Kimball said that though rising construction costs played a part in some projects, the vast majority of the additional spending is for “add-ons,” or renovations that weren’t part of the original bond construction plan.

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Remaining projects Four construction projects — at Lawrence High and Woodlawn, Kennedy and Sunset Hill elementary schools — are currently in progress. Six projects are in preliminary stages, Hayden said. Construction at Schwegler and Deerfield begins this month, and projects at Pinckney, Sunflower, Broken Arrow and Prairie Park are scheduled to begin this summer. The committee will discuss what additional renovations to incorporate into the remaining bond projects, with final approval given by the board. Kimball said priorities for add-ons aren’t yet identified for the six remaining projects, but additions funded by both capital outlay and bond interest will be discussed and voted on as they move along.

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ON THE RECORD Marriages Christopher Dean Brent, 25, Topeka, and Chelsea Dhaness Chakasim, 21, Topeka. Rebecca Ast, 24, Baldwin City, and Benton Taylor, 25, Baldwin City. Kassandra Elizabeth Jones, 29, Lawrence, and Jerrett Danial Strube, 29, Lawrence. William James Veulemans, 28, Dallas, and Jamie Kay Morris, 25, Dallas.

Divorces Linda F. CowdenGuzman, 53, Lawrence, and Marco A. Guzman-Kafuri, 43, Lawrence. Laird Anthony Vaughan, 25, Scranton, and Rochelle Vaughan, 24, Baldwin City. Ryan J. Eddinger, 41, Lecompton, and Caroline Eddinger, 37, Lawrence. Alyssa M. Harter, Kansas City, Mo., and David D. Harter, 30, Lawrence. Parker DaVatz, 32, Lawrence, and Tonya DaVatz, 28, Lawrence.

— Have a home improvement question for the Fix-It Chick? Email it to Linda Cottin at features@ljworld.com.

Bankruptcies Corbinna DwightAnn Burgess, 2511 W. 31st St., Apt. 1116, Lawrence. Debbie Lee Mendoza, 2418 Brush Creek, Lawrence. Rebecca Rae Merz, 1337 New Hampshire St., Lawrence. Tamara E. Webb, 2033 E. 26th Terrace, Lawrence.

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As for a timeline for Crema Dolce to open, Blomgren said he hopes it’s sometime in March. He will get access to the space Jan. 1 and plans to begin renovations soon thereafter. That tells me that if you want to get any shopping done at Bloom, you had better do so in the next few days. — This is an excerpt from Chad Lawhorn’s “Town Talk” column, which appears on LJWorld.com.

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Money is always a good gift for young couples Dear Annie: Is it OK to give money as a wedding gift to a couple in their early 20s? We aren’t concerned that they won’t remember our gift. We just think that money provides greater flexibility. Isn’t cash what most young couples need? — Wondering Dear Wondering: It is always OK to give money as a wedding gift, and many couples appreciate it more than other things. The drawbacks are that the couple will know exactly how much you spent on their gift and that some people believe a monetary gift is gauche. Money doesn’t hold the same sentiment as something that is chosen just for the couple, but according to our mail, most couples don’t mind one bit. Dear Annie: My husband and I live in the house where I was

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raised. I feel fortunate that most of my neighbors are people I grew up with. One neighbor is a very good friend. We’ve known each other since childhood. She is in bad shape physically and financially, and does not drive. The grandkids she raised still live with her. Neither has a car. The 21-year-old grandson walks 3 miles to and from work every day, rain or shine. On some days, I drop my grandson off at school,

Christmas owns the airwaves That sound you hear is network television entering its long winter nap. The only nonrepeats of the night are the conclusions to holiday-themed series “The Great Christmas Light Fight” (7 p.m., ABC, TVPG) and “The Great Holiday Baking Show” (9 p.m., ABC, TV-PG). ‘‘Light” showcases feuding families who spare no kilowatt as they create displays in the shape of 45-foot-tall “dancing” trees; a 16foot snow slide; plasma icicles and a laser light show. “Restaurant Impossible” personality Taniya Nayak and Carter Oosterhouse (“Million Dollar Rooms”) are your hosts. “Baking” enters its last round with the three remaining contestants subject to three final challenges. For many, the Christmas season means an annual pilgrimage to the ballet to see “The Nutcracker,” scored by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. It’s funny how that Russian composer’s music looms large during two American holiday traditions. In addition to our holiday dance recitals, few outdoor Fourth of July symphonic events end without a fireworks-enhanced nod to Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture.” It’s a pity he didn’t write a symphony for Halloween! Tonight a winner emerges in the annual cable contest “Battle of the Nutcracker” (10 p.m., Ovation). HBO presents a darker look at the home of “The Nutcracker” with the 2015 documentary “Bolshoi Babylon” (8 p.m.). The film uses a shocking crime — the savage 2013 attack on Sergei Filin, artistic director of Russia’s celebrated Bolshoi Ballet — to offer a fly-on-thewall look at the prestigious dance company and reveal a world where cutthroat competition and vicious politics coincide with artistic perfectionism and lifelong dedication.

Tonight’s other highlights l Families clash on “Gotham” (7 p.m., Fox, r, TV-14). l A personal shopper learns the gift of giving in the 2015 romance “12 Gifts of Christmas” (7 p.m., Hallmark). l “Family Ties” stars Michael Gross and Meredith Baxter reunite as Mr. and Mrs. Claus in the 2015 romance “Becoming Santa” (7 p.m., Lifetime, TVPG). l Linda Lavin guest-stars on “Bones” (8 p.m., Fox, r, TV-14). l The Saints and Lions tangle in NFL action (7:15 p.m., ESPN). l Kara’s foster mother arrives on “Supergirl” (7 p.m., CBS, r, TV-14). l A 2014 special glances back at holiday sketches on “Saturday Night Live: Christmas” (8 p.m., NBC, r, TV-14). l A young boy is trapped on Christmas Eve on “Scorpion” (9 p.m., CBS, r, TV-14).

which is within a halfmile of where my neighbor’s son works. I offered to give the young man a ride on those days when I’m going in that direction anyway. My husband feels this is wrong. He says no one would approve if he offered the 18-year-old granddaughter a ride. Annie, this young man is the same age as my grandkids (who I wish had the oomph to walk anywhere). I don’t know why it’s any different than when I take his grandmother shopping or to the bank. My husband and I have been married for 30 years and have no trust issues. He says it has nothing to do with trust. It’s just not right. I’m confused. What do you say? — M. Dear M.: We say, give the kid a ride. We understand your husband’s perspective and

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For Monday, Dec. 21: This year you seem more organized and devoted to the details. You become more work-oriented. If you are single, come summertime you will have difficulty juggling your personal life with your professional commitments. If you are attached, share your outside life with your significant other. 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) HHHH You are smart enough to back away when you see a problem emerge in front of you. Tonight: A must appearance. Taurus (April 20-May 20) HHHHH You’ll bask in the holiday cheer. Be careful not to get too frantic about any last-minute details. Tonight: Choose a fun holiday happening. Gemini (May 21-June 20) HHH You might want to take another look at a difficult situation and a personal matter. You could be overwhelmed. Tonight: Make nice. Cancer (June 21-July 22) HHHH A meeting, even if it is just business, easily could dissolve into holiday chatter. Don’t get caught up in last-minute holiday details. Tonight: Join friends. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH A partner has a lot to share, but you might not be in the mood to listen. Tonight: Others notice your smile. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

agree that there is a double standard here. When Grandpa gives a young woman a ride, there is a presumption that he might be sexually interested in her and could take advantage. But the same presumption doesn’t hold for Grandma. However, your husband is talking in generalities, and your issue is very specific. You are not interested in this young man other than to help him get to work. If your husband is worried about what the neighbors will think, he can come along for the ride. It’s a shame that we’ve become so suspicious of one another that we cannot do a good deed without raising such fears. — Send questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or Annie’s Mailbox, P.O. Box 118190 Chicago, IL 60611.

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HHHHH You might not have intended to share so much or allow your imagination to get out of control so easily. Tonight: Funnel your intensity where it counts. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH One-on-one relating proves to be more satisfactory than some of the gossipy chatter that surrounds you. You know how to get the attention you desire. Tonight: Make it special. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH Defer to a friend who always seems to have it together. Remember, everyone feels a little hassled this time of year. Tonight: Say “yes” to an offer. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHH You might be focused on getting as much done as possible. You might need a nap. Tonight: Squeeze in a walk. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH Your creativity flows; almost everything triggers your wild imagination. Tonight: Be willing to adjust your plans. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHH Be sensitive to a family member who doesn’t seem to get enough attention. Tonight: Order in while wrapping a present or two. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHHH Return calls before making any definitive plans. You’ll see a personal matter in a new light. Tonight: Go caroling. — The astrological forecast should be read for entertainment only.

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46 Kind of curve, in math 47 Hero worshiper 49 Neighbor of South Sudan 51 Like some sources 53 H.S. support group 54 Exercise place 55 Gave silent approval 56 Ancient Roman senate 58 “Now ___ seen it all!” 59 Perpendicular formations 64 At a great distance 65 Ermine, in summer 66 Backspace over 67 Word of agreement 68 Nimble 69 “Inferno” writer DOWN 1 Financing abbr. 2 Hilo souvenir 3 “It” game 4 Covered with soot 5 Typewriter key 6 Short time 7 Carbonated drink 8 Pub offering 9 AP alternative

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Highway squeeze Contractors and others doubt the state’s contention that robbing the Kansas highway fund will have no impact on the quality of Kansas roads.

ansas transportation officials maintain that moving hundreds of millions of dollars out of the state highway fund and into the state general fund won’t have a negative impact on Kansas roads — but both common sense and, now, a state contractors association argue against that assessment. Since 2010, when the $8 billion TWorks highway program was approved, governors and legislators have repeatedly diverted money from the state highway fund to cover budget shortfalls in other areas. The Kansas Contractors Association has done the math and reports that just during the last year, the state has transferred $300 million from the highway fund to the state general fund. The state is getting away with that for now, the group says, but likely will pay a price down the road. Transportation Secretary Mike King responds to critics by saying that the Interstate highways in Kansas are some of the best in the nation and that Kansas is “in the top five or top 10 in the nation of our state routes and bridges. We’re meeting our targets.” Bob Totten, executive vice president of the contractors association, agrees that the big projects — like the South Lawrence Trafficway and improvements to Interstate highways — are moving forward as planned. The problems lie, he said, with the so-called “preservation” projects — routine maintenance such as repaving roads and bridges, filling potholes and repairing shoulders. King says that low petroleum prices have reduced the cost of many projects and allowed the state to get more for its highway dollars. The state may be stretching its highway dollars, but apparently not enough to cover as many projects as were projected in the original T-Works plan. According to Totten, TWorks called for preservation work on 1,200 miles of Kansas roads each year, but for the next two years preservation work is scheduled on 200 miles. The story for bridges is similar, Totten said. The state was scheduled to work on 115 bridges each year, but is only doing 58. Putting off preservation work can be a costly proposition over the long haul, said Jeff Engroff, president of Sunflower Paving north of Lawrence. “Instead of just doing an overlay, you have to rebuild the whole road at three times the cost.” It also has an impact on Kansas contractors who have reduced their staffs and are having to find work outside of Kansas to keep their businesses going. That’s a hardship both to workers who are being moved away from their homes and to the businesses whose profit margins are narrowed, Engroff said. The contractors group reminds us that the bridge and preservation projects that are being delayed are a “quality of life” issue. The effects of deferred maintenance fall disproportionately on rural communities that aren’t served by Interstate highways. Those areas still need safe roads for trucks and school buses, as well as rural motorists who often must travel longer distances to access needed services. As the state formulates its budget for the coming fiscal year, it won’t be surprising to see plans to pull even more money from the highway fund. Such transfers serve a short-term need but probably not the long-term interests of the state. LAWRENCE

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The most ferocious slugging match at this week’s GOP debate didn’t feature The bombastic Donald vs. the newly energized Jeb Bush. That, by now, is old stuff. Instead, it pitted Texas Sen. Ted Cruz vs. his fellow Cuban-American, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, as they sparred over opposing foreign policy visions — and in the process revealed the growing rift within the GOP over the role America should play in the Middle East. This is big stuff, even though the candidates’ errors of fact and Mideast misconceptions were distracting (when in doubt, “bomb, bomb, bomb” seemed to be the common theme.) But Cruz and Rubio, both battling to overtake Trump, tussled over something much deeper: whether or not America should be trying to remove foreign dictators in the Mideast or elsewhere, including Syria’s Bashar Assad.

Coherent alternative? Until this dispute is resolved it will be difficult for the GOP to present a coherent or plausible alternative to President Barack Obama’s Mideast policy — beyond calling for more air strikes. (No such alternative emerged from this foreign policy debate.) Cruz is trying to position himself as a foreign policy realist in the tradition of Ronald Reagan, whom he refers to incessantly whenever he talks. He damns Obama for having pressed for the ouster of Arab dictators, including Assad, Libya’s Moammar Gadhafi, and Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak. (In reality, Obama was reluctantly persuaded by European and Arab allies to enter an alliance against Gadhafi,

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Until this dispute is resolved it will be difficult for the GOP to present a coherent or plausible alternative to President Barack Obama’s Mideast policy — beyond calling for more air strikes.” and reluctantly endorsed the popular uprising that doomed Mubarak.) Cruz argues that America has more to gain from reverting to Reagan’s policy of allying with “friendly dictators.” That includes Assad, who Obama has insisted must leave power before the Syrian conflict can be ended. “If we topple Assad, the result will be ISIS will take over Syria, and it will worsen U.S. national security interests,” Cruz said, using an acronym for the Islamic State group. He has a point. The Texan attacked Rubio for arguing that Assad must go. He claimed that the Floridian had “too often supported Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama” in undermining Mideast governments that fought radical Islamists. With wildly varying degrees of coherence, Trump, Rand Paul, and Ben Carson all seemed to agree that Assad should stay. Two things make this

GOP dispute over “regime change” particularly fascinating. First, Cruz is essentially repudiating the Bush Doctrine. George W. Bush said “the calling of our time” was to support democratic movements abroad “with the ultimate goal of ending tyranny in our world.” Not surprisingly, Cruz never mentioned Bush’s ouster of Saddam Hussein, although that “regime change” opened the door to the Islamic State. Yet it is Bush’s neoconservative doctrine of democracy promotion that he is eager to bury. Rubio endorses the Bush Doctrine and has worked with some of Bush’s team.

Dealing with Bush legacy So we are witnessing an internal GOP battle over whether and how to exorcise the Bush legacy, without ever mentioning its author or admitting that the Iraq War triggered the Mideast breakdown. Which brings us to point two: Cruz never laid out a clear strategy of how to combat ISIS if Assad retains power. And what he did lay out revealed a very confused picture of the Syrian war. The senator never addressed the fact that, by endorsing Assad’s retention of power, he was implicitly aligning himself with Russia and Iran, which are propping the dictator up. Nor did he mention that Assad’s Russian ally has less interest in fighting the Islamic State than in giving America a black eye. (Instead, there was plenty of rhetoric on stage, led by Gov. Christie, about bombing Russian planes.) As for fighting the Islamic State, the Texas senator called for “carpet bombing” the group as the United States supposedly did to Saddam’s army in the first

Gulf War (never mind that U.S. forces used targeted strikes in that war). When asked if he would “carpet bomb” cities held by the Islamic State, he said “the object is not to bomb the city. You would bomb where ISIS is.” Unfortunately, the Islamic State is mainly located in cities such as Raqqa and Mosul, where it uses civilians as shields, so Cruz’s carpet bombing would take thousands of innocent lives.

More homework needed In fact, watching the debate, one got the sense that the GOP candidates had yet to master their briefing books. Rubio, who seems to have done the most homework, recognized the limits of the air campaign and called for a ground force primarily made up of Sunnis. When reminded by a questioner that the neighboring Arab states weren’t eager to provide ground troops, he blamed this on mistrust of Obama. The reality is far more complex. Yet the debate begun by Cruz and Rubio is an important one. The Bush Doctrine of regime change (pursued by Obama reluctantly and often in the breach) has failed repeatedly. At this point, it may be impossible to remove Assad for the foreseeable future, something the Obama team is beginning to recognize. Negotiations now ongoing with Russia, Iran, and Arab allies about how to end the Syrian civil war are grappling with this dilemma. That reality, however, doesn’t provide a clear formula for combating the Islamic State. Neither Obama nor the GOP candidates have yet figured that one out. — Trudy Rubin is a columnist and editorial-board member for the Philadelphia Inquirer.

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From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for Dec. 21, 1915: years “Five thousand ago dollars personal IN 1915 damages are asked in a suit filed by Sophia P. Zeeb against Charles Bahnmaier yesterday in District court through her attorneys, Riling and Riling. The plaintiff alleges that she was permanently injured September 12 when an automobile, owned and driven by Bahnmaier, crashed into a buggy in which she was riding. The accident is alleged to have occurred on the Stull road near the church.” — Compiled by Sarah St. John

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Proud supporter To the editor: Kevin Groenhagen stated in his Dec. 17 letter that he “suspects” a large percentage of Bernie Sanders’ supporters would deny that Democratic Socialism is really socialism. I’ve heard no one make that claim. I suspect that Mr. Groenhagen has spoken to few, if any, Sanders’ supporters and that he is presenting his suppositions as facts and using the word “socialist” and the name “Karl Marx” to try to scare people who don’t really know what Sanders’ beliefs are. I submit that most Americans are socialists. Do you believe that in a wealthy society, working people should be able to provide basic necessities for their family (food, shelter, health care and an education) and still have time to be a part of that family? Do you believe that anyone capable of a college education should have access regardless of the income of their family? Do you believe that the disabled and mentally ill should be cared for? Do you believe the elderly deserve security? Do you believe our political system should not belong to the highest bidders? Do you believe the government should maintain our

Meanwhile, there were plenty of meal options of hot food items for non-seniors. These stores are doing a disservice to themselves as well as discriminating against seniors. Seniors who opt in on the plan can use the card once daily at local Dillons or HyVee stores and likely tend to shop where they purchase their meals. It’s also important that seniors, often living alone and many with health conditions, enjoy the socialization of eating meals out with friends that the affordability of the program encourages. It may be difficult for some seniors, who already feel stigmatized by a youthful population, to use their cards with a policy in place that seems to make them feel unwanted. The meal To the editor: plan is not income based. I was disappointed that some local Ronda Miller, grocery stores in Lawrence don’t seem Lawrence to respect seniors or the CHAMPSS program provided by the Jayhawk Letters Policy Area Agency on Aging. The Journal-World welcomes letters to the Public Forum. Cardholders of the healthy meal Letters should be 250 words or less, be of public interest and plan are told at some stores their food avoid name-calling and libelous language. The Journal-World will be packaged “cold” so they may reserves the right to edit letters, as long as viewpoints are not take it home to heat and eat rather altered. By submitting letters, you grant the Journal-World a nonexclusive license to publish, copy and distribute your work, than allowing them the choices from while acknowledging that you are the author of the work. a fresh daily meal bar that other groLetters must bear the name, address and telephone number cery stores offer. The stores do offer of the writer. Letters may be submitted by mail to Box 888, to “zap” the meal if one wants to wait. Lawrence, KS, 66044 or by email to: letters@ljworld.com.

country’s infrastructure, protect our environment, provide for the safety of our workers, the care of our veterans? Social Security, Medicaid, Medicare, public works, USDA, OSHA, VA. Socialist programs every one. Shall we get rid of them because they might be descended from “Marx’s International Workingmen’s Association”? I proudly stand with Democratic Socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders, hoping to make this country a better and more sustainable home for us all. Does this make me a radical extremist? Christi Jarrett McLouth

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Adornment Holiday Art Sale and Show, 1-5 p.m., Van Go Arts, 715 New Jersey St. Cottinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hardware Farmers Market Ââ&#x20AC;&#x201D; Indoors, 4-6 p.m., Cottinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hardware and Rental, 1832 Massachusetts St. Tech Drop-In, 5-6 p.m., Meeting Room B, Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Douglas County volunteer information, 5:15 p.m., United Way Building, 2518 Ridge Court. Lonnie Rayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s open jam session, 6-10 p.m., Slow Ride Roadhouse, 1350 N. Third St., no cover. Maker Meet-Up, 6:30 p.m., Lawrence Creates Makerspace, 512 E. Ninth St. Christmas Festival, 7 p.m., Helzberg Hall, Kauffman Center, 1601 Broadway, Kansas City, Mo. Lawrence Huntingtonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Disease Support Group, 7-9 p.m., Conference Room D North, Lawrence Memorial Hospital, 325 Maine St. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Nutcracker,â&#x20AC;? 7:30 p.m., Muriel Kauffman Theatre, Kauffman Center, 1601 Broadway, Kansas City, Mo. Slideshow photography group, 8 p.m., Gaslight Gardens, 317 N. Second St.

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Apparently, there’s nothing more powerful in the box-office universe than the Force. Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the seventh movie in the sci-fi series, put a Sith chokehold on screens this weekend and broke every major opening record. usatoday.com

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The film, which introduced Daisy Ridley, John Boyega and Oscar Isaac as new heroes in a galaxy far, far away, tallied $238 million for the weekend, according to studio estimates. It blows up the record of $208.8 million set in June by Jurassic World. “We’re in territory that we’ve never seen in December,” says Rentrak senior media analyst Paul Dergarabedian. “The enormity of this record-breaking weekend cannot be overstated. This is a true watershed event. “I don’t have enough adjectives in my arsenal to describe how massive this is.”

Even more impressive: The Force Awakens annihilated the opening-day and all-time Friday records with $120.5 million, helped by a monster $57 million in previews Thursday night. It breaks the $91.1 million mark set by Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 2 in 2011, and the new Star Wars is the first movie to surpass $100 million in a single day. It set the highest theater average with $57,500 in 4,134 theaters and posted an extra $279 million internationally (except for China, where it will open in January) for a $517 million global debut.

The blockbuster was buoyed by near-unanimous raves: Critics heaped praise — a 95% “fresh” rating on RottenTomatoes.com — and audiences gave it an A at CinemaScore. Add to that acclaim Disney’s “pitch-perfect” marketing, word of mouth through social media, great casting and repeat viewings, and everything came together for an “unprecedented” opening, Dergarabedian says. “If any of those had not been firing properly, you would not be seeing these numbers. The brand can get you really far, but the movie itself had to deliver.”

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Christian presence dwindles around 1,600-year-old shrine Special for USA TODAY GAZA CITY Candles softly illuminate the decorative tapestries as incense and the harmony of hundreds singing in unison fill an overflowing church on a Sunday morning. Despite the packed pews at Gaza’s Church of St. Porphyries weeks before Christmas, Christianity is not booming here. Rather, worshipers at the 1,600year-old shrine say they may be the last group of Christians in Gaza, where they have lived and prayed since the birth of Jesus. The Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip and the highest unemployment rate in the world are prompting Christians to leave the besieged area in droves, some using the holiday season to their advantage. Although Israel rarely grants permits to leave the Palestinian territory, dozens of Christians are allowed to visit Bethlehem and Jerusalem during Easter and Christmas, and some take the opportunity to never return home, so they can start a new life elsewhere. The population that spanned 3,000 Christians in Gaza a few years ago has been reduced to 1,200, and worshipers say the area could be entirely devoid of the religious denomination within two decades. “People might think we’re leaving because of Hamas, but no, it’s because of ... (Israeli) policies on Gaza,” Jaber Jilder, an official with the Greek Orthodox Church said, referring

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A Rentrak audience survey shows The Force Awakens audience was split in age (moviegoers older than 25 represented 54%, and 46% of the crowd was under 25) and mostly male (66%). Dergarabedian expects that to shift female over time: “You’re going to have more women coming to see the movie as they hear about what a great and strong character Daisy Ridley” plays in Rey. Among other newcomers this weekend, the animated Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip racked up $14.4 million, and the Tina Fey and Amy Poehler comedy Sisters made $13.4 million.

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Trump response to Clinton criticism: ‘She lies like crazy’ Democrat says his rhetoric fuels ISIL Fredreka Schouten USA TODAY

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump hit back Sunday after Hillary Clinton said Islamic jihadists use his antiMuslim rhetoric as a recruiting tool, calling the Democrat a “liar.” At the heart of the dispute: Clinton’s contention during Saturday night’s Democratic debate that Trump is becoming the Islamic State’s “best recruiter.”

“They are going to people, showing videos of Donald Trump insulting Islam and Muslims in order to recruit more radical jihadists,” Clinton said. “So I want to explain why this is not in America’s interest to react with this kind of fear and respond to this sort of bigotry.” Although it’s possible that Trump’s call for a temporary ban on Muslims entering the USA could be used by the Islamic State, also known as ISIL or ISIS, independent fact-checkers have not found evidence of videos as described by Clinton. “It’s nonsense. It’s just another Hillary lie,” Trump said on NBC’s

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Meet the Press. “She lies like crazy about everything.” Trump said he would not tone down his language, even if he discovered his words were being used in recruitment videos. Sunday, Clinton communica-

tion director Jennifer Palmieri said that her boss was not “referring to a specific video” and that groups monitoring the Islamic State say Trump is a social media propaganda tool for jihadists. Palmieri spoke on ABC’s This Week. In other campaign developments Sunday: uTrump spoke of allegations that Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered journalists and political rivals killed. On This Week, Trump said it would be “despicable” for the Russian leader to kill journalists, “but nobody’s proven that he’s killed anybody as far as I’m concerned.”

uVermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ campaign suspended two more staffers who may have been involved in downloading Clinton’s campaign data when a vendor’s firewall failed, making voter information available to rival camps in the Democratic presidential primary. Sanders’ national data director Josh Uretsky was fired last week. Sanders and campaign manager Jeff Weaver criticized the Democratic National Committee, which they accused of leaking news of the data breach. On This Week, Sanders called the DNC’s decision to temporarily block his access to the voter data a “total overreach.”

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Leonard Nimoy was known for his Vulcan salute as Mr. Spock. He usually said, “Live long and prosper” after the salute. MORE PASSAGES AT USATODAY.COM

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A generation ‘is on the way out,’ said a neurologist who was himself among the irreplaceable figures who left an indelible mark on us before they passed

liver Sacks, the neurologist who fascinated readers with case histories that illustrated the brain’s mysteries, announced his own impending death of melanoma in a column in The New York Times. The author of Awakenings and The Man Who Mistook his Wife for a Hat said that as death neared, he saw his life “as from a great altitude” with a “clear focus and perspective.” He also saw this: “My generation is on the way out.” “There will be no one like us when we are gone,” Sacks, 83, wrote in February. “But then there is no one like anyone else ever. When people die, they cannot be replaced.” That conviction informs and inspires Passages, USA TODAY’s annual appreciation of celebrated people who died over the past year. In retrospect, we can see their lives in clearer focus and perspective. And, as Sacks observed, they cannot be replaced. Not Leonard Nimoy, who portrayed one of the most memorable characters in the annals of science fiction, Star Trek’s Mr. Spock. Not Yogi Berra, a famous baseball player who became an even more famous American character. Not B.B. King, the King of the Blues, who took his music from the cotton fields of Mississippi to the Royal Albert Hall, the Vatican and beyond. “People all over the world have problems,” King said. “And as long as people have problems, the blues will never die.” Not Mario Cuomo, the New York governor whose defense of liberalism in the age of Ronald Reagan reached its zenith in his fiery speech at the 1984 Democratic Convention. Reagan, echoing Puritan father John Winthrop, had called contemporary America “a shining city on a hill.” “A shining city is perhaps all the president sees from the portico of the White House,” Cuomo said. “But there’s another part to the shining city. In this part of the city, there are more poor than ever, more families in trouble, more and more people who need help but can’t find it.” Cuomo was 82 when he died, King 89, Berra 90, Nimoy 83. All were part of Sacks’ generation “on the way out.” All are irreplaceable. Many of that generation were pioneers. Edward Brooke of Massachusetts, 95, in 1966 became the first African American elected to the U.S. Senate since Recon-

PEOPLE WE LOST IN 2015: TRAILBLAZERS Clockwise from top: Yogi Berra, Stuart Scott, Omar Sharif, B.B. King, Donna Douglas and Maureen O’Hara.

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struction — and the last until 1992. Frank Gifford, 83, was a trailblazer of another sort. As much as any football player, he helped make his New York Giants the toast of New York, and the National Football League the new national pastime. A running back out of Bakersfield and USC, Gifford was the NFL’s MVP in 1956 on a team that won the league championship. His easy personality and good looks made him the prototypical sports celebrity endorser and led to a broadcast career capped by play-by-play duties alongside Howard Cosell and Don Meredith on ABC’s Monday Night Football. Some were soiled by scandal, such as former House speaker Jim Wright, 92, who resigned in 1989 after two years amid an ethics controversy.

Others had an unfortunate final act. Fred Thompson, 73, was a key Watergate committee staffer in 1974, a prolific TV actor and a two-term U.S. senator from Tennessee. But he’ll also be remembered as an unsuccessful, and rather cranky, candidate for president in 2008. Death wasn’t confined to Sacks’ generation. Many died too young. The loss of Vice President Biden’s son Beau at 46 of recurrent brain cancer was like a loss in the national family. ESPN anchor Stuart Scott’s audience was well aware of his struggle with cancer, and inspired by his determination in the face of it. Scott received a standing ovation when he accepted the Jimmy V Award for Perseverance at the 2014 ESPY Awards. “When you die, it does not mean that you lose to cancer,” Scott told the au-

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to the militant group that governs Gaza and is labeled a terrorist group by the United States and others. Israeli sanctions on Gaza have made freedom of movement and goods almost non-existent and have contributed to an economy that the World Bank said is on the “verge of collapse.” A United Nations report this year said the Israeli-Hamas conflict in 2014 and

the blockade will make the Palestinian territory “unlivable” by 2020. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has frequently defended the blockade, saying it stops weapons from being smuggled into Gaza and to Hamas, which refuses to recognize Israel’s right to exist. “Most of our community have no opportunities. There are no jobs, especially after university,” Jilder said. “I hear this Christmas

about 50 people will leave Gaza ... but they won’t return. “As soon as there is a way for me to leave, I will go,” he said. There is a sadness when conversation drifts to the future of Christianity in Gaza, and there’s anger, too. A community that has survived two centuries through times of war and natural disasters feels like it is on its last legs. “We don’t want to leave, but we are forced to because of the economic and political situation

dience. “You beat cancer by how you live.” He died six months later, at 49. Other successful men died young, including Dave Goldberg, 47, CEO of SurveyMonkey and husband of Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg. One very rich man lived to be very old. Kirk Kerkorian, who made billions in Las Vegas and Hollywood deals, was 98. We lost some great nicknames in 2015. Rodney “Hot Rod” Hundley, 80, was a shameless showboater on the basketball court at West Virginia University and at the microphone as an NBA broadcaster. Johnny “Yard Dog” Jones, 74, was a Chicago bluesman as persistent as his nickname suggested. After years on the small club circuit, he recorded his first album at 55. If you believe in that sort of thing, you hope that Jayne Meadhere,” said Luzil Asaree, a worshiper sitting in the courtyard of the church after the service. “It’s sad, Christians have been here since the beginning of our religion.” The Christian population in the West Bank has also been on the decline for similar reasons, said George Abueed, a Palestinian Christian from Bethlehem. “Palestinian Christians ... receive no tolerance or mercy from the Israeli occupation. Their land has been confiscated, their houses have been destroyed,” he said. “Same discriminatory measures for everyone, Christians

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ows, 95, was reunited with her husband Steve Allen, who died in 2000, and that Sarah Brady, 73, joined her husband Jim, the Reagan press secretary turned gun control advocate who predeceased her by one year. Some passages took us back: Lesley Gore, 68, wailing, “It’s my party, and I’ll cry if I want to” in the pre-Beatles year of 1963. Or Billy Joe Royal, 73, singing Down in the Boondocks two years later. Some of those who passed on left behind famous words: “Sock it to me!” — Comedian Judy Carne, 76, who starred on the 1960s comedy hit show, Laugh-In. “Fo, fo, fo.” — Relentless rebounder Moses Malone, 60, who predicted his Philadelphia 76ers would win the 1984 NBA playoffs by sweeping three straight bestof-seven series. He was off by one game. “Let’s play two!” — Chicago Cubs shortstop Ernie Banks, who so loved baseball that he wished every day was a doubleheader. “It ain’t over ‘till it’s over.” — Guess who? Some who passed on were contrasts, such as college basketball coaches Dean Smith and Jerry Tarkanian, who died four days apart in February. Smith was 83, Tarkanian 84. Smith, at North Carolina for 36 years, was known for winning two NCAA championships; running a clean program with high graduation rates; and playing at Kansas under Phog Allen, who himself had played there for James Naismith, who invented the sport. Tark worked the other side of the street. The three schools he coached — Long Beach State, UNLV and Fresno State — ended up facing NCAA sanctions for rules violations. But like Smith, he won both an NCAA crown and the respect of those who played for him. Some lives ended suddenly and tragically. John Nash, 86, the Nobel Prize-winning mathematician whose struggle with schizophrenia was chronicled in the 2001 movie A Beautiful Mind, died in a car crash along with his wife, Alicia, in New Jersey. CBS TV newsman Bob Simon, 73, was killed a crash in New York City. The civil rights movement lost many veterans, including Julian Bond, 75; Grace Lee Boggs, 100; and the Rev. Willie T. Barrow, 90, “the Little Warrior,” who marched at Selma and helped found what became the Rainbow/ PUSH Coalition. Hard to believe that those passing on included Donna Douglas, 82, who played the gorgeous, guileless Elly Mae Clampet on The Beverly Hillbillies, and Pat Woodell, 71, one of three teenage sisters on Petticoat Junction. They both live on in syndication. Oliver Sacks’ last column for the Times focused on the Sabbath, in Scripture the last day of the week and the one of rest. He saw a connection to the end of life, “when one can feel that one’s work is done and one may, in good conscience, rest.” Two weeks later, he went to his. and Muslims.” That claim of discrimination by both religious groups in Gaza has led to a feeling of unity. During the fighting in 2014, the Church of St. Porphyries was opened by the Christian community as a shelter for hundreds of Muslims. Many Christians say they feel respected under Hamas’ rule and that the militant group regards them as an important religious minority. “The government here has helped us, and we can go to them if we have problems,” Jilder said. “We face the same problems, the same bombs.”

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Long night’s journey to winter Daytime will fly by during Monday’s winter solstice Doyle Rice USA TODAY

Here comes the dark. The winter solstice — marking the longest night and shortest day of the year — is Monday night. The solstice occurs at the same instant everywhere on Earth. In the USA, it will happen at 11:48 p.m. ET Monday (or 10:48 p.m. CT, 9:48 p.m. MT and 8:48 p.m. PT). In Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia, that means the solstice will come Tuesday. The winter solstice is the precise moment the Northern Hemisphere is tilted its farthest from the sun all year, and it usually occurs near the day when there is the least amount of daylight and the most darkness.

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One of the most famous solstice celebrations occurs at Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England, where pagans and other revelers gather each year to celebrate the event. The solstice is the astronomical beginning of winter — the start of the coldest three months in the Northern Hemisphere — even though meteorologists view winter as starting Dec. 1. After the solstice, the days slowly start to get longer again. It’s the opposite in the Southern Hemisphere, where Dec. 21 marks the longest day of the year and the beginning of astronomical summer. Winter’s shortest day is typically not the coldest day of the year. This lag occurs because even though the amount of daylight is increasing, the Earth’s surface continues to lose more heat than it receives from the sun. In most locations across the USA, the minimum daily temperature occurs in early to mid-January. Corrections & Clarifications USA TODAY is committed to accuracy. To reach us, contact Standards Editor Brent Jones at 800-8727073 or e-mail accuracy@usatoday.com. Please indicate whether you’re responding to content online or in the newspaper.

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Spain’s ruling Popular Party won the most votes in Sunday’s national election but was short of a majority in parliament to run government, according to the results. Negotiations to form a coalition government could take weeks. After 99.6% of the vote was counted, the conservative Popular Party of Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy won 123 seats in the 350-member lower house of parliament, far less than the 186 majority it now holds, the Associated Press reported. The main opposition Socialist Party received 90 seats, while Podemos, a new far-left party, and allies got 69 seats and centrist Ciudadanos, another upstart party, won 40, according to the AP. “Spain is not going to be the same anymore, and we are very happy,” said Pablo Iglesias, the ponytailed leader of Podemos. The results were historically poor showings for the two established parties — Popular and Socialist — that have alternated running the government for decades. The election could usher in a new era of politics for a system that has remained largely unchanged since evolving from a monarchy to a democracy in the 1970s. Despite Rajoy’s conservatives garnering the most votes, a leftleaning block that includes the Socialist Party, Podemos, former communists and smaller likeminded parties will control more seats than conservative opponents, according to a Reuters analysis. Under various possible alliances, both right-leaning and left-

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Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy says he helped the country navigate through a recession. The nation’s economy is growing at 3%.

leading parties have narrow avenues toward negotiating to form a new government. Rajoy told cheering supporters that he would try to form a government but didn’t provide specifics about how he would do that. “This party is still the No. 1 force in Spain,” Rajoy declared. The volatility was triggered by growing unhappiness among Spaniards with both established parties after years of economic turmoil and political corruption. Long-simmering disenchantment with severe austerity measures and labor changes supported by Rajoy and a stubbornly high unemployment rate of 20% have moved large sectors of the electorate to consider the two newer political parties — Podemos, which emerged last year amid street demonstrations over government belt-tightening changes, and the business-oriented Ciudadanos. Rajoy argued that he made tough decisions to navigate the country though a devastating recession to an economy growing at about 3%, among the highest rates within Europe. Iglesias, the Podemas leader, is a political science professor and an ally of Greece’s leftist Prime Minister Alexis Tsipris, who defeated conservative opponents in a parliamentary election in that country this year. The youngest of the party leaders is Albert Rivera, 36, head of Ciudadanos, who is described by the AP as eloquent, mediasavvy and a previous national debate champion. He has pledged to crack down on governmental corruption. A burning issue for voters is a secessionist movement within the wealthy Catalonia region of the country. Rajoy has said he will block any bid for independence.

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A Paris-bound Air France flight from the tiny East African nation of Mauritius made an emergency landing Sunday in Mombasa, Kenya, because of a suspicious package that turned out to be a fake bomb, authorities said. All 473 people on Flight 463 were screened at Mombasa’s Moi International Airport and taken to hotels, while Kenyan authorities combed the plane, Kenya Airports Authority said on Twitter. Air France CEO Frederic Gagey said the package, found in a bathroom, was made simply of cardboard and a kitchen timer made to look like a bomb. Kenyan Interior Minister Joseph Nkaissery told CNN four people had been arrested in connection with the case. — John Bacon ISRAEL SEES ROCKET ATTACKS AFTER STRIKE IN LEBANON

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freed in an exchange in 2008. He was convicted in 1979 as a teenager in the deaths of four Israelis, including a police officer, and a 4year-old girl and her father. Kantar initially confessed to the murders but later said he was beaten in prison and denied involvement in all but the officer’s murder. ALSO ...

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Hezbollah leader Samir Kantar near Damascus. The Israeli government had accused Kantar of planning attacks on Israel but did not specifically claim responsibility for his death, the Post said. Kantar spent almost 30 years in an Israeli prison before he was

uPolice blocked off parts of Las Vegas' famous Strip late Sunday after a crash injured several pedestrians near the Planet Hollywood hotel-casino. The Miss Universe pageant was taking place inside at the time. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported that a car plowed into pedestrians with as many as 27 people injured. It also reported that ramps from Interstate 15 to Flamingo Road were closed. There were no immediate reports of fatalities, but the investigation was ongoing. uA 28-year-old grandson of former president Jimmy Carter has died, according to news reports. Jeremy Carter died after his heart stopped Saturday.

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STATE-BY-STATE News from across the USA ALABAMA Birmingham: Mayor

William Bell and Councilman Marcus Lundy hugged after a fight days earlier sent both men to the hospital, AL.com reported. ALASKA Fairbanks: Floyd

Green, first chief of the Rampart Village Council, said the community is seeking a teacher for its lone school, newsminer.com reported. The school reopened this fall after being closed for 15 years. ARIZONA Phoenix: The City

Council voted 8-1 to approve Starbucks’ applications for a license that would allow the sale of beer, wine and liquor, The Arizona Republic reported. The vote provides a recommendation to the state liquor board, which has the final say.

ARKANSAS Craighead County:

Sherri Currie, a former employee of the Jonesboro Human Development Center, was sentenced to 90 days in prison for beating an intellectually disabled resident with a clothes hanger, ArkansasOnline reported. CALIFORNIA Alameda County:

Prosecutors filed hate crime charges against Denise Slader, a Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation employee, who is accused of ridiculing a Bay Area Muslim man and throwing coffee at him, the Los Angeles Times reported. COLORADO Lakewood: The

state has closed a preschool after a toddler was hospitalized because of burns from a crockpot, KMGH-TV reported. The 18month-old child at A Child’s View Preschool was injured last week after the child pulled on a crockpot cord, sending it crashing down and burning the child on the legs. CONNECTICUT Vernon: A 71-

year-old man is accused of stealing more than $100,000 from a Willington Veterans of Foreign Wars post while he was treasurer. Authorities say he spent most of the money on Internet pornography, the Journal Inquirer reported. DELAWARE Wilmington: A law

decriminalizing the possession and personal use of up to an ounce of marijuana went into effect Friday, The News Journal reported. Possession or private use of a small amount of marijuana will no longer be punishable by a fine of up to $1,150 and six months in jail. The penalty will be a $100 civil fine — which can be paid like a traffic ticket. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: In his

media debut, Bei Bei, the National Zoo’s 4-month-old giant panda, took a few steps, fell asleep and began to drool, The Washington Post reported.

FLORIDA Tallahassee: Gov.

Scott made three appointments to fill vacant seats on Florida A&M University’s board of trustees, The Tallahassee Democrat reported. Scott appointed Matthew Carter, 63, an attorney; David Lawrence Jr., 73, chair of The Children’s Movement of Florida; and Gary McCoy, 64, a former major general at Scott Air Force Base. GEORGIA Savannah: Officials

considered implementing a ban on bicycling through Forsyth Park, the Morning News reported. HAWAII Kailua-Kona: The

Astronaut Ellison S. Onizuka Space Center will close at the end of March after 30 years, West Hawaii Today reported. IDAHO Burley: The state will

give partial payment to people who were hired by rural volun-

normal rate of precipitation since October and decent snowpack in the Cascade Range.

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Alimony insults result in lawsuit

PENNSYLVANIA Harrisburg: Raymond Grandon, a 96-year-old doctor, is hanging up his stethoscope after more than 60 years of practice, Pennlive.com reported.

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A Hopatcong woman who says she is terminally ill with cancer is being sued by her exhusband for alleged harassment and infliction of emotional distress because she has written “bum” and “loser” and other insults on the memo line of her $186 weekly spousal support checks to him. Attorney Gregg Trautmann filed a lawsuit Thursday in Superior Court in Morristown, N.J., on behalf of client Francis Wagner Jr., 61, who contends that he has suffered emotional distress and that the memo line notes have exacerbated his poor health, which includes cancer and a bad heart. The ex-spouse, Diane Wagner, 57, said she endured drunken bouts from her former husband during their 10-year marriage, and she filed for divorce. She said her ex-husband collects Social Security/disability, and she couldn’t afford a divorce trial, so she agreed to pay her non-working ex-husband $744 a month in spousal support, so she could end the marriage. “As far as I’m concerned I can write anything I want on the memo line because it’s a note to myself,” Wagner said. Diane Wagner said she is unteer fire departments to help battle last summer’s fire near Kamiah, The Lewiston Tribune reported.

RHODE ISLAND Newport: Sail Newport announced that the city will be one of five stops on the World Match Racing Tour in 2016. The Newport Daily News reported that the event will take place off Fort Adams State Park May 31-June 4. SOUTH CAROLINA Columbia: A

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An image was posted March 11 on Facebook by law firm Trautmann & Trautmann of an alimony check paid by Diane Wagner of Hopatcong, N.J., to her ex-husband. Wagner says she was humiliated when she learned of the post. dergoing treatment for cancer that began in her lungs and has progressed to her bones. She said she can barely afford the alimony/spousal support but when she filed for a reduction, she said, she was refused by a Superior Court family division judge. The lawsuit states that the divorce between the Wagners was finalized July 21, 2014. Attached to the complaint are some of the weekly checks that Diane Wagner said she mails to her ex-husband’s mother’s home in Denville, N.J. The weekly support amount of ment of Transportation and the Convention Center Authority.

ILLINOIS Alton: City leaders want to build a municipal recreational vehicle park near an outdoor concert venue on the banks of the Mississippi River, The Telegraph reported.

Kristine Rednour, a diabetic Hamilton County woman who was fired from her job as a Wayne Township Fire Department paramedic, settled a federal discrimination lawsuit with the township for $725,000, The Indianapolis Star reported. owners report a sharp increase in firearms sales in recent weeks, the Sioux City Journal reported. They attribute the spike to everything from mass shootings tied to terrorism in Paris and San Bernardino, Calif., to resulting increased calls for tougher gun control measures. KANSAS Wichita: Police arrest-

ed a person wanted for questioning in a shooting that left two people dead in east Wichita, KSNW-TV reported.

KENTUCKY Louisville: Aubrey

Williams Jr., 37, an anti-violence advocate and youth mentor, was hospitalized after being shot while on the way to his son’s school for a Christmas gathering, The Courier-Journal reported. LOUISIANA Baton Rouge: The Baton Rouge Zoo will need to move to a new location to be successful in the future, consultants hired by the zoo told parish parks officials. The Advocate reported that past discussions about relocating have led to political squabbles. MAINE Portland: Elite Airways

will offer non-stop service from the Portland International Jetport to Orlando Melbourne International Airport on Mondays and Fridays. Prices start at $149 each way, WMTW-TV reported. MARYLAND Salisbury: The

University of Maryland Eastern Shore signed an agreement with medical marijuana start-up Wellness Farms to create a research and grant program, The Daily Times reported. McCready Health vowed to work with Wellness Farms on ways to improve health care access. MASSACHUSETTS Boston: The city is a step closer to hosting an IndyCar race in the Seaport District. The Boston Globe reported that promoters of the race were likely to sign a letter of intent with four state agencies — the Port Authority, the Bay Transportation Authority, the Depart-

centage of the homeless because of increasing rent prices. According to the report, 760 of the 1,632 homeless people in 2015 were families, up from 704 last year, The Union Leader reported. NEW JERSEY Toms River: A rabbi who has been operating a house of worship and a Jewish community center at his home will need to seek a variance from the Board of Adjustment to continue running the Chabad Jewish Center at its current location, the Asbury Park Press reported.

INDIANA Hamilton County:

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$186.04 is made payable to Francis Wagner and in the memo lines the words “bum,” “loser” or alimony/adult child support appear. Diane Wagner said she was faithfully mailing the checks, then felt humiliated when a friend alerted her to postings on a Facebook page maintained by the Trautmann & Trautmann law firm. The posting, dated March 11 and still on the Facebook page as of Thursday, included a copy of one of Diane Wagner’s checks to Francis Wagner.

NEW MEXICO Albuquerque:

MICHIGAN Detroit: Refaai Hamo, a Syrian scientist who fled his homeland two years ago after his wife and daughter were killed, arrived last week with his four surviving children, the Detroit Free Press reported. MINNESOTA St. Paul: State

lottery director Ed Van Petten resigned after a Star Tribune report showed he was reimbursed for more than $7,000 after he and staff stayed at his personal timeshare units during conferences in Las Vegas, New Orleans and Atlantic City.

The Gallup Independent reported that lawyers for the Diocese of Gallup and the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors, which represents clergy sex abuse claimants, are finalizing a settlement in the case that has kept it in bankruptcy court for two years.

NEVADA Yerington: A woman died after a driver fleeing a traffic stop crashed into a canal. The Lyon County Sheriff’s Office says Patricia Martinez, 39, of Fernley was a passenger in the car, which refused to stop for a deputy. NEW HAMPSHIRE Concord: A

report released last week says families make up a larger per-

TEXAS Haslet: A magnitude-3.0

earthquake struck last week and was felt in Fort Worth, Kellar and Roanoke. Southern Methodist University researchers said the recent quakes in the area may be caused by wastewater injection wells, The Dallas Morning News reported.

UTAH St. George: The Top Spot restaurant will close its doors on Thursday, The Spectrum reported. VERMONT Hinesburg: Police have issued citations to two teenage students in connection with a bomb threat last week at Champlain Valley Union High School, The Burlington Free Press reported. VIRGINIA Richmond: An international bike race in September generated nearly $89 million in direct spending, the Richmond Times Dispatch reported. Organizers of the UCI Road World Championships concluded the races had a total economic impact of nearly $170 million.

WASHINGTON Seattle: The city’s broken down tunnel-boring machine should get back to work Monday after a pipe stopped progress on a new State Route 99 more than two years ago, KIROTV reported.

MISSOURI Kansas City: Police

NEBRASKA North Platte: Organizers say Rail Fest 2016 has been canceled because of lack of staffing and resources, the North Platte Telegraph reported.

TENNESSEE Knoxville: A 15year-old high school football player was killed while trying to protect three girls from gunfire, WBIR-TV reported.

News host Bill O’Reilly donated $1 million to Marist College — his alma mater — creating a scholarship fund, the Poughkeepsie Journal reported.

son Redevelopment Authority will get a $9 million loan to help fund the city’s portion of the downtown Westin hotel project, The Clarion-Ledger reported.

MONTANA Missoula: The city appealed the $88.6 million value placed on the city’s drinking water system, the Missoulian reported. Water commissioners had been provided benchmark values of $45 million and $142 million before settling on the $88.6 million figure for Mountain Water. Their decision followed a court fight with the Carlyle Group, the water system’s private owner.

SOUTH DAKOTA Parker: A woman died after being struck by a truck clearing snow in a restaurant parking lot, the Argus Leader reported.

NEW YORK Poughkeepsie: Fox

MISSISSIPPI Jackson: The Jack-

are investigating a shooting death. Witnesses said two or three suspects fled the area after a disturbance.

federal judge dismissed a previous lawsuit filed against a former deputy who threw a female student in a high school classroom, WLTX-TV reported. The lawsuit against Ben Fields, a former Richland County school resource officer, was unrelated to the incident in October. This lawsuit was filed by a former student who was involved in an off-campus fight in 2013 that the district said was gang-related.

NORTH CAROLINA Autryville:

About 200 illegal gambling machines were seized in Sampson County, The Fayetteville Observer reported.

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dents will vote next year on how large the City Council should be. The vote could take place during the primary election in June. OHIO Westlake: A cardiologist

was sentenced to 20 years in prison for overbilling nearly $29 million after performing unnecessary medical procedures, WKYC-TV reported.

OKLAHOMA Hartshorne: Para-

professional Marsha Conley, 55, is charged with one count of child abuse by injury, the McAlester News-Capital reported. OREGON Salem: A drought

outlook map released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture last week shows Western Oregon either not in a drought or in a situation where drought removal is likely, The Statesman Journal reported. The region has rebounded thanks to a higher-than-

WEST VIRGINIA Buckhannon: Opponents of a proposed 550mile natural gas pipeline asked Upshur County to support their efforts seeking a review, The Exponent Telegram reported. WISCONSIN Plymouth: A 22-

year-old woman was charged with imitation of a controlled substance after allegedly trying to sell dog food and aspirin as heroin, The Sheboygan Press reported. The fake drug deal occurred in November, but Megan Meyer was initially picked up last week for a probation hold relating to an overdose this month.

WYOMING Cody: Yellowstone

National Park mostly reopened for winter activities, The Cody Enterprise reported. The east entrance doesn’t open to snowmobile traffic until Tuesday. But skiers can already choose several trails, including at Tower Junction, near the Mammoth Hot Springs area. Compiled by Tim Wendel, Nicole Gill and Jonathan Briggs, with Carolyn Cerbin, Linda Dono, Mike Gottschamer, Ben Sheffler and Nichelle Smith. Design by Karen Taylor. Graphics by Alejandro Gonzalez.

NEWS MONEY SPORTS The end of Yahoo is justly near LIFE AUTOS TRAVEL

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Investors have had it up to here with the company’s failed attempts at a turnaround Michael Wolff

@MichaelWolffNYC Michael@burnrate.com USA TODAY

Oh, Yahoo! It has, for quite some years, been the kind of show that can’t be named in a family newspaper, one that is now, finally, coming to its denouement. All will be resolved, with bodies littering the stage. On Feb. 26, a 30-day window opens for nominations for company directors to be elected at the annual meeting in May. If management has not capitulated by then and agreed to sell the house and contents to the highest bidders, then the activist investor, Starboard Value, alone or in concert with the other hedge funds that have circled the company, will launch a proxy fight that is expected to erase Yahoo’s present board and senior management. MEDIA

And, in due course, there will be no more Yahoo. Because, from an investor’s point of view as well as from a cosmic one, why should there be? As it stands now, the company has negative value. Its stake in Alibaba is worth $33 a share, and that’s what the entire company now trades at. That means its three other significant components — its $6 a share worth of cash, its almost $9 a share worth of Yahoo Japan, and its approximately $4 a share for its core business (or what some hedge funds have taken to calling its “so-called core business”) — have, as the company is currently construed, no value at all. For investors, the choice is simple. Sell it now in a way that, according to various estimates from some of the funds now heavily invested in the company, would yield approximately $46 a share. Or, look a year or more into the future, when, after a restructuring, Yahoo managers can try again to make good on a turnaround plan that they have for

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Investors have blasted CEO Marissa Mayer for her $3 billion worth of acquisitions that have no present stock market value. several years gamely tried, and abjectly failed at. In the eyes of investors, and, likely the cosmos too, it is not just mismanagement, and lack of vision, or lost opportunities — not buying Netflix when it was cheap, for instance. Rather the problem is in the nature of Yahoo, and, arguably, digital media itself. That is, Yahoo — core Yahoo — is a money machine. Twenty years ago, it established itself at an Internet crossroads and the

traffic continues to pass by, with Yahoo selling billboard space. The value of this traffic to advertisers rises and falls (largely falls, as advertising rates decline) with all other digital traffic. You can’t meaningfully affect its value, you can only get more of it. And Yahoo, hitting a glass ceiling under Facebook and Google, is pretty much maxed out. The turnaround assumption — maintained in the past few years by CEO Marissa Mayer, but shared

by several CEOs before her — is that you could take the money generated from the Yahoo money machine and use it to create something somehow of greater media or technological value. But what? Certainly, the result of this effort at transformation, after quite some years, has been to have spent a lot and to have gained nothing at all. Last week, an angry investor, Eric Jackson, outlined details of Mayer’s spending spree, which has included $3 billion of acquisitions that have no present stock market value, and called for radical cost cuts. Yahoo management, seeking to appease investors, began planning a spinoff of its Alibaba interest almost a year ago. This was recently thwarted by an adverse tax ruling from the IRS. Now, the opposite is planned: a spinoff of the core business together with the interest in Yahoo Japan. It is, Yahoo’s investors believe, pride that they are paying for. Instead of letting executives spend the proceeds of the money machine, for no evident, or, to many, even imaginable, return, investors want the value of it. Now.

MONEYLINE U.S. STEEL, LABOR UNION REACH AGREEMENT U.S. Steel and the United Steelworkers reached a tentative deal on a three-year collective bargaining agreement that covers about 18,000 workers who belong to more than two dozen local unions at U.S. Steel sites, including those in Alabama, Ohio and Texas. No other details were released about the tentative agreement, reached Saturday, which requires ratification. “We are pleased that we have reached a tentative agreement in the best interest of our company, our stakeholders and our employees,” said U.S. Steel CEO and President Mario Longhi in a statement.

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Its western Switzerland site.

ANOTHER AGRI-CHEMICAL MEGA-DEAL CONSIDERED The announcement earlier this month that Dow Chemical and Dupont would merge has Swissbased Syngenta seeking a suitor of its own. The world’s largest maker of pesticides is in a dealmaking mood, interim chief executive John Ramsay says. Reportedly interested is China National Chemical Corp., people familiar with the discussions have told “The Wall Street Journal.” ChemChina has proposed a complex two-stage takeover that would represent the largest acquisition by a Chinese company, according to Bloomberg sources. ANHEUSER-BUSCH EXPANDS CRAFT BEER ROSTER Anheuser-Busch continues to increase its craft beer portfolio with the acquisition of Tempe, Ariz.-based Four Peaks Brewing Co. The deal, announced late last week, is expected to close during the first quarter of 2016. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Four Peaks is the largest craft brewery in Arizona. USA SNAPSHOTS©

Overtime pay?

32%

of human resources professionals admit that they don’t pay any employees overtime. Source Cornerstone OnDemand survey of 500 human resources professionals JAE YANG AND VERONICA BRAVO, USA TODAY

FOR RESTAURANTS, IT’S A BEAUTIFUL SIGHT AS TABLES FILL UP This holiday season, more people are going out to eat, sales show

or ice skating. “It’s a nice event that is memorable.” USA TODAY People are building a restaurant stop into their shopping As shoppers hit the mall during trips, or even making it the reathe holidays, they’re not just ful- son for a mall visit in the first filling wish lists. They’re also fill- place. Of those who shopped at a ing their bellies. mall or shopping center on Restaurant sales are getting an Thanksgiving or Black Friday this even healthier bump than sales at year, 63% also dined, according to stores as people increasingly go data from the International out to eat in the last months of Council of Shopping Centers. the year. Retail sales are expected The trend fits into an overall to grow 3.7% in November and shift in spending habits. RestauDecember this year, according to rant spending is expected to hit a the National Retail Federation. record in 2015, in excess of $709 Restaurant sales in the same billion, according to the National months have been trending up Restaurant Association, a 4% inbetween 4.2% and 6.4% since crease over 2014. Recognizing 2010, according to the shift, some data from Master“There’s mall operators Card Spending Pulse, which also something about are stoking the found that Novemgrowth by overthe season, the hauling ber restaurant their ofsales were up 8.1% lights, the music, ferings from sub this year over last sandwich shops the lovey-dovey and November. greasy ChiOften people are nese chicken feeling in sitting down to a joints and inthe air.” meal before or afstalling trendy ter a shopping trip. chains like Brad Pettiford, 28 Some are in search Shake Shack and of sustenance. Others are looking Blaze Pizza, along with a mix of for an experience that leaves last- more upscale restaurants such as ing memories. Brio Tuscan Grille or Sushi Roku. “There’s something about the Nearly half of the new tenants season, the lights, the music, the Irvine Company Retail Properties lovey-dovey feeling in the air, that has brought in to its 41 Califorleads to us wanting to go out nia-based properties since 2013 more,” says Brad Pettiford, 28, have been restaurants. That’s up who says he often uses the holi- from 2006 to 2010, when 34% of day season as an excuse to eat out new tenants were eateries. The increase in restaurants is more than normal, adding a dinner out with his wife, Jami, onto paying off with increased foot other activities such as shopping traffic and longer shopping trips Hadley Malcolm

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Diners toast at Hopdoddy Burger Bar in Newport Beach, Calif.

by customers, says Easther Liu, the company’s chief marketing officer. Since American Whiskey opened in the heart of a major shopping hub near New York City’s Penn Station in September 2013, sales have trended higher, especially during November and December, when the average ticket is about 10% higher per person, says Casey Pratt, a coowner of the SALES GROWTH TREND restaurant. And Restaurant sales in the U.S. in customers aren’t just com- November and December ing for the food. combined have increased. The restau- Changes from previous years: rant has also noticed an up8.1% tick in sales of its holiday6.4% themed T-shirts and hats, which 5.1% 5.3% Pratt attributes to people want- 4.2% ing “something to remember ... the place by.” A stronger economy is aiding the trend. Publik Draft ’11 ’12 ’13 ’14 ’151 House in Atlan- 1 — 2015 is preliminary and includes ta has seen lo- November only MasterCard Spending Pulse cals return, Source GEORGE PETRAS, USA TODAY after relying more on tourist traffic during the recession, says Daniel Schmitz, the head bartender at the restaurant. “The last few years, there’s really been an increase in everybody coming out more,” he says. “People are just wanting to be part of the city life again.”

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TRAVEL ASK THE CAPTAIN

THE TOILETRIES WAR HEATS UP AT HOTELS

Certain routes require just the right aircraft

‘It’s a big deal if your bath amenity is bad,’ says one manager Nancy Trejos USA TODAY

When designing guest rooms at the Knickerbocker Hotel in New York City, choosing the right bathroom toiletries was just as important as choosing the right bedding. “It’s a big deal if ALOFT HOTELS your bath amenity is Showers at Aloft Hotels have dispensers for shampoo and conditioner as part of bad,” says Jeff Daan eco-friendly approach to amenities. vid, managing director of the conducted by Hilton found that Choice Hotels. Knickerbocker, a Hilton Worldwide’s staff typi- 52% of travelers use their shower historic Times cally tries out 15 to 20 different amenities. Square building that “I think people are more in brands of toiletries before landre-opened as a hotel in ing on the right one, says Cindy touch with well-branded luxury February 2015. “It’s alPatton, the company’s senior di- products and I think things can most like buying a Mer1 HOTELS catch fire quicker through social rector of product development. cedes and the stereo is Forget your bad.” Most of the hotel companies media,” says Kemper Hyers, senToiletries used to be an razor? Try declined to disclose how much ior vice president of design for afterthought for hotels. If out 1 Hotels’. they spend on bathroom ameni- Starwood Capital Group, which ties, but Smith says a Comfort developed the Baccarat Hotel in they offered guests a geTHE KNICKERBOCKER brand hotel may spend from New York. “This makes great neric shampoo and bar of soap, their obligation was met. That’s The Knickerbocker Hotel has $7,000 to $13,000 on bath ameni- amenities a real plus for a hotel.” ties per year. David says the no longer the case in a world in toiletries by Ted Gibson. Hotels are particularly trying Knickerbocker spends about $5 to appeal to business travelers, which boutique and lifestyle hotels are trying to infuse personal- but can play an important role in per room a day on amenities. their most frequent and demandity into every aspect of the guest increasing satisfaction and repeat Emilie Hoyt, founder and ing customers. experience. The competition to purchase.” “Business travelers can be president of LATHER, a The factors that go into choos- California skin care provide amenities that will wow on the road for a long guests has turned fierce, and ho- ing toiletries can range from products line that stretch at a time,” says teliers say they are spending scent to bottle size to how eco- has worked with Paul Davis, senior more time and effort to choose friendly they are to how well they hotels, says she vice president of appeal to different genders and won’t offer disthe right ones. strategic sourcing In addition to providing even age groups. for Wyndham counts to lure climore types of toiletries — think “The psychology of an amenity ents. Instead, she Worldwide, which facial foam and makeup remover is really interesting,” David says. earlier this year bedevelops products wipes — hotels are customizing Over the course of two years, for special occagan introducing Matoiletries or even teaming up with the designers of the eco-con- sions or gifts for VIP trix by L’Oreal at celebrities to lend their names to scious 1 Hotels chain tried more guests. many of its hotels. bathroom products. than 100 brands of toiletries be“When you’re away from “When we have a 1 HOTELS “Every product, service or fore deciding to create their own great partnership with home for that long, you amenity a hotel provides impacts natural, paraben-free brand. want to use products a like-minded property, 1 Hotels has The product team at Comfort it’s a fantastic opportu- also added its branding, for better or for that remind you of home worse,” says Chekitan Dev, a mar- Inn and Comfort Suites looked at nity not only for them toothbrushes. or are more special than keting and branding expert at 20 to 30 options before they too to offer products that what you use every day.” The types of toiletries a hotel Cornell University’s School of developed their own proprietary appeal to their guests, but it’s also Hotel Administration. “Bath- brand called RAIO, says Anne a sampling opportunity for our offers sends a message about how room amenities are typically not Smith, vice president of brand brand,” she says. “It’s a win-win.” it wants to be perceived, hoteliers the reason a guest stays at a hotel strategy for parent company The demand is there. A survey say.

Question: How do flight planners determine which aircraft to use on what route? — Submitted by reader Simrat Saini, Charlottesville, Va. Answer: Airlines have routeplanning specialists to ensure that the right-size airplane is used for the route, that any maintenance considerations are taken into account, and that airplanes arrive at the proper location for inspections and service at the proper intervals. It is an art to keep the schedule running. The scheduling professionals learn the job after years of airline experience and are vital to smooth operations. Q: Airlines are making large profits, so why can’t they just park those dreaded regional jets and bring on more mainline aircraft? — CDP, Raleigh, N.C. A: The regional jets fly routes where it would not be profitable to fly larger airplanes. If they parked the regional jets, there would be fewer flights to your airport. I agree that smaller regional jets are not as comfortable as the larger airplanes, but having the extra flights they provide is important. Q: We do not seem to get many big planes at our airport (SAT). Is this because our runways are not long enough for a fully loaded 747 or 777 to take off ? — Tom Villalon, San Antonio A: The size of the airplane used on a route is usually due to the passenger and freight demand. Very large airplanes such as the 747, A380 and 777 require regular passenger demand of more than 300 people. Q: It appears the flight I booked from Chicago to Hong Kong flies over the Arctic. Is this a common route? — Ed, Hemlock Mich. A: Polar routes are very common. They are more efficient and faster than other routes. Have a question about flying? Send it to travel@usatoday.com.

Travel will be both tougher, easier in ’16 Christopher Elliott

DO THIS IN 2016

Special for USA TODAY

2016 will be a great year to travel. And expensive. Maybe frustrating, too. But don’t take my word for it. I asked eight of the smartest people in travel for their 2016 predictions, and that’s what they told me. Fortunately, they also shared their secrets for traveling smarter. If you line up their forecasts for next year, you’ll find a roadmap that warns you of the hazards ahead, tells you when and how to travel and helps you manage what’s left of your loyalty portfolio. But first, let’s talk money. NYU professor Bjorn Hanson says 2016 will bring the highest hotel occupancy levels and room rates ever. “And record fees and surcharges,” he adds. “Look for more early check-in fees and charges for surface parking in suburban locations.” Not all of the surcharges will stick, though. Sally Greenberg, the executive director of the National Consumers League, predicts mandatory hotel resort fees — nuisance surcharges added to your room rate for items like pool towels and wireless Internet — could die next year. “As more hotels insert more resort fees, consumers will become increasingly fed up and vocal,” she says. “A coalition of advocates are pushing to have these fees banned.” That could ON TRAVEL EVERY MONDAY

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More airline and lodging options next year will add up to one thing: a whole lot more travelers. mean the price you’re quoted on your hotel will be the price you actually pay, which will lead to fewer frustrated guests. Flying somewhere? “The news is even better,” says Tim Winship, who edits the site Frequentflier.com. He sees dramatically lower fares in 2016. The reason: Airlines have added too many new flights, which translates into a excess seat inventory. They won’t be able to keep their prices high. “Demand for those extra seats won’t keep pace with the added supply, resulting in fare skirmishes, if not all-out price wars,” he says. You may even be able to afford to fly in style. “JetBlue and Virgin America have pioneered the concept of a more affordable firstclass seat,” says Jeff Klee, the chief executive of CheapAir.com. “I would not be surprised to see additional entries into the affordable premium category from oth-

er airlines next year,” he says. What about loyalty programs? “I expect to see airlines, hotels and other travel providers begin to rethink their loyalty and membership programs next year,” says Dave O’Flanagan, CEO of Boxever, a predictive marketing company. A recent survey conducted by Boxever found that a surprisingly low percentage of travelers — less than one-third — believe that being a member of a frequent-flier program leads to a better customer experience. This year, several major airlines have already significantly devalued their programs, alienating many once-loyal customers. More changes are on the horizon. The rock-bottom fares could take a toll, pushing some airlines to merge and others into bankruptcy, according to Paul Hudson, president of the advocacy group Flyersrights.org. Business travelers are already migrating to corporate jets while budget travelers

choose to drive. He expects only Southwest Airlines and Delta Air Lines to survive the storm, but also predicts one new airline will emerge next year, creating a more competitive industry. Other experts point to the ongoing shift to the sharing economy, with such companies as Relayrides, Airbnb and Uber being discovered by mainstream travelers. Andrew McConnell, the co-founder and CEO of rented.com, a vacation rental site, says 2016 “will be shaped by sharing.” Only a fraction of travelers know these options exist. But he believes they’ll be discovered next year. How? It’s all happening on your phone, predicts Henrik Kjellberg, president of Hotwire. “Mobile apps and browsers enable instantaneous travel plans from anywhere, at any time.” Lower fares, more lodging options and more opportunities to share will add up to one thing:

uBurn your miles. Experts agree that 2016 is the year to spend those miles you’ve been accumulating, not collect them. Travel companies, and especially airlines, will probably move to devalue their points even further. uUpgrade your phone. The hottest new apps will be designed for the newest phones, using technology like Apple’s Force Touch to bring you a more immersive experience. Plus, the new devices will be faster, allowing you to book that dream trip in a snap. uZig when everyone else zags. The crowds will be worse than ever. Head in the opposite direction for the most hassle-free trip. Red-eye flights, road trips and off-season vacations will keep you and your family on speaking terms. (Sure beats gridlock and long waits in the terminals.)

even more travelers. You know those travel forecasts by the likes of AAA for Memorial Day and the Fourth of July? Expect them to set records. “Everyone will have the joy of traveling more,” says Clem Bason, CEO of the recently launched hotel search site goSeek.com. “But they’ll also have the stress of ... well, everyone traveling more.” Christopher Elliott is editor at large for National Geographic Traveler. Contact him at chris@elliott.org or elliott.org.

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LIFELINE CAUGHT IN THE ACT What would Christmas be without the iHeartRadio Jingle Ball? This weekend saw stars including Demi Lovato, Tove Lo and Nick and Joe Jonas performing in Tampa.

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Oscar Isaac says it was a little snug in the cockpit of an X-wing Starfighter. But he’s headed back up for the next film.

HOW WAS YOUR DAY? GOOD DAY TERESA GIUDICE The ‘Real Housewives of New Jersey’ star is coming home for the holidays. The Associated Press reports she’ll be released Wednesday from the Danbury Federal Correctional Institution in Connecticut, just in time to be reunited with her husband and four daughters for Christmas at their home in Montville, N.J., where she will be confined until Feb. 5. Giudice has been at the prison since January. She and her husband pleaded guilty last year to bankruptcy fraud.

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OSCAR ISAAC HOPS INTO THE ‘STAR WARS’ COCKPIT

Swaggering X-wing pilot carries on the family’s tradition of Resistance Brian Truitt @briantruitt USA TODAY

Sorry, Han Solo, Wedge Antilles, Lando Calrissian and the rest of the Star Wars flyboy contingent. Poe Dameron is “the best pilot in the galaxy. End, stop,” says Star Wars: The Force Awakens star Oscar Isaac. If he’s being honest, though, there’s a bit of bias since Isaac plays the Resistance soldier with the call sign Black Leader in the seventh Star Wars film. There’s more to Poe than just being really good at dogfighting TIE Fighters in his X-wing Starfighter and making strafing runs on the First Order’s Starkiller Base. His parents were Rebel Alliance regulars who fought in the Battle of Endor — as revealed in the recent comic book Star Wars: Shattered Empire, set after the movie Return of the Jedi. And in The Force Awakens, a grown-up Poe is tortured by the First Order for the key he holds in finding out where Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) is. “Poe’s the kind of guy you want in the trenches with you,” Isaac says. “He’s straightforward, he’s honest, he’s incredibly loyal and he’s got some swagger to him.” The actor, born in Guatemala, also shares some important similarities with Poe. “We look a lot alike,” Isaac, 36, quips. “We’re about the same height, we both have enormous sex appeal. We both have a little bit of disdain for authority, and we both like line dancing.” And if folks can believe it after his folk-music turn in Inside Llewyn Davis, the actor adds, “Poe sings better than I can.” Since Poe’s in the Resistance led by General Leia Organa, Isaac

Isaac says Poe Dameron, his character in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, is the best pilot in the galaxy.

shared some scenes with Carrie Fisher — “She’s one of the most quick-witted people I’ve ever met” — and played with her French bulldog, Gary, during their downtime. As in previous Star Wars films, it’s not just humans that pilot Xwings — Poe hits the skies with a variety of aliens, including the Abednedo airman Ello Asty (whose name is a tribute to one of director J.J. Abrams’ favorite groups, the Beastie Boys) and the Sullustan ace Nien Nunb. To play the more colorful species of the Resistance, actors wore a helmet/mask of the alien head, and the face manipulation was done through remote tech-

nology, Isaac says. “It looks very scary and weird because it looked like it was alive.” He uses words such as “bizarre,” “beautiful” and “humbling” to describe diving into the Star Wars universe but says jumping into an X-wing cockpit never got old. (Good thing, too, since Poe will be back for Star Wars: Episode VIII, out May 26, 2017.) “It’s a little snug, but it’s comfortable,” he says of the lifesize vehicle with a numbered sequence of buttons Isaac would have to perform for “launch.” “It was quite specific,” he says. “The lights started and the engines would fire up. It was pretty spectacular.”

‘Force Awakens’: Our galactic center ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ broke every major opening record at the box office this weekend ($238 million and counting) and likely isn’t done, as many fans will head back to theaters to watch it again. If you’re ready for your second helping, visit us at life.usatoday.com for fun fan content. (Warning: major spoilers online.) uCharacter avatars: For social media use uSecond take: What you pick up seeing ‘The Force Awakens’ again u10 burning questions we have after seeing the movie u‘Star Wars’: Kylo Ren’s pop-culture ancestors

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Decked-out fans have their Star Wars game faces on for the Lightsaber Battle in Pershing Square in downtown Los Angeles.

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Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk looked mighty comfortable during his stint as a point guard down the stretch of Saturday’s 88-46 victory over Montana in Allen Fieldhouse. The 6-foot-8 sophomore from Ukraine hit a three and had a nifty crossover move

that resulted in a driving layup while on the court with Brannen Greene, Perry Ellis, Cheick Diallo and Hunter Mickelson. “We were up 30, 40 at the end of the game. Coach (Bill Self) tried to experiment to see how I could play at point guard and what the team would look like,” Mykhailiuk said. How’d he fare?

“I think I did all right,” said Mykhailiuk, who finished with 10 points off 4-of7 shooting (2-for-4 from three) in 16 minutes. “I was feeling good because playing point guard you need ball-handling skills.” Mykhailiuk plays some point at practice. “I always try to get the ball first, to run with the team, get my teammates

baskets and make plays for them,” Mykhailiuk said. It seems he learned the position as a youth in Ukraine. “I played point guard back home when I was a kid in high school,” Mykhailiuk said. “Five guys would play one quarter, and different guys play another quarter. Please see HOOPS, page 3C Mykhailiuk

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If your name’s not Perry Ellis and you play in the post for the second-ranked Kansas University basketball team, chances are good you’ll watch more minutes than you’ll play. Five post players share the available 54 minutes either backing up Ellis or playing alongside him. None of the five play more than Jamari Traylor’s 15.3 minutes a game or fewer than Hunter Mickelson’s 10.3 minutes. If you’re going to watch, you might as well watch closely. Mickelson’s playing time has increased lately, but he still watches enough to offer interesting insights on the big men he plays with in practice and alongside in games. So I asked him what he would steal if he could take one thing from each fellow post man. “Landen (Lucas), probably how he gets angles in the post,” Mickelson said. “He’s really, really good at that, so I’d take that from him. I think from Perry, footwork. He has really, really good footwork. Jamari, hustle and energy. I’d probably take athleticism from Cheick (Diallo) and overall style from Carlton (Bragg Jr.).” The fact he didn’t specify any one facet of Bragg’s game makes sense, because of those vying for time next to Ellis, Bragg has the most all-around talent and is the team’s best NBA prospect, regardless of what the meaningless-at-this-stage mock drafts might indicate. John Young/Journal-World Photo If anybody breaks from the KANSAS UNIVERSITY GUARD LAUREN ALDRIDGE, RIGHT, RUNS INTO A WALL as she tries to drive against pack to the extent he plays Washington State freshman forward Borislava Hristova during the Jayhawks’ 66-53 loss Sunday at Allen more minutes than he sits, Fieldhouse. Bragg’s the most likely, but there is a limit to how much stronger an athlete can get in a short amount of time. Lucas, the most offensively challenged and least athletic of the bunch, By Matt Tait forced to adjust on the fly as But that lead, and KU’s also is by far the strongest mtait@ljworld.com best they could. comfort against the zone, was physically and has the most “We were literally review- short-lived, and the Cougars knowledge of how to play Kansas University wom- ing some things in timeouts closed the game with a domithe game at the collegiate en’s basketball coach Bran- just because we haven’t seen nant fourth quarter in which level. don Schneider received a much of it,” said Schneider, they outscored Kansas, 22-12. The center-by-committee little taste of what life as an who did not exactly have “I really thought we had it arrangement, although not NFL quarterback is like dur- notebooks full of print-outs figured out in the third quarideal, has its redeeming ing Sunday night’s 66-53 loss the way QBs do but did em- ter,” Schneider said. “And qualities. to Washington State at Allen ploy the eyes and ears of his then the fourth quarter, we “Since we have so many Fieldhouse. coaching staff to try to figure got really impatient. ... We bigs as of now, we aren’t With the Cougars (9-2) out how to solve the zone. just didn’t trust the offense as going to play that many throwing a match-up zone at For a while, it worked, as much in the fourth quarter as minutes, so while we’re out the Kansas offense that was Kansas (5-5) pulled within we should’ve.” there we have to go as fast new to the Jayhawks and three at halftime (30-27) and That led to bad possessions, as we can and get the most uncharacteristic of WSU, actually took a brief lead earout of it,” Mickelson said. Please see KU WOMEN, page 3C Schneider and his team were ly in the third quarter. Mickelson has the speed to keep up in transition running in both directions and has a knack for blocking shots. His lateral quickness doesn’t match his speed, and as is the case with everyone other than Lucas, he lacks the strength to keep centers from backing Baltimore (ap) — DurTyvon Branch returned him down in the post. Still, ing their eight-game win- a fumble 73 yards for a Mickelson appears to have ning streak, the Kansas City touchdown and Marcus grown on 13th-year KU Chiefs have made this abun- Peters scored on a 90-yard coach Bill Self. dantly clear: The opposition interception return for the “Hunter is getting betwill pay for its mistakes. Chiefs, who also scored ter at understanding what That is precisely what touchdowns following a we’re doing,” Self said. happened Sunday, when the drive-extending penalty by “Hunter needed reps, and Chiefs capitalized on an abun- Baltimore and a failed fake the reps have really helped Gail Burton/AP Photo dance of miscues by the Bal- punt. him. Seems like to me the THE RAVENS BRING DOWN CHIEFS QUARTERBACK timore Ravens in a 34-14 vicWith the victory, the more he plays the more ALEX SMITH (11) during the Chiefs’ 34-14 victory tory that earned Kansas City a Chiefs (9-5) became the first Please see KEEGAN, page 3C Sunday in Baltimore. place in the NFL record book. team in NFL history to fol-

Defense flummoxes KU

Freeman stories will flow today By Gary Bedore gbedore@ljworld.com

Free State High football coach Bob Lisher, who played for Bill Freeman at Lawrence High and later worked on Freeman’s coaching staff at LHS, used one of Freeman’s old sayings during a motivational talk with his Firebird team last season. “It was his ‘sparrows and starlings’ story,” said Lisher, who is sure to share some stories with friends today at Freeman’s funeral, set for 2 p.m. at First Christian Church in LeRoy. “I told the kids, ‘You’ve got to be like the sparrows and starlings. You don’t want to be like the whooping crane.’ There are millions and billions of sparrows and starlings. They adapted to the environment. The whooping crane didn’t adapt and is almost extinct. You’ve got to adapt!” Lisher told his kids, adding, “Some of them probably thought I was crazy, but it’s true.” Freeman was known for his ‘Freemanisms’ — funny, folksy sayings — during a 16-year LHS coaching career that produced a 134-38 record and five state titles. “I was a tight end/linebacker my sophomore year. One day he told me I ran like a dry creek. The next day I was on the offensive line,” Lisher said. “He told me one time, ‘Lee-sher’ — he pronounced it Lee-sher — ‘You are satisfied. You’ve got a car. You’ve got a girl. Your belly’s full. You’re not hungry!’” Another one was: ‘If your brain was dynamite, you wouldn’t make a pop.’ I could go on all day.” But seriously folks ... “He was not only one of the greatest high school football coaches but track coaches as well (two state titles at LHS). His strength was his motivation. He could get guys to do things … no way they should be able to do them. He always tried to show them, ‘You can do this,’” Lisher said. Ron Commons, who Please see FREEMAN, page 3C

Chiefs make it eight straight low a five-game skid with eight successive wins in the same season. Kansas City also kept itself in the thick of the AFC playoff picture. The Chiefs picked off two passes and recovered a fumble, didn’t give the ball away and now own a plus-15 turnover differential. Kansas City believes that if it wins Please see CHIEFS, page 3C

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COMING TUESDAY • A look at the Kansas-San Diego State basketball matchup • A preview of the KU-ORU women’s game

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KANSAS UNIVERSITY TUESDAY • Men’s basketball at San Diego State, 10 p.m. • Women’s basketball vs. Oral Roberts, 7 p.m.

NBA roundup The Associated Press

Cavaliers 108, 76ers 86 Cleveland— Kyrie Irving scored 12 points and played 17 minutes in his season debut, and LeBron James had 23, leading Cleveland to a victory Sunday over the 76ers, who lost their 10th straight and fell to 1-28. Irving was on the floor for the first time since breaking his left kneecap in Game 1 of the NBA Finals against Golden State. The Cavs managed without him, going 17-7 to start the season. But Cleveland is more complete with the All-Star point guard healthy and back. Matthew Dellavedova made four three-pointers and added 20 points for the Cavs, who improved to 12-1 at home and are eyeing a Christmas Day game against the Warriors. James didn’t play in the fourth quarter, logging a season-low 26 minutes. Nerlens Noel had 15 points and 12 rebounds for the brutal Sixers, now 0-17 on the road and on their second doubledigit losing streak. PHILADELPHIA (86) Covington 2-9 0-0 5, Noel 5-10 5-11 15, Okafor 3-11 3-4 9, Marshall 3-7 2-2 8, Canaan 2-9 0-0 6, H.Thompson 2-6 0-0 6, Wroten 2-8 2-2 6, Grant 2-9 2-2 6, Sampson 4-7 2-4 10, Holmes 1-4 3-3 5, McConnell 4-6 2-2 10, Stauskas 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 30-86 21-30 86. CLEVELAND (108) James 10-17 3-4 23, Love 2-4 5-6 10, Mozgov 3-6 2-2 8, Irving 5-12 0-0 12, Smith 3-5 1-1 8, Dellavedova 7-10 2-2 20, Shumpert 1-5 1-2 3, T.Thompson 2-4 2-2 6, Jones 1-5 0-0 2, Jefferson 3-6 0-0 9, Varejao 0-4 0-0 0, Cunningham 1-4 1-2 3, Kaun 2-3 0-0 4. Totals 40-85 17-21 108. Philadelphia 25 13 22 26— 86 Cleveland 21 34 33 20—108 3-Point Goals-Philadelphia 5-25 (H.Thompson 2-4, Canaan 2-6, Covington 1-6, Grant 0-1, Marshall 0-2, Holmes 0-2, Wroten 0-4), Cleveland 11-25 (Dellavedova 4-6, Jefferson 3-5, Irving 2-2, Smith 1-1, Love 1-2, Shumpert 0-1, Mozgov 0-1, Cunningham 0-2, Jones 0-2, James 0-3). Rebounds-Philadelphia 65 (Noel 12), Cleveland 49 (Mozgov 8). AssistsPhiladelphia 15 (Marshall 4), Cleveland 25 (Smith, Irving, James, Shumpert 4). Total FoulsPhiladelphia 22, Cleveland 19. TechnicalsCleveland Coach Blatt. A-20,562 (20,562).

Heat 116, Trail Blazers 109 Miami — Chris Bosh scored 29 points, Hassan Whiteside shook off a slow first half to finish with 22 points and 11 rebounds. Dwyane Wade had 18 points and added seven assists for the Heat. They trailed by 12 at one point and were down 10 at the half. The Heat shot 57 percent and played the final 13:37 without Goran Dragic. He was ejected for the first time in his career after arguing two foul calls. PORTLAND (109) Aminu 6-9 0-0 16, Vonleh 1-4 0-0 2, Plumlee 3-5 5-7 11, Lillard 10-18 9-11 32, McCollum 8-19 0-0 20, Leonard 3-5 0-0 8, Crabbe 3-9 2-2 8, Davis 2-4 2-2 6, Henderson 2-4 0-0 4, Harkless 1-3 0-0 2, Frazier 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 39-80 18-22 109. MIAMI (116) Deng 5-7 2-2 17, Bosh 11-19 4-5 29, Whiteside 10-13 2-4 22, Dragic 4-10 0-0 8, Wade 6-11 6-9 18, Winslow 1-3 1-1 3, Green 6-9 1-3 17, Udrih 0-3 2-2 2, Haslem 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 43-75 18-26 116.

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How former Jayhawks fared Cliff Alexander, Portland Did not play, inactive Darrell Arthur, Denver Min: 6. Pts: 2. Reb: 0. Ast: 0. Joel Embiid, Philadelphia Did not play, inactive Sasha Kaun, Cleveland Min: 6. Pts: 4. Reb: 2. Ast: 0. Ben McLemore, Sacramento Min: 19. Pts: 12. Reb: 3. Ast: 0. Markieff Morris, Phoenix Min: 15. Pts: 8. Reb: 3. Ast: 4. Thomas Robinson, Brooklyn Did not play (coach’s decision). Andrew Wiggins, Minnesota Min: 32. Pts: 16. Reb: 3. Ast: 0. Portland 32 30 24 23—109 Miami 23 29 30 34—116 3-Point Goals-Portland 13-34 (Aminu 4-7, McCollum 4-9, Lillard 3-9, Leonard 2-3, Harkless 0-1, Henderson 0-1, Plumlee 0-1, Crabbe 0-3), Miami 12-23 (Deng 5-6, Green 4-6, Bosh 3-7, Udrih 0-1, Dragic 0-1, Winslow 0-2). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Portland 51 (Leonard 9), Miami 34 (Whiteside 11). Assists-Portland 23 (Lillard 9), Miami 26 (Dragic 8). Total FoulsPortland 24, Miami 14. Technicals-Dragic 2, Wade, Whiteside, Miami defensive three second. Ejected— Dragic. A-19,600 (19,600).

Timberwolves 100, Nets 85 New York — Karl-Anthony Towns had 24 points and 10 rebounds in the building where he was taken with the No. 1 pick in the June draft, and Minnesota beat Brooklyn. Gorgui Dieng added 20 points and 10 boards to lead a strong bench unit that blew the game open in the fourth quarter. Andrew Wiggins scored 16 points, and Ricky Rubio had 15 assists. Brook Lopez had 20 points, 12 rebounds and five assists for the Nets. MINNESOTA (100) Prince 2-3 0-0 4, Garnett 0-1 0-0 0, Towns 10-19 4-4 24, Rubio 1-6 6-7 8, Wiggins 6-11 4-6 16, Dieng 9-12 2-2 20, Payne 0-3 0-0 0, LaVine 4-10 2-2 10, Muhammad 0-4 0-0 0, Martin 5-9 3-3 16, Bjelica 0-0 0-0 0, Miller 1-1 0-0 2, Rudez 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 38-80 21-24 100. BROOKLYN (85) Johnson 2-10 2-2 6, Young 4-11 4-4 12, Lopez 8-11 4-5 20, Jack 2-9 0-0 4, Bogdanovic 5-12 0-1 13, Ellington 4-10 0-0 10, Bargnani 3-6 5-6 11, Sloan 3-7 0-0 6, Reed 1-2 0-0 2, Brown 0-0 1-2 1. Totals 32-78 16-20 85. Minnesota 26 26 23 25—100 Brooklyn 16 27 22 20— 85 3-Point Goals-Minnesota 3-12 (Martin 3-4, Rubio 0-1, Rudez 0-1, Wiggins 0-2, LaVine 0-2, Muhammad 0-2), Brooklyn 5-21 (Bogdanovic 3-7, Ellington 2-6, Johnson 0-1, Lopez 0-1, Sloan 0-1, Jack 0-5). Fouled Out-None. ReboundsMinnesota 50 (Dieng, Towns 10), Brooklyn 45 (Lopez 12). Assists-Minnesota 29 (Rubio 15), Brooklyn 26 (Jack, Johnson 6). Total Fouls-Minnesota 21, Brooklyn 20. TechnicalsBrooklyn defensive three second. A-14,552 (17,732).

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 17 12 .586 — Boston 14 13 .519 2 New York 14 14 .500 2½ Brooklyn 7 20 .259 9 Philadelphia 1 28 .034 16 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Miami 16 10 .615 — Atlanta 17 12 .586 ½ Charlotte 15 11 .577 1 Orlando 15 12 .556 1½ Washington 11 14 .440 4½ Central Division W L Pct GB Cleveland 18 7 .720 — Indiana 16 10 .615 2½ Chicago 15 10 .600 3 Detroit 16 12 .571 3½ Milwaukee 11 18 .379 9 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio 23 5 .821 — Dallas 15 12 .556 7½ Memphis 15 14 .517 8½ Houston 14 14 .500 9 New Orleans 8 19 .296 14½ Northwest Division W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 18 9 .667 — Utah 11 14 .440 6 Denver 11 16 .407 7 Minnesota 11 16 .407 7 Portland 11 18 .379 8 Pacific Division W L Pct GB Golden State 26 1 .963 — L.A. Clippers 16 12 .571 10½ Phoenix 12 17 .414 15 Sacramento 11 16 .407 15 L.A. Lakers 4 23 .148 22 Today’s Games Sacramento at Washington, 6 p.m. Minnesota at Boston, 6:30 p.m. Orlando at New York, 6:30 p.m. Brooklyn at Chicago, 7 p.m. Charlotte at Houston, 7 p.m. Portland at Atlanta, 7 p.m. Indiana at San Antonio, 7:30 p.m. Phoenix at Utah, 8 p.m. Oklahoma City at L.A. Clippers, 9:30 p.m. Tuesday’s Games Memphis at Philadelphia, 6 p.m. Dallas at Toronto, 6:30 p.m. Detroit at Miami, 6:30 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Denver, 8 p.m.

Korver had four three-pointers in the final period and six for the game. Mike Scott added 15 points off the bench, and Al Horford and Jeff Teague scored 14 apiece in Atlanta’s third straight victory. ATLANTA (103) Bazemore 5-9 2-3 13, Millsap 5-16 3-4 13, Horford 7-15 0-0 14, Teague 4-7 6-8 14, Korver 6-8 1-2 19, Splitter 3-6 0-0 6, Sefolosha 2-4 1-1 6, Schroder 1-3 1-1 3, Scott 6-10 0-1 15, Patterson 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 39-78 14-20 103. ORLANDO (100) Harris 2-9 0-0 4, Frye 3-4 5-5 13, Vucevic 10-19 0-0 20, Payton 6-14 2-6 14, Fournier 5-8 6-6 17, Gordon 1-5 0-0 2, Nicholson 2-4 7-7 12, Oladipo 2-11 0-0 4, Smith 5-5 0-0 10, Hezonja 2-2 0-0 4. Totals 38-81 20-24 100. Atlanta 25 27 25 26—103 Orlando 29 13 36 22—100 3-Point Goals-Atlanta 11-22 (Korver 6-8, Scott 3-5, Bazemore 1-1, Sefolosha 1-2, Schroder 0-1, Millsap 0-2, Horford 0-3), Orlando 4-12 (Frye 2-3, Nicholson 1-2, Fournier 1-3, Oladipo 0-1, Payton 0-1, Harris 0-2). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Atlanta 49 (Millsap 13), Orlando 43 (Vucevic 11). Assists-Atlanta 25 (Horford, Korver 5), Orlando 27 (Payton, Oladipo 6). Total Fouls-Atlanta 21, Orlando 22. TechnicalsFrye, Orlando Coach Skiles, Orlando defensive three second. A-16,982 (18,500).

Kings 104, Raptors 94 Toronto — Rajon Rondo had 19 points and 13 assists, Hawks 103, Magic 100 Rudy Gay scored 19 points Orlando, Fla. — Kyle Korv- against his former team and er scored 13 of his 19 points in Sacramento beat Toronto to the fourth quarter and Atlanta end a four-game road losing rallied to defeat Orlando. streak.

It was Rondo’s 13th doubledouble of the season. SACRAMENTO (104) Casspi 6-8 0-1 15, Gay 7-17 4-4 19, Cousins 5-13 4-8 15, Rondo 8-13 2-2 19, McLemore 5-7 0-1 12, Belinelli 2-5 2-2 6, Koufos 3-6 1-4 7, Collison 4-7 2-2 11. Totals 40-76 15-24 104. TORONTO (94) Johnson 7-11 0-0 14, Scola 1-6 0-0 2, Biyombo 0-7 2-2 2, Lowry 4-13 4-5 13, DeRozan 10-24 8-8 28, Ross 5-14 0-0 13, Joseph 2-7 0-0 4, Patterson 6-12 2-2 18. Totals 35-94 16-17 94. Sacramento 37 18 23 26—104 Toronto 18 30 22 24— 94 3-Point Goals-Sacramento 9-21 (Casspi 3-4, McLemore 2-4, Cousins 1-1, Collison 1-2, Rondo 1-4, Gay 1-5, Belinelli 0-1), Toronto 8-29 (Patterson 4-8, Ross 3-10, Lowry 1-6, Joseph 0-1, DeRozan 0-1, Scola 0-1, Johnson 0-2). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Sacramento 49 (Casspi 11), Toronto 56 (Biyombo 13). Assists-Sacramento 26 (Rondo 13), Toronto 12 (Lowry 4). Total Fouls-Sacramento 19, Toronto 18. Technicals-Cousins, Sacramento Coach Karl, Lowry 2. Ejected— Lowry. A-19,800 (19,800).

Bucks 101, Suns 95 Phoenix — Khris Middleton scored 11 of his 26 points in the fourth quarter and Greg Monroe hit a spinning, go-ahead layup with 20.6 seconds left to lift Milwaukee over Phoenix. Eric Bledsoe had his potential tying layup blocked by Michael Carter-Williams with 7.9 seconds left, and Middleton hit four free throws in the final 5 seconds. MILWAUKEE (101) Middleton 10-17 4-4 26, Parker 2-7 3-4 7, Monroe 6-10 1-2 13, Carter-Williams 9-16 2-4 20, Mayo 5-11 1-4 12, Copeland 0-2 0-0 0, Vaughn 2-6 0-0 6, Henson 3-4 2-4 8, Ennis 1-1 1-2 3, O’Bryant 3-5 0-0 6. Totals 41-79 14-24 101. PHOENIX (95) Tucker 4-4 2-3 12, Leuer 4-6 0-2 9, Chandler 2-4 0-0 4, Bledsoe 6-11 5-5 18, Knight 3-10 2-2 9, Morris 2-5 3-3 8, Booker 1-5 5-5 7, Len 1-5 0-0 2, Warren 7-13 4-4 18, Price 2-3 0-0 5, Teletovic 1-8 0-0 3. Totals 33-74 21-24 95. Milwaukee 27 18 25 31—101 Phoenix 26 27 18 24— 95 3-Point Goals-Milwaukee 5-16 (Vaughn 2-2, Middleton 2-6, Mayo 1-5, Carter-Williams 0-1, Copeland 0-2), Phoenix 8-18 (Tucker 2-2, Price 1-1, Leuer 1-1, Morris 1-1, Knight 1-1, Bledsoe 1-2, Teletovic 1-6, Warren 0-1, Booker 0-3). Fouled Out-None. ReboundsMilwaukee 47 (Carter-Williams 9), Phoenix 45 (Tucker, Len 7). Assists-Milwaukee 25 (Middleton 7), Phoenix 18 (Morris, Knight 4). Total Fouls-Milwaukee 23, Phoenix 22. Technicals-Mayo, Milwaukee defensive three second 3, Morris. Flagrant Fouls-Mayo. A-16,859 (18,055).

Pelicans 130, Nuggets 125 Denver — Anthony Davis left after the first quarter with an illness only to return in the fourth and finish with 27 points. NEW ORLEANS (130) Gee 2-4 0-0 4, Asik 2-2 1-2 5, Davis 9-13 9-9 27, Evans 7-13 6-8 21, Gordon 6-11 4-5 20, Cunningham 1-2 0-0 3, Anderson 6-11 2-3 16, Holiday 7-13 5-8 21, Cole 3-6 4-4 10, Perkins 0-0 0-0 0, Smith 0-0 0-0 0, Babbitt 1-3 0-0 3. Totals 44-78 31-39 130. DENVER (125) Gallinari 3-10 11-12 18, Faried 8-14 5-7 21, Lauvergne 2-4 0-0 5, Nelson 6-12 0-0 15, Harris 1-8 0-0 2, Arthur 1-1 0-0 2, Jokic 6-8 1-2 13, Barton 12-25 1-1 32, Foye 6-10 0-0 17, Papanikolaou 0-3 0-0 0, Miller 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 45-96 18-22 125. New Orleans 36 31 32 31—130 Denver 31 43 22 29—125 3-Point Goals-New Orleans 11-24 (Gordon 4-7, Anderson 2-3, Holiday 2-5, Evans 1-2, Cunningham 1-2, Babbitt 1-3, Gee 0-2), Denver 17-35 (Barton 7-11, Foye 5-7, Nelson 3-6, Gallinari 1-2, Lauvergne 1-2, Miller 0-1, Papanikolaou 0-1, Jokic 0-1, Faried 0-1, Harris 0-3). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-New Orleans 48 (Evans 8), Denver 49 (Faried 13). AssistsNew Orleans 24 (Evans 10), Denver 26 (Barton, Nelson 6). Total Fouls-New Orleans 22, Denver 25. Technicals-Denver defensive three second. A-13,857 (19,155).

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Kansas adds WR coach Phillips By Matt Tait mtait@ljworld.com

Jason Phillips has joined Kansas University’s football-coaching staff as a wide-receivers coach. The hire, originally reported by the JournalWorld on Sunday afternoon, was confirmed shortly thereafter in a news release from head coach David Beaty. Phillips, who recently served as the offensive coordinator at SMU under June Jones, will work alongside KU receivers coach Klint Kubiak. The two will be used as inside and outside receivers coaches, much the

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the turnover battle, it will win the game. “I certainly do feel like that’s the mindset, yeah,” quarterback Alex Smith said. “To have the three turnovers — and technically, almost a fourth with when they went for the fake — to be able to capitalize on those, it changed that game.” Smith went 21 for 25 for 171 yards and a touchdown. Charcandrick West ran for 76 yards and a score. Although the Chiefs let a 24-7 lead dwindle to 10 points by allowing a successful Hail Mary throw at the end of the first half, the outcome was never in doubt. Credit the opportunistic defense for that. “They’ve kind of got that mojo,” Smith said. “The defense, you see them kind of salivate, so to speak.” Baltimore (4-10) lost its third straight and fell to 2-5 at home. It’s the first time in their 20-year history that the Ravens have lost five home games. “For us, the story of the game, basically, is turnovers,” coach John Harbaugh said. Starting his second straight game for Baltimore, Jimmy Clausen completed 26 of 45 passes for a career-high 281 yards, two TDs and two interceptions. His favorite target was Kamar Aiken, who caught eight passes for 128 yards — including a desperation 48-yarder at the end of the first half. But Clausen’s first interception was the final blow to the Ravens’ upset bid. With Baltimore at the KC 16, Peters stepped in front of Daniel Brown, picked off the pass and took it down the left sideline for a 34-14 lead with 4:36 left. “The biggest thing is taking care of the ball,” Clausen said. “Whether it’s the fumble, or the two interceptions that I had, you’re not going to win

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worked on Freeman’s staff during his entire 16-year tenure, will speak at the memorial service today, along with Bob Whitehead, who played for Freeman at LeRoy High and coached with him at Osawatomie High. Also speaking will be two of Freeman’s grandchildren, Bryson and Kaitlyn Meats. “The list of things he was ... husband, father, environmentalist, arrowhead collector, coach, farmer, banker. There are stories of Bill the banker,” Commons said. “During the season, we were a little superstitious. If you found a coin laying in the hallway or parking

same way Texas A&M did when Beaty was the receivers coach there under Kevin Sumlin. “Typically, in the Air Raid offense, there are two coaches working with wide receivers,” Beaty said in the release. “With Jason joining our staff, he and Klint can join forces to provide us a great pair of coaches working with our players at those positions.” Before running the offense at SMU, Phillips was the offensive coordinator, wide-receivers coach and recruiting coordinator at Houston. He was the first widereceivers coach current Baylor coach Art Briles

hired at Houston. He coached for Briles from 2003-06. Both Phillips and Kubiak have extensive knowledge of the Air Raid offense being installed at KU by Beaty and offensive coordinator Rob Likens. Phillips also fits the KU staff well because of his recruiting ties to the Dallas and Houston areas. During his three most recent seasons at SMU, he landed a dozen three-star recruits and one four-star athlete. “Jason’s reputation for developing wide receivers speaks for itself,” Beaty said. “Everywhere he has been he has

pushed his players to excel at the highest level. I have learned a great deal from him about wide receiver play and I am very excited that he is now a part of our staff because of his knowledge of the game, not to mention what he can do for us in recruiting. He has been a player on the national recruiting scene throughout his career and he has very strong ties in the state of Texas, in particular, the cities of Houston and Dallas.” In 2013, at SMU, Phillips coached two receivers — Darius Joseph and Jeremy Johnson — to 1,000-yard seasons, and

the Mustangs finished in the top 10 nationally. To make room for Phillips, Beaty announced he was shifting specialteams/tight-ends coach Gary Hyman to an offthe-field role as a specialteams analyst. “Gary will continue to be a very valuable member of our staff. It will just be in a different role,” Beaty said. “Gary will be a huge asset to our special teams. He will just be impacting them from an off-the-field position. With the addition of Jason and carving out this role for Gary, I am ecstatic with how we have been able to expand our staff.”

SUMMARY Kansas City 14 10 0 10—34 Baltimore 7 7 0 0—14 First Quarter KC-West 38 run (Santos kick), 9:13. Bal-Juszczyk 1 pass from Clausen (Tucker kick), 6:30. KC-Branch 73 fumble return (Santos kick), 2:49. Second Quarter KC-Maclin 13 pass from A.Smith (Santos kick), 14:56. KC-FG Santos 53, :50. Bal-Aiken 48 pass from Clausen (Tucker kick), :00. Fourth Quarter KC-FG Santos 32, 6:45. KC-Peters 90 interception return (Santos kick), 4:36. A-70,791. KC Bal First downs 15 19 Total Net Yards 277 366 Rushes-yards 28-113 20-93 Passing 164 273 Punt Returns 3-11 2-27 Kickoff Returns 1-19 6-153 Interceptions Ret. 2-93 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 21-25-0 26-45-2 Sacked-Yards Lost 3-7 2-8 Punts 5-46.4 5-43.6 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-1 Penalties-Yards 6-55 7-63 Time of Possession 32:19 27:41 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Kansas City, West 16-76, A.Smith 4-17, Davis 5-14, A.Wilson 1-8, Daniel 2-(minus 2). Baltimore, West 7-35, Clausen 5-30, Allen 4-18, Koch 1-7, Magee 2-5, Givens 1-(minus 2). PASSING-Kansas City, A.Smith 21-25-0-171. Baltimore, Clausen 26-452-281. RECEIVING-Kansas City, Maclin 7-50, Kelce 6-73, A.Wilson 4-27, Avant 2-12, West 2-9. Baltimore, Aiken 8-128, M.Williams 5-31, Juszczyk 5-26, Butler 3-60, West 2-11, Givens 1-17, Matthews 1-6, Magee 1-2.

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KANSAS’ LAUREN ALDRIDGE (3), JADA BROWN (4), CAELYNN MANNING-ALLEN (25) and Aisia Robertson (15) walk off the court as Washington State players huddle to celebrate their 66-53 victory over the Jayhawks on Sunday night at Allen Fieldhouse.

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games turning the ball over.” The three giveaways left Baltimore with a minus-15 differential for the season. The Ravens wore pants that were described by the team as gold but appeared to be the color of spicy mustard. Either way, the change did little to alter the course of this lost season for a Baltimore team that appeared in the playoffs in six of the past seven years. Coming into the game, the Chiefs were averaging 29.1 points and yielding only 12. Those numbers won’t change much after this blowout. On Kansas City’s opening series, Smith came up short on a third-down run but was hit by Timmy Jernigan while out of bounds. That extended a drive that ended with a season-best, 38-yard touchdown run by West. Baltimore pulled even with a 1-yard TD pass from Clausen to Kyle Juszczyk. On their next possession, the Ravens got to the KC 30 before Javorius Allen fumbled.

bad shots and bad memories, and Washington State continued to shoot lights-out to pull away. When the Cougars weren’t knocking down shots from the outside — WSU shot 9-of-16 from three-point land — guards Taylor Edmondson (12 points, 4 assists) and Dawnyelle Awa (19, 4) were getting teammates involved and setting them up with easy buckets. “The biggest issues we KANSAS (53) MIN FG FT REB PF TP had in the fourth quar- m-a m-a o-t ter were defensively,” Lauren Aldridge 37 4-13 1-2 0-1 1 13 said Schneider, whose Kylee Kopatich 34 2-12 7-10 1-3 2 11 C. Manning-Allen 30 3-5 4-6 2-7 1 10 team lost at home for the Jada Brown 24 3-5 2-6 4-5 1 8 Aisia Robertson 22 1-4 0-0 0-4 4 2 fourth time this season. Cheadle 16 0-2 0-0 0-1 1 2 KU did a fantastic job Chayla Timeka O’Neal 15 2-6 0-0 0-0 0 1 Jayde Christopher 12 1-3 0-0 0-3 0 3 defensively on WashingJohnson 10 0-1 1-2 1-2 2 1 ton State leading scorer Tyler team 4-9 Borislava Hristova (six Totals 16-51 15-26 12-35 14 53 Three-point goals: 6-25 (Aldridge 4-11, points on 3-of-6 shoot- Chrisopther 1-1, O’Neal 1-4, Cheadle ing), and that was a huge 0-1, Kopatich 0-8). Assists: 8 (O’Neal part of the game-plan en- 2, Christopher 2, Cheadle 2, Brown, Robertson). Turnovers: 15 (Kopatich 4, tering the night. Robertson 3, O’Neal 2, Aldridge, Manning“We face-guarded her Allen, Brown, Christopher, Johnson, Blocked shots: 4 (Manning-Allen 3, most of the game, and she team). Johnson). Steals: 8 (Aldridge 3, Kopatich2, didn’t help herself when O’Neal 2, Cheadle). State 12 18 14 22 — 66 she got in foul trouble,” Washington Kansas 11 16 14 12 — 53 Schneider said. “The bulk Officials: Michael Price, Lisa Jones, Nick Marshall. Attendance: 2,184. of our plan was to try to shut her down, but (give) credit to their other playAfter giving up five ers, they stepped up, and straight points to open the that’s why you don’t want fourth quarter and falling to be a one-option team.” behind 49-41, KU pulled

within three on a drive by Jada Brown (eight points, five rebounds) and a stepback three-pointer from Timeka O’Neal. WSU responded with a 10-2 run to open up a double-digit lead, and KU never recovered. KU’s mistakes, though forced by the WSU defense at times, again came down to inexperience and a lack of focus. “A lot of the time it was just paying attention to details and being tough,” said KU’s Caelynn Manning-Allen, who scored 10 points, grabbed seven rebounds and blocked three shots. “We talked a lot about toughness this week leading up to the game.” Schneider’s team definitely was tough at times, especially when considering it spent most of the night playing from behind yet never quit. “I think their team definitely knows their identity,” WSU coach June Daugherty said. “They play really, really hard.” Such a compliment is music to any coach’s ears. But now the Jayhawks need to combine good effort with good execution. “This is a great learning experience for us,” Schneider said. “Or, it should be, because it gives us something to look at on film.”

lot, you could only pick it up if it was heads up. Nanny Duver (longtime Lawrence junior high coach) started that. It was hard for us to convince a banker he’s not supposed to pick up money,” Commons joked of Freeman, who owned a bank in LeRoy. “He and (wife) Joan went to New York City on vacation. Bill didn’t take any money. New York is a pretty big city to not take any cash. He goes to some bank, gets a cashier’s check, fills it out, takes it to the teller. The teller calls the bank in LeRoy, and the president of the bank said, ‘Yes, there’s money in his account, and he OWNS the bank here.’ Bill got his check cashed,” Commons added, laughing. Commons hopes for

more smiles than tears at the service today for Freeman, who died Friday at the age of 84. “It’s been fun to reminisce on all the stories and to remember him in such a positive way,” Commons, former AD at Lawrence High, said. “What a good mentor he was to his coaching staff and the kids he had an opportunity to coach, whether football players or track athletes. As far as I was concerned, Bill was that impact person in all of our lives.” Chuck Holley, who coached alongside Freeman at LHS, states, “I’m a better person — husband, father, grandfather, teacher, friend — today because of his influence on me.” And, yes, he has a story to share.

(when Alzheimer’s hit Freeman), I would look around expecting to hear that voice.” Current Lawrence High football coach Dirk Wedd said: “It’s a huge loss for not only Lawrence, but it’s a huge loss for the state of Kansas. He was truly one of the great high school coaches of all time. “He set the bar very high. He was followed by coach (Dick) Purdy, who won five (titles), also. Coach (Al) Woolard started it all off back in the 50’s and 60’s. Then the school hit a little lull, and coach Freeman came from Osawatomie and just brought a lot of toughness and discipline to the program, and it just took off again. Lawrence High has a big thank you to that man.”

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BOX SCORE WASHINGTON STATE (66) MIN FG FT REB PF TP m-a m-a o-t Dawnyelle Awa 32 8-11 0-0 1-4 2 19 Caila Hailey 17 2-6 3-4 1-1 2 7 Louise Brown 22 2-2 0-0 0-2 3 6 B. Hristova 13 3-6 0-0 0-2 4 6 Bianca Blanaru 12 1-4 0-0 2-4 1 2 Taylor Edmondson 30 3-6 4-5 1-6 1 12 M. Kostourkova 22 1-3 1-2 0-4 4 3 Alexys Swedlund 19 2-7 0-2 0-1 1 6 Mariah Cooks 19 2-6 1-2 2-5 0 5 P. Pavlopoulou 8 0-2 0-0 0-1 2 0 Nike McClure 6 0-0 0-0 0-4 2 0 team 2-4 Totals 24-53 9-15 9-38 22 66 Three-point goals: 9-16 (Awa 3-3, Brown 2-2, Edmondson 2-3, Swedlund 2-5, Cooks 0-1, Pavlopoulou 0-1, Hristova 0-1). Assists: 15 (Awa 4, Edmondson 4, Kostourkova 2, Hailey, Brown, Hristova, Swedlund, Pavlopoulou). Turnovers: 15 (Hristova 4, Awa 2, Swedlund 2, Kostourkova 2, Pavlopoulou 2, Hailey, Brown, McClure). Blocked shots: 5 (Hailey, Brown, Blanaru, Cooks, McClure). Steals: 7 (Brown 2, Cooks 2, Awa, Edmondson, Kostourkova).

“I recall Bill’s halftime speech to the team when we played Wichita Southeast in the championship game at Haskell in 1979,” Holley said. “We were up 7-0. Southeast had five Div. I players on that team. Just imagine Bill’s high-pitched voice when he gets really excited: ‘I’d fight a tiger. I’d fight a bear. I’d fight a lion before I’d let them take this game from me.’ Most of the assistants coaches suddenly had to go to the restroom. The kids were big-eyed and focused in on coach, and us coaches did not want to smile listening to his voice. When he retired and would come up to see a game, I would be walking across the field, and I’d hear this high-pitched voice yelling, ‘Chuck, Chuck.’ Up until the last three years

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You cannot do subs. So I used to play point guard.” Frank Mason III had nine assists to no turnovers Saturday and for the year has 59 assists to 13 TOs. Devonté Graham, who had one assist and two turnovers Saturday, now has 35 assists to seven turnovers. Mykhailiuk has 11 assists, 10 turnovers. “I think they are better than me at the pointguard position. If I need to step up, I’ll step up,” Mykhailiuk said of Graham and Mason. Self thought Mykhailiuk played well in his 16 minutes vs. Montana. “I thought he and Devonté both looked good,” Self said. “He (Svi) is quick, ath- UP NEXT letic and shot well. Who: KanHe is not sas (9-1) vs. by any San Diego s t r e t c h State (7-5) a point When: 10 g u a r d , p.m. Tuesbut when day Brannen is in there Where: San and Perry Diego in there TV: CBS with him, Sports Nethe’s the work (not best op- available tion, that’s on WOW! for sure.” Cable) Mason took just five shots Saturday, hitting two. “Frank was not totally engaged offensively. Who’d think Frank would take five shots in a game? But he has nine assists, no turnovers,” Self said. “I actually thought everybody played well. We were pretty sound in all phases.” KU (9-1) will meet San Diego State in a 10 p.m. Central time tip on Tuesday at 12,414-seat Viejas Arena at Aztec Bowl in San Diego. The Aztecs, who beat KU, 61-57, on Jan. 5, 2014 in Allen Fieldhouse to snap KU’s 68game home nonconference win streak, are off to a 7-5 start. Grand Canyon University stunned the Aztecs, 52-45, on Friday in San Diego. On the season, Steve Fisher’s Aztecs have lost to Utah (81-76), ArkansasLittle Rock (49-43), West Virginia (72-50), San Diego (53-48) and Grand Canyon. S.D. State has beaten Illinois State (7160), S.D. Christian (7161), East Carolina (79-54), California (72-58), Long Beach State (76-72), Biola (73-53) and Nicholls (8447).

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confident he gets. He just looks like he belongs out there.” When Mickelson takes an open shot from the corner, Self is not saying, “No, no, no, yes.” Instead, he expects it to go in. “He’s not a low-post scorer,” Self said. “For the most part, he’s a pick-and-pop guy. Great touch. He can shoot the ball. Everybody feels comfortable with him shooting.” Ten games into the season, Kansas is shooting at a remarkable .467 clip from three-point range, nationally ranking behind just St. Mary’s (California) and Oklahoma, who are shooting .477. That kind of accuracy has made it barely noticeable that other than Ellis, Kansas doesn’t have a prolific low-post scorer. The Jayhawks don’t need a ton of points from their center. If they can steadily improve as defenders and rebounders, the center-by-committee shouldn’t hold them back.

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Brown, Steelers stifle Broncos ————

Panthers still perfect, hold off Giants after blowing 35-7 lead Sea Cle First downs 15 28 Total Net Yards 230 423 Rushes-yards 17-94 36-182 Passing 136 241 Punt Returns 0-0 1-5 Kickoff Returns 5-159 4-91 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 1-0 Comp-Att-Int 19-32-1 21-30-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 3-25 2-8 Punts 3-43.0 1-64.0 Fumbles-Lost 2-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 4-40 5-30 Time of Possession 25:27 34:33 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Cleveland, Johnson Jr. 4-46, Crowell 9-23, Manziel 2-17, Benjamin 1-9, Pryor 1-(minus 1). Seattle, Michael 16-84, Wilson 5-46, Brown 9-43, Coleman 5-10, T.Jackson 1-(minus 1). PASSING-Cleveland, Manziel 19-321-161. Seattle, Wilson 21-30-0-249. RECEIVING-Cleveland, Johnson Jr. 5-39, Barnidge 3-29, Benjamin 3-26, Crowell 3-7, Bowe 2-22, Gabriel 2-18, Moore 1-20. Seattle, Kearse 7-110, Lockett 5-55, Baldwin 4-45, F.Jackson 2-17, Willson 2-17, Helfet 1-5.

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Steelers 34, Broncos 27 Pittsburgh — Ben Roethlisberger passed for 380 yards and three touchdowns as the Steelers rallied for a win over Denver on Sunday. Antonio Brown caught 16 passes for 189 yards and two scores as Pittsburgh (9-5) moved into the AFC’s second wildcard spot by dominating the NFL’s best defense after spotting the Broncos 17-point lead. The Steelers controlled the second half, finally taking the lead when Ryan Shazier intercepted Osweiler to set up a 23-yard dart from Roethlisberger to Brown with 3:34 to go. Pittsburgh’s defense made it stand up, twice stopping the Broncos over the final minutes. Denver 14 13 0 0—27 Pittsburgh 7 6 7 14—34 First Quarter Pit-D.Williams 2 run (Boswell kick), 10:16. Den-Thomas 18 pass from Osweiler (McManus kick), 4:41. Den-Sanders 61 pass from Osweiler (McManus kick), 3:08. Second Quarter Den-Osweiler 7 run (kick failed), 11:30. Pit-FG Boswell 24, 7:33. Den-Thomas 6 pass from Osweiler (McManus kick), 1:56. Pit-FG Boswell 41, :04. Third Quarter Pit-Brown 9 pass from Roethlisberger (Boswell kick), 7:16. Fourth Quarter Pit-Wheaton 9 pass from Roethlisberger (Boswell kick), 12:34. Pit-Brown 23 pass from Roethlisberger (Boswell kick), 3:24. A-67,234. Pit Den First downs 20 28 Total Net Yards 385 377 Rushes-yards 25-104 17-23 Passing 281 354 Punt Returns 1-4 3-23 Kickoff Returns 4-74 2-49 Interceptions Ret. 2-13 1-0 Comp-Att-Int 21-44-1 40-55-2 Sacked-Yards Lost 2-15 3-26 Punts 6-43.0 6-38.7 Fumbles-Lost 3-1 0-0 Penalties-Yards 12-127 9-63 Time of Possession 28:44 31:16 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Denver, Hillman 14-48, Sanders 1-24, Osweiler 5-19, Anderson 4-14, Siemian 1-(minus 1). Pittsburgh, D.Williams 14-26, Roethlisberger 3-(minus 3). PASSING-Denver, Osweiler 21-44-1296. Pittsburgh, Roethlisberger 40-552-380. RECEIVING-Denver, Sanders 10-181, Thomas 5-61, Norwood 2-29, Daniels 2-14, Anderson 1-6, V.Davis 1-5. Pittsburgh, Brown 16-189, Bryant 10-87, Wheaton 6-62, D.Williams 5-30, Miller 3-12.

Panthers 38, Giants 35 East Rutherford, N.J. — Graham Gano’s 43yard field goal as time expired kept Carolina perfect this season with a wild victory over the New York Giants. Cam Newton threw for five touchdowns in building a 28-point lead before New York stormed back to tie it with 1:46 remaining. The rally tied the NFL record set by San Francisco against New Orleans in 1980. Carolina 7 14 14 3—38 N.Y. Giants 7 0 7 21—35 First Quarter Car-Ginn Jr. 3 pass from Newton (Gano kick), 5:33. NYG-Randle 27 pass from Manning (Brown kick), 1:24. Second Quarter Car-Olsen 37 pass from Newton (Gano kick), 2:14. Car-Funchess 14 pass from Newton (Gano kick), :15. Third Quarter Car-Brown 20 pass from Newton (Gano kick), 10:03. Car-Ginn Jr. 14 pass from Newton (Gano kick), 5:32. NYG-Tye 8 pass from Manning (Brown kick), 1:18. Fourth Quarter NYG-Jennings 38 run (Brown kick), 13:24. NYG-Vereen 8 pass from Manning (Brown kick), 5:27. NYG-Beckham Jr. 14 pass from Manning (Brown kick), 1:46. Car-FG Gano 43, :00. A-79,436. NYG Car First downs 28 21 Total Net Yards 480 406 Rushes-yards 29-171 27-161 Passing 309 245 Punt Returns 3-44 4-32 Kickoff Returns 5-82 1-19 Interceptions Ret. 1-0 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 25-45-0 29-46-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 3-31 0-0 Punts 7-45.4 7-45.0 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 2-1 Penalties-Yards 7-88 7-47 Time of Possession 30:52 29:08 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Carolina, Newton 8-100, Artis-Payne 14-59, Tolbert 5-10, Whittaker 2-2. N.Y. Giants, Jennings 16-107, Vereen 4-29, Williams 6-21, Manning 1-4. PASSING-Carolina, Newton 25-45-0340. N.Y. Giants, Manning 29-46-1-245. RECEIVING-Carolina, Ginn Jr. 6-85, Olsen 6-79, Cotchery 4-47, Brown 3-51, Artis-Payne 2-34, Funchess 2-30, Whittaker 2-14. N.Y. Giants, Vereen 8-43, Beckham Jr. 6-76, Tye 5-43, Randle 4-47, D.Harris 2-9, Nicks 1-10, White 1-10, Cunningham 1-7, Jennings 1-0. MISSED FIELD GOALS-Carolina, Gano 34 (BK).

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PITTSBURGH CORNERBACK WILLIAM GAY BREAKS UP A PASS intended for Denver wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders (10) during the second half of the Steelers’ 34-27 victory Sunday in Pittsburgh. Texans 16, Colts 10 Indianapolis — Brandon Weeden replaced injured quarterback T.J. Yates late in the first half and threw a go-ahead eight-yard TD pass to Jaelen Strong with 10:36 to play as Houston won at Indianapolis for the first time in 14 tries. The Texans (7-7) took sole possession of the AFC South lead by snapping a two-game losing streak. Houston 0 3 3 10—16 Indianapolis 0 10 0 0—10 Second Quarter Ind-Moncrief 11 pass from Hasselbeck (Vinatieri kick), 14:50. Ind-FG Vinatieri 29, 6:12. Hou-FG Novak 22, :00. Third Quarter Hou-FG Novak 46, 2:42. Fourth Quarter Hou-Strong 8 pass from Weeden (Novak kick), 10:36. Hou-FG Novak 32, 1:56. A-66,083. Ind Hou First downs 20 14 Total Net Yards 305 190 Rushes-yards 37-155 19-50 Passing 150 140 Punt Returns 3-21 4-67 Kickoff Returns 0-0 3-80 Interceptions Ret. 1-9 1-6 Comp-Att-Int 17-28-1 18-32-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 3-23 3-20 Punts 4-50.3 7-41.1 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 1-1 Penalties-Yards 6-48 8-94 Time of Possession 33:56 26:04 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Houston, Blue 20-107, Hunt 5-26, Yates 1-7, Weeden 5-6, Polk 4-6, Prosch 1-2, Grimes 1-1. Indianapolis, Gore 16-44, Tipton 1-4, Allen 1-1, Hasselbeck 1-1. PASSING-Houston, Yates 6-10-1-68, Weeden 11-18-0-105. Indianapolis, Whitehurst 1-2-0-13, Hasselbeck 17-30-1-147. RECEIVING-Houston, Hopkins 8-94, Washington 3-18, Griffin 2-30, Strong 2-23, Hunt 2-8. Indianapolis, Moncrief 5-51, Johnson 3-32, Hilton 3-29, Whalen 2-9, Gore 1-15, Fleener 1-12, Herron 1-6, Allen 1-5, Dorsett 1-1. MISSED FIELD GOALS-Houston, Novak 56 (SH).

Packers 30, Raiders 20 Oakland, Calif. — Aaron Rodgers threw a touchdown pass, and Damarious Randall returned an interception for another score to help Green Bay beat Oakland after clinching their franchise-record seventh straight playoff berth. Green Bay (10-4) clinched a spot in the postseason in the first quarter when the New York Giants lost to Carolina. Green Bay 14 0 10 6—30 Oakland 0 13 7 0—20 First Quarter GB-Kuhn 5 run (Crosby kick), 5:08. GB-Randall 43 interception return (Crosby kick), 4:53. Second Quarter Oak-FG Janikowski 23, 14:53. Oak-FG Janikowski 30, 8:36. Oak-Cooper 19 pass from Carr (Janikowski kick), :20. Third Quarter GB-FG Crosby 24, 10:18. Oak-Cooper 26 pass from Carr (Janikowski kick), 6:48. GB-J.Jones 30 pass from A.Rodgers (Crosby kick), 5:46. Fourth Quarter GB-FG Crosby 21, 10:01. GB-FG Crosby 33, 4:25. A-55,087. Oak GB First downs 18 20 Total Net Yards 293 372 Rushes-yards 28-103 25-120 Passing 190 252 Punt Returns 2-24 2-(-3) Kickoff Returns 5-117 4-92 Interceptions Ret. 2-77 1-1 Comp-Att-Int 22-39-1 23-47-2 Sacked-Yards Lost 2-14 3-24 Punts 4-52.8 5-43.4 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 0-0 Penalties-Yards 6-75 10-95 Time of Possession 29:29 30:31 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Green Bay, Starks 9-51, Lacy 11-23, Cobb 4-18, Kuhn 3-12, A.Rodgers 1-(minus 1). Oakland, Murray 21-78, Carr 4-42. PASSING-Green Bay, A.Rodgers 22-39-1-204. Oakland, Carr 23-47-2-276. RECEIVING-Green Bay, J.Jones 6-82, Cobb 5-40, Adams 5-32, Abbrederis 3-33, R.Rodgers 1-7, Perillo 1-5, Starks 1-5. Oakland, Cooper 6-120, Crabtree 6-70, Reece 3-37, Rivera 3-20, A.Holmes 2-17, Walford 2-10, Murray 1-2. MISSED FIELD GOALS-Green Bay, Crosby 49 (BK).

Cardinals 40, Eagles 17 Philadelphia — The Cardinals can check division champions off their to-do list. David Johnson ran for 187 yards and three touchdowns, Carson Palmer threw a TD pass, and the Cardinals beat Philadelphia to clinch the NFC West title. The Cardinals (12-2) will earn a first-round bye with a win over Green Bay next week. They still have a chance to secure the No. 1 seed if they win out and Carolina (14-0) loses its last two games. The Eagles (6-8) would win the NFC East title if they beat Washington (77) at home and the Giants (6-8) on the road. Arizona 7 10 13 10—40 Philadelphia 3 7 0 7—17 First Quarter Ari-D.Johnson 1 run (Catanzaro kick), 10:44. Phi-FG Sturgis 36, 6:00. Second Quarter Ari-FG Catanzaro 28, 14:08. Phi-Ertz 22 pass from Bradford (Sturgis kick), 8:26. Ari-D.Johnson 47 run (Catanzaro kick), 4:00. Third Quarter Ari-D.Johnson 1 run (kick failed), 9:48. Ari-Jo.Brown 16 pass from Palmer (Catanzaro kick), :40. Fourth Quarter Ari-Bucannon 39 interception return (Catanzaro kick), 14:50. Phi-Matthews 78 pass from Bradford (Sturgis kick), 14:32. Ari-FG Catanzaro 38, 2:55. A-69,596. Phi Ari First downs 28 19 Total Net Yards 493 424 Rushes-yards 39-230 20-74 Passing 263 350 Punt Returns 1-6 2-12 Kickoff Returns 3-62 5-118 Interceptions Ret. 2-42 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 20-33-0 28-41-2 Sacked-Yards Lost 2-11 2-11 Punts 4-39.0 3-49.0 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 2-2 Penalties-Yards 1-10 5-38 Time of Possession 37:28 22:32 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Arizona, D.Johnson 29-187, K.Williams 6-34, Taylor 2-11, Stanton 2-(minus 2). Philadelphia, Mathews 11-58, Sproles 6-9, Bradford 1-4, Murray 2-3. PASSING-Arizona, Palmer 20-320-274, Stanton 0-1-0-0. Philadelphia, Bradford 28-41-2-361. RECEIVING-Arizona, Floyd 5-70, D.Johnson 4-42, Fells 3-54, Fitzgerald 3-43, Jo.Brown 3-38, Ja.Brown 1-15, K.Williams 1-12. Philadelphia, Matthews 8-159, Ertz 8-78, Huff 4-52, Sproles 3-16, Celek 2-31, Cooper 2-22, Mathews 1-3.

Chargers 30, Dolphins 14 San Diego — Danny Woodhead had his first career four-touchdown game, and Philip Rivers recovered a fumble on a play that began with him throwing an interception as the Chargers beat Miami in what might have been the final NFL game in San Diego. Woodhead caught TD passes of 20, 9 and 9 yards, and scored on a 2-yard run for the Chargers (4-10), who failed to score a touchdown in each of their previous two home games. Miami (5-9) lost for the fourth time in five games. Miami 0 0 7 7—14 San Diego 6 17 0 7—30 First Quarter SD-Woodhead 20 pass from Rivers (kick failed), 4:16. Second Quarter SD-FG Lambo 28, 9:05. SD-Woodhead 2 run (Lambo kick), 4:18. SD-Woodhead 9 pass from Rivers (Lambo kick), :39. Third Quarter Mia-Ajayi 12 run (Franks kick), 1:30. Fourth Quarter SD-Woodhead 9 pass from Rivers (Lambo kick), 4:14. Mia-Tannehill 1 run (Franks kick), 1:35. A-66,676.

Mia SD First downs 13 26 Total Net Yards 231 442 Rushes-yards 19-44 36-140 Passing 187 302 Punt Returns 2-16 6-44 Kickoff Returns 4-92 0-0 Interceptions Ret. 2-43 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 20-34-0 26-36-2 Sacked-Yards Lost 3-29 1-9 Punts 8-45.8 3-36.7 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 0-0 Penalties-Yards 9-72 7-48 Time of Possession 21:07 38:53 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Miami, Ajayi 6-27, Miller 9-12, Tannehill 3-4, D.Williams 1-1. San Diego, D.Brown 12-90, Gordon 15-41, Woodhead 8-10, Clemens 1-(minus 1). PASSING-Miami, Tannehill 20-34-0216. San Diego, Rivers 26-36-2-311. RECEIVING-Miami, Landry 8-54, Parker 4-87, Miller 2-12, D.Williams 2-11, Stills 1-23, Ajayi 1-15, Sims 1-9, Cameron 1-5. San Diego, Gates 6-88, Woodhead 6-50, Herndon 5-35, Inman 3-78, D.Brown 2-14, Green 2-13, Floyd 1-27, Gordon 1-6.

Falcons 23, Jaguars 17 Jacksonville, Fla. — Julio Jones scored for the first time in seven weeks, and Atlanta ended a sixgame losing streak. Jones finished with nine receptions for 118 yards and set the franchise record for catches in a season. He has 118, breaking teammate Roddy White’s mark of 115 set in 2010. The Falcons had lost six straight and even had some wondering whether they had given up after losing 38-0 last week at Carolina. Atlanta 7 10 0 6—23 Jacksonville 0 3 14 0—17 First Quarter Atl-Freeman 5 run (Graham kick), 10:48. Second Quarter Jax-FG Myers 42, 14:05. Atl-Jones 11 pass from Ryan (Graham kick), 3:47. Atl-FG Graham 34, :00. Third Quarter Jax-Bortles 1 run (Myers kick), 10:40. Jax-A.Robinson 10 pass from Bortles (Myers kick), 6:15. Fourth Quarter Atl-FG Graham 33, 10:28. Atl-FG Graham 46, 1:42. A-64,016. Jax Atl First downs 22 21 Total Net Yards 328 357 Rushes-yards 33-83 20-72 Passing 245 285 Punt Returns 4-21 2-17 Kickoff Returns 1-24 3-62 Interceptions Ret. 1-84 1-3 Comp-Att-Int 22-35-1 23-38-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 1-1 2-12 Punts 5-43.2 6-42.3 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 3-0 Penalties-Yards 5-43 5-62 Time of Possession 34:33 25:27 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Atlanta, Freeman 25-56, Coleman 4-23, Weems 1-4, Ryan 3-0. Jacksonville, Bortles 6-44, D.Robinson 14-28. PASSING-Atlanta, Ryan 22-35-1-246. Jacksonville, Bortles 23-38-1-297. RECEIVING-Atlanta, Jones 9-118, Freeman 7-45, White 3-47, Hardy 3-36. Jacksonville, D.Robinson 8-46, Thomas 6-79, A.Robinson 3-57, Lee 2-46, Hurns 2-44, Lewis 1-26, Greene 1-(minus 1).

Patriots 33, Titans 16 Foxborough, Mass. — Tom Brady threw for two touchdowns to help New England hold onto the top spot in the AFC in a game that saw Titans quarterback Marcus Mariota knocked out of the game because of a knee injury in the first half. The 2014 Heisman Trophy winner and the No. 2 overall pick in this year’s draft, Mariota left and did not return after being sacked to end consecutive second-quarter drives. Brady completed 23 of 35 passes for 267 yards. Tennessee 0 3 7 6—16 New England 7 17 3 6—33 First Quarter NE-Gronkowski 5 pass from Brady (Gostkowski kick), 7:10. Second Quarter NE-Hicks fumble recovery in end zone (Gostkowski kick), 13:48. Ten-FG Succop 49, 9:44. NE-White 30 pass from Brady (Gostkowski kick), 9:23. NE-FG Gostkowski 43, 1:44. Third Quarter Ten-Walker 7 pass from Mettenberger (Succop kick), 10:05. NE-FG Gostkowski 38, 5:09. Fourth Quarter Ten-Walker 57 pass from Mettenberger (kick failed), 6:52. NE-FG Gostkowski 42, 3:30. NE-FG Gostkowski 32, 1:06. A-66,829. NE Ten First downs 15 17 Total Net Yards 282 346 Rushes-yards 21-59 26-93 Passing 223 253 Punt Returns 2-24 4-36 Kickoff Returns 2-24 1-75 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 2-51 Comp-Att-Int 23-34-2 23-35-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 5-51 2-14 Punts 5-54.4 4-45.5 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 1-1 Penalties-Yards 3-29 5-35 Time of Possession 30:23 29:37 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Tennessee, Andrews 14-45, Cobb 4-9, Mettenberger 2-5, Fowler 1-0. New England, Iosefa 14-51, Bolden 10-36, White 1-6, LaFell 1-0. PASSING-Tennessee, Mettenberger 20-28-2-242, Mariota 3-6-0-32. New England, Brady 23-35-0-267. RECEIVING-Tennessee, GreenBeckham 6-113, Andrews 5-25, Sankey 3-23, Fasano 3-21, Walker 2-64, Douglas 2-15, Fowler 1-8, Stevens 1-5. New England, White 7-71, Gronkowski 5-54, LaFell 4-88, Martin 3-26, Bolden 2-18, Williams 1-7, Amendola 1-3. MISSED FIELD GOALS-New England, Gostkowski 48 (WR).

Vikings 38, Bears 17 Minneapolis — Teddy Bridgewater threw a career-high four touchdowns and ran for another, and the Vikings took a big step toward clinching playoff spot. Bridgewater completed 17 of 20 passes for 231 yards without a turnover, connecting twice with Stefon Diggs for scores. Jerick McKinnon and Zach Line had the other touchdown catches on a remarkably proSeahawks 30, Browns 13 ductive afternoon for all Seattle — Russell of Minnesota’s running Wilson continued his rebacks. cord pace throwing three touchdown passes, two to Chicago 0 7 3 7—17 Doug Baldwin, and Seat- Minnesota 7 10 7 14—38 Quarter tle clinched a playoff spot First Min-Diggs 15 pass from Bridgewater for the fourth straight (Walsh kick), 5:44. season with a win over Second Quarter Min-FG Walsh 53, 14:22. Cleveland. Chi-Jeffery 10 pass from Cutler Seattle (9-5) won its (Gould kick), 5:40. Min-McKinnon 17 pass from fifth straight and, thanks Bridgewater (Walsh kick), :26. to losses this week by Third Quarter Min-Diggs 33 pass from Bridgewater Tampa Bay and the New (Walsh kick), 10:40. York Giants, wrapped Chi-FG Gould 51, 4:23. Fourth Quarter up a postseason berth. Min-Bridgewater 12 run (Walsh

Cleveland 7 3 0 3—13 Seattle 7 13 0 10—30 First Quarter Cle-Barnidge 7 pass from Manziel (Coons kick), 8:07. Sea-Baldwin 3 pass from Wilson (Hauschka kick), :43. Second Quarter Sea-Baldwin 6 pass from Wilson (Hauschka kick), 9:56. Cle-FG Coons 34, 6:31. Sea-FG Hauschka 49, :55. Sea-FG Hauschka 27, :00. Fourth Quarter Sea-Lockett 27 pass from Wilson (Hauschka kick), 14:54. Cle-FG Coons 37, 9:02. Sea-FG Hauschka 30, 3:34. A-69,002.

kick), 8:45. Chi-Forte 4 pass from Cutler (Gould kick), 5:13. Min-Line 4 pass from Bridgewater (Walsh kick), 1:50. A-52,421. Min Chi First downs 21 20 Total Net Yards 293 350 Rushes-yards 20-94 36-129 Passing 199 221 Punt Returns 0-0 0-0 Kickoff Returns 5-153 1-22 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 1-3 Comp-Att-Int 26-37-1 17-20-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 5-32 1-10 Punts 4-40.3 3-43.0 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-0 Penalties-Yards 6-39 4-45 Time of Possession 27:50 32:10

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Chicago, Forte 8-47, Langford 11-46, Cutler 1-1. Minnesota, Peterson 18-63, Asiata 5-28, Bridgewater 4-17, McKinnon 7-10, Thielen 1-8, Line 1-3. PASSING-Chicago, Cutler 26-37-1231. Minnesota, Bridgewater 17-20-0231. RECEIVING-Chicago, Forte 6-57, Miller 6-57, Royal 5-31, Mariani 3-31, Carey 2-18, Langford 1-11, Jeffery 1-10, Housler 1-9, Bellamy 1-7. Minnesota, McKinnon 4-76, Diggs 3-55, Wallace 3-37, Wright 3-32, Rudolph 2-21, Asiata 1-6, Line 1-4.

Washington 35, Bills 25 Landover, Md. — Kirk Cousins equaled his career high with four touchdown passes and ran 13 yards for another score, helping Washington win consecutive games for the first time in more than a year and stay atop the NFC East. While Washington moved closer to a playoff berth, the Bills (6-8) are now assured of missing the postseason for the 16th year in a row, the NFL’s longest active drought. Buffalo 0 0 17 8—25 Washington 7 14 7 7—35 First Quarter Was-Reed 3 pass from Cousins (Hopkins kick), 9:22. Second Quarter Was-Cousins 13 run (Hopkins kick), 12:46. Was-Reed 18 pass from Cousins (Hopkins kick), 8:47. Third Quarter Buf-FG Carpenter 32, 8:59. Was-Jackson 77 pass from Cousins (Hopkins kick), 8:39. Buf-Gillislee 60 run (Carpenter kick), 6:48. Buf-Watkins 48 pass from Taylor (Carpenter kick), 3:48. Fourth Quarter Was-Garcon 5 pass from Cousins (Hopkins kick), 11:16. Buf-Watkins 20 pass from Taylor (Taylor run), 1:26. A-80,124. Was Buf First downs 21 23 Total Net Yards 452 431 Rushes-yards 31-240 27-123 Passing 212 308 Punt Returns 1-0 2-5 Kickoff Returns 3-51 3-50 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 16-27-0 22-28-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 5-23 1-11 Punts 4-35.0 3-46.7 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-1 Penalties-Yards 8-56 5-6 Time of Possession 30:56 29:04 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Buffalo, Gillislee 4-81, Taylor 9-79, Ka.Williams 4-41, McCoy 10-29, Manuel 2-6, Dixon 1-5, Thigpen 1-(minus 1). Washington, Morris 14-84, Jones 10-28, Cousins 3-11. PASSING-Buffalo, Taylor 16-27-0-235. Washington, Cousins 22-28-0-319. RECEIVING-Buffalo, Watkins 5-111, Woods 4-44, Gillislee 2-2, O’Leary 1-37, Gragg 1-16, Hogan 1-13, McCoy 1-8, Dixon 1-4. Washington, Reed 7-84, Jackson 6-153, Garcon 3-34, Crowder 3-21, Grant 1-13, Jones 1-8, Young 1-6.

Bengals 24, 49ers 14 Santa Clara, Calif. — Jeremy Hill ran for a pair of one-yard touchdowns to back AJ McCarron’s first career start, and Cincinnati clinched a fifth straight postseason berth by beating San Francisco. As Andy Dalton watched from the sideline with a large cast over his broken right thumb, McCarron threw a 20-yard touchdown pass to Tyler Kroft just before halftime as the Bengals (11-3) forced three second-quarter turnovers by San Francisco (4-10) to take command. Vontaze Burfict and Adam “Pacman” Jones each made interceptions on balls that deflected off the hands of tight end Vance McDonald. Cincinnati 0 21 3 0—24 San Francisco 0 0 7 7—14 Second Quarter Cin-J.Hill 1 run (Nugent kick), 5:16. Cin-J.Hill 1 run (Nugent kick), 1:17. Cin-Kroft 20 pass from McCarron (Nugent kick), :53. Third Quarter Cin-FG Nugent 22, 8:40. SF-Miller 1 run (Dawson kick), 3:14. Fourth Quarter SF-Boldin 15 pass from Gabbert (Dawson kick), 2:17. A-70,799. SF Cin First downs 14 17 Total Net Yards 242 318 Rushes-yards 36-68 17-55 Passing 174 263 Punt Returns 3-(-1) 6-40 Kickoff Returns 2-46 3-87 Interceptions Ret. 3-44 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 15-21-0 30-50-3 Sacked-Yards Lost 4-18 4-32 Punts 8-51.6 7-40.6 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-1 Penalties-Yards 6-45 11-98 Time of Possession 30:59 29:01 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Cincinnati, Bernard 14-33, J.Hill 19-31, McCarron 2-2, Sanu 1-2. San Francisco, Draughn 9-38, Gabbert 2-10, Cadet 2-4, Miller 2-3, Gaskins 2-0. PASSING-Cincinnati, McCarron 15-21-0-192. San Francisco, Gabbert 30-50-3-295. RECEIVING-Cincinnati, M.Jones 4-89, Bernard 4-18, Kroft 3-31, Sanu 2-8, Green 1-37, Hewitt 1-9. San Francisco, Boldin 8-74, Gaskins 6-52, Bell 4-43, Cadet 4-32, Patton 3-37, Smith 2-33, McDonald 1-10, Miller 1-10, Draughn 1-4. MISSED FIELD GOALS-San Francisco, Dawson 41 (BK).

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Big 12 Men TCU 80, Abilene Christian 69 Fort Worth, Texas — Playing the inaugural game in its new arena, TCU made its first five shots and Malique Trent scored a career-high 24 points in a victory over Abilene Christian on Sunday. TCU (6-4) never trailed after connecting on nine of its first 10 attempts from the field, but wasn’t able to make the game against Abilene Christian (4-7) a complete runaway. With six minutes left, TCU had built a 16-point lead, one off its largest advantage of the game, but the Wildcats clawed back to within seven in the final minute. Trent was 8-of-13 from the floor and made all seven of his shots inside the three-point line. Vladimir Brodziansky finished with 19 points, while Karviar Shepherd added 13. The $72 million Ed and Rae Schollmaier Arena was scheduled to open prior to the 2015-16 season, but its opening was delayed. ABILENE CHRISTIAN (4-7) Franklin 5-10 3-6 13, Wentz 2-6 1-2 6, Crnic 3-10 3-3 10, Cooke 1-8 3-4 5, Porter 5-7 0-1 10, Lewis 6-7 2-2 16, Tripp 2-2 0-0 4, Farquhar 0-2 0-0 0, Green 0-1 0-0 0, Howell 0-0 5-8 5. Totals 24-53 17-26 69. TCU (6-4) M. Williams 3-4 0-0 6, Trent 8-13 7-8 24, Brodziansky 7-12 5-5 19, Parrish 3-7 1-2 8, Shepherd 4-6 3-5 13, Shreiner 0-0 0-0 0, Collins 0-2 0-0 0, Miller 0-8 2-2 2, Dry 0-0 0-0 0, Abron 3-6 2-4 8. Totals 28-58 20-26 80. Halftime-TCU 40-30. 3-Point GoalsAbilene Christian 4-19 (Lewis 2-2, Wentz 1-5, Crnic 1-5, Green 0-1, Cooke 0-6), TCU 4-12 (Shepherd 2-2, Parrish 1-2, Trent 1-6, Brodziansky 0-1, Collins 0-1). Fouled Out-Cooke, Franklin, Porter, Wentz. Rebounds-Abilene Christian 32 (Cooke 8), TCU 33 (Abron 9). Assists-Abilene Christian 11 (Crnic 3), TCU 16 (M. Williams 6). Total FoulsAbilene Christian 26, TCU 22. A-5,791.

Top 25 Men UConn 88, Mass-Lowell 79 Hartford, Conn. — Rodney Purvis scored 28 points, and UConn beat UMass-Lowell. The Huskies (7-3), who were playing without injured 7-foot center Amida Brimah, relied on their guards in the victory.

MASS.-LOWELL (4-7) Jones 2-4 0-0 5, Thomas 8-9 3-5 19, White 4-11 1-2 11, Gantz 7-16 0-0 18, Harris 4-6 0-0 11, Hayes II 1-2 0-0 3, Shea 0-1 0-0 0, Smith 0-1 0-0 0, Mlachnik 2-7 0-0 5, Cornelius 1-1 5-6 7. Totals 29-58 9-13 79. UCONN (7-3) Adams 1-3 0-0 2, Gibbs 5-10 3-6 15, Hamilton 5-8 1-2 12, Miller 5-8 0-1 10, Purvis 10-14 3-4 28, Nolan 1-1 0-0 2, Cassell Jr. 0-0 0-0 0, Facey 1-1 0-0 2, Enoch 1-2 1-2 3, Calhoun 3-3 7-7 14. Totals 32-50 15-22 88. Halftime-UConn 43-37. 3-Point GoalsMass.-Lowell 12-30 (Gantz 4-8, Harris 3-5, White 2-7, Hayes II 1-1, Jones 1-3, Mlachnik 1-5, Thomas 0-1), UConn 9-17 (Purvis 5-8, Gibbs 2-5, Calhoun 1-1, Hamilton 1-2, Adams 0-1). Fouled Out-Harris. Rebounds-Mass.-Lowell 18 (Thomas 5), UConn 30 (Hamilton 11). Assists-Mass.-Lowell 18 (Thomas 7), UConn 15 (Hamilton 7). Total FoulsMass.-Lowell 19, UConn 17. A-9,848.

Big 12 Women No. 5 Texas 61, Arkansas 50 Oklahoma City — Brianna Taylor scored four of her 15 points in the final minute and had eight rebounds in Texas’ victory over Arkansas in the Big 12-Southeastern Conference Challenge. Celina Rodrigo had nine points and eight rebounds, and Brooke McCarty also had nine points for Texas (10-0).

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AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA y-New England 12 2 0 .857 435 269 N.Y. Jets 9 5 0 .643 344 272 Buffalo 6 8 0 .429 341 336 Miami 5 9 0 .357 278 361 South W L T Pct PF PA Houston 7 7 0 .500 275 301 Indianapolis 6 8 0 .429 285 372 Jacksonville 5 9 0 .357 343 380 Tennessee 3 11 0 .214 269 359 North W L T Pct PF PA x-Cincinnati 11 3 0 .786 378 243 Pittsburgh 9 5 0 .643 378 287 Baltimore 4 10 0 .286 292 360 Cleveland 3 11 0 .214 253 387 West W L T Pct PF PA Denver 10 4 0 .714 308 259 Kansas City 9 5 0 .643 365 257 Oakland 6 8 0 .429 319 356 San Diego 4 10 0 .286 280 348 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA Washington 7 7 0 .500 316 332 Philadelphia 6 8 0 .429 318 362 N.Y. Giants 6 8 0 .429 373 358 Dallas 4 10 0 .286 246 324 South W L T Pct PF PA y-Carolina 14 0 0 1.000 449 278 Atlanta 7 7 0 .500 302 312 Tampa Bay 6 8 0 .429 311 353 New Orleans 5 8 0 .385 323 397 North W L T Pct PF PA x-Green Bay 10 4 0 .714 347 265 Minnesota 9 5 0 .643 296 272 Chicago 5 9 0 .357 289 352 Detroit 4 9 0 .308 267 336 West W L T Pct PF PA y-Arizona 12 2 0 .857 445 269 x-Seattle 9 5 0 .643 370 248 St. Louis 6 8 0 .429 241 294 San Francisco 4 10 0 .286 202 339 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division Sunday’s Games Minnesota 38, Chicago 17 Atlanta 23, Jacksonville 17 Houston 16, Indianapolis 10 Carolina 38, N.Y. Giants 35 New England 33, Tennessee 16 Washington 35, Buffalo 25 Kansas City 34, Baltimore 14 Seattle 30, Cleveland 13 Green Bay 30, Oakland 20 San Diego 30, Miami 14 Cincinnati 24, San Francisco 14 Pittsburgh 34, Denver 27 Arizona 40, Philadelphia 17 Today’s Game Detroit at New Orleans, 7:30 p.m.

No. 20 So. Florida 68, Oklahoma State 46 Tampa, Fla. — Courtney Williams scored 16 points, and Laura Ferreira had 12 of her 14 in the second half in South Florida’s victory over Chiefs Schedule Sept. 13 — at Houston, W 27-20 (1-0) Oklahoma State. Sept. 17 — Denver, L 24-31 (1-1) South Florida (7-2) Sept. 28 — at Green Bay, L 28-38 (1-2) Oct. 4 — at Cincinnati, L 21-36 (1-3) is 7-0 at home, havOct. 11 — Chicago, L 17-18 (1-4) ing only lost at ranked Oct. 18 — at Minnesota, L 10-16 (1-5) Oct. 25 — Pittsburgh, W 23-13 (2-5) Baylor and St. John’s. Nov. 1 — Detroit at London, W 45-10 Brittney Martin led (3-5) Oklahoma State (8-1) Nov. 8 — Bye Nov. 15 — at Denver, W 29-13 (4-5) with 19 points. Nov. 22 — at San Diego, W 33-3 (5-5) Nov. 29 — Buffalo, W 30-22 (6-5)

Dec. 6 — at Oakland, W 34-20 (7-5) No. 18 Texas A&M 74, Dec. 13 — San Diego, W 10-3 (8-5) No. 17 Oklahoma 68 Dec. 20 — at Baltimore, W 34-14 (9-5) Dec. 27 — Cleveland, noon Oklahoma City — Jan. 3 — Oakland, noon Courtney Williams scored 23 points and No. 18 TexBowl Schedule as A&M rallied from a College Today 10-point third-quarter def- Miami Beach Bowl South Florida (8-4) vs. Western icit to beat No. 17 Oklaho- Kentucky (11-2), 1:30 p.m. (ESPN) ma in the Big 12/SEC Chal- Tuesday, Dec. 22 lenge on Sunday, snapping Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Boise the Sooners’ eight-game Akron (7-5) vs. Utah St. (6-6), 2:30 p.m. (ESPN) win streak. Raton (Fla.) Bowl Courtney Walker, a Boca Temple (10-3) vs. Toledo (9-2), 6 native of the Oklaho- p.m. (ESPN) Dec. 23 ma City area, added 18 Wednesday, Poinsettia Bowl points for Texas A&M San Diego Northern Illinois (8-5) vs. Boise St. (8-3). Kaylon Williams (8-4), 3:30 p.m. (ESPN) had 12 points and 13 re- GoDaddy Bowl bounds to lead Oklaho- Mobile, Ala. Bowling Green (10-3) vs. Georgia ma (9-2). 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) Saturday, Jan. 2 TaxSlayer Bowl Jacksonville, Fla. Penn St. (7-5) vs. Georgia (9-3), 11 a.m. (ESPN) Liberty Bowl, Memphis, Tenn. Kansas St. (6-6) vs. Arkansas (7-5), 2:20 p.m. (ESPN)

Alamo Bowl San Antonio Oregon (9-3) vs. TCU (10-2), 5:45 p.m. (ESPN) Cactus Bowl Phoenix West Virginia (7-5) vs. Arizona St. (6-6), 9:15 p.m. (ESPN) Monday, Jan. 11 College Football Championship Game Glendale, Ariz. Orange Bowl winner vs. Cotton Bowl winner, 7:30 p.m. (ESPN) Saturday, Jan. 23 East-West Shrine Classic At St. Petersburg, Fla. East vs. West, 3 p.m. (NFLN) NFLPA Collegiate Bowl At Carson, Calif. National vs. American, 5 p.m. (ESPN2)

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Big 12 Overall W L W L Oklahoma 0 0 8 0 Kansas 0 0 9 1 Iowa State 0 0 9 1 West Virginia 0 0 9 1 Texas Tech 0 0 8 1 Baylor 0 0 8 2 Kansas State 0 0 8 2 Texas 0 0 8 3 Oklahoma State 0 0 7 4 TCU 0 0 6 4 Saturday’s Late Game Texas 75, Stanford 73 Sunday’s Game TCU 80, Abilene Christian 69 Today’s Game E. Kentucky at West Virginia, 6 p.m.

Big 12 Women

Big 12 Overall W L W L Baylor 0 0 12 0 Texas 0 0 10 0 Kansas State 0 0 9 1 Oklahoma State 0 0 8 1 Oklahoma 0 0 9 2 Texas Tech 0 0 9 2 TCU 0 0 8 3 West Virginia 0 0 8 3 Iowa State 0 0 7 3 Kansas 0 0 5 5 Sunday’s Games Washington State 66, Kansas 53 USF 68, Oklahoma State 46 Texas 61, Arkansas 50 Iowa State 91, Alcorn State 41 Texas Tech 84, Ark.-Pine Bluff 40 TCU 76, Southern Utah 47 James Madison 69, West Virginia 62 Texas A&M 74, Oklahoma 68 Today’s Games Baylor vs. James Madison at Orlando, Fla., 4 p.m. West Virginia vs. Indiana at Winter Park, Fla., 6:15 p.m. Western Illinois at Kansas St., 7 p.m.

Kansas Men

Nov. 4 — Pittsburg State (exhibition), W 89-66 Nov. 10 — Fort Hays State (exhibition), W 95-59 Nov. 13 — Northern Colorado, W 109-72 (1-0) Nov. 17 — Michigan State at Chicago United Center, L 73-79 (1-1) Nov. 23 — Chaminade at Maui Invitational, W 123-72 (2-1) Nov. 24 — UCLA at Maui Invitational, W 92-73 (3-1) Nov. 25 — Vanderbilt at Maui Invitational, W 70-63 (4-1) Dec. 1 — Loyola (Md.), W 94-61 (5-1) Dec. 5 — Harvard, W 75-69 (6-1) Dec. 9 — Holy Cross, W 92-59 (7-1) Dec. 12 — Oregon State at Kansas City Shootout, Sprint Center, W 82-67 (8-1) Dec. 19 — Montana, W 88-46 (9-1) Dec. 22 — at San Diego State, 10 p.m. Dec. 29 — UC Irvine, 8 p.m. Jan. 2 — Baylor, 3 p.m. Jan. 4 — Oklahoma, 8 p.m. Jan. 9 — at Texas Tech, 8 p.m. Jan. 12 — at West Virginia, 6 p.m. Jan. 16 — TCU, 1 p.m. Jan. 19 — at Oklahoma State, 6 p.m. Jan. 23 — Texas, 1 p.m. Jan. 25 —at Iowa State, 8 p.m. Jan. 30 — Kentucky in Big 12/SEC Challenge, Allen Fieldhouse, TBA Feb. 3 — Kansas State, 8 p.m. Feb. 6 — at TCU, 11 a.m. Feb. 9 — West Virginia, 6 p.m. Feb. 13 — at Oklahoma, 1 p.m. Feb. 15 — Oklahoma State, 8 p.m. Feb. 20 — at Kansas State, 5 p.m. Feb. 23 —at Baylor, 7 p.m.

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Sunday’s Scores EAST Monmouth (NJ) 73, Rutgers 67 NJIT 83, St. John’s 74 Pittsburgh 94, Davidson 69 UConn 88, Mass.-Lowell 79 MIDWEST Samford 69, Nebraska 58 SOUTHWEST UALR 84, N. Arizona 57 FAR WEST Boise St. 90, Bradley 70 Evansville 85, Fresno St. 77

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Sunday’s Scores EAST Auburn 74, Towson 52 Boston College 66, Mass.-Lowell 55 Penn St. 83, Sacred Heart 46 Pittsburgh 75, Rider 44 Providence 64, Rhode Island 55, OT Seton Hall 81, St. Peter’s 65 Villanova 67, La Salle 56 SOUTH Alabama 72, Grambling St. 57 Florida Gulf Coast 57, Arizona 55 Kentucky 71, Duke 61 Louisville 71, Coll. of Charleston 67 Maryland 106, Md.-Eastern Shore 30 Miami 89, Indiana 75 Mississippi St. 90, W. Michigan 68 North Carolina 69, Southern Miss. 62 SMU 69, Gardner-Webb 61 South Carolina 88, East Carolina 57 South Florida 68, Oklahoma St. 46 Wake Forest 43, Richmond 33 MIDWEST Cincinnati 70, E. Illinois 57 Dayton 85, Princeton 81 Georgia 63, Wright St. 57 Georgia Tech 60, IUPUI 50 Missouri 91, Lamar 57 N. Iowa 75, Tulsa 59 SOUTHWEST Missouri St. 64, UALR 58 FAR WEST Abilene Christian 71, Idaho 59, OT Colorado St. 74, Denver 46 Hawaii 74, Sacramento St. 72 Long Beach St. 67, UNLV 63 New Mexico St. 52, New Mexico 47

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