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Capo surrenders
Two men transported immigrants
Second-in-command claims life is in danger By JOSHUA FECHTER SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS
A man suspected of being second-in-command of the Zetas drug cartel surrendered to Mexican federal police on Tuesday near the Texas-Mexico border, claiming his life was in danger. Federal police captured Jonathan Abbid Espinoza Ayala, also known as "El Jonas," while patrolling
near the internalife. tional bridge that Police then connects Matamosearched Ayala’s ros in the state of name and found Tamaulipas to he is a leading Brownsville, acmember of the cording to a news Zetas cartel, the release. release said. Ayala initially Ayala told infled from officers vestigators that when he saw he had left CiuAYALA them there, but dad Victoria in Tathen ran towards maulipas after rethem when they pursued ceiving threats from other and said he feared for his Zetas members.
The cartel leader’s arrest comes days after the arrest of Angel Eduardo Prado Rodriguez, a Gulf cartel faction leader known as “Ciclon 7,” in Ciudad Victoria last week. A recently declassified DEA report shows that the Gulf cartel dominates the state of Tamaulipas, while the Zetas cartel remains dominant in the neighboring states of Nuevo León and Coahuila.
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FLASH FLOOD WARNING
Border Patrol agents take custody of 11 people without documentation By CÉSAR G. RODRIGUEZ THE ZAPATA TIMES
Two men were recently arrested in Zapata County for transporting immigrants who had crossed the border illegally, court records state. Juan Bautista and Juan Gonzalez were charged with transporting illegal immigrants, states a criminal complaint filed against them Monday. Both were transporting 11 immigrants. U.S. Border Patrol agents encountered the group at about 11:15 p.m. Oct. 16 while conducting still watch operations south of Zapata. Agents said they observed several people boarding a pickup,
which then began traveling north on U.S. 83. Agents later located a vehicle matching the description. Records state agents observed several people attempting to conceal themselves in the bed of the pickup and the passenger compartment. Agents took custody of 11 immigrants with no legal documentation to remain in the United States. Bautista and Gonzalez were identified as the suspected smugglers. Both allegedly agreed to be interviewed by Homeland Security Investigations special agents. Records state both admitted to transporting immigrants for financial compensation.
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A U.S. Border Patrol vehicle is shown at the Mexico-U.S. border near McAllen, Texas, March 25, 2014.
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A couple looks out to sea as rainfall increases with the approach of Hurricane Patricia in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, Friday. Hurricane Patricia barreled toward southwestern Mexico Friday as a monster Category 5 storm. See related stories, pages 9A and 12A.
By AARON NELSEN
Hurricane Patricia to bring thunderstorms THE ZAPATA TIMES
A “significant flood event” is possible across South Texas this weekend, according to the National Weather Service. Zapata has a 90 percent chance of rain Saturday. A flash flood watch is in effect for Zapata County from Saturday morning through Sunday evening. “Several inches of rainfall in a short period of time will cause small streams and arroyos to fill quickly to bankfull... and possible overflow over the banks,” a press release issued by the National Weather Service in Brownsville reads. “Low-lying and poor drainage areas are especially at risk for flash flooding.” Two to 4 inches of rainfall is expected along the Rio Grande and 6 to 8 inches is possible over the coastal bend, according to the National Weather Ser-
vice. Temperatures will dip as well, as thunderstorms move through the area. A high of 79 is expected in Zapata on Saturday. A wave of heavy rain is expected to intensify over the middle third of Texas as a major Pacific hurricane jets moisture into the state. Hurricane Patricia, a category 5 storm, made landfall near Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, on Friday and is expected to move northeast toward South Texas. That was to combine with an upper-level disturbance associated with a cold front. The result: downpours of 5 to 8 inches with isolated pockets of 10 to 12 inches in the Texas Hill Country and along the Interstate 35 corridor from the Austin-San Antonio area to the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Flash flood watches have been issued for those areas.
10,000 apprehended last month SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS
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As people begin to arrive, men try to secure the windows at a makeshift shelter from Hurricane Patricia, in Puerto Vallarta. Meanwhile, a coastal flood advisory has been issued for the upper Texas Gulf Coast from Palacios to Sabine Pass, where tidal rise of more than 4 feet is possible, flooding coastal roads. Up to 3 inches of rain was reported in the cattle country west of Fort Worth on Thursday, and a handful of high school football games were postponed be-
cause of lightning. Heavy rain in West Texas on Thursday led to flooding that floated several travel trailers and a double-wide mobile home away from an RV park. Upton County Sheriff Dan Brown said nobody was in the trailers during the flooding in Rankin, 60 miles south of Odessa. The occupants safely evacuated.
Almost 10,000 immigrant children and families were caught crossing the border illegally in September, continuing an unseasonably high trend that has raised concerns of persistent migrant flows from Central America. Nevertheless, a year after an unprecedented surge of immigrants from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras overwhelmed immigration authorities in the Rio Grande Valley, apprehensions of unaccompanied children and families in the last year have each plummeted by 42 percent, according to U.S. Border Patrol data. Total apprehensions of unaccompanied children for fiscal year 2015 — from October 2014 through this September — was 39,970, compared with 68,541 a year ago. Meanwhile, family unit apprehensions dropped to 39,838 in 2015, compared with 68,445 in 2014. And yet, Border Patrol
caught 4,476 unaccompanied minors and 5,273 parents with children in September to end the fiscal year, up significantly from the same month last year. The Department of Homeland Security said it is closely monitoring the uptick of immigrant children and families from Central America at the Southwest border, noting that economic hardship and violence continue to push migration northward. The U.S. government also is waging a $1.2 million international media campaign to caution Central Americans against risking their lives on the journey through Mexico, emphasizing that people who are caught illegally entering the country will be a top priority for removal. “We are aware that smugglers, or “coyotes,” often use misinformation about current immigration policies and practices to lure individuals seeking to cross the border illegally to employ their services,” Border Patrol said in a statement.
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Saturday, October 24
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Pumpkin Patch, First United Methodist Church, 1220 McClelland from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Public invited; admission free. TAMIU Lamar Bruni Vergara Planetarium shows. 2 p.m.: Cosmic Adventures; 3 p.m.: The Little Star That Could; 4 p.m.: Back to the Moon; 5 p.m.: Violent Universe: Catastrophes of the Universe. General Admission is $4 for children and $5 for adults. Admission is $4 for TAMIU students, faculty and staff. Matinee Shows are $1 less. Call 956-326-DOME (3663). 31st Annual Update in Medicine Conference at UTHSC Regional Campus, 1937 E. Bustamante. Topics to be discussed include diabetes, cancer, mental health, obesity, autism and others. Registration is available on site. Continuing education credits available for physicians, nurses, social workers, counselors and dietitians. Please call 712-0037 to register and reserve your space.
Today is Saturday, October 24, the 297th day of 2015. There are 68 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On October 24, 1945, the United Nations officially came into existence as its charter took effect. On this date: In 1537, Jane Seymour, the third wife of England’s King Henry VIII, died 12 days after giving birth to Prince Edward, later King Edward VI. In 1648, the Peace of Westphalia ended the Thirty Years War and effectively destroyed the Holy Roman Empire. In 1861, the first transcontinental telegraph message was sent by Chief Justice Stephen J. Field of California from San Francisco to President Abraham Lincoln in Washington, D.C., over a line built by the Western Union Telegraph Co. In 1940, the 40-hour work week went into effect under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. In 1962, a naval quarantine of Cuba ordered by President John F. Kennedy went into effect during the missile crisis. In 1972, Hall of Famer Jackie Robinson, who’d broken Major League Baseball’s color barrier in 1947, died in Stamford, Connecticut, at age 53. In 1980, the merchant freighter SS Poet departed Philadelphia, bound for Port Said, Egypt, with a crew of 34 and a cargo of grain; it disappeared en route and has not been heard from since. In 1992, the Toronto Blue Jays became the first non-U.S. team to win the World Series as they defeated the Atlanta Braves, 4-3, in Game 6. In 2002, authorities apprehended Army veteran John Allen Muhammad and teenager Lee Boyd Malvo near Myersville, Maryland, in the Washington-area sniper attacks. (Malvo was later sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole; Muhammad was sentenced to death and executed in 2009.) Ten years ago: Hurricane Wilma knifed through Florida with winds up to 125 mph. Civil rights icon Rosa Parks died in Detroit at age 92. President George W. Bush nominated economic adviser Ben Bernanke to succeed Alan Greenspan as Federal Reserve chairman. Five years ago: Playwright Joseph Stein, who wrote the book for the classic Broadway musical “Fiddler on the Roof,” died in New York at age 98. One year ago: A shooting rampage in Northern California claimed the lives of Sacramento County Deputy Danny Oliver, then Placer County sheriff ’s detective Michael Davis Jr. (a suspect, Luis Enrique Monroy Bracamontes, faces charges of murder and attempted murder). Today’s Birthdays: Football Hall-of-Famer Y.A. Tittle is 89. Rock musician Bill Wyman is 79. Actor F. Murray Abraham is 76. Movie director-screenwriter David S. Ward is 70. Actor Kevin Kline is 68. Actor B.D. Wong is 55. Actress-comedian Casey Wilson is 35. Rhythm-and-blues singer Adrienne Bailon (3lw) is 32. R&B singer-rapper-actor Drake is 29. Actress Shenae Grimes is 26. Thought for Today: “Seek not the favor of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and lawful means. But seek the testimony of the few; and number not voices, but weigh them.” — Immanuel Kant, German philosopher (17241804).
Sunday, October 25 Pumpkin Patch is open in front of the First United Methodist Church, 1220 McClelland. 12:30 to 6:30 p.m. Public is invited, and admission is free.
Monday, October 26 Pumpkin Patch, First United Methodist Church, 1220 McClelland from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Public invited; admission free. Chess Club meets at the LBV–Inner City Branch Library from 4–6 p.m. Free for all ages and skill levels. Basic instruction is offered. Call John at 7952400, x2521.
Tuesday, October 27 Pumpkin Patch, First United Methodist Church, 1220 McClelland from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Public invited; admission free. Take the challenge and climb the Rock Wall. Free. Bring ID and sign release form. 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at LBV–Inner City Branch Library, 202 W. Plum St. Call 795-2400, x2520. TAMIU Lamar Bruni Vergara Planetarium shows. 6 p.m.: Cosmic Adventures; 7 p.m.: Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon. General Admission is $4 for children and $5 for adults. Admission is $4 for TAMIU students, faculty and staff. For more information call 956326DOME (3663). Halloween Health Fair at the LBV–Inner City Branch Library from 3 p.m.–5:30 p.m. Health vendor booths, author Patty Raymond, screenings, face painting, rock wall climbing and free giveaways are available. Questions? Call 956-795-2400 x2520.
Wednesday, October 28 Pumpkin Patch, First United Methodist Church, 1220 McClelland from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Public invited; admission free. The American Cancer Society 2016 Relay for Life of Webb County Kick-off Rally. Firefighters Union Hall, 5209 Tesoro Plaza from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Cancer survivors, caregivers, and team captains are invited to attend. For more info, call Laura Nanez, event lead, at 286-6955 or Diana Juarez, staff partner, at 319-3100.
Thursday, October 29 Pumpkin Patch, First United Methodist Church, 1220 McClelland from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Public invited; admission free. TAMIU Lamar Bruni Vergara Planetarium shows. 6 p.m.: Cosmic Adventures; 7 p.m.: Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon. General Admission is $4 for children and $5 for adults. Admission is $4 for TAMIU students, faculty and staff. For more information call 956326DOME (3663).
Friday, October 30 Pumpkin Patch, First United Methodist Church, 1220 McClelland from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Public invited; admission free.
Saturday, October 31 Pumpkin Patch, First United Methodist Church, 1220 McClelland from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Public invited; admission free. The Laredo Free Thinkers host Operation Feed the Homeless at Jarvis Plaza at 3 p.m. Please volunteer time and/or food, drinks, clothing, etc. For more information please visit/message the Laredo Free Thinkers page on Facebook.
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On Nov. 3, Texas voters will be asked to consider Proposition 7, a constitutional amendment created to address the state’s growing transportation needs. This photo shows traffic in Dallas.
Transportation funding eyed By LUQMAN ADENIYI TEXAS TRIBUNE
As Texas’ transportation needs multiply, voters in the rapidly growing state will be asked Nov. 3 to consider a way to pay for those needs. Proposition 7 is one of seven Texas constitutional amendments on the statewide ballot; early voting continues through Oct. 30. Under the amendment, the state comptroller would direct some of the taxes collected on car sales to the State Highway Fund, which is used to maintain and construct public roadways and bridges. If approved by voters, the money would be used for road projects and to decrease transportation-related bond debt. It could not be used for toll roads. Specifically, if the state sales and use tax revenue reaches $28 billion in a given year
starting in 2017, the additional money — up to $2.5 billion — would go to the highway fund. In addition, starting in 2019, 35 percent of state motor vehicle sales and rental tax revenue that exceeds $5 billion would go to the fund. Many key state officials — including Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and House Speaker Joe Straus — support the proposal. In February, Abbott named transportation funding as one of his five emergency items for the 2015 legislative session. State lawmakers decided to ask voters to approve the measure to create a consistent source of revenue for transportation. “Proposition 7 prioritizes transportation by providing a reliable funding source for road projects,” Straus said in a statement. “This election is very important to the future of our economy."
Detective fired for having Siblings in house fire died sex with death witness of smoke inhalation
24 greyhounds stolen from dog pound found
HOUSTON — A sheriff ’s detective involved in the investigation of a deputy’s slaying has been fired after prosecutors said he acknowledged having “consensual sexual conduct” with a witness in that case. Harris County Sheriff Ron Hickman announced the termination of Homicide Investigator Sgt. Craig Clopton in a statement issued Friday.
CORPUS CHRISTI — A medical examiner says two siblings who died in a Corpus Christi house fire suffered smoke inhalation or burns. Investigators on Thursday identified the victims as 15-year-old Mackenzie Britton and 10-year-old Kenneth Britton. The Nueces County coroner determined the girl died of smoke inhalation. Her brother suffered extensive burns.
IOWA PARK — Two dozen Italian Greyhounds seized in a raid on a suspected North Texas puppy mill have been recovered after they were stolen from an animal shelter. Authorities say they believe the 24 greyhounds, some of national champion quality, were stolen around daybreak Thursday from a shelter about 10 miles west of Wichita Falls.
Planned Parenthood: clinic deadline extended
Authorities try to corral 4 emus in Round Rock
Woman sentenced to 45 years for role in slaying
AUSTIN — Planned Parenthood says at least one Texas clinic is getting more time to answer a subpoena from state health investigators that seeks hundreds of pages of staff and patient records. The clinic now has until Oct. 30 to respond to a request for documents going back five years. The original deadline had been 24 hours.
ROUND ROCK — Authorities spent an afternoon trying to corral four emus that managed to escape their backyard home and go for a run in a Round Rock neighborhood. Police were notified of the animal escape around 2 p.m. Thursday. The owner of the birds, Lori Kessler, says she does not know how Emmitt, Huey, Dewey and Louie got out of her fenced-in backyard.
EL PASO — A 76-year-old former school teacher has been sentenced in West Texas to 45 years in prison for the death of her estranged Green Beret husband in 1977. An El Paso County jury deliberated for almost two hours before sentencing Lisbeth Garrett on Thursday, a day after jurors found her guilty of murder. — Compiled from AP reports
AROUND THE NATION Klondike, oldest polar bear in US, dies at age 34 PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia Zoo says the oldest polar bear in the United States has died. It says Klondike was 34 years old. Klondike was one of the zoo’s two polar bears. The zoo announced on its Facebook page Klondike was euthanized Friday morning due to a “recent and substantial decline in her medical condition.” It says Klondike had trouble standing and walking and didn’t respond to treatment. Zoo officials say Klondike brought joy to the staff and was an “important ambassador to wild polar bears.”
New Mexico secretary of state resigns ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — New Mexico Secretary of State Dianna Duran pleaded guilty to em-
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Lennis G. Echterling, professor and director of counseling programs at James Madison University, was the keynote speaker Friday at the Suicidal Counseling: An Integrated Crisis Intervention seminar at the Holding Institude in Laredo.
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AUSTIN — Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued the Obama administration over a fee that its signature health law imposes on states via insurers operating under the Medicaid program. Paxton’s office joined Kansas
and Louisiana in filing suit Thursday. The Republican argued that the “Health Insurance Providers Fee” forces “states to effectively pay an unconstitutional tax.” He said it cost Texas $86 million in 2013 and around $120 annually since then.
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Lady Gaga displays a life of passion Earlier this week I watched some young musicians perform Lady Gaga songs in front of Lady Gaga. As India Carney’s voice rose and swooped during the incredible anthemic versions of her dance hits, Gaga sat enraptured. Her eyes moistened. Occasionally her arms would fling up in amazement. Finally, she just stood up and cheered. It was at a dinner hosted by Americans for the Arts, a leading nonprofit organization promoting the arts and arts education. Gaga received an award, along with Sophia Loren, Herbie Hancock and others. Her acceptance speech was as dramatic as the music. Tears flowing, she said that this blessing of respectability was “the best thing that’s ever happened to me.” And she remembered her childhood dreams this way: “I suppose that I didn’t know what I would become, but I always wanted to be extremely brave and I wanted to be a constant reminder to the universe of what passion looks like. What it sounds like. What it feels like.” That passage stuck in the head and got me thinking. When we talk about living with passion, which is sort of a cliché, what exactly do we mean? I suppose that people who live with passion start out with an especially intense desire to complete themselves. We are the only animals who are naturally unfinished. We have to bring ourselves to fulfillment, to integration and to coherence. Some people are seized by this task with a fierce longing. Maybe they are propelled by wounds that need urgent healing or by a fear of loneliness or fragmentation. Maybe they are driven by some glorious fantasy to make a mark on the world. But they often have a fervent curiosity about their inner natures and an unquenchable thirst to find some activity that they can pursue wholeheartedly, without reservation. They construct themselves inwardly by expressing themselves outwardly. Members of the clergy sometimes say they convert themselves from the pulpit. By speaking out their faith, they make themselves faithful. People who live with passion do that. By teaching or singing or writing or nursing or parenting they bring coherence to the scattered impulses we are all born with inside. By doing some outward activity they understand and define themselves. A life of passion happens when an emotional nature meets a consuming vocation. Another trait that marks them is that they have high levels of both vulnerability and courage. As Martha Nussbaum wrote in her great book “Upheavals of
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Thought,” to be emotional is to attach yourself to something you value supremely but don’t fully control. To be passionate is to put yourself in danger. Living with this danger requires a courage that takes two forms. First, people with passion have the courage to dig down and play with their issues. We all have certain core concerns and tender spots that preoccupy us through life. Writers and artists may change styles over the course of their careers, but most of them are turning over the same few preoccupations in different ways. For Lady Gaga fame and body issues predominate — images of mutilation recur throughout her videos. She is always being hurt or thrown off balconies. Passionate people often discover themselves through play. Whether scientists, entrepreneurs, cooks or artists, they explore their issues the way children explore the possibilities of Play-Doh. They use imagination to open up possibilities and understand their emotional histories. They delight in new ways to express themselves, expand their personalities and move toward their goals. Gaga, to continue with today’s example, has always had a sense of humor about her projects, about the things that frighten and delight her. Second, people with passion have the courage to be themselves with abandon. We all care what others think about us. People with passion are just less willing to be ruled by the tyranny of public opinion. As the saying goes, they somehow get on the other side of fear. They get beyond that fog that is scary to approach. Once through it they have more freedom to navigate. They opt out of things that are repetitive, routine and deadening. There’s even sometimes a certain recklessness there, a willingness to throw their imperfect selves out into public view while not really thinking beforehand how people might react. Gaga is nothing if not permanently out there; the rare celebrity who is willing to portray herself as a monster, a witch or disturbing cyborg — someone prone to inflicting pain. Lady Gaga is her own unique creature, whom no one could copy. But she is indisputably a person who lives an amplified life, who throws her contradictions out there, who makes herself a work of art. People like that confront the rest of us with the question a friend of mine perpetually asks: Who would be you and what would you do if you weren’t afraid?
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Ladies, follow in the footsteps of Rep. Paul Ryan By AMANDA BENNETT THE WASHINGTON POST
Women, take heed. Paul Ryan, the Wisconsin congressman making a run for the House speaker’s chair, is driving a hard bargain. He wants the Hatfields and McCoys within his party to put down their arms and unite behind him. He wants to make it harder for his colleagues to fire him. And he wants to get home for dinner. "I cannot and will not give up my family time," he announced as a condition of his candidacy. Women: Take that sentence. When you’re alone, read it out loud to yourself a couple of times. Get comfortable with it. Memorize it. Learn to say it with conviction. And then go out and use it. I know, I know. It’s tough out there. There still are many — way too many — barriers preventing families and, let’s be honest, still mostly women from doing their jobs well while doing a great job raising their families. Child care is still too expensive — prohibitively so for low-income families. Family leave is capped at 12 weeks, and even then it’s unpaid and required only at bigger companies. The United States is one of two out of 185 countries sampled by the United Nations that doesn’t require at least some paid leave. Indeed, we can thank the good congressman himself for his role in helping keep the sta-
tus quo: For one thing, he voted against giving federal workers four weeks of paid leave for childbirth or adoption. Yet unless we are lobbyists, activists, congresswomen or, say, president of the United States, making these changes is beyond our control. Even if we all were to agree that the United States should emulate Sweden and offer 480 days of paid parental leave, when do we think that is going to happen? Tomorrow? Next month? Next year? No? Well, what do you plan to do in the meantime? Here’s a thought: Use the power you already have. We all have more power than we are brave enough to use. There is more leave time to be had. There are more flexible arrangements. More conference calls from home. More ability to attend the 4 p.m. game and finish the report after dinner. More opportunity to say, as Ryan says, "I cannot and will not give up my family time." And still be an excellent worker. Women often confuse the assertion that they have power with the notion that they are to blame. That’s rubbish. That’s wasteful. Remember that old Bob Newhart psychiatry skit? I’m saying the same thing his character does: Stop it! Do not waste your own power fretting over blame. Power is a wonderful thing. Seize it. Yes, I know. It’s completely true that many of us, way
too many of us, are truly powerless. Many of us have absolutely no control over our schedules. No control over our lives. But I’ll say it again: There are more of us who have power right now than are brave enough to use it. That’s why it’s even more important that those of us who do have power that we aren’t using — and we are more numerous than we think — make our workplaces adjust themselves, even ever so slightly, to us. That’s how we get things to change, not just for ourselves but for everyone. It’s a risk, of course. Yet there are thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands, maybe millions all around the world who over the past half-century took similar or even bigger risks. Those who were the first to walk, pregnant, into a mostly male workplace. Those who were the first to take maternity leaves — and then confound all expectations by returning. Those who demanded a place to pump. Or a work-from-home schedule. Those who stood up for equal pay, or even sued for it. Even those of us who took a deep breath, walked out at 5 p.m. and figured out how to get the work done nonetheless. History tells us that fighting for individual rights is one of the ways we hasten the spread of collective rights. "I cannot and will not give up my family time." Just say it. You will tell me that no
woman can say that sentence. Only a man, and maybe only a powerful man like a congressman, can utter a sentence like that and expect to be taken seriously. Yet men, especially powerful men (or would-be powerful men), would disagree. Powerful people may have more, well, power. They also have more to lose. (So do powerful women. Just ask actress Jennifer Lawrence, who recently spoke out about her discovery that she was paid less than her male co-stars.) Even where paternity leave is available, studies show that a man taking advantage of it may be penalized even more than a similarly placed woman. He’s not seen as committed enough. Not a team player. Not manly enough. Do it anyway. For those women with male partners, do them, and yourselves, a favor. After you have memorized Congressman Ryan’s sentence, hand it over to your partner. "I cannot and will not give up my family time." Then both of you go use it. The more people who say it and expect to get it, the more things will change and the more it will become normal, not strange. Take your power. Use your power. Push the edges. Push to have the system changed, but also work to change things for yourselves. How else will things get done?
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Agenda en Breve DESFILE POR NAVIDAD La Cámara de Comercio del Condado del Condado de Zapata invita al Desfile de Navidad y Encendido de la Plaza del Condado. Se invita a que se registren para participar en el evento llamando para detalles al (956) 765-5434. El día del desfile la alineación iniciará a las 5 p.m. en Glenn St. y 17th Ave. (detrás de Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church. El desfile dará inicio a las 6 p.m. y proseguirá por 17th Ave. hacia el Sur sobre US Hwy 83 tomando a la izquierda sobre 6th Ave. para concluirlo. Posteriormente será el encendido anual del árbol de Navidad en la Plaza del Condado, seguido de entrega de regalos por Santa.
SÁBADO 24 DE OCTUBRE DE 2015
CARTEL DE LAS DROGAS
Líder de Zetas
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Un hombre sospechoso de ser el segundo al mando del cartel de las drogas de Los Zetas se rindió ante agentes de la policía federal mexicana el martes cerca de la frontera Texas-México, sosteniendo que su vida estaba en peligro. La policía federal capturó a Jonathan Abbid Espinoza Ayala, también conocido como “El Jonas”, mientras patrullaban cerca
del puente internacional de Espinoza Ayala y se que conecta a Matamoencontró que él es uno ros, Tamaulipas, con de los principales inteBrowsnville, de acuerdo grantes del Cartel de con un comunicado de Los Zetas, agrega el coprensa. municado. Al principio, cuando Espinoza Ayala dijo a Espinoza Ayala vio a los los investigadores que oficiales, intentó huir, había salido de Ciudad pero después corrió haVictoria, Tamaulipas, cia ellos mientras era tras haber recibido perseguido y dijo que teamenazas por parte de ESPINOZA AYALA mía por su vida. otros integrantes de La policía investigó el nombre Los Zetas.
El arresto del líder del cartel surge días después del arresto de Ángel Eduardo Prado Rodríguez, un líder de la fracción del Cartel Del Golfo, conocido como “Ciclón 7”, en Ciudad Victoria, la semana pasada. Un reciente reporte no clasificado de la DEA muestra que el Cartel Del Golfo domina en el estado de Tamaulipas, mientras que el cartel de Los Zetas domina en los estados de Nuevo León y Coahuila.
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NUEVO EDIFICIO MIGUEL ALEMÁN, México — Hoy sábado 24 de octubre se llevará a cabo la inauguración del edificio del Sistema para el Desarrollo Integral de la Familia (DIF) de esta ciudad, a las 10 a.m. en Puerto de Chetuaml 130 de la Colonia San Germán. El corte de listón estará a cargo de la Presidenta del DIF, Andrea Aguirre de Cortez, y el Presidente Municipal, Ramiro Cortez Barrera. “Estoy muy contenta por este nuevo logro que hace posible la administración (municipal)”, dijo Aguirre. “Un logro que nos llena de orgullo porque a través de estas nuevas oficinas lo que pretendemos es darle a la gente mas comodidad, ya que queremos atenderlos como realmente se merecen”.
PARANORMAL La Borde House presenta “Película – Comida – Música” el 27 de octubre a partir de las 6:30 p.m. en el 601 E. Main St. de Rio Grande City. Se proyectará el cortometraje ganador del Starr County Historical Foundation ‘Le Rouge and Ocean Pacific’ titulado “Paranormal Documentary de Alejandro Domínguez, con preguntas y respuestas del director/productor. Música en vivo por Jay Muñiz, Detalles llamando al 956-4872709.
ACTIVIDADES EN PUERTO ISABEL Celebración del Día de los Muertos se realizará del 10 al 31 de octubre, en horario de 4 p.m. a 11 p.m. en 317 E. Railroad Ave. Habrá música, baile, vendedores, exhibiciones, actividades, música y concursos de disfraces. Recepción para Artistas de la Galería se realizará el viernes 30 de octubre, de 5 p.m. a 8 p.m. en los Museos de Puerto Isabel y en la Biblioteca Pública de Puerto Isabel. El evento es abierto a la comunidad y se les invita asistir disfrazados. Se ofrecerán refrigerios por el Día de los Muertos y Halloween.
NOCHE DE CASINO El Club de Leones de Zapata invita al evento Casino Night Fundraiser que se realizará el sábado 14 de noviembre de 7 p.m. a 10 p.m. en el Holiday Inn Express de Zapata. Habrá refrigerios, bebidas, fichas para apuestas. Los estilos serán Blackjack, Texas Hold ‘Em, Roulette y Craps. Todos los juegos serán al estilo de casino (no dinero). El boleto es de 30 dólares por persona, y puede adquirirlos en Zapata Chamber of Commerce. Las ganancias beneficiarán la 4ª Entrega Anual de Pavos en Navidad por parte del Club de Leones de Zapata.
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La imagen de satélite muestra al Huracán Patricia ingresando por el suroeste de México, el viernes. El ojo del huracán tocó tierra el viernes. Se espera se deshaga en las montañas.
Remanentes pudieran traer fuertes lluvias POR DIANA HEIDGERD Y DAVID WARREN ASSOCIATED PRESS
DALLAS — Oficiales de administración para emergencias en Texas enfrentándose a múltiples sistemas de tormenta se preparan para recibir fuertes lluvias durante el fin de semana e inundaciones generalizadas, como probable resultado. Lluvia cayó de manera continúa el viernes alrededor de casi todo el estado y el pronóstico continúa similar por lo menos el sábado conforme un sistema de tormenta se mueve lentamente hacia el este. Muchas partes de Texas, incluyendo las áreas de Austin, Dallas y Houston, pudieran recibir hasta 12 pulgadas de lluvia el sábado. Oficiales se encuentran preocupados de que el actual sistema sea seguido por remanentes del poderoso Huracán Patricia, el cual tocó tierra por el suroeste de México. El meteorólogo del Servicio Meteorológico Nacional, Kurt Van Speybroeck, dijo que conforme el huracán llegue al interior del país, las montañas de México “desharán a Patricia”, pero el debilitado sistema continuará mo-
viendo hacia el norte y eventualmente traerá otra ronda de lluvia a Texas antes de seguir hacia Arkansas, Louisiana y más allá. “Definitivamente será beneficioso cuando se trata de sequía e incendios que hemos tenido por varias semanas en Texas”, dijo Van Speybroeck. Nim Kidd, jefe de la oficina estatal para administración de emergencias conminó a las personas a permanecer fuera de las carreteras y evitar lugares inundados. “Esta es una situación peligrosa que se desarrollará durante el fin de semana”, dijo Kidd. Más de la mitad de los 254 condados tenían prohibido hacer fogatas en el exterior el viernes, debido a condiciones previas de sequía, reportó el Servicio Forestal de Texas A&M. Eventos por todo el estado fueron cancelados para el viernes y sábado.
Tamaulipas En Tamaulipas, la Coordinación General de Protección Civil dijo que un canal de baja presión asociado con
la interacción del ingreso del frente frío número 8 y la entrada de humedad que generará el huracán Patricia en el Océano Pacífico, provocará en las próximas 72 horas lluvias de muy fuertes a intensas, posibilidad de granizadas y vientos de 50 kilómetros por hora en la entidad. De acuerdo al pronóstico del Servicio Meteorológico Nacional, se esperan para el sábado 24 lluvias de 75-150 milímetros en la frontera y el domingo 25 se prevén lluvias muy fuertes de 5075 milímetros. Se recomienda a la población tomar las medidas de prevención por el probable incremento de escurrimientos de agua en las zonas altas, ocasionando que ríos, arroyos, vados y canales aumenten su cauce. “Igualmente, por el reblandecimiento constante de tierras, se deben extremar precauciones si están asentados en un cerro, ladera o talud, ya que se pueden generar deslaves”, indicó el Gobierno de Tamaulipas. “Ante un inminente riesgo, dirigirse a un refugio temporal”. (Con información del Gobierno de Tamaulipas)
La solicitud de un subsidio se espera permita resolver la emergencia presentada la semana pasada en el sistema de agua de Siesta Shores WCID. La empresa privada encargada del servicio de agua para la subdivisión Siesta Shores, emitió una notificación pública el jueves dirigido a todas las personas afectadas.
Textual “Siesta Shores Water Control & Improvement District pretende presentar una solicitud para un Subsidio de Emergencia e Inminente Asistencia para Agua Comunitaria con Desarrollo Rural del USDA y Servicio de Utilidades Rurales”, indica el documento. “La intención es pedir ayuda para resolver las mejores de emergencia necesarias en su sistema de agua”. Para dudas o comentarios relacionadas con la solicitud, los interesados deben comunicarse con la Junta de Directores en el 5235 S. Siesta Ln. (PO Box 321), Zapata, Texas 78076 o llamando al 956-765-4988.
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Catástrofe estremeció a Matamoros, Tamaulipas POR RAÚL SINENCIO CHÁVEZ ESPECIAL PARA TIEMPO DE ZAPATA
Semanas después de cuando Tamaulipecos se regocijaban tras el triunfo sobre el impero que pretendía imponer Maximiliano de Habsburgo, un fenómeno natural deja saldo que rebasa al país. Despunta el otoño. Por amplio cauce fluyen hacia el Golfo de México las aguas del río Bravo. El lunes 7 de octubre de 1867 reina aparente calma. Sólo preocupa cierto detalle: los indicadores barométricos caen de manera sostenida. “A las nueve [de la noche] el barómetro había bajado a 28.30, y el huracán comenzó del noroeste, y duró hasta las doce, señalando a esta hora el barómetro 27.40”, indica misiva. “El Voto de Tamaulipas” confirma: “El lunes a las nue-
ve de la noche” arriba “el huracán, vestido de todos los horrores […] En este estado […] nos encontrábamos hasta las doce de la noche, que comenzó a aplacar la fuerza con que […] sin interrupción había azotado el viento”, infundiéndole “terror a todo el que contemplara su horrísono rugir”. Tras breve pausa – tercia “El Boletín Oficial” del norte tamaulipeco, – “volvió a soplar del sudeste, acompañado de una lluvia impetuosa y abundante, haciendo que el río se desbordara” y subiera “a los pocos instantes” encima “de tres pies”. Mientras, “la mar […] pasando sus límites” ordinarios, inundaba extensa franja costera, arrasándola “con más prontitud que la que tardamos en decirlo”. Cuando al fin escampa,
acongoja el recuento de averías. Cabe suponer que alcanzan por lo menos a Mier y Nuevo Laredo, concentrándose en las riberas del extremo oriente. “Hasta ayer se contaban veintiséis muertos”, asegura “El Correo de Río Grande” respecto a Matamoros. Calcula ahí “mil quinientas casas y jacales destruidos”. Encuentra al “teatro de la Reforma destechado y muy dañado”, junto con “la plaza de Armas”, el palacio edilicio y “la Catedral”. Próximo al lindero marítimo, (en) la villa de Bagdad “las olas del mar llegaron hasta” ella, llevándosela entera; apenas “siete personas […] han escapado y […] cinco […] estaban heridas […] No se ha salvado nada, ni alimento”, comunica el tabloide. Acerca de la flota ribereña, añade: “Con noventa”
vecinos “a bordo”, el “vapor Antonia está […] encallado a […] cincuenta varas del” Bravo, en suelo estadounidense, y “el vapor Río Grande […] media milla” adentro, por la margen de Tamaulipas. A diestra y siniestra, “aparecen los lanchones boca abajo, y otros completamente inservibles”. Tampoco el perímetro tejano consigue evadir los efectos. Severa huella dejan en Brownsville, frente al puerto de Matamoros. En “nuestra ciudad y las inmediaciones […] es increíble […] la ruina, la magnitud del número de muertos y heridos, y las enormes pérdidas y los destrozos” que presentan diversas instalaciones, como “el establecimiento de fotografía de míster Wallace”, puntualiza el reporte. Conforme a la tónica del
presidente Benito Juárez, los tamaulipecos reciben temprano auxilio de autoridades militares. En la Ciudad de México, durante varios días los periódicos brindan amplio espacio al trastorno matamorense. Hace lo propio incluso la prensa de Colima. Largo periodo de guerras provocan estrecheces presupuestarias, dificultándose la ayuda relativa. Surge entonces ingenioso remedio. “La [fiesta brava] que se verificó ayer [3 de noviembre de 1867] a beneficio de […] Matamoros” produjo magníficos dividendos. Individuos “de todas clases y condiciones” respondieron “al llamamiento de la comisión recolectora de recursos, […] que prepara para el próximo domingo otra corrida de toros”, consigna “El Siglo Diez y Nueve”.
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Movie preaches women’s rights By SANDY COHEN ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES — For actress Carey Mulligan, “Suffragette” was unlike any film she had ever made: The writer, director, producers and most of the cast were women. “It was a unique experience. I’m used to being the only girl in a room,” Mulligan said. “And it needed to be a female team MULLIGAN to get it made in the first place, because it wasn’t going to happen if it wasn’t a group of women pushing it uphill, because no one wanted to tell the story.” The story is of women’s fight for the right to vote in Britain in 1912. Mulligan plays Maud, an ordinary, working-class woman who finds herself becoming an activist despite the risks of being part of the volatile movement. The film shows the women holding rallies and starting fires — and getting beaten, jailed and tortured; socially ostracized and unemployed, as a result. There was little studio interest in telling the story — and that points to the problems women continue to face in Hollywood today, Mulligan said. “A woman threw herself in front of a king’s horse in 1913 and changed the course of history, and no one in 100 years felt this was a story worthy of the big screen,” she said. “Suffragette” opened Friday in the U.S.
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Cooper rolls up his sleeves for ‘Burnt’ By LINDSEY BAHR ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES — Bradley Cooper wasn’t a novice to the kitchen when he decided to take on the role of the fictional Michelin star chef Adam Jones in “Burnt.” He grew up in a food loving home near Philadelphia — some of his favorite memories are of his grandmother making pizza, cheesecakes and homemade raviolis. He was a bus boy at a Greek restaurant there, a waiter at a fancy establishment near Georgetown University, and a prep cook at an Italian and seafood place in Somers Point, New Jersey. One day, he said, he cut and cleaned 620 chickens and nine boxes of peppers in addition to making the dough and sauces. But he didn’t tell anyone that when he started rubbing elbows with the Michelin caliber cooks he needed to learn from for this role. “They wouldn’t have cared,”
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This photo provided by The Weinstein Company shows Bradley Cooper as Adam Jones, in a scene from the film, "Burnt." The movie opens in theaters on Oct. 30. said Cooper, laughing. Besides, he needed to get down to work if he was going to believably portray this top chef seeking a third Michelin star. Whatever knife proficiency he thought he had wasn’t exactly going to cut it under the scrutiny of professionals.
In “Burnt,” out Oct. 30, not only is Adam Jones a savant in the kitchen; he’s also got a drug habit that’s left him an exile in the world of haute cuisine. While the drugs are under control for the moment, his temper is another story. Who better to learn from
than the stormy Gordon Ramsay? Cooper trained alongside Claire Smythe, executive chef of London’s Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, which has three Michelin stars, for “many, many services,” said director John Wells. “All the actors had to spend the time to get fluent in the craft — not fluent enough to serve 100 meals, but fluent enough where someone else who knows how to do it wouldn’t think they look ridiculous.” When it got down to shooting, they chose the authentic over the artificial, shooting in a real, functioning kitchen and making real dishes. Everyone who wasn’t a named actor in the room was actually a cook in a Michelin-rated restaurant, and BBC TV Master Chef presenter Marcus Wareing was behind the camera, both designing the menus and keeping an eye on everyone’s technique. The actors felt the stress and the pain of working in a real kitchen too — sometimes literally, with cuts and burns.
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Democrats to stay on Benghazi panel for now By MATTHEW DALY ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — Democrats on the House Benghazi committee said Friday they are staying — for now — on the Republican-led panel, despite calling it a “fishing expedition to derail” Hillary Rodham Clinton’s presidential bid. At the same time, they called on House Speaker John Boehner to immediately shut down what they called an “abusive, wasteful and obviously partisan effort.” If Boehner rejects the request, Democrats will continue to participate “in order to make sure the facts are known and the conspiracy theories are debunked,” Rep. Elijah Cummings of Maryland and four other Democrats said in a statement. Cummings is the panel’s senior Democrat. The five committee Democrats made the announcement after a meeting with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, who had said earlier Friday that Democrats could halt their participation in the committee. Democrats have been pondering whether to remain on the panel, which has spent more than $4.5 million investigating the Sept. 11, 2012, attacks in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans. Democrats have labeled the probe a partisan effort to undermine Clinton’s White House bid and said Thursday’s marathon hearing with Clinton only confirmed their views. Clinton, who was secretary of state during the attacks, endured a grueling interrogation by GOP lawmakers at the 11-hour hearing. Pelosi said Republicans have distorted events in Benghazi to the point where
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Hillary Rodham Clinton testifies near the end of her day-long appearance before the House Select Committee on Benghazi, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday. there is a “disconnect with reality that exists on that committee.” Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., said it was “time to pull the plug on this partisan spectacle.” The Benghazi panel “is not just a waste of taxpayer money, it is a waste of precious time in Congress to deal with urgent matters,” McCaskill said Friday in a conference call in which she and other Democratic senators urged that the panel be shut down. Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., called the committee a “political sham” that dishonors the victims. Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., said he and other Democrats on the Benghazi panel “learned absolutely nothing” during Thursday’s contentious hearing or
the 17-month investigation that preceded it. Clinton had confrontational exchanges with several GOP lawmakers on Thursday, but also heard supportive statements from Democrats. She defended her record while dodging any displays of anger that could be used later by the GOP to damage her White House prospects. The most combative moments came when Republicans zeroed in on the Obama administration’s shifting initial accounts of the September 2012 attack that cost the lives of Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans. Clinton said the chaotic events in Benghazi cause her anguish to this day.
“I would imagine I’ve thought more about what happened than all of you put together,” she told the committee. “I’ve lost more sleep than all of you put together.” The panel’s chairman, Rep. Trey Gowdy of South Carolina, said the committee was focused on facts, not politics. He sought to deflect recent comments by fellow Republicans describing the investigation as an effort to lower Clinton’s poll standings. Gowdy said important questions remain unanswered, including whether security requests were denied and why the military was not ready to respond quickly on the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. He dismissed as ineffective the work of seven previous investigations, including several led by current and former Republican colleagues. Gowdy called Thursday’s session with Clinton “a constructive interaction,” but said he did not know whether the embattled panel gained credibility. Cummings, who frequently guided Clinton through friendly questions, said he thought she “did an outstanding job,” while Schumer said the hearing “completely boomeranged on the Republicans.” GOP lawmakers “badgered Hillary Clinton at every turn. They interrupted her and threw the kitchen sink at her,” Schumer said. Despite the attacks, “Hillary was rock solid. The Republicans failed to lay one glove on her,” he said. Jamal Ware, a spokesman for the committee, said two closed-door interviews are scheduled in the next few weeks with individuals he refused to name. Other interviews are also likely, Ware said.
Frat brother, pledges charged for assault By JEFF AMY ASSOCIATED PRESS
JACKSON, Miss. — A fraternity brother and four pledges charged in an assault on a different fraternity member were trying to steal a donkey statue from a frat house, University of Mississippi officials said Friday. The university ruled that the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity chapter bears no institutional responsibility for
five students involved in an assault against Jeremy Boyle, a Sigma Pi fraternity member. That announcement came as the Pi Kappa Alpha national office said its Ole Miss chapter has kicked out a member and four pledges. “The event was not a part of any chapter activities and chapter leadership initiated internal judicial proceedings upon learning of the incident,” national Pi Kappa Alpha spokesman
Brent Phillips said in a statement. Ole Miss spokesman Danny Blanton said that the five students told investigators that they went to the Sigma Pi fraternity house around 4 a.m. on Oct. 6 to try to steal a donkey statue kept by the Sigma Pi chapter. Pi Kappa Alpha member James Declan Basile was accompanied by four pledges — Tucker Cole Steil, Austin Rice, Christian Guy and Kyle Hughes. University po-
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A worker boards up the front of a waterfront business, as residents prepare for the arrival of Hurricane Patricia in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, Friday.
The perfect storm By SETH BORENSTEIN ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — Hurricane Patricia zoomed from tropical storm to recordbeater in 30 hours flat like a jet-fueled sports car. Why? The Pacific storm had just the right ingredients. Plenty of warm water provided the energy what meteorologists call explosive intensification. The air was much moister than usual, adding yet more fuel. And at the same time, upper-level crosswinds — called shear — that restrain a hurricane from strengthening were missing for much of Thursday, meteorologists said. “I was really astounded,” said MIT meteorology professor Kerry Emanuel. “It was over the juiciest part of the eastern Pacific.” El Nino’s fingerprints are all over this, meteorologists agreed. And while it fits perfectly into climate scientists’ theories of what a warming world will be like, they say global warming can’t quite be blamed — yet. At 10 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Patricia was a tropical storm off Mexico with 65 mph winds that forecasters expected to intensify rapidly. In fact, one forecast gave it a 97 percent chance of
getting stronger fast. But it strengthened so quickly that many were surprised, said Robert Rogers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Hurricane Research Division. By 4 a.m. EDT Friday Patricia’s winds were a record for hurricanes: 200 mph. “Incredible. You don’t see many like this,” said former hurricane hunter meteorologist Jeff Masters, meteorology director of the private Weather Underground. “In fact in the Western Hemisphere, we’ve never seen anything like this.” In the Eastern Hemisphere, satellite estimates measured Typhoon Nancy at 215 mph in 1961 and Typhoon Violet at 205 mph also in 1961, but satellite measurements aren’t as precise, Masters said. (Hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones are all the same thing with different names.) Super Typhoon Haiyan that devastated the Philippines in 2013 was measured at 195 mph via satellite. However, most storms don’t have accurate measurements because most don’t get planes flown into them unless they are a threat, Emanuel said. He’s part of an experiment with the U.S. Navy, dropping measuring de-
vices from planes into Patricia for the past three days. Worldwide, this is the ninth Category 5 storm this year, which is tied for the second most on record, Masters said. Normal years are around five to six. A Category 5 storm has winds of 157 mph or higher. The eastern and northern Pacific regions have had more tropical storms than usual this season; the Atlantic has had less. That’s a classic signature of the weather pattern called El Nino — with warmer waters to feed storms and favorable winds in the Pacific and unfavorable winds in the Atlantic, Masters and others said. Patricia is being fueled by near-record warm 87-degree Pacific waters at the surface that ran warm unusually deep. Climate science theory says that as the world warms, the most extreme storms will get even stronger and wetter. Patricia’s record strength is “consistent with what we say” but there are too few examples to make a scientifically accurate connection, Emanuel said. Patricia and Haiyan from 2013 may be “warning signs that, hey this could be the future,” Masters said.
lice say Steil and Basile assaulted Boyle, a junior accounting major from Pennsylvania. It’s not clear exactly how the alleged assault unfolded. Boyle suffered a concussion, several broken teeth, a ruptured eardrum and had a bruised lung, the Daily Mississippian reported. He was treated at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford and released. Steil was arrested Oct. 16
on felony assault charges. He posted $10,000 bail and was released Monday from the Lafayette County jail, the Oxford Eagle reported. Basile was charged with misdemeanor assault, hazing and theft. Rice, Christian and Hughes were charged with misdemeanor theft. Despite the hazing charge, Blanton said the university does not believe the Pi Kappa Alpha chapter broke university rules against hazing.
A heavily redacted police report indicates the students were also referred to the university’s Judicial Council for discipline. Blanton said the investigation is ongoing and he can’t comment on internal disciplinary proceedings. However, he said the university found the chapter wasn’t responsible and didn’t break university rules against hazing. “It’s the individual actions of five students,” Blanton said.
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Hundreds attend vigil for stabbing victims By DAVID KEYTON AND MATTI HUUHTANEN ASSOCIATED PRESS
TROLLHATTAN, Sweden — Hundreds of people lit candles Friday in the yard of a Swedish school where police said a 21-year-old masked man with a sword and a knife went on a rampage a day earlier, stabbing two to death and seriously wounding two others before being shot by police. Police described the Thursday attack as a carefully organized, racist hate crime by a young man who methodically selected his victims in Trollhattan’s Kronan school, where most of the students are foreignborn. The Scandinavian nation of 10 million, known for its welcoming attitude toward migrants, was shocked by the violence in the southern industrial town near Sweden’s second largest city, Goteborg. “This is a black day for Sweden,” Prime Minister
Stefan Lofven said of the country’s deadliest school attack. “It is a tragedy that hits the entire country.” Although violent crime is relatively rare in Sweden, there has been a spate of arson attacks on asylum centers in recent weeks as an influx of refugees has surged. Immigration officials estimate some 190,000 asylum-seekers will arrive this year, second only to Germany in Western Europe. Nour Shilbaya, an 18year-old former student at the school, took part in the candlelight vigil. “I’ve been living here my whole life. It feels so hard to see all of this happening because it feels like a movie,” she said. “You can’t imagine that it is real.” Handwritten signs in Swedish, Arabic and Persian stuck on windows and doors urged people to respect those who visited to pay their respects throughout the day. Police investigator Thord
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People stand outside Kronan school after Thursday’s attack, in Trollhattan, Sweden, Friday. Haraldsson told reporters that school surveillance video showed how the attacker roamed through the school with a sword and a sharp knife, selecting victims who were all “dark-skinned.” Evidence appears to indicate he acted alone, Haraldsson said, adding that police found “a kind of suicide note” in his apartment. They said the assailant had considered the attack his final act. The sword’s sheath was found inside a car parked
near the school, Haraldsson said. None of the victims has been identified by authorities, but local media cited relatives as saying those who died were 20-year-old Lavin Eskandar, a mentor at the school, and Ahmed Hassan, a 15-year-old student. Before the candlelight vigil, a few hundred people held an anti-racism protest outside the school, some carrying banners with the words “No to racism, no to hatred” and “Why?”
“We do not have all the facts yet, but we know innocent people have died. Maybe because of the distorted debate in the society,” Imam Abdi Rizak Wabari said during Friday prayers at a nearby mosque. Once Sweden’s busiest industrial city, a center for heavy industries and car production, Trollhattan has been struggling with unemployment for years. It now has Sweden’s highest jobless rate — 14.1 percent in 2014 compared to 8 percent for the whole country. In addition, the city’s rate of people with higher education is 20.9 percent, below the national average of 25.1 percent. “This is a quiet place. A very nice place to live. It is not a racist place,” said Abdul Asiz Kassim, a 37-yearold Somali translator who came to Sweden 23 years ago. “What happened here yesterday ... nobody can stop. “Just like in Norway with (Anders Behring) Brei-
vik. People get crazy ideas from the Internet,” Kassim said, referring to the antiMuslim extremist who killed 77 people in a bombing and gun rampage in Norway in 2011. Surveillance videos authenticated by police show the assailant posed for photos with some students before beginning his deadly rampage. Several students thought the attacker was playing a Halloween prank. Police said he entered the school through a cafe in its lobby that is open to the public. He stabbed two victims, then knocked on two classroom doors and stabbed two more victims. Mohammed, who declined to give his last name, recalled how a classmate was stabbed when he opened the door to the attacker, whom he described as a man with “a Star Wars mask and a really big sword.” Panicked students fled the school as police and ambulances rushed in.
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US stocks return to black after summer swoon By MARLEY JAY ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — Maybe you shouldn’t have put your money under a mattress after all. The stock market is back in the black for the year after a bruising lateAugust tumble that had investors worrying about their money in a way they hadn’t in four years. A three-week surge in stocks has now lifted the Standard & Poor’s 500 index above where it was at the beginning of 2015 for the first time since the summer. The S&P 500 fell 12 percent from its mid-July high to its depths in late August, as investors worried that slowing growth in China, along with continued economic weakness in Europe and Japan, would crush any hopes of stronger global growth. It was the first correction in four years, and it looked like investors in the U.S. stock market could be on track for their first an-
nual losses, including dividends, since 2008. Then central bankers and stronger corporate profits helped turn things around. The world’s three biggest economies, the U.S., China and Europe, moved to push interest rates down or postpone expected rate increases. That gave investors more money to buy stocks and other assets, which in turn pushed up prices. And what was thought to be a bleak U.S. corporate earnings season started to look a lot brighter in recent days, especially when tech giants Amazon and Google parent company Alphabet posted surprisingly strong profits this week. “The tone of the market has changed from where we were a week ago or certainly a month ago,” said Erik Davidson, chief investment officer for Wells Fargo Private Bank. While investors could have hoped for fatter returns by this point in 2015, they are now better off
bonds measured either by the Barclays Aggregate Bond Index or a bond market fund like the Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund would have earned 1.4 percent this year, including interest. Their $10,000 would have turned into $10,142.
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Trader Robert Charmak, center, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Friday. than if they had done nothing with their money. Here’s a look at how $10,000 invested back in January in the stock market and in other common investments would have fared.
Stocks Investments in the S&P 500 through an index mutual fund or exchange-traded fund are up 2.4 percent for the year, including divi-
dends that companies pay throughout the year. If you had put $10,000 into the SPDR S&P 500 ETF, your investment would be worth $10,244 today.
Bonds Like the stock market, bonds have seesawed throughout the year and are almost unchanged from the end of 2014. An investor who put money into a broad portfolio of
Investors have made Apple the world’s most valuable company, and they’ve done pretty nicely in Apple stock in 2015. The company reported blockbuster sales and profits over the last year, thanks to the popularity of its new, larger-screen iPhones. But investors have fretted over Apple’s ability to maintain its prodigious growth, especially amid economic uncertainty in China. Apple shares slumped in August and again in late September, but they spent less time down in the dumps than the S&P 500. If you invested $10,000 in Apple at the start of this year,
you would have $10,925 now.
Fool’s gold? Gold is often touted as one of the safest of all investments, because it rises along with inflation and allows investors to retain buying power. So far this year, gold has been nothing but dull. A $10,000 investment in the largest exchange-traded gold fund would be worth $9,817 now.
Cash money Banks are paying almost nothing on savings accounts, CDs or money market funds because the Federal Reserve has kept its own rates so low. Fidelity Cash Reserves, an enormous money market fund, has risen 0.01 percent this year. That’s one thin dollar on your $10,000 investment. And if you just put $10,000 under your mattress, you’d have $10,000 and a lumpy bed.
American Airlines profit soars in third quarter By DAVID KOENIG ASSOCIATED PRESS
FORT WORTH, Texas — American Airlines plans to offer a version of the low-fare, no-frills approach to flying that is boosting profit margins at discount carriers. Officials at American, the world’s biggest airline, say they need to fight back against small but fast-growing rivals including Spirit Airlines and Frontier Airlines, which are known for cheap fares, lots of extra fees, and poor service. American has many frequent fliers who will pay more for premium service, said Scott Kirby, the airline’s president. But 87 percent — accounting for half of American’s revenue — fly the airline no more than once a year, and they buy airline tickets based on price, he said. “We have to compete for them,” Kirby said. “We can’t just walk away from that size of the business.” So beginning next year American will offer tickets with “less frills” but a “really cheap price” where it competes on nonstop flights with discount carriers, Kirby said. He declined to provide more details. Kirby also said that American will change its AAdvantage frequent-flier program next year, but he declined to give details on that either. Other airlines have changed their plans from miles to points — a way of rewarding high spenders at the expense of customers who buy cheap tickets. American disclosed its plans as executives discussed the company’s record-breaking third-quarter
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This photo July 17 photo shows the tails of four American Airlines passenger planes parked at Miami International Airport, in Miami. American Airlines reported quarterly financial results Friday. profit. American Airlines Group Inc. reported that net income jumped 80 percent to $1.69 billion thanks to a huge drop in fuel spending. But American’s shares fell 4.7 percent — apparently on concern that price-cutting to compete with Spirit and Frontier might erode profits — before they recovered most of the loss. Spirit’s stock took a bigger hit — it fell 9 percent during intraday trading. Frontier shares are not publicly traded. Big airlines like American, Delta and United chase high-dollar business travelers with amenities such as lie-flat seats and fancy food in premium cabins and route networks that span the globe. But discounters, which include Mexico’s Volaris and Norwegian Air Shuttle, are growing rapidly by
appealing to consumers who want to fly as cheaply as possible. Spirit has been possibly the most successful of the so-called ultra-low-cost carriers in the U.S. It draws the highest rate of complaints among airlines tracked by the federal government — followed closely by Frontier, which began imitating Spirit’s no-frills approach last year — but has had higher profit margins than the giants. When other airlines decided not to match Spirit’s low fares, it grew to become bigger than United or Delta in Dallas-Fort Worth and bigger than Delta in Chicago, Kirby said. American isn’t the only big airline worried about the low-cost outfits. Late last year, Delta Air Lines began selling a “basic economy” ticket that doesn’t allow
seat selection or ticket changes and may not offer full frequentflier benefits. It was introduced in a few markets and seen as a response to Spirit. Some analysts are skeptical about chasing bargain travelers. Wolfe Research analyst Hunter Keay told American executives they were “blowing up yourself” by selling cheap walk-up fares to business travelers who would never board a discount airline. He has said it would be as if high-end steakhouse Ruth’s Chris started a dollar menu to compete with McDonald’s. The low-cost carriers have more influence on prices as they add new destinations and routes. Kirby estimated that prices on 85 percent of American’s routes are affected directly or indirectly by the discount airlines.
That is helping to push down U.S. airfares, which rose faster than inflation for several years. This year, airlines have taken advantage of cheaper fuel to increase flights or use bigger planes. They have cut prices to fill the growing number of seats. American doesn’t disclose average fares, but yield, or the amount that passengers pay for each mile they fly, fell 9.2 percent from a year ago. That contributed to a 3.9 percent decline in thirdquarter revenue. But cheaper fuel saved the quarter. American’s fuel bill plunged 43 percent, a savings of $1.46 billion. American said that excluding special items related to its merger and other items such as technology help, adjusted profit was $1.9 billion — the highest in any quarter in American’s history. At $2.77 per share, the results beat the average forecast of $2.72 per share by 15 analysts surveyed by FactSet and nine analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research. Fort Worth-based American also announced a $2 billion addition to its program of buying back its own stock over the next 15 months, a move that usually pleases shareholders by making existing shares more valuable. That raises the amount authorized this year for buybacks to $6 billion. The company also declared a quarterly dividend of 10 cents per share. Shares of most U.S. airlines ended trading higher, but American was down 32 cents to $45.67 — it hit a low of $43.81 during the day — and Spirit Airlines Inc. tumbled $3.25, or 7.6 percent, to $39.79.
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Hurricane Patricia slams Mexico’s coast By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN ASSOCIATED PRESS
PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico — Hurricane Patricia roared onshore in southwestern Mexico on Friday evening, bringing lashing rains, surging seas and cyclonic winds with what forecasters called a potential to cause “catastrophic” damage. The storm’s center made landfall near Cuixmala, about 55 miles (85 kilometers) west-northwest of the port city of Manzanillo. Record wind speeds measured earlier in the day had fallen off somewhat to 165 mph (270 kph), the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said, but Patricia was still an extremely dangerous Category 5 storm. Residents and tourists hunkered down in shelters and homes across a stretch of Pacific coastline dotted with sleepy fishing villages and gleaming resorts, including Manzanillo and the popular beach city of Puerto Vallarta. Patricia’s projected path was expected to quickly take it over mountainous terrain that is prone to dangerous flash floods and landslides. Strong winds whipped palm trees and powerful waves rolled ashore in the storm area. In Puerto Vallarta, residents had reinforced homes with sandbags and shop windows with boards and tape, and hotels rolled up beachfront restaurants. The airport was closed to flights and all but deserted, but lines formed at a bus station as people sought to buy tickets to Guadalajara and other inland destinations. At a Red Cross shelter, some 90 people waited anxiously in the heavy, humid air, including senior citizens in wheelchairs and young children snuggled between their parents on mattresses
on the floor. Carla Torres and her family sought refuge there in the afternoon, fearful of what Patricia might do to her home just two blocks from a river in an area vulnerable to high winds. “Here we are with those who can give us help,” Torres said. Patricia formed suddenly Tuesday as a tropical storm and quickly strengthened to a hurricane. Within 30 hours it had zoomed to a record-beating Category 5 storm, catching many off guard with its rapid growth. By Friday it was the most powerful hurricane on record in the Western Hemisphere, with a central pressure of 880 millibars and maximum sustained winds that peaked at 200 mph (325 kph), according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami. Patricia’s power while still out at sea was comparable to that of Typhoon Haiyan, which left more than 7,300 dead or missing in the Philippines two years ago, according to the U.N.’s World Meteorological Organization. More than 4 million people were displaced and over 1 million houses were destroyed or damaged in 44 provinces in the central Visayas region, a large cluster of islands. Mexican officials declared a state of emergency in dozens of municipalities in Colima, Nayarit and Jalisco states, and schools were closed. Many residents bought supplies ahead of Patricia’s arrival. Authorities opened hundreds of shelters and announced plans to shut off electricity as a safety precaution. According to the 2010 census, there were more than 7.3 million inhabitants in Jalisco state and more than 255,000 in Puerto Vallarta municipality. There were more than 650,000 in
Colima state, and more than 161,000 in Manzanillo. One of the worst Pacific hurricanes to ever hit Mexico slammed into the same region, in Colima state, in October 1959, killing at least 1,500 people, according to Mexico’s National Center for Disaster Prevention. Earlier in the day, Roberto Ramirez, director of Mexico’s National Water Commission, which includes the nation’s meteorological service, said Patricia’s winds could be powerful enough to lift automobiles, destroy homes not sturdily built with cement and steel, and drag anyone caught outside. A steady rain fell in Puerto Vallarta in the early evening, but there was no sign yet of the storm’s vicious winds. Streets were deserted except for police patrolling slowly with their emergency lights on. Civil protection officials warned that past hurricanes have filled the city’s streets with water, sand and flying projectiles. “We need people to understand the magnitude of the hurricane,” Interior Secretary Miguel Angel Osorio told Radio Formula. “It is a devastating hurricane, the biggest one ever registered.” At the shelter in Puerto Vallarta, Wendi Mozingo of Austin, Texas, and six family members sat on folding chairs after being ordered out of their beachfront vacation rental home by managers of the property. They brought a few changes of clothes and left everything else behind. The family was supposed to depart Puerto Vallarta on Tuesday, but now, Mozingo said, “We’re leaving as soon as we can.” Brian Bournival of Portland, Oregon, who traveled to Puerto Vallarta for a friend’s 40th birthday, decided to ride the storm out in his hotel.
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Popovich to lead USA Spurs’ Popovich to replace Krzyzewski By BRIAN MAHONEY ASSOCIATED PRESS
When it came time for a pro coach again, the U.S. basketball team turned to the one considered the NBA’s best. Gregg Popovich, winner of five NBA championships, will have a chance to lead a team to Olympic gold. The San Antonio Spurs coach was hired Friday to replace Mike Krzyzewski as the U.S. basketball coach follow-
ing the 2016 Olympics, a job he never knew he would get despite his undeniable place in coaching history. “I can’t imagine having this opportunity,” Popovich said at a press conference in San Antonio. “It’s still sinking in ... but I love it.” Popovich will take over starting with 2017 training camp and lead the Americans into the 2019 Basketball World Cup and 2020 Olympics if they qualify.
Krzyzewski has led the Americans since 2005. When USA Basketball chairman Jerry Colangelo decided to tab a pro coach, there was no question where to look. “I had a short list,” Colangelo said. “It started and ended with Pop.” LeBron James, who has played in three Olympics, called Popovich the best coach in the world.
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New USA coach Gregg Popovich, right, stands with USA Basketball chairman Jerry Colangelo as Popovich will take over for Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski following the 2016 Olympics.
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UT back after Sooner win By JIM VERTUNO ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Texas A&M’s Ricky Seals-Jones and the No. 15 Aggies lost their first game last weekend falling 41-23 to Alabama.
A&M looks to bounce back By DAVID BRANDT ASSOCIATED PRESS
OXFORD, Miss. — Texas A&M and Mississippi are good teams that didn’t play very good football last weekend. Now the 15th-ranked Aggies (5-1, 2-1 Southeastern Conference) must travel to face the 24th-ranked Rebels (5-2, 2-1) on Saturday in a vital Western Division game for both teams. Both teams have plenty of football-related issues to work out. But the most important developments that could decide Saturday’s game don’t necessarily involve Xs and Os. Ole Miss is coming off a sobering 37-24 loss to Memphis. The Rebels have lost two of four games since an upset win over Alabama in late September. “We are going to see
Saturday night if the heart is there,” Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze said. “I’m sure we will do what we have done every week and prepare them to have that. It is an individual decision. I am going to do everything within my power that I can to make sure that occurs.” Texas A&M fell flat in a 41-23 loss to Alabama last weekend. The Aggies were plagued my mistakes — quarterback Kyle Allen threw three interceptions that were all returned for touchdowns. Texas A&M can take solace in the fact that it has played well in Oxford in the recent past. The Aggies beat the Rebels 30-27 in 2012 and 4138 in 2013, but both those thrillers came when Johnny Manziel was throwing the football all
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AUSTIN — Bill Snyder had to say something. The situation demanded it. The Kansas State coach known for sending personal notes to opposing players this time directed one to Wildcats students. “Please accept my apology,” Snyder wrote this week after Kansas State (3-3, 0-3 Big 12) was blown out 55-0 at home by Oklahoma. “I know you are pained by the outcome, as am I.” Kansas State’s next opponent can relate. Texas was that team just two weeks ago. Routed 50-7 on the road at TCU, Texas rebounded with a resounding upset win over Oklahoma. The Longhorns (2-4, 1-2) are the perfect example of how a team can keep their season from falling apart. They expect to get a much better effort from Kansas State than the Sooners did.
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Texas head coach Charlie Strong celebrated with Adrian Colbert after the Longhorns’ 24-17 win over Oklahoma last week in Dallas. UT faces Kansas State this weekend. “I know that’s not who that football team is,” Texas coach Charlie Strong said. “We were able to
bounce back ...So you’ve got to be ready for a team that’s going to be ready to come and play, a team
that’s mentally and physically tough.” Strong has spent this week urging his young players to not get lazy after a big win. After beating the Sooners, the Longhorns also had a week off. “They’ve got to become mature. That was last week, or two weeks ago,” Texas senior running back Johnathan Gray said. “Got to get ready for K-State. They’re going to come in with their best.” Kansas State players are trying to refocus their anger after the loss to find their own turnaround. “The whole team is upset about what happened,” Wildcats quarterback Joe Hubener said. “It was embarrassing ... and isn’t something we want to be known for.” A few things to watch for Saturday when Texas hosts Kansas State: FIRST QUARTER Whether Kansas State
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Baylor hosts Iowa State By STEPHEN HAWKINS ASSOCIATED PRESS
WACO — Iowa State coach Paul Rhoads didn’t need long to express the challenge of stopping second-ranked Baylor’s bigplay offense. “I would say dang-near impossible,” Rhoads said. The Cyclones (2-4, 1-2 Big 12) on Saturday finish their trifecta of playing the nation’s top three offenses in a three-week span. Twotime defending Big 12 champion and focused Baylor is the best of the bunch by far, piling up 720 total yards and 64 points a game with FBS passing leader Seth Russell, record-setting receiver Corey Coleman and Big 12 rushing leader Shock Linwood. “Stop the run, they’ll beat you with the pass. Try to stop the pass, they’ll beat you with the run,” Rhoads said, also using “absurd” and “unbelievable” when trying to put Baylor’s offensive production in perspective. “Just a
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Baylor tight end LaQuan McGowan and the No. 2 Bears host Iowa State looking for its sixth straight 60-point game. simple, outstanding scheme with tremendous personnel.” Only halfway through the regular season for Baylor (6-0, 3-0), Coleman already has a school-record 16 touchdown catches. Russell leads the FBS in passing efficiency and with 27 TDs. He’s also a dual threat
— while throwing for 380 yards and five TDs last week against West Virginia, he also ran 14 times for 160 yards and another score. Linwood averages 134 yards rushing per game. Except none of those numbers or the countless weekly awards they are pil-
ing up really matter to the Bears, the first team left out of the initial College Football Playoff last season. “It’s nothing really right now. It’s not until we get the national championship, and then we can look back and reminisce,” Russell said. “We have that focus and we have that goal, and that’s win another Big 12 championship, and then have an opportunity to hopefully play for a national championship.” Some things to know when Baylor plays its Homecoming game against Iowa State: HOME-FIELD ADVANTAGE Baylor has won an FBSbest 19 consecutive home games, the latest 62-38 last Saturday over West Virginia to get some measure of revenge against the only team that beat them in the regular season a year ago. The Bears have averaged 687 total yards and 58 points a game in its nine games at McLane Stadium
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Manziel remains Browns’ backup By TOM WITHERS ASSOCIATED PRESS
CLEVELAND — Johnny Manziel is expected to remain Cleveland’s backup quarterback as the NFL investigates whether he violated its personal conduct policy. Manziel was questioned on Oct. 12 by police in Avon, Ohio, after he and girlfriend Colleen Crowley argued while the 2012 Heisman Trophy winner drove on a highway. Crowley told police that Manziel hit her several times. Manziel denied striking Crowley, was not arrested and the couple was allowed to leave together. Manziel could be facing a fine, suspension or potential banishment if the league finds he broke provisions in its conduct policy. A league spokesman said Friday there was no update on its investigation. Following practice, Browns coach Mike Pettine said Manziel will “more than likely” back up starter Josh McCown on Sunday when Cleveland visits the St. Louis Rams. The Browns made Manziel active for last week’s game against Denver despite his domestic incident. The Browns’ only other option at quarterback is Austin Davis. He played for the Rams last season and recently signed a twoyear contract. The Browns have leaned on him this week for information about his former team. Pettine said Manziel was allowed to dress for last week’s game because the team was satisfied with its findings of the incident, which occurred on an off day for Browns players. Pettine also indicated that Manziel was fined, but the coach would not make public the Browns’ internal discipline of the 22-year-old. Manziel admitted
drinking alcohol a few hours before his argument with Crowley, who police said was intoxicated. He spent 10 weeks in a rehab facility during the offseason for an unspecified condition. It’s not known if Manziel’s after-care prohibits him from drinking or if he is in the league’s substance abuse program. While Pettine said the incident was “upsetting to all of us,” he praised Manziel for his renewed commitment this season. Following a rough rookie season, Manziel acknowledged he didn’t take his job seriously enough. “One of the positives in his life is football,” Pettine said. “That’s to give him an outlet and, again, it’s hard for me to speak on, not just him, but any player outside the building because I’m not with them, but as his coach he’s been an Aplus when he’s here.” Browns Pro Bowl tackle Joe Thomas said he isn’t concerned by Manziel’s latest issue in what has been a drama-filled two seasons. “I try not to get too involved in the gossip side, and what happens outside of football is none of my business,” Thomas said, “and what I see from our team and what I see from the guys when they’re in the building is how I evaluate them and their progress. I think Johnny’s doing a great job and the preparation this week has been the same as it has been all year. “So the off-field incident that may or may not have happened, or whatever happened, doesn’t seem to be affecting how he’s preparing for each Sunday’s game and I think that’s the most important thing. The other stuff is just kind of between him and whoever it happened with.”
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Cleveland quarterback Johnny Manziel is expected to remain as the team’s backup as the NFL investigates whether he violated the league’s personal conduct policy after an alleged domestic violence incident with his girlfriend.
BAYLOR Continued from Page 1B since moving into the campus stadium on the banks of the Brazos River last year, winning those by an average margin of 34 points. DOWN RIGHT OFFENSIVE Since winning their Big 12 opener and after going without a conference victory last season, the Cyclones have been unable to slow down the other league foes among the nation’s top offenses. Texas Tech rolled up 776 total yards in a 66-31 win two weeks ago, and TCU had 621 yards in a 4521 victory last week — after Iowa State led the Horned Frogs 21-14 with its most points in the first quarter of a game in five seasons. BAYLOR’S BREAK After wrapping up a fiveweek stretch with their third 11 a.m. game in that span, the Bears will have some extra time before playing at Kansas State on Nov. 5, a Thursday night. “It’s kind of a bam-bam-bam deal,” coach Art Briles said. “If we can take care of business at 11 a.m. at McLane
Stadium on Saturday morning, at 3 p.m., we’ll slow down just a little bit. You have to settle before you can rise, so we’ll try to settle during that off week.” FRESH RUNNER Iowa State running back Mike Warren leads all FBS freshmen with 652 yards rushing, already a Cyclones record for freshmen. He has five rushes of at least 40 yards, and is the first Iowa State freshman with three 100-yard games. TOP TACKLER Senior linebacker and first-year starter Grant Campbell is Baylor’s leading tackler, and seventh in the Big 12, with 7.8 per game (47 total). “Four years ago when I was playing baseball I never would’ve thought I’d be in this position at all,” Campbell said. “It’s crazy and surreal.” Campbell initially went to CSU Bakersfield to play baseball, then transferred to Bakersfield College and played football two seasons before going Baylor.
POPOVICH Continued from Page 1B “Team USA is in good hands with him,” James said. “It was in good hands with Coach K. It’s almost like ’The Godfather.’ We hand it off to Michael Corleone now.” Krzyzewski has guided the Americans to consecutive Olympic gold medals, two world titles and a 75-1 record. The Duke coach, the first from college to coach the U.S. since NBA players were allowed in the Olympics in 1992, will stay on as a special adviser to Colangelo. Popovich was a U.S. assistant in the 2002 world championships and 2004 Olympics, the low point of U.S. basketball. Colangelo was hired to assemble the national team program following the bronze medal in Athens. He selected Krzyzewski as his coach after considering Popovich. Popovich was angry then that Colangelo said he detected a lack of interest when he spoke to
Popovich about the job. This time, Popovich not only made clear his interest, but also that it was predicated on working with Colangelo. “We talked about a lot of things. The past. The future,” Colangelo said. “He asked me a question: ’Are you going to stay on? Are you going to continue? Because if you’re not, then I don’t have interest. Which I thought was pretty interesting, coming from him that quickly. “Everything about life is timing. I think this was meant to be right now.” Krzyzewski had decided that next summer will be his last as U.S. coach, but Colangelo already committed to staying on to help guide the Americans through a number of changes in international basketball that will determine how teams qualify for the Olympics. The 66-year-old Popovich has a 1,022-470 record as an NBA coach, all with the
A&M Continued from Page 1B over the field. Texas A&M coach Kevin Sumlin still believes the good vibes will come in handy. “Here’s what’s going to be important — we will have been there three times in four years,” Sumlin said. “We’re used to going over there. Don’t know how that schedule worked but that’s the way it worked.” Here are some things to watch when No. 24 Ole Miss hosts No. 15 Texas A&M: WHO BOUNCES BACK? Ole Miss and Texas A&M are both coming off disappointing losses. The Rebels fell to Memphis 37-24 last weekend while Texas A&M dropped a 41-23 game to Alabama. That team that’s able to make the biggest recovery mentally might
have the best opportunity to win on Saturday. THE TUNSIL FACTOR Ole Miss left tackle Laremy Tunsil returns to the field for the first time this season after serving a seven-game NCAA suspension for receiving illegal benefits. His presence should be a big boost for the Ole Miss, especially when it comes to protecting quarterback Chad Kelly. Texas A&M ranks third in the league with 20 sacks. CAN ALLEN BOUNCE BACK Texas A&M sophomore quarterback Kyle Allen has had a good season, but is coming off easily his worst game in the loss to Alabama. Allen threw three interceptions that were returned for touchdowns against the Tide. The Aggies need him to bounce back in a big way.
Spurs, and will take over a U.S. program that has been nearly unbeatable under Krzyzewski. The Americans finished third in the 2006 worlds, their first tournament under Krzyzewski, and have won 63 straight games. They will be heavily favored to win next summer in Rio de Janeiro with what Colangelo has already said could be the best U.S. team ever. Things could get a little trickier after that. FIBA, basketball’s governing body, has already chosen a new qualification system for future worlds and Olympics that will include some games during the NBA season. Popovich will be expected to miss those. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said the league will not stop the schedule for the FIBA competitions, so the expectation was that Popovich and NBA players wouldn’t be available. The NBA preferred one
of its coaches get the next chance after Krzyzewski, and Silver praised the choice. “For the USAB program, I think it’s fantastic that you’ve gone from Coach K, who will go down as the greatest or certainly one of the greatest college coaches of all time, to an NBA coach viewed as one of our greatest coaches ever,” Silver said. Popovich had long been considered the best coach to take over once Krzyzewski decided not to return. He led the Spurs to championships in 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2014, and like Coach K has military ties as a 1970 graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy. “This is a pretty overwhelming situation,” Popovich said. “There are so many people out there that could do this sort of thing and to be selected and asked to do it is a very humbling experience, to say the least.”
TEXAS Continued from Page 1B KELLY-TREADWELL CONNECTION Ole Miss junior Chad Kelly has been the league’s most prolific quarterback, throwing for 2,234 yards, 16 touchdowns and seven interceptions this season. His favorite target is junior Laquon Treadwell, who has recovered from a broken leg last year and leads the league with 49 catches for 654 yards and four touchdowns. A LITTLE DEFENSE Ole Miss and Texas A&M are both good offensive teams that sometimes have a little trouble on the defensive side of the ball. The Rebels are giving up 30.3 points per game in three SEC contests, which ranks 13th out of 14 league teams. The Aggies are marginally better, but still struggle against the run. They’re giving up 228.7 yards per game on the ground in three SEC games.
really can fight back could likely be decided within their first 15 minutes in front of a hostile crowd. The Wildcats gave up 14 points in the first quarter to Oklahoma and were down 35 by halftime. A similar slow start could bury any hopes of a rebound. QUARTERBACKS Texas freshman Jerrod Heard hardly threw against the Sooners but ran for 115 yards, including several key third-down conversions. Kansas State will have to manage Heard on read-options and misdirection plays that he used to scamper around the Sooners. Hubener must have a better effort that his last game when he was 4 of 14
passing for 39 yards and two interceptions. BIG PLAY DAJE Texas senior wide receiver Daje Johnson is still regarded as the Longhorn’s most explosive player who isn’t Heard. But he was knocked out of the first offensive series against TCU and didn’t play against Oklahoma. He’s expected to return Saturday and gives Heard a true scoring threat in the passing game. TYRONE SWOOPES The Longhorns’ former starting quarterback has a new role as the “18 Wheeler” in Texas’ power run game. Swoopes added an extra wrinkle with a pop pass touchdown against Oklahoma.
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CATS ON A WARM CAR HOOD Dear Heloise: How do you KEEP CATS OFF CARS? We park in the driveway, and it seems they love to walk all over the hood and leave paw prints. Thank you for the help. -Dorothy P., Newark, N.J. Meow! Cats are cats, and they always will be. Unfortunately, there is no way to keep neighborhood or other cats off your car. Some readers have suggested spraying the tires with some scent that cats hate, but that will not keep them from jumping up on the hood. You can use a car cover ... and that’s about it! CAUTION: In cold and winter months, cats and other critters may seek out a warm spot to sleep -- under the hood! Please be sure to bang on the hood or honk the horn a few times to scare them off before starting the auto. – Heloise CRUNCHY TOY Dear Heloise: If your dog is bored with expensive toys, put an empty water
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bottle (without lid) in an old tall sock and tie a knot in each end. They love the crunchy sound and the feel of it. A free toy that is good for several days! -- Greg H., Belmont, N.H. JUST HANGIN’ AROUND Dear Heloise: When I would hang my towels on the handle of my kitchen stove, they would fall off when bumped. I knot a big rubber band to tie it on the handle, and they stay on better. -- S.H., McIntosh, Minn. I safety-pin them together, and they don’t fall off ! Plus, they don’t "walk" off, either! – Heloise DUST WITH THE MOP Dear Heloise: Mops with disposable pads are not only used on floors. I use mine to dust my doors, catch cobwebs on ceilings, dust valances over windows and walls, and clean the space between the refrigerator and wall, and the very back of the refrigerator. -- Charlotte F., Erie, Pa.
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