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Remains found Students killed, burned, dumped into river By JACOBO G. GARCIA ASSOCIATED PRESS
MEXICO CITY — Suspects in the disappearance of 43 college students have described a macabre and complicated mass murder and incineration of the victims carried out over an entire day and ending with their ashen remains being dumped into a river, Mexican authorities said Friday. In a somber, lengthy explanation of the investigation, Attorney General Jesus Murillo Karam played video showing hundreds of charred frag-
ments of bone and teeth fished from the river and its banks. He said it will be very difficult to extract DNA to confirm that they are the students missing since Sept. 26 after an attack by police in the southern state of Guerrero. “I know the enormous pain the information we’ve obtained causes the family members, a pain we all share,” Murillo Karam said at a news conference. “The statements and information that we have gotten unfortunately points to the murder of a large number of people in
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Tamaulipas authorities honor General Niño Villarreal during a posthumous ceremony in Ciudad Victoria, Mexico.
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Students protest the disappearance of 43 students in the state of Guerrero, outside the general attorney’s office in Mexico City.
Forces honor slain Gen. in ceremony Gunmen killed Niño, wife Saturday night in street ambush
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Tamaulipas authorities and federal forces honored slain Gen. Ricardo César Niño Villarreal during a posthumous ceremony held inside a security
complex in Ciudad Victoria, officials said Thursday. Niño was the regional coordinator for public safety in Tamaulipas. He was stationed in Nuevo
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A 1958 Ariel Cyclone motorcycle that was owned by both Buddy Holly and Waylon Jennings is displayed in Lubbock on Thursday.
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Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis waves to supporters as she leaves her election watch party after making her concession speech, Tuesday in Fort Worth.
Wendy couldn’t move needle with women By PAUL J. WEBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
AUSTIN — Of all the ways Democrat Wendy Davis lost her run for Texas governor, one particularly stands out: She failed to move the needle with women. Exit polls show Davis
fared no better with women than her male Democratic predecessor in 2010, despite being one of the most recognizable female candidates in the U.S. and a campaign that aggressively courted women with gender issues and attention-grabbing ads.
Republican Attorney General Greg Abbott won 54 percent of female voters — roughly the same edge Gov. Rick Perry had with women four years ago. And Abbott’s advantage wasn’t just among Republican women: He carried roughly double the support that Davis
pulled with women who described themselves as politically independent. “I don’t understand at this point where we lost them, if indeed we did,” said Patsy Woods Martin, executive director of Annie’s List, a political or-
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Buddy Holly’s bike back in his hometown By JOSIE MUSICO LUBBOCK AVALANCHE-JOURNAL
LUBBOCK — Waylon Jennings was stunned speechless to receive Buddy Holly’s motorcycle as a 42nd birthday gift, the country music outlaw’s widow said. During a presentation of
the bike this week at the Buddy Holly Center in Lubbock, singer Jessi Colter described the gratitude her husband felt toward the Crickets band members for the gift in 1979. Lubbock native Holly purchased the bike in May 1958 at Ray
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TODAY IN HISTORY
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Rummage Sale, Fellowship Hall, First United Methodist Church; 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Public invited; no admission fee. 1st Community Remembrance Ceremony. 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Jaqueline Vasquez at (956) 718-3000 or jvasquez@altushospicecare.com. Community Garage Sale. 7 am to 1 pm. Holy Redeemer Church.
Today is Saturday, Nov. 8, the 312th day of 2014. There are 53 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Nov. 8, 1864, President Abraham Lincoln won re-election as he defeated Democratic challenger George B. McClellan. (Lincoln had seriously doubted he would prevail, but the fall of Atlanta to Union forces in September helped ensure his victory.) On this date: In 1889, Montana became the 41st state. In 1923, Adolf Hitler launched his first attempt at seizing power in Germany with a failed coup in Munich that came to be known as the “Beer-Hall Putsch.” In 1932, New York Democratic Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated incumbent Republican Herbert Hoover for the presidency. In 1960, Massachusetts Sen. John F. Kennedy defeated Vice President Richard M. Nixon for the presidency. In 1974, a federal judge in Cleveland dismissed charges against eight Ohio National Guardsmen accused of violating the civil rights of students who were killed or wounded in the 1970 Kent State shootings. In 1987, 11 people were killed when an Irish Republican Army bomb exploded as crowds gathered in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, for a ceremony honoring Britain’s war dead. In 1988, Vice President George H.W. Bush won the presidential election, defeating the Democratic nominee, Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis. Ten years ago: After a decade, the U.S. dollar was eliminated from circulation in Cuba. Five years ago: The embattled president of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, pledged there would be no place for corrupt officials in his new administration, as demanded by the U.S and its international partners. One year ago: Typhoon Haiyan (HY’-ahn), one of the strongest storms on record, slammed into the central Philippines, leaving at least 6,300 people dead and more than 1,000 missing. Today’s Birthdays: Actor Norman Lloyd is 100. CBS newsman Morley Safer is 83. Actor Alain Delon is 79. Actress Virna Lisi is 78. Singeractress Bonnie Bramlett is 70. Singer Bonnie Raitt is 65. TV personality Mary Hart is 64. Former Playboy Enterprises chairman and chief executive Christie Hefner is 62. Actress Alfre Woodard is 62. Singersongwriter Rickie Lee Jones is 60. Author Kazuo Ishiguro is 60. Rock musician Porl Thompson (The Cure) is 57. Singer-actor Leif Garrett is 53. Chef and TV personality Gordon Ramsay is 48. Actress Courtney Thorne-Smith is 47. Actress Parker Posey is 46. Rock musician Jimmy Chaney is 45. Actress Roxana Zal is 45. Singer Diana King is 44. Actor Gonzalo Menendez is 43. Rock musician Scott Devendorf (The National) is 42. Actress Gretchen Mol is 41. ABC News anchor David Muir is 41. Actor Matthew Rhys is 40. Actress Tara Reid is 39. Country singer Bucky Covington is 37. Thought for Today: “I think we look for the differences in people because it makes us less lonely.” — Carson McCullers, American author (19171967).
MONDAY, NOV. 10 Laredo Soups monthly microfinance dinner. 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Holding Institute, 1102 Sta Maria Ave. To learn more or to apply for funding contact Tatiana Friar at tfriar@gmail.com or 771-9671. Medical Mission From 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. San Luis Rey Church Hall 3502 Sanders St. Contact Rebecca Solloa at rsolloa@csslaredo.org or visit dioceseoflaredo.org. Photo by Danny Zaragoza | Laredo Morning Times
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 12 Deportation law and the New American diaspora. 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. TAMIU Student Center Ballroom. Contact Amy Palacios cswht@tamiu.edu or freetrade.tamiu.edu/whtc_services/ whtc_speaker_series.asp. Planetarium movies, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. TAMIU Lamar Bruni Vergara Science Center Planetarium. Claudia Herrera at claudia.Herrera@tamiu.edu or go to www.tamiu.edu/planetarium.
THURSDAY, NOV. 13 Rio pachanga. Noon to 8:30 p.m. Max Mandel Municipal Golf Course. Contact Alberto Sandoval at alberto@rgisc.org or to register, Max Pro Shop at 726-2000. For questions, call Ruben Soto at 337-0435.
SATURDAY, NOV.15 Football tailgate cook off. 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. at El Metro Park & Ride (by Hillside). Contact LULAC Council 14 at lulac14@yahoo.com or call 286-9055. Register for the 35th Guajolote 10K Race. Register at Hamilton Trophies (1320 Garden), Hamilton Jewelry (607 Flores), or on-line at www.raceit.com, Guajolote 10K Race. Call (956) 724-9990 or (956) 722-9463. Planetarium movies, 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. TAMIU Lamar Bruni Vergara Science Center Planetarium. Contact Claudia Herrera at claudian.herrera@tamiu.edu or go to www.tamiu.edu/planetarium.
TUESDAY, NOV. 18 Planetarium movies, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. TAMIU Lamar Bruni Vergara Science Building. Claudia Herrera at clauda.herrera@tamiu.edu or visit tamiu.edu/planetarium.
THURSDAY, NOV. 20 Villa San Agustin de Laredo Genealogical Society Presents “The Origin of the Gonzalez Last Name” and American Indian Heritage Meeting. 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. At St. John Neumann Catholic Church. Contact Sanjuanita MartinezHunter for more information at 7223497.
MONDAY NOV. 24 Monthly meeting of Laredo Parkinson’s Disease Support Group. 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Laredo Medical Center, Tower B, First Floor Community Center. Patients, caregivers and family members invited. Free info pamphlets available in Spanish and English. Richard Renner (English) at 645-8649 or Juan Gonzalez (Spanish) at 237-0666. Planetarium movies at TAMIU. 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. TAMIU Lamar Bruni Vergara Science Center Planetarium. Claudia Herrera at claudia.herrera@tamiu.edu or tamiu.edu/planetarium.
SATURDAY, NOV. 22 Planetarium movies. 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. TAMIU Lamar Bruni Vergara Science Center Planetarium.Claudia Herrera at claudia.herrera@tamiu.edu or www.tamiu.edu/planetarium.
THURSDAY, NOV. 27 Register for the 35th Guajolote 10K Race. Register at Hamilton Trophies (1320 Garden), Hamilton Jewelry (607 Flores), or on-line at www.raceit.com, Guajolote 10K Race. Call (956) 724-9990 or (956) 722-9463.
SATURDAY, DEC. 6 Trail clean up. 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. LCC Lamar Bruni Vergara Environmental Science Center.
Laredo firefighters pour water down a manhole on Thursday evening moments before fire erupted from it at the corner of Convent Avenue and Iturbide Street.
Manhole fires in Laredo By CÉSAR G. RODRIGUEZ THE ZAPATA TIMES
Manhole fires in downtown Laredo on Thursday sent flames and smoke into the air and left businesses without power. A video posted on Facebook showed flames and smoke billowing from a manhole on Convent Avenue near the Gateway to the Americas International Bridge. Loud popping sounds could be heard as well. The Laredo Police Department reported at about 6:15 p.m. an "ongoing emergency" in the downtown area, saying initial information indicated fires coming from manholes in the 300 block of Convent Avenue. No injuries have been reported. Police said authorities were at the scene and there was “no cause for alarm.” International bridge I was temporarily closed.
"The immediate area is being cleared and evacuated for safety," LPD said. "Please do not go near this area. First responders are taking care of the issue and they need to keep the area clear." Police said businesses along Convent, from Zaragoza Street to possibly Washington Street, were without electricity. These locations are expected to be without power for a few days. As of 9 p.m. Thursday, American Electric Power reported that 121 customers were without power. Tony Arce, AEP spokesman, said the Webb County Jail, Webb County Courthouse and City Hall were not affected. The causes of the manhole fires and power outage were under investigation. Laredo fire crews remained at the scene, investigating the incident while police officers blocked access to Convent.
San Antonio strengthens cellphone ban for drivers
Dallas board to consider smoking ban for parks
Sex offenders ordered to return to Texas
SAN ANTONIO — The San Antonio City Council has unanimously adopted a hands-free ordinance to limit drivers’ cellphone use. Council members voted Thursday to prohibit drivers from holding their phones while speaking, even if stopped in traffic or at a light. Drivers will still be able to dial and answer calls but must talk on speaker or use a hands-free device.
DALLAS — Dallas officials have proposed a smoking ban for public parks. The Dallas Morning News reports the Dallas Park and Recreation Board directed city staff on Thursday to draft an ordinance that would prohibit smoking at city parks and trails.
Texas man convicted in bad checks case retrial
BROWNSVILLE — A South Texas man charged in the shooting deaths of his wife and their 4-year-old son has pleaded not guilty. Cameron County jail records show Donald Edward Pierce of Brownsville was being held without bond Friday. The bodies of Pierce’s wife, Diana, and their son, William, were found Sept. 19 in some rubbish in the backyard of the family’s home. Brownsville police had been summoned to check a foul odor.
HOUSTON — A Houston-area judge has ordered two violent sex offenders to be returned to Texas and placed in state custody once they complete lengthy prison sentences for sex offenses committed in other states. State District Judge Michael Seiler issued the order this week for Melvin Cody Whipple, 58, and Lloyd Joseph Wilson, 44. A judge ordered the two to leave Texas in 2004, in an apparent violation of the state constitution, according to the Houston Chronicle.
DALLAS — A North Texas man has been convicted in a $300,000 fraud case for the second time in two years. The Dallas Morning News reports that 46-year-old Jason Dvorin was convicted of conspiracy to commit bank fraud during a retrial this week. He defrauded Pavillion Bank in Richardson by cashing fraudulent checks.
Texan pleads not guilty in deaths of wife, son
Ailing male tiger, 14, dies at San Antonio Zoo SAN ANTONIO — An ailing 14-year-old tiger has died at the San Antonio Zoo. Officials on Friday announced the death of a male Sumatran tiger called Raguno (ruh-GOO’noh). Veterinarians suspect Raguno had cancer of the spleen. — Compiled from AP reports
AROUND THE NATION Alaska’s Aleutian Islands brace for intense storm ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A rapidly intensifying storm is barreling toward Alaska’s western Aleutian Islands, signaling its pending arrival with hurricaneforce gusts. National Weather Service forecaster Bob Oravec says 74 mph gusts and 57 mph sustained winds were recorded Friday morning at Shemya Island, at the edge of the island chain. The storm is expected to bring unseasonably frigid temperatures to much of the U.S. by next weekend.
Hurt hiker rescued from cliff edge in Grand Canyon GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. — An Arizona woman injured when she fell off a trail in the Grand Canyon was rescued after being stranded for about eight hours on a slope
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A search and rescue team member helps a fallen hiker out of the Grand Canyon at Grand Canyon National Park, Ariz. A Tucson woman, injured when she fell off a trail in the Grand Canyon on Sunday, was rescued Monday. above an 80-foot cliff. The Tucson woman would start to slide farther down the slope when she tried to move, so she remained still as fellow hikers used a satellite emergency device to summon help. It took responders several
hours to hike to the site and then several more to extract the woman. A helicopter was used to lift her out of the canyon. The woman was treated for a fractured ankle and hypothermia. — Compiled from AP reports
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Falcon Lake fishing series SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
The Falcon Lake Babes are holding an International Catfish Series for ladies, including one today. After today, the series will be held once a month on the following dates: Dec. 13, Jan. 10, Feb. 14 and a championship on Mar. 7. This tournament is an individual event, and there is a maximum of three contestants per boat. There is an entry fee of $20 per person, which must be paid for every tournament in order to qualify for the championship. Registration will be at the Beacon Lodge Rec Hall on the Fridays before the Saturday tournaments, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. For more information, contact Betty Ortiz (956236-4590) or Elcina Buck (319-239-5859).
Zapata County Museum of History The Zapata Chamber of Commerce is holding several Christmas events at the Zapata County Museum of History on Sunday, Dec. 14 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. There will be a Town & Country Homes Tour that includes La Hacienda de las Flores, the Torres home and the Lozano Home. General admission is $7 at the museum. There will also be a Christmas tree decorating contest. Admission is $3 for adults and $1 for children. Local organizations will decorate and display their trees, and visitors will be able to vote for their favorite.
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UT Rio Grande Valley names mascot ASSOCIATED PRESS
BROWNSVILLE — The athletic nickname for the new University of Texas Rio Grande Valley will be the Vaqueros, which is Spanish for cowboys. The University of Texas System Board of Regents unanimously approved the name on Thursday. The board also approved using blue, green and orange as the colors for the new university. The new school, which is result of the merger of UT-Pan American and UT-Brownsville, begins classes in the fall. UTRGV will also have a medical school. UTRGV President Guy Bailey had recommended the nickname and colors after months of soliciting input. Bailey says he
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A University of Texas-Pan American student athlete enters the fieldhouse in Edinburg. The athletic nickname for the new University of Texas Rio Grande Valley will be the Vaqueros. chose the Vaqueros because he wanted to rec-
ommend something authentic to the Rio Grande
Valley. The next step will be
designing logos. The new university has also announced that its athletics director will be the man who has served in the same position at the University of TexasPan American since 2009: Chris King. Before joining UTPA, King spent seven years at the University of Alabama, serving as associate athletic director for compliance and associate athletic director for administration. King earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration with a concentration in sports management from Robert Morris University in Pennsylvania in 1994. His received a master’s in education leadership degree from Campbell University in North Carolina in 1997.
Ebola monitoring period ends for 177 By NOMAAN MERCHANT ASSOCIATED PRESS
DALLAS — Dallas calmly marked the end of its Ebola crisis on Friday when the last of the 177 people who were being monitored for symptoms of the deadly virus were to be cleared at midnight. Thirty-eight days after Thomas Eric Duncan was diagnosed with Ebola in a local hospital, officials expressed relief and resolve that they were prepared if anything similar — with its resulting panic, fear and constant media attention — ever happened again. “It’s a time to reflect on the sacrifices of our hometown health care heroes and the city, county, and school district employees that worked so hard, along with our state and federal partners, to keep us safe during the Ebola crisis,” Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins said in a statement, calling it an early Thanksgiving for the city. Monitoring for the last person who came in contact with Duncan or the two nurses who contracted the virus will end at midnight Friday. About 50 people who returned to Texas from West African countries where the virus has killed
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Former President George W. Bush poses with caregivers in the Medical Intensive Care Unit at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital, Friday in Dallas. thousands will remain under monitoring. The White House said President Barack Obama spoke to state and local officials Friday and thanked them for their leadership. Duncan was diagnosed with Ebola on Sept. 30, sending officials scrambling and residents fearing the worst. He died on Oct. 8 at Texas Presbyterian Hospital. Duncan’s fiancee, Louise Troh, and three others were confined to their apartment where Duncan had been staying, before they
were moved to private housing. People panicked over the possible spread of the virus. Jenkins was criticized for entering the apartment to meet with Troh, despite public health experts saying it was safe. Some people refused to shake hands with strangers, and others kept children home from schools where Troh’s children attended. In the end, no one in the neighborhood was infected. The two people who contracted Ebola were nurses who treated Duncan; Nina
Pham and Amber Vinson both have recovered. Government officials and the hospital have acknowledged missteps in their handling of the crisis, from initially letting Duncan leave the emergency room after his first visit with Ebola-related symptoms to allowing Vinson to fly commercial to Cleveland and back while she was self-monitoring. Vinson has also said in interviews that she didn’t feel prepared to wear the protective equipment necessary to treat Duncan. The hospital has mounted a major public-relations campaign to apologize for its mistakes. Officials are also preparing an analysis of how it handled the Duncan case, to likely be published next year. And while much of the city can breathe a sigh of relief, those closest to Duncan say they’re still angry about his medical treatment and how some have blamed him for bringing Ebola to the United States. With her old apartment torn apart by hazardous materials crews, Troh has had trouble finding a new place to live, as landlords fearful of the virus have refused to rent to her.
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Dems look ahead after giant fall to Republicans HOUSTON — On the morning after the election, the Texas Capitol corridors were echo-y quiet, a far cry from that raucous June 2013 night when something akin to a rabble, excited by a Fort Worth Democrat’s filibuster, packed the grounds, proclaimed their presence and promised change. Yes, there was change. Democrats did even worse this year than they did four years ago. For Dems, their much-ballyhooed Battleground Texas produced lost ground as gubernatorial nominee Wendy Davis got 39.88 percent in her 20point loss to Greg Abbott. Dem Bill White got 42.3 percent in his 13-point 2010 loss to Rick Perry. As we perhaps should have expected, the out-ofstate efforts to turn Texas purple, if not blue, succeeded in getting the red team roused and ready. “Crushed ’em!” was the headline on the Texas GOP’s Wednesday email to the faithful. Crushed indeed. With a handful of votes still to be counted, no statewide Democrat had reached the 40-percent mark. Staggering, as were exit poll numbers. What of all the young people I saw in the Capitol back on filibuster night? The exit polls showed 18- to 29-year-olds provided 14 percent of the overall vote. Sixty percent were 45 or older. Davis prevailed only among 30- to 44-year-olds, and only by 2 percentage points. The candidates tied among 18- to 29-year-olds, and Abbott won by two-to-one margins among voters over 45. Abbott got 44 percent of the Hispanic vote, impressive for a Republican (even one with an Hispanic wife) and carried women (another demographic he married into) by 9 points. The Davis/Democrats debacle leaves some big what-next questions. If indeed the Battleground Texas effort was, in part, a litmus test on whether Hillary Clinton can carry Texas in 2016 — an outcome Dems covet because a Dem who carries Texas wins the presidency — the answer is a definitive no. I guess that’s a data point worth knowing and spending lots of money on, as Clinton prepares for a probable presidential race. Side note: Repubs are most happy that lots of non-Texas money poured
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into the state this year instead of perhaps going to states with competitive U.S. Senate races. Another what-next question is one that’s dicey for Dems: Who’s their 2018 gubernatorial candidate? It’s a long way off and lots can happen, but it’s hard to imagine anything happening that would give any Dem a shot in 2018. I’m guessing the Castro twins (U.S. Rep Joaquin and Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian) are smart enough to understand 2018 probably is way too soon for either of them to win the gubernatorial race. They’re 40; they’ve got time. That means the Dems, still in the genesis of what they hope is a comeback, could wind up with a nobody as their 2018 gubernatorial nominee. We’ll see. Abbott’s biggest potential threat, one he may want to keep an eye on, could be GOP Lt. Govelect Dan Patrick. Again, way too early for reasoned speculation, but it’s not out of the question the hard-charging Patrick might take on Abbott in the 2018 primary. “I think they’ll have a great relationship,” Abbott consultant Dave Carney said. Does Patrick harbor gubernatorial aspirations? “Oh, he may,” Carney said. “But he’s young.” Young is relative. Patrick is 64, though his name, which he changed for his broadcast career, is younger. (And yes, that was uncalled for but something in my head called for it.) One more thing, from GOP consultant James McKay at a Wednesday briefing by Abbott’s team. McKay talked about how the campaign matched TV ads with targeted viewers. “We knew what shows they were actually watching. It’s kind of creepy but it’s the wave of the future,” he said, confirming your fear that the future is going to be creepy. Ken Herman is a columnist for the Austin American-Statesman. Email: kherman@statesman.com.
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WORST WEEK IN WASHINGTON
Obama sees Senate go GOP By CHRIS CILLIZZA THE WASHINGTON POST
Midterm elections aren’t really President Barack Obama’s thing. Four years removed from a self-described “shellacking” that cost Democrats control of the House, Obama watched his party lose its majority in the Senate on Tuesday. Since he won the White House in 2008, congressional Democrats have given up 69 House seats (and could lose more as they trail in several uncalled contests) and at least 13 Senate seats, with Alaska and Louisiana po-
tentially bumping that total up to 15. Yet, despite those heavy losses — and public infighting between his White House and Senate Democrats over his alleged lack of concern for his party’s down-ballot fortunes — Obama seemed entirely unbothered by the election results during a news conference Wednesday. “There’s no doubt that the Republicans had a good night,” he conceded, before pivoting to note that the message voters were sending had nothing to do with him but, rather, was about wanting pol-
iticians to get things done. Except that Obama had said repeatedly during the runup to the vote that his policies were very much part of the election. “Make no mistake: These policies are on the ballot,” he said at Northwestern University in early October. “Every single one of them.” You don’t get to have it both ways — taking the credit if your side wins and shirking the blame if it loses. Obama said Wednesday that he wouldn’t “read the tea leaves” of the 2014 elections. Of course, he was
more than willing to read those same leaves after his 2012 re-election. Losing elections is one thing. It happens to almost all politicians if they stay in the game long enough. Refusing to shoulder any of the blame for that loss is something else entirely. President Obama, for forgetting that you are the head of your party, in good times and bad, you had the worst week in Washington. Congrats, or something. Cillizza covers the White House for The Washington Post and writes The Fix, its politics blog.
COMMENTARY
How and why the GOP won By JENNIFER RUBIN THE WASHINGTON POST
The exit polls become fascinating the day after an election when one can see how one side won, rather than try to pinpoint the margin of victory. As to the latter, the GOP victory was easier than anticipated. “I think this was a classic case of a wave coming in late,” says GOP pollster Whit Ayres. “In 1994 Bill Frist was up by only 4 points a week out. By Thursday he was up by 7, by Saturday by 9, and he won by 14. We polled through the weekend and saw it coming, but you would never catch the full wave unless you poll right up to election day.” For Republicans, the House exit polls show an electorate that went from a 7-point Democratic advantage in 2012 to even this year (36 percent of the electorate for each major party). Republicans won every age category over 40 years, lost women by only 5
points, won married women overwhelmingly, won the suburbs by 12 percent and the $50,000-100,000 income bracket by 10 points. Health care was the second most important issue after the economy. Republicans won 35 percent of Hispanics, who made up just 8 percent of the electorate. (In 2012, Hispanics were 10 percent of the total.) Republicans across the country ran on a tough foreign policy, opposition to the White House’s treatment of Israel, increasing defense spending and standing up to the world’s bullies. The GOP should be cautious about extrapolating to presidential election years when the unpopular president will not be on the ballot — although his policies might still be. The demographics will not be as favorable in a presidential year in which more young, minority and occasional voters show up. Still, there is much to be learned. In an exceptionally gra-
cious acceptance speech in which he said his opponent “deserves a lot of support” and declared that she had earned his respect, the likely new Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell, RKy., spoke not about government’s evils, but about politicians who “forgot it is their duty to serve.” Meanwhile, John Kasich in Ohio, Susana Martinez in New Mexico, Terry Branstad in Iowa, Rick Snyder in Michigan, and Brian Sandoval in Nevada all won governorships in blue or purple states after expanding Medicaid. In all of these states plus Wisconsin, where Scott Walker won handily, these are not libertarian governors, not even ones who can be characterized as antagonistic toward government. In sum, in the most Republican electorate they could have hoped for, staid conservatives (not a single GOP “establishment” incumbent lost), young reformers, hands-on governors and a lot of women
House (Mia Love in Utah, Barbara Comstock in Virginia and Elise Stefanik in New York) and Senate (Joni Ernst, Shelley Moore Capito) candidates prevailed. Voters did not want dysfunction or rebellion; they wanted good governance and responsive officials. But most of all, they wanted to stop the president. Sure, liberals are reciting the canard that the election was not about anything. Right-wingers are convinced that this proves the shutdown right (the recovery for the GOP began, of course, as soon as the shutdown ended and McConnell reasserted control over his caucus). In the reality-based community, however, the GOP establishment, the donors, the voters and the party operatives put quality candidates on the ballot, who ran disciplined races and tapped into public’s anger toward a failing president. The GOP will need to do all that and more to win back the White House.
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By WILL WEISSERT AUSTIN — Governorelect Greg Abbott has already had a few direct words for President Barack Obama: “Thank you.” An Abbott aide confirmed Thursday that the president — whose administration Abbott has sued 30 times as state at-
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AUSTIN — Texas Gov. Rick Perry made his first court appearance Thursday but left the dramatics to his attorneys, who argued strenuously that the felony charges against him should be thrown out on technicalities. His high-powered defense team said the counts of abuse of official power and coercion of a public servant ought to be quashed since the special prosecutor bringing them was never properly sworn in and some paperwork wasn’t correctly filed. Attorneys for the Republican governor and possible 2016 presidential hopeful sniped so frequently with the special prosecutor leading the case, Michael McCrum, that the proceedings often felt like a television drama — complete with a courtroom packed with reporters and carried live on the Internet. “This whole proceeding, the whole way this came about, is a comedy of errors,” said Tony Buzbee, Perry’s lead defense attorney, who sometimes glared at McCrum as he paced the room. McCrum said he followed procedure correctly, countering: “Mr. Perry, through his attorneys, can’t create or invent Texas law that’s not there.” The presiding judge, San Antonio-based Republican Bert Richardson, said he planned to rule next week on whether the case can continue. Perry, the longest-serving governor in Texas history, is leaving office in January. He was indicted in August by a grand jury in Travis County, which includes Austin, a liberal enclave in otherwise
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Texas Gov. Rick Perry, center, flanked by his lawyers Tony Buzbee, right, and David Botsford, left, listens during his pretrial hearing. fiercely conservative Texas. He is accused of publicly threatening — then making good on — a veto of $7.5 million in state funding last year for a public corruption division within the office of Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg. That came after Lehmberg, a Democrat, refused to resign following a conviction and jail time for drunken driving. Lehmberg has since recused herself from the Perry case. Perry calls the indictment a “political witch hunt” and told reporters outside the courtroom, “I stand behind my veto and I would make that veto again.” He’s eying another presidential run after his short-lived 2012 bid and, asked if this could mar that or his final months in office, Perry said, “I don’t have any question about being able to multitask and to get things done.” The governor quietly conferred with his lawyers at points during Thursday’s proceedings, but mostly just watched while occasionally glancing down at the table in front of him and sipping water.
He was allowed to skip other pretrial hearings, but Richardson ordered him to appear this time. It also was Perry’s 32nd wedding anniversary, and though he Tweeted a wedding photo, his wife Anita wasn’t in court. While making his arguments, Buzbee used slides, including a picture of and quotes form the Constitution. “Dismiss this case immediately so Governor Perry can get on about his business,” Buzbee said. The defense has also sought to have the case tossed out on the grounds that Perry was within his constitutional rights as governor — but that motion has yet to be discussed in court. McCrum, who called the governor only “Mr. Perry” since he said he was no different than any other defendant, called two witnesses. They were both court officials who testified that legal procedures in the matter were followed as normal. Buzbee did a doubletake, though, when it was divulged that court authorities created a special “cause number,” or filing classification, for the Perry case before charges were brought.
torney general — called the next Texas governor to congratulate him on his electoral victory. Abbott spokesman Matt Hirsch said the phone call Wednesday night was brief and cordial. He said Abbott thanked Obama for the call and told him that he’ll work to find solutions for important is-
sues facing Texas. Don’t expect their chat to bury the hatchet. The call was among dozens Obama is making to winners of the midterm elections, and Abbott has said he’s not through filing lawsuits against Washington. Abbott defeated Democrat Wendy Davis in a landslide Tuesday night.
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A Saudi woman drives a vehicle in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Oct. 26, 2013. The Saudi king’s advisory council has recommended the government lift its ban on female drivers.
State police stand inside a warehouse where a cross covers a wall near blood stains after a shootout between soldiers and alleged criminals near San Pedro Limon, in Mexico state, Mexico, on July 3.
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7 soldiers face trial in 22 shooting deaths
By ABDULLAH AL-SHIHRI ASSOCIATED PRESS
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — It’s only for women over 30, who must be off the road by 8 p.m. and cannot wear makeup behind the wheel. But it’s still a startling shift. The Saudi king’s advisory council has recommended that the government lift its ban on female drivers, a member of the council told The Associated Press Friday. The Shura Council’s recommendations are not obligatory on the government, but simply making the recommendation was a major step after years of the kingdom staunchly rejecting any review of the ban. There have been small but increasingly bold protests by women who took to their cars over the past year. The driving ban, which is unique in the world, is imposed because the kingdom’s ultraconservative Muslim clerics say “licentiousness” will spread if women drive. The council member said the Shura Council made the recommendations in a secret, closed session held in the past month. The member spoke on condition of anonymity because the recommendations had not been made public. Under the recommendations, only women over 30 would be allowed to drive and they would need per-
mission from a male relative — usually a husband or father, but lacking those, a brother or son. They would be allowed to drive from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday through Wednesday and noon to 8 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, the weekend in the kingdom. The conditions also require that a woman driver wear conservative dress and no make-up, the official said. Within cities, they can drive without a male relative in the car, but outside of cities, a male is required to be present. The council said a “female traffic department” would have to be created to deal with female drivers if their cars broke down or they encountered other problems, and to issue fines. It recommended the female traffic officers be under the supervision of the “religious agencies.” The council placed heavy restrictions on interactions between female drivers and male traffic officers or other male drivers, and stiff penalties for those who broke them. Merely speaking to a female driver, it said, was punishable by a one-month prison sentence and a fine. The 150-member Shura Council is appointed by the king, drawing on various sectors of society to act as the closest thing to a parliament in the kingdom, though it has no legislative powers. King Abdullah ap-
pointed women to it for the first time, and now there are 30 female members. The driving ban has long forced families to hire livein drivers for women. Women who can’t afford the $300 to $400 a month for a driver must rely on male relatives to drive them to work, school, shopping or the doctor. The ban is part of the general restrictions imposed on women based on the strict interpretation of Islamic Shariah law known as Wahhabism. Genders are strictly segregated, and women are required to wear a headscarf and loose, black robes in public. Guardianship laws require women to get permission from a male relative to travel, get married, enroll in higher education or undergo certain surgical procedures. Female activists launched their latest campaign to defy the driving ban on Oct. 26, when dozens of women drove around their neighborhoods and posted video clips of themselves driving on social networking sites. The campaign prompted authorities to issue a statement warning violators would be dealt with firmly. Saudi Arabia has no written law barring women from driving — only fatwas, or religious edicts, by senior clerics. Campaigns to overturn the driving ban have been going on for decades.
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MEXICO CITY — A Mexican judge ordered seven soldiers to stand trial in the killing of suspected gang members after they were subdued, the latest chapter in the government’s tardy recognition that executions occurred at a grain warehouse in southern Mexico on June 30. The charges did little to resolve the mystery of how many of the 22 purported gang members killed that day after a gunbattle were executed by soldiers and how many soldiers were actually involved. The Federal Judiciary Council said Friday that a judge ruled there is sufficient evidence to try all seven soldiers on charges of “actions improper to public service.” Three of the soldiers also face charges of aggravated homicide, abuse of authority, and altering a crime scene. The council said one of the seven, apparently the lieutenant who commanded the squad, would also be tried on charges of failing to stop a crime or covering it up. The army originally
said all 22 suspects died in a gunbattle with troops, while only one soldier was wounded. Just days afterward, The Associated Press reported on evidence at the crime scene indicating some people had been executed. A witness later said 21 of the dead had been shot after they surrendered. The governmental National Human Rights commission said in a report in October that 15 were probably executed and that five or more soldiers appeared to have directly participated in the killings. Prosecutors have said it was only three soldiers, those charged with homicide, but the commission’s report said some of the suspects were beaten before they were killed, bringing into question how only three soldiers could have simultaneously detained, beaten and executed so many suspects. The commission also found that someone, probably soldiers, moved the bodies in the warehouse, altered the crime scene and planted guns next to some of the corpses. Attorney General Jesus Murillo Karam has said
that only eight people were executed and that the others died in two gunfights with troops. But the rights commission said more soldiers should be investigated beyond the eight charged, and cited statements from witnesses who said another military man, possibly a higher-ranking officer, participated in the killings. Mexico’s Defense Department said Thursday that it would obey the commission’s recommendation that the army investigate further, compensate relatives of the victims and do more to train soldiers to avoid such killings and ensure military personnel don’t alter crime scenes. Late Thursday, the government of the State of Mexico, where the killings occurred, said it would also accept the commission’s recommendation that it investigate alleged misconduct by state prosecutors and other officials. The commission’s report said state prosecutors tortured two female witnesses, who remain in prison on weapons charges.
Entertainment
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Play role helps Lohan By ANTHONY MCCARTNEY ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES — Lindsay Lohan’s role in a London production of “Speedthe-Plow” has become a crucial aspect to her recovery after years of addiction and court troubles, her therapist wrote in a letter to a judge. In the letter filed Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court, therapist Patricia Freebery said the play has provided Lohan LOHAN with good daily structure and resulted in a shift in her motivation for recovery. Lohan has been receiving court-mandated therapy as part of her sentence in a 2012 case involving reckless driving and lying to police. The letter, along with updates from a London organization where Lohan is volunteering, prompted Superior Court Judge James R. Dabney to end Lohan’s probation in a 2011 necklace theft case. Dabney also gave Lohan more time to complete her community service in the reckless driving case. “She related really well to young people and contributes a very different perspective because of her own life experiences that differ enormously from those of the young people” she is volunteering with, according to a letter submitted by the charity group CSV, which aids neglected children and disabled adults.
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Autopsy says Williams was drug free By KRISTIN J. BENDER ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAN FRANCISCO — Robin Williams’ autopsy found no alcohol or illegal drugs were in his body when he killed himself at his Northern California home in August, sheriff ’s officials said Friday. The results released by the Marin County sheriff ’s office found that the actor had taken prescription medications, but in “therapeutic concentrations.” The coroner ruled Williams’ death a suicide that resulted from asphyxia due to hanging. Sheriff ’s officials have said Williams was found in the bedroom of his home in Tiburon on the morning of Aug. 11. His death had been preliminarily ruled a suicide, with sheriff ’s officials saying he hanged himself with a belt. Williams’ wife, Susan Schneider, has said the actor and comedian was struggling with depression, anxiety and a recent Parkinson’s diagnosis when his personal assistant found him dead. Williams had publicly acknowledged periodic struggles with substance abuse, and he had entered a substance abuse program shortly be-
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Actor Robin Williams had no alcohol or illegal drugs in his system when he committed suicide in August. fore his death. According to the coroner’s report, his wife told an investigator Williams did not go there because of recent drug or alcohol abuse, but rather to reaffirm the principles of his rehabilitation. According to his wife, Williams was having trouble sleeping and had shown increased signs of paranoia before he committed suicide, the autopsy report said. Medical records confirmed he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in November 2013 but had symptoms since 2011, including a left arm tremor and the
slowing of left hand movements. Treatments with drugs in May 2014 led to some improvement, according to the report, and he remained physically active until his death. Williams had two types of antidepressants in his system when he died, as well as a Parkinson’s medication, caffeine and another ingredient found in tea and cocoa, the autopsy found. Authorities have said Williams was last seen alive by his wife when she went to bed the night of Aug. 10. She woke up the next morning and left, thinking he was still asleep elsewhere in the house. Shortly after that, Williams’ assistant came to the home and became concerned when he failed to respond to knocks at a door. The assistant found the 63-year-old actor in a bedroom, according to sheriff ’s officials. Williams also had superficial cuts on his wrist, and a pocketknife was found nearby. The results of Williams’ autopsy, including the toxicology tests, were originally slated to be released Sept. 20. Marin County officials later announced a Nov. 3 release date, but the report was further delayed. Toxicology reports routinely take up to six weeks to complete.
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Ribereña en Breve ZUMBA A BENEFICIO Se invita al Segundo Purple Bash Anual a beneficio del Relay for Life del Condado Starr. El evento es hoy, 8 de noviembre, de 10 a.m. a 12 p.m. en VFW, 1708 N. Flores St. en Roma. El costo es de 15 dólares por boleto. Más información llamando a Ricky Martinez al 573-7386 o enviando mensaje de texto al 638-5466.
CELEBRACIÓN A VETERANOS Será celebrada una Ceremonia de Colocación de Ofrensa Floral, con motivo al Día de los Veteranos y en memoria de todos los que han muerto en batalla mientras defendían a la nación. El evento, organizado por el Condado de Zapata y Zapata County ISD, se realizará el martes de 8:30 a.m. a 9:15 a.m. en Zapata Co. Courthouse. Después de la ceremonia se celebrará una recepción en la biblioteca de Zapata Middle School. El evento es gratuito y abierto al público.
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La Procuraduría General de la República solicitó la el expediente relacionado con la desaparición y muerte de tres hermanos de origen estadounidense, anunciaron autoridades de Tamaulipas el martes. En la petición se la extracción del expediente por considerarse un asunto relevante, “en atención a lo señalado por la competencia federal a que se refiere el numeral 50, fracción I, inciso F, de la Ley Orgánica del Poder Judicial de la Federación”. El 13 de octubre, la Cuarta Agencia Investigadora en Matamoros, México, inició la averiguación previa penal 602/2014 cuando las autoridades mexicanas confirmaron oficialmente mediante pruebas de ADN que tres cadáveres encontrados en la ciudad fronteriza, dos semanas después de haber desapareci-
SEMINARIO DE FOTOGRAFÍA El domingo 16 de noviembre se impartirá un Seminario de Fotografía gratuito, organizado por la Ciudad de Roma. El evento se llevará a acabo en Roma Birding Center, y será impartido por Los Santitos Photography. Durante el seminario se impartirán y explicarán herramientas necesarias para capturar buenas imágenes. No se necesita una cámara profesional para acudir al seminario. El evento es abierto al público y a los fotógrafos entusiastas. Sin embargo, hay cupo limitado. Para asegurar su lugar puede llamar al (956) 500.0373.
do, eran de los ciudadanos de EU, Alex Alvarado, Erika Alvarado y José Ángel Alvarado. El 31 de octubre la fiscalía de Tamaulipas informó ALEX ALVARADO que resultaron positivos los exámenes de ADN que les fueron practicados a los hermanos, por lo que sus familiares podrán recibir los cuerpos una vez que realicen los trámites y cubran los protocolos correspondientes, indica un comunicado de prensa. El padre de los fallecidos ya había reconocido a sus hijos por fotografías que mostraban tatuajes y por la ropa que llevaban.
La fiscalía también informó que además de investigar a nueve elementos del Grupo Operativo Hércules se había citado a declarar a dos ERIKA ALVARADO funcionarios, el director del grupo y Oficial Mayor del Ayuntamiento, Joe Mariano Vega Rodríguez, y el secretario de Seguridad Pública, Juan Sánchez Alvarado, quienes rindieron su testimonio el viernes. El Grupo Operativo Hércules cuenta con 40 agentes, y se le califica como una “unidad estratégica de seguridad”. Se dio a conocer que Raquel Rivera de Alvarado, madre de los tres
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COMPETENCIA DE ACCIÓN DE GRACIAS La Comisión de Parques y Recreación de la Ciudad de Roma invita a su primer Competencia Comunitaria de Cocina por Acción de Gracias Gobble Till Ya Wobble, el sábado 22 de noviembre en el Parque Municipal de Roma. La cuota de entrada es de 150 dólares por equipo. Las categorías disponibles para participar son: fajitas, frijoles, pan de campo y pavo. Se invita a la comunidad en general a asistir y disfrutar de una cena gratuita por Acción de Gracias.
DESFILE DE NAVIDAD La Cámara de Comercio del Condado de Zapata invita al Desfile de Navidad y Encendido de la Plaza del Condado, el jueves 4 de diciembre. Se invita a empresas, iglesias, clubes, escuelas, organizaciones, y oficiales a participar durante el desfile. Se entregarán trofeos a los tres mejores carros alegóricos. Los participantes empezarán a alinearse a las 5 p.m. del 4 de diciembre en calle Glenn y 17th Ave (detrás de Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church). El desfile iniciará a las 6 p.m., tomando 17th Ave y continuando al sur sobre US Hwy 83, y girando a la izquierda en 6th Ave, para concluir el desfile. Al concluir el desfile, se realizará la ceremonia anual de encendido del árbol de Navidad en la Plaza del Condado, seguido de regalos de Santa. Para más información, comunicarse con Celia Baldes, del Zapata County Chamber of Commerce, al (956) 765-4871. — amachorro@lmtonline.com
hermanos, aún no se ha presentado a rendir declaración por lo que se le volverá a citar. Los tres hermanos fueron encontrados muertos, JOSÉ Á. ALVARADO por heridas de bala, el 29 de octubre junto a un amigo mexicano, José Guadalupe Castañeda, más de dos semanas después de su desaparición. Los padres de los hermanos dijeron que testigos reportaron haber visto que fueron secuestrados por hombres vestidos de policías que se identificaron como “Hércules”, una unidad estratégica de seguridad en Matamoros. (Con información de AP)
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El jueves, el Gobernador de Tamaulipas, Egidio Torre Cantú, encabezó un homenaje póstumo al General Ricardo César Niño Villarreal, en Ciudad Victoria, México.
Honran memoria de general emboscado POR CÉSAR G. RODRIGUEZ TIEMPO DE ZAPATA
Las autoridades de Tamaulipas, junto con fuerzas federales honraron al caído General Ricardo César Niño Villarreal durante un homenaje póstumo celebrada dentro de un complejo de seguridad en Ciudad Victoria, dijeron autoridades el jueves. Niño Villarreal era el coordinador regional para seguridad pública en Tamaulipas. Estaba asignado a Nuevo Laredo, México. El Gobernador de Tamaulipas, Egidio Torre Cantú, emitió algunas palabras durante la ceremonia en la cual estuvo presente el hijo del general, Ricardo César Niño Pineda. Torre Cantú definió a Niño Villarreal como un hombre trabajador, comprometido con Tamaulipas. “El general no era tamaulipeco. ¿Por qué vino? Porque así trabajamos los mexicanos. Somos uno. Somos hermanos. To-
dos queremos lo mismo, vivir en paz”, se lee en parte de la declaración de las palabras del gobernador. NIÑO El Alcalde de Laredo Raúl G. Salinas dijo que conoció a Niño Villarreal durante un par de viajes de trabajo recientes que Salinas hizo a Nuevo Laredo. “Conocí al general en un ambiente profesional. Siempre aparentó ser muy profesional, correcto y un servidor público dedicado”, dijo Salinas. “Mis condolencias y oraciones para la familia del general, durante estos tiempos difíciles”. El incidente ocurrió el sábado por la noche. Las autoridades de Nuevo León dijeron que francotiradores persiguieron un vehículo Nissan Tsuru ocupado por Niño Villarreal, quien conducía y una pasajera, a quienes las autoridades identificaron como su
esposa, Flora Pineda Orozco. Las autoridades dijeron que la emboscada ocurrió sobre el kilómetro 127 de la antigua carretera Nuevo Laredo-Monterrey, también conocida como Carretera Libre, en el municipio de Vallecillo, en Nuevo León. Reportes preliminares señalan que el general estaba armado con un arma corta y que intentó luchar contra los agresores. Los tiradores, sin embargo, dispararon al vehículo en más de 100 ocasiones utilizando armas AK-47 y AR-15, de acuerdo con autoridades de Nuevo León. Representantes de la ley no estuvieron al tanto del ataque hasta el domingo cuando los transeúntes informaron sobre los cuerpos y el vehículo. El gobierno de Tamaulipas emitió un comunicado la noche del lunes que confirma la desaparición de Niño Villarreal. (Localice a César G. Rodriguez en 728-2568 o en cesar@lmtonline.com)
WASHINGTON — El viernes docenas de activistas se manifestaron el viernes frente a la Casa Blanca para pedir la emisión inmediata de decretos que ajusten la política de deportaciones, mientras el presidente Barack Obama almorzaba con los líderes republicanos del Congreso. Esta semana el mandatario ratificó su plan de emitir a fines de año los decretos que originalmente había anunciado para después del receso legislativo de agosto, pese a que la oposición republicana amplió su dominio en la cámara baja y obtuvo la mayoría del Senado durante los comicios celebrados el martes. El actual presidente de la cámara baja, el republicano por Ohio John Boehner, advirtió la víspera a Obama que la emisión de decretos migratorios equivaldría a jugar con cerillas. “Se va a quemar si continúa así”, dijo Boehner, quien asistió al almuerzo del viernes en la Casa Blanca junto al próximo presidente del Senado, el republicano por Kentucky Mitch McConnell en un intento por definir la agenda de trabajo de los próximos dos años. Gustavo Torres, director de la organización CASA de Maryland, dijo durante la protesta que su expectativa es que Obama asuma las medidas migratorias pese a las advertencias de los republicanos. “Los que se van a quemar son ellos (los republicanos) si no actúan”, dijo. “La gente votó (el martes) sobre todo por cuestiones económicas pero en 2016 tenemos la oportunidad de cambiar ese mapa político. Para llegar a la Casa Blanca todo pasa por la comunidad latina”. Además de la protesta con pancartas y consignas, cinco mujeres cumplían el viernes el quinto día de dieta líquida en una plaza aledaña a la Casa Blanca para continuacion pedirle a Obama alivio migratorio. Se estima que al menos dos millones de personas han sido deportadas desde que Obama asumió el poder en 2009.
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Sobresale contribución a gastronomía Ésta es la segunda parte de una serie de dos en que el narrador describe la contribución de Tamaulipas a la gastronomía mexicana.
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Tamaulipas ha contribuido a la variedad de la cocina mexicana con platillos capaces de satisfacer exigentes paladares. Entre los más típicos sobresalen las chochas, en distintas
versiones gastronómicas. “Cualquiera que sea el nombre de la planta”, en nuestros días “siempre se conocen las flores como chochas, y […] se pueden conseguir en las calles de Ciudad Victoria”, capital tamaulipeca, trayéndolas “personas que vienen de las zonas rurales en los meses de enero a marzo, principalmente”, explica Arturo Mora-Olivo. “Los precios son variables y están sujetos al re-
gateo”, lográndose “conseguir desde 25 a 50 pesos una inflorescencia con aproximadamente 200 flores”. Hay diferentes formas de consumirlas. “La manera tradicional es guisar los pétalos antes de que la flor se abra, retirando el centro y añadiendo […] sal y ajo molido en molcajete; […] se pueden comer solas o combinadas con huevo [revuelto] u otros alimentos que acentúan su sabor”. Cuando es
temporada, “en el mercado local […] y otros sitios, tienen a la venta las tradicionales gorditas de chochas”. Mora-Oliva resalta: “Las chochas […] tienen 36.94 por ciento de proteínas, 30.94 por ciento de carbohidratos y sólo 1.09 por ciento de grasas”, colocándose “a la par de los […] alimentos súper nutritivos”. Ricas también en “ácido ascórbico, mejor conocido como vitami-
na C”, facilitan “la absorción de hierro” y suministran “un potente antioxidante que contribuye a evitar el envejecimiento prematuro”. En Chihuahua y Texas las chochas sirven de base para ensaladas o apetecibles “postres, al rebosar los pétalos en clara de huevo y azúcar”. (Con permiso del autor, según fuer publicado por La Razón, Tampico, el 31 de octubre)
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FBI impersonated AP reporter By CHRIS GRYGIEL ASSOCIATED PRESS
SEATTLE — The FBI’s creation of a fake news story and impersonation of an Associated Press reporter during a criminal investigation undermine media credibility, blur the lines between law enforcement and the press and raise questions about whether the agency followed its own guidelines, free press advocates say. In a letter to The New York Times on Thursday, FBI Director James Comey said an agent “portrayed himself as an employee of The Associated Press” in 2007 to help catch a 15-yearold suspect accused of making bomb threats at a high school near Olympia, Washington. It was publicized last week that the FBI forged an AP story during its investigation, but Comey’s letter revealed the agency went further and had an agent pretend to be a reporter for the wire service. Comey said the agent posing as an AP reporter asked the suspect to review a fake AP article about threats and cyberattacks directed at the school, “to be sure that the anonymous suspect was portrayed fairly.” The bogus article contained a software tool that could verify Internet addresses. The suspect clicked on a link, revealing his computer’s location and Internet address, which helped agents confirm his identity. “That technique was proper and appropriate under Justice Department and FBI guidelines at the time. Today, the use of such an unusual technique would probably require higher-level approvals than
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FBI Director James B. Comey speaks during a news conference in Portland, Ore., in this Oct. 1 file photo. in 2007, but it would still be lawful and, in a rare case, appropriate,” Comey wrote. Kathleen Carroll, executive editor of the AP, said the FBI’s actions were “unacceptable.” “This latest revelation of how the FBI misappropriated the trusted name of The Associated Press doubles our concern and outrage, expressed earlier to Attorney General Eric Holder, about how the agency’s unacceptable tactics undermine AP and the vital distinction between the government and the press,” Carroll said in a statement. In a letter to the Justice Department last week, the AP requested Holder’s word that the DOJ would never again misrepresent itself as the AP and asked for policies to ensure the DOJ does not further impersonate news organizations. On Friday the Committee to Protect Journalists said in a statement it was “deeply concerned” by the FBI’s actions and called for a review of policies. The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, in its own letter on Thursday to Comey and
Holder, asked the agency for full disclosure about the incident. “The utilization of news media as a cover for delivery of electronic surveillance software is unacceptable,” the letter said. “This practice endangers the media’s credibility and creates the appearance that it is not independent of the government. It undermines media organizations’ ability to independently report on law enforcement.” The letter from the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press also said the FBI’s actions in the Washington state case appear to violate Department of Justice standards because there was not adequate review or disclosure about the ruse to the judge approving the warrant and FBI counsel. “The failure to comply with the FBI and Attorney General’s own requirements regarding news media impersonation is inexcusable,” said the letter, which was co-signed by than two dozen organizations, including The New York Times Company, the Gannett Co., The Washington Post, The McClatchy
Natl. parks float entry-fee increase By FELICIA FONSECA ASSOCIATED PRESS
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Visiting the Grand Canyon and other national parks could get a little pricier. The National Park Service said 115 of its 401 units plan to seek public comment on entrance fees that could go up starting next year. It’s part of a broader effort by the agency to bring in more money for visitor services and start addressing a backlog of projects ahead of its centennial. “Obviously everyone would love to have fees not go up, but we also know the reality is budgets have been static and tight,” said Patrick O’Driscoll, a spokesman in the agency’s Intermountain Region based in Denver. “Fees are one of the only ways that parks can try to catch up with some important improvements, badly needed upgrades.” The Grand Canyon announced a proposal Friday to increase its single-vehicle entrance fee from $25 to $30 for a seven-day pass. Efforts to raise fees at other parks across the country will be wide-ranging but cannot top certain limits. The Grand Canyon, Yosemite, Yellowstone, Zion and Sequoia are among 10 parks where proposed entrance fees will be capped at $30 per vehicle or $15 per person, for example, the Park Service said. About 130 national park units charge entrance fees, and they are able to keep 80 percent of those fees for use within the individual park. The other 20 percent goes into a pool and is distributed to parks that don’t charge visitors to enter. Entrance fees pay for things like repairs and maintenance, visitor exhibits and resource protection. At the Grand Canyon, a percentage of entrance fees is set aside for eventual replacement of aging water pipelines. Under the Grand Canyon’s proposal, prices for visitors on motorcycles also would go up from $20 to $25. Bicyclists and pedestrians would be charged $15, up from $12. An-
nual passes would go from $50 to $60. The price of a pass to visit any of the national park units would remain the same at $80 per year. The public has 60 days to weigh in on the proposed increases at Grand Canyon. Park Service Director Jonathan Jarvis wrote in an August memo that a park could chose not to implement proposed fees if there is significant public outcry. One national monument in southern Arizona has since decided to eliminate its $5 entrance fee per person. Chiricahua National Monument spokeswoman Julena Campbell said raising prices didn’t make sense because many people who visit the monument known for its volcanic rock formations already use an interagency pass or have discounted passes. Grand Canyon spokeswoman Kirby-Lynn Shedlowski said the park receives about $18 million per year from entrance fees. The park last increased its per-vehicle fee in 1997 from $20 to $25. Darren Weigl, who works at an outdoors shop in Flagstaff, said the proposed increase is reasonable. He would like to see the extra money go to educational programs. “I imagine if they’re getting less or staying stagnant, you have to create revenue in some way to keep people enjoying it,” he said. “If it’s for the betterment of the park, I’m for it.” Lloyd and Linda Andersen of Sun City, senior citizens who have a $10 lifetime pass to national park units, said the Grand Canyon should consider raising that fee to keep people who are unemployed or families struggling with money from having to pay more to enter. “Let the younger families keep enjoying it without raising it,” Linda Andersen said. “They won’t come.” Her husband suggested people could cut down on expenses inside the park and spend the extra money to get through the gates. “Seeing it is the best part,” Lloyd Andersen said.
Company and the American Society of News Editors. Against the backdrop of Fast and Furious, a flawed ATF investigation in which guns were allowed to be transported across the border in hopes of tracking them in Mexico, the Justice Department last year provided new guidance to U.S. Attorneys’ offices about a prosecutor’s oversight of sensitive and undercover investigation — including evaluating whether the investigative tactics would affect public safety or yield useful evidence for a prosecution. That guidance has not been made public. In his letter to The New York Times, Comey said all undercover operations involve deception, “which has long been a critical tool in fighting crime.” He said no “actual story was published, and no one except the suspect interacted with the undercover ‘A.P.’ employee or saw the fake draft story. Only the suspect was fooled, and it led to his arrest and the end of a frightening period for a high school.” Ryan Calo, a University of Washington law professor and expert in cyber law and privacy, said the FBI should’ve realized what they had done would eventually become known. “It’s ironic that you think that impersonating the press wouldn’t make it into the press,” Calo said. “Whether or not it violates any law, to act as the FBI has done, it’s certainly ethically problematic and undermines faith in the press and of course the government itself.” Comey said the FBI’s tactics are subject to “close oversight, both internally and by the courts that review our work.”
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Gary Lee Fellenbaum, left, and Jillian Tait, were charged Thursday with murder in the death of Tait’s son, Scott McMillan.
Mother doesn’t believe her son beat, killed boy By MARC LEVY AND KATHY MATHESON ASSOCIATED PRESS
ATGLEN, Pa. — The mother of a man accused of striking his girlfriend’s 3-year-old with a frying pan, hanging him upside down and hitting him, and whipping him with a metal rod said Friday that her son is a good kid and she doesn’t believe he beat the boy to death. “I believe he’s being railroaded,” Paula Fellenbaum said outside her parents’ home in central Pennsylvania. “He liked kids. He never had an issue. I don’t understand it at all.” Yet authorities said her 23-year-old son, Gary Fellenbaum, and Jillian Tait both acknowledged repeatedly hitting Tait’s young child in a mobile home outside Coatesville, about 35 miles northwest of Philadelphia. Both face murder charges. The Chester County district attorney described the case as “an
American horror story,” saying weeks of escalating abuse ended in three days of systematic torture. Friday night, more than 100 people participated in a solemn vigil and prayer service for the boy, Scott McMillan, and a second local homicide victim at a church in nearby Parkesburg. The crowd, many accompanied by young children, held lit candles and stood silently as people took turns praying, and later sang “Amazing Grace.” “Scotty’s death really touched my heart and I feel that the community should all pull together and support each other,” said Ann Orshesky, holding her 1-year-old daughter Madelyn as a musician played a cello at the gathering. “I wish we could have somehow prevented it, but obviously we didn’t.” Fellenbaum severely beat Scott for refusing to eat toast both Monday and Tuesday morning, authorities said.
Dad stops kidnapper By BRADY MCCOMBS ASSOCIATED PRESS
SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah dad foiled an attempt to kidnap his young daughter from her bed early Friday after confronting a man carrying her across the lawn. The 5-year-old girl wasn’t hurt in the frightening experience, but the incident has evoked haunting echoes of when 14-year-old Elizabeth Smart was snatched out of her Salt Lake City bedroom in 2002. She was held captive for nine months before being found. The suspect in this case entered the home through an unlocked door at about 4:30 a.m., in Sandy, a middle-class suburb south of Salt Lake City, Police Sgt. Dean Carriger said. The intruder was in the family’s basement searching through things when he came upon the girl sleeping in her bedroom, Carriger said. The suspect took her out of bed and carried her upstairs, making noises that woke the parents. The girl’s stepfather went to the door and saw the man carrying his daughter in the front lawn. He ran outside and confronted the man, asking him what he was doing and demanding that he give back his little girl. The suspect handed her over to her father without confrontation, Carriger said. The suspect then fled, and the father called 911. Officers set up a perimeter, and with the help of police dogs, launched a search. The suspect went into a second home two blocks away through a doggy door in an attempt to evade capture. The dogs at that house alerted the residents, who yelled at police already in the area to come get him. Police captured the 48year-old man outside the second home thanks to a police dog that bit the suspect in the upper shoulder, Carriger said. The family told police
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Sandy Police escort suspected kidnapper Troy Morley to a police car for transport to the Salt Lake County Jail on Friday in Sandy, Utah. they had never seen and don’t know the suspect, who police have identified as Troy Morley of Roy, Utah. Police don’t know yet why the suspect was in the house or if he had a planned it, Carriger said. Morley was arrested and booked on charges of child kidnapping, burglary, trespassing and resisting arrest. Morley isn’t on Utah’s sex offender registry and online court records only show a pair of divorces and DUI charges. “It obviously was a very scary, traumatic situation,” Carriger said. “The sanctity of our home is huge and for somebody to enter that and grab your child, it’s got to be one of the worst nightmares a parent could face. . . If those parents were not awakened to go out and investigate, he could have easily left undetected with the girl.” The family declined to talk about the experience through family spokesman Miles Holman, who said they are doing well considering the circumstances. Holman called it a miracle that the parents woke up in time. “Thirty seconds later and it would have been all over,” Holman said. “He would have been long gone.” A Thanksgiving
wreath hung from the family’s front door Friday. Along a sidewalk leading to the front porch were several pumpkins, including a red one painted as an Angry Bird and another with a princess figurine on top. The backyard butts up against a canal that separates the neighborhood from a bustling shopping center in the heart of Sandy, a city of 90,000 people that, like most parts of Utah, is predominantly Mormon. “Things like that just don’t happen around here,” said Melissa Johnson, 26, who is staying in her parents’ house that is next to the home where the abduction event occurred. She said her younger sibling heard screams and commotion in the early morning and came to sleep with her downstairs. Johnson said they attend the same Mormon congregation as the family. “I’ve been thinking that the Heavenly Father had a hand it,” Johnson said. “He was protecting them. . . I just hope it won’t be traumatizing for the little girl.” Johnson and other neighbors say it’s a scary thought that a man capable of snatching a child was roaming their neighborhood in the night.
April Parry, a mother of three children who lives down the street, said she and her husband are considering an alarm system. “That is your biggest fear as a parent,” Parry said. “It can happen anytime, that’s what makes it scary.” About 45 miles north in Roy, where Morley lived, neighbors said they weren’t the least bit surprised to find out the man known as a super creep had been accused of trying to abduct a girl. Next-door neighbor Andrea Shearer, 33, said she forbid her children to interact with Morley after a series of bizarre and inappropriate conversations. Shearer said Morley had been caught sneaking into backyards, including hers. She obtained a no trespass order on him from police. She said she believes Morley had a meth addiction. He talked about a satanic cult causing his wife to leave him and having critters crawling through the attic, she said. “He scared me. I’m so glad he’s gone,” said Shearer, a health care professional. “You always hear people saying about their neighbor that they seemed so quiet and normal. Not him, I’m not surprised.”
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Pilot’s survival from fall is ‘no minor miracle’ By BRIAN MELLEY ASSOCIATED PRESS
MOJAVE, Calif. — There were no ejection seats and no easy ways out of SpaceShipTwo if disaster struck. As the doomed flight rocketed past the speed of sound some eight miles high and then shattered seconds later, the odds of survival were slim. Remarkably, as sections of the cockpit, fuselage, a wing and motor rained down over the Mojave Desert and pieces of the lightweight craft tiny enough to travel 35 miles were picked up by the winds, a single parachute was seen in the sky. Pilot Peter Siebold was alive and drifting to safety. “It’s no minor miracle that he did survive and survive in relatively good shape,” Virgin Galactic chief executive George Whitesides said this week. How Siebold, 43, survived the fall from extreme altitude a week ago while co-pilot Mike Alsbury, 39, died is not yet clear, but Siebold is not the first to live through such a harrowing ordeal. Bill Weaver has been tell-
ing a similar story for decades. The former Lockheed test pilot was torn from the seat of an SR-71 Blackbird at 78,800 feet above New Mexico on Jan. 25, 1966. The plane was going more than triple the speed of sound. As Weaver banked into a turn, a malfunction caused one engine to lose thrust. He lost control of the jet and knew he was in trouble as the plane began to pitch and break up. He didn’t have time to be scared. “I knew we were going to just be along for the ride,” he said. Weaver tried to radio to the reconnaissance and navigations officer in the back seat that there was no way to safely bail out, so they should stick with the plane and eject when it got lower. But the severe gravitational forces made his speech unintelligible and then he blacked out. The whole event to that point took two to three seconds. When Weaver regained consciousness, he first thought he was dreaming. With the face plate on his
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Wreckage lies near the site where a Virgin Galactic space tourism rocket, SpaceShipTwo, exploded and crashed in Mojave, Calif helmet iced over from temperatures as cold as minus 55, he could only see a hazy white light and in a detached sense of euphoria, he thought he was dead. He was relieved when he realized he was alive and plunging toward Earth. “I had no idea how I got out of the airplane,” he said. “I had no idea how long I had been free falling. Had no idea how high I was or low I was.” How Siebold got out of SpaceShipTwo is also unknown, according to Nation-
NIÑO Continued from Page 1A Laredo, Mexico. Tamaulipas Gov. Egidio Torre Cantú spoke a few words during the ceremony held before the general’s son Ricardo César Niño Pineda. Torre described Niño as hardworking man committed to Tamaulipas. “The general was not a Tamaulipas native. Why did he come? (That’s) because us Mexicans work that way. We’re one. We’re brothers. We all want the same, to live peacefully,” reads part of the statement said by the governor. Laredo Mayor Raul G. Salinas said he met Niño in a couple of recent business-related trips he made to Nuevo Laredo. “I knew the general in a
professional basis. He always appeared to be a very professional, proper and dedicated public servant,” Salinas said. “My condolences and prayers go out to the family of the general during these difficult times.” Niño and his wife were killed Saturday night. Nuevo Leon authorities said gunmen chased down a Nissan Tsuru occupied by Niño, who was driving, and a passenger, whom authorities identified as his wife, Flora Pineda Orozco. Authorities said the ambush occurred along kilometer marker 127 on the old Nuevo Laredo-Monterrey highway, also known as Carretera Libre, in the
Vallecillo municipality in Nuevo Leon. Preliminary reports state the general was armed with a shotgun and attempted to fight off the assailants. Gunmen, however, fired at the vehicle more than 100 times using AK-47s and AR-15s, according to Nuevo Leon authorities. Authorities said they were unaware of the attack until Sunday when passers-by reported the bodies and the vehicle. The Tamaulipas government issued a statement late Monday confirming Niño death. (César G. Rodriguez may be reached at 728-2568 or cesar@lmtonline.com)
al Transportation Safety Board Acting Chairman Christopher Hart, who said the pilot hadn’t been interviewed because he’s recovering from injuries originally characterized as moderate to major. Initial findings show the Virgin Galactic plane designed to take tourists for $250,000 joyrides beyond the edge of Earth’s atmosphere, broke apart after the craft’s re-entry braking system prematurely activated during its rocket blast, Hart said. Alsbury had unlocked the
system, known as the feathering system, earlier than called for. A second lever must be moved to engage the system, but it deployed on its own for some unknown reason. The craft broke up a few seconds later. SpaceShipTwo did not have ejection seats, but there was an evacuation procedure. Typically, the pilot would stay with the controls and the co-pilot would depressurize the cabin and then they would both unbuckle and bail out with parachutes, said Brian Binnie, a former test pilot for Scaled Composites, which designed and built the craft for Virgin. But an aircraft that violently tears apart around you isn’t something you prepare for. “All bets are off. Now you’re back to DNA. What do you think is your next best move? If you’ve been knocked out or unconscious you don’t have a next best move,” said Binnie, who flew five times in the spaceship and knew the pilots. “Peter, whatever he did, in my mind, he had a patron
saint of a particular strength or influence.” The biggest initial challenge in surviving such a disaster would a windblast of about 500 mph that could blow off eyelids, tear off limbs and snap vertebrae if Siebold was thrown from the craft, said Dr. John Ogle, an Air Force flight surgeon who has investigated plane ejections and crashes. Ogle suspects Siebold probably stayed with some of the wreckage, such as his seat, which would have slowed his fall. Siebold would have faced the triple threat of lack of oxygen, extreme cold and intense air pressure as he fell at a rate of about 300 mph, he said. Weaver, 85, is understated as he speaks of the event he called “kind of alarming.” He attributes his survival to a miracle and also the protection his pressurized suit provided as he was ripped from his ejection seat. The suit kept his blood from boiling under the extreme pressure of the altitude, provided necessary oxygen and some degree of warmth to weather the nearly 15 mile-high fall.
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BABY CALEB HERRERA June 16, 2014 – Nov. 5, 2014 Baby Caleb Herrera passed away Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014, at Laredo Medical Center in Laredo. Baby Caleb is survived by his parents, Conrado Jr. and Cassandra Herrera; brothers, Daryn Ruiz, twin brother, Conrad Herrera; paternal grandparents, Conrado and Sylvia Herrera; maternal grandmother, Nelda Salazar; uncles, Aaron (Adela) Salazar, Xavier Herrera; aunt, Ana Salazar (Samuel) Ramirez and by numerous other family members. Visitation hours were held Friday, Nov. 7, 2014, from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. with a chapel service at 3 p.m. at Rose Garden Funeral Home. Committal services will follow at Zapata County Cemetery. Funeral arrangements were under the direction
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of Rose Garden Funeral Home, Daniel A. Gonzalez, funeral director, 2102 N. U.S. Hwy. 83, Zapata.
RODRIGO CHAPA JR. Oct. 26, 1993 – Nov. 3, 2014 Rodrigo Chapa Jr. 21, passed away Monday, Nov. 3, 2014, at Permian Regional Medical Center in Andrews. Rodrigo is preceded in death by his father, Rodrigo Chapa; mother, Margarita Barragan and his maternal grandfather, Salvador Barragan. Rodrigo is survived by his son, Rodrigo Chapa III; brothers, Refugio Garcia Jr., Eduardo Javier Barragan; sister, Ashley Cuellar; paternal grandparents, Jose Maria and Maria Elia Chapa; maternal grandmother, Lidia Barragan; uncles and aunts, Jose Maria Chapa Jr., Cruz Chapa, Edelmiro (Elva) Chapa, Dagoberto (Norma) Chapa, Soraida Chapa, Blanca M. Cruz, Jesus (Roxy) Barragan, Francisco (Maria) Barragan, Sergio Barragan, Maria (Jaime) Hernandez; and by numerous other family members and friends. Visitation hours were held Thursday, Nov. 6, 2014, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. with a rosary at 7 p.m. at Rose Garden Funeral
Judge approves bankruptcy exit plan for Detroit
Home. The funeral procession departed Friday, Nov. 7, 2014, at 9:30 a.m. for a 10 a.m. funeral Mass at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church. Committal services followed at Zapata County Cemetery. Funeral arrangements were under the direction of Rose Garden Funeral Home, Daniel A. Gonzalez, funeral director, 2102 N. U.S. Hwy. 83, Zapata.
DETROIT — A judge cleared Detroit to emerge from bankruptcy Friday, approving a hard-fought turnaround plan with a fervent plea to the people of this one-time industrial powerhouse to “move past your anger” and help fix the Motor City. “What happened in Detroit must never happen again,” federal Judge Steven Rhodes said in bringing the case to a close a relatively speedy 16 months after Detroit — the cradle of the auto industry — became the biggest city in U.S. history to file for bankruptcy. The plan calls for cutting the pensions of 12,000 non-public safety retirees by 4.5 percent, erasing $7 billion of debt and spending $1.7 billion to demolish thousands of blighted buildings, make the city safer and improve long-neglected basic services. Rhodes praised decisions that settled the most contentious issues in the case, including a deal to prevent the sale of worldclass art at the Detroit Institute of Arts and a consensus that prevented pension cuts from getting even worse. He said the pension deal “borders on the miraculous,” though he acknowledged the cuts could still cause severe misfortune for many who have been trying to get by on less than $20,000 a year. Politicians and civic leaders, including Republican Gov. Rick Snyder, hailed Friday’s milestone as a fresh start for the city. It was Snyder who agreed with state-appointed emergency manager Kevyn Orr to take the city into Chapter 9, a drastic, last-ditch move that he promoted during his fall re-election campaign. Detroit was brought down by a combination of factors, including corruption and mismanagement
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Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, left, listens as Detroit emergency manager Kevyn Orr speaks during a news conference in Detroit, on Friday. A judge cleared Detroit to emerge from bankruptcy Friday. at City Hall, a long decline in the auto industry, and a flight to the suburbs that caused the population to plummet to 688,000 from 1.2 million in 1980. The exodus has turned entire neighborhoods into desolate, boarded-up landscapes. With more square miles than Manhattan, Boston and San Francisco combined, Detroit didn’t have enough tax revenue to cover pensions, retiree health insurance and buckets of debt sold to keep the budget afloat. “Detroit’s inability to provide adequate municipal services runs deep and has for years. It is inhumane and intolerable, and it must be fixed,” the judge said. In signing off on the plan, Rhodes appealed to residents who expressed sorrow and disgust about the city’s woes. “Move past your anger. Move past it and join in the work that is necessary to fix this city,” he said. “Help your city leaders do that. It is your city.” With Orr’s term over and the city recently returned to the control of elected officials, “It is now
time to restore democracy to the people,” the judge said. The case concluded in lightning speed by bankruptcy standards. The success was largely due to a series of deals between Detroit and major creditors, especially retirees who agreed to accept smaller pension checks after Rhodes said they had no protection under the Michigan Constitution. Also, bond insurers with more than $1 billion in claims eventually dropped their push to sell off art and settled for much less. It took more than two years for a smaller city, Stockton, California, to get out of bankruptcy. San Bernardino, a California city even smaller than Stockton, is still operating under Chapter 9 protection more than two years after filing. Rhodes had to accept Detroit’s remedy or reject it in full, not pick pieces. His appointed expert, Martha “Marti” Kopacz of Boston, said it was “skinny” but “feasible,” and she linked any future success to the skills of the mayor and City Council and a badly needed overhaul of technology at City Hall.
The most unusual feature of the plan is an $816 million pot of money funded by the state, foundations, philanthropists and the Detroit Institute of Arts. The money will forestall even deeper pension cuts and also avert the sale of city-owned art at the museum — a step the judge warned “would forfeit Detroit’s future.” Mayor Mike Duggan, in office less than a year, is the fourth mayor since 2008, when Kwame Kilpatrick resigned in a scandal. A dreadful debt deal under Kilpatrick that locked Detroit into a high interest rate when rates were falling during the recession contributed to the bankruptcy. Detroit Regional Chamber President and CEO Sandy K. Baruah declared Detroit to be “on the cusp of a new era and primed to reinvent itself in a way many people did not think possible.” “Exiting bankruptcy so effectively and thoughtfully has wiped out decades of mismanagement and created a historic opportunity to move the city without mortgaging its future,” Baruah said.
Mexico eyes more rail bidding as old bid scrapped By NACHA CATTAN AND CLEMENT TAN BLOOMBERG NEWS
Mexico will open a new competition for its first high-speed rail project before month’s end after scrapping the winning $4.3 billion Chinese-led bid, citing “doubts and concerns.” Mexico will allot six months to the next round of bids after opposition lawmakers complained companies didn’t have enough time to participate in the
first competition. President Enrique Peña Nieto “is sensitive to the fact that such an important project with such high benefit for society not raise any doubt,” the Communications and Transportation Ministry said in a statement. The surprise revocation Thursday came three days after the project was awarded and ahead of Peña Nieto’s visit to Beijing next week, a trip intended to
deepen ties between the two countries. The contract for China Railway Construction Corp. and four Mexican partners marked Mexico’s first large investment in transportation by a Chinese firm. China Railway Construction tumbled 5.8 percent yesterday, the most since July 2013, to HK$8.02 at the close in Hong Kong. The Beijing-based company said by e-mail that it hadn’t received an official cancella-
tion notice from Mexico. The company can participate in the new round, Gerardo Ruiz Esparza, the transportation minister, said on Radio Formula. The Chinese-led team was the only group to submit a plan for Mexico’s first high-speed train, which the government says will initially shuttle 27,000 passengers a day between the capital and the industrial hub of Queretaro City in 58 minutes.
The bidding had come under scrutiny by the opposition National Action Party, with lawmakers accusing the government of favoring the Chinese proposal and saying the sole bid was too expensive. In canceling the contract, Peña Nieto is seeking to portray his government as more transparent after police involvement in the disappearance of 43 college students in western Mexico sparked international con-
cern over corruption, said Jorge Chabat, a political and security analyst. Peña Nieto “doesn’t want Mexico to be associated again with any irregularity,” said Chabat, a professor at the Center for Economic Research and Teaching, a Mexico City-based university. Redoing the process “could create an image of little certainty for companies. But the president is now more concerned about public opinion.”
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HOLLY Continued from Page 1A Miller’s Triumph Motorcycle Sales in Dallas, then died in a plane crash some nine months later. Jennings would never forget his close friend and rock ’n’ roll inspiration, Colter said. “This motorcycle so represented a time to Waylon when he was most hurt by life’s circumstances,” she told the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. The bike — a limited-edition 1958 Ariel Cyclone model — is now on longterm loan at the museum that bears Holly’s name.
Museum staff shares the appreciation that Jennings, a Littlefield native, felt 35 years ago. “This is a dream for us. We’re thrilled,” said Brooke Witcher, managing director. Colter, who lives in Scottsdale, Arizona, said she rejected “a million offers” for the motorcycle before she finally released it to George McMahan at a “Remembering Waylon” auction last month. The bid by McMahan, a Lubbock resident, wasn’t the highest she was ever offered, she said, but his intention for
its use was among the most admirable. McMahan said he’s happy to see the bike back in the area where Holly and Jennings grew up. “It is a very iconic piece of history,” he said. “We’re all so proud to have this bike back on their home turf.” The bike will be on display to the public beginning Nov. 18. Arlan Ettinger, president of Guernsey’s Auctioneers & Brokers in New York City, said as a longtime Holly fan, he was honored to
DAVIS Continued from Page 1A help bring the motorcycle to the museum. When he befriended Colter and learned about the bike, he could only describe it with a term collectors use for an item’s history. “It had the best provenance,” he said. “When I heard about this motorcycle, I thought it was as good as it got.” The bike has low mileage and it has hardly a scratch, he said. “It was in beautiful condition,” he said. “This would be a dream to any collector.”
STUDENTS Continued from Page 1A the municipality of Cocula.” Some 74 people have been detained so far in a case that prosecutors have said started when police, under orders of the mayor and working with a drug gang, opened fire on students in the city of Iguala, where they were collecting donations and had commandeered public buses. Six people were killed in two confrontations before the 43 were taken away and handed over to members of the Guerreros Unidos cartel. Murillo Karam said authorities are searching for more suspects. In the most comprehensive accounting to date of the disappearances and the subsequent investigation, Murillo Karam showed videotaped confessions by those who testified to loading the students in dump trucks and carrying them to a landfill site in Cocula, a city near Iguala. Some 15 of the students were already dead when they arrived at the site and the rest were shot, according to the suspects. They then built an enormous funeral pyre that burned from midnight until 2 or 3 p.m. along the River San Juan in Cocula. “They assigned guards in
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They assigned guards in shifts to make sure the fire lasted for hours, throwing diesel, gasoline, tires, wood and plastic.” JESUS MURILLO KARAM, ATTORNEY GENERAL
shifts to make sure the fire lasted for hours, throwing diesel, gasoline, tires, wood and plastic,” Murillo Karam said. The suspects even burned their own clothes to destroy evidence, they said. It was about 5:30 p.m. when the ashes had cooled enough to be handled. Those who disposed of the bodies were told to break up the burned bones, place them in black plastic garbage bags and empty them into the river. Murillo Karam said the teeth were so badly charred that they practically dissolved into dust at the touch. “The high level of degradation caused by the fire in the remains we found make it very difficult to extract the DNA that will allow an identification,” he said. Murillo Karma had told
relatives of the missing students earlier Friday that authorities believe their children are these charred remains, but have no DNA confirmation. “The meeting with the attorney general was tense, because we don’t believe them anymore,” said Manuel Martinez, a spokesman for the families and guardian of two of the missing young men. Muriilo Karam also confirmed at the news conference that human remains found in mass graves discovered after the students went missing did not include any of the 43 young men. Those graves held women and men believed to have been killed in August, he said. Among the bodies found in the course of the investigation were a father and son. By searching for reports of father-son disappearances, authorities
were able to make a positive identification. Murillo Karam said the victims, whose names he did not use, apparently made a call before disappearing to say they were being detained by Iguala police. “The findings presented outrage and offend all of Mexican society,” President Enrique Peña Nieto said later. “To achieve justice, the Mexican government will continue to act decisively and firmly against organized crime.” Authorities say Iguala’s mayor sent police to intercept the students, who came to town to collect money and had commandeered buses. Officers opened fire, killing six people, and prosecutors say the police then handed the 43 students over to a drug gang. Those arrested in the case include Iguala Mayor Jose Luis Abarca and his wife, Maria de los Angeles Piñesa, who were found hiding Tuesday in a rough Mexico City neighborhood. Relatives of many of the missing students have been camped at their school, the Rural Normal School of Ayotzinapa, since the days immediately following their disappearance from Iguala.
ganization that backs Democratic women and was a heavy financial contributor to Davis. Abbott clobbered Davis by a 20-point margin that is the widest in a Texas governor’s race since George W. Bush coasted to re-election in 1998. The Fort Worth state senator was a perennial underdog, but few expected her to finish worse than a string of lesser-known longshots whom Texas Democrats have put at the top of the ticket in their two hapless decades since Ann Richards. Davis and her running mate, fellow state Sen. Leticia van de Putte, were only the fifth all-female ticket in at least the past 20 years in U.S. state elections. Davis became an overnight sensation with her nearly 13-hour filibuster over new Texas abortion restrictions last year. In deeply conservative Texas, she resisted abortion rights being a centerpiece issue of her candidacy and focused on winning over suburban and undecided women in other ways. She hammered Abbott, the state attorney general, on equal pay in his office and denounced him for not supporting a Texas version of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act.
She spent two weeks touring rape crisis centers. Her first statewide TV ad featured a shadowy dramatization of a vacuum cleaner salesman who raped a Texas mother whom Abbott later sided against in a lawsuit when he was a Texas Supreme Court justice. Last month, as Abbott’s office fought in court to defend the abortion restrictions Davis filibustered, she told MSNBC, “I truly do not understand how women can support his candidacy.” Abbott’s top strategists said Wednesday their campaign crafted no specific blueprint to compete for women with Davis. “Our strategy was to compete aggressively for the persuasion audience. It included females because females make up the majority of the voters,” said Dave Carney, one of Abbott’s senior strategists. Younger women favored Davis, but Abbott had the edge among those who were college graduates. Davis, whose compelling story from single motherhood in a trailer park to Harvard Law was a major part of her narrative to voters, forced a draw with women who had no college degree.
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The Zapata volleyball team’s season came to a close at the Class 4A volleyball playoffs in a 3-1 loss to Orange Grove.
Zapata loses to Orange Grove in four sets By CLARA SANDOVAL THE ZAPATA TIMES
After a hard-fought district season, Zapata headed into the Class 4A volleyball playoffs with great aspirations, meeting Orange Grove in the bi-district championship. The Lady Hawks could not overcome an early drought, dropping a 3-1 (2523, 22-25, 25-19, 25-17) decision to bow out of the postseason in the opening round. The Lady Hawks had to hit the floor without their leader, head coach Rosie Villarreal, who has been
away from the team for the past few weeks on medical leave. The match against the Lady Dogs was played out over four sets, which each went point-for-point. In the third set, the team showed its composure and resilience. After going up for a block, middle blocker Alexis Alvarez went down with an injury. However, the team continued to rally around her, with Isela Gonzalez leading the digs in the back row. With a burst of will, Alavrez got back up and even attempted a block. Although the rally eventually
went in the Lady Hawks’ favor, the third set did not, putting ZHS at a 2-1 disadvantage. With the momentum flowing in Orange Grove’s favor, it took all the Lady Hawks efforts to keep fighting. Unfortunately, that evening they could not overcome the Lady Dogs in the four set loss. Cassey Garcia led the team with 18 kills while Alvarez finished behind her with 12 and three blocks. Tere Villarreal also had 11 kills with 5.5 blocks. Kaity Ramirez dished out 28 assists, just ahead of Brianna Gonza-
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at regional cross county meet Zapata was represented at the Region IV-4A cross country meet in San Antonio by captain Danny Hinojosa, who ran his best time on this course. "I would like to thank Danny for his great leadership and dedication," Zapata head coach Roel Ibanez said. "Also a special thanks to the parents and supporters that made the trip to San Antonio to support the team." Clara Sandoval can be reached at Sandoval.Clara@Gmail.com
Romo practices again Cowboys QB tries to return from back injury vs. Jags in London By CHRIS LEHOURITES ASSOCIATED PRESS
LONDON — Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo practiced Friday for the second straight day in an attempt to be ready for Sunday’s game against the Jacksonville Jaguars. Romo, who injured his back for the third time in the last 18 months nearly two weeks ago, sat out last week’s loss to the Arizona Cardinals and skipped the team’s first practice in London on Wednesday. But he participated in drills on
Thursday and again on Friday. “He looked pretty comfortable to me,” Cowboys coach Jason Garrett, who spoke before Friday’s practice, said of Thursday’s session. “Clearly, he wanted to get the blood flowing through his body and get his movement back both in the pocket and also throwing the football, and he had a pretty good day yesterday.” The Cowboys (6-3) play the Jacksonville Jaguars (1-8) at Wembley Stadium
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NCAA FOOTBALL: NO. 6 TCU VS. NO. 9 KANSAS STATE, TEXAS A&M AT NO. 3 AUBURN, TEXAS VS. NO. 24 WEST VIRGINIA
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TCU’s Trevone Boykin will try to move the Horned Frogs towards the playoffs with a win vs. Kansas State.
Texas A&M QB Kyle Allen made his first start against LAMonroe last week, but faces No. 3 Auburn this weekend.
Another test awaits Texas as the Longhorns face off with West Virginia this weekend in Austin.
TCU, K-State in top 10 battle
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‘Horns face West Virginia
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FORT WORTH — Gary Patterson wore a different color purple in his return to his alma mater. “I think the glamour of being a Kansas State alumni has wore off a little bit after a couple of the names that I was called last year standing on the sideline,” the 14th-year TCU coach said. “Some of them for-
got I was an alumnus of the place.” Just imagine what KState fans will call Patterson if his No. 6 Horned Frogs (7-1, 4-1 Big 12) win at home Saturday night against the conference-leading Wildcats. The game has huge implications on who could win the league title and in the race for one of the spots in the new four-team College
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AUBURN, Ala. — Linebacker Kris Frost insists the Auburn Tigers aren’t susceptible to a letdown in between an emotional win and a rivalry game. The third-ranked Tigers are three-touchdown favorites for Saturday’s game against Texas A&M, but have been on a high-wire lately with two straight
dramatic finishes. Frost said Auburn (7-1, 4-1 Southeastern Conference), which is third in the College Football Playoff rankings, isn’t letting down its guard after surviving against No. 12 Mississippi and South Carolina. Next up is No. 17 Georgia. “With this team, that’s never an issue for us,” said Frost, who
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By JIM VERTUNO ASSOCIATED PRESS
AUSTIN — For West Virginia, the move three years ago into the Big 12 was certain to create tests like this. A week after losing a heartbreaker at home to TCU that knocked them down in the league standings, the Mountaineers have to get on a plane for a 1,400-mile trip to Texas to face a Longhorns team trying to
scrap together a late-season surge to make a bowl. No team has to travel within the Big 12 like West Virginia (6-3, 4-2), and the Mountaineers have struggled to cope with the wear and tear in the second half of the previous two seasons. After a 4-0 start in 2012, the Mountaineers lost six of their final eight. Last season, they
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No. 10 Baylor to be tested at No. 16 Oklahoma By CLIFF BRUNT ASSOCIATED PRESS
NORMAN, Okla. — ExOklahoma coach Barry Switzer often boasted that his Sooners would “hang half a hundred” on opponents. Fifty points might not be enough when Oklahoma plays Baylor on Saturday. The 10th-ranked Bears (7-1, 4-1 Big 12, 12th in the College Football Playoff rankings) lead the nation with just over 50 points and 590 yards per game. “They’re really good,” Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops said. “Look at the yardage they’re putting up, the points they’ve put up.” The 16th-ranked Sooners are capable of keeping up. Oklahoma (6-2, 3-2, 15th in the CFP rankings) is eighth nationally in scoring with 41.4 points per game and averages nearly 500 yards per contest. Each team showed what it could do last week. Baylor rolled up 669 yards in a 60-14 win over Kansas, while Oklahoma gained 510 of its 751 yards on the
ground in a 59-14 win over Iowa State. Though both defenses are statistically among the best in the conference, they have been vulnerable against top teams. Oklahoma allowed 37 in a loss to TCU, 31 in a loss to Kansas State and 33 in a win over West Virginia. Baylor gave up 58 in a win over TCU and 41 in a loss to West Virginia. Baylor needs a win to keep its Big 12 title hopes and playoff aspirations alive. The Bears are No. 12 in the playoff rankings. “We’re looking at Oklahoma right now, nothing past that,” Baylor quarterback Bryce Petty said. “We have to make sure we execute well because it’s going to be a hostile environment, one that you’re excited about as a competitor. But at the end of the day, it’s about us.” Here are some things to watch when the offensive juggernauts meet on Saturday. SHEPARD’S HEALTH Oklahoma receiver Sterling Shepard, who ranks
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No. 10 Baylor will be searching for another signature win for playoff contention facing off at No. 16 Oklahoma Saturday. third in the nation in yards receiving per game, suffered a groin injury on the Sooners’ first offensive play last Saturday against Iowa State and did not return.
COWBOYS Continued from Page 1B on Sunday in the last of three regular-season games in London this year. They have lost their last two games, however, with backup Brandon Weeden playing last weekend. Romo has fractures in two small bones in his back. The injury is unrelated to a herniated disk last year or to offseason surgery to remove a cyst earlier in 2013. The quarterback said Thursday he was still a little sore, but called it “normal stuff,” and said his back loosened up during practice. Garrett, however, still hasn’t made a decision on who will start on Sunday. “We’ll take today, we’ll see how he feels after yesterday’s work,” Garrett said, “and hopefully he can practice the way we need him to practice today and just take it right up until game time.” The Cowboys have played overseas nine times in their history, including twice in London. But this is the first time they’ll be playing a regular-season game outside the United States. Most of the teams that have made the journey to London over the years have praised the team-building aspect of such a long trip to a foreign country, and some have taken the time to catch some of the local sights. Dallas plans to do a little of both on Friday. “We’re going to go to the Tower of London and see the Crown Jewels,” Garrett said, “and I think the players are excited to do it.”
Oklahoma’s coaches said they expect him to be ready. It will be interesting to see if he has his usual wiggle and explosiveness. BAYLOR RUN GAME
Baylor is known for its passing attack, but the Bears lead the Big 12 in rushing, and Baylor’s Shock Linwood is the conference’s rushing leader. Stoops said stopping Baylor starts with slowing the running game. “They want to run the ball,” he said “They’re persistent about it, and they’re good at it. And from it is where they try to get all of their big play-action passes. It begins with being great against the run game first.” OKLAHOMA’S PRESSURE Petty missed time earlier this season with two cracked transverse processes in his back, the same injury currently ailing Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo. Petty hasn’t taken too many hits since his return, but Oklahoma is better than most at pressuring the quarterback. Sooner linebacker Eric Striker is among the Big 12 leaders with 5.5 sacks this season. He may be able to get Petty thinking about protecting himself instead of lighting up the scoreboard.
“They’re extremely talented, especially up front,” Petty said. “They’ve got a lot of big guys that can move, that can run. Their front seven is really well coached, and back end wise, they fly around. So it’s going to be a great challenge for us.” SHAWN OAKMAN Oklahoma will need to contain Baylor’s 6-foot-9, 280-pound defensive end. He ranks third in the conference in sacks (6), second in tackles for loss (12.5) and first in fumbles recovered (3). BAYLOR’S HISTORY Baylor has amped up the hype for this game, but the Bears historically have come have come up short in these types of circumstances. Baylor has never won in 11 tries in Norman, and the Bears are 0-11 on the road against ranked teams during Art Briles’ tenure. Add the fact that Oklahoma is still smarting from last year’s 41-12 loss in Waco last year, and it becomes clear Baylor will need to elevate its game to win.
TEXAS Continued from Page 1B lost six of the final seven. And last week, they lost 31-30 on a lastsecond field goal after leading the entire game. Is it the start of another late-season swoon? Don’t count on it, Mountaineers quarterback Clint Trickett said. "I’m not too worried about it," Trickett said. "I think we will be fine. If you can’t get excited about Texas, and playing in front of 100,000 people, something is wrong with you." Texas (4-5, 3-3) is trying to claw its way back from a 2-4 start under Strong, the program’s worst in nearly 60 years, and getting bowl eligible would feel like an accomplishment. But Texas hasn’t won consecutive games this season behind erratic quarterback Tyrone Swoopes. Texas took the game out of his hands by using a punishing running game last week in a win at Texas Tech. Texas has struggled badly against ranked teams, with a 1-7 mark in its last eight matchups with Top 25 opponents. "The thing for us to start doing is (winning in) our home stadium," Strong said. "We haven’t done a great job of on our own turf." Some things to watch when West Virginia plays at Texas: TRICKETT’S TURNOVERS Trickett had two of West Virginia’s five turnovers last week against TCU and had a season-low 168 yards passing. The Mountaineers’ minus-12 turnover differential ranks among the worst in the country. Early mistakes against a tough Texas defense could bury the Mountaineers. BIG HITS Texas turned the game against Texas Tech last week when cornerback Quandre
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Texas head coach Charlie Strong is hoping to see his team move back to .500 needing a win over West Virginia. Diggs leveled Red Raiders’ quarterback Pat Mahomes and knocked him out of the game in the second quarter. Texas also knocked Trickett out of last year’s win over the West Virginia. The Mountaineers have to protect Trickett on Saturday. WHERE’S WHITE? West Virginia wide receiver Kevin White was one of the league’s most dazzling players through the first half of the season with circus catches and over 1,000 yards. He’s all but disappeared the last two games with six receptions for 55 yards as defenses have committed to double coverage. "We’ll figure out ways to be able to get
TCU Continued from Page 1B Football Playoff. Kansas State (7-1, 5-0) tops the Big 12 standings, but the No. 9 Wildcats trail TCU in the AP poll and in the playoff rankings — the Frogs are also sixth there, a spot ahead of the Wildcats. This is the first of three road games against ranked teams in the final month for K-State. The Wildcats also have to go to No. 24 West Virginia and No. 10 Baylor (No. 12 CFP), those sandwiching the instate rivalry game at home against Kansas. “My only thinking right now is TCU and we will worry about the others when we come to them,” Wildcats coach Bill Snyder said. “I think we are improving.” TCU is playing its fifth ranked opponent in six games, with the only loss being 61-58 at Baylor four weeks ago when the Frogs blew a 21-point lead in the fourth quarter. This could be their last chance to make a real statement since their last three regularseason games are against teams currently with losing records. “I still feel like we got to go out there and prove ourselves every week,” receiver Kolby Listenbee said. “We still got to find a way to prove to everybody we should be top four and make the playoff. Every week is an interview.” Here are a few other things to watch when TCU plays its first night game of the season: PROTECTING THE BALL Kansas State quarterback Jake Waters has gone without a turnover during a fivegame winning streak. Waters has nine touchdown passes and three rushing TDs in that span. TCU is the national leader with a plus-15 turnover margin and their 26 turnovers forced (11 fumbles, 15 interceptions). “It just goes without saying that it is vital for whoever is our quarterback at any time make good decisions,” Snyder said. “(Waters) has done well and feels more and
more comfortable with it all the time. ... I am pleased with the progress he has made.” BOYKIN BOUCEBACK After completing only 12 of 30 passes for a season-low 166 yards at West Virginia in the last-play victory last week, TCU dual-threat quarterback Trevone Boykin apologized to the team for what he considered his subpar play. Boykin is still the Big 12 leader with 362 total yards a game. Kansas State is the league’s top defense, allowing 321 yards a game. BEATING PATTERSON Kansas State is 2-0 in Big 12 play against TCU and Patterson, who started his coaching career as a K-State graduate assistant in 1982, long before Snyder got there, and after being a player there the previous two seasons. TCU went ahead on a field goal with just over 2 minutes left in Patterson’s return to Manhattan last year, but lost 33-31 after a field goal with 3 seconds left. The Wildcats won 23-10 two years ago at TCU, a victory that boosted them into the No. 1 spot in the BCS standings before a loss at Baylor. CHASING DAD Kansas State senior Tyler Lockett has moved to No. 2 on the school’s career list with 2,877 yards receiving and 23 touchdowns — behind his dad in both categories. Kevin Lockett had 3,032 yards receiving and 26 TDs from 1993-96. Tyler Lockett’s 192 career receptions are third, behind the elder Lockett (217) and Green Bay receiver Jordy Nelson (206). UNIQUE MATCHUP This will be the first time TCU plays a home game with both teams ranked in the Top 10. The Frogs have played only three home games as a Top 10 team against another ranked opponent, the last in November 2009 when then-No. 4 TCU beat No. 16 Utah 55-28. The other such games were in 1955 and 1956, both lost by the Frogs.
him involved," West Virginia coach Dana Holgorsen said. FINAL DRIVE The last two meetings have gone down to the wire in typical Big 12 style. West Virginia won 48-45 in 2012 and Texas won 47-40 in overtime last year. "We have no reason to think this game is going to be any different," Holgorsen said. THIRD AND LONG Two weeks ago allowed Kansas State to convert 9 of 17 third downs. Similar struggles getting off the field against West Virginia could lead to a big day for the Mountaineers.
A&M Continued from Page 1B forced a late goal line fumble against the Rebels. “We never go into a game with the mindset that we can relax. If anything, it puts us on higher guard against the team we’re playing, like a team like South Carolina that has nothing to lose. And it comes out with all these trick plays and these double passes. “Things like that will beat you, and beat good teams. They have many times in the past.” The Aggies (6-3, 2-3) have dropped three straight SEC games, punctuated by a 59-0 loss to No. 4 Alabama in their last trip to this state. They’ve turned to freshman quarterback Kyle Allen for an already young team that also struggled to put away Louisiana-Monroe. “I think our guys are in a place right now where we have some guys playing that haven’t played a lot that are anxious to play and anxious to prove themselves,” Texas A&M coach Kevin Sumlin said. Here are some things to watch in the Texas A&M-Auburn game: ALLEN’S CHALLENGE Allen did get a start and a win under his belt against Louisiana-Monroe, but this is his road debut as the starter. The Tigers, who have given up 757 passing yards the past two games, faced a similar situation in LSU freshman Brandon Harris’s first start. They held him to 3-of-14 passing for 58 yards. “It’ll sort of be a guessing game,” Auburn defensive coordinator Ellis Johnson said. “I don’t know whether they’ll try to be cautious or not. It’s certainly not in their philosophy to do that. We’re going to prepare for the regular Texas A&M to come in here throwing it around.”
STOPPING THE RUN Texas A&M’s defense faces a big challenge from the SEC’s leading rusher Cameron Artis-Payne, Marshall and the league’s top ground game. Marshall has five rushing touchdowns in the past two games. The Aggies rank 12th in the league against the run, allowing 177.8 yards a game. BLOCKING GARRETT With an elusive quarterback and a veteran offensive line, the Tigers have only allowed six sacks this season. They’ll try to protect Marshall from the Aggies and defensive end Myles Garrett, whose 11 sacks is second in the SEC and a league record for freshman. The Aggies have racked up 30 sacks already, also second in the league. AGGIES INJURIES Sumlin said early in the week that cornerback Deshazor Everett is “iffy” with a ruptured ligament in his elbow. Right tackle Germain Ifedi is expected to be out for the rest of the regular season with a sprained knee ligament, Sumlin said. That likely means Cedric Ogbuehi will move from left tackle to the right side and be replaced by guard Jarvis Harrison. REMEMBERING 2012 In the Aggies’ only previous visit to Jordan-Hare Stadium, another young quarterback abused the struggling Tigers. Texas A&M and Johnny Manziel won 63-21 in 2012, racking up 671 total yards, the most Auburn had ever allowed. “The last time they came here, they embarrassed us, and that’s a feeling you never want to have again,” Frost said. “There’s a lot of angry seniors on our team, so we’re going to play for them.”
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