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Raven Petroleum exec discusses $500M project By Rye Druzin SA N A NT ONI O E XPRE SS-NEWS
A Mexican energy market starved for fuel supplies is the driving force behind America’s first new crude oil refinery in nearly 40 years, managing
Moore
director Christopher Moore says in an exclusive interview with the San Antonio Express-News. Three years after Mexico
began opening up its energy markets to competition and international investment, Raven Petroleum’s Moore says the country has only two days of fuel supplies in its pipelines and is trucking jet fuel to vacation destination Cancun. Bloomberg reported in June that Mexico was struggling to import enough gasoline and diesel, and fuel shortages in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua had led to scuffles
between Mexican law enforcement and protesters. “It signals that there is going to be an existing and continuing constrained market with an increasing demand because if they cannot get fuel in their cars, buses, trains, planes, how do they expect to promote industrial growth or development?” Moore said. That is why Houston native Moore, 54, is leading the $500 Moore continues on A13
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FUNDING OPERATIONS USDA meeting addresses farm, ranch programs S P ECIAL T O T HE T I ME S
Congressman Henry Cuellar hosted a meeting recently in Zapata with area ranchers and farmers, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Texas Farm Service Agency (FSA) and the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service to discuss programs and funding for farm and ranching operations. “I decided to organize this meeting as a result of meetings between my Washington, D.C., legislative staff and officials and constituents in Zapata County last month,” said Congressman Cuellar. “My office met with county leaders, and one topic of concern was the lack of an FSA office in Zapata. I am glad that this meeting helped answer a lot of the questions that ranchers and farmers may have. I thank Judith Canales, FSA State Executive Director, and representatives from USDA FSA, Texas A&M Cuellar continues on A13
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The Office of Congressman Henry Cuellar hosts an informational with Zapata framers and ranchers, and representatives from the USDA Texas Farm Service Agency and Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service on Tuesday at the Zapata County Pavilion. Pictured from left to right are Arnulfo Lerma, USDA Farm Loan Manager; Judith Canales, USDA State Executive Director; Outreach Coordinator Francis Atwell; Rene Reyna, USDA Farm Service Agency Regional Director for Zapata and Starr County; and Benancio Cano Jr., USDA District Director.
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LCC is partnering with the Laredo Development Foundation and the tri-county coalition strategic partners to provide a South Texas refinery with the the workforce trainings it will require for its operations. The $500 million oil refinery, announced by Raven Petroleum on Monday, is set to open in late 2018 near Hebbronville, near the corners of Webb, Duval and Jim Hogg counties. Raven is building the refinery to help alleviate the Rodriguez current infrastructure constraints impacting the Mexican petroleum supply market. Rodney Rodriguez, Laredo Community College economic development center director, said Wed<FZ,1,1,12>nesday the college is planning to partner with Laredo and United independent school districts to identify students interested in the oil and gas and refinery industries. “We will train these students so they are ready when Raven begins the project,” he said. Rodriguez said LCC is also partnering with the Texas Workforce Commission to identify any possible funding to help support an influx of people looking for jobs. Olivia Varela, executive director for the Laredo Development Foundation, said about 1,500 initial jobs will be generated during the plant’s construction phase, eventually settling on 300-400 permanent jobs. Officials in Webb, Duval and Jobs continues on A13
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$300K awarded to Zapata for infrastructure ZA PATA T I ME S
Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller recently announced the Texas Department of Agriculture has awarded $304,922 to Zapata County for critically needed infrastructure improvements. These federal funds are administered through TDA’s Texas
Community Development Block Grant (TxCDBG) program to support vibrant communities, suitable living conditions and expand economic opportunities in rural Texas. In all, TDA awarded more than $42 million in TxCDBG grant awards this year to communities throughout Texas. “Rural communities work
hard every day to provide a great place for people to live, work and raise their families,” Commissioner Miller said. “Yet, some smaller Texas communities can’t financially support the kind of large public works projects that will improve and strengthen their local quality of life. “That’s where the Texas De-
partment of Agriculture helps by making sure that rural Texas communities have equal access to federal funding available for these kinds of improvements. Together, the Texas Department of Agriculture and rural communities across the state are ensuring all Texans have a safe place to live.” • Zapata County: Awarded
$304,922 for street improvements Eligible applicants who are non-entitlement cities under 50,000 in population and nonentitlement counties that have a non-metropolitan population under 200,000 and are not eligible for direct CDBG funding from the U.S. Department of Grant continues on A13
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Today is Saturday, Nov. 26, the 331st day of 2016. There are 35 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History On Nov. 26, 1941, U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull delivered a note to Japan’s ambassador to the United States, Kichisaburo Nomura (keechee-sah-boor-oh noh-moo-rah), setting forth U.S. demands for “lasting and extensive peace throughout the Pacific area.” The same day, a Japanese naval task force consisting of six aircraft carriers, left the Kuril Islands, headed toward Hawaii.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28 Chess Club. 4—6 p.m. Every Monday. Inner City Branch Library, 202 W. Plum St. Compete in this cherished strategy game played internationally. Free. For all ages and skill levels. Instruction is offered. Movie and Popcorn. Every Monday, 4—5 p.m. Santa Rita Express Library, 83 Prada Machin Drive, on the corner of Malaga Drive and Castro Urdiales Avenue. Enjoy a family movie and refreshments.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29 Rock wall climbing. 4—5:30 p.m. LBV-Inner City Branch Library, 202 W. Plum St. Take the challenge and climb the rock wall! Fun exercise for all ages. Free. Bring ID. Must sign release form. Every Tuesday. For more information, call 795-2400 x2520. LEGO Workshop. Every Tuesday, 4—5 p.m. Santa Rita Express Library, 83 Prada Machin Drive, on the corner of Malaga Drive and Castro Urdiales Avenue. Create with LEGOs, DUPLOs and robotics.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3 Book sale. 8:30 a.m.—1 p.m. Widener Book Room, First United Methodist Church. No admission charge. Everyone is invited.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 5 Movie and Popcorn. Every Monday, 4—5 p.m. Santa Rita Express Library, 83 Prada Machin Drive, on the corner of Malaga Drive and Castro Urdiales Avenue. Enjoy a family movie and refreshments. Ray of Light anxiety and depression support group meeting. 6:30—7:30 p.m. Area Health Education Center, 1505 Calle del Norte, Suite 430. Every first Monday of the month. People suffering from anxiety and depression are invited to attend this free, confidential and anonymous support group meeting. While a support group does not replace an individual’s medical care, it can be a valuable resource to gain insight, strength and hope.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6 Rock wall climbing. 4—5:30 p.m. LBV-Inner City Branch Library, 202 W. Plum St. Take the challenge and climb the rock wall! Fun exercise for all ages. Free. Bring ID. Must sign release form. Every Tuesday. For more information, call 795-2400 x2520. LEGO Workshop. Every Tuesday, 4—5 p.m. Santa Rita Express Library, 83 Prada Machin Drive, on the corner of Malaga Drive and Castro Urdiales Avenue. Create with LEGOs, DUPLOs and robotics.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 12 Movie and Popcorn. Every Monday, 4—5 p.m. Santa Rita Express Library, 83 Prada Machin Drive, on the corner of Malaga Drive and Castro Urdiales Avenue. Enjoy a family movie and refreshments.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13 Rock wall climbing. 4—5:30 p.m. LBV-Inner City Branch Library, 202 W. Plum St. Take the challenge and climb the rock wall! Fun exercise for all ages. Free. Bring ID. Must sign release form. Every Tuesday. For more information, call 795-2400 x2520. LEGO Workshop. Every Tuesday, 4—5 p.m. Santa Rita Express Library, 83 Prada Machin Drive, on the corner of Malaga Drive and Castro Urdiales Avenue. Create with LEGOs, DUPLOs and robotics.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 19 Movie and Popcorn. Every Monday, 4—5 p.m. Santa Rita Express Library, 83 Prada Machin Drive, on the corner of Malaga Drive and Castro Urdiales Avenue. Enjoy a family movie and refreshments.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20 Rock wall climbing. 4—5:30 p.m. LBV-Inner City Branch Library, 202 W. Plum St. Take the challenge and climb the rock wall! Fun exercise for all ages. Free. Bring ID. Must sign release form. Every Tuesday. For more information, call 795-2400 x2520. LEGO Workshop. Every Tuesday, 4—5 p.m. Santa Rita Express Library, 83 Prada Machin Drive, on the corner of Malaga Drive and Castro Urdiales Avenue. Create with LEGOs, DUPLOs and robotics.
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This photo provided by the Santa Clara County Sheriff on Friday, Nov. 25, 2016, shows a window of the Santa Clara County Jail where inmates cut through the bars and escaped on Wednesday.
INMATES ESCAPE CALIFORNIA PRISON Authorities asked for the public's help in tracking down a pair of potentially dangerous California prisoners who cut through the bars of a jail window on Thanksgiving Eve, Laron rappelled to the ground on a bedsheet rope and escaped. Santa Clara County sheriff's Sgt. Rich Glennon said four inmates got out through a second-floor window of the county's main jail late Wednesday and two were captured almost immediately. Authorities released photos of the severed bars and the bedsheet tied to one
of them, but said they didn't know what tools the inmates used or how they had gotten them. He identified the men who escaped as Rogelio Chavez Glennon and Laron Campbell. Chavez, 33, and Campbell, 26, are facing possible life sentences if convicted of burglary, extortion, false imprisonment and other charges. Authorities asked for the public's help in finding them and warned that anyone who sees them should call 911 rather than try to apprehend them. — Compiled from AP reports
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Texas state trooper hit by gunfire from Mexico FRONTON, Texas — A Texas state trooper has been wounded on the Texas-Mexico border by a bullet traced to a
gunbattle underway on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande. Lt. Johnny Hernandez of the Texas Department of Public Safety says the trooper was struck in the leg by what may have been an errant bullet from across the river. Hernandez says it was unclear if the gunfight involved the Mexican military or state police. The Texas state trooper was hit about 1 p.m. Friday
while on foot patrol in the Starr County border community of Fronton, about 105 miles upstream from Brownsville. The trooper, whose identity hasn't been released, was airlifted to a McAllen hospital, where he was in stable condition with what Hernandez says is a non-life-threatening wound. — Compiled from AP reports
Students complained about erratic driving before bus wreck
One year ago: French President Francois Hollande and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to tighten cooperation in the fight against the Islamic State group. Pope Francis celebrated his first Mass in Africa; later that day in Nairobi, Kenya, the pope met with several hundred priests and nuns, urging them to serve others and not be served.
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Students are escorted to cars as the children are picked up from Woodmore Elementary School on Tuesday in Chattanooga, Tenn.
from Woodmore Elementary School. Records released by the school district on Friday include two written statements by students complaining about Walker's driving. One said the diver would stop the bus to make students moving from
their seats hit their heads. Another wrote: "We need seat belts." The school's principal asked for video of the bus leaving campus, saying that in her opinion he was "driving way too fast." — Compiled from AP reports
AROUND THE WORLD
growing scandal over alleged misuse of power that threatens Temer's presidency only six months after he replaced a predecessor ousted from office by Congress — and at a time corruption investigations have tarred many senior politicians. At least one opposition party says it will submit a motion to impeach the new president and many more could follow.
Today’s Birthdays: Singer Tina Turner is 77. Country singer Linda Davis is 54. Actor Scott Adsit is 51. Blues singer-musician Bernard Allison is 51. Country singer-musician Steve Grisaffe is 51. Actress Kristin Bauer is 43. Actress Tammy Lynn Michaels Etheridge is 42. DJ/record label executive DJ Khaled is 41. Actress Maia Campbell is 40. Country singer Joe Nichols is 40. Contemporary Christian musicians Randy and Anthony Armstrong (Red) are 38. Actress Jessica Bowman is 36. Rock musician Ben Wysocki (The Fray) is 32. Singer Aubrey Collins is 29. Thought for Today: “Better to trust the man who is frequently in error than the one who is never in doubt.” — Eric Sevareid, broadcast journalist (born this date in 1912, died 1992).
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Minister quits in case that implicates president RIO DE JANEIRO — A Brazilian minister resigned on Friday amid allegations that he enlisted President Michel Temer's help to pressure a fellow Cabinet member to approve a luxury apartment development project in a preservation zone. It is the first direct accusation of wrongdoing against Temer while in office. The announcement feeds a
Ten years ago: In New York City, an angry crowd demanded to know why police officers killed Sean Bell, an unarmed man, on the day of his wedding by firing dozens of shots that also wounded two of Bell’s friends. In Turkey, tens of thousands of protesters denounced Pope Benedict XVI as an enemy of Islam two days before the pontiff’s scheduled visit. Rafael Correa won Ecuador’s presidential runoff. Five years ago: In a friendly-fire incident that further strained relations between the United States and Pakistan, U.S. forces launched airstrikes that mistakenly killed 24 Pakistani troops at two posts along the Afghan border. NASA’s Curiosity rover blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center on an 81/2-month, 354 million-mile journey to Mars (it arrived in Aug. 2012). NBA players and owners reached a tentative agreement to end a 149-day lockout.
SCHOOL BUS CRASH
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Students and administrators raised concerns about a Tennessee school bus driver's behavior behind the wheel in the weeks before a crash killed six children. Police have charged the driver Johnthony Walker with vehicular homicide after the Chattanooga crash. Federal authorities said Walker was driving off the designated bus route when he wrecked on a curvy road while carrying 37 children on their way home
On this date: In 1789, Americans observed a day of thanksgiving set aside by President George Washington to mark the adoption of the Constitution of the United States. In 1864, English mathematician and writer Charles Dodgson presented a handwritten and illustrated manuscript, “Alice’s Adventures Under Ground,” to his 12-year-old friend Alice Pleasance Liddell; the book was later turned into “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.” In 1933, a judge in New York ruled the James Joyce book “Ulysses” was not obscene and could be published in the United States. In 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered nationwide gasoline rationing, beginning Dec. 1. The Warner Bros. motion picture “Casablanca,” starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, had its world premiere at the Hollywood Theater in New York. In 1944, a month and a day following her Carnegie Hall recital, New York socialite and self-styled soprano Florence Foster Jenkins died at age 76. In 1950, China entered the Korean War, launching a counteroffensive against soldiers from the United Nations, the U.S. and South Korea. In 1965, France launched its first satellite, the 92-pound Asterix, into orbit. In 1973, President Richard Nixon’s personal secretary, Rose Mary Woods, told a federal court that she’d accidentally caused part of the 18-1/2minute gap in a key Watergate tape. In 1976, the Sex Pistols’ debut single, “Anarchy in the U.K.,” was released by EMI. In 1990, Japanese business giant Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. agreed to acquire MCA Corp., owner of Universal Studios, for $6.6 billion. In 1991, the Stars and Stripes were lowered for the last time at Clark Air Base in the Philippines as the United States abandoned one of its oldest and largest overseas installations, which was damaged by a volcano.
Temer, who is deeply unpopular with many Brazilians, has been struggling to push through an ambitious austerity agenda he says will pull Latin America's largest economy out of its worst recession in decades. Since May, his administration has lurched from one scandal to the next, but until now, none had directly implicated the president.
Temer's administration "just turned six months and it already looks old," Fabio Zanini, political editor of the daily newspaper Folha de S.Paulo, wrote Friday. "The strategy to win popular legitimacy with an economic recovery and political stability is quickly sinking for a president who was not supported by the popular vote." — Compiled from AP reports
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Dr. Stanley’s annual Thanksgiving Dinner Dr. Stanley’s Pediatric Practice Association recently held its second annual Thanksgiving Dinner. Everyone was welcome to the free dinner by Dr. Stanley and his staff. The dinner was held at the Zapata County Community Center, 605 N. U.S. Hwy 83.
Using social media and special activities, the diocese invites the community to support religious vocations through prayer and financial contributions which directly benefit seminarians in formation for the priesthood and aspirants discerning a priestly vocation. Just as Black Friday and Cyber Monday kick off the holiday shopping season, Giving Tuesday is an international movement which kicks off a season of charitable giving leading to Christmas. #GivingTuesday contributions for seminarians and aspirants can be made through the Diocese of Laredo website (www.dofl.org) (#supportfuturepriests) or in-person. A Giving Station will be set up at Casa Guadalupe, the Diocese of Laredo’s House of Discernment located at 2302 Corpus Christi St. On Tuesday, between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., the public is invited
to visit Casa Guadalupe, make a donation and meet the young men who are discerning their vocation. Refreshments will be served. Contributions will directly benefit each seminarian whose annual tuition and books cost the Diocese of Laredo more than $35,000 a semester. Aspirants at Casa Guadalupe will also benefit from the opportunity to live in a spiritual community, learn first hand about the life of a priest and the blessings which come from pastoral ministry. Another important way to support vocations is contributing time to prayer for seminarians and aspirants. Starting on Sunday, Nov. 20, the Diocese of Laredo invites you to participate in nine days of prayer for priestly vocations leading to Giving Tuesday on Nov. 29. #prayitforward For more information about #GivingTuesday in the Diocese of Laredo, visit the diocesan website or call 956-727-2140.
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How Democrats can check trump (beyond prayer): Albert R. Hunt By Albert R. Hunt B L OOM BE RG NEWS
I asked some top Congressional Democrats what they can do to check Donald Trump and the Republican House and Senate majorities. The answer: prayer. OK, that was a joke. Sort of. With a 23-seat majority in the U.S. House of Representatives, Republicans can push through most measures without support from any Democrats. In the U.S. Senate, Republicans can confirm executive branch and judicial nominees, except for the Supreme Court, with a simple majority; they hold a 52-to-48 advantage. Through a shortcut in the budget process called reconciliation, they can pass important spending and tax measures. Still, congressional Democrats, especially in the Senate, have some weapons. They include: Divide and try to conquer There are potential schisms to exploit between congressional leaders and the president. House Speaker Paul Ryan is a principled ideological conservative with some fringe rightwingers in his caucus. Trump believes in Trump. That affords opportunities for Democrats on issues like big infrastructure projects. Trump has vowed to spend billions rebuilding roads and bridges, something conservative Republicans have resisted in the past. Likewise, Trump says he wants to keep some provisions of President Barack Obama’s healthinsurance system while congressional conservatives are bent on total repeal. That’s another opportunity to sew division, since Democrats know that it’s economically impossible to keep popular provisions while killing the Affordable Care Act. Focus on the radicals Democrats can’t stop most of Trump’s nominees, but they can peel off a few Republicans to join them in going after the most radical ones. Senate Republicans will want to give the new president his preference on appointments, but experience suggests that it may be possible to rally opposition to a few -- in Trump’s case, maybe more than a few. If Democrats unite -- and there’s no guarantee that they would -- it only would take three Republicans to reject a nominee. Some Democrats, like Oregon Senator Jeff Markley, are trying to drum up opposition to Steve Bannon, the far-right
provocateur who Trump has tapped as his top White House counselor. That’s a loser -- however dubious Bannon’s character might be, the position doesn’t require confirmation and Trump won’t back down. There’s a compelling case to fight the nomination of Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions for attorney general -- in 1986 the Senate turned him down for a federal judgeship because of insensitive things he said about black people. But that happened before Sessions joined the Senate. Battling him now may be a waste of time for Democrats because the Senate rarely rejects one of its own. Filibuster In 2013, Democrats weakened the venerable filibuster rule by lowering the threshold from 60 votes to 51 for approval of executive and judicial nominees. The exception was the Supreme Court, so Democrats would need just 41 votes to block the appointment of a successor to the late Justice Antonin Scalia. That’s assuming Republicans don’t decide to extend the filibuster ban to Supreme Court appointments. Economic leverage The filibuster remains in place for legislation, meaning Democrats retain power to block much of the Republican economic agenda that can’t be resolved in reconciliation. A big example: Replacing Obamacare. For starters, Democrats could seek bargaining leverage by threatening to withhold their votes to increase the debt ceiling, which Congress will have to do early next year. But that tactic backfired when Republicans tried it several times in recent years. Highlight contradictions and policy reversals Much of Trump’s’ campaign rhetoric was unrealistic, and backtracking has begun. Congressional Republicans may be able to enact their own versions of domestic initiatives, defense spending and immigration. But Democrats can extract a political and public relations price on the contrast between promises and performance. But they better find some younger faces to make this case. Their devotion to the seniority system in committee assignments will come back to bite them if their spokesman on tax issues is 85-year-old Michigan Representative Sandy Levin, the senior Democrat on the Ways and Means committee, or on housing or banking matters, 78-year-old Maxine Waters.
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The Populism Perplex By PAUL KRUGMAN NEW YORK TIME S NEWS SERVICE
Hillary Clinton won the popular vote by more than 2 million, and she would probably be president-elect if the director of the FBI hadn’t laid such a heavy thumb on the scales, just days before the election. But it shouldn’t even have been close; what put Donald Trump in striking distance was overwhelming support from whites without college degrees. So what can Democrats do to win back at least some of those voters? Recently Bernie Sanders offered an answer: Democrats should “go beyond identity politics.” What’s needed, he said, are candidates who understand that working-class incomes are down, who will “stand up to Wall Street, to the insurance companies, to the drug companies, to the fossil fuel industry.” But is there any reason to believe this would work? Let me offer some reasons for doubt. First, a general point: Any claim that changed policy positions will win elections assumes that the public will hear about those positions. How is that supposed to happen, when most of the news media simply refuse to cover policy substance? Remember, over the course of the 2016 campaign, the three network news shows devoted a total of 35 minutes combined to policy issues — all policy issues. Meanwhile, they devoted 125 minutes to Clinton’s emails.
“Now, you might say that health insurance is one thing, but what people want are good jobs. Eastern Kentucky used to be coal country, and Trump, unlike Clinton, promised to bring the coal jobs back. (So much for the idea that Democrats need a candidate who will stand up to the fossil fuels industry.) But it’s a nonsensical promise.”
Beyond this, the fact is that Democrats have been pursuing policies that are much better for the white working class than anything the other party has to offer. Yet this has brought no political reward. Consider eastern Kentucky, a very white area which has benefited enormously from Obama-era initiatives. Take, in particular, the case of Clay County, which the Times declared a few years ago to be the hardest place in America to live. It’s still very hard, but at least most of its residents now have health insurance: Independent estimates say the uninsured rate fell from 27 percent in 2013 to 10 percent in 2016. That’s the effect of the Affordable Care Act, which Clinton promised to preserve and extend but Trump promised to kill. Trump received 87 percent of Clay County’s vote. Now, you might say that health insurance is one thing, but what people want are good jobs. Eastern Kentucky used to be coal country, and Trump, unlike Clinton, promised to bring the coal jobs back. (So much for the idea that Democrats need a candidate who will stand up to the
fossil fuels industry.) But it’s a nonsensical promise. Where did Appalachia’s coal mining jobs go? They weren’t lost to unfair competition from China or Mexico. What happened instead was, first, a decades-long erosion as U.S. coal production shifted from underground mining to strip mining and mountaintop removal, which require many fewer workers: Coal employment peaked in 1979, fell rapidly during the Reagan years, and was down more than half by 2007. A further plunge came in recent years thanks to fracking. None of this is reversible. Is the case of former coal country exceptional? Not really. Unlike the decline in coal, some of the long-term decline in manufacturing employment can be attributed to rising trade deficits, but even there it’s a fairly small fraction of the story. Nobody can credibly promise to bring the old jobs back; what you can promise — and Clinton did — are things like guaranteed health care and higher minimum wages. But workingclass whites overwhelmingly voted for
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politicians who promise to destroy those gains. So what happened here? Part of the answer may be that Trump had no problems with telling lies about what he could accomplish. If so, there may be a backlash when the coal and manufacturing jobs don’t come back, while health insurance disappears. But maybe not. Maybe a Trump administration can keep its supporters on board, not by improving their lives, but by feeding their sense of resentment. For let’s be serious here: You can’t explain the votes of places like Clay County as a response to disagreements about trade policy. The only way to make sense of what happened is to see the vote as an expression of, well, identity politics — some combination of white resentment at what voters see as favoritism toward nonwhites (even though it isn’t) and anger on the part of the less educated at liberal elites whom they imagine look down on them. To be honest, I don’t fully understand this resentment. In particular, I don’t know why imagined liberal disdain inspires so much more anger than the very real disdain of conservatives who see the poverty of places like eastern Kentucky as a sign of the personal and moral inadequacy of their residents. One thing is clear, however: Democrats have to figure out why the white working class just voted overwhelmingly against its own economic interests, not pretend that a bit more populism would solve the problem.
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RIBEREÑA EN BREVE VACACIONES ESCOLARES 1 Debido a las festividades de Acción de Gracias, el distrito escolar Zapata County Independent School District anuncia que las vacaciones por esta festividad iniciarán el lunes 21 para concluir el 25 de noviembre. Las clases reiniciarán el lunes 28 de noviembre. DESFILE DE NAVIDAD 1 La Cámara de Comercio del Condado de Zapata invita al Desfile de Navidad y Ceremonia del Encendido del Árbol, el jueves 1 de diciembre. El desfile inicia a las 6 p.m., seguido del encendido del árbol y regalos que dará Santa Claus. Para mayores informes contacte a la Cámara de Comercio del Condado de Zapata al 956-765-4871. GLOBOS AEROSTÁTICOS EN L.I.F.E. GROUNDS 1 Del 2-4 de diciembre habrá vuelos en globos aerostáticos, comida, artesanías, música, show de globos y más. En L.I.F.E. Grounds, ubicada E. HWY 59 de 4 p.m. a 12 a.m. DECORACIÓN DE ÁRBOLES NAVIDEÑOS 1 El Museo de Historia del Condado de Zapata está invitando a la comunidad a participar en el concurso de decoración de árboles navideños que se llevará a cabo el 11 de diciembre de 1 p.m. a 5 p.m., en las instalaciones del museo, ubicado en 805 N. Main St. Mayores informes al (956) 765-8983. CURSOS DE LENGUAJE DE SIGNOS (ASL) 1 El Departamento de Educación Especial local está ofreciendo clases de Lenguaje Americano de Signos para el personal profesional y paraprofesional así como para padres, estudiantes o administradores del distrito Zapata County Independent School District, todos los jueves desde el 20 de octubre al 15 de diciembre (ocho semanas de duración). En el horario de 4:15 p.m. a 5:15 p.m. en el laboratorio de computadoras de la escuela primaria Zapata North Elementary School. Mayores informes al 956-2856877 o a la Oficina de Educación Especial al 956-756-6130 antes del 13 de octubre. MUSEO EN ZAPATA 1 A los interesados en realizar una investigación sobre genealogía de la región, se sugiere visitar el Museo del Condado de Zapata ubicado en 805 N US-Hwy 83. Opera de 10 a.m. a 4 p.m. Existen visitas guiadas. Personal está capacitado y puede orientar acerca de la historia del Sur de Texas y sus fundadores. Pida informes en el 956-765-8983. LABORATORIO COMPUTACIONAL 1 La Ciudad de Roma pone a disposición de la comunidad el Laboratorio Computacional que abre de lunes a viernes. Informes en el 956849-1411.
RAVEN PETROLEUM
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Demanda energética
Oficial herido por bala perdida
Mercado mexicano impulsa refinería Por Rye Druzin SAN ANTONIO EXPRE SS-NEWS
Un mercado energético mexicano que carece de suministro de combustible ha sido el motor que impulsó la construcción de la primera refinería de petróleo en Estados Unidos en casi 40 años, dijo Christopher Moore, gerente general de la compañia petrolera Raven. Tres años después que México comenzó a abrir sus mercados energéticos a la competencia y a la inversión internacional, Moore aseguró que México tiene en sus oleoductos el combustible necesario solamente para dos días de abastecimiento y está transportando combustible de jet al destino turístico Cancún. En junio, Bloomberg informó que México estaba experimentando dificultades para importar gasolina y diesel suficiente, y la escasez de combustible en el norteño estado mexicano de Chihuahua
Group LLC, una compañía fundada hace 2 años y medio como compañía de desarrollo de Raven Petroleum. Por ahora, Moore está enfocado en crear un producto para abastecer la demanda en México, un país donde la producción nacional de petróleo cayó de 3,5 millones de barriles diarios en 2003 a 2,6 millones de barriles diarios en 2012. En 2014, el consumo de México se estimó en alrededor de 1,9 millones de barriles por día, según el EIA. Mientras que las relaciones y el comercio con México —incluyendo la construcción de un muro a lo largo de la frontera y la renegociación o salida del Tratado de Libre Comercio de América del Norte o NAFTA— han sido temas controversiales para el presidente electo Donald Trump, Moore no está preocupado por la retórica de la campaña y considera que ninguna política presidencial afectará al comercio transfronterizo.
había provocado enfrentamientos entre las fuerzas de seguridad mexicanas y manifestantes. “Parecer ser que va a seguir habiendo un mercado restringido con una demanda creciente y continua, porque si no pueden obtener combustible para sus automóviles, autobuses, trenes, aviones, ¿cómo esperan promover crecimiento industrial o desarrollo?” dijo Moore. Esa es la razón por la que Moore, de 54 años de edad, lleva a cabo el proyecto para construir una refinería de 500 millones de dólares en el condado de Duval que sea capaz de procesar 50.000 barriles de crudo ligero proveniente del Eagle Ford Shale para producir subproductos para la venta en México. La última refinería con capacidad similar construida en Estados Unidos fue la refinería Marathon Petroleum Corp. Raven Petroleum es una empresa subsidiaria de Raven Resources
Moore dijo sentirse “muy cómodo con nuestra decisión de seguir este proyecto”, con lo que llamó una “administración pro-empresarial y pro-energética” asumiendo el cargo el próximo año. El petróleo procesado por la refinería de Raven Petroleum vendrá de Eagle Ford en el sur de Texas, donde la producción alcanzó su punto máximo en marzo de 2015 con 1,7 millones de barriles de petróleo. El crudo ligero es un petróleo de calidad superior comparado con el crudo pesado producido en México, Medio Oriente y Venezuela, el petróleo que ha alimentado las refinerías de la Costa del Golfo de Estados Unidos durante décadas. Durante la construcción, la refinería podría proporcionar más de 1.800 empleos y requerirá hasta 500 personas cuando la construcción termine, lo cual está previsto para finales de 2018.
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FRONTON — Un patrullero estatal de Texas resultó herido en la frontera con México por una bala perdida que fue disparada durante un tiroteo que se desarrollaba en territorio mexicano. El teniente Johnny Hernández, del Departamento de Seguridad Pública de Texas, informó que el patrullero resultó con una herida en la pierna por una bala perdida. Hernandez señaló que no estaba claro si el tiroteo involucró al ejército mexicano o a la policía del estado. La víctima resultó lesionada alrededor de la 1 p.m. del viernes, mientras realizaba patrullaje a pie en la comunidad fronteriza de Fronton, en el condado Starr, a unos 170 kilómetros (105 millas) de Brownsville. El patrullero, cuya identidad no se ha revelado, fue trasladado vía aérea a un hospital de McAllen, en donde se encuentra en condición estable con lo que Hernandez definió como una herida que no pone en riesgo su vida.
CIUDAD DE ROMA
DÍA DE ACCIÓN DE GRACIAS
Foto de cortesía | Ciudad de Roma
Funcionarios y empleados de la Ciudad de Roma, celebraron con una comida el Día de Acción de Gracias, el miércoles al mediodía.
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Emplazar a huelga podría costar la cárcel Por Raúl Sinencio Chávez TIEMP O DE ZAPATA
Al definirse el horizonte posrevolucionario, la capital tamaulipeca reúne a Valentín Campa Salazar y Emilio Portes Gil. Personajes de innegable relevancia, ambos llegan a relacionarse. Don Emilio mantiene un alto cargo en Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México. Es jefe del Partido Socialista Fronterizo, donde dice tener ideas avanzadas. Desde 1925 gobierna Tamaulipas, favorecido por Álvaro Obregón. Campa Salazar, en cambio, es trabajador ferroviario y miembro del opositor Partido Comunista Mexicano. Goza de prestigio en populosos sectores y, sin cobrar ni un peso, gestiona deman-
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Valentín Campa Salazar durante uno de sus muchos encarcelamientos por sus ideas políticas.
das laborales ante las autoridades. Impulsor además del auténtico sindicalismo, por dirigir el paro rielero de 1927 intentan fusilarlo; si bien salva la vida, bajo amenazas lo destierran a Monterrey. De allá vuelve al si-
guiente año. Resignado, Portes Gil le pide ayudarlo en la campaña de Obregón, quien resulta reelecto, pero es asesinado tras los comicios. Previamente, en 1928, Porte Gil abandona la gubernatura para convertirse en secretario de Gobernación; debido a la vacante, nombran mandatario interino a Juan Rincón Rincón. A la par, Campa Salazar corre el riesgo de rechazar el destierro. En la urbe victorense retoma su militancia sindical y de izquierda. Hacia noviembre de 1928 descubre algo que lo indigna, decidiéndose a intervenir. “En Ciudad Victoria” –informa—operaba “una empresa trituradora de roca en Tamatán, La Pedrera, …concesionaria de los Ferrocarriles Nacionales para el balastro
de las vías. Los propietarios” amasaban “enormes ganancias, basadas en los salarios miserables de los obreros”. Recurren estos últimos a Campa Salazar, exponiéndole la problemática y deciden emplazar a huelga. Conforme a la ley, promulgada en 1925 por el propio Portes Gil, se trataba de mero trámite, ordinario. Pero, apenas hecho el papeleo, agentes policíacos secuestran a Campa Salazar. “Después obtienen y presentan “algunos compañeros …la orden de mi libertad”, aunque sujeta a que se entrevistara con el mandatario interino. “El profesor Rincón”, instruido por Portes Gil, trata de sobornarlo, obligándolo a que desista y acepte “un buen puesto” del gobierno tamaulipeco. Lo hace “en cierto tono de
amenaza, diciéndome que meditara mi actitud. Le respondí “que no cedía, menos con amenazas, que continuaría … de acuerdo con mis convicciones …ateniéndome a las consecuencias”. Valentín Campa se entera por qué lo mandan al “calabozo inmundo” de Ciudad Victoria. “Me explicaron que Portes Gil era socio destacado de La Pedrera de Tamatán, y antes de salir a” México para atender “la Secretaría de Gobernació dejó la orden de que me aprehendieran por el emplazamiento a huelga”. Portes Gil monopoliza “el balastro de las vías”, acumula “enormes ganancias” y paga “salarios miserables”. (Con autorización del autor de acuerdo a la publicación en su blog Puras Historias)
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Report: Russian propaganda effort spread fake news A S S OCIAT E D PRE SS
NEW YORK — A newreport suggests a "sophisticated" Russian propaganda campaign helped flood social media with fake news stories leading up to the presidential election. The Washington Post, citing a yet-to-be published report from independent researchers, said the goal was to punish Hillary Clinton, help Donald Trump, and undermine faith in American democracy. The report comes from a nonpartisan group of
researchers called PropOrNot. The group describes itself as "concerned American citizens" with expertise in computer science, national security and public policy. The researchers say they traced the origins of posts and mapped the connections among accounts that delivered similar messages. The findings show just how effective the bogus reports and propaganda were, according to the report. On Facebook, PropOrNot estimates that stories planted or promoted by the disin-
formation campaign were viewed 213 million times. While it's not clear whether fake news and propaganda helped sway the election in Trump's favor, millions of Americans get their news from what's shared on Facebook and other social media. In recent months, fake and misleading stories have proliferated, even as Facebook has insisted that they make up a tiny fraction of the overall stuff users share on the site. Both Facebook and Google have said they are
John Locher / AP
In this Sunday, Oct. 9, 2016, file photo, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton speak during the second presidential debate at Washington University in St. Louis. A "sophisticated" Russian propaganda campaign helped flood social media with fake news stories during the election season, according to a new report in The Washington Post.
taking steps to stop the spread of misinformation on their sites, including by turning off access to advertising. PropOrNot's report, provided to The Post in
advance of its public release, identified more than 200 websites as "peddlers of Russian propaganda during the election season, with combined audiences of at
least 15 million Americans." PropOrNot did immediately not respond to a message asking for the report on Friday afternoon.
Death toll in Iraq bombing claimed by IS rises to 73 Brian Rohan and Murtada Faraj ASSOCIATED PRE SS
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People cross a road that flooded after the passing of Hurricane Otto in Cardenas, Nicaragua, Friday, Nov. 25, 2016.
Otto enters Pacific after devastation, 9 dead in Costa Rica By Javier Cordoba A S S OCIAT E D PRE SS
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — Tropical Storm Otto killed at least nine people in Costa Rica and then headed into the Pacific Ocean Friday after making landfall as the southernmost hurricane on record to hit Central America. Costa Rican President Luis Guillermo Solis announced that nine people had been killed in the area of Bagaces and Upala, a town south of the Costa Rica-Nicaragua border. Earlier, he said at least six people were missing in the nearby town of Bijagua. Solis said as much water fell on the area in a few hours as normally falls in a month, and said some people had been trapped by rising waters. The United States sent airplanes and neighboring
Panama sent planes and helicopters to aid in the search and rescue efforts in the area, where rainswollen rivers overflowed their banks. Otto made landfall on Nicaragua's Caribbean coast on Thursday as a dangerous Category 2 storm but it faded to tropical storm force before emerging over the eastern Pacific early Friday. Authorities in Nicaragua said the hurricane had damaged houses, but so far there were no reports of casualties. Earlier, heavy rains from the storm were blamed for three deaths in Panama. Otto battered Nicaragua's Corn Islands with 3.5-meter (10-foot) waves and damaged houses, but residents were all safe in refuges, said the archipelago's mayor, Cleveland Rolando Webster. The U.S. National Hur-
ricane Center said that by Friday morning, the storm was centered about 245 miles (395 kilometers) south-southeast of El Salvador's capital, San Salvador, and had maximum sustained winds of 60 mph (95 kph). It was moving toward the west at 16 mph (26 kph). It was projected to keep moving westward away from Central America, further into Pacific. The Nicaraguan government earlier declared a state of emergency, but later reported there were no deaths directly related to the hurricane. About 400 homes in Nicaragua were damaged or destroyed. Solis said Otto could damage the country's important coffee and agriculture sectors. Nicaragua also feared damage to coffee crops that are almost ready for harvest.
MOSUL, Iraq — The death toll from a car bombing south of Baghdad claimed by the Islamic State group rose to 73 on Friday, including about 40 Iranian pilgrims, as Iraqi forces fought house to house to dislodge the extremist group from the northern city of Mosul in a five-week-old campaign slowed down by stiff IS resistance and fears of massive civilian casualties. Iraqi police and hospital officials said 65 other people were wounded in the Thursday night attack at a gas station on a major highway near the city of Hilla, about 95 kilometers (60 miles) south of the Iraqi capital. It was the deadliest IS attack in Iraq since July, when a car bomb killed about 300 in a commercial district in Baghdad. IS claimed the attack in a brief statement on its Aamaq media arm, saying it was a suicide truck bomb. Earlier, Iraqi officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media, had put the death toll at 56. In Mosul, where an Iraqi government campaign to retake the city began last month, fighting continued in the eastern sector on Friday, with Iraqi special forces seizing another neighborhood, Masaref, and advancing in the densely populated Zohour district, according to Brig. Gen. Haider Fadhil. The offensive to capture Zohour began earlier this week, but troops are facing spirited IS resis-
Hadi Mizban / AP
Civilians search for survivors in the rubble at the scene of a car bomb attack near the city of Hilla.
tance, he added. The sound of automatic fire and the thud of mortar shells and artillery shook the city's eastern sector, east of the Tigris River, the whole day on Friday. An Associated Press team in the area said civilians fleeing the fighting continued to flow out of the inner parts of the city toward the lines of the Iraqi military. Off the back of a truck, soldiers offered them rice, potatoes and tomato sauce. In the Bakr neighborhood, civilians lined the streets. Old and young men looked on silently, while children smiled and waved to the troops. Lt. Col. Ali Hussein of the special forces in the Bakr neighborhood said his men were approached by three IS drones on Friday, of which they shot down two. He showed the AP team the wreckage of one. The drones were not armed, only carrying reconnaissance cameras, he added. "It was a big push, in two weeks they'd only sent three others against us," he said of the drones. Hussein spoke with several of the civilians
fleeing their homes, offered them water and heard local grievances from elders. He also distributed medicine and food. Thursday's attack south of Baghdad appears to have targeted a bus carrying Iranian pilgrims heading home after a major Shiite religious observance in the holy city of Karbala. Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Hassan Qashqavi was quoted by the semiofficial Tasnim news agency on Thursday night as saying that 80 people were killed, including 40 Iranians. Conflicting death tolls are common in the aftermath of large attacks. The attack came a day after some dozen smallscale bombings in and around Baghdad killed 31 people and wounded more than a 100 — a particularly bloody day even by the standards of the Iraqi capital, which has for more than a decade endured near-daily violence blamed on IS or its forerunner, al-Qaida in Iraq, and which mostly targeted members of Iraq's Shiite majority.
Wave of violence reveals hidden graves, severed heads in Mexican state of Guerrero A S S OCIAT E D PRE SS
ACAPULCO, Mexico — Soldiers and police fanned out Friday across the southern Mexican state of Guerrero, chasing a wounded gang leader and trying to quell a wave of violence that included the discovery of hidden graves holding dozens of bodies and a camp where gunmen stored the severed heads of nine rivals in a cooler. The clashes between drug gangs were complicated by the fact that townspeople fed up with the violence had formed “community police” vigilante squads in many places. The squads often prevent police and soldiers from moving freely and sometimes act on behalf of the gangs. Gov. Hector Astudillo announced that federal
authorities would return to patrol areas where dozens of often-dismembered bodies have been dumped on roadsides in recent weeks. The state has been riven, not just by the killings, but by the kidnapping of about a dozen people in the town of Ajuchitlan. Residents there announced they would create a vigilante force to look for the kidnap victims, an idea that threatened to create yet another armed group. The Ajuchitlan residents were apparently kidnapped last week by a fugitive gang leader known as “El Tequilero,” who was believed to be wounded and hiding out with his kidnap victims in the mountains. The state attorney general headed up a massive manhunt using helicop-
ters and ground troops to look for him. But Astudillo warned that the vigilantes would have to withdraw to allow police and soldiers to do their jobs. “The army, the state police, they can’t be there with armed groups,” Astudillo said. “Withdraw, and we will enter immediately. But for the two to be there at the same time, that is not possible.” The governor also announced the creation of mixed army-police patrols in parts of the state torn apart by cartel turf battles. One such area is the municipality of Zitlala, where a drug gang had set up a rural camp where it held kidnap victims and disposed of bodies. When one of the joint military-police patrols happened upon the camp
earlier this week, it found a kidnapped man and what appeared to be clandestine burial pits. Investigators initially reported finding a dozen bodies. After days of digging, they discovered 32 bodies in 17 pits. The camp is near the area where nine decapitated bodies were found dumped on a roadside last week. The nine heads found in coolers at the camp may belong to those bodies, investigators said. The bodies and heads were taken to forensic labs in a bid to identify them. The area has been the scene of turf battles between two rival drug gangs — the Rojos and the Ardillos — who engage in extortion, kidnappings and killings. That rivalry has resulted in hundreds of deaths and
disappearances in recent years. But in recent weeks the violence has spread to other areas, apparently as a result of turf battles between two or three other gangs, including the La Familia and the Tequileros gangs. Astudillo condemned what he has called the wave of “barbarism and savagery,” and his office called the situation “a public disturbance caused by organized crime.” Soldiers were combing the area to see if there are any more graves. Investigators were working to identify the bodies and the killers, said Roberto Alvarez Heredia, spokesman for the Guerrero Coordinating Group. And in Tierra Colorada, nearer to the resort of Acapulco, rival vigilante groups have been en-
gaged in a series of battles for control of the town, leading to fears the “community police” may be taking sides in the gang wars. “The truth is, they are not really community forces, nor are they police,” Astudillo said. “They are armed groups that unfortunately carry out acts ... that generate more violence and confrontation, rather than help.” The largely rural, impoverished state had 1,832 reported homicides in the first 10 months of 2016. If that rate continues unabated, Guerrero would be on track to have a homicide rate of about 60 per 100,000. That would rival the recent peak year of violence in the state, in 2012, when there were about 68 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants.
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Overtime rule is the latest Stocks rise to President Obama initiative fresh records to end in Texas court in shortened session By Noam Scheiber
N EW YORK T I ME S NEWS SERVICE
President-elect Donald Trump promised to undo many of the Obama administration’s most ambitious regulations. But even before he takes office, federal courts in Texas are doing some of the work for him. A federal judge’s injunction this week halted a Labor Department rule that would have made millions more Americans eligible for overtime pay. Over the last two years, U.S. District Court judges in the state have chipped away at Barack Obama’s legacy by striking down or suspending no fewer than five regulations, executive orders or actions, and guidelines — including an action that would have allowed illegal immigrants who are parents of U.S. citizens to remain in the country, and guidance that would have expanded restroom access for transgender students. The injunction in the overtime case, issued Tuesday by a judge nominated by Obama, has many advocates and legal experts concerned. “It’s a troubling trend because it’s essentially delegating policy oversight to a set of hand-picked judges in the South, who can pick and choose which regulations move forward and which do not,” said Matthew Wessler, a principal at the firm Gupta Wessler who has argued multiple cases involving workers before the Supreme Court. The case over the overtime rule, which would have made an estimated 4.2 million people newly eligible for time-and-a-half overtime pay, provides some insight into why opponents of regulation conclude that descending on Texas increases their odds of success. In an interview, the Nevada attorney general, Adam Paul Laxalt, whose state was the lead plaintiff in the case against the overtime rule, said that the coalition of states it led had elected to file in the Eastern District of Texas because the district had a reputation for handing down rulings quickly. “That was what is known as a fast docket,” Laxalt said. “The decision was made based on a bunch of variables, but we thought we may be able to get the quickest answer.” Citing the Dec. 1 effective date for the new regulation, he said, “We were really fighting the clock.” Laxalt added that Nevada had been part of multistate litigation that in other states, including a case over a rule regulating waterways, which was filed in North Dakota. Texas has a rich culture of anti-government litigation. In 2013, Greg Abbott, now the state’s governor and then its attorney
general, jokingly described a typical workday as, “I go into the office, I sue the federal government and I go home.” He bragged that he had sued the Obama administration 25 times in the previous four years. While federal judges in Texas are officially appointed by the president, not state officials, Senate custom gives the state’s two U.S. senators considerable influence over the nominations. “The judges that do manage to get nominated have to somehow pass through the gauntlet of Ted Cruz and John Cornyn,” said Richard Levy, the secretary-treasurer of the state AFL-CIO who served as its legal director for more than 20 years. “It has skewed the bench here in a way I don’t think is probably likely in other places.” Even though the federal judge who ruled on the overtime regulation, Amos L. Mazzant III, was formally nominated by Obama in 2014, the influence of Cruz and Cornyn made it unlikely that he would be overly sympathetic to federal regulations, Levy said. Still, the sweep of Mazzant’s decision appears to have surprised even skeptics of the regulation. The Obama regulation raised the annual salary limit below which workers are automatically eligible for overtime pay — something that previous administrations, including George W. Bush’s, had done several times since 1938 — to $47,476, from $23,660. In his ruling, however, Mazzant suggested not simply that the administration lacked the authority to raise the salary limit so high, but that no administration had the authority to establish and raise a salary limit of any kind. Nothing in the law, he wrote, “indicates that Congress intended the department to define and delimit with respect to a minimum salary level.” (Mazzant retreated from the implications of this statement in a footnote asserting that he was determining the legality only of the Obama regulation.) Asked if he agreed with the judge that the Labor Department lacked the authority to create a salary limit of any kind, not just the new level developed by the administration, Laxalt, the Nevada attorney general, said, “We do think the judge got it right when he said it’s unclear whether or not they can do an arbitrary salary test,” but confessed that he wouldn’t necessarily follow the ruling
to its logical conclusion. “I’m not prepared to say categorically we’re opposed to the 23,000,” the limit established by George W. Bush, he said. Thomas E. Perez, the labor secretary, argued in an interview that it simply was not possible to single out the Obama salary limit as extreme or arbitrary while accepting the previous increases, since the new limit was in line with some of them. “If we had simply indexed the 1975 threshold to inflation, that number would be well in excess of what our current threshold is,” he said — about $57,000 annually. The administration is widely expected to appeal the ruling, given the extensive history of such increases, and many management-side lawyers believed that Mazzant was out on a limb. “The Labor Department has been setting these minimums since 1940,” said Allan Bloom of the law firm Proskauer Rose. “This is the first time that a district court judge is essentially saying you don’t have the authority to do that.” Considered alongside the recent pattern of decisions by Texas judges, however, the ruling might have been foreseen. Last month, Judge Marcia Crone of the Eastern District of Texas ruled against most of an Obama administration directive that required companies to disclose labor violations before they could receive a federal contract worth more than $500,000, a policy that had inflamed the business community. Last week, Judge Sam Cummings of the Northern District of Texas, permanently blocked an administration rule that would have required employers to disclose relationships with consultants they hire to dissuade workers from unionizing. In perhaps the biggest judicial setback to the president’s executive actions and regulations before the overtime decision, a split Supreme Court decision in June left in place a 2015 ruling by Judge Andrew Hanen of the Southern District of Texas that shut down the administration program intended to grant leniency to immigrants in the country illegally with children who are citizens or lawful permanent residents. Obama had pointed to the program, which was meant to protect millions of undocumented immigrants from deportation, as one of his major achievements. Wessler, the Supreme Court lawyer, marveled at how unprecedented the recent developments have been. “Using nationwide injunctions coupled with the kind of blatant forum shopping here is not something that we’ve really seen before in the modern age,” he said.
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NEW YORK — Stocks hit fresh records in a shortened trading session Friday as investors continued to bet on a pickup in economic growth and rising corporate profits. The gains were modest but broad, with nearly every sector in the Standard and Poor’s 500 index rising. Utilities rose the most, up 1.4 percent. Indexes have been rising since the presidential election, and the close on Friday capped a third week in a row of S&P 500 gains. The index is up 4 percent so far this month. Investors anticipate that plans by President-elect Donald Trump to cut taxes, reduce regulations and spend on infrastructure will speed economic growth. Investors are also reacting to recent signs of a pickup in growth in several other major economies around the world, said Jim Paulsen, chief investment strategist for Wells Capital Management. “We haven’t had a synchronized bounce in growth across the globe ever in this recovery” Paulsen said. “This is the first time you’re getting all the economic boats going north at the same time, and I think stock markets are reflecting that.” The Dow Jones industrial average rose 68.96 points, or 0.4 percent, to 19,152.14. The S&P 500 climbed 8.63 points, or 0.4 percent, to 2,213.35. The Nasdaq composite added 18.24 points, or 0.3 percent, to 5,398.92. Stock trading closed at 1:00 p.m. Eastern time. Trading was relatively quiet as investors returned from the Thanksgiving holiday. Investors sold bonds again on fear that inflation in the future could eat into their fixed payments. Yields, which move opposite prices, fell. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note rose to 2.36 percent. Ten of 11 sectors of the S&P 500 rose. Energy companies fell with the price of oil. ConocoPhillips lost 55 cents, or 1.2 percent, to $45.75. Electricity supplier Entergy Energy rose $1.41, or
2.1 percent, to $69.53. The climb in utilities on Friday reflects investor desire for steady dividends. Telephone companies, which are also big dividend payers, rose, too. AT&T climbed 48 cents, or 1.2 percent, to $39.21. Among others stocks making moves Friday, Johnson & Johnson rose $1.06 cents, or 0.9 percent, to $114.13 after the health care company said it is in early talks to buy Swiss drugmaker Actelion. Deere & Co. rose 1.7 percent, after rocketing 11 percent on Wednesday. The maker of agricultural and construction equipment reported a quarterly loss on Wednesday, but it was much less than expected. It closed Friday at $103.92, up $1.75. Stocks closed higher overseas, too. Britain’s FTSE 100 and France’s CAC 40 each rose 0.2 percent. Germany’s DAX climbed 0.1 percent. In Asia, Japan’s Nikkei 225 finished 0.3 percent higher and South Korea’s Kospi edged up 0.2 percent. Stocks in Hong Kong, Australia, Taiwan, Singapore and other Southeast Asian markets also advanced. Oil prices fell sharply. Benchmark U.S. crude fell $1.90, or 4 percent, to $46.06 per barrel in New York. Brent crude, used to price international oils, lost $1.90, or 3.9 percent, to $47.10 in London. Investors pushed prices up earlier in the week, but are on edge in anticipation of a meeting of OPEC nations next week. They are meeting to possibly hammer out an agreement on meaningful output cuts. In other energy trading, wholesale gasoline fell 5 cents to $1.37 a gallon, heating oil lost 5 cents to $1.47 a gallon and natural gas rose 6 cents to $3.09 per 1,000 cubic feet. The dollar remained at a more than eight-year high against the Chinese yuan, which was trading at 6.92 yuan per dollar. The dollar fell against the Japanese yen, to 113.09 yen from 113.69 yen, while the euro strengthened to $1.0600 from $1.0547.
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Trump adds K.T. McFarland to national security team By Jeremy W. Peters and Maggie Haberman N EW YORK T I ME S NEWS S ERVIC E
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump on Friday named K.T. McFarland, an aide to three Republican White Houses and a frequent Fox News commentator, to the position of deputy national security adviser, as he continues to fill his foreign policy staff with aides who have hard-line views on the fight against terrorism. Trump also announced his pick for White House counsel, choosing Donald F. McGahn II, a Washington election lawyer who is widely admired among the Republican Party’s establishment. McFarland, like Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn, the president-elect’s choice for national security adviser, has been highly critical of
President Barack Obama’s approach to combating terrorism, saying he has not acknowledged the threat that global Islamism poses to Western civilization. McGahn, who spent nearly a decade as the general counsel to the National Republican Congressional Committee, is known for his work from 2008 to 2013 as the chairman of the Federal Election Commission, where he fought to ease many campaign finance restrictions. He served as general counsel for Trump’s campaign. His appointment was praised by Edwin Meese III, an attorney general under Ronald Reagan, who said he would make “an excellent counsel.” The moves came as Trump and his team remain locked in a debate over appointing a secre-
tary of state, the most important foreign policy job in the administration. Aides to Trump have said a decision on that post may not come until next week at the earliest. The dispute centers on whether Trump should select Mitt Romney or Rudy Giuliani for the Cabinet position. It remains possible, Trump’s advisers said, that the job could go to someone else, like Gen. John F. Kelly, a Marine who led the U.S. Southern Command under Obama. McFarland, who will not require Senate confirmation, worked for the Nixon, Ford and Reagan administrations. From 1970 to 1976, she was an adviser to Henry A. Kissinger on the National Security Council. She also ran unsuccessfully in a 2006 Republican Senate primary race for the seat held by Hillary Clinton.
THE ZAPATA TIMES | Saturday, November 26, 2016 |
ENTERTAINMENT
Here come the 2016 holiday films. Plan your movie-watching accordingly By Rene Rodriguez MIAMI HERALD
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In this Sept. 22, 2016 photo, Metallica band members, from left, Kirk Hammett, Robert Trujillo, Lars Ulrich and James Hetfield pose for a portrait in New York to promote their first album in eight years, “Hardwired… To Self-Destruct.”
James Hetfield says Metallica makes music they want to hear By John Carucci A S S OCIAT E D PRE SS
NEW YORK — Inside a Brooklyn soundstage, Metallica has a relaxed vibe. The bandmates are making a music video for the single "Now That We're Dead" from their new album, "Hardwired. To Self-Destruct." After frontman James Hetfield returns from the all-white set following his bit in front of the camera, he hands off his guitar, shakes out his hand and is relieved he "didn't drop the pick this time." It's been eight year since producer Rick Rubin brought the band back to life — at least in the studio — with the CD "Death Magnetic," and though the band has toured continuously since then, there wasn't a sense of urgency to get back in
the studio. "Fans have reminded us," Hetfield said. "Metallica is usually pretty busy. We don't have watches. We don't keep a super tight schedule, but we have fun and we do a lot of stuff." This is Metallica's tenth studio album in their 35-year history, yet it's no secret that fans prefer material recorded before 1992. Hetfield said the band plays music it wants to hear. "That's number one. If the fans enjoy it, that's up to them. We can't please everyone. We do our best, and hopefully the people show up and understand the truth and honesty to us and our craft," Hetfield said. This time, Metallica decided to make their album close to their homes near San Francis-
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co. "We all live in northern California with all of our families, and take our domestic responsibilities very seriously. So we decided that we wanted to make this record at home," drummer Lars Ulrich said. Both Ulrich and Hetfield said they were able to maintain their classic sound by hiring Greg Fidelman. He worked on "Death Magnetic" with Rubin, serving as engineer. This time around, he stepped up to co-produce the record with Ulrich and Hetfield. "It's nice to get the creative juices flowing to be able to sort of go down to the studio and interact with your partners in crime, and still make music that you feel still has something of a relevance and get it out there and share," Ulrich said.
And speaking of sharing the music, the band plans to do it with a lengthy world tour. "There will be no shortage of Metallica coming to your country or to your town or your backyard any time soon, trust me," Ulrich said. As they did with the last record, Hetfield and Ulrich plan to cycle through all 12 new songs to "continue to keep fans on their toes." On their last tour, Metallica were ready with 60 songs at a moment's notice. Ulrich noted that since the band has made recording of their live shows available to fans 12 years ago, they haven't played the show twice. "It's important to us to be able to play a different set list every night," he said. "The whole idea is to try to mix up."
Hollywood likes to save its best films for last, in order to take advantage of holiday moviegoing crowds and be fresh in the minds of Academy voters when they start submitting their Oscar ballots in January. Here’s a list of the movies heading into theaters between now and the end of 2016 (along with a few January stragglers). DEC. 9 "Office Christmas Party": Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman, Kate McKinnon and Olivia Munn are among the revelers at an office holiday celebration that gets way out of control. DEC. 16 "La La Land": Get ready to be very happy. Writer-director Damien Chazelle’s song-and-dance musical about two aspiring artists (Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling) who fall in love lives up to the hype. "Collateral Beauty": Will Smith stars as a man whose life is upended by tragedy. Edward Norton, Kate Winslet and Helen Mirren are among the people who help him try to regain his footing. DEC. 21 "Assassin’s Creed": Michael Fassbender stars in this adaptation of the hit video game as a man genetically linked to a member of a secret society of killers in 15th-century Spain. "Jackie": The Oscar buzz is strong around Natalie Portman’s performance as Jacqueline Kennedy in this drama set during the immediate days following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story": Gareth Ed-
wards ("Godzilla") directs this prequel to "A New Hope" about a band of resistance fighters (including Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn and Forest Whitaker) who risk their lives to steal the plans for an under-construction Death Star. "Passengers": A spacecraft carring thousands of people to a distant colony planet malfunctions, causing two of its passengers (Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt) to wake up from hypersleep 90 years early. DEC. 23 "Elle": A ferocious Isabelle Huppert stars in director Paul ("Showgirls") Verhoeven’s drama about a woman plotting revenge against the home intruder who raped her. "Why Him?": An uptight father (Bryan Cranston) is aghast to discover his daughter (Zoey Deutch) is dating a Silicon Valley billionaire (James Franco) who lacks even a semblance of manners and social grace. "A Monster Calls": A boy (Lewis MacDougall) worried about the health of his mother (Felicity Jones) seeks comfort in the company of a giant talking tree (Liam Neeson). DEC. 25 "Fences": Viola Davis is the early favorite in the Best Supporting Actress Oscar race for her performance in this adaptation of August Wilson’s play about race relations in the 1950s, directed by and starring Denzel Washington. "Live By Night": Ben Affleck wrote, directed and stars in this Prohibition Era drama about an overly ambitious man who crosses the wrong mobsters.
'The Brady Bunch' matriarch Florence Henderson dies at 82 in Los Angeles By Lynn Elber A S S OCIAT E D PRE SS
LOS ANGELES — Florence Henderson, who went from Broadway star to become one of America's most beloved television moms in "The Brady Bunch," has died. She was 82. Henderson died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on Thursday night, a day after she was hospitalized, said her publicist, David Brokaw. Henderson had suffered heart failure, her manager Kayla Pressman said in a statement. Family and friends had surrounded Henderson's hospital bedside, Pressman said. On the surface, "The Brady Bunch" with Henderson as its ever-cheerful matriarch Carol Brady resembled just another TV sitcom about a family living in suburban America and getting into a different wacky situation each week. But well after it ended its initial run in 1974, the show resonated with audiences, and it returned to television in various forms again and again, including "The Brady Bunch Hour" in 1977, "The Brady Brides" in 1981 and "The Bradys" in 1990. It was also seen endlessly in reruns. "It represents what people always wanted: a loving family. It's such a gentle, innocent, sweet show, and I guess it proved there's always an audience for that," Henderson said in 1999.
Premiering in 1969, it also was among the first shows to introduce to television the blended family. As its theme song reminded viewers each week, Henderson's Carol was a single mother raising three daughters when she met her TV husband, Robert Reed's Mike Brady, a single father who was raising three boys. The eight of them became "The Brady Bunch," with a quirky housekeeper, played by Ann B. Davis, thrown into the mix. Mourners flooded social media with memories of Henderson. Maureen McCormick, who played the eldest Brady daughter, Marcia, tweeted, "You are in my heart forever Florence." ''Dancing With the Stars" host Tom Bergeron tweeted, "Heartbroken. I'll miss you, my friend." Henderson's last public appearance was Monday at the "Dancing With The Stars" taping where she was in the audience to support McCormick, who competed this season. The blond, ever-smiling Henderson was already a Broadway star when the show began, having originated the title role in the musical "Fanny." But after "The Brady Bunch," she would always be known to fans as Carol Brady. "We had to have security guards with us. Fans were hanging on our doors. We couldn't go out by ourselves. We were like the Beatles!" she said of the attention
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In this Oct. 29, 2014 file photo, Florence Henderson arrives at the 2014 amfAR Inspiration Gala at Milk Studios in Los Angeles.
the show brought the cast. Like the Beatles, there was even a Saturday morning cartoon version called "Brady Kids," though Henderson was not in that show. She and Reed did return, however, for "The Brady Bunch Hour, "The Brady Brides" and "The Bradys." So did most of the original cast. She was also back again in 1995 when a new cast was assembled for "The Brady Bunch Movie," a playful spoof of the original show. This time she was Grandma Brady opposite Shelley Long's Carol. Numerous memoirs also kept interest in the show alive as cast members revealed they were more than just siblings off camera. Barry Williams, who played eldest son Greg Brady, would confess to having a crush on his TV stepmom. Henderson, in her
own book, denied having any relationship with Williams but did acknowledge a fling with former New York City mayor John Lindsay. Henderson was a 19year-old drama student in New York when she landed a one-line role in the play "Wish You Were Here." Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II were so impressed they made her the female lead in a 1952 road tour of "Oklahoma!" When the show returned to Broadway for a revival in 1954, she continued in the role and won rave reviews. "She is the real thing," wrote Walter Kerr of the New York Herald Tribune. To broaden her career, Henderson took acting, dancing, singing and guitar lessons, even studying French and Italian. She went on to play
Maria in a road production of "The Sound of Music," was Nellie Forbush in a revival of "South Pacific" and was back on Broadway with Jose Ferrer in "The Girl Who Came to Supper" in 1963. She made her movie debut in 1970 in "Song of Norway," based on the 1944 operetta with music by Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg. Her career nearly came to an end in 1965 when she suddenly lost her hearing while appearing in "The King and I" in Los Angeles. She was diagnosed with a condition linked to heredity. "Corrective surgery in both ears restored my hearing," she said in 2007. As her TV career blossomed with "The Brady Bunch," Henderson also began to make frequent TV guest appearances. She was the first woman to host "The Tonight Show" for the vacationing Johnny Carson. For eight years she also commuted to Nashville to conduct a cooking and talk series, "Country Kitchen," on The Nashville Network. The show resulted in a book, "Florence Henderson's Short Cut Cooking." After "The Brady Bunch" ended its first run, Henderson alternated her appearances in revivals of the show with guest appearances on other programs, including "Hart to Hart," ''Fantasy Island" and "The Love Boat."
In later years she also made guest appearances on such shows as "Roseanne, "Ally McBeal" and "The King of Queens." She also became a commercial spokeswoman and co-produced "Country Kitchen," a Nashville Network series, The Los Angeles Times reported. Florence Agnes Henderson was born Feb. 14, 1934, in the small town of Dale in southern Indiana. She was the 10th child of a tobacco sharecropper of Irish descent. In grade school, she joined the choir at a Catholic church in Rockport, Indiana. After high school she moved to New York, where she enrolled in a two-year program at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, her studies financed by a theatrical couple who had been impressed by her singing when they saw her perform in high school. She dropped out of the program after one year, however, to take the role in "Wish You Were There." Henderson married theater executive Ira Bernstein and the couple had four children before the union ended in divorce after 29 years. Her second husband, John Kappas, died in 2002. Pressman said she is survived by her children, Barbara, Joseph, Robert and Lizzie, their spouses and five grandchildren. Late Associated Press writer Bob Thomas contributed to this report.
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SAPD: Good Samaritan fatally shot outside Northwest Side Walmart By Bruce Selcraig SA N A N TONI O E XPRE SS-NEWS
A Good Samaritan trying to stop what appeared to be a domestic beating was shot and killed Friday afternoon in the parking lot of a Northwest Side Walmart in front of at least a dozen witnesses. San Antonio Police Chief William McManus told media at the scene that a man in his 30s had been assaulting his female companion in the WalMart parking lot at 1603 Vance Jackson Road and was pulling her hair when a witness stopped
his vehicle, rolled down his window and shouted, “Get your hands off her.” The suspect then drew a handgun and fired at the Good Samaritan, striking him in the neck and killing him, McManus said. A woman in the car with the Good Samaritan was struck by shrapnel and injured. McManus said another woman who was farther away in the parking lot but not involved in the confrontation was struck by a stray bullet and was critically injured. Both injured women were taken to University Hospital for treatment,
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San Antonio police investigate the scene of a shooting with a person killed in the Walmart parking lot on Vance Jackson, Friday Nov. 25, 2016.
McManus said. McManus said Eagle, SAPD’s helicopter, followed the attacker as he fled the scene. He was apprehended at Cupples and Castroville road without incident. Anthony Diaz, 36, a senior tech support advisor at Apple and a witness to the shooting, said he began shooting video from his cell phone about
one minute after the last shots were fired. “I was just pulling into park,” said Diaz by phone Friday evening, “when I heard at least two shots about 30 yards away from me. By the time I realized what was going on, the shooter was in his truck fleeing the parking lot...I went first to the lady (bystander) in the parking lot. She was on her stom-
ach saying, `I don’t wanna die.’ I have some medical training and I knew it was arterial blood. Very bright red. There was not much I could do.” When Diaz approached the Good Samaritan’s vehicle, a small white sedan, the man inside was slumped into the passenger seat. “He was hit in the back of the ear and
I could tell it was fatal,” Diaz recalled. “There were also two bullet holes fired into the driver’s side of the car below the window. I think they were fired from pretty close range. The shots were loud, large caliber.... “I saw the shooter jump into his truck and didn’t think anything of it until everyone was running for cover.
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Oil pipeline: Trump's stock in company raises concern By Matthew Daly A S S OCIAT E D PRE SS
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump holds stock in the company building the disputed Dakota Access oil pipeline, and pipeline opponents warn that Trump's investments could affect any decision he makes on the $3.8 billion project as president. Concern about Trump's possible conflicts comes amid protests that unfold daily along the proposed pipeline route. The dispute over the route has intensified in recent weeks, with total arrests since August rising to 528. A recent clash near the main protest camp in North Dakota left a police officer and several protesters injured. Trump's most recent federal disclosure forms, filed in May, show he owned between $15,000 and $50,000 in stock in Texas-based Energy Transfer Partners. That's down from between $500,000 and $1 million a year earlier. Trump also owns between $100,000 and $250,000 in Phillips 66, which has a one-quarter share of Dakota Access. While Trump's stake in the pipeline company is modest compared with his other assets, ethics experts say it's among dozens of potential conflicts that could be resolved by placing his investments in a blind trust, a step Trump has
JOBS From page A1 Jim Hogg counties said the refinery will provide an economic boost to the region. They predict the refinery will help decrease the unemployment and poverty rates in surrounding counties. “It is going to be a massive impact to our region,” Rodriguez said. “Not only for Webb County, but surrounding areas as well.” He said the refinery will boost economic development opportunities and will help the community be equipped with good paying jobs in the industry.
MOORE From page A1 million project to build a refinery in Duval County that is capable of processing 50,000 barrels of light sweet crude oil from the Eagle Ford Shale daily to produce byproducts for sale in Mexico. The last major refinery built in the United States was the 200,000-barrel-a-day Marathon Petroleum Corp. refinery in Garyville, Louisiana. It has since been upgraded to process 539,000 barrels of oil a day. Raven Petroleum is a wholly owned subsidiary of Raven Resources Group LLC, a company Moore founded 2½ years ago as the development holding company for Raven Petroleum. Moore has spent the last 10 years working on oil terminal and midstream pipeline projects in North Dakota, Arkansas and Louisiana, while also conducting trading in the Caribbean and Central American energy markets. For now, Moore’s focus is on trying to create a product to supply Mexico, a country where domestic oil production fell from 3.5 million barrels a day in 2003 to 2.6 million barrels a day in 2012. Mexico’s consumption in 2014 was estimated
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In this Monday, Nov. 21, 2016, file photo, protesters against the Dakota Access oil pipeline stand on a burned-out truck near Cannon Ball, N.D., that they removed from a long-closed bridge a day earlier on a state highway near their camp in southern North Dakota. President-elect Donald Trump holds stock in the company building the disputed Dakota Access oil pipeline, and pipeline opponents warn that Trump’s investments could undercut any decision he makes on the $3.8 billion project as president.
resisted. The Obama administration said this month it wants more study and tribal input before deciding whether to allow the partially built pipeline to cross under a Missouri River reservoir in North Dakota. The 1,200-mile pipeline would carry oil across four states to a shipping point in Illinois. The project has been held up while the Army Corps of Engineers consults with the Standing Rock Sioux, who believe the project could harm the tribe's drinking water and Native American cultural sites. The delay raises the likelihood that a final decision will be made by Trump, a pipeline sup-
CUELLAR From page A1 AgriLife Extension Service and Zapata County for helping to make this meeting possible.” Meeting topics included acreage report-
around 1.9 million barrels per day, according to the EIA. While relations and trade with Mexico — including building a wall across the length of the border and renegotiating or leaving the North American Free Trade Agreement or NAFTA — have been hot-button topics for President-elect Donald Trump, Moore isn’t concerned that the campaign rhetoric nor any presidential policies will affect cross-border trade. “We feel as if the new administration is not going to interfere with the growth of the energy business and the relationship with Mexico,” Moore said. “The big elephant in the room is, ‘what about this wall?’ Well, we don’t feel that will be done to interfere with the commerce and the energy trade.” With what Moore called a “pro-business, pro-energy administration” set to take office, Moore said “we feel very comfortable with our decision to pursue this project.” The oil processed by Raven Petroleum’s refinery will come from South Texas’ Eagle Ford, where production peaked in March 2015 at 1.7 million barrels of oil after years of frenetic growth. The U.S.
porter who has vowed to "unleash" unfettered production of oil and gas. He takes office in January. "Trump's investments in the pipeline business threaten to undercut faith in this process — which was already frayed — by interjecting his own financial well-being into a much bigger decision," said Sharon Buccino, director of the land and wildlife program at the Natural Resources Defense Council, an environmental group. "This should be about the interests of the many, rather than giving the appearance of looking at the interests of a few — including Trump," Buccino said. Trump, a billionaire who has never held pub-
ing; agriculture risk coverage (ARC) and price loss coverage (PLC); Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees, and Farm-raised Fish (ELAP); farm records changes and updates; Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP);
lic office, holds ownership stakes in more than 500 companies worldwide. He has said he plans to transfer control of his company to three of his adult children, but ethics experts have said conflicts could engulf the new administration if Trump does not liquidate his business holdings. Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Ariz., senior Democrat on the House Natural Resources Committee, called Trump's investment in the pipeline company "disturbing" and said it fits a pattern evident in Trump's transition team. "You have climate (change) deniers, industry lobbyists and energy conglomerates involved in that process," Grijalva
and Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP). In attendance were Francis Atwell, Outreach Coordinator for the Office of Congressman Henry Cuellar; Judith A. Canales, FSA State Executive Director; Benny Cano Jr.,
Energy Information Administration estimates the Eagle Ford’s production will fall below 1 million barrels of daily crude oil production in December, the first time it has fallen below that threshold since April 2013. The light sweet crude is a higher grade petroleum compared to heavy crude oil produced in the Mexico, the Middle East and Venezuela, oil which has fed America’s Gulf Coast refineries for decades. At the time of its construction, the project could provide upward of 1,800 jobs and will require up to 500 people to staff it when complete. It’s planned completion is by the end of 2018. “This is to refine products that will be shipped to Mexico,” Duval County Judge Ricardo “Rocky” Carrillo said. “This is, in my opinion, a brilliant move by the businessmen that are constructing the refinery.” Raven Petroleum’s refinery will be the second-closest one in the country to Mexico, located roughly 43 miles away from the border. The closest refinery to Mexico is Western Refining’s 133,000-barrel-per-day El Paso facility. Western Refining is currently being bought by San Antonio-based refiner Tesoro Corp. for $4.1 billion.
said. "The pipeline companies are gleeful. This is pay-to-play at its rawest." A spokeswoman for Trump, Hope Hicks, provided a statement about conflicts of interest to The Associated Press on Friday: "We are in the process of vetting various structures with the goal of the immediate transfer of management of The Trump Organization and its portfolio of businesses to Donald Jr., Ivanka and Eric Trump as well as a team of highly skilled executives. This is a top priority at the organization and the structure that is ultimately selected will comply with all applicable rules and regulations." Besides Trump, at least two possible candidates
FSA District Director; Arnulfo Lerma, FSA Farm Loan Manager; Rene Reyna, FSA County Executive Director – Starr and Zapata Counties; and Zaragosa Rodriguez IV, Texas A&M AgriLife County Extension Agent
Raven Petroleum has bought 832 acres in the southwest corner of Duval County bordering Webb and Jim Hogg counties for an undisclosed amount of money; searches of the Duval County Appraisal District show that one 624-acre plot of land in the area of the site is valued at $1 million. Moore said the project’s cost includes the construction of 4 million barrels of storage capacity and a large rail terminal that will include an additional 20 miles of rail, ensuring that future development can take place. With over 600 acres available after the refinery is built, Moore sees future co-development opportunities as a possibility. At least two inbound and two outbound trains could be at the facility daily, with exports possible by crude oil trains using Kansas City Southern Railroad’s lines through Laredo. Such crude-by-rail trains are a concern to Ilan Levin, associate director for the Environmental Integrity Project, a Washington-based environmental group with offices in Austin. “There’s some other places around the country and around the world that have had tragic accidents with crude oil and
for energy secretary also could benefit from the pipeline. Oil billionaire Harold Hamm could ship oil from his company, Continental Resources, through the pipeline, while former Texas Gov. Rick Perry serves on the board of directors of Energy Transfer Partners. North Dakota Republican Gov. Jack Dalrymple, along with GOP Sen. John Hoeven and Rep. Kevin Cramer, called on President Barack Obama to authorize the Army Corps of Engineers to approve the pipeline crossing, the last large segment of the nearly completed pipeline. Kelcy Warren, CEO of Dallas-based Energy Transfer, told The Associated Press that he expects Trump to make it easier for his company and others to complete infrastructure projects. "Do I think it's going to get easier? Of course," said Warren, who donated $3,000 to Trump's campaign, plus $100,000 to a committee supporting Trump's candidacy and $66,800 to the Republican National Committee. "If you're in the infrastructure business," he said, "you need consistency. That's where this process has gotten off track." The Army Corps of Engineers granted Warren's company the permits needed for the crossing in July, but the agency decided in September that further analysis was warranted, given the tribe's concerns. On Nov. 14, the corps called for even more study. The company has asked a federal judge to declare it has the right to lay pipe under Lake Oahe, a Missouri River reservoir in southern North Dakota. The judge isn't likely to issue a decision until January at the earliest.
GRANT From page A1 Housing and Urban Development may apply for funding through any of the TxCDBG programs. For more information about TxCDBG, contact Erica Garza in TDA’s Office of Rural Affairs at Erica.Garza@TexasAgriculture.gov.
crude-by-rail petroleum products,” he said. The most prominent crude-by-rail accident involved the Canadian town of Lac-Mégantic, when a 74-car feight train rolled downhill and derailed downtown, causing an explosion and fire that killed at least 42 people and causing millions in damage. Juan Vargas, director of economic development for Webb County, said the safety of the such oil trains are “not on the front burner” because there hasn’t been an accident yet in South Texas. He said the rail lines — which currently handle a growing cross-border trade — run a couple of blocks away from his office in Laredo. While the property’s rail access will help with trade, two pipelines also bisect the property — one owned by Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners, the other by Houston-based Hilcorp Energy Company — and Moore said he is in early talks with both companies about possible future deals. Moore said that despite the project being months away from breaking ground, four major corporate clients have already approached him to take 100 percent of the refinery’s production. He
would not name the companies and did not say where they were located. He added that the facility, while not the biggest refinery in the country, will employ modern technologies to ensure reduced environmental impact. The refinery will be totally unlike one built in the 1970s, the era when Garyville’s Marathon refinery was completed. “You could try to build one of the refineries from the ’70s now, but why would you want to?” Moore said. “We’re going to be using the latest and most modern technology, the cleanest technology possible.” Moore added that the facility will pump water from over 4,000 feet underground and recycle used water using an onsite desalination plant. The EIA says that refineries use 1 to 2½ gallons of water to create 1 gallon of refined product. “We’re trying that in order to minimize any of that water usage in that ranchland area. Their concern there is to not interfere with the ranchers’ shallow wells … we’ll be reaching down and pulling water from the deep aquifer,” he said. “There’s enough water down there to last; we could never interfere if we go that deep, and that’s what we plan to do.”
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NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE: DALLAS COWBOYS
Prescott keeps breaking records 1st Cowboys QB to win 10 straight By Stephen Hawkins A S S OCIAT E D PRE SS
ARLINGTON — The Dallas Cowboys are accomplishing things in Dak Prescott’s rookie season that never happened under Hall of Fame quarterbacks Roger Staubach and Troy Aikman. Dallas, which got its five Super Bowl championships under Staubach
and Aikman, had never won 10 consecutive regular-season games in the same season until now. Only once before in franchise history had the Cowboys started 10-1, in Tony Romo’s first full season as the starter in 2007. That was also the only other time since 2005, their last Super Bowl season, that they already had 10 wins on
Thanksgiving Day. “I have tons of confidence in myself, this team, and the coaching staff,” Prescott said. “I never go in to the game thinking we are going to lose, it is always what do we have to do to win? I feel like that is how this team thinks.” The NFL-leading Cowboys (10-1) haven’t lost since their 20-19 setback to Cowboys continues on B2
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Dallas’ Dak Prescott is setting records in his rookie season, becoming the first quarterback in franchise history to win 10 straight games.
NCAA FOOTBALL: TCU HORNED FROGS 31, TEXAS LONGHORNS 9
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION: SPURS 109, CELTICS 106
STRONG, LONGHORNS SOUNDLY BEATEN BY TCU
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Rookie forward Davis Bertans had 15 points off the bench in the Spurs’ 109-106 victory at Boston on Friday.
Rookie Bertans lifts Spurs over the Celtics Rookie scores career high again By Jimmy Golen Eric Gay / Associated Press
Texas lost 31-9 at home to TCU on Friday, ending the regular season without being bowl eligible for the second straight year as head coach Charlie Strong may have coached his last game for UT.
Texas falls short of bowl in 2nd straight year By Jim Vertuno A S S OCIAT E D PRE SS
AUSTIN — Quarterback Kenny Hill ran for two touchdowns and TCU beat Texas 31-9 Friday, sending Longhorns coach Charlie Strong to a crushing loss in what may be his final game after three seasons. Amid swirling reports he will be fired, Texas officials had said this week that Strong’s future would be evaluated after the game. The loss dropped Strong to 16-21 at Texas and he’s the
first coach in program history with three consecutive losing seasons. Strong has two years left on a guaranteed contract that pays him more than $5 million per season. Strong said he expects to meet with Texas President Greg Fenves and athletic director Mike Perrin on Saturday. “I said the third year we’ll make progress, the fourth year will be our year,” Strong said. “I was told when I came in three years ago to build a pro-
gram. The wins and losses don’t add up, but it’s more than that ... (It’s) taking the program in the right direction.” Hill scored TCU’s first touchdown with a 4-yard run that capped the Horned Frogs’ first drive. He scored again in the third quarter on a 41-yard scamper that saw him break away from a pass rush and dart along the right sideline to the end zone for a 17-9 lead. TCU (6-5, 4-4 Big 12) blew it open in the fourth quar-
ter when Trevorris Johnson capped a 97-yard touchdown drive with a 5-yard TD and Darius Anderson ran 70-yards for a score. Texas (5-7, 3-6) running back D’Onta Foreman rushed for 165 yards for and passed 2,000 yards on the season. THE TAKEAWAY TCU: The Horned Frogs became bowl eligible behind a defensive effort that gave up big yards to Foreman but didn’t break when
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BOSTON — The trade that brought Kawhi Leonard to San Antonio was already a success for the Spurs, even before throw-in Davis Bertans began contributing. The Latvian rookie set a career high in scoring for the second straight game, pitching in 15 of the Spurs’ 56 bench points on Friday to help San Antonio beat the Boston Celtics 109-106 for their eighth straight victory. “Our first group was still in bed,” Spurs coach Greg Popovich said after watching his team fall behind 14 points in the first quarter in the matinee start. “That’s why I took them off the court. It was hard to watch.” Leonard had 25 points and 10 rebounds for San Antonio, but that’s not surprising from an All-Star who was second in NBA MVP voting last season. Less expected was the contribution from Bertans, who was selected 27 picks later in the 2011 draft and then dealt to San Antonio with Leonard in the trade that sent George Hill to Indiana.
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NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE: HOUSTON TEXANS
Brock Osweiler eyes continued success against the Chargers By Kristie Rieken ASSOCIATED PRE SS
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Brock Osweiler beat the Chargers twice last year while with Denver. Now Houston’s first-year quarterback sets his sights on beating San Diego Sunday in a Texans’ uniform.
HOUSTON — Brock Osweiler doesn’t have much experience as an NFL starter. The good news for the Houston Texans is that their inconsistent quarterback does have a history with the San Diego Chargers,
who visit Houston on Sunday. Osweiler won twice last season against the Chargers when he played for Denver. He believes his familiarity with San Diego (4-6) will help him this week despite his move to a new team. “The one thing it allows me to do is ... I
know their personnel a little bit,” Osweiler said. “I know what (defensive coordinator John) Pagano wants to do schematically. Obviously, I’m expecting some game plan adjustments that maybe I haven’t seen before, but certainly I feel like San Diego is more of a common opponent in my
eyes.” Osweiler and the Texans look to rebound this week after yet another road loss against Oakland in Mexico City. The Texans (6-4) hope to improve to 6-0 at home on Sunday and hold onto first place in the AFC South when they host a Texans continues on B2
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Amid rumors of Herman leaving, No. 18 Houston loses on road at Memphis By Jason Smith A S S OCIAT E D PRE SS
MEMPHIS — Amid all the very-public speculation about where he will be coaching his next game, Tom Herman still was able to motivate his Cougars. He just didn’t get the result he wanted. In what might be the sought-after coach’s final game with No. 18 Houston, Riley Ferguson threw a 10-yard touchdown pass with 19 seconds left in a wild fourth quarter Friday to lift Memphis to a 48-44 win over the Cougars. Herman guided the Cougars (9-3, 5-3 American Athletic Conference, No. 20 CFP) back from a 17-point halftime deficit. “We had a decision to make at halftime on whether we were going to give up and give in or if we were going to come out in the second half and fight. Our guys fought,” Herman said. “Obviously it wasn’t quite enough, but I think our guys have a lot to be proud of in terms of how they fought in the second half.” Asked by ESPN before the game to address reports that he might be close to a deal with another school, Herman said,
TEXAS From page B1 it mattered. By keeping him out of the end zone and forcing early field
Memphis struck early against a Houston defense that stifled then No. 3ranked Louisville and Heisman candidate Lamar Jackson in a 36-10 home win last week. The Tigers scored touchdowns on all three of their first-quarter drives, with Ferguson going 12 of 13 for 187 yards and two touchdowns in the quarter. His 67-yard pass to Phil Mayhue gave Memphis the early lead before Doroland Dorceus made it 14-3 with a 2-yard touchdown run.
Houston held Louisville to 312 total yards and 18 first downs in its win over the Cardinals last week. By the end of the first quarter Saturday, Memphis had amassed 222 yards and three touchdowns.
goals, TCU never let the Longhorns grab a lead. TCU also dialed up steady pressure on Texas freshman quarterback Shane Buechele with four sacks. Texas: Strong’s future
looks bleak. Longhorns players had rallied behind their coach this week, with several giving tearful pleas for him to return next season. And the defense played arguably
its best game of the year. Strong had hoped a win and a bowl trip would earn him another year, then had to watch as the game turned into a blowout.
COWBOYS From page B1 the New York Giants in the opener, when Prescott and rookie running back Ezekiel Elliott made their NFL debuts. Their 31-26 win over Washington on Thanksgiving Day completed a season sweep of the NFC East rival. “The momentum is real for us right now. Our football team is a lot of fun,” veteran tight end Jason Witten said. “It’s neat to be a part of this and lead a great group of guys. ...Ten wins is good but they don’t hang those banners after 11 weeks. We have to continue to build here going into a critical stretch.” Unlike after most Thanksgiving games, the Cowboys don’t immediately get a long weekend this time. They play another Thursday game next week at Minnesota, meaning their extended break will instead come before the Nov. 11 rematch against the Giants in New Jersey. After that, the Cowboys will have consecutive home games against Tampa Bay and Detroit before finishing the regular season at Philadelphia. “It’s cool. We have to keep it moving though. We can’t get comfortable,” receiver Dez Bryant said about the 10-game winning streak. “When you get comfortable you’re going to fall apart. It’s still a long season. We have to
TEXANS From page B1 San Diego team which has lost two of three and is coming off its bye . Though the Texans weren’t able to outlast Oakland , coach Bill O’Brien believes Osweiler is improving and that he’ll get better as he gets more experience in Houston’s system. He has thrown 12 touchdown passes with 10 interceptions, but has been much better at home where he’s had eight TD tosses. “Our chemistry is growing with every single day we spend together and obviously my knowledge of the offense is getting better and better each week,” Osweiler said. Chargers coach Mike
for the third straight year, marking just the second time in program history it will play in three consecutive bowl games.
“Honestly, don’t believe anything that you read.” Greg Ward gave Houston a 44-41 lead with 1:29 remaining with his fourth TD toss, a 3-yard pass to Chance Allen. But Memphis (8-4, 5-3) drove 72 yards in five plays and snapped a sixgame losing streak against Houston after Ferguson found Anthony Miller for a 10-yard touchdown reception with 19 seconds left. The teams combined to score 31 fourth-quarter points. “What a game. I’m just so very proud of this football team, this coaching staff and everybody associated with our program,” said Mike Norvell, the first Tigers coach to lead Memphis to bowl eligibility in his first season. “I’m so glad the game went the way it did with the ups and the downs, because that provided us with another opportunity to show the heart and the character and how our guys would respond. “Houston has a terrific football team. But today our guys would not be denied,” he said. Ward was spectacular, completing 47 of 67 passes for 487 yards. He also rushed for a team-high 65 yards.
POLL IMPLICATIONS Houston lost to a team it was favored against for the third time this year, and it could fall out of the Top 25 a week after its dominant win against Louisville.
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With rumors he could be leaving to LSU or Texas, Houston head coach Tom Herman may have lost his final game with the Cougars falling 48-44 at Memphis.
make sure everyone’s mind is right, including mine. We have to be chasing something.” The only time the Cowboys have won more consecutive regular-season games was 11 in a row — the last five of the 1968 season and the first six games in 1969, a stretch that included Staubach’s first NFL start. When including postseason games, the longest winning string in franchise history is 12 in a row. That included the Cowboys’ first Super Bowl title during the 1971 season, when they won their last seven regular-season games and all three postseason games, before winning the first two games of the 1972 season. “We’re striving for perfection,” veteran cornerback Orlando Scandrick said. “Nobody is making the playoffs after 10 wins. We just have to keep our foot on the gas and continue to go in week in and week out and win football games.” NOTES: Prescott is three short of Ben Roethlisberger’s NFL rookie record for consecutive wins by a rookie quarterback in the Super Bowl Era. Roethlisberger won 13 consecutive games as a rookie with Pittsburgh in 2004. ... The Cowboys have the longest winning streak following a season-opening loss since San Francisco’s 11 straight wins after losing its 1997 opener. The NFL record is 12 in a row by Minnesota in 1969.
McCoy has a history with Osweiler . He was Denver’s offensive coordinator when Osweiler was drafted in 2012 and the coach is impressed with the progress he’s made this season. “I know the attention to detail, the way he prepares,” McCoy said. “He’s going to be the biggest critic of himself, but a talented player. The more you play with your teammates, the more you play in your system ... the more comfortable you are going to feel the better you are going to play as time goes on, and that showed on Monday night.” Some things to know about Houston’s first meeting against San Diego since 2013. NOT THAT WATT
THE TAKEAWAY HOUSTON: Perhaps all the rumors about Herman were a distraction, Houston struggled early on defense and allowed 555 total yards. MEMPHIS: Memphis was already bowl eligible
SPURS From page B1 “Bertans was amazing,” Popovich said. “Kawhi is Kawhi, but we start to take him for granted. I think overall the bench was the key.” Patty Mills scored 19 off the bench, sinking a 3-pointer with 45 seconds left after the Celtics made it a one-possession game. David Lee had 15 points and 12 rebounds as the Spurs reserves outscored their starters 56-53. The Spurs fell behind by 14 points in the first quarter but scored 12 in a row — seven from Leonard — in the second to get back in the game and improve to 9-0 on the road this season. “You know what you’re getting from Kawhi, and he played great,” Celtics coach Brad Stevens said. “But I thought those guys really changed the complexion of the game.” Isaiah Thomas finished with 24 points with eight assists and Avery Bradley had 19 points and eight rebounds for the Celtics. Al Horford had 12 points and 10 rebounds in his second home game since signing a four-year, $113-million contract with Boston this summer. Jae Crowder scored 10 of his
There will be a Watt on the field in Houston, but it won’t be Texans injured superstar J.J. Watt. It will be his brother Derek Watt , a rookie sixthround pick of the Chargers this season. Quarterback Philip Rivers said he’s added a new dimension to their offense. “He’s kind of a true fullback that was haven’t really had in a handful of years,” Rivers said. “We’ve used our tight ends kind of in that role. He obviously plays on special teams as well, he catches the ball well and he’s good as a fullback. He’s been a good addition for us.” CLOWNEY’S CONTRIBUTION Houston defensive end Jadeveon Clowney is having the best season of
KEY NUMBERS HOUSTON: Linell Bonner was the main recipient of Ward’s huge passing game, finishing with 17 receptions for 235 yards and a touchdown. “Yeah, he’s got a knack for getting open in zones and closing catches. He was a huge factor in the game,” Herman said of Bonner. MEMPHIS: Miller had 15 receptions for 169 yards and two touchdowns. Before catching the winning touchdown, Miller had a 35-yard touchdown reception that put the Tigers ahead 41-37 with 3:49 left in the fourth quarter. UP NEXT HOUSTON: The Cougars will wait to find out what bowl they’re headed to and whether they’re losing they’re losing Herman. “The 10-win goal is
“Every year, it turned into being all about me. It never should have been all about me. The players should have been given a chance to enjoy it,” Strong said.
18 points in the first quarter. The Celtics had won three in a row, but they lost to San Antonio for the 10th straight time. “Home, road, 20 years, whatever it’s been: they finish,” Stevens said. LOOKING BACK A 6-foot-10 forward, Bertans spent much of the last five years playing in Europe and recovering from ACL injuries. He signed with San Antonio this summer and has played in 13 of 16 games so far this season. Leonard, who was the No. 15 overall pick by the Pacers in the 2011 draft, said he had no memory of Bertans’ name from that night. “I was just thinking of myself,” he said. RUNS Boston used an 18-2 run to turn a two-point deficit into a 24-10 lead. But the Spurs were just as impressive in the second, when they scored 12 straight points to make it a one-point game. “We gave up the whole first quarter, and after that we knuckled down and played pretty good,” Popovich said. “And the starters came back in and played better after that too.” The Celtics led 74-69 with 25 seconds left in the third
his three-year career and is tied for second in the NFL with a career-high 12 tackles for losses. The improvement of the top overall pick in the 2014 draft has helped Houston deal with the loss of Watt. “He’s a very talented player,” McCoy said. “He’s a player that you have to make sure you know where he is every play, because he is a special player that can change a game in a hurry.” RECORD WATCH With 109 career touchdown catches, San Diego’s Antonio Gates needs two to tie Tony Gonzalez for the NFL record for a tight end. Gates has five TD catches this year. He has yet to have a twotouchdown game. Gates has caught 82 career
LAST WORD “We had a slant by Anthony Miller, and it was man (defense). I like Anthony Miller on any corner in the nation. Try and guard him. Good luck. Just threw the ball to him and he did the rest,” Ferguson said about hooking up with Miller for the winning touchdown.
UP NEXT TCU: The Horned Frogs host Kansas State to end the regular season Texas: The Longhorns season is over.
quarter before Bertans hit a 3-pointer and Mills made a 34-foot 3-pointer just before the buzzer to give the Spurs the lead. Bertans also hit a 3 to start the fourth. TIP-INS Spurs: Improved to 5-0 vs. Eastern Conference teams. ... Bertans, who set his careerhigh with 11 against Charlotte on Wednesday, broke it in the first three quarters against Boston. ... Tyler Zeller and Danny Green were teammates on the North Carolina team that won the 2009 NCAA title. Celtics: Horford, the Celtics’ biggest free-agent acquisition of the summer, played just his second home game this season — his first since the opener. He missed nine games with a concussion and returned for the last three games — all on the road. ... Crowder scored his 2,500th career point. UP NEXT Spurs: Visit the Wizards on Saturday to end a three-game road trip. Celtics: Visit the Heat on Monday night. Boston swept the 2015-16 series 3-0 against Miami. The Heat are 4-10 and could be headed for a second year without a playoff appearance in three seasons since LeBron James returned to Cleveland.
scoring passes from Rivers, the most in NFL history between a quarterback and a tight end. EXTRA TIME This is the second week in a row Houston will meet a team coming off its bye. Coach Bill O’Brien said his coaching staff had to work more this week and last to even the field since their opponents had more time to get ready. “They’ve already been preparing for you for three or four days or whatever it is,” O’Brien said. “We have a lot of catching up to do ... I’m not complaining about that. It’s just it’s definitely something that we have to put in extra time to try to catch up to their preparation time for us.” GORDON’S WORK
still there,” Herman said. “I’m not sure the timing of any loss hurts any worse, but these guys have so much to be proud of. They’ve earned 22 victories in the course of two seasons, 3-0 against Top 25 teams, 2-0 against Top 5 teams. So there’s a lot to hang our hat on.” MEMPHIS: The Tigers were already out of the running to make the AAC title game, and will wait to find out where they’ll play in the postseason. “Every bowl game is a reward,” Norvell said. “Wherever we have the opportunity to go, we’re gonna be extremely grateful and we’re gonna prepare to go be victorious. That’s eight wins. We didn’t sign up for that. We want to maximize every opportunity, so the next step in front of us is to finish as bowl champions.”
San Diego running back Melvin Gordon looks to continue his big season. He’s the NFL’s fourth-leading rusher with 838 yards, needing 162 more for his first 1,000-yard season and the 20th in franchise history. The Chargers’ last 1,000yard rusher was Ryan Mathews with 1,255 in 2013. Gordon ran for a career-high 196 yards in a victory against Tennessee three weeks ago. He has three 100-yard games and nine rushing touchdowns this season, compared to no 100-yard games and no touchdowns during his miserable rookie season, when he was benched twice for fumbling and then injured his left knee, forcing him to miss the final two games and leading to offseason surgery.
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the shelter. -- Heloise CARRYING CARDS Dear Heloise: I am sick and tired of carrying all the cards that are needed to get discounts at various stores or needing to sign up for reward points to save money in the future. I understand the marketing reason, but my wallet is so large now that it is hard to close it. Merchants, please just give us the discount at the time of purchase! -- Pam in Wisconsin With some merchants, you can pull up your account by typing your phone number into the keypad at the checkout. -Heloise PROPER PANTS, PLEASE Dear Heloise: I love yoga and casual stretch pants. They are comfortable and inexpensive. However, this casualpants trend has gone too far. Yoga pants should stay in the gym or on the walking trail. -- Anne V., Lubbock, Texas
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