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PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION 2016

RISE OF THE YOUNG VOTERS

Man was wanted in domestic disturbance case

By César G. Rodriguez TH E ZAPATA T IME S

A man wanted for a domestic disturbance in Zapata County was arrested Thursday in Laredo, authorities said.

The suspect, Javier Gonzalez, 25, was served with a warrant out of the Zapata County Sheriff ’s Office for misdemeanor assault, family violence.

Gonzalez was additionally served with warrant out of the

Gonzalez

Gomez Hilary Swift / The New York Times

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U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION

McALLEN, Texas — South Texas officials say they’re struggling to provide services to a fresh wave of immigrants who have entered the U.S. illegally.

City leaders in McAllen say a support center at Sacred Heart Catholic Church saw its busiest month in October since opening two years ago, with more than 5,600 immigrants recorded.

The city and local groups have spent nearly $1 million over two years to provide showers, tents and other needs, Mayor Jim Darling told The

As Election Day nears, many Texas millennials gravitate toward Clinton

By Madlin Mekelburg COX NEWSPAPERS

Officials: Wave of immigrants taking South Texas services A S S OCIAT E D PRE SS

Donald Trump is polling ahead of Hillary Clinton in Texas, but he’s trailing well behind the Democratic candidate for president with college-age voters.

Monitor newspaper.

He said one pressing issue was the lack of buses leaving the city that could take immigrants elsewhere to obtain work and services. Officials have asked bus companies if they could add more trips to help reduce the number of immigrants staying overnight, he said.

“This week they started a bus that leaves at 1:30 in the morning, so that should help us significantly, and they said that if there is more traffic they were willing to do more,” Darling said. “But one of the issues

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USTIN, Texas — Donald Trump is polling ahead of Hillary Clinton in Texas, but he’s trailing well behind the Democratic candidate for president with at least one group — college-age voters.

Young voters heavily favored U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont in his primary campaign against Clinton, but as Election Day draws near, many of those same voters are putting their support behind her.

After Sanders lost to Clinton in the bitterly fought primaries, young Sanders supporters were widely seen as primed to support third party candidates.

Now, nationwide numbers show Clinton polling better with young likely voters than President Barack Obama was performing with that group ahead of the 2012 general election. A poll conducted by the Harvard University Institute of Politics found that Clinton was up 28 points over Trump among likely voters aged 18 to 29.

In 2012, the same poll showed Obama with a 15-point lead over Mitt Romney among 18- to 24-year-olds and a 26-point lead among 25- to 29-year-olds.

In Texas, Clinton is seeing similar support from young voters. A Crosswind/ Austin American-Statesman Texas Pulse poll released last week showed Clinton with a 23-point lead over Trump among

In Texas, Clinton is seeing similar support from young voters. A Crosswind/Austin American-Statesman Texas Pulse poll released last week showed Clinton with a 23-point lead over Trump among likely voters aged 18 to 39. likely voters aged 18 to 39.

“I was with her from the beginning,” said Max Gade, a 27-year-old graduate student at the University of Texas. “Part of it was because I thought Bernie had a lot of great ideas, but I wasn’t convinced of how they were going to come to fruition. ... Although Hillary wasn’t promising these huge things, she was saying, ‘This is what I want to do, and this is how I’m going to do it.’”

Rice University political scientist Mark Jones said changing demographics across the country have made younger cohorts more diverse and therefore more likely to vote for a Democratic candidate.

“One of the reasons why millennials are supporting Hillary Clinton is simply because they’re more diverse than their elders,” he said. “By and large, AfricanAmericans and Latinos are more likely to support a Democratic candidate in any Election continues on A10

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TERROR THREAT

FBI and Abbott assess al-Qaida threat

By Jake Pearson ASSOCIATED PRE SS

Bebeto Matthews / AP

Officers from the NYPD anti-terror unit patrol Times Square on Friday in New York. The FBI and New York Police Department say they are assessing the credibility of information they received of a possible al-Qaida terror attack against the U.S. on the eve of Election Day.

NEW YORK — The FBI and New York Police Department say they are assessing the credibility of information they received of a possible al-Qaida terror attack against the U.S. on the eve of Election Day. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says people should stay vigilant but go about their daily lives as usual while officials assess the

credibility of information about a possible al-Qaida threat.

Abbott on Friday responded to officials Abbott saying that counterterrorism investigators were reviewing information that mentioned Texas, New York and Virginia as potential targets.

An NYPD spokesman says

the information “lacks specificity” and the FBI said it was working closely with law enforcement agencies.

Abbott said in a statement his office was monitoring the situation in coordination with the Texas Department of Public Safety. He said people should report suspicious activity to law enforcement.

It wasn’t immediately clear how the intelligence came to Threat continues on A10

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AROUND THE NATION

TODAY IN HISTORY

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5

ASSOCIATED PRE SS

1 Purple Run. 7 a.m.—12 p.m. Lake Casa Blanca. $20. Designed for the entire family to run/walk/roll in honor of victims, survivors and all those who lost their lives to domestic violence.

1 Book sale. 8:30 a.m.—1 p.m. Widener Book Room, First United Methodist Church. No admission charge.

Everyone is invited.

1 The Laredo Northside Farmers Market’s third anniversary. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. North Central Park. To celebrate the anniversary they are hosting a food demonstration by the students and faculty of LCC's culinary arts program. They will raffle several kitchen gadgets including a Ninja Profession Blender 1000. For more information their Facebook page.

1 No Stomach for Cancer Walk. 9-11 a.m. Northtown Professional Plaza east parking lot, 6999 McPherson Road. The purpose of this walk is to raise awareness of the risks of gastric cancer.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7 1 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.

1 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.

1 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. For more information, please call 307-2014.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8 1 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.

1 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.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9 1 SRX Chess Club. Every Wednesday, 4—5 p.m. Santa Rita Express Library, 83 Prada Machin Drive, on the corner of Malaga Drive and Castro Urdiales Avenue. Learn the basics of chess and compete with friends.

Limited chess sets available for use.

1 The Economic Impacts of Violence and Crime in Mexico. 7—8:30 p.m. TAMIU Student Center Ballroom, 5201 University Blvd. International Bank of Commerce Keynote Speaker Series featuring Dr. Viridiana Rios, Global Fellow at the Wilson Center’s Mexico Institute in Washington, D.C. Free and open to the public. Translation services will be available.

Today is Saturday, Nov. 5, the 310th day of 2016. There are 56 days left in the year. Daylight Saving Time ends Sunday at 2 a.m. locally; clocks go back an hour.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Nov. 5, 1916, the “Everett Massacre” took place in Washington state when a dockside confrontation between members of the Industrial Workers of the World and citizendeputies erupted into gunfire that left at least five “Wobblies” and two deputies dead.

Pat Sullivan / AP file

New York City real estate heir Robert Durst leaves a Houston courtroom. Durst has made his long-awaited arrival in California to face charges of killing a friend 16 years ago.

DURST TO FACE MURDER CHARGE ASSOCIATED PRE SS

LOS ANGELES — New York real estate heir Robert Durst, who became a nationally known name with last year’s HBO documentary “The Jinx,” made his longawaited arrival in California to face charges of killing a friend 16 years ago, authorities said.

Durst was being held in a Los Angeles County jail Friday and is scheduled to be arraigned in the case on Monday afternoon, district attorney’s spokeswoman Jane Robison said.

Local prosecutors have been eager to

Judge delays ruling on Philadelphia transit strike PHILADELPHIA — The city’s transit agency went to court on Friday to force striking workers back on the job, saying their walkout threatens the public’s health, safety and right to vote in Tuesday’s presidential election.

Transit union officials vowed to fight “tooth and nail” against management’s effort to end the four-day strike, and a judge

bring Durst to California and try him in the killing of his friend Susan Berman in 2000, but prosecutors in New Orleans held him there on federal weapons charges until he pleaded guilty in April.

He had already waived extradition to California.

Durst’s attorney, Dick DeGuerin, has said Durst is just as eager to come to Los Angeles County and prove his innocence.

“We’ve been begging to get to California since two days after he was arrested,” DeGuerin told The Associated Press in September.

who presided over an emergency hearing on the injunction request made no immediate ruling.

“There’s not enough evidence that an injunction right now is necessary,” said Judge Linda Carpenter, who planned to take additional testimony on Monday.

The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority argued for an immediate end to the strike, which has commuters stuck on clogged roads, jumping on bikes and organizing carpools around the city

while more than 50,000 children had to find other ways to get to school.

“We’re not going to lay down, while we can’t resolve this strike, and just watch our passengers suffer,” SEPTA general counsel Gino Benedetti said.

“We’re not going to do it. It’s too important for people who can’t get other rides, who can’t afford the Ubers and the Lyfts and have to get to medical appointments.”Benedetti said SEPTA hopes to resolve the strike over the weekend.

— Compiled from AP reports

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10 1 Fifth annual Hiring Red, White & You! statewide hiring fair. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. UT Health Science Center Regional Campus, 1937 E. Bustamante St. This Texas Workforce Commission hiring fair intended to connect veterans and their spouses with employers who are seeking veterans’ exceptional skills. Employers participate at no cost and are encouraged to contact their local Workforce Solutions office for more information.

1 Rummage Sale. 9 a.m.—5 p.m.

First United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall. Free and open to the public.

1 Wii U Gaming. Every Thursday, 4—5 p.m. Santa Rita Express Library, 83 Prada Machin Drive, on the corner of Malaga Drive and Castro Urdiales Avenue. Game with friends on Wii U. 1 Laredo Area Retired School Employees Association monthly meeting. 11 a.m. Blessed Sacrament Parish Hall, 2219 Galveston St.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11 1 Rummage Sale. 9 a.m.—5 p.m.

First United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall. Free and open to the public.

1 DUPLO Fun Time. Every Friday, 10:30—11:30 a.m. McKendrick Ochoa Salinas Branch Library, 1920 Palo Blanco Street. LEGOs for toddlers.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12 1 Last day of Rummage Sale, “A Dollar a Bag Day.” 9 a.m.—2 p.m.

First United Church Fellowship Hall.

Free and open to the public.

US, EU question Turkey’s detention of pro-Kurdish lawmakers

Mahmut Bozarslan / AP

Police detain a protester after an explosion in southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir, early Friday.

charges along with seven other legislators. The courts released three others on condition they report regularly to authorities.

The private Dogan News Agency said the two were taken to a maximum security prison in the northwestern city of Kocaeli. The European Union’s foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, expressed concern

Ten years ago: Saddam Hussein was convicted and sentenced by the Iraqi High Tribunal to hang for crimes against humanity. Saying that he was a “deceiver and liar” who had given in to his dark side, the Rev. Ted Haggard confessed to sexual immorality in a letter read from the pulpit of the New Life Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Rockwall County, Texas, prosecutor Louis “Bill” Conradt Jr. killed himself as police tried to serve him with an arrest warrant alleging he’d solicited sex with a minor online.

Five years ago: Former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky, accused of molesting eight boys, was arrested and released on $100,000 bail after being arraigned on 40 criminal counts. (Sandusky was later convicted and sentenced to 30 to 60 years in prison for the sexual abuse of 10 boys over a 15-year period.)

One year ago: A woman who kept mentally disabled adults captive in the basement of a Philadelphia home and in other states for their disability checks was sentenced by a federal judge to life in prison; Linda Weston, 55, apologized during the hearing, saying: “I believe in God and God knows what happened.”

AROUND THE WORLD

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish authorities on Friday detained 12 pro-Kurdish members of Parliament for questioning in terror-related probes, drawing sharp concern from the United States and the European Union, who feared the move hurts Turkey’s democracy. A car bombing later hit Turkey’s largest Kurdish city, killing nine people. Authorities blamed the attack on Kurdish militants but the Islamic State group later claimed responsibility.

The co-chairs of the proKurdish People’s Democratic Party, or HDP, were among those rounded up in the middle of the night. Selahattin Demirtas and Figen Yuksekdag were ordered held in custody pending trial on terror-related

On this date: In 1605, the “Gunpowder Plot” failed as Guy Fawkes was seized before he could blow up the English Parliament.

In 1872, suffragist Susan B. Anthony defied the law by attempting to cast a vote for President Ulysses S. Grant.

(Anthony was convicted by a judge and fined $100, but she never paid the penalty.)

In 1912, Democrat Woodrow Wilson was elected president, defeating Progressive Party candidate Theodore Roosevelt, incumbent Republican William Howard Taft and Socialist Eugene V. Debs.

In 1935, Parker Brothers began marketing the board game “Monopoly.”

In 1940, President Franklin D. Roosevelt won an unprecedented third term in office as he defeated Republican challenger Wendell L. Willkie.

In 1946, Republicans captured control of both the Senate and the House in midterm elections.

In 1956, Britain and France started landing forces in Egypt during fighting between Egyptian and Israeli forces around the Suez Canal. (A cease-fire was declared two days later.)

In 1968, Republican Richard M. Nixon won the presidency, defeating Democratic Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey and American Independent candidate George C. Wallace.

In 1974, Democrat Ella T. Grasso was elected governor of Connecticut, becoming the first woman to win a gubernatorial office without succeeding her husband.

In 1985, Spencer W. Kimball, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, died at age 90; he was succeeded by Ezra Taft Benson.

In 1994, former President Ronald Reagan disclosed he had Alzheimer’s disease.

about the arrests on Twitter, saying she had called a meeting of EU ambassadors in Ankara.

Governments in Norway, Sweden and Demark summoned their Turkish ambassadors to explain the arrests. Both the White House and the U.S. State Department expressed concerns.

— Compiled from AP reports

Today’s Birthdays: Actor Chris Robinson is 78. Actress Elke Sommer is 76. Singer Art Garfunkel is 75. Actorplaywright Sam Shepard is 73. Singer Peter Noone is 69. TV personality Kris Jenner is 61. Actor Nestor Serrano is 61.

Actress-comedian Mo Gaffney is 58.

Actor Robert Patrick is 58. Singer Bryan Adams is 57. Actress Tilda Swinton is 56. Actor Michael Gaston is 54. Actress Tatum O’Neal is 53. Actress Andrea McArdle is 53. Rock singer Angelo Moore (Fishbone) is 51.

Actress Judy Reyes is 49. Actor Seth Gilliam is 48. Rock musician Mark Hunter (James) is 48. Actor Sam Rockwell is 48. Country singers Jennifer and Heather Kinley (The Kinleys) are 46. Actor Corin Nemec is 45. Rock musician Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead) is 45. Country singer-musician Ryan Adams is 42. Actor Sam Page is 40. Actor Luke Hemsworth (TV: “Westworld”) is 36. Actor Jeremy Lelliott is 34. Actress Annet Mahendru is 31. Rock musician Kevin Jonas (The Jonas Brothers) is 29. Actor Landon Gimenez is 13.

Thought for Today: “Examine what is said, not him who speaks.” — Arab proverb.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14 1 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.

1 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.

1 Become a Texas Master Naturalist. 7 p.m. Lake Casa Blanca State Park, 5102 Bob Bullock Loop. This is an informational meeting with the Brush Country Chapter of Master Naturalist.

Master Naturalists are volunteers of all ages who educate the public about the environment and assist with habitat conservation. Enhance your love of nature through in-depth training focusing on our native ecosystem.

AROUND TEXAS Experts recommend broad reforms for foster care system DALLAS — Experts chosen to overhaul the troubled Texas foster care system are recommending a series of reforms in a key report given to the court Friday, including phasing out placements that had allowed up to 12 children in a single home and reducing the turnover of caseworkers.

U.S. District Judge Janis

CONTACT US Graham Jack in December declared the state foster care system unconstitutionally flawed and ordered the independent overhaul. She then appointed the special masters, who started work on a reform plan.

The broken foster care system is one of two child welfare crises facing the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services. Figures released in October showed thousands of kids at high risk for abuse who are not promptly visited by

child investigators, a problem that has not abated despite Gov. Greg Abbott installing new leadership in April. The wideranging report now in Jack’s hands only focuses on the foster system, which the judge has said often leaves children labeled permanent wards of the state more badly damaged than when they entered. Among the suggested reforms are drastically reducing caseloads, requiring caseworkers to meet privately with children.

— Compiled from AP reports

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LOCAL & STATE Special-needs students design sets for stage

By Nancy Churnin TH E DALLAS MORNI NG NEWS

PLANO, Texas — Art is one of Rosie Alvarado’s favorite classes at My Possibilities, a continuing education program for post-high school adults with cognitive disabilities, in Plano.

“I painted it myself,” she told The Dallas Morning News proudly in her art room, standing beside her art teacher, Casey Parrott. “I mixed blue and gold and red. I painted it for Jonah’s show. It makes me happy.”

Jonah is Jonah Gutierrez, Alvarado’s theater teacher at My Possibilities.

He played a leading role in “Midas,” a new play from PrismCo performed at Oak Cliff Cultural Center last month. Gutierrez, who is also a member of PrismCo and its longtime technical director, has been teaching the students theater skills, while Parrott has guided them in creating paintings and sculptures that complement the story of the mythical king whose touch turned objects and those he loved into gold.

Jeff Colangelo, a cofounder of PrismCo who directed the show, says he was thrilled with results.

“They are an incredible group,” he says.

“We chose to work with them because of the quality of their art. I really enjoy their artwork. It’s secondary that we get to work with adults with special needs.”

PrismCo is a wordless theater company, cofounded by Southern Methodist University graduates Colangelo and Katy Tye. “Midas,” written by Tye, tackled the mythological tale of the eponymous greedy king who wished for everything he touched to turn

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Zapatan Renato Ramirez is featured on the cover of Todo Austin, a monthly newspaper for the city.

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In a Sept. 29 photo, art teacher Casey Parrott, right, helps his student Rosie paint a portrait of actress Debbie Crawford during an art class at My Possibilities in Plano, Texas. The My Possibilities has developed a partnership with a local theater company, PrismCo, and is currently creating artwork for the theater's upcoming production of Midas.

to gold. Alvarado and another My Possibilities student, Sara Oleksy, used photos of actresses playing Midas’ wife and daughter as models for paintings that show Midas’ family members after they’ve been turned to gold. Another student, Scott Walter, sculpted and spray-painted a giant golden nugget for the show.

The students attended the Oct. 14 performance, which was followed that night by an auction of the artwork. The proceeds went to the students, with the artwork delivered to the new owners at the end of the show’s run.

The relationship between My Possibilities and PrismCo began in fall of 2015. Artists from PrismCo, with the mission of presenting highly accessible work to people of all ages, ethnicities, language backgrounds and disabilities, presented a private showing of Persephone for the school, followed by

a talk-back session. The students loved the show and the relationship between the theater and the school continued with PrismCo performing short shows, teaching the students stage-combat skills and coaching a student showcase production of “Wendy.” Colangelo was so impressed by the painting the students did for “Wendy,” he spoke with Parrott and Gutierrez about having them create art for “Midas.”

Gutierrez was eager to connect his work at My Possibilities with his theatrical home at PrismCo. Parrott, a graduate of Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts and Southern Methodist University, was happy about the idea, too. Students at My Possibilities who studied culinary, computer or office skills knew they could leverage those lessons into jobs.

Finally, Parrott could show his art students that

art could also lead to satisfying work outside school.

Parrott created a painting of Gutierrez that will be in the show and worked side by side with his students, putting his canvas alongside theirs as he demonstrated techniques of shading, depth and mixing colors.

At the same time, he encouraged them to find and follow their own visions.

“I’ve learned a lot from them,” he says of his students. “They’ve changed me as an artist and not just because of their passion and diligence. They are incredibly creative, and I’m thrilled to be part of their journey as artists.”

His greatest pleasure, however, is seeing his students do what they love.

Oleksy says she was surprised and happy about her work being featured in “Midas.”

“Painting is one of my favorite things to do. Art is my thing. It’s exciting.”

Zapata IBC Bank CEO featured in Austin magazine THE ZAPATA TIME S

Zapatan Renato Ramirez is on the cover of this month’s Todo Austin, a monthly newspaper for the city.

The publication tells Ramirez’s story, from growing up in Zapata to receiving his doctorate in finance and economics at the University of Tennessee. He is currently chief executive officer at IBC Bank-Zapata.

“In 1983, I accepted an offer to become the CEO of a start-up in Zapata.

The expectation was that we could grow the bank to $75 to $100 million asset base. The next 33 years, we grew the bank to over $500 million and earned over $100 million,” Renato says in an interview with the paper.

The article focuses mainly on his work with the Texas Civil Rights Project, an organization that aims to empower Texas communities with

legal help. Ramirez joined the board for TCRP in the early 2000s, Todo Austin reports.

“Ramirez has dedicated many years of his life and career to the recognition of Tejanos in our state’s culture and history,” they write. “He is one, if not the most, valuable member of the team that made the 12-year journey to build The Tejano Monument on the front lawn of the Capitol grounds a reality in 2012.”

At the organization’s annual Bill of Rights Dinner, TCRP recognizes community-minded members of the private sector with the Renato Ramirez Community Empowerment Award.

This year’s recipient is Tim League, CEO and founder of Alamo Drafthouse. The fundraising dinner will be held Thursday, Nov. 10.

Read Ramirez’s story at todoaustin.com

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Support veterans by voting against the death penalty

By Matthew J. Hefti TR IBUNE NEWS SE RV ICE

Veterans are disproportionately represented on death row, and this election, death is on the ballot in three of our union’s states. In advance of Veterans Day, citizens can show support for veterans with their votes.

Any number of good reasons justify abolishing the death penalty in the United States. From 20072012, the United States found itself in the company of China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Iraq among the countries with the most executions, which hardly puts us in enlightened company. The death penalty is arbitrarily imposed, disproportionately targets minority offenders and almost exclusively targets poor offenders.

Life in prison is significantly less expensive for taxpayers than is a death penalty regime. The risk of executing the innocent is unjustifiable, especially in light of the 156 death row exonerations to date and strong evidence that we have most likely already executed innocent people.

As Veterans Day grows ever closer, it’s important to highlight another reason to abolish the death penalty that voters ought to consider. Our combattraumatized veterans are being sentenced to death when their crimes are almost certainly linked to their military service.

Though the number is difficult to quantify exactly, a Death Penalty Information Center report issued last November tallied approximately 300 veterans on death row. In other words, nearly 10 percent of the people that our government seeks to execute are veterans of the armed forces, many of whom saw combat. To put it into perspective, veterans only make up just over 7 percent of the American population.

Veterans should by no means get a pass for heinous crimes. Life in prison without the chance of parole is a harrowing punishment in itself. But when many of these condemned veteran convicts were trained to kill by our own very own government and then went overseas to do exactly that at the request of the American people, it is a perverse irony that the government would then try to impose the ultimate punishment for crimes committed in the aftermath of such service.

One such example is veteran George Porter. In 2009, the United States Supreme Court granted habeas corpus relief for Porter, who challenged his sentence of death because his attorney failed to bring forth evidence of his combat record, which would have been mitigating evi-

dence that may have spared him the death penalty.

The Supreme Court noted in its decision granting Porter relief, "Our Nation has a long tradition of according leniency to veterans in recognition of their service, especially for those who fought on the front lines as Porter did."

Voters with the chance to vote on death penalty initiatives should take heed of this nation’s long tradition of recognizing the service of veterans embroiled in the criminal justice system by not leaving the irrevocable decision to kill up to a handful of players in the judicial system.

California voters face competing ballot initiatives: A vote of yes on Proposition 62 is a vote in support of repealing the death penalty in California. On the other hand, a vote of yes on Proposition 66 is a vote in support of fast-tracking the death penalty, which would reduce judicial safeguards and legal protections that sometimes operate to prevent executing the innocent.

Nebraska’s bipartisan legislature overrode the governor’s veto last year to repeal the death penalty in their state. Billionaire Gov. Pete Ricketts did not appreciate the measure, and he has contributed significant funds to a pro-death group lobbying to reinstate the death penalty in Nebraska. Nebraska voters can cast a repeal vote that will bring back the death penalty or a retain vote that will retain the legislature’s bipartisan abolishment of state-sponsored death.

In Oklahoma, pro-death lobbyists are attempting to enshrine capital punishment in the state’s constitution. Oklahoma voters can vote to support an amendment to the state constitution that would protect the government’s right to execute people in the same way that the constitution protects the people’s right to be free from government interference in their speech, free exercise of religion or other fundamental rights.

A vote of no on the other hand, would oppose such a backward measure.

With a disproportionate number of veterans on death row throughout the United States, voters need to make it known that killing those who have served is no way to honor the veteran community as a whole, and doing away with legal safeguards for criminal defendants or convicts is no way to honor the sacrifices that veterans have made in defense of the United States Constitution.

Matthew J. Hefti is a four-time combat veteran with deployments to both Iraq and Afghanistan.

COLUMN

Still feeling the Bern

By Roger Cohen THE NEW YORK TIME S

So Donald Trump has said the following in Florida: “I’m honored to have the greatest temperament that anyone’s ever had.”

Hahaha.

We, in turn, feel honored to have been exposed these past 16 months to a temperament so expressive of the Platonic virtues: wisdom, courage, moderation and justice. Not to mention humility. It has been uplifting.

Hahaha. I can’t believe I just wrote that. Well, at this point I can believe anything. I think I speak for all Americans in saying we are ready for this election to be over.

In fact, I speak for the entire planet, since the election is all anybody anywhere talks about.

The campaign, thanks to Trump, has involved a kind of magical mystery tour of all that is base, vile, vulgar, repugnant, primal, violent, bullying, petulant, hateful, dishonest, superficial and lazy in human nature. It has also offered a primer in how democratic societies can veer off the rails into forms of horror that, in hindsight, seem unimaginable. Small compromise by small compromise, craven step by craven step, is a Republic undone.

To give Trump his due, he recognized a moment when a lot of Americans under pressure, feeling menaced by modernity, were ready to reconnect with their inner reptile: there’s nothing new about mass popular delusions or the madness of crowds. He has reminded us, at a time of shifting global power, that the world is a dangerous place. Underuti-

Sanders honed in on the core issue of growing inequality in American society.

He nudged Clinton on the minimum wage, bringing her into the nationwide “fight for $15.” He identified post-2008 impunity on Wall Street as an important element in the sense many Americans have that the system is rigged, and pushed Clinton toward stronger language and positions on taxing the super-rich, on more equitable taxation in general. lized assets bother Trump; that’s troubling when it comes to nukes.

He has put truth in its place, elevating the lie to the center of political discourse, no small feat.

So let’s make America great again “with the greatest temperament that anyone’s ever had!”

Let’s imagine Trump’s face in all our embassies and on all our TV screens in a moment of national tragedy. “My fellow Americans ...”

No, let’s not. I mean, seriously.

But this column is not in fact about Trump. It’s about Bernie Sanders.

When I thought about what to say in this last pre-election column, I kept being reminded of his honorable campaign and — although I have admired Hillary Clinton’s discipline and lucidity and, yes, temperament under pressure, and believe it is important for the United States to have a woman as president at last, especially after Trump’s relentless misogyny — I think we all owe Sanders a doff of the hat.

Sanders honed in on the core issue of growing inequality in American society. He nudged Clinton on the minimum wage, bringing her into

the nationwide “fight for $15.” He identified post-2008 impunity on Wall Street as an important element in the sense many Americans have that the system is rigged, and pushed Clinton toward stronger language and positions on taxing the super-rich, on more equitable taxation in general, on gross abuses by pharmaceuticals companies, and on ensuring democracy delivers not only for the most powerful but also the most needy.

He argued for a singlepayer European-style health care system — almost certainly an unattainable goal — and thereby prodded Clinton to the point that she has now said she would like to give people the option to buy into Medicare. On the downside he argued against free trade, and again influenced Clinton, this time negatively, but as with everything, Sanders was passionate and sincere.

Above all, Sanders was big in spirit throughout a tight race for the Democratic nomination and afterward.

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hearing about your damn emails.” On his many young supporters: “I am proud of the millions of young people who previously were not involved in the political process who are now coming into it.”

Or, speaking at the conservative Liberty University: “I believe in a woman’s rights, and the right of a woman to control her own body. I believe in gay rights and gay marriage. Those are my views, and it is no secret. But I came here today, because I believe from the bottom of my heart that it is vitally important for those of us who hold different views to be able to engage in a civil discourse.”

After the primaries, he said: “The major political task that together we face in the next five months is to make certain that Donald Trump is defeated and defeated badly.” And at the Democratic convention: “Hillary Clinton will make an outstanding president and I am proud to stand with her here.” And in a kind of summation: “There is a lot of sentiment that enough is enough, that we need fundamental changes, that the establishment — whether it is the economic establishment, the political establishment or the media establishment — is failing the American people.”

Perhaps, if Clinton is elected, Sanders could serve as secretary of outreach and conciliation. Certainly, in a dark season, and under a dark threat that is still present as I write, he has through his integrity given America an example to emulate.

Roger Cohen is a columnist for The New York Times.

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ENTERTAINMENT Experts debate sex and alcohol in Utah ‘Deadpool’ case

By Lindsay Whitehurst A S S OCIAT E D PRE SS

SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah court fight over alcohol, sex and “Deadpool” is drawing in experts dueling over banning booze at suggestive movies and the artistic value of the foul-mouthed superhero film.

Here’s a look at the case as the Salt Lake City theater Brewvies and the state of Utah gear up for a July 2017 trial date set on Thursday: How We Got Here The Salt Lake City case started this spring, after state regulators threatened to fine the theater up to $25,000 and revoke its liquor license under a law that bans serving booze during films with simulated sex or full-frontal nudity.

The theater fought back, challenging the measure they say is so vague it would apply to Michelangelo’s “David.”

The movie’s star Ryan Reynolds took notice with a $5,000 donation to help pay the cinema’s legal bills.

Protection vs. Freedom The law is typically used to regulate alcohol at strip clubs, where dancers are required to wear Gstrings and pasties if liquor is served, but also applies to movies. Brewvies says Utah authorities have used the rule as a club, fining them in connection with “The Hangover Part II” and threatening punishment in connection with “Magic Mike XXL” and “Ted 2.”

The state, though, says the law is designed to

protect the public from negative effects that could come from serving alcohol while showing movies with adult content.

Are sex and alcohol an explosive mix?

Utah is citing laboratory research from a University of Washington professor indicating alcohol can increase sexually aggressive tendencies and possibly sex-related crime like rape and prostitution around adult-oriented businesses.

But another expert from University of California, Santa Barbara, argued those lab results don’t translate to the real world, citing studies from Fort Wayne, Indiana, and Charlotte, North Carolina indicating no increase in crime rates near erotic establishments.

“Deadpool” as art Utah regulators say the movie broke the law because it includes nudity and simulated sex, including a suggestive scene in the film’s credits involving a cartoon unicorn.

The theater argues the R-rated movie, while crude, is far from obscene.

Most of the sex scenes come in a sequence that lasts less than 90 seconds, said Southern Utah University associate professor Kyle Bishop in court documents.

Bishop contends the anti-hero movie is artistically important because the story questions the value society places on physical appearance and its satirical tone encourages people to think critically about the increasingly dominant superhero genre.

How good intentions sparked ‘Doctor Strange’ controversy

By Lindsey Bahr ASSOCIATED PRE SS

LOS ANGELES — Director Scott Derrickson knew he had a problem on his hands before the internet did. Two, actually. “Doctor Strange,” now in theaters, contained in its rich tapestry of mind-bending visuals, ideas and dimensions, two very stereotypical East Asian characters — a wise Tibetan mystic, The Ancient One, and a servant, Wong.

Though deplorable, it wasn’t uncommon for the time. The comic was first published in 1963, just two years after Mickey Rooney donned buck teeth and a horrifying accent to play the landlord Mr. I.Y. Yunioshi in “Breakfast at Tiffany’s.”

Derrickson knew “Doctor Strange” wasn’t going to work as written.

“I went through my own mental gymnastics to try to grapple with what I was supposed to do — what the right thing was to do,” Derrickson said.

He settled on a twofold decision. For The Ancient One, he cast a woman, Tilda Swinton. And for Wong he cast British actor Benedict Wong and rewrote the part to be more substantial.

However, making The Ancient One a woman, also, consequently, led to the decision to cast a non-Asian actor in the role — a move that would end up sparking a socialmedia firestorm.

“I didn’t think there was any possible way to avoid the stereotypes of the old magical Asian mentor or a Dragon Lady,” Derrickson said.

When news of Swinton’s casting broke in May 2015, blog posts and articles celebrated the decision. Some called it “perfect casting.” The Hollywood Reporter praised the actress’s refusal “to be pigeonholed in any way.”

A year later, though, the tide had turned. Swinton’s casting was no longer inspired but widely regarded as “whitewashing.” The Hollywood Reporter scolded it for being “well-intentioned, but thoughtless.”

A few things had changed in the entertainment landscape that awakened public awareness about the all-too common practice in the industry: a kerfuffle at the Oscars with Asian stereotypes; Emma Stone’s half-Asian character in “Aloha”; and a first-look image of Scarlett Johansson playing a Japanese character in “Ghost in the Shell” that dropped around the same time as the first “Doctor Strange” teaser. Matters were further enflamed when screenwriter C. Robert Cargill said that casting a Tibetan actor would have just alienated China.

The outrage prompted Marvel to issue a rare statement. They noted their track record of diversity, praised Swinton’s casting and explained that “The Ancient One” was a moniker, not a character and this one was Celtic.

But the whitewashing stigma persisted and even grew as further controversies emerged.

Derrickson cringes at the term whitewashing.

“It’s such a pejorative word that implies racist intent. I didn’t have that. I

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Benedict Cumberbatch as Dr. Stephen Strange in a scene from the movie "Docter Strange" directed by Scott Derrickson.

had nothing but the best intent,” he said.

For the actors involved, it’s complicated. They acknowledge and support the cries for more diversity on screen, but also support their film and the roles they play.

“I’m not remotely surprised that there’s an outcry about the lack of accurate representation of the diversity of our world in Hollywood cinema,” Swinton said. “It’s an unfortunate misunderstanding about this film — the irony being that (the adaptation) was trying to not perpetuate offensive racial stereotypes, and, by the by, cast a sorcerer supreme as a woman. But it can be both and it’s all true and I hope that when people see the film they understand.”

Benedict Wong is also in the uncomfortable position of balancing celebration of the positive change seen in his and Swinton’s casting with the knowledge that East Asian actors are undervalued in Hollywood — especially in big-budget superhero films.

“I didn’t really know there were any Asian superheroes, which was always a little bit questionable when I was watching all of these Marvel movies,” Wong said. “I started to delve into the comics and saw that this character needed to be portrayed properly, you know, for the ancestors.”

He also likes that the cast of “Doctor Strange” is

actually quite diverse.

Chiwetel Ejiofor, for instance, plays a role previously drawn as a white man. But Wong understands the complaints too.

“It’s a snowball of frustration of what’s happened previously,” he said. “I think they’re doing a great job with this. But more needs to be done.”

Wong is an ambassador for the advocacy group Act for Change, which is urging the industry’s gatekeepers to find new, diverse talent.

“If these producers fall short of names, tap me up, call me. Let me show you a wealth of East Asian talent that’s around,” Wong said.

In the end, the controversy has allowed the “Dr. Strange” team to reflect on the implications of even well-intentioned decisions.

“I care about diversity. I think diversity is the responsibility of directors and I knew I wanted a really diverse cast,” said Derrickson. “I just did the best I could. I made the best decisions I could. I still think they were the best decisions.”

But Derrickson also notes Hollywood “has an abysmal track record when it comes to Asian representation and the only way that is going to change is by activists being angry and loud. I don’t fault them.”

As for “Doctor Strange,” he hopes the movie will speak for itself.

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Democrats across nation sue GOP alleging voter intimidation

By Josh Cornfield and David Porter A S S OCIAT E D PRE SS

NEWARK, N.J. — Lawyers for Democrats around the country are filing lawsuits claiming Republicans and the campaign of GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump are pushing supporters to intimidate and confront voters on Election Day. Trump has called on his supporters to act as “election observers” in certain areas of the country to help prevent fraud.

In Ohio, a federal judge on Friday issued a temporary restraining order against Trump’s campaign and his friend and informal adviser, Roger Stone, barring them from harassing or intimidating Ohio voters during Tuesday’s election.

Attorneys representing the Democratic Party argued Friday in New Jersey court that the GOP was coordinating with Trump to intimidate voters, accusations that the Republican Party says are not true in that state or in four other states where Democrats are waging similar battles.

Here’s a look at the cases being heard around the country: New Jersey The case is different than the ones filed in the states as it relates to a consent decree in place since 1982 regulating what

In Ohio, a federal judge on Friday issued a temporary restraining order against Trump’s campaign and his friend and informal adviser, Roger Stone, barring them from harassing or intimidating Ohio voters. the Republican National Committee can do when it comes to issues of ballot security.

The consent decree was created after Democrats alleged that the RNC helped intimidate black voters during New Jersey’s 1981 gubernatorial election. The RNC and New Jersey’s Republican Party allegedly had offduty law enforcement officers stand at polling places in urban areas wearing “National Ballot Security Task Force” armbands. Some had guns visible.

The RNC admitted no wrongdoing but agreed to the decree to settle the case. The decree only regulates work done by the RNC and is scheduled to end next year. The Democratic National Committee wants it ex-

Olivier Douliery / TNS

The Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington, D.C. Lawyers for Democrats around the country are filing lawsuits claiming Republicans and the campaign of Donald Trump are pushing supporters to intimidate and confront voters on Election Day.

tended another eight years, but needs to convince a judge that the RNC has violated the 34-year-old rules.

Joshua Kaul, an attorney representing the Democratic National Committee, told the judge in Newark, New Jersey, on Friday that Trump has “repeatedly encouraged his supporters to engage in vigilante efforts” in the guise of ferreting out potential voter fraud.

Kaul said the RNC is participating.

Bobby Burchfield, an attorney for Republicans, told the judge that party volunteers are engaging in normal poll-watching and that Democrats haven’t found one instance in which someone was intimidated or prevented from voting.

Judge John Michael Vazquez did not immediately rule.

Ohio U.S. District Judge

James Gwin ruled Friday in a lawsuit filed by the Ohio Democratic Party that anyone who engages in intimidation or harassment inside or near Ohio polling places would face contempt of court charges. Gwin dismissed the Ohio Republican Party as a defendant in the case.

Attorneys for both sides declined to comment after the nearly three-hour hearing.

The Ohio Democratic Party claimed in its lawsuit that the Ohio GOP, the Trump campaign and operative Roger Stone and political action committee Stop the Steal were conspiring to suppress minorities in urban areas from casting ballots on Tuesday. The lawsuit cited comments made by Trump and his surrogates about voter fraud and efforts by Democrats to steal the election.

Nevada

A federal judge in Las Vegas on Thursday said he hasn’t seen evidence that Trump’s campaign is training people to intimidate voters.

U.S. District Judge Richard Boulware said he doesn’t expect to issue a restraining order that Democrats sought ahead of Tuesday’s election, but won’t issue a final ruling until a hearing on Friday about whether Stone was encouraging what Democrats call “vigilante voter intimidation.”

Arizona At a four-hour proceeding in Phoenix on Thursday, Stone’s attorney said Democrats have not produced evidence that his client or “Stop the Steal” is intimidating voters.

“My client is engaging in legal First Amendment speech,” attorney Paul Jensen told U.S. District Judge John Tuchi.

The chairman of the

Arizona Republican Party testified that the party helped train certified poll watchers and told them to avoid confronting voters inside polling locations and not to intimidate voters. Chairman Robert Graham acknowledged that they are encouraged to follow those they suspect of illegally dropping off multiple ballots out of the polling place to photograph them.

The attorney for Arizona Democrats, Mike Gottlieb, urged Tuchi to issue an injunction blocking what he called illegal tactics.

“This is an election unlike any other where the candidate has gone around the country and implored his supporters to engage in aggressive poll watching,” Gottlieb said.

Pennsylvania A judge has scheduled arguments in Pennsylvania on Monday.

Arizona law Jury: Rolling Stone’s rape story banning ballot defamed university official ‘harvesting’ blocked by court

By Alanna Durkin Richer ASSOCIATED PRE SS

By Edvard Pettersson B L OOM BE RG NEWS

An Arizona law making it a crime to collect ballots on behalf of legitimate voters and bring them to a voter center was put on hold by a federal appeals court until after Tuesday’s election.

The court on Friday granted a request to block the state from enforcing the law until a final decision on whether it’s constitutional. The U.S. Court of Appeals in San Francisco scheduled a Jan. 17 hearing for an 11-judge panel to determine the fate of the measure.

So-called ballot harvesting is used in early voting in Arizona, which has become increasingly popular in the state, especially among minority voters. Those who either lack reliable mail service or have to use public transportation to vote in person or cast an early ballot have relied on organizations and campaign workers to transmit their ballot. The state seven months ago enacted a law that makes it a felony for people who aren’t household members or caregivers to collect early ballots for others. The Arizona Democratic Party sued to block the law, saying it violated voters’ constitutional rights.

The dispute follows years of court battles over legislation, primarily in Republican-led states, to require voters to present photo identification and curtailing practices such as early voting that tend to increase the turnout of poor and minority voters who typically favor Democrats.

For a look at early voting progress in presidential swing states, click

here Arizona has gone for the Democratic presidential candidate only once in the past 64 years.

That was in 1996 when then-President Bill Clinton was running for reelection. Donald Trump leads Hillary Clinton in Arizona by five percentage points among likely voters, according to a NBC News/WSJ/Marist poll published Thursday.

“We are thrilled that the election process in Arizona has just gotten even easier,” Spencer Scharff, voter protection director with the Arizona Democratic Party, said in a statement. “Having more options to turn in your ballot ensures that more people take part in the democratic process, and that is better for our state. We look forward to more people participating in this election than ever before.”

Representatives of the Arizona Republican Party had no immediate comment on the ruling.

Five appellate judges on the 11-member panel dissented, saying that the majority’s decision went against the Supreme Court’s guidance against last-minute interference in an election. That decision also involved a ruling by the San Francisco court blocking an Arizona election law.

“Here we are again — voiding Arizona election law, this time while voting is already underway and only four days before Election Day,” Circuit Judge Diarmuid O’Scannlain wrote in dissent.

The case is Feldman v.

Arizona Secretary of State’s Office, 16-16698, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (San Francisco).

RICHMOND, Va. — A federal jury on Friday found Rolling Stone magazine, its publisher and a reporter defamed a University of Virginia administrator who sued them for $7.5 million over a discredited story about gang rape at a fraternity house.

The 10-member federal jury in Charlottesville sided with administrator Nicole Eramo, who claimed the article portrayed her as a villain.

Jurors found that journalist Sabrina Rubin Erdely was responsible for libel, with actual malice, and that Rolling Stone and its publisher were also responsible for defaming Eramo.

Eramo claimed the November 2014 article falsely said she discouraged the woman identified only as Jackie from reporting the incident to police. A police investigation found no evidence to back up Jackie’s claims.

Rolling Stone’s attorneys said there was no evidence that the reporter knew what she was writing about Eramo was false or had serious doubts about whether it was true.

In a statement Friday, the magazine apologized to Eramo and anyone else impacted by the story.

“It is our deep hope that our failings do not deflect from the pervasive issues discussed in the piece, and that reporting on sexual assault cases ultimately results in campus policies that better protect our students. We will continue to publish stories that shine a light on the defining social, political and cultural issues of our times, and we will continue to seek the truth in every story we publish.”

Ryan M. Kelly / AP

University of Virginia administrator Nicole Eramo, left, listens to attorney Libby Locke, right, speak with the media outside the federal courthouse in Charlottesville, Va. on Friday.

The jury found that Erdely acted with actual malice on six claims — two statements in the article and four statements to media outlets after the story was published. Among them was one in which Erdely wrote in the story that Eramo had a “nonreaction” when she heard from Jackie that two other women were also gang raped at the same fraternity at the university.

Jurors also found that the decision by Rolling Stone and Wenner Media, the magazine’s publisher, to repost the story on Dec. 5, 2014 — with an editor’s note that acknowledging that there were discrepancies in Jackie’s account — counted as “republishing” the debunked story. The magazine did not officially retract the story and remove it from its website until the following April.

Jurors will decide at a later date how much to award Eramo in damages.

Rolling Stone has agreed to cover all of Erdely’s legal cost and any damages levied against her.

Jurors heard closing arguments Tuesday after

listening to more than two weeks’ worth of evidence.

The story about Jackie’s rape account set off a firestorm at the university and in schools nationwide. Eramo received hundreds of angry letters and emails calling her the “dean of rape,” among other things, and faced protesters outside her office. The story crumbled after other news outlets began asking questions and police found no evidence to back it up. The article was officially retracted in April 2015.

Over the course of the more than two-week trial, the jury of eight women and two men watched 11 hours of video testimony, heard from a dozen live witnesses and examined nearly 300 exhibits.

The judge earlier this week dismissed Eramo’s claim that the story, when taken as a whole, implied that Eramo was a “false friend” to Jackie. Rolling Stone had called that a “critical element” of her case.

Because the judge determined that Eramo was a public figure, she had to prove that Rolling Stone made statements with

“actual malice,” meaning it knew that what it was writing about her was false or entertained serious doubts as to whether it might be true.

Eramo’s attorneys argued that Erdely came into the story with a preconceived storyline about institutional indifference to sexual assault and intentionally disregarded statements and facts about Eramo that didn’t fit that narrative.

They claimed Erdely also ignored red flags about Jackie’s credibility, including the changing account of Jackie’s rape and her refusal to let Erdely talk to people who could corroborate her story.

Attorneys for Rolling Stone acknowledged that Erdely and her editors made serious reporting mistakes, but argued that there was no evidence they acted with actual malice.

The magazine’s attorneys said that Erdely and her editors had full faith in Jackie until they realized she was no longer credible in early December after the story was published.

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RIBEREÑA EN BREVE CAMBIO DE HORARIO 1 El domingo 6 de noviembre iniciará el cambio de horario.

No olvide retrasar su reloj una hora.

SEMANA SALUD BUCAL 1 El gobierno de Miguel Alemán, México, invita al público en general a la Semana Nacional de Salud Bucal que se realizará del 7 al 11 de noviembre, iniciando en la escuela primaria Benito Juárez ubicada en el Fraccionamiento Río Bravo de esa ciudad.

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) 285-6877 o a la Oficina de Educación Especial al (956) 756-6130 antes del 13 de octubre.

GOBIERNO DE TAMAULIPAS, MX

Reincorporarán policía federal Buscan reforzar áreas de seguridad para combatir violencia E SPECIAL PARA TIEMP O DE ZAPATA

Cd.Victoria, México— El Gobernador Francisco García Cabeza de Vaca, confirmó la reincorporación de elementos de la Policía Federal en las próximas semanas para reforzar las acciones en materia de seguridad en estado.

El Gobernador informó que se reunió esta sema-

na con el Comisionado Nacional de Seguridad Pública, Renato Sales García Heredia, para determinar detalles de la estrategia que se desarrollará.

Producto del encuentro, se acordó la reincorporación de un número aún no definido de ele-

mentos de la Policía Federal en el mes de noviembre.

“No me cabe la menor duda de que se va a complementar con los cambios que hemos hecho tanto en la Procuraduría como en la Secretaría de Seguridad Pública que nos va a permitir unir esfuerzos”, dijo el ejecutivo estatal.

García Cabeza de Vaca expresó que además de una buena coordinación, se tendrá una comunicación mucho más estrecha entre todas las áreas de seguridad que permita poder llevar a cabo mejor el trabajo y los esfuerzos para poder combatir así

OFRECEN CURSO DE ALERTAS

FIRMA DE LIBROS 1 La Dra. Alma González Pérez dictará una conferencia y estará firmando su nuevo libro de poesía en la reunión mensual de la Sociedad de Genealogía Nuevo Santander el sábado 12 de Noviembre en el Museo de Historia del Condado de Zapata. La cita es a las 2 p.m.

COMPETENCIA DE CARNE ASADA 1 La Comisión de Parques y Recreación de Roma invita a su 3a. Competencia Anual de Carne Asada, el 19 de noviembre en Guadalupe Plaza. Habrá diferentes categorías que incluyen: guisado, fajitas, costillas y pavo entre otros.

Registre a su equipo en Roma City Hall ubicado en 77 Convent St.. Mayores informes llamando al 956-849-1411.

LABORATORIO COMPUTACIONAL 1 La Ciudad de Roma pone a disposición de la comunidad el Laboratorio Computacional que abre de lunes a viernes en horario de 1 p.m. a 5 p.m. en Historical Plaza, a un lado del City Hall.

Informes en el 956849-1411.

la violencia y la inseguridad que durante muchos años ha vivido Tamaulipas.

“De acuerdo a la plática que tuve, las próximas semanas en el mes de noviembre estarán aquí con nosotros en Tamaulipas y donde de alguna manera con esa comunicación que se tendrá con el Gobierno del Estado vamos a ser mucho más efectivos”.

Por otro lado, dio a conocer que el proceso de auditorías que se lleva a cabo en las áreas del Gobierno Estatal, son acciones paralelas que no deben distraer el trabajo que realizan cada uno de

los secretarios de estado.

Así mismo dijo que continuará con las gestiones en la Ciudad de México y ante los diputados federales, para que se aseguren de que ningún sector en Tamaulipas se quede desprotegido, especialmente el campo tamaulipeco, ante la propuesta de egresos del Ejecutivo Federal.

“Es ahí que estamos convencidos que los diputados federales de todas las fracciones de Tamaulipas estarán haciendo las gestiones necesarias para que aterricen los recursos que le corresponden a Tamaulipas”, puntualizó el Gobernador del Estado.

MÉXICO

COORDINACIÓN DE Sancionan EMERGENCIAS individuos

por apoyar cárteles E SPECIAL PARA TIEMP O DE ZAPATA

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) 7658983.

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La fotografía ofrece una vista del Lago Falcón en el Condado de Zapata el sábado por la tarde.

Hablarán de riesgos en climas peligrosos E SPECIAL PARA TIEMP O DE ZAPATA

El próximo 9 y 10 de noviembre será llevado acabo el curso “Coordinación de las alertas”. El curso es parte del entrenamiento de Coordinadores de Emergencias y será impartido en Zapata County Courthouse localizado en 200 E. 7th Ave. Los coordinadores de emergencias deben trabajar en conjunto con el Servicio Metereológico Nacional y los medios de

comunicación para proveer al público de alertas efectivas que puedan ser entendidas por los ciudadanos que esten en áreas de riesgo. El proposito del curso es facilitar el proceso y así reducir las fatalidades, lesionados y pérdidas materiales que provoca el clima severo.

El curso que tendrá una duración de doce horas, entre ambos días, es el más reciente en la serie de climas peligrosos producidos en asociación con el Servicio Metereológico Nacional.

Tópicos del curso in-

cluyen las dimensiones sociales de la alerta y respuesta, desarrollar mensajes de advertencia efectivos, desarollo de un proceso efectivo de advertencia a la comunidad y trabajar con los medios de comunicacion para crear una asociacion de advertencia de clima Además el curso ofrecerá studio de casos, ejercicios y la oportunidad de interactuar con representates de los medios locales. La inscripcion en linea es en la página www.preparingtexas.org

GUERRERO HOY, DESDE EL AYER

La invasión de las aguas Por Lilia Treviño Martínez TIEMP O DE ZAPATA

El mes de octubre, tan pródigo en justas celebraciones, está íntimamente ligado, con lazos históricos indisolubles, al pueblo de Guerrero.

Fue el 10 de octubre del año de gracia de 1750, cuando en el México colonial o Nueva España, los seguidores de don José de Escandón y Helguera, Conde de Sierra Gorda, fundaron aquella vieja ciudad que reposa, mitad cubierta por el limo que dejaron las aguas al bajar, mitad con el recuerdo del oleaje qiue batió durante años los muros de los edificios de piedra de cantera: la ciudad que dio a la causa de la Independencia Nacional su primer embajador ante el gobierno de Washington y a Tamaulipas,

más tarde, su primer gobernador: don José Bernardo Maximiliano Gutiérrez de Lara.

Fundada bajo la advocación de San Ignacio de Loyola de Revilla, inicialmente tuvo la categoría política de villa, y su nombre honró al Virrey español de aquella época, don Juan Francisco de Güemes y Horcasitas, primer Conde de Revilla (1746-1755).

Más tarde, logró la categoría de ciudad; y en el México independiente, Municipio y ciudad tomaron el nombre del héroe insurgente Guerrero, autorizado por decreto de fecha 12 de noviembre de 1827, expedido por el H. Congreso local, nombre que conserva hasta la fecha.

Transcurrieron dos siglos de vida no siempre apacible en la margen izquierda del río Salado,

con una economía cuya base era, en gran parte, producto de las labores agropecuarias.

Por convenio bilateral firmado en el Tratado de Aguas de 1944 por los gobiernos de México y los de Estados Unidos de Norteamérica. Guerrero quedó marcado para desaparecer dentro del vaso de la Presa Internacional Falcón. En el vecino país, el poblado de Zapata, Texas, habría de corer la misma suerte.

En el mes de agosto de 1953, la colosal Presa quedó terminada y sus compuertas fueron cerradas.

Las fuertes lluvias de ese mes unidas al caudal de las avenidas del río Bravo provocaron que su afluente, el Salado, saliera de su cauce e inundara la parte baja de la ciudad hasta llegar a su Plaza central.

WASHINGTON – La Oficina de Control de Bienes de Extranjeros (OFAC) del Departamento del Tesoro de los Estados Unidos ha designado a nueve ciudadanos mexicanos por sus vínculos con el Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) y su aliado cercano la organización de narcotráfico los Cuinis, quiénes fueron designados el 8 de abril de 2015.

Los nueve individuos señalados hoy como como narcotraficantes especialmente designados de conformidad con la Ley Kingpin por proporcionar asistencia material a las actividades de tráfico de drogas de Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes (alias “Mencho”) y su cuñado Abigael González Valencia, que son respectivamente los líderes de CJNG y Los Cuinis. Como resultado de la acción de hoy, todos los activos y bienes que estos individuos posean bajo la jurisdicción de Estados Unidos quedan congelados, y a los estadounidenses les queda prohibido participar en transacciones con ellos.

“La acción de hoy golpea a los círculos internos del CJNG y la organización de tráfico de drogas los Cuinis al atacar a los miembros de la familia que son cómplices de Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes y Abigael González Valencia, y a otros actores importantes en sus operaciones de tráfico de drogas”, expresó el Director Interino de la OFAC, John E. Smith. “Continuaremos trabajando de cerca con la iniciativa privada de México en nuestro esfuerzo por exponer, aislar e interrumpir las finanzas de los cárteles de droga mexicanos.”

En marzo de 2014, con base en una investigación dirigida por la Administración de Control de Drogas (DEA), división de Los Ángeles, un gran jurado federal de la Corte para el Distrito de Columbia acusó a Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes y Abigael González Valencia de varios cargos relacionados con narcóticos, incluyendo ser los líderes principales de una empre-

sa criminal activa. González Valencia fue arrestado por las autoridades mexicanas a finales de febrero de 2015, pero Oseguera Cervantes permanece fugitivo.

En acciones previas contra el CJNG y los Cuinis, la OFAC designó múltiples empresas mexicanas, entre ellas el Hotelito Desconocido, un hotel de lujo en la costa del Pacífico que las autoridades mexicanas incautaron el mismo día en que fue designado. Sin embargo, otras entidades designadas, como los centros comerciales Plaza Los Tules en Zapopan, Jalisco, y Xaman Ha Center en Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, continúan funcionando.

El Departamento del Tesoro y la DEA, División de Los Ángeles trabajaron en estrecha colaboración para llevar a cabo la acción de hoy.

“Estas designaciones representan otro golpe significativo a las finanzas del CJNG y de los Cuinis”, indicó Steve Comer, agente especial a cargo de la División de Los Ángeles de la DEA. “Estos esfuerzos reflejan la gran colaboración entre la DEA de Los Ángeles y la OFAC al exponer a dos de las organizaciones de tráfico de drogas más productivas y violentas del mundo”.

Desde junio del año 2000, más de 1,900 empresas e individuos han sido nombrados conforme a la Ley Kingpin por su participación en el tráfico internacional de narcóticos. Las sanciones por violaciones a la Ley de Cabecillas fluctúan entre penas civiles de hasta 1.075 millones de dólares por cada violación hasta penas criminales más severas. El castigo para directivos de empresas puede ser de hasta 30 años de prisión y multas de hasta 5 millones de dólares. Las multas criminales para empresas pueden alcanzar los 10 millones de dólares. Otros individuos pueden enfrentar hasta 10 años de prisión y multas de conformidad con el Título 18 del Código de los Estados Unidos por violación criminal a la Ley Kingpin.

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INTERNATIONAL

Heavy fighting as Iraqi troops drive deeper into Mosul

By Qassim Abdul-zahra and Susannah George A S S OCIAT E D PRE SS

MOSUL, Iraq — Iraqi special forces launched a two-pronged assault deeper into Mosul’s urban center on Friday, unleashing the most intense street battles against Islamic State militants since the offensive began nearly three weeks ago.

Smoke rose across eastern neighborhoods of Iraq’s second-largest city as heavy fighting continued after sundown, with explosions and machine gun fire echoing in the streets as mosques called for evening prayer.

More than 3,000 Iraqi troops took part in the assault under heavy U.S.led coalition air support, but the pace of the fight also slowed as Iraqi forces moved from fighting in more rural areas with few civilians to the tight, narrow streets of Mosul proper. Sniper fire repeatedly stalled the advance, as commanders called in airstrikes or artillery support after coming under fire.

As the operation got underway, columns of armored vehicles wound through the desert, pushing through dirt berms and drawing heavy fire as they closed in on the middle-class Tahrir and Zahara districts. The area was once named after former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.

Seven suicide attackers in explosives-laden vehicles barreled toward the troops, with two getting through and detonating their charges, Lt. Col. Muhanad al-Timimi told

The Associated Press.

The others were destroyed, including a bulldozer that was hit by an airstrike from the U.S.-led coalition supporting the offensive.

At least seven special forces troops were killed and an officer and three soldiers were wounded, said an Iraqi military officer who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not permitted to brief reporters.

“The operation is going well, but it’s slow. These kinds of advances are always slow,” said Iraqi special forces Capt. Malik Hameed, as IS fighters could be seen running in the distance to reposition themselves. “If we tried to go any faster we would take even more injuries.”

An Iraqi television journalist traveling in a Humvee was wounded in one of the suicide car bomb attacks.

Earlier, at the eastern approach to the city’s urban center, militants holed up in a building fired a rocket at an Iraqi Abrams tank, disabling it and sending its crew fleeing from the smoking vehicle. The advance in that area then stalled.

The push began as dawn broke with artillery and mortar strikes on the Aden, Tahrir, and Quds districts, just west of the special forces’ footholds in the Gogjali and Karama neighborhoods, alTimimi said.

On the heels of the special forces advances, the Iraqi army’s ninth division moved into the eastern Intisar neighborhood, said an officer from the unit who spoke on condition of anonym-

Uncredited / AP file Marko Drobnjakovic / AP

Iraqi special forces soldiers move in formation in an alley on the outskirts of Mosul, Iraq on Friday.

Heavy fighting erupted in the eastern neighborhoods of Mosul on Friday as Iraqi special forces launched an assault deeper into the urban areas of the city.

ity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.

On Tuesday, Iraqi troops entered the city limits for the first time in more than two years, after a demoralized Iraqi army fled in the face of the Islamic State group’s 2014 blitz across large swaths of territory in Iraq and neighboring Syria.

The operation to retake Mosul is expected to take weeks if not months.

Moving from neighborhood to neighborhood in house-to-house battles through dense warrens of booby-trapped buildings is time consuming and Iraq’s military has repeatedly opted for slower operations in an effort to minimize casualties.

Some 1 million civilians still remain in the city, complicating the advance.

IS militants have driven thousands of residents deeper into the city’s built-up areas to be used as human shields, while hundreds of others have fled toward governmentcontrolled territory and thousands have fled west into Syria.

Just a few miles (kilometers) from Friday’s operation, dozens of cars queued up on the road to camps for displaced Mosul residents.

“We suffered and there was bombing and heavy shelling. We didn’t feel safe,” said Mahmoud Mahdi, who was fleeing the now government-held

Gogjali neighborhood.

“Everybody is displaced and walking around in this heat. It is exhausting.”

Mosul is the last major IS stronghold in Iraq, and expelling the militant group from the city would be a major blow to the survival of its selfdeclared “caliphate” that stretches into Syria.

Iraqi forces have made uneven progress in closing in on the city since the operation began on Oct. 17. Advances have been slower from the south, with government troops still some 20 miles (35 kilometers) away.

Kurdish fighters and Iraqi army units are deployed to the north, while government-sanctioned Shiite militias are sweeping in from the west to try to cut off any IS escape route.

As the sun began to set Friday, special forces troops fanned out across the city blocks retaken in the fighting. Guided by intelligence from U.S.-led coalition surveillance of the area, they knocked on the doors of homes where they believed civilians were living.

Moving from street to street, Capt. Hameed and his men found four families and an elderly couple in the sector they were assigned to clear. After sweeping the rooms for weapons, they questioned the male heads of household.

This black and white Nov. 5, 1996 file photo shows the 14th century Ponte Vecchio (Old Bridge) after the banks of the River Arno overflowed and flooded the city.

50 years after flood, damaged Renaissance painting restored

By Carlo Piovano and Francesco Fedeli ASSOCIATED PRE SS

FLORENCE, Italy — A 16th-century painting by Renaissance artist Giorgio Vasari that was badly damaged in a 1966 flood in Florence was unveiled to the public Friday after years of painstaking restoration.

Vasari created “The Last Supper” for a convent of cloistered nuns.

Because the nuns eschewed contact with men, and because the work was large — 6.6 meters by 2.6 meters — Vasari painted it in his studio on five wood panels that could be easily transported and recomposed in the convent.

The work depicts the scene from the Bible in which Jesus Christ shares his final meal with his apostles. It was among thousands of works of art and rare books that were damaged and covered in mud when the Arno River broke its banks, flooding homes, churches, shops and libraries and killing about 100 people.

At the time, a corps of global volunteers dubbed

the “angels of the mud” descended upon Florence, the historical heart of the Italian Renaissance, to rescue artworks, although thousands of pieces were still lost.

“The Last Supper,” which was unveiled in the Basilica of Santa Croce as part of a commemorative ceremony on the 50th anniversary of the disaster, had been initially deemed too badly damaged to be restored and was left in storage for four decades.

In 2006, the Italian arts restoration agency known as OPD found that restoration technologies had advanced enough that it was possible to try to save Vasari’s work. After two years of study, they began restoring with a team of up to 13 experts.

“In the beginning, everyone said it was impossible to restore,” said Marco Ciatti, the head of the OPD. “It was a long battle but we made it.”

A contemporary of Michelangelo, Vasari was a painter, architect and writer famous for a history he penned of the great Renaissance artists of Italy.

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BUSINESS

Americans go to polls against backdrop of an uneven economy

By Christopher S. Rugaber A S S OCIAT E D PRE SS

WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy is lifting job growth and wages but not voters’ spirits.

Americans are choosing a president against a backdrop of slow but steady growth that has managed to restore the economy from the crushing setback of the Great Recession. The government’s October jobs report , released Friday, showed that hiring remains solid, with 161,000 jobs added. The unemployment rate is a low 4.9 percent.

Yet the recovery, the slowest since World War II, has left many Americans feeling left behind, especially those who lack high skills or education or who live outside major population centers.

“The (typical) U.S. household is in a much better spot than they were eight years ago,” said Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics. “But it hasn’t been a great decade for anyone either. You’ve still got a big chunk of the population who feels this hasn’t worked for them.”

The economy’s weak spots are a top concern for a majority of voters, who say the U.S. economy is in poor shape, according to an Associated

Press-GfK poll. At the same time, they say their own personal finances are good.

Fifty-three percent of voters say the economy is “poor,” while 46 percent say “good,” according to the poll, conducted Oct. 20-24. Yet 65 percent say their own finances are good, versus 34 percent who rate them poor.

Seventy-three percent of Hillary Clinton supporters say that the economy is good; just 16 percent of Donald Trump supporters say so.

And while 60 percent of whites say the economy is poor, 60 percent of nonwhites call it good. Yet whites and nonwhites are about equally likely to say their own personal finances are good.

Consider 73-year-old Charles Muller, who lives outside Trenton, New Jersey, and describes his personal finances as fine.

He has a pension from 26 years as a state employee and receives Social Security.

But the broader economy seems fairly weak to Muller. A friend was laid off during the recession, then earned a teaching certificate, and yet still can’t find a full-time teaching job. And a friend’s daughter who recently graduated from college is stuck as an assistant manager of a dollar store.

Charles Rex Arbogast / AP file

In this Dec. 24, 2014 photo, shoppers are reflected in a store's window as they walk through Chicago's Loop. Americans are choosing a president against a backdrop of slow but steady growth that has managed to restore the economy from the crushing setback of the Great Recession.

“I know a lot of people who are struggling and have been unable to find jobs commensurate with their education levels,” Muller said. He is supporting Trump, though he sees the major presidential nominees as “the two worst candidates I’ve ever been given a choice of.”

Here’s a snapshot of the U.S. economy of the eve of the elections: Slower But Still-Solid Hiring The job market has proved itself resilient.

Employers have added an average of 181,000 jobs a month this year. That’s down from last year’s robust 229,000 average.

But it’s nearly double the monthly pace needed to lower the unemployment

rate over time. The number of people seeking unemployment benefits is near a 40-year low — evidence that layoffs are scarce and most Americans are enjoying strong job security.

Blake Zalcberg, president of OFM, a furniture manufacturer in Raleigh, North Carolina, hopes to add nine employees to his 58-person company, including graphic artists, photographers and sales staff. He expects sales to grow by a third next year.

“It’s a fairly robust furniture market,” he said.

Pay Finally Accelerating With the unemployment rate down to 4.9 percent from a peak of 10

percent in 2009, businesses have been forced to compete harder for new employees. That’s giving workers more bargaining power when they seek new jobs and finally boosting pay. Average hourly wages grew 2.8 percent in October from a year earlier — the fastest 12-month pace in seven years. Still, historically speaking, that’s not great.

Wages typically rise at about 3.5 percent each year in a healthy economy.

Cautious Consumers Steady hiring and modest pay increases have emboldened more Americans to buy high-cost items like new cars. Auto sales are running near last year’s record pace of more than 17 million vehicles. Yet caution still reigns: Americans’ spending grew just 2.1 percent in the July-August quarter, down from a much healthier 4.3 percent in the previous three months.

Housing Has Nearly Recovered The bursting of the last decade’s housing bubble wiped out trillions in household wealth, cost more than 5 million Americans their homes and triggered the Great Recession. Yet the home market has mostly recovered, with nationwide

average purchase prices just 7 percent below their 2006 peaks. Greater home values have helped many families recoup some of their lost wealth. Sales of existing homes have plateaued this year at a nearly healthy level of about 5.4 million.

Doug Duncan, chief economist at Fannie Mae, foresees sales growth slowing next year. But younger Americans are increasingly likely to buy homes, suggesting that millennials are tiring of living in apartments — or in their parents’ basements— and are starting to move out.

Businesses Holding Back Companies with optimistic outlooks typically spend more on computers, machinery and other equipment to keep up with demand. Instead, in recent months the opposite has happened: Business investment in new equipment has fallen for four straight quarters.

Some of that pullback occurred because oil drillers slashed spending on steel pipe and other gear in response to sharply lower oil prices. But many companies are also likely holding off on new spending until after the election, when potential economic policy changes will be clearer.

S&P 500 index marks its longest losing streak in 36 years

By Ken Sweet A S S OCIAT E D PRE SS

NEW YORK — The slow, steady retreat of the stock market ahead of the 2016 election continued Friday, with the market falling for a ninth straight day. Wall Street is now in its longest period of decline in more than three decades.

Investors continue to focus on the U.S. presidential election, which has become too close for comfort for some investors and has put the market on the defensive.

The Dow Jones industrial average lost 42.39 points, or 0.2 percent, to 17,888.28. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index lost 3.48 points, or 0.2 percent, to 2,085.18 and the Nasdaq composite lost 12.04 points, or 0.2 percent, to 5,046.37.

The last time the S&P 500 fell for nine straight days is December 1980, nearly 36 years ago. Ronald Reagan wasn’t even

president yet.

However the nine days’ worth of declines has been relatively minor, comparatively speaking.

The S&P 500 fell 9.4 percent during the 1980 nineday losing streak, according to Howard Silverblatt at S&P Global Market Intelligence, compared with the 3.1 percent decline in this sell-off.

Investors point to one reason for the drop: Donald Trump.

With only a few days left until the election, Hillary Clinton is still leading in national polling but Trump appears to have considerably narrowed the gap, particularly in swing states. Investors like certainty, and Clinton is seen as likely to maintain the status quo.

Trump’s policies are less clear, and the uncertainty and uncomfortable closeness of the polls has caused jitters in financial markets.

“Some investors are afraid of Donald Trump

becoming president,” said Michael Scanlon, a portfolio manager at Manulife Asset Management.

Other portfolio managers and market strategists have made similar comments, saying that it is likely a drop would continue on Wall Street if Trump were to prevail, at least in the short term.

The VIX, a measure of volatility nicknamed Wall Street’s “fear gauge” because it allows investors to bet on how much the stock market will swing in the next 30 days, has surged 40 percent this week. That’s its highest level since June, when Britain voted to leave the European Union.

“No one really knows what Trump would do should he get into power, probably not even himself,” said Joshua Mahony, market analyst at IG. “It is that uncertainty that is driving the market negativity that has dominated this week.”

Some encouraging

news on the U.S. economy did keep the market higher most of the day, but the gains faded in the last hour of trading. Traders did not want to hold positions into the weekend with the election and retreated to their usual hamlets of safety: U.S. government bonds and gold.

U.S. employers added a solid 161,000 jobs in October and raised pay sharply for many workers. The Labor Department’s monthly employment report Friday sketched a picture of a resilient job market. The pace of hiring has been consistent with a decent economy.

The unemployment rate fell to 4.9 percent from 5 percent. And average hourly pay took a big step up, rising 10 cents an hour to an average of $25.92.

That is 2.8 percent higher than a year ago and is the sharpest 12-month rise in seven years.

“This is really good for the U.S. consumer, espe-

cially as we head into the critical holiday shopping season,” Scanlon said.

With the election coming up in less than a week, the October jobs report is likely to give the Federal Reserve enough ammunition to raise interest rates at its December meeting, economists said. Fed policymakers ended a two-day meeting on Wednesday where they decided to hold rates steady.

“It seems that the only remaining obstacle to the Fed hiking in December would be a significant adverse financial market reaction to the U.S. presidential election,” said Chris Williamson, chief business economist at IHS Markit, in an email.

In company news: GoPro, the maker of wearable cameras, lost 78 cents, or 6.5 percent, to $11.16. The company reported a 40 percent drop in revenue in the quarter, and gave a negative outlook for the holiday sea-

son. Like Fitbit, GoPro is showing signs of being unable to expand the audience for its product line. The stock did recover part of an earlier loss.

In energy, benchmark U.S. crude oil lost 59 cents to $44.07 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent crude, the international standard, declined 77 cents to $45.58 a barrel in London.

Heating oil fell 3 cents to $1.43 a gallon, wholesale gasoline fell 4.5 cents to $1.38 a gallon and natural gas futures fell less than 1 cent to $2.767 per 1,000 cubic feet.

U.S. government bond prices rose. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note fell to 1.78 percent from 1.81 percent the day before.

The euro rose to $1.1117 from $1.1109 and the dollar rose to 103.13 yen from 102.99 yen.

Gold rose $1.20 to $1,304.50 an ounce, silver fell 5 cents to $18.37 an ounce and copper rose 2 cents to $2.27 a pound.

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FROM THE COVER

‘The Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ is reborn at Bastrop gas station

By Rob Clark TH E EAGLE

BASTROP, Texas — A small slice of movie history sits on a stretch of Texas 304 in Bastrop. It’s a quaint enough spot, well past the charred-tree graveyard from the 2011 wildfires that devastated the area, and nothing that would demand attention from the road.

For fans of the horror genre, however, the building on site will stand out as one of the principal locations of “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.” It has been restored to look as it did in the 1974 film, and it opened earlier this month as a tourist attraction and lunch spot.

Known simply as The

BORDER From page A1 is that it comes back empty — the traffic is northbound, not southbound.”

Since 2014, the Rio Grande Valley has led the nation as the region with

ELECTION From page A1 election -- let alone in this election where Donald Trump has antagonized and alienated an overwhelming majority of African-American and Latino voters of all ages.”

Doug Snyder, a UT sophomore marketing and government major, said he was persuaded to vote for Clinton because of Trump’s language and the racism he sees from some Trump supporters.

“My choice was made very, very easy by what little Trump has done to disavow and combat the waves of anti-Semitism, hate and racism that he has brought with him,” said Snyder, a former Sanders supporter.

Austin Hartis, a freshman business major at UT, said he decided to vote for Clinton after Trump indicated that he might not accept the election’s outcome unless he won.

“I’m a Republican, but I just can’t stand to vote for Donald Trump,” he said. “I just think that he’s a disgrace to American democracy.”

Hartis added that he wished he had a better candidate to support, as this election will be his first time voting.

Voter turnout During the first week of early voting, 10,346 people voted on the UT campus -- twice as many as during the same time period in 2012, when 5,143 people voted. The

Gas Station, the building houses a mountain of horror-flick merchandise.

Out back sits a pavilion, along with picnic tables and four newly constructed cabins for Chainsaw fans whose appreciation reaches overnight-stay levels.

As in the movie, barbecue is served, though visitors won’t have to worry about the meat source this time around.

A sign proudly states — just as it did on film — “We Slaughter Barbecue,” The Eagle of Bryan-College Station reported.

The restoration process was a labor of love for owners Roy and Lisa Rose, who moved from Cleveland to Bastrop to tackle the project. The

Roses, as you might imagine, are big fans of Tobe Hooper’s film. Lisa Rose says that it’s been Roy’s favorite movie since he was 10 years old.

The Gas Station’s grand opening included a costume contest and appearances by two actors from Chainsaw: Edwin Neal, who played the squirrely hitchhiker, and Ed Guinn, the wrench-wielding hero at the film’s end.

When I stopped by for a recent visit, Gas Station employee Ben Hughes explained what it was all about.

“Honestly, it’s just to keep it alive,” he says.

“When it comes down to cult classics and iconic movies, ‘Texas Chainsaw

Massacre’ has always been one of them. To be able to share that with people, have everybody see it and go, ‘Wow, that movie scared me half to death.’ You want to have that shock in life, you want to be able to say you did it. How often are you able to do that? It’s kinda like meeting one of your favorite stars.”

“The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” was a hard movie to ignore, starting with the title. Those words seemed to have a greater impact as a notorious Lone Star State incident. ("The Delaware Chainsaw Massacre” doesn’t have the same ring to it.)

The film still oozes with creepiness, starting

the most apprehensions of immigrants entering the U.S. illegally, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Hundreds of thousands of people have sought asylum along the U.S.-Mexico border in the last two years, a dramatic

increase that shows how migrants have changed from mostly Mexican men trying to evade capture to more Central American families who often turn themselves in, according to a federal report obtained last month by The Associated

Press.

Asylum seekers, many of them fleeing drugfueled violence south of the border, peaked in 2014 at 170,000, nearly triple the 63,000 who arrived the previous year. Before 2012, there were fewer than 30,000 a year.

actual number of UT students who have voted so far on campus is likely less than these numbers indicate, as the campus polling location is open to all voters registered in Travis County.

“Being in a red state, you’re in a position where you don’t really go into a presidential election thinking your vote does matter,” said Ashley Alcantara, president of the University Democrats group at UT. “I’ve spoken with a lot of students who say, ‘In this system, my vote doesn’t matter. So why vote?’

Even recently, with Texas maybe being in play, that has changed the game a little bit and given us some hope that our vote really does matter.”

For Hicks Layton, a UT freshman business student who supports Trump, the pro-Clinton climate and heightened interest in the election means he prefers not to share his choice with strangers.

“I don’t have many problems telling my family or my friends, but I would be worried about walking up to a random person at UT and saying, ‘Yes, I’m voting for Donald Trump,’” he said.

“There’s always a little bit of hesitation when someone asks me who I’m voting for, and when I tell them, people usually say, ‘Why?’ or ‘Come on’ or ‘Seriously?’ Then they usually rant about how horrible he is and why Hillary is the better candidate.”

Third party support A University of Texas and Texas Tribune poll last week showed more 18- to 29-year-olds were supporting a candidate other than Clinton or Trump than any other age group.

Brian Bensimon, a UT junior government student and the southwest director for Students for Concealed Carry, said he is voting for Libertarian Gary Johnson, but he would sooner support Green Party candidate Jill Stein than vote for either Trump or Clinton.

“My feeling about Clinton and Trump is that they are both so evil and to decide who is more evil is a question I’m not interested in considering,” he said.

Jim Henson, director of the Texas Politics Project, said even if a third party candidate receives promising polling data, they are still unlikely to do well in the general election.

“More often than not, they’re not very relevant,” Henson said.

“There are occasionally years in which a third party candidate affects a presidential election, but for the most part, they wind up on Election Day underperforming their polling significantly.”

Cody Alejandro, president of the Young Americans for Liberty at Texas A&M University, said one impediment to success for third party candidates is a tendency to dismiss them as “spoiler candidates” who draw

votes from the two major party candidates.

“If we’re going to say that your vote matters and then criticize someone who goes out to vote for someone they want to vote for, that’s not a very logical thing,” Alejandro said. “You’re basically saying, ‘Vote for who I want you to vote for.’

You should pick someone you actually believe in, and the notion that you’re wasting that? I just think it’s a bad idea to throw around.”

Rob Clark / AP

This photo shows the sign outside the gas station "We Slaughter Barbecue," just as it did in the 1974 film "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre."

with the idea that it was a true story, including narration by a pre-Night Court John Larroquette: “The film which you are about to see is an account of the tragedy which befell a group of five youths .”

At 14 years old, watching the movie at a Halloween party, I was as scared of that ghostly voiceover and the “true story” notion as much as anything in the film. But it’s not quite true. Screen-

writer Kim Henkel told Texas Monthly in 2004 that it was inspired by the acts of two serial killers, Ed Gein and Elmer Wayne Henley.

That’s as far as the “truth” goes. The plot’s road trip is memorable nonetheless, following the teens to their unfortunate encounters with Leatherface and his family.

The film is loaded with bad ideas and “Don’t go in there!” moments.

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identified as Steven Gomez, 18, robbed a man Oct. 17.

Gonzalez held the complainant at knifepoint while Gomez reached out for the complainant’s wallet, police alleged.

Gomez was arrested last month. Gomez and Gonzalez remained behind bars at the Webb County Jail on Friday.

rants from the Laredo Police Department.

Details on those allegations were not available.

But police said Gonzalez was additionally wanted for robbing a man at knifepoint.

Reports alleged that Gonzalez and a man

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An NYPD spokesman says in a statement the information “lacks specificity.”

In a statement, the FBI said it was working closely with law enforcement agencies and sharing intelligence reports.

Officials say they regularly assess all possible security threats ahead of major events.

Election Day is Tuesday, and both Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican nominee Donald Trump are holding their Election Day parties in New York City.

CBS News first reported of the potential threat.

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NCAA FOOTBALL: NO. 7 TEXAS A&M AGGIES AT MISSISSIPPI STATE BULLDOGS

No. 7 A&M readies for Mississippi St, Fitzgerald Loren Townsley / Associated Press

Boxers Manny Pacquiao, left, and Jessie Vargas will fight in Las Vegas Saturday for Vargas' WBO welterweight title.

Pacquiao fights Vargas in bout that’s a tough sell

By Tim Dahlberg A S S OCIAT E D PRE SS

LAS VEGAS — The hook for Manny Pacquiao’s latest fight is that he’s the fighting politician, as eager to take on problems in the Philippines as he is to take on other welterweights in the ring.

Unfortunately for Pacquiao, at this stage of his career he needs a hook to sell his fights.

Pacquiao meets a likable but relatively unknown Jessie Vargas on Saturday, with a piece of the welterweight title at stake. In the past that might have been enough to excite boxing fans, but Pacquiao is aging and so is his appeal.

He probably should have retired after not showing up for the biggest fight of his life against Floyd Mayweather Jr. He certainly should have retired after getting elected to the senate in the Philippines, where he’s an ally of President Rodrigo Duterte.

Yet he plods on, partly because he reportedly needs the money. He got a few million dollars to fight Timothy Bradley in April but is fighting on percentages against Vargas, so the sales pitch is necessary.

Pacquiao’s longtime trainer, Freddie Roach, held out the possibility this week of a rematch with Mayweather, saying he has been told that Boxing continues on B2

A&M heads to Starkville to try and slow MSU

By David Brandt ASSOCIATED PRE SS

STARKVILLE, Miss.

— Mississippi State’s Nick Fitzgerald had one of the most productive performances for a quarterback in SEC history last weekend.

But those 417 yards passing, 119 yards rushing and seven total touchdowns came with a bit of a caveat: The game was against lower-level Samford, which plays in the Football Championship Subdivision.

Still, it was a performance that got the attention of Texas A&M coach A&M continues on B2

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Being ranked No. 4 in the first College Football Playoff poll this week, Speedy Noil and Texas A&M play at Mississippi State Saturday.

NCAA FOOTBALL: TEXAS LONGHORNS AT TEXAS TECH RED RAIDERS

‘HORNS FACE TEXAS TECH Texas looks for first win of the season on the road

By Betsy Blaney ASSOCIATED PRE SS

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Shane Buechele, right, D'Onta Foreman and the Longhorns will try to win their first road game of the season playing at Texas Tech Saturday.

LUBBOCK, Texas — Texas aims for its first road win this season when the Longhorns face Texas Tech on Saturday.

The two teams have identical records, but the Red Raiders (2-3, 4-4) have won one game away from Lubbock — after losing two earlier this season. They beat TCU last week in Fort Worth on a field goal in the second overtime.

Texas coach Charlie Strong says his players need to summon a homegame mindset for the Longhorns (2-3, 4-4) to Texas continues on B2

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Millions celebrate winning Chicago Cubs with parade, rally

By Carla K. Johnson And Caryn Rousseau A S S OCIAT E D PRE SS

CHICAGO — November blazed like dazzling springtime in Chicago during a massive parade and rally Friday to honor the Cubs’ first World Series title in 108 years and fulfill more than a century of pent-up dreams.

A new generation of Cubs fans — riding in strollers or on their parents’ shoulders — joined their elders to cheer the baseball champions. For the youngest, the day would be their first bright memory of following a club once known as “lovable losers.”

Their parents marveled at how their children will know the confident, young team as winners.

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Cubs fans attend a rally in Grant Park to celebrate the team's first World Series victory in 108 years.

“It’s a whole new Cubs world,” said Dean Anderson, 51, of Chicago, who brought his 10-yearold son, Chase, to see the players’ motorcade as it

rolled out from Wrigley Field at the start of the parade route. The “lovable loser thing” — and all the accompanying lore embroidered by long-

suffering fan loyalty — may be lost to the newest fans, Anderson said, but “we’ve had enough of that.”

A crowd, estimated by

city officials at 5 million, lined Michigan Avenue and Lake Shore Drive to cheer the motorcade of open-roofed buses carrying the players along a

7-mile parade route from the north side ballpark to sprawling Grant Park.

The city’s tally included everyone who lined the route and the rally throngs. Friday was already a scheduled day off for Chicago Public Schools.

Revelers crawled up trees and streetlight poles to get a better view along the route. Others sat atop shoulders to watch the team buses shimmering under a spray of red and blue confetti.

Steve Angelo of Chicago carried his 4-year-old son, Nicholas, who held a “World Champs” sign.

“For him, the more and more they win now, at his earlier age, the more and more excitement there is,” Angelo said. “There’s parades, and people talk Cubs continues on B2

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SPORTS

Diamondbacks hire Lovullo as manager

By Bob Baum A S S OCIAT E D PRE SS

PHOENIX — Boston Red Sox bench coach Torey Lovullo was hired Friday as manager of the Arizona Diamondbacks.

“I appreciate the opportunity to join the D-backs family,” Lovullo said in a statement. “I’m excited to get to work with the staff and players to help lead this organization back to title contention.”

Lovullo will be introduced at a news conference Mionday. He had been considered a leading candidate for the job after Red Sox assistant general manager Mike Hazen was hired as Diamondbacks GM. “I’m excited to have Torey as our manager,” Hazen said in a statement. “We share the same goals and mindset about how to be a championship-caliber organization.”

Lovullo replaces Chip Hale, who was fired after two seasons. Hazen took over from Dave Stewart,

TEXAS From page B1 get their first road win in Lubbock.

“So how good you feel when you’re at home, that’s the same feeling that we have to take when we’re on the road, even though it’s a different atmosphere.”

Texas’ biggest challenge will be stopping Texas Tech quarterback Patrick Mahomes, who leads the nation in passing yards (3,519) and total offense (471.3 yards per game). The junior is still recovering from an injury to his passing shoulder in late September. He fell on

A&M From page B1 Kevin Sumlin.

“Anybody in this league — I don’t care who you’re playing — who can throw for 400 and rush for 100 as a quarterback who’s that big, you’d better start preparing for all kinds of stuff,” Sumlin said. “Because he can spin it, he can put it down and run it and he’s a load when he runs.”

No. 7 Texas A&M (7-1, 4-1 Southeastern Conference, No. 4 CFP) travels to face Mississippi State (3-5, 1-3) on Saturday. Sumlin said figuring out a way to at least slow down Fitzgerald is paramount.

The 6-foot-5, 230pound Fitzgerald has been inconsistent this season, but has had some really good moments like the Samford game. Sumlin said he sees a quarterback who is improving quickly.

“It’s another one of those deals where you get later in the season and quarterbacks who are young and inexperienced are starting to see more things and they’re getting better,” Sumlin said.

Texas A&M would seem to be better equipped than most when it comes to slowing down

CUBS From page B1 about it more on the radio and TV. It’s going to be a lot more exciting now.”

During the jubilant festivities at the park, 39-year-old retiring Cubs catcher David Ross posed for a selfie in front of a multitude of roaring fans.

Ross and the other players put their arms around each other and sang “Go Cubs Go” from the stage along with the

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Former Red Sox bench coach Torey Lovullo has been hired by the Diamondbacks as their new manager.

who also was dismissed after two years.

The 51-year-old Lovullo has been manager

John Farrell’s bench coach in Boston since 2012. He was interim manager for the final 48

games of the 2015 season after Farrell went on medical leave. The Red Sox were 28-20 with

Lovullo at the helm.

He was first base coach on Farrell’s staff in Toronto in 2011-12.

it painfully on a rush that set up the winning field goal at TCU. Texas Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury says Mahomes’ shoulder has “steadily improved” and that he gets daily treatments.

“I think it scared him,” the fourth-year coach said. “He landed right on it. I’m sure there was some pain, but he sounds like he will be able to practice almost a full week so that should help.”

TCU kept Mahomes contained inside the pocket for most of the game, holding him to a season-low 206 yards passing. The team had a

season-low 345 total yards and was held to its fewest points since a 20-10 win over the Horned Frogs in 2013.

“That’s what’s got to be critical for us, not to let him outside,” Strong said.

A few more things to look for when Texas Tech hosts Texas:

made Foreman Texas’ first 1,000-yard season rusher since Jamaal Charles in 2007. Texas Tech has given up 300plus yards rushing three times this season and is allowing an average of 213.8 yards. “He runs with everything he has,” Texas offense lineman Connor Williams said.

percent). Kingsbury said a lot of the success is due to Mahomes’ abilities.

“Pat does a tremendous job of understanding the down and distance,” he said. “If it’s not there find a way to get it with your feet, so it’s a credit to him on more than the brilliant third down play calling that goes on.”

TEXAS’ RUSHING D’Onta Foreman, second in the nation in rushing yards (158 ypg), got two TDs and 250 yards on 32 carries in the Longhorns 35-34 win over Baylor last week. That’s more than the team is averaging per game (226.5 ypg). The performance

THIRD DOWNS The Red Raiders lead the nation in third-down conversion (57.8 percent), getting 74 first downs on 128 third downs. That is way better than the Longhorns who are 58th in the nation. Texas has gotten 52 first downs on 126 third-down attempts (41.3

SMACK TALK BACKLASH? Texas DE Breckyn Hager apologized, and Strong chastised him, for a comment he made to TV reporters Monday, telling them the mission for the Longhorns defense was to “injure that quarterback,” referring to

an imposing quarterback.

The Aggies’ formidable defensive line, which includes Myles Garrett and Daeshon Hall, has combined for 18 quarterback hurries and 19 tackles for loss so far this season.

“Those guys can just cause havoc up front with a bunch of potential NFL players and possibly first rounders or first picks in the draft,” Mullen said.

“You see why they are one of the top teams in America.”

Some other things to watch when Texas A&M travels to Mississippi State: DONALD’S ENCORE Fitzgerald’s big day passing against Samford led to some big numbers for his receivers. Donald Gray caught four passes for 207 yards and three touchdowns in the 56-41 win. The junior is the team’s second-leading receiver and could have a bigger role in the offense during the season’s final month.

STATE’S SORRY DEFENSE Mississippi State’s great performance on offense against Samford couldn’t mask some serious issues on defense. The Bulldogs gave up a whopping 627 total yards one week after

blissed-out crowd.

“It happened, baby. It happened!” proclaimed 27-year-old first baseman Anthony Rizzo to adoring cheers.

Team manager Joe Maddon — wearing a stocking cap, sunglasses and a jersey over a “We did not suck” T-shirt — looked out over a sea of blue.

“Welcome to Cubstock 2016!” Maddon said.

“This is an incredible moment for all of us.

Never have I experienced

giving up 554 total yards in a loss to Kentucky.

Mullen said most of the team’s problem is that there has been poor tackling.

TACKLING TREVOR Texas A&M quarterback Trevor Knight has been very productive with the Aggies since coming to the school as a graduate transfer. Knight’s thrown for 1,868 yards and 13 touchdowns while also running for 529 yards and nine touchdowns.

TRAYVEON’S BIG YEAR Texas A&M freshman running back Trayveon Williams has quickly turned into one of the SEC’s top backs. He’s run for 776 yards and six touchdowns while averaging 7.8 yards per carry. He could become the first true freshman in school history to run for 1,000 yards in a season.

PRODUCTIVE AGGIE DEFENSE Texas A&M leads the nation with 77 tackles for a loss. That’s 13 more than Alabama, which is No. 2 on the list. The Aggies have had at least 7 TFLs in every game this year, with a season high of 13 against Auburn.

anything like Wrigley Field on a nightly basis. ... I want to congratulate you fans also. Thank you for being so patient.”

A victory party is new territory for stoical fans of the Cubs, whose last World Series title — before their Game 7, extrainning thriller Wednesday night in Cleveland — came in 1908. The last time the Cubs even reached the Fall Classic was in 1945.

Superstitions die hard.

Miriam Santiago, 51, said

BOXING From page B1 Mayweather has been back in the ring sparring recently. But the first fight took five years to make and it seems a stretch to think Mayweather would come out of retirement to fight Pacquiao once again.

Still, Roach says he’s convinced Pacquiao has one or two more big fights left in him.

“Manny’s like the old Manny now,” Roach insisted after spending a month training Pacquiao in the Philippines. “I like this Manny a lot.”

To Pacquiao’s credit he did look re-energized in April when he beat Bradley in the third fight between the two men. It was his first fight since losing to Mayweather, a loss he blamed on a bad shoulder that has since been surgically repaired.

But the fight with Vargas is a tough sell, which is why promoter Bob Arum stacked the undercard with competitive fights and is selling tickets for as little as $50. Arum is also selling the pay-per-view himself after HBO de-

she carried holy water, her rosary and a bright green lucky baseball with her during the playoffs.

On Friday, the Chicago woman brought a goat mask with dynamite in its mouth and let other fans pose for photos wearing it outside the ballpark. Her lucky charms helped reverse the Curse of the Billy Goat, she said, referring to the story of a Chicago tavern owner who supposedly put a hex on the team after his pet goat

clined to take part in the distribution of the fight, and Pacquiao’s purse will largely depend on how well it does.

“Anything north of 600,000 buys would be a big night and he’d make a lot of money,” Arum said. “I’m hoping he makes money like the Manny of old.”

Arum, of course, is way overestimating what the fight will do, but his job as Pacquiao’s promoter is to get people interested. Since Vargas is not well known, it’s a difficult sell even with an attractive undercard.

Pacquiao is taking a familiar path for an aging fighter, trying to squeeze a few more fights in before finally hanging up his gloves.

He’s got the right to fight whoever he wants, but fight fans also have the right to vote with their wallets on the matchup.

“He is a champion (Vargas holds the WBO version of the welterweight title) so you can’t underestimate him,” Pacquiao said. “But I still feel fresh and young.”

Vargas will be fighting in his home town and is taller than Pac-

was turned away from Wrigley during the 1945 World Series.

For days, Cubs mania has spread throughout the city and state. The cast of the Chicago production of “Hamilton” led a sold-out audience in singing “Go Cubs Go” during the Thursday night curtain call. Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner declared Friday as “World Champion Chicago Cubs Day” statewide. The city dyed the Chicago River a bright shade of blue to

Lovullo brings a wealth of experience managing in the minor leagues. His teams compiled a 661-609 record in nine seasons in Boston’s and Cleveland’s systems.

A fifth-round draft pick out of UCLA in 1987, Lovullo played parts of eight seasons in the majors primarily at second base.

Hazen and Lovullo inherit an organization coming off one of the most disappointing seasons in its history.

After signing Zack Greinke to a six-year, $206.5 million contract, the Diamondbacks were considered a potential contender in the NL West. But the rest of the pitching staff faltered badly and the Diamondbacks ended with a 69-93 record, 22 games behind the first-place Los Angeles Dodgers.

That led to the dismissal of Stewart and Hale.

Tony La Russa lost his position as chief baseball officer but has been offered an advisory role.

Mahomes. Some of Texas Tech’s faithful, in social media posts, wrote that the apology was not accepted. The comment could make for some added tensions between the teams.

PENALTY REBOUND Penalties have hurt the Red Raiders all season.

They are 124th in the nation with 8.75 penalties per game. But against TCU Texas Tech had just one — a 5-yarder. That hasn’t happened since 1992. Can they keep it up against the Longhorns?

“They made their decision to play disciplined,” Kingsbury said. “That was the focus.”

quiao. He’s also full of confidence after stopping Sadam Ali in March for the WBO version of the 147-pound title.

“When I defeat Manny Pacquiao they will see that I beat a good Manny Pacquiao who is still performing at the highest level,” Vargas said. “That’s the Manny Pacquiao that I want to beat.”

The real problem for Pacquiao isn’t his opponent, though Arum could have easily put undefeated Terrence Crawford in the ring against him instead of Vargas. It’s that he turned off a big portion of his fans in a stinker of a fight against Mayweather and will probably never get them back.

He used to sell a million pay-per-views whenever he stepped into the ring. But he barely sold 300,000 for his fight against Bradley, and this one doesn’t figure to do any more.

The fight features an attractive undercard that includes Nonito Donaire against Jessie Magdaleno, Oscar Valdez vs. Hiroshige Osawa, and Shiming Zou vs. Prasitsak Phaprom, all in WBO title bouts.

match the Cubs’ colors, repurposing a decadeslong tradition of dyeing the river green on St. Patrick’s Day. Far from being sad about bidding their team farewell for the year, fans looked forward to the future.

Outfielder Kyle Schwarber, 23, took the microphone Friday and put it into words for the fans: “I love you guys.

We’re world champs.

Let’s do it again next year.”

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Dear Readers: RESCUING A DOG from the shelter is a rewarding experience for you and for the dog. But what are some things to keep in mind when training a rescued dog? Here are some hints: >> Every dog at the shelter has a backstory.

Maybe he ran away, got lost or was turned in by his previous owner.

These scenarios are traumatic for the dog, and it will take time for him to learn to trust again. >> Spend time outside with the dog at the facility. His personality won't fully bloom until he's home with you, but you'll see a little of what you can expect. >> Start training as if the dog were a blank slate. Train him how you want him to behave.

Again, patience is important. Classes at the pet store can help. >> Get the dog on a regular schedule. Dogs like predictability and

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Enjoy your new family member, who will thrive in a new and loving environment. He will repay you with unbounded love and gratitude for all of his days. -- Heloise NO MORE CRAMPS? Dear Readers: After a walk around the neighborhood or a stroll in the park, and certainly if you do a more strenuous workout, you may experience muscle cramps and dehydration.

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