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Scott Hanson displays an old beer sign at his workshop in Galveston, Texas. The door has been cut from several pieces of reclaimed wood and assembled into something beautiful.

Salvaged wood adds elegance

John Sharp, chancellor of The Texas A&M University System, announced Friday that Ray M. Keck has been appointed interim president at Texas A&M University-Commerce.

Keck succeeds Dan Jones, who served as pres-

ident at A&M-Commerce from 2008 until he died April 29.

Since 2001, Keck has served as the fifth president of Texas A&M International University, where he worked closely with Jones, who served as provost from 2003 until his presidential appointment at Commerce, locat-

ed northeast of Dallas.

“We lost a tremendous leader when we lost Dan Jones,” Sharp said. “In appointing Ray Keck as interim president, we help insure that Texas A&M University-Commerce will be in capable hands during this difficult transition. His experience as

Keck

Keck continues on A10

OUR LADY OF LOURDES CHURCH

BLUE MASS CELEBRATION

Artist brings new life into old pieces of lumber

By Diane Cowen HOUSTO N CHRONI CLE

GALVESTON, Texas — Scott Hanson runs a hand across his just-finished door with a touch so gentle that he barely caresses the wood.

He steps back to admire the 3-by-8-foot piece and states — like a proud papa — that it’s destined for a condo in Galveston’s Palisade Palms luxury high-rise.

A patchwork patina of green, blue, orange and ivory, the door has been cut from several pieces of reclaimed wood and assembled into something both beautiful and practical. He can only guess where all the pieces came from.

Perhaps a floor in an older home, a countertop in a Depressionera business or even pieces of a table that once fed a happy family.

The custom-made furniture that emerges from Hanson’s island workshop is alive with tales of the past.

A few decades or so ago, Hanson, a Minnesota transplant, was juggling jobs working construction and driving a couple of Houston antiques dealers as they bought and sold their wares.

After a year, he moved to Galveston, where he continued construction work.

One day, he was on a remodeling job in a historic home and the Wood continues on A8

Courtesy photo/ Zapata County Sheriff’s Office

Officials and staff from the Zapata County Sheriff’s Office pose for a picture outside Our Lady of Lourdes Church following the celebration of Blue Mass.

Ceremony dedicated to local law enforcement

By César G. Rodriguez THE ZAPATA TIME S

Families, friends and citizens of Zapata County gathered Friday for a special celebration at Our Lady of Lourdes Church, 1609 Glenn St. They got together for Blue Mass.

“This mass is given for the safety of our dedicated first responders, men and women in law enforcement, fire rescue and public safety who put their lives in harm’s way for the good of our community,” the Zapata County Sheriff’s Office said.

Mass continues on A10

Courtesy photos/ Zapata County Sheriff’s Office

Members of the Zapata County Sheriff’s Office attended Blue Mass at Our Lady of Lourdes Church on Friday.

IMMIGRATION PATTERNS

Down in farm country, up in some cities

By Tim Henderson STATEL INE .ORG

Marcio Jose Sanchez / Associated Press file

In this file photo, workers plant strawberries in Watsonville, California.

SEATTLE — In the fruit and vegetable country around Seattle, farmworkers talk about smuggling fees as high as $8,500 per person and arduous, circuitous routes across the

Mexican border. Under those conditions, thousands fewer are coming to work in the fields and farmers are desperate for more help.

But in Seattle, it’s the opposite: More immigrants are flocking to fill a void in fields like information technology

and engineering, as tech giants like Amazon and Microsoft expand operations. Many are from India, with visas for skilled workers.

The divergent immigration patterns are particularly evident in Washington state, Farm continues on A8

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AROUND THE NATION

TODAY IN HISTORY

SATURDAY, MAY 7

A S S O C I AT E D P R E S S

1

Karina M. Villarreal Scholarship 5k Run/Walk. 8 a.m. TAMIU. Sponsored by the Laredo Builders Association as a Parade of Homes kick-off event. Those who sign up in advance online will receive a dri-fit shirt as a thank you for their support. The cost to run/walk is $20.

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

Everyone is invited.

1 Laredo Northside Farmers Market. 9 a.m.–1 p.m. North Central Park.

The market is held at the playground behind the trailhead facility. This month's theme is Mother's Day. A raffle for Mother's Day gifts will be held.

1 Screen Free Week: Family Game Day & Pizza Party. 12–1 p.m. McKendrick Ochoa Salinas Branch Library, 1920 Palo Blanco St. Celebrate Screen Free Week by playing board games and eating pizza with your family members at the library. Pet adoption available.

1 International Guitar Ensemble concert. 7:30 p.m. TAMIU’s Center for the Fine and Performing Arts Recital Hall. Admission requires a minimum $5 donation per person. Free for TAMIU students of children under 12.

Today is Saturday, May 7, the 128th day of 2016. There are 238 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History: On May 7, 1945, Germany signed an unconditional surrender at Allied headquarters in Rheims, France, ending its role in World War II.

On this date:

Alex Brandon / Associated Press

The car of Eulalio Tordil, 62, a suspect in three fatal shootings in the Washington, D.C., area, is blocked in by unmarked police cars in Silver Spring, Md. on Friday.

OFFICER IN CUSTODY AFTER SHOOTINGS

SUNDAY, MAY 8 1

LCC Mother’s Day concert. 3 p.m.

Guadalupe and Lilia Martinez Fine Arts Center theater at LCC’s Fort McIntosh Campus. Free and open to the public. Attendees can expect a melody of musical selections by the college’s Spanish Traditional Group.

MONDAY, MAY 9 1

Webb County Tax Office is closed today due to maintenance.

1 Laredo Stroke Support Group. 7 p.m. San Martin de Porres Church, Family Life Center. Meetings are held the second Monday of each month and are open to all stroke survivors, family and caregivers. Everyone is welcomed to share their story, encourage and support others, and hear informative speakers. For more information on the support groups, call 956-286-0641 or 956-763-6132.

1 Chess Club. Every Monday from 4–6 p.m. LBV – Inner City Branch Library. Free for all ages and skill levels. Basic instruction is offered. For more information call John at 956795-2400 x2520.

TUESDAY, MAY 10 1

Knitting Circle. 1–3 p.m. McKendrick Ochoa Salinas Branch Library, 1920 Palo Blanco St. Please bring yarn and knitting needles. For more information, contact Analiza PerezGomez at analiza@laredolibrary.org or 795-2400 x2403.

1 TAMIU Student Film Festival.

1:30–4:30 p.m. TAMIU’s Student Center Auditorium, room 236. Free and open to the public.

1 Crochet for Kids. 4–5 p.m. McKendrick Ochoa Salinas Branch Library, 1920 Palo Blanco St. Please bring yarn and a crochet needle. For more information, contact Analiza PerezGomez at analiza@laredolibrary.org or 795-2400 x2403.

1 Rock wall climbing. 4–5 p.m.

LBV-Inner City Branch Library, 202 W. Plum St. Free. Take the challenge and climb the rock wall! Fun exercise for all ages. Must sign release form. For more information, contact John Hong at 795-2400 x2521.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 11 1

TAMIU Student Film Festival.

1:30–4:30 p.m. TAMIU’s Student Center Auditorium, room 236. Free and open to the public.

1 LEGO Robotics. 6:15–7:15 p.m.

McKendrick Ochoa Salinas Branch Library, 1920 Palo Blanco St. Make a LEGO robot and program its movement. Duplo LEGO play available for toddlers.

1 Bible study. 7–9 p.m. Lighthouse Assembly of God Church, 8731 Belize Drive. Every Wednesday. The Word of God has the power to comfort, heal and change hearts. For more information, contact Norma Perez at 251-1784 or normalight1@gmail.com

SATURDAY, MAY 14 1

Garden Club. 11 a.m.–12 p.m. Laredo Public Library – Calton, Multipurpose Room on the first floor. Come share gardening tips, tools and ideas. Keep Laredo Beautiful will be doing a free seed giveaway. Open to everyone.

1 LCC Rio Grande Arts Festival.

2–11 p.m. Fort McIntosh Campus. Free and open to the public. During the festival, local musical acts, artists, dancers, theater groups and filmmakers will showcase their talents and compete for the top spots in seven different arts-themed contests.

1 Laredo Philharmonic Concert.

7:30–9:30 p.m. TAMIU’s Center for the Fine and Performing Arts Recital Hall.

SUNDAY, MAY 15 1

LCC Rio Grande Arts Festival.

2–8 p.m. Fort McIntosh Campus. Free and open to the public. During the festival, local musical acts, artists, dancers, theater groups and filmmakers will showcase their talents.

By Ben Nuckols ASSOCIATED PRE SS

SILVER SPRING, Md. — A federal security officer suspected in three fatal shootings outside a high school, a mall and a supermarket in the Washington, D.C., area was arrested Friday, police said.

Three people were also wounded in the shootings.

Eulalio Tordil, an employee of the Federal Protective Service, which provides security at federal properties, was taken into custody without incident near the supermarket, the scene of the last shooting, authorities said. The brief manhunt

6 relatives dead in burning NY home SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A predawn fire quickly engulfed a two-story house Friday, killing a couple’s four grandchildren, a son and a nephew, authorities and family said.

Lawrence and Phyllis Anderton told the Syracuse PostStandard that their son Kevin Anderton Sr. called them after he discovered his home on

and seemingly indiscriminate shootings rekindled fears of the D.C. sniper in 2002, which paralyzed the nation’s capital and its suburbs.

Plainclothes officers trailed Tordil for an hour, watching him walk from store to store at a shopping center as they waited for the right time to arrest him. He had earlier threatened to “commit suicide by cop” and authorities wanted to make sure the public was safe when he was arrested.

“Knowing his behavior, knowing of statements he made, we did not want to endanger anyone,” Montgomery County Police Chief Thomas Manger said.

Syracuse’s north side was on fire. Kevin’s children, 13-yearold Kevin Jr. and 7-year-old Cassie, died in the blaze, and his wife was hospitalized, the couple said.

The couple’s other son, 34year-old Gordon Anderton, also died in the fire, along with his children, 12-year-old Lawrence and 10-year-old Jacob, they said.

William Yager, 33, was Lawrence Anderton’s nephew and the final victim, Lawrence Anderton said.

The Andertons stood in the rain Friday afternoon outside the charred house. They talked to some of the friends and neighbors who had brought balloons and flowers to the scene, then left with the family dog, Mugsy, who had escaped the flames to hide in the garage.

The blaze was reported at around 3:50 a.m. When firefighters arrived after receiving a 911 call, the front of the house was engulfed in flames.

— Compiled from AP reports

In 1789, America's first inaugural ball was held in New York in honor of President George Washington, who'd taken the oath of office a week earlier.

In 1824, Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, had its premiere in Vienna.

In 1915, a German U-boat torpedoed and sank the British liner RMS Lusitania off the southern coast of Ireland, killing 1,198 people, including 128 Americans, out of the nearly 2,000 on board.

In 1939, Germany and Italy announced a military and political alliance known as the Rome-Berlin Axis.

In 1941, Glenn Miller and His Orchestra recorded "Chattanooga Choo Choo" for RCA Victor.

In 1942, U.S. Army Gen. Jonathan Wainwright went on a Manila radio station to announce the Allied surrender of the Philippines to Japanese forces during World War II. In 1946, Sony Corp. had its beginnings as the Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Corp. was founded in the Japanese capital by Akio Morita and Masaru Ibuka.

In 1954, the 55-day Battle of Dien Bien Phu in Vietnam ended with Vietnamese insurgents overrunning French forces.

In 1966, Kauai King won the Kentucky Derby; the event was telecast in color for the first time by CBS. In 1975, President Gerald R. Ford formally declared an end to the "Vietnam era." In Ho Chi Minh City — formerly Saigon — the Viet Cong celebrated its takeover.

In 1984, a $180 million out-of-court settlement was announced in the Agent Orange class-action suit brought by Vietnam veterans who charged they'd suffered injury from exposure to the defoliant.

In 1992, the latest addition to America's space shuttle fleet, Endeavour, went on its first flight. A 203year-old proposed constitutional amendment barring Congress from giving itself a midterm pay raise received enough votes for ratification as Michigan became the 38th state to approve it.

Ten years ago: Iran's hard-line parliament threatened to pass legislation that would force the Tehran government to withdraw from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.

Five years ago:

The U.S. released a handful of videos seized from Osama bin Laden's hideout showing the terrorist leader watching newscasts of himself amid shabby surroundings. The Taliban unleashed a major assault on government buildings throughout Kandahar, Afghanistan.

One year ago:

After years of sharing power, British Prime Minister David Cameron pulled off an unexpected election triumph that gave the Conservative leader a second term with an outright parliamentary majority.

AROUND THE WORLD Egypt rights advocate arrested CAIRO — A prominent Egyptian rights lawyer who had raised a legal suit against the president’s decision to hand two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia was arrested early on Friday and ordered held in custody for 15 days, pending investigation into a list of allegations, including attempts to overthrow the government.

Malek Adly’s detention came amid a wave of arrests in Egypt as security forces put down protests against President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi decision on the islands. Adly, a member of the April 6 youth movement that was part of the uprising that toppled longtime autocrat Hosni Mubarak in 2011, has appeared on TV talk shows, speaking out against the islands’ handover. He was also among a group of lawyers who filed a lawsuit over the case of the islands.

Today's Birthdays:

Amr Nabil / Associated Press

Supporters of Egypt's ousted President Hosni Mubarak clash with a lawyer representing protestors who were killed.

Two others from the group were also arrested. They were detained in a police raid of the Journalists’ Syndicate on Sunday, which sparked protests by hundreds of journalists who called for Interior Minister Magdy Abdel-Ghaffar’s dismissal and a presidential apology.

Both el-Sissi and Abdel-

Ghaffar have ignored the demands. The interior minister on Thursday attended the inauguration of a mega project for land reclamation hailed by el-Sissi as one of his “unprecedented” achievements. In his speech at the event, el-Sissi repeated, “I am not afraid. ” — Compiled from AP reports

AROUND TEXAS Officials look into materials from fire HOUSTON — A large blaze at a warehouse complex in Houston on Thursday caused explosions, forced the evacuation of hundreds of students from a nearby elementary school and led to the contamination of nearby creeks with pollutants.

The fire that generated towering plumes of black smoke began around 10 a.m. in a home

Former Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., is 84. Rhythm-and-blues singer Thelma Houston is 73. Actress Robin Strasser is 71. Singer-songwriter Bill Danoff is 70. Rock musician Bill Kreutzmann (Grateful Dead) is 70. Rock musician Prairie Prince is 66. Movie writerdirector Amy Heckerling is 64. Actor Michael E. Knight is 57. Rock musician Phil Campbell (Motorhead) is 55.

Country musician Rick Schell is 53.

Rock singer-musician Chris O'Connor (Primitive Radio Gods) is 51. Actress Traci Lords is 48. Singer Eagle-Eye Cherry is 45. Actor Breckin Meyer is 42. Rock musician Matt Helders (Arctic Monkeys) is 30. Actresscomedian Aidy Bryant is 29. Actor Taylor Abrahamse is 25. Actor Alexander Ludwig is 24. Actress Dylan Gelula is 22.

Thought for Today: "There are those who believe something, and therefore will tolerate nothing; and on the other hand, those who tolerate everything, because they believe nothing." — Robert Browning, English poet (born this date in 1812; died in 1889).

CONTACT US in the Spring Branch section of west Houston. The blaze spread to the nearby warehouse complex, engulfing several businesses there in flames, including Custom Packaging and Filling.

Nearly 200 firefighters battled the fire at its height, but by Thursday afternoon, the blaze was under control and the focus was on extinguishing hot spots.

Authorities have not said what they believe started the fire, which involved at least

three structures.

The runoff from the firefighting efforts carried pesticides and petroleum additives into nearby creeks, according to a Houston Fire Department statement.

Environmental contractors were containing the petroleum additives Thursday at several points along Spring Branch Creek, but the pesticides are water-soluble and cannot be contained or removed from the creek’s waters.

— Compiled from AP reports

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STATE

Perry ditches glasses for portrait, defends Trump

Lioness Leia debuts at Cameron Park Zoo ASSOCIATED PRE SS

By Paul J. Weber A S S OCIAT E D PRE SS

AUSTIN, Texas — Ditching his now-famous black glasses Friday for his official Texas portrait, former Gov. Rick Perry is back looking like his old self but sounding far different when it comes to former presidential rival Donald Trump.

After the painting was unveiled at the state Capitol, Perry defended his enthusiastic change of heart this week about the presumptive GOP nominee. He had once called the billionaire businessman a “cancer to conservatism” but now says he’d be willing to work in a Trump administration, even as vice president.

Trump has made no such public overtures to the longtime Texas governor, who acknowledged he hasn’t spoken to Trump in months.

Perry was among the first 2016 contenders to drop out of the crowded Republican field, but his short-lived campaign attacked Trump harder than most in the early stages of the race.

“If Donald Trump says, ‘Perry, let’s talk about you helping in this role,’ I’m open to it,” Perry said Friday.

Trump, who once said that Perry only began wearing glasses so “people will think he’s smart,” tweeted “Thank you Rick!” after Perry’s endorsement.

Perry didn’t start wearing the thick-framed glasses until after his first failed run for the White House in 2012, when his campaign un-

Rodolfo Gonzalez / American-Statesman

Former Governor Rick Perry and former First Lady, Anita Perry, pose for a picture with Perry's portrait by artist James Tennison following Perry's installation ceremony held at the State Capitol rotunda in Austin, Texas, on Friday.

Perry shrugged off his criticism of Trump as the usual election-year rhetoric. raveled after famously stumbling in a debate and forgetting the name of a federal agency he would eliminate. But he spent most of his record 14 years as Texas governor without glasses.

Although he wore them to the ceremony Friday, the unadorned look is how Perry will be forever pictured in the Texas Capitol, where his portrait was hung next to former governors Republican George W. Bush and Democrat Ann Richards. Perry offered no explanation as to why he posed without glasses, but the choice seemed to delight one of his biggest political donors, billion-

aire Red McCombs.

“I bet a guy $500,000 that the picture wouldn’t have glasses,” McCombs told a gallery of current and former Texas lawmakers during the ceremony.

Perry shrugged off his previous criticism of Trump as the usual election-year rhetoric. Defending Trump’s qualifications, Perry cited the billionaire’s claims that he will surround himself with an experienced team if elected.

“I suggest that is a clear indication that he understands what he knows, understands what he doesn’t know and is willing to bring people in and listen to,” Perry said. “And I think that’s the most important trait that he will have to exhibit. I mean, that has yet to be seen, but I feel comfortable that he will indeed do that.”

WACO, Texas — A lioness named for movie character Princess Leia has been introduced to some Star Wars costumewearing fans at a Texas zoo.

Leia made her public debut Wednesday at the Cameron Park Zoo in a “May the Fourth Be With You” event — a day celebrating all things Star Wars.

Leia was born in 2013 at The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore. She was transferred to the zoo in Waco as part of a species survival plan.

Leia had a chance to maul a fake Death Star and play with other toys portraying items made

Jerry Larson / Associated Press

A lioness named for movie character Princess Leia takes a drink of water while being introduced to some Star Wars costume-wearing fans during her public debut on Wednesday, at the Cameron Park Zoo in Waco, Texas.

popular by the Star Wars movie franchise. “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” was released last year.

Leia joins two other

lions at the Texas zoo, which offered free admission Wednesday to visitors wearing Star Wars clothing.

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OP-ED

OTHER VIEWS

Sanders’ army should switch to Clinton

By Fabiola Santiago MIAM I HE RALD

I’m with her, but I don’t care if Bernie Sanders keeps campaigning for the Democratic nomination if it keeps his followers happy.

Six months from the election, it’s time for the Vermont senator who has won the hearts of millennials - no easy feat - to use his persuasive oratory skills and help usher a real revolution by ending the patriarchal order of American politics and electing the first woman to the White House.

Sanders could, if he wanted to, play a significant part in making that history by inspiring the generation whose political imagination he has awakened to rally around Clinton. She has 93 percent of the delegates she needs to win the Democratic nomination.

But despite the math against him, Sanders has dreamed up an alternative political reality in which he’s a hero on horseback - and the millennials (plus Susan Sarandon) are his army of warriors. They don’t like Clinton. They repeat untruths, half-truths and imagined truths like minions for the GOP. In their name, Sanders is ready to charge on, draw blood if necessary.

Near the end of the battle, he’s not only changing strategy - no longer the issues-only gentleman pre-Iowa, praised for his lack of anger and negativity. He also wants to change the battleground. He’s that quixotic. It’s his revolution right now. Instant gratification. The Democratic primary party rules should work in his favor.

Sanders wants all primaries to be open, so he can ostensibly bury Clinton, in Trump-like swiftness, with the vote of independent millennials and disenchanted moderate Republicans (like they’re going from conservative to social Democrat in one swing; #NeverTrump means #I’mWithHer now).

He’s staying in the race even if he damages Clinton in the process, fresh from his surprise victory in Indiana and campaigning hard in Kentucky. He has debated her on trade, campaign finance and the Iraq war. But now he’s slipping into the issues he had declared over-the-top and closed, like the emails. The California primary looms.

Can you feel the Bern now? He’s throwing a temper tantrum.

He’s right about one thing: His army shouldn’t be discounted.

"What we are doing in this campaign, and I am

extremely proud of it, we are literally bringing millions of people into the political process," he said in Kentucky.

Not that he has brought them to the political stage alone. His followers also were part of the coalition that won Barack Obama two presidential elections. But Sanders has attracted young people with his promise of free education and health care. Their dominance in social media is a powerful factor.

Comedian Sarah Silverman’s post on Facebook endorsing Sanders, for example, has been viewed more than 32 million times in one month. The commentary is a sociological study on how the nation’s largest living generation can quickly embrace one candidate and develop tunnel vision.

Their passion, in turn, has made Sanders believe he can win.

He doesn’t have to present a serious and achievable plan to convince them. In the world of sound bite-sized internet platforms, reading is not deep but emotional.

Bursting the millennials’ Bernie bubble is an uphill battle. If Sanders’ presence keeps the millennials engaged, learning, and gaining political sophistication, we can all afford to be patient.

Clinton will need their support against the menace of a Trump who can rally angry, fearful Americans afraid of losing world dominance. I get why millennials don’t like standard boomer Clinton.

It’s hard to come down from the high of the coolest president ever. Clinton isn’t charismatic. She’s smart, educated, diplomatic and guards her privacy too closely for a generation that grew up on reality TV. She may be the best political performer on "Saturday Night Live," but that’s so my generation, not theirs.

Nothing Sanders says can change the fact that Clinton is the most qualified, most vetted and investigated candidate.

But Sanders’ disaffected followers could hurt her in the general election. It’s scary to hear millennials say they’ll stay away from the polls if their beloved Bernie doesn’t win, thus helping fuel a Trump victory.

That’s a temper tantrum Democrats cannot afford.

"If Hillary is the nominee, I will proudly vote for her," Silverman told The Daily Beast - and I exhaled a little.

Note to Democrats: Handle with care.

COLUMN

A great time to be a horrible person

By Rex Huppke CHICAGO TRIBUNE

It must be a magical time to be a racist. Or a xenophobe. Or a sexist or generic bigot of any sort, really.

With his presumptive ascension to the top of the Republican Party’s presidential ticket, Donald Trump has brought great joy to white men of, let’s say, a certain persuasion. He talks of deportation and closed borders and gladly tosses red meat to Americans who long for the day when there were fewer "others" around.

Trump has called these people out from the shadows, lured them from the dark corners of the Internet where racial conspiracy theories take root.

He is their avatar, he has won, and this is a time for exaltation.

Conservative radio host Michael Savage, who calls himself a nationalist and has backed Trump from the beginning and preached Trump’s same message for years, told his millions of listeners: "We are the reason Donald Trump just won the primary. Nobody else.

So, pay close attention to this show going forward

and you’re liable to hear the real voices of America, as opposed to the fakers on television, like Wolf Blitzer and the others whose names I don’t remember. They are not America. They are not the white men who voted for Trump. . It’s the outof-work factory worker in Indiana who voted for Donald Trump. The poor guy who was disenfranchised from his own nation by the impostor in the White House. (The media) don’t dare say one word about what (Obama) has done and is doing to the poor white man in this country, which

COLUMN

Is there a way out of our nation’s two-party stranglehold?

By Mary Sanchez THE KANSAS CITY STAR

America is nearly gagging over its two probable choices for president.

The upcoming general election feels like an indigestible dinner menu: Would you like boiled liver or the five-day-old pot pie? Can’t there be a third option?

For those with that fervent yet unrealistic wish - and that likely includes a substantial number of voters - a new book on the political circuit will appeal.

"A Declaration of Independents: How We Can Break the Two-Party Stranglehold and Restore the American Dream" is the title. It was written by Greg Orman, who tried to blaze a trail around politics as usual in a run for the U.S. Senate, and failed.

Orman’s 15 minutes of national attention came in 2014, when he threatened to end the Congressional career of Sen. Pat Roberts of Kansas, who was a

three-term incumbent at the time.

Orman, a Princetoneducated, self-made businessman, ran as an independent. Through a confluence of breaks, savvy and hard work, he drew enough support to freak out the GOP. Losing Roberts’ seat would have put the party’s control of the U.S. Senate in jeopardy.

Suffice it to say, it was an all-hands-on-deck moment for Republicans.

The heavy hitters of the party were trotted out to Kansas. Their job was to tar Orman as a liberal in disguise, a stooge of Harry Reid who would solidify the Obama White House agenda.

It worked. Orman lost, although he garnered 43 percent of the vote.

Many of Orman’s positions on issues fell in the middle of the political spectrum; some aligned with views more typical of Democrats, others with Republicans. His platform was nuanced - not what

voters get from the typical candidate of either party.

The experience of that election confirmed in Orman a determination to address America’s political malaise head-on.

Hence the book. One of his guiding insights is this: "Partisanship has become the new prejudice."

Consider these statistics, highlighted in the book: In 1960, 4 percent of Democrats and 5 percent of Republicans said they would be "displeased" if their child married someone from a rival political party. By 2010, one-third of Democrats and half of Republicans said they would be "somewhat" or "very" unhappy at the idea of their child marrying a person of the opposing political party.

On the other hand, a full 43 percent of Americans identify as independents. And 35 percent say they are moderates. The problem is they often don’t have a candidate to support. So they hold

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would explain, in great part, why Donald Trump just triumphed."

It’s a magical time, I suppose, to be that disenfranchised white man.

Read the gleeful words of Caucasian enthusiast Pat Buchanan speaking to NPR on Thursday about the ills of diversity: "Anybody that believes that a country can be maintained that has no ethnic core to it or no linguistic core to it, I believe, is naive in the extreme."

The interviewer said: "But you understand how that language feels very incendiary to many people?"

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their nose and choose. Or they sit out Election Day. In the book, Orman details the many factors that have contributed to this problem: the gerrymandering of Congressional districts, the negativity that has chased moderate (often female) candidates from the field, the rise of partisan think tanks and news outlets, the shrill voices of talk radio, the ethical pollution of lobbyists and campaign contributions.

Orman writes: "(I) ndependence from the party line, from the special interests that control both major political parties through campaign cash, and from extremists who control each party’s primary process - that’s what this country needs to move forward."

Orman’s plea is for the centrist, unaffiliated electorate to back independent candidates who can run up the middle to victory while the two other parties push candidates on the extremes.

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Radiohead announces new album, release date

By Joe Coscarelli Mary Altaffer / Associated Press

N EW YORK T I ME S

For Radiohead, untraditional album releases are nothing new, but the band can still surprise: On Friday morning, after teasing fans with online clues for months but having never announced an official release date, the British group said that its ninth album would be out on Sunday.

The album — its title has still not been confirmed — will be available on digital music services at 2 p.m. Sunday and in physical formats on June 17. The announcement also came with a new song, “Daydreaming,” and its video, a collaboration with director Paul Thomas Anderson, that is streaming on Radiohead’s website. The song is being sold in the band’s online store and on iTunes, and is streaming on Spotify and Apple Music.

An unexpected album from a major act, while owned in the popular imagination by Beyoncé thanks to back-to-back sneak attacks, including last month’s “Lemonade,” was in some ways prefigured by Radiohead: In 2007, the band independently released “In Rainbows” with a pay-what-you-want model online just days after announcing the album.

“King of Limbs,” from 2011, came with even shorter notice, and Thom Yorke, the band’s lead singer, has also experimented with digital releases for solo projects.

Other acts with loyal fan bases, including Drake, D’Angelo and

In this Friday, April 29, 2016 photo, a visitor inspects "Untitled" by Jean-Michel Basquiat on display during the press preview of "Bound to Fail" at Christie's auction house in New York.

Big art auctions opening in NYC next week

By Ula Ilnytzky ASSOCIATED PRE SS

Chris Pizzello / Associated Press

Thom Yorke of Radiohead performs during the band's headlining set on the first weekend of the 2012 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Saturday, April 14, 2012, in Indio, Calif.

Kendrick Lamar, have since used variations on the sudden drop, skipping the monthslong promotional lead-up that has long come with bigname albums. On Thursday night, with little notice, British singer James Blake, who is featured on Beyoncé’s “Lemonade,” released his third studio album online.

Radiohead’s obsessive listeners perked up their collective ears for a fresh project in January, after the band created a new independent company, as it did before its previous

two albums. (The band had also been seen recording in photos posted to social media.)

Last week, the band began cryptically wiping its online presence clean, again stirring rumors of an imminent release, before returning with some mysterious clips on Instagram and eventually a new single and clay animation music video for the song “Burn the Witch,” which has been viewed more than 8.2 million times in its first few days.

The band had also announced a slate of tour

dates for 2016 — its first live shows since 2012 and another clue that new music was on its way.

After eight warm-up shows in Europe, Radiohead is to appear at summer festivals including Primavera Sound in Barcelona on June 3, Secret Solstice in Reykjavik on June 17 and Lollapalooza in Chicago on July 29. The band is also scheduled to play two nights at Madison Square Garden, July 26 and 27, along with a handful of other summer dates in North America and Japan.

NEW YORK — A sculpture of a kneeling Hitler and two rare Fauve period paintings are among the offerings at the impressionist, modern and contemporary evening art auctions in New York next week.

Many of the works are fresh to the market, like a group of Alexander Calder sculptures at Christie’s and a Francis Bacon diptych at Sotheby’s.

“We’ve really gone out looking for individual works which are going to be appealing to the top level of collectors,” said Brett Gorvy, head of Christie’s post-war and contemporary art.

Pre-sale estimates have been kept at a realistic level, but bidders will

ultimately determine the works’ market value, he said.

Among the works is Frida Kahlo’s “Two Nudes in the Forest (The Earth Itself ),” estimated at $8 million to $12 million at Christie’s on May 12.

“She is just such an intriguing artist, someone whose market is rightly being reevaluated, growing I think stratospherically in value right now as female artists gain their proper place in the order of things,” said Brooke Lampley, Christie’s head of impressionist and modern art.

The impressionist, modern and contemporary art auctions are being held over one week, instead of two, to accommodate the increasing number of collectors.

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NATIONAL

Pregnant women can be served alcohol

By Jennifer Peltz ASSOCIATED PRE SS

Matt Rourke / Associated Press

Keyshla Rivera smiles at her newborn son Jesus as registered nurse Christine Weick demonstrates a baby box before her discharge from Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia on Friday.

Philadelphia baby box program boosts safe sleeping habits

By Kathy Matheson A S S OCIAT E D PRE SS

PHILADELPHIA — Doctors and nurses hope to lower the city’s high infant mortality rate by distributing baby boxes that encourage safe sleeping habits for newborns and their caregivers.

Temple University Hospital this week began giving out the cardboard boxes that are lined with a mattress and function like a bassinet. They’re meant to discourage parents from sleeping with their babies, which could lead to accidental suffocation.

The program is the largest effort of its kind by an academic health system in the U.S., hospital officials said, though that could not immediately be confirmed. It’s based on a successful baby box initiative in Finland that began in the 1930s and lowered that country’s infant mortality rate.

At Temple, Brianna

Devero received the first box a few days ago after her son, Steven Tonzelli Jr., was born. The boy arrived two weeks early — before her house was ready for the new arrival.

“He loved it because it was like sleeping in the bassinet from the hospital,” Devero said Friday.

“And it was really just good because it was something that I could use just right then and there, and didn’t have to worry about assembling anything.”

Philadelphia, which has one of the nation’s highest poverty rates, has an infant mortality rate nearly double the U.S. average — 11.2 deaths per 1,000 births compared with six per 1,000 nationwide, according to the city Health Department. The rate is even higher in some low-income neighborhoods that Temple serves.

Poor families sometimes don’t have the resources or education to properly care for new-

borns. Temple’s box initiative aims to reduce risky behavior associated with infant deaths, such as sharing beds or using unsafe bedding.

The hospital plans to give out 3,000 boxes for free over the next year — one for each woman who gives birth there, regardless of need. The boxes, which include clothing, diapers and educational materials, are worth $80 to $100 and were partly paid for with grants and crowdfunding, officials said.

“We have every hope that our patients will find this a useful tool in caring for their newborns,” said Dr. Gail Herrine, medical director of the postpartum unit.

Temple patient Victoria Mack received a box Friday for her son Reign — who also arrived unexpectedly early.

“It’s nice to know that you have something that you can go home with ... until when you finally have everything ready to go,” she said.

Records show Vegas stunt plane company had safety concerns

By Sally Ho A S S OCIAT E D PRE SS

LAS VEGAS — Before a recent stunt plane crash killed an instructor pilot and student passenger, records show that federal authorities had noted multiple safety issues on similar acrobatic flights offered by a Las Vegas tourism company that allows paying customers — even those without any previous flight experience — to fly and control planes.

Pilot Benjamin Anderson Soyars, 37, of Las Vegas, and Steve Anthony Peterson, a 32-year-old customer from Rohnert Park, California, died in the April 30 accident. The fixed-wing single-engine plane operated by Sky Combat Ace that they were flying in was found crashed in the area west of the dry lake beds near the town of Jean, about 30 miles south of Las Vegas.

The company, which also operates in San Diego, offers aerobatic, air combat and sightseeing flight experiences with package prices ranging from $150 to $2,000, according to its website. Its signature offering allows customers to fly stunt planes with instructors’ supervision. The Federal Aviation Administration

allows anyone to fly a plane as long as there is a licensed pilot alongside to provide instruction.

Following the recent crash, Sky Combat Ace’s parent company, Vegas Extreme Adventures LLC, claimed that it had been “incident-free” in its five years in business.

But records from the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board identified multiple related safety issues and incidents involving their planes in flight, though none involved injury. Its history was first reported by the Las Vegas ReviewJournal.

The FAA on at least three occasions sought or took action against the company or its pilot based on complaints filed.

Investigators cited safety violations and risky flight maneuvers.

One incident in March 2015 even involved the same Sky Combat Ace airplane that fatally crashed last week.

After the 2015 incident, the FAA moved to suspend the pilot license and instructor certification of Denis Richard Boissonneault. The agency said Boissonneault had flown in a “careless or reckless” manner that endangered life and property, according to an agency letter on

the incident. The case is pending. Boissonneault, who is listed on the tourism company’s website, couldn’t be reached for comment.

Sky Combat Ace is now prohibited from flying in formation after repeatedly flying too low to the ground. The waiver was suspended in June 2012 and then revoked in August 2012. The latter incident was reported near the Hoover Dam, according to the FAA. In November 2014, a plane partially lost engine power as it was landing, substantially damaging the right wing. An NTSB report said the wing tanks were empty, although the center fuel tank was nearly full.

Another plane had to make an emergency landing at McCarran International Airport in October 2014. The pilot had lost control while performing a spin maneuver. A rudder cable had separated due to tension overstress, the NTSB said.

Company spokeswoman Megan Fazio didn’t respond to questions about the company’s “incident free” safety record claims before the recent fatal crash, saying only that there had been no incidents involving injury up to this point.

NEW YORK — A pregnant woman shows up at a New York City bar and wants to go in and order a drink despite health warnings against consuming alcohol while expecting. Should the tavern serve her?

It’s against the law to refuse, under guidelines the city Human Rights Commission released Friday to help people interpret a 2013 city law. It centers on expansive protections for pregnant workers, but the guidelines also say mothers-tobe can’t be kept out of New York City bars or denied alcoholic drinks just because they’re expecting.

“Judgments and stereotypes about how pregnant individuals should behave, their physical capabilities and what is or is not healthy for a fetus are pervasive in our society and cannot be used as pretext for unlawful discriminatory decisions” in public venues, the new guidelines say.

With that, the city is squarely taking on a touchy subject that stirs conflicted feelings about pregnancy and personal autonomy. While actual complaints from pregnant New Yorkers about bar policies may be uncommon, they aren’t unheard of: The commission is looking into one case concerning a pregnant woman denied entry to a bar or club, said Lauren Elfant, an agency lawyer.

She wouldn’t give more detail because the case is open.

And some pregnant women who haven’t been refused service say they’ve felt awkward when, for example, they’re at a restaurant table that’s sharing a bottle of wine and a serv-

Richard Drew / Associated Press

The drinking and pregnancy warning notice is posted behind the bar at the Vintry, in New York.

er makes a point of asking how many glasses to bring.

It would “come up in conversation as a possibility, a joke: ‘Will they serve you, or will they not? ...

Will they look down on you, or will they not?”’ says Carlota Fluxa, a Brooklynite who gave birth Tuesday to her first child.

She ordered a glass of wine on rare occasion during her pregnancy, which wouldn’t raise eyebrows in her native Spain. No one ever questioned her order, but she felt that “in general, a lot of people are paying attention to whether you’re drinking or not drinking.”

How to treat pregnant women who use intoxicants of various sorts has long been debated in the U.S. Some states have laws allowing authorities to bring criminal charges against women who use illegal drugs while pregnant or to detain expectant mothers whose heavy drinking poses a substantial risk to their unborn children’s health.

And the pregnant drinker has been portrayed as a moral dilemma in such forums as the ABC hidden-camera show “What Would You Do?” which featured a 2010 episode showing bar patrons’ varied reactions to an

actress who appeared to be a pregnant woman unabashedly guzzling tequila.

The U.S. Surgeon General and major medical associations say women should avoid alcohol during pregnancy. An American Academy of Pediatrics report in October reiterated the group’s view that no amount of drinking during pregnancy should be considered safe.

New York City requires restaurants to post warnings that drinking alcohol during pregnancy can cause birth defects. But such health decisions are up to the woman, not the bartender, rights commission officials say.

So does Michael Sinensky, who owns a dozen bars and clubs in and around New York City.

“I wouldn’t preach to my staff not to serve pregnant women,” says Sinensky, a father of three.

But some other bar owners find the issue trickier.

“I sort of believe that the mother should be responsible,” says Dan Warren, an owner of West 3rd Common, a downtown Manhattan bar. But if a pregnant woman ordered multiple drinks, “I’d probably be tempted to say something.”

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Ribereña en breve STAAR El lunes 9 de mayo se aplicará el examen STAAR de matemáticas a los alumnos de 3o, 4o, 6o y 7o grado. Igualmente se reaplicará el examen de matemáticas a alumnos del 5o y 8o grados. El martes 10 de mayo se aplicará el examen STAAR de lectura a los alumnos de 3o, 4o, 6o y 7o grado.

Igualmente se reaplicará el examen de lectura a alumnos del 5o y 9o grados. El miércoles 11 de mayo se aplicará el examen STAAR de ciencia a alumnos del 5o y 9o grados; igualmente el de Algebra II. El jueves 12 de mayo se aplicará el examen STAAR de ciencias sociales a alumnos del 8o grado.

El martes 21 de junio se volverá a aplicar el examen de matemáticas a los alumnos del 5 y 8 grados; el miércoles 22 de junio, se reaplicará el examen de lectura para alumnos del 5 y 8 grados.

El 11 de julio se aplicará el examen de Inglés I y el 12 de julio el de Biología e Historia de EU. El 13 de julio se hará lo propio con Inglés II y el 14 de julio el de Algebra I. CONCURSO El Sistema DIF de Miguel Alemán, México, invita al quinto Concurso de Dibujo sobre Trabajo Infantil. Habrá dos categorías (Categoría A para niños y niñas de 6 a 12 años de edad; y, Categoría B, para niños y niñas de 13 a 17 años de edad).

El dibujo se debe realizar en media cartulina blanca (35cm x 50cm), utilizar colores de madera, plumones, óleo, acuarela o colores de cera, y anexar en un sobre una descripción con una propuesta para eliminar las peores formas de trabajo infantil. La propuesta debe ser de dos a cuatro párrafos en letra de molde legible.

Incluir al reverso del dibujo su título, nombre completo del participante (como indica el acta de nacimiento), edad, grado escolar, nombre de la escuela, teléfono, domicilio particular, y municipio.

La fecha límite para entregar el trabajo es el 13 de mayo en las oficinas del DIF-Miguel Alemán, calle Puerto de Chetumal # 130 en la Colonia Jardines de San Germán. Más información llamando al 9720155.

CONSULADO MÓVIL El Consulado General de México informa que brindará el servicio de Consulado Móvil a los residentes del Condado de Duval, en el Civic Center de la ciudad de San Diego, Texas, ubicado en 510 E. Gravis Ave, de 9 a.m. a 2 p.m., el 14 de mayo.

Se proporcionarán servicios básicos como expedición de Matrícula Consular (ID mexicana), Pasaporte, así como prestar asesoría legal y orientación al público en el ámbito de Protección. Además se llevará a cabo una Feria de Salud donde se proporcionarán algunos servicios de salud de manera gratuita (toma de glucosa, presión arterial, índice de masa corporal) y se proporcionará información sobre higiene dental, entre otros temas.

Para mayor información comunicarse al teléfono (956) 7230990 o través del Servicio Mexitel para hacer citas y solicitar requisitos, llamando al teléfono: 1-877-639-4835

DEMOND BLUNTSON FUE CONDENADO POR CARGOS DE HOMICIDIO CAPITAL

Pena de muerte Por Philip Balli TIEMP O DE ZAPATA

Después de casi 11 horas de deliberación durante un período de dos días, los miembros del jurado condenaron a muerte a Demond Bluntson en ambos casos de homicidio capital.

La sentencia a la Demond pena de Bluntson muerte se produjo después que Bluntson fue encontrado culpable de matar a los dos hijos de su ex novia, Jaydin Thompson de 6 años de edad y Devian de 1 año, en una habitación de hotel local en el año 2012.

Devian era hijo biológico de Bluntson.

Además de los cargos por homicidio capital, los miembros del jurado condenaron a Bluntson el 21 de abril por dos cargos de agresión con agravantes a un servidor público.

Para los dos cargos de agresión con agravantes, el jurado lo condenó a 50

años y una multa de 10.000 dólares por cada cargo.

Por primera vez en el juicio, Bluntson se conmocionó dentro de la corte.

Al principio, mientras escuchaba a los oficiales de policía de Laredo contar el asesinato de los niños, Bluntson mantuvo una expresión fría. Sin embargo, cuando el Juez Joe López leyó el veredicto del jurado, los ojos de Bluntson se llenaron de lágrimas.

Los familiares de las víctimas estuvieron presentes durante todos los días del testimonio de los testigos a lo largo del juicio de tres semanas.

El Fiscal de Distrito Isidro “Chilo” Alaniz dijo que no quería decepcionarlos.

“Siento una gran cantidad de emociones fuertes para la familia después de todo el sufrimiento por el que han tenido que pasar”, dijo. “Mi oficina luchó tan duro como pudo, y creo que finalmente consiguieron su justicia”.

Esta es la primera vez que, en 25 años, el Condado de Webb ha solicitado la pena de muerte en un

caso.

El caso fue procesado por Alaniz, la fiscal de distrito asistente Marisela Jacaman, los asistentes del fiscal del distrito Cristina Alva, Philip Del Rio y Julia Rubio y el ayudante legal Álvaro Aguirre.

El equipo defensor de Bluntson incluía a los abogados José Eduardo Peña, Oscar J. Peña Sr. y Elizabeth Martínez.

El mayor obstáculo para la defensa en este caso, de acuerdo con el abogado principal José Eduardo Peña, fue el propio Bluntson.

“Desde el principio, se negó a ayudarnos en la construcción de un caso de mitigación”, dijo Peña.

Peña describió que el equipo de la defensa se vio obligado a seguir, debido a la falta de voluntad a cooperar de Bluntson, cuando se trataban de reunir los hechos del delito.

“Estuvimos muy limitados en la búsqueda de lo que sucedió en el momento del crimen”, dijo. “¿Qué estaba pensando; ¿estaba bajo la influencia de drogas?; ¿tiene un historial de enfermedad

mental? No respondió a ninguna de estas preguntas, así que tuvimos que reconstruir los hechos”.

Peña dijo que otro gran impedimento del equipo de la defensa fue la instrucción de Bluntson a los miembros de su familia de no hablar con ellos.

Bluntson le dijo a López sobre su intención de apelar el veredicto antes de ser escoltado fuera de la corte.

Peña pidió a López deshacer formalmente al equipo de la defensa por lo que un abogado de apelación podría ser designado para Bluntson.

Martínez dijo que este ha sido uno de los casos más difíciles que ha defendido y que creía el jurado dio a Bluntson lo que él quería con el veredicto. “Él quería una salida fácil; quería morir”, ella dijo. “Creo firmemente que esa era la razón por la que no cooperó con nosotros. Con su veredicto, el jurado dio a Bluntson exactamente lo que quería”.

Localice a Philip Balli en pballi@lmtonline.com

CELEBRACIÓN LITÚRGICA

ORAN POR AUTORIDADES

Foto de cortesía

Miembros de los departamentos de bomberos, seguridad pública, emergencia y autoridades asistieron a una misa especial dedicada a los hombres y mujeres que arriesgan diariamente sus vidas por el bien de la comunidad durante la Blue Mass (Misa azul) el viernes por la mañana en la Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de Lourdes, organizada por la Oficina del Alguacil del Condado de Zapata.

CLUB DE LEONES

SALUD

Torneo de golf dará becas escolares

Juegos peligrosos

TIEMP O DE ZAPATA

El Club de Leones de Zapata está organizando el Tercer Torneo de Golf para Becas “Leobardo Martínez Jr.” Será el sábado 11 de junio en el Campo de Golf Los Ebanos, en Zapata.

Las ganancias se destinarán a financiar más de 6.000 dólares en becas que se entregarán a 42 estudiantes que egresarán de preparatoria.

El club anunció que las empresas pueden participar como patrocinadores, pudiendo elegir varios paquetes:

1 Nivel platino. 250 dólares que da derecho a exhibir el logotipo del negocio en el hoyo número 1 o en el 18.

1 Nivel oro. 100 dólares que exhibirá el nombre de la compañía en el campo de golf en diferentes hoyos.

El formato de esta competencia será estilo Florida-Scramble con tres jugadores.

La donación para participar es de 75 dólares por jugador.

Para mayor información llame a Eduardo Martínez al 956-765-8443 o a Aarón Cruz al 240-3408.

Por Lindsey Tanner ASSOCIATED PRE SS

CHICAGO — Las conmociones cerebrales en los patios de juegos infantiles van en aumento, según un nuevo estudio del gobierno, y con frecuencia suelen ocurrir durante el uso de barras y de columpios.

La mayoría de las lesiones estudiadas fueron leves, pero todas las conmociones del cerebro son potencialmente graves y los investigadores dicen que la tendencia suscita preocupaciones de salud pública y de seguridad.

Los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades examinaron datos nacionales del 2011 al 2013 sobre heridas en patios de juegos de niños de hasta 14 años que recibieron tratamiento en salas de emergencia. De casi 215.000 niños atendidos anualmente en promedio,

casi el 10% —unos 21.000 por año— sufrieron lesiones cerebrales por trauma, incluidas conmociones. Solamente se incluyeron las lesiones no fatales.

De acuerdo a la revista Pediatrics, en 2005, 23 de cada 100.000 niños padecieron lesiones cerebrales por trauma, una cifra que subió a 48 en 2013. La tasa había declinado en los años anteriores pero aumentó constantemente a partir de allí. Para el 2013, el total anual era de casi 30.000 niños tratados por dichas lesiones.

El aumento podría significar que los padres están cada vez más conscientes sobre la gravedad potencial de las conmociones cerebrales y la necesidad de tratamiento. También es posible que más niños estén utilizando equipos de juegos, dijeron los investigadores.

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TEXAS

Buscan subir flujo de gas líquido E SPECIAL PARA TIEMP O DE ZAPATA

El Congresista Henry Cuellar participó como co-presidente honorario y habló ante el LNG Allies’ Transatlantic Energy Dialogue en Washington. En el evento estuvo presente el Congresista Joe Barton, quien también fue co-presidente.

Cuellar y Barton trabajaron juntos para repeler la prohibición de 40 años para Cuellar exportar petróleo el año.

El LNG Allies es una organización sin fines de lucro cuya misión es promover las exportaciones de gas natural líquido (LNG) de EU y mejorar la seguridad energética de los aliados del país.

Cuellar destacó los beneficios de las exportaciones del LNG, las regulaciones actuales a las que las compañías de energía se deben acoplar, el progreso de la actual legislación hacia ciertas exportaciones del LNG, y los próximos pasos para incrementar el flujo del gas natural líquido de EU alrededor del mundo.

Un punto principal fue la actual política del Departamento de Energía de EU sobre las exportaciones del gas natural líquido a los países con los cuales los EU tiene un acuerdo de libre comercio y con aquellos que no.

El Departamento de Energía acepta automáticamente solicitudes de límites del LNG para socios en acuerdos de libre comercio como parte del interés público.

Sin embargo, el proceso puede tomar hasta 200 días, o siete meses, para quienes no sean socios en acuerdos de libre comercio, lugares como Europa o Asia.

“Existen numerosos beneficios de incrementar y expandir las exportaciones LNG para Texas y el país en general, ya sea relacionado al ámbito económico, geopolítico, ambiental o de seguridad nacional”, dijo Cuellar.

“Tenemos un amplio recurso de gas natural aquí en los EU, y permitir que compañías de energía de EU exportan sus productos más rápidamente fortalecerá nuestras alianzas con el extranjero y ayudará a nuestra economía aquí”.

Según Cuellar, el Departmento de Energía requiere un promedio de siete meses para revisar las solicitudes para exportar LNG a no socios, lo cual, dijo, es costoso y requiere tiempo.

“Tanto el Congreso como el Senado deben tomar medidas que requieran al Departamento de Energía acelerar el proceso de permisos, específicamente para exportaciones de LNG a países que no son socios en acuerdos de libre comercio”, concluyó Cuellar.

La Legislatura de Texas ya aprobó una resolución pidiendo al Congreso se acelere este proceso.

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Chinese FARM billionaire From page A1 treats where farmland surrounds the booming tech of Seattle and workers to centers nearby Redmond, home to Amazon and Micropaella in soft. But the changes are occurring in other parts Spain of the country, as Asians

By Alan Clendenning A S S O CIAT E D PRE SS

MADRID — The billionaire founder of Chinese conglomerate Tiens Group treated 3,000 of his top salespeople Friday to a traditional Spanish paella dinner during a free Madrid trip that also included a bullfight and a tour of King Felipe VI’s Royal Palace.

The smiling crowds washed down heaping plates of paella with sangria at a massive spread of picnic tables in a riverside park during the event footed by Li Jinyuan and organized by China’s U Tour travel company.

Spain was selected for this year’s bonus trip for the workers because they “are fond of Spanish history and culture, and its delicious cuisine and its soccer,” said Li Zhongmin, the company founder’s son.

U Tour deputy manager Zhang Xilai said the tour for the group of mostly health care products salespeople cost 7 million euros ($8 million).

The trip came a year after Li took 6,400 employees to France.

Zhang says fewer salespeople went this year because of higher sales targets and stiffer competition in China.

The employees saw a bullfight in a town near Madrid complete with Spanish horse riders and flamenco dancers and then swigged sangria after an employee awards presentation.

replace Mexicans in the immigrant stream.

A Stateline analysis of census estimates shows that many high-tech centers, such as Seattle, San Diego and Boston, are seeing more immigration than they did 10 years ago. At the same time, many rural agricultural counties that have relied on foreign migrant workers, primarily from Mexico, have seen a drop in immigration.

Agricultural areas from Georgia’s Hall County, home of poultry

farms and processing plants, to Seward County, Kan., home of cattle feedlots and packing plants, and Tulare County, Calif., which has fruit, vegetable and dairy farms, saw immigration drop more than 75 percent in the first five years of this decade compared with 2000 to 2005, when Mexican immigration was at its peak.

Indiana’s Elkhart County, where small farms and recreational vehicle manufacturing provide jobs, immigration dropped from a total of almost 5,000 in the early period to less than 700. At the same time in the same state, it grew by 64 percent in Tippecanoe County, home of Purdue University, and more than doubled in Monroe County, home of Indiana University.

WOOD From page A1

contractor told him to throw away the old wood.

When the boss saw him stacking planks of the home’s original beadboard, he asked if Hanson wanted it. You bet he did, and he grabbed all that he could.

“I started buying salvage rights to different construction sites, and as I did, I got deeper and deeper into Galveston’s history,” Hanson told the Houston Chronicle.

While working for others, he learned to work for himself.

Bits and pieces of older homes and businesses — from dainty Victorian “gingerbread” trim and vintage shop signs to sturdier rafter tails and floor joists — fill his

workshop, storage room and part of his antiques shop. It’s all housed in a block-long, blue patchwork building at 25th and Postoffice, a space that also has served as a hotel, brothel and live theater in years past.

During Prohibition, a barbershop there fronted for a speakeasy — the front-door peephole is one of many remaining artifacts with a story to tell.

Recently, Hanson bought salvage from a turn-of-the-century building at Fort Crockett, the U.S. military facility built for coastal artillery training and harbor defense in 1897 and later named after Davey Crockett, the Tennessee congressman who perished at the Alamo.

Slivers of that history come together in the furniture Hanson makes, and he’s happy to tell you

where your boards, table legs or doors came from — if he knows.

His work is found in both contemporary condos and historic homes on the island. Visitors take pieces with them all over the world, Hanson said of the work priced partly by linear foot and partly by the scale in his own head. End tables go for $300 each, a big pocket door might run $1,500 or more.

If they like, customers can pick out the wood for their piece, and they can help make it, too. Some customers learn to cut boards and assemble a whole piece. Others ask for an “artist’s special” and hand over a credit card.

Then there are people like Dr. Elg Mainous, who’s known Hanson for years and recently started helping out in the workshop.

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BUSINESS

Herbalife in advanced talks Etsy falls after growth outlook with FTC, shares soar

By Aleksandra Gjorgievska BL OOMBERG NEWS A S S OCIAT E D PRE SS

NEW YORK — Shares of Herbalife surged more than 11 percent in afternoon trading Friday after disclosing that it’s in advanced talks to settle a federal investigation into claims that the company essentially operates as a pyramid scheme.

It’s a claim that has dogged the company for years and set off what has become an epic battle with activist investor Bill Ackman, who has been waging a campaign against Herbalife since late 2012.

Herbalife, which sells supplements and weightloss products, said in a regulatory filing that the possible settlement with the Federal Trade Commission “would likely include a monetary payment and injunctive and other relief.”

The situation is fluid, however, and a number of issues could prevent a final agreement being reached, Herbalife said in the filing late Thursday.

If talks with investigators break down, a legal fight is likely, the company said.

Ackman, who leads Pershing Square Capital Management LP, opened his campaign against Herbalife on Dec. 20, 2012, announcing a massive bet against the company, and made his case in a three-hour, Power-

Patrick T. Fallon / Bloomberg

Signage stands outside of the Herbalife Ltd. Plaza in Torrance, California, U.S., on Sunday.

Point presentation.

He also released a 334-page indictment of the company, detailing operations he described as a pyramid scheme. In short, Ackman claims that the only way Herbalife makes money is by constantly recruiting more sales people, who must buy its products and then try to sell them.

Ackman is betting that that pool he describes as a pyramid scheme will dry up and with no products being sold directly to consumers, Herbalife will implode.

To date, Ackman’s bet has been a spectacularly bad one.

The presentation sent Herbalife’s stock of into a tailspin in the days that followed, but they’ve come roaring back.

Shares of Herbalife Ltd. have soared 50 percent since the day before Ackman launched his fight.

Making matters worse for Ackman, other big players have waded in on the side of Herbalife, despite ensuing investigations by the FTC and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Daniel Loeb’s hedge fund Third Point disclosed a stake of more than 8 percent a month later, and investor Carl Icahn revealed he held an even bigger position in Herbalife a week later.

Herbalife has defended its practices, saying it is confident in the fundamentals of its business model, which it compares to Avon, Amway and Mary Kay. It’s also made the battle with Ackman personal, taunting him online and operating the website “The Real Bill Ackman,” where it lays out of number of his other financial positions with other companies that have gone sour.

Amazon to fill racial gaps in same-day delivery service

By Spencer Soper B L OOMBE RG NEWS

Amazon.com Inc. plans to eliminate gaps in its free same-day delivery service in all 27 cities where it is offered, responding to complaints that some minority neighborhoods are excluded.

Amazon made the pledge in a statement obtained by the Congressional Black Caucus. The organization, which represents black members of Congress, had alerted Amazon it was monitoring the situation and supported calls for an investigation by the Federal Trade Commission into the service boundaries.

“Very shortly, we will be expanding Prime

Same Day Service to every zip code of the 27 cities where Prime Same Day delivery is currently launched,” Amazon said in the statement obtained by the caucus and shared with Bloomberg News.

“We will further not launch the service in any new regions, until we are able to secure a carrier for every zip code. We are still figuring out the details and procuring last mile delivery for each of these zips, but we should have 100 percent coverage shortly.”

Amazon spokesman Craig Berman declined to comment.

U.S. Representative George Kenneth Butterfield, a Democrat from North Carolina and chairman of the black caucus, said the group

“is anticipating the results of Amazon’s plan to expand its delivery services to previously excluded zip codes.”

Congressman Bobby Rush of Illinois called for an FTC investigation and spoke about the issue on the floor of the House of Representatives. Afterward, Amazon pledged in a letter to Rush to serve Chicago’s South Side in coming weeks.

Butterfield commended Rush “for calling on Amazon to take swift action.”

In addition to Chicago, Amazon made similar pledges to elected officials representing Boston and New York City following complaints that minority communities in those cities were excluded from the service.

Etsy Inc., the online marketplace known for unique and quirky items, dropped the most in almost four months as the initial boost from recent strong earnings wore off and a negative long-term outlook concerned investors.

Brooklyn, New Yorkbased Etsy soared after posting Tuesday its first quarterly profit since becoming a public company. But that wasn’t enough to sustain the shares. Analysts said

Mark Lennihan / Associated Press file

Kristina Salen, center left, Etsy’s Chief Financial Officer, stands with Chad Dickerson, center right.

decelerating growth and lingering questions about the company’s long-term strategy triggered a 7.8

percent decline in the stock on Friday, the biggest single-day fall since Jan. 11, to $8.27.

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KECK From page A1

president at Texas A&M International University will help him to lead TAMU-C and keep the incredible momentum they have established going into the future.”

Keck will assume the role of interim president on June 1, 2016 and will continue through the 85th legislative session, which begins in January 2017 and will conclude in May 2017, Sharp added.

“We will appoint a search committee at some later time to begin looking for a permanent president for TAMU-C, and until then we have every confidence that Dr. Keck will provide the solid leadership that will help keep this remarkable campus moving ahead, especially through the upcoming legislative session,” he said.

Under Keck’s leadership, enrollment at Texas A&M International University has more than doubled, and it now serves a higher percentage Hispanic population than any college or university in the country.

The campus has experienced a number of major improvements and additions since 2001, including the complete upgrade of the Lamar Bruni Vergara Planetarium, the establishment of the Senator Judith Zaffirini Student Success Center, and the creation of the Texas Academy of International and Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Studies.

In recent years, TAMIU has been consistently recognized in rankings by leading national publications, including Washington Monthly and Money magazines and The Economist, for providing a high value education

for its students and graduates.

Before serving as president, Keck, who was reared in Cotulla and considers Laredo his hometown, was TAMIU's provost and vice president for academic affairs. Prior to that, he served as associate professor of Spanish and chair of the Department of Language, Literature and Art for the University's College of Arts and Humanities.

He holds an AB and Ph. D in Romance Languages and Literature from Princeton University and has studied at Harvard Divinity School, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Centro de Estudios Hispánicos en Madrid (Bryn Mawr College), and the Deutsche Somerschule am Atlantik.

Keck is also an accomplished organist, with a specialty in J.S. Bach. He has performed as a guest artist across

the State and nation and on numerous occasions with the Laredo Philharmonic Orchestra.

He is married to the former Patricia Cigarroa.

“To have served Texas A&M International University as president for 15 years has not been a job. It has been a life, our life for me and for my family,” Keck said. “That Chancellor Sharp should entrust me with a new challenge is humbling. I willingly embrace his mandate, to continue and build upon the legacy left by President Dan Jones at Texas A&M Commerce. At the same time, the Laredo community, Patricia’s and our daughters’ by birth, mine by adoption, remains deeply embedded in our souls.”

Sharp also announced that Pablo Arenas, provost at TAMIU, will succeed Keck there as interim president. A search committee will be appointed soon to seek a permanent successor.

MASS From page A1

The Angels Over America website states Thomas Dade, a Catholic priest from the Baltimore, Md., Archdiocese, initiated Blue Mass. The movement gained momentum and it’s now celebrated nationwide.

It was titled Blue Mass because of the predominantly blue-colored uni-

forms of police officers, firefighters and emergency medical providers, according to Angels Over America.

“The mass honors those who have fallen in the line of duty and those currently serving, and gives the community an opportunity to show gratitude for those who serve so courageously, as well as their families, who risk so much that others can live more safely and without fear,” states the website.

Bus and SUV collide ASSOCIATED PRE SS

SAN ANGELO, Texas — A sport utility vehicle veered into an opposing lane on a West Texas city street and slammed headon into a bus, sending nine people to local hospitals.

The crash happened about 1 p.m. Friday on a

San Angelo street just outside Goodfellow Air Force Base.

A police statement says the SUV with a 46-yearold woman and her 5year-old granddaughter were driving past the air base when the woman reached down to grab a toy for her grandchild.

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NCAA FOOTBALL: TEXAS A&M AGGIES

A&M changes trajectory Aggies shed some swagger, refocus perception

Carolyn Kaster / AP file

Former Penn State head coach Joe Paterno was the target of a recent allegation made by insurers that a boy told him in 1976 that he had been molested by former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky.

More Paterno questions being raised

By Ralph D. Russo A S S OCIAT E D PRE SS

COLLEGE STATION — The five-star quarterbacks are gone, replaced at Texas A&M by a graduate transfer looking for a second chance. The hotshot young coordinator is out. A seasoned veteran assistant is now running Texas A&M’s offense.

On the recruiting trail, yet another five-star passer has bailed on the Aggies, and the reaction one A&M assistant had to the news this week only made matters worse for Kevin Sumlin’s program.

The Aggies have lost some of the swagger that came when Johnny Football took the Southeastern Conference by storm, Sumlin became a $5 mil-

Mark Humphrey / AP file

Even in the offseason it’s been an eventful week for Texas A&M head coach Kevin Sumlin as his team lost multiple recruits this week.

lion per year head coach and Texas A&M looked as if it could be a perennial threat to Alabama.

Maybe that’s good for a program and coach in need of a trajectory change after three straight seasons of not being able to break .500 in conference. Expectations will be modest for the Aggies in

2016 and that more than anything else might be what’s needed in College Station.

“Whatever that perception is, what is it compared to?” Sumlin said.

“Because 36 (victories) in four years is the most anybody’s won here in 20 years. From a sheer numbers standpoint, the things

that you quantify where your program’s headed, by the numbers, there’s no questions this program’s in better shape than when I took over.

“Is it where we want it to be? No. But is it better based on the fact that we’re winning right at 70 percent of our games and A&M continues on B2

2016 SUMMER OLYMPICS

CONCERNS IN RIO

By Maryclaire Dale And Mark Scolforo ASSOCIATED PRE SS

PHILADELPHIA — A new legal document that claims a boy told Joe Paterno in 1976 that Jerry Sandusky had molested him has dropped like a bombshell and reignited debate about what the Penn State coach knew about his longtime assistant decades before his arrest.

Details of the testimony remain hidden inside a sealed deposition in Penn State’s court fight with the Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association Insurance Company.

Paterno family members immediately dismissed the accusation, and even an attorney for victims of Sandusky cautioned that he did not know of irrefutable evidence supporting the claim.

Paterno, who died in 2012, had said that an assistant’s report in 2001 of Sandusky attacking a boy in the shower was the first he knew of such

allegations against Sandusky.

Details of the 1976 accusation were not included in the court document — a judge’s ruling in Penn State’s dispute with its insurer — and a lawyer for the company declined to comment.

Sandusky is serving a lengthy prison sentence for his conviction in the sexual abuse of 10 children. The university has also paid out more than $90 million to settle 32 civil claims involving Sandusky. How far back in time all the acts occurred has not been made public.

Penn State’s insurer claims there is evidence of several early acts of molestation by Sandusky, and not just the one by a boy who allegedly went to Paterno with his report in the 1970s, according to the ruling by Philadelphia Judge Gary Glazer.

The judge wrote in a footnote that the events are described “in a number of the victims’ depositions.”

Paterno continues on B2

BOXING

Silvia Izquierdo / AP file

Concerns are being raised after Rio de Janeiro’s state security secretary said cuts were made for the upcoming security for the Rio Olympics.

Rio security head says cuts impact Olympics

Alvarez ignores talk of Triple G

By Tim Dahlberg

By Mauricio Savarese And Stephen Wade A S S OCIAT E D PRE SS

RIO DE JANEIRO — Rio de Janeiro’s state security secretary acknowledges that cuts of $550 million to his budget pose a risk to the Olympics when they open in three months.

“If I said the cuts won’t impact anything, I wouldn’t be accurate,” Jose Mariano Beltrame told The Associated Press

during a sit-down interview this week. “I wish I could have more policemen. I wish they could work twice as much on the streets.”

Security sits at the top of a long list of worries for South America’s first games: Zika virus, polluted water in venues for sailing and rowing, slow ticket sales, and political and economic turmoil as President Dilma Rousseff fights against impeachment.

Beltrame said Rio will deploy about 65,000 policemen and up to 20,000 soldiers to guard the games, the largest contingent in Brazilian history. The number is about twice as large as London’s force four years ago.

Some of that effort is aimed at keeping gangs from hillside favelas from reaching Olympic venues.

The military is expected to protect the venues as the police work the rest of the city, guarding

subway lines, bus routes and busy streets.

Beltrame is expecting protests, and said police will draw on experience from the 2014 World Cup and the Confederations Cup the year before.

“In any event of this size they happen,” he said.

Beltrame said the cuts, which come to a little less than a fifth of security’s operating budget, will reduce bonuses, overtime Rio continues on B2

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

MLB scraps Puerto Rico series A S S OCIAT E D PRE SS

NEW YORK — Zika virus concerns have forced the Pirates-Marlins series out of Puerto Rico, with the two games instead shifted to Miami this month.

Major League Baseball and the players’ union made the announcement Friday. Pittsburgh and Miami will meet May

30-31 at Marlins Park.

The union had asked Commissioner Rob Manfred to relocate the games after several players expressed fears about getting and possibly transmitting the Zika virus.

“The risk was too significant,” Pirates pitcher Gerrit Cole said before Friday night’s game at St. Louis.

The U.S. Centers for

Disease Control and Prevention has said Zika can cause a birth defect called microcephaly, where infants are born with unusually small heads. The virus is most often spread by mosquito bites, but it also can be spread through sexual intercourse.

“It was a tough decision for us, it was a tough issue,” Cole said. “In the

end, after the thorough presentation by the CDC, there was just significant concerns for players and players families potentially expecting kids and people who may or may not be pregnant.”

The CDC had spoken to players and staff from the Pirates and Marlins about the potential risks.

“You trust the process MLB continues on B2

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LAS VEGAS — Canelo Alvarez is fighting Amir Khan, though the chatter this week has mostly been about Gennady Golovkin.

But if Alvarez has learned one thing while beAlvarez coming Mexico’s favorite fighter, it’s that boxing is one sport where the opponent in front of you can be far more dangerous than any you might face in the future.

“You get used to it with experience,” Alvarez said.

“You can’t be thinking about what could happen.

You have to focus on the fight.”

A showdown with the fearsome Triple G awaits, though possibly not as soon as Golovkin wants.

Alvarez seems content to fight on his own terms, and the indication this week is that he’s in no hurry to meet Golovkin, despite a mandate from the WBC to fight him next.

Alvarez doesn’t even

consider himself a middleweight like Golovkin, though he holds a 160pound title that will be at stake against Khan. The two will meet Saturday night at the MGM Grand arena at a catch weight of 155 pounds in an intriguing matchup of power versus speed.

And while the redheaded Alvarez is a 5-1 favorite, he’s not taking anything for granted.

“He has speed and elusiveness, he moves very well,” Alvarez said through an interpreter.

“But let’s not forget about the courage he shows every time he’s been down he’s gotten up. We respect that.”

Khan’s chin could come into play against Alvarez, who is more of a pressure fighter than a one-punch knockout artist. He’s been stopped twice by smaller fighters, and Alvarez has more power than any of his previous opponents.

But the British fighter who has fought sporadically in recent years while unsuccessfully chasing fights against Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao believes he can find a way to win Alvarez continues on B2

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A&M From page B1 from 2000 to 2012 it was 50 percent?”

Wins and losses seemed to be the least of Sumlin’s problems last December.

In the span of a couple weeks two former elite quarterback recruits — Kyle Allen and Kyler Murray — decided to transfer. Add in Kenny Hill, who left after the 2014 season, and it made three one-time starting quarterbacks to transfer out of A&M in less than a year.

“We’re not in the business of trying to run people out of here,” Sumlin said.

The Aggies had to play thirdstring quarterback Jake Hubenak in a loss to Louisville in the Music City Bowl. A few days later, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Jake Spavital was fired. Spavital was 27 when Sumlin hired him in 2013.

It seemed as if a tempest was sweeping through Texas A&M football.

On a warm, overcast April day in College Station, between meetings and spring practice, Sumlin said the winter upheaval was not nearly as sudden as it looked from the outside.

“The assessment of the program internally is probably different than what some people have,” Sumlin said. “And it’s always been that way here. Whether it’s the first year that I got here or this year.”

High-powered offenses have followed Sumlin as he climbed the career ladder from Oklahoma cooffensive coordinator to Houston head coach to Texas A&M. In 2012, Sumlin’s first season, the Aggies were second in the nation in yards per play with Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel at quarterback. The next season Texas A&M ranked fourth in yards per play.

The season after Manziel left, A&M was 27th in yards per play and last season the Aggies ranked 69th.

Sumlin turned to an old friend to help turn things around, hiring UCLA offensive coordinator Noel Mazzone. The 59-year-old Mazzone and Sumlin worked together at Minnesota in the 1990s. Sumlin also brought offensive line coach Jim Turner back for a second stint at A&M. Sumlin used the word “experience” eight times when explaining why he chose Mazzone and Turner.

“I love that word. Better experience than old,” Mazzone said.

“Kevin and I really grew up in this one-back world and then he was the one that really turned me on to that tempo stuff. There was no doubt that it was an easy transition for him and I to be on the same page as far as what we want to be

offensively.”

Sumlin wants a more efficient and consistent running game. And he needs Oklahoma transfer Trevor Knight to fill the void at quarterback.

Knight looked like a potential star when he led the Sooners to a Sugar Bowl victory against Alabama in 2014. But he never sustained success, throwing 17 interceptions in 490 career passes.

Knight showed Sumlin and Mazzone enough in the spring to be named the starting quarterback over Hubenak.

“Trevor, who has been a very mature guy, came in and really diffused any notion about we’re in a so-called quarterback crisis,” Mazzone said.

The quarterback drama never seems to end at Texas A&M. The latest social media storm came earlier this week when highly touted recruit Tate Martell from Las Vegas announced he was backing away from a verbal commitment to the Aggies. What followed was a series of tweets from A&M receivers coach Aaron Moorehead about a lack of loyalty and accountability that didn’t mention Martell, but still led to an apology the next day from the assistant.

Sumlin still even finds himself answering for his handling of Manziel as the quarterback deals with legal and personal problems as a pro.

“All I know is that personally and as a university and as a program we did a lot to help Johnny Manziel,” Sumlin said. “We did a lot to get structure for Johnny Manziel and I think because of that he worked at it when he was here and he had some success because of it.”

The 2016 Aggies will likely be pegged to finish near the bottom of the SEC West, just like they were in 2012 when they went 11-2 and beat Alabama in Tuscaloosa.

“So we just come out with a little chip on our shoulder knowing that most people think we’re going to be underdogs against most of the people,” said defensive end and potential first overall NFL draft pick Myles Garrett.

Garrett anchors what could be the Aggies’ best defense in several years. Sophomore receiver Christian Kirk is one of the nation’s most dynamic playmakers, but there are plenty of question marks on offense.

A 36-16 record doesn’t bring much job security in the SEC and some Aggies fans are wondering if the school was too quick after the 2013 season to hand Sumlin a sixyear contract that pays him $5 million annually.

Sumlin dismisses the idea this is pivotal season for him and the Aggies.

“He who listens to the fans,” he said with a smile, “soon sits with them.”

PATERNO From page B1 The insurer’s evidence includes a claim that one assistant coach saw “inappropriate contact” between Sandusky and a child at the university in 1987 and a second assistant “reportedly witnessed sexual contact” between Sandusky and a child a year later, the judge said. Also in 1988, the insurer claims a child’s report of his molestation by Sandusky was referred to Penn State’s athletic director.

The judge wrote there was no evidence that reports of the incidents went “further up the chain of command at PSU.” In his ruling, the judge found that Penn State had to assume the costs of settlements stemming from claims over most of the 1990s because its insurance policies did not cover abuse or molestation.

When Sandusky abused children at his home or at events held by the children’s charity he started, “he was still a PSU assistant coach and professor, and clothed in the glory associated with those titles, particularly in the eyes of impressionable chil-

RIO From page B1 pay, and keep him from hiring more police. He called new equipment, technology, and integration the legacy of the Olympics.

Fewer police could mean slower response time, and hurt team spirit.

“The morale issue does affect people,” Beltrame said.

“But the institutions are not going to stop.”

The cuts have disheartened many policemen. More than 300 retired in the first two months of this year to avoid cuts to their pensions. The average retirement rate is about 30 per month.

Police in Rio earn about $500 monthly, and many rely on yearly bonuses that have ranged from $1,200 to $3,700.

Those will be cut this year to between $400 and $800.

Rio’s financial problems stem partly from the slump in the oil and gas industry, which accounts for a third of the state government’s revenues. At the same time that oil prices have slumped, Brazil’s state-run oil giant Petrobras is at the center of a

ALVAREZ From page B1

MLB From page B1

without having to run all night long.

“At times it’s going to be a chess match,” Khan said.

“But at times it’s going to be standing there trading with him.”

Both fighters weighed in Friday right at the 155 pound contractual limit.

Here’s what’s at stake in the scheduled 12-round fight:

that the union and the league is going to do what’s best for everyone and make sure they take care of everyone,” Marlins manager Don Mattingly said before a game against Philadelphia.

Manfred said “players who objected to the trip because of their specific family situations should not be forced to travel to Puerto Rico,” MLB and the union said in a release.

“Because too many regulars on both clubs fell into that category, Commissioner Manfred had no choice but to relocate the games,” it said.

Pittsburgh and the Marlins were originally scheduled to play the series in Miami when the draft of the schedule was made last year. On Nov. 19, MLB said the games would be played in Puerto Rico, the homeland of Pirates Hall of Famer Roberto Clemente and many other big leaguers.

MLB has played several regularseason games at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan in the past.

MLB said it hoped to play again in Puerto Rico sometime in the future.

“Go visit my beautiful Puerto Rico !! Still dont understand why MLB cancel the games down in PR! Wow!” tweeted Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina, who’s from the island.

Puerto Rico has had 785 confirmed Zika cases, including its first death from the virus.

“It’s ironic that athletes are willing to go to Brazil to the Olympics and don’t want to come to Puerto Rico,” Puerto Rico governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla recently told local newspaper El Nuevo Dia. Brazil is at the center of the Zika outbreak, putting Olympic host Rio de Janeiro in the spotlight with 10,500 athletes and up to 500,000 foreign tourists expected for South America’s first games.

Nothing has been canceled at the Games, and nearly all athletes still

THE BELT The fight is for the WBC version of the middleweight title that Alvarez won from Miguel Cotto in his last fight. But it is being fought at a catch weight of 155 pounds because Alvarez doesn’t believe he’s a true middleweight quite yet. Still, it’s a stretch for Khan, who fought his last three fights at the 147-pound welterweight limit, and before that spent most of his career at 140 pounds.

TASTING DEFEAT Khan (31-3, 19 knockouts) took his worst loss when he was stopped in the fourth round by Danny Garcia at 140 pounds in 2012, but has won his last five fights.

The only blemish on the record of Alvarez (46-1-1, 32 knockouts) was a decision loss to Mayweather in 2013.

GGG FIGHT The WBC has given the winner 15 days after the bout to negotiate a fight with Golovkin or be stripped of the belt. But Alvarez said this week that Golovkin hasn’t fought enough good fighters to get the fight, and that there should be a concession on the 160-pound limit for them to meet. Most in boxing don’t see the highly anticipated fight happening until next spring, at the earliest.

THE WEEKEND Cinco de Mayo weekend in Las Vegas has traditionally been Mayweather’s spot to shine. But with Mayweather’s retirement the prime pay-per-view spot goes to Alvarez, who has delivered solid sales in his previous fights. Expect to pay $69.95 to see it at home on HBO PPV. NO TRUMP Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, a big fight fan, turned down an invitation from promoter Oscar De La Hoya to sit ringside.

Trump and De La Hoya got into it this week over De La Hoya’s charges that Trump cheats at golf.

THE ARENA This is the first fight in the new T-Mobile Arena, which opened last month on the Las Vegas Strip. The arena can seat up to 20,000 for boxing and is expected to replace the MGM Grand Garden arena as the home of the biggest fights in Las Vegas.

dren,” Glazer wrote.

“By cloaking him with a title that enabled him to perpetuate his crimes, PSU must assume some responsibility for what he did both on and off campus,” he said.

Michael Boni, a lawyer who represented some of the people with legal claims of abuse involving Sandusky, urged caution in weighing the new Paterno allegation.

“The headlines of these stories is Paterno knew of Sandusky’s molestation in the ’70s, ’76 or ’77. I’m unaware of direct, irrefutable evidence that that’s the case,” Boni said. “Believe me, I’m the last person to defend the guy, but I am the first person to believe in our justice system.

And I think you need more than anecdotal evidence or speculative evidence.”

The coach’s son Scott Paterno called the new claim “bunk,” tweeting Friday that “it would be great if everyone waited to see the substance of the allegation before they assume it’s true. Because it’s not.”

The family issued a written statement asking for a full public review of the facts and saying that “fighting shadows and rumors on issues that are

this significant is a disservice to everyone who cares about the truth.”

Sandusky’s attorney, Al Lindsay, said his client has denied that any of the incidents described in the court ruling occurred. Sandusky also maintained his innocence throughout the trial.

Paterno died about two months after Sandusky was first charged with child molestation.

The school fired Paterno and removed his statue from the front of its football stadium — a decision that still rankles many fans and alumni — but his name adorns a university library, and the NCAA last year restored 111 of his wins that had been vacated right after Sandusky’s 2012 conviction.

Paterno was never charged with any crime, and his family is pursuing a lawsuit against the NCAA for commercial disparagement, arguing the association’s sinceabolished consent decree with Penn State over the Sandusky scandal damaged their commercial interests and value.

In addition, three university officials await trial on criminal charges for their handling of the Sandusky scandal.

$3 billion corruption investigation, and the country is buried in its deepest recession in decades.

Beltrame was asked about preparations for the risk of a terrorist attack during the Olympics.

“We didn’t have to do anything extra since the World Cup in 2014,” he said. “Since 2007 we have terrorism as our No. 1 concern, regardless of what happened in France, Belgium or in the Middle East in the last few years.”

Rio’s policing tactics have been strongly criticized.

Amnesty International said in a statement last week that at least 11 people have been killed in police shootings in Rio’s impoverished favelas since the beginning of April. It said at least 307 people were killed by police last year, accounting for 20 percent of the homicides in the city.

“Despite the promised legacy of a safe city for hosting the Olympic Games, killings by the police have been steadily increasing over the past few years in Rio,” Amnesty said.

Former state public security secretary Luiz Eduardo

Soares was even more worried than Beltrame, calling the budget cuts “a disaster.”

“We have serious problems in our day-to-day work, but we have adapted well to exceptional situations like the World Cup in 2014 and the visit of Pope Francis in 2013,” Soares said. “But the cuts will affect morale. Officers are underpaid, they fear delays in being paid, and their working hours are not respected.”

Rio will use both military and civil police, but most of the hands-on work goes to the military police.

“If they weren’t military police, they would go on strike,” Soares said.

Soares said Rio has one policeman for every 300 residents in wealthy areas like Copacabana and Ipanema. Poor areas have about one for every 2,000 residents.

He expects the imbalance to grow during the games.

“In an economic crisis like this, the situation tends to be radicalized,” Soares said.

“This is a political decision to show the city as an attractive place to foreigners. The price of the cuts will be paid by the underprivileged.”

Ricardo Arduengo / AP file

Baseball canceled an upcoming Pirates-Marlins series in Puerto Rico after the recent outbreak of the Zika virus in the area.

plan to compete.

On Wednesday, Garcia Padilla said Miami and Tampa also have Zika cases, and suggested players who asked for the games to be moved “are not very smart.”

“It’s kind of bittersweet,” Pirates infielder/outfielder Sean Rodriguez said. “Kind of want to go to Puerto Rico, but at the same time not under the circumstances with the way things are looking and a lot of guys maybe trying to start a family or people who already have one.”

The decision to shift the games from Puerto Rico is another blow to an island mired in recession and unable to pay $72 billion in public debt. The U.S. territory has been suffering through more than a decade of economic decline since Congress phased out tax cuts that made the island a center for pharmaceutical and medical equipment manufacturing.

Puerto Rico missed nearly $370 million on a bond payment Monday and officials warned of worse to come without relief from Congress.

Garcia Padilla said he had no choice but to suspend the debt payment to avoid cutting essential public services such as schools and medical care.

MLB and the union will make contributions to help combat Zika in Puerto Rico. Also, Manfred and

several former players plan to hold youth clinics and events on the island later this month.

Officials with the Puerto Rico Tourism Company, a public corporation responsible for promoting the island, told The Associated Press that they believed the decision was the wrong one.

“We are extremely disappointed.

The reality of the situation with Zika in Puerto Rico does not justify a cancellation, but we have to respect their decision,” said Mari Jo Laborde, chief sales and marketing director for the tourism company.

Anaymir “Tuti” Munoz, a top official with MB Sports, organizer and promoter of the series in Puerto Rico, told newspaper El Nuevo Dia that the announcement came as a blow after days of phone calls trying to salvage the games.

“We are sorry because a lot of work was put into this. In the future, we will continue working to bring major league games to Puerto Rico,” Munoz told the newspaper.

Pirates President Frank Coonelly said that because of the health concerns the team supported the decision to shift the series.

“We are saddened by the circumstances in Puerto Rico and elsewhere that led to this decision,” he said in a statement.

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