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Agents arrest alleged pot smuggler

Ted Cruz to vote for Trump

Suspect caught transporting 245 pounds of marijuana

By César G. Rodriguez TH E ZAPATA T IME S

A man was arrested in Zapata County for transporting marijuana worth $196,000, according to court documents.

The suspect, Alonzo Pizana, was charged with possess with the intent to distribute a controlled substance.

On Sept. 17, U.S. Border Patrol agents performing their duties along U.S. 83 near Zapata observed a suspicious white dually pickup truck.

Agents said they noticed the vehicle carrying welding equipment that “appeared unusually clean.” The tires appeared to be shorter than the ones on regular trucks of the same size, states the

criminal complaint filed Sept. 19.

Authorities pulled over the vehicle. The driver’s hand seemed “visibly shaking,” according to court documents. He could not provide identification stating he left his wallet at home.

An inspection of the vehicle yielded anomalies in the bed of the pickup. Agents discovered a false bottom

compartment where they found 32 bundles of marijuana.

The contraband weighed 245 pounds, an estimated street value of $196,000.

Drug Enforcement Administration special agents responded for investigative assistance. Pizana claimed he did not know the vehicle contained drugs, states the complaint.

ZAPATA COUNTY

POST OFFICE RENAMED

Courtesy photo / Office of Congressman Henry Cuellar

Congressman Cuellar speaks on the House Floor on Tuesday, in support of H.R. 5591, a bill he authored to name the Zapata post office as the “Zapata Veterans Post Office.”

Congressman Cuellar to honor veterans with building S P ECIAL T O T HE T I ME S

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ASHINGTON — Congressman Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) announced Tuesday the successful passage of H.R. 5591, a bill he au-

thored to name the post office located at 810 North U.S. Highway 83 in Zapata, Texas, as the “Zapata Veterans Post Office.”

Speaking on the House Floor, Congressman Cuellar stressed the importance of

naming this post office in honor of all veterans. Zapata is home to 503 veterans, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

“Across my district, there are many examples of fine men and women who have

honorably served our country,” Congressman Cuellar said. “An example would be the six Treviño brothers of Zapata; World War II veterans who served their country bravely and honorably.

Cuellar continues on A9

Despite vocally heated history

By Steve Peoples and Will Weissert ASSOCIATED PRE SS

WASHINGTON — Ted Cruz announced Friday he will vote for Donald Trump, a dramatic about-face for the Texas senator who previously called the New York businessman a “pathological liar” and “utterly amoral.”

Cruz was facing intensifying political pressure to back his party’s presidential nominee after refusing to do so at the Republican National Convention this summer.

Cruz said he will vote for Trump in November, but he stopped short of an Cruz official endorsement in a statement posted Friday on Facebook. The distinction may matter little to voters, but helps Cruz to save face among his loyal supporters still unwilling to forgive Trump’s attacks on the Texas senator’s wife and father during their ugly Trump and often intensely personal primary campaign.

Cruz noted that he was booed by Trump supporters at the convention for encouraging Republicans to “vote your conscience.”

“After many months of careful consideration, of prayer and searching my own conscience, I have decided that on Election Day, I will vote for the Republican nominee, Donald Trump,” Cruz wrote.

Cruz finished second to Trump in a bitter primary battle and balked at previous promises to endorse the eventual Republican presidential nominee. He said Trump made things too personal when he called him “Lyin’ Ted,” insulted Cruz’s wife Heidi and repeated discredited accusations linking Cruz’s Cuba-born father to the John F. Kennedy assassination.

“This man is a pathological liar. He doesn’t know the difference between truth and lies. He lies practically every word that comes out of his mouth,” Cruz said of Trump in May, hours before ending his presidential campaign.

“Donald will betray his supporters on every issue,” the Texas senator added, while calling Trump “utterly amoral,” “a narcissist,” “a bully,” and “a serial philanTrump continues on A9

IMMIGRATION

State threatening to withdraw refugee resettlement program

By Alexa Ura TH E TEXAS T RI BUNE

As part of its ongoing fight to keep Syrian refugees out of the state, Texas is threatening to withdraw from the nation's refugee resettlement program if federal officials refuse to “unconditionally approve” a state plan requiring additional vetting of relocated peo-

ple.

Republican Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday said the state had informed the Office of Refugee Resettlement that it would leave the program unless the feds approved its plan to only accept refugees who “are fully vetted and do not present a security threat.”

“Despite multiple requests by the state of

Texas, the federal government lacks the capability or the will to distinguish the dangerous from the harmless, and Texas will not be an accomplice to such dereliction of duty to the American people,” Abbott said in a statement.

In response to Abbott's announcement, federal officials said refugees are Program continues on A9

Marjorie Kamys Cotera / The Texas Tribune

This Nov. 22, 2015 photo shows a rally at Wooldridge Park in Austin to protest Gov. Abbott's decision on Syrian refugees.

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CALENDAR

AROUND TEXAS

TODAY IN HISTORY

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24

ASSOCIATED PRE SS

1

Lamar Bruni Vergara Planetarium shows. 2 p.m.–5 p.m. TAMIU LBV Planetarium, 5201 University Blvd. The Little Star that Could at 2 p.m.; Cosmic Adventure at 3 p.m.; Black Holes at 4 p.m.; A Starry Tale at 5 p.m.

General Admission is $4 for children and $5 for adults. Admission is $4 for TAMIU students, faculty and staff. The 2 p.m. show is $1 less. For more information call 326-DOME (3663).

Today is Saturday, Sept. 24, the 268th day of 2016. There are 98 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Sept. 24, 1996, the United States, represented by President Bill Clinton, and 70 other countries signed a treaty at the United Nations to end all testing and development of nuclear weapons.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 1

Spaghetti lunch. Noon–1:30 p.m.

Fellowship Hall, First United Methodist Church. No admission fee. Free-will donations accepted.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 1

Chess Club. 4–6 p.m. Every Monday. Inner City Branch Library, 202 W. Plum St. Compete in this cherished strategy game played internationally.

Free. For all ages and skill levels.

Instruction is offered.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 1

Rock wall climbing. 4–5:30 p.m.

LBV-Inner City Branch Library, 202 W. Plum St. Take the challenge and climb the rock wall! Fun exercise for all ages. Free. Bring ID. Must sign release form. Every Tuesday. For more information, call 795-2400 x2520.

1 City of Laredo Comprehensive Plan’s Public Design Workshop (Charrette). 6 p.m. Laredo Public Library, 1120 E. Calton Road. Community-wide kick-off event to mark the official start of a two-week public planning process. From Sept. 26 to Oct. 6, Plan Viva Laredo is hosting a public charrette, which is an intensive planning session where citizens, designers and others can collaborate on their vision for the comprehensive plan.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 1

City of Laredo Comprehensive Plan’s Public Design Workshop (Charrette). Laredo Public Library, 1120 E. Calton Road. More details to be announced.

Suzanne Cordeiro / Getty Images

This photo taken on Aug. 22, 2016, shows Donald Trump following his speech during a campaign rally in Austin. The GOP nominee will return to Texas on Oct. 11 for at least one fundraiser,

DONALD TRUMP TO RETURN TO TEXAS

By Abby Livingston THE TEXAS TRIBUNE

Texas remains largely uncompetitive in the presidential contest, but Donald Trump continues to lean hard on the state in the final stretch of his campaign.

The GOP nominee will return to Texas on Oct. 11 for at least one fundraiser, in Dallas, according to two sources close to the Trump campaign. The goal is to raise $5 million to $8 million during his time in the Lone Star State, one of those sources said.

Meanwhile, his campaign is urgently

inviting donors and bundlers to raise money at Trump headquarters in New York City next week.

Texas is a perennial top fundraising state in both parties. But Trump's reliance on Texas has escalated after the Republican National Convention. Since late August, Trump has twice raised money in Texas, and two of his children embarked on their own fundraising swings in the state last week.

Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine was in Houston this week for the same purpose.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 1

Lamar Bruni Vergara Planetarium shows. 6–7 p.m. TAMIU LBV Planetarium, 5201 University Blvd.

Violent Universe at 6 p.m.; Led Zeppelin at 7 p.m. General Admission is $4 for children and $5 for adults. Admission is $4 for TAMIU students, faculty and staff. For more information call 326-DOME (3663).

1 Spanish Book Club. 6-8 p.m.

Laredo Public Library1120 E. Calton Road. For more information, call Sylvia Reash at 763-1810.

1 City of Laredo Comprehensive Plan’s Public Design Workshop (Charrette). Laredo Public Library, 1120 E. Calton Road. More details to be announced.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30

$85M wastewater plant dedicated 8 years after Ike GALVESTON — Officials have dedicated an $85 million wastewater treatment plant in Galveston as the largest Hurricane Ike recovery project since the storm hit in 2008.

The Galveston County Daily News reports dignitaries gathered Wednesday to celebrate completion of the plant, which began operations in March.

Galveston Mayor Jim Yar-

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City of Laredo Comprehensive Plan’s Public Design Workshop (Charrette). Laredo Public Library, 1120 E. Calton Road. More details to be announced.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1 1

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

Everyone is invited.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2 1

7th Annual Blessing of All Animals. 4–5 p.m. St. Peter's Plaza. All animals should be taken in a leash, harness or cage. St. Francis of Assisi medals and T-shirts will be available with a donation. All donations received will go toward projects to protect community cats including a Trap, Neuter, and Return Program for Laredo. For more details, call Birdie at 286-7866.

1 City of Laredo Comprehensive Plan’s Public Design Workshop (Charrette).

MONDAY, OCTOBER 3 1

Chess Club. 4–6 p.m. Every Monday. Inner City Branch Library, 202 W. Plum St. Compete in this cherished strategy game played internationally.

Free. For all ages and skill levels.

Instruction is offered.

1 Ray of Light anxiety and depression support group meeting.

6:30–7:30 p.m. Area Health Education Center, 1505 Calle del Norte, Suite 430. Every first Monday of the month.

People suffering from anxiety and depression are invited to attend this free, confidential and anonymous support group meeting. While a support group does not replace an individual's medical care, it can be a valuable resource to gain insight, strength and hope.

1 City of Laredo Comprehensive Plan’s Public Design Workshop (Charrette).

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4 1

City of Laredo Comprehensive Plan’s Public Design Workshop (Charrette).

1 Rock wall climbing. 4–5:30 p.m.

LBV-Inner City Branch Library, 202 W. Plum St. Take the challenge and climb the rock wall! Fun exercise for all ages. Free. Bring ID. Must sign release form. Every Tuesday. For more information, call 795-2400 x2520.

brough says projects like the wastewater treatment plant take time. Construction was funded by federal disaster recovery funds administered by the Texas General Land Office.

“We have some glitzy projects in our recovery package,” Yarbrough said. “This is not one of them. This isn’t one they’re going to drive by and say that’s a wonderful addition to the island. But the one thing about this project is they’re going to use it every day.”

The new plant, built on the site of the old wastewater facil-

ity that was inundated during the storm, has holding tanks above flood level and upgraded power systems.

Stabilizing the city’s wastewater infrastructure hasn’t been without its bumps though. Officials said a power surge at the new plant in August released about 135,000 gallons of partially treated sludge into Galveston Bay. A city spokeswoman said the malfunctioning equipment has been replaced and the place is now in full working condition.

— Compiled from AP reports

AROUND THE WORLD Mexico wants 5th analysis in missing students case MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office wants to perform a new forensic examination of a garbage dump where it has maintained that 43 missing students were incinerated by a drug gang two years ago, the special prosecutor for the case said Thursday.

Alfredo Higuera told The Associated Press that the students’ families would have to agree to what would be the fifth analysis of the dump in Cocula, in the southern state of Guerrero. He said it could definitively clarify a “controversial” issue.

Investigators are not married to any single theory about the fate of the students from the Rural Normal School at Ayotzinapa, Higuera said in an interview.

The previous attorney general had called the dump-fire theory a “historic truth.”

That hypothesis has been

Alejandrino Gonzalez / AP

Protesting students paste images of the 43 missing students on the walls of the state courthouse in the city of Chilpancingo.

rejected by the families and discredited by international experts. Authorities have said the students were intercepted by local police in Iguala while hijacking buses on Sept. 26, 2014. They were then turned over to members of the Guerreros Unidos gang who allegedly killed and incinerated them.

Their remains were allegedly

dumped in a nearby river. Only one bone fragment was positively linked to one of the students.

“What we’re interested in is being able to figure it out with the help of science what happened there, because there is no other way” to do it, Higuera said.

— Compiled from AP reports

AROUND THE NATION Death sentence for man who killed 2 to get wedding money SANTA ANA, Calif. — A Southern California man who killed two people and dismembered one of them as part of a plot to steal money to pay for his wedding and honeymoon was sentenced to death Friday.

Orange County Superior Court Judge John Conley followed the recommendation of a jury that in January decided

that Daniel Patrick Wozniak, 32, should be put to death after deliberating for just an hour.

Jurors had convicted Wozniak of the murders in December.

“At the cost of two human lives, the defendant chose not to get married inexpensively or to defer his honeymoon,” Conley said.

“He wanted to do it in style, and he was willing to kill two people he knew to accomplish this.”

Wozniak was debt-ridden in 2010 when he shot a neighbor,

On this date: In 1789, President George Washington signed a Judiciary Act establishing America’s federal court system and creating the post of attorney general.

In 1869, thousands of businessmen were ruined in a Wall Street panic known as “Black Friday” after financiers Jay Gould and James Fisk attempted to corner the gold market.

In 1890, the president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Wilford Woodruff, wrote a manifesto renouncing the practice of plural marriage, or polygamy.

In 1929, Lt. James H. Doolittle guided a Consolidated NY-2 Biplane over Mitchel Field in New York in the first all-instrument flight.

In 1934, Babe Ruth made his farewell appearance as a player with the New York Yankees in a game against the Boston Red Sox. (The Sox won, 5-0.)

In 1955, President Dwight D. Eisenhower suffered a heart attack while on vacation in Denver.

In 1957, the Los Angeles-bound Brooklyn Dodgers played their last game at Ebbets Field, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-0.

In 1960, the USS Enterprise, the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, was launched at Newport News, Virginia.

“The Howdy Doody Show” ended a nearly 13-year run with its final telecast on NBC. In 1976, former hostage Patricia Hearst was sentenced to seven years in prison for her part in a 1974 bank robbery in San Francisco carried out by the Symbionese Liberation Army.

(Hearst was released after 22 months after receiving clemency from President Jimmy Carter.)

In 1988, Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson won the men’s 100-meter dash at the Seoul (sohl) Summer Olympics — but he was disqualified three days later for using anabolic steroids. Members of the eastern Massachusetts Episcopal diocese elected Barbara C. Harris the first female bishop in the church’s history.

In 1991, kidnappers in Lebanon freed British hostage Jack Mann after holding him captive for more than two years. Children’s author Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as “Dr. Seuss,” died in La Jolla, California, at age 87.

Ten years ago: In a combative taped interview on “Fox News Sunday,” former President Bill Clinton defended his handling of the threat posed by Osama bin Laden, and accused host Chris Wallace of a “conservative hit job.”

Five years ago: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev proposed Vladimir Putin as a presidential candidate for 2012, paving the way for Putin’s return to office four years after he was legally forced to step aside.

One year ago: Pope Francis finished his whirlwind visit to the nation’s capital, becoming the first pope to address a joint meeting of Congress and calling on the lawmakers to help immigrants “and embrace the stranger in our midst.” The pope then traveled to New York for an evening prayer service in St. Patrick’s Cathedral.

Today’s Birthdays: Rhythm-andblues singer Sonny Turner (The Platters) is 77. Singer Barbara Allbut Brown (The Angels) is 76. Singer Phyllis “Jiggs” Allbut Sirico (The Angels) is 74. Singer Gerry Marsden (Gerry and the Pacemakers) is 74.

News anchor Lou Dobbs is 71. Pro and College Football Hall of Famer Joe Greene is 70. Actor Gordon Clapp is 68. Songwriter Holly Knight is 60.

Former U.S. Rep. Joseph Kennedy II, D-Mass., is 64. Actor Kevin Sorbo is 58. Christian/jazz singer Cedric Dent (Take 6) is 54. Actress-writer Nia Vardalos is 54. Rock musician Shawn Crahan (AKA Clown) (Slipknot) is 47.

Country musician Marty Mitchell is 47.

Actress Megan Ward is 47. Singermusician Marty Cintron (No Mercy) is 45. Contemporary Christian musician Juan DeVevo (Casting Crowns) is 41.

Actor Ian Bohen is 40. Actor Justin Bruening is 37. Olympic gold medal gymnast Paul Hamm (hahm) is 34.

Actor Erik Stocklin is 34. Actor Kyle Sullivan is 28.

Thought for Today: “The easiest way to get a reputation is go outside the fold, shout around for a few years as a violent atheist or a dangerous radical, and then crawl back to the shelter.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald (born this date in 1896, died 1940).

CONTACT US Samuel Herr of Costa Mesa, to steal $50,000 the Army veteran had saved from service in Afghanistan, prosecutors said.

Wozniak then used a ruse to kill Herr’s friend, Julie Kibuishi, and tried to make it appear Herr had raped and killed her, then fled, prosecutors said. He also dumped Herr’s dismembered body in a park.

The scheme unraveled, and Wozniak was arrested days later.

— Compiled from AP reports

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THE ZAPATA TIMES | Saturday, September 24, 2016 |

LOCAL

Sun County Bass Association Championship starts Monday S P ECIAL T O T HE T I ME S

The Sun Country Bass Association 2016 Championship will be held Sept.

25 through the 30th at Falcon Lake in Zapata, Texas.

Takeoff and weigh-in will take place at the Zapata County Public Boat Ramp.

The entry fee will be $240 per team for the tournament and an additional $75 for Ranger Cup. Ranger Cup points at the championship apply to overall standings for the year. There will be no entry fee required for those who qualified for Super Team Payouts.

The following are rules concerning inclement weather and how ties will be handled.

Rules 1 Participants and Eligibility: Sun Country Teams entering and fishing with their partner (unless excused by the directors) in a minimum of three qualifying tournaments are eligible to enter the championship tournament.

1 Boats: Boats used in the tournaments must be equipped with aerated live wells and kill switches and must meet state and federal safety requirements.

1 Contestants Meeting: The contestants meeting will begin at 6 p.m. on Monday. At least one member from each team is required to attend the contestants meeting.

Tournament 1 Sportsmanship: Sportsmanship, courtesy, ecology and conservation are expected from each participant. Any infraction of these fundamental

sporting principles may be deemed cause for disqualification.

1 Safety: Safe boating conduct must be observed at all times by each contestant. Contestants must wear life preservers and kill switches must be in use any time the combustible engine is running.

Alcoholic beverages may not be consumed prior to official check in.

1 Tournament Hours: Official tournament hours will be announced during the contestants meeting.

1 Permitted Fishing Waters: Off limits will be 50 yards from any gas dock. Other off limits areas may be announced during the contestants meeting. Fishing is not permitted in designated no fishing areas, or within 50 yards of another teams boat that is anchored, providing the anchored boat was there first.

1 Tackle: Only artificial lures may be used. Prepared, excluding pork rind strips, or live bait is prohibited. Only one rod may be in use at one time.

Trolling is not permitted.

1 Angling Methods: Fish must be hooked in a conventional angling manner. Intentionally snagging fish is prohibited and is grounds for disqualification.

1 Live Wells: All tournament boats must be equipped with operational live wells. All live wells must hold water and be capable of sustaining fish during dry land weighins.

1 Culling: Culling on the fourth fish caught by each team is required. At no time should any team have more than three large mouth or small mouth bass in the live well. Dead fish may not be

culled. If, for any reason, a team has three dead fish in the live well, the team must stop fishing for the day. The best three fish must be presented to the tournament weigh master.

1 Late Penalty: Teams not officially checked in on or before the official check-in time will forfeit all weight for the day.

There will be no excuses accepted.

1 Scoring: Tournament standings and final winners will be determined by the total weight of each team’s catch that is presented to the tournament weigh master during the tournament. Only large mouth, Kentucky/Spotted or small mouth bass will be weighed.

Each team is allowed a limit of three fish per day.

A penalty of .20 lb. will be deducted from the team’s total weight for each dead fish presented to the weigh master. The minimum length will follow state fishing regulations.

Measurement will be made on a flat board.

Fish will be measured with mouth closed. One pound will be deducted from the team’s total weight for each short fish presented to the weigh master. Fish that appear to have been dead for an extended period or fish that appear to be mashed or mauled may not be weighed.

The tournament committee will determine how ties will be decided and settled.

1 Laws: All state, federal and local laws must be obeyed at all times. Failure to do so could result in disqualification.

1 Polygraph Test: A polygraph test may be administered to the winners .

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COLUMN

OTHER VIEWS

The Clinton Calendar

By David Brooks TH E YO RK T I ME S NEWS

Hillary Clinton made a very pertinent comment this week: “'Why aren’t I 50 points ahead?’ you might ask.”

Indeed we might!

Clinton is running against a man whose approval ratings are under 40 percent and his disapproval rating is the highest of any candidate in American history. Only 38 percent of Americans think Donald Trump is even qualified to be president, according to a Quinnipiac survey.

Trump has practically no campaign to speak of while Clinton has a very professional one. Clinton is swamping Trump on the airwaves. Estimates vary by source, but according to Advertising Age, $145 million has been spent on pro-Clinton TV and radio ads while only $4 million has been spent on pro-Trump ads.

Meanwhile, the Trump scandals blow through like hurricanes in the tropics at peak season.

Thanks to reporting by The Washington Post, we’ve learned that the Trump Foundation makes Trump University look like a model of moral rectitude. Donations Trump raised through that foundation went to pay his company’s legal bills and to buy two portraits of himself.

Every week he manages to stain his character a deeper shade of black.

Trump has filled the culture with lies for the past many decades, but all those lies must bow down in reverence before the epic, galactic, gravityreversing lies he just told about the birther nonsense.

And still he is within 2 or 3 points of Clinton nationally and leading in a bunch of the key swing states. In Ohio by 5. In Iowa by 6. In Florida by 1.

When you look at the secondary questions in the polls, Trump is doing miserably, but in the top-line “Who are you going to vote for?” question, he’s doing decently.

What is going on here?

Tyler Cowen recently gathered some of the more interesting theories on his blog Marginal Revolution: America is not ready for a female president. The Democrats have a lot of policy proposals, but the Republicans are running on big ideas. A more diverse country is a more fractious and polarized country, and over the past few weeks white Republicans have been coming home to their candidate.

I see some truth in those theories, especially the last one. But my single explanation would be this: Clintonworld is a semi-closed system that operates according to its

own calendar. Donald Trump is egregious, but at least he’s living in the 21st century, as was Bernie Sanders. Clintonworld operates according to its own time-space continuum that is slightly akilter from our own.

In the 21st century, politics operates around a different axis. It’s not left/right, big government/small government.

It’s openness and dynamism versus closedness and security. It’s between those who see opportunity and excitement in the emerging globalized, multiethnic meritocracy against those who see their lives and communities threatened by it.

In the 21st century, the parties are amassing different coalitions. People are dividing along human capital lines, with the college educated flocking to the Democrats and the non-college educated whites flocking to the GOP. Democrats do great in America’s 100 most crowded counties, but they struggle in the 3,000 less crowded ones.

Clintonworld is a decades-old interlocking network of donors and friends that hasn’t quite caught up to these fundamental shifts. That’s because Clintonworld, in the Hillary iteration, is often defensive, distrusting and oriented around avoiding errors. In each of her national campaigns, Clinton has run against in-touch-withthe-times men who were more charismatic and generated more passion than she did. She’s always been the duller, unfashionable foil.

Her donor base and fundraising style is out of another era. Obama and Sanders tapped into the energized populist base, but Clinton has Barbra Streisand, Cher and a cast of Wall Street plutocrats.

Her campaign proposals sidestep the cutting issues that have driven Trump, Sanders, Brexit and the other key movements of modern politics.

Her ideas for reducing poverty are fine, but they are circa Ed Muskie: more public works jobs, housing tax credits, more money for Head Start.

Her out-of-time style costs her big with millennials. If she loses this election it will be because younger voters just don’t relate to her and flock to Gary Johnson instead. It also leads to a weird imbalance in the national debate.

We have an emerging global system, with relatively open trade, immigration, multilateral institutions and ethnic diversity. The critics of that system are screaming at full roar. The champions of that system — and Hillary Clinton is naturally one — are off in another world.

COLUMN

Derrick Rose case shows how the deck is still stacked against sexual assault plaintiffs

By Mary Sanchez THE KANSAS CITY STAR

A woman’s life is about to become a virtual hell, thanks to the legal maneuverings of NBA star Derrick Rose.

She can count on it because the public still reacts with scorn toward women who accuse famous athletes, Hollywood stars and politicians of sexual assault.

Rose won the legal right to use the woman’s name in a civil trial in which he is accused of rape, scheduled to begin Oct. 4. The pseudonym Jane Doe will cease to shield her. The 30-yearold college student will be identified in proceedings, which opens her to levels of scrutiny and fury that Rose will not face. That fact alone takes a moment to digest.

The woman has accused Rose of raping her in 2013 along with two buddies after she passed out. Rose and the woman had been in a consensual, non-exclusive sexual relationship for nearly two years. But, she alleges, that changed in August 2013 after she had left the New York Knick’s rental house in Los Angeles drunk and possibly drugged.

Her name exposed, the woman will soon be easy prey for any slug with an Internet connection. She will be called a slut and a greedy whore for seeking monetary compensation.

She will probably receive death threats. The woman’s parents are immigrants from Mexico, so she’ll also be treated to assumptions about her family’s immigration status and all sorts of other ethnic hatred.

Rose’s legal strategy appears to be to leverage this reality to get her to

In a less sexist world, a woman could make an allegation and expect the known facts either to prove or disprove the contention. What the woman wore, how much she drank that evening, if she had previously agreed to sex with that man or any other, would be of no consequence.

Sexual assault would not be among the most underreported crimes if these notions ceased to exist.

Only what happened would matter. Was there consent or not? But that’s not the world that we live in, despite the strides we have made. settle her $21.5 million civil suit.

This is how we shame women who allege sexual assault. It often works because the public will be more than willing participants, consuming the details like gossip and rendering spot judgments about the victim.

That being said, there is also a forceful argument that shielding the identities of sexual assault victims mutes the public response to such crimes. That argument was made most forcefully in 1989 by Geneva Overholser, the brave editor of the Des Moines Register, published a column arguing that anonymity harms rape victims and mutes public outrage at the crime.

She wasn’t wrong, but she was writing before the advent of viral social media.

Her arguments continue to be persuasive. She wondered in 2003 whether the media’s hesitancy to name names - indeed it is an institutionalized rule - has "prolonged the stigma

and fed the underreporting."

The myths about rape continue partly because truths about the crime are shielded as well. And when its victims are nameless and faceless, that leaves a vacuum for assumptions.

In a less sexist world, a woman could make an allegation and expect the known facts either to prove or disprove the contention. What the woman wore, how much she drank that evening, if she had previously agreed to sex with that man or any other, would be of no consequence.

Sexual assault would not be among the most underreported crimes if these notions ceased to exist.

Only what happened would matter. Was there consent or not? But that’s not the world that we live in, despite the strides we have made.

It should be noted that the judge has put Rose and his legal team on notice for shaming.

"Defendant Rose appears to suggest that

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women who publicly portray themselves as ’sexual’ are less likely to experience embarrassment, humiliation and harassment associated with gang rape," the judge wrote in an earlier order.

But in the decision to allow the plaintiff to be named, other factors also had to be weighed: the public’s interest in the case, and the possibility that a pseudonym at a civil trial would be perceived by the jury as a comment on the harm caused by the alleged actions of Rose.

The judge can only control so much: the actions of defendant and plaintiff, jurors and those who attend the proceedings. What the public does to the woman, particularly on social media, is where the threat lies.

This is the sad reality behind Overholser’s long-held opinion that society does more harm than good by shielding the identities of rape victims. Nearly 30 years later, we’re still struggling with the notion.

For all of the ethical, legal and sensitivity questions raised, the narratives of sexual assault - be they criminal charges or lawsuits or journalistic reporting still divide the public in unhelpful ways. Some people are so uneasy with the details that they prefer the muting of anonymous victims.

Others take to social media and eagerly attack the victim further.

And that leaves victims wondering if they’re better off not coming forward to seek justice.

Mary Sanchez is an opinion-page columnist for The Kansas City Star.

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Fed wants to UPS testing drones for delivery system place new limits on big banks’ commodities activities

By Rodrique Ngowi ASSOCIATED PRE SS

By Marcy Gordon A S S OCIAT E D PRE SS

WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve wants to put new limits on big banks’ activities in physical commodities businesses, with an eye to reducing financial risks from volatile trading and transport of sensitive materials.

The Fed’s governors are proposing restrictions for banks’ holding, transporting and trading of commodities like oil, aluminum and coal. Banks would be required to beef up the capital they hold against potential losses in commodities and would face limits on the amount of their commodities trading.

The Fed is opening the proposal to public comment for 90 days.

Wall Street banks have sharply reduced their involvement in physical commodities in recent years, under pressure from regulators and lawmakers. The biggest players in the field have been Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley.

Regulators say disasters like the massive 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico show the potential risks to banks. Though that accident only affected BP and the oil-service companies involved, banks that engage in transport of oil in tankers could take heavy financial hits, the regulators say.

Also, critics of Wall Street say that owning and storing commodities like aluminum in warehouses or oil in storage tankers enables banks to drive up prices for basic products made from them — like gasoline, canned soft drinks and beer, and electricity.

“As a general matter, (major banks) should be prohibited from owning physical assets like warehouses, pipelines and tankers,” Democratic Sens.

Sherrod Brown of Ohio and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts have told the Fed. Business interests say they’re concerned about the Fed’s proposal. Reducing the number of players in commodities markets by forcing out banks could raise costs for businesses that use the commodities and need to hedge against price swings, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce said.

There could be less money sloshing around in the financial markets, making it harder for the businesses to make trades for hedging, Chamber executive Tom Quaadman said in a statement.

The Fed should have done a “robust economic analysis” of the proposal, he said.

The proposed new requirements would mean banks would have to salt away a total of up to $4 billion in additional capital, Fed officials estimate.

In addition, banks would no longer be allowed to engage in physical activities involving power plants. Banks no longer could own and store copper, because regulators now deem copper to be an industrial metal, rather than a precious metal like gold and silver.

MARBLEHEAD, Mass. — One of the world’s largest package delivery companies is stepping up efforts to integrate drones into its system.

UPS has partnered with robot-maker CyPhy Works to test the use of drones to make commercial deliveries to remote or difficult-toaccess locations.

The companies began testing the drones on Thursday, when they launched one from the seaside town of Marblehead. The drone flew on a programmed route for 3 miles over the Atlantic Ocean to deliver an inhaler at Children’s Island.

The successful landing was greeted by jubilant shouts from CyPhy Works and UPS employees on the island to witness the test.

“I thought it was fantastic,” said John Dodero, UPS vice president for industrial engineering.

CyPhy Works founder

Rodrique Ngowi / AP

A test drone making a UPS delivery lands on Children's Island in Marblehead, Mass. UPS partnered with robot-maker CyPhy Works to fly the drone on a programmed route for three miles over the Atlantic Ocean to make the delivery.

Helen Greiner, who previously co-founded robotmaker iRobot, said the drone tests with UPS allow her company to gather engineering and cost information and then work with UPS to look at where drones can add the most value to UPS’ extensive network.

Still, the robot-maker doesn’t see drones replacing delivery trucks, bikes, buggies or gondolas anytime soon.

“Drones aren’t going to take the place of all delivery, but there are places where you have inaccessible location, an emergency situation where the infrastructure is down, you want or need the package quickly — these are the areas where drones will be the best way to get a package to a location,” Greiner said.

It’s not all clear skies for drones, though.

Newly revised federal

aviation regulations don’t permit commercial drones to fly over people not involved in their operations and require them to remain within line of sight of their operators at all times, effectively rendering commercial deliveries impossible. But those restrictions aren’t keeping drone-makers and their partners from racing to develop technology suitable for commercial deliveries while they work with regulators to tweak existing rules.

United Parcel Service Inc., based in Atlanta, isn’t the only company testing drones. Wal-Mart is testing drones it says will help it manage its warehouse inventory more efficiently, and Amazon.com is testing them for home delivery.

CyPhy Works Inc., based in Danvers, manufactures tethered surveillance drones capable of remaining airborne for hours while streaming reconnaissance data that can’t be intercepted, jammed or spoofed.

Stocks pare weekly gain as crude oil and Apple slide to halt rally

By Anna-Louise Jackson BL OOMBERG NEWS

U.S. stocks retreated as energy producers and Apple Inc. led declines, with the S&P 500 Index paring its best weekly advance in more than two months after a rally spurred by the Federal Reserve.

Equities halted the longest winning streak in seven weeks as Apple and Facebook Inc. dragged down the technology group, while tumbling crude oil sank energy shares on speculation OPEC won’t reach an agreement to curb output.

Apple fell in afternoon trading amid speculation over iPhone demand. Bats Global Markets Inc. soared 20 percent and Twitter Inc. surged the most in two years amid deal speculation The S&P 500 lost 0.5 percent to 2,166.53 at 3:22 p.m. in New York, with declines accelerating earlier as crude dropped the most since July and the equity benchmark fell below its average price during the past 50 days. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 111.39 points, or 0.6 percent, to 18,281.07. The Nasdaq 100 Index declined 0.6 percent after posting its 12th record close this year.

Trading in S&P 500 shares was about 4 percent below the 30-day average for this time of the day.

“Today is the inevitable

Mark Lennihan / AP file

American flags fly at the New York Stock Exchange.

Stocks retreated as energy producers and Apple Inc. led declines, with the S&P 500 Index paring its best weekly advance in more than two months.

pause because the last two days saw a pretty significant move, particularly in light of a Fed that did what the market was expecting,” said Michael Antonelli, an institutional equity sales trader and managing director at Robert W. Baird & Co. in Milwaukee. “The bulk of the price action -- you’ve got bonds selling off a little bit, you’ve got crude oil selling off, the dollar rallying a little bit -- it’s what you’d expect from a pause in a rally.”

Facebook slipped 1.7 percent after saying it gave advertisers an inflated measure of video ad viewership.

Apple took a sudden afternoon dive to lose as much as 2.7 percent after CNBC reported that market research firm GfK said iPhone 7 sales could be disappointing. That

sent tech stocks in the main U.S. equity measure toward their biggest loss in two weeks.

The S&P 500 is up 1.3 percent for the week, after the Federal Reserve held off raising interest rates and scaled back the number of increases it expects in 2017.

The equity gauge has returned to within 1.1 percent of a record set in August, recovering from a rout two weeks ago as signals from the Fed and the Bank of Japan calmed concerns that central banks might be less inclined to extend their unprecedented measures to support growth.

The CBOE Volatility Index rose 2.2 percent Friday to 12.28, trimming its biggest weekly decline since July 1.

The measure of market tur-

bulence known as the VIX on Wednesday wiped out a monthly gain that had reached as much as 35 percent.

“We had a good week and a consolidation is the right move, given the uncertainties that still linger and the elections coming up,” said Christoph Riniker, the Zurich-based head of strategy research at Julius Baer Group Ltd. “The Fed’s decision was positive shortterm, but we’re still going to have a rate hike and the consensus is still going for December.”

Three Fed officials on Wednesday dissented, the most since December 2014, in favor of a quarter-point hike. One of them, Boston Fed President Eric Rosengren said today in an explanation of his dissent that failure to get back to a strategy of gradual rate increases may threaten the ongoing U.S. economic recovery.

Failing to tighten policy could generate “the sorts of significant imbalances that historically have led to a recession,” he said.

Investors will now turn their attention to economic data and the next earnings season that gets underway in about three weeks. A Bloomberg gauge tracking the degree to which data miss or exceed economists’ estimates has been negative for all of September.

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RIBEREÑA EN BREVE TORNEO DE CAMPEONATO 1 La Cámara de Comercio del Condado de Zapata está invitando al Torneo de Campeonato de la Asociación Sun Country Bass, a realizarse del 25 al 30 de septiembre, el cual se llevará a cabo en Falcon Lake.

FERIAS DE SALUD 1 La Oficina de Servicios Fronterizos de DSHS y el Consejo Binacional de Salud SMAC, invitan al público a acudir a dos ferias de salud.

Una se llevará a cabo en Colonias Unidas en Río Grande City el 13 de octubre de 8 a.m. a 11 a.m.; la segunda se realizará el mismo día en el Centro Comunitario Roma de 2 p.m. a 4 p.m. Informes con Lupita Guerrero al 956-729-8600.

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Intento de contrabando Por César G. Rodriguez TIEMP O DE ZAPATA

Un hombre fue arrestado en Zapata por transportar marihuana con un valor de 196.000 dólares por el condado de Zapata, de acuerdo con documentos de la corte.

El sospechoso, Alonzo Pizana fue acusado de

posesión con intento de distribuir una sustancia controlada.

El 17 de septiembre, agentes de la Patrulla Fronteriza realizando su trabajo por la carretera US 83 cerca de Zapata observaron una camioneta pick up blanca sospechosa. Los agentes dijeron que notaron el vehículo iba cargando

equipo de soldadura que “se veía inusualmente limpio”.

Las llantas parecían más pequeñas que las que regularmente se ven en camionetas del mismo tamaño, indica la querella criminal emitida el 19 de septiembre.

Las autoridades detuvieron el vehículo. La mano del conductor

estaba “temblando”, de acuerdo con documentos de la corte. Él no pudo dar una identificación indicando que había dejado su cartera en casa.

Una inspección del vehículo arrojó anomalías en la caja de la camioneta. Agentes descubrieron un botón para un compartimento falso

donde descubrieron 32 paquetes de marihuana.

El contrabando pesaba alrededor de 245 libras, con un valor estimado de 196.000 dólares.

Agentes especiales de la DEA respondieron para asistir con la investigación.

Pizana aseguró que él no sabía que el vehículo contenía drogas.

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INAUGURAN ÁREA DE JUEGOS

EXHIBICIÓN DE ÁRBOLES FAMILIARES 1 El Museo de Historia del Condado de Zapata y la Sociedad de Genealogía Nuevo Santander invitan a la exhibición de árboles familiares y cocina en sartenes de hierro fundido el viernes 21 de octubre y sábado 22 de octubre de 10 a.m. a 2 p.m. El evento se llevará a cabo en el Museo de Historia del Condado de Zapata.

FIESTA FAMILIAR DE HALLOWEEN 1 La Patrulla Fronteriza y el Departamento de Parques y Vida Silvestre invitan a la fiesta familiar del terror el viernes 29 de octubre en el Parque Municipal de Roma.de 5 a 9 p.m.

Habrá concursos de disfraces para todas las edades, juegos, comida y mucho más.

MUSEO EN ZAPATA 1 A los interesados en realizar una investigación sobre genealogía de la región, se sugiere visitar el Museo del Condado de Zapata ubicado en 805 N US-Hwy 83. Opera de 10 a.m. a 4 p.m.

Existen visitas guiadas. Personal está capacitado y puede orientar acerca de la historia del Sur de Texas y sus fundadores. Pida informes en el (956) 7658983.

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

LABORATORIO COMPUTACIONAL 1 La Ciudad de Roma pone a disposición de la comunidad el Laboratorio Computacional que abre de lunes a viernes en horario de 1 p.m. a 5 p.m. en Historical Plaza, a un lado del City Hall. Informes en el 956-849-1411.

SE SUSPENDE JUNTA 1 La Sociedad de Genealogía Nuevo Santander informa a sus socios y a la comunidad en general que debido a las fiestas decembrinas no habrá reunión de la sociedad durante el mes de Diciembre.

Foto de cortesía | Zapata County Independent School District

Estudiantes de la escuela primaria Villarreal Elementary School portan pancartas para formar las palabras “Thank You”, en agradecimiento a la familia Medel y al abogado Jaime González, por haber donado los fondos para la construcción del área de juegos Karina Medel Playground. Karina falleció en un incendio en el 2007.

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Descartan desfogue de presas Foto por Victor Strife | Laredo Morning Times

Vista exterior del Old Mercy Hospital localizado en 1515 de la avenida Logan en Laredo.

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Escena de película se filma en Mercy Hospital

CD. VICTORIA, Tamaulipas— Las presas internacionales La Amistad y Falcón en la zona norte del Estado tienen espacio suficiente para almacenar el agua que puedan dejar las lluvias que se presenten de aquí al cierre de éste año,dijo Raúl Quiroga Álvarez, Director de Distritos y Unidades de Riego.

El Funcionario de la Comisión Estatal del Agua en Tamaulipas (CEAT) dijo que no existe plan para buscar desfogar las presas debido a que por ahora, están debajo de los índices de almacenamiento y se está a la espera de que puedan presentarse algunas lluvias, para que eleven el volumen de agua en cada una de ellas “En este momento en conjunto en es presas, en agua para uso en México suman solamente mil 80 millones de metros cúbicos, cuando las necesidades de uso para el riego agrícola como para el uso urbano es de mil 500 millones de metros cúbicos, ahí en la zona norte”, destacó Raúl Quiroga Álvarez.

Comentó que de acuerdo al plan de riego para el próximo ciclo en Tamaulipas, que las presas deben de abrirse para proceder al riego de asiento la últi-

Nota del Editor: Artículo basado en el documento escrito por Enrique T. de la Garza en relación a filmación de película en Laredo Por Enrique T. de la Garza TIEMP O DE ZAPATA

Un filme basado en un libro escrito por James McLendon fue filmado en Laredo en 1981.Sus protagonistas fueron Kirk Douglas y John Schneider. La película lleva como título, Eddie Macon’s Run y se realizó en 1981.

En la película el protagonista llega Laredo después de escapar de la prisión de Huntsville donde cumplía una sentencia por delitos menores.

Yo trabajé para Universal Studios en ese filme cuando el productor ejecutivo del filme, Lou Stroller, me contrató para fungir como scout (explorador) para la película.

Entre mis funciones estaba conseguir locaciones para filmar algunas escenas.

Además de Stroller, participaban en la bús-

queda de locaciones Jeff Kanew, director del filme así como Billy Kenney, director artístico.

Aunque ya habíamos logrado acordar algunos espacios como el Hotel La Posada, el Hamilton Hotel, y la Corte del Condado, ahora tocaba el turno de conseguir al Mercy Hospital.

Acudimos al hospital Mercy Hospital y nos entrevistamos con el CEO. Al salir de su oficina casi todos ahí sabían que John Schneider de la serie televisiva ‘Los duques de Hazzard’ estaría grabando en ese lugar.

Un día después, el día de la filmación, el personal y el equipo llegarían a las 6 a.m., “Estas personas, operan como un grupo militar”, dijo Stroller.

“Son precisos y saben exactamente lo que van a hacer. Llegan con su equipo, hacen la escena y se van, dejando todo como lo encontraron cuando llegaron”.

Exactamente a las 6 a.m., llegó el primer camión, luego el segundo y el tercero. El personal y el

equipo llegaron rápidamente a la sala donde se filmaría la escena.

Era aparente que mientras Stroller y yo buscábamos lugares alguien más llegaba a las locaciones y tomaba una idea de qué, cuándo y cómo harían las cosas para lograr hacer los arreglos finales para cada escena.

La escena en el hospital se hizo en el área de bebés. En la película, la esposa de Eddie (interpretada por Leah Ayers), tenía un bebé y la escena fue utilizada como un recuerdo mientras escapaba de prisión.

Mientras el personal y equipo de la filmación se preparaban para rodar la escena, Stroller permitió que Schneider conviviera con el personal del hospital. Cuando inició la filmación ellos se portaron muy respetuosos con el trabajo que se estaba realizando. Casi nadie se dedicó a sus labores en ese momento porque querían ver a Schneider, especialmente las damas.

Ahora, mi siguiente misión era conseguir una casa en la playa.

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ma decena de diciembre.

“La siembra de maíz requiere un riego de asiento y hasta tres riegos de auxilio, que en los años próximos pasados nos han autorizado pero que no hemos utilizado, debido a que finalmente nos ha llovido y o ha habido necesidad de utilizar el agua de las presas internacionales”, recordó.

Sin embargo, considero que el año que no llueva en esta temporada, seguramente habrá problemas en el norte del estado, tanto para atender la demanda de uso urbano, como también el agua que se requiere para el ciclo agrícola.

Dijo que en este momento, faltando únicamente diez días para que termine septiembre, el que es considerado el mes más llovedor del año, que no se tiene considerada ya una medida que implique la apertura de compuertas o el desfogue de las diferentes presas, para contar con espacio suficiente en los vasos, para captar el agua que pueda escurrir como consecuencia de las lluvias.

“Ahorita con el nivel de agua que está almacenada en cada una de las presas, podemos señalar que en estas, existe el espacio suficiente para proceder a almacena el agua que pueda escurrir una vez que se presenten las lluvias”, indicó.

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Video shows deadly encounter between police and black man

By Meg Kinnard and Jonathan Drew A S S OCIAT E D PRE SS

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Video of a deadly encounter between Charlotte police and a black man shows his wife repeatedly telling officers he is not armed and pleading with them not to shoot her husband as they shout at him to drop a gun.

The video, recorded by Keith Lamont Scott’s wife and released Friday by his family, does not indicate whether Scott had a gun.

Police have said he was armed, but witnesses say he held only a book. The 2 1/2 minute video does not show the shooting, though gunshots can be heard.

Scott’s wife, Rakeyia Scott, tells officers that he has a TBI, or traumatic brain injury. At one point, she tells her husband to get out of the car so police don’t break the windows.

She also tells him, “don’t do it,” but it’s not clear exactly what she means.

As the encounter escalates, she repeatedly urges police, “You better not shoot him.”

After the gunshots, Scott can be seen lying face-down on the ground while his wife says “he better live.” She continues recording and asks if an ambulance has been called. The officers stand over Scott. It’s unclear if they are checking him for weapons or attempting to give first aid.

In the footage, Scott’s wife states the address and says, “These are the police officers that shot my husband.”

Representatives for the police department and the mayor’s office did not immediately return emails from The Associated

Rakeyia Scott / AP

This image depicts Charlotte police squatting next to Keith Lamont Scott as Scott lies face-down.

Press seeking comment.

The video emerged after a third night of protests over the shooting gave way to quiet streets Friday. The largely peaceful demonstrations in the city’s business district were watched over by rifle-toting members of the National Guard.

Protesters called on police to release video that could resolve wildly different accounts of the shooting earlier this week.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Kerr Putney said Friday that there is footage from at least one police body camera and one dashboard camera.

The family of Scott, 43, was shown the footage Thursday and demanded that police release it to the public. The video recorded by Scott’s wife had not been previously released.

Demonstrators chanted “release the tape” and “we want the tape” Thursday while briefly blocking an intersection and later climbing the steps to the door of the city government center. Later, several dozen demonstrators walked onto an interstate highway through the city,

but they were pushed back by police in riot gear.

State Attorney General Roy Cooper also called on Charlotte officials to release the video, saying doing so would help bring the community and law enforcement together.

Cooper, a Democrat, is running for governor in November.

Charlotte is the latest U.S. city to be shaken by protests and recriminations over the death of a black man at the hands of police, a list that includes Baltimore, Milwaukee, Chicago, New York and Ferguson, Missouri. In Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Thursday, prosecutors charged a white officer with manslaughter for killing an unarmed black man on a city street last week.

Thursday’s protests in Charlotte lacked the violence and property damage of previous nights, and a curfew enacted by the city’s mayor encouraged a stopping point.

Charlotte Mayor Jennifer Roberts signed documents to keep the curfew in effect from midnight until 6 a.m.

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Brilliant bugs bedazzle night sky

By Sara Sneath VICTO RIA ADVOCAT E

VICTORIA, Texas — While walking with her family along a trail at Riverside Park, 8-year-old Zailey Flores took note of the uptick in fireflies.

“They look cool,” she said.

The Victoria Advocate reports Zailey and her cousin recently caught lightning bugs in their front yard. It was her first time capturing the luminescent beetles.

“We let them go afterward so they could get air,” she said.

As summer dies down, fireflies are making a reappearance in Texas.

The resurgence is likely because of a wet year, said Texas firefly researcher, Ben Pfeiffer.

Further north, fireflies only occur during the spring. But while a warmer autumn may delay Texans’ taste for pumpkin spice, the temperature and soil moisture brings a second firefly season.

2015 and 2016 have been banner years for fall fireflies.

“This year it’s just been really favorable for them,” Pfeiffer said. “The good news is that next spring we’ll probably have a lot of fireflies as well.”

The most prominent species of firefly this fall has been the photinus pyralis, also known as the big dipper firefly

because of its J-shaped flash pattern.

Fireflies flash to attract mates.

Typically, females don’t fly. Perched on a branch or piece of grass, they wait for males that have a good show of fitness, meaning they’ll be able to provide a lot of offspring, Pfeiffer said.

If she likes his flash, she’ll flash back at him and the couple will come together and mate. The female firefly then lays her fertilized eggs in damp, soft soil. Female fireflies will mate several times, laying eggs in several locations.

The eggs grow and become larva. Both the eggs and larva glow, Pfeiffer said. But it can be difficult to find the larva and eggs of the common firefly in the soil.

“You kind of have to get into the mud to find the larva,” he said. “But some species crawl along the surface, and you can see them glow.”

Firefly larva feed on earthworms, snails and dead insects. They’re predacious, eating whatever they can get their grubby hands on.

This year, the abundance of snails and the like created an accelerated schedule, bringing a larger population of fireflies.

While Victoria residents are likely seeing the big dipper firefly now, there are other species of fireflies in the region

during the spring. One example is the photuris genus, which can mimic the flash patterns of other fireflies.

The female photuris mimics flash patterns to entrap other species of male fireflies, which she eats in order to acquire a defensive steroid. Jumping spiders are less likely to eat photuris with more of this steroid.

Photuris are almost twice as big as big dipper fireflies and highly predacious, Pfeiffer said.

“There was a famous researcher that once said if photuris was the size of a house cat, people would be scared to go outside at night,” he said. “These are cool fireflies though.

We call them big scaries.”

The femmes fatales don’t hurt humans or other animals but are fun to watch, and can be lured in with a pen light, he said.

Seeing the bugs while their still around this fall requires getting outside during dusk, Texas entomologist Mike Quinn pointed out.

Lightning bugs aren’t out for very long. They start glowing about 7 p.m. and go dark before 9 p.m.

“We’re not out as much as we used to be,” he said.

“When I grew up, there were three channels and there wasn’t anything called the internet.

They’re still out there.

You just have to be out there when they’re out there.”

Angela Piazza / AP

A firefly waits on a blade of grass for a potential mate to fly by in a field near Riverside Park in Victoria Texas. As summer dies down, fireflies are making a reappearance in Texas.

Man delivers goods to areas hard hit by natural disasters

By Sarah Johnson WICHITA FALLS TIME S RECORD NEWS

Sarah Johnson / AP

Founder Leon Green stands within Disaster Helping Hands' new warehouse, where furniture and household goods are at the ready for the next time disaster strikes a community near or far in Wichita Falls, Texas.

TRUMP From page A1 derer,” among other things.

Cruz cited two reasons for his shift.

“First, last year, I promised to support the Republican nominee. And I intend to keep my word,” he wrote. “Second, even though I have had areas of significant disagreement with our nominee, by any measure Hillary Clinton is wholly unacceptable — that’s why I have always been (hash)NeverHillary.”

Since the convention speech, polls have suggested that Cruz’s popularity was slipping nationally and in Texas — where he could face a primary challenger

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for re-election in 2018.

Trump himself even praised the idea of former Texas Gov. Rick Perry running against Cruz in 2018. Trump said Perry would do well, though Trump said he didn’t know whether Perry would run.

Cruz also faced intensifying political pressure from other quarters.

His base was overwhelmingly supportive initially, but the mood shifted recently. The vast majority of calls coming into Cruz’s office had turned increasingly negative in recent weeks with many voters urging him to support Trump to prevent a Clinton victory, according to Republicans familiar with the situation. The

state use federal dollars to help them find jobs, learn English and enroll children in school.

"This model for refugee resettlement will continue in Texas," a spokesperson for the federal Administration for Children and Families said in a statement.

Following terrorist attacks in Paris in November that left 130 dead, Texas’ Republican leaders have raised concerns about the vetting process, particularly as it relates to Syrians, saying the federal government is unable to ensure that individuals with ties to

WICHITA FALLS, Texas — When Leon Green heard about the devastation from his home in Wichita Falls, he sprang into action. Green drove to Faith Mission and asked if he could have some of the furniture that had been donated to the homeless shelter. He loaded up his trailer and made eight trips from

Wichita Falls to Ringgold with one flatbed trailer.

“That town almost got burned off the map,” Green told the Wichita Falls Times Record News. “When I think about it, their entire life changed that day.”

People heard about what he was doing and donated items or gave him money to pay for gas.

“I told my wife, there’s a need here,” he said.

Right after the January fire, Green visited the

Republicans spoke on the condition of anonymity because these were internal discussions.

At the same time, the large staff that worked on Cruz’s presidential bid pushed him not to endorse.

Most refused to accept jobs with the Trump campaign when offered following Cruz’s departure from the primary campaign this spring. And as recently as this week, some warned they would not work for Cruz again if he officially endorsed Trump.

Trump’s naming of Cruz ally, Utah Sen. Mike Lee, in his updated list of potential Supreme Court picks announced Friday helped ease tensions between the two camps. Trump also

terrorist groups haven't slipped through the screening process.

In November, Abbott directed resettlement nonprofits in Texas to stop accepting Syrian refugees — a move the feds said Texas didn't have the authority to make. The state has sued the feds over Syrian refugees and seen its case dismissed, though an appeal is working its way through the courts.

Meanwhile, Texas and U.S. officials have been negotiating refugee resettlement plans for the 2017 federal fiscal year, which starts Oct. 1. Aside from

Nonprofit Management Center and started the process of becoming a full-fledged nonprofit organization. By December, Disaster Helping Hands was officially a 501(c)3.

“I think we’re expected to help in church, with tithes and whatever extra we can,” Green said. “But we’re not limited to help in church. We’re also expected to help outside of church. To what degree is up to you.”

He started gathering

backed Cruz’s position in a congressional squabble over internet regulation.

Yet bad blood remains.

The decision to announce his intention to vote for Trump, rather than endorse him outright, was seen as a compromise — even if voters see little distinction between the two. Other Republican leaders in difficult political situations, notably New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte, have taken similar positions.

“Hillary Clinton is manifestly unfit to be president, and her policies would harm millions of Americans,” Cruz wrote Friday.

“And Donald Trump is the only thing standing in her way.”

the request for security assurances, Texas officials said they previously rejected a proposal by the U.S. State Department to increase the number of refugees resettled in Texas by 25 percent. They said they would only accept the same number of refugees relocated to Texas in the 2016 federal fiscal year: 7,633.

If Texas withdraws from the federal refugee resettlement program, it doesn't mean refugees would stop flowing to the state; the federal government could distribute money directly to nonprofit groups here. Reset-

CUELLAR From page A1 The Treviño brothers, just like veterans all across our nation, share a wonderful love for country. We owe our freedoms to them, which is why I am recognizing them with the dedication of this post office.”

Teodoro, Leopoldo, Antonio, Anselmo, Filberto Jr., and Jose Manuel Treviño performed many acts of bravery, including taking down enemy plans and protecting soldier by using their own bodies as shields.

Their courage and

tlement officials have said the U.S. Refugee Act of 1980 allows the federal government to designate an entity other than a state government to serve as the state refugee coordinator and disburse funding — a set-up currently in place in six states.

Refugee resettlement agencies on Wednesday denounced Abbott's announcement as misguided and inconsistent with Texas values, but insisted that refugees would continue to be resettled in the state under the coordination of a designated nonprofit organization.

up furniture and other necessities and storing it at various locations around town. In 2015, money was raised to build a large warehouse to store the hundreds of items he had collected.

“I got a load recently when the Econo Lodge closed down near Sheppard Air Force Base,” Green said.

He generally does not take clothing, choosing instead to focus on “filling the nooks and crannies of a house.”

dedication to our nation demonstrate what it really means to be an American.

Congressman Cuellar also thanked local veteran caregivers for their service to those returning home from duty.

“I also thank the Veterans Services Office in Zapata County, one of many organizations that work tirelessly to provide the essential care to those who have returned home from service,” Cuellar added.

The bill passed the House and is now awaiting approval from the U.S. Senate.

"Providing security and refuge are not mutually exclusive objectives," said Aaron Rippenkroeger, CEO of Refugee Services of Texas. "Texas has accomplished both objectives for decades. " Texas is appealing the dismissal of its lawsuit against the federal government and a refugee resettlement agency over the placement of Syrian refugees in the state.

A federal judge has again denied a bid by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to block the federal government from resettling Syrian refugees in the state.

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New laws and rulings could cause Election Day confusion

By Christina A. Cassidy A S S OCIAT E D PRE SS

ATLANTA — With more than 120 million Americans expected to cast ballots for president this fall, the nation’s voting process seems more convoluted than ever and rife with potential for confusion come Election Day. Voting rules vary widely by state and sometimes by county, meaning some Americans can register the same day they vote, while others must do so weeks in advance. Some can mail in a ballot, while others must stand in line at a polling place that might be miles from home. Some who forget photo identification can simply sign an affidavit and have their ballot count, while others must return with their ID within a few days or their vote doesn’t matter.

Fourteen states have new voting and registration rules in place for this election, according to the Brennan Center for Justice at the NYU School of Law. Legal challenges have led to a multitude of recent court rulings that have blocked or struck down some provisions and upheld or reinstated others, scrambling the picture further.

The new rules and the rapidly shifting landscape have already caused confusion, and some experts fear problems on Nov. 8.

“You would think that by 2016 we would have gotten our act together, but in fact it seems things are as litigious and confusing as ever,” said Rick Hasen, an expert on election law and professor at the University of California, Irvine School of Law. The battle over voting mirrors the larger battle for political power in the

U.S. While Democrats and Republicans have both supported efforts to expand access, particularly online registration, it’s largely been Republicans who have been pushing restrictive laws, such as those requiring voters to show photo identification before casting ballots.

Supporters say such measures are aimed at preventing fraud; critics say such laws fall most heavily on the poor and minorities, who might not have driver’s licenses or could find it difficult to obtain the documents needed.

Recent court decisions have rolled back some of the more far-reaching restrictions but have also created headaches for state and local officials who need to make sure they are complying with the latest rules.

In Wake County, North Carolina, election officials prepared two training manuals for their poll workers — one with the state’s voter ID requirements and one without.

(Voter ID was ultimately struck down over the summer.)

Advocacy groups worry that confused poll workers might, for example, demand documents that are not required. They also fear that all the publicity surrounding voter ID laws might lead some people to stay home because they mistakenly think they won’t be able to vote.

“In periods of change, it can often lead to a lot of confusion for voters as to what the rules are, and for election officials, too,” said Wendy Weiser with the Brennan Center, pointing to problems in 2012 in places like Pennsylvania, where the state’s voter ID law was put on hold and then

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Rev. Moses Colbert poses for a photo at his church in Gastonia, N.C. As Americans prepare to cast ballots for the next president, the voting process has never been more convoluted.

struck down. “There were also voters in Ohio, New Jersey who mistakenly thought — hearing the news from Pennsylvania — that they had to show ID, too.”

The Supreme Court opened the way for some of these measures in 2013 when it struck down a part of the Voting Rights Act that required certain states and local jurisdictions with a history of discrimination — particularly in the South — to get Justice Department approval of any changes in their election laws.

Soon after, Republicans in North Carolina passed a package of measures that not only required voters to show photo ID but also reduced early voting and eliminated same-day registration during the early voting period.

Moses Colbert, a black pastor from Kings Mountain, North Carolina, was among those who found himself unable to vote in 2014 as a result of the changes. Colbert had recently moved to Cleveland County from nearby Gaston County after his wedding.

Shortly after the move, he went to the local motor vehicle office to update his address and voter registration information. Yet when it

came time to vote, Cleveland County officials told him he wasn’t registered there and to go back to Gaston County. When he did, Gaston County officials wouldn’t let him vote because the address on his driver’s license no longer matched the address on his voter registration form. Before the changes, Colbert would have been able to update his registration during the early voting period.

“I was just numb, so we had to fight,” said Colbert, 62, who became a plaintiff in the lawsuit challenging the North Carolina law. “I believe we are standing on the shoulders of so many who died before us for the opportunity to vote. I grew up in the 1960s.

This is not something I read about in a book.”

In July, a federal appeals court struck down several parts of the North Carolina law, saying they “target African Americans with almost surgical precision.” Republican officials have said discrimination was not their intent. A divided U.S. Supreme Court declined in August to take up the case.

Texas officials have agreed to spend $2.5 million on voter outreach before Election Day as part of an agreement to

amend its voter ID law after a court found it discriminated against minorities and the poor.

Elsewhere, an effort by Democrats in Ohio to restore “golden week,” when people could register and cast ballots at the same time, failed after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to intervene.

Earlier this week, a federal judge ordered North Dakota to return to a system it had in place before the Republican-led Legislature imposed a tougher voter ID requirement four years ago; voters there who do not have a state-required photo ID can once again sign an affidavit swearing they are a qualified voter.

An ongoing Kansas court fight has focused on whether a group of as many as 50,000 residents could vote because they did not submit citizenship documents, as required under state law, when registering at motor vehicle offices or with a federal form. Federal courts had previously ordered the state to count their votes in federal elections. The secretary of state’s office had sought to toss out their votes in state and local races — something a state judge has since blocked.

Confusion also persists in Wisconsin, which has

been in turmoil since Republican lawmakers backed a voter ID law in 2011.

It was initially blocked by the courts, then went into effect for the presidential primary in April.

In July, a federal judge left the voter ID requirement in place for the fall contest but struck down more than a dozen other election changes, including limits on early voting hours and locations.

It’s been estimated that as many as 300,000 Wisconsin voters may not have the required photo ID. Molly McGrath, with the national group VoteRiders, has been working with homeless people and others to make sure they have the proper ID and are registered to vote.

“There’s a tremendous amount of unawareness and confusion about the law,” McGrath said. “You can’t help but think: Is this confusion a bug or part of the design?”

Republicans who have pushed the various voter ID laws reject any suggestion of discrimination.

“Voters in Wisconsin support voter ID, and our administration will continue to work to make it easy to vote and hard to cheat,” Gov. Scott Walker said last month.

Funerals provide closure for pet owners

By Lauren Koski A M A R ILL O GL OBE -NEWS

AMARILLO, Texas — The day will come. There will be a final romp at the dog park, a final hunting trip, a final scratch at the bathroom door, a final mouse left on the porch or a final snuggle before bedtime.

For many pet owners, this is the day they refuse to consider. It is the day when life turns painfully upside-down from when paws pattered contentedly through the home. It is the day when a beloved pet leaves this world.

As pets take a more central role in our lives, concern regarding the quality of their lives and deaths has increased.

Acupuncture, special diets, in-home euthanasia, online pet memorials and expensive funeral rites have, for many people, taken the place of the traditional, matter-of-fact backyard burial.

“Pets are family now, and they deserve all the dignity and respect of their aftercare,” said Cheryl Robertson, coowner and director of Heaven’s Rainbow Bridge Pet Cemetery & Crematorium.

Two years ago, Dr. Jenna Beyer’s dog, Allie, turned 10. She was healthy, but starting that day Beyer began to consider Allie a senior.

“I went through this stage of what I now know is anticipatory grief of her passing away one day, and

she hates going to the vet clinics when I have to take her in for things,” Beyer told the Amarillo GlobeNews.

“My heart was just breaking for the thought of her last moments, being like, ‘I am so terrified of being here, why are you taking me here?”’

Beyer, a veterinarian in Amarillo, began searching for other available end-oflife options for Allie. But not much else was available besides the traditional in-clinic euthanasia.

So Beyer began Caring Hands Vet Services, an in-home acupuncture and euthanasia business. She brings the necessary clinic equipment, minus the stress and chaos, into the comfort of a pet’s own home, the arms of their parents or their favorite park.

Beyer said she thinks this is a “kinder” end for the animal, and encourages pet owners to consider its benefits.

“It is an option. It’s not just some quackery where this vet comes over and puts your pet to sleep,” said Beyer. “I feel like most people don’t know they have a choice when it comes to letting their pet go peacefully.”

She recalls one client with a therapy dog who used the euthanasia time as a community memorial service for the dog that had touched many lives.

A community of close friends gathered around the dog as she lay peacefully in her backyard, and

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Bryan Clancy, a 10-year-old golden retriever with terminal cancer, spends his last visit at the dog park.

the owner pressed the canine’s paw-print into clay as a memorial.

Friends stayed and offered stories from the dog’s life, accompanied with tears and laughter, as her heart slowed.

“It was just such an honor to be a part of that,” said Beyer.

Sharon Ellis found herself at the vet’s office in early September, preparing herself and her husband, David, to say goodbye to their beloved dog, Peggy Sue. They had rescued her years ago. Now, she had congestive heart failure and the time had come. Ellis said she took a few days to prepare accordingly.

“I started making phone calls because I was not going to just throw her body away; I wasn’t going to do it,” said Ellis.

Normally, pets euthanized at a veterinarian’s clinic are picked up by Amarillo Animal Manage-

ment & Welfare for disposal, said Richard Havens, AAM&W director.

The pets are taken to a landfill and naturally composted along with those euthanized in the city’s shelter and domestic and wild deceased animals off the streets, Havens said For Peggy Sue, Ellis said she decided upon another option: cremation.

Burial at a pet cemetery, and especially cremation, have become popular options for pet owners.

As Ellis searched for cremation options, she met Robertson at Heaven’s Rainbow Bridge. Ellis said she knew that was where she would take Peggy Sue, who was dying.

“I called several (crematoriums) but (Robertson) was the only one that acted like she cared,” said Ellis. “She knew how emotional I was on the phone. She knew I was having a real hard time,

and I called her three or four days before I ever even decided to take Peggy Sue to the vet.”

Ellis said one of the best parts of the experience was Robertson’s little black dog, Bryn. The dog was at the office to offer Ellis canine therapy, as she does with most of the pet cemetery and crematorium’s clients.

“To me, my philosophy is always ‘one more,”’ said Robertson. “One more.

Make sure that I sweep out (the crematory) one more time. It looks empty, it looks clean, but what if I missed one little, small tooth? I want them to have that tooth. . One more hug, do you look like you need just one more hug?”

Robertson said she carries the grief of her clients day in and day out; she’s gathered their stories.

She’s seen thousanddollar headstones — tall and magnificent — tower over the cemetery behind the crematorium. And she’s had clients dig up pets from their backyards and bring them to her for cremation before they move away from their homes.

“Just like people,” Robertson encourages pet owners to plan in advance of their pet’s death and whatever plan will be best for their care.

“It’s just, to me, not any different than a person,” said Robertson.

“I want (clients) to come in here and feel the same treatment as if they had

gone to a people funeral home and been treated the same way because they feel the same way about that pet. . You wouldn’t say, ‘Oh, that’s just a husband; go get another one.”’

Others share similar sentiments, sometimes balking at everything from cremation and burial to replacement. Frank Williams, owner of Trophy Taxidermy of West Texas, said he’s had a few pet owners inquire about hide tanning and freeze-drying options. One grieving Amarilloan brought his German shepherd to Williams asking that the dog be freeze-dried.

“He wanted it with his head coming up,” Williams said. “When the customer’s sitting in his recliner, the dog’s eyes and his eyes are together, so he ain’t lonely no more.”

Just as with a human family member, grief is a natural occurrence with the loss of a pet, according to Dr. Diane Pomerance, a grief recovery specialist and a volunteer with the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals of Texas.

All grief is cumulative, Pomerance said, and the grief associated with losing a pet might be stacked upon grief that has been held onto throughout a person’s life. Pomerance said losing a pet that has never judged and always offered unconditional love can create real emotional damage and can be a catalyst for examining other areas of one’s life.

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NCAA FOOTBALL: NO. 10 TEXAS A&M VS. NO. 17 ARKANSAS

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Arkansas aims to end recent heartbreak vs. A&M

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Miami’s Chris Bosh failed a physical after missing parts of the past two seasons with blood clots.

Bosh fails physical, future in doubt

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Texas A&M brings its four-game winning streak against Arkansas into Saturday’s matchup facing the No. 17 Razorbacks at AT&T Stadium.

Aggies and Razorbacks meet in SEC battle

By Kurt Voigt A S S OCIAT E D PRE SS

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Say this about Arkansas and Texas A&M: The two schools have provided plenty of entertain-

ment value since returning to AT&T Stadium two years ago.

Well, for the Aggies and their fans, at least.

The No. 17 Razorbacks (3-0) would like nothing more than to enjoy their

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own celebration at the giant home of the Dallas Cowboys when the two SEC foes meet on Saturday night. They’d also like to end their skid of four straight losses to No. 10 Texas A&M (3-0, 1-0

Southeastern Conference), the last two of which have come in overtime fashion.

“It wasn’t a happy plane ride home for us the last two years,” ArA&M continues on B2

MIAMI — Chris Bosh’s plan to resume playing is now in jeopardy, after medical examinations performed in recent days convinced the Miami Heat that he is not healthy enough to return to the court.

And Bosh may have provided a clue why.

The Heat announced Friday that they still cannot clear Bosh for a resumption of basketball activities, based on the result of his preseason physical — a series of

tests conducted over the past few days. Their announcement came two days after Bosh revealed in the first chapter of a documentary series about his saga that he had multiple clots in February.

“The Miami Heat regret that it remains unable to clear Chris to return to basketball activities, and there is no timetable for his return,” the team said Friday.

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NCAA FOOTBALL: NO. 16 BAYLOR BEARS VS. OKLAHOMA STATE COWBOYS

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thankful for everybody and the love. I never would have thought that people love me like this.

But, for it to be reality is just something else, man.

Man.” Garnett informed the Timberwolves of his decision to retire on Friday.

The team will waive the franchise icon, which will allow him to collect his entire $8 million salary for next season. That is the same approach the San Antonio Spurs took with Tim Duncan.

“I’m proud of our association with Kevin, just seeing him grow over the years,” Wolves owner Glen Taylor told The Associated Press. “I wish him the very best in the

WACO, Texas — On a late November night two seasons ago, Oklahoma State suddenly pulled the redshirt off their highly touted quarterback.

Mason Rudolph lost his debut that night at Baylor, but the Cowboys won their regular-season finale at rival Oklahoma the next week to get bowl eligible.

Oklahoma State then won its first 10 games last season before a home loss to the Bears.

In a Big 12 opener Saturday night, Rudolph gets another chance to win against the only conference opponent the junior quarterback hasn't defeated yet when the Cowboys (2-1) play at 16th-ranked Baylor (3-0).

"When he was a freshman, he played down (in Waco), and actually played pretty well. Since then, he's played in about 16 or 17 games ... He's mature," Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy said.

Rudolph, 14-4 as a starter, threw for 540 yards last week in a win over Pittsburgh as the Cowboys rebounded from an officiating debacle at the end of the Central Michigan game that cost them a win.

That was a school record for passing yards, and the

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Kevin Garnett has informed the Timberwolves that he will retire after 21 seasons.

Garnett says ‘farewell’ after 21 seasons spent in the NBA

By Jon Krawczynski A S S O CIAT E D PRE SS

MINNEAPOLIS — Kevin Garnett has decided to retire after 21 seasons in the NBA, leaving a legacy as one of the best defensive players in league history and one of the game’s most influential and intense competitors.

Garnett posted a video on his Instagram account on Friday, saying “farewell” and “thank you for the journey.” He narrates the short, black-and-white video that shows him walking alone through Target Center with sunglasses on.

“I’m just thankful. I can’t even put that into words,” Garnett says. “I’m just thankful. I’m just

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Baylor quarterback Seth Russell and the Bears face their biggest challenge of 2016 meeting Oklahoma State Saturday night.

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SPORTS

Harden focused on helping Rockets improve after tough season

By Kristie Rieken A S S OCIAT E D PRE SS

HOUSTON — James Harden was second in the NBA with 29 points per game last season and his 7.5 rebounds were a career high.

Still, it was a disappointing year for Harden and the Houston Rockets, who were ousted in the first round of the playoffs by Golden State, and the star knew he had to adjust things to take the team farther this year.

“Last year was frustrating, numbers individually was pretty solid, but just the love and excitement wasn’t there,” he said. “So I had to look in the mirror this summer and realize that I got to change and I got to get back to how I was.”

To that end, he refocused this offseason and put an emphasis on becoming a better leader.

He organized playersonly training and outings in both Miami and Las

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most for any quarterback this season.

"It was good to get some early adversity," Rudolph said. "Despite the loss, we're stronger and better for it and we're really excited about league play."

This will be the biggest test so far this season for Baylor, the league's only three-win team and along with West Virginia the only Big 12 teams still without a loss. Two of the

A&M From page B1 kansas quarterback Austin Allen said. “We need to get a happy plane ride home this year.”

While the Razorbacks are focused on ending their recent woes against their former Southwest Conference rival, both schools hope to turn into SEC party crashers this weekend.

At the very least, a victory would give both a strong case as the early season second-best-inthe-West behind No. 1 Alabama.

The Aggies already own quality wins over both UCLA and Auburn this season, while Arkansas has won nine of its last 10 games — including 10 of 12 since last season’s loss to Texas A&M. It was the second straight year the Razorbacks led in the second half before falling to the Aggies in overtime.

“We’ve lost it, but they’ve earned it,” coach Bret Bielema said. “One thing I’ve always said is, ‘You earn everything,’ and we just haven’t been at the point to close this baby out.”

Texas A&M coach Kevin Sumlin could do without the in-game sus-

GARNETT From page B1 future and want to thank him, along with our fans, for the great memories that he has given us.”

The 40-year-old Garnett put the Timberwolves on the map by turning one of the most hapless franchises in professional sports into a perennial playoff team. He later helped return the Boston Celtics to glory.

He came into the league straight from high school in 1995, the first player to do so in two decades. The decision was considered a risk at the time, but Garnett’s success paved the way for Kobe Bryant,

Vegas in an attempt to create cohesiveness within the group before camp.

“Just getting to know somebody and hanging out ... it was really good,” he said. “That’s going to carry over onto the court.”

The way his embraced his role as the undisputed leader of this team has impressed everyone in the organization, starting with owner Leslie Alexander.

“It shows that James wants to win very badly,” Alexander said. “He’s a winning player ... James is one of the top three or four players we’ve ever had here and he wants to win as much as (Hakeem) Olajuwon and (Clyde) Drexler and everybody else.”

Trevor Ariza is entering his 13th NBA season, but had the excitement of a rookie on Friday as he talked about how much better things feel entering this season than they did last year. It was a season that saw coach

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Rockets guard James Harden, right, poses with coach Mike D'Antoni during NBA media day Friday in Houston. The Rockets begin preseason play on Oct. 2 hosting Shanghai.

Kevin McHale fired after just 11 games and the Rockets take a step back after reaching the Western Conference finals in 2015.

“I think just last season was frustrating for everybody because we just couldn’t figure it out together,” Ariza said. “I don’t even know how to explain. It was just a weird, weird, weird year.”

So how have things

changed now?

“The vibe has just been totally different,” Ariza said. “Everybody is excited to show what they’ve worked on and excited just to be around each other.”

These positive-attitude Rockets enter the season with new coach Mike D’Antoni and without eight-time All-Star center Dwight Howard, who signed with Atlanta in the offseason. A big

Bears' victories have come against 0-3 teams.

"I think we're about as ready as we're going to be," Bears quarterback Seth Russell said. "It's the start of a new season.

Preseason is over with. As our strength coaches say, 'It's our heavyweight rounds.' These guys are coming in swinging hard, and we need to answer back."

Other things to know when Oklahoma State plays its first road game and becomes the first Big 12 team to play twice in Baylor's campus stadium

that opened on the banks of the Brazos River in 2014:

Pitt, Washington had nine catches for 296 yards, including a 91-yard TD in the game's first minute.

Oklahoma State also has sophomore Jalen McCleskey (six catches per game, fifth in Big 12) and senior Jhajuan Seales (74.4 yards receiving per game, eighth in Big 12).

pense this time around.

“Do we want it to be as exciting as it has been?”

Sumlin said. “Probably not, unless we win and then it can be as exciting as it wants to be.”

Some things to watch as Texas A&M tries to win its fifth straight against the Razorbacks:

SEC quarterbacks in passer rating (160.9) after three weeks. The Razorbacks junior threw for three touchdowns and ran for another in a win at TCU two weeks ago, and he’s completing 67.1 percent (53 of 79) of his passes this season.

KIRK’S REPEAT? Texas A&M receiver Christian Kirk had eight catches for a career-high 173 yards receiving and two touchdowns against Arkansas last season.

Kirk knows it’s hard to predict if he’ll have another big game against the Razorbacks, especially with an offense full of so many weapons.

“We’re clicking as a whole right now as an offense, and anybody at any moment can have a breakout game,” he said.

HISTORY STREAK Arkansas holds the longest winning streak in the series between the schools that dates to 1903.

The Razorbacks won nine straight games against the Aggies from 1958-66, while Texas A&M’s current streak against Arkansas is its longest since six straight from 1938-43.

AWESOME ALLEN In his first year as the starter, Allen leads all

LeBron James and Tracy McGrady to follow him.

Garnett also made more than $330 million in his career, the most by any player in league history.

Garnett departs as one of the league’s elder statesman. He won the MVP in 2004 after leading the Timberwolves to the Western Conference finals and later teamed with Paul Pierce and Ray Allen to revive the Boston Celtics as an Eastern Conference power. He spent a forgettable season and a half with the Brooklyn Nets before the late Flip Saunders convinced Garnett to agree to a trade to return to Minnesota at the deadline in 2015.

When Garnett first

SECONDARY NIGHTMARES Oklahoma State's James Washington (19 catches, 399 yards, 3 TDs) and Baylor's KD Cannon (24 catches, 352 yards, 4 TDs) are the Big 12's top receivers. Both had five catches and two touchdowns in last year's matchup in Stillwater, though Cannon had 210 yards receiving and Washington had 88. In the Cowboys' victory over

question for this team will be who will step in to make up for Howard’s absence.

Their top options are Clint Capela, a third-year player who saw limited action the past two seasons as Howard’s backup, and Nene, who played 53 games for Washington last year before joining Houston in the offseason.

General manager Daryl Morey raved about Capela’s improvement in his first year, but knows he’ll have to do more this season if the Rockets hope to be a force in the Western Conference.

“Clint is going to have to take a big step forward and it’s not an easy step,” Morey said. “To go from playing 15-20 minutes against often not the starting center to playing 25-plus minutes against front-line guys, that’s a big step forward. It’s more physical. It takes a big toll on your body to do that night-in and night-out.”

Along with Nene, the Rockets also added outside shooters Ryan Anderson and Eric Gordon this offseason. Houston expects the addition of those two to fill a void that this team has had in recent years.

“We were able to upgrade our shooting ... for the style we want to play,” Morey said. “I don’t feel like we had enough shooting (before).

We do have that.”

Everyone is saying the right things and Morey believes he made the upgrades necessary for the team to succeed in D’Antoni’s system. But with all the improvements other teams made in the West, it’s hard to know what to expect from this team.

Alexander was confident, yet tempered when asked about his expectations.

“I think we’ll win more games than people anticipate,” he said. “But when the season rolls on we’ll see how well we do.”

Hasty (79 yards per game rushing), sophomore Terence Williams (77.3 ypg) and senior Shock Linwood (71.0 ypg) are all in the top seven for rushing in the Big 12. Russell said Linwood, the school's career rushing leader, has energy, intelligence and experience, while Williams is the power guy and Hasty is the speedster who can hit holes.

FBS teams last season by averaging 16.8 points in the first quarter, scoring at least 21 points five times. They led 24-0 in the first quarter in this season's opener against FCS team Northwestern State.

NOT SO FAST Baylor has failed to score in the first quarter of its last two games. That was after the Bears led all

HOME AND AWAY Baylor is 31-3 at home since 2011, the nation's best home record in that span. Oklahoma State has won its last six true road games, dating back to the 2014 regular season finale at Oklahoma, the week after Rudolph's college debut.

WILLIAMS WORKLOAD Arkansas running back Rawleigh Williams is third in the SEC in rushing with 354 yards after three games, and he’s tied with Georgia’s Nick Chubb for the most carries (71). The sophomore has rushed for more than 100 yards in each of the last two weeks.

Uninterrupted earlier this week offered a hint at the problem. He said a small clot was found in his leg this past February when he was in Toronto for the All-Star break, and that a CT scan later found the existence of at least one other clot.

Typically, CT scans are administered when clots are expected of having traveled to a lung — a very serious condition called a pulmonary embolism, which Bosh also had in February 2015 in his first bout against the problem that now threatens his career.

“I wouldn’t be a friend if I didn’t express to him my concerns,” former Heat guard Dwyane Wade, now a member of the Chicago Bulls, told The Associated Press. “To me, the biggest thing is Chris has five kids and a wife and a family that depends on him being there. To me, that’s always most important. I told him, ‘Make sure you focus on that first.’"

The next step for Bosh is unclear. The Heat will hold media day on Monday and their first practice of the post-Wade era in the Bahamas when train-

ing camp opens on Tuesday.

Bosh won’t be on the floor for that practice, and likely not anytime soon — if ever. That means the Heat are for now down to just one player left from the team that played in the NBA Finals just two years ago, that being veteran forward Udonis Haslem.

“Hate to hear that about” Chris Bosh, Oklahoma City’s Enes Kanter tweeted Friday. “I’m sorry brother. Praying for you my man.”

Everything about Bosh’s future remains murky, and the Heat are unable to shed any light on their perspective, either. The team said it cannot comment further on Bosh’s status because of a rule in the NBA’s Collective Bargaining Agreement “which precludes a team from releasing certain medical information without a player’s consent.”

What figures to come in the next days, weeks and possibly months is more tension between the Heat and their highest-paid player, who’ll make $76 million in the next three years whether he plays or not.

“I’m ready to play,” Bosh said last week .

The Heat — as well as doctors in Miami and

New York, where Bosh was earlier this week — do not agree.

There are mechanisms in the CBA that would allow Miami to get Bosh’s salary off its cap number sometime next year if he cannot continue to play.

But the Heat reiterated Friday that their goal for months has been to get Bosh back on the floor as quickly as possible.

Bosh’s first bout with a clot was in February 2015, when one that was believed to have formed in one of his legs traveled to a lung and caused problems so severe that he needed to be hospitalized for several days.

He recovered and was averaging 19.1 points last season when the second bout with clots began this past February.

Bosh, in the podcast with Uninterrupted last week and the video on the site earlier this week, made minimal attempt to hide his frustration with Heat doctors — saying they work for the team and not the player, then adding that they told him in February that his career is likely over.

“I think that I have the right to disagree,” Bosh said.

For now, any sort of agreement seems a long way off.

arrived in Boston, thencoach Doc Rivers remembered thinking “No one can be this intense. No one can be this professional. No one can be this bought in to their team.

“I thought in Boston he just changed our culture.

He literally changed our culture. You look at all the things he stands for. He follows through on all of them.”

During his second stint with the Wolves, he served as a mentor to youngsters like Karl-Anthony Towns, Andrew Wiggins, Gorgui Dieng and Zach LaVine, instilling in them a sense of intensity and professionalism that helped lay the foundation for what the

team hopes is a breakout year for the upcoming season.

Garnett had contemplated returning for a 22nd season, which no player has ever done. But knee issues limited him to just 85 games over the last two seasons, and after Saunders died from Hodgkin’s lymphoma before last season, Garnett lost the man he trusted most in the organization.

Garnett spoke often of his desire to one day get into ownership with the Wolves, but it remains unclear if that door is still open after Saunders’ passing.

He was a skinny 7footer with a bright smile and a versatile game when

the Timberwolves took a chance and plucked him out of Chicago’s Farragut Academy with the fifth overall pick. His success opened the door for a new generation of teenagers to pour into the NBA. Some of them, like James, Bryant and Jermaine O’Neal were wildly successful. Others like Korleone Young, Kwame Brown and Eddy Curry flamed out. The influx of youth into the league prompted the NBA to adopt a rule that required players to play at least one year of college, and that wasn’t the only major change brought about in part by Garnett.

Through his basketball career, Garnett insisted on

being listed at 6-foot-11 even though he was at least two inches taller. He didn’t want to be pigeonholed as a big man that needed to stay around the basket when he was so much more. Known as the “Big Ticket,” Garnett could handle the ball, shoot it from outside, take an opponent off the dribble and post up as well while being able to guard all five positions.

He was one of five players to play at least 50,000 minutes and his practice habits are the stuff of legend.

“We going to be all right, man,” Garnett says in the video. “I don’t expect this to be easy. But so far so good. Stay tuned.”

GRABBING GARRETT Aggies DE Myles Garrett is arguably the nation’s best pass rusher, and if he leaves school early he’s likely to be a top-10 pick in next year’s draft. When you have credentials like that, it’s sure to garner a little extra attention from the opposing team. Sometimes it seems to the Aggies that those going against him might get away with a little holding on Garrett.

“We’ve sent our concerns in to the proper authorities, I’ll put it that way,” Sumlin said.

RUNNING TRIO While Russell has thrown nine TD passes, the Baylor quarterback has a trio of running backs that he said "complement each other for sure." Freshman JaMycal

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