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Trump told Russia has dirt on him Document includes allegations that Moscow obtained salacious info on presidentelect

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During a special briefing Friday, leaders of the intelligence community gave Donald Trump a synopsis of unsubstantiated and salacious allegations that Russian operatives obtained potentially compromising personal and financial information about the president-elect, a U.S. official confirmed Tuesday. The official, who is not authorized to comment publicly, said the document was provided along with the intelligence community’s assessment that Russia had

meddled in the U.S. election. The separate document represented a summary of a 35-page compilation of documents prepared by a former foreign intelligence officer. The officer, the official said, is known to U.S. intelligence, but the contents of the document have not been veriﬁed. Trump responded Tuesday evening by Twitter, calling the report “FAKE NEWS - A TOTAL POLITICAL WITCH HUNT!” The decision to present the information to Trump, ﬁrst reported by CNN, was made after it was determined that the document — in many forms — had been circulated widely to political opposition researchers, U.S. lawmakers,

journalists and others. CNN said it reviewed the compilation of the memos, which originated as research commissioned by antiTrump Republicans and later by Democrats. Buzzfeed posted the intelligence documents. The summary document includes allegations that information was exchanged over a long period of time between the Russian government and Trump representatives. The news came on a day when the Senate Intelligence Committee conducted hearings into the alleged Russian hacking of the Democratic National Committee and emails provided to the website WikiLeaks. Chairman Rich-

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election night 2016, his message has been aimed at rallying downcast supporters and defending a legacy that his successor has vowed to dismantle. In his speech, he recited a litany of his proudest achievements, among them the economic recovery from the Great Recession, the diplomatic outreach to Cuba, the nuclear accord with Iran, the death of Osama bin Laden, extension of health care coverage to another 20 million people and more. “That’s what we did,” he said to cheers. “That’s what you did. You were the change. Because of you, by almost every mea-

Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions, President-elect Donald Trump’s attorney general nominee, rejected on Tuesday the “false caricature” of his views on racial tolerance. Facing a barrage of challenges to his record on civil rights enforcement, he asserted that the Justice Department under his direction would “never falter USA TODAY in its obligaSen. Jeff tion to proSessions tect the rights of every American, particularly those who are most vulnerable.’’ The 70-year-old former federal prosecutor and state attorney general arrived to a marble-encrusted hearing room packed with protesters. Before he could take his seat at the witness table, protesters wearing Ku Klux Klan costumes erupted with shouts of “white power” before they were ushered out, the ﬁrst clash of

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ard Burr, R-N.C., said the panel will conduct an independent review of the intelligence community’s report about Russian interference to help Trump. FBI Director James Comey declined to answer questions from Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., about whether the FBI is investigating possible contacts between the Trump campaign and the Russian government. “I think the American people have a right to know this,” Wyden said. “And if there is a delay in declassifying this information and releasing it to the American people, and it doesn’t happen before Jan. 20 (Inauguration Day), I’m not sure it’s going to happen.”

OBAMA LOOKS BACK: ‘THAT’S WHAT WE DID’ Proud president says grateful goodbye to nation Susan Page @susanpage USA TODAY

It was little more than eight years ago and 3 miles away that Barack Obama embraced the promise of his presidency, addressing a jubilant crowd in Chicago’s Grant Park at a victory celebration on election night 2008. A political lifetime later, before a sea of supporters at McCormick Place on Tuesday, Obama delivered what is likely to be his ﬁnal formal address to the nation. His hair was grayer, his tone more somber. Since

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Federal jury sentences Dylann Roof to death White supremacist seeks new defense team as he prepares to request a new trial Tonya Maxwell and Tim Smith USA TODAY Network CHARLESTON, S . C. A federal district court jury decided Tuesday to sentence Dylann Roof to death for his June 2015 attack on a black church’s Bible study group after the panel found that life in prison offered no possibility of

redemption for the 22-year-old. Jurors took about three hours to make their decision after listening to closing arguments from prosecutors and Roof, who told the panel in a brief, disjointed statement that he continues to stand by his slaying of nine people at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church here. Roof looked down and shuffled papers as U.S. District Judge Richard

Gergel read his death vens, who continue to sentence. serve as his standby Following the decicounselors. Following the sion, Roof asked Gergel sentencing, the team sent to appoint a new defense out a brief statement. team in preparation for a “We want to express motion in which he will our sympathy to all of the ask for a new trial. The families who were so judge said he would take grievously hurt by DyAP that matter up after a lann Roof’s actions,” the formal sentencing hear- Dylann Roof statement read. “We are ing, scheduled for sorry that despite our Wednesday morning. best efforts the legal proceedings Roof, who served as his own at- have shed so little light on the torney, had been represented by reasons for this tragedy.” Roof told the the jury of 10 David Bruck and Kimberly Ste-

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women and two men that only one of them needed to vote for life for that sentence to be imposed. Gergel later instructed the panel that a hung jury would result in a sentence of life in prison rather than a mistrial. If the U.S. District Court jury had not decided on the death penalty, Roof would have faced a death-penalty trial in South Carolina’s 9th Judicial Circuit Court. Judge J.C. Nicholson on Thursday ordered that trial to be put on hold indeﬁnitely. It was to have begun Jan. 17.

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sure, America is a stronger, better place than it was when we started.” Though Obama is finishing his term with a healthy approval rating — ahead of Donald Trump’s standing by double digits in a Quinnipiac University Poll released Tuesday — the election of a political nemesis as his successor poses grave risks to what he leaves behind on everything from health care to climate change. The situation includes this ironic twist: Trump initially built a political following by questioning Obama’s birthplace and the legitimacy of his presidency. As he prepares to turn over the White House to Trump, Obama finds himself defending the legitimacy of Trump’s presidency, insisting to skeptics that the election of this new commander in chief doesn’t represent an apocalypse that threatens American democracy. He quieted boos from the audience when he noted that a new administration would take over in 10 days, lauding “the peaceful transfer of power from one freely elected president to the next.” When the crowd chanted, “Four more years!” to drown out a protester, he said with a smile, “I can’t do that.” Obama spoke amid a new and potentially explosive controversy involving Trump. CNN first reported, and USA TODAY and other news outlets confirmed, that Obama and Trump were given classified documents last week that included allegations from Russian operatives who claimed to have compromising personal and financial information about Trump. The president-elect denounced the report in a tweet, deriding it as “#fakenews.” Obama’s decision to deliver a farewell address, and the unprecedented venue he chose for it, are part of his effort to make the case for his legacy and rally his reeling party. He is all too aware of the impact Hillary Clinton’s defeat in November is likely to have on his legacy, one reason he and Michelle Obama campaigned so fiercely on her behalf. Obama will be succeeded by a president elected with a promise to repeal the Affordable Care Act, reject the Pacific trade deal, withdraw from the global climate change agreement, undo the Iran nuclear deal and reverse his executive orders on immigration. Consider the comments by a senior Trump adviser in an interview with USA TODAY Monday about Obama’s farewell address. “It’s a great idea for him to do this,” Kellyanne Conway said, “because he knows that a great deal of what he did is not going to survive this next presidency, or maybe even this next month, in some cases.”

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A bumblebee is now on the endangered species list for the ﬁrst time in a “race against extinction,” the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Tuesday. The agency placed the rusty patched bumblebee on the list because of a dramatic population decline over the past 20 years. Since the late 1990s, the population of the species has plummeted 87%. Named because of the rust-colored marks on its back, the bee once was common and abundant across 28 states from Connecticut to South Dakota. Today, the bee is only found in small, scattered populations in 13 states. “Our top priority is to act quickly to prevent extinction of the rusty patched bumblebee,” wildlife service Midwest regional director Tom Melius said in a statement. “Listing the bee as endangered will help us mobilize partners and focus resources on ﬁnding ways right now to stop the decline.”

Rusty patched bumblebee population has dropped by 87% since the late 1990s DAN MULLEN, U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE MIDWEST REGION

Bees are responsible for pollinating most of the plants that require insect pollination to produce fruits, seeds and nuts. Like other bees, rusty patched bumblebees pollinate important crops such as tomatoes, cranberries and peppers. It’s not just the rusty patched bumblebee that is struggling in the U.S. Other species have experienced dramatic declines in recent decades. The reduction is believed to be caused by a combination of habitat loss, disease, pesticide use, climate change and an extremely small population

size. The endangered designation is made by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Endangered Species Act for species at risk of becoming extinct throughout all or a portion of their range. Environmental groups praised the designation, including the group that originally petitioned for the listing in 2013, the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation: “We are very pleased to see one of North America’s most imperiled species receive the protection it needs,” said Sarina Jepsen, director of en-

dangered species for the group. Environment America’s Christy Leavitt said that “protecting the rusty patched bumblebee and all bees is essential for our ecosystem and our food supply. If bees go extinct, it’s simple: no bees, no food,” she added. “Today’s Endangered Species listing is the best — and probably last — hope for the recovery of the rusty patched bumblebee,” said Rebecca Riley, and attorney with the Natural Resources Defense Council. “Bumblebees are dying off, vanishing from our farms, gardens, and parks, where they were once found in great numbers.” People can help boost the rusty patched bumblebee population by growing a garden or adding a native flowering tree or shrub to yards and minimizing pesticide use, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said. Leaving some areas of the yard unmowed in summer and unraked in fall can also help since bumblebees need a safe place to build their nests and overwinter. Additionally, try leaving some standing plant stems in gardens and flower beds in winter. This is the first bee of any type in the continental U.S. to be placed on the list. In September, the Obama administration designated seven species of bees in Hawaii as endangered.

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several pitting demonstrators against Capitol police. At least eight others were dragged out during the course of the session, some yelling, “No Trump, no KKK, no racist USA.” Sessions sat silently while protesters were moved before he pressed ahead. He affirmed to the Senate Judiciary Committee that “I deeply understand the history of civil rights and the horrendous impact that relentless and systemic discrimination and the denial of voting rights has had on our African-American brothers and sisters. I have witnessed it. ... While humans must recognize the the limits of their abilities — and I do — I am ready for this job. We will do it right.” Addressing claims that he sympathized with hate groups, including the KKK, and sought to intimidate black voters in a controversial voting fraud prosecution in 1985, Sessions called the assertions “false.” He denied referring to civil rights organizations as “unAmerican,” an allegation made during his failed bid for a federal judgeship in 1986. That hearing, Sessions said, propelled an inaccurate “caricature” of his views on race and equality. “I do hope that I’m perhaps wiser and maybe a little better today,” he said. “I did not harbor the kind of racial insensitivity that I was accused of. I did not.” Responding to questions from Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., he rejected any attempt, as once proposed by Trump, to deny prospective Muslim immigrants entry to the USA on the basis of their religion. “I do not believe that Muslims as a religious group should be denied entry to the U.S.,” Sessions said. Khizr Khan, a vocal critic of Trump and the father of a Muslim soldier killed while serving in Iraq, sat a few rows behind the nominee. Khan has urged the Senate to reject Sessions’ nomination. On the broader issue of immigration, the senator conceded that the federal government lacked the resources to engage in a mass deportation of undocumented immigrants, as Trump has suggested. “We are not in a position, financially or otherwise, to seek out and remove (all undocumented immigrants),” Sessions said. “Let’s fix the system.” He affirmed an unstinting stance on border security. “We will prosecute those who repeatedly violate our borders,” the nominee told the panel. “It will be my priority to confront these crises vigorously, effectively and immediately.” In one of the first questions Sessions fielded, he said he would recuse himself from any investi-

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Protesters stand as Sen. Jeff Sessions, nominee for attorney general, arrives for his conﬁrmation hearing. Capitol police moved protesters out when they became disruptive. gations related to former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. Sessions said his objectivity could be called into question because of his statements about Clinton during the presidential campaign last year. Sessions pledged that he would “systematically” prosecute gun crimes. Some of the most vocal responses from protesters came after Sessions affirmed his support for maintaining the military detention facility holding suspected terrorists at Guantanamo Bay, which the Obama administration has long sought to shut down. Guantanamo, Sessions told Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., serves its purpose “marvelously well.” “No!” shouted protesters who jumped to their feet in the rear gallery. At least two of the protesters struggled with police officers as they were removed. Though the closure of the controversial facility proved to be a non-starter for Sessions, he acknowledged that the interrogation tactic known as waterboarding was illegal. The senator had expressed support for harsh tactics in questioning terror suspects. Sessions sought to distance himself from some of the strident rhetoric espoused during the primary and general election campaigns and immediately after Trump’s election. On Russia’s alleged use of cyberespionage, Sessions, unlike the president-elect, said there was “no reason to doubt” the assessment of U.S. intelligence agencies that Russia sought to inﬂuence the presidential election in favor of Trump. Leahy referred to Trump’s comments about groping women and asked whether the unwanted

grabbing of genitals amounted to sexual assault. Sessions responded with little equivocation: “Clearly, it would be.” California Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the panel’s ranking Democrat, urged a close examination of her longtime colleague’s record and his close association with Trump — he was the ﬁrst U.S. senator to throw his support behind the candidate. “The senator before us this morning is someone many of us on this committee have worked with for 20 years,” Feinstein said. “That makes this very difficult for me. ... We cannot ignore that there are deep concerns and anxiety throughout America. There is

“I do not believe that Muslims as a religious group should be denied entry to the U.S.” Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala.

a deep fear about what the Trump administration will bring in many places. And it is in this context in which we must consider Sen. Sessions’ record and nomination to become the chief law enforcement officer of America.” A coalition of civil rights advocates have stepped up their opposition in recent days, renewing a call for a hearing delay while characterizing the nominee as “unﬁt.” Many of them were in the standing-room-only hearing room gallery. The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, which described Sessions’ nomination as “particularly fraught,” was represented throughout the hearing room. Sherrilyn Iﬁll, the group’s president, has cited Sessions’

failed prosecution of a voter fraud case in Alabama in 1985 involving three black activists that has become a cause célèbre for the senator’s opponents. The three were quickly acquitted, though the case has followed the senator with questions about whether he, as a federal prosecutor, sought to intimidate black voters. Albert Turner Jr., the son of two of the activists charged in the case, issued a surprise endorsement of Sessions’ last week, dismissing claims that the prosecutor’s actions were motivated by race. “My differences in policy and ideology with him do not translate to personal malice,” Turner said. “He is not a racist. ... He was presented with evidence by a local district attorney that he relied on, and his office presented the case. That’s what a prosecutor does. I believe him when he says that he was simply doing his job.” Turner’s mother, Evelyn, said the matter remained a painful chapter in the family’s life and would not support Sessions’ nomination. Sessions said the case was brought with no racial animus, adding that the prosecution had contributed to the “inaccurate” portrayal of him as racially insensitive. “The caricature created of me was not accurate then; it is not accurate now,” he told Sen. Graham. Sessions’ team has assembled a stable of high-proﬁle supporters. Among them: former attorney general Michael Mukasey, former deputy attorney general Larry Thompson and former FBI director Louis Freeh. Mukasey and Thompson, who sat behind the nominee throughout Tuesday’s session, are set to testify on Sessions’ behalf Wednesday.

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Secretary of State pick had interest in Iran deals in 2016 View could clash with GOP senators

Homeland pick: More than a wall is needed Donovan Slack @donovanslack USA TODAY

Oren Dorell @orendorell USA TODAY

President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of State expressed interest in a 2016 interview as CEO of ExxonMobil about doing business with Iran if sanctions were lifted, a view that could put him at odds with Republicans weighing his confirmation. Rex Tillerson is scheduled to testify Wednesday at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which includes members opposed to deals between U.S. companies and Iran. Such business ties are possible following the lifting of sanctions under the nuclear deal negotiated by Iran, the Obama administration and five other world powers. Last March, Tillerson told CNBC that his company would consider doing business in oilrich Iran if the opportunity arose. While U.S. companies are still unable to conduct business there, a lot of European competitors can, Tillerson told the business cable channel. Investment opportunities with Iran opened up after some sanctions were lifted as part of the nuclear deal, which went into effect a year ago. “I also learned a long time ago that sometimes being the first in is not necessarily best,” Tillerson said. “We’ll wait and see if things open up for U.S. companies. We would certainly take a look because it’s a huge resource-owning country.” Republicans in Congress oppose the nuclear deal, saying it puts billions of dollars in the hands of an anti-U.S. regime that sponsors terrorism around the world. Last year, they moved to

Building a wall won’t be enough to secure the U.S. border with Mexico, retired Marine general John Kelly, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to head the Department of Homeland Security, told senators during a confirmation hearing Tuesday. “A physical barrier in and of itself will not do the job,” Kelly said. “It has to be really a layered defense.” He told the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee that would require patrols, sensors, and “observation USA TODAY devices,” and John F. Kelly also working with other countries to stem illegal travel toward the U.S. border. “We could have better partnerships,” Kelly said. If confirmed, he would be responsible for spearheading the implementation of Trump’s pledges to build a wall, track foreigners who overstay their visas, and ramp up deportations of immigrants in the country illegally. “I love my country, and I will do everything within my power to preserve our liberty, enforce our laws, and protect our citizens,” Kelly said. He said he has “never had a problem speaking truth to power, and I firmly believe that those in power deserve full candor and my honest assessment and recommendations.” Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., and said she would count on him to speak truth to Trump. WASHINGTON

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Tillerson speaks during the 21st World Petroleum Congress in Moscow on June 16, 2014. block ﬁnancing for a large sale of Boeing commercial aircraft to Iran. Trump also has assailed the nuclear pact and vowed to scrap it. ExxonMobil spokesman Alan Jeffers told USA TODAY on Tuesday that Tillerson, who resigned from the company to join Trump’s Cabinet, was answering a hypothetical question in the CNBC interview. “Anywhere we can work legally, we would do so, but the current situation in Iran now is not one that allows us to do that,” Jeffers said. According to correspondence between ExxonMobil and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the company did business with Iran through a European joint venture, Inﬁneum, from 2003 to 2005, when U.S. companies were barred from doing business with Tehran. The oil giant said the transactions were legal because they were conducted and managed by

“Anywhere we can work legally, we would do so, but the current situation in Iran now is not one that allows us to do that.” Alan Jeffers, ExxonMobil spokesman

a European company co-owned with Shell whose management was independent and involved no U.S. personnel. Tillerson was a senior vice president at ExxonMobil from August 2001 until he became president and director in March 2004. He became chairman and chief executive on Jan. 1, 2006. In a letter to USA TODAY on Tuesday, Suzanne McCarron, ExxonMobil’s vice president for pub-

lic and government affairs, said: “The transactions in question complied fully with all laws and regulations and no federal agency took action following the company’s responses to the SEC’s routine inquiry more than a decade ago.” “The company had limited business in the countries during the 2003-2005 period asked about by the SEC, which strictly complied with all applicable regulations,” McCarron said. Jeffers said no such joint ventures are currently in place with foreign companies doing business in Iran. Tillerson’s career at ExxonMobil involved ﬁnding, exploring and producing petroleum, and he was unlikely to have been involved in the joint venture before he became president of the company in 2004, Jeffers said. “Prior to his time as president, he never would have been responsible for Inﬁneum operations.”

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Automaker to plead guilty on emissions Nathan Bomey @NathanBomey USA TODAY

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Migrants endure freezing temperatures Tuesday as they wait in line for food in front of an abandoned warehouse in Belgrade, Serbia. According to the latest ﬁgures, about 7,000 migrants are stranded in Serbia. SCORES KILLED AS TERROR ATTACKS ROCK AFGHANISTAN

Twin suicide blasts near the Afghan parliament during Tuesday’s afternoon rush killed dozens of people and wounded dozens more as a wave of violence rocked the country. Two other attacks elsewhere in the country killed 12 people and wounded several more, including the United Arab Emirates ambassador to Afghanistan. Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesman for the militant Afghan Taliban movement, said on social media that his group orchestrated the Kabul attack, targeting a busload of security officials. Mohibullah Zeer, an official in the Public Health Ministry, told the Associated Press that at least 38 people were killed and an additional 72 were wounded. — John Bacon POLL: TRUMP APPROVAL RATING AT 37%, OBAMA 55%

At this point at least, many voters don’t have much conﬁdence in Donald Trump’s presidential abilities, a new poll says. Trump “will be a worse presi-

dent than Barack Obama, 45% of voters say, while 34% he will be a better president and 15% say he will be about the same, according to the Quinnipiac University Poll released Tuesday. Trump enters office on Jan. 20 with a favorable rating of 37%, the poll said; Obama exits the White House with an approval rating of 55%. — David Jackson 11.5M SIGNED UP ON OBAMACARE AMID HILL FIGHT

More than 11.5 million people were signed up for Affordable Care Act plans on the federal and state insurance exchanges as of Dec. 24, federal officials said Tuesday. “Nationwide demand for health coverage is higher than ever, as Americans prove again that marketplace coverage is vital to them and their families,” Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell said in a statement. The numbers, up nearly 300,000 from the same point last year, come despite what HHS senior counselor Aviva AronDine called “signiﬁcant headwinds” on Capitol Hill.

Congressional efforts to repeal the ACA without a replacement plan sets policymaking on a “dangerous path” that jeopardizes the health of up to 30 million people, she said. — Jayne O’Donnell $60,000 OFFERED IN SEARCH FOR SUSPECTED COP KILLER

With a manhunt underway, the Orlando police department has offered a $60,000 reward for any information leading to the location of 41-year-old Markeith Loyd, who is wanted in connection with the shooting death of Master Sgt. Debra Clayton as she tried to stop him at a Walmart in Orlando. He also is a suspect in last month’s shooting death of his 24year-old pregnant ex-girlfriend. Clayton’s slaying also drew comments from the nation’s top prosecutor, U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch. Lynch said in a speech late Monday that a number of federal resources — including the FBI, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the U.S. Marshals Service — have been committed to help Orlando police to locate Loyd.

DETROIT Volkswagen Group expects to reach a multibillion-dollar criminal and civil settlement with the U.S. Justice Department and U.S. Customs and Border Protection over its emissions scandal, the company confirmed Tuesday. The German automaker said it expects to plead guilty to criminal charges and pay $4.3 billion to settle accusations that it rigged more than half a million U.S. diesel vehicles with software to cheat emissions standards. It was not immediately clear whether any additional VW executives would be charged. One executive, General Manager Oliver Schmidt, was charged Monday in Florida for allegedly conspiring to cheat regulations. The FBI’s probe centered on two unidentified cooperating witnesses and a third VW worker, James Liang, who pleaded guilty in September to conspiracy, according to a criminal complaint unsealed Monday. A U.S. Justice Department spokesman was not immediately available for comment. VW faces a criminal investigation in Germany, as well. The company recently agreed to separate civil settlements worth about $17 billion for U.S. consumers and dealers who own diesel vehicles affected by the scandal, authorizing buybacks and free fixes. The company said that as a part of the criminal settlement, it would accept an independent monitor responsible for overseeing its regulatory actions for three years. The company said it negotiated a “concrete draft” of the deal. Its

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The Volkswagen Touran has a 2.0l TDI type diesel engine. A settlement is near over rigged emissions in more than half a million diesel vehicles.

“The most important news is that VW managed to come to an agreement that allows the company to move on from here.” Evercore ISI analyst Arndt Ellinghorst

board must authorize the settlement. The penalties would top Volkswagen’s previously set-aside provisions of more than $19 billion to cover the costs of the scandal, the company acknowledged. The likely outcome brings its total scandal costs to nearly $22 billion. Evercore ISI analyst Arndt Ellinghorst had estimated the criminal settlement would total $3 billion. “This is good news,” Ellinghorst said Tuesday in a note to investors. “But in the broader scheme of things, we believe the most important news is that VW managed to come to an agreement that allows the company to move on from here. “It’s a major relief that this doesn’t get dragged into the new U.S. administration.”

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SOUTH CAROLINA Spartanburg: Footprints in the snow helped police nab a man suspected of breaking into a Spartanburg home. Officers were able to catch up with Drew Lamb last weekend after he stumbled several times in the slippery conditions.

mentary School in Mobile County is going to year-round classes starting this summer, WKRG-TV reports. Students will have a ﬁve-week summer break and a two to three-week break after each quarter. ALASKA Juneau: The Coast

Guard rescued four people from a disabled fishing vessel in heavy seas. The Lady Gudny was left dead in the water 230 miles east of Kodiak. ARIZONA Chandler: Regulators say there were no human remains in an Arizona funeral home when it caught fire last weekend. The Valley of the Sun Mortuary in Chandler suffered heavy damage. ARKANSAS Little Rock: Arkansas officials say the number of mumps cases in the northwest part of the state appears to be leveling off. The state Department of Health says there were 2,400 confirmed or strongly suspected cases as of Jan. 5. CALIFORNIA Newport Beach: Southern California whale watchers were treated last weekend to five orcas, including a calf, seen near Point Vicente. COLORADO Pueblo: The Army has resumed destruction of chemical weapons at a Colorado plant after fixing a leak. The Pueblo Chemical Depot destruction plant is destroying shells containing mustard agent.

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Sites where Underground Railroad conductor Harriet Tubman lived and worshiped in Auburn, N.Y., officially became a national park on Tuesday, adding to growing recognition for the abolitionist and activist. The Harriet Tubman National Park commemorates her post-Civil War advocacy for women’s suffrage and other causes. It includes her home, a home she helped establish for elderly and indigent African Americans, and the historic Thompson Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church and rectory, located near the cemetery where she is buried. A memorandum, signed by Interior Secretary Sally Jewell during a ceremony, established the park as the 414th unit in the National Park System. “She’s a true American hero because she didn’t just secure the blessings of liberty for herself, she risked her life to secure it for others and passionately fought to change her country to secure it for everyone,” said Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., during the ceremony with other New York lawmakers, community and church members.

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Dakota lawmakers are considering whether some unmanned aircraft should be exempt from state registration requirements. One bill would excuse the owners of drones weighing less than 55 pounds from being required to register.

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Harriet Tubman’s residence in Auburn, N.Y., is now officially the 414th unit in the National Park System. She will also be on the $20 bill. AP

Born on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, Tubman was enslaved for 30 years before escaping in 1849 to Philadelphia. She then returned to Maryland to lead hundreds of slaves to freedom in the North over a 10year-period and became known as “Moses” by African American and white abolitionists. A sister site in Cambridge, Md. — the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park — became a national park in December 2014 and its visitors center is expected to open in March. “I never ran my train off the track, and I never lost a passenger,” she’s been quoted as

saying. Her legacy has received greater attention in recent years. In April, the U.S. Treasury Department announced a plan for Tubman to replace Andrew Jackson as the portrait on the $20 bill. Jewell said she can “hardly wait” to go to the ATM and find Tubman’s likeness on a $20. Auburn resident Judith Bryant, Tubman’s great-great-great grandniece, said she was thrilled to see the park finally come to fruition. “I’m just happy that it got done on President Obama’s watch,” she said. “It’s truly significant for the country.”

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president of defense contractor Electric Boat in Groton says the company can “absolutely” achieve the Navy’s goal of ramping up the number of submarines in the ﬂeet. The Navy released a 355-ship proposal last month with18 attack submarines.

to skip paying property taxes. The Chicago Tribune reports that hospital applications for property tax exemptions are in limbo while courts consider the issue. INDIANA Elkhart: Bills in the

Indiana Legislature aim to exempt out-of-state buyers of recreational vehicles from having to pay state sales tax, even if their states don’t have a reciprocal agreement in place, The Elkhart Truth reports. IOWA Des Moines: Prosecutors

DELAWARE Hockessin: A Delaware teenager has been recognized by President Obama for the hundreds of hours he spends helping the poor. The News Journal reports that Kevin Jasani, 17, of Hockessin, received the President’s Volunteer Service Award last month. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Nando’s Peri-Peri restaurant chain launched a “#Everyone Is Welcome” public relations campaign this week at its six District of Columbia locations, plastering the windows with posters proclaiming it’s “an immigrant employing, gay loving, Muslim respecting, racism opposing, equal paying, multicultural restaurant,” WTOP Radio reports. FLORIDA Tampa: Tampa police

say seven people with “Food not Bombs” were arrested last weekend for serving food to the homeless without a permit. They face misdemeanor charges. GEORGIA

Atlanta: Federal authorities are revoking medical certificates given to truckers by Anthony Lefteris, a chiropractor operating out of an Atlanta truck stop. Prosecutors say Lefteris skipped required tests such as vision and hearing. HAWAII Honolulu: Firefighters helped remove people from a popular hiking trail in Hawaii’s Koko Head District Park after a brush fire broke out. Sunday’s fire took five hours to extinguish. IDAHO Boise: Gov. C. L. “Butch”

Otter is proposing $2.4 million in spending to add 25 medical residency positions in Idaho. The state’s ﬁrst medical school is being developed on Idaho State University’s Meridian campus. ILLINOIS Chicago: A case before the Illinois Supreme Court this week challenges a law that allows the state’s not-for-proﬁt hospitals

say Eddie Tipton, a former official of the Iowa-based Multi-State Lottery Association, took advantage of a false random number generating program he designed to predict winning lottery numbers and recruited his brother, Tommy, to help him cash winning tickets. Their trials are delayed to later this year. KANSAS Topeka: The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that a Kansas National Guard internal investigation focused on allegations that recruiters were pressured by superiors to clear unqualiﬁed applicants. KENTUCKY Danville: A Boyle

County family created a calendar dedicated to its hat-wearing llama. Fizzy Ramsey, board president of the local humane society, tells The AdvocateMessenger that a sombrero was put on Wayne the llama at her younger brother’s farm wedding, and that started a chain of other hats and requests to buy photos. LOUISIANA New

Orleans: Fifty-ﬁve new traffic cameras began photographing and ﬁning New Orleans speeders this week. The cameras are being deployed in school zones, NOLA.com/ The Times-Picayune reports. MAINE Portland: A developer is

seeking approval for a $13 million condominium development in Portland. The Portland Press Herald reports that the four-story building would have 22 singlebedroom units and 23 two-bedroom units. MARYLAND Dundalk: A Mary-

land man was arrested following an hourslong standoff Sunday that police say began when a family member took a bite from his grilled cheese sandwich. After the bite, the man ﬁred a gunshot in the house and barricaded himself inside before surrendering. MASSACHUSETTS Boston: Driv-

ers in Boston, beware. The city’s default speed limit is now 25

mph. It applies to any city street unless a different limit is posted. MICHIGAN Ann Arbor: The

University of Michigan’s academic medical center is changing its name to better reﬂect its mission of patient care, education and research. Starting this week, the new name is “Michigan Medicine.” MINNESOTA Minneapolis: Minneapolis park police are warning thrill-seekers to stay away from frozen Minnehaha Falls. Minnesota Public Radio reports that a woman was struck on the head by a falling sheet of ice while trespassing around the falls last weekend. MISSISSIPPI Hattiesburg: A

groundbreaking ceremony is set Wednesday for a monument that will honor Mississippi’s Gold Star families — those who lost relatives in military service. Gov. Phil Bryant will speak at the event. MISSOURI Jefferson City: In

his ﬁrst act as Missouri’s chief executive, Gov. Eric Greitens on Monday banned lobbyist gifts to executive branch employees. Greitens campaigned heavily on ethics and promised to clean up Capitol culture. MONTANA Kalispell: A Columbia Falls woman reached a plea agreement in an investment fraud case. The Flathead Beacon reports that prosecutors will recommend a 40-year prison sentence, with 30 suspended, for Catherine Ann Finberg. NEBRASKA Lincoln: Teams and hardy individuals are invited to compete in the second Cowboy Ultra run in May. The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission says the race is limited to 75 entrants. NEVADA Las Vegas: Las Vegas police say a man armed with a samurai sword barricaded himself and an elderly woman in his home. Police were called by the man’s father early Monday. NEW HAMPSHIRE Hampstead:

New Hampshire officials are warning off-road riders of thin ice. A woman was hurt but escaped with her passenger when her recreational vehicle broke through the ice on a Hampstead pond and sank in about eight feet of water. NEW JERSEY Trenton: New

Jersey municipalities that chose to honor law enforcement by adding a streak of blue to the middle of their roads have been

advised by federal officials to stop. Blue center lines violate the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways. NEW MEXICO Santa Fe: A New Mexico lawmaker is reviving efforts to reinstate the death penalty as an option for convicted killers of police, children and corrections officers. A spokesman for Gov. Susana Martinez said she supports the measure. NEW YORK New York: A year ahead of schedule, cellphone and Wi-Fi coverage are now provided to commuters at New York City’s underground subway station.

TENNESSEE Nashville: The annual Tennessee Sandhill Crane Festival is this weekend at the Hiwassee Refuge and Birchwood Community Center. The festival celebrates the thousands of cranes that migrate through or winter around the refuge. TEXAS Austin: Officials are

investigating the cause of a fire that destroyed an Islamic center that was under construction in Austin. The three-story building was engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived last weekend. UTAH Salt Lake City: The Bureau of Land Management is planning to round up around 1,500 horses from three herds this winter. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that the roundup will include fitting 100 horses with GPS tracking devices and releasing them back into the herd. VERMONT White River Junction: Fourteen towns in Vermont will connect with certified weatherization contractors for free home professional energy assessments, proposals and quotes. Meetings will start Jan. 17 in the pilot Weatherize Upper Valley program. VIRGINIA Chesapeake: Instead of a stork, it was a snowplow that delivered Hugh and Stephanie Dawson’s baby, Brayden. The couple was enroute to Cheapeake Regional Medical Center when their truck died on an exit ramp Sunday. Hugh Dawson flagged down a snowplow and persuaded the driver to take them the rest of the way.

NORTH CAROLINA Winston-

Salem: North Carolinians who lost their driver’s licenses because of problems at the Department of Motor Vehicles have gotten them back. The Winston-Salem Journal reports that DMV officials had failed to update records for things like paying a ﬁne from a ticket. NORTH DAKOTA Fargo: The crew of a United Express commuter jet headed to Denver from Fargo aborted takeoff early Monday after the plane blew two tires on the runway. No one was hurt, and passengers were re-booked on other ﬂights. OHIO Cincinnati: The use of

traffic cameras by Ohio cities is once again before the state Supreme Court. Attorneys for Dayton urged the justices this week to reject a state law requiring that a police officer be present when cameras are being used to generate red-light or speeding citations. OKLAHOMA Oklahoma: The

director of Oklahoma’s Department of Human Services says the agency could be forced to furlough workers or cut provider rates if it doesn’t get more than $42 million before the ﬁscal year ends in June. OREGON

Corvallis: Police arrested a man accused of hitting two people with a baseball bat. The attacks came without warning Saturday at the Corvallis Public Library. PENNSYLVANIA Philadelphia:

A water main break caused a sinkhole to open on a street in Philadelphia’s Fishtown section that was large enough to swallow two cars. RHODE ISLAND Providence: Providence College has received a $50,000 gift from a 1958 graduate to help military veterans who want to continue and complete their education. The scholarship gift comes from Col. Noel J. Doyle

WASHINGTON Seattle: Seattle

police are warning heroin users about dangerous purity levels after several recent overdoses. Three people died and a fourth was taken to Harborview Medical Center for treatment. The Seattle Times reports that bicycle officers were canvassing areas Saturday to warn users of the danger. WEST VIRGINIA Charleston: West Virginia has a new travel guide for 2017 with all crowdsourced content. According to Wild, Wonderful West Virginia, the guide focuses on recreational experiences cited in social media, with stories, pictures, blog posts and links to video. WISCONSIN Madison: Some

University of Wisconsin-Madison professors are ripping the state Department of Natural Resources for scrubbing language from its website that declared human activity causes climate change. The agency changed the language last month to say the cause is debatable. Critics of the change in the UW-Madison climate, zoology and ecology departments say the new language incorrectly implies that climate change is mysterious. WYOMING Casper: The University of Wyoming is trying to attract community college students to campus with several types of scholarships. The Casper Star-Tribune reports that all require an associate’s degree and at least a 3.4 grade-point average. Compiled from staff and wire reports by Joe Taylor, with Jim Cheng, Brett Hait, Peter Mathews, Tom Schmitz, Joe Peterson and Paul Rolfes. Design by Kayla Golliher. Graphics by Alejandro Gonzalez.

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The operators of the online classiďŹ ed site Backpage.com declined to answer questions Tuesday from a Senate panel investigating the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s adult services ads, which lawmakers and law enforcement say have helped facilitate pimping and child sex trafficking in the USA. Backpage CEO Carl Ferrer, his business associates James Larkin and Michael Lacey, as well as other company officials, appeared before the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations but invoked their Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate themselves. â&#x20AC;&#x153;After consultation with counsel, I decline to answer your question based on the rights provided by the First and Fifth Amendments,â&#x20AC;? Ferrer responded to a series of questions from subcommittee chairman Rob Portman, R-Ohio. Backpage announced late Monday that it shuttered the adult services section of the website to U.S. users. The company said in a statement it made the decision in response to â&#x20AC;&#x153;an accumulation of acts of government censorship using extra-legal tactics.â&#x20AC;? The subcommittee published a report charging that Backpage.com systematically edits its escort ads, ďŹ ltering out words that would suggest the site promoted the sex trafficking of children. The company has effectively argued in federal courts that although some users of its site may engage in criminal activity, it is just the host of posted content and is immune from prosecution under the Communications Decency Act. The subcommittee charged in its report that the company

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Grace Marie, a sex worker and dominatrix, has posted advertisements on the classiďŹ ed ad website Backpage.com. The site said it shuttered the adult services section to U.S. users.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Editing changed nothing about the real age of a person being sold for sex or the real nature of the advertised transaction.â&#x20AC;? Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio

â&#x20AC;&#x153;knowingly concealed evidence of criminality.â&#x20AC;? Backpage executives used a feature called â&#x20AC;&#x153;Strip Term From Ad Filterâ&#x20AC;? to help screeners automatically delete words indicative of child sex trafficking â&#x20AC;&#x201D; such as lolita, teenage, amber alert, teen and school girl, according to the Senate report. By Backpageâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own estimate, by late-2010, the company edited 70% to 80% of ads in the adult section either manually or automatically. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Think about the real-world effect of that practice,â&#x20AC;? Portman said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A trafficker submits an ad on Backpage.com containing a word like â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;lolitaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; or â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;teenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a

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pretty good clue that a crime may be afoot. But then Backpageâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Strip Term From Ad Filter would delete the problematic term, and the remainder of the ad would be published. Of course, this editing changed nothing about the real age of a person being sold for sex or the real nature of the advertised transaction.â&#x20AC;? The report charged that Backpage officials know the site facilitates prostitution and child sex trafficking. The website, which is similar to Craigslist, has been under pressure from lawmakers and law enforcement for years to end adult services advertisements. Craigslist ceased posting adult and erotic service ads in 2010. In October, California Attorney General Kamala Harris announced pimping charges against Ferrer and charges of conspiracy to commit pimping against shareholders Lacey and Larkin (Lacey and Larkin said in a statement they sold their interest in Backpage two years ago, but the subcommittee asserts they maintain a substantial ďŹ nancial interest and inďŹ&#x201A;uence over the company).

President-elect Donald Trump asked Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an environmental activist and skeptic of vaccines, to chair a presidential commission on vaccine safety, Kennedy said Tuesday. The two have questioned whether vaccines cause autism, a claim debunked by medical professionals across the board. The commission will be designed â&#x20AC;&#x153;to make sure we have scientiďŹ c integrity in the vaccine process for efficacy and safety effects,â&#x20AC;? Kennedy said after the meeting with Trump. Kennedy said Trump requested the meeting, and the president-elect â&#x20AC;&#x153;has some doubts about the current vaccine policies, and he has questions about it. His opinion doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t matter, but the science does matter, and we ought to be reading the science, and we ought to be debating the science.â&#x20AC;? Kennedy said Trump is â&#x20AC;&#x153;very pro-vaccine, as am I,â&#x20AC;? but they want to make sure â&#x20AC;&#x153;theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re as safe as they possibly can be.â&#x20AC;? In March 2014 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; before he became a presidential candidate â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Trump wrote on Twitter, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Healthy young child goes to doctor, gets pumped with massive shot of many vaccines, doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feel good and changes - AUTISM. Many such cases!â&#x20AC;? Trump raised the vaccine theory during a Republican presidential debate in September 2015: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Just the other day, 2 years old, 21â &#x201E;2 years old, a child, a beautiful child went to have the vaccine and came back and a week later got a tremendous fever, got

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;We ought to be reading the science, and we ought to be debating the science.â&#x20AC;? Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

very, very sick, now is autistic.â&#x20AC;? Kennedy, the son of 1960s-era attorney general, U.S. senator and Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, promoted a documentary ďŹ lm that asserted a link between autism and the vaccine preservative thimerosal. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They can put anything they want in that vaccine, and they have no accountability for it,â&#x20AC;? Kennedy said in 2015 during an appearance in Sacramento. Health care professionals expressed alarm at the prospect of a Kennedy-Trump vaccine commission. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Creating a commission makes it look like scientists have not already studied this issue for many years, and it may lead people to think this is still an open question â&#x20AC;&#x201D; it is not,â&#x20AC;? said Alison Singer, president of the Autism Science Foundation.

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Since Republicans love to show how pious they are, I suggest every session of Congress now be opened with the following little prayer: “My dollar, in my wallet, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, around the world and especially in America. Give us this day, way more than we can eat, and forgive us any compassion that we may show onto others. Lead us into many temptations, and allow us to feel no guilt. For yours is the power, the glory and the everlasting American faith, now and forever. Amen.” Nine days to go until President Trump. I can hardly wait! John Bertelson

Democrats are grasping at straws with the race card. It’s their only weapon against a man who respects the Constitution. The same Democrats were silent when former attorney general Eric Holder ran “Fast

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and Furious.” He sent guns over the border to Mexico to combat drug cartels and ended up putting them in the wrong hands.

Democrats fear him, Republicans love him. My thought is, if Sessions upholds the Constitution and pursues criminals, then amen!

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I expect the U.S. attorney general to uphold justice for all. Sessions’ history proves that he’s unﬁt for this role.

Anyone else notice that Trump always has to have his kids and son-in-law around him? It makes him look weak, and it’s like he can’t do anything without a conﬁrmation from his family. I guess, in the end, that’s a good thing. Trump seems more calm and less off the rails when his kids are near.

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A 36-year-old will be a senior adviser to a 70-year-old. We are the joke of the world. The world has no respect for America. How Trump got elected will be a question for the ages.

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Sessions should not even have been considered for attorney general, given his alleged record of racial discrimination. Sessions is a true insult to American values democracy. But then again, Trump’s entire Cabinet is made up of people ready to destroy our democracy. Bigots out there must love this choice. A true American would never stand for Sessions’ appointment as our attorney general. He is what is wrong with America, a messenger of division who stops progress. United we stand, divided we fall!

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Only 30% believe otherwise, while 12% aren’t sure.

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He is the best man for the job, period. Enough of the posturing by Democrats on the panel. God bless Sessions!

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Our view Tillerson shows the way on avoiding financial conflicts If President-elect Donald Trump requires inspiration for extricating himself from his private financial entanglements before taking the oath of office on Jan. 20, he needn’t look any further than the example set by Rex Tillerson, the newly retired ExxonMobil chief nominated to be the next secretary of State. Tillerson is a controversial choice whose close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin will draw tough scrutiny at his confirmation hearings, scheduled to begin today. The confirmation process for Trump’s Cabinet choices is further complicated by the failure so far of several nominees to complete the ethics review process of filing financial and employment disclosures. In the meantime, the steps taken by Tillerson to shed ties with the multinational energy giant have drawn praise even from exacting ethics watchdogs. One of the knottiest problems Tillerson faced, if confirmed, was what to do about more than 2 million deferred ExxonMobil shares he would have received over the next decade. In an agreement with the company’s board of directors, those shares will be converted into about $180 million in cash and held in an independently managed trust. He would forfeit the money to charity should he return to the energy industry during those 10 years.

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ven before the election of Donald Trump, Obamacare was in trouble. Premiums on the government exchanges for individual policies are projected to increase an average of 11% next year, nearly four times the increase for employer-based family policies. And some large insurers are pulling out of the individual market altogether. Those who buy policies on the exchanges often ﬁnd that even with subsidies, they can’t afford to use them because of mounting deductibles ($6,000 for individual Bronze plans). It has become clear that health insurance is not the same as health care. In 2010 when Obamacare was enacted, about 50 million Americans (16%) were without health insurance. The United States was then spending $2.6 trillion a year on health care. Last year, about 29 million (9%) remained uninsured, and we spent $3.2 trillion on health care in 2015. That doesn’t seem like much of a bargain. Costs matter. Expanding access to health care, as Obamacare does, is only half the job. The other half requires controlling costs, so the system can be sustained. PROFITS VS. PUBLIC INTEREST

The problem is that the underlying causes of the cost inflation were left largely untouched by Obamacare. The system remains in the hands of investor-owned insurance companies, drug companies and profit-oriented providers that can charge whatever the market will bear. Like all markets, this one is driven to expand, and does. Moreover, these industries are consolidating, so they behave more like oligopolies than competitive businesses. President Obama was so eager for the political support of the health industries that he assumed they’d modulate their drive for profits in the public interest. What will the Trump administration do? While Trump calls for repealing and replacing Obamacare, he has never said what he’d replace it with. But other Republicans have offered isolated proposals: They’d permit insurance to be sold across state lines, which means that companies in states with lax regulations would be able to sell substandard plans elsewhere; they’d abolish the mandate that requires people to buy insurance but keep the provision that requires insurers to cover people with pre-existing conditions (an idea that would

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Rex Tillerson visits Capitol Hill last Wednesday. Tillerson, who retired Dec. 31, also agreed to sell 600,000 shares he owns once he is confirmed. He loses about $7 million in bonuses and share value in the deal, but he gains the public’s confidence that his actions as secretary of State would not be self-enriching. Trump should follow Tillerson’s example, which was worked out with the same U.S. Office of Government Ethics that advised the president-elect through Twitter after the election that “divestiture is good for you, very good for America!” The president-elect has taken only modest steps to reduce conflicts of interest by dissolving his

personal charitable foundation, ending some foreign development plans and considering an outside financial monitor. He is expected to detail additional actions at a news conference today. It doesn’t help matters that Trump has said that his children will run the family business but then allowed them to be part of his presidential transition team, or in son-in-law Jared Kushner’s case made him a senior adviser. Nor is the extent of Trump’s holdings clear. He has refused to release his tax returns, unlike all others elected president in the past four decades. To be sure, Trump’s real estate holdings are more complicated to unwind than Tillerson’s deferred ExxonMobil shares. Any liquidations should neither be fire sales nor sweetheart deals aimed at currying favor with the first family. Either way, there’s a means to ensure that selling what Trump holds, no matter how complicated, would not be his burden: Name an independent trustee. “All Trump has to do is sign a simple piece of paper appointing an independent trustee,” says Norm Eisen, the founder and board member of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. “Let the trustee have all those headaches. ... Complicated for the trustee. Simple for Trump. He should follow his secretary of State nominee’s lead.”

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Sen. Bernie Sanders had it right. The best way to provide universal health care at a sustainable cost is to extend Medicare to everyone. Medicare is essentially a single-payer system for those older than 65 — government-financed but privately delivered. Because it uses the same profit-oriented providers as the rest of the system, it would need some reforms. That would include shifting hospitals and other providers to a non-profit delivery system, admittedly a huge challenge that could prove as controversial as Obamacare itself. We could ease the transition by switching to universal Medicare one decade at a time, starting by dropping the eligibility age from 65 to 55. Paying for Medicare for All would require an increase in taxes — perhaps an earmarked pro-

The worldwide reach and vast range of products, brands and services owned by the extended Trump family members are orders of magnitude more complex than retired ExxonMobil Chief Executive Rex Tillerson’s holdings, which he has agreed to shed, with much of it going into a blind trust. Everyone knows that selling illiquid assets such as brands and real estate in a hurry requires accepting huge losses. After electing the ﬁrst African-American president eight years ago, Americans made history once again by choosing a truly international businessman. A future global businessman might be discouraged from seeking the presidency if we force huge losses on the Trump family via divestiture. Ethics requirements could be met by temporarily nationalizing Trump Inc. only for four or eight years, without a formal deed of sale. Since Donald Trump has supposedly been audited every year, an audited estimate of the pre-tax income and the rate of growth in that income over the past four or eight years is available to the Internal Revenue

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Protester Connie Roberts, left, and nurse Sheila Inman sign a Medicare poster in Washington in 2015.

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Service. All of the Trump companies’ business secrets would remain private. Instead of huge losses from divestiture of assets at ﬁre-sale prices, Trump family would be better off accepting, in the spirit of public service, an income cap over the next four or eight years, based on the past income level and growth rate. It is only fair to let the Trumps earn at their own historical level with a downside protection. The Foreign Gifts and Decorations Act of 1966 states that high-value “gifts” belong to the U.S. Treasury. Thus, a legal framework to cap Trump Inc. earnings already exists. Suppose a foreign country pays to rent a room for a representative in a Trump hotel or buy a Trump-branded item. It is easy to allege that payments were intended to curry favor with President-elect Trump. But if the businesses were U.S. government property, all conﬂicts of interest allegations would be invalid. Temporary nationalization of earnings above the Trump family cap would be efficient, simple and clean. Hrishikesh (Rick) D. Vinod is an economics professor at Fordham University.

Dylann Roof got what he asked for — death

Trump and Republicans have no realistic replacement for Obamacare

cause premiums to skyrocket); and they’d promote health savings accounts, which are essentially tax-free savings plans that favor the wealthy. What is absolutely certain, given the GOP’s rhetoric and Trump’s nomination of Rep. Tom Price for secretary of Health and Human Services, is that we will move very sharply toward an even more expensive, inadequate and unequal health system.

Opposing view Don’t divest, nationalize

gressive income tax — but that increase would be offset by the elimination of premiums and out-of-pocket costs, and the slowing of inﬂation that stems from our market-based system. As it stands, 65% of health costs are paid by the federal government in one way or another. Health policy experts estimate this would increase to 80% with Medicare for All. Since employers would no longer have the expense of insurance, they would be more competitive in global markets and would likely hire more workers. We are between a rock and a hard place. Obamacare is faltering, and the incoming Trump administration has no realistic alternative. This might be exactly the right time to push for a national health program. Repeal Obamacare, but not without replacing it, and the best replacement is Medicare for All. Some polls suggest most Americans favor such a system. We should pick up our metaphorical pitchforks and torches and make that preference known. Marcia Angell, corresponding member of the Faculty of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard, stepped down as editor in chief of the New England Journal of Medicine in 2000.

It came as no surprise that a federal jury recommended the death penalty for Dylann Roof, the unapologetic, unrepentant young man who in June 2015 massacred nine African Americans inside a historic church in Charleston, S.C. Not only did he deliberately target innocent parishioners in the midst of Bible study for the sole purpose of advancing the cause of white supremacy, but the trial was as one-sided as could be. Deliberations took less than three hours. Roof’s rejection of mental illness as a defense at trial and as mitigation in sentencing speaks volumes. Such a legal strategy would, from his perspective, have negated any legitimacy to his hateful agenda. Even as he stood ﬁring at his victims, Roof proclaimed, “I’m not crazy,” according to witness testimony. Roof’s refusal to mount a case against death reﬂects a stoic readiness to become a martyr. Like-minded racists would view Roof as a hero, and would invoke his name and the government’s attempt to silence him through the death penalty as a rallying cry. As one skinhead vowed shortly after the church shooting, “Dylann will be my next tattoo.” By virtue of his death sentence, Roof is guaranteed greater celebrity. Any appellate actions on his behalf and any steps in preparation for his execution will undoubtedly be publicized widely, along with a reminder of his offensive motivation for the assault.

Having him instead reside for the rest of his life behind prison walls in obscurity would have been a far more palatable outcome. Just as Roof rejected the idea of claiming mental illness, the government rejected an offer for him to plead guilty in exchange for a life sentence. Although the prosecution was successful in seeking the death penalty, the trial was costly in more than just a monetary sense. Thanks to the prosecution’s decision to have his jailhouse journal read into evidence during the penalty phase, his hateful musings became quoteworthy material for major news outlets around the country. Ever since Theodore Kaczynski had his Unabomber manifesto published in The Washington Post under the threat of continuing attacks, it has become fashionable to characterize whatever a mass murderer articulates as ideological justiﬁcation for violence as a manifesto. However, the term “manifesto” is typically used to describe a policy declaration by a person of prominence. When Roof corrected us by insisting that his writings were not to be considered a manifesto, it was the ﬁrst truthful statement he had made. Roof's ugly words hardly deserve the amount of news attention they have been afforded up to and during his trial. Now that his day in court is over, let us hope that his time in the limelight will be over as well. James Alan Fox is the Lipman Professor of Criminology, Law and Public Policy at Northeastern University and a member of the USA TODAY Board of Contributors. "USA TODAY hopes to serve as a forum for better understanding and unity to help make the USA truly one nation." Allen H. Neuharth, Founder, Sept. 15, 1982

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SOME DRUGS DON’T HELP MOST WHO TAKE THEM John Fauber, Matthew Wynn and Kristina Fiore l Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and MedPage Today

n an era when a lack of interest in sex is considered a treatable medical disorder, these are the pros and cons for patients seeking a pharmaceutical fix: If you give the new female sexual desire drug Addyi to 12 women, one will experience a modest improvement in her sex life, after factoring out the placebo effect. On average, a user can expect one additional satisfying sexual event each month — or less. One of out of seven will experience drowsiness. If they drink, some may pass out from a dramatic drop in blood pressure. Give nine men with low libido the testosterone supplement Androgel, and one will report increased sexual activity. One of 14 will develop acne, and one of 33 will experience troubling emotional swings, such as impatience or anger. All who use it will be at higher risk for life-threatening blood clots. In short, the drugs won’t help most of the people who take them. In some cases, they are almost as likely to produce a negative side effect as a benefit. “It’s the biggest secret in medicine,” said F. Perry Wilson, a researcher and physician at Yale University School of Medicine. “For the vast majority of the drugs out there, the chance that you, as an individual, are going to see a benefit is quite small.” There is another secret: Even these numbers are exaggerated because the dangers and benefits are determined in clinical trials set up by drug manufacturers. The trials often are highly controlled tests that exclude the kinds of realworld patients who will be put on a drug once it gets on the market. A push by drug companies to turn a series of everyday conditions into medical disorders means more people are taking — and being harmed by — the suspect drugs. A Milwaukee Journal Sentinel/ MedPage Today investigation examined eight conditions that became part of mainstream medicine over the past 20 years, ranging from pre-diabetes to overactive bladder. Those eight conditions are purported to affect more than 180 million Americans, or the equivalent of 77% of the adult population. The conditions are not lifethreatening. The treatment results are not impressive. In some cases, the treatments can be dangerous. Consider one measure of harm: reports of negative side effects filed with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Since 2013, nearly 65,000 reports of serious side effects involving drugs used to treat five of the conditions have been reported to the FDA, according to a Journal Sentinel/MedPage Today analysis. That includes more than 1,600 deaths. Vinay Prasad, a health policy and ethics expert, said many patients would be surprised by the lack of benefit and probably would turn down treatment with drugs that were part of the Journal Sentinel/MedPage analysis. “Even when people take these drugs for weeks or months, the benefits are modest or small, and the harms are nearly of the same size,” said Prasad, an assistant professor of medicine at Oregon Health & Science University. BENEFITS VS. HARMS

To examine beneﬁts and harms, Wilson, the Yale researcher, did a biostatistical analysis for the Journal Sentinel and MedPage Today focusing on drugs used to treat lack of interest in sex among women, low testosterone in men, overactive bladder, adult ADHD and binge-eating disorder. Wilson started with something called the number-needed-totreat. That’s how many patients who have to take a drug before one will get the desired beneﬁt. The lower that number, the better. Vyvanse is an amphetamine approved to treat two of the conditions: binge-eating disorder and adult ADHD. The drug’s treatment number for an improvement in adult ADHD symptoms is 2.9, meaning nearly three people have to take

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WAYS IN WHICH ILLNESSES ARE INFLATED In 2016, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and Medpage Today examined eight conditions once considered part of everyday life that over the past two decades moved into the medical mainstream after a push from drug companies.

Some of the conditions, such as overactive bladder and lack of interest in sex, occur more often as people age.

Definitions Adult ADHD

Number said to be affected: Up to 10 million adults.

Pattern of behavior that can include failure to pay attention to details and difficulty organizing tasks. Background: For years, the legitimacy of the condition was based on it being the same condition that started in childhood and persisted into adulthood. But in a 2015 study that followed people into their 30s, researchers found little overlap between the groups. A 2010 study found that 22% of adults tested for ADHD exaggerated their symptoms.

Binge-eating disorder

Number said to be affected: Up to 8.5 million adults.

Recurring episodes of eating significantly more in a short period than most people would eat, with a feeling of lack of control. Background: Independent doctors say it is not a disease at all, but simply an unhealthy habit.

Female sexual interest/arousal disorder

Number said to be affected: Nine million women.

The absence of or significantly reduced sexual interest/arousal for at least six months. Background: To test whether the drug Addyi caused a dangerous blood pressure drop for women when used with alcohol, a study looked at 25 people. Of those, 23 were men.

Psychiatric disorders Intermittent explosive disorder

Medical disorders

Low testosterone

Number said to be Number said to be affected: A 2006 study affected: 13.8 million men age 45 and older. found it was up to 16 million adults at some point in the their lifetime.

Uncontrolled bouts of anger or rage that are out of proportion to what triggered the outburst. Background: The definition was relaxed in 2013 by a panel of experts, of whom 78% had drug company financial conflicts. The new definition said the outbursts could be verbal, rather than just physical. No estimates have been done on how many more people might have the condition under the new definition.

For some of the others, such as pre-diabetes, binge-eating disorder, premenstrual dysphoric disorder and intermittent explosive disorder, there are doubts about whether they should be considered medical or psychiatric conditions at all.

Levels of the hormone that are significantly below those of healthy younger men, marked by symptoms including low energy, decreased libido and erectile dysfunction. Background: A 2006 study funded by a company that sold a testosterone product deemed that 38% of men over the age of 45 had it.

Overactive bladder

Number said to be affected: 33 million.

A sudden urge to urinate that may include incontinence and having to get up at night. Background: In the late 1990s, the drug company Pharmacia funded efforts to expand the market. A slide presentation used by a company executive included one headlined “Creating a disease.”

Pre-diabetes

Number said to be affected: 87 million.

Number said to be affected: Six million women.

A blood sugar level at the higher end of normal, but not high enough to qualify as type 2 diabetes. Background: When the American Diabetes Association lowered its blood sugar threshold in 2003 and 2010, it increased the number of Americans with the condition from 17 million to 87 million. Nine of the 14 experts on the 2010 panel had worked as speakers, consultants or advisers to companies that make products to treat diabetes.

A form of premenstrual syndrome, said to be more severe, with symptoms that may include depressed mood, anger and anxiety. Background: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved four drugs to treat it starting in 2000, 13 years before it was recognized as a psychiatric disorder.

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the drug before one sees any improvement. Its treatment number for a reduction in the number of binge-eating days per week is 2.3. The measure for how many people have to take a drug before one will have an undesirable side effect is the number-needed-toharm. The higher that number, the better. In the case of Vyvanse, its harm number for the side effect of insomnia is 5, meaning for every ﬁve people who take it, one will get insomnia, after factoring out the placebo effect. Vyvanse and other stimulants carry a high risk of dependence and abuse. They can increase blood pressure and heart rate, as well as the risk of a heart attack or stroke. Vyvanse carries a retail price of $310 for a 30-day supply. Clotilde Houze, a spokeswoman for Shire, which markets Vyvanse, said the company stands behind the safety and effectiveness of the drug, which has been on the market since 2007. She said Vyvanse is not right for every patient with ADHD or binge-eating disorder, and it is critical patients stay under the care of a doctor. Another drug in the analysis was Toviaz, which is used to treat an overactive bladder. It was known as the more troubling condition incontinence or leakage. In the late 1990s, doctors

“Even when people take these drugs for weeks or months, the beneﬁts are modest or small.” Vinay Prasad, health policy and ethics expert

with financial ties to drug companies gave the condition a new name and helped expand the definition to cover more people. For every 3.6 people who use Toviaz, one will have a reduction in incontinence. For every 5.7 people who use it, one will have reduced urgency, or the feeling of having to go. The drug’s side effects include dry mouth (one out of every 3.6 people) and constipation (one out of 25). The drug has a retail price of $365 a month, or $4,300 a year. There are more than a dozen drugs and other treatments on the market aimed at overactive bladder. Experts in the field say the condition is best managed using nondrug approaches known as behavioral therapy, which includes bladder training and pelvic muscle exercises.

The beneﬁt-harm numbers are revealing. ‘A VERY STRANGE METRIC’

James Simon, a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at George Washington University School of Medicine, said analyses can be misleading when it comes to treatments that rely on patients’ opinions to say whether they worked or not. Simon has worked as a consultant for Valeant Pharmaceuticals, the company that markets Addyi. In the case of Addyi, he said, analyzing monthly satisfying sexual events is “a very strange metric,” because a husband or partner could be out of town, angry or uninterested. That was a primary measure the company itself used to obtain FDA approval. Even harmful side effects can be overrepresented, Simon said, as many come in the ﬁrst few weeks of treatment and may disappear. Addyi is the only FDA-approved drug for the condition. Its monthly retail cost is $830 — nearly $10,000 a year for a drug that will modestly help one in 12 women, according to the company’s own clinical trials. Tracy Valorie, a spokeswoman for Valeant, said trials showed using Addyi led to a statistically signiﬁcant increase in sexually satisfying events. “The trials also consistently

Premenstrual dysphoric disorder

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demonstrated an improvement in sexual desire and a reduction in associated distress,” she said. All told, there were nearly 12,000 cases where people had to be hospitalized because of side effects from the drugs used to treat ADHD, binge-eating disorder, premenstrual dysphoric disorder, low testosterone and overactive bladder. An additional 1,000 cases were life-threatening. Among them was a 19-year-old woman taking Yaz for premenstrual dysphoric disorder, who reported vaginal bleeding and was treated for a blood clot. The analysis includes only cases that were reported to the FDA by manufacturers or health care professionals. Even then, it was limited to cases where the drugs were considered the primary cause. Cases where they were a contributing factor were not included. Many of the treatments “don’t strike me as a worthwhile tradeoff,” said Michael Hochman of the University of Southern California, who practices as a primary care doctor. “Too often, patients get started on medications and don’t experience any beneﬁt, yet the medications are continued,” Hochman said. This story was reported as a joint project of the Journal Sentinel and MedPage Today, which provides a clinical perspective for physicians on breaking medical news at medpagetoday.com.

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MONEYLINE CHAN ZUCKERBERG ADDS POLITICAL HEAVYWEIGHTS Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Dr. Priscilla Chan, are stocking up on public policy expertise and political connections with the hire of David Plouffe to lead public policy for their limited liability company that handles their philanthropic efforts. Plouffe, who managed Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign, is leaving Uber, where he is an adviser and board member, to join the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative as president of policy and advocacy, “The New York Times” reported. DRUGMAKER VALEANT SELLING $1.3B IN ASSETS Valeant Pharmaceuticals International on Tuesday said it would sell three skin care brands to French cosmetics company L’Oréal for $1.3 billion in cash. The proposed sale, announced a day after Valeant announced similar plans for an $819.9 million cash sale of its Dendreon cancer unit to China conglomerate Sanpower Group, sent Valeant’s shares up nearly 6.8% Tuesday. The transactions are the latest moves in a bid to cut the Montreal-based company’s estimated $30 billion in debt and enable Valeant to rebound amid investigations about its drug-pricing and distribution policies, and its accounting practices. Valeant shares have lost more than 90% of their value since early August 2015. AMERICAN APPAREL GOING CANADIAN IN $88M DEAL Canada-based Gildan Activewear on Tuesday said it won a U.S. bankruptcy court-supervised auction for embattled California-based fashion company American Apparel with a roughly $88 million cash bid. The sale, subject to court approval, includes the acquisition of worldwide intellectual property rights related to the American Apparel brand, along with certain manufacturing equipment and some of the U.S. company’s current inventory. However, Gildan is not buying any of American Apparel’s 110 current retail stores as part of the deal. The companies did not immediately respond to messages about any future plans for the stores. DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVG.

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Warren Buffett may have voted for Hillary Clinton with his heart. But his wallet is proﬁting from Donald Trump’s victory. Buffett is one of 10 investors and executives, along with for-

mer CEO of Wells Fargo John Stumpf, and Laurene Jobs, a large owner of Apple stock and widow of Steve Jobs, who collectively hauled in $8.9 billion since the election on shares they own, according to a USA TODAY analysis of data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. These are the largest individual holders of stocks in the Standard & Poor’s 1500 that generated the most wealth since the

Nov. 8 election, putting them in a good position to capture much of the gains. Such gains are a reminder of the value of being an investor even when the masses sit out. The stock market has generated roughly $1.5 trillion in paper wealth since the election, but nearly half of Americans likely missed out. That’s because as of last year, only 52% of Americans

were invested in the market, according to a Gallup poll. “Many investors were not on board the train for the ride,” Scott Wren, global equity strategist at Wells Fargo Investment Institute, says in a note to clients. “Instead, they stood at the station without ever buying a ticket.” There’s some irony in all this. v STORY CONTINUES ON 2B

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Mercer Henderson is in many ways a typical member of Generation Z. She prefers comfort over couture. She likes to put her own stamp on what she wears. And, at 14, she already has created a mobile app with

the proceeds going to charity. Henderson is one of 10 young social media inﬂuencers who’ve helped Target design its latest clothing brand, Art Class, aimed at the 86 million teens and tweens who make up Generation Z. Focusing on Gen Z makes retail sense. Topping out at around age 20, they outnumber oftcourted Millennials and are poised to have an estimated $600

Focusing on Gen Z makes sense for retailers. Topping out at around age 20, the group outnumbers the oft-courted Millennials.

billion in purchasing power by 2020. Retail experts say that chains such as Nordstrom, Urban Outﬁtters and American Eagle have bolstered their businesses by offering products and services that are particularly appealing to the nation’s younger generation. “Companies like Nordstrom ... like Urban Outﬁtters, are using these kids as think tanks,’’ says v STORY CONTINUES ON 2B

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Women’s gains Is Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer a failure? Or was she just handed a Sisyphean task? “Both,” says Aswath Damodaran, professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business. “She was given the impossible job (of turning around the troubled Internet pioneer). But at the same time, she took it on, said she would change things and failed.” As Yahoo’s dismantling proceeds — Verizon is still on track to buy its digital assets for $4.8

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billion while the remaining Alibaba-invested company gets renamed Altbaba — questions arise about the tenure and future of the GooGETTY IMAGES gle-trained CEO Marissa savior who had Mayer promised to ride to the rescue. On the one hand, under Mayer, 41, Yahoo stock soared 180% since she was named CEO in 2012, from $15 to $42. “If my broker could do that for me every time, I’d call him a genius,” says Michael McDermott, professor of business management at Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business. “Given a very difficult if not impossible situation, I’d say she did OK.” Mayer was in many ways v STORY CONTINUES ON 2B

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Fox settled sexual harassment claim vs. O’Reilly Complaint says he tried to derail career of Juliet Huddy Roger Yu @ByRogerYu USA TODAY

Executives at 21st Century Fox, the parent company of Fox News, settled a sexual harassment charge brought by an employee against its prime-time star Bill O’Reilly, according to a person briefed on the matter. The charge was brought by Juliet Huddy, a Fox broadcaster who joined the company in the

late 1990s, the person confirmed, speaking anonymously due to the confidential nature of the agreement. The settlement, first reported by Lawnewz.com and confirmed by The New York Times, was finalized several weeks after former Fox News CEO Roger Ailes was ousted last July following a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by another Fox broadcaster, Gretchen Carlson. Huddy agreed to refrain from suing the network and was paid a sum in “the high six figures,” according to Lawnewz and the Times. O’Reilly pursued a sexual relationship with Huddy in 2011, but when she rebuffed his unwanted

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Fox News commentator Bill O’Reilly has denied the claim. sexual advances, he tried to derail her career, the Times reported,

citing a letter Huddy’s lawyers sent to Fox News. The Times said a copy of the letter was anonymously mailed to its offices in December. Jack Abernethy, a longtime Fox executive who was named copresident of Fox News after Ailes left, was also accused by Huddy of retaliating against her after she rebuffed O’Reilly’s advances, the report said. Fox News couldn’t immediately be reached for comment. But Irena Briganti, a spokeswoman for Fox News, issued a statement to the Times, saying “the letter contains substantial falsehoods, which both men have vehemently denied.” Jeanne Christensen, an attor-

Election aside, these 10 are richer v CONTINUED FROM 1B

Warren Buffett has been one of the largest skeptics of Trump, with the two men even getting into a war of words over Buffett’s tax-paying history. Even so, Buffett is by far the biggest financial winner since the election. The value of his 18% stake in the diversified company has risen $6.7 billion since the election, vastly more than any of the other winners. Buffett’s exposure to the financial industry has fueled much of the gains, since the sector has been the biggest winner from Trump’s victory. Investors are hopeful higher interest rates and lighter regulations could boost financials’ profits. Berkshire’s $37 billion market value gain has been impressive, but several banks have performed even better. JPMorgan Chase has

BIG PERSONAL GAINS SINCE ELECTION Largest individual stock gains at companies posting the largest increases in market value since the election: Biggest Change in owner’s market Biggest gains value owner Company JPMorgan Chase $59.0B James Crown $157.9M Bank of America $57.3B Thomas Montag $13.3M Wells Fargo $45.7B John Stumpf $22.1M Apple $43.7B Arthur Levinson $9.4M Berkshire Hathaway $37.1B Warren Buffett $6.7B Citigroup $30.2B Michael Corbat $5.4M Goldman Sachs $26.2B Lloyd Blankfein $141.9M AT&T $25.6B Randall Stephenson $5.4M Walt Disney $22.9B Laurene Jobs $1.8B Verizon $21.4B Lowell McAdam $3.4M SOURCE S&P GLOBAL MARKET INTELLIGENCE, USA TODAY

been the largest single best-performing bank stock since the election, adding nearly $59 billion in market value. The biggest individual winner from that increase has been James Crown, a member of the board of directors

who owns more than 9 million shares. The value of that stake has gained $158 million. Crown owns even more shares than CEO Jamie Dimon, who also proﬁted with his 6.7 million shares. But Wells Fargo’s Stumpf

Personalization key to Gen Z fashion v CONTINUED FROM 1B

Farla Efros, president of HRC Retail Advisory, a retail strategic ﬁrm. “They’re bringing them into the building and questioning them, understanding what’s hot and what’s not. ... This is the generation that’s going to develop the next whatever.’’ Art Class will launch Jan. 22 with an initial collection of about 100 clothing items and accessories aimed at those between the ages of 4 and 12. Art Class follows in the footsteps of Cat & Jack, another Target children’s line that launched in July and is projected to bring in more than $1 billion its ﬁrst year. While Cat & Jack is a broader brand that caters to babies as well as pre-teens, Art Class is its more curated, and potentially cooler, counterpart, keying in on the tastes of a generation that is digitally savvy, environmentally conscious and eager to stand out

from the crowd when it comes to fashion. For prices ranging from $5.99 to $24.99, Art Class shoppers can choose from items such as a black-and-white hoodie with a skeleton design, sporty leisure pants and a watercolor-splashed short set. They’re all pieces of an initial, limited edition collection dubbed The Class of 2017. The Art Class brand will switch in new items every four to eight weeks. “This generation of kids is focused on expressing themselves through what they’re wearing and how they mix and match different pieces to create a look that’s all their own,’’ says Michelle Wlazlo, Target’s senior vice president of apparel and accessories. “Their preferences are changing more quickly than previous generations, which challenges us to look for new ways to bring them the latest trends on an accelerated timeline.’’ Target worked with kids be-

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Target worked with kids to help shape the first Art Class line, which launches Jan. 22. tween the ages of 7 and 14 to help shape the first Art Class collection, getting their input on details ranging from fabrics to buttons. The young design partners include a 12-year-old chef who owns his own cookie business, an 8-year old surfing prodigy and an 11-year-old dance star whose videos have gone viral. Target is counting on the group to spread the word about the new

might be the luckiest banker. Despite a difficult year, resigning from the bank amid public outcry over an alleged scam of creating fake accounts, Stumpf at least got a happy November surprise. The value of his stock in the company has risen by $22 million. It’s not just the money men making bank. Laurene Jobs’ 128.3 million shares of Walt Disney, resulting from her husband’s sale of the Pixar movie studio to Disney in 2006, have gained $1.8 billion in value since the election. And there have been more big individual winners beyond those at companies with the biggest increases in market value. The value of Microsoft has risen $18.5 billion, generating a $437 million gain for co-founder Bill Gates. Not sure if the stock market gains make these people happier about the election, but it certainly makes them richer. brand to their collective 10 million followers on social media. Gen Z differs from Millennials in key ways. Like that slightly older group of consumers, Gen Z taps into mobile apps to research prices and other details. But unlike many Millennials, Gen Zers still enjoy going to the mall so they can touch and try out gadgets and try on clothing before they buy. Then, after they make their purchases, the teens and tweens add their own twist. “Personalization is critical,” says Efros, who noted the popularity of a Nordstrom in Toronto where young shoppers can purchase an item like a pair of jeans and then get it altered in a way that reflects their individual style. Social media is especially important to a generation whose members often received their first table computers before they could talk. Unlike Millennials, Efros says, Gen Z is more likely to mirror the tastes of friends or a typical teen offering tutorials on You Tube than take their fashion direction from a supermodel. “They define themselves by the number of ‘likes’ they get,’’ Efros says, “so before they make a purchase, they will post a picture and wait to see if they get approval.’’

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brought in to right a sinking ship. She was Yahoo’s seventh CEO, a list that included former Warner Bros. executive Terry Semel, “who couldn’t even be bothered to move to Silicon Valley from Los Angeles for the job,” says Paul Saffo, longtime tech world observer and forecaster. “The company was in such chaotic shape (when Mayer joined) that you would have needed someone with the temperament and intuition of Steve Jobs to even have a chance at a turnaround. Her biggest mistake might have been taking the job. It was a suicide mission.” But on the other hand, everything from repeated hacking scandals, ill-advised acquisitions such as the $1.1 billion purchase of social media site Tumblr and high-salary but underutilized hires such as Katie Couric and former New York Times tech columnist David Pogue all point to a spotty chief executive tenure that could stain Mayer’s résumé. “Her ﬂaw was that she should have recognized a few years ago that she was throwing good money after bad, and if she’d done so she would have likely got twice what she’s getting now for Yahoo assets,” Damodaran says. In fact, Yahoo’s stock topped out at near-

ly $52 in fall 2014. “But ultimately, people are human,” he says. “You offer someone millions to take a job, and of course they’re going to say yes.” While Mayer had been an early employee and fast-rising star at Google, “she had no experience as a CEO, and being a tech company CEO requires deep intuition about where things are going. Like when Jobs said everyone has a phone with a stylus, but we’re not going to do that,” Saffo says. Yahoo was founded by Jerry Yang and David Filo in 1994 as a curated guide to the burgeoning World Wide Web. Yahoo’s home page was among the ﬁrst true online sources for news. But Google’s arrival signaled a sea change for search companies, one that placed a priority on the power of algorithms over curation. “Marissa was sticking with Yahoo’s DNA and hiring big names, but that was never going to help in the battle with Google,” Saffo says. Making matters worse was an internal culture that seemed to create tension and the wrong kind of competition between layers of vice presidents. In the past few years, Yahoo was hit by a number of lawsuits from male employees who claimed they not only were discriminated against, but that all managers were forced

“Will she be judged as a risk-taker who failed or as a woman who failed?” Paul Saffo, longtime tech world observer and forecaster

to stack-rank their employees for the purpose of incessant firings. Mayer and her team “were just not very good at listening, and in any turnaround you have to do an awful lot of listening,” says Rita Gunther McGrath, a professor at Columbia Business School. While Yahoo was a “basket case” upon Mayer’s arrival, McGrath notes that among the CEO’s poor decisions was one “to go around her own cybersecurity team,” a move that ultimately led to more than a billion users having their information hacked. Monday, a Securities and Exchange Commission filing revealed Mayer, who will have earned more than $300 million as Yahoo CEO and should receive $55 million if terminated, will step down from Yahoo’s board of directors with five others when the Verizon sale goes through. Mayer will not be on the new Altbaba company’s board, and there is only speculation as to what the executive could do next. “Was there a lot of hubris in her time at Yahoo? Of course, but

sometimes hubris can pay off,” Damodaran says. “I could imagine some small tech company snapping her up as CEO.” Saffo says he believes that things might not be so simple. Despite some efforts, Silicon Valley suffers from a reputation as being a predominantly white and male enclave, with few minorities and women in executive positions and in crucial investor roles. “Marissa took on an impossible mission, and you can’t criticize someone for being a risk-taker,” he says. “But Silicon Valley has a bit of a double standard when it comes to women. So, will she be judged as a risk-taker who failed or as a woman who failed?” Mayer also could be about to head off the “Glass Cliff,” a phenomenon first identified by two British professors who found that companies are more likely to appoint women and minorities in leadership roles when the firms are not doing well. “When things are dire, boards somehow think that bringing in a woman will be better for team building, because they’ll listen better and have better social intelligence,” McDermott says. “Then they get fired because of performance or because the business model can’t be turned around. And then the company brings in a tough guy.”

ney at law ﬁrm Wigdor LLP who is representing Huddy, declined to comment. Huddy’s complaint buttresses Carlson and several of her colleagues’ claims that top Fox News executives tolerated its culture of sexual harassment during Ailes’ reign. Ailes has denied Carlson’s charges. But in September, 21st Century Fox paid Carlson $20 million to settle her lawsuit and issued a forceful apology, saying she “was not treated with the respect and dignity that she and all of our colleagues deserve.” In 2004, O’Reilly settled a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by a former Fox producer, Andrea Mackris.

Ellen Pao is new chief of diversity at Kapor Center Freada Kapor Klein lauds Pao’s ‘courage’ and ‘leadership skills’ Jessica Guynn USA TODAY FRANCISCO Ellen Pao, whose lawsuit against her former venture capital firm catapulted her into the heated debate over diversity in technology, is combining forces with two of the leaders in the push to bring more women and minorities into the industry. Technology veterans Freada Kapor Klein and her husband, Mitch Kapor, have been at the forefront of narrowing the racial and gender gap in the tech industry, taking sharp aim at venture capital. They said Pao will be the chief diversity and inclusion officer for Kapor Center for Social Impact and a venture partner at Kapor Capital. “We are thrilled to have Ellen on our team,” said Klein, partner at the Kapor Center. “While her long list of talents and accomplishments JUSTIN SULLIVAN, make her an exGETTY IMAGES cellent fit for Ellen Pao is this role, it is known for her values, her her gendercourage and her bias lawsuit leadership skills against Kleinthat will prove er Perkins. enormously valuable.” For decades, Silicon Valley has wrestled with its stark lack of racial and gender diversity. Nowhere is that more evident than in venture capital, which is dominated by white men who, by and large, fund very few start-ups founded by underrepresented minorities and women. The clubby profession is under growing pressure to make significant changes in the wake of a closely watched gender-discrimination lawsuit against Kleiner Perkins, one of Silicon Valley’s most famous firms. Pao lost her case, but international news coverage of the trial trained the spotlight on the stark lack of diversity in venture capital. Women, African Americans and Latinos are significantly underrepresented in the profession, with few holding decision-making positions, according to a report from the National Venture Capital Association and Deloitte University Leadership Center for Inclusion. Women make up 45% of the venture capital workforce, mostly in administrative roles, but just 11% of investment partners, or the equivalent, on venture investment teams. In an interview, Pao said her primary role will be as a chief diversity and inclusion officer, overseeing the Kapor Center’s efforts to bring greater diversity to the tech industry. But she’s also looking forward to reprising her role as a venture investor on a parttime basis. As a senior member of the team, she will help Kapor Capital make seed-stage investments in a diverse array of tech companies that are focused on education, health care, economic inclusion and access to opportunity, she said.

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Kia hopes new Stinger will leave a mark Automaker unveils sporty hatchback in effort to boost image Zlati Meyer Detroit Free Press

Kia expects the dynamic Stinger sporty hatchback’s looks and performance to raise the brand’s image to an all-new level. The new Stinger starts with the looks of Kia’s popular GT concept car and adds all- and rearwheel-drive, a pair of turbocharged engines and a

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quick-shifting 8-speed automatic transmission. The Stinger’s long nose, short rear deck, sweeping roofline and flared fenders demonstrate that Kia’s “tiger nose” styling theme can stretch from the brand’s previous family sedans and crossover SUVs to a European style sporty hatchback. Executive Vice President Michael Sprague said it’s “burning with passion and performance ... a car like nothing that has ever come before it.” He later added, “The Kia you know 10, or even five years ago, is gone.” Kia’s design studio in Frankfurt, Germany, styled the Stinger.

Engineers honed the car’s dynamics on Germany’s famed Nürburgring race course. Gregory Guillaume, a chief designer, said working on the Stinger was a dream come true for him. The Stinger will offer a 2-liter 255-horsepower turbocharged 4cylinder engine and a 365-horsepower, 3.3-liter twin-turbo V-6 engine. Features will include forward collision alert with autonomous emergency braking, pedestrian protection, adaptive cruise control, lane-keeping assist, color head-up display and 720-watt Harman/Kardon audio. It goes on sale late in 2017.

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Journalists take a peek at Kia’s 2017 Stinger Sedan during the North American International Auto Show in Detroit.

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Nissan revealed the Vmotion 2.0 concept car during the 2017 North American International Auto Show. NISSAN VMOTION CONCEPT MAY POINT TO ALTIMA

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The glitzy annual auto show here typically is a beauty contest for new cars, but this year it has become a forum for a bragging contest among CEOs who want to declare their companies are the most made-in-the-USA auto manufacturer. Automakers are practically tripping over themselves to show off their American factories following tweeted jabs by Presidentelect Donald Trump at companies that assemble vehicles in Mexico to sell in the U.S. There’s a lot at stake. As Trump threatens a 35% tax on imported vehicles, which would require extracting the U.S. from the North American Free Trade Agreement, industry executives are fretting that their major investments in Mexico suddenly could be in jeopardy. In some cases, automakers proactively trumpeted their U.S. investments at press conferences and in interviews at the Detroit auto show. In all cases, they’re well prepared to share statistics about their commitment to America, in addition to the claims: uGeneral Motors. “We have the highest domestic content” of any automaker and have made $11 billion in U.S. investments over the last two years, CEO Mary Barra told reporters. uFord Motor. “We are the largest employer of hourly automotive workers in the U.S.,” CEO Mark Fields said in an interview. Last week, Fields announced the company canceled plans to build a $1.6 billion plant in Mexico. uFiat Chrysler. The third of Detroit’s Big 3 automakers earned a laudatory tweet from Trump after announcing expansion of a pair of plants and plans to hire 2,000 workers. uToyota. Japan’s largest automaker has made “more than 25 million vehicles in the U.S. over the past 30 years, which honestly never ceases to amaze me,” CEO Akio Toyoda said at a press conference. Toyota said it would invest $10 billion over the next ﬁve years in U.S. operations. uVolkswagen. The German automaking giant noted its recent $1 billion investment in its Chattanooga, Tenn., plant to manufacture the new VW Atlas sport-utility vehicle. DETROIT

MADE IN AMERICA CONTEST After jabs from President-elect Trump, automakers from around the world tout their manufacturing ties in U.S. ASSEMBLY INCLUDED Percent of U.S.-sold vehicles assembled at U.S. plants: Ford Honda GM Fiat Chrysler Nissan Toyota Hyundai-Kia Subaru Daimler BMW Volkswagen Mazda

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Ford CEO Mark Fields said the automaker won’t build a $1.6 billion plant in Mexico. “We are a very strong, invested, good corporate citizen in the United States,” VW North America CEO Hinrich Woebcken told reporters. uHonda. President Takahiro Hachigo opened the Japanese automaker’s press conference by noting that 2017 is the 40th anniversary of Honda’s announcement of its ﬁrst American plant. The automaker now has 12 factories in the U.S. “We made this decision based on our commitment to make our

products close to our customers,” Hachigo said. Jeffrey Conrad, senior vice president and general manager, downplayed the political dynamics of those investment decisions but acknowledged that the impact of the Trump administration on the auto industry is the No. 1 issue discussed at the show. “The reality is, we have a president that hasn’t gone through an inauguration yet. Everything truly is speculation,” Conrad said. “We are going to look, wait and see, and we will react accordingly.” Many of the automaker’s pronouncements cover investment announcements that already were in the works. They raise questions about whether executives are playing a publicity game in hopes of halting momentum for import taxes, which could have a devastating effect. “The repercussions would be tremendous,” said Tom Webb, chief economist for Cox Automotive, which offers services to dealers and consumers. “You’re

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Toyota said it would invest $10 billion over the next five years in U.S. operations. talking about a tremendous falloff in terms of their basic corporate structure.” Barring any significant policy changes, the Center for Automotive Research projects that U.S. share of North American automotive production will fall to 58% by 2020, down from the previous low of 63% last year. That’s in part because Mexican automotive labor costs remain 80% lower than American labor, although higher expenses for security and transportation erode the savings gap. Most automakers have moved production of small cars to Mexico because they can’t make them profitably in the U.S. A 35% tariff would eliminate the savings of manufacturing in Mexico, Ford Chief Financial Officer Bob Shanks said. “It’s not even close,” he said. What’s unclear is how the auto industry would handle the extra costs of a tariff. The average Kentucky-assembled Toyota Camry would cost an extra $1,000 to manufacture because about 25% of its components are imported, Toyota North America CEO Jim Lentz said in an interview. “I understand what the president-elect is saying — he’s basically saying that we want to have a vibrant economy, that we want to be more competitive in the world,” Lentz said. “There will be some winners and there will be some losers, and the automotive sector would be a loser.” Some believe cars would get more expensive as automakers compensate. But Barclays analyst Brian Johnson said in a research note that there’s “likely little ability” for manufacturers to pass costs along to consumers in the form of higher prices because shoppers “are fairly price sensitive.” Ford and GM are particularly well positioned to weather a trade storm in North America because of their substantial U.S. operations. But Toyota, Nissan and Hyundai each import about half of their U.S.-sold vehicles, while Mercedes-Benz and BMW “import the most into the U.S.” despite exports from their American factories to foreign markets, Johnson noted. Contributing: Brent Snavely, Detroit Free Press

Nissan debuted the Vmotion concept car, showing how the rakish styling of the Maxima ﬂagship sedan and Murano SUV could translate to its bread-and-butter Altima family car. The name Vmotion refers to the shape of the car’s grille. Other design cues include a deep and sharp crease in the front doors, high deck and narrow head- and taillights. Lighting around the Nissan badge on the grille glows to indicate when the car is in ProPilot mode, Nissan’s autonomous system. Rear-hinged back doors open to create a wide entry with no center pillar.

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The 2017 Rogue Sport is a ﬁve-seater with styling like a Juke and a Rogue combined. NISSAN DOUBLES DOWN ON SUVS WITH ROGUE SPORT

Nissan broadens its already expansive SUV lineup with the reveal of the 2017 Rogue Sport, a ﬁve-seater that slots in between the funky little Juke and more mainstream Rogue. The Sport is about a foot shorter than the Rogue. It has conventional SUV looks with ﬂared fenders and a slimmer grille and headlights than the more family-oriented Rogue. Other features include pedestrian detection, automatic front braking, blind spot alert, 60/ 40 split folding rear seat, 19-inch wheels, Bluetooth compatibility, dual-zone climate control, remote start and lane departure warning and assist.

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Dietmar Voggenreiter of Audi unveils the Q8 concept SUV. AUDI PUSHES ULTRA-LUXURY WITH Q8 CONCEPT SUV

Audi is looking to push even higher into ultra-luxury with a Q8 concept SUV it introduced as it aims to win over a larger share of luxury SUV buyers. The sleek Q8 concept introduces a new design theme that shows the direction of all of Audi’s future models. The five-passenger Q8 is the first in a likely flood of SUVs at the high end of luxury brands’ model lines. The production version of the Q8 is expected to go on sale in 2019.

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Hidden Figures tells the true story of African-American mathematicians who overcame racism to play critical roles in NASAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s space program in the Jim Crow South of the early 1960s.

With â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Hidden Figures,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Google is looking to smash stereotypes Jessica Guynn @jguynn USA TODAY SAN FRANCISCO Google is hoping the stereotype-busting message in the new ďŹ lm Hidden Figures will encourage more women and people of color to study computer science. The ďŹ lm, which hit theaters Friday, tells the true story of African-American mathematicians Katherine Johnson (Taraji P. Henson), Dorothy Vaughan (Octavia Spencer) and Mary Jackson (Janelle MonĂĄe) who overcame racism to play critical roles in NASAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s space program in the Jim Crow South of the early 1960s. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s adapted from Margot Lee Shetterlyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s book by the same title. The women in the ďŹ lm are called computers for calculating the math that launches shuttles and rockets into space. Google is showing Hidden Figures to students across the country, and it has created a coding project around the ďŹ lmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s uplifting message to change popular perception about what computer science is and what computer scientists look like. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s such a phenomenal story of these incredible women,â&#x20AC;? said Lauren Baum, who works for Googleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Made with Code program that teaches basic coding to

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Googleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Made with Code is helping students create messages of equality inspired by the ďŹ lm Hidden Figures. girls. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When you see it and when you see their energy and their passion and the fact that they actually were the people behind launching John Glenn into space, that is something that students everywhere will really aspire to.â&#x20AC;? Women and people of color are frequently â&#x20AC;&#x153;hidden ďŹ guresâ&#x20AC;? in the tech industry, too. The ďŹ lm is being released as Silicon Valley faces growing pressure to bring greater diversity to the ranks of those building technology and working for tech companies. Seven of 10 Google employees are men, status quo for major Silicon Valley technology companies. Also largely unrepresented in the tech sector are African Americans and Latinos, particularly in technical and leadership roles.

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a pressing problem for Google and the industry at large. Latino and African-American buying power is on the rise, and Silicon Valley companies have ambitions that lap the globe. Having women and underrepresented minorities brainstorming and building, not just using, tech products is quickly becoming a business imperative. Gender and racial stereotypes often deter women and people of color from studying computer science and from pursuing careers in the tech industry, Google says. One of the problems: The perception that coding is the province of white nerdy men. Google has worked with Hollywood to change how computer science is portrayed on television and in ďŹ lm. The Internet giant has also funded research into the structural and social barriers that keep underrepresented students from studying computer science. Using a basic coding program introduced Friday, students can create personalized statements of equality inspired by Hidden Figures such as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Genius has no raceâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;I believe in equality.â&#x20AC;? In partnership with AMC movie theaters and local school districts, Google is hosting viewing parties in Austin, Atlanta, Boston and New York over the next couple of weeks. At the parties, students can watch and discuss the ďŹ lm and try their hand at coding.

SAN FRANCISCO Uber is going to make urban traffic and mobility data gleaned from its millions of drivers and riders using the Uber app freely available to all. The data, which shows anonymized travel times between points in cities, will be available on a public website called Uber Movement. Uber says it will ďŹ rst invite planning agencies and researchers to access the information and then make the website free to the public. The ďŹ rst cities will be Washington, D.C., Manila and Sydney. The San Francisco-based company decided to release the data when it realized it had â&#x20AC;&#x153;this very valuable but untapped resource for understanding a cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s transportation infrastructure,â&#x20AC;? said Andrew Salzberg, Uberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s head of transportation policy. Pegged to a transportation conference in Washington on Sunday, the release is also likely a bid to gain some goodwill in cities with which Uber has often had ďŹ ghts over regulation. The announcement comes as Uber, Lyft and other ride-hailing companies face demands from cities that they provide more information about their riders â&#x20AC;&#x201D; demands they long have opposed. The most recent square off is in New York City, where New Yorkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Taxi & Limousine Commission will hold a public hearing on Thursday to demand that Uber give the city information about where and when drivers drop off passengers, something taxi drivers already are required to do. Uber Movement doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t map individualsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; rides but rather segments of rides, focusing on travel time between speciďŹ c points, Jordan Gilbertson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re using ride data as a proxy; weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re taking periodic GPS trace pings during the rides,â&#x20AC;? he said. For example, the Uber data

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showed changes in travel times in the Washington area when parts of the regional Metro were shut down for repairs. The Uber data will give cities a low-cost way to do high-resolution travel time analysis. Robust traffic data of the sort needed by planners often is either expensive or out-of-date. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For us in the planning context, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very interesting,â&#x20AC;? said Jascha Franklin-Hodge, Bostonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s chief information officer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Oftentimes, cities and state transportation systems use things like toll transponders to show how long it takes to get from one place to another. But those are on ďŹ xed routes. Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s interesting is this allow us to look at a lot of different routes.â&#x20AC;? The Uber data makes it possible to reliably estimate how long it takes to get from one area of a city to another by analyzing mul-

â&#x20AC;&#x153;This gives people tools to ask us questions. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really powerful.â&#x20AC;? Jascha Franklin-Hodge, Bostonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s chief information officer

tiple trips over time. To protect the privacy of drivers and passengers, only areas with relatively high trip volume are included. The company has been beta testing the program in Washington. The data initially will be available in a limited number of cities, which will be added to over time. Uber currently is active in 450 cities worldwide. While the data isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t comprehensive enough to allow city planners to rely solely on it, it will be helpful. It also should be a boost to public engagement with planners, Franklin-Hodge said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This gives people tools to ask us questions. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really powerful. We believe in having an informed public and having conversations that are rooted in facts, so the more facts that are available, the better,â&#x20AC;? he said.

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Stay in game for many years

Price: $16.40 Day’s high: $17.55

Q: What is a ‘long-term’ investor, anyway?

The specialty pharmaceutical company reported that it will sell some of its business segments for around $2 billion. It intends to use proceeds to reduce its debt load. Along with positive results for its late-stage psoriasis trial, shares traded higher.

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A: There’s a joke on Wall Street that a long-term investor is one who is losing so much money on a stock that they can’t afford to sell it. But there’s more to being a patient investor than just someone who doesn’t want to realize a loss. Investors are constantly reminded that the biggest spoils go to those who wait. Long-term investors should expect to keep their money in the market for many years, not months or even a year or two. The data certainly

Valeant Pharmaceuticals

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bear this out. The Standard & Poor’s 500 rose 6.5% on average each of the two years between Jan. 1, 2015, and Dec. 31, 2016, Index Fund Advisors says. But investors who held on for ﬁve years through the end of last year earned a 14.6% average annual return. The time periods you choose certainly can alter these numbers. The 10-year average annual gain between Jan. 1, 2007, and Dec. 31, 2016, was 6.95%, which is below the market’s very long average annual return of roughly 10%. But that’s the point. The longer investors stay in the market and ignore the short-term ups and downs, the more they can capture the power of earnings, growth and the proﬁts of capitalism.

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Price: $96.75 Day’s high: $97.90 Low: $95.55

4-WEEK TREND

Alibaba

$100

$96.75

$80

Dec. 13

Jan. 10

RUSSELL

+20.00

COMPOSITE

+13.41

RUSSELL 2000 INDEX

CLOSE: 5,551.82 PREV. CLOSE: 5,531.82 RANGE: 5,528.11-5,564.25

19,855.53

CLOSE: 2,268.90 PREV. CLOSE: 2,268.90 RANGE: 2,265.27-2,279.27

RUT

CHANGE: +.0% YTD: +13.77 YTD % CHG: +1.0%

Company (ticker symbol)

Illumina (ILMN) Up on human genome sequencing plans.

17,500

July

$ Chg

YTD % Chg % Chg

165.04 +23.50

+16.6 +28.9

Price

+1.42

+6.4

+9.2

2,050

July

Jan.

July

Jan. AP

Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) Shares up on China outlook.

15.55

+6.2

+10.1

+.87

+5.9

+17.9

Alaska Air Group (ALK) 92.00 +4.53 Stock rating raised to buy on Virgin America deal.

+5.2

+3.7

373.00 +17.94

+5.1

Fund, ranked by size Vanguard 500Adml Vanguard TotStIAdm Vanguard InstIdxI Vanguard TotStIdx Vanguard InstPlus Vanguard TotIntl Vanguard TotStIIns Vanguard WelltnAdm American Funds GrthAmA m American Funds IncAmerA m

MARKET PERFORMANCE BY SECTOR

NAV 209.46 56.90 206.68 56.88 206.69 15.05 56.91 68.08 43.20 21.86

Chg. unch. +0.07 unch. +0.07 unch. +0.03 +0.07 +0.02 +0.17 -0.01

4wk 1 +0.6% +0.4% +0.6% +0.4% +0.6% +1.3% +0.4% +0.8% +1.1% +0.8%

YTD 1 +1.4% +1.5% +1.4% +1.5% +1.4% +2.2% +1.5% +0.9% +2.8% +0.9%

TOP 10 EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS +4.9

+9.8

Qorvo (QRVO) 56.40 +2.03 Shares up as company introduces new modules.

+3.7

+7.0

General Motors (GM) Company sees higher profit in 2017.

37.35

+1.34

+3.7

+7.2

Delphi Automotive (DLPH) Shares rises in optimistic market.

70.47

+2.41

+3.5

+4.6

Price

$ Chg

YTD % Chg % Chg

28.50

-3.43

-10.7

-8.5

Endo International (ENDP) Opana ER will be reviewed by FDA, shares dip.

15.31

-1.10

-6.7

-7.0

Ventas (VTR) 2017 outlook misses estimates.

61.16

-2.29

-3.6

-2.2

Verisign (VRSN) 79.25 Breaks winning streak and dips for first time in 2017.

-2.57

-3.1

+4.2

CF Industries (CF) Stock rating cut to neutral at UBS.

32.73

-1.04

-3.1

+4.0

Welltower (HCN) Rent growth might slow in 2017.

66.32

-2.08

-3.0

-.9

Envision Healthcare (EVHC) Fund manager buys, shares lose momentum.

65.22

-2.03

-3.0

+3.0

ETF, ranked by volume Dirx Jr GoldMin Bull VanE Vect Gld Miners Dir Dly Gold Bull3x SPDR S&P500 ETF Tr SPDR Financial iShs Emerg Mkts CS VelSh 3xInvrsNGs iShs China Large Cap Barc iPath Vix ST US Oil Fund LP

Ticker JNUG GDX NUGT SPY XLF EEM DGAZ FXI VXX USO

Close 8.44 22.62 9.54 226.46 23.43 36.12 4.12 36.27 21.90 11.07

Chg. +0.52 +0.16 +0.17 unch. +0.05 +0.21 -0.72 +0.47 -0.14 -0.24

% Chg %YTD +6.6% +51.3% +0.7% +8.1% +1.8% +24.9% unch. +1.3% +0.2% +0.8% +0.6% +3.2% -14.9% +36.0% +1.3% +4.5% -0.6% -14.2% -2.1% -5.5%

INTEREST RATES

MORTGAGE RATES

Type Prime lending Federal funds 3 mo. T-bill 5 yr. T-note 10 yr. T-note

Type 30 yr. fixed 15 yr. fixed 1 yr. ARM 5/1 ARM

Close 6 mo ago 3.75% 3.50% 0.66% 0.40% 0.50% 0.28% 1.88% 0.95% 2.38% 1.36%

54.64

-1.43

-2.6

+1.0

OneOK (OKE) Keeps rating but shares dip in losing industry.

56.07

-1.41

-2.5

-2.3

HCP (HCP) Fund manager cuts; negative business outlook.

30.05

-.76

-2.5

+1.1

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PERFORMANCE DAILY YTD

Energy

-0.9%

22.9%

Industrials

0.4%

18.7%

Materials

0.1%

16.6%

Technology

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15.3%

Utilities

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11.0%

Consumer discret. 0.4%

6.9%

0.1%

3.2%

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Commodities Close Prev. Cattle (lb.) 1.20 1.17 Corn (bushel) 3.58 3.60 Gold (troy oz.) 1,184.20 1,183.50 Hogs, lean (lb.) .65 .64 Natural Gas (Btu.) 3.28 3.10 Oil, heating (gal.) 1.61 1.64 Oil, lt. swt. crude (bar.) 50.82 51.96 Silver (troy oz.) 16.80 16.63 Soybeans (bushel) 10.06 9.97 Wheat (bushel) 4.27 4.27

Chg. +0.03 -0.02 +0.70 +0.01 +0.18 -0.03 -1.14 +0.17 +0.09 unch.

% Chg. +2.6% -0.5% +0.1% +2.0% +5.6% -1.6% -2.2% +1.0% +0.9% -0.1%

% YTD +0.4% +1.8% +3.0% -1.7% -12.0% -5.5% -5.4% +5.4% +0.9% +4.6%

Close .8222 1.3229 6.9240 .9470 115.73 21.7428

Consumer staples -0.5%

Close 11,583.30 22,744.85 19,301.44 7,275.47 45,886.27

Prev. .8222 1.3229 6.9348 .9455 116.06 21.3693

Prev. 11,563.99 22,558.69 19,454.33 7,237.77 45,553.52

Health care

0.4%

-0.7%

Financials

0.2%

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CBOE VOLATILITY INDEX Measures expected market volatility based on S&P 500 index options pricing:

11.49

20 30

6 mo. ago .7721 1.3044 6.6867 .9051 100.46 18.4974

Yr. ago .6888 1.4135 6.5973 .9172 117.67 17.9005

-0.08 (-0.7%) S&P 500 P/E RATIO The price-to-earnings ratio, based on trailing 12-month “operating” earnings: 15

FOREIGN MARKETS Country Frankfurt Hong Kong Japan (Nikkei) London Mexico City

1.9%

FOREIGN CURRENCIES Currency per dollar British pound Canadian dollar Chinese yuan Euro Japanese yen Mexican peso

Telcom

Close 6 mo ago 3.99% 3.64% 3.14% 2.67% 3.06% 2.79% 3.34% 2.86%

COMMODITIES

Halliburton (HAL) Reverses gain on positive note as sector suffers.

SECTOR

1 – CAPITAL GAINS AND DIVIDENDS REINVESTED

+1.6

414.48 +19.42

Williams Companies (WMB) Price target lowered, shares follow.

2,250

2,268.90

TOP 10 MUTUAL FUNDS

113.67 +6.67

Company (ticker symbol)

STANDARD & POOR’S 500

4,800

Zimmer Biomet Holdings (ZBH) Preliminary quarterly results top estimates.

Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG) Sales began to rebound in December.

5,551.82

5,600

CLOSE: 1,370.90 PREV. CLOSE: 1,357.49 RANGE: 1,357.74-1,371.49

Boston Scientific (BSX) 23.61 CEO eases growth prospect worries, shares advance.

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (REGN) Rises as Sanofi plans to appeal Praluent case.

Jan.

NASDAQ COMPOSITE

S&P 500’S BIGGEST GAINERS/LOSERS

LOSERS

Dec. 13

STANDARD & POOR'S

CHANGE: unch. YTD: +30.07 YTD % CHG: +1.3%

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GAINERS

$30

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COMP

CHANGE: +.4% YTD: +168.70 YTD % CHG: +3.1%

$42.30

$50

The Chinese e-commerce company is pushing to buy Intime Retail, a department store and mall operator in China. The deal is worth about $2.6 billion and is a 53.6% premium over the stock’s 60-day average closing price. It already owns a 28% stake.

Change $2.03

Jan. 10

4-WEEK TREND

CEO Marissa Mayer and co-founder David Filo plan to step down from the company’s board when its sale to Verizon is complete. The tech ﬁrm also plans to change its name to Altaba.

S&P 500

SPX

INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE

CHANGE: -.2% YTD: +92.93 YTD % CHG: +.5%

Dec. 13

DOW JONES INDUSTRIALS

DOW JONES

DJIA

$10

Yahoo

Change $0.96

$16.40

$20

Price: $42.30 Day’s high: $42.37 Low: $41.54

MAJOR INDEXES -31.85

Low: $16.10

Change +19.31 +186.16 -152.89 +37.70 +332.76

%Chg. +0.2% +0.8% -0.8% +0.5% +0.7%

7.5

YTD % +0.9% +3.4% +1.0% +1.9% +0.5%

20.85 22.5

SOURCES: MORNINGSTAR, DOW JONES INDEXES, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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IRS urged to shift focus away from tax enforcement Kevin McCoy @kmccoynyc USA TODAY

The Internal Revenue Service should shift its focus from tax enforcement to taxpayer service in an effort to build trust and conﬁdence, a new government report says. The nation’s tax agency currently spends nearly half its $11.2 billion appropriated budget on audits and enforcement and less than 6% on taxpayer outreach

and education, National Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olson said Tuesday in an annual report to Congress. As a result, IRS employees were able to answer only 38% of the taxpayer phone calls during the federal government’s 2015 ﬁscal year and 53% last year, the report said. Those who managed to get through waited on hold for an average of 30 minutes and 18 minutes, respectfully, in those years. “To create an environment that encourages taxpayer trust and conﬁdence, the IRS must

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change its culture from one that is enforcement-oriented to one that is service-oriented,” said Olson, who heads the independent IRS office focused on taxpayer

rights. “This is not to say we should ignore those who are actively evading tax,” Olson added. “Rather, it is to say we should design our tax system around the taxpayers who are trying to comply, instead of those who are actively trying not to.” IRS Commissioner John Koskinen said he “reject(s) inaccurate stereotypes that the IRS is just focused on tax enforcement.” “We strongly believe that a balanced approach to taxpayer service and tax enforcement is critical to running a sound tax system,” Koskinen added.

However, the call for a mission overhaul could resonate on Capitol Hill during this year’s start of a new White House administration and a congressional session expected to focus on tax reform and other issues involving the IRS. The report said the tax code should be simpliﬁed to provide easier ﬁling for individuals and businesses. “In an enforcement-oriented tax agency, if taxpayers ... make a mistake, they are treated as if they are tax evaders,” the report said. “This treatment, in turn, breeds resentment.”

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When junior quarterback Deshaun Watson led Clemson past Alabama in a championship game thriller Monday night, it was another reminder of a lifeblood to the multibillion-dollar college football industry: a monopoly on players three years or

fewer removed from their high school graduating class, who by rule are ineligible to enter the NFL draft. What if some of those players didn’t have to wait to go pro? The people behind a new professional league that hopes to launch in 2018 say they don’t intend to compete with the NCAA. They have a long way to go ﬁnancially and otherwise just to get their venture off the ground. But

if they can play even one season, paying the bills and cutting 18- to 22-year-olds in on the action, it’s easy to see where the impact could be signiﬁcant. “It’ll make sense for a lot of young men and a lot of families,” longtime NFL receiver Ed McCaffrey, one of the nascent Pacific Pro Football League’s cofounders, told USA TODAY v STORY CONTINUES ON 4C

FIRST WORD IT WAS CALM. NO ONE OVER THERE PANICKED. ... I SAID LET’S BE LEGENDARY, LET’S BE GREAT.” Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson, on what he told his teammates before the final drive that ended with the game-winning touchdown with one second left against Alabama. NAMES TO KNOW ALABAMA, AUBURN, OHIO STATE, FLORIDA STATE MAGIC NUMBER

Ranking on four recruiting sites (247, ESPN, Rivals, Scout) for Alabama’s projected football signing class. National signing day is Feb. 1. Clemson is tied for 13th. TWEETS OF THE DAY @RepJeffDuncan To win it in under two minutes after blowing the first and only lead you had all night! Clemson Tigers 2016 National Champions! Rep. Jeff Duncan, R-S.C., and 1988 Clemson grad. MATTHEW EMMONS, USA TODAY SPORTS

@MarkIngram22 Congrats to Clemson and coach Dabo!! Them boys were the better team tonight! We will be back, believe that!! #RollTide Mark Ingram II, the former Alabama running back and 2009 Heisman Trophy winner, congratulating Clemson.

“Clemson has arrived,” Tigers linebacker Ben Boulware said after Monday’s victory. “It took us 35 years, but we’re here now.”

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The celebration was already swirling on the sideline, but the selection committee member urged caution. “We’ve got to get that one sec-

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ALMOST LAST WORD “I TOLD THE PLAYERS I WAS PROUD OF WHAT THEY ACCOMPLISHED THIS YEAR. ... ONE GAME DOESN’T DEFINE WHO YOU ARE.” Alabama coach Nick Saban. LAST WORD “ON THURSDAY, I HAVE MY FIRST MEETING WITH THE 2017 TEAM. ALL I CAN TELL YOU IS THE BEST IS YET TO COME WITH CLEMSON.” Clemson coach Dabo Swinney.

ond,” Clemson athletics director Dan Radakovich said, to no one in particular but anyone within earshot. “One more second!” A second stretched into several minutes during an official review. But then, finally, an instant classic was finished: Clemson 35, Alabama 31. And as the party really cranked up, it was time to pick your story line. Dabo Swinney and the Tigers finally climbed all the way to the

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top, completing an eight-year building project, winning the school’s ﬁrst national championship since 1981. “There was really only one lid left on the program,” Swinney said, “and that was to win the whole dadgum thing.” The problem for Clemson, like so many others, was Alabama. But with Deshaun Watson’s touchdown pass to Hunter Renfrow with one second left, the Ti-

Find a store near you at serta.com The name is Hunter Greene. You might not know him, but every team in baseball recognizes that he’s perhaps the most gifted amateur baseball player in this country, projected to be the ﬁrst player chosen in June’s draft. Greene, who ﬁrst attended the Urban Youth Academy in Compton, Calif., when he was 7, also represents Major League Baseball’s potential star role model in its battle to reverse the industry’s scarcity of African-Ameri-

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gers knocked off college football’s biggest dragon. It was the ultimate ending for a program whose coach likes to say stuff like, “Bring Your Own Guts” — and whatever that means, no one doubts Swinney means it. No one doubts this, either. “Clemson has arrived,” senior linebacker Ben Boulware said. “It v STORY CONTINUES ON 5C

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Hunter Greene, right, will be at MLB’s Dream Series event this weekend in Arizona.

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Sports. “As far as catching, maybe there’s only one or two Afrilected with the No. 1 overall can Americans I’ve ever seen, pick. When Greene isn’t pitch- and none in our league. Maybe ing, he plays shortstop, possess- there just hasn’t been as many ing tremendous bat skills and opportunities, I don’t know, but hopefully that can change.” sheer, raw power. Darrell Miller, director of He’s America’s amateur version of Shohei Otani, Japan’s MLB’s Urban Youth Academy, two-way baseball star who will thinks a renewed focus on pitchbecome one of the sport’s high- ing and catching should make a est-paid players once he comes difference. It’s absurd that Canadian-born Russell Martin of the to the USA. Greene will be the center- Toronto Blue Jays is baseball’s piece this weekend at MLB’s lone black catcher. There hasn’t inaugural Dream Series in Tem- been an everyday African-Amerpe, Ariz., providing exposure ican catcher since Charles Johnto about 65 minority pitchers son 12 years ago. Perhaps if more African and catchers, primarily African Americans are funneled into Americans. MLB, with its African-Ameri- these positions, MLB reasons, can population hovering around this spiral could end. “I honestly have no idea why 8%, is trying to focus its efforts on attracting more pitchers and it got to be like this,” said Miller, catchers. There were only 14 Af- who spent parts of ﬁve years as a rican-American pitchers on major league catcher in the opening-day rosters last year — 1980s. “I remember taking a (re1.6% of all major league pitchers cent) picture with Charles Johnson and — and just Lenny Webone black Caster. I’m nadian-born “We’ve got to thinking, catcher. show them if you ‘Wow, when Considerhave we ever ing every want to be in the seen three Afteam employs big leagues, rican-Ameri12 or 13 pitchcan catchers ers on its 25- maybe the best in the same man roster way is through room at the along with at same time?’ least two pitching or “It’s a little catchers, catching.” bit like the nearly 60% of job opportu- Darrell Miller, director of Major League quarterback syndrome in nities are un- Baseball’s Urban Youth Academy football. The available if catcher is the quarterback, he you don’t play those positions. Now with the help of Greene runs the game, and there has to and baseball’s Dream Series, be a lot of trust in that regard. “Maybe it’s our fault, too. baseball is hoping to show that it’s cool to be a pitcher or catcher Maybe we haven’t sold it right. while inviting collegiate and pro- These kids want to hit, want to fessional scouts to take a look for be an athlete and show athletithemselves this weekend at the cism. We’ve got to show them if Los Angeles Angels spring train- you want to be in the big leagues, maybe the best way is through ing complex. “I love pitching, but there’s so pitching or catching. “That’s why this Dream Series few African-American pitchers I see out there,” Greene, a senior is really important, making at Notre Dame High School near that message apparent to these Los Angeles, told USA TODAY young, gifted African-American

athletes.” Just in case these kids wonder whether there can actually be a career opportunity on the pitcher’s mound or behind the plate, there will be prime examples this weekend serving as instructors under coordinator Jerry Manuel. Former major league pitchers Dave Stewart, LaTroy Hawkins, Ken Hill, Marvin Freeman and Darren Oliver will be on hand, as well as Johnson and Webster as catching coordinators. “I’m just ecstatic to see this happening,” says Hawkins, a catcher and pitcher throughout his high school career in Gary, Ind., before embarking on a 21year major league career as a pitcher. “I haven’t seen a black catcher since Charles Johnson. And now to see these many African-American pitchers and catchers all together, it can give them hope.” Greene, who committed to UCLA but is expected to turn pro, says he relishes the opportunity to be a role model, no matter if he’s a pitcher or a shortstop. No offense to Greene’s future employer’s desires, but MLB would love to see him make it as a pitcher. “If you see a guy like Hunter become a really high pick as a pitcher, I’d be thrilled,” Miller says. “Talking about it is one thing, but seeing guys come through the academies, and the impact he could have on the mound, it gives these kids a vehicle, knowing there’s a chance. That’s really what this is about, giving kids the best opportunity. And if you want to increase your chances of playing in the major leagues, you’d be foolish to pass up the opportunity to be a pitcher or catcher. We have never driven that message home before, but we sure are now.” Perhaps, just in time. FOLLOW COLUMNIST BOB NIGHTENGALE

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Leaders from 19 National AntiDoping Organizations have called for the exclusion of Russia from competing in or hosting international events until the country complies with the world antidoping code. Meeting in Dublin, the group furthered recommendations it has made since August in calling for Russia’s exclusion in the wake of a second report from Canadian lawyer Richard McLaren released last month. McLaren’s report, which was the second investigation commissioned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), revealed more details on a widespread system of doping in which Russian sport leaders worked in conjunction with the government to subvert anti-doping rules and cover up positive tests. “We know the expression ‘kick the can down the street,’ and people forget about the harm and it’s out of the headlines,” said Travis Tygart, CEO of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency. “And this group is committed to ensuring that doesn’t happen because it’s too important to clean athletes. “Speciﬁcally, what the second McLaren report raised is to renew the call that Russia should be excluded from international competition and no events being held in Russia until and unless they’re code-compliant and clean themselves up. Everyone is fully supportive of that effort.” The meeting, hosted by Sport Ireland, was the third in six months for a group that called for stronger and more independent governance for WADA among its recommendations after a summit in Copenhagen in August. The NADO leaders called for the international federations that govern each sport to remove international competitions from Russia and put in place a moratorium on awarding new competitions to the country. Events in bobsled, speedskating and biathlon have been pulled out of Russia for this year. The recommendation for exclusion would apply to two key events in 2018 — the Winter Olympics and FIFA’s men’s World Cup — should Russia remain non-compliant with the code, NADO leaders said. McLaren’s report revealed subversion of doping controls at the Sochi Olympics in 2014 and a system that tainted the results for the London Games in 2012 as well. South Korea hosts the Olympics in 13 months and Russia hosts the World Cup in 2018. In an interview with Germa-

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The Russian flag is raised during the closing ceremony of the 2014 Sochi Olympics. ny’s Der Spiegel last month, FIFA President Gianni Infantino indicated that taking the event out of Russia was not an option. “There is time, but they need to satisfy the world that they are fully compliant and they need to satisfy WADA that they are fully compliant,” said John Treacy, CEO of Sport Ireland. “From reading that type of press, you would anticipate they have an awful long way to go.” Russia has largely denied the existence of a state-sponsored system since revelations began in 2014. WADA declared Russia’s national anti-doping agency noncompliant in November 2015 and brought in UK Anti-Doping to assist with testing last spring. The Russian Anti-Doping Agency remains out of code compliance, and WADA has detailed continued attempts to obstruct and obfuscate the testing process. While the NADO leaders called for the exclusion of Russia while the country’s anti-doping agency is out of compliance with the code, they offered to help apply standardized criteria that would assess the anti-doping record of Russian competitors and potentially allow them to compete as neutral athletes. The International Paralympic Committee and the International Association of Athletics Federations have adopted such steps. Reflecting concern about the varied ways dozens of international federations might handle cases of Russian athletes from the McLaren report, NADO leaders called on WADA “to ensure evidence is investigated and appropriate consequences are applied.” McLaren identified 695 Russian athletes as part of the manipulations to conceal potentially positive drug tests, leading to concerns that some federations might not have the resources or expertise to manage a high volume of cases. “We’re all very much of the one mind, and I suppose what we’re trying to do is work hard to ensure that sport is clean for our clean athletes,” Treacy said. “We all have rigorous programs in place in our countries. “We want to make sure that every country has rigorous systems in place that stack up to scrutiny.”

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Larry Nassar, once a doctor to gymnasts, also faces criminal charges.

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Eighteen women joined a civil lawsuit that names USA Gymnastics, a high-proﬁle gymnastics club and Michigan State, claiming the defendants failed to protect them from sexual abuse by physician Larry Nassar. It’s the third civil suit claiming sexual abuse by Nassar, who worked for USA Gymnastics for 29 years, including at four Olympics. He left USA Gymnastics quietly in 2015, saying he was retiring. USA Gymnastics said it ﬁred him and reported him to the FBI after learning of “athlete concerns.” Last year,

Nassar was charged in Michigan state court with three counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct with a person younger than 13 and in federal court with receipt, attempted receipt and possession of child pornography. The criminal charges came after an investigation by The Indianapolis Star revealed sexual abuse allegations against Nassar by former gymnast Rachael Denhollander and an unnamed Olympic medalist. The civil suit filed Tuesday in federal court in Michigan said USA Gymnastics was grossly negligent for failing to notify university officials or the public of the reason Nassar left his position. In a statement to The Star, USA Gymnastics said it “finds the allegations against Dr. Nassar very disturbing.”

hauled it in inches before it fell out of bounds and sprinted 109 yards for a massive momentum swing in the Cougars’ favor. Houston went on to win 33-23. uThe American Football Coaches Association named Colorado’s Mike MacIntyre the Bowl Subdivision Coach of the Year and James Madison’s Mike Houston the Championship Subdivision Coach of the Year. ALABAMA RUNNING BACK SUFFERS BROKEN LEG

Alabama tailback Bo Scarbrough broke a bone in his lower right leg in the national championship game. Coach Nick Saban said Scarbrough wouldn’t require surgery and was expected to re-

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Former Houston coach Tom Herman, who recently was hired to the same position at Texas, won the USA TODAY Sports Play Call of the Year Award for the game-changing touchdown return of a missed Oklahoma ﬁeld goal during a 33-23 win Sept. 3. Houston led 19-17 in the third quarter, and the Sooners were attempting a 53-yard ﬁeld goal. Herman had Brandon Wilson stand back deep in case the kick came up short. It did. Wilson

cover fully. He was injured late in the third quarter of Monday’s 3531 loss to Clemson. He had 93 rushing yards and ﬁrst-half touchdowns of 25 and 37 yards in his second career start. PEPPERS LEAVING MICHIGAN

Jabrill Peppers, Michigan’s doeverything redshirt sophomore, announced he was forgoing his last two years of college eligibility and declaring for the NFL draft. WORLD CUP FIELD HITS 48

FIFA will expand the World Cup to 48 teams, adding 16 nations to the 2026 event, which likely will be in North America. President Gianni Infantino’s favored plan — 16 three-team groups, with the top two in each advancing to a Round of 32 — was unanimously approved by the FIFA Council. It meets Infantino’s election pledge of a bigger, more inclusive event going beyond European and South American teams, which have won all 20 titles. The continents should ﬁnd out by May how many extra places they’ll get. RAISMAN, BILES POSE FOR ‘SI’

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Bo Scarbrough had a huge start in the national championship game.

Olympic gold medal-winning gymnasts Simone Biles and Aly Raisman are vaulting into a new arena: the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. The two stars — who combined for eight medals in the 2016 Rio Games — posed at

several spots in the Houston area not far from Biles’ hometown of Spring, Texas, for photographer James Macari. Biles, 19, who captured the Olympic all-around title as well as gold medals in the team, vault and ﬂoor exercise, does a handstand in one promo shot provided by the magazine. Raisman, 22, who has been an advocate for promoting a positive and healthy body image for young women, won six medals combined between the 2012 and 2016 Games, including a silver on ﬂoor exercise behind Biles in Rio. UCONN MAKES IT 90 IN ROW

Top-ranked Connecticut (15-0) tied its NCAA record with its 90th consecutive win, routing No. 21 South Florida 102-37. The Huskies matched the streak Geno Auriemma’s women’s program set between November 2008 and December 2010. NO. 1 BAYLOR MEN FALL

Nathan Adrian broke out of a shooting slump with a careerhigh 22 points and No. 9 West Virginia (14-2, 3-1 Big 12) beat visiting No. 1 Baylor (15-1, 3-1) 89-68 on Tuesday in the Bears’ ﬁrst game as the top-ranked team in program history. No. 5 Gonzaga (15-0) is the only remaining unbeaten men’s team in Division I. From staff and wire reports

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TRAGEDY AT NORTHWESTERN HITS HOME Player’s suicide at alma mater heartbreaking Christine Brennan cbrennan@usatoday.com USA TODAY Sports

She sat to my right as I spoke to the team, one of a dozen faces looking at me as I looked back at them in the visiting locker room at the University of Maryland on Saturday afternoon. I didn’t know her. We had met brieﬂy a year earlier, just a handshake, nothing more. Nonetheless, 19-year-old sophomore guard Jordan Hankins, sitting in a chair in her purple uniform just minutes after a tough loss to the Terrapins, was someone I had come to talk to, and to thank. In addition to being a columnist and commentator, I’m on the board of trustees at my alma mater, Northwestern University. One of my great joys is to be a part of the lives of as many NU students as possible, including our women’s sports teams. So, when the basketball team was coming to play in the Washington, D.C., suburbs near my home, it was only natural that I’d pay a visit to the locker room after the game. Coach Joe McKeown asked me to say a few words. It had been a

Northwestern guard Jordan Hankins (5), shown in a game last March, was found dead in her dorm room Monday in Evanston, Ill. Tuesday, the sophomore’s death was ruled a suicide. difficult game, a 96-65 loss to third-ranked Maryland, but I didn’t want to focus on that. I wanted to focus on the players. They are amazing students. They are terriﬁc athletes. And they will be great leaders in our country for the next 50 years.

I said all of that. I also made sure to thank them for the wonderful way they represent the university. It was just a few minutes, but I hoped they felt a little better when I was done. The game was important, yes, but there was so much more ahead

for each of them. As the players got up, I said hello to a few of them. I didn’t speak to Jordan, but my sister did. She had come to the game with me and snapped a few photos. In that cramped space as we were about to leave, she hap-

pened to ﬁnd herself next to Jordan for a moment. “Good game,” she said. Jordan thanked her. And that was that — until Monday night, when the news broke that Jordan had died in her dorm room on campus in Evanston, Ill., the same dorm I lived in my freshman and sophomore years. My sister had texted me the photos she took, so I started looking through them, and sure enough, there was Jordan. She was partially obscured by a teammate, but I could see that she was listening intently. The photo was heartbreaking. In a room full of young women with their whole lives ahead of them, one would be gone in less than 48 hours. On Tuesday, the Cook County (Ill.) Medical Examiner’s report on Jordan was released. Her death was ruled a suicide. She hanged herself. It’s hard to take my eyes off the photo from the locker room. There are Jordan and her teammates, looking serious, even glum, because they had just lost an important Big Ten basketball game. These are competitive, strong, bright women. It was understandable, of course, that they would feel that way. They, and all of us around them, had no idea what was to come. FOLLOW COLUMNIST CHRISTINE BRENNAN

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In 13 Cup seasons, Carl Edwards was in the top ﬁve in points six times. He was fourth in 2016.

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Carl Edwards, you iconoclast. You extremely interesting, intensely private man. You apparently are ready to add another element to the saga that was your laureled and on-the-cusp-ofgreat NASCAR career. And you apparently are ready to do that by ending your NASCAR career — at least for now. Joe Gibbs Racing isn’t commenting but has called two news conferences for Wednesday, perfect for a retirement announcement and promotion of in-house product and Xfinity Series champion Daniel Suarez to the No. 19 Toyota that Edwards used to finish fourth in the final Cup series standings in 2016. On the face of it, this is truly stunning. A 37-year-old former substitute teacher who passed out busi-

ness cards in garages before signing with then-power Roush Fenway Racing in 2003, Edwards has 28 wins in 445 starts over 13 seasons at NASCAR’s top level. He was second in points in 2008. And he lost the 2011 championship despite finishing second in the season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway because Tony Stewart won the race to claim his third and final title. He was one of four drivers eligible to finally win that elusive crown in November but was involved in a late incident blocking Joey Logano that wrecked away his chances. In a moment and in a Chase for the Sprint Cup format that has engendered and at times celebrated the release of rage, Edwards was the model of decorum, accepting responsibility to the point of flabbergasting his peers. If Edwards was contemplating retirement before that moment, then the moment is all the more incredible. Or he’s all the more ready for what’s next. His last chance at a Cup championship was gone. He didn’t seem to be taking farewell looks at the place before he strode off into his next chapter.

After getting his first career Xfinity Series win and ultimately the series title in 2016, it seemed as though Daniel Suarez was a year or two from making it to NASCAR’s top level. But Carl Edwards’ shocking and sudden retirement created a void in Joe Gibbs Racing’s No. 19 car — and that will be filled by Suarez, a person with direct knowledge of the situation told USA TODAY Sports on Tuesday. The person was not authorized to speak publicly. So NASCAR’s greatest hope for diversity at its top level of racing suddenly has arrived, and Suarez will be the first Mexican-born driver to compete full time in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. He’ll have a great chance for success, considering he has a

coveted spot at JGR and will be driving a car capable of winning races. Is he ready for the big leagues? That’s debatable, given his relative lack of experience. Suarez, 25, excelled in NASCAR’s Mexico Series but didn’t start driving regularly in the U.S. national series (Cup, Xﬁnity and Camping World Truck) until 2015. He has never made a start in the Cup series, nor were there any announced plans to do so this year. But the thought was JGR was grooming him to get there eventually, especially with sponsor Arris — which he shared with Edwards — behind him. Another year focusing solely on Xﬁnity would have served him well, but circumstances didn’t work out that way. With JGR farming out its other top prospect, Erik Jones, to affiliate Furniture Row Racing for at least the 2017 season, the time became now for Suarez to make the Cup jump. Now Jones and Suarez will compete against each other for rookie of the year honors, another sign NASCAR’s next generation is arriving faster than expected.

Maybe he returns as a television analyst. Jeff Gordon made a successful transition after retiring following the 2015 season. Dale Earnhardt Jr. was good at it in a spot role last season. And full-time Cup driver Kevin Harvick will expand his booth time this season during Xﬁnity Series races. If so, the image of Edwards retrenching to the seclusion of the Missouri farm to mind the corn and safeguard the privacy of his family will be somewhat deromanticized. Exiting a job with NASCAR’s most successful team the last two years, at the peak of his talents, remains highly unusual in a sport in which drivers, like boxers, often linger a bit long, seeking the fairy-tale ﬁnish. Edwards has seemed pained to venture too far into private details in the past, to extend himself too far for risk of damage — whether lobbying for competitive changes or some other issue. But it will certainly be interesting to hear his reasoning this time. FOLLOW REPORTER BRANT JAMES

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Daniel Suarez, enjoying his Xﬁnity Series championship in November, has shown talent but is short on experience.

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SEAHAWKS’ MALIGNED O-LINE NOW PAVING WAY Lindsay H. Jones @bylindsayhjones USA TODAY Sports SEATTLE The Seattle Seahawks offensive linemen have heard what everyone has been saying, how they’re viewed as the weak link on a championship-caliber team and are more of a liability than an asset. They hear the detractors. They’re just trying not to take that criticism too seriously. After performances like the one they had in a 26-6 wild-card victory against the Detroit Lions, clearing the way for 177 rushing yards, Seattle’s much-maligned offensive line is building conﬁdence heading into the team’s divisional playoff game against the Atlanta Falcons on Saturday. “We’re never playing for redemption or to prove people wrong, we’re just trying to do right,” rookie right guard Germain Ifedi told USA TODAY Sports. “We’re trying to capture

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The Seahawks offensive line gave Russell Wilson time to pass for 224 yards and two touchdowns in the wild-card win. the best us, and as long as we do that, we’re happy either way.” It was about time something went right for the Seahawks offensive line after a regular season marred by inconsistent play and lapses in protection. Struggles

were to be expected as the Seahawks broke in two rookies, Ifedi and left tackle George Fant, a former college basketball player who spent one season playing tight end at Western Kentucky. The veteran anchor, Justin Britt, was

moved to center after previous seasons at tackle and guard. With so many changes and so much youth, communication has often been the biggest problem, Ifedi says. “When we’re doing right and communicating and all on the same page, we can do special things,” he said. “If we’re all doing our own thing, if we don’t know what the call is, guys aren’t echoing the call, then it can kind of look helter-skelter.” It shouldn’t be a coincidence that the line’s best performance in weeks came on a night when the Seahawks committed to the running game. At one point in the second quarter, offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell called nine consecutive running plays. “Bev was just feeling it, and we were just going with the guys,” head coach Pete Carroll said. “He was really playing off the way we were coming off the football. We’ve been doing it for years around here.” Most offensive linemen will tell you they’d rather be moving

downhill, and the Seahawks are no different, as they know where their strength is. “We like to impose our will on people. Get after them, get after them, get after them, and then hit some play action, and only every once in a while drop back to pass,” right tackle Garry Gilliam said. “That’s what we like to do. We’d rather run. Make it a physical game, test their will, beat them up so they don’t want to play no more.” The challenge now is a Falcons defense that has a talented, athletic young nose tackle in Grady Jarrett and a speedy edge rusher in Vic Beasley Jr., who led the NFL with 151⁄2 sacks. The Seahawks are again expected to rely on their run game, both for offense and as a way to keep the Falcons’ potent offense on the sideline. “It’s not going to be easy,” Gilliam said. “We’re going to play good defenses, so it’s a matter of keeping on track and not getting discouraged if there’s a negative play and just keep grinding.”

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Brent Schrotenboer Sports. “We’re hoping to provide them with that choice.” The plan: Four teams based in Southern California, each playing an eight-game schedule on Sundays in July and August. Roughly 50 players per team making an average salary and benefits package of $50,000 a year, which they’d be free to supplement with endorsements. Rules tweaked to enhance safety and give NFL scouts matchups they want to see. Coaches with NFL experience teaching pro-style schemes. Any player four years or fewer removed from high school would be eligible, including college underclassmen who had entered the NFL draft. Numerous minor leagues have tried and failed in recent years to expand the American pro football landscape by relying on players who had missed the NFL cut, which inevitably limited the potential for creating a compelling consumer product. Money has been a common problem, too, and remains a central question here. Don Yee, a veteran NFL agent who is CEO and principal founder of Pac Pro, says the league has received financing from family and friends and he has met with a potential investor, plus media distributors. But a lot of work must be done. There’s no backing from the NFL or its players union. What makes the concept intriguing is it targets a previously untapped talent base: players who currently have no option to play for pay because the NFL’s collective bargaining agreement bars them from the league. (Basis for that rule: Players need time to physically and mentally mature before competing against fully developed adults.) Paying up to lure a few NFLineligible superstars such as Watson would have been a year ago or as the USFL did decades ago with Herschel Walker, would put the new league in the spotlight, though the economics are on a smaller scale initially. Plenty of players would still choose the glory of the college game and the four-year education that comes with it. But like minor league baseball or junior hockey, Pac Pro would be an option for players who either can’t or choose not to play on college scholarships, some straight out of high school. Think academic non-qualifiers, junior college players paying their own way, players with urgent need to provide for their families, those transitioning from another sport, those who would have to sit out a year under transfer rules, those who have been dismissed from a college program, those who simply want a different path — perhaps, eventually, some top college players who want to start cashing checks and use the league as a sort of football graduate program. “You’ve got all day to spend

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San Diego Chargers fans are just plain sick of it. After so many years of hearing that their team might move to Los Angeles, many of them are saying enough. “Most people are just kind of fed up,” said Tom Hutchins, a San Diego native and Chargers season ticketholder for 24 years. “I’d like to have this over with.” And now here it comes. Finally. Maybe. Team owner Dean Spanos has until Sunday to decide whether to keep the Chargers in San Diego or move to L.A. to share a lucrative new stadium with the Los Angeles Rams. He could make more money up there, in theory. So what’s holding him back? It’s complicated, because it’s not just about money. It’s also about emotion and his feelings for San Diego, the Chargers’ home since 1961.

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Ex-NFL coach Mike Shanahan is on the advisory board. with football,” said former NFL coach Mike Shanahan, who is on the league’s advisory board. If players want to attend school, the summer schedule wouldn’t interfere and there would be an option to receive one year’s tuition and books at a community college. Training would continue year-round on a similar calendar to that used in the NFL. There also would be development opportunities for coaches and officials, who could come from a program started for military veterans by another advisory board member, former NFL head of officiating Mike Pereira. It would cost millions to get something this ambitious started, though. Salaries, insurance, medical expenses, equipment — it all adds up. “We believe that the business environment is good for a project like this,” said Yee, who has written on college sports’ exploitation of athletes. “We believe that the players are ready for a choice, and we think we can be a good supplement to other football products that are out there.” There are no plans to have traditional roster cuts, Yee said, but for some, taking the new option would mean giving up another. Any player signing a Pac Pro contract would forfeit NCAA eligibility. McCaffrey’s involvement is notable because his son, Stanford star Christian McCaffrey, was among the high-proﬁle players to sit out bowl games this last month with an eye toward April’s NFL draft. Another son, Dylan McCaffrey, has committed to play at the University of Michigan, which also has offered a scholarship to youngest son Luke, a high school sophomore who would be eligible for Pac Pro’s second season if the projected schedule holds. “I’m hoping he gets an invite,” Ed McCaffrey said. “If he’s lucky enough to be considered, I’ll certainly sit down with him and we’ll have that discussion. “Honestly, I believe that there will be thousands of kids that want to play in this league. I think the toughest thing that we will have to do is limit the scope.” FOLLOW NFL REPORTER TOM PELISSERO

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They have no better options and risk falling further behind ﬁnancially if they don’t. The Chargers play in one of the worst stadiums in the NFL and have tried for 15 years to make a deal to replace it. In November, 56% of San Diego voters rejected a ballot measure that would have raised hotel room taxes to help build a $1.8 billion stadium and convention center downtown. That left the team with only two certain paths: move to that futuristic stadium in L.A., which opens in 2019, or stay indeﬁnitely in San Diego at Qualcomm Stadium, which opened in 1967. “Unless there’s something compelling that’s come from San Diego, all the procedural indicators would suggest he’s going to become the tenant in the (Rams’) stadium,” said Marc Ganis, a sports consultant who’s worked with NFL owners and helped the Rams and Raiders relocate from Los Angeles in 1995. If Spanos doesn’t exercise his L.A. option, the Oakland Raiders would be given the option to take the L.A. opening instead. That could make the Chargers a loser twice over — empty-handed in San Diego with a lost opportunity 120 miles up the coast. WHY THE CHARGERS WON’T MOVE

History and heart. The Chargers could have exercised the same L.A. option last year but didn’t. They hit the pause button instead and paid more than $10 million to fund the campaign for a stadium proposal. Almost everybody predicted the ballot effort would fail, largely because it needed a nearly impossible two-thirds approval to win. But Spanos tried anyway. “His heart has been in San Diego,” Ganis told USA TODAY Sports.

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Chargers owner Dean Spanos must decide if he wants to join the Rams at the Los Angeles stadium that will open in 2019. There are other reasons to be apprehensive about L.A.: Spanos’ team would have to pay a relocation fee of about $650 million — an amount that could be paid back over 10 years or more. The Chargers also would have to start over in L.A., going from about 50,000 season ticketholders in recent years in San Diego to zero on Day 1 in L.A. Meanwhile, the team quickly could become an afterthought next to the Rams and all of the other sports and entertainment options in a notoriously ﬁckle market. It’s a big risk in its own right. Yet the Chargers could make more money and become a more valuable franchise in the long run in the much bigger L.A. market, according to projections by Vanderbilt sports economist John Vrooman. “The business logic is go to (L.A.), increase the value of the franchise, play in an extraordinary facility in a couple of years and tap into the second-largest market in the United States, all without having to put up the debt that a new stadium would require,” Ganis said. WHAT CAN KEEP THE CHARGERS IN SAN DIEGO

More money and time. The Chargers and NFL so far are willing to pay about half of what a new stadium might cost in San Diego — with $350 million coming from the Chargers and $300 million from the NFL. Where the other $600 million would come from always has been the issue. To get taxpayer funding from the city, another ballot proposal would be in order, and that likely wouldn’t happen until 2018. Such a scenario would be asking Spanos to gamble on another election and spend the next two seasons in uncertainty. The Chargers ranked 31st of 32 NFL teams in average attendance this season with about 57,000 fans per game, down from 66,772 in 2015. Team ownership has been mum on the L.A. decision as the deadline approaches. “I understand the fans want to know,” Spanos’ son and team executive John Spanos told reporters last week. “I want to know that, too, and again, I think it’s something hopefully we will know soon.” The timetable still could change

because of the Raiders and their quest to move to Las Vegas. Wednesday, the NFL’s stadium and ﬁnance committees will meet in New York to assess that situation. If the Raiders’ move appeared certain, it could give the Chargers more time to decide on L.A. because they wouldn’t have to worry about the Raiders taking the L.A. opening away from them. WHY THERE WON’T BE ANOTHER DELAY

As of Monday, the Chargers had not asked for an extension and did not plan to attend the NFL committee meetings. More time might not ﬁx the Chargers’ problem and could make it worse if San Diego fans and residents resent the constant threat of the team moving. After the failed ballot measure in November, there’s no certainty the Chargers would succeed with another request for public funding in San Diego next year. If Spanos tries again and loses, he risks losing a lot more money with no certain path to a new stadium. “The voters spoke very loudly in that election,” Ganis said. Another source of funding could be the NFL or Rams owner Stan Kroenke. But both are problematic. With Kroenke, one theory is that he wants the L.A. market for his team alone and might pay to keep it that way. The problem with that is Kroenke agreed to build the stadium to house two teams. If the Chargers don’t move in, another team eventually could. Adding a second team also would be beneﬁcial to Kroenke because it would help him pay down the stadium’s debt and increase the economic activity for his surrounding development project. With the NFL, it already offered an extra $100 million to the Chargers in their San Diego stadium quest, in addition to the $200 million loan the league previously has given teams for stadium construction. If the NFL increases that even more, the next team that wants a new stadium would want that, too. It arguably would be easier for other NFL owners to avoid that precedent and encourage Spanos to exercise his L.A. option, which was given to him by the league last January. As of now, the only certain path to a new stadium for Spanos is in L.A. All he has to do is say yes.

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Knicks, Rose adamant no rift exists Emergency was only reason for absence, he says Steve Popper @StevePopper USA TODAY Sports GREENBURGH , N.Y. Derrick Rose returned to the New York Knicks on Tuesday after going AWOL and skipping Monday’s game against the New Orleans Pelicans. Rose and the Knicks assured anyone who would listen that all is better now. But really, what are the chances? The Knicks run on chaos like Madison Square Garden turns on the lights with electricity. And Rose’s explanation seemed to have as many holes as the Knicks defense. So while the Knicks insist that a family emergency was resolved and Rose was not just back but, after paying a ﬁne, back in good graces with the team ready to move on, it was one more strange chapter in a disappointing season. Rose said he left for Chicago two hours after leaving the morning shoot-around, but during no time in that window of driving to

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“They understood right away after I explained myself to them,” Derrick Rose said about his teammates and Knicks officials. the airport, waiting for a plane, ﬂying to Chicago for two hours, landing and driving downtown from the airport could he bring himself to answer the texts or calls from team officials or teammates. And the same went for anyone who knew him in Chicago — with team officials trying to search for anyone who had an idea if he was safe. “I just had to get to my family,”

Rose said. “I talked to them afterwards. Everybody’s on the same page now. They understood right away after I explained myself to them. I talked to them late last night and this morning. … I didn’t want to take any calls at the time. I needed that space to myself, and I needed to be around my mom.” Asked if he felt an obligation to return the calls, Rose admitted he should have.

“Yeah, but things happen,” he said. “Of course, that’s not the person I am. I explained to my teammates I didn’t want any distractions to the team, especially what we have going on right now, and I apologized to them earlier, just letting them know it will never happen again. “This never happened to me before, and I explained that to the team and the front office.” According to Rose, he ﬂew to Chicago on Monday afternoon, resolved the issue and was back in communication during the game, speaking to Knicks general manager Steve Mills. Knicks coach Jeff Hornacek took a long time to get to the postgame media session, certainly speaking with team officials to ﬁnd out what happened, but he then said after the game and reiterated Tuesday that he was unaware of anything postgame other than Rose being unharmed. The Knicks coach insisted that rumors of dissatisfaction between Rose and the team are unfounded. While Rose was on the bench for the fourth quarter of Friday’s and Saturday’s games, Hornacek said there has never been a rift between the two. “I think somebody asked me about, maybe in the press conference last night, if it had something to do with the Milwaukee

game,” Hornacek said. “I was like, ‘No, there was nothing.’ He was happy we won, you know. These guys support each other. Most players, when they don’t get into the game, they probably get a little frustrated, but he was happy for our team and never said anything else. And you know, when I talked to him this morning, he said, ‘Coach, it has nothing to do with basketball, it’s all about what I had to do with my family.’ ” Asked about reports that Rose had told people around him he was unhappy with what was happening in New York and there was friction between the coach and point guard, Hornacek deadpanned, “Yeah, I guess we are. I’ve got to go talk to him.” “That’s crazy. I never had a problem with a coach in my life, no matter what team I’ve been in on,” Rose said. “I put that on myself, because I let that space and opportunity start something, especially when people didn’t know what was going on. So I put that on myself with not telling the Knicks. It was just bad timing, but I’m not perfect, far from it. The front office and my teammates, they knew where I was coming from when I told them what happened.” Popper writes for the The (Bergen County, N.J.) Record, part of the USA TODAY Network.

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The starting quarterback on Clemson’s 1981 national championship team said he and his teammates would have done what Alabama failed to do Monday night — beat the current Clemson Tigers. “I believe we would have won,” Homer Jordan, who in 1981 helped lead Clemson to its first national football championship, told USA TODAY Sports on Tuesday by phone. “I believe in us and our team. It would be a heck of a battle, I’ll tell you that. Their defense is something else. But so was ours.” Jordan said the different styles of play would have tipped things in favor of the ’81 team over the current team, which won the school’s first national football championship since Jordan and his teammates beat Nebraska in the 1982 Orange Bowl. In ’81, Jordan passed for 1,630 yards and nine touchdowns for the season. By comparison, Deshaun Watson, who led the latest version of the Tigers, passed for 4,593 yards and 41 touchdowns. “They play finesse football and we just kind of played real physical,” Jordan said. “That was the era we were in. Just smashmouth. Guys back then got their heads knocked off. We could play that way.” Danny Ford, who coached the ’81 team, said he wouldn’t pick a winner between the Clemson teams of different eras. “Oh, no, I’d have more sense than that,” Ford said. “This team was a pretty good football team, but we were a pretty good football team, too.”

took us 35 years, but we’re here now.” Boulware jolted through a range of emotions after the final gun. He cried. He screamed. He hopped up and down. He sang We Are the Champions at the top of his lungs with a few teammates. And that’s only a partial snapshot of his postgame. But this was a quieter moment. “We’re just resilient,” he said. “We’ve got a lot of fight in us. We battled, and we battled, and we battled. I don’t know how it happened — but we won.” We’ll get to how they won in a moment. You might have heard, but Alabama has spent the last few seasons in relentless conquest of college football. The Crimson Tide went into the night looking for their fifth national championship in eight years. Which brings us back to that College Football Playoff selection committee member. During its weekly meetings to put together the rankings, Radakovich was recused from voting on or even discussing Clemson — but not Alabama. All season, he watched the Tide and he saw, well, what we all saw. Alabama was unbeaten. Alabama seemed inevitable. “Throughout the year, they were just so superior to everyone,” he said. “As we looked at it as a committee, it was Alabama and then we kind of moved on to everybody else. But everybody’s got to play between the lines. Everybody’s got to play the game.” As it turned out, Clemson could play Alabama’s game. The Tigers defense bottled up the Tide, and Alabama left Tampa with serious concerns about quarterback Jalen Hurts’ inability to pass and legitimate questions about coach Nick Saban’s decision a week earlier to dump Lane Kiffin as offensive coordinator and replace him with Steve Sarkisian. More startling, though — and this part took a while to develop — Clemson’s offense finally broke through against Alabama’s defense. Watson’s playmaking turned the second half into a different game. “We worked ’em a little bit,” junior running back Wayne Gallman said. It wasn’t just that they beat Alabama — “To be the best, you’ve got to beat the best,” the Tigers kept saying afterward, parroting their coach — but how they did it. Trailing 14-0 in the first half and by 10 in the third quarter. Putting together an 88yard drive for the go-ahead score in the fourth quarter. Then, after Alabama retook the lead with 2:07 left, Clemson drove again for the championship. “That’s the best part about to-

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Dabo Swinney, named Clemson head coach in the middle of the 2008 season, has double-digit wins in six consecutive seasons, culminating with Monday’s victory to win the national title. night,” Swinney said. “You beat in the locker room at halftime. “That’s more than good Alabama. You did it on a twominute drive; it wasn’t some ﬂu- enough,” Swinney told the ky plays. You beat their defense, Tigers. The Tigers were more than and that’s the best of their team. You left no doubt.” good enough to complete a jourLook at it another way. Clem- ney that began when Swinney son won despite doing the very was promoted in 2008 to replace things Swinney had warned all Tommy Bowden. The program week that it could not afford to gradually morphed into a nado. tional power. A The Tigers year ago, Clemlost two turn- “We’ve got a lot son was 14-0, overs. And playing for the just like last of ﬁght in us. We national title year, they lost battled, and we against AlaAlabama bama, and lost tight end O.J. battled, and we 45-40. Swinney Howard on a battled. I don’t predicted then busted coverthat the Tigers age. (“Same know how it would win one freaking soon. happened — but play,” SwinThis year ney said. we won.” seemed like “Same play! Clemson linebacker Ben Boulware their best shot, How do we because of Watdo that?”) son’s dynamic They won anyway. At half- skills. But for most of the season, time, Swinney told the Tigers the idea of any team other than they had taken Alabama’s best Alabama winning seemed like a shot and trailed only 14-7. very long shot. “All we have to do is go out “What they’ve done the last there and be who we are,” Swin- seven years is absolutely incrediney said, as recounted by former ble,” Clemson co-offensive coorClemson quarterback Tajh Boyd, dinator Jeff Scott said of the who had practiced with the Tide. “We wanted to change that. team, mimicking Hurts, and was Somebody was gonna beat them

at some point, and we wanted to be that group. I think there were probably a lot of people around the country pulling for us tonight, just because they wanted to see somebody new on top of college football. Hopefully we brought a lot of hope to a lot of those people around the country.” He’s probably right — Clemson was America’s Team on Monday night — but no one is suggesting Alabama’s dynasty is done. The program didn’t topple; the Crimson Tide will return next season bristling with talent. Presumably it’ll be a pretty hungry bunch. “What a run they’ve had,” Swinney said, “and I know they’ll be right back here next year.” But Clemson might not be going anywhere anytime soon, either. The program had already demonstrated staying power. What does it say to ﬁnally reach the top — and to knock off ’Bama to get there? “It says you’re the best,” Scott said. FOLLOW REPORTER GEORGE SCHROEDER

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COLLEGES 1. Clemson (14-1) Points: 1,500 (60 first-place votes). Previous ranking: 3. Bowl result: Beat then-No. 2 Ohio State 31-0 in the Fiesta Bowl and beat then-No. 1 Alabama 35-31 in the College Football Playoff championship game.

2. Alabama (14-1) Points: 1,440. Previous ranking: 1. Bowl result: Beat then-No. 4 Washington 24-7 in the Peach Bowl and lost to then-No. 3 Clemson 35-31 in the College Football Playoff championship game.

5. Southern California (10-3)

11. Oklahoma State (10-3)

Points: 1,263. Previous ranking: 9. Bowl result: Beat then-No. 5 Penn State 52-49 in the Rose Bowl.

Points: 922. Previous ranking: 13. Bowl result: Beat then-No. 11 Colorado 38-8 in the Alamo Bowl.

6. Ohio State (11-2)

12. Stanford (10-3)

Points: 1,186. Previous ranking: 2. Bowl result: Lost to then-No. 3 Clemson 31-0 in the Fiesta Bowl.

Points: 791. Previous ranking: 16. Bowl result: Beat North Carolina 25-23 in the Sun Bowl.

7. Penn State (11-3)

13. Florida (9-4)

Points: 1,123. Previous ranking: 5. Bowl result: Lost to thenNo. 9 Southern California 52-49 in the Rose Bowl.

Points: 673. Previous ranking: 18. Bowl result: Beat then-No. 25 Iowa 30-3 in the Outback Bowl.

8. Florida State (10-3) Points: 1,102. Previous ranking: 10. Bowl result: Beat then-No. 6 Michigan 33-32 in the Orange Bowl.

3. Oklahoma (11-2)

9. Wisconsin (11-3)

Points: 1,308. Previous ranking: 7. Bowl result: Beat then-No. 17 Auburn 35-19 in the Sugar Bowl.

Points: 1,044. Previous ranking: 8. Bowl result: Beat then-No. 14 Western Michigan 24-16 in the Cotton Bowl.

4. Washington (12-2) Points: 1,265. Previous ranking: 4. Bowl result: Lost to then-No. 1 Alabama 24-7 in the Peach Bowl.

10. Michigan (10-3) Points: 986. Previous ranking: 6. Bowl result: Lost to thenNo. 10 Florida State 33-32 in the Orange Bowl.

14. LSU (8-4) Points: 641. Previous ranking: 20. Bowl result: Beat thenNo. 15 Louisville 29-9 in the Citrus Bowl.

15. Colorado (10-4) Points: 634. Previous ranking: 11. Bowl result: Lost to thenNo. 13 Oklahoma State 38-8 in the Alamo Bowl.

16. Virginia Tech (10-4) Points: 632. Previous ranking: 19. Bowl result: Beat Arkansas 35-24 in the Belk Bowl.

17. West Virginia (10-3)

23. Miami (Fla.) (9-4)

Points: 522. Previous ranking: 12. Bowl result: Lost to thenunranked Miami (Fla.) 31-14 in the Russell Athletic Bowl.

Points: 229. Previous ranking: Not ranked. Bowl result: Beat then-No. 12 West Virginia 31-14 in the Russell Athletic Bowl.

18. Western Michigan (13-1)

24. Tennessee (9-4)

Points: 449. Previous ranking: 14. Bowl result: Lost to thenNo. 8 Wisconsin 24-16 in the Cotton Bowl.

Points: 211. Previous ranking: Not ranked. Bowl result: Beat then-No. 21 Nebraska 38-24 in the Music City Bowl.

19. South Florida (11-2)

25. San Diego State (11-3)

Points: 362. Previous ranking: 22. Bowl result: Beat South Carolina 46-39 in the Birmingham Bowl.

Points: 102. Previous ranking: Not ranked. Bowl result: Beat Houston in the Las Vegas Bowl 34-10.

20. Louisville (9-4)

Dropped out: No. 21 Nebraska (9-4), No. 24 Temple (10-4), No. 25 Iowa (8-5). Others receiving votes: Nebraska (9-4) 46; Kansas State (9-4) 44; Georgia Tech (9-4) 24; Western Kentucky (11-3) 23; Boise State (10-3) 20; Air Force (10-3) 18; Iowa (8-5) 17; Temple (10-4) 16; Tulsa (10-3) 11; Minnesota (9-4) 7; Georgia (8-5) 5; Navy (9-5) 3; Wake Forest (7-6) 3; Arkansas (7-6) 2; Troy (10-3) 2; Washington State (8-5) 2; Brigham Young (9-4) 1. Note: Four ballots are missing after four coaches could not be reached by the voting deadline. The Amway board of coaches is made up of 64 head coaches at Football Bowl Subdivision schools. All are members of the American Football Coaches Association.

Points: 338. Previous ranking: 15. Bowl result: Lost to thenNo. 20 LSU 29-9 in the Citrus Bowl.

21. Utah (9-4) Points: 303. Previous ranking: 23. Bowl result: Beat Indiana 26-24 in the Foster Farms Bowl.

22. Auburn (8-5) Points: 230. Previous ranking: 17. Bowl result: Lost to thenNo. 7 Oklahoma 35-19 in the Sugar Bowl.

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drives and exhilarating plays over the final 61⁄2 minutes, which called for Clemson to go 88 yards to take the lead and then another 68 after Alabama’s touchdown with 2:07 left, it was no surprise the Tigers leaned on Renfrow in the moment that mattered most. Ever since he stepped on campus, turning down scholarships from the likes of Furman and Appalachian State because he wanted to play for Clemson, there has been something special about Renfrow, who looks like he’d fit in more in Clemson’s computer science program than a football facility filled with blue-chip recruits and physical players. “We can’t cover him in practice,” Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables said. A year ago, Renfrow had a season-high seven catches for 88 yards vs. Alabama in the national title game. But before that, he had earned the full respect of Watson and Clemson’s bevy of talented and highly recruited skill players.

“We call Renfrow ‘White Chocolate,’ ” running back Wayne Gallman said. “He’s just one of the greatest receivers I’ve seen at Clemson. He just does everything right. It’s crazy the stuff he can do. You look at him and don’t think he can do anything that he’s doing, but he is.” Said receiver Artavis Scott, who set the pick that drew two Alabama defenders on the final play, allowing Renfrow to spring free: “He’s just a little sniper. When you look at him, you think, ‘Who’s this white receiver?’ He lulls people to sleep, and he’s an amazing guy.” Of Clemson’s 99 offensive snaps Monday, Renfrow was on the field for 98, underlining the trust he has earned and the effective role he was having against Alabama. He finished with 92 yards on 10 catches and two touchdowns, making one clutch play after another and epitomizing Clemson’s unique mix of elite recruiting and spot-on evaluation

of developmental talents. Every day during his 2014 freshman season on the scout team, Renfrow had to face the likes of Mackensie Alexander and Stephone Anthony, who parlayed their Clemson careers into earlyround picks in the NFL draft. And more often than not, Renfrow made his presence known. “About a year and a half ago, I was still a walk-on. Nobody really knew about me,” Renfrow said. “It all started in practice. Those guys were the No. 1 defense in the nation, and that’s something I’ve carried over, that if I can get open against those guys and the guys we have now, I can get open against anyone.” In retrospect, the series of plays that culminated with Renfrow’s catch couldn’t have worked out more perfectly for the Tigers. But it also revealed that Alabama’s defense was increasingly mortal the more Clemson possessed the ball in the second half. As Alabama failed to get a first down on its first three drives of the second half and then went three-and-out on its first two possessions of the fourth quarter, its defense was left vulnerable to an alarming number of plays. Only Arkansas this season had more than 80 snaps vs. Alabama. As the game wore on and the Tigers approached 70, 80 and then 90 plays, they could sense fatigue from the Crimson Tide defense. “We told our guys, even though they’re a very talented defense, they had less depth than last year,” Scott said. “Last year they rolled a lot of guys up front, and four quarters is like a 10-round boxing match and you have to get them in those last two or three rounds to get them down. Our OL

5. Upcoming games: Thursday at Georgia (SEC, 7) and Sunday at LSU.

11. Ohio State (14-5)

17. Texas (11-4)

Points: 443. Previous ranking: 13. Tuesday result: Lost to Michigan State 94-75. Upcoming game: Sunday at Purdue (ESPN2, 3:30).

Points: 288. Previous ranking: 17. Tuesday result: Beat Oklahoma State 66-35. Upcoming game: Saturday at No. 19 West Virginia.

12. Stanford (13-3)

18. Arizona State (12-3)

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The play is called Crush, a staple of Clemson’s offense. As co-offensive coordinator Jeff Scott lobbied for the Tigers to run it one last time this season with nothing less than a national title at stake, he had to step back and appreciate the ending they were about to write. As Scott saw it unfold Monday night, the best quarterback ever to wear a Clemson uniform was going to take a snap with six seconds left, sprint to his right so he could get the ball out before time expired and fling it to a 5-footnothing receiver who had drawn little interest from the Football Bowl Subdivision, walked on at Clemson and was about to walk out of Raymond James Stadium as a national champion. Hunter Renfrow’s catch from Deshaun Watson with one second left to give Clemson a 35-31 win against Alabama and its first title since 1981 might go down as the most famous play in school history. And for Scott, it represented everything about what has made Clemson and Dabo Swinney, another former walk-on receiver, the perfect vehicle to put a dent in Alabama’s dynasty. “It’s two ends of the spectrum: A five-star (recruit) to a guy that was a walk-on, and that really kind of epitomizes our program,” Scott said. “No matter how highly recruited you were, there’s an appreciation and love for every single guy in this program, and that starts at the top.” In the blur of tension-filled

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Clemson’s Hunter Renfrow hauls in the game-winning TD pass.

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1. Connecticut (15-0) Points: 775 (31 first-place votes). Previous ranking: 1. Tuesday result: Beat No. 21 South Florida 102-37. Upcoming game: Saturday at Southern Methodist.

2. Baylor (15-1) Points: 734. Previous ranking: 2. Upcoming games: Wednesday vs. TCU and Sunday at Kansas (ESPNU, 2).

3. Maryland (15-1) Points: 700. Previous ranking: 3. Upcoming games: Wednesday vs. Penn State and Saturday at Iowa (BTN, 5).

4. Mississippi State (17-0) Points: 681. Previous ranking: 4. Upcoming games: Thursday vs. Florida (SEC, 9) and Monday vs. Mississippi (SEC, 7).

5. South Carolina (13-1) Points: 663. Previous ranking:

Points: 625. Previous ranking: 6. Upcoming games: Thursday vs. Pittsburgh and Monday at Tennessee (ESPN2, 7).

7. Florida State (15-2) Points: 570. Previous ranking: 8. Upcoming games: Thursday vs. No. 8 Louisville and Sunday at Clemson.

8. Louisville (15-3) Points: 544. Previous ranking: 9. Upcoming games: Thursday at No. 7 Florida State and Sunday vs. No. 14 Miami (Fla.) (ESPN2, 1:30).

9. Washington (16-2) Points: 516. Previous ranking: 11. Upcoming games: Friday at Arizona (Pac-12, 9) and Sunday at No. 18 Arizona State (Pac-12, 8).

10. Oregon State (15-1) Points: 497. Previous ranking: 12. Upcoming games: Friday at No. 13 UCLA (Pac-12, 9) and Sunday at Southern California (Pac-12, 6).

Points: 423. Previous ranking: 10. Upcoming games: Friday at Utah and Sunday at Colorado.

13. UCLA (11-4) Points: 385. Previous ranking: 7. Upcoming games: Friday vs. No. 10 Oregon State (Pac-12, 9) and Sun. vs. Oregon (Pac-12, 4).

14. Miami (Fla.) (13-3) Points: 337. Previous ranking: 14. Upcoming games: Wednesday vs. No. 16 Virginia Tech and Sunday at No. 8 Louisville (ESPN2, 1:30).

15. Duke (14-2) Points: 328. Previous ranking: 15. Upcoming games: Thursday vs. North Carolina and Sunday at No. 22 North Carolina State.

16. Virginia Tech (15-0) Points: 291. Previous ranking: 18. Upcoming games: Wednesday at No. 14 Miami (Fla.) and Monday vs. Wake Forest.

Points: 270. Previous ranking: 19. Upcoming games: Friday vs. Washington State and Sunday vs. No. 9 Washington (Pac-12, 8).

19. West Virginia (14-2) Points: 258. Previous ranking: 16. Upcoming games: Wednesday at Texas Tech and Saturday vs. No. 17 Texas.

20. DePaul (14-4)

kept coming back to the sideline saying, ‘They’re tired, and we’re playing our best when we’re going fast.’ ” By the time Clemson crawled back within 24-21 early in the fourth quarter, the vibe of the game had shifted. As Watson picked apart Alabama’s secondary en route to a go-ahead score, the question was whether he’d need to win the game a second time. When Alabama’s offense finally found life, scoring on a 30-yard run by quarterback Jalen Hurts to retake the lead, 31-28, Watson got his answer. “I just smiled when they scored,” he said. “I’d seen 2 minutes and 1 second on the clock, and I just knew. I just told my guys, ‘Hey, let’s be legendary. Let’s go be great.’ I told myself, ‘They left too much time on the clock.’ ” Crush, as it turned out, would soon bring Clemson the title. “I knew they were going to play straight cover zero man, and I knew if (Scott) made his block to get the little pick, Renfrow was going to get in the end zone,” Watson said. “I kind of smile, and I knew before I even snapped the ball it was going to be a touchdown. All I had to do was get the ball to him.” All week, Clemson has felt like its destiny was to get showered with confetti and take this party back to the Upstate. All the Tigers needed to do was execute one of their signature plays one more time. From a five-star to a walkon, it worked to perfection. “We have that play ready at all times,” Scott said. “We can run it wherever we want on the field. It was a great setup. We knew we had it. I knew it was a touchdown. It works. No one can stop it.”

23. Upcoming games: Thursday at No. 24 Syracuse and Sunday vs. No. 15 Duke.

23. California (13-3) Points: 87. Previous ranking: 20. Upcoming games: Friday at Colorado and Sunday at Utah (Pac-12, 2).

24. Syracuse (12-5) Points: 82. Previous ranking: 25. Upcoming games: Thursday vs. No. 22 North Carolina State and Sunday at Georgia Tech.

25. Oklahoma (12-4) Points: 63. Previous ranking: 24. Upcoming games: Wednesday at Iowa State and Saturday vs. Texas Tech.

Points: 165. Previous ranking: 22. Tuesday result: Lost to No. 1 Connecticut 102-37. Upcoming game: Sat. vs. East Carolina.

Dropped out: None. Others receiving votes: Wisconsin-Green Bay (13-2) 28; Oklahoma State (12-4) 10; Michigan (14-4) 8; Michigan State (13-4) 7; Tennessee (10-5) 7; Temple (11-3) 4; Northwestern (13-4) 3; Kansas State (12-4) 2; Saint Louis (13-3) 2; Texas A&M (12-4) 2; Creighton (11-5) 1; LSU (13-3) 1; Tulane (10-6) 1. Note: One ballot is missing. Ali Jaques of Siena could not be reached before the voting deadline.

22. North Carolina State (13-4)

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Points: 173. Previous ranking: 21. Tuesday result: Beat St. John’s 78-66. Upcoming games: Friday vs. Butler and Sunday vs. Xavier.

21. South Florida (13-2)

Points: 101. Previous ranking:

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Playoff Schedule All Times ET Divisional Playoffs Saturday

All Times ET EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

Seattle at Atlanta, 4:35 p.m. (FOX) Houston at New England, 8:15 p.m. (CBS)

Montreal Boston Ottawa Toronto Florida Tampa Bay Buffalo Detroit

Sunday Pittsburgh at Kansas City, 1:05 p.m. (NBC) Green Bay at Dallas, 4:40 p.m. (FOX)

Conference Championships Sunday, Jan. 22 NFC TBD, 3:05 p.m. TBD, 6:40 p.m.

Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 5 At Houston TBD, 6:30 p.m. (FOX)

NBA

W 25 23 17 10 8

L 13 15 21 25 29

Pct GB .658 — .605 2 .447 8 .286 13½ .216 16½

L 16 18 19 23 28

Pct GB .579 — .514 2½ .513 2½ .410 6½ .282 11½

L 8 18 18 20 21

Pct GB .778 — .526 9 .514 9½ .487 10½ .462 11½

Southeast Division W 22 19 20 16 11 W 28 20 19 19 18

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division San Antonio Houston Memphis New Orleans Dallas

W 30 31 24 15 11

L 8 9 16 24 27

Pct GB .789 — .775 — .600 7 .385 15½ .289 19

W 23 23 16 14 12

L 16 16 23 23 26

Pct GB .590 — .590 — .410 7 .378 8 .316 10½

W 32 26 15 15 12

L 6 14 22 26 26

Pct GB .842 — .650 7 .405 16½ .366 18½ .316 20

Northwest Division Utah Oklahoma City Portland Denver Minnesota

Pacific Division Golden State L.A. Clippers Sacramento L.A. Lakers Phoenix

L OT Pts GF GA 10 6 56 125 97 17 5 49 110 108 14 4 46 99 102 13 8 44 120 116 16 8 44 98 113 19 4 42 118 127 15 9 41 93 110 18 5 39 100 115

Metropolitan Division W 28 26 26 28 21 19 16 15

L OT Pts GF GA 8 4 60 135 90 8 5 57 139 109 9 5 57 115 84 13 1 57 146 107 16 6 48 124 133 15 7 45 109 111 18 8 40 95 124 15 8 38 106 117

Chicago Minnesota St. Louis Winnipeg Nashville Dallas Colorado

GP 43 39 41 43 41 41 39

W 26 25 21 20 18 17 13

L OT Pts GF GA 12 5 57 120 104 9 5 55 123 85 15 5 47 117 123 20 3 43 118 126 16 7 43 114 111 16 8 42 109 125 25 1 27 79 130

Pacific Division GP San Jose 40 Anaheim 42 Edmonton 42 Calgary 43 Los Angeles 41 Vancouver 43 Arizona 40

W 24 21 21 22 20 20 12

L OT Pts GF GA 14 2 50 105 90 13 8 50 113 113 14 7 49 120 113 19 2 46 114 119 17 4 44 102 105 19 4 44 106 123 22 6 30 86 128

Monday’s Games

Central Division Cleveland Indiana Milwaukee Chicago Detroit

W 25 22 21 18 18 19 16 17

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division

All Times ET EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

Atlanta Washington Charlotte Orlando Miami

GP 41 44 39 39 42 42 40 40

GP Columbus 40 Pittsburgh 39 Washington 40 N.Y. Rangers 42 Phildelphia 43 Carolina 41 New Jersey 42 N.Y. Islnders 38

AFC

Toronto Boston New York Philadelphia Brooklyn

brough 2-7, D.Harris 1-(minus 6). MISSED FIELD GOALS—None.

Monday’s Games New Orleans 110, New York 96 Minnesota 101, Dallas 92 Oklahoma City 109, Chicago 94

Tuesday’s Games Washington 101, Chicago 99 Atlanta 117, Brooklyn 97 Toronto 114, Boston 106 Houston 121, Charlotte 114 Milwaukee 109, San Antonio 107 Cleveland at Utah Detroit at Sacramento Miami at Golden State Portland at L.A. Lakers

Wednesday’s Games New York at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Houston at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Memphis at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. Washington at Boston, 8 p.m. Cleveland at Portland, 10:30 p.m. Orlando at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.

Wizards 101, Bulls 99 CHICAGO McDermott 2-11 0-0 4, Gibson 3-11 3-3 10, Lopez 5-10 4-5 14, Carter-Williams 4-12 6-7 14, Grant 2-5 4-4 9, Felicio 1-3 2-2 4, Portis 5-8 0-0 13, Canaan 0-0 0-0 0, Rondo 6-13 0-0 12, Valentine 7-15 0-0 19. Totals 35-88 19-21 99.

WASHINGTON Porter 5-10 0-0 11, Morris 8-12 0-0 19, Gortat 5-8 0-0 10, Wall 11-21 3-4 26, Beal 7-15 2-3 19, Oubre 1-6 1-2 3, Smith 3-7 0-0 7, Burke 2-4 0-0 6, McClellan 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 42-83 6-9 101. Chicago 36 25 16 22 — 99 Washington 26 23 32 20 — 101 3-Point Goals—Chicago 10-27 (Valentine 5-11, Portis 3-4, Gibson 1-1, Grant 1-1, Carter-Williams 0-2, Rondo 0-3, McDermott 0-5), Washington 11-22 (Morris 3-3, Beal 3-6, Burke 2-2, Wall 1-2, Smith 1-2, Porter 1-4, Oubre 0-3). Fouled Out—Morris. Rebounds—Chicago 44 (Gibson 12), Washington 42 (Gortat 12). Assists—Chicago 19 (Rondo, Grant 6), Washington 24 (Wall 14). Total Fouls—Chicago 18, Washington 24. Technicals—Gibson. A—14,361 (20,356).

Hawks 117, Nets 97 ATLANTA Bazemore 1-7 4-6 6, Sefolosha 5-10 0-0 10, Millsap 6-14 2-4 14, Howard 6-9 2-8 14, Schroder 7-14 3-3 19, Bembry 1-3 1-2 3, Prince 2-6 2-2 8, Scott 0-0 0-0 0, Humphries 5-8 3-4 13, Muscala 3-6 2-2 9, Delaney 5-6 1-3 12, Hardaway Jr. 3-9 2-4 9. Totals 44-92 22-38 117.

BROOKLYN Lopez 8-14 2-4 20, Whitehead 3-8 0-0 7, Harris 1-2 0-0 2, Bogdanovic 5-10 3-3 16, Hollis-Jefferson 2-9 6-6 10, Scola 2-6 0-0 5, Acy 1-1 1-3 4, Hamilton 2-8 0-0 4, Dinwiddie 1-5 2-2 4, Kilpatrick 6-14 1-2 14, LeVert 4-9 2-3 11, Foye 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 35-87 17-23 97. Atlanta 35 26 25 31 — 117 Brooklyn 29 14 27 27 — 97 3-Point Goals—Atlanta 7-23 (Schroder 2-4, Prince 2-4, Muscala 1-2, Delaney 1-2, Hardaway Jr. 1-3, Bembry 0-1, Humphries 0-1, Millsap 0-1, Sefolosha 0-2, Bazemore 0-3), Brooklyn 10-29 (Bogdanovic 3-5, Lopez 2-6, Whitehead 1-1, Acy 1-1, Scola 1-2, Kilpatrick 1-3, LeVert 1-4, Harris 0-1, Foye 0-1, Hamilton 0-5). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Atlanta 53 (Howard 16), Brooklyn 48 (Scola, Hollis-Jefferson, Dinwiddie 7). Assists—Atlanta 25 (Schroder 10), Brooklyn 22 (Dinwiddie 5). Total Fouls—Atlanta 17, Brooklyn 24. Technicals—Brooklyn coach Kenny Atkinson, Brooklyn team. A—13,279 (17,732).

Raptors 114, Celtics 106 BOSTON Crowder 4-10 0-0 9, Johnson 2-5 0-0 4, Horford 5-11 2-2 14, Smart 6-11 3-3 16, Thomas 8-19 8-9 27, Green 6-12 2-2 14, Brown 1-3 0-0 2, Jerebko 2-3 2-2 7, Olynyk 6-10 0-2 13, Rozier 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 40-85 17-20 106.

TORONTO Carroll 4-10 0-0 11, Patterson 0-3 0-0 0, Valanciunas 6-18 6-6 18, Lowry 7-12 5-8 24, DeRozan 16-29 8-9 41, Ross 1-4 0-0 2, Nogueira 3-4 1-2 7, Poeltl 1-1 0-0 2, Joseph 2-5 2-2 7, Powell 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 41-87 22-27 114. Boston 18 37 29 22 — 106 Toronto 23 23 34 34 — 114 3-Point Goals—Boston 9-27 (Thomas 3-8, Horford 2-4, Jerebko 1-1, Olynyk 1-2, Smart 1-2, Crowder 1-5, Rozier 0-1, Johnson 0-1, Green 0-3), Toronto 10-22 (Lowry 5-6, Carroll 3-6, DeRozan 1-2, Joseph 1-2, Nogueira 0-1, Patterson 0-2, Ross 0-3). Fouled Out— None. Rebounds—Boston 33 (Horford 9), Toronto 50 (Valanciunas 23). Assists—Boston 21 (Thomas 7), Toronto 17 (Lowry 9). Total Fouls—Boston 20, Toronto 21. Technicals—Thomas, DeRozan. A—19,800 (19,800).

Rockets 121, Hornets 114 CHARLOTTE Kidd-Gilchrist 0-6 0-0 0, Williams 6-10 1-2 16, Hibbert 2-2 0-0 4, Walker 9-20 2-3 25, Lamb 4-12 2-2 11, Hawes 7-10 0-0 16, Kaminsky 8-14 2-2 22, Sessions 2-5 0-0 5, Belinelli 6-13 0-0 15, Graham 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 44-92 7-9 114.

HOUSTON Ariza 5-10 3-5 16, Anderson 5-12 0-0 13, Harrell 5-5 4-6 14, Beverley 2-10 2-2 8, Harden 11-24 11-14 40, Brewer 7-10 0-0 15, Dekker 2-5 0-0 5, Hilario 3-6 4-6 10. Totals 40-82 24-33 121. Charlotte 26 21 32 35 — 114 Houston 32 35 29 25 — 121 3-Point Goals—Charlotte 19-43 (Walker 511, Kaminsky 4-9, Williams 3-5, Belinelli 3-9, Hawes 2-4, Sessions 1-1, Lamb 1-4), Houston 17-39 (Harden 7-14, Ariza 3-6, Anderson 3-7, Beverley 2-8, Brewer 1-2, Dekker 1-2). Fouled Out—Hawes. Rebounds— Charlotte 43 (Williams 8), Houston 44 (Harden 15). Assists—Charlotte 30 (Walker 10), Houston 25 (Harden 10). Total Fouls— Charlotte 21, Houston 17. A—16,196 (18,055).

Florida 3, New Jersey 0 Washington 4, Montreal 1 Winnipeg 2, Calgary 0 Dallas 6, Los Angeles 4

Tuesday’s Games Carolina 5, Columbus 3 Buffalo 4, Philadelphia 1 Boston 5, St. Louis 3 Nashville 2, Vancouver 1, OT Detroit at Chicago San Jose at Edmonton Dallas at Anaheim

Wednesday’s Games Florida at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m. Montreal at Winnipeg, 7:30 p.m. Pittsburgh at Washington, 8 p.m. San Jose at Calgary, 9:30 p.m.

Hurricanes 5, Blue Jackets 3 Columbus 1 2 0 — 3 Carolina 0 3 2 — 5 First Period—1, Columbus, Atkinson 20 (Johnson, Jenner), 1:08. Penalties—Jenner, CBJ, (hooking), 3:29; Aho, CAR, (slashing), 8:30; Dubinsky, CBJ, (high sticking), 13:57; Skinner, CAR, (tripping), 14:27. Second Period—2, Carolina, Skinner 15 (Ryan, Rask), 2:01. 3, Carolina, Ryan 8 (Skinner, Rask), 4:57. 4, Columbus, Anderson 9, 8:01. 5, Carolina, Mcginn 2 (Tennyson, Hanifin), 13:58. 6, Columbus, Saad 15 (Wennberg), 19:05. Penalties—Stalberg, CAR, (high sticking), 2:15; Pesce, CAR, (holding), 15:41. Third Period—7, Carolina, Staal 8 (Lindholm), 3:50. 8, Carolina, Rask 12 (Faulk, Skinner), 19:39. Penalties—None. Shots on Goal—Columbus 6-8-13—27. Carolina 4-14-10—28. Power-play opportunities—Columbus 0 of 4; Carolina 0 of 2. Goalies—Columbus, Forsberg 0-1-0 (27 shots-23 saves). Carolina, Ward 16-12-6 (27-24). A—9,351 (18,680). T—2:33.

Sabres 4, Flyers 1 Philadelphia 0 0 1 — 1 Buffalo 0 3 1 — 4 First Period—None. Penalties—Deslauriers, BUF, Major (fighting), 5:28; Manning, PHI, Major (fighting), 5:28; Falk, BUF, (holding), 17:03. Second Period—1, Buffalo, Reinhart 9 (O’reilly, Ristolainen), 5:15 (pp). 2, Buffalo, Carrier 2 (Fedun, O’reilly), 8:39. 3, Buffalo, Kane 10 (Reinhart, Bogosian), 19:51. Penalties—Schenn, PHI, (hooking), 3:57; Del zotto, PHI, (holding), 15:13. Third Period—4, Philadelphia, Schenn 13 (Provorov, Giroux), 17:53 (pp). 5, Buffalo, Foligno 8 (Reinhart, Mccabe), 19:56. Penalties—Mccabe, BUF, (hooking), 16:32. Shots on Goal—Philadelphia 13-13-14— 40. Buffalo 8-13-6—27. Power-play opportunities—Philadelphia 1 of 2; Buffalo 1 of 2. Goalies—Philadelphia, Mason 14-14-6 (26 shots-23 saves). Buffalo, Nilsson 7-3-4 (4039). A—18,920 (18,690). T—2:44.

NHL All-Star Games Rosters Sunday, Jan. 29 At The Staples Center, Los Angeles c-captain Atlantic Division Forwards — Nikita Kucherov, Tampa Bay; Brad Marchand, Boston; Auston Matthews, Toronto; Frans Nielsen, Detroit; Kyle Okposo, Buffalo; Vincent Trocheck, Florida. Defensemen — Victor Hedman, Tampa Bay; Erik Karlsson, Ottawa; Shea Weber, Montreal. Goalies — c-Carey Price, Montreal; Tuukka Rask, Boston.

Metropolitan Division Forwards — c-Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh; Taylor Hall, New Jersey; Evgeni Malkin, Pittsburgh; Alex Ovechkin, Washington; Wayne Simmonds, Philadelphia; John Tavares, N.Y. Islanders. Defensemen — Justin Faulk, Carolina; Seth Jones, Columbus; Ryan McDonagh, N.Y. Rangers. Goalies — Sergei Bobrovsky, Columbus; Braden Holtby, Washington.

Central Division Forwards — Patrick Kane, Chicago; Patrik Laine, Winnipeg; Nathan MacKinnon, Colorado; Tyler Seguin, Dallas; Vladimir Tarasenko, St. Louis; Jonathan Toews, Chicago. Defensemen — Duncan Keith, Chicago; cP.K. Subban, Nashville; Ryan Suter, Minnesota. Goalies — Corey Crawford, Chicago; Devan Dubnyk, Minnesota.

Pacific Division Forwards — Jeff Carter, Los Angeles; Johnny Gaudreau, Calgary; Bo Horvat, Vancouver; Ryan Kesler, Anaheim; c-Connor McDavid, Edmonton; Joe Pavelski, San Jose. Defensemen — Brent Burns, San Jose; Drew Doughty, Los Angeles; Cam Fowler, Anaheim. Goalies — Martin Jones, San Jose; Mike Smith, Arizona.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL Monday’s Game

College Football Playoff Championship Clemson 35, Alabama 31 Clemson Alabama

0 7

7 7 21 — 35 7 10 7 — 31

First Quarter BAMA—Scarbrough 25 run (Griffith kick), 9:23

Second Quarter BAMA—Scarbrough 37 run (Griffith kick), 10:42 CLE—Watson 8 run (Huegel kick), 6:09

Final AP Top 25 Poll The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, final records, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking: Record Pts Pv 1. Clemson (60) 14-1 1500 3 2. Alabama 14-1 1440 1 3. Southern Cal 10-3 1292 9 4. Washington 12-2 1277 4 5. Oklahoma 11-2 1252 7 6. Ohio St. 11-2 1240 2 7. Penn St. 11-3 1130 5 8. Florida St. 10-3 1105 10 9. Wisconsin 11-3 1032 8 10. Michigan 10-3 1001 6 11. Oklahoma St. 10-3 920 13 12. Stanford 10-3 730 16 13. LSU 8-4 651 19 14. Florida 9-4 640 20 15. W. Michigan 13-1 619 12 16. Virginia Tech 10-4 610 18 17. Colorado 10-4 585 11 18. West Virginia 10-3 368 14 19. South Florida 11-2 358 25 20. Miami 9-4 338 NR 21. Louisville 9-4 277 15 22. Tennessee 9-4 253 NR 23. Utah 9-4 222 NR 24. Auburn 8-5 206 17 25. San Diego St. 11-3 113 NR Others receiving votes: Kansas St. 83, Georgia Tech 47, Nebraska 38, W. Kentucky 32, Air Force 30, Pittsburgh 21, Boise St. 19, Iowa 14, Minnesota 12, Tulsa 10, BYU 9, Temple 8, Houston 8, North Carolina 8, Navy 1, Washington St. 1.

Recent AP National Champions The annual winners of the Associated Press college football poll’s top ranking with final records. 2016—Clemson (14-1) 2015—Alabama (14-1) 2014—Ohio State (14-1) 2013—Florida State (14-0) 2012—Alabama (13-1) 2011—Alabama (12-1) 2010—Auburn (14-0) 2009—Alabama (14-0) 2008—Florida (13-1) 2007—LSU (12-2) 2006—Florida (13-1) 2005—Texas (13-0) 2004—Southern Cal (13-0) 2003—Southern Cal (12-1) 2002—Ohio State (14-0) 2001—Miami (12-0) 2000—Oklahoma (13-0)

COLLEGE BASKETBALL Men’s Major Scores EAST Canisius 86, Fairfield 72 George Mason 75, Saint Joseph’s 67 Harvard 70, McGill University 45 Manhattan 78, Niagara 69 Ohio 74, Buffalo 72 Villanova 79, Xavier 54 West Virginia 89, Baylor 68

SOUTH Delaware St. 69, NC Central 68 Jacksonville St. 81, Fort Valley State 69 Kentucky 87, Vanderbilt 81 Morgan St. 62, Florida A&M 59 Virginia Tech 83, Syracuse 73

MIDWEST Akron 89, Cent. Michigan 85 Auburn 77, Missouri 72 Ball St. 85, Miami (Ohio) 74 E. Michigan 81, Bowling Green 53 N. Illinois 74, Kent St. 70 SE Missouri 83, Tennessee Tech 78 W. Michigan 90, Toledo 74

Women’s Major Scores EAST Dayton 75, Duquesne 64 DePaul 78, St. John’s 66 Georgetown 71, Providence 39 Marquette 83, Seton Hall 77 Quinnipiac 81, Manhattan 38 Siena 58, Iona 46 UConn 102, South Florida 37

SOUTH Charleston Southern 74, High Point 68 Gardner-Webb 77, Longwood 43 Liberty 68, Presbyterian 60 NC Central 68, Delaware St. 63 Radford 61, Campbell 42 UNC-Asheville 68, Winthrop 53

MIDWEST Creighton 60, Villanova 46 Michigan 78, Indiana 74

AP Women’s Top 25 The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ women’s college basketball poll, with firstplace votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 8, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking: Record Pts Prv 1. UConn (33) 14-0 825 1 2. Baylor 15-1 783 2 3. Maryland 15-1 745 3 4. Mississippi St. 17-0 726 4 5. South Carolina 13-1 699 5 6. Notre Dame 15-2 670 7 7. Florida St. 15-2 595 6 8. Washington 16-2 544 12 9. Louisville 15-3 540 8 10. Oregon St. 15-1 509 16 11. Ohio St. 14-4 488 11 12. Duke 14-2 436 13 13. Stanford 13-3 429 10 14. Miami 13-3 388 14 15. Virginia Tech 15-0 347 18 16. Texas 10-4 346 15 17. UCLA 11-4 326 9 18. West Virginia 14-2 269 17 19. Arizona St. 12-3 263 19 20. South Florida 13-1 181 22 21. DePaul 13-4 142 23 22. Oklahoma 12-4 139 20 23. N.C. State 13-4 104 — 24. California 13-3 50 20 25. Kansas St. 12-4 46 25 Others receiving votes: Syracuse 37, Tennessee 33, Colorado 15, Green Bay 14, Texas A&M 11, Kentucky 9, Southern Cal 6, LSU 4, Oregon 3, Alabama 2, Charlotte 1.

GOLF Web.com Tour Bahamas Great Exuma Classic At Sandals Emerald Bay (Emerald Reef Course) Great Exuma, Bahamas Purse: $600,000 Yardage: 7,001; Par: 72 Second Round Nicholas Thompson ....................75-67—142 Dan McCarthy ..............................72-71—143 Abraham Ancer............................74-71—145 D.J. Trahan ....................................78-68—146 Kent Bulle ......................................79-67—146 Kyle Thompson .............................76-70—146 Chesson Hadley ...........................76-71—147 Chase Parker ................................75-72—147 Andrew Putnam ...........................77-70—147 Jake Younan .................................78-70—148 Michael Gellerman......................76-72—148 Taylor Moore ................................78-71—149 Nate Lashley.................................79-70—149 Michael Putnam...........................78-71—149 Austin Cook ...................................76-73—149 Andrew Yun...................................77-72—149 Anders Albertson .........................72-77—149

Third Quarter

Talor Gooch...................................73-76—149 Corey Conners..............................79-70—149 Rob Oppenheim ..........................77-73—150 Ted Potter, Jr..................................80-70—150 Seth Fair.........................................78-72—150 Vince Covello ................................76-74—150

TENNIS

Super 25 boys basketball rankings

In Sydney, Australia Surface: Hard; Purse: Men, $437,380; Women, $710,900 Men’s Singles — First round: Alex de Minaur, Australia, def. Benoit Paire, France, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (1); Mischa Zverev, Germany, def. Nicolas Almagro, Spain, 6-4, 6-2; Andrey Kuznetsov, Russia, def. Martin Klizan (7), Slovakia, 2-6, 6-1, 3-0, retired; Gilles Muller (6), Luxembourg, def. Alexandr Dolgopolov, Ukraine, 3-6, 6-3, 7-5; Marcel Granollers (8), Spain, def. Santiago Giraldo, Colombia, 6-7 (5), 7-5, 6-3; Jordan Thompson, Australia, def. Nikoloz Basilashvili, Georgia, 7-5, 6-2. Women’s Singles — Second round: Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Russia, def. Svetlana Kuznetsova (5), Russia, 7-5, 6-3; Barbora Strycova, Czech Republic, def. Roberta Vinci (9), Italy, 6-2, 6-3; Eugenie Bouchard, Canada, def. Dominika Cibulkova (3), Slovakia, 6-4, 6-3; Daria Kasatkina, Russia, def. Angelique Kerber (1), Germany, 7-6 (5), 6-2; Caroline Wozniacki (10), Denmark, def. Yulia Putintseva, Kazakhstan, 6-0, 7-5; Johanna Konta (6), Britain, def. Daria Gavrilova, Australia, 6-1, 6-3; Duan Ying-Ying, China, def. CoCo Vandeweghe, United States, 6-3, 6-2; Agnieszka Radwanska (2), Poland, def. Christina McHale, United States, 7-6 (1), 6-1;

Previous ranking (PR): 1. Result: Biggest win a 69-54 defeat of then-No. 8 Findlay Prep (Henderson, Nev.); Jaren Jackson had 24 points and 17 rebounds.

ATP World Tour ASB Classic

PR: 5. Result: Lost 78-62 to then-No. 8 Findlay Prep (Henderson, Nev.) in the championship game of the Iolani Classic in Honolulu.

In Auckland, New Zealand Surface: Hard; Purse: $450,110 Singles — First round: Joao Sousa, Portugal, def. Albert Ramos-Vinolas (5), Spain, 6-1, 7-5; Ryan Harrison, United States, def. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Spain, 6-1, 6-2; Brydan Klein, Australia, def. Facundo Bagnis, Argentina, 6-1, 6-7 (6), 7-6 (3); Yen-hsun Lu, Taiwan, def. Karen Khachanov, Russia, 4-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (9); Marcos Baghdatis (8), Cyprus, def. Adrian Mannarino, France, 6-4, 6-4; Jeremy Chardy, France, def. Artem Sitak, New Zealand, 6-4, 6-2.

WTA Hobart International In Hobart, Australia Surface: Hard; Purse: $226,750 Singles — Second round: Veronica Cepede Royg, Paraguay, def. Andrea Petkovic, Germany, 6-3, 0-6, 6-4; Elise Mertens, Belgium, def. Sachia Vickery, United States, 0-1, retired; Monica Niculescu (3), Romania, def. Kirsten Flipkens, Belgium, 6-3, 6-2; Jana Fett, Croatia, def. Lizette Cabrera, Australia, 6-1, 6-3. Doubles — Quarterfinals: Mandy Minella, Luxembourg, and Anastasija Sevastova, Latvia, def. Sara Errani, Italy, and Kirsten Flipkens, Belgium, walkover.

ODDS

Favorite Line Underdog VA COM 101⁄2 George Washington Houston 9 EAST CAROLINA South Carolina 1 TENNESSEE MISSISSIPPI 2 Georgia SOUTH FLORIDA 6 Tulane WICHITA ST 16 Loyola of Chicago Saint Louis DUQUESNE 101⁄2 MICHIGAN ST 2 Minnesota Dayton 6 UMASS RICHMOND OFF St. Bonaventure DAVIDSON 14 Fordham LOUISVILLE 12 Pittsburgh MARQUETTE 4 Seton Hall WAKE FOREST North Carolina 71⁄2 TULSA Memphis 21⁄2 TEXAS PK TCU Illinois St 6 S. ILLINOIS MISSOURI ST 5 Evansville DRAKE Indiana St 21⁄2 TEXAS A&M 9 LSU BRADLEY OFF N. Iowa ILLINOIS Michigan 11⁄2 WYOMING 4 Utah St CREIGHTON 3 Butler NC State 6 BOSTON COLLEGE UCONN 2 Temple OKLAHOMA ST PK Iowa St AIR FORCE PK Fresno St CS Northridge LONG BEACH ST 51⁄2

National Hockey League Wednesday Line Underdog -120 Florida OFF Montreal -119 Pittsburgh OFF San Jose

Favorite ATLANTA NEW ENGLAND

Line O/U 4 51 15 44 Line O/U 1 44 41⁄2 52

PR: 8. Result: Lost 69-54 to No. 1 La Lumiere (La Porte, Ind.) in the Cancer Research Classic in Wheeling, W.Va.

5. Chino Hills, Calif. (16-0) PR: 6. Result: LiAngelo Ball had 25 points in an 84-73 defeat of then-No. 7 Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.) in the championship game of the Tarkanian Classic in Las Vegas.

6. IMG Academy, Bradenton, Fla. (16-1) PR: 3. Result: Trevon Duval had 23 points and five assists in a 70-65 defeat of then-No. 10 Patrick School (Hillside, N.J.) in the City of Palms Classic.

7. Oak Hill, Mouth of Wilson, Va. (16-2) 8. Nathan Hale, Seattle (11-0) PR: 13. Result: Michael Porter Jr. had 27 points and 15 rebounds in a 67-65 defeat of thenNo. 2 Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth, Calif.) in the championship game of the Les Schwab Invitational in Hillsboro, Ore.

9. Simeon, Chicago (12-0) PR: 9. Result: Evan Gilyard had 20 points in a 52-50 defeat of Benet Academy (Lisle) in the championship game of the Pontiac Holiday Tournament in Pontiac, Ill.

10. Sierra Canyon, Chatsworth, Calif. (7-1) PR: 2. Result: Lost 67-65 to then-No. 13 Nathan Hale (Seattle) in the Les Schwab Invitational.

11. Hamilton Heights Christian, Chattanooga, Tenn. (15-4) PR: Not ranked. Result: Won 56-52 at Brentwood Academy (Brentwood, Tenn.) as Therren Shelton-Szmidt had 22 points.

12. Mater Dei, Santa Ana, Calif. (17-1) PR: 7. Result: Lost 84-73 to then-No. 6 Chino Hills in the championship game of the Tarkanian Classic.

15. Shadow Mountain, Phoenix (16-0) PR: 16. Result: Marcus Shaver had 22 points in a 69-59 defeat of Hamilton (Chandler) in the championship game of the McClintock Shootout Classic in Tempe.

16. Wasatch Academy, Mount Pleasant, Utah (15-2) PR: 19. Result: Josip Vrankic had 18 points in a 68-54 defeat of Village Christian (Sun Valley, Calif.) in the championship game of the San Fernando Valley Invitational in Granada Hills, Calif.

17. Bishop Montgomery, Torrance, Calif. (14-1) PR: 20. Result: Ethan Thompson had 19 points in a 71-43 defeat of Westchester (Los Angeles) in the Westchester Challenge.

18. Gonzaga, Washington, D.C. (12-2) PR: Not ranked. Result: Prentiss Hubb had 25 points in a 76-73 defeat of Westlake (Atlanta) in the Cancer Research Classic.

19. Sunrise Christian Academy, Wichita (13-3) PR: 18. Result: Lost 39-37 to Providence Day (Charlotte) in the Hoodies Hoops Classic.

20. Klein Forest, Houston (19-0) PR: 23. Result: The Eagles are averaging 81 points per game.

21. Newton, Covington, Ga. (13-0) PR: Not ranked. Result: Isaiah Miller had 24 points in a 73-64 defeat of Spartanburg Day (Spartanburg, S.C.) in the Farm Bureau Insurance Classic in Roebuck, S.C.

PR: Not ranked. Result: Miles McBride had 15 points in a 41-35 defeat of Centerville.

23. Jonesboro, Ark. (12-0) 24. Union, Tulsa (9-0)

Underdog Pittsburgh Green Bay

25. North Central, Indianapolis (10-0)

BASEBALL American League CLEVELAND INDIANS — Released LHP Edwin Escobar. OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Assigned INF/OF Max Muncy outright to Nashville (PCL).

National League LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Agreed to terms with RHP Kenley Jansen on a five-year contract and Vidal Nuno on a one-year contract. NEW YORK METS — Agreed to terms with RHP Jennry Mejia on a one-year contract.

BASKETBALL NBA PHILADELPHIA 76ERS — Signed G Chasson Randle to a 10-day contract.

Women’s National Basketball Association NEW YORK LIBERTY — Named Swin Cash director of franchise development.

FOOTBALL National Football League CHICAGO BEARS — Signed WR Rueben Randle to a reserve/future contract. CLEVELAND BROWNS — Fired defensive backs coach Louie Cioffi, inside linebackers coach Johnny Holland, offensive line coach Hal Hunter, assistant defensive backs coach Cannon Matthews and outside linebackers coach Ryan Slowik.

COLLEGE FLORIDA STATE — OT Rod Johnson will enter the NFL draft. IOWA STATE — Signed athletic director Jamie Pollard through 2024. MICHIGAN — LB/DB Jabrill Peppers will enter the NFL draft. WISCONSIN — OT Ryan Ramczyk will enter the NFL draft.

Times Eastern. Programs live unless noted. Check local listings.

PR: 10. Result: Lost 70-65 to then-No. 3 IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.) in the City of Palms Classic.

Underdog Seattle Houston

DEALS

SPORTS ON TV

RUSHING—Clemson, Gallman 18-46, Watson 21-43, Fuller 1-3, A.Scott 1-0, (Team) 1(minus 1). Alabama, Scarbrough 16-93, Hurts 10-63, A.Stewart 1-25, D.Harris 5-24, Jacobs 2-16. PASSING—Clemson, Watson 36-56-0-420, (Team) 0-1-0-0. Alabama, Hurts 13-31-0131, A.Stewart 1-1-0-24. RECEIVING—Clemson, Renfrow 10-92, M.Williams 8-94, Leggett 7-95, Cain 5-94, Gallman 3-39, A.Scott 3-6. Alabama, Ridley 5-36, Howard 4-106, A.Stewart 2-12, Scar-

4. Findlay Prep, Henderson, Nev. (18-1)

PR: Not ranked. Result: Tony Hutson and Desi Sills each had 17 points in a 74-41 defeat of West Memphis.

Playoffs Sunday

Fourth Quarter

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PR: Not ranked. Result: Chandler Lawson had the game-winning dunk in a 75-73 defeat of then-No. 4 Montverde (Fla.) Academy in the ARS Rescue Rooter Penny Hardaway National Hoopfest.

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PR: 4. Result: Lost 75-73 to then-unranked Memphis East (Memphis) in the ARS Rescue Rooter Penny Hardaway National Hoopfest in Arlington, Tenn.

PR: 11. Result: D.J. Harvey had 16 points and 11 rebounds in a 66-61 defeat of then-No. 15 Roselle (N.J.) Catholic in the Cancer Research Classic.

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2. Montverde (Fla.) Academy (13-1)

13. DeMatha Catholic, Hyattsville, Md. (11-1)

BAMA—FG Griffith 27, 12:25 CLE—Renfrow 24 pass from Watson (Huegel kick), 7:10 BAMA—Howard 68 pass from Hurts (Griffith kick), 1:53 CLE—M.Williams 4 pass from Watson (Huegel kick), 14:00 CLE—Gallman 1 run (Huegel kick), 4:38 BAMA—Hurts 30 run (Griffith kick), 2:07 CLE—Renfrow 2 pass from Watson (Huegel kick), :01 A—74,512. CLE BAMA First downs 31 16 Rushes-yards 42-91 34-221 Passing 420 155 Comp-Att-Int 36-57-0 14-32-0 Return Yards 133 66 Punts-Avg. 9-37.33 10-41.5 Fumbles-Lost 2-2 1-0 Penalties-Yards 3-35 9-82 Time of Possession 34:44 25:16

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COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL: George Washington at VCU (ESPN2, 6 p.m.); Houston at East Carolina (ESPNews, 6 p.m.); South Carolina at Tennessee (SEC Network, 6:30 p.m.); Minnesota at Michigan State (Big Ten Network, 7 p.m.); Dayton at Massachusetts (CBS Sports Network, 7 p.m.); Georgia at Mississippi (ESPNU, 7 p.m.); Seton Hall at Marquette (Fox Sports 1, 7 p.m.); North Carolina at Wake Forest (ESPN2, 8 p.m.); Memphis at Tulsa (ESPNews, 8 p.m.); LSU at Texas A&M (SEC Network, 8:30 p.m.); Michigan at Illinois (Big Ten Network, 9 p.m.); Temple at Connecticut (CBS Sports Network, 9 p.m.); Iowa State at Oklahoma State (ESPNU, 9 p.m.); Butler at Creighton (Fox Sports 1, 9 p.m.) COLLEGE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: St. Bonaventure at Saint Louis (NBC Sports Network, noon) GOLF: Web.com Tour, The Bahamas Great Exuma Classic, final round, in Great Exuma (Golf Channel, 2:30 p.m.); European PGA Tour, BMW South African Open, first round, in Gauteng (Golf Channel, 3 a.m. Thursday) MOTOR SPORTS: Dakar Rally, Stage 8 (Uyuni, Bolivia, to Salta, Argentina) (NBC Sports Network, 6:30 p.m., tape delay) NBA: Memphis at Oklahoma City (ESPN, 8 p.m.); Cleveland at Portland (ESPN, 10:30 p.m.) NHL: Pittsburgh at Washington (NBC Sports Network, 8 p.m.)

PR: Not ranked. Result: Adrian Rodriguez had 26 points in a 68-65 defeat of then-No. 25 Edmond North (Edmond).

PR: Not ranked. Result: Closest recent win was a 75-71 defeat of Crispus Attucks (Indianapolis); Emmanuel Little had 29 points and 16 rebounds. Dropped out: No. 12 Curie, Chicago; No. 14 Norcross, Ga.; No. 15 Roselle (N.J.) Catholic; No. 17 Neumann-Goretti, Philadelphia; No. 21 Hudson Catholic, Jersey City; No. 22 Lincoln, Brooklyn, N.Y.; No. 24 Westerville South, Westerville, Ohio.; No. 25 Edmond (Okla.) North. The rankings are compiled by USA TODAY Sports’ Jim Halley, based on results, tradition, quality of players and strength of schedule. The regional rankings are available at usatodayhss.com. Next rankings: Jan. 18.

USA TODAY SPORTS/MMAJUNKIE MMA RANKINGS The rankings take into account a fighter’s wins/losses, quality of competition, finishing rate/dominance and frequency of fights. Fighters are ineligible to be ranked after they’ve been inactive for 24 months, either because of injuries, drug/conduct suspensions, contract disputes or self-imposed hiatuses. Fighters will be ranked in their primary weight class. Catchweight fights and bouts outside of the fighter’s primary weight class can have a positive or negative impact on the ranking. However, non-titleholders can be ranked in only one weight class and, in most cases, they won’t be ranked in a new weight class until they’ve had their first fight at that weight. POUND-FOR-POUND 1. Demetrious Johnson (25-2-1) UFC 2. Jon Jones (22-1-0) UFC 3. Daniel Cormier (18-1-0) UFC 4. Conor McGregor (21-3-0) UFC 5. Jose Aldo (26-2-0) UFC 6. Stipe Miocic (16-2-0) UFC 7. Cody Garbrandt (11-0-0) UFC 8. Dominick Cruz (22-2-0) UFC 9. Tyron Woodley (16-3-1) UFC 10. Anthony Johnson (22-5-0) UFC HEAVYWEIGHT 1. Stipe Miocic (16-2-0) UFC 2. Fabricio Werdum (21-6-1) UFC 3. Cain Velasquez (14-2-0) UFC 4. Junior Dos Santos (18-4-0) UFC 5. Ben Rothwell (36-10-0) UFC 6. Alistair Overeem (41-15-0) UFC 7. Vitaly Minakov (18-0-0) Bellator 8. Josh Barnett (35-8-0) UFC 9. Andrei Arlovski (25-13-0) UFC 10. Derrick Lewis (17-4-0) UFC LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT 1. Jon Jones (22-1-0) UFC 2. Daniel Cormier (18-1-0) UFC 3. Anthony Johnson (22-5-0) UFC 4. Phil Davis (17-3-0) Bellator 5. Ryan Bader (22-5-0) UFC 6. Glover Teixeira (25-5-0) UFC 7. Alexander Gustafsson (17-4-0) UFC 8. Jimi Manuwa (16-2-0) UFC 9. Ovince Saint Preux (19-9-0) UFC 10. Liam McGeary (11-1-0) Bellator MIDDLEWEIGHT 1. Michael Bisping (30-7-0) UFC 2. Yoel Romero (12-1-0) UFC 3. Luke Rockhold (15-3-0) UFC 4. Ronaldo Souza (23-4-0) UFC 5. Chris Weidman (13-2-0) UFC 6. Robert Whittaker (17-4-0) UFC 7. Gegard Mousasi (41-6-2) UFC 8. David Branch (20-3-0) WSOF 9. Derek Brunson (16-4-0) UFC 10. Vitor Belfort (25-13-0) UFC WELTERWEIGHT 1. Tyron Woodley (16-3-1) UFC 2. Stephen Thompson (13-1-1) UFC 3. Robbie Lawler (27-11-0) UFC 4. Rory MacDonald (18-4-0) Bellator 5. Demian Maia (24-6-0) UFC 6. Ben Askren (15-0-0) One 7. Donald Cerrone (32-7-0) UFC 8. Dong Hyun Kim (22-3-1) UFC 9. Lorenz Larkin (18-5-0) UFC 10. Neil Magny (19-5-0) UFC

LIGHTWEIGHT 1. Conor McGregor (21-3-0) UFC 2. Khabib Nurmagomedov (24-0-0) UFC 3. Tony Ferguson (22-3-0) UFC 4. Eddie Alvarez (28-5-0) UFC 5. Rafael dos Anjos (25-8-0) UFC 6. Edson Barboza (18-4-0) UFC 7. Nate Diaz (19-11-0) UFC 8. Justin Gaethje (17-0-0) WSOF 9. Michael Chiesa (14-2-0) UFC 10. Beneil Dariush (14-2-0) UFC FEATHERWEIGHT 1. Jose Aldo (26-2-0) UFC 2. Max Holloway (17-3-0) UFC 3. Frankie Edgar (21-5-1) UFC 4. Chad Mendes (17-4-0) UFC 5. Ricardo Lamas (17-5-0) UFC 6. Cub Swanson (24-7-0) UFC 7. Daniel Straus (24-6-0) Bellator 8. Patricio Freire (25-4-0) Bellator 9. Anthony Pettis (19-6-0) UFC 10. Charles Oliveira (21-7-0) UFC BANTMAWEIGHT 1. Cody Garbrandt (11-0-0) UFC 2. Dominick Cruz (22-2-0) UFC 3. T.J. Dillashaw (14-3-0) UFC 4. Raphael Assuncao (23-5-0) UFC 5. Bibiano Fernandes (20-3-0) One 6. Marlon Moraes (18-4-1) WSOF 7. Eduardo Dantas (19-4-0) Bellator 8. Jimmie Rivera (20-1-0) UFC 9. John Lineker (29-8-0) UFC 10. Bryan Caraway (21-7-0) UFC FLYWEIGHT 1. Demetrious Johnson (25-2-1) UFC 2. Joseph Benavidez (25-4-0) UFC 3. Henry Cejudo (10-2-0) UFC 4. Kyoji Horiguchi (18-2-0) UFC 5. Jussier Formiga (19-4-0) UFC 6. Ali Bagautinov (14-5-0) UFC 7. Wilson Reis (21-6-0) UFC 8. Ian McCall (13-5-1) UFC 9. John Moraga (16-5-0) UFC 10. Dustin Ortiz (16-6-0) UFC WOMEN’S POUND-FOR-POUND 1. Joanna Jedrzejczyk (13-0-0) UFC 2. Cristiane Justino (17-1-0) UFC 3. Amanda Nunes (14-4-0) UFC 4. Claudia Gadelha (14-2-0) UFC 5. Barb Honchak (10-2-0) Invicta 6. Julianna Pena (8-2-0) UFC 7. Jessica Aguilar (19-5-0) UFC 8. Ayaka Hamasaki (13-1-0) Invicta 9. Valentina Shevchenko (13-2-0) UFC 10. Karolina Kowalkiewicz (10-1-0) UFC WOMEN’S BANTAMWEIGHT 1. Amanda Nunes (14-4-0) UFC 2. Julianna Pena (8-2-0) UFC 3. Valentina Shevchenko (13-2-0) UFC 4. Holly Holm (10-2-0) UFC 5. Ronda Rousey (12-2-0) UFC WOMEN’S STRAWWEIGHT 1. Joanna Jedrzejczyk (13-0-0) UFC 2. Claudia Gadelha (14-2-0) UFC 3. Jessica Aguilar (19-5-0) UFC 4. Karolina Kowalkiewicz (10-1-0) UFC 5. Carla Esparza (11-3-0) UFC

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Marius (Giovanni Ribisi) takes on the identity of his ex-cellmate, Pete, and joins Pete’s family, including Julia (Marin Ireland).

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freed from prison and warned by his younger brother, Eddie (Michael Drayer), that Vince is out for vengeance, Marius assumes the identity of his former cellmate, Pete, the grandson of a family of Patrick Ryan bail bondsmen. USA TODAY As the season progresses, Marius scrambles to maintain his NEW YORK Bryan Cranston takes a very hands-on approach façade as Pete, while simultaneously trying to to Sunday brunch. The Emmy winner is direct- save Eddie, who is taken ing a scene of his new series, hostage by Vince. “All he Sneaky Pete (streaming Friday has is his brother,” Ribisi on Amazon Prime), in which says. The con game is what he con man Marius (Giovanni Ri- had “to do to get away from himbisi) is polishing off an after- self, but at the core of that, you church meal with members of see this little kernel of humanity, his estranged “family.” Rather and it’s really about making sure than bark “Action!” and “Cut!” the one thing he has is protected.” Marius was inspired in part by from one end of the clan’s Connecticut farmhouse — built to Cranston, who was nicknamed scale in a Brooklyn studio — “Sneaky Pete” as a kid for trying Cranston is darting between the to take shortcuts, such as throwdirector’s chair and the dining ing out most of the newspapers room. He gently offers pointers on his paper route just to avoid on everything from dialogue to crotchety customers. He referdishware, and later hugs cast enced the nickname in his 2014 Emmys speech, and crew as they and a day later, wrap shooting. got a call from So“I’m amazed ny Pictures Teleat people like vision president him who have so Zack Van Amburg much going on with an idea for a and have such series. an ease about them all the “He called me time,” says Maand said, ‘I think rin Ireland, who there’s a show plays single there, about a guy mother Julia. who’s a Sneaky “There’s always Pete,’ ” Cranston such a humor says. “ ‘That was about him, and OK for you, behe’s always so cause you were a creative.” kid trying to ﬁgure Con man and ex-con Mari- things out. But Although what if that kid is Cranston, 60, us (Ribisi) dupes Audrey has directed TV Bernhardt (Margo Martin- now 35? What is he now?’ And I before, Sneaky dale) into thinking he is said, ‘I think he’d Pete bears even her long-lost grandson. be a criminal if he more of his creative stamp than signature didn’t change his ways.’ ” roles on AMC’s Breaking Bad Cranston began developing the and Fox’s Malcolm in the Mid- show with House creator David dle. He executive produces the Shore as a crime-of-the-week procrime drama, and co-stars in all cedural for CBS, and when the 10 episodes as Vince, a New network passed, Shore was reYork gangster to whom Marius placed by Justiﬁed’s Graham Yost. owes a serious debt. Newly The series was retooled for Ama-

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Bryan Cranston directs an episode of Sneaky Pete, which he co-created and stars in.

zon to tell a more grounded, serialized story that was “still trying to keep the grit and the humor,” Yost says. Ribisi was cast as Marius because “he’s not your average stud, leading man-type,” Cranston says. “If you need a gun or a ﬁght, you didn’t ﬁgure out your con very well. The genius con is when I convince you that it’s your idea to give me your money. It’s almost like a magician: ‘Take any card.’ ”

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MARTIN SCORSESE’S PRIESTHOOD AMBITIONS PAVED THE ROAD TO ‘SILENCE’

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Patrick Ryan USA TODAY NEW YORK On the surface, a slow-burning religious epic about 17th-century Jesuit missionaries may seem like unusual territory for Martin Scorsese, an auteur of the modern gangster movie. But get the Oscar winner talking about his own spiritual journey, and the puzzle pieces of Silence quickly fall into place. Adapted from Shūsaku Endō’s 1966 historical novel, Silence (now showing in select cities, expands nationwide Friday) follows two Portuguese priests (Andrew Garﬁeld and Adam Driver) facing persecution for preaching Christianity in Japan. Though the ﬁlm isn’t considered a lock for an Os-

cars best-picture nomination, it is a contender: 15 out of 28 experts at awards site GoldDerby.com predict it lands a spot, while 18 experts anticipate that Scorsese will get a best-director nod. It’s a story of tested faith and immense passion that struck a chord with Scorsese, 74, who was raised Catholic in a rough-andtumble neighborhood on Manhattan’s Lower East Side in the 1950s. Unable to play sports or spend time outside because of his severe asthma, Scorsese found sanctuary in movie theaters and the Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral, where he was an altar boy. “There was a special feeling in that cathedral, and I liked it,” Scorsese says. “There was a peace of mind, and outside, there was nothing but strife. ... The church was something very special, and I

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Martin Scorsese and Andrew Garﬁeld on the set of Silence. The director says “the interest in things spiritual never went.”

took it very seriously.” He was particularly inspired by Father John Principe, a worldly twentysomething priest who introduced him and his peers to new music and films, while also acting as a moral compass. Hoping to emulate Principe, Scorsese attended seminary school as a teenager, but was kicked out after one year for roughhousing and frequent tardiness. “I thought if I could become a priest, I could be like him or as influential as he was at that time for us,” Scorsese says. “I didn’t realize that a vocation is a real calling. It’s much more than wanting to be like somebody else.” But “the interest in things spiritual never went away and a lot of that energy went into the films,” starting with his Catholic-centered debut feature, 1967’s Who’s That Knocking at My Door. Whether depicting a deranged vet looking to cleanse the streets of corruption (1976’s Taxi Driver) or a violent middleweight boxer grappling with sexual insecurity and redemption (1980’s Raging Bull), Scorsese has long asked if “one can live a life of compassion in a materialistic, power-hungry world,” says Thomas R. Lindlof, author of Hollywood Under Siege: Martin Scorsese, the Religious Right, and the Culture Wars. “His films are intended as different ways of asking that question, with no illusion that it can ever be answered or resolved.” Even as he has made more overtly religious dramas such as 1988’s controversial The Last Temptation of Christ and 1997’s Kundun, about the 14th Dalai Lama, Scorsese says his own faith has “ebbed and flowed,” as he weathered four divorces and recovered from drug addiction. “It’s complicated,” he adds, “but I’m searching for the same things.” His willingness to engage with others about religion proved beneficial on the set of Silence, which has been largely well-received. “He is very on the surface with his struggle and knows that keeping that private does a disservice to the project,” Driver says. “Once you start attaching meaning to what you’re doing, the scenes starts to take on a different life.” Scorsese “can’t help but inject his personality into his films and with his actors,” he adds. “He’s a true artist.”

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Showtime mounts modern ‘Twin Peaks’ with twist Lynch will direct the cult show; CBS puts up a ‘Good Fight’

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CALIF. Your long, Twin Peak-less nightmare is almost over. Created by Mark Frost and David Lynch, this legendary (and legendarily odd) ABC series and its “Who Killed Laura Palmer” mystery took America by storm when it debuted in 1990. It was unlike any show anyone had ever seen, which may be why it quickly exploded into a hit and just as quickly collapsed, ending after just two seasons but leaving behind one of TV’s most devoted cult followings. Fans celebrated in 2014 when Showtime announced it would bring the show back with Lynch and Frost in charge — and then began to panic as time passed and Peaks did not appear. Well, panic no more: The new Twin Peaks arrives on May 21 with an 18-episode run, all directed by Lynch. He’s “one of the great ﬁlm masters of my lifetime,” Showtime CEO David Nevins told TV critics Monday, “and I think that the version of Twin Peaks you’re going to see is the pure heroin version of David Lynch, and I’m very excited to be putting that out.” In his own deadpan, elliptical way, Lynch sounds just as excited: “I love this world of Twin Peaks and I often thought about what might be happening. I often remembered the beautiful world and the beautiful characters.” Details about that new show are a well-kept secret. But some of the original cast will return, including Mädchen Amick and Kyle MacLachlan, who became a star playing the coffee-drinking, pieeating Special Agent Dale Cooper. “I didn’t think it was ever coming back,” says Amick. “People would ask, and I always said, ‘No, absolutely not. There’s no way they could do that again.’ ” Peaks is being billed as a onetime, special event, but Lynch says he hasn’t ruled out the possibility of another trip back. After all, he says, he once said he’d never return to Twin Peaks — and yet here he is. “Never say never.”

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Gordon Cole (David Lynch) and Shelly Johnson (Mädchen Amick) make room for pie in an episode of the original Twin Peaks. Amick is one of the original cast members returning for the new Showtime production.

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David Lynch directs all 18 episodes of Showtime’s return to quirky Twin Peaks.

Christine Baranski reprises her role as attorney Diane Lockhart in The Good Fight.

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in the wake of a Ponzi scheme. The ﬁrm refuses to take her back, so she sets out on her own with Lucca Quinn (Cush Jumbo), who returns from Wife along with Sarah Steele, who played Eli’s daughter. New actors include Delroy Lindo, Justin Bartha and Rose Leslie. The change of presidential administrations colors the series. The premiere episode was ﬁlmed in the week leading up to the election, and the unexpected

The Good Wife is gearing up for a fight. The Good Fight, a spinoff of the acclaimed CBS drama, which will stream on CBS All Access starting Feb. 19 (the first episode also will air on CBS that night), picks up a year after the original series ended last spring. Christine Baranski’s Diane Lockhart has announced plans to retire from the law firm at its center, only to find her savings have evaporated

outcome adds “a different resonance” to the show, Baranski says, with parallels to “passing power from one generation to another.” But it’s not inherently antiTrump: “It looks at how liberals are reacting, confusion between what’s real and what’s not real,” says co-creator Robert King. The spinoff project, which features both profanity and nudity, came together quickly. “We were in a state of limbo about whether I’d have future or not,” Baranski says. “I had another offer, but there was a real reluctance on my part to let go of what was ... a great role. Happily it all worked out. It was a family we did not want to break up.” Corrections & Clarifications USA TODAY is committed to accuracy. To reach us, contact Standards Editor Brent Jones at 800-8727073 or e-mail accuracy@usatoday.com. Please indicate whether you’re responding to content online or in the newspaper.

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A lot can happen in six hours. For a Golden Globe Awards attendee who arrives on time, that’s about how long you spend in the Beverly Hilton ballroom to celebrate those whom the Hollywood Foreign Press Association deems the best in TV and ﬁlm. Those six hours can have emotional extremes. Here’s a gamut of strong feelings you might have at the schmoozy, boozy awards soiree if you’re a ﬁrst-time guest. (This reporter was a bit feverish, which may explain some of the heightened emotions.)

EXCITEMENT You’re there at 2:30 p.m., when the invitation said cocktails are served. The ballroom is empty, save a handful of photographers. You wait for them to finish so you can take photos of your own and examine who is sitting where: Film stars get prime spots closest to the stage, TV actors are one level up, members of the HFPA are a row up from there, and you’re another step away. LONELINESS At 4, you’re still the only person at your table for 10. (Later, you’ll learn other journalists are seated at Table 316, but they know not to arrive so early.) The dozens of other tables have only a couple of guests each. You eat your entrée of fish and steak alone. You miss the waiter when he leaves. ADMIRATION Half an hour later, “talent” begins arriving. You find some of your favorite stars in the bars outside the ballroom. Sylvester Stallone looks friendlier and younger than you imagined. He orders bourbon as you comment to his brother, Frank, about those mini cham-

pagne glasses with the attached sippers. Frank pretends to play one like a trombone. You’re distracted by a stunning yellow gown. You realize it belongs to Emily Ratajkowski, who avoids eye contact with you when you consider complimenting her. Michelle Williams and Natalie Portman stand out in the crowd. Even if you didn’t know who they were, you’d know they were special — faces kind; skin perfect; body language approachable. You see a person you later realize is Casey Affleck, but for a moment think he’s an old friend you can’t place. You recognize a hoarse voice asking for directions to the bathroom as belonging to Cuba Gooding Jr., and turn to direct him. He gives you an appreciative smile, perhaps grateful you didn’t make a “show me the restroom” joke.

COMPASSION It’s 5, time for the show. The ballroom is vast but not as big as it looks on TV. The Hilton manages to cram more humans into it than a ﬁre marshal might consider safe. Stars aren’t immune to the tight traffic: You accidentally brush into Carl Weathers and Hugh Grant as you try to traverse the room. Stars win awards, they thank lots of people. You can tell where the winning studios and casts are sitting, based on the loudest applause. You feel a vicarious thrill. JEALOUSY Mr. Robot actor Rami Malek tells Modern Family’s Soﬁa Vergara, “Congratulations on all of your wins over nine years.” Colin Farrell and Bryan Cranston embrace. Justin Timberlake and Pharrell talk to each other in high-pitched voices. It’s some inside joke. It looks like something you’d

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like to be a part of, but you’re not — you’re press; you’re just observing. You hear Naomie Harris complain that her dress gives her little room to breathe. You shoot her a sincere, sympathetic look even though you’re not in her conversation. You think about how fun this would be if you were celebrating your own accomplishment with your own friends.

GREED By 7, you realize you should take advantage of the food and drink stations. You score a “dark chocolate with hazelnut ganache” bite (that’s what the woman in the chef hat calls it) from the chocolate bar. You try an espresso from the coffee bar and may have accidentally cut the line to get it. You get a vodka soda from the bar-bar. You know you’ll probably ditch that drink soon and order another one, because ordering drinks is fun.

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You don’t smoke, but kinda wish you did so you could schmooze Heidi Klum, who’s focused on capturing a good selﬁe on the smoking deck overlooking the pool.

RESPECT After indulging, you’re full and ready to listen. Remember, that’s the reason you’re there. Though the crowd at the bar is loud, as Matt Damon comments when he takes the podium, you stop hearing those people when Viola Davis presents the Cecil B. DeMille Award to Meryl Streep. Then, Streep makes an impassioned speech about diversity, politics and art. The room gives her the biggest standing ovation of the night, with several applause moments throughout. People are nodding emphatically. HAPPINESS La La Land was your favorite ﬁlm of 2016, so it delights you that it keeps winning trophies. You see

others win, including Tracee Ellis Ross, Casey Affleck and Donald Glover. You want them all to keep winning at life!

EXHAUSTION There’s an announcement during commercial break: “We are running way over. Work with us and we’ll work with you.” Not what you want to hear at 8 p.m. You realize how tired you are, though all you’ve done is walk, eat and sit. Oh yeah, you’re sick. GRATITUDE You see Sunny Pawar, the 8-yearold star of Lion, shivering in an oversize tuxedo jacket that clearly doesn’t belong to him. You’re told that he’s not feeling well. You just want to hug the kid. Instead, you congratulate every winner you walk by, including Tom Hiddleston, Billy Bob Thornton, Aaron Taylor-Johnson. You mean it. They smile graciously while gripping their Globes.

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Riddled with clichés, ‘Live by Night’ is less than sum of its parts Ben Affleck’s Live by Night plays as a greatest-hits mash-up of gangster epics, though the result is a haphazard, albeit mostly enterMOVIE taining tale of tomREVIEW my gunners and rum BRIAN TRUITT runners. Wearing a variety of fedoras in the Prohibition-era piece (eegE out of four; rated R; in theaters nationwide Friday), the square-jawed actor stars in, directs and adapts from the Dennis Lehane novel of the same name. Small-time crook Joe Coughlin (Affleck) ﬁnds success in the underworlds of bloody 1920s Boston and sunny 1930s Florida, yet is continually reminded of his dad’s fateful words: “What you put out into the world will always come back to you.” There’s no shortage of style, and the shoot-’em-up narrative appeals to devotees of crime ﬂicks — but an inspired Affleck tries to do too much. Joe returns home from World War I with an itch to rage against the machine. Running with a bunch of Beantown robbers, Joe gets in the middle of a war between Irish Mob boss Albert White (Robert Glenister) and Italian crime lord Maso Pescatore (Remo Girone). “I don’t truck with gangsters,” Joe says, though much to the chagrin of his cop father Thomas (Brendan Gleeson), bad decisions put him in intensive care — and ultimately jail — after he’s betrayed by his girlfriend, Emma (Sienna Miller). When Joe gets out, seeking revenge, the Italians install him in Tampa to head up their busy rum business. He’s the king of the speak-easies, but beset by obsta-

Affleck wears many hats in the movie: writer, director and star.

Ben Affleck, with Sienna Miller, creates an oldschool gangster’s tableau.

cles including the Ku Klux Klan and the preaching of anti-vice holy roller Loretta Figgis (Elle Fanning) — all of which get in the way of Joe’s grand plans to get out of the racket and one day go legit. The first act is an old-school gangster’s paradise, sprinkled with odes to classic crime cinema and a killer car chase in vintage vehicles. Once he gets down KAREN BALLARD South, though, Affleck creates almost another movie entirely, one Kevin Bacon, Mark Wahlberg and John Goodman anchor an interwoven cast. that explores prejudice of the time as it leads to a bloody conclusion. Unfortunately, the two parts don’t jibe seamlessly, though Harry Gregson-Williams’ sumptuous score sets the right mood throughout. As the movie’s star, Affleck gives his onscreen personality an Crowded The duo of director Peter Berg film Deepwater Horizon (also intriguing depth: The ne’er-doand star Mark Wahlberg are be- with Wahlberg), Berg crafts an inwell Joe says that he wants to be a cast gets coming as all-American as hot tense blast sequence on the margood man, though his own hubris woven athon route that gets up-close dogs and Mom’s apple pie. undermines any karmic points he Their newest col- and personal with its horror: A into a hopes to earn. laboration, the dra- street-level angle shows the emoMOVIE Affleck has surrounded himself tapestry ma Patriots Day tional effects of the carnage while REVIEW BRIAN with a talented cast that includes (eeeE out of four; never being gratuitous. TRUITT Zoe Saldana (as Joe’s Cuban lov- of The filmmaker weaves in real rated R; now showing er, Graciela), Chris Messina (play- strength, in New York, Boston footage where possible to add to ing Joe’s No. 2, Dion Bartolo) and and Los Angeles, expands nation- the overall authenticity while Chris Cooper (as the police chief with wide Friday), is their best yet, ef- dramatically rendering many of and Loretta’s devout father), but realism fectively capturing the tragedy of the key sequences that captured those interesting characters are the 2013 Boston Marathon America’s attention — J.K. Simmostly side players to Joe’s and grit bombings while showcasing the mons, who plays a local Waterjourney. fortitude of the human spirit sans town sheriff, figures into a Live by Night never reaches the tension-filled nighttime shootout any sense of rah-rah corniness. heights of Affleck’s best movies — The main narrative follows au- that pits the terrorist siblings the Oscar-winning Argo and exthority figures, ordinary citizens against law enforcement. cellent The Town — but it’s defiWahlberg exudes a watchable, and the terrorists themselves nitely his most ambitious, both from the night before the violent good-hearted machismo as Tomthematically and in production April 15 attacks to the suburban my, especially in a poignant value. Although the filmmaker manhunt that ends in the capture speech on love vs. hate. John conjures beautiful imagery and a of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (Alex Goodman and Kevin Bacon ensubtle exploration of fathers and Wolff ) in nearby Watertown, gage in scenery-chewing conflict their children, the good stuff is Mass. Chief among them is Tom- as a headstrong Boston police too often caught up in a muddle my Saunders (Wahlberg), a Bos- commissioner and an embattled of well-tread crime clichés. ton cop nursing a knee injury — a FBI agent respectively, and TV’s composite of true-life officers — Supergirl Melissa Benoist breaks who’s at ground zero when the from goody two-shoes type as Tamakeshift explosives go off at the merlan’s American wife, a woman finish line and wreak havoc on determined to not break when interrogated by feds. runners and spectators alike. Co-written by Berg, the screenIn Berg’s signature handheld camerawork, the director intro- play gets a little busy trying to induces each player in the context troduce its large cast in the first of the fateful day and weaves 20 minutes, though its timeline their stories in the aftermath. settles into a tick-tock groove as Tommy’s loving wife (Michelle the action turns procedural in Monaghan) visits him at the race tracking down its antagonists. In other hands, Patriots Day just before the nightmarish chaos erupts, young couple Patrick could have been a paint-by-num(Christopher O’Shea) and Jessica bers action thriller, but strong (Rachel Brosnahan) are injured performances and well-paced and split up in the confusion, and momentum make it an engrossChinese student Dun Meng (Jim- ing watch. Even more impressive is the my O. Yang) survives being carjacked by Tsarnaev and brother way Berg maintains an emphasis Tamerlan (Themo Melikidze) on the heroes in those fateful when the bad guys are on the run. hours where a city came together, PHOTOS BY CLAIRE FOLGER As he did in last year’s disaster refusing to be torn asunder.

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“In the great green room / There was a telephone / And a red balloon / And a picture of — ” Few parents are unable to finish the first line from the 1947 children’s classic Goodnight Moon, which has sold 27 million copies. With illustrations by Clement Hurd, the picture book was written by the prolific Margaret Wise Brown, whose life and work are explored in Amy Gary’s new biography, titled (of course), In the Great Green Room (Flatiron, 279 pp., eeeE out of four). Although Goodnight Moon’s lulling style is familiar in today’s many go-to-sleep books for children, at the time it was unusual, so much so that for more than 20 years the New York Public Library declined to include the book in its stacks — just one of many anecdotes Gary includes about the beloved story’s history. Calm though her works may be (they include The Runaway Bunny, The Little Island and dozens more), Margaret Wise Brown’s life was anything but. Born into a wealthy but chilly New York family, Brown spent her early years roaming estate grounds on Long Island and at boarding school in Wellesley. In college she discovered a love for horse riding, poetry and the hunting event known as

Margaret Wise Brown’s classic Goodnight Moon was intended to lull children to sleep, yet her private life was anything but sedate.

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“beagling.” A first job at noted progressive school Bank Street let Brown create stories for children that merged her naturalist eye with her love for Gertrude Stein’s avant-garde style. Yet often her writing took a back seat to an impressive love drama in her personal life: casting off a wealthy fiancé, falling for an older family man in Maine, and — most significant — devoting herself to one woman who would shape her artistic and erotic path for the rest of her life. Brown’s decade-long relationship with poet and theater artist Michael Strange (originally Blanche Oelrichs) nearly merits

its own book, as the women challenge 1940s conventions with gusto: dressing androgynously, cultivating lives of art and, of course, being in love. Unfortunately, it was a lopsided love, with Brown’s needs never quite fulﬁlled by the older Strange — a “vainglorious semicelebrity” — whose cruelty to Brown dismayed many of her friends. After nursing Strange through her ﬁnal weeks of leukemia, Brown was bereft. Despite her phenomenal success with multiple children’s books, as well as songs, poems and essays, Margaret Wise Brown never stopped trying — and failing — to write for adults. This

painful disappointment needs more exploration, as we don’t learn much about these works or their problems. Gary also shortchanges the life-long effects of Brown’s troubled connection to her family, especially problematic since it was the discovery of a trove of works kept by Brown’s sister that prompted this biography. Though her life was cut short by illness (she died in 1952 at age 42), Margaret Wise Brown’s story reads as a stirring evocation of a woman who insisted on freedom in her art and in her love life. Emily Gray Tedrowe is the author of Blue Stars.

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5 things director Rian Johnson spills to us about new ‘Star Wars’ 1. TONALLY, ‘EPISODE VIII’ WILL EMPHASIZE FUN.

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Johnson is aiming for an enjoyable experience rather than a darker middle chapter in the new trilogy. “I want it to be a blast and to be funny and to be a ride the way The Force Awakens and the original Star Wars movies were.”

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It’s like rolling up for a lightsaber lesson with Obi-Wan Kenobi when Star Wars: Episode VIII writer/director Rian Johnson invites: “Anything you want to know! What do you want to know?” He’s playing a little, of course. The follow-up (in theaters Dec. 15) to all-time box-office champ The Force Awakens is a top-secret project (now in post-production) but one that Johnson is tackling proudly while playing coy. “The creative work has felt like play,” says Johnson, whose previous work includes the high-school noir mystery Brick and time-travel drama Looper. “It’s felt reso-

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Hooked on Star Wars since childhood, Johnson wants Episode VIII to “be a blast.” nant and meaningful because it meant so much to me as a kid.” In an interview conducted before the death of Star Wars star Carrie Fisher, who had ﬁnished her work on Episode VIII, the ﬁlmmaker teases about what’s to come in the galaxy far, far away.

4. LUKE SKYWALKER IS THE “EMOTIONAL ENTRY POINT.”

throw that at them and dig into what really makes them tick.”

A longtime fan of Hamill’s enigmatic Jedi, Johnson thinks “What’s going on with Luke Skywalker?” is the essential question at the heart of the new ﬁlm. “I’m approaching it with a take that I hope feels honest and real and is going to be interesting to folks and make sense,” Johnson says.

3. REY AND LUKE SKYWALKER DEVELOP A STRONG BOND.

The new ﬁlm from the start will explore the relationship between Luke (Mark Hamill) and Rey, who shows up on his remote intergalactic island with his old lightsaber “both not knowing what’s going to happen and also having a lot of expectations in her head about how this is going to go,” Johnson says. “It very much feels like what we all go through in adolescence, the dawning of this new chapter of our lives.” The director adds that the deepening of familial themes is “a huge part of especially Rey’s character, something that was a really powerful part of her setup and something I really wanted to dig into with this.”

2. FANS LEARN MORE ABOUT ‘FORCE AWAKENS’ HEROES.

Episode VIII continues where The Force Awakens left off with the journey of Jedi-in-training Rey (Daisy Ridley), former Stormtrooper Finn (John Boyega) and ace X-wing pilot Poe Dameron (Oscar Isaac). “I wanted to know more about each of them, and that doesn’t just mean information or back story,” Johnson says. “Figure out what’s the most difficult thing each of them could be challenged with now — let’s

5. ‘EPISODE VIII’ ALREADY HAS A TITLE.

The director knows it. In fact, he’s had it locked in his mind ever since he started working on Episode VIII a couple of years ago. “It was in the very ﬁrst draft I wrote,” Johnson says. So how bad does he want to get that big secret off his chest? “I’ll just blurt it out right now!” he jokes. “All in good time, my friend.”

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LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT NBC, 9 ET/PT

Fans of Mariska Hargitayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s performance may not want to miss this outing, which turns its attention to Bensonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s personal life. A 6-year-old boyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s disappearance leads Benson to examine her own role as a mom.

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Dre (Anthony Anderson) examines a Trump-ish world on Black-ish.

BLACK-ISH ABC, 9:30 ET/PT

No sitcom is trying harder to make a statement, and make viewers think about that statement, than Black-ish. This week, that effort results in a compelling special episode that examines post-election tensions and divisions, as seen through the eyes of Dre (Anthony Anderson), his family and his co-workers. While the episode is not one-sided, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not balanced, either, and a certain preachiness does set in â&#x20AC;&#x201D; though Andersonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s speech about loving a country that has not always loved him back is powerful enough to justify the preaching. In the end, this is a message episode, and while no one will like everything being said, the ultimate message â&#x20AC;&#x201D; that we need to stop calling each other names and start listening to each other â&#x20AC;&#x201D; would seem to be one everyone can embrace.

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Samantha Bee has reset her alarm clock for Wednesdays.

FULL FRONTAL WITH SAMANTHA BEE TBS, 10:30 ET/PT

Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something else everyone should be able to agree on. This election turned Samantha Bee into a star, and her show â&#x20AC;&#x201D; which moves to its new Wednesday time slot â&#x20AC;&#x201D; into a political comedy power.

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