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Monday, December 31, 2018 Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
Vol. 49, Issue 78
In observance of the holiday, the Clarion will not print a Tuesday, Jan. 1 edition. We wish you a happy New Year!
In the news Alaska arrest rates down for most drug crimes ANCHORAGE — A report says arrest rates in Alaska have decreased for most drug crimes in the past three decades. Alaska Public Media reports the recent fact sheet from the Alaska Justice Information Center looks at arrest data reported through Alaska law enforcement agencies between 1986 and 2017. The report shows arrests for narcotics sales and manufacturing have fallen for both men and women. In 2017, the female arrest rate was the lowest recorded in the period reviewed, while the male arrest rate was at its second lowest. Marijuana arrest rates also declined over the three decades. Arrest rates for the sale and manufacture of synthetic drugs peaked in 1998. But the Justice Information Center says there has also been a general increase over the period that was reviewed.
Judge clears the way for appeal of ruling against health law
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DNR What’s your New Year’s resolution? approves In celebration of New Year’s 2019, the Clarion spoke with members of the community on their plans for 2019 and what they hope the new year Furie’s has in store for them. 2019 plans By KAT SORENSEN Peninsula Clarion
“Spend more time with my kids.”
“I want to be a better person for my upcoming son.”
“I want to be a better person.”
“I’m going to try to attend church more.”
— Danae Haley, Kenai
— Christopher Rose, Kenai
— Millynda Parbin, Soldotna
— Logan Lee Schrader, Soldotna
“Going for less sugar in my life. I’m going to be a little smarter shopping, cut things out like sweetened drinks.”
“Stop drinking so much coffee!” — Morgan Mallory, Kenai
“I want to save enough money to get a car. My job is in Kenai and I live in Soldotna.” — Chris Blair, Soldotna
— Ty Grenier, Soldotna
Photos and interviews by JOEY KLECKA
The Alaska Department of Natural Resources Division of Oil and Gas has approved Furie Operating Alaska’s plan for 2019, allowing the company to continue exploratory drilling in the Cook Inlet. The company’s operating plan, known as Kitchen Lights Unit 6th Plan of Development and Operations, lays out Furie’s plans to continue drilling throughout the 83,394-acre unit in the Northern Cook Inlet. The company has committed to drilling and acquiring a new development well from the Julius R. Platform and continue operations on two other wells. The plan was approved Dec. 11. In a release from the Department of Natural Resources, the company also states that by February 2019, “It will mature two prospects for exploration wells outside the Corsair Block and present them to DNR along with evidence that commercially reasonable efforts are underway to drill these wells in either See FURIE, page A2
WASHINGTON — A federal judge in Texas who recently declared the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional has stayed his ruling to allow for appeals. That means “Obamacare” remains in effect while litigation continues. In a ruling issued Sunday, Judge Reed O’Connor in Fort Worth wrote that he stands by his earlier conclusion that the entire law is invalidated by congressional repeal of its fines on people who remain uninsured, like a house of cards collapsing. However, because “many everyday Americans would ... face great uncertainty” if that ruling were immediately put into effect, O’Connor issued a stay to allow for appeals. A group of Republicanled states brought the lawsuit. A coalition of Democratic state attorneys general, led by California’s Xavier Becerra, intends to appeal. Congressional Democrats also plan to appeal.
In Juneau, residents take erosion into their own hands By ALEX MCCARTHY Juneau Empire
Some residents along a stretch of the Mendenhall River are taking the erosion on the river into their own hands. Multiple neighbors who live on Meander Way in the Mendenhall Valley are working to shore up their riverbanks to save more of their property from falling into the river, neighbor Nico Bus said Thursday. Bus estimated that around eight homeowners are pursuing some kind of solution. This has been an ongoing problem for years, as neighbors have watched the river claim more and more of their backyards. To stop this erosion, homeowners will have to pay to have contractors install netting and rocks to pro-
The view from the Staton residence on Meander Way shows the erosion caused by the Mendenhall River. (Alex McCarthy/ Juneau Empire)
tect the riverbank. This kind of installation is usually referred to as rip rap. Bus had rip rap installed on his property a few years
ago, and said that as people’s yards are disappearing, they’re becoming more compelled to go through state permitting processes to stabilize
their banks. The process involves having an open comment period where the public can weigh in and state officials can review the possible effects of installing rip rap. “The mood is, we’ve got to get it done,” Bus said. “Whoever feels the urgency is trying to go through the loops. The big question is, what will the estimate be from the contractor to do the work?” Bus said that when he installed his rip rap, it cost about $25,000. For others, it might cost more. Norm Staton, whose property has seen the worst effects, is one of the neighbors planning on installing. He’s hoping to get a project started in February along with his neighbor, and said he estimates he’ll have to pay between $40,000 and $50,000. He has been adamant that all
of the neighbors should be shoring up their riverbanks as a group effort instead of them all doing it individually at different times. “I was just hoping that I didn’t have to do this,” Staton said Thursday in reference to having to do a project of his own. “I don’t believe (doing it property by property) is the long-term solution.” The erosion has sped up in recent years in large part due to glacial flooding known as the jökulhlaup. These floods began in Juneau in 2011, as a large depression in the Mendenhall Glacier known as Suicide Basin filled with rain and meltwater and released the water into Mendenhall Lake and Mendenhall River. It’s happened every year since then, sometimes coming multiple times in a year. See EROSION, page A3
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Winter tourism gains popularity ANCHORAGE (AP) — Winter tourism is growing in Alaska. Visitor volume grew 33 percent for the fall and winter season over the past decade, the Anchorage Daily News reported. Winter business also has been up for the Alaska Railroad for the past few years, including a rise in visitors from Asia coming to see Alaska’s night sky. Ridership on winter passenger trains grew 33 percent between the winter of 20152016 and the following year, according to railroad spokeswoman Meghan Clemons. The railroad has added more Northern lights shine over Diamond Ridge on Nov. 4, in Homer. See WINTER, page A3 (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
Alaska Aerospace Corporation proposes Hawaii launch site HILO, Hawaii (AP) — An Alaska-owned aerospace corporation wants to build a satellite launch site in Hawaii. An environmental assessment is being drafted for a proposed small satellite launch facility on the east side of the Big Island because the Alaska Aerospace Corporation wants to build its next site for launches closer to the equator, Hawaii TribuneHerald reported. The state of Alaska established the corporation to develop an aerospace industry. It operates the Pacific Spaceport Complex, a launch facility on Alaska’s Kodiak
Island. Mark Lester, the corporation’s president, said he’s aware other spaceport proposals have been kept grounded on the Big Island because of environmental and safety concerns from the community. He said he doesn’t want to force it on the community. “If one piece of this doesn’t make sense, this process can come to a close,” Lester said. Payloads would be between 110 pounds and 220 pounds, he said: “This is reSee SPACE, page A3
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AccuWeather 5-day forecast for Kenai-Soldotna
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24 hours through 4 p.m. yest. 0.12" Month to date ............................ 1.96" Normal month to date .............. 1.31" Year to date ............................. 21.01" Normal year to date ............... 18.17" Record today ................. 0.45" (1980) Record for Dec. ............. 3.96" (1988) Record for year ............ 27.09" (1963) Snowfall 24 hours through 4 p.m. yest. ... 1.2" Month to date ........................... 13.7" Season to date ......................... 14.3"
Dillingham 37/31
Juneau 42/40
National Extremes Kodiak 42/37
Sitka 45/42
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87 at Naples, Fla. -24 at Antero Reservoir, Colo.
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Cold Bay 37/32
Ketchikan 43/41
53 at King Salmon -35 at Kaltag
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Heavy rain will fall in the Ohio Valley while rain extends to the mid-Atlantic and Gulf coasts today. Snow will fall from Minnesota to the Colorado Rockies and parts of the Southwest by late in the day.
World Cities
City Cleveland Columbia, SC Columbus, OH Concord, NH Dallas Dayton Denver Des Moines Detroit Duluth El Paso Fargo Flagstaff Grand Rapids Great Falls Hartford Helena Honolulu Houston Indianapolis Jackson, MS
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Bethel 35/28
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Talkeetna 39/29 Glennallen 32/26
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Filing: Utility could face charges in California wildfires SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s attorney general has told a federal judge it’s possible the giant utility Pacific Gas & Electric Co. could face charges up to murder if investigators find reckless operation of power equipment caused any deadly wildfires in the past two years. The brief from the office of Attorney General Xavier Becerra is purely advisory, and any criminal charges would most likely be filed by county district attorneys, not the state, the Sacramento Bee reported. Prosecutors would have to assess PG&E’s “mental state” before determining whether to bring charges, which could range from murder to misdemeanor negligence, according to the brief filed late Friday. The opinion was submitted to a judge overseeing a criminal case involving a PG&E natural gas pipeline explosion that killed eight people in the San Francisco suburb of San Bruno in 2010. PG&E was convicted of violating federal pipeline safety laws, and the judge asked for the attorney general’s opinion on whether any wildfires constitute a probation violation. The company has until Monday to file its response to the court, but it told the newspaper: “PG&E’s most important responsibility is public and workforce safety. Our focus continues to be on assessing our infrastructure to further enhance safety and helping our customers continue to recover
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2019 or 2020.” The Division of Oil and Gas approved the formation of the Kitchen Unit in 2007 and the expansion to the Kitchen Lights Unit in 2009. Over the course of that time, the department “determined
This Nov. 15 file aerial photo shows the remains of residences leveled by the wildfire in Paradise, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)
and rebuild. Throughout our service area, we are committed to doing everything we can to help further reduce the risk of wildfire.” The attorney general’s brief adds to legal troubles facing PG&E, which serves about 16 million people in 70,000 square miles in northern and central areas of the state. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection found that PG&E likely broke state law in connection with 12 of the many wildfires in wine country and elsewhere during 2017. It is also investigating the utility in connection with Furie failed to meet its drilling and development commitments over the course of several POD (Plan of Development and Operations) periods,” according to a release for the DNR. As of Oct. 24, the company has complied with the requirements, including the completion of a well, development of another and quarterly reports. According to the DNR, the default has been cured.
the Camp Fire, which erupted last month in the Sierra Nevada foothills and killed at least 86 people and destroyed 14,000 homes while leveling the city
of Paradise. PG&E reported an equipment malfunction at the time and location where the fire started.
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Around the Peninsula Central Peninsula Garden Club presentation Soil Testing for Optimum Plant Health on Tuesday, Jan. 8 from 7–8:30 p.m. Dr. Casey Matney, Assistant Professor and Cooperative Extension Service Agent on the complexities of soil health, the basics of soil testing, plant nutritional needs, and best practices for improving garden soil fertility. Immediately preceding Dr. Matney’s presentation, a brief annual business meeting of the Central Peninsula Garden Club will begin at 7 p.m. for the purpose of electing directors to the CPGC board. Free and open to the public; bring a friend! Refreshments and sometimes door prizes. Location: Peninsula Grace Church, 44175 Kalifornsky Beach Road (at Mile 19.5, across the road from Craig Taylor Equipment), Soldotna. Membership and general club information is available at www.cenpengardenclub. org, on facebook, or contact Renae Wall at cenpengardenclub@ gmail.com.
Comedy Writing Workshop Kenai Performers is hosting a Comedy Writing Workshop with international performer, Chelsea Hart on Thursday, Jan. 10, noon-3 p.m. This workshop is open to adults, age 18 and up. Fee: $30 per participant. Workshop is being held at 44045 K-Beach Road (backside of Subway restaurant/same building). Minimum 5/Maximum 10 students. There will be an open mic at 6:30 p.m., open to the public. This is a smoke free/no alcohol venue. Entrance fee: pay-as-you-can at the door. To register please contact us by email: www.kenaiperformers@gmail.com OR call Terri at 252-6808.
Free Diabetes Screenings
Testify at a School Board meeting from Homer Kenai Performers Wonka bars sale or Seward Kenai Performers is selling chocolate Wonka bars as a proThe KPBSD Board of Education will open two additional locations for public testimony via video during a school board meeting. Homer Middle School and Seward Elementary School sites will be open — if there are advance signups — starting with the Jan. 14 school board meeting. Sign up no later than 3 p.m. the Friday prior to a Board of Education meeting to guarantee the remote site will be open and staffed.
Anchorage Fish & Game Advisory Committee The Anchorage Fish & Game Advisory Committee will meet on Tuesday, Jan. 8 at Cabela’s conference room, located at 155 W 104th Avenue at 6:30 p.m. Agenda will include preparation of comment on statewide finfish proposals 161-173, select an AC rep for that meeting, and any other business that may properly come before the committee. The public is invited to address any concerns they have. For more information contact Martin Weiser at mweiser@crsalaska.com.
The Central Peninsula Habitat for Humanity is now looking for a family to partner with for their 2019 building season. If you would like more information, please contact Carri at 2837797, or visit our website: https://hfhcentralpeninsula.org to apply online!
AKC Star Puppy class
Kenai National Wildlife Refuge: December
Kenai Kennel Club will be offering an AKC Star Puppy class beginning Thursday, Jan. 10 at 6 p.m. This is a six-week class, and you can receive a Star Puppy Certificate at the end. We will also be offering a Family Dog Obedience class beginning Thursday, Jan. 10 at 7 p.m. Please email kenaikennelclub@gmail.com with questions or to register. Go to Kenaikennelclub.com for the class schedule and more information.
Grief Recovery Method Workshop The Grief Recovery Method Workshop: The Action Program for Moving beyond Death, Divorce and Other Losses 9-week program/Closed group will take place on Wednesday evenings from 6-8 p.m. Jan. 2019: 9, 16, 23, 30. February 2019: 7, 13, 20, 27. March 2019: 6. Takes place at PCHS 230 E. Marydale Soldotna (conference room upstairs). Sponsored by PCHS. Fee: $95.00 (scholarships available). To register or for further information call: Gail Kennedy • Certified Grief Recovery Specialist®• 907-602-9944
Homer Medical Center is offering free Diabetes Screenings in the month of January for patients without a current diabetes diagnosis. The screening includes a Point of Care diabetes screening blood test (HbA1C), a 30-minute visit with Peggy Ellen Kleinleder, RN, Certified Diabetes Nurse Educator, a review of test results, diabetes education on healthy eating for pre-diabetes, diabetes and diabetes prevention, a blood pressure check and free take-home materials. Daytime and evening appointments available. Call Homer Medical Center 235-8586 and ask for the New Year’s Free Diabetes Screening. It is free, and SEES candy fundraiser no insurance is necessary. January 2019: 9, 16, 23, 30. February Annual SEES candy fundraiser is going on now at Soldotna 2019: 7, 13, 20, 27. March 2019: 6. Professional Pharmacy while supplies last. All proceeds go to the PCD foundation (Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia).
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train service to accommodate the larger numbers. The railroad’s vice president of marketing, Dale Wade, said visitors from Asia are one factor for the upswing. Seeing
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ally a couple concrete pads with very little permanent infrastructure.” Rockets would be 20 feet to 40 feet tall, said CEO Craig
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Staton has watched those floods tear his riverbank apart in recent years. He said he was hoping for “the cavalry to arrive,” and thought that help was coming last year.
Wilderness First Aid course The Kenai National Wildlife Refuge is hosting a Wilderness First-Aid course on Saturday-Sunday, Jan. 12-13, 2019. Course cost $185, plus $45 extra for CPR. For more information contact Michelle Ostrowski at michelleostrowski@fws.gov or debajango@ gmail.com. Must be 16 or older.
Soldotna Community Schools Program —Adult & High School indoor soccer every Wednesday night from 7-9 p.m. This is a drop-in game as is only $2 per night. For more information please call 907-714-1211.
Kenai Community Library events
Narcan kits available at Kenai Public Health
Kenai Senior Center activities
Heroin overdoses are on the rise in Alaska. Narcan is an easy medication you can give to someone who is overdosing. It may save their life. Adults can get free Narcan nasal spray kits at the Kenai Public Health Center at 630 Barnacle Way, Suite A, in Kenai. For additional information call Kenai Public Health at 335-3400.
The Kenai Senior Center is open 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday to Friday, and are open until 9:30 p.m. on Thursdays. Community meals are served Monday to Friday from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Cost for lunch is $7 suggested donation for individuals 60 or older, $14 for those under 60. Call 907-283-4156 for more information.
Al-Anon support group meetings
Al-Anon support group meetings are held at the Central Peninsula Hospital in the Kasilof Room (second floor) of the The Kenai Historical Society will meet on Sunday, Jan. 6 at 1:30 in the Kenai Visitors Center. Ron Walden, local author and River Tower building on Monday at 7 p.m., Wednesday at 7 p.m. pioneer will speak after the business meeting. Everyone is invited. and Saturday at 9 a.m. Park around back by the ER and enter through the River Tower entrance and follow the signs. Contact For more information call June at 283-1946. Tony Oliver at 252-0558 for more information. Kenai Performers will hold open auditions for “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller, directed by Rebecca Gilman. There are roles for: 10 adult men, 5 adult women, 4 teenage girls and 1 girl, age 8-12. Auditions will consist of reading selected scenes and monologues from the play. There will be two days of auditions: Friday, Jan. 4, 6-8 p.m. and Saturday, Jan. 5, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m., with possible call backs on Sunday, Jan. 6. Auditions will be held in our rental space on K-Beach Road (backside of Subway restaurant). Performance dates: May 9-11 and 16-18, 2019. Rehearsals will start the week of March 18. If you can’t make it to these audition dates/times, please contact Rebecca Gilman for more information at rflogiman@gmail.com or call, 398-2951. Character descriptions available on our website: www.kenaiperformers.org.
The Kenai National Wildlife Refuge Visitors Center is open every day from 9 a.m.–5 p.m. on Ski Hill Road near Soldotna. For more information, call 260-2820. All events are free. — Drop-in craft and self-guided trail walk, different each week —Saturday Wildlife Movies: 11 a.m., noon, 2 p.m.: “Refuge Film”; 1 p.m.: “Wolverine: Chasing the Phantom”; 3 p.m.: “Alone in the Wilderness II”
KPC’s two campuses (Kenai River and Kachemak Bay) and Seward extension site (Resurrection Bay) will be closed for the holidays from Dec. 22, 2018 to Jan. 2, 2019. Registration for the upcoming spring semester is available online at www.kpc. alaska.edu. Classes start on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2019.
Kenai Fine Art Center’s January exhibit will be Panta Rhei: Cook Inlet Pipeline Infrastructure Risk Everything Flows, a dual artist show by Elizabeth Earl and Ben Assessment deadline Boettger featuring Southcentral glaciers and their relationship Experts wishing to participate in the Cook Inlet Pipeline Into the Alaskan landscape and people. Opening reception will take place Jan. 3 from 5-7 p.m. The Kenai Fine Art Center is lo- frastructure Risk Assessment expert panel on pipeline integrity cated across from the Oiler’s Bingo Hall and next to the Historic and safety now have until Jan. 18, 2019, to apply. The previous Cabins. For more information contact 283-7040 or go to www. deadline was Jan. 5, 2019. kenaifineart.com.
Auditions for ‘The Crucible’
Habitat for Humanity seeking family partner
—2019 Vision Boards, Thursday, Jan. 3 at 4 p.m. Start the year off right with this fun goal setting program designed for teens and adults! Take a moment and plan for 2019! Limited space available so sign up today. For more information please contact James at 283-8210 or visit us on Facebook. —Raspberry Pi Club, Friday, Jan. 4 at 4 p.m. Come join us at the library to create games and inventions, learn how to program, make music with Sonic Pi, meet new friends, and more! Whether you want to hone your skills or are learning about Pi for the first time, the Raspberry Pi club is the perfect place for you! —Lego Maker Mondays from 4-5 p.m. Why not join us to build LEGO creations based on new themes each week and inspired by children’s books! Lego Makers, Mondays from 4–5 p.m. Designed for children ages 6-12; children under 8 must be accompanied by an adult. —Wee Read Story Time, Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m. Designed for children ages 0-3. Every Tuesday enjoy a program full of stories,songs, finger play and more! No registration required. —Chess Club, Tuesdays at 4 p.m. Get ready to ROOK the HOUSE every Monday! Do you like playing Chess, or would you like to learn how? The Kenai Community Library is proud to offer a casual program for chess players of all ages and levels. Chessboards will be provided. —Preschool Story Time, Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. Designed for children ages 3-5. Every Wednesday enjoy a program full of stories, songs, movement and more! No registration required.
Panta Rhei: Everything Flows
Kenai Historical Society
motional fundraiser. Funds raised will help pay production costs for their spring musical, “Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka.” Hidden among the candy bars are five, special Golden Tickets. Finders of the tickets will win FREE admission to one of the shows. The Wonka bars are 4.5 ounces of scrumptious milk chocolate, big enough to share with the whole family, and are $5 each. Candy bars are available at Curtain Call Consignment Boutique in Kenai and at River City Books in Soldotna. Thank you, Country Foods for sponsoring our fundraiser! For more information, please call Terri at 252-6808.
Kenai Peninsula College holiday schedule
the aurora borealis is a popular goal for many of them. “Winter is suddenly very popular, and it’s growing steadily for the last three years,” said Wade. There wasn’t a “significant market for it” before that, he said. Winter passenger train service between Anchorage and Fairbanks typically operated
only on weekends for years. Midweek winter runs between the two cities were added in 2014, with more added since then, Clemons said. The Chinese market has “exploded” over the past several fall and winter seasons, according to a report by the McDowell Group, an Anchorage research company.
Alaska Skylar Travel focuses on bringing Chinese tourists to the state. The Anchorage company, whose roots are in Beijing, targets the Mandarin-speaking market. The business had about 350 clients in its first winter, according to operations manager Glen Hemingson. In its fourth winter last season, that
number had grown to about 5,000 clients. “Increasingly we see visitors from more Southeast Asian countries, including the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore,” Hemingson said. Wade, with the railroad, said Alaska as a visitor destination for the Asian market
doesn’t seem to have been harmed by a recent tariff war that strained trade relations between the U.S. and China. “I think Alaska is a favored location for Asian visitors, despite the conflicts that seem to be arising politically between U.S. and China relations,” he said. “We’re enjoying the sweet spot in between that.”
Campbell. Rockets wouldn’t launch daily, and they would be far enough from homes, they said. “You will hear it, but it won’t be any louder than the jets that take off from the Hilo airport,” Campbell said. Community activist said
Terri Napeahi said she can’t imagine rockets being lowimpact, no matter how small. Officials are eyeing land owned by W.H. Shipman near Keaau. Shipman President Peggy Farias said in an email that the company’s final decision on hosting the facility will depend on the outcome of the environ-
mental assessment, which is in the “very early stages.” “We do believe that there are many potential benefits of this proposed project, including educational opportunities for local students,” she wrote. State Rep. Mark Nakashima, who supports creating aerospace jobs in Hawaii, said the project
would diversify east Hawaii’s economy and could help spur a satellite manufacturing industry tied to the community colleges. “If it is successful, it would be huge for us,” he said. Other Big Island lawmakers are skeptical. “Why don’t we use our land for what people really want?”
asked state Sen. Russell Ruderman, who said he wasn’t aware of the proposal. State Sen. Kai Kahele said he hadn’t heard details of the proposal but noted it’s likely not realistic. “Launching anything from that side of Hawaii Island has never come to fruition,” he said.
Throughout 2017 and in the first half of 2018, city officials were working with the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to combine federal and city funds with money from the homeowners on Meander Way to commission a project that would have secured the shoreline of 26 homes on the
road. That plan never came to fruition, in part because the neighbors were unhappy with the city making a choice for them and forcing them to pay tens of thousands of dollars. The project was never finalized, but an early plan would have meant each of the 26 households on the stretch of road — regardless of whether they were losing their yards — would have to chip in about $78,000. The scariest part of that proposal for some was that the $78,000 figure was only an estimate, and the project could cost more than originally planned. In an early survey, 20 of 25 homeowners who responded to a city survey in April
2017 agreed to go through with the plan and pay the $78,000. Members of the City and Borough of Juneau Assembly wanted to get more buy-in from the homeowners and kept working to get more unanimous agreement. They were never able to get unanimous agreement among the neighbors or among the Assembly members. The Assembly members finally voted down a plan at their May 14 meeting, by a 6-3 margin. By then, the plan had a $5.1 million price tag, including about $3 million from the city and an $80,000 commitment from the residents. Assembly members Mary Becker, Loren Jones and Jesse Kiehl voted in favor of the
project. “We can’t have a great city if we just allow the river to eat away at (it),” Kiehl said at the meeting. Kiehl said via text message Thursday that he has been following the neighborhood emails and hopes the neighbors can reach some kind of agreement and work together to solve the problem. City Manager Rorie Watt said via text Friday that the federal program proved “too cumbersome and had too many strings,” and he’s glad the neighbors are taking action. Staton said he was disappointed. He’s still convinced that the best way to deal with the erosion is to shore up the entire stretch along Meander
Way instead of having each portion done differently at different times. “They didn’t take the lead,” Staton said of the Assembly members. “They left it up to us to take the lead, and that just caused a problem.” Bus said most neighbors weren’t heartbroken when the plan was voted down in May. “It’s different reactions because the city and federal government project was to a very high standard, which was making it expensive,” Bus said. “Now, people do it on their own, the feeling is that most people could do it for less than what the city and federal government would charge.”
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US is not absolved of its responsibility to asylum seekers In testimony to Congress
on Thursday, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen spoke at length, and repeatedly, about the threats to which Central American migrants are subjected when they traverse Mexico on their way to seeking asylum in the United States. That was directly after she announced that asylum seekers who do reach the United States will now be returned immediately to Mexico, where they will await their scheduled court appearances — a process that currently takes more than three years. Ms. Nielsen failed to explain why the migrants, whom she described as constantly beset by rapists, traffickers and other predators in Mexico, would fare better if forcibly returned to Mexico than they were while in transit there. That’s the dangerous paradox, and the hypocrisy, at the heart of the Trump administration’s apparently unilateral move to compel Mexico to serve as a waiting room for tens of thousands of asylum seekers, most of whom now come from Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala. Facing vicious criminal gangs and scant economic opportunity, they flee those countries in search of better lives in the United States. It is true that the surge in family groups seeking asylum has overwhelmed the U.S. system, including shelters bursting at the seams and immigration courts where the backlog is approaching 1 million cases. The administration is correct to be concerned by what President Trump calls “catch-and-release” — the practice of permitting asylum seekers to remain in the country, often for years, while awaiting court hearings that many migrants will skip. That is a form of dysfunction, and one that may encourage Central Americans to attempt the dangerous journey. The question is which form of deterrence is workable, humane and legal. Family separation, which the administration tried to disastrous effect last spring, failed on all three counts. A more recent gambit, slow-walking processing at legal border points of entry, has had little or no deterrent effect. For now, courts have blocked the administration’s attempts to narrow the criteria for asylum claims; and, on Friday, the Supreme Court quashed the administration’s attempt to require that asylum seekers cross only at official border points of entry. It’s unclear whether the new “remain in Mexico” policy will dissuade migrants from making the northward trek, if U.S. courts even allow it to stand. (Forcing asylum seekers to wait in a third country may not be legal.) It also remains to be seen whether Washington’s new stance results in unintended consequences — for instance, a surge in illegal entry by migrants who may despair at the prospect, and perils, of drawn-out waits in Mexico. What is clear is that the United States is not absolved of responsibility for migrants legitimately seeking asylum simply because they are compelled to wait elsewhere. If asylum seekers are preyed on, exploited and harmed after having been returned to Mexico, U.S. officials will not be able to shrug off their moral responsibility. The United States is bound by law and international obligations to welcome and vet migrants fleeing persecution, and to grant asylum to those who meet specific criteria. That obligation cannot be abrogated by an announcement.
Movie of the year brings the humanity of those who fought WWI to life
The filmmaker Peter Jackson deserves more than an Oscar; he deserves a medal. What the director of the “Lord of the Rings” and “Hobbit” movies has done with his World War I documentary, “They Shall Not Grow Old,” is more than restore archival film; he has restored the humanity of men caught up in one of history’s great cataclysms. This is an aesthetic achievement of the highest order, and a great service to history. World War I has always had more than its share of historiography, novels, poems and feature films. Until now what it lacked was video (at least watchable video), the single most powerful medium of the modern era. It took Jackson and his team five years to make “They Shall Not Grow Old.” They had to painstakingly remove scratches and other damage from old film belonging to the Imperial War Museum, and slow down the primitive footage. Then it was colorized, with loving accuracy. Forensic lip readers recovered what soldiers were saying on the film, and actors provided the voices. Finally, it was made 3D. The effect is to transform the men originally caught on choppy black-and-white film to relatable, individual human beings, just like anyone else we watch on a screen today. World War I was such an industrialscale event that it tends to become impersonal, the men who fought it reduced in our minds to cannon fodder.
Really, what else were they going to do, except try to make the best of it? One vet compares the times of relative quiet to an outdoors trip among friends with just enough danger to make it interesting. That Jackson recovers this neglected part of their story is a key part of his contribution. Not that there is any stinting on the horrors. The descriptions of battle are unadorned and hauntingly specific — the mind-numbing artillery barrages, the fearful waiting before going over the top, the walking (yes, walking) across no man’s land, the battle plans gone terribly awry, the shattered bodies all around, hand-tohand combat with the Germans. Still, amid the carnage, the humanity of the soldiers is undimmed. When they capture Germans, they tend to get along. German prisoners spontaneously take up stretcher duty, carrying the British wounded to make themselves useful. The underlying attitude is that they are all boys, thrown into this maelstrom by forces beyond their control. When the war ends, the soldiers return to a civilian society that doesn’t know what they experienced. The vets talk of it only among themselves, believing that no one else will understand. A hundred years later, Peter Jackson has set to prove them wrong with a masterly act of filmmaking and historical memory. Rich Lowry can be reached via email at comments.lowry@nationalreview.com.
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Military women, female veterans are shifting away from GOP By HOPE YEN and JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press
WASHINGTON — It had been months since retired Lt. Cmdr. Michele Fitzpatrick paid attention to news coverage. She was turned off by President Donald Trump’s tweetstorms and attacks on critics such as the late Republican Sen. John McCain, a war hero. But as the November midterm elections approached, she fired up her laptop. A member of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy’s Class of 1980, the first to include women, Fitzpatrick began researching candidates and poring over issues. On Election Day, she voted without hesitation: all Democrat. “I just don’t think what’s happening now is helpful,” Fitzpatrick, of Groton, Connecticut, said in a telephone interview, pointing to the negative discourse in Washington. “It’s almost like watching kids and bullies on the playground instead of people actually doing — The Washington Post, Dec. 25 something about helping this country to survive and to thrive.” That’s hardly a startling view from a Democrat these days. But from a military vet? Long seen as a bastion of support for ReE-mail: publicans, the face of the U.S. military and news@peninsulaclarion.com its veterans is changing — and perhaps too is Write: Fax: their political bent. Peninsula Clarion 907-283-3299 Veterans by and large did vote for GOP P.O. Box 3009 Questions? Call: candidates on Nov. 6, affirming Trump’s freKenai, AK 99611 907-283-7551 quent claim that they stand among his strongest backers. But more women are joining the The Peninsula Clarion welcomes letters and attempts to military, and they are bucking the pattern, acpublish all those received, subject to a few guidelines: cording to data from AP VoteCast. n All letters must include the writer’s name, phone numThe 60-year-old Fitzpatrick recalls supber and address. pressing her opinions as a young “hardcore n Letters are limited to 500 words and may be edited to Democrat” in an overwhelmingly Republican fit available space. Letters are run in the order they are military but finding other ways to promote received. change, such as supporting other female ca-
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Jackson’s artistic choices open up a new vista. He focuses only on British soldiers on the Western Front and doesn’t retell the events of the war. There is no narrator and no historians. Rich Lowry Instead, the voices of vets interviewed by the BBC in the 1960s and ’70s constitute the narration. They tell the story of their personal experiences from enlistment to the end of the war. This lends an astonishing cinematic intimacy to life on the front. We hear about soldiers’ preferences in cigarettes, how they fried bacon on the front line, their method of warming up water for tea via machines guns, how they went to the bathroom (the less you know, the better), and their astonishment at the prostitutes in French villages. There are plenty of hellish details. The constant small of death. The lice that, after their eggs are meticulously burned off uniforms, return the next morning. The rats that, fat from eating corpses, infest the trenches. The sucking mud of winter that is potentially fatal with the wrong step. Yet what is most striking about “They Shall Not Grow Old” is how many grins there are. The vets, who were just kids at the time, say that they joked constantly.
dets. Now, women in the military are helping elect new Democratic lawmakers and spur discussion on once little-mentioned topics such as sexual harassment and women in combat roles. As political candidates, female veterans also had a breakout performance in the midterms, sometimes campaigning as a foil to Trump: empathetic and competent on issues such as health care while also trustworthy on military and defense, typically a GOP strength. “I see this as a beginning edge of a larger movement,” said Jeremy Teigen, professor of political science at Ramapo College and author of “Why Veterans Run: Military Service in American Presidential Elections, 17892016.” Both current and former female service members were more likely to vote in the 2018 midterm elections for Democrats than Republicans, 60 percent to 36 percent, according to the data from VoteCast. Men with military backgrounds voted Republican by roughly the same margin, 58 percent to 39 percent. A record number of female veterans — four — were elected to the House, all Democrats. Three won in political swing districts, helping give the party control of the chamber next year. Democratic Rep.-elect Chrissy Houlahan, a former Air Force captain, said she was motivated to run after organizing a bus trip last year to the Women’s March in Washington. She felt her election would serve as a repudiation of Trump, but she avoided sharp rhetoric in favor of a message of service to country and getting things done. She recalled Pennsylvania voters telling her they were exhausted by gridlock and partisan attacks and “would like our nation and
our democracy and our values to stabilize to what we can recognize.” All told, 55 percent of voters who had served in the military backed Republican candidates in the elections, compared to 42 percent who supported Democrats, according to VoteCast data. Trump frequently embraces the U.S. military and veterans in speeches, referring to “my military,” though he has also insulted war heroes such as McCain and military families who criticize him. “I think the vets, maybe more than anybody else, appreciate what we are doing for them,” Trump said last month. Not the female veterans, though. Their margin of support for Democrats was comparable to that of women overall, according to VoteCast data. AP VoteCast is a nationwide survey of more than 115,000 midterm voters — including more than 4,000 current and former service members — conducted for The Associated Press by NORC at the University of Chicago. Laura Cavallaro, 35, who served on active duty in the Marine Corps from 2001 to 2005 and on inactive duty until 2009, says she’s never voted but thinks she will in 2020. A recent graduate of Rhode Island College, she said she believes Trump has kept his promises about helping the economy and creating jobs. At the same time, “Who knows if he’s going to say something to the wrong person and start another war?” she said. That’s particularly concerning for military veterans who know what’s at stake in combat. When Cavallaro joined the military, she considered herself a Republican because her parents were. Now, she sees herself more as an independent, saying she’s pro-gun rights and pro-gay rights.
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Trump’s promise of a wall may not be fulfilled as advertised By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Three confidantes of President Donald Trump, including his departing chief of staff, are indicating that the president’s signature campaign pledge to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border would not be fulfilled as advertised. Trump sparked fervent chants of “Build that wall!” at rallies before and after his election and more recently cited a lack of funding for a border wall as the reason for partially shutting down the government. At times the president has also waved off the idea that the wall could be any kind of barrier. However, White House chief of staff John Kelly told the Los Angeles Times in an interview published Sunday that Trump abandoned the notion of “a solid concrete wall early on in the administration.” “To be honest, it’s not a wall,” Kelly said, adding that the mix of technological enhancements and “steel slat” barriers the president now wants along the border resulted from conversations with law enforcement professionals. Along the same lines, White House counselor Kellyanne Conway called discussion of the apparent contradiction “a silly semantic argument.” “There may be a wall in some places, there may be steel slats, there may be technological enhancements,” Conway told “Fox News Sunday.” ”But only saying ‘wall or no wall’ is being very disingenuous and turning a complete blind eye to what is a crisis at the border.” Sen. Lindsey Graham, the South Carolina Republican who is close to the president, emerged from a Sunday lunch at the White House to tell reporters that “the wall has become a metaphor for border security” and referred to “a physical barrier along the border.” Graham said Trump was “open-minded” about a broader immigration agreement, saying the budget impasse presented an opportunity to address issues beyond the border wall. But a previous attempt to reach a compromise that addressed the status of “Dreamers” — young immigrants brought to the U.S. as children— broke down last year as a
The White House is seen, Friday, in Washington. The partial government shutdown will almost certainly be handed off to a divided government to solve in the new year, as both parties traded blame Friday and President Donald Trump sought to raise the stakes in the weeklong impasse. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
result of escalating White House demands. Graham said he hoped to end the shutdown by offering Democrats incentives to get them to vote for wall funding and told CNN before his lunch with Trump that “there will never be a deal without wall funding.” Graham proposed to help two groups of immigrants get approval to continue living in the U.S: about 700,000 young “Dreamers” brought into the U.S. illegally as children and about 400,000 people receiving temporary protected status because they are from countries struggling with natural disasters or armed conflicts. He also said the compromise should include changes in federal law to discourage people from trying to enter the U.S. illegally. “Democrats have a chance here to work with me and others, including the president, to bring legal status to people who have very uncertain lives,” Graham said. The partial government shutdown began Dec. 22 after Trump bowed to conservative demands that he fight to make good on his vow and secure funding for the wall before Republicans lose control of the House on Wednesday. Democrats have remained committed to blocking the president’s priority, and with neither
side engaging in substantive negotiation, the effect of the partial shutdown was set to spread and to extend into the new year. In August 2015 during his presidential campaign, Trump made his expectations for the border explicitly clear, as he parried criticism from rival Jeb Bush, the former Florida governor. “Jeb Bush just talked about my border proposal to build a ‘fence,’” he tweeted. “It’s not a fence, Jeb, it’s a WALL, and there’s a BIG difference!” Trump suggested as much again in a tweet on Sunday: “President and Mrs. Obama built/has a ten foot Wall around their D.C. mansion/compound. I agree, totally necessary for their safety and security. The U.S. needs the same thing, slightly larger version!” Aside from what constitutes a wall, neither side appeared ready to budge off its negotiating position. The two sides have had little direct contact during the stalemate, and Trump did not ask Republicans, who hold a monopoly on power in Washington until Thursday, to keep Congress in session. Talks have been at a stalemate for more than a week, after Democrats said the White House offered to accept $2.5 billion for
border security. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer told Vice President Mike Pence that it wasn’t acceptable, nor was it guaranteed that Trump, under intense pressure from his conservative base to fulfill his signature campaign promise, would settle for that amount. Conway claimed Sunday that “the president has already compromised” by dropping his request for the wall from $25 billion, and she called on Democrats to return to the negotiating table. “It is with them,” she said, explaining why Trump was not reaching out to Democrats. Democrats maintain that they have already presented the White House with three options to end the shutdown, none of which fund the wall, and insist that it’s Trump’s move. “At this point, it’s clear the White House doesn’t know what they want when it comes to border security,” said Justin Goodman, Schumer’s spokesman. “While one White House official says they’re willing to compromise, another says the president is holding firm at no less than $5 billion for the wall. Meanwhile, the president tweets blaming everyone but himself for a shutdown he called for more than 25 times.”
NYPD drone to oversee Times Square revelry By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press
NEW YORK— It’s an Auld Lang Syne of the times: For the first time, a police drone will be keeping watch over the New Year’s Eve celebration in New York’s Times Square. The unmanned eye-in-the-sky is the latest wrinkle in the New York City Police Department’s ever-evolving plan to keep revelers — and “Rockin’ Eve” host Ryan Seacrest — safe. About 7,000 police officers will be on duty for Monday night’s festivities in Times Square, including counterterrorism teams with long guns and bomb-sniffing dogs. Police cars and sand-filled sanitation trucks will be positioned to stop vehicles from driving into the crowd. And, above it all, a remotecontrolled quadcopter will be
giving police a unique view of the merriment — and any potential mayhem. It’s the first time the NYPD is sending up a drone for a big event. “That’s going to give us a visual aid and the flexibility of being able to move a camera to a certain spot with great rapidity through a tremendous crowd,” Deputy Commissioner of Intelligence and Counterterrorism John Miller said. Police Commissioner James O’Neill said there are no known, credible threats to the city or the New Year’s Eve event. He encouraged spectators to remain vigilant and to alert officers if they suspect something is awry. “There’s probably going to be a cop within 10 feet of you,” Miller said. “If you see something, you can go right to them directly.” Mayor Bill de Blasio said
Friday that the city is expecting “up to 2 million people in Times Square itself” for the ball drop, repeating a figure often cited by city officials, organizers and television broadcasters. Crowd-size experts say it’s impossible to cram that many people into the area, a bow-tieshaped zone running five blocks between Broadway and 7th Avenue, and that the real total is likely fewer than 100,000. No matter how many people actually show up, they’ll all be screened with metal detectors at security checkpoints and funneled into penned off areas to prevent overcrowding. Umbrellas, backpacks and coolers are banned, but those kitschy “2019” glasses are most definitely allowed in. And there won’t be any popping champagne at midnight. The NYPD says alcohol is strictly prohibited.
That might be for the best. There aren’t any bathrooms, and anyone leaving the secure area won’t be allowed back to their original spot. That means they’ll risk missing the ball drop or having to squint hard to see it from a faraway vantage point. Like last year, the NYPD is embedding detectives in hotels around Times Square in an attempt to thwart a potential attack like the one in Las Vegas last year in which a gunman shooting from a hotel room killed 59 people at an outdoor country music festival. Police are also harnessing new technology to detect drones that aren’t authorized to fly. The NYPD’s drone adds to a vast array of visual surveillance that includes more than 1,200 fixed cameras and feeds from police helicopters circling above.
Origin of virus that hobbled newspapers unclear LOS ANGELES (AP) — The origins of a suspected computer attack that disrupted the Los Angeles Times and Tribune Publishing newspapers remained unclear Sunday after causing delivery delays and being brought to the attention of federal investigators. San Diego Union-Tribune Publisher Jeff Light described the incident as “what now seems to have been a malicious attack on the company by computer hackers” in a message posted to the newspaper’s website. He told readers the disruption had mostly seemed to have been brought under control. The suspected attack pre-
vented the Chicago Tribune, the Baltimore Sun and other papers from publishing paid death notices and classified ads Saturday. But Tribune Publishing has said no news websites were affected and no customer information was compromised. Katie Waldman, a spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security, said in an email Sunday that the agency was “aware of reports of a potential cyber incident” affecting several news outlets. She said the department is “working with our government and industry partners to better understand the situation.” The Los Angeles Times, citing
“several individuals with knowledge of the Tribune situation,” reported that the attack appeared to be in the form of “Ryuk” ransomware. Tribune Publishing sold the Los Angeles Times and the San Diego Union-Tribune earlier this year for $500 million to biotech billionaire Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, but the companies continue to share software, according to the newspaper. An advisory by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ cybersecurity program earlier this year described “Ryuk” attacks as “highly-targeted, wellresourced and planned.” Mark Weatherford, a former
DHS deputy under secretary for cybersecurity who is now chief cybersecurity strategist at California-based vArmour, said Sunday that phishing links are the most common way such attacks gain entry. “It’s fairly non-discriminatory. This could happen to anybody, although it seems to be more of a targeted attack,” Weatherford said. He added, however, that it was too early to draw conclusions. Tribune Publishing also reported the attack to the FBI on Friday, the Chicago Tribune said. The FBI did not immediately return a message seeking comment Sunday.
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Elections, films help effort to ban gay conversion therapy By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer
NEW YORK — Activists urging more states to ban gay conversion therapy for minors are expecting major gains in 2019, thanks to midterm election results and the buzz generated by two well-reviewed films. Fourteen states and the District of Columbia have already enacted laws prohibiting licensed therapists from trying to change a minor’s sexual orientation. Leaders of a national campaign to ban the practice are hopeful that at least four more states — Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts and New York — will join the ranks in the upcoming legislative sessions. “We’d be disappointed if we don’t get those this year — they’re overdue,” said Shannon Minter, legal director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights , one of the groups campaigning to impose bans in all 50 states. The campaign has gained momentum in recent months thanks to the national release of two films dramatizing the experiences of youths who went through conversion therapy — “The Miseducation of Cameron Post” and the higher-profile “Boy Erased” starring Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman and Russell Crowe. Sam Brinton of the Trevor Project, another of groups leading the ban campaign, said thousands of people have signed up to assist the effort since “Boy Erased” was released on Nov. 2. “They’re recognizing this is still a problem and joining our campaigns in droves,” said Brinton, a child of Baptist missionary parents who has written about agonizing conversion therapy sessions experienced as an adolescent in Florida. Brinton recalls being bound to a table by the therapist for applications of ice, heat and electricity. Just four days after the “Boy Erased” release came the midterm elections, which altered the partisan political dynamic at several statehouses and boosted prospects for conversion therapy bans. In three of the states now being targeted, previous efforts to enact a ban gained some bipartisan support but were thwarted by powerful Republicans. In Maine, a bill was vetoed last year by GOP Gov. Paul LePage. In New York and Colorado, bills approved in the Democratic-led lower chambers of
the legislature died in the Republican-controlled state senates. In January, however, a Democrat will succeed LePage as Maine’s governor, and Democrats will have control of both legislative chambers in New York and in Colorado, where gay Gov.-elect Jared Polis is believed eager to sign a ban. A lead sponsor of the New York ban bill, Democratic Sen. Brad Hoylman, predicted passage would be “straightforward” now that his party controls the Senate. “For a lot of my colleagues, they consider conversion therapy to be child abuse,” he said. In Massachusetts, both legislative chambers voted last year in support of a ban but were unable to reconcile different versions of the measure before adjournment. Chances of passage in 2019 are considered strong, and Republican Gov. Charlie Baker — who was re-elected — is viewed as likely to sign such a measure given his strong support for LGBT rights. More Republican governors like Baker are getting behind the bans, reflecting activists’ belief that opposition to conversion therapy is increasingly bipartisan. Bills proposing bans are pending or anticipated in several GOPcontrolled legislatures, including Florida, Ohio and Utah. LGBT activists are particularly intrigued by Utah because of the possibility that the powerful Mormon church, which in the past supported conversion therapy, might endorse a bill to ban the practice for minors. In Florida, the proposed ban faces long odds in the legislature in 2019, but activists note that about 20 Florida cities and counties have passed local bans — more than any other state. In Ohio, supporters of a bill that would ban conversion therapy for minors realize they have an uphill fight in a legislature with GOP supermajorities. Still, Sen. Charleta Tavares, a Columbus Democrat, believes her proposal got “new legs” in November. That’s when the state board overseeing counselors, social workers and marriage and family therapists warned the 40,000 professionals it regulates that anyone found practicing conversion therapy on LGBT patients could lose their license. “I am glad to see that our state boards are carrying this movement, regardless of the inaction by our General Assembly,” Tavares said.
Around the Nation Lion kills worker after escaping locked area BURLINGTON, N.C. — A lion killed a worker at a wildlife conservatory Sunday after it got loose from a locked space, the center said. The lion was shot and killed after it attacked the worker in an enclosure that was being cleaned at the Conservators Center in Caswell County, the center said in a statement. A “husbandry team” led by a professionally trained animal keeper was carrying out the routine cleaning when the lion somehow got loose, the center said. It wasn’t clear how the lion left the area that was supposed to be locked, said the center, which will be closed until further notice. “The Conservators Center is devastated by the loss of a human life today,” the statement said. The center said the lion was shot and killed to allow county personnel to retrieve the injured worker.
Verizon to continue carrying Disney channels Verizon customers can continue to watch ESPN, ABC and other channels owned by Disney after the two companies announced a deal over programming fees. The telecommunications giant and the entertainment company said in a joint statement Sunday: “Verizon and The Walt Disney Company have reached a broad-based distribution agreement.” The statement said details would be released in the coming days. The companies faced a Dec. 31 deadline. Without an agreement, Verizon’s Fios network would have stopped carrying Disney channels.
Gunman fires on car full of girls, killing child HOUSTON — A man in a pickup truck pulled up next to a car carrying a woman and four girls that was leaving a Houstonarea Walmart parking lot and started shooting, killing a 7-yearold inside the car and wounding the woman, authorities said Sunday. The red pickup fled the scene. The car also sped away before it came to a stop and the woman called 911, according to Harris County sheriff’s Maj. Jesse Razo. The 7-year-old was the daughter of the woman who was wounded, authorities said. It’s not clear if the other three girls, all under the age of 15, also are related to the woman, who was shot in the arm. — Associated Press
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resettles 30 2nd child dead in US custody Russia Russian children from mourned in Guatemala village war on IS in Iraq By PHILIP ISSA Associated Press
By SONIA PEREZ D. Associated Press
YALAMBOJOCH, Guatemala — White flowers and flickering candles sat atop a low table inside the simple wooden home in remote, rural Guatemala. Nearby was a small pair of rubber boots, sized to fit an 8-year-old. Taped to the wall were three photos, alternately smiling and serious, bearing a simple epitaph for the boy whose memory the makeshift altar honored: “Felipe Gomez Alonzo. Died Dec. 24 2018 in New Mexico, United States.” On Christmas Eve, Felipe became the second Guatemalan child this month to die while in U.S. custody near the Mexican border. The deaths prompted widespread criticism of President Donald Trump, who has sought to deflect responsibility toward Democrats even as his Homeland Security secretary vowed additional health screenings for detained migrant children. In the boy’s village of Yalambojoch, in western Guatemala, the political fallout in the United States seemed a world away and there was only deep sadness over his death. Relatives said they had no idea that such a tragedy could occur. Nor had they heard about U.S. policies that led to thousands of migrant children being separated from their parents earlier this year. “We don’t have a television. We don’t have a radio,” Catarina Gomez, Felipe’s sister, said Saturday. “We didn’t know what had happened before.” The hamlet, set on a plain and surrounded by spectacular, pinecovered mountains, is a place of crushing poverty and lack of opportunity, home to a single small school, dirt roads that become impassible during the rainy season and rudimentary homes without insulation, proper flooring, water or electricity. The community is populated by families who fled to Mexico during the bloodiest years of Guatemala’s 1960-1996 civil war but returned after the signing of peace accords. There are no jobs, and people live off meager subsistence farming and local commerce. Residents say the Guatemalan government has turned a blind eye to their plight, a complaint that can be heard in other impoverished villages in the country. Felipe’s sister, Catarina, said that in recent years “everyone started heading for the United States,” so much so that a local project to boost education financed with Swedish help was abandoned because there were practically no more young people to take the classes. It was extreme poverty and
Six-year-old Mateo, the brother of Felipe Gomez Alonzo an 8-year-old Guatemalan boy who died in U.S. custody, rests his head on his mother’s lap in their home in Yalambojoch, Guatemala, Saturday. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
lack of opportunity that drove Felipe’s father, Agustin Gomez, to decide that he and the boy would set off for the United States. Others from the community had been able to cross the U.S. border with children, and he figured they would have the same luck. Felipe was chosen because he was the oldest son. It didn’t occur to anyone that the journey could be dangerous. “I didn’t think of that, because several families had already left and they made it,” the boy’s mother, Catarina Alonzo said, speaking in the indigenous Chuj language as her stepdaughter translated into Spanish. Felipe was healthy when they left, according to the family. The last time he spoke with his mother was a day before they were taken into detention by border agents. Felipe told her he was well, that he had eaten chicken, that the next time they talked would be by phone from the United States. Instead, the call that came Christmas Day was from her husband, who said Felipe had died the day before. The two had been apprehended a week earlier, on Dec. 18, near the Paso del Norte bridge connecting El Paso, Texas, to Juarez, Mexico, according to border officials. Father and son were held at the bridge’s processing center and then the Border Patrol station in El Paso before being transferred on Dec. 23 to a facility in Alamogordo, New Mexico, about 90 miles away. After an agent noticed Felipe coughing, father and son were taken to an Alamogordo hospital, where Felipe was found to have a 103-degree fever, officials have said. Felipe was held for observa-
tion for 90 minutes, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, before being released with prescriptions for amoxicillin and ibuprofen. But the boy fell sick hours later and was admitted to the hospital on Christmas Eve. He died just before midnight. New Mexico authorities said late Thursday that an autopsy showed Felipe had the flu, but more tests need to be done before a cause of death can be determined. The other Guatemalan child, 7-year-old Jakelin Caal, died Dec. 8 in El Paso. She showed signs of sepsis, a potentially fatal condition brought on by infection, according to officials. On Saturday, Trump claimed that Felipe and Jakelin were “very sick” before they reached the border, though both young migrants passed initial health screenings by Border Patrol. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan said last week that prior to this month, no child had died in the agency’s custody in more than a decade. On Sunday he called for a “multifaceted solution” on immigration, including not only better border security and new immigration laws but more aid to the Central American countries the migrants are fleeing from. Referring to the U.S. pledge earlier this month of $5.8 billion in development aid for Central America, McAleenan called it “a tremendous step forward.” “There are green shoots of progress both on security and the economic front in Central America. We need to foster that and help improve the opportunities to stay at home,” he said on ABC’s
“This Week.” Outside the Gomez family home in Yalambojoch, women gathered wearing lavender skirts in the intricate patterns typical of indigenous garb in Guatemala. Colorful tapestries hung on a clothesline above the muddy yard. Taped to the door were a pair of Felipe’s artworks. One was a rendering of a blue balloon with a green string; in the other, a white horse jumped over a fence against a yellow sun and tangerine sky. Among the villagers grieving Felipe’s death was his 7-year-old best friend, Kevin. Two days before Felipe and his dad left, the two boys quarreled. “They were crying because they had fought,” said Felipe’s sister, Catarina. By the time Kevin came back to look for his friend, he had left for the United States. Kevin now knows that Felipe has died, the family said. Trying to fight back tears, Catarina Alonzo said her son promised before leaving that when he was grown, he would work to send money home. Felipe also wanted to buy her a cellphone so she could see pictures of him from afar. Now she hopes for only two things: That Felipe’s body is returned as soon as possible for burial, and that her husband can remain in the United States to work off debt and support their other kids. The Guatemalan Consulate in Phoenix has said that Agustin Gomez was released on a humanitarian license allowing him to remain in the United States for now. Felipe’s body is expected to be sent back to Guatemala around mid-January.
BAGHDAD — Russia resettled 30 children of jailed and deceased Islamic State members from Iraq, on Sunday, in a minor breakthrough to the deadlock over what to do with the foreign families to IS militants. Maksim Maksimov, the Russian ambassador to Iraq, said the children were Russian. Their mothers are incarcerated at a Baghdad prison, according to the office of Russia’s ombudsman for children’s rights, Anna Kuznetsova. The children, some appearing as young as three or four years old, were led through Baghdad’s international airport to a Russian state plane to take them to Moscow. Many of the girls wore headscarves and conservative garb. A few appeared anxious and afraid; others looked with wonder around the airport and appeared excited to fly. None of the children appeared to have reached their teenage years. Kuznetsova, wearing rubber gloves and a disposable surgical gown, chaperoned them to the plane. She arrived earlier Monday to meet with Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi. An official at Iraq’s Justice Ministry said the children’s fathers were IS members and were killed fighting for the group in Iraq. Officials barred reporters from speaking to the children and did not provide any specifics about their cases. It is unclear who will take care of the children when they arrive in Russia or where
they will be resettled. But there could be thousands of children in Iraq and Syria born to foreign fighters who have nowhere to go since the Islamic State group’s so-called caliphate began to crumble in 2016. Foreign governments have been reluctant to repatriate IS suspects and their wives, widows, and children, leaving authorities in Iraq and Syria to put them in camps and jails instead. Russia, though, has been proactive about identifying children of Russian nationality, saying it would be dangerous to leave them to grow up in a radicalized environment only to return to Russia with violent intentions later. Kuznetsova’s office said it had identified 123 Russian children in Iraq who required resettlement, and 699 Russian children across the region who had been “brought to the Middle East by their parents” and could also return to Russia. Approximately 5,000 Russians were believed to have flocked to the Islamic State group during its heyday earlier this decade. At its peak it held territory spanning most of northern Syria and Iraq, and claimed responsibility for terror attacks across Europe, Asia, and Africa. But with the group nearly defeated, territorially, in Syria and Iraq, and its numbers diminished, those recruits are leaving behind a challenging legacy in their children. The group flown to Russia Sunday is among the largest repatriated at single time, and Maksimov, the ambassador, promised more flights would be forthcoming.
Putin tells Trump in New Year’s letter he’s open to meeting MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has told U.S. President Donald Trump in a New Year’s letter that the Kremlin is “open to dialogue” on the myriad issues hindering relations between their countries. The Kremlin published a summary of Putin’s “greeting message” to Trump on Sunday. The summary states the Russian leader wrote: “Russia-U.S. relations are the most important factor behind ensuring strategic stability and international security.” Trump canceled a formal meeting with Putin scheduled for Dec. 1 at the G20 summit in Buenos Aires, tweeting “it would be best for all parties” given Russia’s seizure days earlier of three Ukrainian naval vessels. Since then, the Kremlin has repeatedly said it is open to dialogue. The message to Trump was among dozens of holiday greetings Putin sent to other world leaders, each tailored to reflect a bilateral theme. The recipients
included Syrian President Bashar Assad, whom Putin has backed throughout a civil war that started in 2011. Putin’s message to Assad “stressed that Russia will continue to provide all-around assistance to the government and people of Syria in their fight against terrorism and efforts to protect state sovereignty and territorial integrity,” according to the Kremlin summary. Moscow hosted talks with Turkey on Saturday in which the two countries agreed to coordinate actions in northern Syria after Trump’s announcement that he was withdrawing U.S. forces from the country. The main group of Kurdish-led forces fighting against Assad with U.S. support has said the U.S. pullout could lead to the revival of the Islamic State group, Putin, in his message to Assad, “wished the Syrian people the earliest return to peaceful and prosperous life.”
World’s tallest empty hotel lit up with N. Korean propaganda By ERIC TALMADGE Associated Press
PYONGYANG, North Korea — The 105-story Ryugyong Hotel has long been a blot on the Pyongyang skyline. The world’s tallest unoccupied building has towered over North Korea’s capital since 1987, a grand but empty pyramid entirely dark except for the lone aircraft warning light at its top. Outsiders saw the unfinished building as the epitome of failure, while people inside the country took care to rarely mention it at all. That is, until light designer Kim Yong Il made the building once again the talk of the town. In a brilliant flip of the script, the Ryugyong has been reborn as a symbol of pride and North Korean ingenuity. For several hours each night, the building that doesn’t have electricity inside becomes the backdrop of a massive light show in which more than 100,000 LEDs flash images of famous statues and monuments, bursts of fireworks, party symbols and political slogans. The Ryugyong is still unfinished. There’s no public date
In this Dec. 20 photo, light designer Kim Yong Il smiles during an interview with the Associated Press as his creation, the light show displaying propaganda messages on the facade of the pyramid-shaped Ryugyong Hotel, is seen in the background in Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
when, or if, it will host its elusive is limited as-is. But never mind all that. first guest. Questions remain over “I feel really proud,” Kim, the whether the glass-and-concrete hotel is structurally sound. And vice department director of the North Korea’s electricity supply Korean Light Decoration Center,
told The Associated Press in a recent interview at the foot of the hotel. “I made this magnificent design for this gigantic building and when people see it, it makes
them feel good. It makes me proud to work as a designer.” The display was first lit in April to mark the birthday of the country’s “eternal president,” Kim Il Sung. Designer Kim said the preparations took about five months. He was in charge of the designing and programming the light display, which took him two months. Another specialist was responsible for the physical setup and electrical wiring. Giant LED displays has been used around the world for many years — and on an even bigger building. Japanese designer Yusuke Murakami and a Londonbased company collaborated in 2016 on an LED animation on Dubai’s Burj Khalifa, the world’s largest tower. The 1,083-feet Ryugyong tower has three distinct sides. The main show is displayed on the front, while simpler designs light up the other two. For a conical section at the very top, Kim created the image of the red, white and blue North Korean flag waving in the wind. It is 40 meters tall and visible from any direction. The four-minute main program begins with an animation showing the history of the nation,
followed by homages to ideals like self-reliance and revolutionary spirit and a procession of 17 political slogans such as “singleminded unity,” ”harmonious whole” and “100 battles, 100 victories.” The lights are connected to a computerized controlling system about the size of a household DVD player. “The whole program can be stored on an SD card and put into the controller,” Kim said. “We can do the diagnostics on a laptop.” The Ryugyong is a big part of the legacy of second-generation leader Kim Jong Il, current leader Kim Jong Un’s late father. He ordered it built as part Pyongyang’s preparations for the 13th World Festival of Youth and Students, which it hosted in 1989 as a kind of counterpoint to the 1988 Seoul Olympics. The Ryugyong was supposed to be the world’s tallest hotel, surpassing another in Singapore that was built by a South Korean company, but the building fell by the wayside as North Korea experienced a severe economic crash and famines in the 1990s after the fall of the Soviet Union.
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Playoff field set after full day of NFL action By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer
The playoff chase went down to the final minutes of the season Sunday, when Baltimore squeezed in as AFC North winner, and defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia got some help to secure an NFC wild card. That left Pittsburgh and Minnesota out. Kansas City (12-4) grabbed the AFC’s top seed, followed by New England (11-5), Houston (11-5) and Baltimore (10-6). The Chargers (12-4) own the first wild card and will play at the Ravens next Sunday at 1 p.m. EST. The Colts (10-6) romped past the Titans 33-17 at Tennessee and have the
other wild card. They travel to Houston on Saturday afternoon. The Saints (13-3) have the top seed in the NFC, and the Rams (12-4) got the No. 2 spot when they beat San Francisco. Chicago (12-4), whose win at Minnesota knocked out the Vikings and put the Eagles into the postseason, is seeded third and gets Philadelphia (9-7) next Sunday at 4:40 p.m. Dallas (10-6) is the fourth seed and will play Seattle (10-6) on Saturday night. C.J. Mosley intercepted a fourthdown pass by Baker Mayfield to preserve the Ravens’ 26-24 win as Baltimore rushed for a season-best 296 yards. A year ago, Baltimore missed the playoffs by losing its finale at
home to the Bengals, who rallied with a last-minute touchdown. “If you want to write a book about this season, probably no one would believe it,” coach John Harbaugh said. Steelers players remained on the field after they edged Cincinnati 1613 and watched the drama from Baltimore on the videoboard. But their archrival Browns couldn’t help them against the equally hated Ravens, and Pittsburgh (9-6-1) is out. “It just sucks,” Steelers guard David DeCastro said. “How hard we work, how much effort we put in. To go from 7-2-1 to where we are now is heartbreaking.” Nick Foles, who led the Eagles to the Super Bowl title over the Patriots
in Minneapolis last February, guided them to a resounding 24-0 victory at Washington. Then the Bears helped out at Minnesota with a 24-10 win even though they had nothing to play for, being set as the NFC’s third seed. “We’re not sneaking in. We’re here to do some damage,” Eagles safety Malcolm Jenkins said. Earlier, the Texans rallied from losing their first three games to win the AFC South and become the No 3 seed. Houston easily handled Jacksonville 20-3 Sunday as Deshaun Watson threw for 234 yards and ran for a touchdown, and DeAndre Hopkins had 147 yards receiving. The Texans finished last in the division in 2017. They and the Bears have
done the worst-to-first turnaround this season, making it 15 of the past 16 seasons that has occurred in the league. “It’s do or die now, so you’ve got to put everything on the line now,” Watson said. “Prepare harder than you did before and anything can happen at this point. The tournament is wide open and it’s my first playoff, so I’m just excited to get in and see how things go.” New England, meanwhile, will get a week off in early January for the 13th time since 2001, most in the NFL during that span. The Patriots routed the Jets 38-3, and because they defeated Houston during the season, they get the bye. “Eleven and five is nothing to be sad about,” Tom Brady said. “We fought pretty hard and put ourselves in good position.”
Jets release head coach By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer
Baltimore Ravens inside linebacker C.J. Mosley, center, celebrates his interception with teammates Kenny Young, left, and Patrick Onwuasor in the second half of an NFL football game against the Cleveland Browns, Sunday in Baltimore. Baltimore Ravens won 26-24. (AP Photo/Gail Burton)
Ravens take AFC North with close win Pittsburgh misses playoffs for 1st time since 2013 after tough season finish BALTIMORE (AP) — The Baltimore Ravens squeezed past the Browns and into the playoffs, using two rushing touchdowns by rookie quarterback Lamar Jackson and a late defensive stand to beat Cleveland 26-24 Sunday and claim the AFC North title. Kenneth Dixon accounted for 117 of Baltimore’s season-high 296 yards on the ground, Jackson had 90 and the rejuvenated Ravens (10-6) ended a three-year playoff drought with their sixth win in seven games. Fourth-seed Baltimore will open the postseason next weekend at home against the Los Angeles Chargers. A year ago, Baltimore missed the playoffs by losing its finale at home to the Bengals, who rallied with a last-minute touchdown. Remembering that disappointing finish quite well, most of the
announced crowd of 70,925 was on its feet as the Browns moved closer to field-goal range with the clock winding down. A 19-yard completion from Baker Mayfield to former Ravens top draft pick Breshad Perriman and a 16-yarder to Jarvis Landry pushed the ball to the Baltimore 39 with 1:30 left. Following three straight incompletions, the Ravens blitzed Mayfield on fourth down and linebacker C.J. Mosley picked off a pass to clinch it. Baltimore finished a half-game ahead of the Pittsburgh Steelers. Cleveland (7-8-1) was denied its first winning season since 2007.
Matt McCrane booted three field goals and the Steelers still fell short of the postseason. The Steelers (9-6-1) saw their chance at capturing the AFC North end when Baltimore held off Cleveland. A significant portion of the team remained on the field after the game ended watching Cleveland’s lastditch drive while the crowd that stuck around chanted “Let’s Go Browns.” A massive groan arose when Cleveland rookie quarterback Baker Mayfield was intercepted in Baltimore territory in the waning seconds. Roethlisberger finished the season with a career-best and NFL-high 5,129 yards passing — the first time in franchise history a Steelers quarterback has won the league passing title.
Chicago beat the Vikings. The Eagles (9-7) will play at the Bears (12-4) next weekend. Foles tied Philip Rivers’ NFL record by completing 25 straight passes and threw two touchdown passes before a chest injury forced him out of the game. Nate Sudfeld fired a 22-yard TD on his only pass. It felt like a home game for the Eagles. Philadelphia fans filled FedEx Field, sang “Fly! Eagles! Fly!” and chanted “Let’s Go Bears!” There were several thousand empty seats and Redskins fans could only cheer for the Vikings to spite Eagles fans.
BEARS 24, VIKINGS 10
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The NFC North champion Bears refused to let up, riding Jordan Howard for 109 rushSTEELERS 16, BENGALS 13 EAGLES 24, REDSKINS 0 ing yards and two touchdowns and a PITTSBURGH (AP) — Ben RoLANDOVER, Md. (AP) — Nick relentless defense. ethlisberger passed for 287 yards and Foles did it again, leading the Eagles to With the 24-0 win by Philadelphia a touchdown, newly acquired kicker the NFC’s final wild-card berth when See NFL, page A9
NEW YORK — Todd Bowles’ tenure with the New York Jets began four years ago with plenty of promise. It ended with too many losses and no playoff appearances. The team announced the long-expected decision that it moved on from Bowles on Sunday night, a few hours after the Jets wrapped up their season with a 38-3 loss at New England. “I would like to thank coach Bowles for his dedication to the New York Jets for the last four years,” Jets Chairman and CEO Christopher Johnson said in a statement. “After carefully evaluating the situation, I have concluded that this is the right direction for the organization to take. I would like to wish Todd, Taneka and their family only the best.” Bowles, 54, was hired in January 2015 after New York fired Rex Ryan. The Jets got off to a solid start under Bowles, who guided them to a 10-6 record. But they fell a win shy of the playoffs in his first season after losing a win-and-in game against Ryan’s Bills. Still, many expected the Jets to take the next step under Bowles. It never happened. There was some uncertainty surrounding general manager Mike Maccagnan’s job status, but it appears he will remain in his role and help lead the Jets’ search for a new coach. New York went 4-12 this year after going 5-11 in each of the last two seasons, and Bowles’ in-game management became a focus of heavy criticism. The stoic coach also never endeared himself to frustrated fans who often mistook Bowles’ lack of public emotion for an absence of passion. Bowles was on the hot seat last season, but the team stuck together and he and Maccagnan were given two-year extensions last December by Johnson. The Jets entered this season with their focus on developing rookie quarterback Sam Darnold, the No. 3 overall draft pick in April, and Johnson did not set a playoff mandate for Bowles or Maccagnan. But the former USC star threw a league-leading 14 interceptions before straining his right foot against Miami on Nov. 4 and sitting out three games. There were glimmers of promise when Darnold returned from the foot injury, with the rookie throwing for 931 yards and six touchdowns with just one interception — and looking very much a quarterback who can lead the team into the future. Darnold will have to do that with a new coach, though. It appeared Bowles’ fate was sealed when the Jets were blown out by AFC Eastrival Buffalo 41-10 on Nov. 11. But Johnson chose to have Bowles finish the season, something New York has traditionally done with its head coaches. The Jets haven’t had an in-season coaching change since 1976, when Lou Holtz resigned with one game remaining and was replaced by Mike Holovak.
Towns leads Minnesota to win with block party game on Heat By The Associated Press
MIAMI — Karl-Anthony Towns scored 34 points and grabbed 18 rebounds, leading six Minnesota players in double figures as the Timberwolves defeated the Miami Heat 113-104 on Sunday night. Towns added seven assists and six blocked shots for the Timberwolves. The only other player in NBA history to have that many points, rebounds, assists and blocks in the same game was Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, for the Los Angeles Lakers against Phoenix on Nov. 14, 1975. Abdul-Jabbar had 35 points, 19 rebounds, nine assists and eight blocks in that game. Robert Covington scored 16 and Taj Gibson added 14 for Minnesota. The Wolves also got 13 apiece from
Andrew Wiggins and Dario Saric, while Tyus Jones scored 12. Dwyane Wade led Miami with 21 points. Josh Richardson scored 17, Derrick Jones Jr. added 16 and Hassan Whiteside grabbed 13 rebounds for the Heat. RAPTORS 95, BULLS 89 TORONTO (AP) — Kawhi Leonard scored 27 points, Pascal Siakam had 20 points and 12 rebounds and Toronto recorded its seventh straight win over Chicago. Danny Green and Fred VanVleet each scored 10 points as the Raptors bounced back from their largest defeat of the season, a 29-point loss at Orlando on Friday. Lauri Markkanen had 18 points and 10 rebounds and Wendell Carter Jr. had 16
points and 11 rebounds for the Bulls, who didn’t score for the first 3:19 of the fourth quarter. Chicago’s Zach LaVine fouled out with 13 points. It was a poor shooting night for LaVine, who went 3 for 17, including 0 for 3 from 3-point range.
MAGIC 109, PISTONS 107 ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Evan Fournier’s running jumper in the lane as the buzzer sounded gave Orlando a win over Detroit. D.J. Augustin led the Magic with 26 points and eight assists, and Nikola Vucevic and Aaron Gordon each scored 22 points. Fournier finished with 13. Luke Kennard scored 16 points to lead the Pistons. Reggie Bullock and Blake Griffin had 15 apiece and Andre Drummond had 14 points and 15 rebounds.
Fournier’s winning basket ended a wild Smith scored 14 points. DeAndre Jorfinish in which Detroit wiped out an eight- dan had 12 points and 17 rebounds. point deficit in the final three minutes only to lose for the 11th time in their last 14 TRAIL BLAZERS 129, 76ERS 95 games. PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — C.J. McCollum scored 35 points to break out of a MAVERICKS 105, THUNDER 103 brief shooting slump and Portland topped DALLAS (AP) — Teenage rookie Philadelphia. McCollum made four 3-pointers and Luka Doncic scored 25 points and young backcourt mate Dennis Smith Jr. hit the hit 13 of 18 from the floor to lead Portland. go-ahead layup in the final minute for In his six previous games, McCollum was 35 percent from the floor while going 16 Dallas. Paul George scored the last 13 points percent from 3-point range. for Oklahoma City and finished with 36, but he missed a pull-up jumper over Smith LAKERS 121, KINGS 114 with 2 seconds left in the first of two LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kentavious straight meetings on back-to-back nights Caldwell-Pope scored a season-high 26 for these regional rivals. The Thunder’s Russell Westbrook was points, Josh Hart added 22 and Los An4 of 22 from the field for nine points with geles won for the first time since LeBron James was sidelined with a groin injury. nine rebounds and eight assists.
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Scoreboard basketball NBA Standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 27 11 .711 — Philadelphia 23 14 .622 3½ Boston 21 14 .600 4½ Brooklyn 17 21 .447 10 New York 9 28 .243 17½ Southeast Division 17 18 .486 — Charlotte Miami 17 18 .486 — Orlando 16 19 .457 1 Washington 14 23 .378 4 Atlanta 11 24 .314 6 Central Division Milwaukee 25 10 .714 — Indiana 24 12 .667 1½ Detroit 16 18 .471 8½ Chicago 10 27 .270 16 Cleveland 8 29 .216 18 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division Houston 20 15 .571 — San Antonio 20 17 .541 1 Memphis 18 17 .514 2 Dallas 17 18 .486 3 New Orleans 16 21 .432 5 Northwest Division Denver 23 11 .676 — Oklahoma City 22 13 .629 1½ Portland 21 16 .568 3½ Utah 18 19 .486 6½ Minnesota 17 19 .472 7 Pacific Division Golden State 24 13 .649 — L.A. Clippers 21 15 .583 2½ L.A. Lakers 21 16 .568 3 Sacramento 19 17 .528 4½ Phoenix 9 28 .243 15 Sunday’s Games Orlando 109, Detroit 107 Minnesota 113, Miami 104 Toronto 95, Chicago 89 Dallas 105, Oklahoma City 103 Portland 129, Philadelphia 95 L.A. Lakers 121, Sacramento 114 Monday’s Games Atlanta at Indiana, 11 a.m. Orlando at Charlotte, 2 p.m. Boston at San Antonio, 3 p.m. Memphis at Houston, 3 p.m. Dallas at Oklahoma City, 4 p.m. Minnesota at New Orleans, 4 p.m. Golden State at Phoenix, 5 p.m. Tuesday’s Games Utah at Toronto, 3:30 p.m. Detroit at Milwaukee, 4 p.m. New York at Denver, 5 p.m. Portland at Sacramento, 5 p.m. Philadelphia at L.A. Clippers, 6:30 p.m. All Times AST
College Scores EAST Cornell 61, Navy 50 Dartmouth 76, New Hampshire 68 Delaware 82, Northeastern 80, 2OT Hofstra 89, Drexel 75 Holy Cross 78, Iona 71 LIU Brooklyn 60, Fordham 57 Rhode Island 72, Middle Tennessee 60 West Virginia 78, Lehigh 68 SOUTH Charleston Southern 111, Piedmont International 65 Clemson 84, Lipscomb 67 Elon 68, James Madison 65 Georgia 91, UMass 72 N. Kentucky 73, Ill.-Chicago 58 NC Central 91, Wilberforce 44 Northwestern St. 86, Champion Christian College 65 Presbyterian 72, Jacksonville 67 VCU 90, Rider 79 William & Mary 71, Towson 61 MIDWEST Akron 82, Carnegie Mellon 55 Bowling Green 94, UT Martin 80
Cent. Michigan 123, Indiana University South Bend 76 Detroit 73, Cleveland St. 61 E. Illinois 81, North Alabama 70 Miami (Ohio) 70, Evansville 67 Michigan 74, Binghamton 52 Minnesota 71, Mount St. Mary’s 53 Missouri St. 110, William Woods 56 Northwestern 75, Columbia 54 Oakland 76, Youngstown St. 74 Ohio 68, FIU 66 Oral Roberts 87, Nebraska-Omaha 84 Purdue Fort Wayne 90, N. Dakota St. 87, OT SIU-Edwardsville 79, Missouri S&T 66 Saint Louis 83, Appalachian St. 55 W. Illinois 78, Denver 60 W. Michigan 73, UC Riverside 64 Wright St. 72, IUPUI 64 SOUTHWEST Alabama 79, Stephen F. Austin 69 Cent. Arkansas 62, Lyon College 47
ha 56 SIU-Edwardsville 64, McKendree 63 South Dakota 67, N. Dakota St. 41 W. Illinois 87, Denver 78 Wichita St. 66, Savannah St. 50 Wright St. 79, Ill.-Chicago 46 Youngstown St. 69, Oakland 55 SOUTHWEST Arkansas 76, Jackson St. 57 Oklahoma St. 86, Grambling St. 40 UTSA 86, Texas A&M-Kingsville 55 FAR WEST Harvard 85, California 79 New Mexico St. 81, UC Santa Barbara 73 UCLA 72, Southern Cal 65 Utah 76, Colorado 61 Washington St. 79, Washington 76
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Hawaii 71, Alabama A&M 63 New Mexico 103, University of the Southwest 47 New Mexico St. 88, Colorado St. 68 Southern Cal 73, UC Davis 55
Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Tampa Bay 39 30 7 2 62 166 116 Toronto 39 26 11 2 54 144 109 Buffalo 39 21 12 6 48 114 112 Boston 39 21 14 4 46 110 103 39 20 14 5 45 125 126 Montreal 37 16 15 6 38 120 131 Florida Detroit 40 15 19 6 36 112 136 Ottawa 39 15 20 4 34 123 153 Metropolitan Division Washington 37 24 10 3 51 135 106 Columbus 38 22 13 3 47 123 116 Pittsburgh 38 20 12 6 46 130 113 N.Y. Islanders 37 20 13 4 44 111 101 N.Y. Rangers 37 16 14 7 39 109 122 Philadelphia 37 15 17 5 35 110 133 Carolina 37 15 17 5 35 91 108 New Jersey 37 14 16 7 35 109 127
Women’s College Scores EAST Army 74, Connecticut College 48 Chattanooga 66, Maine 61 Fordham 61, Middle Tennessee 49 Hartford 84, NJIT 53 Holy Cross 81, Bryant 62 James Madison 57, Robert Morris 36 Seton Hall 77, St. John’s 67 Stony Brook 74, St. Francis Brooklyn 67 Temple 75, La Salle 47 UCF 47, Quinnipiac 45 SOUTH Campbell 93, Columbia (SC) 46 Cent. Michigan 90, Miami 80 Duke 57, Florida Gulf Coast 41 Florida 70, Charleston Southern 60 Georgia Tech 81, Wofford 40 Houston 61, Southern Miss. 44 Jacksonville 73, FIU 62 LSU 78, South Florida 49 Louisiana-Monroe 70, ArkansasMonticello 39 Mercer 61, UNC-Asheville 47 Mississippi St. 104, LouisianaLafayette 36 NC State 75, Davidson 45 South Carolina 66, Furman 53 Tennessee 84, Belmont 76 Tulane 78, Florida A&M 34 UAB 83, Alabama Huntsville 58 UNC-Wilmington 71, East Carolina 68 Virginia 65, Charlotte 61 Wake Forest 63, Norfolk St. 61 MIDWEST Ball St. 99, Urbana 62 Bowling Green 63, Davis & Elkins 28 Brown 90, Chicago St. 65 Cleveland St. 67, Detroit 49 E. Illinois 104, Eureka 48 E. Michigan 53, Northwood (MI) 39 IUPUI 70, N. Kentucky 48 Illinois St. 62, UMKC 55 Indiana St. 79, Davenport 43 Kansas 77, Vermont 36 Michigan St. 84, Iowa 70 Missouri 70, Arkansas St. 50 Missouri St. 48, UALR 44 North Dakota 79, Purdue Fort Wayne 60 Notre Dame 95, Lehigh 68 Oral Roberts 71, Nebraska-Oma-
WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division 38 24 12 2 50 130 108 39 22 15 2 46 114 101 39 19 13 7 45 132 120 39 20 16 3 43 106 103 37 18 16 3 39 108 105 41 15 20 6 36 119 149 36 15 17 4 34 101 121 Pacific Division Calgary 39 23 12 4 50 133 107 Vegas 42 23 15 4 50 128 115 40 21 12 7 49 135 121 San Jose Anaheim 40 19 15 6 44 101 118 Vancouver 41 19 18 4 42 124 129 Edmonton 38 18 17 3 39 108 122 Arizona 39 17 20 2 36 100 112 Los Angeles 39 15 21 3 33 89 117 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild cards per conference advance to playoffs. Winnipeg Nashville Colorado Dallas Minnesota Chicago St. Louis
Sunday’s Game Vegas 5, Arizona 1 Monday’s Games Nashville at Washington, 8:30 a.m. Vancouver at New Jersey, 9 a.m. Philadelphia at Carolina, 2 p.m. Pittsburgh at Minnesota, 2 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Buffalo, 2 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at St. Louis, 3 p.m. Ottawa at Columbus, 3 p.m. Florida at Detroit, 3:30 p.m. Tampa Bay at Anaheim, 4 p.m. Los Angeles at Colorado, 4 p.m. Montreal at Dallas, 4:30 p.m. San Jose at Calgary, 5 p.m. Winnipeg at Edmonton, 5 p.m. Tuesday’s Games Boston vs. Chicago at South Bend, Ind., 9 a.m. Philadelphia at Nashville, 4:30 p.m. Los Angeles at Vegas, 5 p.m. All Times AST
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Final NFL Standings AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA 11 5 0 .688 436 325 7 9 0 .438 319 433 6 10 0 .375 269 374 4 12 0 .250 333 441 South y-Houston 11 5 0 .688 402 316 x-Indianapolis 10 6 0 .625 433 344 Tennessee 9 7 0 .563 310 303 5 11 0 .313 245 316 Jacksonville North y-Baltimore 10 6 0 .625 389 287 Pittsburgh 9 6 1 .594 428 360 Cleveland 7 8 1 .469 359 392 6 10 0 .375 368 455 Cincinnati West y-Kansas City 12 4 0 .750 565 421 x-L.A. Chargers 12 4 0 .750 428 329 Denver 6 10 0 .375 329 349 4 12 0 .250 290 467 Oakland y-New England Miami Buffalo N.Y. Jets
NATIONAL CONFERENCE East y-Dallas 10 6 0 .625 339 324 x-Philadelphia 9 7 0 .563 367 348 Washington 7 9 0 .438 281 359 N.Y. Giants 5 11 0 .313 369 412 South y-New Orleans 13 3 0 .813 504 353 Atlanta 7 9 0 .438 414 423 Carolina 7 9 0 .438 376 382 Tampa Bay 5 11 0 .313 396 464 North 12 4 0 .750 421 283 y-Chicago Minnesota 8 7 1 .531 360 341 Green Bay 6 9 1 .406 376 400 Detroit 6 10 0 .375 324 360 West y-L.A. Rams 13 3 0 .813 527 384 x-Seattle 10 6 0 .625 428 347 San Francisco 4 12 0 .250 342 435 Arizona 3 13 0 .188 225 425 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division
Sunday’s Games Detroit 31, Green Bay 0 Houston 20, Jacksonville 3 New England 38, N.Y. Jets 3 Carolina 33, New Orleans 14 Buffalo 42, Miami 17 Atlanta 34, Tampa Bay 32 Dallas 36, N.Y. Giants 35 Kansas City 35, Oakland 3 Philadelphia 24, Washington 0 Chicago 24, Minnesota 10 Pittsburgh 16, Cincinnati 13 Seattle 27, Arizona 24 L.A. Chargers 23, Denver 9 L.A. Rams 48, San Francisco 32 Baltimore 26, Cleveland 24 Indianapolis 33, Tennessee 17
College Bowls Monday, Dec. 31 Military Bowl Annapolis, Md. Cincinnati (10-2) vs. Virginia Tech (6-6), 8 a.m. (ESPN) Sun Bowl El Paso, Texas Stanford (8-4) vs. Pittsburgh (7-6), 10 a.m. (CBS) Redbox Bowl Santa Clara, Calif. Michigan State (7-5) vs. Oregon (8-4), 11 a.m. (FOX) Liberty Bowl Memphis, Tenn. Missouri (8-4) vs. Oklahoma State (6-6), 11:45 a.m. (ESPN) Holiday Bowl San Diego Northwestern (8-5) vs. Utah (9-4), 3 p.m. (FS1) Gator Bowl Jacksonville, Fla. NC State (9-3) vs. Texas A&M (84), 3:30 p.m. (ESPN) Tuesday, Jan. 1 Outback Bowl Tampa, Fla. Mississippi State (8-4) vs. Iowa (8-4), 8 a.m. (ESPN2) Citrus Bowl
Orlando, Fla. Kentucky (9-3) vs. Penn State (93), 9 a.m. (ABC) Fiesta Bowl Glendale, Ariz. LSU (9-3) vs. UCF (12-0), 9 a.m. (ESPN) Rose Bowl Pasadena, Calif. Washington (10-3) vs. Ohio State (12-1), 1 p.m. (ESPN) Sugar Bowl New Orleans Texas (9-4) vs. Georgia (11-2), 4:45 p.m. (ESPN) Monday, Jan. 7 College Football Championship Santa Clara, Calif. Clemson (14-0) vs. Alabama (140), 4 p.m. (ESPN) All Times AST
transactions BASEBALL American League LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Designated RHP Austin Brice for assignment. Agreed to terms with C Jonathan Lucroy on a one-year contract. TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Acquired LHP Clayton Richard and cash considerations from San Diego for OF Connor Panas. Designated RHP Oliver Drake for assignment. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association ATLANTA HAWKS — Assigned F Omai Spellman to Erie (NBAGL). Transferred F Alex Poythress to Erie. DENVER NUGGETS — Waived G Nick Young. MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES — Waived G/F D.J. Stephens. FOOTBALL National Football League NEW YORK JETS — Fired coach Todd Bowles. TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Fired coach Dirk Koetter. HOCKEY National Hockey League BOSTON BRUINS — Assigned F Jesse Gabrielle from Providence (AHL) to Wichita (ECHL). CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS — Acquired F Drake Caggiula and D Jason Garrison from Edmonton for Ds Brandon Manning and Robin Norell. DALLAS STARS — Assigned G Colton Point from Texas (AHL) to Idaho (ECHL). EDMONTON OILERS — Traded D Chris Wideman and a conditional 2019 third-round draft pick to Florida for D Alexander Petrovic. LOS ANGELES KINGS — Assigned F Michael Amadio to Ontario (AHL). PITTSBURGH PENGUINS — Assigned G John Muse from WilkesBarre/Scranton (AHL) to Wheeling (ECHL). ST. LOUIS BLUES — Assigned G Jordan Binnington to San Antonio (AHL). Recalled G Evan Fitzpatrick from San Antonio. SOCCER Major League Soccer ATLANTA UNITED — Signed D Brek Shea to a one-year contract. COLLEGE FLORIDA — OT Jawaan Taylor will enter the NFL draft. HOUSTON — Fired football coach Major Applewhite. INDIANA — Announced the retirement of associate head football coach Mike DeBord. MIAMI — Announced the retirement of football coach Mark Richt. Named Manny Diaz football coach.
Pirri fuels Knights to win over Coyotes By JOSE M. ROMERO Associated Press
GLENDALE, Ariz. — Brandon Pirri has had a late December to remember for the Vegas Golden Knights. The journeyman forward had a goal and assist in the Golden Knights’ 5-1 win over the Arizona Coyotes on Sunday night, and has five goals as part of his seven points in the six games he’s played for Vegas this season. Pirri failed to register a point in only one of those games. He’s been a regular since Dec. 20. “It’s a lot of fun playing here because everyone’s contributing,” Pirri said. “Things are going good. I’ve always believed in myself and I’m getting the opportunity. When you get the opportunity you have to reward
the people that put you in this spot and at the same time I have to reward myself. I put in a lot of work.” Paul Stastny also had a goal and an assist and Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 29 shots for Vegas. Reilly Smith, Cody Eakin and Ryan Carpenter also scored to help Vegas win its third straight and extend its points streak to six games. The Golden Knights have won five of six games against Arizona since Vegas entered the NHL last season. “We played hard, we played quick. We were good with the forecheck, we were good with the puck and we didn’t make a lot of mistakes,” forward Jonathan Marchessault said. A large following of Golden Knights fans made plenty of noise for the visiting team in the most recent installment of
the fledgling rivalry, and saw their team take control with three goals in the third period. The third was a short-handed goal from Carpenter, his second goal of the season. Just when the Golden Knights’ first power play ended, Pirri got a rebound behind the net and backhanded the puck back toward the crease, where Stastny was waiting to stuff it in at 3:35 of the first. Arizona’s Nick Schmaltz appeared to tie at 1 with 8:54 left in the second period, but the goal was reviewed on a coaches’ challenge and overturned for offside. Vegas made it 2-0 with 3:57 to play in the second. Brad Hunt tipped a loose puck in front, and Smith got to it first for a shot that zipped past Darcy Kuemper. Kuemper finished with 33
MINNEAPOLIS — While taking the NFC North champion Chicago Bears to the playoffs for the first time in eight years, coach Matt Nagy has displayed an energetic personality and aggressive mindset throughout his debut. Even with their postseason position all but set, the Bears refused to let up. They kept the rival Minnesota Vikings out of the playoffs in the process. Fueled by that relentless defense and 109 rushing yards and two touchdowns by Jordan Howard, the Bears beat the Vikings 24-10 on Sunday for their first sweep of Minnesota since 2011. “I love winning. I think it’s fun to win,” Nagy said. “So when you win, whoever it is, who cares? Let’s just play ball.” With the 24-0 win by Philadelphia at Washington, the Vikings (8-7-1) watched the Eagles claim the last wild-card spot and went home wondering what happened to their offense after signing Kirk Cousins for $84 million guaranteed to be the fran-
chise quarterback. Tarik Cohen scored the last touchdown on a short run with 7:46 left to cap a 16play drive for the Bears (12-4), who posted their best regular-season record since the 2006 team finished 13-3 and reached the Super Bowl. They’ve won nine of their last 10 games and, instead of the Vikings will host the Eagles in the first round. “We’re growing. We’re getting stronger by the week,” Nagy said. “This will be a new challenge for us, but we’re excited. We’ll be ready.” The Bears began the afternoon with an opportunity, albeit unlikely, to get a firstround bye with a victory and a loss by the Los Angeles Rams, who wound up beating San Francisco 48-32. Nagy was unmoved by the big early lead taken by the Rams, though, keeping quarterback Mitch Trubisky in the entire game and only holding out the starters who were already previously injured. “Every time we step on the field we want to win,” Trubisky said. “I think it just shows the maturity of this team that we weren’t looking ahead. We weren’t thinking about sitting out. We just do exactly
By The Associated Press
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Arike Ogunbowale scored 23 points, Marina Mabrey added 19, and Notre Dame coach Muffet McGraw earned her 900th career victory as the second-ranked Fighting Irish beat Lehigh 95-68 on Sunday. McGraw, now 900-272 overall, is 812-231 in her 32nd season at Notre Dame, where she won NCAA titles in 2001 and last season. Her first coaching victory came at Lehigh, where the Pottsville, Pennsylvania, native and former Saint Joseph’s point guard was 88-41 in five seasons beginning in 198283. She is the ninth Division I women’s basketball coach to reach 900 victories. Mary Clougherty scored 14 points, while Camryn Buhr and Emma Grothaus had 11 each and Gena Grundhoffer added 10 for Sue Troyan’s Mountain Hawks (8-3). Buhr played at Penn High School, 9 miles from the Notre Dame campus. No. 8 MISSISSIPPI STATE 104, LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE 36 STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Bre’Amber Scott scored 21 points, Anriel Howard added 16 and Mississippi State blew past LouisianaLafayette. Teaira McCowan added 13 points, 11 rebounds and five blocks for the Bulldogs (12-1). Jordan Danberry scored 12 points and Xaria Wiggins had 10. Louisiana-Lafayette (2-9) was led by Skyler Goodwin, who scored nine points. The Ragin’ Cajuns shot just 23 percent from the field and made only one 3-pointer.
No. 9 N.C. State 75, Davidson 45 RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Aislinn Konig scored 17 points and N.C. State rode a strong secondhalf defensive performance to a win over Davidson. DD Rogers sparked the Wolfpack (13-0) with a pair of blocked shots in the third quarter, when N.C. State caused Davidson to miss 12 of 13 field goal attempts over a 9-minute stretch to turn a 30-27 deficit into a 19-point lead.
No. 10 TENNESSEE 84, BELMONT 76 KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Evina Westbrook scored 20 points to lead four Tennessee players in double figures as the Lady Vols held off Belmont. Belmont (7-4), a perennial midmajor contender, gave the Lady Vols (11-1) all they could handle, rallying from an 18-point first-half deficit to take a brief lead in the fourth quarter. But Tennessee managed to hit enough shots down the stretch to avoid the upset in the first meeting between the in-state programs since 1979.
Katie Benzan scored 19 points and Sydney Skinner made four free throws in the last 19.5 seconds as Harvard outscored California 8-1 in the final 45 seconds to pull out the win. There were 12 ties and 12 lead changes but the Crimson led most of the way. It is the second time Harvard beat a ranked Pac-12 team on its home court — in 1998 the Crimson beat top-seeded Stanford in the NCAA Tournament as a 16seed.
ARIZONA 51, No. 17 ARIZONA STATE 39 TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Aari McDonald scored 24 points and Arizona never trailed in win over Arizona State in the Pac-12 opener for both teams. Sam Thomas added 11 points for the Wildcats (11-1), who won their 10th in a row. Arizona had its first double-digit lead at 36-25 with 3:28 left in the third quarter and led by at least seven throughout the fourth quarter. Kianna Ibis had 11 points to lead the Sun Devils (9-3), who had a seven-game winning streak snapped.
No. 20 MICHIGAN STATE 84, No. 16 IOWA 70 EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Nia Clouden scored 27 points, Jenna Allen had 17 rebounds, both career highs, and Michigan State pulled away from Iowa in the second half for a win in the Big Ten Conference opener. The one-two punch for the Spartans (11-1) offset a 30-point, 14-rebound outing for Megan Gustafson, who became the all-time leading scorer for the Hawkeyes (9-3). Gustafson surpassed former teammate Ally Disterhoft (2,102) and men’s great Roy Marble (2,116). Gustafson, the nation’s leading scorer (26.5 ppg) now has 2,124 points.
CENTRAL MICHIGAN 90, No. 24 MIAMI 80 CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Presley Hudson scored 23 points, making 7 of 8 free throws in the final 32.8 seconds, and Central Michigan upset Miami. Reyna Frost scored 25 points with 10 rebounds, Micaela Kelly had 18 points and Maddy Watters 14 for the Chippewas (9-3), who never trailed after scoring the final seven points of the first quarter for a 26-21 lead.
No. 25 SOUTH CAROLINA 66, FURMAN 53
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Alexis Jennings scored 19 points, Destanni Henderson had 10 and the duo combined to score all of No. 25 South Carolina’s points in a closing 10-1 run for a 66-53 win over Furman. The Paladins (7-6) scored seven-straight points, pulling within 56-52 when Celena Taborn scored with 2:45 to play. But Jennings made a free throw and then consecutive layups to push the lead to nine. Furman ended the skid with a free throw at the 1:01 mark HARVARD 85, but Henderson answered with a No. 14 CALIFORNIA 79 3-pointer and wrapped it up with BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — two free throws.
saves. The Coyotes took advantage of a 5-on-3 power play with two Golden Knights in the penalty box to get their lone goal at the 2:58 mark of the second. Alex Galchenyuk scored, with Oliver Ekman-Larsson getting the assist. Ekman-Larsson reached 312 career points, passing Keith Yandle for the most points in franchise history for a defenseman. Galchenyuk ran his points streak to five games, in which he has totaled seven points. Eakin edged the puck over the goal line at 4:21 of the third for his 12th goal of the season, By ARNIE STAPLETON and Pirri scored on a breakaway AP Pro Football Writer less than three minutes later. DENVER — In early Au“I liked the way we played gust, cornerback Chris Harris all night, not just the third period,” Vegas coach Gerard Gal- Jr. was so impressed by Denver’s revamped offense directed lant said. by new quarterback Case Keenum that he declared the Broncos would score more points in 2018 than they had in five years. what’s asked.” Thirty a game, 480 total, After spending the majority of the last something the Broncos hadn’t two decades trying to keep up with Green done since 2014 when they talBay, the Vikings have overtaken the Pack- lied 482 on the heels of the Peyers only to have their other primary rival, ton Manning-fueled, recordthe Bears, surge to the top of the division. breaking 606-point season. Most problematic since coach Mike ZimHarris saw Keenum, who mer took over has been the struggle to had just guided the Minnesota move and protect the ball against Akiem Vikings to the NFC championHicks, Khalil Mack, Kyle Fuller and the ship game, developing a quick rest of that Chicago defense, which estab- rapport with Emmanuel Sandlished a franchise record for fewest rushing ers and Demaryius Thomas. yards allowed in a season. He witnessed great promise Done in by three-and-outs on their first in rookie receivers Courtland four possessions, the Vikings finished with Sutton and DaeSean Hamilton only 164 total yards. and marveled at tight ends Jake “They’re pretty good,” Zimmer said, Butt and Jeff Heuerman. “so give them credit.” So, 30 points a game seemed THE CLINCHER realistic, especially “because Trubisky moved the chains four times we have Bill Musgrave, a great on third down during the game-sealing offensive coordinator,” Harris scoring drive, completing three passes and said in training camp. “We used running once for a first down. He took a to hate going against him. We sack by Anthony Barr that would’ve forced used to call him ‘Mad Scientist’ a punt from the Minnesota 45, but a hold- when he was in Oakland. ... So, ing penalty on Vikings safety Jayron Ke- I don’t see why they can’t averarse gave Chicago a fresh set of downs. age 30.”
Bears keep pedal to metal in win over Vikings By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Pro Football Writer
Notre Dame’s McGraw earns career win 900
Broncos careen into uncertain offseason He couldn’t foretell the Broncos (6-10) losing their top two tight ends or their two veteran receivers, one to injury and another to a trade. Nor could he predict season-ending injuries to three interior O-linemen. He couldn’t predict Keenum reverting to his journeyman ways with just 18 touchdown throws and career highs in interceptions (15) and sacks (34). He didn’t foresee Musgrave doing the exact same this thing that got his predecessor, Mike McCoy, fired last season — stubbornly sticking to threewide receiver sets in spread formations when the tactic did little to ignite a stagnant offense or force defenses to quick stacking the box. The Broncos punted on their first possession in each of their last nine games. That’s an indictment of Musgrave’s script, which includes the plays that the offense practiced the most during the week and which Keenum felt most comfortable calling on game day. The offensive ineptitude seeped into the second, third and fourth quarters as the rookie receivers had trouble getting defenders’ hands off them in the type of press-man coverage they rarely saw in college.
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at Washington, the Vikings (8-71) watched the Eagles claim the last wild-card spot and went home wondering what happened to their offense after signing Kirk Cousins for $84 million guaranteed to be the franchise quarterback. Tarik Cohen scored the last touchdown on a short run with 7:46 left to cap a 16-play drive for the Bears (12-4), who posted their best regular-season record since the 2006 team finished 13-3 and reached the Super Bowl. They’ve won nine of their last 10 games.
mess around, playing nearly every starter except Todd Gurley and jumping to a 14-0 lead in the first five minutes before stretching it to 28-3 midway through the second quarter.
COWBOYS 36, GIANTS 35
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Dak Prescott threw a 32yard fourth-down touchdown pass to Cole Beasley on a play that was reversed by video replay and added a winning 2-point conversion pass to Michael Gallup with 1:12 to play. In what might have been quarterback Eli Manning’s final start for the Giants, Prescott passed for 387 yards and the season-high four touchdowns, the first three to tight end Blake Jarwin. The Cowboys COLTS 33, TITANS 17 (10-6) won for the seventh time in NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — eight games. Andrew Luck threw for 285 yards and three touchdowns and the Colts CHARGERS 23, took the final spot in the postseaBRONCOS 9 son as the AFC’s No. 6 seed. With the Texans winning the DENVER (AP) — Philip RivAFC South title earlier Sunday, ers and the Los Angeles Charthat left the Colts and Titans playing for the second wild-card berth gers recovered from a slow start and a visit to Houston on Saturday. for their first win in Denver since Luck remained perfect against 2013. The Chargers (12-4) are headed the Tennessee Titans, notching his 11th victory for the most wins by to the playoffs for the first time in a quarterback since at least 1970 five years, but they’ll go in as a against one franchise without los- wild-card thanks to a last-second ing. He helped the Colts (10-6) — loss to the Broncos at home in Nounder first-year coach Frank Reich vember. Were it not for that slip-up, the — earn the franchise’s first postseason trip since the 2014 season. Chargers and not the Kansas City Chiefs would have earned No. 1 At one point, Indy was 1-5. The Titans (9-7) snapped a four- seed in the AFC playoffs and the game winning streak with quarter- first-round bye that comes with it. back Marcus Mariota sidelined by neck and foot injuries. They SEAHAWKS 27, missed a second straight playoff CARDINALS 24 berth under first-year coach Mike SEATTLE (AP) — Sebastian Vrabel. Janikowski made a 33-yard field goal on the final play, wrapping up TEXANS 20, JAGUARS 3 the No. 5 seed in the NFC playoffs HOUSTON (AP) — The Tex- and a matchup at Dallas. Seattle (10-6) took a 24-21 lead ans clinched the AFC South title as Deshaun Watson threw for 234 earlier in the fourth quarter on yards and ran for a touchdown, and Janikowski’s 42-yard field goal, DeAndre Hopkins had 147 yards but watched Arizona answer with Zane Gonzalez’s third field goal of receiving. The Texans (11-5) won nine in the game, from 55 yards with 1:49 a row after starting 0-3 to save their left to tie it. Gonzalez hit earlier season and will make their fifth from 36 and 50 yards. After converting a third-and-1 playoff appearance after winning the division for the fifth time in early in the drive, Russell Wilson franchise history. Houston returns hit Tyler Lockett for 37 yards to to the postseason for the third time the Arizona 25-yard line. After a in four years after bouncing back couple of running plays, Jankowsfrom last year’s 4-12 record in a ki hit the winner to give Seattle 10 season where Watson and J.J. Watt wins for the sixth time in Pete Carroll’s tenure. sustained season-ending injuries. Houston built a 14-point lead in the first half behind rushing LIONS 31, PACKERS 0 touchdowns by Watson and Lamar GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Miller and made it 20-3 on a 24yard field goal with about 11 min- Matthew Stafford threw for 266 utes left. The Jaguars had a chance yards and two scores to T.J. Jones to cut the lead later in the fourth and kicker Matt Prater tossed a period, but Blake Bortles was in- touchdown pass after faking a tercepted in the end zone by Andre field-goal try. With Green Bay trailing 21-0 at Hal. the half, quarterback Aaron Rodgers never returned after walking to PATRIOTS 38, JETS 3 the locker room early in the second FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) quarter, having suffered a concus— Tom Brady threw for three sion. Both teams had long been first-half touchdowns and New eliminated from playoff contenEngland clinched its ninth straight tion. Zach Zenner had a 13-yard first-round bye in the playoffs. The Patriots (11-5) finished the season touchdown run for the Lions (6as the NFL’s only undefeated team 10), who have won four straight at home, where they’ll have at least against their NFC North rival for the first time since 1982-83. They one playoff game. After back-to-back Decem- got a little positive push at the end ber losses left the Patriots with of Matt Patricia’s first season as a losing record on the road, they coach. finished with two straight home wins to avoid playing in the wild- PANTHERS 33, SAINTS 14 card round for the first time since NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Un2009. New York fired coach Todd drafted rookie Kyle Allen passed Bowles after the game. The Jets for 228 yards and two touchdowns (4-12) lost for the ninth time in 10 before injuring his shoulder against games. Rookie Sam Darnold, who a Saints squad looking ahead to the had been playing well since return- playoffs. Allen, a third-stringer pressed ing from a foot injury, completed 16 of 28 passes for 167 yards, but into service with Cam Newton and he also had a fumble that gave New backup Taylor Heinicke out, also ran for a short touchdown as CaroliEngland a touchdown. na snapped a seven-game slide. He led the Panthers to three TDs and a CHIEFS 35, RAIDERS 3 field goal on the first four drives of KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — his first NFL start. He played until The Chiefs finally clinched their the fourth quarter, when he was hit third consecutive AFC West title hard by Saints rookie end Marcus and the No. 1 seed in the playoffs, Davenport while releasing an inand Patrick Mahomes and the rest complete pass. of Kansas City’s offense continued to shatter records. FALCONS 34, Mahomes threw for 281 yards, BUCCANEERS 32 highlighted by a 67-yard TD pass to Tyreek Hill and an 89-yard TD TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Matt Rytoss to Demarcus Robinson. That an’s first career reception went for gave the first-year starter 5,097 a touchdown and the Atlanta quaryards and 50 touchdown passes, terback also threw for 378 yards joining Peyton Manning as the and two TDs. only QBs to hit 5,000 and 50 in the Tampa Bay fired coach Dirk same season. Koetter after the game. Manning had 5,477 yards and a Matt Bryant’s second field record 55 TD passes for the Bron- goal, a 37-yarder as time expired, cos in 2013. provided the winning points after Jameis Winston rallied the Bucs (5-11) from a 31-20 deficit to a RAMS 48, 49ERS 32 one-point lead with just over five LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bran- minutes to go. din Cooks and Josh Reynolds caught two touchdown passes BILLS 42, DOLPHINS 17 apiece from Jared Goff, and the Rams secured a first-round playoff ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) bye. — Bills rookie Josh Allen had a Cory Littleton returned one of career-best three touchdown passhis two interceptions for a TD as es and scored two more rushing, the Rams (13-3) forced four turn- and defensive tackle Kyle Wilovers and wrapped up their win- liams closed his 13-year career in ningest regular season since 2001 Buffalo with a win. with a six-game sweep of their Williams had a tackle for a NFC West rivals. loss and was part of a defense that Goff passed for 199 yards for forced four turnovers, including Los Angeles, which needed a win three by Miami quarterback Ryan over the Niners or a loss by Chi- Tannehill, in a game between two cago to clinch the No. 2 seed in the AFC East teams already eliminatNFC postseason. The Rams didn’t ed from playoff contention.
NFL Scoreboard NFL Playoff Schedule Wild-card Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 5 Indianapolis at Houston, 12:35 p.m. (ESPN) Seattle at Dallas, 4:15 p.m. (FOX) Sunday, Jan. 6 L.A. Chargers at Baltimore, 9:05 a.m. (CBS) Philadelphia at Chicago, 12:40 p.m. (NBC) Divisional Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 12 Baltimore/Los Angeles Chargers/ Indianapolis at Kansas City, 12:35 p.m. (NBC) Chicago/Dallas/Seattle at L.A. Rams, 4:15 p.m. (FOX) Sunday, Jan. 13 Houston/Baltimore/Los Angeles Chargers at New England, 9:05 a.m. (CBS) Dallas/Seattle/Philadelphia at New Orleans, 12:40 p.m. (FOX) All Times AST
Lions 31, Packers 0 Detroit 7 14 3 Green Bay 0 0 0
—31 7 0 — 0
First Quarter Det_T.Jones 5 pass from Stafford (Prater kick), 2:58. Second Quarter Det_Toilolo 8 pass from Prater (Prater kick), 10:36. Det_Zenner 13 run (Prater kick), 1:06. Third Quarter Det_FG Prater 43, 3:08. Fourth Quarter Det_T.Jones 23 pass from Stafford (Prater kick), 6:53. A_77,341. Det GB First downs 25 9 Total Net Yards 402 175 Rushes-yards 38-130 13-46 Passing 272 129 Punt Returns 1-25 1-0 Kickoff Returns 0-0 5-111 Interceptions Ret. 1-(minu 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 21-33-0 19-40-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 1-2 3-29 Punts 4-40.3 7-45.3 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 3-34 5-38 Time of Possession 36:54 23:06 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING_Detroit, Zenner 21-93, Riddick 4-24, Blount 11-15, Stafford 2-(minus 2). Green Bay, Kizer 4-40, J.Williams 8-4, Bibbs 1-2. PASSING_Detroit, Stafford 20-320-266, Prater 1-1-0-8. Green Bay, Rodgers 3-5-0-26, Kizer 16-35-1132. RECEIVING_Detroit, Powell 6-103, A.Jones 6-50, Toilolo 4-43, T.Jones 3-40, Zenner 1-30, Bellore 1-8. Green Bay, ValdesScantling 3-43, Graham 3-21, Kumerow 3-19, J.Williams 3-16, Bibbs 3-13, Cobb 1-27, Tonyan 1-7, Lazard 1-7, Moore 1-5. MISSED FIELD GOALS_None.
Texans 20, Jaguars 3 Jacksonville 3 0 0 0 Houston 3 14 0 3
— 3 —20
First Quarter Jac_FG Forbath 25, 10:08. Hou_FG Fairbairn 23, 5:20. Second Quarter Hou_Watson 5 run (Fairbairn kick), 14:56. Hou_Miller 7 run (Fairbairn kick), 3:01. Fourth Quarter Hou_FG Fairbairn 24, 10:52. A_71,848. Jac Hou First downs 6 23 Total Net Yards 119 342 Rushes-yards 16-30 33-134 Passing 89 208 Punt Returns 3-17 6-56 Kickoff Returns 1-40 0-0 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 1-0 Comp-Att-Int 15-28-1 25-35-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 3-18 6-26 Punts 9-49.9 7-42.1 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 1-1 Penalties-Yards 8-68 2-15 Time of Possession 24:53 35:07 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING_Jacksonville, Bortles 4-15, Hyde 10-13, Williams 2-2. Houston, Watson 13-66, Miller 1756, Blue 3-12. PASSING_Jacksonville, Bortles 15-28-1-107. Houston, Watson 2535-0-234. RECEIVING_Jacksonville, K.Cole 4-45, O’Shaughnessy 3-25, Westbrook 3-10, Moncrief 2-21, Hyde 2-6, Bell 1-0. Houston, Hopkins 12-147, Carter 4-33, V.Smith 3-28, Blue 2-12, Miller 2-0, Griffin 1-8, J.Thomas 1-6. MISSED FIELD GOALS_None.
Patriots 38, Jets 3 New York 3 0 0 0 —3 New England 7 14 7 10 —38 First Quarter NE_White 17 pass from Brady (Gostkowski kick), 5:16. NYJ_FG Myers 40, :54. Second Quarter NE_Burkhead 18 pass from Brady (Gostkowski kick), 12:53. NE_Dorsett 9 pass from Brady (Gostkowski kick), 11:03. Third Quarter NE_Van Noy 46 fumble return (Gostkowski kick), 10:48. Fourth Quarter NE_FG Gostkowski 38, 9:40. NE_Edelman 5 pass from Brady (Gostkowski kick), 3:26. A_65,878. NYJ NE First downs 12 24 Total Net Yards 239 375 Rushes-yards 23-104 30-131 Passing 135 244 Punt Returns 1-0 4-28 Kickoff Returns 4-70 0-0 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 16-28-0 24-33-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 4-32 1-6 Punts 5-47.4 4-39.8 Fumbles-Lost 3-3 0-0 Penalties-Yards 4-30 4-30 Time of Possession 27:47 32:13 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING_New York, McGuire 18-41, Darnold 1-28, Henderson 2-19, T.Cannon 2-16. New England, Michel 14-50, White 4-30, Edelman 2-24, Dorsett 2-16, Burkhead 5-14, Hoyer 3-(minus 3). PASSING_New York, Darnold 1628-0-167. New England, Brady 24-33-0-250. RECEIVING_New York, Burnett 5-73, A.Roberts 3-28, R.Anderson 3-24, McGuire 2-24, Herndon 1-8, Leggett 1-7, J..Jones 1-3. New England, Hogan 6-64, Edelman 5-69, Dorsett 5-34, White 4-39, Gronkowski 2-24, Burkhead 1-18, Develin 1-2. MISSED FIELD GOALS_None.
Panthers 33, Saints 14 Carolina 13 10 7 3 —33 New Orleans 0 0 0 1 4 —14
First Quarter Car_Allen 1 run (Catanzaro kick), 10:04. Car_Artis-Payne 15 run (kick failed), 2:07. Second Quarter Car_I.Thomas 8 pass from Allen (Catanzaro kick), 2:00. Car_FG Catanzaro 22, :00. Third Quarter Car_Samuel 53 pass from Allen (Catanzaro kick), 3:46. Fourth Quarter NO_Tr.Smith 9 pass from Bridgewater (Lutz kick), 13:28. Car_FG Catanzaro 51, 8:17. NO_T.Hill 9 run (Lutz kick), 3:47. A_73,028. Car NO First downs 25 17 Total Net Yards 374 294 Rushes-yards 37-111 27-184 Passing 263 110 0-0 2-18 Punt Returns Kickoff Returns 0-0 0-0 Interceptions Ret. 1-5 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 18-30-0 14-22-1 2-8 Sacked-Yards Lost 1-5 Punts 3-54.7 5-42.0 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 2-10 6-94 Time of Possession 33:26 26:34
NYG_FG Rosas 48, 9:00. Dal_Jarwin 39 pass from Prescott (Maher kick), 5:00. NYG_Engram 6 pass from Manning (Engram pass from Manning), 1:53. Fourth Quarter NYG_Gallman 2 run (Rosas kick), 10:38. Dal_R.Smith 1 run (Maher kick), 9:11. NYG_Barkley 2 run (Rosas kick), 3:21. NYG_FG Rosas 38, 2:35. Dal_Beasley 32 pass from Prescott (Gallup pass from Prescott), 1:12. A_77,750. Dal NYG First downs 23 20 Total Net Yards 419 441 Rushes-yards 22-51 25-143 Passing 368 298 Punt Returns 0-0 1-19 Kickoff Returns 3-70 5-142 Interceptions Ret. 1-0 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 27-44-0 24-41-1 1-3 Sacked-Yards Lost 4-19 Punts 3-38.7 2-47.0 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-1 Penalties-Yards 6-46 11-78 Time of Possession 30:52 29:08
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING_Carolina, Artis-Payne 16-56, Allen 5-19, McCaffrey 4-18, Cadet 11-17, Armah 1-1. New Orleans, Washington 11-108, Ingram 5-28, Line 3-19, Bridgewater 4-12, T.Hill 3-11, Lewis 1-6. PASSING_Carolina, Allen 16-270-228, Gilbert 2-3-0-40. New Orleans, Bridgewater 14-22-1-118. RECEIVING_Carolina, I.Thomas 5-61, Moore 4-81, Samuel 2-72, Wright 2-20, Artis-Payne 2-2, McCaffrey 1-22, Cadet 1-5, Armah 1-5. New Orleans, M.Thomas 5-29, Tr.Smith 3-30, Watson 2-29, Ingram 2-15, Lewis 1-12, T.Hill 1-3. MISSED FIELD GOALS_None.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING_Dallas, R.Smith 1235, Jackson 6-16, Prescott 4-0. New York, Barkley 17-109, Gallman 6-23, S.Shepard 1-9, Manning 1-2. PASSING_Dallas, Prescott 27-440-387. New York, Manning 24-411-301. RECEIVING_Dallas, Jarwin 7-119, Beasley 6-94, Cooper 5-31, Gallup 3-50, R.Smith 2-14, Hurns 1-49, Schultz 1-17, Austin 1-10, N.Brown 1-3. New York, Engram 5-81, Latimer 4-72, S.Shepard 4-67, Barkley 4-33, Fowler 3-21, Simonson 2-14, Gallman 1-7, Penny 1-6. MISSED FIELD GOALS_Dallas, Maher 34.
Falcons 34, Buccaneers 32 Atlanta 0 7 17 10 —34 Tampa Bay 7 10 3 12 —32 First Quarter TB_Evans 19 pass from Winston (Santos kick), 3:48. Second Quarter TB_FG Santos 36, 8:25. TB_Godwin 30 pass from Winston (Santos kick), :46. Atl_J.Jones 19 pass from Ryan (Bryant kick), :20. Third Quarter Atl_Ryan 5 pass from Sanu (Bryant kick), 8:49. TB_FG Santos 45, 6:39. Atl_FG Bryant 49, 1:59. Atl_Coleman 23 run (Bryant kick), :44. Fourth Quarter Atl_Ridley 7 pass from Ryan (Bryant kick), 10:51. TB_Evans 10 pass from Winston (pass failed), 8:09. TB_Godwin 19 pass from Winston (pass failed), 5:10. Atl_FG Bryant 37, :00. A_52,884. Atl TB 27 22 First downs Total Net Yards 489 433 Rushes-yards 30-109 20-92 Passing 380 341 Punt Returns 2-28 2-9 Kickoff Returns 4-80 3-91 Interceptions Ret. 1-2 1-13 32-45-1 22-35-1 Comp-Att-Int Sacked-Yards Lost 1-3 1-4 Punts 5-49.0 4-50.5 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0 Penalties-Yards 9-85 3-30 Time of Possession 34:46 25:14 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING_Atlanta, Coleman 8-45, Hill 8-30, Langford 9-25, Ryan 4-7, Sanu 1-2. Tampa Bay, Barber 15-66, Winston 2-23, Rodgers 3-3. PASSING_Atlanta, Ryan 31-441-378, Sanu 1-1-0-5. Tampa Bay, Winston 22-35-1-345. RECEIVING_Atlanta, J.Jones 9-138, Sanu 7-90, Hooper 5-67, Ridley 5-32, Gage 2-14, Paulsen 1-19, Coleman 1-9, Hill 1-9, Ryan 1-5. Tampa Bay, Godwin 6-114, Evans 6-106, Humphries 5-66, Brate 2-39, Wilson 1-16, Barber 1-2, Rodgers 1-2. MISSED FIELD GOALS_None.
Bills 42, Dolphins 17 Miami 0 14 3 0 Buffalo 14 0 14 1 4
—17 —42
First Quarter Buf_Allen 1 run (Hauschka kick), 10:14. Buf_Z.Jones 18 pass from Allen (Hauschka kick), 8:31. Second Quarter Mia_Tannehill 3 pass from Stills (Sanders kick), :54. Mia_R.Jones 29 interception return (Sanders kick), :39. Third Quarter Buf_Foster 5 pass from Allen (Hauschka kick), 9:09. Buf_McCoy 9 run (Hauschka kick), 6:57. Mia_FG Sanders 29, 1:28. Fourth Quarter Buf_Allen 30 run (Hauschka kick), 11:13. Buf_Z.Jones 26 pass from Allen (Hauschka kick), 7:44. A_67,420. Mia Buf First downs 17 23 Total Net Yards 225 381 Rushes-yards 25-99 33-166 Passing 126 215 Punt Returns 2-9 2-9 Kickoff Returns 6-118 2-44 Interceptions Ret. 1-29 2-17 Comp-Att-Int 19-32-2 17-26-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 4-24 1-9 Punts 5-35.0 3-37.0 Fumbles-Lost 3-2 0-0 Penalties-Yards 4-35 3-24 Time of Possession 29:42 30:18 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING_Miami, Ballage 12-47, Drake 11-43, Tannehill 2-9. Buffalo, Allen 9-95, Ivory 14-45, McCoy 10-26. PASSING_Miami, Tannehill 1831-2-147, Stills 1-1-0-3. Buffalo, Allen 17-26-1-224. RECEIVING_Miami, Drake 5-52, Amendola 4-26, Stills 3-27, Smythe 3-14, Gesicki 1-18, B.Bolden 1-9, Tannehill 1-3, Ballage 1-1. Buffalo, Z.Jones 6-93, Foster 4-21, Croom 2-32, McCoy 2-18, Ivory 1-46, K.Williams 1-9, McCloud 1-5. MISSED FIELD GOALS_Buffalo, Hauschka 42.
Cowboys 36, Giants 35 Dallas New York
0 14 7 15 —36 0 7 11 1 7 —35
Second Quarter Dal_Jarwin 13 pass from Prescott (Maher kick), 8:11. Dal_Jarwin 19 pass from Prescott (Maher kick), 1:50. NYG_Latimer 21 pass from Manning (Rosas kick), :15. Third Quarter
Chiefs 35, Raiders 3 Oakland 0 3 0 0 Kansas City 14 7 7 7
—3 —35
First Quarter KC_Hill 67 pass from Mahomes (Butker kick), 12:41. KC_Sorensen 54 interception return (Butker kick), 5:44. Second Quarter KC_Dam.Williams 4 run (Butker kick), 9:31. Oak_FG Carlson 50, 1:04. Third Quarter KC_Robinson 89 pass from Mahomes (Butker kick), 8:33. Fourth Quarter KC_Hill 15 run (Butker kick), 13:25. A_77,550. Oak KC First downs 20 18 Total Net Yards 292 409 Rushes-yards 29-127 27-99 Passing 165 310 0-0 1-3 Punt Returns Kickoff Returns 3-91 1-26 Interceptions Ret. 1-0 2-121 Comp-Att-Int 24-33-2 16-27-1 0-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 3-20 Punts 4-45.5 1-28.0 0-0 Fumbles-Lost 3-2 Penalties-Yards 4-22 4-50 Time of Possession 33:56 26:04 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING_Oakland, Martin 21100, Washington 4-30, Richard 3-1, Roberts 1-(minus 4). Kansas City, Dam.Williams 11-51, Dar.Williams 11-31, Hill 1-15, Henne 1-3, Mahomes 2-1, West 1-(minus 2). PASSING_Oakland, Carr 24-332-185. Kansas City, Mahomes 1424-1-281, Henne 2-3-0-29. RECEIVING_Oakland, J.Nelson 9-78, Roberts 5-31, Cook 3-28, Waller 3-23, Richard 2-17, Ateman 1-7, Martin 1-1. Kansas City, Hill 5-101, Kelce 5-62, Sherman 2-19, Robinson 1-89, Dieter 1-22, Benjamin 1-9, Dam.Williams 1-8. MISSED FIELD GOALS_None.
Eagles 24, Redskins 0 Philadelphia 3 Washington 0
7 7 7 0 0 0
—24 —0
First Quarter Phi_FG Elliott 33, :22. Second Quarter Phi_Jeffery 2 pass from Foles (Elliott kick), :30. Third Quarter Phi_Agholor 6 pass from Foles (Elliott kick), 1:25. Fourth Quarter Phi_Agholor 22 pass from Sudfeld (Elliott kick), 7:34. A_63,188. Phi Was First downs 25 8 Total Net Yards 360 89 Rushes-yards 34-129 12-21 Passing 231 68 Punt Returns 1-2 2-20 Kickoff Returns 0-0 3-55 Interceptions Ret. 1-(minu 1-24 Comp-Att-Int 29-34-1 13-28-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 3-12 4-30 Punts 3-41.0 5-44.8 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-0 Penalties-Yards 5-25 2-15 Time of Possession 43:19 16:41 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING_Philadelphia, Smallwood 12-53, Adams 11-50, Sproles 7-24, Foles 2-4, Sudfeld 2-(minus 2). Washington, Thompson 2-10, Perine 3-7, J.Johnson 3-4, Peterson 4-0. PASSING_Philadelphia, Foles 28-33-1-221, Sudfeld 1-1-0-22. Washington, J.Johnson 12-27-191, Way 1-1-0-7. RECEIVING_Philadelphia, Jeffery 5-59, Agholor 5-40, Tate 4-33, Smallwood 4-24, Adams 3-33, Goedert 3-27, Ertz 3-15, Sproles 2-12. Washington, Thompson 5-14, Doctson 2-33, Floyd 2-15, Flanagan 1-14, Kidsy 1-8, Crowder 1-7, Chesson 1-7. MISSED FIELD GOALS_None.
Steelers 16, Bengals 13 Cincinnati Pittsburgh
0 10 0 3 0 3 7 6
—13 —16
Second Quarter Cin_S.Williams 58 interception return (Bullock kick), 12:37. Cin_FG Bullock 49, 2:12. Pit_FG McCrane 39, :00. Third Quarter Pit_Smith-Schuster 11 pass from Roethlisberger (McCrane kick), 3:50. Fourth Quarter Pit_FG McCrane 47, 8:35. Cin_FG Bullock 32, 6:17. Pit_FG McCrane 35, 1:56. A_63,874. Cin Pit First downs 9 18 Total Net Yards 196 343 Rushes-yards 18-125 20-65 Passing 71 278 Punt Returns 1-1 3-20 Kickoff Returns 4-87 3-68 Interceptions Ret. 1-58 0-0
Comp-Att-Int 12-24-0 31-45-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 4-24 1-9 Punts 6-46.3 5-37.8 Fumbles-Lost 2-0 1-0 Penalties-Yards 9-85 9-70 Time of Possession 25:38 34:22
Montgomery 1-9, J.Brown 1-7, Dixon 1-2. MISSED FIELD GOALS_Cleveland, Joseph 46.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING_Cincinnati, Mixon 13105, Driskel 2-13, Bernard 3-7. Pittsburgh, Conner 14-64, Roethlisberger 3-3, Samuels 2-2, Rogers 1-(minus 4). PASSING_Cincinnati, Driskel 1224-0-95. Pittsburgh, Roethlisberger 31-45-1-287. RECEIVING_Cincinnati, Erickson 6-63, Bernard 2-8, Tate 1-15, Uzomah 1-6, Mixon 1-2, Ross 1-1. Pittsburgh, Rogers 7-57, Samuels 7-40, Smith-Schuster 5-37, Washington 3-64, McDonald 3-39, Conner 3-30, Grimble 1-16, Switzer 1-2, Nix 1-2. MISSED FIELD GOALS_None.
San Francisco 3 7 7 15 —32 L.A. Rams 14 17 14 3 —48
Bears 24, Vikings 10 Chicago Minnesota
7 6 0 11 —24 0 3 7 0 —10
First Quarter Chi_Howard 6 run (Parkey kick), 10:38. Second Quarter Chi_Howard 1 run (kick failed), 7:17. Min_FG Bailey 45, :53. Third Quarter Min_Diggs 2 pass from Cousins (Bailey kick), 1:51. Fourth Quarter Chi_Cohen 3 run (Kwiatkoski pass from Trubisky), 7:46. Chi_FG Parkey 42, 4:25. A_66,878. Chi Min First downs 17 12 Total Net Yards 332 164 Rushes-yards 37-169 15-63 163 101 Passing 2-(minu 1-4 Punt Returns Kickoff Returns 0-0 0-0 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 18-26-0 20-33-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 0-0 4-31 Punts 4-43.8 5-51.4 Fumbles-Lost 2-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 11-102 3-30 Time of Possession 37:08 22:52 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING_Chicago, Howard 21109, Cohen 5-24, Trubisky 3-16, Cunningham 6-13, Miller 2-7. Minnesota, Cook 11-39, Murray 2-18, Cousins 1-7, Thielen 1-(minus 1). PASSING_Chicago, Trubisky 1826-0-163. Minnesota, Cousins 20-33-0-132. RECEIVING_Chicago, T.Burton 5-33, Gabriel 4-61, Wims 4-32, Cohen 2-8, White 1-22, Howard 1-5, Bellamy 1-2. Minnesota, Diggs 8-47, Cook 4-21, Rudolph 4-19, Thielen 3-38, Treadwell 1-7. MISSED FIELD GOALS_None.
Chargers 23, Broncos 9 L.A. Chargers 0 7 7 9 —23 Denver 0 3 0 6 —9 Second Quarter LAC_Emanuel 18 fumble return (Badgley kick), 5:32. Den_FG McManus 28, :11. Third Quarter LAC_M.Williams 3 pass from Rivers (Badgley kick), 3:46. Fourth Quarter Den_Janovich 20 pass from Keenum (pass failed), 10:10. LAC_Ekeler 1 run (Badgley kick), 5:48. A_75,947. LAC Den First downs 17 19 Total Net Yards 276 370 Rushes-yards 30-116 25-82 Passing 160 288 Punt Returns 1-0 2-3 Kickoff Returns 0-0 3-60 Interceptions Ret. 1-19 2-15 Comp-Att-Int 14-24-2 31-48-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 1-16 1-4 Punts 5-46.8 6-42.0 Fumbles-Lost 3-2 4-3 Penalties-Yards 6-51 11-99 Time of Possession 28:12 31:48 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING_Los Angeles, Ekeler 8-58, Gordon 10-42, Benjamin 1-11, Jackson 6-10, Watt 1-8, Rivers 1-0, Smith 2-(minus 2), M.Williams 1-(minus 11). Denver, Freeman 17-60, Booker 5-14, Keenum 3-8. PASSING_Los Angeles, Rivers 14-24-2-176. Denver, Keenum 3148-1-292. RECEIVING_Los Angeles, M.Williams 5-65, Allen 4-64, Gordon 3-24, T.Williams 2-23. Denver, Freeman 8-43, Hamilton 5-49, LaCosse 5-33, Booker 5-20, Patrick 4-48, Janovich 2-30, Cracraft 1-44, Sutton 1-25. MISSED FIELD GOALS_None.
Ravens 26, Browns 24 Cleveland 7 0 Baltimore 10 10
7 10—24 3 3—26
First Quarter Bal_FG Tucker 38, 9:27. Cle_Perriman 28 pass from Mayfield (Joseph kick), 8:22. Bal_L.Jackson 25 run (Tucker kick), 4:46. Second Quarter Bal_L.Jackson 8 run (Tucker kick), 14:54. Bal_FG Tucker 35, 6:11. Third Quarter Cle_Landry 48 pass from Mayfield (Joseph kick), 12:27. Bal_FG Tucker 44, 7:02. Fourth Quarter Cle_FG Joseph 35, 13:45. Bal_FG Tucker 23, 7:20. Cle_Callaway 1 pass from Mayfield (Joseph kick), 3:24. A_70,925. Cle Bal First downs 18 24 Total Net Yards 426 463 Rushes-yards 14-50 47-296 Passing 376 167 Punt Returns 3-46 0-0 Kickoff Returns 4-108 2-37 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 3-4 Comp-Att-Int 23-42-3 14-24-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 0-0 2-12 Punts 4-45.0 4-49.0 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-1 Penalties-Yards 4-35 10-65 Time of Possession 21:30 38:30 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING_Cleveland, Chubb 9-24, Johnson 4-21, Perriman 1-5. Baltimore, Dixon 12-117, L.Jackson 20-90, Edwards 1276, Montgomery 2-13, M.Williams 1-0. PASSING_Cleveland, Mayfield 23-42-3-376. Baltimore, L.Jackson 14-24-0-179. RECEIVING_Cleveland, Landry 5-102, Higgins 4-86, Callaway 4-79, Njoku 3-62, Perriman 3-45, Chubb 2-(minus 4), Johnson 1-3, Fells 1-3. Baltimore, Andrews 4-54, H.Hurst 2-43, Crabtree 2-20, Moore 2-19, Snead 1-25,
Rams 48, 49ers 32
First Quarter La_Cooks 3 pass from Goff (Zuerlein kick), 11:57. La_Anderson 1 run (Zuerlein kick), 10:42. SF_FG Gould 30, 2:11. Second Quarter La_Littleton 19 interception return (Zuerlein kick), 12:37. La_Cooks 18 pass from Goff (Zuerlein kick), 6:00. SF_James 9 pass from Mullens (Gould kick), 2:07. La_FG Zuerlein 28, :00. Third Quarter La_Reynolds 29 pass from Goff (Zuerlein kick), 12:19. SF_Morris 1 run (Gould kick), 8:23. La_Reynolds 2 pass from Goff (Zuerlein kick), 2:58. Fourth Quarter La_FG Zuerlein 51, 11:44. SF_Bourne 2 pass from Mullens (Gould kick), 6:54. SF_Kittle 43 pass from Mullens (T.Taylor pass from Mullens), 2:20. A_72,161. SF La First downs 22 28 Total Net Yards 391 377 Rushes-yards 22-127 42-155 Passing 264 222 Punt Returns 0-0 2-11 Kickoff Returns 1-25 0-0 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 3-41 Comp-Att-Int 23-33-3 17-29-0 0-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 3-18 Punts 2-49.5 3-43.3 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 2-0 Penalties-Yards 5-41 6-57 Time of Possession 28:10 31:50 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING_San Francisco, Morris 16-111, Juszczyk 2-9, J.Wilson 3-9, Mullens 1-(minus 2). Los Angeles, Anderson 23-132, Kelly 1530, Woods 1-1, Goff 1-0, Mannion 2-(minus 8). PASSING_San Francisco, Mullens 23-33-3-282. Los Angeles, Goff 15-26-0-199, Mannion 2-30-23. RECEIVING_San Francisco, Kittle 9-149, Bourne 5-59, James 3-32, T.Taylor 3-17, Juszczyk 1-15, Dwelley 1-6, Morris 1-4. Los Angeles, Cooks 5-62, Reynolds 4-55, Anderson 3-22, Woods 2-24, Higbee 1-36, Kelly 1-18, Mundt 1-5. MISSED FIELD GOALS_None.
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Colts 33, Titans 17 Indianapolis 7 10 7 9 —33 Tennessee 0 10 7 0 —17 First Quarter Ind_Inman 11 pass from Luck (Vinatieri kick), 6:39. Second Quarter Ind_Ebron 9 pass from Luck (Vinatieri kick), 9:26. Ten_Brown 22 interception return (Succop kick), 6:35. Ind_FG Vinatieri 53, :39. Ten_FG Succop 38, :00. Third Quarter Ind_Hewitt 1 pass from Luck (Vinatieri kick), 10:46. Ten_Stocker 22 pass from Gabbert (Succop kick), 1:47. Fourth Quarter Ind_FG Vinatieri 25, 3:55. Ind_Mack 8 run (kick failed), 2:24. A_68,978. Ind Ten First downs 24 11 Total Net Yards 436 258 Rushes-yards 36-158 16-93 Passing 278 165 Punt Returns 1-0 2-10 Kickoff Returns 2-55 5-128 Interceptions Ret. 2-44 1-22 Comp-Att-Int 24-35-1 18-29-2 Sacked-Yards Lost 1-7 0-0 Punts 4-47.8 6-45.3 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-1 Penalties-Yards 12-96 9-75 Time of Possession 40:13 19:47 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING_Indianapolis, Mack 25-119, Wilkins 3-18, Luck 7-17, Hines 1-4. Tennessee, Henry 1693. PASSING_Indianapolis, Luck 2435-1-285. Tennessee, Gabbert 18-29-2-165. RECEIVING_Indianapolis, Inman 5-77, Ebron 4-60, Rogers 3-32, Hines 3-25, Mack 3-(minus 1), Hilton 2-61, Alie-Cox 1-21, Wilkins 1-5, Grant 1-4, Hewitt 1-1. Tennessee, C.Davis 5-48, D.Lewis 3-23, Jennings 3-17, Pruitt 2-26, Taylor 2-8, Stocker 1-22, Henry 1-13, Firkser 1-8. MISSED FIELD GOALS_None.
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Man’s talk of suicide keeps woman in their relationship killing himself should you end the relationship, for your own sake, you must not allow yourself to become a prisoner of his illness. That dynamic is unhealthy for you. I must caution you, however, not to allow yourself to be pressured into reconciling with your ex unless both of you have premarital counseling so you won’t fall back Abigail Van Buren into the pattern that destroyed your marriage. Whether it was lack of communication, boredom, a dull sex life -- you both must understand where it went off track and take steps to correct it before remarrying. DEAR ABBY: My husband and I are close friends with another couple we love dearly. Lately the wife has been concerned about her husband’s continued weight gain. She makes comments when we are all out to dinner about what he wants to order and insists they share a meal or that he choose something lighter. I know she’s concerned about diabetes and heart disease and all the other ills obesity can bring, but I don’t
think this is helping. In fact, I think it’s pushing him to want to eat more. How can we as friends help them to overcome this? For the record, he now weighs more than 300 pounds. -- BEST FRIENDS IN TEXAS DEAR FRIENDS: Your friend’s husband is dangerously overweight. She may be panicking at the reality that the load he’s carrying could shorten their marriage. What she doesn’t realize is that the motivation for him to deal with his weight problem has to come from him, not her. Rather than second guess what he’s eating when you are all out to dinner, she should encourage him to talk with his doctor and a nutritionist about what he needs to do to get healthy. Please tell her that. It won’t happen overnight, and she should expect him to fall off the wagon sometimes. But with determination, it can be done. DEAR READERS: Well, 2018 is on the brink of being over! Out with the old, in with the new. Please accept my heartfelt good wishes for a happy, healthy and prosperous 2019. And, as I caution every year, if you are out partying to ring in the new year, please make appropriate transportation arrangements and be safe! -- LOVE, ABBY
Hints from Heloise
HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Monday, Dec. 31, 2018: This year don’t allow friends or loved ones to bypass your birthday. Expect your inner circle to become bigger. At the same time, you are more likely to see a friend become instrumental in making one of your wishes a reality. If you are single, the person you meet this year might not be suitable for you in the long run, but you enjoy interacting with him or her anyway. Don’t make a commitment just yet. If you are attached, the two of you gain from time alone together far away from the crowds and the demands of life. SCORPIO knows how to draw you out of your cocoon. The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHH You will be “with it” today. Emphasis is on one-on-one relating. You will experience a great deal of intensity. Mars, your ruling planet, enters your sign. This move promises energy, and acts as a good omen for 2019. Celebrate as you rarely do. Tonight: Lead the gang into the new year. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHH Be aware of what is happening behind the scenes. You might not agree with what is occurring. Imagine what it is like to walk in someone else’s shoes. Understand what is happening with this person, as he or she suddenly demands your attention. Tonight: Accept an offer. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHH Emphasize positive interactions with your friends and loved ones, and try to have a wish fulfilled in the near future. Get together with co-workers or throw a New Year’s
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Eve party. You will be quite content with your nearest and dearest around you. Tonight: Cheer in the new year. CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHH You exhibit a more playful yet sensual mood. If anyone is about to play the night away, it is you. You add energy to nearly any situation. Be careful with how far you push a respected person in your life. For the next few weeks, relating to this person will be touchy. Tonight: Be responsive. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHH You might feel a little tense as you gaze at an impending New Year’s Eve. You could feel as if life is improving and gaining gusto. Celebrate tonight with the knowledge that someone special could be entering your life soon. Tonight: Give in to an urge to take off. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHH You have a vision of how New Year’s Eve needs to be celebrated. You might try to make it so. What might be more important is working through some building tension between you and another person. Communication becomes vital this year. Tonight: Opt for togetherness. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHH Be more forthright and direct in your dealings. One-on-one relating becomes even more possible than it has been as of late, as a significant other is determined to dominate the scene. Let this person do his or her thing, while you happily initiate a very fun year. Tonight: Go for it. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHH Strong feelings come to the surface. You have a lot to deal with. Magnetism walks into 2019 with you. Know that nearly anything is pos-
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sible right now. Share your special New Year’s wish as you pop a bottle of champagne. Tonight: Enjoy being the center of attention. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHH You are adventurous, to say the least. You might want to be more subdued at present, but a desire to celebrate runs through your body and cannot be contained. Bring in the new year in style. Do not allow anyone to slow you down. Tonight: Make the most of the moment. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHH Friends and loved ones clearly want you around to play the day and night away. Avoid a divisive situation on the homefront at all costs. Bring in 2019 without an unneeded squabble. Know what you want and what to expect. Be prepared for anything. Tonight: Spontaneity works. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHH You might want to play it lowkey, but understand that this possibility doesn’t really exist for you. You get into the spirit of the moment and can hardly hold back. Don’t forget to share a New Year’s resolution or two with those closest to you. Tonight: Let out the wild thing within you. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHH Reach out to someone at a distance. You might want to plan for a fun few days visiting with this person. Just talking about the trip could put you in the mood for a wild New Year’s. You will celebrate, but try not to go overboard. Everyone around you is feeling festive. Tonight: Say “yes.” BORN TODAY Actor Val Kilmer (1959), actor Anthony Hopkins (1937), singer/songwriter Donna Summer (1948)
Resolution revolution? `Dear Readers: Today’s SOUND OFF is about making New Year’s resolutions: `“Dear Heloise: Why do people make New Year’s resolutions? Nearly everyone I know makes them (we all promise to lose weight), but no one keeps them. I was once told to write them down and put them somewhere I could see them every day, so I put them on my large bathroom mirror. I saw my resolutions every day and still did not paint the bathroom, take a class in French or lose 15 pounds. The spirit was willing, but the flesh was weak.” -- Gordon T., Scranton, Pa. Well, readers, do you make resolutions? Do you keep them? Let us know what resolutions you’ve made or broken. -- Heloise FAST FACTS Dear Readers: Here are some new uses for old ashtrays: * Use them to hold loose change. * When doing watercolors, use the cigarette slots to hold your brushes. * Use as a soap dish in the bathroom. * They’re good candle bases. -- Heloise TRAVEL SCAM Dear Heloise: You get a telephone call or email telling you that you’ve won a trip, a vacation or a sweepstake. This is what happens next: You’re told you need to send a fee, or taxes or some other amount of money, then they ask for credit card or banking information or ask you to wire money. Don’t do it! -- Charles W., Lima, Ohio You’re right, Charles. Readers, be sure to: 1. Keep your money and ALL personal information to yourself. Never share your financial information, and do not wire them money. 2. Report this scam to the Federal Trade Commission at 877-382-4357, or online at ftc.gov/complaint. Don’t become a statistic! -- Heloise
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Sudoku is a number-placing puzzle based on a 9x9 grid with several given numbers. The object is to place the numbers 1 to 9 in the empty squares so that each row, each column and each 3x3 box contains the same number only once. The difficulty level of the Conceptis Sudoku increases from Monday to Friday.
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DEAR ABBY: A year ago, after five years of marriage, I divorced my ex-husband, “Taylor.” We agreed to separate because I believed I had fallen out of love with him. We have remained friendly and communicate often. Since the divorce, I have struggled with feelings of guilt and the creeping suspicion that I have made a mistake. I think I am still in love with him. Taylor desperately wants us to get remarried, and lately I have been considering it. However, I have another issue to consider. For the past few months, I have been seeing another man, “Jacob.” Although he is sweet and affectionate, Jacob is needy, clingy and struggles with depression and anxiety. He often expresses suicidal thoughts over problems in his life, including the thought of me leaving him. He is in therapy, but it doesn’t seem to be helping. I am terrified of breaking up with him to reconcile with my ex-husband because I honestly believe Jacob would kill himself, and I could not live with that. Any advice would be appreciated. -- IN A HARD SPOT IN ALABAMA DEAR HARD SPOT: Jacob is in therapy. Write a letter to his therapist and explain your concerns. That way the therapist will understand in advance that his/her patient may be heading for a rough patch. Regardless of whether Jacob is serious about
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