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Law enforcement maintains security at the scene of a double fatal shooting at Bastendorff Beach in the early hours Tuesday morning.

Carnage at Bastendorff Beach A Dillard man is believed to have killed his father in Fairview before killing another man near the Coos Bay south jetty ■

BY TIM NOVOTNY AND THOMAS MORIARTY The World

CHARLESTON — Police believe Zachary Brimhall killed his father before going on a shooting rampage that claimed the life of a Michigan man who just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.

It then ended as suddenly as it started, with Brimhall, 34, taking his own life.

Authorities still are unable to answer why, after shooting his father, Brimhall decided to drive with a small arsenal in his car to the beach in the middle of the night.

Investigators can say the homicide victim at Bastendorff Beach has been

identified as 43-year-old Walker, Mich., resident David Jesse Hortman.

Brimhall’s father, 58-year-old Ray Brimhall, was discovered dead later Tuesday morning.

According to the Coos County District Attorney’s Office, at about 1 a.m., the Coos County Sheriff’s Office received several 911 calls of multiple gun shots at Bastendorff Beach.

Upon arrival, deputies found at least five vehicles that had been hit by gunfire, but only Hortman, who appears to have been shot while sleeping, was struck.

District Attorney Paul Frasier said it was fortunate there were not more victims.

“It appears that he (Brimhall) just started driving down the beach road shooting at cars,” Frasier said, speaking at the scene Tuesday morning. “Then, when he got to the south jetty parking lot, he parked his car near the restrooms, and he could see the three vehicles from that location, and he just opened fire from inside his vehicle or right next to his vehicle. Then he got in his car and committed suicide.”

Randall Vachta, 28, was just 150 feet

“It appears he just started driving down the beach road shooting at cars.”

Paul Frasier

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COOS BAY — David Hortman decided to take a jaunt west after working at an RV rally in Redmond last week.

The 43-year-old wrapped up his Dometic Corporation exhibit at the Family Motor Coach Association’s rally in Redmond on Saturday and packed up his car. Then he made his way to the Bay Area, extending his vacation to see the beautiful Oregon coast.

He found that perfect view at Bastendorff Beach, where he parked his car in the south jetty’s parking lot.

Hortman fell asleep and never woke up.

Coos County District Attorney Paul Frasier said 34-year-old Zachary Brimhall drove by at 1 a.m. Tuesday, firing several rounds at five parked cars, including Hortman’s. Then, Brimhall apparently shot and killed himself, Frasier said.

Hortman grew up in Walker, a suburb about 15 minutes northwest of Grand Rapids in southwestern Michigan.

Four years ago this November, Annemarie Hortman lost her husband of 44 years. Today, she learned she has to bury her son.

Annemarie was busy with funeral arrangements at Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Walker on Tuesday. Hortman attended services

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away from the shooter’s car. He says he was sleeping in his own vehicle when the shooting started.

“I woke up to gunfire, and then a lot of gunfire,” he said Tuesday morning.

“Then I laid in the back of the car and tried to figure out what to do.”

Among a handful of witnesses who had to stay on the scene throughout the investigation, as authorities combed through the large crime scene, Vachta said there wasn’t a lot of time to think about what was happening.

“Not getting shot was definitely SEE CARNAGE | A8

Victim was just visiting the Oregon coast

BY CHELSEA DAVIS

WASHINGTON — In a horrifying act of revenge for U.S. airstrikes in northern Iraq, militants with the Islamic State extremist group have beheaded American journalist James Foley — and are threatening to kill another hostage, U.S. officials say.

The White House must now weigh the risks of adopting an aggressive policy to destroy the Islamic State against resisting any action that could result in the death of another American.

It will also confront the potentially necessary step of pursuing the Islamic State in Syria, where President Barack Obama has resisted launching airstrikes or deploying significant American firepower.

Obama was expected to make a statement Wednesday about Foley’s killing.

U.S. officials confirmed a grisly video released Tuesday showing Islamic State militants beheading Foley. Separately, Foley’s family confirmed his death in a statement posted on a Facebook page that was created to rally support for his release, saying they “have never been prouder of him.”

“He gave his life trying to expose the world to the suffering of the Syrian people,” said the statement, which was attributed to Foley’s mother, Diane Foley. She implored the militants to spare the lives of other hostages. “Like Jim, they are innocents. They have no control over American government policy in Iraq, Syria or anywhere in the world.”

Foley, 40, from Rochester, New Hampshire, went missing in northern Syria in November 2012 while free-

“every once in awhile” with his mom, said a Kingdom Hall representative.

Hortman was a 1989 graduate of nearby Kenowa Hills High School and attended Grand Rapids Community College and Kent Career Technical Center.

Since then, he’s honed his skills as a mechanical designer and technical writer for several companies in the Midwest.

A Dometic representative was not immediately available for comment.

Reporter Chelsea Davis can be reached at 541-269-1222, ext. 239, or by email at chelsea .davis@theworldlink.com .

Follow her on Twitter: @ChelseaLeeDavis.

St. Louis police shoot man who brandished knife

BY JOE HOLLEMAN AND LISA BROWN St. Louis Post-Dispatch

ST. LOUIS — An agitated crowd of nearly 200 people gathered at the shooting scene, chanting, “Hands up, don’t shoot.”

Police Chief Sam Dotson walked from a sidewalk press briefing toward the crowd at midday Tuesday. As he was describing the scene, someone scolded the others, “Listen up.” Another added, “Keep quiet.” Dotson said a city alderman had witnessed the shooting.

Afterward, Dotson said, “I want this message to be out as quickly and truthfully as possible.” The tension on the street seemed diminished.

About 12:30 p.m., Dotson said, two of his officers had shot and killed a man who, they said, attacked them with a knife.

The victim was later identified as Kajieme Powell, 25.

Officials said he wasn’t from St. Louis but was staying with his grandmother here.

The intersection of Tuesday’s shooting is only 2 miles from West Florissant Avenue and Canfield Drive in the suburb of Ferguson, the scene of repeated protests and nighttime disturbances since the shooting death of Michael Brown, 18, by a Ferguson police officer on Aug. 9.

City police officers and Dotson have been participating in some of the police actions on West Florissant. The “hands up” chant is a common refrain at the Ferguson protests.

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The no-fly list is one of the govcontroversial most ernment’s post-9/11 counterterrorism programs because of its lack of due process, long criticized because people cannot know why they were placed on the list and lack an effective way to fight the decision.

Changing how people can challenge their designation could amount to one of the government’s most significant adjustments to how it manages the list.

Freeman Button, Coos Bay Teddy Gay, North Bend Gerald Wilson, Broadbent James McIntyre, Coos Bay

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“It’s long past time for the government to revamp its general procedures,” said Hina Shamsi, an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union.

Shamsi is among the attorneys who represent 13 plaintiffs who sued the federal government over the current policy, saying it violates their constitutional right to due process.

Earlier this summer, a federal judge in Portland agreed with them. The Portland case is one of five around the country challenging some aspect

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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is promising to change the way travelers can ask to be removed from its no-fly list of suspected terrorists banned from air travel.

The decision comes after a federal judge’s ruling that there was no meaningful way to challenge the designation, a situation deemed unconstitutional. In response, the

Justice Department said the U.S. will change the process during the next six months. As of late last summer, about 48,000 people were on the no-fly list.

The government’s policy is never to confirm or deny that a person actually is on the no-fly list, citing national security concerns. In many of these cases, travelers assume they are on the list because they are instructed to go through additional screening at airports or because they are told they can’t board their flights

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of the terror watch lists.

So far, the government is offering few details about upcoming changes.

In a court filing earlier this month, it said it will “endeavor to increase transparency for certain individuals denied boarding who believe they are on the No Fly List.”

One of the plaintiffs in the Portland lawsuit, Abe Mashal, was unable to print his boarding pass before a flight out of Chicago four

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Although Coos Bay has produced its share of standouts in industry, arts and sport, runner Steve Prefontaine is still one of the area’s best-known celebrities.

Prefontaine was undefeated in cross country and track his final two years at Marshfield and lost just one race during his college career at the University of Oregon.

He represented the United States at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, placing fourth in the 5,000 meter race.

When he died in a car accident at age 24 in 1975, Prefontaine held every American record between 2,000 and 10,000 meters.

The last of those records — the Olympic Trials 5,000 meters — wasn’t broken until

2012, 40 years after it was set.

Supporting himself as a bartender during and after college, he was a leading critic of the Amateur Athletic Union’s strict rules preventing Olympic-bound athletes from receiving sponsorship. He was the first athlete paid by Nike to wear its shoes.

An elite international track and field meet, the Prefontaine Classic, is held every year at the University of Oregon. Mere mortals can compete each September in the Prefontaine Memorial Run in Coos Bay, a hilly 10K race over one of Prefontaine’s favorite training routes.

Prefontaine has been the subject of two biographical films, “Prefontaine” (1997) and “Without Limits” (1998), as well as a documentary, “Fire on the Track” (1995).

State investigates school board member A Reedsport School Board member is the subject of a state ethics investigation.

The Oregon Government Ethics Commission is looking into a complaint filed against school board member Brian Thornton brought by former Reedsport schools athletic director James Hixenbaugh in February.

Hixenbaugh left the district earlier that month after what appeared to be contentious process to hire a new track coach, a job that Thornton’s wife was interested in.

The commission earlier this month issued a prelimi-

nary report saying Thornton may have violated state ethics laws on more than one occasion.

The report includes summaries of separate incidences where it appeared Thornton overstepped his authority or used his elected position to gain favors for family. include Allegations Thornton urging thenSuperintendent Jim Thomas to fire Hixenbaugh earlier this year because Thornton found fault with the selection process for a new school track coach. Thornton’s wife had been a candidate for the

position, but was not hired.

Other allegations include Thornton engaging in a confrontation with a teacher in her classroom last fall following apparent confusion over whether members of Thornton’s family needed to pay admission to a school football game. The teacher had been working the admissions booth at the game.

Thornton has denied any wrongdoing in written comments to the commission.

The commission has 180 days to complete a formal investigation and issue a final ruling.

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TODAY Coos Bay Farmers Market 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Downtown Coos Bay on Central Avenue.

Coos Bay School District 9 School Registration 9 a.m.-7 p.m., Times vary at schools and for grades. Call 541-267-3104 or www.cbd9.net/registraton. Documents required for immunizations, “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” 2 p.m., Egyptian Theatre, 255 S. Broadway, Coos Bay. http://egyptiantheatreoregon.com Science Movie Feature 3:30 p.m., North Bend Public Library, 1800 Sherman Ave., North Bend.

Free movie and light snacks in the large meeting room. 541-756-0400 Men of Worth 7 p.m., Sprague Theater, 1202 11th St. SW, Bandon. Scotsman Donnie Macdonald and Irishman James Keigher perform traditional folk music. Tickets $12 and $10 for seniors. www.menofworth.com

THURSDAY Coos Bay School District 9 School Registration 9 a.m.-7 p.m., Times vary at schools and for grades. Call 541-267-3104 or www.cbd9.net/registraton. Documents required for immunizations, Hot August Nights Classic Car Show 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Pacific View Assisted Living, 1000 Sixth Ave. W, Bandon. Hotdogs and root beer floats.

541-982-4734 Maritime Art Show Guided Tour with Dutch Mostert 6-8 p.m., Coos Art Museum, 525 Anderson Ave., Coos Bay. Admission $5 and $2 for students and seniors. Sponsored by Bay Area Artists Association.

International Folk Dancing Series 6:30-8:30 p.m., Harding Learning Center multipurpose room, 755 S. Seventh St., Coos Bay. Sponsored by ORCO, teen after-school program. Open to anyone 12 and older, no partner or experience required. 541-297-9256

FRIDAY Trash & Treasure Sale 9 a.m., Coquille Valley Elks Lodge, 54942 Maple Heights Road, Coquille.

(Lee Valley Road) Proceeds benefit Coquille Emblem Club No. 266 community projects.

Coos Bay School District 9 School Registration 9 a.m.-7 p.m., Times vary at schools and for grades. Call 541-267-3104 or www.cbd9.net/registraton. Documents required for immunizations, Reedsport Farmers Market 9 a.m.-3 p.m., state Highway 38 and Fifth Street, Reedsport. 541271-3044 Churchwide Garage Sale 9 a.m-4 p.m., First United Methodist Church, 123 Ocean Blvd., Coos Bay. Parking near Fellowship Hall doors.

Kool Coastal Nights 3 p.m., Winchester Bay Marina parking area. Burnout competition begins at 6:30 p.m. http://www.koolcoastalnights.com Chinook Fishing Seminar 7 p.m., North Bend Middle School, 1500 16th St., North Bend. Local guide Rick Howard prepares you for Coos Basin Salmon Derby.

“The Secret Garden – A Musical” 7 p.m., Ellensburg Theater Company, 94196 Moore St., Gold Beach. Adults $12, students $8.

“The Blues Brothers” (R) 7:30 p.m., Egyptian Theatre, 255 S. Broadway, Coos Bay. http://egyptiantheatreoregon.com

SATURDAY Fifth Annual Sunset Bay Angler of the Day Kayak Fishing Challenge 5:30 a.m., Sunset Bay State

Park, 89814 Cape Arago Highway, Charleston.

Entry fee $30. Grand Prize Hobie Kayak. Register online at www.northwestkayakanglers.com.

Churchwide Garage Sale 8 a.m-noon, First United Methodist Church, 123 Ocean Blvd., Coos Bay. Parking near Fellowship Hall doors.

NBMC Mega Sale 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m., NBMC parking lot, 1900 Woodland Drive, Coos Bay. Space fee proceeds benefit South Coast Hospice, $20. 541267-5151, ext. 1244.

Trash & Treasure Sale 9 a.m., Coquille Valley Elks Lodge, 54942 Maple Heights Road, Coquille.

(Lee Valley Road) Proceeds benefit Coquille Emblem Club No. 266 community projects.

Port Orford Farmers Market 9 a.m.-noon, Port Orford Community Co-op, 812 Oregon St., Port Orford.

Annual Back to School Clothing Give-away 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Church of Christ, 2761 Broadway, North Bend.

The World’s Parking Lot Sale 9 a.m.-2 p.m., The World, 350 Commercial Ave., Coos Bay. North Bend Alumni Basketball Fun Tournament 9 a.m.-5 p.m., North Bend High School gymnasium, 2323 Pacific Ave., North Bend. All ages and skill levels welcome. Register at travis2215@yahoo.com or by calling 971-241-1393.

Blackberry Arts Festival 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Central Avenue to Fourth Street, Coos Bay. http://coosbaydowntown.org Self Guided Tours of the Egyptian Theatre 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Egyptian Theatre, 255 S. Broadway, Coos Bay. http://egyptiantheatreoregon.com Kool Coastal Nights 11 a.m., Winchester Bay Marina parking area. Show & Shine 11 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Parade of champions 3:30-4 p.m., Harbor cruise 6:30-7:30 p.m. http://www.koolcoastalnights.com.

Corvettes on the Bay 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Ken Ware Chevrolet, 1595 Newmark Ave., Coos Bay. Hosted by Pacific Coast Corvette Club.

Meet & Greet the Artist: Eva Subias 11 a.m-4 p.m., Second Street Gallery, 210 Second St., Bandon.

Crabbing Around 1-2 p.m., meet at Charleston Visitor Information Center, west end of South Slough Bridge on Basin Drive. Learn about the life cycle and how to remove a crab from a ring.

Guided, $1 each. Limited to 5-20 participants.

Register at 541-888-5558.

Eckankar Open House 1-2 p.m., Coos Bay Public Library Cedar Room, 525 Anderson Ave., Coos Bay. Learn about the religion of light and sound.

Light refreshments. 541-756-2255 Foursquare Family Festival 2-5 p.m., Foursquare Church, 2900 Frontage Road, Reedsport. Help for families preparing for school. 541-271-4414 Langlois Lions Golden Anniversary Celebration 58 p.m., Lions Club, 48136 Floras Lake Loop Road, Langlois. Potluck, dinner, dance honoring charter members Dick Hildebrand and Harry Strain. 541-348-2362 “The Secret Garden – A Musical” 7 p.m., Ellensburg Theater Company, 94196 Moore St., Gold Beach. Adults $12, students $8.

Tugman Talks 7 p.m., William M. Tugman State Park day use area, 72549 U.S. Highway 101, Lakeside. Featured: Coos County Sheriff’s search and rescue, including search dogs.

Sawdust Theatre Melodrama and Olios 8 p.m., Sawdust Theatre, 122 N. Adams, Coquille. “The Colossal Cranberry Caper” or “Boondoggled in the Bog.” Reserve seating $12.50. Tickets are available: www.sawdusttheatre.com, 541-396-4563 or Coquille Chamber of Commerce, 119 N. Birch.

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Methodist church damaged by van COQUILLE — A white Toyota van crashed into the east side of the Pioneer Methodist Church at 180 N. Baxter St. at 4:24 p.m.

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Oregon International Port of Coos Bay — 7 p.m., Port Commission Chambers, 125 Central Ave., Coos Bay; regular meeting.

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SATURDAY South Coast Educational Service District — 10 a.m., Oregon Coast Community Action, 1855 Thomas Ave., Coos Bay; annual retreat.

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We need new way to fund firefighting Every wildfire these days is a good reminder that the government needs to find a better way of paying for fire-fighting costs — one that doesn’t hurt programs aimed at improving forest health and lessens the risk of wildfires.

This fire season has been another reason why Congress should approve Sen. Ron Wyden’s proposal to pay for wildfires, while providing enough to manage federal lands in ways that inhibit fire outbreaks.

The usual process has been to budget a certain amount of money for firefighting — $1.4 billion for the Forest Service this year, for example. When those funds are spent, more money is taken out of other programs, including those aimed at reducing fires in the future. The Forest Service prediction earlier this year for its costs was $1.8 billion, or about $400 million more than budgeted.

Under Wyden’s plan, the biggest fires would be funded from a national disaster fund already used for other natural disasters.

After all, a major wildfire is, indeed, a natural disaster, often getting a start from a lightning storm.

Over time, it should mean reducing the costs because work aimed at improving forest health can continue. The measure is pending in Congress, which is in a monthlong hiatus so nothing is going to happen in a hurry.

But it’s a good idea with what could be a big payoff, and Congress should get it moving when it is back in session.

Klamath Falls Herald and News

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School districts wise to watch Common Core controversy Linn County’s largest school districts say they won’t be joining their counterparts in Portland in an effort to delay the use of Common Core test scores to evaluate both teacher and students.

That seems smart. We think watching from the sidelines as this controversy continues to boil likely is the wisest (and safest) course for our local schools.

Opposition to the new Common Core academic standards is growing nationally — and locally as well. Oregon is replacing its state academic standards with the Common Core, a series of national standards for reading and math. This coming school year will be the first for students to be formally tested on the new state assessment system, known as Smarter Balanced.

The latest salvo against Common Core came last month, when the Portland School Board passed a resolution asking the state not to use the test results right away for fear of slapping “punitive labeling” on teachers, students, districts and schools.

Supporters of the Common Core say the higher standards will better prepare students for what they’ll need to do in college

and in the work force. Also, the fact that students in most every other state will be tested on the same program and against the same standards will allow meaningful (and, possibly, useful) comparisons, education officials say.

Opponents say the standards haven’t been fully tested, cost too much, will lead to a loss of control on the part of local school boards and will rely on data mining that delves heavily into students’ personal information.

The arguments against Common Core have some merit. But we still fail to see the wisdom of pulling the plug on Common Core even before it’s had a chance to go into effect.

Albany Democrat-Herald

VA must reveal those responsible for falsifying information After being ordered by new Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald to hold a public meeting before the end of September, the Roseburg Veterans Affairs Medical Center promptly scheduled a forum for Sept. 4. The agency even scheduled it in the evening, when more people should be able to attend and provide their viewpoints.

It’s important to hear from the veterans

because it’s their care, their lives, that we’re talking about.

We’ll expect to hear one common refrain: Reopen the intensive-care unit. Others might be: Restore our full-service hospital, hire more doctors, strengthen the staff in the emergency room, add more beds for the post-traumatic stress disorder program.

We may hear some complaints on patient wait times. The Roseburg VA admits it’s had difficulty recruiting doctors for specialty care, so long waiting lists have developed.

Most prominent is the backlog of screening colonoscopies.

Veterans here are so dedicated to being treated at the Roseburg VA, however, that many of them choose to wait for an appointment. Director Carol Bogedain said her staff called 5,200 veterans recently and the vast majority opted to wait for a VA appointment rather than get their care in the private sector.

But let’s remember that while long wait times must be remedied so they don’t jeopardize veterans’ care, the more serious overall issue is the lack of integrity by VA leaders who ordered their subordinates to falsify patient appointment records.

The people who gave such instructions, or those who knew about it and condoned it, must resign or be fired.

We’ve called for Bogedain’s resignation because as director, she carries the ultimate responsibility. But the entire leadership team may need to go — the chief of staff has already resigned — for transparency and honesty to return to the Roseburg VA. The (Roseburg) News-Review

Market gurus got it wrong “At the height of its power, the photography company Kodak employed more than 140,000 people and was worth $28 billion dollars. They even invented the first digital camera. But today Kodak is bankrupt, and the new face of digital photography has become Instagram. When Instagram was sold to Facebook for a billion dollars in 2012, it employed only 13 people.”

That’s from tech guru Jaron Lanier’s book, “Who Owns the Future?” Apple, one of the largest corporations in the world, is worth about $500 billion but employs only 80,000 people. That’s around half the people working for Kodak at its peak, even though, financially, Apple is 18 times bigger.

Ford and GM are each worth about one-tenth what Apple is, but they each employ more than twice as many people. Yet those figures are misleading.They don’t include the people who work in the dealerships and sell the cars. They don’t include JIM the people who make the MULLEN tires and the hubcaps and the assembly line robots; Humorist the people who build the highways and make the stoplights, and on and on and on. There’s a difference between an auto company and an auto industry.

The same is true of high-tech companies.

Accidentally smash a brand-new $399 smartphone by, say, dropping it from the top of a concrete staircase at a minor league ballpark when I, uh, I mean when you pull it out of your pocket and it slips through your nacho-greased fingers, and you can’t help but wonder who made all those tiny pieces and if there’s some possible way to put them back together again. (FYI: No, there isn’t.)

I bring this up because every night as the news seems to get worse and worse — wars, rumors of wars, natural disasters, violence, unrest — you’ll hear a newscaster report that “the stock market was down today because of jitters about unrest in the Middle East.”

Really? When has there not been unrest in the Middle East? There was unrest when stocks went up, and there was unrest when stocks went down.

How is bad news going to affect your stocks? Are people going to stop using Facebook and Twitter because there’s fighting in the Middle East? On the contrary: Their traffic goes up in times of great crisis.

Are people going to stop using their cellphones? Same story. Are they going to cancel their Netflix subscriptions and stop going to Starbucks?

You could make a case that fighting in the Middle East will affect the price of oil, but Apple and Facebook and Google and cable TV really don’t use much oil. Exxon, the first- or second-biggest company in the world depending on what day of the week it is, makes more money when the price of oil goes up.

If you give it some thought, stocks should really only go down if love and peace and good health broke out all over the world.That would really cause a crash. All the defense contractors would go broke, their workers would be out on the streets, and the nightly news would be wall-to-wall cat videos.

Wall Street goes up and down all the time, but if someone says they know why the market is up or down today, they are either a liar or a fool. Because if they really knew, they’d be rich beyond imagining.

Letters to the Editor Boosters victims of promises As I read through the Aug. 13 edition of The World, I was suddenly jarred awake by the full-page ad on page six . I was informed, in no uncertain terms, that “Jordan Cove will boost our economy and help our businesses thrive.” This was attested to by the 98 “business boosters” who signed on to the document.

This ad was obviously intended to promote confidence on the part of the general public in the economic and social benefits that would be provided to our area by the Jordan Cove project.

I’m here to state that, based on past experiences, this type of ad should instead promote a healthy sense of skepticism in the public mind.

Let’s look back a little over a decade in time.

At that time, a group of local officials and boosters were promoting the construction of the Coos County natural gas pipeline. This new pipeline would be our economic salvation.

The Port of Coos Bay published a list of companies that had not moved their operations into Coos County primarily because we couldn’t furnish them with natural gas. These companies included: U.S. Gypsum (200 jobs); Pohang Steel (200 jobs); BHP Steel (200 jobs); Hokishen wood products (120 jobs); Project Vision glass Mfg. (250-300 jobs). In other words, our failure to build the gas pipeline into our area sooner had already cost us the loss of over 1,000 jobs.

The boosters then went on to

predict the benefits that would accrue once the pipeline was operational. They went on record to claim that 2,900 new jobs would appear once the gas began to flow into Coos County.

We all know what happened.

Yet another instance in which the job messiah failed to produce.

It is certain that the Jordan Cove project, if implemented, could have massive social, economic and environmental effects, both positive and negative, on our area. Under existing federal law, FERC must document the objective and rational decision process leading to its decision to reject or approve the project. Step one in this process is to prepare and disseminate to the public a Draft EIS. This initial phase of the multi-step decision process has not yet been completed. What is the factual basis for the unbri-

dled optimism exhibited by Boost Southwest Oregon?

Will time prove that, once again, our “business boosters” have let wishful thinking rule over rational planning?

Ron Sadler North Bend

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Don’t do stupid stuff If you are the last person in America wondering whether Hillary Clinton is running for president, her recent interview with The Atlantic should vanquish any doubts. In that interview, the former secretary of state, who during her tenure was unfailingly loyal to her boss and former adversary, sharply criticized certain aspects of his foreign policy.

Criticizing the Obama administration for its lack of an “organizing principle,” Clinton famously (already) said: “‘Don’t do stupid stuff’ is not an organizing principle.”

The president’s team was not pleased.

“Now is not the time to second guess the commander in chief, particularly when you’re a former member of his cabinet and national security team,” said Christine Pelosi, activist and daughter of Minority

Leader Nancy Pelosi.

“Just to c l a r i f y ,” President Obama’s longtime political guru D a v i d A x e l r o d SUSAN pointed out, “‘Don’t do ESTRICH stupid stuff’ Columnist means stuff like occupying Iraq in the first place, which was a tragically bad decision.” A bad decision that — and this was the obvious point — then-Sen. Clinton supported.

For her part, Clinton denied any intent to attack the president, issuing a statement saying that she had called to reassure him of that — a statement that likely reassured no one of anything except

Clinton’s presidential ambitions.

Al Gore didn’t need to distance himself from Bill Clinton when he ran for president in 2000, because when he ran, the country was in very good shape: strong economically and not at war. He did it anyway, and it was, in many people’s estimate, mine included, one of the reasons he lost.

The next Democratic nominee will have no such luxury.

History may well be kinder to Obama than current polls are, but that’s beside the point. As the midterm elections are making painfully clear, the president is loaded down with baggage that no future candidate should be forced to carry. If Clinton does not find a way to gracefully separate herself from the most recent Democratic presidents — not just Obama, but also her husband — the

Republicans will shove their worst mistakes right down her throat.

And that is especially true of the next Democratic nominee if she happens to be a woman.

The first woman president will have to be her own woman — neither the next Bill Clinton nor the next Barack Obama.

Perhaps the cruelest thing ever said of Hubert Humphrey was that he had the soul of a vice president. Vice presidents are supposed to be eternally loyal, which is why it is so difficult for some to figure out how to succeed their bosses.

Separating in September or October just doesn’t work.

Clinton does not have the soul of a vice president, which is only one of the reasons she will make a great president. But blind loyalty won’t get her there.

Wednesday, August 20,2014 • The World • A5

State Husband who Courtney wants money to earthquake-proof schools relives his past should focus on his present DEAR ABBY: I’m married to the love of my life. I can’t imagine loving a man more than I love “Wayne,” and I know he feels the same about me. The problem is, he’s always telling stories about things he has done, including past relationships, in graphic detail.

I have heard all of them repeatedly, and I’m sick of them. When I tell him this he says, “Fine! I won’t talk to you anym o r e .”

DEAR W a y n e never talks about OUR past, present or future. How can I get him to stop reliving “the good ol’ days” JEANNE and start PHILLIPS focusing on our life together? — CURRENT EVENT IN KENTUCKY DEAR CURRENT EVENT: Wayne may react defensively when you say you’re “sick” of his stories because he feels you are criticizing him.

Perhaps if you told him that hearing him dwell on past relationships is hurtful, he might be willing to enlarge his repertoire.

If that doesn’t help, it’s possible your husband feels his best years are behind him. Past conquests and adventures can be more fun to dwell on than the new lawnmower, the plumbing that needs replacement, which friends are sick and the most recent one who died. Things might improve if you work together to create activities that will spice up your lives and give him some new material. Try it. It might benefit you both.

DEAR ABBY: I have been in a relationship with “Bob” for 12 years. He doesn’t work and doesn’t take care of our children because he says it’s “not his responsibility.” I have supported him all this time, yet nothing is good enough.

He has cheated on me several times. During his third affair, he had two kids with the other woman. He doesn’t understand why I don’t trust him and why I insist on seeing his cellphone. The last time I was able to get ahold of it, he broke down the bathroom door trying to get it back.

He threatens to move out, and if he does, that will be “the last I hear from him.” I would be relieved if he went.

I have so much anger toward him. I love him, but at this point love doesn’t have anything to do with it.

I have asked him several times to leave, but he just keeps saying he’ll be leaving on his own terms. I can’t continue like this anymore.

He brings out the worst in me and I hate it. What do I do? — HAD IT IN PHOENIX DEAR HAD IT: That you have tolerated this behavior for 12 years boggles my mind. Because this philandering freeloader has resided with you for so long, you may have to go through formal eviction proceedings to get rid of him. You have given him a free ride, and you may need the services of a lawyer to pry him out of there. If you do, consider it money well spent.

DEAR ABBY: If a spouse keeps photos of a college sweetheart after 50 years, what does it mean? Does it mean he is still carrying a torch for that person and doesn’t want to forget her?

— SUSPICIOUS IN HOUSTON DEAR SUSPICIOUS: I doubt it, but if you want to be sure, the person you should ask is your husband.

After 50 years, the “torch” may be too heavy to carry — or completely out.

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips.

Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

SALEM (AP) — Oregon Senate President Peter Courtney on Tuesday called for the state to take on $200 million in debt to help prepare school buildings for a devastating earthquake that scientists say could come at any time.

A 2007 analysis of Oregon’s school buildings found that more than 1,000

were at a high or very high risk of collapsing in a major quake.

“We do have this responsibility to the children to get the schools to the point where they can take this kind of hit,” Courtney, a Salem Democrat, said at a news conference at a Salem elementary school.

Experts say the Cascadia Subduction Zone off the Oregon coast shifts on average

every 300 years, causing massive earthquakes on par with the magnitude-9.0 temblor that shook Japan in 2011. The last Cascadia earthquake was in 1700.

School construction is generally the responsibility of local school districts. Some have done more than others to retrofit their buildings, often with bonds approved by vot-

ers. Courtney said the money would be available to all schools without regard to how much money local taxpayers have committed.

Courtney has long advocated improvements in earthquake safety at schools, but fixes often lose out to other priorities in the Legislature. The proposal could face better odds next

year, however, as lawmakers look at retrofitting their own offices in the state Capitol.

Republicans signaled it won’t be an easy slam dunk.

They criticized Courtney’s move and said school upgrades should take precedence over capital improvements that are estimated to cost at least $250 million.

4 hearings on beach smoking ban proposal

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ASTORIA (AP) — The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department is holding four public hearings over the next week on the proposal to restrict smoking on ocean beaches.

The Daily Astorian reports the first is at 7 p.m.

Wednesday at the Seaside Public Library. Others are The Associated Press Thursday at the Central A group of people look at debris at the Swanson Group’s Springfield Plywood & Veneer mill in Springfield.The Lincoln PUD in Newport, fire on July 17, spread debris and ash to a few dozen residential properties, including two at which asbestos Tuesday at the Coos Bay has been confirmed.

Public Library and Aug. 28 at the North Mall Office Building in Salem.

Springfield mill fire spread debris, including asbestos

SPRINGFIELD (AP) — A fire at a Springfield plywood mill last month spread debris and ash to a few dozen residential properties, including two at which asbestos has been confirmed.

Chuck Wert, a vice president of Swanson Group, says the mill property contained more asbestos than originally thought. It was in the roofing as well as steam pipe insulation.

The Eugene RegisterGuard reports that nearly 40 people reported debris on their properties, and owners of 27 asked for cleanups.

Wert says a contractor has cleaned up debris at 16 residences, the cleanup is underway at two more, and nine properties remain to be done.

Asbestos was used for decades as fire retardant and insulation.

It is a mineral fiber that can damage the lungs if people inhale it.

Air monitoring at both properties where asbestos was confirmed showed clean results, Wert said.

Employees reported the July 17 fire began in a veneer dryer and spread rapidly.

Officials say their investigation may take a year.

About 250 workers were displaced.

Obituaries Teddy D. Gay March 8, 1959 - Aug. 4, 2014

A celebration of life for Teddy D. Gay, 55, of North Bend, will be held at 1 p.m.

S a t u r d a y, Aug. 23, at his home, 67450 East Bay Road in North Bend.

Private cremation rites were held at Ocean View Teddy Gay Memory Gardens in Coos Bay. Ted was born Teddy Dean Gay March 8, 1959, in Tulsa, Okla. Ted was the son of Harold Dean Gay and Vera Louise (Edwards) Gay. Ted passed away suddenly Aug. 4, 2014, at his North Bend home.

Ted was born into a suc-

Freeman Button

Freeman C. Button Nov. 30, 1921 – Aug. 18, 2014

A graveside service will be held for Freeman C. Button, 92, of Coos Bay, at noon Thursday, Aug. 21, at Sunset

cessful musical family, the Kimberleys, and performed as a child on into adulthood in mostly southern and western states. His parents settled in Nevada dividing time performing mostly in Las Vegas and Reno where Ted attended high school.

Ted married Yvonne and they had a son, Jason, born in 1978. Ted continued to perform music professionally appearing on the national syndicated show “Hee Haw.” In 1990 Ted moved to Mound, Minn., starting a new career working in the health care industry. Ted an avid sportsman, enjoyed fishing for northern pike in Lake Minnetonka, near his Mound home. His daughter, Brianna, was born in 1996.

After Brianna passed in 1998, Ted moved to North Bend.

Ted loved the ocean and all Memorial Park, 63060 Millington Frontage Road in Coos Bay with pastor Vern Pruitt, of New Horizon Church of God, officiating.

Freeman was born, next to the youngest of 12 children, Nov. 30, 1921, in Aroya, Calif., the son of Horace and Anna Button. He passed away Aug. 18, 2014, in Coos Bay. In 1929, when he was 8 years old, Freeman moved to Oregon, settling with his family in Marshfield.

He was raised on the Oregon coast, where he met and married his wife, Marjorie and they raised their five children. Freeman spent time working in the Product Evans woods,

its beauty and bounty. Ted discovered crabbing, continued to fish and hosted barbecues frequently beating his guests in horse shoes.

Ted enjoyed friends and family, always putting others before himself. Ted is truly missed by all who knew him.

All who knew Ted, or wish to celebrate his life with his family, are invited and encouraged to attend this Saturday.

Ted is survived by his son, Jason of North Bend; and grandson, Orlando Gay of Reno, Nev. Ted was preceded in death by his parents and daughter.

Arrangements are under the care of Coos Bay Chapel, 541-267-3131.

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Megan Irwin to head early learning division PORTLAND (AP) — Gov. John Kitzhaber has appointed Megan Irwin acting director of the state’s early learning division.

She replaces Jada Rupley, who retired Friday.

The 2011 Legislature created the job and other changes to early education at the request of Kitzhaber, who said kids well prepared for kindergarten are more likely to excel throughout their school careers and graduate on time.

The 30-year-old Irwin was the division’s policy director before her promotion. Among her jobs was overseeing that state’s Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge grant.

She also supported the creation of early learning hubs, the state’s effort to coordinate early childhood services.

Horse arena at State Fairgrounds unsafe

SALEM (AP) — Dozens of teens expecting to compete at the 4-H Horse Fair at the Oregon State Fairgrounds left Salem disappointed Tuesday after events such as barrel racing were canceled because the arena is unsafe.

The deputy director of Oregon State Parks, MG Devereux, told the Statesman Journal crews worked all night Monday but they were unable to condition the packed dirt to give horses the needed traction for quick starts and stops.

He says footing has been increasingly difficult to Company and also at Cape Arago Lumber Company manage at the arena, which where he was employed 21 was built in 1919. years.

Tribes rally to demand He is survived by two brothers; two sons; one water for salmon SACRAMENTO, Calif. daughter; one stepson; and numerous nieces, nephews, (AP) — Members of three grandchildren and great- Northern California Indian tribes rallied outside a federgrandchildren.

Freeman was preceded in al water agency office in death by his parents; wife; Sacramento to demand more four brothers; five sisters; water be released from resertwo sons; four stepchildren voirs to prevent the spread of a parasite among salmon and grandson.

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There was no indication the bureau was changing its plans to hold off any water releases until significant numbers of salmon begin to die.

But Murillo said in a statement they are closely watching the situation and meeting with interested parties.

The Klamath Basin is in a severe drought, which has forced cuts in irrigation for farms, as well as river levels for fish.

Neighborhood watch holds burglary suspect GRANTS PASS (AP) — Members of a neighborhood watch group in southwestern Oregon held a burglary suspect at gunpoint until police arrived to take him to jail.

The Grants Pass Daily Courier reports 37-year-old Wendover was Robert booked into the Josephine County jail on Sunday on multiple parole violations.

He was convicted of burglary earlier this year.

Larry Smith, a member of a neighborhood watch group in the Holland Loop area outside Cave Junction, says he got a call from a neighbor saying her husband was holding a suspected burglar at gunpoint on their porch.

Smith says he and his wife went over and she called 911 while he demanded the man’s name. Smith adds that their group is serious.

State police say a trooper was dispatched and took Wendover into custody.

2nd woman accused of inmate sex HILLSBORO (AP) — A second woman who worked at the Washington County jail in Hillsboro has been accused of having sex with the same inmate — a man held on charges that include failing to register as a sex offender.

Thirty-two-year-old Brett Robinson was arrested Tuesday after a grand jury indicted her on charges of custodial sexual misconduct.

About a month ago 38-yearold Jill Curry was arrested on similar charges.

The Oregonian reports both women worked as jail service technicians whose duties include booking and control room operations.

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Nation No criminal charges in deadly jail beatings NEW YORK (AP) — Agitated and hallucinating from alcohol and heroin withdrawal, inmate Angel Ramirez took a swing at a jail guard and missed.

What followed, according to investigative documents obtained by The Associated Press, was a quick punch back from the guard that put Ramirez on the floor. Then he was dragged away, beyond the view of security cameras, and three other guards were called in. Inmates later told investigators they heard screaming and the sickening crack of nightsticks against bone.

Ramirez, 50, died of numerous blunt-impact injuries that included a ruptured spleen, shattered ribs and a stomach filled with blood. When a jail investigator interviewed the guards — eight months later — they insisted Ramirez was struck only once and only in selfdefense.

That July 2011 case is among three deaths in New York City’s jails over the past five years in which inmates were alleged to have been fatally beaten by guards. Yet in none of those cases was anyone ever charged with a crime.

“It’s outrageous,” said Ramirez family attorney Scott Rynecki, who is suing the city and provided the investigative document to the AP. “You have to have a better system in place.”

The lack of accountability in the city’s jail system was singled out time and again in a scathing federal review issued this month.

Embattled Sen. Begich’s secret weapon: Alaska

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Democratic U.S. Sen. Mark Begich wants Alaskans to know he is one of them and an independent voice against President Barack Obama.

So he’s opening campaign offices in far-flung places like a coin-operated laundry in Dillingham, a hamlet of 2,000 people. He’s allowed himself to be videotaped strutting his stuff at the Athabascan Fiddlers’ dance in Fairbanks. And as anyone with a television knows, he rode a snowmobile in subzero temperatures in the Arctic, speaking into a camera about fighting the Obama administration to help secure offshore drilling permits.

The Associated Press The two-pronged message puts the freshman Sen. Mark Begich, right, D-Alaska, speaks to supporters in Anchorage, Alaska, on Tuesday after polls closed senator in a unique position in a primary election. to benefit from this conservative state’s strong Economic Development Corp. ence, he has worked to cast Committee, which has nonpartisan streak, despite and a longtime friend of himself as independent voice. established a field presence its overwhelming votes Begich. “But the ground game To defeat him, Republicans here, is seeking to cast the against Obama in 2008 and of how you take care of con- will have to convince voters race as a referendum on 2012. For many voters, going stituents’ needs in the state that it’s bad for the country Obama and Senate Majority with the person they know will be much more important.” for Democrats to control the Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. Begich knows this. His Senate — the GOP needs to Dan Sullivan, who won the and trust matters far more campaign motto is “True net six seats to win control of Republican Senate nominathan party labels.

“The national policies are Alaska” and, despite holding the chamber — but also that tion in Tuesday’s primary, called Begich a “loyal lieuimportant,” said Bill Popp, a leadership position in the Begich is bad for Alaska.

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Wildfire near Yosemite ebbs, some evacuees return OAKHURST, Calif. (AP) — A wildfire that gave a scare to a community near Yosemite National Park after whose early surges has been tamed by firefighters, and some of the more than 1,000 people who evacuated their homes have returned.

“We’re not seeing the fire expand like we thought,” Madera County Sheriff John Anderson said Tuesday after crews had the fire 35 percent contained amid higher humidity and lower wind speeds.

Eight structures were destroyed as the fire burned nearly 1 square mile in the foothills near Yosemite.

Hostages freed in Chicago standoff HARVEY, Ill. (AP) — About two dozen heavily armed law enforcement officers stormed a home in Chicago’s southern suburbs Wednesday to free four remaining hostages and capture two suspects, ending a standoff that lasted more than 20 hours.

The two adults and two children still being held at the home in the small city of Harvey were freed midmorning without a shot being fired, said Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart.

Footage shot by a TV news helicopter showed officers with armor, shields and rifles sweeping in through the front door as other officers aimed weapons and took cover near two large armored vehicles that were parked out front.

Apple’s stock bounces back to hit a new high SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple’s stock touched a new high Wednesday, reflecting investors’ renewed faith in CEO Tim Cook’s ability to outwit the competition and expand the technological hit factory built by the late Steve Jobs.

The milestone represents a dramatic turnaround in sentiment since Apple’s shares reached its previous splitadjusted peak of $100.72 in September 2012. After peaking at $100.77 Wednesday morning, shares slipped 3 cents to $100.50, giving Apple a market value of $602 billion — by far more than any other publicly held company.

Officials revised earlier estimates that it had spanned about twice as much ground.

The flames erupted Monday near Oakhurst, a community of several thousand about 16 miles from a Yosemite entrance, forcing more than 1,000 people to evacuate and thousands more to prepare to leave.

Some residents were allowed to go home, but sheriff’s The Associated Press spokeswoman Erica Stuart could not provide an esti- An air tanker drops fire retardent on a fire which was burning on a ridge National Mall to get 6northeast of Oakhurst, Calif., on Monday. mate of how many. acre sand, soil portrait A road leading visitors to WASHINGTON (AP) — Evacuated residents in do when a fire is raging,” said the park reopened Tuesday, The Smithsonian says it has and the park itself Oakhurst said they had Clement Williams, 67. “You just have to flee. It’s a real commissioned a portrait remained unaffected by the braced for the worst. made out of sand and soil “There is nothing you can sinking feeling.” blaze. that will stretch over 6 acres at the National Mall.

Cuban American urban artist Jorge RodrmguezGerada will do the work. The piece is a composite portrait of several people photographed in Washington and is called “Out of Many, One,” the English translation of the Latin “E pluribus unum,” which is on the seal of the United States.

Meyers prizes his new role as Emmycast host NEW YORK (AP) — Seth Meyers is no stranger to live television. For years he anchored “Weekend Update” on “Saturday Night Live.”

Nor is playing host on TV an alien experience. Since February, he has occupied NBC’s “Late Night”host chair.

So Meyers isn’t sweating his new role as master of ceremonies when “The Prime-Time Emmy Awards” airs Monday at 8 p.m. EDT on NBC. “Butterflies tend to go away with the first laugh,” he said brightly, “so you try to make that happen as early as you can.”

Wednesday,August 20,2014 • The World • A7

World Fighting in eastern Ukraine kills 43 in 24 hours

WORLD D I G E S T Security forces deploy to stop Ebola’s spread MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Security forces deployed Wednesday to enforce a quarantine around a slum in the Liberian capital, stepping up the government’s fight to stop the spread of Ebola and unnerving residents.

Liberia has the highest death toll of the four West African countries affected by the dreaded disease, and its number of cases is rising the fastest. President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf ordered the quarantine and imposed a nighttime curfew that begins Wednesday, saying that authorities have not been The Associated Press able to curtail the spread of In this Aug. 2 photo, Maria Torero plays with a group of 175 cats with leukemia in her home in Lima, Peru.

Ebola in the face of defiance Torero says caring for cats with feline leukemia is her responsibility. Anybody else can care for healthy aniof their recommendations. mals.

She also ordered entertain

Gaza cease-fire talks collapse GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinian militants launched dozens of rockets and Israel responded with airstrikes on Wednesday after Egyptian efforts to mediate a lasting truce in the monthlong Gaza war collapsed in a hail of fire a day earlier.

One of the Israeli airstrikes appeared to have targeted the home of Mohammed Deif, the Islamic militant group’s elusive military chief, who has escaped numerous Israeli assassination attempts in the past. It was not immediately clear whether he was there at the time of the attack.

The fighting resumed Tuesday when Gaza militants fired rockets at Israeli cities just hours before a temporary cease-fire was set to expire, prompting Israel to withdraw its delegation from Cairo and launch retaliatory airstrikes.

Since then at least 10 Palestinians have been killed and 68 wounded, Gaza Health Ministry official A

Peruvian nurse cares for 175 sick cats

LIMA, Peru (AP) — At her job, Maria Torero cares for sick human beings. At home, she lavishes love on slowly dying cats — 175 of them at last count.

The 45-year-old nurse has turned her two-story, eightroom apartment into a hospice for cats with feline leukemia, scattering it with scores of feeding dishes and at least two dozen boxes litter boxes.

Some have suggested she shelter healthy cats instead.

“That’s not my role,” she told The Associated Press. “I’m a nurse. My duty is to the cats that nobody cares about.”

She said that “people don’t adopt adult cats, especially if they are terminally ill.”

For five years, Torero has ministered to animals as they slowly succumb to the common, fatal retrovirus, which is not contagious to humans or other species. It usually is Global cruise lines transmitted through direct set sail for China contact, mutual grooming HONG KONG (AP) — and the sharing of litter Royal Caribbean’s newest boxes, food and water bowls, ship has attractions not usually seen on cruise liners, including bumper cars, a skydiving simulator and a glass observation capsule on a mechanical arm that lifts its passengers high into the air.

ISLAMABAD (AP) — What’s also a surprise is Pakistani lawmakers met the vessel’s intended home Wednesday as tens of thouport: Shanghai. sands of protesters thronged After floating out of a outside parliament calling German shipyard last week, for the resignation of Prime the $935 million Quantum of Minister Nawaz Sharif over the Seas will spend the win- alleged voting fraud. ter running between New Sharif and other lawmakYork and the Caribbean ers entered the building before moving to its new base through a back exit connectnext summer in mainland ed to the heavily guarded China’s financial center. premier’s office after the proIt’s a gutsy move for the testers torn down barricades world’s second biggest cruise late Tuesday and entered the company. Cruise operators so-called “Red Zone” houshave traditionally sent older ing parliament and other key vessels to developing coun- government buildings. tries while saving their most The twin protests led by advanced ships for U.S. and the famous cricketer-turnedEuropean customers. But politician Imran Khan and the surging growth in China cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri have means it’s a market operators virtually shut down can no longer ignore.

Islamabad, raising fears of unrest in the nuclear-armed British fighter has U.S. ally with a history of milrole in beheading itary coups and dictatorships.

LONDON (AP) — The Sharif has refused to step black-clad Islamic militant down, while the country’s fighter filmed in the behead- powerful army has called for ing of American journalist a negotiated settlement.

James Foley appears to be The “situation requires British, the U.K. foreign min- patience, wisdom and sagacister said Wednesday — a ity from all stakeholders to development that under- resolve prevailing impasse,” the insurgents’ army spokesman Gen. Asim scores increasingly sophisticated Saleem Bajwa said on use of Western fighters to Twitter. He said the governmobilize recruits and terror- ment buildings in the “Red ize enemies.

Zone” were a “symbol of Foreign Secretary Philip state” protected by the army.

Hammond said the man in Pakistan TV showed Sharif the video with Foley “appears entering the National to have been a British per- Assembly, the lower house of son.” parliament, and meeting with U.S. officials have con- lawmakers from all the major firmed as authentic the grisly parties except Khan’s Pakistan video showing an Islamic Tehreek-e-Insaf, the legislaState militant beheading ture’s third-largest bloc.

Foley and threatening to kill Lawmakers from several another hostage. parties condemned the pro-

according to the website of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

She finds the cats in Lima’s streets and markets and has them tested for leukemia. Nearly all of the street cats turn out to have the disease, as well as fleas, parasites and malnutrition.

She takes in only adult cats to avoid spreading the disease to new generations.

“Bringing a kitten here is condemning it to death,” she said.

Torero names the cats — Fellini, Peppa, Dolly, Misterio among them — and dresses many in small shirts.

“Each one has a distinct personality,” she said.

She said she doses out medicine, sterilizes the animals and treats them for parasites every two months.

Her arms bear the scratches of cats that resist the injections.

She estimated she spends about $1,785 a month to care for the cats, half of that from

donations and the other half from her job as a private nurse.

Her three children, ages 16, 14, and 6, share the apartment and often play or cuddle with the cats, many of which sleep in plastic organizer bins and sprawl across seemingly every chair and shelf.

The cat boxes and heavy use of deodorants don’t quite mask the odor of urine, but Torero said her neighbors haven’t complained.

Cats with leukemia can survive for several years, though their lifespan is usually much shorter than that of an unaffected cat. They eventually die naturally; Torero hasn’t the resources to have them put down.

There are no special ceremonies.

“My best gift of love and respect I give them in life,” she said.

DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — Government troops fought to gain control of the rebel-held city of Donetsk and a key highway in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday in battles that left 34 residents and nine troops dead in just 24 hours, authorities said.

The Ukrainian troops are trying to encircle Donetsk, the largest city still in rebel hands, and also drive the rebels out of the city of Luhansk. Several neighborhoods in Donetsk have been hit with artillery fire in the last few days and fighting on the outskirts has become more intense.

The Kiev-backed administration in Donetsk quoted the death toll of 34 local residents killed and 29 wounded as of noon Wednesday, a figure it said did not include any government troop deaths.

Earlier, a Ukrainian official said nine troops were killed and 22 wounded in overnight fighting in Ilovaysk, a town near Donetsk, as the government sought to retake a major railroad and a highway that leads to Russia.

Andriy Lysenko, spokesman for the Ukrainian National Security Council who gave that toll, said fighting continued in Ilovaysk on Wednesday even though government forces have gained overall control over it.

Among those killed in Ilovaysk was a UkrainianAmerican known by the nom de guerre of “Franko,” said Anton Herashchenko, an adviser to the interior minister.

He said Franko was an American citizen with a military background who had been living in eastern Ukraine for the past 10 years and obtained Ukrainian citizenship before joining the battalion.

For several weeks running, Donetsk has come under sustained shelling attacks from all sides. The imprecision of the shelling is creating much animosity while seemingly taking a limited toll on rebel forces.

On Wednesday morning, rockets slammed into residential areas, including the suburb of Makiivka.

“I was with my grandmother in the bathroom, because there is a bearing wall in there,” said Anna Zyukova, 22. “And then all of sudden, bam-bam.”

Many residents have been taking refuge in improvised bomb shelters in apartment building basements.

Residents in Makiivka huddled in groups near one such shelter Wednesday, chatting and listening as rockets flew in and out several miles away.

At a rebel camp by a checkpoint closer to the fighting, a rebel commander who identified himself only as “Chaika” — Russian for seagull — said he was at a loss to explain why army shells were hitting apartments.

“We purposely don’t take up positions where people live,” he said — a claim that Ukrainian officials have repeatedly dismissed.

The situation in the besieged city of Luhansk, a rebel stronghold just 20 kilometers 12 miles from the Russian border, also remained critical Wednesday as the government and rebels fought running battles in city streets, local authorities said.

Luhansk has been without electricity, running water or phone connections for 18 days and residents are reported to be standing in lines to buy bread baked on portable generators as food grows scarce.

The Kiev government also has pursued diplomatic efforts to resolve the conflict, which the United Nations says has killed more than 2,000 people and displaced over 340,000 since fighting began in mid-April.

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko will host German Chancellor Angela Merkel this weekend in Kiev before meeting next week with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Minsk, the capital of Belarus.

Pakistan lawmakers meet amid mass protests testers’ attempt to besiege parliament.

“We will foil this conspiracy and we will defend our democratic institutions,” said Maulana Fazlur Rehman, head of the Jamiat Ulema-eIslam party and a Sharif ally.

Shazia Marri, a lawmaker from the opposition Pakistan People’s Party, said: “We will strive to safeguard democracy. We will strive for the supremacy of the constitution.”

Outside of parliament, Qadri briefly directed his supporters to occupy all the main gates of the building and not to allow Sharif or any other deputies to leave until the prime minister resigns.

“We deliberately gave these lawmakers a chance to enter the parliament, but now we will not allow any lawmaker to go inside or come out,” he said.

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CARNAGE Father killed near Fairview Continued from Page A1 going through my head,” he said. “I heard gunfire. I put my head up, turned around and saw a car with light shining out and that was it. I didn’t know if there was one person or two, so I slinked up front and started the car and drove until I got (cell) service and called (911).”

Police believe the whole thing was over in about 15 minutes.

Vachta says, after contacting authorities, he drove back to the scene and found everything was quiet again. It was dark, except for a beam of light coming up from a rifle in the shooter’s vehicle.

Multiple weapons were found in the vehicle, but as officers were processing it, they found what appeared to be bomb making materials.

As a precaution, officers stopped working on the vehicle and called for the Oregon State Police bomb squad to come to Bastendorff Beach.

As they waited for them to arrive from Salem, investigators turned their full attention to finding Ray Brimhall.

JOURNALIST Second U.S. journalist seen Continued from Page A1 lancing for Agence FrancePresse and the Boston-based media company GlobalPost.

The car he was riding in was stopped by four militants in a contested battle zone that both Sunni rebel fighters and government forces were trying to control. He had not been heard from since.

The beheading marks the first time the Islamic State has killed an American citizen since the Syrian conflict broke out in March 2011, upping the stakes in an increasingly chaotic and multilayered war. The killing is likely to complicate U.S. involvement in Iraq and the Obama administration’s efforts to contain the group

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next shot appears to show the captive lying dead on the ground, his head on his body.

The video appears to have been shot in an arid area; there is no vegetation to be seen and the horizon is in the distance where the sand meets the gray-blue sky.

At the end of the video, a militant shows a second man, who was identified as another American journalist, Steven Sotloff, and warns that he could be the next captive killed. Sotloff was kidnapped near the SyrianTurkish border in August 2013; he had freelanced for Time, the National Interest and MediaLine.

One U.S. official said the video appeared to be authentic, and two other U.S. officials said the victim was Foley. All three officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the killing by name.

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Around midday, the suddenly investigation shifted to a Bureau of Land Management road system off Fairview Road, east of Coquille.

By Tuesday afternoon, investigators had learned the elder Brimhall had been killed near his vehicle, on Middle Creek Access Road, about 28 miles east of Coquille. It appears he had been shot multiple times with a firearm.

Shortly after 3 p.m., a line of patrol vehicles escorted the vehicle as it was towed from the scene by Mast Bros.

The Oregon State Police bomb squad processed both vehicles for explosives. Ray Brimhall’s car was clean, while several “seal bombs” — small explosives used by fishermen to scare away marine mammals — were

By Tim Novotny, The World reportedly found in the suspect’s vehicle.

Other Vehicles sit on the road to the scene of a double fatal shooting in a parkmaterial was also located in ing lot at Bastendorff Beach early Tuesday morning. his car that could be used to make an improvised exploany of them. (Just) did it County Medical Examiner’s sive device.

Office responded along with “We think he may have indiscriminately.”

County the DA. The Coos been targeting his dad, and BLM law enforcement that may be what precipitat- Sheriff’s Office is the lead also aided ed this whole thing,” Frasier agency in this case. Officers personnel from the Oregon State deputies at both scenes. said, while still at the The investigation is ongoBastendorff scene. “That’s Police, Coos Bay police, one of the things that we Myrtle Point police, Coquille ing, and anyone with have to figure out, when did Tribal Police, Confederated information about this matTribal Police, two teams ter is encouraged to contact this all start and why?

“He went out and shot up from the Oregon State Police the Coos County Sheriff's five cars, and didn’t know Explosives Unit and the Coos Office at 541-396-7800.

as it expands in both Iraq and Syria.

The group is the heir apparent of the militancy known as al-Qaida in Iraq, which beheaded many of its victims, including American businessman Nicholas Berg in 2004.

The video released on websites Tuesday appears to show the increasing sophistication of the Islamic State group’s media unit and begins with scenes of Obama explaining his decision to order airstrikes.

It then cuts to a balding man in an orange jumpsuit kneeling in the desert, next to a black-clad militant with a knife to his throat. Foley’s name appears in both English and Arabic graphics on screen. After the captive speaks, the masked man is shown apparently beginning to cut at his neck; the video fades to black before the beheading is completed. The

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ST. LOUIS Alderman saw the altercation Continued from Page A1 Dotson gave this account of the shooting on Riverview: Powell walked out of the Six Stars Market, at 8701 Riverview, without paying for two energy drinks, and the store owner told him to stop.

A few minutes later, Powell came back and took a package of muffins or pastries, Dotson said, adding that the store owner walked out with him and asked him to pay for the items.

Powell started throwing the items on the street and sidewalk. St. Louis Alderman Dionne Flowers, who works at a nearby beauty shop, witnessed the encounter and told officers the man was acting erratically and was grabbing

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years ago. A counter representative told him he was on the no-fly list and would not be allowed to board. Mashal was surrounded by about 30 law enforcement officials, he said.

Mashal appealed the same day but six months later the government responded, “no changes or corrections are warranted at this time.” He appealed the decision in May 2011. Nine months later, the government said its ruling was final.

The appeals process, known as redress, was started in 2007. The government receives tens of thousands of applications a year, according to court documents.

But 99 percent of those complaints are unrelated to the terror watch lists, the current director of the Terrorist Center, Screening Christopher Piehota, said in a November 2010 declaration related to a California no-fly list lawsuit. At the time, Piehota was deputy director of operations at the center, which determines whether someone is appropriately on a terror watch list.

In 2013, 752 redress com-

plaints were shared with the Terrorist Screening Center, according to information provided by the government in a separate federal lawsuit out of Virginia. Formal complaints led the U.S. to remove 100 people from a broad terror watch list, the no-fly list and a separate list of people who require additional screening at airports, the government said.

It described the 752 complaints as just 1 percent of the total redress requests, indicating it received about 75,000 that year.

The screening center considered only 227 requests in 2009. After a near-miss terror attack on Christmas Day that year, the government revamped its watch-listing system and lowered the standard for the no-fly list. The number of people banned from air travel surged from about 3,400 at the end of 2009 to about 48,000 late last summer, intelligence officials have told The Associated Press.

After someone complains under the process, the government conducts a review.

Once complete, the applicant is given a redress number to use when booking air travel reservations. Often this is done to resolve problems for people with similar names as someone on a terror watch list.

at his waistband.

Dotson said the store owner and the alderman said the suspect was “armed with a knife, acting erratically, pacing back and forth in the street, talking to himself.”

Employees at the market and the beauty shop called 911. Two arriving officers ordered Powell to get down, but he became more agitated and walked toward them, reaching for his waistband.

Witnesses told police the man was yelling, “Shoot me, kill me now,” during the encounter, Dotson said.

The officers drew their weapons and ordered Powell to stop. He did stop, but then pulled out a knife and came at the officers, gripping and holding it high, Dotson said.

They ordered him to stop and drop the knife. When he got within 2 or 3 feet of the officers, they fired, killing Powell.

“This is a lethal range for a knife,” Dotson said.

The officers were not hurt, police said. They were put on administrative duty pending an investigation.

When people gathered on Riverview began getting angrier, several older residents in the area got between those shouting and the police line and tried to calm the crowd. The shouts subsided but escalated again when Dotson appeared to be walking away.

That’s when he went into the midst of the crowd and reiterated all the details.

Among the older residents who asked the others to let Dotson speak was Chris Carter Sr., father of Alderman Chris Carter.

Asked why the officers didn’t use Tasers, Dotson said police have the right to defend themselves from a deadly weapon. “Officers have a reasonable expectation to go home at the end of their shift,” he said.

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‘Challenge’ is fad with big benefits One of my favorite office activities over the past decade has been discussing sports radio with colleague Ron Jackimowicz — at least it was, until the local sports radio station switched networks.

Some mornings, Ron and I would discuss the musings of Mike & Mike in the Morning we listened to on our commutes to work.

Other times, I’d come back from lunch and share something humorous that Scott Van Pelt and Ryen Russillo had discussed during their show.

And though we never listened to his show because it conflicted with deadline, we would hear thoughtprovoking monologues from Colin Cowherd that we either agreed with or vehemently opposed.

Now the local station broadcasts the NBC Sports Network, which hasn’t grown on me during the several months it’s been SPORTS on the air locally.

A few of the hosts are decent. Several aren’t up to my standards. And I frequently switch over to a music station when I can foreJOHN see the talking GUNTHER point of the next hour (or more), such as Johnny Manziel.

I groaned when the noon news update one day this week was led

by Rafael Nadal pulling out of the U.S. Open, something that happened in time for me to get it in the paper ... the day before.

So on Monday morning, when I get to the office long before anyone else, I usually tune the TV to Mike & Mike and find myself entertained. In addition to having great guests, the two Mikes rarely discuss a point for more than two segments of their show.

I don’t always agree with them, which is fine since they don’t often agree with each other.

But on Monday morning, they discussed several times a story criticizing the Ice Bucket Challenge fad that has been sweeping the nation. Athletes, celebrities and regular folks are pouring ice buckets over their head to raise awareness to ALS, better known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease and challenging others to do the same.

The Mikes couldn’t understand why anyone would be offended or opposed to the fad.

Two weeks ago, a lot of people had never heard of ALS, which has no cure and slowly claims the life of its victims by first taking away their muscular control.

Now, as Mike and Mike pointed out, anyone who regularly peruses Twitter or any of the other social media outlets has seen many people take the challenge and then challenge others to do the same.

Some people are donating money — more than $31 million to date — to the cause, which is the biggest benefit of the fad. Those who aren’t giving money are at least raising awareness, which can inspire others to join the search for a cure.

It’s a similar concept to the Livestrong bracelet trend started

by Lance Armstrong’s foundation years ago. You can think whatever you want of Armstrong (I join the group considering him a massive cheater), but you also can’t ignore the benefits of the campaign in cancer research and bringing hope to cancer victims.

Cancer, obviously, is much more common than ALS. But Lou Gehrig’s Disease isn’t a completely foreign topic on the South Coast. It claimed the life of former North Bend standout athlete Tom Holmes back in 2009.

Holmes was an overachiever as a football player, earning Pac-12 honors at Oregon State University, after earning defensive player of the year honors in the Midwestern League his senior year for the Bulldogs. He also was a standout wrestler and the school record holder in the shot put for North Bend.

The ALS Association credits another former Division I athlete, Pete Frates, with starting the Ice Bucket Challenge. Frates, who is 29, has lived with ALS since 2012.

There may not be a cure in his lifetime, but he has helped spearhead an impressive campaign to find one.

At some point, it might even replace talk of Johnny Manziel for a few seconds on the NBC Sports Network.

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Oregon State’s Obum Gwacham has made the switch from wide receiver to defensive end for his senior season with the Beavers.

Gwacham makes jump to defense for OSU

BY ANNE M. PETERSON The Associated Press

CORVALLIS — Obum Gwacham wants one more chance to make an impact at Oregon State.

Having struggled at wide receiver his entire college career, the 6-foot-5 senior is switching to defensive end for the Beavers.

He jokes that maybe his biggest catch is ahead of him — in the form of an interception.

“We actually have the dime package in now, and I’ll probably be back there if any team tries to throw a Hail Mary,” he laughed.

“I’ll try to bat the ball down or get an interception. You know, just using my skills.”

Defensive line coach Joe Seumalo planted the idea of coming over to the defense last season, Gwacham said. Following Oregon State’s victory over Boise State in the Hawaii Bowl, he started seriously considering the possibility for his last year.

Gwacham always had an uneven career at receiver. Over three seasons plagued by injury and inconsistency, he’d had just 11

catches for 65 yards and a touchdown, although he also played on special teams.

Gwacham talked it over with his family, but really it was a nobrainer. If he didn’t try the defense, would he always wonder, “What if?”

“I had no problem saying yes,” he said.

Born in Nigeria, Gwacham and his family came to the United States when he was 7 and settled in Chino Hills, California.

Gwacham was captain of both the football and track teams at Ayala High School. His big brother, Nnamdi, played receiver and was on the track team at Utah State.

Gwacham, who is 6-foot-5, redshirted in football his freshman year at Oregon State, but took part in track and field events. He has moonlighted as a high jumper off and on for the Beavers, even though the school doesn’t have an official men’s track and field team.

Back in 2010, Gwacham finished fourth at the conference championships with a leap of 7 feet, 1 1/2 inches.

It was always hoped that because of his height and athleti-

cism (in addition to his jumping ability he’s also fast), Gwacham would become an easy red-zone target for quarterback Sean Mannion. But instead, Markus Wheaton and Brandin Cooks — both now in the NFL — developed into Oregon State’s go-to receivers. This season, junior Richard Mullaney is poised for a breakout at the position.

So now Gwacham is competing for the spot opposite starting DE Dylan Wynn. Oregon State is shoring up the position after Scott Crichton decided to leave school a year early for the NFL. “I think Joshua James and Obum Gwacham are doing well. I think Titus Failauga is doing well.

I think we’re gonna maybe not have one, have two or three guys who can play,” coach Mike Riley said. “We’ve always been historically a good rotating team, if indeed we can rotate. That’s our goal.”

Riley said Gwacham is likely to be used in third-down pass-rush situations, although he’s made enough progress to be worked into a number of scenarios.

Gwacham is hopeful he’ll be

able to make his mark for the Beavers, who went 7-6 last season, capped by the Hawaii Bowl victory.

“It’s a new position but a lot of things still apply. As a receiver you’re going up against a defensive back, now I’m going up against an offensive tackle or a tight end, someone who is a little bigger,” he said. “You’re still trying to get by them. But I’d say the hardest part is going against someone who is twice your size.”

Gwacham worked hard to gain weight and add muscle in the eight months since his decision. He’s added more than 12 pounds since last season.

He said what has helped him most is being a quick learner, as well as his work on special teams.

But there are still some things that surprise him.

“It’s funny because the other day we were running a fly sweep.

Being on the other side I was usually watching the fly sweep run past the defensive end,” he said.

“This time I was the defensive end and he ran right by. When that happened I was like, ‘Ah, now I know what they feel like.”’

Bortles is ahead of the curve in Jacksonville JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — There are plenty of signs that Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Blake Bortles is making steady strides as a rookie.

One of the most telling ones came in the third quarter of last week’s preseason game at Chicago.

Bortles got to the line of scrimmage on a second-and-1 play, recognized the coverage, checked from a run to a pass and then found his third option down the left sideline for a 29yard gain.

Between the pre-snap read, the audible, the in-play progression and the throw, it was a perfect performance by the third overall pick in May’s NFL draft.

“We’re excited about how he has progressed,” offensive coordinator Jedd Fisch said Tuesday.

“I think it’s a situation now Inside where each day we are just Manziel will looking for improvement, start season as and he has challenged himbackup QB self to get better every day.

Page B4 So, really I’m not exactly sure where I expect him to be, so he is doing well for where he is at.”

Despite getting repetitions with the firstteam offense in practice this week and a planned quarter of work with the starters at Detroit on Friday night, Bortles remains the backup.

At least for now.

Bortles’ preseason play has earned high praise from coaches, teammates and fans, but it hasn’t changed the team’s belief that he’s a work in progress. General manager Dave Caldwell, coach Gus Bradley and Fisch want to foster a pressure- and expectation-free environment around Bortles that allows him to focus on refining his mechanics, mastering the playbook and making a smooth transition from a college spread scheme to a pro-style system.

“He just has to continue to build and learn,” Fisch said. “He is throwing the ball with a little bit better velocity, maybe using his lower body better. ... He keeps getting better in terms of understanding the offense. His knowledge base is improving, so he can play faster, make corrections on the fly and make adjustments.”

The Associated Press

Jacksonville quarterback Blake Bortles calls out instructions at the line of scrimmage during a preseason game against Tampa Bay. Much like he did against the Bears.

Bortles completed 11 of 17 passes for 160 yards in the game, bringing his preseason totals to 18-of-28 passing for 277 yards.

He felt like he took steps forward from Tampa Bay (preseason opener) to Chicago.

“I thought my footwork was a little cleaner,” he said. “There are still some things I need to work on and clean up, but I thought for the most part that’s been a big emphasis on what I’ve been trying to do for a while now. So, I thought it was a little bit better, but I still have a long way to go.”

Playing with and against starters is the next phase of Bortles’ development.

He got about seven snaps with the firstteam offense in practice Monday and Tuesday, but will get a bigger test with several series against the Lions.

“Yeah, obviously it’s a little bit faster,” he said. “It’s just a good opportunity to go out there and get that exposure and go see that and

get to play against it. In the end, we’re calling the same plays and you’re running the same stuff. It’s just that guys are a little bit faster. You have to adjust to that and get some exposure to it.”

The Jaguars are committed to Chad Henne at least to start the season.

Henne has been solid in the preseason, completing 16 of 24 passes for 160 yards and a touchdown.

Henne has said repeatedly that his job is to keep his job, but he also has welcomed Bortles and offered to help him anyway he can — even though he knows the rookie will replace him at some point.

“We’re just out there trying to help each other out, competing each and every day,” Henne said. “The biggest thing is guiding him along and I just try to help him with the footwork and knowing where to go with the football. He’s done a great job. We’re both humble and that’s what’s great about this position.”

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Sports Mariners win again

Astros surprise Yankees THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Chris Carter snapped a ninth-inning tie with a colossal three-run homer, extending his second-half power surge and sending the Houston Astros to a 7-4 victory over the New York Yankees on Tuesday night.

Marwin Gonzalez knocked in two runs with a pinch-hit single, and the fourth-place Astros (53-73) won for the third time in four meetings with the Yankees this season.

Brian McCann hit a two-run homer, and Martin Prado had three hits for the Yankees.

David Robertson (1-4) walked consecutive batters and threw seven straight balls before Carter launched a 3-0 pitch into the raised concrete bleachers in left field for his 30th home run.

Angels 4, Red Sox 3: Chris Iannetta hit his second double of the game, a tiebreaking drive in the ninth inning off closer Koji Uehara that sent the Los Angeles Angels over Boston.

Brennan Boesch had a groundrule double with two outs off Uehara (5-3) for the Angels’ first hit since the fourth. Iannetta then lined a double off the left-field wall.

David Ortiz hit his 29th homer, a solo shot in the Boston first that increased his major league-leading total to 91 RBIs. Orioles 5, White Sox 1: Chris Tillman (10-5) threw eight strong innings, and AL East-leading Baltimore won its third in a row, beating the Chicago White Sox. Indians 7, Twins 5: Yan Gomes had three hits including a home run, rookie pinch-hitter Tyler Holt hit a go-ahead, two-run double in the sixth inning, and Cleveland rallied to beat Minnesota.

Oswaldo Arcia homered in his third straight game for Minnesota, capping a five-run first.

Indians starter Trevor Bauer settled down and retired the next 14 batters before coming out for Kyle Crockett (3-0), who got the final out in the fifth and one in the sixth.

Tigers 8, Rays 6, 11 innings: Victor Martinez drew a tiebreaking bases-loaded walk during a threerun 11th inning, and Detroit beat Tampa Bay.

The Associated Press

Houston’s Chris Carter follows through on a three-run home run during the ninth inning against the Yankees on Tuesday.

Ian Kinsler opened the 11th with a triple off Grant Balfour (1-5), a flare to right that got past a diving Kevin Kiermaier. Torii Hunter walked and Miguel Cabrera was intentionally walked before Martinez got his free pass.

NATIONAL LEAGUE Cubs 2, Giants 0, 5 innings: Anthony Rizzo slammed a two-run homer, Tsuyoshi Wada pitched five strong innings, and the Chicago Cubs beat San Francisco in a game that was halted after 41⁄2 innings because of unplayable field conditions following rain at Wrigley Field.

After a brief but heavy downpour, the game was delayed 4 hours, 34 minutes before it was called off at 1:16 a.m. Fewer than 1,000 fans remained.

When the rain and the wind intensified in the middle of the fifth inning, home plate umpire Hunter Wendelstedt stopped play. The grounds crew couldn’t get the manual tarp fully in place, leaving large portions of the infield exposed to rain for more than 10 minutes.

Nationals 8, Diamondbacks 1: Washington scored six runs in the third inning and ran its winning streak to eight games with a rout of Arizona.

Stephen Strasburg (10-10) allowed one run and three hits over a season-high eight innings.

Strasburg struck out four to give

him an NL-leading 198 for the season, besting his previous single-season high of 197 in 2012.

Braves 11, Pirates 3: Justin Upton smashed his 24th home run to spoil Andrew McCutchen’s return as Atlanta beat Pittsburgh.

McCutchen went 0-for-4 in his first game back after missing two weeks with fractured cartilage in his ribs. Pittsburgh has a season-high seven-game losing streak.

Cardinals 5, Reds 4: Jon Jay was hit by a pitch from J.J. Hoover with the bases loaded in the ninth inning, lifting St. Louis over Cincinnati.

Matt Holliday drew a leadoff walk to start the winning rally. He advanced to third on Matt Adams’ single. After Peter Bourjos ran for Holliday, Jhonny Peralta walked to load the bases. Hoover (1-10) then plunked Jay to force in Bourjos with the winning run.

Dodgers 8, Padres 6: Justin Turner drove in two runs and scored another pair, helping rally the Los Angeles Dodgers past San Diego and snap a three-game skid.

INTERLEAGUE Marlins 4, Rangers 3, 10 innings: Giancarlo Stanton hit an RBI single with two outs in the 10th inning, and Miami beat Texas for its third straight win.

Miami (63-62) surpassed last year’s win total of 62. The Marlins moved over .500 for the first time

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Brewers 6, Blue Jays 1: Mike Fiers pitched seven dominant innings, and Jonathan Lucroy and Aramis Ramirez each had a pair of doubles as Milwaukee topped Toronto.

In his third start since being recalled from Triple-A Nashville on Aug. 9, Fiers (3-1) held the Blue Jays to two hits and one run and retired the final 18 batters he faced.

Fiers, who posted a career-high 14 strikeouts while pitching six innings in a win over the Chicago Cubs in his previous start on Thursday, struck out six and walked one. He has given up two runs over his three starts.

Royals 7, Rockies 4: Omar Infante had three doubles and drove in four runs to help streaking Kansas City knock off Colorado.

James Shields (12-6) pitched six solid innings to get the win for the Royals, who have won 21 of 26.

Athletics 6, Mets 2: Coco Crisp hit a tiebreaking three-run triple to help Scott Kazmir earn his careerbest 14th win, and Oakland beat the New York Mets to snap a five-game losing streak.

Coming off a miserable road trip when he went 2-for-23, Crisp grounded out and singled before lining a pitch from Dillon Gee down the right field line with the bases loaded in the fourth inning.

The A’s avoided losing six consecutive games for the first time since 2012.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Mariners gave Hisashi Iwakuma an early lead and the pitcher took it from there.

Iwakuma struck out a season-high 11 batters in eight scoreless innings and Kyle Seager homered to lead the Seattle Mariners to a 5-2 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday night.

Mike Zunino was 0-for-17 before getting two hits and driving in two runs. The Mariners, who scored two runs in the first, have won 11 of their last 14.

“We had the lead early, which is big for me, for my pitching, because I’m all about pitching to contact,” Iwakuma said through an interpreter.

Iwakuma (12-6) was masterful while allowing four hits and no walks. Since July 1, the right-hander is 7-2 with a 1.63 ERA, 65 strikeouts and four walks in 72 innings over 10 starts.

“He was outstanding,” Mariners manager Lloyd McClendon said. “He commanded all of his pitches. He was in and out, up and down.

Did a tremendous job for us.”

The Phillies, who have scored three runs or less 65 times this season, got just one batter to second base against Iwakuma. They have lost six of their last eight.

The Mariners needed three pitchers in the ninth to preserve the victory. The last of the trio, Fernando Rodney, came on with two outs and the tying run at the plate and struck out Cody Asche to record his 36th save in 39 opportunities.

“We have a strong belief in our bullpen, so I was able to watch the TV very calmly,” Iwakuma said.

Asked if he was tempted to let Iwakuma come out for the ninth, McClendon said, “No, no.”

The Phillies avoided their 14th shutout when Chase Utley scored on Yoervis Medina’s wild pitch.

A.J. Burnett (6-14) lost his fifth straight decision and dropped to 0-6 with a 6.41 ERA in seven starts since the All-Star break.

Selig: A’s need a new stadium OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Bud Selig will likely leave his tenure as baseball commissioner early next year with one unsettled situation that has him “frustrated.”

The Oakland Athletics still don’t have the new ballpark he says he believes they desperately need.

Selig praised all parties after the A’s recently reached a 10-year lease agreement with the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Authority to stay at the rundown Coliseum. Whether the A’s are able to one day build a new stadium at the current Coliseum site or elsewhere in Oakland, Selig will support the team’s ideas.

“This is always something I wanted to get resolved before I leave office, which is another 5 1/2 or six months,” Selig said Tuesday, citing litigation as the current snag.

“I’ve always said the local club, they know their market best.”

Sitting next to fraternity brother and longtime friend, A’s owner Lew Wolff, Selig acknowledged the criticisms of Oakland’s ballpark situation while saying, “It’s complicated, it’s very complicated.”

Earlier this year, the City of San Jose appealed a judge’s decision throwing out a key argument in its lawsuit against Major League Baseball over the A’s plans to relocate to San Jose, where the San Francisco Giants hold territorial rights.

At the January 2012 owners’ meetings, Selig said the Bay Area situation was on the “front burner.” He appointed a committee in March 2009 to study the issues facing the teams, but never ruled on the matter.

“I know there’s been criticism about the length this has taken. I’m proud of everything we’ve done the last 22 years, but this is one of those things as I look back on it, however, it’s complicated, it’s very complicated,” Selig said. “Now we have litigation, so everything is now on hold. That’s just a fact of life once we get in litigation. But let me say at the outset, this team needs a new ballpark. ...

Once the litigation’s resolved, then we’ll all proceed.”

Rob Manfred will succeed the 80-year-old Selig on Jan. 25. Selig is making stops at all of the ballparks during his farewell tour. He said

Manfred is up to speed on the challenges for the low-budget A’s, who have won the past two AL West titles.

“They’ve done a remarkable job under the circumstances,” Selig said. “One of the reasons for the resurgence of this sport, there are multiple reasons, are the new stadiums. ... I wish it had been resolved. I understand people’s frustrations, I do understand. There’s a lot of history here.”

Selig met with club officials during his short visit.

Oakland’s Bob Melvin was eager to get some time with Selig, who helped the manager get a job with Milwaukee after his playing days. Melvin had quite a connection: His late great-aunt, Estie, played bridge with Selig’s parents.

“It’s quite the industry at this point now. He’s made a lot of changes in his tenure, whether starting with interleague, the competitive balance now and the strides that they took getting it to this point, instant replay,” Melvin said. “There’s a lot of things he’s done that for an oldschool guy has really had an eye on some of the newschool things. It’s been an incredible run.”

Schilling blames tobacco for cancer BOSTON (AP) — Former major league pitcher Curt Schilling says he’s battling mouth cancer and blames 30 years of chewing tobacco use.

Schilling discussed details of his cancer on WEEI-FM in Boston on Wednesday. He announced he had cancer in February, but had not disclosed what kind.

He says it’s due to chewing tobacco.

Schilling is being treated at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the DanaFarber Cancer Institute. He received seven weeks of chemotherapy and radiation treatments and is in remission. He says he’s lost 75 pounds.

Schilling is a three-time after he dove for a ball in World Series champion with Miami in late July.

McLouth last played Aug. the Arizona Diamondbacks 1 and is on the 15-day disand Boston Red Sox. abled list. He is in his first Injury sidelines McLouth season with the Nationals and hit .173 with one home for rest of the season run and seven RBIs in 79 WASHINGTON — games.

Washington Nationals outThe Nationals also agreed fielder Nate McLouth is out to a minor league deal with for the season because of an Nate Schierholtz on Monday injured right shoulder. and assigned the veteran Manager Matt Williams outfielder to Triple-A said Tuesday that McLouth Syracuse. will have surgery Thursday General manager Mike for a torn labrum and is Rizzo said the Nationals have expected to recover in time been in interested for spring training.

Schierholtz for years.

Williams says McLouth “With Nate McLouth on has had discomfort in his the shelf for longer than we throwing shoulder all season. expected, we thought it was a The symptoms worsened good pickup,” Rizzo said.

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Sports Djokovic, Federer could meet in final NEW YORK (AP) — Topranked Novak Djokovic is seeded No. 1 for the U.S. Open, and five-time champion Roger Federer is No. 2, meaning they could meet only in the final.

Djokovic beat Federer for the title at Wimbledon last month.

The U.S. Tennis Association followed this week’s ATP rankings in announcing the seedings Tuesday. The tournament starts Monday.

Federer moved up one spot from his No. 3 ranking because 2013 champion Rafael Nadal withdrew from the year’s last Grand Slam tournament with an injured right wrist.

The 33-year-old Federer is seeded at the U.S. Open for The Associated Press

Drivers, from left, Denny Hamlin, Matt Kenseth, Carl Edwards, Daniel Suarez, and Kyle Busch, pose for a photo during a news conference at Joe Gibbs Racing’s headquarters in Huntersville, N.C., on Tuesday.

Edwards will join Joe Gibbs Racing HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Carl Edwards scrolled across a stage at Joe Gibbs Racing and jokingly yelled, ‘Surprise!’

There was no surprise whatsoever about his formal introduction Tuesday as a fourth driver in the JGR Sprint Cup lineup. The move had been expected since at least May and intensified last month when Roush Fenway Racing said Edwards was not returning in 2015.

Edwards, who has driven for Roush for 12 years, will join a new fourth Toyota team for Gibbs next season. The No. 19 will be sponsored by Arris, a telecommunications company, in 17 of the races.

JGR has been at three cars since 2005 and has held off expanding to the NASCAR-maximum of four full-time entries.

“We felt like if we could get Carl, and we could get another sponsor, that this was the right time,” Gibbs said.

Edwards had been through a highprofile free agency once before, in 2011 when he was in the thick of the championship hunt. He ultimately spurned JGR in that bidding process to sign an extension with Roush, and although the negotiations were never a distraction, Edwards lost the title that year to Tony Stewart on a tie-breaker.

Edwards hasn’t been a title threat since. He went winless in 2012 and missed the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship, and although he made two trips to Victory Lane last season, he finished last in the 13-driver Chase field.

Edwards is currently ninth in the Cup standings with two wins. The Chase begins next month, and he said he’s determined to close out his Roush tenure with a championship for the No. 99 team. But when the season is over, his focus will quickly turn to JGR, where he saw an opportunity for stability and consistency as a teammate to Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin and Matt Kenseth.

“Sometimes you’ve just got to shake things up, you’ve got to do things differently,” Edwards said. “When an opportunity like this comes up and the all the pieces come together this perfectly, for me, I didn’t want to look back and wonder what that would have been like. I wanted to take the opportunity and go see what I could make of it.”

Edwards will be reunited with Kenseth, who was his teammate at Roush for nine seasons and had a frosty relationship that went public in 2007 when Edwards confronted Kenseth after a race at Martinsville.

Kenseth moved to JGR last season, won a series-high seven races and finished second in the championship race.

Gibbs said Kenseth is the first person the organization consulted when it entered the bidding for Edwards.

“Matt was awesome, he said, ‘this guy, you get him over here, he’s going to win races. He’ll be a good teammate and he’s really, really good with sponsors,’ “ Gibbs said. “So Matt was the first person we talked to, and then we went to Denny and we went to Kyle. Because it is teamwork. This sport is unusual because you have to work together to get better, to get more information, to have more input on the weekend. We think this is the right combination for us.”

Kenseth said the history between he and Edwards is overblown, and much has changed since 2007. Edwards has gotten married and the two drivers have had five children between them.

“Carl and I get along fine,” he said.

“That relationship has changed a lot through the years. Him having kids the same age as my kids, and playing together, has probably made us more friends and made us do things together.

I think it will be a good mix, I really do.”

Edwards said he’s changed as a person since he first entered NASCAR and is focused on being an asset at JGR.

the 14th consecutive year, tied with Ivan Lendl for the longest streak, trailing only Jimmy Connors’ record of 18.

Djokovic has played in the last four finals at Flushing Meadows, winning the title in 2011. He lost to Nadal in 2010 and last year, and to Andy Murray in 2012.

Murray is seeded eighth this year. Australian Open champion Stan Wawrinka is No. 3.

Top-ranked Serena Williams is seeded No. 1 for the women as she seeks her third straight U.S. Open title.

French Open runner-up Simona Halep is seeded second after reaching a careerbest ranking this month. She has never advanced past the fourth round at the U.S. Open.

Back injury may keep Franklin out of meet GOLD COAST, Australia (AP) — Olympic gold medalist Missy Franklin swam in a local pool to test her injured back on Wednesday and is still hopeful of competing at the Pan Pacific championships.

The 19-year-old American had back spasms during practice Tuesday, two days before the meet was due to begin.

The U.S. team issued a statement Wednesday saying Franklin swam at a local pool and tested her back “with minimal discomfort,” adding that her status for the 200meter freestyle and 100 backstroke would be determined prior to preliminary heats on Thursday morning.

“It was very therapeutic and felt great being back in the water,” Franklin said in a statement. “I am feeling drastically better every hour that goes by and hoping and praying that I will be ready to race tomorrow. We will consistently coordinate with team doctors and staff to make the best decisions for myself and my team.”

Earlier, U.S. team spokesman Scott Leightman

said Franklin was resting at the team hotel.

“Medical staff did a great job to get it under control last night,” Leightman said. “(It) didn’t make sense to bring her down here. She’ll be monitored and we’ll re-evaluate. We don’t know yet. It’s a fluid situation.”

Leightman didn’t elaborate when asked whether she has had a similar injury in the past.

Franklin, who won both the 100- and 200-meter backstroke at the 2012 Olympics, claimed six golds at the world championships last year. She is scheduled to swim the 100 and 200 freestyle, 100 and 200 backstroke and relays in Australia.

Franklin is one of the stars of an American team which includes 18-time Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps, who is four months out of retirement as he attempts to compete in his fifth Olympics at Rio de Janeiro in 2016.

The event includes teams from countries that border the Pacific Ocean, including Australia, New Zealand, Japan, China and Canada.

Runs Batted In: Ortiz, Boston, 92; JAbreu, Chicago, 90; Trout, Los Angeles, 88; MiCabrera, Detroit, 87; NCruz, Baltimore, 84; Donaldson, Oakland, 84; Brantley, Cleveland, 80.

Pitching: Scherzer, Detroit, 14-4; Kazmir, Oakland, 14-5; FHernandez, Seattle, 13-4; Richards, Los Angeles, 13-4; Kluber, Cleveland, 13-6; Weaver, Los Angeles, 13-7; PHughes, Minnesota, 13-8.

NATIONAL LEAGUE G AB R H Pct. Morneau Col 106 397 46 126 .317 Revere Phi 115 451 54 141 .313 Puig LAD 116 439 68 137 .312 110 415 42 129 .311 MaAdams StL AMcCutchen Pit 110 416 64 128 .308 110 374 58 114 .305 JHarrison Pit Lucroy Mil 117 450 61 137 .304 Span Was 115 480 75 145 .302 ArRamirez Mil 99 366 41 110 .301 Goldschmidt Ari 109 406 75 122 .300 H o m e R u n s : Stanton, Miami, 32; Rizzo, Chicago, 29; JUpton, Atlanta, 24; Byrd, Philadelphia, 23; Duda, New York, 22; Frazier, Cincinnati, 21; Reynolds, Milwaukee, 21; Tulowitzki, Colorado, 21.

R u n s B a t t e d I n : Stanton, Miami, 89; AdGonzalez, Los Angeles, 83; JUpton, Atlanta, 80; Desmond, Washington, 77; Howard, Philadelphia, 77; Byrd, Philadelphia, 71; Braun, Milwaukee, 70.

Pitching: Cueto, Cincinnati, 15-6; Wainwright, St. Louis, 15-7; WPeralta, Milwaukee, 15-7; Kershaw, Los Angeles, 14-3; ESantana, Atlanta, 13-6; Ryu, Los Angeles, 13-6; Lynn, St. Louis, 13-8.

Sky Blue FC 8 8 7 31 29 37 Western New York 8 12 4 28 42 38 6 16 2 20 37 53 Boston 5 15 3 18 23 43 Houston NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.

Today Houston at Sky Blue FC, 7 p.m.

Scoreboard On The Air Today Major League Baseball — Seattle at Philadelphia, 10 a.m., Root Sports; Los Angeles Angels at Boston, 4 p.m., ESPN2; San Diego at Los Angeles Dodgers, 7 p.m., ESPN. Little League World Series — Teams TBA, noon and 4:30 p.m., ESPN. Thursday, Aug. 21 Little League World Series — Teams TBA, noon and 4:30 p.m., ESPN. WNBA Basketball — Conference semifinals, Washington at Indiana, 4 p.m., ESPN2; San Antonio at Minnesota, 6 p.m., ESPN2.

Golf — PGA Tour The Barclays, 11 a.m., Golf Channel; Canadian Women’s Open, 9 a.m., Golf Channel; European Tour Czech Masters, 2 a.m., Golf Channel; Web.com Tour Portland Open, 3:30 p.m., Golf Channel.

Friday, Aug. 22 Preseason Football — Oakland at Green Bay, 5 p.m., CBS; Chicago at Seattle, 7 p.m., KEVU. Major League Baseball — Baltimore at Chicago Cubs, 11:15 a.m., WGN; Seattle at Boston, 4 p.m., Root Sports.

Auto Racing — NASCAR Sprint Cup Irwin Tools Night Race, practice at 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., Fox Sports 1, and qualifying, 2:30 p.m., ESPN2; NASCAR Nationwide Series Food City 300, qualifying at 12:30 p.m., Fox Sports 1, and race at 4:30 p.m., ESPN. International Basketball — Puerto Rico vs.

United States (exhibition), 4 p.m., ESPN2.

Golf — PGA Tour The Barclays, 11 a.m., Golf Channel; Canadian Women’s Open, 9 a.m., Golf Channel; European Tour Czech Masters, 2 a.m., Golf Channel; Web.com Tour Portland Open, 3:30 p.m., Golf Channel; Champions Tour Boeing Classic, 5:30 p.m., Golf Channel.

Local Schedule Today No local events scheduled Thursday, Aug. 21 No local events scheduled Friday, Aug. 22 No local events scheduled

Pro Football

National League

NFL Preseason Thursday, Aug. 21 Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 4:30 p.m.

Friday, Aug. 22 Carolina at New England, 4:30 p.m.

N.Y. Giants at N.Y. Jets, 4:30 p.m.

Jacksonville at Detroit, 4:30 p.m.

Oakland at Green Bay, 5 p.m.

Chicago at Seattle, 7 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 23 Tampa Bay at Buffalo, 1:30 p.m.

Dallas at Miami, 4 p.m.

Tennessee at Atlanta, 4 p.m.

Washington at Baltimore, 4:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Kansas City, 5 p.m.

New Orleans at Indianapolis, 5 p.m.

St. Louis at Cleveland, 5 p.m.

Houston at Denver, 6 p.m.

Sunday, Aug. 24 San Diego at San Francisco, 1 p.m.

Cincinnati at Arizona, 5 p.m.

Pro Baseball American League East Division Baltimore New York Toronto Tampa Bay Boston

W 72 63 64 61 56

L 52 60 62 64 69

Pct .581 .512 .508 .488 .448

Central Division W L Pct GB Kansas City 70 55 .560 — Detroit 67 56 .545 2 1 63 61 .508 6 ⁄2 Cleveland 1 59 67 .468 11 ⁄2 Chicago Minnesota 55 69 .444 141⁄2 West Division W L Pct GB 74 50 .597 — Los Angeles 1 ⁄2 Oakland 74 51 .592 1 68 57 .544 6 ⁄2 Seattle Houston 53 73 .421 22 1 Texas 48 77 .384 26 ⁄2 Tuesday’s Games Houston 7, N.Y. Yankees 4 Seattle 5, Philadelphia 2 Detroit 8, Tampa Bay 6, 11 innings L.A. Angels 4, Boston 3 Miami 4, Texas 3, 10 innings Baltimore 5, Chicago White Sox 1 Cleveland 7, Minnesota 5 Milwaukee 6, Toronto 1 Kansas City 7, Colorado 4 Oakland 6, N.Y. Mets 2 Today’s Games Texas (N.Martinez 2-9) at Miami (Eovaldi 6-7), 9:40 a.m.

Seattle (Paxton 3-0) at Philadelphia (Hamels 6-6), 10:05 a.m.

Toronto (Dickey 9-12) at Milwaukee (J.Nelson 2-3), 11:10 a.m.

N.Y. Mets (Za.Wheeler 8-8) at Oakland (Samardzija 3-2), 12:35 p.m.

Houston (Feldman 6-9) at N.Y. Yankees (Pineda 2-2), 4:05 p.m.

Detroit (Porcello 13-8) at Tampa Bay (Odorizzi 9-9), 4:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Richards 13-4) at Boston (Buchholz 5-7), 4:10 p.m.

Baltimore (W.Chen 12-4) at Chicago White Sox (Noesi 7-8), 5:10 p.m.

Cleveland (House 1-3) at Minnesota (Nolasco 5-8), 5:10 p.m.

Kansas City (D.Duffy 8-10) at Colorado (J.De La Rosa 12-8), 5:40 p.m.

Thursday’s Games Houston (Keuchel 10-8) at N.Y. Yankees (McCarthy 4-2), 10:05 a.m.

Cleveland (Kluber 13-6) at Minnesota (P.Hughes 13-8), 10:10 a.m.

Detroit (Price 12-8) at Tampa Bay (Cobb 8-6), 10:10 a.m.

L.A. Angels (Shoemaker 11-4) at Boston (R.De La Rosa 4-4), 4:10 p.m.

GB — 1 8 ⁄2 9 111⁄2 1 16 ⁄2

East Division W L Pct GB Washington 71 53 .573 — Atlanta 66 60 .524 6 1 Miami 63 62 .504 8 ⁄2 1 New York 59 68 .465 13 ⁄2 Philadelphia 55 71 .437 17 Central Division W L Pct GB 71 55 .563 — Milwaukee 68 57 .544 21⁄2 St. Louis Pittsburgh 64 62 .508 7 Cincinnati 61 65 .484 10 1 55 70 .440 15 ⁄2 Chicago West Division W L Pct GB Los Angeles 71 56 .559 — San Francisco 65 59 .524 41⁄2 1 San Diego 58 66 .468 11 ⁄2 1 Arizona 53 73 .421 17 ⁄2 Colorado 49 76 .392 21 Tuesday’s Games Washington 8, Arizona 1 Atlanta 11, Pittsburgh 3 Seattle 5, Philadelphia 2 Miami 4, Texas 3, 10 innings Chicago Cubs 2, San Francisco 0, 5 innings Milwaukee 6, Toronto 1 St. Louis 5, Cincinnati 4 Kansas City 7, Colorado 4 Oakland 6, N.Y. Mets 2 L.A. Dodgers 8, San Diego 6 Today’s Games Texas (N.Martinez 2-9) at Miami (Eovaldi 6-7), 9:40 a.m.

Seattle (Paxton 3-0) at Philadelphia (Hamels 6-6), 10:05 a.m.

Toronto (Dickey 9-12) at Milwaukee (J.Nelson 2-3), 11:10 a.m.

N.Y. Mets (Za.Wheeler 8-8) at Oakland (Samardzija 3-2), 12:35 p.m.

Arizona (Cahill 3-8) at Washington (Roark 127), 4:05 p.m.

Atlanta (A.Wood 9-9) at Pittsburgh (Cole 7-4), 4:05 p.m.

Cincinnati (Cueto 15-6) at St. Louis (Lynn 13-8), 4:15 p.m.

San Francisco (Peavy 1-3) at Chicago Cubs (E.Jackson 6-13), 5:05 p.m.

Kansas City (D.Duffy 8-10) at Colorado (J.De La Rosa 12-8), 5:40 p.m.

San Diego (Stults 5-13) at L.A. Dodgers (R.Hernandez 7-8), 7:10 p.m.

Thursday’s Games Arizona (Miley 7-9) at Washington (G.Gonzalez 6-9), 1:05 p.m.

Atlanta (Teheran 11-9) at Cincinnati (Holmberg 0-0), 4:10 p.m.

San Francisco (Bumgarner 13-9) at Chicago Cubs (T.Wood 7-10), 5:05 p.m.

San Diego (T.Ross 11-11) at L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 12-8), 7:10 p.m.

Tuesday’s Linescores Astros 7, Yankees 4 Houston 000 013 003 — 7 13 1 New York 000 202 000 — 4 9 1 Oberholtzer, Sipp (6), Fields (8), Qualls (9) and J.Castro; Capuano, Warren (6), Kelley (7), Betances (8), Dav.Robertson (9), R.Hill (9) and McCann. W—Fields 3-6. L—Dav.Robertson 1-4.

Sv—Qualls (14). HRs—Houston, Carter (30). New York, McCann (14).

Tigers 8, Rays 6 Detroit 000 031 010 03 — 8 10 0 Tampa Bay 310 000 010 01 — 6 8 1 (11 innings) Scherzer, Chamberlain (8), Alburquerque (9), B.Hardy (9), Ji.Johnson (10), Nathan (11) and Avila, Holaday; Archer, Yates (6), Boxberger (7), Jo.Peralta (8), McGee (9), Balfour (11), Beliveau (11) and Casali, J.Molina. W—Ji.Johnson 5-2. L— Balfour 1-5. Sv—Nathan (26). HRs—Detroit, J.Martinez (17). Tampa Bay, Loney (7).

Angels 4, Red Sox 3 Los Angeles 003 000 001 — 4 9 0 Boston 100 011 000 — 3 8 0 Weaver, Grilli (6), Salas (7), J.Smith (8), Street (9) and Iannetta; Webster, A.Wilson (7), Uehara (9) and Vazquez. W—J.Smith 5-1. L—Uehara 5-3.

Sv—Street (10). HRs—Boston, D.Ortiz (29).

Indians 7, Twins 5 Cleveland 010 213 000 — 7 11 0 Minnesota 500 000 000 — 5 8 1 Bauer, Crockett (5), Atchison (6), Rzepczynski (7), C.Lee (7), Hagadone (7), Shaw (8), Allen (9) and Y.Gomes; Gibson, Duensing (6), Burton (7), Fien (8), Perkins (9) and K.Suzuki. W—Crockett 30. L—Duensing 3-3. Sv—Allen (16). HRs— Cleveland, Y.Gomes (17). Minnesota, Arcia (13).

Orioles 5, White Sox 1 Baltimore 100 003 100 — 5 9 1 Chicago 100 000 000 — 1 3 0 Tillman, Tom.Hunter (9) and Hundley; Quintana, D.Webb (7), Petricka (9) and Flowers.

W—Tillman 10-5. L—Quintana 6-10. HRs— Baltimore, Hundley (3). Chicago, J.Abreu (32).

Mariners 5, Phillies 2 Seattle 200 001 020 — 5 7 0 Philadelphia 000 000 002 — 2 6 0 Iwakuma, Furbush (9), Medina (9), Rodney (9) and Zunino; A.Burnett, Hollands (8), C.Jimenez (9) and Ruiz. W—Iwakuma 12-6. L—A.Burnett 614. Sv—Rodney (36). HRs—Seattle, Seager (19).

Marlins 4, Rangers 3 Texas 000 100 200 0 — 3 10 3 Miami 000 102 000 1 — 4 11 3 (10 innings) Mikolas, Mendez (6), Klein (7), Sh.Tolleson (8),

Cotts (9), Feliz (10) and Chirinos; Cosart, A.Ramos (7), M.Dunn (7), Morris (8), Cishek (9), S.Dyson (10) and Saltalamacchia. W—S.Dyson 20. L—Cotts 2-7. HRs—Miami, Ozuna (17).

Brewers 6, Blue Jays 1 Toronto 010 000 000 — 1 2 1 Milwaukee 202 020 00x — 6 10 0 Happ, McGowan (4), Redmond (5), Drabek (7) and D.Navarro; Fiers, Duke (8), Kintzler (9) and Maldonado. W—Fiers 3-1. L—Happ 8-8.

Royals 7, Rockies 4 Kansas City 000 100 330 — 7 11 1 Colorado 100 010 002 — 4 11 0 Shields, K.Herrera (7), W.Davis (8), Bueno (9), G.Holland (9) and S.Perez; Matzek, Ottavino (7), Brothers (8), Masset (8), B.Brown (9) and McKenry. W—Shields 12-6. L—Matzek 2-9. Sv— G.Holland (39). HRs—Colorado, Arenado (13), Stubbs (13).

Athletics 6, Mets 2 New York 000 100 100 — 2 7 0 Oakland 000 400 02x — 6 10 0 Gee, Edgin (6), Germen (8) and Recker; Kazmir, Cook (7), O’Flaherty (7), Gregerson (8), Doolittle (9) and D.Norris. W—Kazmir 14-5. L— Gee 4-6. HRs—New York, d’Arnaud (11). Oakland, Reddick (9).

Braves 11, Pirates 3 Atlanta 013 150 001 — 11 14 1 Pittsburgh 000 110 001 — 3 9 1 Harang, Hale (9) and Gattis; F.Liriano, Cumpton (5) and R.Martin. W—Harang 10-7. L— F.Liriano 3-10. HRs—Atlanta, J.Upton (24), Gattis (19).

Nationals 8, Diamondbacks 1 Arizona 100 000 000 — 1 3 0 Washington 006 002 00x — 8 12 0 C.Anderson, E.De La Rosa (3), Harris (7), A.Reed (8) and M.Montero, Gosewisch; Strasburg, Blevins (9) and Lobaton. W— Strasburg 10-10. L—C.Anderson 7-5. HRs— Arizona, D.Peralta (7).

Cubs 2, Giants 0 San Francisco 000 00 — 0 6 0 Chicago 200 0x — 2 3 0 (5 innings) Vogelsong and Posey; Wada and Castillo. W— Wada 3-1. L—Vogelsong 7-9. HRs—Chicago, Rizzo (29).

Cardinals 5, Reds 4 Cincinnati 000 202 000 — 4 7 0 St. Louis 001 002 011 — 5 14 3 Simon, LeCure (6), M.Parra (7), Ju.Diaz (8), Hoover (8) and Mesoraco; Lackey, Choate (7), Maness (8), Neshek (9) and T.Cruz, Pierzynski.

W—Neshek 6-0. L—Hoover 1-10. HRs—Cincinnati, Frazier (21). St. Louis, Jh.Peralta (17).

Dodgers 8, Padres 6 San Diego 300 010 011 — 6 14 2 Los Angeles 020 310 20x — 8 9 1 Kennedy, Vincent (6), Thayer (7), A.Torres (7), Garces (8) and Rivera, Grandal; Correia, J.Wright (6), Howell (7), League (8), Jansen (9) and A.Ellis.

W—Correia 2-0. L—Kennedy 9-11. Sv—Jansen (35).

HRs—San Diego, Gyorko (9). Los Angeles, C.Crawford (5).

League Leaders AMERICAN LEAGUE G AB R H Pct. Altuve Hou 122 513 68 174 .339 Cano Sea 120 460 66 151 .328 VMartinez Det 112 422 60 136 .322 Beltre Tex 111 422 63 135 .320 Brantley Cle 120 467 78 149 .319 MeCabrera Tor 125 511 75 160 .313 Gillaspie CWS 100 366 46 113 .309 MiCabrera Det 122 464 78 143 .308 Eaton CWS 94 372 55 113 .304 JAbreu CWS 111 433 65 131 .303 Home Runs: JAbreu, Chicago, 32; NCruz, Baltimore, 32; Carter, Houston, 30; Ortiz, Boston, 29; Encarnacion, Toronto, 27; Trout, Los Angeles, 27; Donaldson, Oakland, 25.

Pro Soccer Major League Soccer EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Sporting KC 12 6 6 42 36 23 D.C. United 12 7 4 40 36 26 9 8 5 32 33 34 Toronto FC Columbus 7 8 9 30 32 32 New York 6 7 10 28 35 34 New England 8 12 3 27 30 36 6 9 9 27 36 39 Philadelphia Houston 7 12 4 25 25 42 Chicago 4 6 13 25 29 35 Montreal 4 14 5 17 23 41 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Real Salt Lake 11 4 9 42 38 28 Seattle 13 7 2 41 38 30 FC Dallas 11 7 6 39 43 32 9 5 7 34 35 23 Los Angeles Vancouver 7 4 12 33 33 29 Portland 7 7 10 31 39 39 8 10 6 30 34 35 Colorado San Jose 6 9 6 24 25 27 6 11 6 24 21 36 Chivas USA NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.

Today Los Angeles at Colorado, 6 p.m.

San Jose at Seattle FC, 7 p.m.

Friday, Aug. 22 Real Salt Lake at FC Dallas, 6 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 23 Montreal at New York, 4 p.m.

Chicago at Toronto FC, 4 p.m.

Chivas USA at New England, 4:30 p.m.

Houston at Columbus, 4:30 p.m.

D.C. United at Sporting Kansas City, 5:30 p.m.

Vancouver at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, Aug. 24 Seattle FC at Portland, 2 p.m.

San Jose at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

National Women’s Soccer League Seattle FC Kansas City Portland Chicago Washington

W 16 12 10 9 10

L 2 7 8 7 9

T 6 5 6 8 5

Pts 54 41 36 35 35

GF 50 39 39 32 36

GA 20 32 35 26 43

Transactions BASEBALL American League CLEVELAND INDIANS — Signed RHP Scott Atchison to a one-year contract extension through 2015.

HOUSTON ASTROS — Reinstated 1B-OF Jesus Guzman from the 15-day DL. Placed LHP Darin Downs on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Aug. 15.

National League COLORADO ROCKIES — Selected the contract of INF-OF Matt McBride from Colorado Springs (PCL). Optioned LHP Yohan Flande to Colorado Springs. Transferred SS Troy Tulowitzki to the 60-day DL. PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Reinstated OF Andrew McCutchen from the 15-day DL. Optioned INF-OF Michael Martinez to Indianapolis (IL).

SAN DIEGO PADRES — Named Don Welke vice president of scouting operations.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NBA — Announced the retirement of referee Dick Bavetta.

CLEVELAND CAVALIERS — Named Larry Drew assistant coach.

FOOTBALL National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS — Activated S Tyrann Mathieu and NT Alameda Ta’Amu from the PUP list.

BUFFALO BILLS — Released OT Edawn Coughman and WR Kevin Elliott.

DETROIT LIONS — Released CB Drayton Florence.

NEW YORK JETS — Placed WR Shaquelle Evans on injured reserve.

PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Released LB Jason Phillips.

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Signed DL Glenn Dorsey to a two-year contract extension through the 2016 season.

HOCKEY National Hockey League NEW YORK ISLANDERS — Announced the sale of a minority interest of the team to Jon Ledecky and Scott Malkin.

OTTAWA SENATORS — Signed F Clarke MacArthur to a five-year contact extension through the 2019-20 season.

TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS — Named Brandon Pridham assistant to general manager.

B4 •The World • Wednesday,August 20,2014

Sports

Kelly brings in former Duck RB THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia Eagles have acquired running back Kenjon Barner from the Carolina Panthers for a conditional seventh-round draft choice in 2015.

Last year, Barner was drafted in the sixth round by the Panthers.

The 25year-old Barner played in eight regular-season games and one playoff game with the Panthers.

He finished his collegiate career at Oregon ranked second in school history in yards rushing (3,623) and tied for second with 41 touchdowns rushing.

As a senior in 2012, Barner earned first-team AllAmerica honors by rushing for 1,767 yards (second most in school history) and 21 touchdowns (tied for most in school history).

“Kenjon will hopefully bring some depth to both our running back and return positions,” coach Chip Kelly said.

“He’s obviously a guy I know really well from Oregon, where he had a very productive career. He has a lot of speed, explosiveness and had a knack for making some really big plays.”

Sports Shorts

The Associated Press

Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III scrambles against Cleveland during the first half of their preseason football game Monday.

Griffin continues to take risks WASHINGTON (AP) — New coach, same old story for Robert Griffin III: He can’t seem to avoid getting clobbered.

The debate that was so prevalent under Mike Shanahan remains under Jay Gruden, even though Gruden is trying to mold Griffin into less of a runner and more of a pocket passer.

RG3, who has had major knee surgery in both college and in the NFL, didn’t have any designed runs in the Washington Redskins’ 24-23 win over the Cleveland Browns on Monday night, but he scrambled four times for 24 yards and usually failed to seek safe ground.

Even when he did try to slide, it looked awkward — a craft he’s far from mastering. Overall, it was hardly a surprise that one of his souvenirs from the performance was a bruised thigh.

Griffin and Gruden addressed the physical punishment immediately after the game, but it remained on Griffin’s

mind enough for him to take to Twitter as well, telling his followers: “Just want y’all to know I will keep working on getting down” and not take the big hits.

Gruden’s words, meanwhile, could have easily been Shanahan’s at any point during Griffin’s first two seasons.

“It’s something we have to continue to talk to him about — how important he is to this team and this franchise,” Gruden said. “When he gets out of the pocket, he needs to protect himself.

He’s had a habit in his career of being able to get himself out of those predicaments with his speed and his athleticism. But here it’s a 16-game season, with the great talent across the league in the NFL, (and) he’s got to pick his shots and learn how to get down a little bit better.”

Griffin had an inconsistent training camp, and Monday’s game reflected more of the same. The 49-yard pass to Andre Roberts and the 23-yarder to

DeSean Jackson looked brilliant, but there was also an interception that hit the don’t-try-this-at-home trifecta: Griffin was off-balance and under pressure, the throw was late, and the receiver was covered.

Griffin was also whistled for a pair of false starts while in the shotgun. NFL Vice President of Officiating Dean Blandino explained the calls in a phone interview Tuesday.

“He’s giving a hard count, but that’s not the foul. The voice inflection is not the foul,” Blandino said. “There’s too much movement (by) his upper body.

It’s a flinch, and it’s a quick abrupt movement that simulates the start of the play.”

Just something else for Griffin to work on.

“He (the official) just said my shoulders were moving,” Griffin said. “I talked to him about it, and all I can do is try not to move on hard counts.”

Browns pick Hoyer for starting QB BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Brian Hoyer barely held on to the starting job.

Johnny Manziel may have let it slip off his finger.

Hoyer will open the season as Cleveland’s starting quarterback after winning his summer competition over Manziel, the hotshot rookie and social media sensation whose NFL career is off to a shaky start.

Browns coach Mike Pettine picked Hoyer over Manziel to start the Sept. 7 at Pittsburgh, finally ending a competition that dragged through the summer. Hoyer is the choice for now, but the real test for him will be how long he keeps it from Manziel.

Pettine met with his coaching staff Tuesday night and announced in a release before practice Wednesday that he’ll go with Hoyer, who made three starts in 2013 before sustaining a seasonending injury. The decision ends weeks of competition and analysis, and the Browns are hoping it will allow Hoyer to relax and build some chemistry with Cleveland’s struggling offense before they meet the dreaded Steelers, their long-time rivals.

In the end, Hoyer’s experience — however limited — gave him the nod over Manziel.

“He was the clear leader from the beginning,” Pettine said of Hoyer. “We’ve maintained all along that if it was close, I would prefer to go with the more experienced

The Associated Press

Cleveland quarterback Brian Hoyer throws a pass as Johnny Manziel watches during an Aug. 2 practice. Browns coach Mike Pettine has picked Hoyer as starter over Manziel. player. Brian has done a great job in the meeting rooms and with his teammates on the practice field and in the locker room.”

Pettine delayed his decision after both Hoyer and Manziel played poorly in a 24-23 exhibition loss at Washington on Monday.

During that game, Manziel gave the finger to the Redskins sideline, an act Pettine said would be factored into the decision.

Manziel will likely be fined by the league for his gesture.

Hoyer didn’t win the job over Manziel as much as he clung to it after beginning training camp as the No. 1 quarterback. Both QBs have struggled to learn Cleveland’s offense. Pettine and offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan had hoped

one of the quarterbacks would separate from the other, but it never happened.

Hoyer showed glimpses of developing into a quality starter in 2013 before getting hurt while sliding at the end of a run against Buffalo. The Cleveland native worked hard to get back on the field to keep alive his boyhood dream of being the Browns’ quarterback.

Hoyer, who is in the final year of his contract, only completed 2 of 6 passes for 16 yards in Monday’s game and the Browns’ first-team offense was out of sync with him on the field. However, Pettine said in looking at Hoyer’s entire body of work that he deserved the starting gig.

“I think Brian’s been very poised,” Pettine said. “I think

he’s handled the situation well. He’s had a lot of things going on. Here’s a guy coming off of a season-ending knee injury. Really, these are his first, essentially, 20-25 plays of live work back from it, and he’s only going to get better.”

Pettine felt it was vital to have Cleveland’s QB situation settled before Saturday’s home exhibition against St. Louis.

“I think it’s especially good, as an offensive unit, to go out and play and gain cohesion and chemistry,” Pettine said. “That was one of the reasons I wanted to go ahead and make the decision before this third preseason game so that (Hoyer and the rest of the starting offense) could play as a unit for a good chunk of it.”

Manziel’s offseason behavior didn’t help his cause. He was criticized for spending his weekends away from Cleveland’s facility partying before training camp.

Manziel has shown flashes of his Johnny Football form in practices, but he’s still struggling with an offense that’s much more complex than the one he ran at Texas A&M. “He’s certainly made great strides,” Pettine said.

“We are pleased with where he is, and he has shown that he has come a long way in his ability to pick up the playbook, be coachable and lead an offense. We are confident that Johnny is going to have a great future, but we just felt that Brian still had a decided edge on him.”

Team from Chicago stays alive at LLWS WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — Their gold-and-white sunglasses flipped upside down on the brims of their caps, Joshua Houston, Marquis Jackson and Darion Radcliff filed into the interview room at the Little League World Series brimming with confidence.

Houston pitched five-hit ball over five innings and drove in three runs, his defense rescued him with two double plays, and the Great Lakes champions beat Pearland, Texas, 6-1 on Tuesday night in an elimination game.

Another victory for the

all-black Chicago squad from Jackie Robinson West Little League means they’ll play again.

“I’m confident,” Houston said.

Chicago jumped to a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the first on a run-scoring single to right field by Jackson, a throwing error, and Houston’s RBI groundout.

“That was huge,” Chicago manager Darold Butler said.

“I think it relaxes the team. It just makes things a lot easier when teams have to chase us.”

Houston doubled home two more runs in the fourth

and held Texas at bay until the sixth, when Jackson came on in relief and struck out the side.

“I’m excited for the kids, for the city of Chicago, for the state of Illinois,” Butler said. “We’re sleeping in. Just keep everything relaxed.

Them still being in a bubble, it’s not overwhelming for them.”

Chicago will play the loser of tonight’s game between hard-hitting Las Vegas and hard-throwing Mo’ne Davis and her Philadelphia teammates, and the Chicago players plan to be there.

Las Vegas routed Chicago

13-2 in four innings on Sunday.

Pearland’s season didn’t end the way manager Don Smith had envisioned. He was happy for his kids, nonetheless.

“I told the boys to look around and take it all in,” Smith said. “There’s nothing to be ashamed of. It ended a little sooner than we wanted.

They have no idea what they’ve done — fourth in the United States.”

Pearland’s lone run came on Joshua Gabino’s double in the third inning. Walter Maeker III, pitching for the first time in a month, was the loser despite a game effort.

Vikings, former punter reach settlement MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Vikings and former punter Chris Kluwe said Tuesday they reached a settlement averting a lawsuit over Kluwe’s claim that the team wrongfully released him last year because of his outspoken support for samesex marriage rights.

Under the deal, the Vikings will donate an undisclosed sum of money to five gay rights-related charities over the next five years.

Kluwe said he won’t receive any money as part of the settlement.

The Vikings said in a statement that the deal resolves all issues related to Kluwe’s departure from the team and his accusations that a coach made anti-gay comments. Zygi Wilf said he wished Kluwe the best.

Under the settlement, the Vikings also agreed to require all team employees to undergo sensitivity training four times a year. The team will also host a national symposium in Minneapolis next spring that will address LGBT issues and professional athletics, said Kluwe’s attorney, Clayton Halunen.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL Ohio State quarterback will miss entire season COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State star quarterback Braxton Miller will miss the 2014 season, dealing a severe blow to the fifth-ranked Buckeyes’ national title hopes.

Ohio State confirmed late Tuesday afternoon that Miller reinjured his throwing shoulder and will need surgery. The two-time Big Ten player of the year left practice in pain Monday after making a short throw.

The senior and three-year starter partially tore the labrum in his right shoulder in a loss to Clemson at the Orange Bowl. He had surgery, didn’t face contact in spring practice and was held out of several practices this month due to soreness.

Redshirt freshman J.T. Barrett is Miller’s top backup and will likely be the starter in the Aug. 30 opener against Navy in Baltimore.

Miller said he was on schedule to graduate with a degree in Communications in December and that he also wanted to attend graduate school, “and then return to lead the Buckeyes next season.”

HOCKEY Deal reached to give team minority partner UNIONDALE, N.Y. — A “substantial” minority interest in the New York Islanders was sold, pending approval

by the NHL board of governors, with a former Washington Capitals coowner and a London-based investor to become full owners in two years.

The hockey team said Tuesday a group led by former Capitals co-owner Jon Ledecky and investor Scott Malkin agreed to buy the minority interest. Terms weren’t immediately disclosed.

Under the agreement, current owner Charles Wang will continue as majority stockholder for two years, the team said in a statement. At that point, ownership will transfer to the LedeckyMalkin group.

The sale must be approved by the NHL’s board of governors. The full agreement, including the planned ownership transfer in two years, will be presented to the board but that likely won’t happen for the next board meeting in September. The board will meet again in December.

The NHL had no comment Tuesday regarding the sale.

Moore, Bertuzzi reach settlement over attack TORONTO — A settlement has been reached in Steve Moore’s lawsuit against NHL forward Todd Bertuzzi, more than 10 years after the bloody, on-ice attack ended Moore’s career.

Geoff Adair, a lawyer for Bertuzzi, confirmed the case was “settled in its totality” but said Tuesday the terms are confidential.

The multimillion-dollar lawsuit had been set for trial Sept. 8.

On March 8, 2004, Bertuzzi, then playing for the Vancouver Canucks, hit Moore from behind. The Colorado Avalanche rookie crashed face first to the ice, leaving him with a concussion and fractured vertebrae.

Moore alleges the Canucks had put a bounty on him following his check that injured their captain, Markus Naslund. Bertuzzi pleaded guilty to criminal assault causing bodily harm. He was sentenced in December 2004 to one year of probation and 80 hours of community service.

NBA Veteran official Bavetta retires after 39 years NEW YORK — NBA referee Dick Bavetta is retiring after a 39-year career in which he never missed an assignment.

Bavetta officiated a record 2,635 consecutive regularseason games after starting his NBA career on Dec. 2, 1975. He also worked 270 playoff games, including 27 in the NBA Finals.

NBA president Rod Thorn said Tuesday in a statement that the league is “grateful for his contributions to our league, and we wish him the best as he enjoys his wellearned retirement.”

Bavetta, 74, also worked the 1992 Olympics, the first involving NBA players, and has officiated in leagues in New York and New Jersey.

He is most proud of his streak, which last season surpassed even the 2,632 consecutive games played by baseball ironman Cal Ripken Jr.

HIGH SCHOOL High school player is hit by lightning at practice LAS CRUCES, N.M. — Authorities said a teenage boy is hospitalized in critical condition after being struck by lightning during football practice at a New Mexico middle school.

Albuquerque TV station KOB reported the teen was hit about 5 p.m. Tuesday at Picacho Middle School in Las Cruces.

Las Cruces police said the boy was rushed to MountainView Regional Medical Center and is reported to be in critical condition.

Las Cruces Public Schools officials said two additional players and a coach were sent to the hospital, but they were conscious and responsive.

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Bowling Green celebrates after winning the Mid-American Conference championship game last December.

ESPN extends TV deal with MAC League will continue to have mid-week games in new contract that runs through 2026-27 ■

BY RALPH D. RUSSO The Associated Press

Mid-American Conference Commissioner Jon Steinbrecher says the league’s new 13-year media rights agreement with ESPN provides longterm stability to the conference at uncertain time for college athletics.

The MAC and ESPN officially announced the new deal, which runs through the 2026-27 season, on Tuesday. The contract reworks the final three years of the current eight-year deal that MAC has with the network, and adds 10 years.

The deal ensures a continuation of the weeknight football games in November that have become the conference’s niche — and gave birth to the Twitter hashtag #MACtion.

The agreement gives ESPN exclusive rights to all MAC sporting events, and guarantees coverage of all football games on one of the ESPN television networks or its online network, ESPN3.

There is also a sublicensing agreement

in the deal that will allow ESPN to sell rights to MAC sporting events to other networks.

Financial terms were not revealed, though Steinbrecher said the deal puts the MAC in a competitive position with its peer FBS conferences — the American Athletic Conference, Mountain West, Sun Belt and Conference USA. The American Athletic Conference has the most lucrative media rights deal of those leagues, a seven-year agreement worth about $130 million.

“We’re in a totally different area code from where we’ve been in the past,” Steinbrecher said.

The MAC’s previous deal paid the conference about $1 million per season.

“They deserve it. They’ve earned,” Burke Magnus, the ESPN vice president of programming and acquisitions, said of the raise.

The MAC has been on a good run.

Northern Illinois earned the conference its first BCS bid in 2012, and made another BCS run behind Heisman Trophy finalists Jordan Lynch last season. Lynch finished third in Heisman voting, the best finish by a MAC player.

Kent State made the college World Series in 2012 and Ohio reached the

Sweet 16 of the men’s basketball tournament that year. In 2010, Akron won the men’s soccer championship and Toledo women’s basketball won the WNIT. The conference also had three individual athletes win titles at the most recent NCAA track and field championships.

The extra revenue comes at a good time for the MAC. The NCAA is in the process of giving the five wealthiest FBS conferences the ability to pass legislation on their own.

The move will almost certainly lead to an increase in the value of athletic scholarships in those conferences to cover full cost of attendance.

Steinbrecher has said MAC schools are preparing to follow suit. Also, the recent ruling in the O’Bannon federal court case could lead to schools compensating football and men’s basketball players for use of their names, images and likenesses.

“We’ve been forecasting a little bit of where the world was going for a couple years now,” Steinbrecher said. “That was why it was critical for us to figure out a way to bring this together. This is certainly one piece to in positioning our membership to move forward in whatever this new world of collegiate athletics looks like.”

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — So many of their mannerisms are the same. So is the attention to detail, the toughness — the grit that has come to not only define them but also their football program.

In fact, the only real difference between them may be their ages.

Bill Snyder turns 75 in October. Collin Klein turns 25 next month.

So it makes sense that when Klein, a Heisman Trophy finalist for Kansas State just two years ago, gave up on his professional dreams and embarked on a career in coaching, he would return do it under the silverhaired sage who turned him into one of the best quarterbacks in school history.

“It’s an honor. I mean, I love this place,” Klein told The Associated Press recently, “and it really worked out, and I’m grateful coach gave me the opportunity. It’s the place I wanted to be.”

Snyder actually tried to talk Klein out of a career in coaching, wary of the toll it has taken on his own family.

The long hours and immense pressure can be unbearable.

But Snyder also remembers seeing something in Klein, back when he was leading the Wildcats to a No. 1 national ranking and a BCS bowl berth, which made him believe that one day he’d be

back on the sidelines.

It may have been the way Klein pored over game film. Or the way he grasped Snyder’s complex offense. Or the way he could inspire his teammates when times got tough.

“It’s great to have him back. He knows the system like the back of his hand, and having him back will help us a lot,” said wide receiver Tyler Lockett, who once caught passes from Klein and is now picking his brain for tips and tricks as a star pupil.

“He’s been there,” Lockett said. “He knows what to expect.”

Ironically, Klein’s biggest anxiety these days is that he doesn’t know what to expect.

His official title is “quality control assistant,” but nobody can seem to give him a very good explanation of what that job entails. One day he may be breaking down game film, the next he may be doing a critique of the Wildcats’ offense. Heck, he might be the one fetching Snyder’s ever-present cup of coffee, and he insists that would be just fine with him.

“It’s very different, but very similar at the same time,” Klein explained. “As a quarterback and a player here, I had a decent feel for what went on behind the scenes, but I didn’t have any idea of how much work and all the details that needed to get done.”

Maryland will offer lifetime scholarships COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — The University of Maryland says it will start guaranteeing scholarships to students-athletes until they graduate, regardless of injury or on-field performance.

Maryland announced Tuesday that the guaranteed scholarships will begin this November. They will go to athletes in all sports, not just the so-called revenue sports of football and basketball.

NCAA rules allow scholarships to be renewed on a year-to-year basis and reduced or canceled for any reason. Critics have argued that such policies undermine the NCAA’s argument that revenue-generating athletes should not be paid. Earlier this month, a federal judge issued an injunction that paves the way for future college football and basketball players to get monetary compensation.

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754 Garage Sales BETTER HURRY! Vendors wanted. Spaces are filling up for The World’s Parking Lot Sales! Held in our parking lot located just 1 block away from the Blackberry Arts Festival and Bay area Fun Fest held on Saturday , August 23rd and September 20th, 2014. A $10 Space fee will be collected and donated to The American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life.

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This is a great Opportunity to get rid of your unwanted items, take advantage of a busy location AND help a great cause! Contact Nicole Weeks at 541-269-1222 ext 283 or stop by our office at 350 Commercial Ave., Coos Bay to get your space reserved.

Coquille: Moving Sale 56635 Pleasant Hill Drive, Fir./Sat. 9:00-6:00, Furniture, tools, garden equipment, ceramic collectibles, car replacas, household items, odds & ends

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MILLINGTON - MOVING SALE! 63046 Pennsyvinia Rd., Fri./Sat. 8/22, 08/23 Hobbie wood, air compressor, transmission-Dodge, band saw-joiner, electric heater, weed eater, furniture, tread mill, RV toilet, gas heater, 66-67 Charge bumped, Hyd pump & cyl Myrtle Point: MOVING SALE 54364 Old Broad Bent Rd. Pump Organ, furniture appliances, propane stove, washer/ dryer, Rototiller, lawn mower, everything. Sat & Sun. 10 to 4.

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BRIDGE Jeff Lynne, who has had a stellar musical career, in particular with the Electric Light Orchestra and the Traveling Wilburys, and has gone on to become a major record producer, said, “I think from the age of 13, I really wanted to be a producer, and I’ve always thought that the producer was the top of the tree.”

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FOR SALE: King bed frame w/4 drawers w/2 night stands/3 drawers light wood, Large dog kennel/crate, Re cumbent exercise bike/rower. All items in great condition. Call Kari at 208-830-4091 All reasonable offers considered

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Trash & Treasure Sale Fri- August 22nd, 9-3, Sat. August 23, 9-? Coquille Elks Lodge. Lee Valley Road. Sponsored by: Coquille Emblem Club #266

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Beautiful 3 section antique wardrobe with clear mirror. $375 Call 541-808-0497 leave message Beautiful modern design oak roll top desk. 29” depth, 54” wide and 52” height. room for lap top or lower tower, lots of drawers and file cabinet w/lock and lighting. Asking $575. Ph: 541-751-0555

1035 West Lockhart $15.00 3 tall nice display cabinets, $45.00 store bought $20.00 dolls & doll making supplies, sofas, chairs, tables,$55.00 2 desks, 2 hutch’s, 2 beds, linens, cloths, kitchen & household wares, $59.95 stereo & albums, books, games, caning jars, range, W/D, drywall $100 REWARD-LOST FEMALE jacks. Lots of tools/hand & electric, CAT-Tabby with white back legs, front and More!See Thursdays Craig list paws/nose. Was a Dish Network van for pictures. nearby July 13th? Charli may be the stowaway stray cat in your yard! Call Susan-541-267-7686 North Bend: Estate Sale 3440 Pine Street, Thursday thru Sunday 9:00-4:00, furniture and household all must go

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Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To complain of discrimination call HUD toll-free at 1-800-669-9777. The toll-free telephone number for the hearing impaired is 1-800-927-9275.

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hand starts with 13 cards. East forgot that in this deal.

South was in four hearts after the given auction. West led the club ace.

When East signaled with the nine (starting a high-low with his doubleton), West cashed the club king and gave his partner a club ruff. What should East have done now?

The auction was natural. North’s two-no-trump rebid was game-invitational. South’s three-heart bid indicated at least 5-5 in the majors. North naturally raised to four hearts. (Three no-trump fails if the defenders attack diamonds early in the play.)

At trick four, East tried to cash the diamond ace to set the contract. However, South trumped and crossruffed home. East should have analyzed the auction and play.

South showed at least 10 cards in the majors. He also followed to three rounds of clubs. So South had to be void of diamonds.

East should have put the diamond ace back into his hand and instead led a trump. Then the contract would have failed, South being victim to the bad spade break.

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Legals 100 45 - DAY PUBLIC NOTICE REGARDING NORTH BEND CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY’S ANNUAL PLAN The North Bend City Housing Authority hereby gives notice that a public meeting has been scheduled to review its Annual Plan, on Wednesday, September 24, 2014, at 12:30 p.m., at the Housing Authority’s main office building, located at 1700 Monroe Street, North Bend, Oregon, 97459. The regularly scheduled Board meeting will follow.

The Annual Plan is available for inspection at the North Bend City/Coos-Curry Housing Authorities main office located at: 1700 Monroe Street North Bend, Oregon, 97459 Any comments must be submitted in writing no later than September 17, 2014. All written comments may be submitted to:

$15,990 2007 Honda Element LX Auto..Low miles. #B3583/013105

North Bend City/Coos-Curry Housing Authority Attn: Ned Beman, Executive Director 1700 Monroe Street North Bend, OR 97459 PUBLISHED: The World- August 20, 2014 (ID-20258683)

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WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO WELLS FARGO HOME MORTGAGE, INC., its successors in interest and/or assigns, Plaintiff, v.

JEFF D. TAMS; MELANIE A. TAMS AKA MELONIE A. TAMS AKA MELANIE TAMS; DIANA LYNN TAMS AKA DIANA L. LONG; STEVEN A. FISHER; PACIFIC CONTINENTAL CORPORATION FKA PACIFIC CONTINENTAL FINANCE; CSO FINANCIAL, INC. FKA CREDIT SERVICES OF OREGON, INC.; STATE OF OREGON; AND OCCUPANTS OF THE PREMISES, Defendants.

TO THE DEFENDANT: JEFF D. TAMS: In the name of the State of Oregon, you are hereby required to appear and answer the complaint filed against you in the above-entitled Court and cause on or before the expiration of 30 days from the date of the first publication of this summons. The date of first publication in this matter is July 30, 2014.

If you fail timely to appear and answer, plaintiff will apply to the above-entitled court for the relief prayed for in its complaint. This is a judicial foreclosure of a deed of trust in which the plaintiff requests that the plaintiff be allowed to foreclose your interest in the following described real property: A PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED IN SECTION THIRTY-FIVE (35), TOWNSHIP TWENTY-FIVE (25) SOUTH, RANGE TWELVE (12), WEST OF THE WILLAMETTE MERIDIAN, BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT A 5/8 INCH IRON ROD SET ON THE WESTERLY BANK OF DANIEL’S CREEK AND WHICH IS 1766.69 FEET NORTH AND 3220.13 FEET EAST OF THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID SECTION THIRTY-FIVE (35) AND RUNNING THENCE NORTH 67° 00’ WEST 464.65 FEET TO A 5/8 INCH IRON ROD; THENCE CONTINUING NORTH 67° 00’ WEST AN ADDITIONAL 1550 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO A POINT ON THE WEST BOUNDARY OF THE EAST ½ (E ½) OF THE WEST HALF (W ½) OF SAID SECTION THIRTY-FIVE (35); THENCE NORTHERLY ALONG THE 1/16 SECTION LINE 670 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE SOUTH HALF (S ½) OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER (SE ¼) OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER (NW ¼) OF SAID SECTION THIRTY-FIVE (35); THENCE EASTERLY ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID SOUTH HALF (S ½) OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER (SE ¼) OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER (NW ¼) FOR A DISTANCE OF 800 FEET, MORE OR LESS; THENCE SOUTH 67° 00’ EAST 1150 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO A 5/8 INCH IRON ROD; THENCE SOUTH 28° 11’ WEST 101.05 FEET TO A 5/8 INCH IRON ROD; THENCE SOUTH 41° 27’ EAST 606.3 FEET TO A 5/8 INCH IRON ROD SET ON THE NORTHWESTERLY BANK OF DANIEL’S CREEK (SAID ROD BEING FURTHER DESCRIBED AS BEING 2225.79 FEET NORTH AND 3579.03 FEET EAST OF THE SOUTHWEST

CORNER OF SAID SECTION THIRTY-FIVE (35); THENCE CONTINUING SOUTH 41° 27’ EAST 60 FEET. MORE OR LESS, TO THE CENTER OF DANIEL’S CREEK; THENCE SOUTHERLY ALONG THE CENTER OF SAID CREEK TO A POINT DUE EAST OF THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE WEST TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, COOS COUNTY, OREGON. EXCEPT THAT PORTION LYING WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE COUNTY ROAD RIGHT OF WAY. Commonly known as: 63562 Daniels Creek Road, Coos Bay, Oregon 97420.

NOTICE TO DEFENDANTS: READ THESE PAPERS CAREFULLY! A lawsuit has been started against you in the above-entitled court by Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Successor by Merger to Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc., plaintiff. Plaintiff’s claims are stated in the written complaint, a copy of which was filed with the above-entitled Court.

You must “appear” in this case or the other side will win automatically. To “appear” you must file with the court a legal document called a “motion” or “answer.”

The “motion” or “answer” (or “reply”) must be given to the court clerk or administrator within 30 days of the date of first publication specified herein along with the required filing fee. It must be in proper form and have proof of service on the plaintiff’s attorney or, if the plaintiff does not have an attorney, proof of service on the plaintiff.

If you have any questions, you should see an attorney immediately. If you need help in finding an attorney, you may contact the Oregon State Bar’s Lawyer Referral Service online at www.oregonstatebar.org or by calling (503) 684-3763 (in the Portland metropolitan area) or toll-free elsewhere in Oregon at (800) 452-7636.

This summons is issued pursuant to ORCP 7.

RCO LEGAL, P.C. Alex Gund, OSB #114067 agund@rcolegal.com Attorneys for Plaintiff 511 SW 10th Ave., Ste. 400 Portland, OR 97205 P: (503) 977-7840 F: (503) 977-7963 PUBLISHED: The World- July 30, August 06, 13, and 20, 2014 (ID-20257065) TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE File No. 7236.22988 Reference is made to that certain trust deed made

by Jason C. Cowdell and Lauri M. Peterson, Husband and Wife, as grantor, to Ticor Title, as trustee, in favor of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for First Franklin A Division of National City Bank, its successors and assigns, as beneficiary, dated 09/13/06, recorded 09/15/06, in the mortgage records of Douglas County, Oregon, as 2006-022437 and subsequently assigned to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee for the holders of the First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-FF17 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-FF17 by Assignment recorded as 2013-005514, covering the following described real property situated in said county and state, to wit: Lot 138, Mont Claire Subdivision, Phase 6, Douglas County, Oregon. PROPERTY ADDRESS: 2571 Parkway Avenue Sutherlin, OR 97479 Both the beneficiary and the trustee have elected to sell the real property to satisfy the obligations secured by the trust deed and a notice of default has been recorded pursuant to Oregon Revised Statutes 86.752(3); the default for which the foreclosure is made is grantor’s failure to pay when due the following sums: monthly payments of $1,101.19 beginning 06/01/11 and $1,100.17 beginning 7/01/11; plus late charges of $0.00 each month beginning 06/16/11; plus prior accrued late charges of $0.00; plus advances of $3,461.85 that represent paid bankruptcy and foreclosure fees and costs, property inspections, preservation and property valuation; together with title expense, costs, trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees incurred herein by reason of said default; any further sums advanced by the beneficiary for the protection of the above described real property and its interest therein; and prepayment penalties/premiums, if applicable. By reason of said default the beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by the trust deed immediately due and payable, said sums being the following, to wit: $225,071.92 with interest thereon at the rate of 2 percent per annum beginning 05/01/11; plus late charges of $0.00 each month beginning 06/16/11 until paid; plus prior accrued late charges of $0.00; plus advances of $3,461.85 that represent paid bankruptcy and foreclosure fees and costs, property inspections, preservation and property valuation; together with title expense, costs, trustee’s fees and attorneys fees incurred herein by reason of said default; any further sums

advanced by the beneficiary for the protection of the above described real property and its interest therein; and prepayment penalties/premiums, if applicable. WHEREFORE, notice hereby is given that the undersigned trustee will on November 10, 2014 at the hour of 10:00 o’clock, A.M. in accord with the standard of time established by ORS 187.110, at the following place: inside the main lobby of the Douglas County Courthouse, 1036 SE Douglas, in the City of Roseburg, County of Douglas, State of Oregon, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash the interest in the described real property which the grantor had or had power to convey at the time of the execution by grantor of the trust deed, together with any interest which the grantor or grantor’s successors in interest acquired after the execution of the trust deed, to satisfy the foregoing obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including a reasonable charge by the trustee.

Notice is further given that for reinstatement or payoff quotes requested pursuant to ORS 86.786 and 86.789 must be timely communicated in a written request that complies with that statute addressed to the trustee’s “Urgent Request Desk” either by personal delivery to the trustee’s physical offices (call for address) or by first class, certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the trustee’s post office box address set forth in this notice. Due to potential conflicts with federal law, persons having no record legal or equitable interest in the subject property will only receive information concerning the lender’s estimated or actual bid. Lender bid information is also available at the trustee’s website, www.northwesttrustee.com. Notice is further given that any person named in ORS 86.778 has the right, at any time prior to five days before the date last set for the sale, to have this foreclosure proceeding dismissed and the trust deed reinstated by payment to the beneficiary of the entire amount then due (other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred) and by curing any other default complained of herein that is capable of being cured by tendering the performance required under the obligation or trust deed, and in addition to paying said sums or tendering the performance necessary to cure the default, by paying all costs and expenses actually incurred in enforcing the obligation and trust deed, together with trustee’s and attorney’s fees not exceeding the amounts provided by said ORS 86.778. Requests from persons named in ORS 86.778 for reinstatement quotes received less than six days prior to the date set for the trustee’s sale will be honored only at the discretion of the beneficiary or if required by the terms of the loan documents. In construing this notice, the singular includes the plural, the word “grantor” includes any successor in interest to the grantor as well as any other person owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by said trust deed, and the words “trustee” and “beneficiary” include their respective successors in interest, if any. The trustee’s rules of auction may be accessed at www.northwesttrustee.com and are incorporated by this reference. You may also access sale status at www.northwesttrustee.com and www.USA-Foreclosure.com. For further information, please contact: Kathy Taggart Northwest Trustee Services, Inc. P.O. Box 997 Bellevue, WA 98009-0997 425-586-1900 Cowdell, Jason C. & Lauri M. (TS# 7236.22988) 1002.211014-File No. PUBLISHED: The World- August 13, 20, 27 and September 03, 2014 (ID-20257319)

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Trying to force your opinions on others will slow things down and irritate your peers.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — If you deliver your ideas with confidence, your communication skills will impress your business associates. A trip will prove to be very enlightening, rendering a necessary decision easier to make.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — Make your own decisions.

Don’t let someone else’s opinion deter you from going where you need to go or doing what you want.

Keep an eye on your wallet and valuables.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Partnership worries will surface. Avoid getting into a battle of wills just because you don’t share the same ideas. Agree to meet halfway and respect each other’s decisions.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — Researching a matter that appeals to you will help broaden your knowledge. Work-related issues will turn in your favor. Be vocal with your ideas.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) — You are likely to hear complaints if you have been neglecting your chores. Get caught up in order to leave more time to explore your own interests.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — Have some laughs today. Take a trip someplace novel, or just get together with special friends. A good time free from worries will make you feel refreshed and ready to conquer the world.

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