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LOS ANGELES — Investigators sought to determine the cause of a fiery crash that killed “Fast & Furious” star Paul Walker while the actor’s fans erected a makeshift memorial Sunday near where the Porsche he was riding in smashed into a light pole and tree.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said speed was a factor in Saturday’s one-car crash, though it will take time to determine how fast the car was going.

Because Walker is so closely associated with the underground culture of street racing portrayed in the popular Paul Walker “Fast & Furious” film franchise, the fatal accident had an eerie quality — a tragic end for a Hollywood hero of speed.

The crash also killed Walker’s friend and financial adviser Roger Rodas, according to Walker’s publicist, Ame Van Iden. She said Walker was a passenger in the 2005 red Porsche Carrera GT when they drove away from a fundraiser in the community of Valencia, about 30 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles.

Sheriff’s deputies found the car engulfed in flames when they arrived at the site of the crash, near the fundraiser at Rodas’ sport car dealership. Officials have not identified either person found in the car.

Walker’s grandparents Paul Walker II and June Walker had lived in Coos County since the 1980s and North Bend since 1990.

The couple are both deceased, Paul Walker II, who was raised and educated in Coquille, died in April 2006 and June Walker passed away in September 2010.

On Sunday, fans of Walker, 40, gathered to leave flowers, candles and memorabilia from the action movies. His “Fast & Furious” co-

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North Bend’s new fire chief, Mark Meaker, looks at a leather fire helmet he has displayed in his office. Meaker received the helmet from the Sacramento Area Fire Fighters Local 522.

Fire chief arrives with experience; fresh outlook

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NORTH BEND — Mark Meaker is back doing the job he always dreamed of doing. He’s just doing it in a different place.

In 2010, after seven years at the helm of the Logan, Utah, fire department, Meaker decided it was time to retire from a lifetime of fighting fires. After becoming a firefighter in 1971, the now 60year-old worked his way through the ranks and ultimately served 13 years as a fire chief. The first six years were with the department in Elk Grove, Calif.

Admittedly a type-A personality, he says it only took a couple of years before retirement started to lose its appeal.

“I was just going nuts,” Meaker said. “So my wife said, ‘for crying out loud, go get a job.’”

Six months after that pep talk from his spouse, Meaker was at the North Bend Fire Department earlier this week, working on situating four decades worth of memorabilia in his new office.

He says that as he started searching for a new job he got some sage advice from an old friend from back in his California days. Ronny J. Coleman, former California state fire marshal, said that this time around he would be getting hired dependent upon finding a place that was the right

fit for both sides. It turned out to be exactly what happened, Meaker said, for him and the city of North Bend.

“I’m not a 10- or 15-year chief.

That’s not what North Bend needs,” he said. “They needed a good fire chief who’s very experienced, who knows how to build morale, and who knows how to mentor a team and then get out of the way and let that team meet their destiny and fulfill their potential.”

He says the department has people coming up through the system, like the assistant chief and some captains, who either weren’t ready or just didn’t want to be the fire chief yet. In five years though he expects they will all be ready to take that next step in their careers.

While mentoring those officers is one of his goals, he also faces two other primary challenges in this new job. One is working to overcome the funding shortage from the recent loss of the airport contract, which has led to a staffing shortage. The other challenge is working to boost morale while strengthening relationships in the community. But, Meaker says he has been pleasantly surprised to find that the pieces are in place to accomplish both of those tasks.

“The chief that was here before me has built a good fire

department. The people they have here are high quality people,” he said. “It’s well-equipped and there is pride of ownership.

You look at these facilities and this equipment — this is among the best maintained equipment and facilities that I’ve seen anywhere. So it is a fresh start.

“There is far more good about this fire department and its personnel than not. And the challenges, of which there are a few, in terms of rebuilding relationships with elected officials and even with the general community; we’ll meet those challenges.”

One of his core beliefs is that you have to build and maintain good relationships wherever you go. It is a belief that has served him well throughout the various stages of his 40-year career, and one he hopes to use to great effect in North Bend.

“This is hopefully going to be an important part of my life for the rest of my life,” Meaker said.

“I’m humbled by their willingness to hire me and I am greatly appreciative of the opportunity.”

Then he looked around at the memorabilia in his office and added: “How many times can you have four careers and they are all great?”

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include a yellow flashing left-turn arrow.

A similar signal has been in operation for several years at the Southwest Oregon Community College/Walmart intersection on Newmark in North Bend.

The thing motorists need to remember is that the flashing yellow arrow allows for left turns only when it is safe and when there are no oncoming vehicles, bikes or pedestrians.

“I would advise drivers to be careful, don’t take chances,” said

Verna Wood, North Bend Donald Posekany, Bandon Gary Stoneking, Coquille Cody Thom, Coos Bay

ODOT traffic engineer Ray Lapke.

“You don’t have to turn left when you have a flashing yellow arrow, but if it’s safe to do so, it’s a good opportunity to make a turn and not waste gas sitting there waiting.”

But, Lapke added, you also need to remain patient with drivers in front of you. “Don’t honk. The flashing arrow may be new to them.”

The yellow flashing arrows are used throughout Oregon and can also be found in Brookings, Grants Pass, Medford and Roseburg.

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NORTH BEND — Don’t let the new yellow turn lights on U.S. Highway 101 confuse you, proceed with caution. The Oregon Department of Transportation is alerting Bay Area drivers about some new traffic signals at three Highway 101 intersections that come complete with new turn arrows.

The new lights are part of ODOT’s year-long North Bend to Coos Bay Paving and Signals project that is nearing completion.

There are also new signals and poles that have gone up at four locations in North Bend: located at Virginia and Sherman (southbound U.S. Highway 101), Virginia and Sheridan (northbound U.S. 101), Florida and U.S. 101 and Virginia and Broadway. These new signals are all operational.

The potential confusion comes from three other new traffic signals on 101; at Lewis Street (near the Mill Casino), Newmark Street and at Koos Bay Boulevard (near Motel 6). The signal heads on those lights

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COQUILLE — Next year’s Coos County budget will be similar to this year’s, but there are a few changes being made before departmental presentations even start.

Expenditures are expected to remain much the same, according to Coos County Commissioner Melissa Cribbins.

Specifics were hard to determine, but commissioners had an initial meeting last week to discuss the budget.

“It’s too early to tell,” she said.

Last year’s numbers were $22.9 million in expenditures with about $19.8 million in available funds, leaving a $3 million gap. Commissioners balanced that budget with forestry reserves. Officials also began making cuts six years ago to try to avoid problems, but they still face a shortfall.

Commissioners may ask departments in the courthouse and annex to pay their own utilities next year. The maintenance department pays utilities now, but Cribbins said departments would see how much they were spending for their utilities. The maintenance department budget this year was $755,532, $130,000 of which was for utilities.

“It’s a first step for cost accounting,” she said.

They also may decide to give departments a percentage of the total cost, depending on size.

Instead of automatically approving department budgets from last year, they must account for each dollar, she said. They’ve asked all departments to put together an itemized list, which will be presented to the budget committee in March 2014.

“Departments must justify their spending,” Cribbins said.

Commissioners will begin meeting with department managers in December 2013 with a final budget for 2014-2015 finalized in June.

Financial contingency planning An item that won’t help next year’s budget, but may improve the 2015-2016 budget is the commissioner’s financial contingency plan.

Cribbins presented an outline last week, which commissioners Bob Main and John Sweet approved. It uses Oregon’s Kitchen Table website, which was put together by Portland State University and used in Curry County to help officials there gather public input.

Now that it has been approved, commissioners and their staff will begin identifying in December what to ask the public.

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Thefts & Mischief Nov. 30, 9:28 a.m., unlawful entry to a motor vehicle, 900 block of South Fourth Street.

COOS BAY POLICE DEPARTMENT Nov. 28, 6:34 a.m., burglary and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, 200 block of North Cammann Street.

Nov. 28, 7:15 p.m., theft, 1000 block of Bayshore Drive.

Nov. 28, 10:41 p.m., dispute, Newmark Avenue and North Cammann Street.

Nov. 29, 1:12 a.m., man arrested for domestic harassment and woman arrested for domestic menacing, 1000 block of Garfield Street.

Nov. 29, 5:21 a.m., burglary, 500 block of North Bayshore Drive.

Nov. 29, 7:10 a.m., injury accident, 1000 block of Newmark Avenue.

Nov. 29, 9:50 a.m., dispute, 1400 block of North Bayshore Drive.

Nov. 29, 12:48 p.m., forgery, 200 block of South Broadway Street.

Nov. 29, 6:08 p.m., dispute, 500 block of Schetter Avenue.

Nov. 29, 8:18 p.m., disorderly conduct, 900 block of South Broadway Street.

Nov. 29, 9:28 p.m., dispute, First Street and Johnson Avenue.

Nov. 29, 11:45 p.m., man arrested for probation violation, 800 block of South Broadway Street.

Nov. 30, 12:01 a.m., dispute, 900 block of Montgomery Avenue.

Nov. 30, 5:28 a.m., theft, 300 block of Ackerman Avenue.

Nov. 30, 10:19 a.m., dispute, 1400 block of North Bayshore Drive.

Nov. 30, 10:36 a.m., theft of cell phone, 800 block of South Broadway Street.

Nov. 30, 10:58 a.m., unlawful entry to a motor vehicle, 400 block of Hall Avenue.

Nov. 30, 1:44 p.m., dispute, 400 block of North Wasson Street.

Nov. 30, 2:52 p.m., fight, 800 block of South Front Street.

Nov. 30, 3:07 p.m., criminal mischief, Seventh Street and Bennett Street.

Nov. 30, 4:06 p.m., dispute, 400 block of Madison Street.

Nov. 30, 4:19 p.m., criminal trespass, 300 block of South Broadway Street.

Nov. 30, 4:30 p.m., criminal trespass, 1200 block of Newmark Avenue.

Nov. 30, 4:39 p.m., man arrested for second-degree criminal trespass, 1000 block of South Front Street.

Nov. 30, 8:03 p.m., dispute, South Wall Street and Michigan Avenue.

Nov. 30, 8:05 p.m., assault, 200 block of Kruse Avenue.

Nov. 30, 8:18 p.m., dispute, 100 block of Laclair Street.

Nov. 30, 9:33 p.m., man cited in lieu of custody for third-degree theft, Walmart.

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Nov. 30, 10:17 p.m., man arrested for violation of release agreement, 1100 block of South First Street.

Nov. 30, 11:13 p.m., criminal mischief, 1900 block of Newmark Avenue.

Nov. 30, 11:34 p.m., report of shots fired, 900 block of Commercial Street.

COOS COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE Nov. 29, 9:07 a.m., probation violation, 92000 block of Overland Lane, Coos Bay. Nov. 29, 12:34 p.m., unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, 63000 block of Crown Point Road, Coos Bay. Nov. 29,1:44 p.m., telephonic harassment, 92000 block of Cooley Lane, Coos Bay. Nov. 29, 1:47 p.m., criminal trespass, Lampa Lane, Coquille.

Nov. 29, 2:23 p.m., theft, 93000 block of Trillium Lane, Coos Bay. Nov. 29, 4:21 p.m., criminal trespass, 91000 block of Main Lane, Coquille.

Nov. 29, 10:48 p.m., assault, 63000 block of Flanagan Road, Coos Bay. Nov. 29, 11:34 p.m., shots fired, Spinreel Road, Lakeside.

COQUILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT Nov. 28, 10:30 a.m., man arrested for probation violation, state Highway 42S. Nov. 28, 3:03 p.m., criminal mischief, 100 block of East Fifth Street.

Nov. 28, 10:34 p.m., dispute, East First Street and North Folsom Street.

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Nov. 28, 5:08 a.m., fraud, 1400 block of Union Avenue.

Nov. 28, 5:54 a.m., fraud, 1400 block of Airport Way.

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Nov. 28, 8:34 a.m., criminal trespass, Coastal Harvest Indoor Yard Books Are Fun Sale 10 a.m.-5 2000 block of Broadway Avenue.

Sale 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Seventhp.m., Coquille Valley Hospital day Adventist Church gymnaNov. 28, 3:23 p.m., theft, 3200 block of physical therapy room, 940 sium, 10th and Elmira, BanTremont Avenue.

East Fifth St., Coquille. Great don. Bring non-perishable Nov. 28, 6:07 p.m., hit-and-run colliselection from leading pubfood item for raffle ticket. sion, 3300 block of Broadway lishers. 541 396-1062 Proceeds from sale benefit Avenue.

Coastal Harvest gleaning UDC Member Shopping Day 11 group. 541-347-1585 Nov. 29, 7:22 a.m., unlawful entry to a a.m.-4 p.m., Umpqua Discovmotor vehicle, 3200 block of Tremont ery Center, 409 Riverfront Annual Holiday Art Sale 10 Avenue.

Way, Reedsport. a.m.-4 p.m., SWOCC Eden Hall, 1988 Newmark Ave., Nov. 29, 9:21 a.m., weapons offense, Bread Booth and Ladies Night Coos Bay. One-of-a-kind art 900 block of Commercial Street. at Hennick’s noon-6 p.m., and pastries by OCCI stuHennick’s Home Center, Nov. 29, 10:37 a.m., criminal trespass, dents.

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Sponsored by the PresbyterHoliday Lights 4-9:30 p.m., Nov. 29, 10:56 a.m., recovered stolen ian Women of Bandon. ProShore Acres State Park, property, 1300 block of Virginia ceeds benefit local organiza89039 Cape Arago Highway, Avenue. tions. Ladies Night 4-6:30 Charleston. Refreshments and displays in the Garden p.m., Refreshments and Nov. 29, 12:19 p.m., assault, Colorado House. Parking is $5. Visit Street. prizes. www.shoreacres.net for the Nov. 29, 12:28 p.m., burglary, 2000 Holiday Lights 4-9:30 p.m., entertainment schedule. block of Public Square.

Shore Acres State Park, Shield’s Family Christmas Vil89039 Cape Arago Highway, Nov. 29, 3:26 p.m., dispute, 1100 block lage 6-10 p.m., Old Charleston. Refreshments of Clark Street.

Charleston School, 64065 and displays in the Garden Nov. 29, 4:47 p.m., theft, 1700 block of Seven Devils Road, House. Parking is $5. Visit Hamilton Avenue.

Charleston. 541-888-3268 www.shoreacres.net for the entertainment schedule.

Nov. 29, 5:09 p.m., unlawful entry to a SWOCC Symphonic Choir Conmotor vehicle, 1700 block of Virginia cert 7 p.m., Hales Center for Shield’s Family Christmas VilAvenue. the Performing Arts, 1988 lage 6-10 p.m., Old Newmark Ave., Coos Bay. Charleston School, 64065 Nov. 29, 9:55 p.m., dispute, 2000 block Under the direction of David Seven Devils Road, of Ohio Street.

Aakre. Free, but food donaCharleston. 541-888-3268 Nov. 29, 11:42 p.m., dispute, 3200 block tions for Van Jam and/or SWOCC Community Orchestra of Tremont Avenue. donations to the music Concert 7 p.m., Hales Center department appreciated.

Nov. 30, 10:43 a.m., theft of cell for the Performing Arts, 1988 phones, 1900 block of Meade Street.

Newmark Ave., Coos Bay. TUESDAY Nov. 30, 11:46 a.m., violation of court Under the direction of Mark order, Tremont Avenue and Clark Allen. Free, but food donaAnnual Holiday Art Sale 10 Street. tions for Van Jam and/or a.m.-4 p.m., SWOCC Eden donations to the music Hall, 1988 Newmark Ave., Nov. 30, 1:03 p.m., fight, 2100 block of department appreciated.

Coos Bay. One-of-a-kind art Everett Street.

Nov. 30, 6:02 p.m., theft, 1900 block of Madrona Street.

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Nov. 30, 8:04 p.m., criminal mischief, 1600 block of Virginia Avenue.

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“We looked at our options for closure with DEQ,” he said.

They hope to have an answer from the DEQ by next summer, said Cheryl Westgaard, business operations manager.

“It’s called financial assurance,” Westgaard said. “You have to have money set aside to make sure the sites are safe.

The county has been setting aside money for years, but it might not be enough in the worst case scenario.”

The Bandon site has been in closure mode for 12 years, but may need monitoring for up to 30 years. It will turn into forest again, Murray said.

He joked the forestry department may want to manage the land after the DEQ signs off on it.

“Joe Ney was voted the best landfill in the state,” Murray joked.

The reason was due to its views of the trees and mountains, he said. It was closed in 2009.

“It was at its capacity,” Murray said. “There was never a formal plan for it. It was a huge liability for the county. DEQ worked with the county to save thousands.”

Beaver Hill is still accepting e-waste, such as computers, as well as brush, wood, metal, paint, tires, and hazardous household goods. It is also taking plastic and glass bottles to be donated to Star of Hope, an organization for those with developmental disabilities.

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Steve Hossner and daughter Emily Hossner, 8, give a stuffed animal to 10-month-old Angel Damian during the 28th annual Community Thanksgiving Meal at St. Monica Catholic Church in Coos Bay. Hossner and his family drove from Spanaway, Wash., to Coos Bay to volunteer and give toys to children at St. Monica on Thanksgiving.

Dawn Crow, a volunteer from Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, serves food at a table Thursday at St. Monica Catholic Church in Coos Bay.

Volunteers welcome people in for the annual CommunityThanksgiving Meal.

Paper turkeys decorate the tables at St. Monica Catholic Church in Coos Bay for the 28th annual Community Thanksgiving Meal on Thursday. Students from Blossom Gulch Elementary School in Coos Bay made the decorations.

Ten-month-old Angel Damian plays and eats with his family Thursday at St. Monica Catholic Church.

Pies wait to be served at the 28th annual Community Thanksgiving Meal on Thursday.

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Obama resisting sag in polls For a guy whose presidency was supposed to be on life support, Barack Obama has certainly had a productive couple of weeks. With his poll numbers sinking toward George W. Bush territory — 53 percent in a recent CNN survey said he’s not a strong or decisive leader — Obama took bold action on two issues that dramatized the power of the presidency.

One was about getting Congress to act, the other about preventing World War III. But first, a few words about Obama’s political fortunes: With reports surfacing about great improvements in the healthcare.gov website’s performance, what many have described as the nadir of Obama’s presidency may prove a shortterm phenomenon.

Stone partisans aside, Americans want their presidents to succeed. With strong majorities saying they continue to like Obama personally, and to believe that he cares about people like them, he retains a reservoir of good will to sustain him until the positive effects of the Affordable Care Act become clearer.

However, if people doubt that Obama has the wherewithal to manage the gigantic enterprise that is the federal government, well no wonder. Like many intellectuals and nearly all writers — his “Dreams from My Father” is a real book, not a ghostwritten campaign bio — Obama confuses saying something with doing something. He also has a terrible time admitting error — another occupational trait, I assure you.

His failure to make sure that somebody with real-world management skills supervised the GENE healthcare.gov rollout is LYONS the most incomprehensible blunder of his presiColumnist dency. Had the site run properly, Obama’s ballyhooed “lie” about people keeping their insurance coverage — more of an opportunistic campaign exaggeration, actually — wouldn’t have caused a great ruckus, because most people whose insurance companies dumped them would have been mollified to learn that they’re getting a better deal.

People took Obama’s falsehood personally, unlike, say, George W. Bush’s deceptive assurances that he’d received “no warning” about 9/11, or his phony certitude about Saddam Hussein’s imaginary WMDs. That’s because nothing touches them more directly than health insurance.

Also, because it’s personal, they’re apt to forgive Obama when the law starts working for them. But slowly, one at a time, like the way they forgave Bill Clinton.

Most also see that if Obama has weaknesses, he also has formidable strengths.

Agreeing with Sen. Harry Reid to do away with Senate rules allowing Republicans to filibuster White House appointees took real political courage. Will Republicans retaliate when they get the chance? Probably.

And that would be worse than total congressional paralysis how?

Meanwhile, Washington Monthly’s Martin Longman noticed that even if it did nothing else, enhancing the president’s power to make executive appointments also gives him a freer hand to remove underperforming cabinet members like Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. Not that it’s Obama’s practice to seek scapegoats, but his seeming passivity during the healthcare.gov fiasco hasn’t helped him, either.

Longman also suspects that the GOP’s muted response to the Senate rule change — Minority Leader Mitch McConnell charged only that Democrats wanted to distract people from Obamacare — could indicate “that the Republicans are truly on another one of their Moby Dick adventures, like Whitewater, like the White House Travel Office, like Vince Foster, like l’affaire Lewinsky, like Saddam’s WMD, like Fast and Furious, like Solyndra, like the New Black Panther Party, like Benghazi, and like the most recent government shutdown.”

It’s a dumb strategy: If Obamacare fails, it fails. If not, what have they got?

This brings us to the remarkable diplomatic breakthrough with Iran: potentially the Middle Eastern equivalent of the fall of the Berlin Wall. If you’ve heeded Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and his chorus of American neoconservatives, Iran has been three months away from acquiring nuclear weapons for the past 20 years.

And yet, despite the odiousness of its theocratic regime, this still hasn’t happened. Under its new president, Iran has agreed to shut down the centrifuges and submit to inspections in exchange for reduced sanctions. The Netanyahu chorus invokes Chamberlain at Munich, basically the only song they know how to sing.

But President Obama grasps one big thing: The U.S. and its allies are exponentially more powerful than Iran. Worst case, he gets embarrassed and Iran goes back to furtively building nukes — except more isolated now than ever.

If Obama’s willing to risk it, then we should be, too.

Thanksgiving and Obamacare don’t mix When Thanksgiving 2013 is over, will Americans remember it as the holiday when the Obama administration bodysnatched their friends and family and turned them into Obamacare robots?

Maybe it happened to your own loved ones. Maybe Cousin Sue brought her favorite cranberry Jell-O mayonnaise salad, but when she opened her mouth, she sounded like Jay Carney on a roll. As for Uncle Al, there’s a reason he kept asking “Have you thought about signing up for health insurance on the new marketplace?” every time it was your turn at Scrabble.

BarackObama.com told them to.

Turning Thanksgiving into Obamacaring was clearly the Big-Brotherly goal of a disturbing project launched by the president’s campaign website, now known as Organization for Change (OFA). Entitled “Health Care for the Holidays,” this OFA spinoff provides a “sign-up

checklist” to take along to grandmother’s house (bring W-2s and pay stubs along with those sweet potatoes). It offers “con- DIANA v e r s a t i o n WEST tips” that include such Columnist i c e b rea ke rs as, “When do you plan on signing up?”

I wonder how many unsuspecting Americans ushered a nephew or niece into the living room to catch up and reconnect, only to be started on “early” by their own little Affordable Care Actor. Maybe it began with conversation tip no. 2: “Would you like to take some time with me to sign up right now?”

This is what counts for quality time in Obamaworld. But is this just ham-fisted politicking on a historic, national day of

thanksgiving? “It strikes me as something insidious, a vector of government propaganda more reminiscent of something out of Mao’s Great Leap Forward than anything ever imagined at Plymouth Rock.

What sort of political movement dares to launch a program to prep and program followers to turn the holiday table into a political forum? Is it a movement that respects the sanctity of home and hearth? Hardly.

Home and hearth are just new hustings to exploit. The politician who seeks to turn Thanksgiving into a flak-session for redistributing wealth via nationalizing medicine is a politician who sees nothing sacred about the day Americans set aside to give thanks for God and country, liberty and bounty — also family, football and recreation. He sees only another untapped opportunity to extend his reach to achieve his will.

That’s sinister.

There’s no way of knowing

how many Americans have looked at “Health Care for the Holidays” and recognized something very creepy and invasive.

Nor is there any way of knowing how many other Americans fell into lockstep with the perpetual Obama campaign team at Organizing for America and propagandized their loved ones over pumpkin pie. “Take advantage of downtime after meals or between holiday activities to start your talk,” the Obama campaign site urges. Did any of us actually oblige?

“Be persistent, but keep it positive,” OFA advises. “Tell them you care about their health ...”

Why not? The president does, and the ends justify the means in Obama’s America, where health care is a Trojan horse for redistributing wealth and expanding Democrat voter rolls. In other words, the whole thing reeks.

Can’t wait to see what they have in store for Christmas.

Letters to the Editor Be cautious with eminent domain Government of the people by the people and for the people is dependent on faith in our beliefs. Our storied history is filled with accounts of people who answered the challenge and carried the day because they had faith in their convictions. We believe in the accounts of their heroism because we have faith in the sacrifices they made because our government is of the people by the people and for the people.

Our faith in our government is being challenged by the use of eminent domain by our govern-

ment in the Jordan Cove Natural Gas Export Facility to take the land for the pipeline right-ofway to export natural gas for the benefit of a foreign corporation for a product (natural gas) sold for the benefit of foreign countries. The use of eminent domain should be the court of last resort.

Tough standards should apply before it is granted, and then treble damages three times the “market value” should be awarded for the taking of property.

Our government then uses the argument that the property at Jordan Cove is private property zoned as an enterprise zone for

industrial use. An enterprise zone offers tax concessions to the companies that relocate their companies or facilities to the enterprise zone.

The property taxes paid by the foreign company are the only public benefit that the residents of Coos County will receive from the natural gas export facility at Jordan Cove. In summary, the government condemns private property for the benefit of foreign companies to build a natural gas pipeline to the company’s 500-acre private property facility at Jordan Cove for export to foreign countries, while condemning and sacrificing the pri-

vate property rights of our neighbors, people just like you and I. William Lackner Newport

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BY JOSEPH T. MORGAN, M.D. It was gratifying to see so many members of the community turn out for Sen. Wyden’s Town Hall meeting Nov. 24, and thank you, Chelsea Davis, for your balanced coverage of the meeting as published in The World the following day. I was distressed by the lack of courtesy shown by some in the audience when opinions they disagreed with were expressed.

Sen. Wyden commendably stated the position that he wanted the LNG terminal to receive fair and balanced consideration and to be understood. I agree, but that said,there are some points worthy of further comment.

The originally proposed LNG expert terminal had submitted to the DEQ figures for a total or approximately 800 tons per year of total airborne emissions, including oxides of nitrogen, oxides of sulfur, volatile organic compounds, and fine particulates from the plant and from the tankers and service vessels entering and leaving the bay. These are all harmful air pollutants. While permitting requests are incomplete at this time, according to information I received Nov.22,the DEQ anticipates that about the same total from the proposed LNG export facility. In addition, another 2.2 million tons per year of greenhouse gases will be discharged, primarily from the gasfired electrical generating plant, which would be built to supply power for the LNG terminal.

Your Views Jordan Cove is directly up wind from North Bend and Coos Bay for much of the year. The wind will not dilute and dissipate these toxic air pollutants sufficiently to mitigate the fact that we all will be breathing them. I fully expect that there would be a significant exposure to Coquille and possibly Myrtle Point. Those at greatest risk are the very young, the elderly and those with chronic illnesses, especially asthma, COPD, heart disease and sinus problems.

There wouldn’t be a body count in weeks or even months, but some especially susceptible individuals may develop problems early on.

For others, it may take years or even a couple of decades. But I am not exaggerating when I say that there will, sooner or later, be a price to pay. I have already spent too many years dealing with these types of illnesses to want to have more cases which can be avoided in the community.

Sen. Wyden made the statement that natural gas is 50 percent cleaner than coal-fired powered plants. I’m sure this is true, but, with all due respect, it is not a fair comparison. It is like asking us if we want 800 tons of air pollutants from a gas installation or 1,600 tons from a coal-fired facility. I firmly believe the correct answer,

for the sake of everyone’s health,is neither. Methane is also mentioned a number of times as if it were something apart from or incidental to producing liquefied natural gas, and I am not sure if I completely understood the point or the context. Methane, CH4, is natural gas, or at least it is the main constituent of natural gas.

Our pristine environment and especially our clean air are major attractions. It was stated that retirement is one of our major industries, along with tourism. It would have a negative effect on our economy if we are less attractive to tourists. Retirees often seek out this area to escape from urban air pollution. This is a very important consideration for those with the illnesses mentioned above. It has been shown that one retiree family has the economic impact on a community of 3.2 to 3.4 industrial family wage jobs. If we discourage new retirees from coming here, and if some already here find it necessary to move because of aggravated illnesses, it could easily offset the number of permanent employees at the LNG terminal. Many others who live here and have no immediate health problems would be a long term risk.

We are looking at a worsening

physician shortage in the Bay Area, and I have talked to many individuals who are currently having a great deal of difficulty finding a primary physician.

Recruiting and retaining good physicians has been a problem for at least two decades, and it has been much more acute in the last five years. At the same time LNG export terminal was first proposed, two different physicians who had recently come into the community told me that if they had known of even the possibility that such a terminal might be built,they would have not considered moving to the Bay Area. If the terminal is actually built, it will make physician recruitment even more difficult than it is now.

While efforts to site the LNG terminal in the Bay Area are, I am sure, well intentioned, it is a very ill-advised project for the overall stability and well-being of the area.

Joseph T. Morgan, M.D., a physician with Bay Clinic, LLP, since 1966, has practiced medicine for 50 years, specializing exclusively in adult and pediatric allergy and environmental medicine since 2003. Among his credentials, he is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics and the American Board of Environmental Medicine; is a member and past president of medical staff at Bay Area Hospital; and is fellow emeritus of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology.

Monday, December 2,2013 • The World • A5

State and Nation Compassionate friends help parents cope with their loss DEAR ABBY: My little girl was born with a heart defect.

She made it through the first heart surgery, but passed away a week later right in front of me while the doctors and nurses tried to save her.

As the date of her death gets closer, I am becoming more and more depressed.

How can I remember her and share my memories in a good way when all I want to do is stay in bed and cry? — HEARTBROKEN MOMMY IN NORTH CAROLINA DEAR MOMMY: I am so sorry for your loss. A way to remember your little girl and share those memories would be to contact a group called The Compassionate DEAR Friends.It’s a national self-help support organization for families grieving the death of a child and was started to help famiJEANNE PHILLIPS lies cope with the loss of children of any age and from any cause.

It sponsors a worldwide candle lighting on the second Sunday of December each year. The event is held at 7 p.m. local time and lasts for one hour. Services are also held throughout the day in hundreds of locations in all 50 states and Washington, D.C., as well as in other countries around the world.

You can post a memorial message for your daughter in the online memorial book.

To locate a service near you and learn more about the work this organization does and what it offers, visit www.compassionatefriends.org, or call toll-free 877-969-0010. This is a valuable resource for anyone who has lost a child.

DEAR ABBY: I recently went on a business trip that required me to share meals with my co-workers. I became the target of criticism from them over my eating habits because I like to eat my dessert first. It doesn’t keep me from eating the rest of the meal; I just do it in a different order than most people.

When the subject came up,I tried to explain that because I wasn’t allowed to do it as a child, I swore that when I was an adult, I’d eat my food in any order I wanted.But lately,it has failed to diffuse the tension.

I don’t think I’m being rude.

I do this only at restaurants where it’s possible to order dessert at the same time as the meal.I’d never do it when I’m a guest in someone’s home.

Do you think I’m being rude? Should I eat in a more conventional way to avoid flak from people I’m dining with? — SWEET TOOTH IN COLORADO DEAR SWEET TOOTH: I’m not your mother, so I’ll refrain from lecturing you about the empty calories you consume, which reduce your appetite for the healthy food you “should” be eating at mealtime. And yes, I do think what you’re doing is rude because it is obviously making your eating companions uncomfortable, or you wouldn’t be getting flak along with your dessert.

DEAR ABBY: After 31 years of marriage, my wife and I have split up. We love each other, but after the kids moved out we realized we have little in common.

What is an appropriate Christmas gift for an ex-wife?

We are on friendly terms and will probably spend the holidays together with our children. I don’t want to give a gift that will offend or encourage her. — FREE MAN IN PENNSYLVANIA DEAR FREE MAN: How about a gift card from her favorite store, or a lovely scarf or colorful shawl, or if she has a hobby, something to do with it? None of them would send the wrong message.

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren , also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Write Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

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Root rot threatens nation’s traditional Christmas fir trees

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House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, left, R-Wis., accompanied by Senate Budget Committee Chair Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., speaks Oct. 17 on Capitol Hill in Washington where they outlined their approach to tackling the nation’s debt problems.

Blue ribbon panels stumble on trimming red ink WASHINGTON (AP) — Since the end of World War II, more than a dozen highprofile bipartisan panels have been convened to tackle the nation’s thorniest fiscal problems. Seldom have their recommendations spurred congressional action.

Their ambitious, highoctane reports and recommendations are mostly gathering dust on government shelves.

Right now, congressional negotiators are struggling with a way to head off another looming government shutdown and debt ceiling crisis that could strike early next year. A 29-member bipartisan panel faces a Dec. 13 deadline and daunting odds.

History is not on its side.

A bipartisan “supercommittee” tasked with finding ways to cut the federal deficit by at least $1.2 trillion over 10 years crashed, burned and expired in November 2011.

“We end this process united in our belief that the nation’s fiscal crisis must be addressed and that we cannot leave it for the next generation to solve,” its leaders, Rep. Jeb Hensarling, RTexas, and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., said in a joint

statement of frustration.

A 2010-11 deficit-reduction panel led by former Sen. Alan Simpson, R-Wyo., and Democrat Erskine Bowles, a former chief of staff to President Bill Clinton, produced a comprehensive deficit-cutting plan that was widely praised but mostly ignored, even by President Barack Obama, who created the group.

Simpson called the plan “the only one that irritates everybody” and therefore “the only one that will work.”

Proposing a batch of highly detailed government spending cuts and tax increases, the recommendations won many bipartisan plaudits, but little support from either party.

It failed, Simpson later suggested, because Democratic and Republican lawmakers alike “all worship the god of re-election.”

The Grace Commission was created in 1982 by President Ronald Reagan to go after waste and inefficiency in the federal government.

Headed by businessman J. Peter Grace, the commission produced hefty recommendations it claimed would save the government $424 billion over three years. Rea-

gan and Congress largely ignored its report.

One of the few special panels generally hailed as a success is the 1981-83 Social Security commission chaired

by Republican economist Alan Greenspan, who later served for 19 years as Federal Reserve chairman under four different presidents. His panel is credited widely with rescuing the old-age benefit program from insolvency.

It recommended an increase in the Social Security payroll tax, trimming some benefits, especially for younger retirees, and gradually raising the retirement age for full benefits. For once, Congress went along. But it was hardly a smooth ride.

The panel quickly deadlocked, with Democrats opposing benefit cuts and Republicans opposing higher Social Security taxes. It came up with its big fix only after the direct, heavy intervention by Reagan and House Speaker Thomas P. O’Neill, D-Mass.

The 29-member budget conference committee is trying to head off repeat twin fiscal crises like last month’s government shutdown and debt-ceiling battles.

Record shopping crowds over weekend, but spending declined NEW YORK (AP) — Retailers got Americans into stores during the start to the holiday shopping season. Now, they’ll need to figure out how to get them to actually shop.

Target, Macy’s and other retailers offered holiday discounts in early November and opened stores on Thanksgiving Day. It was an

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effort to attract shoppers before Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving that traditionally kicks off the holiday shopping season.

Those tactics drew bigger crowds during the four-day Thanksgiving weekend, but failed to motivate Americans to spend.

“The economy spoke loud and clear over the past few days,” said Brian Sozzi, CEO and chief equities strategist at Belus Capital Advisors.

“We are going to see an increase in markdowns.”

A record 141 million people were expected to shop in stores and online over the four-day period that ended on Sunday, up from last year’s 137 million, according to the results of a survey of nearly 4,500 shoppers conducted for The National Retail Federation.

But total spending was expected to fall for the first time ever since the trade group began tracking it in 2006, according to the survey that was released on Sunday afternoon. Over the four days,

spending fell an estimated 2.9 percent to $57.4 billion.

Shoppers, on average, were expected to spend $407.02 during the four days, down 3.9 percent from last year. That would be the first decline since the 2009 holiday shopping season when the economy was just coming out of the recession.

The survey underscores the challenges stores have faced since the recession began in late 2007. Retailers had to offer deeper discounts to get people to shop during the downturn, but Americans still expect those “70 percent off” signs now during the recovery.

And stores may have only exacerbated that expectation this year. By offering bargains earlier in the season, it seems they’ve created a vicious cycle in which they’ll need to constantly offer bigger sales.

Shoppers who took advantage of “holiday” deals before Thanksgiving may have deal fatigue and are cautious about buying anything else unless it’s heavily discounted.

BAKERSVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Jeff Pollard trudged up the steep slope and stopped at a desiccated, rust-brown tree.

Two months earlier, workers had tagged this Fraser fir as ready for market.

It was going to be someone’s Christmas tree. And now it was dead.

“Never get paid back for this tree,” he said with a shrug. “Eleven years of work — gone.”

The culprit: Phytophthora root rot, a water mold that, once in the soil, makes it unfit for production.

Pollard has been growing Fraser fir in these western North Carolina mountains for nearly 40 years. To him, it’s “the ultimate tree.”

But this persistent problem has him looking to a species from the birthplace of old Saint Nicholas himself for a possible alternative.

And he’s not alone.

Growers in Oregon, the nation’s No. 1 Christmas tree producer, have been experimenting with the Turkish fir for more than 30 years. That species and the Nordmann fir, also native to Eurasia, have shown promising resistance to root rot.

“Phytophthora is a problem in most areas where true firs ... are grown,” said Gary A. Chastagner, a plant pathologist and extension specialist at Washington State University. “It’s a national problem.”

Oregon leads the nation in Christmas tree production,

with nearly 7 million harvested in 2007, the latest figures available from the National Christmas Tree Association. North Carolina was a distant second, with around 3.1 million trees cut.

One study estimated the potential losses to Oregon’s nursery and Christmas tree industries of up to $304 million a year if Phytophthora is not properly contained. Douglas and Noble fir are the dominant holiday tree species in the Pacific Northwest.

In North Carolina, the No. 2 producer, it costs farmers up to $6 million a year, said John Frampton, a Christmas tree geneticist at North Carolina State University in Raleigh.

To date, no fungicide has proven effective to control Phytophthora on Christmas tree plantations. So once it’s in the soil, that’s it.

Pollard, who grows about 130,000 trees on several western North Carolina farms, said Phytophthora set in after Hurricane Fran in 1996 and got worse following 2004’s Hurricane Ivan. He’s lost about a quarter of his trees over the past six seasons, and the state rated the mortality on some of his stands at up to 80 percent.

“They’ll be good for growing grass,” he said as he stood overlooking several barren hilltop fields recently.

Researchers at Washington State and several other universities are hoping to unlock the secrets to some species’ rot resistance.

Gov’t diagnosis: HealthCare.gov on the mend WASHINGTON (AP) — Computer crashes should be giving way to insurance coverage — if the government’s diagnosis of its health care website is correct.

The Health and Human Department Services released a progress report Sunday on its effort get the troubled HealthCare.gov website on the mend.

Administration officials said the worst of the online glitches, bugs and delays may be over.

“The bottom line — HealthCare.gov on Dec. 1 is night and day from where it was on Oct. 1,” said Jeff Zients, the White House’s troubleshooter tasked with making the website function properly.

Yet officials acknowledged more work remains on the website, which made its national debut two months ago with hundreds of software flaws, inadequate equipment and inefficient management. Federal workers and private contractors have undertaken an intense reworking of the system, but some users might still encounter trouble.

How many problems are left? That’s the question consumers and lawmakers alike will be eying before the next crucial deadline: Dec. 23.

That date is likely to be the

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But, he added, HealthCare.gov is clearly working better than when it first went online. Its challenge now is to convince users who were frustrated during their first visit to give it another chance.

HealthCare.gov was envisioned as the principal place for people in 36 states to buy insurance under President Barack Obama’s health care law. But its first few weeks werean embarrassment for the administration and its allies.

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Plan is not a fourletter word A friend — I’ll call her Sally — in her early thirties moved from Arizona to Florida in search of a better job and a new life. Not that many months later, she decided a change of scenery wasn’t the solution she thought it would be and moved back.

She decided that what she really wanted was to settle down and buy a house.

She’d had surgery the year before, and thanks to some poor choices during employee benefits enrollment, she’d had to EVERYDAY pay a big CHEAPSKATE share of the bill.

T h e recovery was easy; the doctor and hospital bills were not.

Back Mary i n Arizona, Hunt she was working two jobs just to make a dent in the medical bills, not to mention her rent, credit-card debt and car loan. For some reason I have never quite understood, she thought it was time to take on a mortgage.

To jumpstart her dream, Sally packed up her belongings and moved again, but this time into the basement of some friends for a hundred bucks a month. It wasn’t the ideal housing arrangement for a thirty-something professional, but it helped her overcome the obstacles blocking her way to her dream of home ownership.

She lived cheaply, all while diligently paying down her debt and putting cash in the bank for a down payment.

Two and a half years later — ironically on April Fool’s Day — she was pre-approved for a mortgage. Two months later she took possession of a quaint starter home.

That’s what financial planning is all about. You have a goal, and then you do whatever it takes to make it happen. Given her situation, two and a half years was a remarkably short season of hard work in order to realize her dream. There were sacrifices, but that's nothing unusual for a first time homebuyer.

Affordability and availability prompted Sally to buy a house in an entirely different city than she had originally planned, but doing so cut her commute to work in half. She also chose an adjustable rate mortgage with a lower introductory interest rate in hopes of landing a better house. In her excitement, she forgot the “introductory” part and got a big surprise when her rate jumped a year later, pushing her mortgage payment up more than $200.

That increase presented her with yet another financial planning opportunity.

But Sally also picked up a few planning tools that will help her make the next goal happen. Perhaps they’re tools you could put to work as you consider your own dreams: ■ Write it down. No matter how goofy it sounds, write down your goal. You have to own it for a goal to have any chance of being reached.

■ Be positive. Don’t go wishy-washy by saying, “I hope I can buy a house,” or “I’d love to pay off my debt.”

Instead, make it “I will buy a house,” “I will pay off my credit-card debt.”

Set a date. Unless you have a deadline, you won’t accomplish the goal. Just be reasonable and don’t be too hard on yourself if you miss your deadline.

■ Stay focused. Keep visual reminders around that will keep you thinkingabout your goal. Create a chart that will let you see when you meet interim goals along the way so you can adequately evaluate your progress. Celebrate lightly, and then keep going.

Even now, Sally tells me that when she is tempted to charge up the cards and fall back into her old ways, she forces herself to recall the cold, damp floor of her friends’ basement.

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Nation and World Thai leader says protesters’ demands impossible to meet

Probe in NYC train crash; 4 dead NEW YORK (AP) — Two data recorders retrieved from the commuter train that derailed while rounding a riverside curve, killing four people and injuring dozens, may provide information on the speed of the train, how The Associated Press the brakes were applied and First responders gather at the derailment of a Metro North passenger train in the Bronx borough of New York the throttle setting, a member of the National Trans- on Sunday. portation Safety Board said Monday. at a central location. being provided. However, bend in the Bronx where the The NTSB was downloadThe engineer was identi- Metro-North Railroad Hudson and Harlem rivers ing data from a recorder pre- fied as William Rockefeller, spokesman Aaron Donovan meet. The speed limit on the viously found in the rear according to two officials said no major delays were curve is 30 mph, compared locomotive in the train that familiar with investigation reported during the early part with 70 mph in the area derailed Sunday in New York. who spoke to The Associated of the rush hour. approaching it, Weener said.

A second recorder was found Press on condition of “We’d like to get service up The agency said it would in the front car of the train anonymity because they toward the end of the week,” consider whether excessive speed, mechanical problems and has been sent to Wash- weren’t authorized to speak Gov. Andrew Cuomo said.

About 150 people were on or human error played a role ington for analysis, board publicly.

Workers were using giant board when the train derailed in the crash. member Earl Weener said.

Cuomo said on NBC’s Weener said investigators cranes to right the toppled Sunday morning on Metrohave already had some suc- rail cars and clear the wreck- North’s Hudson line. About “Today” show that he thinks cess in retrieving data, but age Monday morning. Five 60 were injured. Mayor speed will turn out to be a the information has to be passenger cars and the loco- Michael Bloomberg said 11 factor. The governor, speakvalidated before it’s made motive were back on the patients initially in critical ing from the crash site for a condition did not appear to second day, said other possipublic. Investigators plan to tracks by around 9:30 a.m.

Officials warned the have life-threatening injuries. ble factors ranged from conduct interviews Monday The NTSB said its investi- equipment failure and operaor Tuesday with the engineer 26,000 weekday riders on the and conductor, Weener said. affected line of the nation’s gators could spend up to 10 tor failure to a track problem.

“It was actually much He also said clues could be second-biggest commuter days probing all aspects of the found from a signaling sys- railroad to brace for crowded accident that toppled seven worse than it looked,” tem operated by dispatchers trains; shuttle buses were cars and the locomotive at a Cuomo said.

BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s prime minister said Monday she is willing to do anything it takes to end violent protests against her government and restore peace, but cannot accept the opposition’s “unconstitutional” demand to hand power to an unelected council.

The protests aimed at toppling Yingluck’s government have renewed fears of prolonged instability in one of Southeast Asia’s biggest economies.

NTSB officials examine Alaska crash wreckage

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Federal investigators on Sunday started documenting the wreckage of a plane crash in remote southwest Alaska that killed four people and injured six Friday night.

Investigators will be at the site for at least a day, possibly two, collecting evidence and interviewing witnesses, Johnson said. Another NTSB investigator in Anchorage also is hoping to interview survivors of the crash, he said.

The Hageland Aviation Cessna 208 crashed at around 6:30 p.m. Friday four miles from Saint Marys.It left Bethel on a scheduled flight for Mountain Village and eventually Saint Marys but never reached Mountain Village.

At about 7 p.m. Friday, one of the survivors, Melanie Coffee, also made a frantic call for help resuscitating her 5-month-old baby, then um — the highest level acknowledged by walked nearly a mile to lead Tehran — by either diluting its strength searchers hampered by cold and fog to the crash site. or converting it to fuel for research reactors, which produced isotopes for med- Pilot use of automation ical treatments and other civilian use. eyed in air crashes Iran says its nuclear program is for WASHINGTON (AP) — peaceful purposes. Western powers fear Pilots are becoming so Iran could use its nuclear program to reliant on the computer sysmake atomic weapons. tems that do most of the flyIran’s only nuclear power plant, near ing in today’s airliners that the southern port of Bushehr, produces on the rare occasions when some 1,000 megawatts of electricity. The something goes wrong, plant came online with help from Russia, they’re sometimes unprewhich will provide fuel for it through 2021. pared to take control,

Report: Iran needs more nuke power plants TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s nuclear chief said Sunday that the Islamic Republic needs more nuclear power plants, the country’s official news agency reported, just after it struck a deal regarding its contested nuclear program with world powers.

Ali Akbar Salehi said the additional nuclear power would help the country reduce its carbon emissions and its consumption of oil, IRNA reported. He said Iran should produce 150 tons of nuclear fuel to supply five nuclear power plants.

“We should take required action for

building power plants for 20,000 megawatts of electricity” in the long term, Salehi said.

The comments come after Iran agreed to freeze part of its nuclear program in return for Western powers easing crippling economic sanctions.

The deal requires Iran to cap its uranium enrichment level at 5 percent, far below the 90 percent threshold needed for a warhead. That 5 percent uranium can be used at nuclear power plants.

Iran also pledged to “neutralize” its stockpile of 20 percent enriched urani-

Egyptian police clear protesters of new law CAIRO (AP) — Police fired tear gas to drive hundreds of supporters of Egypt’s ousted Islamist president from Cairo’s famed Tahrir Square on Sunday, as a panel tasked with amending the constitution adopted during his time in office agreed on changes to the text.

The 50-member panel revising the Islamist-tilted charter adopted under former President Mohammed Morsi managed to resolve its differences after two days of clause-by-clause voting on the final draft.

The text gives women and Christians “suitable representation” but says a future law must decide the details. It also calls for elections, either parliamentary or presidential, within 90 days after the

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Increasing automation has been a tremendous safety boon to aviation, contributing to historically low accident rates in the U.S. and many parts of the world.

But automation has changed the relationship between pilots and planes, presenting new challenges.

Winter weather moving into Oregon PORTLAND (AP) — The National Weather Service says a cold front is moving through Oregon Monday with gusty winds, rain and snow in the mountains.

Forecasters say drivers on U.S. Highways 20 and 26 should expect snow Monday in the passes. A rain-snow mix is possible Monday night in the western Oregon valleys but with little or no accumulation.

Forecasters say low temperatures this week in parts of southern and eastern Oregon will be in the single digits.

4 too-low rail tunnels in S. Ore. to be enlarged GLENDALE (AP) — State lottery proceeds of up to $4.56 million have been pledged to a project to enlarge four railroad tunnels so modern freight cars can transport wood products from Southern Oregon mills on the Central Oregon & Pacific Railroad.

The four vintage tunnels in the Glendale area don’t have enough vertical clearance for modern highcapacity freight cars, the Grants Pass Daily Courier reports. They’re wide enough, just not high enough, and the shorter cars that fit through are rapidly being retired from service.

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Riot police form a cordon as they disperse a demonstration in Alexandria, Egypt, on Monday. Riot police fired tear and chased dozens of rights activists and protesters demanding abolishing a new law that extensively restricted the right to hold a protest, imposing fines and jail terms on violators. draft constitution is adopted.

The other election should be held up to six months later.

The new charter would require future presidents to declare their financial assets annually, and allows lawmakers to vote out an elected president and call for early elections if they have a twothirds majority.

Members agreed that a contentious proposed article allowing military tribunals for civilians would be scaled

back, allowing them only in case of direct attack on military personnel or assets.

Rights activists had previously objected to the military’s trial of some 10,000 civilians when it ran the country during the 17 months after Egypt’s 2011 revolt that ousted longtime autocrat Hosni Mubarak.

The document is now to be handed over to interim President Adly Mansour, who has a month to call for a nationwide referendum on it.

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Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 46. North wind 7 to 10 mph.

Tuesday Night: Patchy freezing fog. Partly cloudy, with a low around 29. Northeast wind 7 to 9 mph.

Wednesday: Patchy freezing fog. Mostly sunny, with a high near 42. East northeast wind around 8 mph.

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Tuesday: A 20 percent chance of snow showers.

Mostly sunny, with a high near 38. Calm wind.

Tuesday Night: Patchy freezing fog. Partly cloudy, with a low around 23. Calm wind.

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WALKER Continued from Page A1 star Tyrese Gibson broke down when he visited the crash site.

“Paul is the heartbeat of this franchise and we’re gonna see to it that his energy and presence lives on forever,” Gibson later posted on his Instagram account. He also posted a video of the film cast and crew recently celebrating Walker’s birthday.

Sheriff’s deputy Peter Gomez said investigators are working to determine how fast the car was traveling and what caused it to go out of control, including whether the driver was distracted or something in the road prompted him to swerve.

After the Porsche crashed into a light pole and tree, it burst into flames. The downed light pole had a speed limit sign of 45 mph.

Walker rode the “Fast & Furious” franchise to fame, starring in all but one of the six action blockbusters, beginning with the first film in 2001. He had been on break from shooting the seventh installment; production began in September and while much of the film has been shot, it’s incomplete.

Universal Pictures has not said what it plans to do with “Fast & Furious 7,” which currently is slated for release in July.

Walker and Rodas had thrown a fundraiser benefiting victims of the recent typhoon in the Philippines.

The event was held by Reach Out Worldwide, a charity Walker founded in 2010 to aid victims of natural disasters.

The fundraiser and toy

COUNTY Continued from Page A1 which cuts to the budget should be made first. It can be broken down by ZIP code and makes it relatively easy to determine peoples’ priorities, Cribbins said.

Commissioners hope to have gathered the public’s input through the site by March 1. They hope to have the parameters of the plan by May 1, with a draft of it by June 1.

drive took place at Rodas’ custom car shop, Always Evolving, in an area of warehouses and office parks.

Rodas, 38, and Walker coowned an auto racing team.

Rodas competed in 10 Pirelli World Challenge GTS races this year, the racing organization said in a statement.

Attendees rushed to the crash, which was nearby but out of sight, to try to put out the flames with fire extinguishers.

One attendee of the event, Jim Torp, said he heard the loud sound of a car’s engine revving and then an explosion. Walker and Rodas planned a quick ride, Torp said.

“The last words Paul said to anybody were, ‘Hey, I’ll be back in five minutes. All right?’ And that was it,” according to Torp.

Torp said Rodas had a young son, whom he tried to stop from running to the accident scene, but could not catch him in time.

Walker left behind two completed films. He stars in the upcoming Hurricane Katrina drama “Hours,” which Lionsgate’s Pantelion Films is to release Dec. 13. He also stars in “Brick Mansions,” a remake of the French action film “District B13” that Relativity plans to release next year.

His “Fast & Furious” costars reacted in shock the actor’s death. Vin Diesel posted a photograph of him and Walker arm-in-arm on Instagram with the message: “I am absolutely speechless.”

Lucadris said on Twitter: “Wherever you blessed your presence you always left a mark, we were like brothers.”

Walker is survived by his 15-year-old daughter.

Then, the public’s opinion on the draft by Sept. 1. Commissioners will hold town halls in every city and place the draft on the county’s website.

The projected final draft will be made by Nov. 1.

“We want to get as much public input as we can,” Cribbins said.

Reporter Emily Thornton can be reached at 541-2691222, ext. 249 or at emily.thornton@theworldlink.com or on Twitter: @EmilyK_Thornton.

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Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 39. East northeast wind 5 to 8 mph.

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Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 33. East wind 9 to 13 mph.

North Coast Tonight: A 40 percent chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 36.

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Tuesday: A 30 percent chance of snow showers.

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Portals replacing security officers SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Now you have to pass through security to leave the airport.

Futuristic unmanned portals have replaced officers at the security exits of two small Northeast airports, adding a few seconds in a bulletproof glass pod to the The Associated Press/The Press of Atlantic City, Michael Ein, File end of every passenger’s trip.

The rounded exits at the Passengers walk through security portals at the Atlantic City International Airport in Egg Harbor Township, Syracuse and Atlantic City, N.J. The doors are designed to keep people from coming back through exits to secure areas, and to keep the N.J., airports prevent pas- TSA from posting a guard at such exits. sengers from backtracking find other ways to keep up be any sign of backups into secure areas once they talks with other airports.

The technology saves air- with mandates.” caused by the roughly fiveexit the plane and keep outIn Atlantic City, the man- second process of entering siders from entering through ports from having to put paid the exits. Travelers step into security staff at the exit power savings from the por- and exiting through the porthe elevator-sized cylinders checkpoints. Pennsylvania tals are estimated at tals. Signs encouraged travand wait as a door slides U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, who is $300,000 a year, South Jer- elers to enter the pods in closed behind them. After a pushing to keep the TSA in sey Transportation Authori- groups —they can accomcouple of seconds, another charge of exit monitoring, ty spokesman Kevin modate up to six people at a door opens in front with a says such staffing could cost Rehmann said. The airport time — rather than one by female voice coolly instruct- Philadelphia International has had a version of the exits one.

Airport about $2 million a since about 2009, but “It went smoothly,” says ing, “Please exit.” upgraded its five portals last Robert Beech, who arrived “I don’t understand those year.

Syracuse Aviation Com- year as part of a $25 million back home in Syracuse on a doors,” says Cindy Katz, of flight from New York City.

Jupiter, Fla., who came missioner Christina Calla- terminal renovation.

The portals are intended to “Just had to wait for the through the Atlantic City han, whose airport installed airport for the Thanksgiving eight portals this past fall at a remove the potential for the doors to open and close. holiday. “What are they sup- total cost of about $750,000, kind of human error that was Even with carry-on, pullposed to do? It slows every- says staffing each exit with a blamed for a 2010 breach that behind bags, you can still get guard would cost about shut down a Newark Liberty through there without havone down.”

International Airport termi- ing to worry about bumping They could be the wave of $580,000 a year. with compared when “So nal for several hours and into things.” things to come as the TransThe appearance of the portation Security Adminis- the cost to install the portals, caused worldwide flight they will have paid for themdelays after a Rutgers graduexits in Syracuse provoked a tration prepares to shift exitmonitoring duties to local selves and begin saving the ate student slipped under a blogger to label them airports next year as a way to airport money in little over a rope to see his girlfriend off “detention pods” in furtheron her flight. ance of a police state. save $88.1 million. The year,” Callahan said.

“Certainly funding is limOn recent evenings in Aviation security expert doors’ manufacturer, New for staffing,” she said. ited and Atlantic both Syracuse Price calls the criticism Jeff York City-based Eagle Security Group, Inc., says it is in “Airports are going to have to City, there did not appear to unwarranted.

Gay weddings become reality in Hawaii HONOLULU (AP) — Same-sex couples are taking advantage of Hawaii’s newfound aloha for gay weddings.

Six couples at a Waikiki resort tied the knot early Monday, exchanging vows side-by-side with one another in front of a few hundred guests shortly after midnight, while even more couples watched and waited their turn.

Across town, an openly gay Unitarian minister wed his partner of 15 years in a ceremony attended by clergy who pushed for the new law, plus Gov. Neil Abercrombie, who called the special legislative session that led to the law.

“One hundred percent tuned (out) everything else but her,” Saralyn Morales said moments after cutting a small wedding cake after marrying her partner, Isajah Morales. “It’s about making that commitment to the person that I want to spend the rest of my life with.”

Hawaii’s marriage laws allow couples to register for a license and be married the same day, a process conducive for tourists only in the state a short time.

Couples can sign up for a license online then be verified by any license agent throughout the state. Agents have set up shop throughout the islands,

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One of the organizers, Honolulu Pride Chairman Michael Golojuch Jr., said early Monday that more than three dozen couples had signed up to wed.

“It’s just exciting and historic and we wanted to be a part of it,” Maria Gallo, a Honolulu resident who planned to marry her partner, Beth Creary, said Sunday, several hours before standing in line for a license agent at the resort.

“This is like a confirmation with a group of people here who are sharing our joy,” she said.

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SWOCC squads take third THE WORLD The Southwestern Oregon Community College men’s basketball team placed third in the Red Devil Classic at Longview, Wash., on Sunday, beating Walla Walla 73-64.

“It’s always interesting after that first loss to see how a team is going to respond, and we definitely came out with the right mindset and right attitude,” said SWOCC coach Trevor Hoppe. “We took care of the ball today and played better defense, too.”

Dexter Williams had 23 points and 11 rebounds and DJ Anderson scored 21 points as the Lakers outscored Walla Walla 49-37 in the second half.

“It was just another great effort,” Hoppe said. “We didn’t shoot the ball as well, but we rebounded better and limited our turnovers.”

SWOCC won despite shooting just 1-for-16 from 3-point range.

LaDarrell Mongkholtham, who made that trey, finished with 11 points.

The Lakers had a 60-49 rebounding edge and also shot 36 free throws, to just 10 for Walla Walla.

“We did that by being aggressive to the basket and drawing fouls,” Hoppe said.

Satchel Schetzle had 18 points to lead Walla Walla.

The Lakers suffered their first loss of the season Saturday night, falling 105-99 to Everett in the semifinals.

“At the end of the game, we just turned it over a few too many times, and that was the difference,” Hoppe said.

Anderson had a game-high 31 points. Williams, Mongkholtham and Will Dolan had 13 each and Anthony Heintzman scored 12.

The Lakers out-rebounded Everett 51-44, but Everett had a 25-13 edge in points off turnovers.

Anderson was named to the alltournament team.

Yakima Valley topped Everett 117-102 in the championship game.

WOMEN SWOCC’s women edged Pierce 88-85 for third place in the Clackamas Thanksgiving Invite.

The Lakers overcame a 16point halftime deficit to the Raiders, limiting Pierce to 24-percent shooting in the final 20 minutes.

The Lakers, meanwhile, shot 54 percent in the second half and 50 percent for the game.

“We just played great in the second half,” said SWOCC coach Mike Herbert. “We shot well, attacked the basket and got layups. And we played better defense in the second half and got a ton of rebounds.”

Aminata Cole had a game-high 32 points and grabbed 13 rebounds for the Lakers. Kyla Siri also had a double-double with 18 points and 11 boards and Yvonne Daniels scored 12 points.

SWOCC finished with a 54-40 rebounding edge.

Alyssa Simonson had 23 points and 12 rebounds to lead Pierce.

The Lakers fell 98-81 to NWAACC South Region rival Umpqua in the semifinals.

“We scored a bunch, but just couldn’t stop them,” Herbert said.

“They were lights-out from the 3 in the second half (10-for-16).”

Siri had 30 points for the Lakers and also grabbed six rebounds and nabbed seven steals in the losing effort. Cole was the only other Laker in double figures with 10 points.

Siri was named to the all-tournament team.

Tournament host Clackamas edged Umpqua 82-81 in the championship game.

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Portland center Joel Freeland knocks the ball from the hands of Los Angeles Lakers forward Xavier Henry during the second half Sunday.

Blazers hold on to beat Lakers LOS ANGELES (AP) — Portland’s enormous fourth-quarter lead dwindled to a single point before the Trail Blazers finally figured out how hold off the Los Angeles Lakers’ patchwork lineup.

Wesley Matthews thinks the harrowing experience will be good for the Blazers as they try to cement their spot among the NBA’s elite.

LaMarcus Aldridge had 27 points and nine rebounds, and Portland blew most of a 20point lead before holding on to beat the Lakers 114-108 Sunday night.

Damian Lillard had 26 points and nine assists, and Matthews scored 17 points for the Blazers, whose 11-game winning streak ended four days earlier in Phoenix. The Blazers tied their franchise record with 13 victories in November, and they opened December with an unlikely nail-biter, surviving despite blowing big leads in each half.

“We shouldn’t have had to do that,” Matthews said. “There’s still a learning curve for us, but it’s a good sign if your lesson is you have to learn how to play with a lead. It’s better than having to fight back.”

The Lakers would agree, even though their rally got Staples Center rocking. Xavier Henry

scored a career-high 27 points and Jodie Meeks added 20 for Los Angeles, which had won five of six to climb above .500 despite injury woes.

Portland led 94-74 entering the fourth, but promptly failed to score for nearly six minutes as the Lakers mounted a 24-5 run with a lineup featuring no point guard and energetic backup center Robert Sacre, who had career highs of 12 points and seven rebounds.

“We have guys down right now, but we can’t do anything about that,” said Henry, who surpassed his previous career high set earlier this season. “The guys we do have can still give any team a run for its money.”

Portland returned from its holiday break with its first road victory over the Lakers in seven tries since April 11, 2010, but only after a little drama. The Blazers blew a 17-point lead in the first half, but thought they had taken control with a 41-point third quarter — their biggest period of the season.

Los Angeles cut Portland’s lead to 99-98 on Shawne Williams’ tip-in with 3:44 to play, but Lillard hit a 3-pointer with 2:54 left, and Matthews added another with 1:20 to play. Los Angeles kept it close, but the Blazers hit five of their six free throws in the final 23 seconds.

“We need to stay consistent,” Lillard said.

“When things are going well, we tend to ease up instead of tightening up and putting teams away. Once teams get fired up and get back in the game, our intensity rises again. We have to find a way to keep it at that high level.”

The Lakers were left with only nine or 10 healthy players — and one point guard — when Jordan Farmar limped to the locker room in the first quarter, straining his left hamstring shortly after checking in to the game. Kobe Bryant and Steve Nash still haven’t returned to uniform, and center Chris Kaman — who recently recovered from a back injury — dressed but didn’t play.

Pau Gasol, who missed Saturday’s practice to deal with nagging injury issues, missed nine of his 10 shots in the first half before finishing with six points on 3-of-15 shooting. He plans to have an MRI on his sore ankle Monday.

But the Lakers’ league-leading bench had another big game led by Henry, Sacre and Nick Young, who scored 17 points.

“That’s what this team is all about — you never know who’s going to come out and produce,” Sacre said.

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Broncos finish sweep of Kansas City THE ASSOCIATED PRESS This was the kind of passing clinic for which Peyton Manning has become famous.

The four-time league MVP lifted the Denver Broncos to the top of the AFC on Sunday by throwing for five touchdowns and 403 yards in a 35-28 win at Kansas City. Denver (10-2) swept two games in three weeks against its AFC West rival and ensured that by winning out, the Broncos will have home-field advantage in the conference playoffs for the second straight season.

“Sometimes, when you play a team close to back-to-back, there are some ideas that are fresh in your mind,” Manning said. “We thought there were some chances to get down the field in that first game that we never got to. We wanted to get to some of those plays.”

Manning’s main man on those plays was Eric Decker. He had four touchdowns on his eight receptions for a career-high 174 yards for the Broncos.

On each of Decker’s TDs, the ball was thrown perfectly by Manning, who leads the NFL with 4,125 yards passing, the most through the first 12 games of a season. He’s in the midst of his 13th career 4,000-yard season, extending

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his league record, and it was Manning’s eighth career game with at least five touchdown passes, tied with Drew Brees for the most in NFL history.

“I think he showed people why he’s so great,” Decker said. “How we run our offense, we’re very versatile as far as going inside, outside, left, right, whatever it may be.”

The Chiefs jumped to a 21-7 lead, but the Broncos answered with 28 points. Alex Smith threw for 293 yards and two touchdowns for Kansas City, which has dropped three straight after winning its first nine. Knile Davis returned a kickoff 108 yards for another score.

“Hard-fought game,” Chiefs coach Andy Reid said. “Two good football teams playing each other, and it came right down to the end.”

With four games left, Denver also holds the tiebreaker by virtue of two wins over Kansas City in the past three weeks. The Broncos have the AFC’s best record.

“It was a gritty, gritty effort on the road,” said interim coach Jack Del Rio, who led the Broncos to a 3-1 record while coach John Fox was recovering from heart surgery.

Fox returned to the team today, less than a month after undergoing openheart surgery to have his aortic valve fixed.

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Denver wide receiver Eric Decker makes a touchdown reception against Kansas City cornerback Marcus Cooper during the second half Sunday.

Auburn knocks Alabama from No. 1 spot in wild finish THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AUBURN, Ala. — Auburn’s latest miracle victory, and Ohio State’s thrilling win against Michigan, has opened the door to the BCS title game to the Buckeyes.

No. 4 Auburn used a field goal return TD on the last play of regulation to beat No. 1 Alabama 34-28 and clinch a spot in the SEC title game next week against Missouri, which clinched the East Division by beating Texas A&M. No. 3 Ohio State’s 42-41 victory over Michigan sent the

Buckeyes to the Big Ten title game against No. 11 Michigan State with an unbeaten record.

Chris Davis returned a missed field-goal attempt more than 100 yards for a touchdown on the final play to lift No. 4 Auburn over No. 1 Alabama on Saturday, upending the two-time defending national champions’ BCS hopes and preserving the Tigers’ own.

Davis caught the ball about 9 yards deep in the end zone after freshman Adam Griffith’s 57-yard attempt fell short. He then sprinted down the left sideline and cut back with nothing but teammates

around him in a second straight hard-to-fathom finish for the Tigers (11-1, 7-1 Southeastern Conference).

“I knew when I caught the ball I would have room to run,” Davis said. “I knew they would have big guys on the field to protect on the field goal.

“When I looked back, I said, ‘I can’t believe this.”’

Auburn clinched a spot in the SEC championship game with the stunning victory over the powerhouse from across the state. The Crimson Tide (11-1, 7-1) seemed at several times poised to continue

its run toward the first three-peat in modern college football.

AJ McCarron completed 17 of 29 passes for 277 yards and three touchdowns for Alabama.

“It was a great game,” McCarron said. “Sometimes luck just isn’t on your side.

“It’s one of those crazy plays.

It’s almost like a video game. That’s something you do on Madden or NCAA. It’s just a wild play.”

Auburn’s Nick Marshall was 11-of-16 passing for 97 yards but also rushed 17 times for 99 yards.

Tre Mason ran 29 times for 164 yards and a touchdown for Auburn.

This finale even one-upped Auburn’s last-gasp win over Georgia two weeks earlier. A deflected 73-yard touchdown pass from Nick Marshall to Ricardo Louis dubbed “The Immaculate Deflection” with 25 seconds left set up only the second top-five Iron Bowl matchup and first since 1971.

A team that went 3-9 last season and had been destroyed by Alabama 91-14 combined the past two seasons will play for an SEC title.

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Swiss earn surprising seed for World Cup GENEVA (AP) — There is one certainty among many possibilities offered by the World Cup draw Friday: Most teams want to be in Switzerland’s group.

The rise of the unheralded Swiss in the FIFA rankings has brought a tournament seeding that will allow the country to avoid many of the top teams in the group stage.

Switzerland’s status, however, demands an explanation for fans who don’t recall that this landlocked Alpine nation of 8 million hosted the 1954 World Cup. The Swiss, of late, have been overachievers in sports, thanks mostly to Roger Federer, an America’s Cupwinning sailing team and, naturally, an array of skiers.

In soccer’s biggest tournaments, Switzerland has been a regular, though low-key, guest who typically leaves the party early.

At the 2014 World Cup, the Swiss will be seeded with host and five-time winner Brazil, Spain, Germany, Argentina, Uruguay, Belgium and Colombia. The true surprise is that Switzerland claimed the eighth and final seeding ahead of Italy, the Netherlands and Portugal.

Those three European powers are among 23 of the 32 teams awaiting their fate in the draw. They could land in the Swiss group, though protocol prevents them from stating as much.

“Let us not waste time nor energy for discussions like that,” Swiss Football Association President Peter Gillieron said in a statement to The Associated Press. “We have learned that no truth is to be found in such discussions. It is the pitch where you find the truth about football.”

There is also FIFA’s quirky rankings system, and both factored into Switzerland’s rise during a 14-match unbeaten run that began on the eve of qualifying. of many Like Switzerland’s young players, veteran coach Ottmar Hitzfeld was born elsewhere but is serving his adopted country on the international stage.

The German is best known for leading Borussia Dortmund and Bayern

Munich to Champions League titles, yet played most of his career as a prolific scorer in the often-unheralded Swiss league. He coached three clubs there before heading to the Bundesliga.

Switzerland has welcomed job-seekers and displaced people, and the Balkans turmoil of recent years is reflected in Hitzfeld’s lineup. Next June, his roster likely will have more players counting Albanian as their family’s native tongue than French, one of the country’s four official national languages.

Attacking midfielders Xherdan Shaqiri and Granit Xhaka were born in Kosovo, but soon moved to Switzerland. Both were nurtured by FC Basel, which dominates the top league, and quickly left for Bayern Munich and Borussia Moenchengladbach.

At the heart of the midfield are captain Gokhan Inler, Valon Behrami and Blerim Dzemaili. They have Turkish and Albanian roots and left the Swiss league at least six years ago.

At least Basel center back Fabian Schaer worked in a bank before turning professional and representing the nation of high finance, chocolate and luxury watches.

Switzerland’s surge to No. 7 in the FIFA rankings in October — for one month only and the only month that determined World Cup seedings — was a model of precision timing. (Seventh was the cutoff point because host Brazil was exempt from qualifying and its ranking has been lower while playing exhibition matches, which score fewer points in FIFA calculations.)

Switzerland was unbeaten in its group — seven wins and three draws. It was sure to rank highly because more weight is given to recent results in the four-year formula.

Still, Italy and the Netherlands were also unbeaten and enjoyed recent tournament success. Italy reached the European Championship final last year and the Confederations Cup semifinals in June, while the Swiss missed both events.

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The Oregon bench celebrates during the second half of Sunday’s win against Cal Poly in Eugene. From left are Richard Armadi, Damyean Dotson, Johnathan Loyd, Joseph Young and Mike Moser.

Oregon stays perfect with win THE ASSOCIATED PRESS EUGENE — Oregon is off to its best start in seven years, and the players say they are still getting used to each other.

A team with seven transfers is searching for its identity, and the No. 14 Ducks’ 82-61 victory over Cal Poly showed they might have it.

It was its third win in three days, and the Ducks (7-0) buckled down on defense, limited their own mistakes and ran away from the Mustangs (2-5).

Richard Amardi and Elgin Cook both scored 14 points, leading five Ducks in double figures as Oregon swept all three games in the Global Sports Hardwood Challenge.

“All in all I think we played one of the best games this year, defensive-wise for sure,” said senior guard Johnathan Loyd, who scored a season-high 13 points to go with five rebounds and five assists. “We were locked in.”

Oregon assistant coach Tony Stubblefield — speaking for head coach Dana Altman, who was resting a bad back in the locker room — said the Ducks focused on eliminating turnovers a day after committing a season-worst 20 against North Dakota State. The Ducks had four turnovers Sunday against the Mustangs.

“I think our guys came out with a lot of energy,” Stubblefield said. “We came out and put together a much better effort into defense and rebounding.”

Brian Bennett led the Mustangs with 11 points and six rebounds. He was the only Cal Poly player in double figures, but the Mustangs stayed with Oregon early in the game.

Cal Poly guard Kyle Odister tied the

score at 7, but the Ducks went on a 13-2 run, sparked by a dunk by Waverly Austin off a nice pass from Loyd with 15:30 to go in the first half.

Oregon extended a seven-point lead to 18 thanks to some hot shooting. Loyd hit a 3-pointer with nine minutes left in the half, and Young made a 3 on Oregon’s next possession. After a Mustangs free throw, Loyd connected on back-to-back 3-pointers, pushing the lead to 36-18 with 5:41 in the first half.

“We just made simple plays,” sophomore Damyean Dotson said. “Didn’t try to force anything.”

Cal Poly kept the game from getting out of control, bringing the score to 4032 on a floater from David Nwaba with 1:42 in the half. Nwaba scored eight points during the Mustangs’ run.

The Ducks shot 58.3 percent in the first half and made seven 3-pointers in taking a 44-32 lead.

Loyd scored 11 points, had four rebounds and four assists in the first half.

Oregon continued to build its lead after halftime. Amardi took a nice feed from Young and finished with a layup, and a minute later he scored on a putback to give the Ducks a 65-45 lead with 9:32 to go in the game.

A deep 3-pointer from Young with 7:44 left capped a 15-2 run by the Ducks, giving them their largest lead to that point at 72-45.

The Mustangs shot 6 of 27 from 3point range.

Dotson scored 13 points, and Young added 13 points for Oregon, which shot 48 percent for the game.

Now the Ducks face their first road trip of the season in an unfriendly

arena. They opened the year in South Korea against Georgetown, but the Ducks have played their last six games in Eugene.

Oregon next plays Dec. 8 at Ole Miss (6-0).

“These are the teams we want to play,” Loyd said. “It’s a true test. First true road game. That will be fun. “ DePaul 93, Oregon State 81: Cleveland Melvin scored 23 points and had seven rebounds to lead DePaul to a win over visiting Oregon State on Sunday.

Brandon Young added 21 points, five assists and five rebounds and freshman Billy Garrett Jr. had 15 points and 10 assists for the Blue Demons (4-3).

Devon Collier scored a career-high 32 points for Oregon State (3-2), who trailed by double digits for most of the second half.

Roberto Nelson, who came into the game averaging 27 points, didn’t score until 9:07 left in the first half and finished with 19. He was closely guarded

by Young for most of the game.

Portland 86, Southern Utah 57: Thomas van der Mars scored 17 points, Alec Wintering had a career-high 10 assists and Portland cruised past Southern Utah.

After missing his first two shots, van der Mars hit four in a row as Portland (53) jumped to a 16-5 lead and never trailed.

Ryan Nicholas, who leads Portland in scoring and rebounding, had just six points but had a game-high nine rebounds.

Trey Kennedy scored 12 points and Juwan Major added 10 to lead Southern Utah (1-4).

Pacers improve to 16-1 by beating Clippers THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — David West scored 14 of his 24 points in the third quarter and grabbed 12 rebounds, Paul George had 27 points, and the league-leading Indiana Pacers improved their best start in franchise history to 16-1 with a 105100 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Sunday.

Roy Hibbert added 19 points to the Pacers’ seventh straight win.

Jamal C raw fo rd led the Clippers with 20 points. Chris Paul had 17 points and 10 rebounds, while Blake Griffin scored 16 and pulled down 12 rebounds — equaling teammate DeAndre Jordan’s total.

The defending Pacific Division champion Clippers played their first game since finding out that J.J. Redick will be sidelined six to eight weeks because of a broken bone in his shooting hand and a ligament tear in his right elbow.

Heat 99, Bobcats 98: Chris Bosh scored 13 straight points for Miami in the final minutes, including a trio of 3-pointers that capped a late rally, and the Heat found a way to beat Charlotte to extend its winning streak to 10 games.

Bosh’s three 3s came in a 79-second span, the last of them putting Miami up 9391 with 1:20 left.

LeBron James led the Heat with 26 points, Bosh finished with 22, Dwyane Wade scored 17 and Mario Chalmers added 12 for Miami, which has beaten the

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Bobcats 14 straight times.

Kemba Walker scored 27 points for the Bobcats, who had led the entire second half until Bosh’s barrage. Gerald Henderson scored 17, and Al Jefferson finished with 16 points and 13 rebounds for Charlotte.

Thunder 113, T-Wolves 103: Kevin Durant recorded his first triple-double of the season with 32 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists, and Oklahoma City rallied for yet another fourth-quarter win, beating Minnesota.

Oklahoma City extended its winning streak to seven games, tops in the Western Conference, and moved to 90 on the season at home. It’s the franchise’s longest home winning streak to open a season since the 2004-05 campaign, when the team played in Seattle.

Kevin Martin, in his return to Oklahoma City after joining Minnesota during the offseason, led the T imberwolves with 24 points, while Nikola Pekovic had 22 points and 10 rebounds. The Thunder have beaten Minnesota eight straight times at home, dating to the 2008-09 season, the franchise’s first in Oklahoma City.

Pelicans 103, Knicks 99: Ryan Anderson made seven 3-pointers and scored 31 points, and New Orleans overcame the loss of Anthony Davis to a broken left hand to beat New York.

Tyreke Evans added 24 points, including 10 in the fourth quarter, as the Pelicans sent the Knicks to their ninth straight loss overall and seventh in a row at home.

Davis had seven points

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Indiana forward David West puts up a shot as Los Angeles Clippers forward Blake Griffin defends during the second half Sunday. and four rebounds in the first quarter before leaving with what the Pelicans said was a non-displaced fracture in his left hand. The team said a timetable for his return has not been determined.

Carmelo Anthony finished with 23 points and rookie Tim Hardaway Jr. had 21 for the Knicks, who haven’t won at home since beating Milwaukee on Oct. 30 in their season opener.

Warriors 115, Kings 113: Stephen Curry made two free throws with 8.6 seconds left and had 12 of his 36 points in the fourth quarter, helping beat Golden State Sacramento.

Curry made five 3-pointers and also added 10 assists for the Warriors, who had lost two straight and five of six.

Klay Thompson connected on a career-high eight 3pointers and scored 28 points

for Golden State. Harrison Barnes and David Lee had 11 points for the Warriors, who ended a four-game road trip with a 2-2 record.

In foul trouble throughout, DeMarcus Cousins had 24 points in just over 20 minutes. Marcus Thornton scored all of his 21 points in the second half for the Kings, who have dropped four straight and are now 3-7 at home.

Pistons 115, 76ers 100: Andre Drummond had 31 points and 19 rebounds as Detroit beat Philadelphia.

Drummond was limited to 34 minutes, but he still became the first player to have at least 31 points, 19 rebounds and six steals in a Hakeem since game Olajuwon in 1990. He set career highs in all three categories, two days after Maurice Cheeks left him on the bench for the last 21 min-

utes of Detroit’s loss to the Lakers.

Brandon Jennings and Josh Smith added 20 points each for the Pistons, while Thaddeus Young had 24 for Philadelphia before fouling out late in the game.

Nuggets 112, Raptors 98: Nate Robinson scored 23 points off the bench, and Denver beat Toronto for its sixth straight victory.

The diminutive guard hit five 3-pointers, including back-to-back baskets with just over two minutes to go, as the Nuggets pulled away.

Rudy Gay led the Raptors with 23 points, while Jonas Valanciunas added 18. DeMar DeRozan and Kyle Lowry each had 17. It was Toronto’s third straight loss.

Denver’s bench scoring was the difference. The Nuggets’ reserves outscored their Raptors counterparts 72-16.

“That’s the whole essence of this team,” Sacre said.

“We’re all about one another, and we want each other to succeed.”

The Lakers hoped to play aggressively with the next four days off to rest, but instead got off to a horrific start. Portland took an 11-0 lead in the first four minutes as Los Angeles missed its first eight shots, stretching the margin to 21-4 before many fans had settled in their seats.

Lakers coach Mike D’Antoni yanked four of his starters, and they gradually got back in it with a tying 196 run capped by Meeks’ 3pointer midway through the second quarter.

Lillard scored 11 points in the third quarter as Portland made 17 of its 24 shots while taking command. Los Angeles then scored 10 straight points to open the fourth, and the Blazers didn’t get a field goal until 5:31 remained.

NOTES: Lillard converted a four-point play early in the second quarter, and Henry also did it midway through the fourth quarter. ...

D’Antoni said Nash will be at practice on Tuesday after a trip to Vancouver for further rehab on his nerve root irritation. There’s no timetable for the return of the two-time MVP point guard — or Bryant, who also will be in practice this week. D’Antoni declined to speculate whether Bryant could make his season debut when the Lakers visit Sacramento on Friday. ... Williams and Johnson both fouled out in the fourth quarter for Los Angeles.

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West Albany tips Sherwood for Class 5A crown FROM WIRE AND STAFF REPORTS HILLSBORO — Jake LaCoste ran 11 yards for a touchdown and Matt Wiest added the extra point as West Albany stunned Sherwood 21-20 in overtime to win the OSAA Class 5A football championship Saturday night.

LaCoste ran 26 times for 105 yards and two touchdowns to hand Sherwood (12-1) just its second loss in four seasons.

The difference came after the Bowmen took a 20-14 lead in overtime, when West Albany’s Matt Soot blocked the extra point kick.

West Albany (12-1) won its third 5A state title since 2006, but this is considered one of the most shocking championship game upsets in recent memory. Sherwood, a state finalist the past four years, reached the championship game by outscoring opponents 733-115.

Among Sherwood’s regular-season wins was a 48-0 thumping of West Albany early in September.

“There weren’t many people who gave us a chance, but I knew we had a chance,” West Albany coach Randy Nyquist said. “Our kids are tough. We challenged them. We talked about it being a 15-round fight. Everybody did their job.”

Tied 14-14, Sherwood struck first in overtime when Keegan Lawrence dashed up the middle for a 15-yard touchdown. Trailing 2014, the Bulldogs were aided by a pass interference penalty, which set up LaCoste’s 11-yard dash.

LaCoste, who ran for 2,598 yards and 36 touchdowns this season, dove at the pylon and just got the ball over the goal line for the gametying score.

“I just dove for the goal line. It was all or nothing at that point,” LaCoste said.

Lawrence ran 29 times for 162 yards and two touchdowns to lead Sherwood.

The game was tied 7-7 at halftime, a surprising score by itself as Sherwood’s smallest halftime lead through 12 games was 24 points.

Following a scoreless first quarter, Sherwood hit the scoreboard on Kevin Larkin’s 41-yard touchdown pass to Lawrence four minutes into the second quarter. But West Albany roared back, tying the score two minutes later on a 6-yard touchdown reception by Andrew Ketelson.

Sherwood took a 14-7 lead on the first play of the fourth quarter on a 2-yard run by Lawrence. The determined Bulldogs rebounded again, matching the Sherwood on their next drive when LaCoste raced 7 yards for a touchdown.

The Bowmen appeared on their way to a go-ahead score during the final minutes when Lawrence fumbled at the West Albany 9. Neither team threatened after that, sending the game into overtime.

This is Sherwood and West Albany’s last year in Class 5A. Both schools move to 6A for the 2014-15 school year.

Class 4A Ridgeview 50, Cottage Grove 31: Running back Boomer Fleming ran for 158 yards and two touchdowns as Ridgeview defeated Cottage Grove to win the Class 4A football championship on Saturday.

Ridgeview, a second-year school in Redmond, erased a 17-0 lead using an opportunistic defense and its fly-sweep running game.

Defensive back Jack Bowman had a 79-yard kickoff return and an interception to set up two secondhalf scores for the Ravens (13-1).

Bowman caught three passes for

120 yards and two touchdowns.

Ridgeview running back Tanner Stevens had nine carries for 114 yards and a touchdown.

Cottage Grove’s Scotty Hitner completed 31 of 52 passes for 345 yards, and ran for three touchdowns for the Lions (10-3). But the senior quarterback also threw five interceptions, including one that was returned 99 yards by George Mendazona for a touchdown during the game’s final minute.

This was the first state championship game appearance for both teams.

Fleming, who plans to sign a letter of intent to wrestle at Stanford in February, keyed a Ridgeview running game that accumulated 270 yards. Fleming ran for 1,652 yards this season.

Cottage Grove’s offense generated 588 yards, including 178 yards on the ground from Brandon Boxberger. Hitner finished the season throwing for 3,007 yards and 35 touchdowns.

Ridgeview scored the game’s final 20 points, starting with Fleming’s 7-yard scoring run to give the Ravens a 38-31 lead with 2:41 left in the third quarter.

By Mark Ylen, Albany Democrat-Herald

West Albany’s Joe Burchfiel (58), Steely Smith (1) and Devon Wade (75) celebate the Bulldogs’ 21-20 victory over Sherwood in the 5A state championship game.

Kody Nelson on a pair of touchdown passes - the latter a 98-yard catch-and-run on the final play of the first half - and the Prospectors beat the Rams for the state crown at Summit High School.

All the points were scored in the second quarter. Regis got a touchdown run by Jeremiah Grieser.

The winning touchdown came after Grant Union denied Regis on three plays from inside Grant Union’s 10-yard line.

Class 3A Regis had three drives reach at Cascade Christian 41, Nyssa least Grant Union’s 30 in the second 6: The Challengers built up a 27-0 half, but couldn’t convert on any of lead and cruised to the state cham- them. pionship at Summit High School.

Seth Knox had four touchdown Class 1A Imbler 88, Lowell 76: The passes, two to Cody Parker, to lead the Challengers. Parker also had a Panthers limited Lowell’s explosive offense to just 14 points in the sectouchdown run in the win.

Dalton Conant scored Nyssa’s ond half to take the title after the touchdown on a pass from Austin teams combined for 126 points in the opening two quarters.

Wagstaff in the fourth quarter.

The teams traded the lead nine Class 2A times in a wild opening half before Grant Union 12, Regis 7: Imbler went in front for good on a Dalton Reimers connected with 30-yard touchdown pass from Kyle

Johnson to Joe Griffin.

Griffin scored nine touchdowns in the game, including the clinching score with 3:48 to go on a 53-yard run after the Red Devils had pulled within four points.

Josh Cardwell rushed for 217 yards and four touchdowns and passed for 166 and two more for Lowell. Tanner Harvey had three touchdown runs and the Red Devils rushed for 620 yards and had 799 yards of total offense in the loss.

Imbler only had 556 yards of offense, but Griffin accounted for 474 of them, 335 rushing and 139 receiving.

Neither team committed a turnover.

Both teams scored on their first nine possessions in the first half except for one drive that Imbler failed to convert and one Lowell drive that resulted in an Imbler safety when Cardwell was sacked in the end zone.

After the wild first half, Lowell only had four possessions in the second half.

Scoreboard On The Air Today NFL Football — New Orleans at Seattle, 5:25 p.m., ESPN. NBA Basketball — Indiana at Portland, 7 p.m., KHSN (1230 AM).

M e n ’ s C o l l e g e B a s k e t b a l l — Florida at Connecticut, 6 p.m., ESPN2; Vanderbilt at Texas, 6 p.m., ESPN2; Black Hills State at Wyoming, 6 p.m., Root Sports.

Hockey — Philadelphia at Minnesota, 5 p.m., NBC Sports Network.

Tuesday, Dec. 3 Men’s College Basketball — Indiana at Syracuse, 4:15 p.m., ESPN; Illinois at Georgia Tech, 4:15 p.m., ESPN2; Michigan at Duke, 6:15 p.m., ESPN; Notre Dame at Iowa, 6:15 p.m., ESPN2.

Hockey — Dallas at Chicago, 5 p.m., NBC Sports Network.

Wednesday, Dec. 4 NBA Basketball — Oklahoma City at Portland, 7 p.m., KEVU and KHSN (1230 AM).

Men’s College Basketball — Teams TBA, 4 p.m., ESPN and ESPN2; Pennsylvania at Villanova, 5 p.m., Fox Sports 1; North Carolina at Michigan State, 6 p.m., ESPN; Boston College at Purdue, 6 p.m., ESPN2.

Hockey — Philadelphia at Detroit, 5 p.m., NBC Sports Network.

Local Schedule Today No local events scheduled.

Tuesday, Dec. 3 No local events scheduled.

Wednesday, Dec. 4 High School Sports — Winter Meet the Pirates, 5 p.m., Marshfield High School High School Girls Basketball — Siuslaw at Coquille, 7 p.m.; North Bend at Cottage Grove, 7 p.m.; Mapleton at Powers, 5:30 p.m.; Glendale at Myrtle Point, 6 p.m.; Gold Beach at Pacific, 6 p.m.

High School Boys Basketball — Coquille at Siuslaw, 7 p.m.; Mapleton at Powers, 7 p.m.; Glendale at Myrtle Point, 7:30 p.m.; Gold Beach at Pacific, 7:30 p.m.

High School Playoffs OSAA/U.S. Bank/Les Schwab Tires State Championships

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Class 5A Championship Saturday At Hillsboro Stadium West Albany 21, Sherwood 20, OT

Class 4A Championship Saturday At Hillsboro Stadium Ridgeview 50, Cottage Grove 31

Class 3A Championship Saturday At Summit High School Cascade Christian 41, Nyssa 6 Championship Saturday At Summit High School Grant Union 12, Regis 7

Class 1A Championship Saturday At Hillsboro Stadium Imbler 88, Lowell 76

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NFL AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L New England 9 3 6 6 Miami 5 7 N.Y. Jets Buffalo 4 8 South W L Indianapolis 8 4 Tennessee 5 7 3 9 Jacksonville Houston 2 10 North W L Cincinnati 8 4 Baltimore 6 6 5 7 Pittsburgh Cleveland 4 8 West W L 10 2 Denver 9 3 Kansas City San Diego 5 7 Oakland 4 8 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L Dallas 7 5 7 5 Philadelphia 5 7 N.Y. Giants Washington 3 9 South W L New Orleans 9 2 Carolina 9 3

3 9 0 .250 217 3 9 0 .250 261 W L T Pct PF 7 5 0 .583 326 6 6 0 .500 323 5 6 1 .458 294 3 8 1 .292 289 W L T Pct PF 10 1 0 .909 306 8 4 0 .667 297 7 5 0 .583 275 5 7 0 .417 279 Thursday’s Games Detroit 40, Green Bay 10 Dallas 31, Oakland 24 Baltimore 22, Pittsburgh 20 Sunday’s Games Minnesota 23, Chicago 20, OT New England 34, Houston 31 Indianapolis 22, Tennessee 14 Jacksonville 32, Cleveland 28 Carolina 27, Tampa Bay 6 Philadelphia 24, Arizona 21 Miami 23, N.Y. Jets 3 San Francisco 23, St. Louis 13 Atlanta 34, Buffalo 31, OT Cincinnati 17, San Diego 10 Denver 35, Kansas City 28 N.Y. Giants 24, Washington 17 Today’s Game New Orleans at Seattle, 5:40 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 5 Houston at Jacksonville, 5:25 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 8 Atlanta at Green Bay, 10 a.m.

Minnesota at Baltimore, 10 a.m.

Kansas City at Washington, 10 a.m.

Buffalo at Tampa Bay, 10 a.m.

Miami at Pittsburgh, 10 a.m.

Detroit at Philadelphia, 10 a.m.

Indianapolis at Cincinnati, 10 a.m.

Cleveland at New England, 10 a.m.

Oakland at N.Y. Jets, 10 a.m.

Tennessee at Denver, 1:05 p.m.

Seattle at San Francisco, 1:25 p.m.

N.Y. Giants at San Diego, 1:25 p.m.

St. Louis at Arizona, 1:25 p.m.

Carolina at New Orleans, 5:30 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 9 Dallas at Chicago, 5:40 p.m.

The Associated Press Top 25

Pro Football

Class 2A

Tampa Bay Atlanta North Detroit Chicago Green Bay Minnesota West Seattle San Francisco Arizona St. Louis

College Football

PORTLAND (114): Batum 4-9 0-1 9, Aldridge 1119 5-6 27, Lopez 4-9 4-4 12, Lillard 7-19 8-9 26, Matthews 4-8 6-7 17, Freeland 3-6 0-0 6, M.Williams 3-8 2-2 9, Wright 1-4 2-3 4, Robinson 1-5 2-2 4. Totals 38-87 29-34 114.

L.A. LAKERS (108): Johnson 3-5 0-0 7, Hill 0-2 2-2 2, Gasol 3-15 0-0 6, Blake 5-12 0-0 13, Meeks 6-14 5-6 20, S.Williams 2-5 0-0 4, Young 7-14 2-2 17, Henry 9-12 7-11 27, Farmar 0-0 0-0 0, Sacre 5-8 2-2 12. Totals 40-87 18-23 108.

Portland 32 21 41 20 — 114 L.A. Lakers 24 26 24 34 — 108 3-Point Goals—Portland 9-23 (Lillard 4-9, Matthews 3-5, M.Williams 1-1, Batum 1-5, Wright 0-3), L.A. Lakers 10-28 (Blake 3-7, Meeks 3-8, Henry 2-4, Young 1-3, Johnson 1-3, S.Williams 03). Fouled Out—Johnson, S.Williams. Rebounds— Portland 58 (Lopez 12), L.A. Lakers 48 (S.Williams 8). Assists—Portland 28 (Lillard, Batum 9), L.A. Lakers 25 (Blake 9). Total Fouls— Portland 19, L.A. Lakers 21. Technicals—Henry.

A—18,997 (18,997).

Class 6A Semifinals Saturday At Jeld-Wen Field Jesuit 35, Canby 17 Central Catholic 83, Tigard 49 Championship Saturday At Jeld-Wen Field Central Catholic vs. Jesuit, 1 p.m.

L 10 12 12 12 13 L 3 9 9 10 10 L 1

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Blazers 114, Lakers 108

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EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W 6 Toronto 7 Boston Philadelphia 6 Brooklyn 5 New York 3 Southeast Division W 14 Miami Atlanta 9 Washington 8 8 Charlotte Orlando 6 Central Division W Indiana 16

Chicago 7 8 .467 10 .412 7 Detroit Cleveland 5 12 .294 3 13 .188 Milwaukee WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct 14 3 .824 San Antonio Houston 13 5 .722 Dallas 10 8 .556 New Orleans 8 8 .500 .500 8 8 Memphis Northwest Division W L Pct Portland 14 3 .824 .800 3 12 Oklahoma City Denver 10 6 .625 Minnesota 9 10 .474 Utah 3 15 .167 Pacific Division W L Pct L.A. Clippers 12 6 .667 Golden State 10 8 .556 Phoenix 9 8 .529 L.A. Lakers 9 9 .500 4 11 .267 Sacramento Saturday’s Games Washington 108, Atlanta 101 Cleveland 97, Chicago 93 Brooklyn 97, Memphis 88 Minnesota 112, Dallas 106 Houston 112, San Antonio 106 Utah 112, Phoenix 104 Milwaukee 92, Boston 85 Sunday’s Games Denver 112, Toronto 98 Indiana 105, L.A. Clippers 100 Detroit 115, Philadelphia 100 Golden State 115, Sacramento 113 Miami 99, Charlotte 98 Oklahoma City 113, Minnesota 103 New Orleans 103, New York 99 Portland 114, L.A. Lakers 108 Today’s Games Orlando at Washington, 4 p.m.

New Orleans at Chicago, 5 p.m.

Atlanta at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m.

Houston at Utah, 6 p.m.

Indiana at Portland, 7 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games Orlando at Philadelphia, 4 p.m.

Denver at Brooklyn, 4:30 p.m.

Milwaukee at Boston, 4:30 p.m.

Detroit at Miami, 4:30 p.m.

Phoenix at Memphis, 5 p.m.

Charlotte at Dallas, 5:30 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Sacramento, 7 p.m.

Toronto at Golden State, 7:30 p.m.

PA 303 281 297 362 PA 196 157

The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 30, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking: Record Pts Pv 1. Florida St. (58) 12-0 1,498 2 2. Ohio St. 12-0 1,418 3 3. Auburn (2) 11-1 1,387 4 4. Alabama 11-1 1,294 1 5. Missouri 11-1 1,281 5 6. Oklahoma St. 10-1 1,197 7 7. Stanford 10-2 1,067 8 8. South Carolina 10-2 1,066 10 9. Baylor 10-1 1,020 9 10. Michigan St. 11-1 1,002 11 11. Arizona St. 10-2 843 13 12. Oregon 10-2 815 12 13. Clemson 10-2 813 6 14. LSU 9-3 690 15 15. UCF 10-1 621 17 16. N. Illinois 12-0 596 18 17. UCLA 9-3 510 22 18. Oklahoma 9-2 503 20 19. Louisville 10-1 482 21 20. Duke 10-2 348 24 21. Wisconsin 9-3 299 14 22. Texas A&M 8-4 186 19 23. Texas 8-3 156 NR 24. Fresno St. 10-1 124 16 25. Georgia 8-4 111 NR O t h e r s r e c e i v i n g v o t e s : Cincinnati 45, Southern Cal 28, Miami 26, Notre Dame 26, Iowa 23, Vanderbilt 16, Washington 6, Minnesota 2, N. Dakota St. 1.

USA Today Top 25 Poll The USA Today Top 25 football coaches poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 30, total points based on 25 points for first place through one point for 25th, and previous ranking: Record Pts Pvs 1. Florida State (58) 12-0 1546 2 2. Ohio State (4) 12-0 1462 3 3. Auburn 11-1 1437 5 11-1 1333 1 4. Alabama 5. Missouri 11-1 1315 6 6. Oklahoma State 10-1 1248 7 7. Baylor 10-1 1100 8 10-2 1100 9 7. South Carolina 11-1 1037 11 9. Michigan State 10. Stanford 10-2 1034 10 11. Clemson 10-2 853 4 12. Oregon 10-2 843 12 10-2 765 18 13. Arizona State 14. LSU 9-3 720 15

15. Oklahoma 9-2 660 17 16. Louisville 10-1 625 16 17. Central Florida 10-1 572 19 12-0 547 20 18. Northern Illinois 19. UCLA 9-3 473 22 20. Duke 10-2 402 24 266 14 9-3 21. Wisconsin 215 13 10-1 22. Fresno State 23. Cincinnati 9-2 167 25 8-3 149 NR 24. Texas 25. Texas A&M 8-4 121 21 Others receiving votes: Miami (Fla.) 47; Georgia 41; Vanderbilt 18; Iowa 13; Marshall 13; Southern California 10; Washington 6; Minnesota 4; Virginia Tech 4; Notre Dame 3; Ball State 1.

Harris Top 25 The Top 25 teams in the Harris Interactive College Football Poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 30, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking: Record Pts Pv 1. Florida State (97) 12-0 2,617 2 2. Ohio State (5) 12-0 2,488 3 3. Auburn (3) 11-1 2,422 5 4. Alabama 11-1 2,262 1 6 11-1 2,231 5. Missouri 6. Oklahoma State 10-1 2,083 7 10-2 1,873 8 7. Stanford 10-2 1,841 10 8. South Carolina 10-1 1,778 9 9. Baylor 11-1 1,758 11 10. Michigan State 11. Clemson 10-2 1,444 4 12. Oregon 10-2 1,398 12 13. Arizona State 10-2 1,277 16 14. LSU 9-3 1,258 14 15. Northern Illinois 12-0 1,104 17 16. Oklahoma 9-2 1,041 19 17. Louisville 10-1 1,013 18 18. Central Florida 10-1 967 20 19. UCLA 9-3 779 22 20. Duke 10-2 620 24 9-3 485 15 21. Wisconsin 10-1 428 13 22. Fresno State 23. Texas A&M 8-4 290 21 8-3 167 NR 24. Texas 25. Georgia 8-4 148 NR Other teams receiving votes: Cincinnati 142; Miami (FL) 88; USC 51; Notre Dame 19; Ball State 17; Marshall 10; Iowa 7; Washington 7; Bowling Green 4; Minnesota 4; Vanderbilt 4.

Saturday’s Scores EAST Iowa St. 52, West Virginia 44, 3OT Syracuse 34, Boston College 31 UConn 28, Rutgers 17 SOUTH Auburn 34, Alabama 28 Duke 27, North Carolina 25 Florida St. 37, Florida 7 Georgia 41, Georgia Tech 34, 2OT Louisiana-Monroe 31, Louisiana-Lafayette 28 Maryland 41, NC State 21 Middle Tennessee 48, UTEP 17 South Alabama 38, Georgia St. 17 South Carolina 31, Clemson 17 Southern Miss. 62, UAB 27 Temple 41, Memphis 21 Tennessee 27, Kentucky 14 Vanderbilt 23, Wake Forest 21 Virginia Tech 16, Virginia 6 W. Kentucky 34, Arkansas St. 31 MIDWEST Indiana 56, Purdue 36 Kansas St. 31, Kansas 10 Michigan St. 14, Minnesota 3 Missouri 28, Texas A&M 21 Northwestern 37, Illinois 34 Ohio St. 42, Michigan 41 Penn St. 31, Wisconsin 24 Tennessee St. 31, Butler 0 SOUTHWEST Baylor 41, TCU 38 North Texas 42, Tulsa 10 Rice 17, Tulane 13 Sam Houston St. 51, S. Utah 20 UTSA 30, Louisiana Tech 10 FAR WEST Arizona St. 58, Arizona 21 BYU 28, Nevada 23 Boise St. 45, New Mexico 17 Colorado St. 58, Air Force 13 Hawaii 49, Army 42 New Mexico St. 24, Idaho 16 S. Dakota St. 26, N. Arizona 7 Stanford 27, Notre Dame 20 UCLA 35, Southern Cal 14 UNLV 45, San Diego St. 19 Utah 24, Colorado 17 Utah St. 35, Wyoming 7

Pac-12 Standings North Division

Stanford Oregon Washington Oregon State Washington State

League W L 7 2 7 2 5 4 4 5 4 5

All Games W L 10 2 10 2 8 4 6 6 6 6

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League All Games W L W L Arizona State 8 1 10 2 UCLA 6 3 9 3 Southern Cal 6 3 9 4 Arizona 4 5 7 5 Utah 2 7 5 7 Colorado 1 8 4 8 Friday’s Games Washington 27, Washington State 17 Oregon 36, Oregon State 35 Saturday’s Games Utah 24, Colorado 17 Stanford 27, Notre Dame 20 UCLA 35, Southern Cal 14 Arizona State 58, Arizona 21

College Playoffs NCAA Football Championship Subdivision First Round Saturday, Nov. 30 New Hampshire 45, Lafayette 7 Furman 30, South Carolina State 20 Coastal Carolina 48, Bethune-Cookman 24 Fordham 37, Sacred Heart 27 Tennessee State 31, Butler 0 Sam Houston State 51, Southern Utah 20 South Dakota State 26, Northern Arizona 7 Jacksonville State 55, Samford 14 Second Round Saturday, Dec. 7 Fordham (12-1) at Towson (10-2), 10 a.m.

Coastal Carolina (11-2) at Montana (10-2), 11 a.m.

New Hampshire (8-4) at Maine (10-2), 11 a.m.

Tennessee State (10-3) at Eastern Illinois (11-1), 11 a.m.

Furman (8-5) at North Dakota State (11-0), 12:30 p.m.

South Dakota State (9-4) at Eastern Washington (10-2), 1 p.m.

Jacksonville State (10-3) at McNeese State (102), 4 p.m.

Sam Houston State (9-4) at Southeastern Louisiana (10-2), 5 p.m.

NCAA Division II Second Round Saturday, Nov. 30 Shepherd 7, Winston-Salem State 0 West Chester 40, Bloomsburg 38 Lenoir-Rhyne 27, Carson-Newman 20 North Alabama 37, North Carolina-Pembroke 13 West Texas A&M 34, Ohio Dominican 27 Northwest Missouri State 45, MinnesotaDuluth 21 St. Cloud State 54, Minnesota State-Mankato 48 Grand Valley State 34, Colorado State-Pueblo 30 Quarterfinals Saturday, Dec. 7 West Chester (12-1) at Shepherd (11-0), 9 a.m.

North Alabama (10-2) at Lenoir-Rhyne (11-1) 9 a.m.

West Texas A&M (11-2) at Grand Valley State (11-2), 10 a.m.

St. Cloud State (12-1) at Northwest Missouri State (12-0), 10 a.m.

NCAA Division III Second Round Saturday, Nov. 30 Mount Union 56, Wittenberg 21 Wesley 23, Ithaca 15 St. John Fisher 27, Hobart 6 North Central (Ill.) 52, Wisconsin-Platteville 24 Bethel (Minn.) 34, Wartburg 27 Wisconsin-Whitewater 33, Franklin 3 Mary Hardin-Baylor 59, Rowan 8 Linfield 31, Hampden-Sydney 21 Quarterfinals Saturday, Dec. 7 Wesley (10-2) at Mount Union (12-0), 9 a.m.

Bethel (Minn.) (12-0) at North Central (Ill.) (120), 10 a.m.

St. John Fisher (10-2) at Mary Hardin-Baylor (12-0), 10 a.m.

Wisconsin-Whitewater (12-0) at Linfield (11-0), 10 a.m.

NAIA Quarterfinals Saturday, Nov. 30 Cumberlands (Ky.) 28, Saint Francis (Ind.) 14 Morningside 36, Baker 28 Carroll (Mont.) 27, Missouri Valley 3 Grand View 44, Tabor 24 Semifinals Saturday, Dec. 7 Carroll (Mont.) (12-1) at Cumberlands (Ky.) (120), 9 a.m.

Morningside (11-1) at Grand View (12-0), 11 a.m.

Hockey NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic GP W L OT Pts GF GA Boston 27 18 7 2 38 75 55 Detroit 28 14 7 7 35 78 73

Tampa Bay 26 16 9 1 33 76 66 27 15 9 3 33 73 57 Montreal 27 14 10 3 31 75 73 Toronto Ottawa 27 10 13 4 24 78 90 Florida 27 7 15 5 19 59 91 Buffalo 28 6 20 2 14 48 85 Metropolitan GP W L OT Pts GF GA Pittsburgh 28 18 9 1 37 86 64 Washington 27 14 11 2 30 82 78 N.Y. Rangers 27 14 13 0 28 60 66 New Jersey 27 11 11 5 27 59 64 Philadelphia 26 12 12 2 26 57 63 Carolina 27 10 12 5 25 57 78 27 10 14 3 23 67 80 Columbus N.Y. Islanders 27 8 15 4 20 72 93 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central GP W L OT Pts GF GA Chicago 28 20 4 4 44 102 76 St. Louis 25 18 4 3 39 89 57 25 19 6 0 38 76 52 Colorado Minnesota 28 15 8 5 35 68 67 Nashville 27 13 11 3 29 62 75 Dallas 25 12 9 4 28 70 73 28 12 12 4 28 73 80 Winnipeg Pacific GP W L OT Pts GF GA 26 18 3 5 41 92 60 San Jose 29 18 7 4 40 91 77 Anaheim Los Angeles 27 16 7 4 36 70 58 Phoenix 26 15 7 4 34 85 84 Vancouver 29 14 10 5 33 77 77 Calgary 26 9 13 4 22 70 93 Edmonton 28 9 17 2 20 73 95 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Saturday’s Games Philadelphia 3, Nashville 2, SO Colorado 3, Minnesota 2, SO San Jose 4, Anaheim 3, SO N.Y. Rangers 5, Vancouver 2 Boston 3, Columbus 1 Montreal 4, Toronto 2 Pittsburgh 5, Florida 1 New Jersey 1, Buffalo 0, OT Washington 3, N.Y. Islanders 2, OT Chicago 5, Phoenix 2 Calgary 2, Los Angeles 1 Sunday’s Games Edmonton 3, Dallas 2, SO Vancouver 3, Carolina 2 Detroit 4, Ottawa 2 Today’s Games Winnipeg at N.Y. Rangers, 4 p.m.

New Jersey at Montreal, 4:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Minnesota, 5 p.m.

St. Louis at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games San Jose at Toronto, 4 p.m.

Pittsburgh at N.Y. Islanders, 4 p.m.

Carolina at Washington, 4 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Columbus, 4 p.m.

Ottawa at Florida, 4:30 p.m.

Dallas at Chicago, 5 p.m.

Vancouver at Nashville, 5 p.m.

Phoenix at Edmonton, 6:30 p.m.

Los Angeles at Anaheim, 7 p.m.

Pro Soccer MLS Playoffs MLS CUP Saturday, Dec. 7 Real Salt Lake at Sporting KC, 1 p.m.

Transactions BASKETBALL NBA Development League RIO GRANDE VALLEY VIPERS — Acquired C Tim Ohlbrecht. Released G Mike Black.

FOOTBALL National Football League KANSAS CITY CHIEFS - Placed DB Sanders Commings on injured reserve. Promoted LB Josh Martin from the practice squad.

HOCKEY National Hockey League DALLAS STARS — Placed D Stephane Robidas on injured reserve. Recalled D Jamie Oleksiak from Texas (AHL).

NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Recalled D Joe Piskula from Milwaukee (AHL).

NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Placed D Adam Larsson on injured reserve, retroactive to Nov. 23. Recalled F Tim Sestito from Albany (AHL).

PHOENIX COYOTES — Signed F Gilbert Brule to a one-year, two-way contract.

WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Reassigned C Michael Latta to Hershey (AHL). Recalled G Philipp Grubauer and D Dmitry Orlov from Hershey.

COLLEGE FLORIDA — Fired offensive coordinator Brent Pease.

IOWA STATE — Fired offensive coordinator Courtney Messingham and running backs coach Kenith Pope.

MARSHALL — Suspended RB Kevin Grooms indefinitely.

WYOMING — Fired football coach Dave Christensen.

B4 •The World • Monday,December 2,2013

Sports Swedish skier wins giant slalom THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BEAVER CREEK, Colo. — Jessica Lindell-Vikarby of Sweden won a World Cup giant slalom Sunday, holding off 18-year-old American Mikaela Shiffrin with a fluid final run.

Lindell-Vikarby finished the two runs on a demanding Beaver Creek course in 2 minutes, 17.92 seconds, with Shiffrin 0.09 seconds behind. Tina Weirather of Liechtenstein took third.

Shiffrin is a slalom specialist who has worked all offseason on improving her giant slalom technique.

This was her first top-three finish in the event.

The teenager was accorded the Lindsey Vonn treatment by fans. They cheered the skier from nearby EagleVail by ringing cow bells and holding signs with her picture on it.

Lara Gut of Switzerland won a second straight World Cup race, edging a strong Austrian contingent in the super-G on Saturday.

Sports Shorts

The Associated Press

Indianapolis kicker Adam Vinatieri boots a 49-yard field goal out of the hold of Pat McAfee during the second half Sunday.

NFL Colts kicker matches record in win Sunday From Page B1 Fox has no restrictions, but it’s likely that he’ll coach from the booth and not the sideline this Sunday against Tennessee.

Patriots 34, Texans 31: At Houston, the Patriots (9-3) came on again in the second half to extend the Texans’ franchise-record slide to 10 games. Tom Brady threw for 371 yards and two scores, and Stephen Gostkowski made two 53-yard field goals in the fourth quarter.

“I wish we could start fast and put the foot on the gas pedal the whole way,” Brady said.

Gary Kubiak coached from the sideline for the first time since suffering a mini-stroke Nov. 3. He missed one game before working the last two games from the booth.

New England overcame a 24-point first-half deficit last week to beat the Broncos 34-31 in overtime. The Patriots trailed by 10 at halftime in this one and the lead changed five times in a wild second half.

Ben Tate ran for 102 yards and three touchdowns for the Texans (2-10), who haven’t won since Sept. 15.

Panthers 27, Buccaneers 6: At Charlotte, N.C., the Panthers won their record eighth straight regular-season game when Cam Newton threw for 263 yards and two touchdowns and ran for another score.

Newton threw touchdown passes to Brandon LaFell and Ted Ginn Jr. and leaped over the pile for another score as the Panthers (9-3) outgained the Buccaneers 426-206. Newton has thrown for 13 touchdown passes and run for five scores during the Panthers’ current win streak.

“There is no roof, no sky,” defensive end Greg Hardy said. “We’re going up.

Every person on this team, every coach on this team has the same mentality right now. I feel like it’s contagious. Fans are getting it. They feel like they can’t be beat.”

Carolina’s defense came in allowing the fewest points in the league and flexed its muscles again, forcing two turnovers and sacking rookie Mike Glennon four times to snap a threegame winning streak for Tampa Bay (39). Glennon had thrown a touchdown pass in an NFL record eight straight games to start his career.

Eagles 24, Cardinals 21: At Philadelphia, Nick Foles threw three touchdown passes, two to Zach Ertz, and the Eagles (7-5) won their fourth straight to remain tied with Dallas for first place in the NFC East.

Foles finished 21 of 34 for 237 yards against a defense ranked eighth. He set a team record for most passes without an interception (233), breaking Michael Vick’s mark of 224 set in 2010. He also moved within one TD pass of tying

Peyton Manning’s mark of 20 and zero interceptions to start a season.

Carson Palmer threw for 302 yards and three TD passes, but also had two interceptions and lost a fumble as the Cardinals (7-5) had their four-game winning streak snapped.

Bengals 17, Chargers 10: At San Diego, Andy Dalton threw a go-ahead, 21-yard touchdown pass to wide-open A.J. Green late in the third quarter and the AFC North-leading Bengals (8-4), coming off their bye, kept a two-game lead over Baltimore.

San Diego (5-7) lost the momentum it gained with a thrilling comeback win at Kansas City a week earlier and saw its playoff hopes dwindle after its fourth loss in five games.

Colts 22, Titans 14: At Indianapolis, 40-year-old Adam Vinatieri, the best clutch kicker in NFL history, tied his career high with five field goals, including a 49-yarder to give the Colts the lead for good late in the third quarter. He matched an NFL record with four field goals of 40 yards or longer in one game.

Vinatieri equaled Jason Elam’s NFL record for 100-point seasons (16).

Surprise starter Donald Brown scored on a 4-yard touchdown run with 1:56 left, giving Indianapolis (8-4) a three-game lead in the AFC South with four to play. It owns the first tiebreaker thanks to a season sweep of the Titans (5-7).

49ers 23, Rams 13: At San Francisco, Anquan Boldin caught nine passes from Colin Kaepernick, and Michael Crabtree made his long-awaited season debut six months after Achilles tendon surgery. Kaepernick threw for 275 yards and Frank Gore ran for a 3-yard touchdown as the reigning NFC champion Niners (8-4) boosted their position in the playoff picture.

Crabtree had a 60-yard catch, while Vernon Davis hurdled into the end zone on a 17-yard reception.

Phil Dawson kicked three field goals, and San Francisco’s swarming defense rattled Kellen Clemens and the Rams (5-7) all day.

Vikings 23, Bears 20, OT: At Minneapolis, Blair Walsh’s 34-yard field goal with 1:43 left in overtime won it. Adrian Peterson rushed 35 times for 211 yards for the Vikings (3-8-1), who tied Green Bay the previous week.

Peterson had two 11-yard runs on the final drive to get well within range for Walsh, who missed a 57-yard try earlier in overtime.

Walsh had to kick that one because Rhett Ellison was called for a 15-yard face-mask penalty to wipe out a 39yard make by Walsh that would’ve ended the game.

The Bears (6-6) then reached the 29yard line, but coach Marc Trestman called for a field goal on second-and-7.

Robbie Gould’s 47-yarder went wide right hours after the birth of his first child, a son.

“I’m happy for my wife and my little boy. Sorry I couldn’t do it for my teammates like I did for my wife this morning,” said Gould, who arrived in

Minnesota about six hours before the game.

Falcons 34, Bills 31: At Toronto, Matt Bryant’s 36-yard field goal 3 minutes into overtime lifted Atlanta in Buffalo’s annual “home” game in Toronto. Falcons safety William Moore set up the decisive score in a back-andfourth game by forcing a fumble on Buffalo’s second play from scrimmage.

He punched the ball out of the arms of Bills tight end Scott Chandler.

Cornerback Robert McClain also forced a fumble on the Bills’ final possession of regulation, when he knocked the ball out of the hands of receiver Stevie Johnson at the Falcons 30 with 20 seconds remaining.

Steven Jackson scored twice, including the tying 1-yard plunge with 1:28 left for the Falcons (3-9), who snapped a five-game skid and won for the first time in six road games this season.

Fred Jackson scored twice for Buffalo (4-8).

Giants 24, Redskins 17: The host Redskins (3-9) were eliminated from contention as their defense of the NFC East title was a dud.

Eli Manning completed 22 of 28 passes for 235 yards, and Justin Tuck had four sacks to help shut down Robert Griffin III in the second half. Andre Brown had a pair of touchdown runs, including a 1-yarder early in the fourth quarter that put the Giants ahead for good.

Griffin was 16 for 17 at halftime, but he went 8 for 15 in the second half, and the Redskins managed only 95 total yards after halftime.

Game officials appeared to mismanage the downs on Washington’s final series, indicating that the Redskins made a first down before reversing the decision despite moving the chains and switching the down markers.

Jaguars 32, Browns 28: At Cleveland, Cecil Shorts caught a 20yard touchdown pass from Chad Henne with 40 seconds left, rallying the Jaguars. It was a dream moment for Shorts, who grew up in Cleveland.

Henne drove the Jaguars (3-9) 80 yards in nine plays for the winning TD. The Browns (4-8) had taken a 28-25 lead on Brandon Weeden’s 95-yard TD pass to Josh Gordon with 3:55 remaining. Gordon returned from a head injury and finished with 10 catches for a team record 261 yards. Gordon is the first player in NFL history to have consecutive 200-yard games. He had 237 in a loss last week against Pittsburgh.

Dolphins 23, Jets 3: Ryan Tannehill threw for 331 yards and two touchdowns, leading Miami past the listless Jets to keep the Dolphins in the playoff mix.

The visiting Dolphins (6-6) played with more of a sense of urgency while sending the Jets (5-7) to their third straight loss. New York also has a quarterback controversy on its hands as Geno Smith was benched in favor of Matt Simms after a dismal first half.

Brian Hartline and Mike Wallace had touchdown receptions for Miami, while Tannehill finished 28 for 43 with an interception.

Svindal repeats super-G victory at Lake Louise

afternoon needing 154 yards to reach 10,000.

Man dies after being found in another’s car KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A man died and three people were taken in for questioning after an altercation that happened Sunday in the parking lot of Arrowhead Stadium as the Kansas City Chiefs played the Denver Broncos.

Kansas City police spokesman Darin Snapp told The Associated Press that the incident was being treated as a homicide but that no arrests had been made. Snapp said the man who died was found inside someone else’s vehicle and a struggle ensued.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL Alabama kicker gets messages of support MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama kicker Cade Foster was inundated with support from teammates and thousands of fans on social media after missing two field goal attempts and having a third blocked in the Crimson Tide’s loss to Auburn.

The initial negative backlash after Saturday’s 34-28 defeat mostly turned supportive by Sunday. A fan page titled “Bama fans supporting Cade Foster” was started on Facebook after the game and was approaching 40,000 “likes” by Sunday afternoon.

It included a message that negative posts would be deleted.

Alabama quarterback AJ McCarron posted on Twitter that “we win & lose as a team.

If u blame this on 1 guy U aren’t a true fan!”

LAKE LOUISE, Alberta — Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway captured a World Cup super-G Sunday, the third straight year he has won this event at Lake Louise.

Svindal finished in 1 minute, 28.53 seconds. He was followed by two Austrians — Matthias Mayer in 1:28.77 and Georg Streitberger in 1:28.91.

Dominik Paris of Italy PRO BASKETBALL won the season-opening World Cup men’s downhill in Broken hand sidelines Lake Louise on Saturday.

Pelicans forward Davis

NEW YORK — New Vonn will put off surgery Orleans Pelicans forward with eyes on Olympics Anthony Davis broke his left VAIL, Colo. — Lindsey Vonn says she needs another operation on her right knee but hopes to put it off until after the Sochi Olympics.

Vonn partially tore one of her reconstructed knee ligaments during a crash in training two weeks ago at Copper Mountain. She is seeing if she can ski without another procedure, but at some point “surgery is going to have to happen.”

Vonn says she likely would be proceeding in the same way even if this weren’t an Olympic season.

“I probably would’ve done what I’m doing right now, test it out,” Vonn said after a training session at Vail on Sunday. “If I felt like it was possible to keep skiing, I probably would’ve. Either way, at the end of the season, I have to reconstruct the ACL. “So it’s kind of like, might as well see how long it holds up. Not a lot of options. In the end, surgery is going to have to happen.”

hand against the New York Knicks, and the team says a timetable for his return is to be determined.

The second-year star was injured in the first half Sunday. The Pelicans said the injury was a non-displaced fracture of his hand.

Davis was averaging 19.6 points and 10.6 rebounds entering the game. The No. 1 pick in the 2012 draft and a member of the U.S. Olympic team that won a gold medal that summer came in leading the NBA with 3.9 blocked shots per game.

GOLF McIlroy edges Scott for Australian Open title

SYDNEY — Rory McIlroy birdied the 18th hole to beat Adam Scott at the Australian Open, winning for the first time in 2013 and denying Scott the Triple Crown of Australian golf.

McIlroy started the last round four shots behind Scott, but drew even when he eagled the seventh and PRO FOOTBALL the eighth.

Peterson reaches career birdied Scott went a shot ahead yardage milestone with a birdie at the ninth. The MINNEAPOLIS — Adrian pair then went shot for shot Peterson became the third- over the back nine before the fastest player in NFL history dramatic finish. to reach 10,000 yards rushSchwartzel defends title ing for his career.

Peterson passed the mark in Alfred Dunhill tourney for Minnesota in the fourth South MALELANE, quarter Sunday against Africa — Charl Schwartzel Chicago in his 101st career successfully defended his game. Eric Dickerson got title at the Alfred Dunhill there in 91 games, and Jim Championship, shooting a 4Brown reached the milestone under 68 for a four-shot vicin 98 games. tory and his first European Peterson entered the Tour victory in a year.

Vikings lose Ponder to concussion during Sunday’s game THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Vikings lost quarterback Christian Ponder to a concussion, long before they went on to win 2320 in overtime after each team missed a kick.

Ponder took a hit to the head late in the second quarter Sunday against Chicago during a rushed third-down throw.

Ponder was pressured and knocked down by defensive end Shea McLellin and linebacker James Anderson. Ponder was slow to get up and looked a little woozy as he walked off.

Ponder took three sacks in the

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first half and completed just three of eight passes for 40 yards. Matt Cassel came in for the final drive of the second quarter, to a rousing cheer from the crowd.

Browns quarterback Brandon Weeden was diagnosed with a concussion after Cleveland’s loss to Jacksonville, though he played the entire game.

The Browns also temporarily lost wide receiver Josh Gordon to a head injury, but he returned for a record-setting day.

Gordon had his helmet knocked off by Jaguars safety Winston Guy as he attempted to make a leaping catch near the sideline.

Gordon’s head snapped back as he landed and he appeared to hit it on the hard ground. He walked off

the field under his power, and after being examined on the sideline, he was taken to the locker room for further evaluation.

Gordon returned just before the end of the third quarter and finished with 10 catches for 261 yards and became the first player in NFL history to record 200 yards receiving in consecutive games.

Broncos wide receiver Trindon Holliday left with a shoulder injury while the Chiefs lost tight end Anthony Fasano to a concussion and left tackle Branden Albert to a knee injury.

The Broncos also lost wide receiver Demaryius Thomas for several series in the first half with a shoulder injury. Thomas returned to the game just before halftime.

Holliday, who also returns punts and kicks for the Broncos, was hurt in the first half and did not return.

Fasano sustained his concussion when he slammed his head into the turf in the third quarter, and Albert left after hurting his knee early in the fourth quarter.

Albert, the Chiefs’ franchise left tackle, was replaced in the lineup by No. 1 overall pick Eric Fisher, who had been starting at right tackle.

He’s been dealing with a shoulder injury and was active for the game, even though he did not start.

In Charlotte, N.C., Tampa Bay cornerback Darrelle Revis left the Buccaneers’ game against Carolina in the third quarter with a shoulder and chest injury and did not return.

He attempted to intercept a pass

by Cam Newton near the sideline.

He was attended to by the medical staff but was able to walk off the field under his own power. He was looked at briefly on the bench and then taken to the locker room for more observations.

49ers left tackle Joe Staley injured his right knee early against St. Louis and didn’t return.

St. Louis left tackle Jake Long went down late in the third quarter.

Staley was hurt at the 11:13 mark of the first quarter when he landed awkwardly while grabbing his knee.

Staley stayed on the ground for several minutes before walking off the field on his own.

New York Jets kick returnerwide receiver Josh Cribbs left with a shoulder injury.

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BY RALPH D. RUSSO The Associated Press

Florida State and Ohio State are in position to play for the BCS national championship, though Auburn and Missouri are close enough behind in the BCS standings to put pressure on the Buckeyes.

The Seminoles grabbed the top spot in the BCS standings released Sunday after Alabama relinquished it for the first time this season.

The Crimson Tide’s wild 34-28 loss at Auburn dropped Alabama to fourth.

Ohio State is second and Auburn is third. Missouri is fifth. Auburn and Missouri play in the Southeastern Conference championship game Saturday in Atlanta.

The winner should get a boost in the standings, but it might not be enough to catch the unbeaten Buckeyes.

Ohio State (12-0) faces Michigan State, 10th in the latest standings, in the Big Ten championship game Saturday in Indianapolis.

Florida State is first in both the USA Today coaches’ poll and Harris poll, and rated No. 1 in the compilation of six computer rankings used in the BCS standings.

The Seminoles’ .9948 BCS average makes them a lock to get to the title game in Pasadena, Calif., on Jan. 6 if they can beat Duke in the

Atlantic Coast Conference championship game Saturday.

The Buckeyes (.9503) are second in the polls and second in the computers. Auburn (.9233) is third in each.

Missouri (.8428) is fifth in each. But each of those SEC Tigers is 11-1.Ohio State is riding a 24-game winning streak.

An unbeaten team from a BCS automatic-qualifying conference (ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12, SEC and Big East, now American Athletic Conference) has never been shut out of national championship game in favor of a team with a loss.

The SEC, which has won the last seven BCS championships, would like that to change.

“Any one-loss team in the SEC (should be considered) just because of the strength of schedule,” Missouri coach Gary Pinkel said. “Hopefully that will be taken into consideration.”

Jerry Palm, who analyzes the BCS for CBS.com, said there is no reason to expect the unprecedented to happen.

“I think the voters would have to abandon Ohio State, and that’s never happened in the history of the BCS,” he said Sunday.

Alabama (.8539) is fourth but the Tide would need both Florida State and Ohio State to lose to get back in the title conversation.

The BCS is in its last season. It will be replaced by a four-team playoff next year, which will use a selection committee to pick the teams.

Farther down the latest standings, the competition to become the last BCS buster is now a one-team race after Fresno State lost to San Jose State. It’s all about Northern Illinois now.

The undefeated Huskies from the Mid-American Conference remained 14th in the standings this week. NIU, looking for its second straight BCS bid, plays Bowling Green in the MAC title game on Friday night.

The Huskies can earn an automatic BCS bid two ways: Finish in the top 12 of the final BCS standings. Or finish in the top 16 of the final standings, ahead of an automatic qualifying conference champion.

The Huskies used the latter route to get to the BCS last season with one loss.

It could happen again this season. Central Florida, in line to win the American and earn its first automatic BCS bid, is ranked 16th in the latest standings and plays SMU on Saturday. It doesn’t seem likely that the Knights (10-1) will pass the Huskies, so the only thing standing in the way of Northern Illinois and the BCS is Bowling Green.

NIU would most likely play in the Fiesta Bowl.

No team will enter the final weekend of the regular season with a BCS bid locked up. Here are the possibilities: ■ Oklahoma State, Baylor and Texas are all alive to earn the Big 12 title and the conference’s automatic bid to the Fiesta Bowl. Oklahoma State gets the bid by beating Oklahoma. If the Cowboys lose, the winner of the BaylorTexas game gets the bid.

■ The winner of the SEC championship gets an automatic bid to the Sugar Bowl.

■ If Duke wins the ACC championship it will play in the Orange Bowl.

■ The winner of the Pac12 title game between Stanford and Arizona State gets a Rose Bowl bid.

■ Michigan State will earn a Rose Bowl bid by beating Ohio State in the Big Ten title game, but also stands a good chance to end up in the Rose Bowl with a loss. If Ohio State plays for the national championship, the Spartans (11-1) are likely to be picked by the Rose Bowl to replace the Buckeyes.

■ If UCF loses, it could create a three-way tie for the AAC title with Cincinnati and Louisville that would be settled by the BCS standings.

Louisville is 19th in the standings this week, while Cincinnati is unranked.

■ Alabama is a virtual lock to get an at-large bid, most likely the Orange Bowl.

BCS Standings Nov. 24, 2013 HarrisUSA TodayComputer BCS Rk Pts Pct Rk Pts Pct Rk Pct Avg Pv 1. Florida St. 1 2617 .9970 1 1546 .9974 1 .990 .9948 2 2. Ohio St. 2 2488 .9478 2 1462 .9432 2 .960 .9503 3 3. Auburn 3 2422 .9227 3 1437 .9271 3 .920 .9233 4 4. Alabama 4 2262 .8617 4 1333 .8600 4 .840 .8539 1 5. Missouri 5 2231 .8499 5 1315 .8484 5 .830 .8428 5 6. Oklahoma St. 6 2083 .7935 6 1248 .8052 9 .690 .7629 7 7. Stanford 7 1873 .7135 10 1034 .6671 7 .740 .7069 8 8. South Carolina 8 1841 .7013 t7 1100 .7097 8 .700 .7037 10 9. Baylor 9 1778 .6773 t7 1100 .7097 12 .600 .6623 9 10. Michigan St. 10 1758 .6697 9 1037 .6690 11 .620 .6529 11 11. Arizona St. 13 1277 .4865 13 765 .4935 6 .770 .5833 12 12. Oregon 12 1398 .5326 12 843 .5439 13 .520 .5321 13 13. Clemson 11 1444 .5501 11 853 .5503 14 .460 .5201 6 14. N. Illinois 15 1104 .4206 18 547 .3529 10 .670 .4812 14 15. LSU 14 1258 .4792 14 720 .4645 17 .320 .4213 17 16. UCF 18 967 .3684 17 572 .3690 16 .420 .3858 19 17. Oklahoma 16 1041 .3966 15 660 .4258 17 .320 .3808 18 18. UCLA 19 779 .2968 19 473 .3052 15 .450 .3506 22 19. Louisville 17 1013 .3859 16 625 .4032 28 .000 .2630 20 20. Duke 20 620 .2362 20 402 .2594 21 .180 .2252 24 Computer Rankings AH RB CM KM JS PW 1. Florida St. 1 1 4 2 1 1 2. Ohio St. 2 2 2 1 3 2 3. Auburn 3 3 1 3 6 3 4. Alabama 5 4 8 4 7 4 5. Missouri 4 5 3 7 8 5 6. Oklahoma St. 8 7 9 15 5 11 7. Stanford 7 6 6 8 10 9 8. South Carolina 10 10 7 10 4 7 9. Baylor 9 8 11 13 12 12 10. Michigan St. 12 13 10 9 11 8 11. Arizona St. 6 11 5 6 9 6 12. Oregon 11 14 12 12 15 14 13. Clemson 16 12 15 14 16 13 14. N. Illinois 18 9 13 5 2 10 15. LSU 20 18 19 16 18 17 16. UCF 15 15 16 19 14 16 17. Oklahoma 14 16 17 25 20 19 18. UCLA 13 19 14 11 17 15 19. Louisville 17 20. Duke 24 20 18 19 23 Explanation Key The BCS Average is calculated by averaging the percent totals of the Harris Interactive, USA Today Coaches and Computer polls. Team percentages are derived by dividing a team’s actual voting points by a maximum 2625 possible points in the Harris Interactive Poll and 1550 possible points in the USA Today Coaches Poll.

Six computer rankings are used to determine the overall computer component. The highest and lowest ranking for each team is dropped, and the remaining four are added and divided to produce a Computer Rankings Percentage. The six computer ranking providers are Anderson & Hester, Richard Billingsley, Colley Matrix, Kenneth Massey, Jeff Sagarin, and Peter Wolfe. Each computer ranking accounts for schedule strength in its formula.

Linfield moves into quarterfinals THE WORLD Linfield stayed alive in the NCAA Division III playoffs by beating Hampden-Sydney 31-21 at McMinnville on Saturday.

The Wildcats, who improved to 11-0, host Wisconsinunbeaten Whitewater in the quarterfinals. Wisconsin-Whitewater beat Franklin (Ind.) 33-3.

Nash Nance had two touchdown passes and scored another on the ground in the first half for the Tigers, but Linfield was able to over-

come a 21-3 deficit by scoring the games final 28 points.

Forrest Dominique clinched the win by sacking Nance in the end zone, forcing a fumble and recovering it for a touchdown that put Linfield up 31-21 midway through the final quarter.

Josh Yoder passed for 243 yards for Linfield, but also had a career-high three interceptions.

Josh Hill rushed for two touchdowns for the Wildcats and also threw a touchdown pass on his only throwing attempt of the game.

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Sun Devils will host Pac-12 title game THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TEMPE, Ariz. — D.J. Foster ran for 124 yards and two touchdowns, and No. 13 Arizona State dismantled rival Arizona 58-21 Saturday night to earn home-field advantage in next week’s Pac-12 championship game.

Arizona State (10-2, 8-1 Pac-12) won last year’s game by scoring 24 points in the fourth quarter and raced out to a 27-point lead by the midpoint of the second this time.

After scoring the second-most points in Territorial Cup history, Arizona State will host No. 8 Stanford in next Saturday’s Pac-12 title game with a spot in the Rose Bowl on the line.

Taylor Kelly threw for 274 yards and two touchdowns, De’Marieya Nelson ran for two scores and the Sun Devils had no trouble without leading rusher and scorer Marion Grice.

The defense forced four turnovers, including a 64-yard interception return

by Damarious Randle in the third quarter.

Arizona (7-5, 4-5) fell flat in trying to boost its bowl pedigree.

No. 22 UCLA 35, No. 23 USC 14:

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Brett Hundley passed for 208 yards and rushed for two touchdowns, leading UCLA past Southern California and winning the crosstown showdown for the second straight season.

Linebacker Myles Jack and defensive end Eddie Vanderdoes also rushed for touchdowns as the Bruins (9-3, 6-3 Pac-12) earned their first win at the Coliseum since 1997, retaining the Victory Bell by grinding out just their third victory over USC (9-4, 6-3) in 15 years.

Javorius Allen rushed for 123 yards and a score for the Trojans, who had won five straight in their revitalized season under interim coach Ed Orgeron.

Cody Kessler passed for 174 yards and hit Xavier Grimble with a TD pass for USC. But its defense couldn’t handle Hundley, who rushed for 80 yards.

No. 8 Stanford 27, Notre Dame 20: Wayne Lyons intercepted two passes from Tommy Rees late in the fourth quarter, and Stanford held off Notre Dame.

The Cardinal (10-2) overcame two interceptions from Kevin Hogan and a penalty that wiped away another touchdown to win their 16th consecutive home game. Stanford will play for its second straight Pac-12 title and Rose Bowl berth next week when it faces No.

13 Arizona State in the conference championship game.

Tyler Gaffney ran for 189 yards and a touchdown, and Hogan threw for 158 yards and TD pass to Devon Cajuste to help the Cardinal take a 21-6 lead in the third quarter.

Rees nearly rallied the Fighting Irish (8-4) by throwing two touchdown passes later in the quarter. But interceptions on Notre Dame’s final two drives dashed Notre Dame’s come back.

Utah 24, Colorado 17: Kelvin York rushed for 132 yards and two touchdowns and Trevor Reilly had a late interception to help Utah slide by Colorado.

In a matchup of the two teams at the bottom of the Pac-12 South, the Utes raced to a 21-0 lead before the Buffs roared back.

On fourth-and-10, Sefo Liufau completed a 14-yard TD pass to Nelson Spruce that made it 24-17 with 2:30 remaining. The ensuing onside kick bounded high over the Utah line and out of bounds.

But the Buffs forced a Utah punt that was downed at the 10 — Tom Hackett’s third kick inside the 10-yard-line.

Defensive end Reilly dropped back from the line and intercepted the ball at the 21.

Wyoming coach loses job after poor finish THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Dave Christensen was fired as Wyoming’s football coach Sunday after the Cowboys lost five of their last six games this season.

He coached Wyoming for five years, taking the Cowboys to two bowl games.

Wyoming finished 5-7 after starting 4-2, ending the season with a 35-7 loss to Utah State on Saturday.

“We have come to a point where our football program has not achieved at the level of success that we expect, and we know from past experience that we can be successful,” athletic director Tom Burman said in a statement. “It is with that in mind

that we move forward in search of a new leader for Cowboy football.”

Christensen has three years remaining on a contract that runs through 2016.

Wyoming said it will pay Christensen’s base salary for the remaining three years for a total buyout of $570,024.

The buyout will not be paid with state money, the school said.

During last season, Christensen was caught on video screaming profanities at Air Force coach Troy Calhoun after a loss to the Falcons. The school suspended Christensen for a game for the tirade and fined him $50,000.

Christensen went 27-35 in

Laramie, and 16-23 in the Mountain West Conference.

He took over after a successful stint as Missouri’s offensive coordinator and led the Cowboys to a bowl game in his first and third seasons.

Wyoming went 8-5 in 2011, but slid back to 4-8 last year.

Florida fires assistants GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida coach Will Muschamp didn’t wait very long to start making changes.

The school confirmed Sunday that Muschamp fired offensive coordinator Brent Pease and offensive line coach Tim Davis less than 24 hours after the Gators (4-8) completed their first losing season since 1979.

Muschamp dismissed Pease and Davis a day after a humbling, 37-7 loss to rival Florida State.

Iowa State makes moves AMES, Iowa — Iowa State has fired offensive coordinator Courtney Messingham and running backs coach Kenith Pope.

Coach Paul Rhoads announced Sunday that Messingham and Pope were “relieved” of their duties less than 24 hours after Iowa State closed out a 3-9 season with a 52-44 triple-overtime win at West Virginia.

Messingham had been with Rhoads for five seasons, the last two as offensive coordinator.

From Page B1 Asked if it was the biggest win of his career, Auburn coach Gus Malzahn said: “It ranks right up there.” But he said he’d “probably” still celebrate just like he has since his high school coaching days: With a Waffle House meal.

“That’s what you coach for, that’s what these kids play for, to get a chance to win the SEC championship,” Malzahn said.

No. 2 Florida State 37, Florida 7: Jameis Winston threw three touchdown passes to Kelvin Benjamin, and Florida State moved a step closer to playing for the national championship.

The Seminoles improved to 12-0 for the first time since 1999 and likely will earn a spot in the title game by beating Duke in the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game Saturday.

Florida, meanwhile, ended its worst season since 1979.

The Gators (4-8) lost their final seven games and missed a bowl for the first time since 1990. Florida’s bowl streak had been the second-longest in the country, behind Florida State.

No. 3 Ohio State 42, Michigan 41: Tyvis Powell intercepted Devin Gardner’s pass as Michigan went for a go-ahead 2-point conversion with 32 seconds left and Ohio State held on in one the most thrilling games in the history of the storied Big Ten rivalry.

Devin Gardner threw a 2yard touchdown pass to Devin Funchess to make it 42-41, but instead of kicking for the tie, Wolverines coach Brady Hoke went for the lead with his offense.

Gardner tried to zip a pass into traffic near the goal line, but Powell came up with it.

Buckeyes cornerback Roby Bradley recovered the onside kick to seal Ohio State’s 24th consecutive victory and keep its national championship hopes alive.

Braxton Miller accounted for five touchdowns for Ohio

State (12-0, 8-0) and Carlos Hyde ran for a 1-yard score with 2:20 left to make it 42-35.

Gardner threw four touchdown passes for Michigan (7-5, 3-5).

No. 5 Missouri 28, No. 19 Texas A&M 21: Henry Josey broke loose for the goahead score on a 57-yard run with 3:34 to go and Missouri wrapped up the SEC East.

Missouri (11-1, 7-1 SEC) advances to the conference championship game against Auburn — a matchup of schools very lightly regarded before the season. Missouri has made a six-win improvement from its initial SEC season and fourth-ranked Auburn (11-1, 7-1) has topped last year’s total by eight after stunning No. 1 Alabama.

Texas A&M’s Johnny Manziel was held in check for the second straight week, throwing one touchdown pass and rushing for 21 yards on 11 carries. He was 24 for 35 for 195 yards.

No. 10 South Carolina 31, No. 6 Clemson 7: Connor Shaw threw for one touchdown and rushed for another as South Carolina won its record fifth straight over Clemson.

The Gamecocks (10-2) won their 18th straight at home, extending a school record set earlier this year.

The Tigers (10-2) had never lost five consecutive games to their rival in a series that began in 1896 — which they still lead 65-42-4.

No. 9 Baylor 41, TCU 38: Bryce Petty threw for two touchdowns and ran for another, and Baylor returned two interceptions for scores.

The Bears (10-1, 7-1 Big 12) scored 21 straight points on either side of halftime with just 1 yard from their high-powered offense and bounced back from a blowout loss at Oklahoma State to maintain their hopes for a share of the conference title.

Baylor could win the league outright and qualify for a BCS bid, likely the Fiesta Bowl, if it beats Texas and the Cowboys lose to Oklahoma next Saturday.

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