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Development draws concern BY JEBB JOHNSTON jjohnston@dailycorinthian.com

Several North Corinth landowners, including the Siege and Battle of Corinth Commission, have put their opposition on the record regarding a possible residential development

Basket fund nears $15,000 The spirit of giving this Christmas season is alive and well in the Alcorn County area. Donations continue to arrive for the 19th Annual Corinth Rotary Club / Daily Corinthian Christmas Basket Fund. A $25,000 fund raising goal was set so 1,000 food baskets could be given to local families on Saturday, Dec. 6. Baskets were given away based upon faith the goal will be reached. So far, $14,959 has been raised, meaning $10,041 still needs to be raised to make the goal. Recent donations include $200 from John and Pam

off North Polk Street. One of the neighboring property owners, Bill Davis, presented a petition to the Corinth Planning Commission on Monday regarding 10 acres of property at Farris Lane and North Polk Street. The move

is somewhat preemptive, as no proposed subdivision plan has been formally presented to the commission regarding the property owned by Tommy Robertson. The commission did, however, receive some informa-

tion in its prior meeting about the owner’s intent to possibly build a house on the northeast corner of the property, and a sketch showing possible future development of other lots was Please see CONCERN | 2A

Eight-year-old hands out free Bibles BY MARK BOEHLER editor@dailycorinthian.com

Gideons International may have the perfect candidate for the global organization’s next leader. Gideons are known for handing out free Bibles throughout the world and placing copies in hotel rooms. Eight-year-old Farmington resident Chris Leatherwood is too young to be a Gideon, but he is already in the business of giving away free Bibles. “Mom, do we have any extra Bibles?” he asked his mother, Christie Leatherwood, last week during his Christmas break. His mother asked why. “I want to give them away,” he said.

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Chris Leatherwood attempted to get motorists’ attention with his homemade sign — “Free Bibles.”

And so, he did – the three Bibles he found in his house. The Alcorn Central Elementary School third grader made a sign – “Free Bibles” – and set a table out in his Eastbrook Subdivision yard. Joey Leatherwood, Chris’ father, said there isn’t much traffic in their Farmington subdivision, so the two decided to pound the pavement in search of folks who would welcome a Bible. “After about 30 minutes of sitting in the yard, nobody stopped,” said Joey. “We decided to walk through the subdivision in search of folks.” “It didn’t take long,” added Chris, who has previously given away Bibles at his school. When asked about Gideons, the youngster admitted he had never heard of the organizations. “I just want to give Bibles away,” he added. “There are people who aren’t saved.”

Theatre played host to Elvis in 1956 BY BRANT SAPPINGTON

Mississippi Development Authority Tourism Director Malcolm White (from left), Bill Morgan, State Rep. Tracy Arnold, Steve Morgan, and Booneville and Prentiss County Main Street Association Executive Director Trudy Featherston look over the interior of the historic Von Theatre in downtown Booneville. The Morgans purchased the property earlier this year and are considering options for what to do with the historic site where a young Elvis Presley performed.

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Parks offering 1st Day Hikes BY KIMBERLY SHELTON kshelton@dailycorinthian.com

Diving feet first into the New Year, area parks will kick off the year’s outdoor recreaction with their annual First Day Hikes. The day is being observed on Thursday, Jan. 1 as part of America’s State Parks First Day Hikes initiative. Designed for hikers of all ages and abilities, the 2015 First Day Hikes will take place from Reelfoot to Henry Horton to Roan Mountain and every state park in between. Tailored for novice hikers, some hikes will be approximately one mile in length, while others geared toward more expereinced hikers will be lengthPlease see HIKES | 2A

A theater where the King of Rock and Roll played one of his earliest shows could be a catalyst for boosting tourism in the City of Hospitality. In the 1950s the Von Theatre on College Street in downtown Booneville was the center of a rockabilly and rock and roll music scene that brought some of the biggest names of the era to the city, including a young rock singer from Tupelo named Elvis Presley and his fellow Sun Records artist Johnny Cash. Cash and Presley performed at the site in January 1956. The theatre was also home to a short-lived record label, Von Records” that released Please see THEATRE | 2A

Progress and tragedy marked mid-2014 BY JEBB JOHNSTON

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(Editor’s note: Look for the annual “top 10” stories to be presented on Wednesday.) Following is a roundup of Corinth and Alcorn County’s notable headlines from May

May Locals visit Jackson for the governor’s signing of the Andrew Loyd Bill, which requires the Department of Human

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Services to be notified before a mentally ill person receives treatment if that person has a minor child. The Corinth School District hires a contractor to install artificial turf at Warrior Stadium. Former alderman David

Roberts backs out of Corinth’s ward 5 race. Taxi driver Cleo Henderson is found lying outside the Liberty Taxi Service in the early a.m. hours over Memorial Please see REVIEW | 2A

On this day in history 150 years ago Union cavalry strike the Mobile & Ohio Railroad between Corinth and Rienzi and destroy five miles of track. This damage comes as the Confederate Army of Tennessee is planning to move from Burnsville to Tupelo by way of Corinth.

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included. Davis, who has lived on adjoining property for nine years, said residents there enjoy a pastoral setting that does not need the intrusion of a subdivision. “It’s a beautiful open area, and the introduction of what would amount to a high-density type subdivision is not at all in keeping with the way the area has been developed,” he said. He also expressed concern about property values. The land sits between two historic sites containing rare examples of Civil War earthworks, and Siege and Battle of Corinth Commission Chair Rosemary Williams asked the commission to consider the integrity and sustainability of those sites. “The one we commonly call the Burns site is the most well-preserved Civil War battery dating

to 1862 in the United Sates,” she said. “We have just really tried so hard to protect that place. We have about 400 acres there. We’ve put a lot of money into the trails and the roadway in and to a platform for people to view it without interfering with the earthwork. Then, at the other end where Polk Street joins Highway 2, the Johnson site is also a very important earthwork site. Artillery went back and forth being fired across this area we’re talking about. So, it’s one of our national historic corridors. We really need to think when we think about building and changing and zoning these few particularly important corridors we have.” Other property owners speaking in opposition were Frank Davis, Mike Pittman and Tom Pittman. Bobby Scott, representing Robertson, argued that what has been

presented would not be out of character for the area. He said the sketch previously presented “is not a preliminary plat for a subdivision, but it was requested, so we supplied that.” With no application on the table to consider, the commission heard the discussion and took no action. In board of adjustment matters, the panel agreed to recommend approval of Greg Johnson’s request for a setback reduction from 100 feet to 20 feet on the rear property line at JWW Inc. on Pinecrest Road to allow the construction of equipment sheds. In other business, the panel elected Jerry Finger to continue serving as chairman of both the planning commission and the board of adjustment, both of which consist of the same five members. The panel elected Robert Williams to serve as secretary.

Act when he was terminated in 2010. Roger Settlemires becomes security chief at the regional correctional facility. Roof and foundation repairs are completed at the Verandah-Curlee House. The Northeast Mississippi Chapter of the American Red Cross moves toward opening an office at City Hall. Bill Davis is hired as board attorney for the Corinth School District Board of Trustees. Corinth gets a new fire truck. Sens. Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker campaign together in Corinth. Murder suspect Sirdon Greer and rape suspect Garnett Denzell Hughes briefly escape from the correctional facility. The city and county purchase approximately 4.4 acres of land to add to the available property for the park expansion. Booneville native Ray Holloway becomes director at the Crossroads Regional Park. Sen. Thad Cochran narrowly carries Alcorn County again in the primary runoff. Peggy Elizabeth Miles, 63, dies several days after a two-vehicle crash at Highway 72 and Road 735.

rather than increasing to three. With an investigation by the state auditor’s office in progress, Alcorn County Purchase Clerk Paul Rhodes is arrested and charged with hindering prosecution. He is released on bond and placed on administrative leave. Corinth issues a permit for Zaxby’s to begin work on the former Golden Rule location. Amartrie Moss, 17, is charged in the shooting death of Anthony Beene, 19, of Baldwyn.

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Day weekend, dead of a gunshot wound. Later, a reward is offered for information, and the case remains unsolved to date.

June Residents show voter I.D. for the first time as Sen. Thad Cochran narrowly carries the county in his heated primary race with Chris McDaniel. The Siege and Battle of Corinth Commission purchases the West Corinth Elementary School property for historic preservation and interpretation. Bobby Thompson, 35, of Booneville, is arrested after the shooting death of Jeff Hall, 33, of Rienzi. The Mississippi Transportation Commission approves Corinth’s request for up to $554,208 for sidewalk improvements and upscale street lighting on Meigg Street as a pedestrian improvement project. Cracker Barrel opens its Corinth restaurant on Highway 72 West. The annual meeting of Caterpillar stockholders is held at Crossroads Arena. Alfred L. Newcomb wins $100,000 in damages in a jury verdict in U.S. District Court against the Corinth School District. Newcomb, who was a bus driver and maintenance worker, alleged that the district violated the Family and Medical Leave

July The Alcorn County Board of Supervisors votes to continue with two constable and justice court judge districts

August The Alcorn County Board of Supervisors votes to continue not having building codes. A mistrial is declared in the sexual battery case against former Farmington Baptist Church pastor Timothy Daniel Nall when the jury cannot reach a verdict. Seventeen-year-old Austin Digby dies as the result of a wreck in the Oakland Baptist Church parking lot. Brandon Wayne Davis, 16, of Ripley, dies while swimming with his brother in the Hatchie River. Also, Daniel Eugene Bradford, 45, of Walnut, dies from injuries sustained after he jumped from the bank into a shallow area. Alcorn Count moves forward with plans for up to a $5.75 million bond sale for expansion of Crossroads Regional Park.

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Corinth and Alcorn County have set garbage schedules for the week of New Year’s. For Alcorn County garbage customers, the Monday and Tuesday routes

will both be collected on Monday. The Wednesday and Thursday routes will be picked up on Tuesday. The Friday route will be picked up on Wednesday. For Corinth residents,

the Monday and Tuesday routes will be collected on Monday, the Wednesday route will be picked up on Tuesday, and the Thursday and Friday routes will be collected on Wednesday.

No fatalities reported during holiday travel BY BRANT SAPPINGTON bsappington@ dailycorinthian.com

Despite numerous people traveling over the river, through the woods and across the state’s highways, no traffic fatalities were reported during the Christmas travel period. The Mississippi Highway Patrol reported a fatality-free Christmas holiday for the period

running from 6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 23 through midnight Thursday, Dec. 25. “We attribute this to the responsible decisions made by motorist traveling the roadways, public notification by the media, and the high visibility of law enforcement throughout the period. It also shows that a fatality free holiday period is

possible when everyone works together to ensure safe travel for all,” said Lt. Johnny Poulos, director of MHP’s Public Affairs Division. Statewide 1,500 citations were issued to motorists, including 22 arrests for driving under the influence and 30 citations for violations of the state’s

Big Hill Pond State Park will hold a Dismal Swamp Hike at 2 p.m. According to the park staff, guests will meet to register at the Park Office before traveling to Turkey Call Trailhead where they will begin a two-hour interpretive hike across the dismal swamp boardwalk and then over to the observation tower. Approximately four miles long, the hike is categorized as being of medium difficulty. Those participating are asked to bring their own water, snacks and a camera to capture memories of the adventure. (For more information about the Dismal Swamp Hike, call 731-645-7967.) Also taking part in the fourth year of nationwide initiative, the Mississippi Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is encouraging everyone to start their year off right, by participating in a First Day Hike. “Join a Ranger for a guided hike through a state park,” said Tishomingo State Park Manager Bill Brekeen. “You’ll burn

off some of those holiday calories, cure cabin fever and enjoy a day in the “great outdoors”. Hikers will meet at 10 a.m. at the park’s Loochapola Lodge. “After the national anthem we will hike the Outcroppings Trail and meet back at the Lodge,” said Brekeen. Guests will enjoy refreshments while watching some College Football Bowl Games on a 70” flat screen. Approximately 2 miles in length, the Outcroppings Trail will take 1.5 to 2.5 miles to hike. (For more information about First Day Hikes at Tishomingo Sate Park, contact the park by phone at 662438-6914 or by email at tishomingo@mdwfp. state.ms.us.) The American Hiking Society and America’s State Parks are committed to promoting hiking and other outdoor recreation in state parks, to help everyone connect with nature and establish a lifetime of fitness through hiking.

“We just loved the building and we just loved the history of it,” said Steve. The Morgans said they’re exploring many different options as they consider how best the theatre can be put to use to benefit the community. One option is to create some type of attraction tying it to other Presleyrelated sites to draw tourists making the pilgrimage from Graceland in Memphis to the Presley birthplace in Tupelo. White said he believes connecting the various Presley sites could prove a major draw for the thousands who visit the two main attractions each year. He said while MDA can offer help a community must create a situation where tourism activities are sustainable at the local level and that begins with a clear idea of what needs to be done. “You’ve got to have a plan,” he said. He encouraged Booneville’s Main Street leaders to look at the examples of other successful cities and consider having a study done to catalog the community’s resources and get a clear picture of the assets and challenges they have to face.

He noted both MDA and Mississippi State University offer programs that can assist with this type of research. White said it’s important a community have a single person in place as the point of contact for tourism efforts. He also noted most communities in Mississippi fund tourism projects through an additional sales tax on lodging and prepared food. He said there has to be a funding source to support marketing efforts and improvements to the community to draw tourists and these types of taxes have been successful because they allow people who are coming in from out of town to support tourism efforts. Hill and Smith said they plan to discuss the planning process with the rest of the Main Street Board of Directors and also seek to review plans done several years ago that may still be relevant to today’s efforts. Arnold said he’s encouraged by the work being done by the Morgans and Booneville Main Street and offered his commitment to work with the community in any way possible to support the efforts.

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ier. “Our First Hikes have been very popular and we are excited to continue this series in the New Year,” said Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation Deputy Commissioner Brock Hill. “The First Hikes offer a great way to get outside, exercise, enjoy nature and welcome the New Year with friends and family.” January will mark the first program for Pickwick Landing State Park’s new ranger, John Ball. Participants will join Ball at the entrance to the Pickwick Inn at 3 p.m. to begin their free hike. “This year’s hike will take you on an easy 1.3 mile trek around the Healthy Hike Trail which meanders through the middle of the park and down to the circle, right on the river and back,” he said. (For a more in-depth look into planned First Hikes in Tennessee, visit http://tnstateparks. com/about/specialevents/first-hike.)

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six records of performers from the venue’s weekly Dixieland Jamboree. It later was home to the Dixie Game Room for more than 30 years until it closed down and the building was left vacant. Today the theatre is in the midst of a renovation project as new owners Bill and Steve Morgan aim to stabilize and restore the historic structure. The Morgans met recently with Mississippi Development Authority Tourism Director Malcolm White, State Representative Tracy Arnold and Trudy Featherston, Tony Smith and Tate Hill from the Booneville and Prentiss County Main Street Association to discuss options for the theatre and other ways to draw more tourists to Booneville. Steve Morgan said he and his father purchased the building earlier this year without any definite idea of what they wanted to do with. Bill Morgan recalls attending shows at the site and Booneville’s bustling downtown in those days and they saw an opportunity to preserve a piece of history and help boost their hometown.

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Day weekend, dead of a gunshot wound. Later, a reward is offered for information, and the case remains unsolved to date.

July The Alcorn County Board of Supervisors votes to continue with two constable and justice court judge districts

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will both be collected on Monday. The Wednesday and Thursday routes will be picked up on Tuesday. The Friday route will be picked up on Wednesday. For Corinth residents,

the Monday and Tuesday routes will be collected on Monday, the Wednesday route will be picked up on Tuesday, and the Thursday and Friday routes will be collected on Wednesday.

No fatalities reported during holiday travel BY BRANT SAPPINGTON bsappington@ dailycorinthian.com

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Organ donation brings hope from terrible tragedy BY RAY AND BETTSY CRAWFORD Our daughter, Hilary Crawford Bradford, was a nurturing person who enjoyed making people laugh and feel good. Her greatest joy was being a wife to Thomas Bradford and a loving mother to John and Samuel. She made sure they had the very best and set high standards when it came to learning and education. She went back to college and earned her nursing degree and license and served proudly as a registered nurse at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, Va. Hilary turned 36 on July 7, 2009. Just one week later on July 14, she was shot while protecting her son John from his mentally ill father. Three days later, she was declared brain dead. Our daughter donated six organs and saved five lives through organ donation. Three years later, 11-year-old Andrew Loyd was killed by his mentally ill father in Corinth and became an organ donor. The Andrew Loyd Bill became law in Mississippi to help prevent other children from being harmed or killed in this way. Our two families will meet on Dec. 30 for the first time in Pasadena, Calif. to honor our children, whose floral portraits will appear on the Donate Life float in the Tournament of Roses Parade. We will be watching their beautiful faces, along with 40 million other viewers, when the Donate Life float rolls by on New Year’s Day. While they were taken from us by a trauma that has destroyed other families, in their death they saved the lives of many others by becoming organ, eye and tissue donors. By giving those gifts of life — by offering their future to others who were sick and dying — they in fact also saved those of us who loved them and were left behind. Our journeys to our meeting in Pasadena have been different in many ways, but our common bond is that we became yet more victims of the unresolved issues around treating mental illness that sometimes manifests itself in domestic violence. And the most vulnerable among us suffer the most. When we hug Andrew’s family, we will share how important donation has been in our healing process. There can indeed be something positive out of even the most devastating losses. We share the New Year’s hope that everyone who reads this will be moved to sign up to be donors (www.donatelife.net for state registries). It’s not just the right thing to do. One day, another family will follow in our footsteps. When that happens, the only light is the fact that a loved one can save other lives. Donation is the only way to turn tragedy into hope. Ray and Bettsy Crawford reside in McLean, Virginia. Bettsy, a registered nurse, also became a non-directed living donor in April 2001.

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Prayer for today Lord God, I pray that my estimate of life may not be as I take it, but as thou hast given it for peace and prosperity. Teach me my duty to my country, and make me useful in uplifting and serving humanity. Amen.

A verse to share “But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.” — 2 Corinthians 11:3

Can Fisher clean up state’s prison system? STARKVILLE — Can the boot-tough lawman who took on the methamphetamine epidemic in Mississippi clean up the Mississippi Department of Corrections? I wouldn’t bet against him. While serving as the head of Mississippi’s Bureau of Narcotics, Marshall Fisher proved his mettle not only by taking on drug dealers and manufacturers, but also politicians, lobbyists and libertarians. Before 2010, Mississippi has become one of the nation’s most notorious states for methamphetamine manufacture, use and sale. Fisher told a congressional panel in 2012 that Mississippi had by 2009 generated “over 713 methamphetamine labs; the highest ever recorded in the state.” In investigating and breaking up those labs, Fisher said some 129 drug endangered children were found in Mississippi, many of whom were taken into state child protection services; some of whom were physically and sexually abused. Fisher told a U.S. House subcommittee: “Methamphetamine-related arrests exceeded the combined total of both powder and crack cocaine arrests for the first time in Mississippi drug law enforcement history.

Of approximately 3,000 drug arrests for 2009, nearly onethird were methamSid Salter p h e t a m i n e Columnist related.” Testifying before the House in support of requiring prescriptions for pseudoephedrine, Fisher cited the impact of doing just that in Mississippi over howls of protest from politicians, lobbyists, and libertarians: “In that two year period Mississippi has seen a remarkable 70 percent reduction in methamphetamine incidents (546 total incidents in the first two quarters of 2010, compared to 162 incidents in the first two quarters of 2012) and a 93 percent reduction in actual methamphetamine labs (252 actual methamphetamine labs in the first two quarters of 2010, compared to 17 in the first two quarters of 2012). During the legislative battle, many otherwise solid citizens argued vehemently that they should not be inconvenienced or burdened by the additional expense of the new law by having to get a prescription for medicines they were procuring and using in a legal manner. They argued that making

over-the-counter cold remedy medications containing pseudoephedrine prescription-only drugs punished law-abiding citizens rather than drug dealers and drug users. But lawmakers also heard from child advocates and law enforcement officers who told them that where you find meth manufacture and consumption, you will also find child abuse, child molestation, child neglect, prostitution and a host of other societal evils. Fisher is not a warm and fuzzy sort of guy, at least not a work. He’s a hard case – an old school lawman who communicates with an economy of words. He has an extremely low tolerance for B.S. He’s not the best politician in the world, either. In other words, he may be the anti-Chris Epps. Epps had people skills sufficient to convince everyone he had things under control in Mississippi’s corrections system. Clearly, that wasn’t the case. Fisher faces a huge task. Corrections is already a $389 million budget item and it may take more money than that to fix it. Gov. Phil Bryant has appointed a bipartisan task force to take on the issue of contracts within the prison system and that will help.

But Fisher must — in an election year — restore confidence in the prison system. That task looms while there is the issue of prisons gangs, personnel unrest, low pay for correctional officers, and an apparent lack of basic departmental management plaguing the system. By rights, Marshall Fisher should never have won the battle over requiring people who wanted to treat their colds with pseudoephedrine to get a prescription for the drug as a means of controlling the wholesale manufactures of methamphetamine in Mississippi. There were too many lobbyists working for the drug companies, too many politicians and too people who literally couldn’t see the issue past the end of their dripping noses. Yet Fisher prevailed. So what does a man who spent his life battling drugs on the street think about the relationship between drugs and crime? During that same U.S. House testimony, Fisher said: “Sending addicts to prison is like painting your house when it is on fire; it does not solve the problem.” Sid Salter is a syndicated columnist. Contact him at sidsalter@sidsalter.com.

Looking back at the 2014 legislative session I want to sincerely thank each and every one of you for the honor and priviledge of representing District 4 in the Mississippi Senate. The 2014 Mississippi State Senate Session focused upon Standards of Excellence which will impact the quality of our lives ranging from our children’s education to the increased educational training opportunities of “Trooper School.” One of the most significant subjects of the Session was the salary increase and structure revision of teachers’ incomes. Mississippi is diligently working toward the improvement of its national rankings in education. Incumbent toward that goal is the focusing of efforts to retain teachers and to provide incentives for new teachers. Curriculum standards and teacher salaries and benefits unite to form the tip of the spear in that drive toward educational excellence. With the teacher salary structure adjustments, the legislature has clearly marked educational improvement as a central priority. Safety is a subject that perhaps may be taken for granted because of the efficiency and dedication of

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the first responders. When help is needed, well, it seems as if emergency personnel Rita are simply, Potts-Parks always there. And so it is State too with the Senator Mississippi State Troopers. Yet they have been lacking in vital manpower with the need for approximately 150 more men and women. To facilitate the fulfillment of these vacancies, the legislature has funded the implementation of the “Trooper School.” This action will train and equip 60 more members of the Mississippi Highway Patrol. With the current vacancies and anticipated retirements, it will require several graduating classes to meet the trooper need. However, the inaugural class of 2015 will be the first wave in the ongoing maintenance of the excellent standards of the safety for the citizens of Mississippi. The protection of unalienable rights received spotlight attention during the 2014 session. The ‘right to bear arms’ remains a steadfast element of legisla-

tion. Citizens will maintain possession of their firearms even if the governor declares a state of emergency. The carrying of firearms will not be restricted by local city or county laws or ordinances. Restrictions and limits are in place which applies to carrying firearms in specific locations and gun buyback programs. “In God We Trust” is now positioned on the Mississippi State Seal due to the Mississippi Religious Freedom Restoration Act. The passage of that bill also declares that the Mississippi government will not interfere with the citizen’s right of free exercise of religion. The ‘right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness’ was reinforced through legislation which prohibits the termination of a fetus/abortion after the 20th week of a pregnancy. Those citizens who engage in the sport of hunting, fishing, or competitions associated with them will now enjoy a sales tax free weekend for the purchase of licenses, hunting and fishing supplies, firearms, and ammunition. That tax holiday will be held annually during the first weekend in September. The legislature is mak-

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ing the use of tax dollars more efficient while ensuring that those citizens who need help will receive it. Therefore, those who apply for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families will be tested for illegal drug use. A treatment plan or program is required for those who test positive in order to become eligible for TANF benefits. And finally, the best news of the 2014 Legislative Session is that for the first time in 10 years the Mississippi Budget is balanced and that the ‘Rainy Day Fund’ is full. A balanced budget has been achieved while the priorities of safety and education have been enhanced. I hope this legislative review has provided a confidence that your elected legislators are being good and fair stewards as they manage the safety, welfare and financial responsibilities which you have entrusted to them. I encourage you to contact me with your suggestions and concerns as together, we continue to strive for excellence for Mississippi. (Rita Potts-Parks is the state senator serving Alcorn County and portions of Tishomingo and Tipph

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School bans â€˜I canâ€™t breatheâ€™ T-shirts SAN FRANCISCO â€” A high school basketball tournament on the Northern California coast has become the latest flashpoint in the nationwide protests over police killings of unarmed black men. The boys and girls varsity basketball teams from Mendocino High School were disinvited from the tournament starting Monday at nearby Fort Bragg High because of concerns players would wear T-shirts with the words â€œI Canâ€™t Breatheâ€? printed on them while warming up. Mendocino Unified School District Superintendent Jason Morse says the boys team was reinstated after all but one player agreed not to wear the shirts anywhere on the Fort Bragg campus during the three-day tournament, but too few girls accepted the condition for the team to field a tournament squad.

Chattanooga touts change to Gig City CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. â€” A city once infamous for the smoke-belching foundries that blanketed its buildings and streets with a heavy layer of soot is turning to lightning-fast Internet speeds to try and transform itself into a vibrant tech hub. Through a combination of political will and federal stimulus money, 175-year-old Chattanooga became the first U.S. city to broadly offer Internet speeds of a gigabit per second â€” nearly 50 times the national broadband average. Whether becoming â€œGig Cityâ€? will be enough to launch a modest southern city into the ranks of Silicon Valley and other concentrated centers of innovation remains to be seen, but local leaders like Mayor Andy Berke are betting theyâ€™ve positioned themselves well for what lies ahead in the global economy.

States unmoved by botched execution McALESTER, Okla. â€” The botched April ex-

ecution of an Oklahoma inmate and other troubling ones in Ohio and Arizona this year gave capital punishment opponents a flicker of hope that the most prodeath penalty parts of the country might have a change of heart. They didnâ€™t. Although Oklahoma temporarily halted executions amid an investigation, prison officials held what amounted to a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its overhauled death chamber only months later and are scheduled to resume killing inmates in midJanuary. Rather than causing states to reconsider capital punishment, the prolonged executions and problems securing lethal injection drugs have led states to explore new, old and more efficient ways of killing. Oklahoma lawmakers are considering gassing inmates, while Tennessee is reviving the electric chair. Utah is considering firing squad.

Hubs link buyers with local foodsÂ BURLINGTON, Vt. â€” Food hubs are providing another outlet besides farmersâ€™ markets for small farms to sell what they raise to consumers clamoring for locally grown products. The number has doubled over the last six years to more than 300 nationally. There is no one model. Some collect food from area farms and dole it out in weekly deliveries. Others help consumers, restaurants and institutions to source food online. The Intervale Food Hub in Burlington, Vermont, started in 2008. It provides locally produced food from 30 farms and 15 specialty food producers to 1,100 members.

Suit claims bogus insurance reportsÂ NEW YORK â€” Lawyers representing about 1,500 homeowners hit by Superstorm Sandy are trying to prove that some engineering firms hired to inspect the damage issued bogus reports to give insurance companies ammunition to deny claims. Itâ€™s an allegation that,

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so far, isnâ€™t backed by much proof. But a federal judge in New York said he was concerned enough about evidence of â€œunprincipled practicesâ€? in one case to order insurers to produce thousands of additional records. Insurance companies insist they have no motive to rig the system. Most were merely processing claims on behalf of the Federal Emergency Management Agency; none of their own money was at stake.

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State ranks 7th in certified teachersÂ JACKSON â€” In the 2013-2014 school year, 198 teachers in Mississippi achieved the National Board Certification, according to the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. The Clarion-Ledger reports that places Mississippi at seventh in in the nation in numbers of certified teachers. â€œI commend Mississippi for its strong commitment to building a world-class teaching workforce. By supporting every new and aspiring teacher to pursue Board certification through their World Class Teaching Program, Mississippi will come to be an example to the nation of how to make a difference for students and the teaching profession,â€? said Ronald Thorpe, president and CEO of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. Gov. Phil Bryant said research shows a connection between student achievement and teacher quality.

Labrador rescued in Columbia GorgeÂ PORTLAND, Ore. â€” A yellow Labrador that got spooked on a Christmas Day hike in the Columbia Gorge, snapping her leash and plunging 150 feet down a cliff, was rescued in the dark by a climber who rappelled to a narrow ledge where the dog was trapped. David Schelske of West Linn told the Oregon Humane Society that when 3-year-old Sandy bounded around a bend and disappeared he figured her for a goner. He hiked to the bottom of the cliff and saw her stranded on a narrow ledge 70 feet above. About 7 p.m., an eight-person crew helped Humane Society volunteer John Thoeni descend.

3 children killed in Byhalia house fireÂ BYHALIA â€” Three children have died in a house fire Saturday in rural north Mississippi. Byhalia Fire Chief Leland Reed says a woman escaped the fire which was reported about 2 a.m. Reed says the children, ages 8 months to two years, were trapped inside the house by the fire. Reed says the names of the children have not been released. He says the cause of the fire remains under investigation.

Stocks see quiet post-holiday gainsÂ U.S. stocks are posting modest gains after a quiet, post-holiday day of trading. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 23 points, or 0.1 percent, to close at 18,053 Friday. The Standard & Poorâ€™s 500 index rose six points, or 0.3 percent, to 2,088. The Nasdaq composite rose 33 points, or 0.7 percent, to 4,806. Biotechnology stocks had some of the biggest gains. Celgene rose 3.4 percent, the most in the S&P 500 index. Falling oil and natural gas prices helped bolster expectations for stronger consumer spending heading into next year.

Road to Yokohama to open in JanuaryÂ WEST POINT â€” A fourmile stretch of road that provides access to the new Yokohama Tire plant in West Point is nearing completion. Calvert Engineering President Robert Calvert tells WTVA-TV in TupeloÂ the construction company has some finishing touches to make on the road, but he anticipates it will open shortly after the first of the year. Utah Construction began working on the proj-

ect back in February. The road has access to U.S. Highway 45-Alternate and to Barton Ferry Road which leads to Mississippi Highway 50. Yokohama is scheduled to open its $300 million commercial tire plant in October 2015. It will produce truck and bus tires. It will employ about 500 people.

Leflore County looks to sell equipmentÂ GREENWOOD â€” Leflore County is looking to trade in or sell some of its aging road equipment. The Greenwood Commonwealth reportsÂ that the county has listed the equipment on an auction website. The list includes 18wheelers, mowers, tractors, lowboys and road graders. County administrator Sam Abraham said the listing will give the county an idea on trade-in or resale values the items might have. Abraham said the goal is to rotate out older equipment and replace it with new machinery under warranty. â€œIt doesnâ€™t mean weâ€™re going to sell it all,â€? Abraham said. â€œWeâ€™re advertising to see what kind of prices we can get.â€? Jerry Smith, the countyâ€™s road manager, said swapping out older equipment should help his department keep expenditures in line.

Man seeking to be acquitted of murderÂ BAY ST. LOUIS â€” A man convicted in three homicides dating back 30 years is arguing in a post-conviction petition that he was not given a proper psychiatric evaluation and was â€œtemporarily insaneâ€? at the time of the respective slayings. Allen Nicolaou, now 49, wants to withdraw a guilty plea to the murders and be found innocent. In a post-conviction petition, an inmate argues he has found new evidence â€” or a possible constitutional issue â€” that could persuade a court to order a new trial. Court records show Nicolaou was convicted in the January 1984 shooting deaths of Gerald Comiskey and Keith McMillan at a Waveland home. While awaiting trial, Nicolaou killed another

inmate, Charles Poole, at the Hancock County Jail in October 1984. Nicolaou, then 18, pleaded guilty to the three slayings and received two consecutive life sentences, plus 40 years. Nicolaou also argues an examination at the Mississippi State Hospital at Whitfield classified his mental state as â€œschizotypicalâ€? and â€œdelusional.â€? He said the trial court never held a hearing on that report.

High court revives wrongful firing caseÂ JACKSON â€” A wrongful termination lawsuit filed by two Shelby, Mississippi, police officers who said they were fired for refusing to ignore an aldermanâ€™s criminal activity is headed back to federal court in Oxford. The U.S. Supreme Court in November overturned a decision of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans, which sided with the town of Shelby against Officers Tracey L. Johnson and David James Jr. The 5th Circuit this week formally returned the case to the Mississippi court, where the lawsuit had been dismissed. A judge ruled the officers failed to prove that a federal right was violated or that the alleged violation caused the damages they allegedly suffered.

Olive Branch woman charged in DUI deathÂ HERNANDO, Miss. â€” A 29-year-old Olive Branch woman has been charged with DUI-death related to a Thanksgiving night fatal two-vehicle accident in DeSoto County. Authorities say Diana Lynn Anderson is being held on a $200,000 bond in the DeSoto County jail. It is not known if she has an attorney. The Commercial Appeal reportsÂ the accident occurred on U.S. 69 about 6:30 p.m. Authorities say it appeared Anderson was going eastbound in the westbound lanes when her car struck another vehicle. Authorities say 59-year-old Hai Thi Lam of Olive Branch, a passenger in the westbound car, was killed.

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Officer mourned; tensions linger BY JONATHAN LEMIRE AND MIKE BALSAMO Associated Press

NEW YORK — Thousands of police officers from across the nation packed a church and spilled onto streets Saturday to honor Officer Rafael Ramos as a devoted family man, aspiring chaplain and hero, though an air of unrest surrounding his ambush shooting was not completely pushed aside. Although mourners inside the church applauded politely as Mayor Bill de Blasio spoke, hundreds of officers outside turned their backs on him in a show of disrespect for what they see as his support for antipolice protesters. The rush of officers far and wide to New York for Ramos’ funeral reminded some of the bond after the Sept. 11 attacks and Superstorm Sandy. Vice President Joe Biden promised that the “incredibly diverse city can and will show the nation how to bridge any divide.”

Still, tensions were evident when officers turned away from giant screens showing de Blasio, who has been harshly criticized by New York Police Department union officials as a contributor to a climate of mistrust that contributed to the killings of Ramos and his partner, Wenjian Liu. Sgt. Myron Joseph of the New Rochelle Police Department said he and fellow officers turned their backs spontaneously to “support our brothers in the NYPD.” In a statement, de Blasio’s spokesman said: “The Ramos and Liu families, our police department and our city are dealing with an unconscionable tragedy. Our sole focus is unifying this city and honoring the lives of our two police officers.” The NYPD said through its public relations office that it had no comment. In his eulogy, de Blasio said hearts citywide were broken after the Dec. 20

shootings. “All of this city is grieving and grieving for so many reasons,” de Blasio said. “But the most personal is that we’ve lost such a good man, and the family is in such pain.” Gov. Andrew Cuomo praised the sea of blue mourners for their professionalism at recent rallies over police conduct when protesters insulted them, and Biden spoke passionately about the effects of the officers’ deaths. “When an assassin’s bullet targeted two officers, it targeted this city and it touched the soul of an entire nation,” the vice president said. Police union officials in contentious contract negotiations with the city have faulted de Blasio for showing sympathy to protesters angry over the police deaths of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and Eric Garner on Staten Island. At a hospital after the officers’ slayings, the police union’s president,

Patrick Lynch, and others turned their backs on de Blasio. Lynch said the mayor had “blood on his hands.” After the funeral, Lynch and de Blasio exchanged nods as they exited the church. Lynch refused to answer reporters’ questions about officers turning their backs. Weeks before the shooting, Lynch had suggested officers sign a petition requesting that the mayor not attend their funerals were they to die in the line of duty. Soon after taking office this year, de Blasio dropped the city’s opposition to a judge’s finding that the police department discriminated against minorities with its anti-crime stop-andfrisk tactics. But since last week’s shootings, de Blasio has stood firmly by police, calling on demonstrators to temporarily halt protests and praising the department after it arrested several men charged with threatening police.

2014 economy began Poll: Most people feel shaky, finished strong optimistic about 2015 BY JOSH BOAK Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy flexed its old muscles in 2014. More than five years removed from the Great Recession, worries had taken hold at the start of the year that perhaps the world’s largest economy had slid into a semi-permanent funk. But consumers, businesses and investors, after enduring a brutal winter, showed renewed vigor as the year wore on and set the United States apart from much of the world. Stocks repeatedly set record highs — and did so again Friday, with the Dow Jones industrial average rising modestly to a new peak. Employers were on pace to add nearly 3 million jobs, the most in 15 years. Sinking oil prices cut gasoline costs to their lowest levels since May 2009. Auto sales accelerated. Inflation was a historically low sub-2 percent. The U.S. economy proved it could thrive even as the Federal Reserve ended its bond buying program, which had been intended to aid growth by holding down long-term loan rates.

All told, the United States remained insulated from the financial struggles surfacing everywhere from Europe and Latin America to China, Japan and Russia. So what explained the U.S. economy’s resilience this year? Economists say it largely reflected the delayed benefits of finally mending the damage from the worst downturn in nearly 80 years. Unlike past recoveries that enjoyed comparatively swift rebounds, this one proved agonizingly slow. It took 6½ years to regain all the jobs lost to the recession — 8.7 million — far longer than during previous recoveries. “It was a healing process from a severe recession and the financial crisis,” said Richard Moody, chief economist at Regions Financial, a bank based in Alabama. The healing isn’t complete. Wage growth remains lackluster and has barely outpaced extremely low inflation. Home building has been tepid. But worries earlier this year that the economy might be trapped indefinitely by sluggish growth have largely faded.

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WASHINGTON — Americans are closing out 2014 on an optimistic note, according to a new Associated PressTimes Square Alliance poll. Nearly half predict that 2015 will be a better year for them than 2014 was, while only 1 in 10 think it will be worse. There’s room for improvement: Americans give the year gone by a resounding ‘meh.’ What Americans thought of 2014:

Gains at home, slips abroad On a personal level, about a third (34 percent) think 2014 was better than 2013, while 15 percent say 2014 was worse and half see little difference. Slightly fewer feel their year was a step down from the previous one than said so in 2013, when an APTimes Square poll found 20 percent thought 2013 was worse than 2012. Americans are slightly more likely than they were a year ago to believe that the current year was better than the last for the United States— 30 percent say so this year, while 25

percent said so in 2013.

Three stories share top spot Americans are divided on the most important news event of 2014, with the rise of the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria, protests over the killings of black men including Michael Brown and Eric Garner by police officers, and the Ebola outbreak each named by about 1 in 10 Americans. In a separate Associated Press survey of news directors and editors, the killings of unarmed men by police stand out more clearly as the top story, with 22 of 85 respondents choosing it as the top news, about twice as many as the Islamic State or Ebola stories.

Pop culture Few Americans rate this year’s crop of pop culture events as memorable, with one big exception: The death of Robin Williams, and the ensuing discussion of mental health issues. About two-thirds called that a memorable event.

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Deaths Eddie Jo Kelley

Funeral services for Eddie Jo Kelley, 86, will be held at 2 p.m. today at Memorial Funeral Home with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery. Visitation is from 12 noon to service time. Mrs. Kelley died Friday, Dec. 26, 2014, at JacksonMadison County General Hospital in Jackson, Tenn., surrounded by her family. Born April 22, 1928, she resided in Chewalla, Tenn. She worked at Corinth Manufacturing for many years. Eddie Jo, who was lovingly known by family as “Granny,” enjoyed quilting, punch embroidering, and spending time with her family. She was loved by all who ever met her. She was preceded in death by her husband, Horace “Hoss” Kelley; her parents, Ed and Martha Reed; and siblings Uila Reed, Leonard Reed, Mary Emma Crabb, J.C Reed, Gladys Butler and Betty Mae Dawson. Survivors include her children, Roger Kelley (Connie Kelley) and Sharon Settlemires; grandchildren Kristy Taylor (Randy Taylor), Greg Settlemires, Jennifer Watkins and Sheena Settlemires; great-grandchildren Nicholas Taylor, Jessica Watkins, Cameron Taylor and Kaylee Watkins; a brother, W.G. Reed (Linda Reed); and many nieces and nephews. Pallbearers are Randy Taylor, Nick Taylor, Cameron Taylor, Jim Crabb, Colin Cadle and Mike Dawson. Bro. Wayne McKee and Bro. Rodney Whittemore will officiate the service.

James Foust

SELMER, Tenn. — Services for James Albert Foust, 62, are set for 11 a.m. Monday at Shackelford Funeral Directors of Selmer with burial at Lake Hill Memorial Gardens in Bethel Springs, Tenn. Mr. Foust died Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2014, at McNairy Regional Hospital in Selmer.

Eunice V. Holloway

Eunice V. Holloway, 96, died Saturday, Dec. 27, 2014, in Senatobia. Memorial Funeral Home of Corinth will have the arrangements.

Jimmy Williams

Jimmy Wayne Williams, 59, of Corinth, died Friday, Dec. 26, 2014, at Magnolia Regional Health Center. Magnolia Funeral Home will have the arrangements.

John Allen

BOONEVILLE — Funeral services for John Nathan Allen, 66, are set for 11 a.m. Tuesday at Patterson Memorial Chapel with burial at Corinth National Cemetery. Visitation is 5 to 6 p.m. Monday. Mr. Allen died Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2014, at Magnolia Regional Health Center. Born Feb. 13, 1948, he attended Wick Anderson High School and Beckley Chapel CME Church. Survivors include a daughter, Stephanie Grizzard Davis, and six siblings, Mary Francis Martin, Irma Allen, Marvelene Spencer, Norman Allen, Thomas Allen and Bobby Shinault. He was preceded in death by his parents, Willie B. Allen and Minnie Allen, and two siblings, Charles Allen and Bobby Allen. The Rev. Bobby Tyes will officiate the service.

Junior Horne

IUKA — Funeral services for Elmer Junior Horne, 81, are set for 2 p.m. today at First Freewill Baptist Church with burial at the church cemetery. Visitation is from 11 a.m. until service time at the church. Mr. Horne died Friday, Dec. 26, 2014, at Magnolia Regional Health Center in Corinth. He was a member of First Freewill Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife of 62 years, Lula Horne of Iuka; two sons, Ricky Horne (Linda) and Billy Horne, both of Iuka; two daughters, Marie Smith (Joey) and Barbara Page (Anthony), both of Iuka; one sister, Eugene Whitlock of Iuka; 10 grandchildren, Josh Vandiver, Debbie Hyde, Sonja Smith, Todd Smith, Chris Horne, Joey Horne, Brandon Horne, James Horne, Steven Horne and Michael Horne; and 17 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, Elmer and Katie Marlar Horne; four brothers, Alton Horne, Buck Horne, Joe Horne and Talmadge Horne; and a sister, Nelda Craig. Bro. Nick Stewart and Bro. Frank Wilson will officiate the service under the direction of Cutshall Funeral Home. Memorial contributions may be made to the First Freewill Baptist Family Life Center, 1579 Pleasant Hill Road, Iuka, MS 38852.

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NEW YORK â€” This year showed how sheltered the U.S. economy is from geopolitical and health crises around the world. The global economy sputtered, but the U.S. powered ahead. Employers are finally hiring enough to lower unemployment. A plunge in gas prices and a rising stock market has Americans feeling richer and spending a bit more. Those are some of the top business stories of 2014, as chosen by business editors at The Associated Press. Others include massive product disasters: A string of auto recalls after faulty ignition switches from General Motors Corp. and air bags in many car models caused injuries and deaths. Hackers stole personal information from millions of people in a wave of breaches at stores, banks, a movie studio and other organizations. Weâ€™re also becoming increasingly dependent on our phones and tablets, using them to communicate, play and pay. Janet Yellen became the first woman to head the Federal Reserve and U.S. workers won higher pay as cities and states across the country raise the minimum hourly wage. Corporate deal-making was also in the spotlight. Companies acquired each other at a level not seen since 2007, the year the Great Recession began, while a burst of businesses went public. The top 10 business stories of 2014:

U.S. grows as world slows After a freezing winter put a chill on buying and selling, the U.S. economy has posted its best six months since 2003. But the rest of the world hasnâ€™t been as lucky. Japan has fallen back into recession. The 18 countries that make up the eurozone are barely growing and fear a dangerous drop in prices. Major developing nations arenâ€™t faring much better. Chinaâ€™s growth has dropped to a five-year low of 7.3 percent. Western sanctions and dropping oil prices have decimated Russiaâ€™s currency. Brazil

just edged out of recession. Whatâ€™s helped the U.S. is its relative insulation. American consumers, not exports, are the main drivers of the worldâ€™s largest economy.

Jobs are back Millions of Americans still struggle with low pay and fewer hours of work than they want, and millions have given up looking for a job entirely. But five years after the recession ended, the U.S. job market is looking healthy. The unemployment rate is below 6 percent. Employers added nearly 3 million jobs, the most since 1999, as shoppers and businesses spend more. As a result, the Federal Reserve ended its recession-era stimulus program in October and is edging closer to lifting interest rates. The Fed has kept rates near zero since 2008 to spur lending and investment.

Security breaches The theft of 40 million credit and debit cards and 70 million personal records from Target last fall turned out to be just the beginning. Home Depot Inc. hackers nabbed 56 million cards and 53 million email addresses. There were breaches at Kmart, Dairy Queen, and Albertsons. JPMorgan Chase & Co. said hackers stole information covering 76 million households and 7 million small businesses. Sony employeesâ€™ private information and emails were posted online. The consequences? Sony Pictures Entertainment canceled the mass release of â€œThe Interview,â€? a comedy about assassinating the North Korean leader, after hackers threatened to attack movie theaters. Target Corp. replaced top executives. Shops, card companies and banks sped up card security improvements.

Oil plunge Global crude prices have fallen to around $56 per barrel from this yearâ€™s high of $115 because of more production, especially in the U.S., while slowing economies in Europe and Asia crimp de-

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In the U.S. alone, automakers recalled more than 60 million cars and trucks. That far surpasses the previous record of 30.8 million in 2004. The bulk of those come from two problems that have led to nearly 50 deaths and dozens of injuries. Japanese air bag supplier Takata, whose air bags can inflate too fast and spew shrapnel, has fought regulatorsâ€™ demands to expand recalls. And GM was fined the maximum $35 million by U.S. safety regulators for dragging its feet â€” for a decade â€” over replacing faulty switches that can shut down car engines.

Mobile momentum PC sales are slumping, but mobile phone subscriptions are expected to reach 7 billion this year â€” the same as the worldâ€™s population. Phone makers are launching cheaper smartphones aimed at developing countries, which could get billions more people online. Already, more than a billion people check Facebook on their phones and tablets. The social media giant spent $22 billion on a phone messaging app, WhatsApp. Uber, a hail-acab app, is valued at $40 billion. Apple Inc., the iPhone and iPad maker, launched a payment system that sidesteps cash and plastic.

Stock markets soar Another year, another record. The end of the Federal Reserveâ€™s bondbuying stimulus program stressed investors this fall, but U.S. stocks kept rising, extending the bull market run to nearly six years. More companies acquired each other and big companies bought up more than $400 billion of their own stock,

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Minimum wage growth Inequality has been rising, and median household incomes have fallen since the recession began in late 2007. But the federal minimum hourly wage has remained at $7.25 since 2009. Labor organizers, fast-food workers and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. employees have campaigned for higher pay across the country. Congress hasnâ€™t acted, but cities and states â€” and President Barack Obama â€” have. Obama raised pay by executive order for government contractors, to $10.10 an hour. By Jan. 1, 29 states and Washington, D.C. will have a higher minimum wage than $7.25. Seattle approved an increase to $15 an hour, the highest rate in the country.

Janet Yellen The Federal Reserve had been led exclusively by men for a century. Then Janet Yellen, a 68-yearold former economics professor and the No. 2 at the Fed, became the first woman to lead the central bank. Plainspoken, with a trace of her native Brooklyn in her speech, Yellen criticizes inequality, focuses on jobs growth and has tried to demystify the moves of the notoriously opaque Fed. She has also tied the failure of most economists to predict the damages wrought by the financial crisis to a lack of diversity in the field. She says that increasing diversity is a priority at the central bank.

Letâ€™s make a deal Higher stocks and confidence lifted global mergers and acquisitions volume to highest level since 2007. With a few days to go, global deal volume has risen 20 percent to $3.41 trillion, including debt. Climbing markets make it easier to do stock deals, and borrowing is cheap. Meanwhile, initial public offerings had their biggest year since 2000. Health care companies made up 37 percent of all IPOs in the U.S., nearly double the level in 2013. And the biggest IPO ever, that of Chinaâ€™s e-commerce behemoth Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., raised $25 billion in September.

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Local Schedule Monday Basketball Peggy Bain Holiday Hoops ACHS Gym (G) Tish County vs. Thrasher, 9 a.m. (B) Pine Grove vs. Smithville, 10:30 (G) Central vs. Hatley, noon (B) Central vs. Thrasher, 1:30 (G) Kossuth vs. Ashland, 3 (B) Itawamba vs. Ashland, 4:30 (G) Biggersville vs. McNairy, 6 (WXRZ) (B) Corinth vs. Cordova, 7:30 (WXRZ) ACMS Gym (B) Belmont vs. Hardin Co., 9 a.m. (G) Pine Grove vs. Hardin Co., 10:30 (B) Biggersville vs. Walnut, noon (G) Adamsville vs. Smithville, 1:30 p.m. (B) McNairy vs. Tish Co., 3 (G) Corinth vs. Walnut, 4:30 (B) Kossuth vs. Falkner, 6

Tuesday Basketball Peggy Bain Holiday Hoops ACHS Gym (G) Pool B winners, 9 a.m. (B) Pool C winners, 10:30 (G) Pool D winners, noon (B) Pool A winners, 1:30 p.m. (G) Central vs. Falkner, 3 (B) Pool B winners, 4:30 (G) Pool C winners, 6 (B) Pool D winners, 7:30 ACMS Gym (B) Pool C losers, 9 a.m. (G) Pool B losers, 10:30 (B) Pool A losers, noon (G) Kemper Co. vs. Hatley, 1:30 p.m. (B) Pool D losers, 3 (G) Pool D losers, 4:30 (B) Pool B losers, 6 (G) Pool C losers, 7:30 Girls Pools B – Adamsville, Smithville, Tishomingo County, Thrasher C – Biggersville, Corinth, McNairy, Walnut D – Ashland, Hardin County, Kossuth, Pine Grove Boys Pools A – Central, Pine Grove, Smithville, Thrasher B – Belmont, Cordova, Corinth, Hardin County C – Biggersville, McNairy, Tishomingo County, Walnut D – Ashland, Itawamba, Kossuth, Falkner

Shorts Youth Basketball League Registration for the Chewalla Baptist Basketball League will continue through December. The children’s basketball league will be for boys and girls ages PreK-6TH Grade. Cost is $20 a player or cheerleader. For more information about the league, contact Ross Shelton (731610-0458) or Meg Day (731-6101425). League play will be on Saturdays and will begin in January at Chewalla Baptist. You can also e-mail chewalla60@yahoo.com.

ACT Reserved Seats Courtside reserved seats are now available for the Alcorn County Basketball Tournament set for Jan. 8, 9, 10 at the Crossroads Arena. Cost is $40. To reserve a seat, contact Cindy Davis at the Crossroads Arena at 287-7779 or tourney director Lynn Wood at 2872967.

AC Baseball Hosting Lee The Alcorn Central Bears baseball team is pleased to announce Fellowship of Christian Athletes representative and former Mississippi State quarterback, Tyson Lee, will be the featured speaker for its annual First Pitch Banquet & Silent Auction to be held on Thursday, January 22, at 7 p.m. in the ACHS Gymnasium. Seating is limited to the first 150 tickets sold and must be purchased in advance. Tickets are $20 each and include meal, access to silent auction, and seating for speaker presentation. For more information or to purchase a ticket, please call 3227389 or 286-8720.

Mississippi Record Book The 19th annual Mississippi Baseball Record Book is now available for purchase by mail. The book includes records of public schools and four-year colleges. The book is published by Diamonds By Smillie. Coach John Smillie has worked hard to publish a comprehensive record book to promote the baseball history of public high schools and four-year colleges. If you would to buy a copy of the book, you can send a $12 check to: Ms. Baseball Record Book; Diamonds By Smillie; 3159 Kendrick Road; Corinth, MS. 38834. For more information call 808-0013.

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No. 1 Kentucky holds off Louisville BY GARY B. GRAVES Associated Press

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — There were moments when topranked Kentucky could have blinked against No. 4 Louisville with its veterans battling second-half foul trouble and shooting woes. The Wildcats didn’t because freshman guard Tyler Ulis stepped up with a career-best 14-point performance made more impressive by the fact he achieved it despite a bandaged right eye that made blinking difficult. “I was more excited than nervous because it was my first away game,” said Ulis, who shook off a bloody cut to score 12 key second-half points and lead the Wildcats to a hard-fought 58-50 victory over the Cardinals on Saturday. “Being a freshman, I just wanted to see what the atmosphere felt like.” Ulis received three stitches above the eye afterward from the inadvertent elbow from Louisville’s Chris Jones in the first half. He returned

“I like my freshmen. There are other good freshmen, but I’ll take mine.” - John Calipari, coach of the Kentucky Wildcats with an effort that not only helped Kentucky claim Bluegrass State bragging rights, but possibly clear its biggest hurdle toward an unbeaten season. “We’re not going to think about it,” center Dakari Johnson said of that prospect. “We’re just going to take one game at a time.” Karl-Anthony Towns had 10 points and nine rebounds, while Devin Booker added nine points for Kentucky, which held Louisville (11-1) to 26 percent shooting in a game defined by defense until the freshmen started making their shots. They ended up scoring 39 points with the 5-foot-9 Ulis setting the second-half tone with two big 3-pointers to give the Wildcats (13-0) a cushion.

His play was no surprise to fellow freshman Booker, who said, “Well, everybody’s seen it. He’s incredible. He’s showing people — you guys — things you haven’t seen out of him before, but I’ve seen it because we’ve played on camps and teams all the time, so it’s nothing new to me. He’s a real special player.” Trey Lyles added nine rebounds for the Wildcats, who outrebounded Louisville 4633. The poised play by Kentucky’s heralded freshmen basically answered the question of how they would handle a hostile atmosphere in their first true road test before 22,812. The Wildcats also provided another example of how their length and depth can wear down an

opponent. Terry Rozier scored 15 points and Jones had 13 for Louisville, which led just once at 13-12 and couldn’t seem to make the shot it needed every time it got close. “Their length is pretty incredible,” Louisville coach Rick Pitino said. “We knew that we could play good defense. It was a question of whether we could score, and the answer was we didn’t.” This annual meeting featured more hype than usual because both entered ranked in the top five, the first time the teams had met with both unbeaten. The question was whether Louisville could provide the Wildcats’ last real competition with the Southeastern Conference not appearing to offer any obstacles. Kentucky answered by handing the Cardinals their third straight loss in the series and seventh in eight games under coach John Please see KENTUCKY | 9A

South Carolina squeaks past Miami BY DAVID BRANDT Associated Press

SHREVEPORT, La. — Postseason success continues to elude the Miami Hurricanes. South Carolina beat Miami 24-21 on Saturday in the Independence Bowl, extending the Hurricanes’ bowl losing streak to five games dating to 2006. The Gamecocks’ Dylan Thompson threw for 294 yards and two touchdowns, and Pharoh Cooper, the game’s offensive Most Valuable Player, caught nine passes for 170 yards and a touchdown. It was another frustrating game for the Hurricanes (6-7), who lost four straight games to end the season. “I’m not disappointed in our fight and resolve and the way the guys went after it,” Miami coach Al Golden said. “Just disappointed in some of the execution and penalties we had that hampered us.” South Carolina (7-6) has

won a school-record four straight bowl games. Miami took a 6-0 lead and was completely controlling the game thanks to Duke Johnson, who ran for 132 yards and caught five passes for 51 yards. South Carolina’s offense, meanwhile, wasn’t doing much of anything. But in the middle of the second quarter, South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier decided to cut the passing game loose — even in cold and wet conditions. “We’re going to chuck it down the field and see what happens,” Spurrier said. The strategic change paid off immediately. Thompson hit Cooper on a long pass over the middle of the field and the 5-foot-11, 201-pound sophomore made a few more moves in the open field to finish off a 78-yard touchdown play and give the Gamecocks a 7-6 lead. “We gave up an easy one there,” Golden said. South Carolina never

trailed again. The Gamecocks scored 17 straight points to take a 17-6 halftime lead. It was a satisfying ending to a disappointing season for the Gamecocks, who started the season with aspirations of competing for Southeastern Conference and national titles before quickly fading into mediocrity. Spurrier has had just one losing season in 25 seasons as a college head coach — back during his first season with Duke in 1987. Miami’s Brad Kaaya threw for 236 yards, one touchdown and one interception. The touchdown came late in the fourth quarter on an 11yard throw to Phillip Dorsett with 2:16 remaining to pull the Hurricanes to 24-21. But they never got the ball back after South Carolina picked up a crucial first down on Mike Davis’ 3-yard run with 1:34 left. It was an another impressive game for Johnson, the

5-foot-9, 206-pound junior who has likely played his last game with the Hurricanes and is expected to declare for the NFL draft. But he had a costly fumble on Miami’s 29 with 5:24 remaining and South Carolina recovered. Johnson also suffered a right ankle injury on the play and didn’t return to the game, though he was up and walking on the sideline in the final minutes. Johnson said he was “fine” after the game and “probably” could have returned if it had been needed. “We are what our record is,” Golden said. “But in so many ways we’re better than that.” Two plays after Johnson’s fumble, Thompson hit Cooper on a spectacular pass and catch to get down to the Miami 2. Thompson fit the ball into a tight window and Cooper helped him by leapPlease see MIAMI | 9A

Penn State tops Boston College 31-30 in OT BY DAN GELSTON Associated Press

NEW YORK — At Yankee Stadium, Sam Ficken was Penn State’s captain in the clutch. Ficken used Derek Jeter’s old locker, then showed No. 2 must have left behind some postseason kismet. He booted a walk-off winner deep into Monument Park, kicking the extra point in overtime that Boston College could not to give the Nittany Lions a 31-30 win in the Pinstripe Bowl on Saturday night. Christian Hackenberg hit Kyle Carter for a 10-yard touchdown pass that set up Ficken’s automatic kick that sent the Nittany Lions danc-

ing on top of the Yankees’ dugout. “I couldn’t have asked for a better ending for my career,” Ficken said. The Nittany Lions (7-6) played in a bowl game for the first time since January 2012 after the NCAA lifted the most severe sanctions levied against the program in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal. Captain to captain, Ficken had the honor of using the retired Jeter’s locker and some of the five-time World Series champion shortstop’s clutch postseason play appeared to rub off. Ficken sent the game into OT with a 45-yard field goal

with 20 seconds left in regulation and won it with his extra point. “He’s probably been our best offensive weapon all year long,” coach James Franklin said. Tyler Murphy hit David Dudeck for a 21-yard touchdown pass on Boston College’s drive. Mike Knoll shanked the extra point for the Eagles (7-6) and that was the opening Penn State needed to complete its comeback from a 21-7 deficit late in the third quarter. “We lost a game we didn’t need to lose,” Boston College coach Steve Addazio said. Penn State has played under the cloud of scandal and

sanctions for the most of the last four years, tearing at the fabric of the community known as Happy Valley and tarnishing the legacy of Joe Paterno. Moments after Penn State hoisted the bowl trophy on the field, Franklin took the microphone and thanked the seniors “who stayed with this program when we needed them most.” “I think experiences and games like this has restored the hope,” Franklin said. The Eagles left stunned after blowing the lead and missing their eighth extra point of the season. Knoll put the Please see PENN STATE | 9A

Cincinnati falls to Hokies in Military Bowl BY DAVID GINSBURG Associated Press

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — As the ball came bouncing out of Gunner Kiel’s hands, the Cincinnati quarterback — and any hope the Bearcats had of winning the Military Bowl — crashed hard onto the artificial turf. A woozy Kiel left the game after the last of his three turnovers, and Cincinnati’s season ended Saturday with a 33-17 loss to Virginia Tech. Kiel exited in the third quarter during a play that essentially snapped the Bearcats’ seven-game winning streak and assured Virginia Tech (7-6) a 22nd consecutive win-

ning season. Deon Clarke sacked Kiel and forced a fumble at the Cincinnati 43. Nigel Williams picked up the ball and fumbled at the 12, where teammate Greg Stroman scooped it up and took it into the end zone for a 27-10 lead. Kiel remained down for several minutes and was helped off the field before being taken to the locker room. The 6-foot-4 sophomore did not return, and without him Cincinnati (9-4) had little chance to mount a comeback. “He’s been banged around pretty much this year. That was a good, clean lick,” Bearcats coach Tommy Tu-

berville said. “I think his head hit the ground. This turf is not made for collisions like that. He’s fine. He’s a little dizzy and not very clear. He probably could have come back and done a few things, but further injury @ that point is really not worth it.” With backup Munchie Legaux nursing a knee injury that will require surgery, Cincinnati turned to senior walkon Michael Colosimo, who threw a touchdown pass but had too big a deficit to overcome against too good a team. “We didn’t play well but Virginia Tech did,” Tuberville said. “They took advantage of our miscues and pretty much

put it out of reach early in the third quarter.” Kiel went 14 for 26 for 244 yards, but had two interceptions to go with his fumble. The Notre Dame transfer finished the season with 3,254 yards passing, the third-highest total in school history. Michael Brewer went 14 for 24 for 94 yards and a touchdown to guide the Hokies to their highest point total since a 34-17 win at North Carolina on Oct. 4. Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer worked in the upstairs coaching box to avoid the risk of infection during his recovery from throat surgery. Please see HOKIES | 9A

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ing over the defender to make the grab. Thompson trotted into the end zone untouched on the next play and the Gamecocks had what proved to be an insurmountable 24-14 lead with 4:13 left. Miami squandered some early opportunities, settling for field goals after long drives stalled. Michael Badgley made field goals from 27 and 26 yards to give the Hurricanes a 6-0 lead by early in the second quarter. The Gamecocks never looked comfortable until Thompson’s 78-yard touchdown to Cooper. Thompson scrambled out of the pocket a few

minutes later on a broken play before finding Davis on a 15-yard touchdown pass. “The golden rule of a quarterback is to never throw back across the field,” Thompson said. “But Mike looked so naked out there, I just thought ‘I’ll give it a shot, it’s my last game.’” The Gamecocks’ defense — maligned for much of the season — didn’t give up a touchdown until late in the third quarter when Gus Edwards’ 3-yard touchdown run and the Miami’s ensuing 2-point conversion pulled the Hurricanes to 17-14. South Carolina linebacker Skai Moore was the defensive MVP after making 11 tackles.

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Eagles ahead 24-21 on a 20-yarder with 2:10 left in the fourth. “I just told him to keep his head up,” Murphy said. “That one PAT didn’t lose us the game.” Ficken, who won the opener in Dublin with a 36-yard field goal as time expired, bookended the season with his biggest kick yet. Hackenberg threw four touchdowns and played more as he did his freshman year, when he had NFL scouts raving about first-round potential rather than this season’s erratic sophomore effort. He set Penn State records for completions and yards passing (34 of 50, 371 yards) and earned MVP honors. He went over the middle and hit DaeSean Hamilton to make it 21-all with 6:48 left in the fourth. Hackenberg should have been eligible for a potential bowl game his senior season. But when the bowl ban was lifted this season, the Nittany Lions earned the chance to play in front of 49,012 fans at Yankee Stadium. Murphy threw for two touchdowns and ran for 105 yards and Jon Hilliman had 148 yards rushing and score that helped the Eagles build a lead. Murphy found Shakim Phillips in the corner end

zone for a 19-yard touchdown and a 14-7 lead early in the third. He then showed how he set the ACC’s single-season record for rushing yards by a quarterback with 1,079 yards in 2014 with a 40-yard dash that put the Eagles ahead 21-7. Hilliman, who led the team with 12 rushing TDs, broke through early with a 44-yard run that gave him more yards on one carry than three teams had in a game this season against Penn State: Central Florida (24), Massachusetts (3) yards and Maryland (25). He averaged a whopping 19.2 yards-per-carry on just five attempts for 101 yards in the first half. He found a huge opening late in the first quarter for a 49-yard touchdown run that tied the game at 7. The Nittany Lions scored first on Hackenberg’s 72-yard TD pass to Chris Godwin down the right sideline with 5:22 left in the first. The score earned a booming “We are! Penn State!” chant from the Penn State fans. The Nittany Lions turned the Bronx into a miniature Happy Valley, flooding the train from Philadelphia to New York on Saturday, then overtaking the subway lines.

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The Hokies were making their 22nd consecutive bowl appearance under Beamer, whose last losing season at Tech was in 1992. “I have had many proud moments in my time at Virginia Tech but this is one of my proudest,” Beamer said. “When you consider the constant adversity we have had to endure this season, it is just rewarding that we believed in one another and continued to fight our way through it.” The Hokies opened the second half with a 75yard drive for a touchdown and a 20-10 lead. Coleman opened the possession with four carries for 43 yards before Brewer tossed a TD pass to tight end Ryan Malleck on third-and-goal from the 1. Minutes later, Kiel’s fumble enabled the many Virginia Tech fans among the crowd of 34,277 to breathe easier. “I love it when they call a blitz,” Clarke said. “I had an open shot at him and when I hit him, I was able to knock the ball loose.” Freshman Joey Slye kicked four field goals for the Hokies, who finally got a noteworthy victory to add to their upset at Ohio State on Sept. 6.

“We had two objectives that we wanted to accomplish today,” Virginia Tech offensive coordinator Scot Loeffler said. “We wanted to win for our seniors, and we wanted to win for Coach Beamer.” Virginia Tech led 13-10 at halftime despite a 307148 deficit in yardage. The Hokies picked off two passes and Slye kicked field goals of 45 and 49 yards, the latter coming on the final play of the half. Kiel threw for 179 yards in the first quarter, including a 40-yarder to Shaq Washington on the game’s first play. But the drive ended with a missed field goal. Kiel threw for 84 yards in an 89-yard drive later in the quarter that ended with a 31-yard TD pass to Rod Moore. Virginia Tech answered with a 1-yard touchdown run by Coleman. The Hokies successfully executed a trick play during the possession when Brewer caught a 30-yard pass from freshman wide receiver Isaiah Ford. Kiel’s second interception led to a Virginia Tech field goal. Late in the half, Kiel directed an 86-yard drive that produced a field goal for a temporary tie.

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 22 7 .759 — Brooklyn 13 15 .464 8½ Boston 10 17 .370 11 New York 5 26 .161 18 Philadelphia 4 24 .143 17½ Southeast Division W L Pct GB Atlanta 21 8 .724 — Washington 20 8 .714 ½ Miami 14 16 .467 7½ Orlando 11 21 .344 11½ Charlotte 10 20 .333 11½ Central Division W L Pct GB Chicago 20 9 .690 — Cleveland 18 11 .621 2 Milwaukee 15 15 .500 5½ Indiana 10 20 .333 10½ Detroit 6 23 .207 14 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB Houston 21 7 .750 — Memphis 21 8 .724 ½ Dallas 21 10 .677 1½ San Antonio 18 13 .581 4½ New Orleans 15 14 .517 6½ Northwest Division W L Pct GB Portland 24 7 .774 — Oklahoma City 15 16 .484 9 Denver 13 17 .433 10½ Utah 9 20 .310 14 Minnesota 5 23 .179 17½ Pacific Division W L Pct GB Golden State 23 5 .821 — L.A. Clippers 20 10 .667 4 Phoenix 17 14 .548 7½ Sacramento 12 17 .414 11½ L.A. Lakers 9 21 .300 15 ___ Friday’s Games BrBrooklyn 109, Boston 107 Cleveland 98, Orlando 89 Milwaukee 107, Atlanta 77 Detroit 119, Indiana 109 New Orleans 97, San Antonio 90 Oklahoma City 98, Charlotte 75 Houston 117, Memphis 111, OT Dallas 102, L.A. Lakers 98 Denver 106, Minnesota 102 Portland 114, Philadelphia 93 Phoenix 115, Sacramento 106 Saturday’s Games Toronto at L.A. Clippers Boston at Washington Orlando at Charlotte Memphis at Miami New Orleans at Chicago Indiana at Brooklyn Atlanta at Milwaukee Philadelphia at Utah New York at Sacramento Minnesota at Golden State Today’s Games Detroit at Cleveland, 3:30 p.m. Houston at San Antonio, 6 p.m. Oklahoma City at Dallas, 6:30 p.m. New York at Portland, 8 p.m. Toronto at Denver, 8 p.m. Phoenix at L.A. Lakers, 8:30 p.m. Monday’s Games Chicago at Indiana, 6 p.m. Milwaukee at Charlotte, 6 p.m. Orlando at Miami, 6:30 p.m. Sacramento at Brooklyn, 6:30 p.m. Washington at Houston, 7 p.m. Utah at L.A. Clippers, 9:30 p.m.

Pro football NFL standings AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF y-New England 12 3 0 .800 459 Miami 8 7 0 .533 364 Buffalo 8 7 0 .533 326 N.Y. Jets 3 12 0 .200 246 South W L T Pct PF y-Indianapolis 10 5 0 .667 431 Houston 8 7 0 .533 349 Jacksonville 3 12 0 .200 232 Tennessee 2 13 0 .133 244 North W L T Pct PF x-Cincinnati 10 4 1 .700 348 x-Pittsburgh 10 5 0 .667 409 Baltimore 9 6 0 .600 389 Cleveland 7 8 0 .467 289 West W L T Pct PF

PA 296 336 280 377 PA 359 290 389 411 PA 317 351 292 317 PA

11 4 0 .733 435 340 9 6 0 .600 341 329 8 7 0 .533 334 274 3 12 0 .200 239 405 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA y-Dallas 11 4 0 .733 423 335 Philadelphia 9 6 0 .600 440 374 N.Y. Giants 6 9 0 .400 354 366 Washington 4 11 0 .267 284 394 South W L T Pct PF PA Carolina 6 8 1 .433 305 371 Atlanta 6 9 0 .400 378 383 New Orleans 6 9 0 .400 378 404 Tampa Bay 2 13 0 .133 257 387 North W L T Pct PF PA x-Detroit 11 4 0 .733 301 252 x-Green Bay 11 4 0 .733 456 328 Minnesota 6 9 0 .400 312 334 Chicago 5 10 0 .333 310 429 West W L T Pct PF PA x-Seattle 11 4 0 .733 374 248 x-Arizona 11 4 0 .733 293 279 San Francisco 7 8 0 .467 286 323 St. Louis 6 9 0 .400 318 334 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division ___ Today’s Games Indianapolis at Tennessee, Noon Jacksonville at Houston, Noon San Diego at Kansas City, Noon Chicago at Minnesota, Noon Cleveland at Baltimore, Noon Dallas at Washington, Noon N.Y. Jets at Miami, Noon Buffalo at New England, Noon Philadelphia at N.Y. Giants, Noon New Orleans at Tampa Bay, Noon Arizona at San Francisco, 3:25 p.m. St. Louis at Seattle, 3:25 p.m. Oakland at Denver, 3:25 p.m. Detroit at Green Bay, 3:25 p.m. Carolina at Atlanta, 3:25 p.m. Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m.

College football Bowl Schedule Saturday, Dec. 20 New Orleans Bowl Louisiana-Lafayette 16, Nevada 3 New Mexico Bowl At Albuquerque Utah State 21, UTEP 6 Las Vegas Bowl Utah 45, Colorado State 10 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl At Boise Air Force 38, Western Michigan 24 Camelia Bowl At Montgomery, Ala. Bowling Green 33, South Alabama 28 Monday, Dec. 22 Miami Beach Bowl Memphis 55, BYU 48, 2OT Tuesday, Dec. 23 Boca Raton (Fla.) Bowl Marshall 52, Northern Illinois 23 Poinsettia Bowl At San Diego Navy 17, San Diego State 16 Wednesday, Dec. 24 Bahamas Bowl At Nassau Western Kentucky 49, Central Michigan 48 Hawaii Bowl At Honolulu Rice 30, Fresno State 6 Friday, Dec. 26 Heart of Dallas Bowl Louisiana Tech 35, Illinois 18 Quick Lane Bowl At Detroit Rutgers 40, North Carolina 21 St. Petersburg (Fla.) Bowl N.C. State 34, UCF 27 Saturday, Dec. 27 Military Bowl At Annapolis, Md. Virginia Tech 33, Cincinnati 17 Sun Bowl At El Paso, Texas Arizona State 36, Duke 31 Independence Bowl At Shreveport, La. South Carolina 24, Miami 21 Pinstripe Bowl At Bronx, N.Y. Penn State 31, Boston College 30, OT HOLIDAY BOWL At San Diego USC 45, Nebraska 42 MONDAY

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LIBERTY BOWL At Memphis, Tenn. West Virginia (7-5) vs. Texas A&M (7-5), 1 p.m. (ESPN) RUSSELL ATHLETIC BOWL At Orlando, Fla. Clemson (9-3) vs. Oklahoma (8-4), 4:30 p.m. (ESPN) TEXAS BOWL At Houston Texas (6-6) vs. Arkansas (6-6), 8 p.m. (ESPN) TUESDAY MUSIC CITY BOWL At Nashville, Tenn. Notre Dame (7-5) vs. LSU (8-4), 2 p.m. (ESPN) BELK BOWL At Charlotte, N.C. Louisville (9-3) vs. Georgia (9-3), 5:30 p.m. (ESPN) FOSTERS FARM BOWL At Santa Clara, Calif. Stanford (7-5) vs. Maryland (7-5), 9 p.m. (ESPN) WEDNESDAY PEACH BOWL At Atlanta Mississippi (9-3) vs. TCU (11-1), 11:30 a.m. (ESPN) FIESTA BOWL At Glendale, Ariz. Boise State (11-2) vs. Arizona (10-3), 3 p.m. (ESPN) ORANGE BOWL At Miami Mississippi State (10-2) vs. Georgia Tech (10-3), 7 p.m. (ESPN) THURSDAY OUTBACK BOWL At Tampa, Fla. Wisconsin (10-3) vs. Auburn (8-4), 11 a.m. (ESPN2) COTTON BOWL CLASSIC At Arlington, Texas Michigan State (10-2) vs. Baylor (11-1), 11:30 a.m. (ESPN) CITRUS BOWL At Orlando, Fla. Minnesota (8-4) vs. Missouri (10-3), Noon (ABC) ROSE BOWL At Pasadena, Calif. Playoff semifinal: Oregon (12-1) vs. Florida State (13-0), 4 p.m. (ESPN) SUGAR BOWL At New Orleans Playoff semifinal: Alabama (12-1) vs. Ohio State (12-1), 7:30 p.m. (ESPN) FRIDAY ARMED FORCES BOWL At Fort Worth, Texas Pittsburgh (6-6) vs. Houston (7-5), 11 a.m. (ESPN) TAXSLAYER BOWL At Jacksonville, Fla. Iowa (7-5) vs. Tennessee (6-6), 2:20 p.m. (ESPN) ALAMO BOWL At San Antonio UCLA (9-3) vs. Kansas State (9-3), 5:45 p.m. (ESPN) CACTUS BOWL At Tempe, Ariz. Oklahoma State (6-6) vs. Washington (8-5), 9:15 p.m. (ESPN) SATURDAY BIRMINGHAM (ALA.) BOWL Florida (6-5) vs. East Carolina (8-4), Noon (ESPN2)

Sunday GODADDY BOWL At Mobile, Ala. Toledo (8-4) vs. Arkansas State (7-5), 8 p.m. (ESPN)

Monday COLLEGE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP At Arlington, Texas Sugar Bowl winner vs. Rose Bowl winner, 7:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Hockey NHL standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Montreal 35 22 11 2 46 95 84 Tampa Bay 36 21 11 4 46 117 96 Detroit 35 18 8 9 45 100 87 Toronto 35 20 12 3 43 118 102 Boston 35 18 14 3 39 91 91 Florida 32 15 9 8 38 73 82 Ottawa 34 14 14 6 34 90 94 Buffalo 35 13 19 3 29 69 115 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Pittsburgh 34 22 7 5 49 108 80

N.Y. Islanders 34 23 11 0 46 105 94 N.Y. Rangers 32 18 10 4 40 97 83 Washington 34 17 11 6 40 99 90 Philadelphia 34 14 14 6 34 97 101 Columbus 33 14 16 3 31 80 107 New Jersey 36 12 17 7 31 78 104 Carolina 34 10 20 4 24 70 93 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Chicago 35 23 10 2 48 107 72 Nashville 33 22 9 2 46 95 70 St. Louis 34 21 10 3 45 100 86 Winnipeg 35 18 10 7 43 88 81 Minnesota 32 16 13 3 35 93 89 Colorado 34 13 13 8 34 90 101 Dallas 33 14 14 5 33 95 113 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Anaheim 36 23 8 5 51 104 98 San Jose 35 19 11 5 43 99 90 Vancouver 33 20 11 2 42 99 91 Los Angeles 35 17 11 7 41 97 88 Calgary 36 18 15 3 39 104 98 Arizona 34 12 18 4 28 80 112 Edmonton 35 7 21 7 21 75 121 ——— Friday’s Games No games scheduled Saturday’s Games N.Y. Islanders at Buffalo Detroit at Ottawa Carolina at Tampa Bay New Jersey at N.Y. Rangers Boston at Columbus Winnipeg at Minnesota Washington at Pittsburgh Dallas at St. Louis Philadelphia at Nashville Anaheim at Arizona Chicago at Colorado Edmonton at Calgary San Jose at Los Angeles, Today’s Games Toronto at Florida, 4 p.m. Vancouver at Anaheim, 7 p.m. Monday’s Games Detroit at Boston, 6 p.m. Pittsburgh at New Jersey, 6 p.m. Washington at N.Y. Islanders, 6 p.m. Montreal at Carolina, 6 p.m. Buffalo at Ottawa, 6:30 p.m. Toronto at Tampa Bay, 6:30 p.m. Colorado at St. Louis, 7 p.m. Minnesota at Winnipeg, 7 p.m. Nashville at Chicago, 7:30 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Dallas, 7:30 p.m. Los Angeles at Calgary, 8 p.m. Philadelphia at Arizona, 8 p.m.

Transactions Saturday’s Deals BASKETBALL National Basketball Association HOUSTON ROCKETS — Assigned C Clint Capela to Rio Grande Valley (NBADL). FOOTBALL National Football League CLEVELAND BROWNS — Suspended WR Josh Gordon for violating a team rule. Waived LB Eric Martin and TE Ryan Taylor. Signed DL Jamie Meder, QB Connor Shaw and WR Phil Bates from the practice squad. MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Signed LB Jos Kaddu. Placed LB Anthony Barr on injured reserve. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Signed WR Josh Boyce from the practice squad. Placed DB Alfonzo Dennard on injured reserve. Signed DB Daxton Swanson to the practice squad. Released DL Cam Henderson from the practice squad. NEW YORK JETS — Placed S Rontez Miles on the injured reserve list. Signed WR Quincy Enunwa from the practice squad. HOCKEY National Hockey League COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS — Activated LW Scott Hartnell from injured reserve. Recalled G Anton Forsberg from Springfield (AHL). Assigned C Sean Collins to Springfield. DALLAS STARS — Recalled D Cameron Gaunce from Texas (AHL). DETROIT RED WINGS — Activated G Jimmy Howard from injured reserve. Assigned G Tom McCollum to Grand Rapids (AHL). Reassigned D Mattias Backman from Grand Rapids to Linkopings HC (Sweden). NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Named Adam Oates, Scott Stevens and Lou Lamoriello co-coaches. Recalled forward Tim Sestito from Albany (AHL). Activated F Dainius Zubrus from injured reserve. COLLEGE CLAYTON STATE — Promoted Stephanie Vasquez to assistant athletic trainer.

Winston is in his ‘sanctuary’ at Rose Bowl BY GREG BEACHAM Associated Press

ANAHEIM, Calif. — The clouds of Jameis Winston’s off-the-field troubles have cleared for now, and the Florida State quarterback emerged in the dazzling Southern California sun on Saturday firmly focused on his quest for a second national title. In his first public appearance since he was cleared of violating Florida State’s student code of conduct, the 2013 Heisman Trophy winner claimed he is neither distracted nor relieved by the latest development surrounding an alleged sexual assault two years ago. “I really don’t focus on that,” Winston said. “I usually just use football as my sanctuary, and I focus on my academics and do the things I need to do.” Winston certainly found his happy place on Saturday. Winston and fellow Heisman winner Marcus Mariota joined their team-

mates and Mickey Mouse at the Disney California Adventure park to kick off the festivities around the 101st Rose Bowl, which is also a College Football Playoff semifinal this year. The No. 2 Seminoles (13-0) and their 29-game winning streak are facing No. 3 Oregon (12-1), the betting favorites and Pac-12 champions. Florida State’s hopes rest heavily on a standout game from Winston after an up-anddown season that left him unable to contend with Mariota for another Heisman. Coach Jimbo Fisher isn’t worried about his quarterback’s ability — or about Winston’s fitness to carry the weight of the latest allegations against him. “I think it isn’t for him as much for his family,” Fisher said. “For his grandmother. For his mother. For his father. For his little brother. The people who are in your family, because they carry that

burden with him. Jameis compartmentalizes.” Indeed, Winston made no extensive comments about the latest step in the lengthy proceedings around the allegations against him. Winston was not arrested, and a local prosecutor already decided he didn’t have enough evidence to charge Winston after a woman accused him of raping her in December 2012. Appeals and civil suits are still possible, but the ruling likely means Winston is free to chase another title into the championship game Jan. 12, if the Seminoles beat Oregon. Winston also is expected to be a high pick in the upcoming NFL draft if he forgoes his final two seasons of eligibility next year. “This whole season has been the same,” Winston said. “Because I come here to play football, get my academics right, and I really wasn’t focused on anything other than that.”

The Seminoles have traveled cross-country for the second time in two seasons: Florida State beat Auburn for the BCS national championship on the same hallowed turf last January. Winston sees this game as more of a privilege than an advantage over the Ducks, who won the Rose Bowl three years ago and beat UCLA in the same stadium this season. “We’ve been here before, and we get to play on that beautiful stadium again,” Winston said. “That’s a dream, kind of a football heaven for us. Our wide receivers and us love playing on that great grass. But at the end of the day, it’s another football game. We’re not thinking about last year. We’re not thinking about the future.” Winston also declined to speculate on whether he’ll enter the draft, or even whether he plans to play baseball again for Florida State in the spring.

men and (sophomore) Aaron (Harrison) for a while. I think it stretched the game out.” Kentucky led 22-18 at the break despite committing 10 turnovers. The Wildcats didn’t make it to the foul line, either, while Louisville was 5 of 6, allowing the Cardinals to stay closer than expected. Cauley-Stein’s dunk and Ulis’ jumper gave Kentucky a 26-18 lead before Louisville scored

six straight points. The freshmen took charge from there for Kentucky, combining for 16 points during one stretch to keep the Wildcats safely ahead. HARD DAY FOR HARRELL Montrezl Harrell returned from a one-game suspension and had nine points and eight rebounds. Louisville was outscored 24-16 in the paint. TIP-INS

Kentucky: The Wildcats recorded a season-low three blocks. Louisville: The Cardinals had just one assist. ... Kentucky ended Louisville’s 35-game nonconference home winning streak dating to December 2010. The last loss was to Kentucky. UP NEXT Kentucky: Hosts Mississippi on Jan. 6. Louisville: Hosts Long Beach State on Tuesday.

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