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TUESDAY • JANUARY 12 • 2016

BEST IN THE MIDWEST?

LEGISLATURE

Medicaid, judicial funding in 1st day spotlight

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LAWRENCE IS ONE OF 12 FINALISTS in Midwest Living magazine’s Greatest Midwest Town of 2016 list, noted for our Civil War sites, mix of “highbrow culture and down-to-earth fun,” Allen Fieldhouse, downtown and “highly respected local music scene.”

Lawrence squares off against other towns in magazine poll

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ranson and its banjos are in the rear view mirror, and we’re about ready to run over Galena, Ill., and Ulysses S. Grant’s home that sits atop a hill there.

Based on photographs readers sent into the editors of Midwest Living magazine, Lawrence is one of 12 finalists for

the magazine’s Greatest Midwest Town of 2016.

And after a slow start, voters are pushing us near the top of the list.

At about 6 p.m. Monday, Lawrence had 645 votes in the online balloting, which began Jan. 1, being conducted by Midwest

Living. That put Lawrence in fourth place. That was quite a turnaround from Monday morning when a reader alerted the JournalWorld that Lawrence had made the list of 12 finalists but was getting drubbed in the voting.

On Monday morning,

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Lawrence had just 67 votes and was in 10th place.

Then, after the Town Talk column on LJWorld.com mentioned the contest and Lawrence’s standing in it, activity picked up on local social media circles and vote totals grew. Lawrence quickly passed Branson, Please see VOTE, page 2A

of the health department’s community health program, has said it is “a great step forward.”

On Dec. 8, the advisory board unanimously voted to advance the proposal.

The City Commission will decide at its meeting today whether tobacco use will be banned in all of Lawrence’s parks, sports complexes and other city-owned recreational areas.

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Proposal aims to curb use in parks, sports facilities, cemeteries The proposed ban includes the use of electronic cigarettes and vaporizers, as well as smokeless tobacco.

It extends to cemeteries, dog parks, Eagle Bend Golf Course, bleachers at sports facilities and approximately 1,500 acres around Clinton

Lake — all land owned or leased by Lawrence Parks and Recreation.

The Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department brought the idea for a tobacco ban to the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board last spring. Chris Tilden, director

By Peter Hancock

Topeka — A special legislative committee voted Monday to recommend that when state officials are making decisions about placing children in foster homes, they should consider “evidence-based factors about family structure,” a statement that was quickly seen as an attack on same-sex couples.

Sen. Mary PilcherCook, R-Shawnee, said Pilcher-Cook she believes family structure is an important consideration when determining what is in the best interests of the child.

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By Nikki Wentling

Topeka — The 2016 Kansas legislative session officially got underway Monday as issues surrounding Medicaid expansion and funding the judicial branch immediately took center stage.

Oddly, the issue of expanding Medicaid got pushed into the spotlight from outside the Legislature: Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, whose campaign sent out a statement hours before the House and Senate gaveled into session.

Lawrence ranks better than average in national credit score study Town Talk U Chad Lawhorn clawhorn@ljworld.com

sually in January, I try to hide from all credit card-related news. But I’ll come out of my El Chapolike tunnel system long enough to pass this information along: Lawrence scores relatively well in a new financial study that measures credit scores across the country.

The financial website

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62nd percentile. In case percentiles confuse you much like the concept of compounding interest does, the 99th percentile is best, the 1st percentile is the worst and the 50th percentile is average.

Lawrence’s average credit score was determined to be 683. I believe the top score possible is 850. A community called

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WalletHub has partnered with credit card data company TransUnion to examine the credit scores of individuals in 2,750 communities across the country. The study created an average credit score for each community, and then ranked the communities.

Lawrence ranked above average, scoring in the

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The Villages in Florida had the top community average at 779. There were 38 communities that were in the 99th percentile. Only 15 states had communities that made that elite group, but Kansas was one of them. Leawood was in the 99th percentile with a score of 742. That was the 16th highest average

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in the country.

Here’s a look at how some other Kansas communities and cities in the region scored: • Leawood: 99th percentile; 742 score • Overland Park: 84th percentile; 706 score • Lenexa: 83rd percentile; 706 score

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hard-working Kansans who can’t “We have Legislature afford health coverage, and we need to look

DEATHS Journal-World obituary policy: For information about running obituaries, call 832-7151. Obituaries run as submitted by funeral homes or the families of the deceased.

GeorGe Francis Paley Celebration of Life for George F. Paley, 67, Lawrence will be held 4 - 8 p.m. Sun., Jan. 17th at the Cider Gallery.

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John henry ray Sr. Funeral services for John Henry Ray Sr., 85, Baldwin City, will be 1 pm, Wednesday, January 13, 2016, at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery.

He died Sunday, January 10, 2016, at his home.

John was born March 25, 1930, in Lawrence, the son of John Sherman and Fleeta Anna Poeverlein Ray. He worked for many years as a mechanic and auto body repairman.

He married Edna Mae Faler, November 10, 1983, in Green River, Wyoming, She survives of the home.

Other survivors include his children John H. Ray JR, Lonnie E. Ray and wife Sharon, Angela LaCasse and husband Robert, Jerry D. Ray and wife Sabrina; stepchildren, Alvie Tate and wife Anna, Keith Tate and wife Marty, Lawrence Tate and wife Linda, Mike Tate and wife Carolyn, Patty Jorgensen and husband Brad; sisters, Betty Vesco and Fleetta Mae Higgins; grandchildren, John S. Ray, D.J. Ackerman,

Tamara L Smith, James S Ray, Dustin Ray, Steven M Ray, Carissa L Ray; eleven stepgrandchildren; several great grandchildren, nieces and nephews from both sides of the family.

The family would like to acknowledge Ron Vesco and wife Kathy, John’s Nephew but has been more like a son.

Friends may call from 5-8 pm Tuesday night at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home.

M e m o r i a l contributions may be made to Visiting Nurses Online condolences may be made at rumseyyost.com Please sign this guestbook at Obituaries.

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hit upon a neat idea to rank communities using this metric because it does provide a look CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1A at what communities have large numbers of • Iowa City: 80th perresidents feeling some centile; 702 score level of financial stress.

• Ames, Iowa: 80th I’m sure there are other percentile; 701 score reasons your credit score • Shawnee: 78th percan be low, but falling centile; 699 score behind on your bills is • Manhattan: 72nd one of them. percentile; 693 score Lawrence is on the • Olathe: 69th percencorrect side of the avertile; 690 score age line in this study, and • Columbia, Mo.: 67th the difference between percentile; 687 score Lawrence and Kansas • Lawrence: 62nd per- City is stark. The numcentile; 683 score bers also reinforce just • Morgantown, W.Va.: how much of an econom58th percentile; 679 score ic powerhouse Johnson • Norman, Okla.: 49th County has become. The percentile; 671 score numbers also show that • Stillwater, Okla.: 47th being a college commupercentile; 669 score nity doesn’t preordain • Hutchinson: 47th you to being middle of percentile; 669 score the pack or worse. Both • Salina: 44th percenAmes and Iowa City are tile; 666 score in the 80th percentile.

• Austin: 43rd percenThen there are college tile; 665 score communities like Waco.

• Topeka: 41st percen- It has a beautiful, new, tile; 664 score expensive football sta• Lubbock, Texas: 23rd dium. Apparently, every percentile; 648 score resident put a portion of • Kansas City, Mo.: the price tag on his or 26th percentile; 650 score her personal credit card.

• Waco, Texas: 9th — This is an excerpt from percentile; 632 score Chad Lawhorn’s Town Talk • Kansas City, Kan.: column, which appears at 4th percentile; 621 score LJWorld.com.

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Mo., and started knocking off several others along the way. Here’s a look at where the voting stood as of Monday evening: 1. Traverse City, Mich.: 1,798 votes

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2. Put-in-Bay, Ohio: 1,237 votes 3. Galena, Ill.: 735 votes 4. Lawrence: 645 votes 5. Decorah, Iowa: 601 votes 6. Nebraska City, Neb.: 491 votes 7. Duluth, Minn.: 457 votes 8. Rapid City, S.D.: 447 votes 9. Bayfield, Wis.: 379

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“Health care for Kansas families should be a right for all, not a privilege for the few,” Clinton said in the statement. “The Kansas Legislature and Governor Brownback should use this session to do the right thing and pass a bill that expands Medicaid.”

Officials estimate that would extend coverage to about 138,000 Kansans who are currently uninsured.

But the federal program, also known as Obamacare, is deeply unpopular among Republicans, and, predictably, Clinton’s remarks sparked a series of charged retorts from GOP leaders, including House Speaker Ray Merrick, of Stilwell, who rhetorically asked, “Hillary who?”

“Kansans don’t trust Hillary Clinton, and her call to expand Medicaid makes Republicans even more skeptical of expanding Obamacare,” Merrick said.

Kansas GOP Chairman Kelly Arnold also responded, saying, “Perhaps (former State Department) Secretary Clinton should focus more on meeting court mandated deadlines for the release of her emails than pushing her failed policy agenda in Kansas.”

Under the federal health reform law known as the Affordable Care Act, states can expand their Medicaid programs to cover all individuals in households with incomes up to 138 percent of the poverty level. That’s $16,242 for an individual, or $33,465 for a family of four. The federal government pays 90 to 95 percent of the cost of covering people in the expansion group.

Senate Vice President Jeff King, a Republican from Independence, where a community

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“If there are two like families, they’re alike in everything else, but there is evidence that one family structure is better for that child than another, that should be considered,” she said during a meeting of the Special Committee on Foster Care Adequacy.

“This just seems like a blatant attempt to discriminate against samesex couples,” said Sen. Laura Kelly, D-Topeka.

That special committee was formed last year to look into the practices of the Department for Children and Families, the agency that administers the state’s foster care system. That agency has been under intense scrutiny in recent months following deaths and injuries of children who were living in foster homes.

The committee held only one day of hearings over the interim. At that meeting in November, votes 10. Branson, Mo. 311 votes 11. Columbus, Ind.: 47 votes 12. Medora, N.D.: 29 votes The winner of the contest will be the subject of a feature article in an upcoming edition of Midwest Living magazine. In case you are wondering

at a Kansas solution to address that. Not a Washington solution. No one wants that here.”

— Senate Vice President Jeff King, R-Independence

GENERAL MANAGER Scott Stanford,

hospital was forced to close last year, signaled that there could be some movement on a Medicaid expansion plan this year.

“We have hard-working Kansans who can’t afford health coverage, and we need to look at a Kansas solution to address that. Not a Washington solution. No one wants that here,” he said.

King said he would consider a Medicaid expansion plan if it includes a work requirement for those who would gain coverage through an expansion and a requirement that they contribute something in the form of premiums to offset the cost to the state.

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Judicial budget Meanwhile, leaders in both chambers said one of the first issues they will need to tackle this year is funding for the Kansas judicial branch.

Last year, lawmakers passed a two-year budget for the judicial branch.

But they included language in the bill saying all funding would become “null and void” if the Kansas courts overturned a 2014 law that changes the way chief judges in district courts are selected.

A Shawnee County judge later did just that, and the Kansas Supreme Court upheld his ruling in December.

That case has drawn national attention, but the provision of the law triggering a shutdown of the court system has been temporarily put on hold until March 15, giving lawmakers time to address the issue.

Although it is widely expected that lawmakers will move to keep funding for

Coming up this week Gov. Sam Brownback will deliver his State of the State address at 5:30 p.m. today, during which he will lay out his legislative agenda for the session.

Most people in the audience will be listening closely for his plan to deal with a projected $14 million budget shortfall in the current fiscal year, and the $175 million shortfall awaiting in the next fiscal year, which begins July 1.

The speech, however, will probably have few details about his budget plan.

Those will be unveiled to the press and the House and Senate budget committees on Wednesday.

Many lawmakers are also eagerly awaiting the results of an efficiency study from the consulting firm of Alvarez & Marsal, which is scheduled to be released to the budget committees this morning.

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This just seems like a blatant attempt to discriminate against same-sex couples.”

— Sen. Laura Kelly, D-Topeka it heard testimony from Donald Paul Sullins, a sociology researcher at the Catholic University of America, who wrote a paper last year arguing that children with samesex parents are more than twice as likely as other children to suffer from certain kinds of emotional problems.

Sullins’ report, however, has been roundly criticized by other researchers for ignoring certain factors, such as whether the child being studied actually lived with, or spent significant time with, the parent involved in a same-sex relationship.

Tom Witt, executive director of Equality Kansas, a statewide gay rights advocacy group, said he is less concerned about any report the Legislature how Lawrence is being portrayed to voters, the editors describe the community as “peppered” with Civil War sites, and having a nice mix of “highbrow culture and down-to-earth fun.” The Natural History Museum, the Dole Institute and Allen Fieldhouse are all mentioned as attractions.

Massachusetts Street also

— Statehouse reporter Peter Hancock can be reached at 354-4222 or phancock@ljworld.com.

adopts than he is about the day-to-day practices of DCF. “They have been actively discriminating against same-sex couples since at least 2012,” he said. “Whether we have bills come up in the Legislature or not, discrimination within DCF is something we expect to continue as long as Phyllis Gilmore is the secretary and Sam Brownback is the governor.”

Separately, the Legislative Post Audit Committee tentatively agreed last month to authorize an audit to examine whether DCF has been discriminating against same-sex couples. That is to be part of a broader audit looking into many policies and practices of the agency.

That panel is scheduled to meet Wednesday to decide on the final wording of the audit question, and some Republicans on the panel have argued for toning it down to make it less politically charged.

— Statehouse reporter Peter Hancock can be reached at 354-4222 or phancock@ljworld.com.

gets a mention, as does our “highly respected local music scene.”

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Ice breakers

Market turmoil leads to ‘ideal’ $44M bond sale

By Rochelle Valverde Twitter: @RochelleVerde

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CASSANDRA LEVEILLE, OF NEW YORK CITY, AND MEREDITH VACEK, OF LAWRENCE, WATCH ICE FLOW on the Kansas River on Monday.

Because of last week’s turbulent stock market, the Lawrence school district’s sale of more than $44 million of bonds on Monday went significantly better than expected.

“The market kind of did a funny thing at the end of last week,” Kathy Johnson, director of finance

for the district, told the Lawrence school board at its meeting Monday.

SCHOOLS “Actually it turned out today was just an ideal day for us to sell bonds.

We had a really good end result.”

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Couple’s $2M gift will Hoverboards still have green light at KU create architecture Heard on scholarship at KU D the Hill

ozens of universities nationwide have recently banned or restricted hoverboards, The Associated Press reported last week. But hoverboards still have a green light at Kansas University.

Disclaimer: the batterypowered devices don’t actually hover above the ground like those in the movie “Back to the Future Part II.” They’re more like motorized skateboards with two wheels, propelled by the operator’s body movements. Universities banning the devices have called them unsafe, citing the risk of falls and collisions as well as warnings from federal authorities that some of the self-balancing scooters have caught on fire, according to the AP. Hoverboards are still allowed on the KU

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Hoverboards are allowed on the Kansas University campus.

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skateboard,” Anguiano said. “You wouldn’t get a sshepherd@ljworld.com citation for it.” campus, even on the Lawrence city ordisidewalks, according to nance does ban skateCapt. James Anguiano of boards and roller blades the KU Office of Public from Jayhawk Boulevard Safety. He said they fall and 1,000 feet on either into the same category side of it, according to as the two-wheeled KU policy on skateboardmotorized scooters with ing and rollerblading on upright handles manufac- campus. No KU policy tured by Segway. specifically addresses “If we see one on hoverboards, and that Jayhawk Boulevard, we includes in residence and treat it like a Segway, scholarship halls. we don’t treat it like a “There isn’t currently

any policy or rule prohibiting hoverboards on campus or in Student Housing units,” said Kip Grosshans, associate director of KU Student Housing. “We are aware that bans exist on several U.S. campuses but no action has been taken at KU at this time.”

I haven’t seen anyone riding a hoverboard on campus, but at least one University Daily Kansan

A Kansas University alumnus and his wife have donated $1.6 million to establish the Michael A. Cummings Scholarship for architecture students at KU, with a preference for those from rural communities.

The gift is part of a $2 million donation

by Cummings and his wife, Pamela Miller, of Kansas City, Mo., KU Endowment announced Monday. The donation also includes $400,000 for Reach Out and Read Kansas City, a nonprofit coalition based at KU Medical Center.

Pamela Miller and Michael Cummings Cummings, who grew up in Burlington, earned bachelor’s degrees in environmental design and architectural engineering from KU in 1983, according to KU Endowment. He is a principal with the international firm of TK Architects, where he has worked since graduation.

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Eudora bans use of e-cigarettes indoors, tobacco in parks

By Elvyn Jones ejones@ljworld.com

On Monday, Eudora became the first city in Douglas County to extend the state indoor smoking ban in public-access buildings to include e-cigarettes and forbid their use along with traditional tobacco products in city recreational facilities and parks.

The commission unanimously approved two ordinances enacting the bans, which had been the subject of workshops in the last month. Chris Tilden, Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department director of community health, noted the actions came on the eve of the Lawrence City Commission’s consideration

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What do you hope the Kansas Legislature accomplishes this year?

Asked on Massachusetts Street See story, 1A

Katie Hobson, graduate student, Lawrence “I hope they’ll listen to Hillary (Clinton)’s call for Medicaid expansion, and reverse what they’ve done with gun control bills.”

Joe Miles, works in sales, Kansas City, Mo. “They need to get started on meaningful education reform.”

Juliana Birdling, housewife, Lawrence “I would say Medicaid expansion.”

of a policy that would ban the use of e-cigarettes and tobacco products in that city’s parks and recreation facilities.

“Congratulations, you’ve leap-frogged Lawrence to become the shining star of Douglas County,” he said. “We know the use of e-cigarettes is growing among children at an alarming rate. Ordinances like this are important in discouraging their use and keeping children away from the process.”

Kaitlyn Perry, health promotion specialist with the health department, said the indoor ban on ecigarettes would protect the people from a growing health risk.

“There’s a lot of evidence they are not safe to

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Congratulations, you’ve leap-frogged Lawrence to become the shining star of Douglas County.”

— Chris Tilden, Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department director of community health be around,” she said. “The vapors are not just water.”

The two health department officials said there were probably a handful of cities in the state that had banned the use of ecigarettes indoors and 1,200 municipalities nationwide that banned the use of them, along with tobacco products, in parks.

The city did not ban possession of e-cigarettes or tobacco products in parks, but their use,

Eudora City Manager Gary Ortiz clarified.

Also at Monday’s meeting, Ortiz shared with commissioners the request for proposals that will be sent to interested developers of the old Nottingham Elementary School and adjacent athletic field.

The city bought the property for $850,000 from the Eudora school district last year with the intent of getting the 15-acre site developed. The property is on

the city’s gateway just north of Kansas Highway 10 on Church Street.

The request states that ideally the site would be transformed into a pedestrian friendly development that includes a major retail/mixed use “power” center and high-density residential and/or office space. The development guidelines the city developed in 2011 with community input for what is now known as the Nottingham property is included as an exhibit with the request.

But it is also stated because of the “unique nature of the site,” the city is willing to negotiate suggestions of “other creative development standards and guidelines.”

Ortiz said the RFP

would hit the streets Jan. 22, and the deadline for responses is March 3. A short list of potential developers will be chosen March 18, and those developers interviewed March 24.

The developer will be notified March 29 with the goal to start construction at the site next fall, Ortiz said.

The commission would be asked to name a selection committee to cull responses to the short list and conduct the interviews, Ortiz said.

The city is pursuing a tax-increment financing district for the site, which could include existing businesses across Church Street to the east, said Barack Matite, assistant city manager.

Oread design guidelines to be discussed KU

By Nikki Wentling Twitter: @nikkiwentling

The city’s planning department will host a public meeting Wednesday to gain feedback on proposed design guidelines for the Oread neighborhood.

The guidelines are meant to maintain or improve property values and keep the historic character of the

neighborhood, according to the proposal.

The neighborhood, located between downtown Lawrence and Kansas University, has a higher density of residents than other parts of the city, a draft of the guidelines states. It was decided to create guidelines because of concerns about parking, trash, privacy, noise and code compliance.

With some homes in the

area converted into rental units, there have also been concerns about the neighborhood’s design integrity.

The guidelines, which are laid out in a 132-page document, will be discussed at a public meeting Wednesday from 6 to 8 p.m. in the auditorium of the Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St. The city’s Historic Resources Commission and

Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission will review the guidelines Feb. 18. The commissions will vote on them March 21.

The guidelines will go to the City Commission for final consideration.

That date has not been set.

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opinion writer recently wrote that it isn’t uncommon to see them coasting along Jayhawk Boulevard, or even inside campus buildings and elevators.

Matthew Clough wrote in his column he thinks KU should ban them throughout campus.

— City Hall reporter Nikki Wentling can “Capable of speeds be reached at 832-7144 or somewhere between 6 nwentling@ljworld.com. and 10 mph, self-balancing scooters disrupt the normal pace of those walking down the boulevard,” he wrote. “It also doesn’t make much sense that people are able to ride other policy initiatives the self-balancing scooters on courts want the Legislacampus given the Uniture to approve. versity’s stance on similar The speech will be vehicles of transportation available in a live stream ... University officials need from the Supreme to take a stand on their usCourt’s website, www. age before they continue kscourts.org. A recording to grow in popularity.” of the speech will also be posted on the website — This is an excerpt from afterward.

Chief justice to give State of the Judiciary address Feb. 3 Topeka — Kansas Chief Justice Lawton Nuss will deliver his annual State of the Judiciary address at 12:30 p.m. Feb. 3.

This will mark the third year in a row that Nuss has delivered the address from the Supreme Court chambers in the Kansas Judicial Center. Previously,

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Jimmy Gibbs, recreation operations manager of Parks and Recreation, said the ban is an attempt to create a healthy environment for the people, mostly children, using the department’s parks, pools and other facilities.

“We recognize that tobacco use is detrimental to the health of our participants,” Gibbs said.

“We have a really unique opportunity to create an environment that discourages tobacco use.

Our parks, we establish them to promote healthy activities; the purpose is to promote community wellness. This fits right in with that.”

The ban is on the City Commission’s consent agenda, meaning it will not be talked about before it’s voted on, unless one of the commissioners or a member of the public pulls it for discussion.

If approved, the policy

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Brogan Sievers, works at Rudy’s, Lawrence “I hope they undo a lot of the stuff (Gov. Sam) Brownback has done that’s brought our state down over the past few years.”

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The district sold $20.5 million worth of new bonds and refinanced $23.5 million of bonds from 2006. Both sets of bonds had a Moody’s rating of AA2, meaning they are “high quality and subject to very low credit risk.”

Last week saw significant drops in international and U.S. stock markets, and that turmoil made bond sales a more attractive buy for investors and resulted in considerably lower interest rates, financial advisers told the board.

It had been estimated that the district would save about $2 million by refinancing the old bonds, but the final savings after the sale ended up being

the addresses were delivered from the House chamber in the Statehouse, similar to Nuss the governor’s State of the State

address, which is today.

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will go into effect April 1.

The ban is being proposed by Parks and Recreation as a department policy — not a change to city law — meaning the department would be responsible for enforcing it.

The proposed policy does not outline any penalties for those caught using tobacco. Gibbs said the ban is not meant to be punitive and that the intent is to “create a systematic change in tobacco-use behaviors.”

Ernie Shaw, Parks and Recreation director, admitted during the Nov. 10 meeting when the proposal was discussed that the ban would be unenforceable in some instances. But, he said, staff would monitor high-use areas.

Signs announcing the ban will be placed in areas where people generally gather, such as the clubhouse at Eagle Bend Golf Course.

Organizations that use the department’s facilities will be asked to help enforce the policy, the

proposal states. Parks and Recreation staff will “periodically” watch to make sure the rule is being followed, the policy says.

“If someone is smoking, that will be an opportunity to make contact and educate them about why we have this in place,” Gibbs said. “We’re not by any means going to write tickets or call the police. That’s not what this is about.”

Gibbs said he expects that when most people learn of the ban, they will comply with it.

“Most of the time, we guess that folks are going to be very respectful of the policy and extinguish their cigarette,” Gibbs said.

The city’s current smoking laws, enacted in 2004, make it illegal to smoke in any enclosed public spaces. It does not regulate tobacco use in public outdoor areas, nor does it explicitly ban e-cigarettes.

“There are no ordinances that control tobacco use in outdoor spaces,” Tilden said when the proposal was discussed

in November. “This is the first pretty substantial and pretty big move to create an administrative policy that would enforce tobacco-free grounds.”

In its explanation of what’s banned, the department listed items that fall under “smoking-delivery devices” as: e-cigarette, cigarillo, cigar, pipe, hookah and vape pen.

According to the list, “tobacco products” mean “smokeless, spit or spitless, dissolvable, absorbable, inhaled, exhaled or snorted products that consist of natural or synthetic vegetation, chemicals or derivatives, herbs, tobacco, nicotine or other lighted or vaporized substances.”

The ban excludes nicotine replacement products such as skin patches and gum.

The City Commission will convene at 5:45 p.m. today at City Hall, 6 E. Sixth St.

more than $3.6 million.

Board members and district officials were pleased at the result of the sale.

“This is about as good of news as anybody could have anticipated,” said Lawrence schools Superintendent Rick Doll.

The board unanimously passed a motion finalizing the sale with George K. Baum & Co. with an interest rate of 2.327 percent and a savings of 13.071 percent on the refinanced bonds. Also included as part of the sale was a second motion providing for the levy of taxes to pay the principal and interest of the bonds.

The $20.5 million sale of new bonds is the final portion of the $92.5 million bond issue to update facilities and technology districtwide, with emphasis on the district’s 14 elementary schools.

Because of the betterthan-expected sale, the amount of taxes levied will also be less than anticipated. That news was also welcome as the district looks ahead to additional facility improvements at its middle and high schools.

“This is great news as we head into the planning process for the secondary schools,” said board President Vanessa Sanburn.

Last month, the board approved a deal with Gould Evans Architects to develop a facilities master plan for the district’s six secondary schools, with an emphasis on Lawrence High School.

In other business, the board: l Discussed the characteristics that will be used in the district’s search for a superintendent to replace Rick Doll, who will resign

at the end of the school year. The characteristics will be used to evaluate the applicants to the position.

Board members simplified a brainstorm of descriptions completed last week by choosing qualities — such as leadership, communication and transparency — and plan to have the characteristics finalized by Wednesday. l Reviewed a report on student wellness. The report outlined efforts to increase movement in the classroom, grow participation in the school garden program and create lesson plans that include outdoor learning.

The school board’s next meeting will be Jan. 25 at the district offices, 110 McDonald Drive.

— City Hall reporter Nikki Wentling can be reached at 832-7144 or nwentling@ljworld.com.

— K-12 education reporter Rochelle Valverde can be reached at 832-6314 or rvalverde@ljworld.com.

Sara Shepherd’s Heard on the Hill blog, which appears regularly on LJWorld.com.

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Cummings said there’s a difference in resources available to students from small towns.

“I’m hoping this scholarship will help some people who will have a similar experience to what I have had,” he said in a KU Endowment news release, “which is to find a career that wasn’t on their radar and from there to end up with a wonderful and fulfilling career.”

Mahesh Daas, dean of KU’s School of Architecture, Design and Planning, said he was grateful for the gift.

“This scholarship will give students who come from rural communities the opportunity to become part of the vision we have for all of our students, and that is that each should become a pioneering force for achieving global impact through design,” Daas said in the release.

Reach Out and Read Kansas City provides books to low-income children when they visit health care providers for checkups, according to the organization’s website. The effort, part of the national Reach Out and Read Program, is in partnership with KU Endowment and KU Medical Center.

Miller, who retired from Children’s Mercy Hospital in 2014 and previously worked for KU Endowment, has volunteered with the program, according to KU Endowment.

Being included in the couple’s estate planning is “transformative” for Reach Out and Read Kansas City, executive director Mark Mattison said in the release. “It lays the foundation for our development of a planned giving program.”

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By Doyle McManus Los Angeles Times

Despite the poor timing, we hope tonight’s State of the State address will draw a large audience of Kansans concerned about their state’s future.

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ven more than in most years, the governor’s State of the State address probably won’t get as much attention as it deserves.

Gov. Sam Brownback could have made it easier for Kansans to access his vision for the state’s future, but a series of decisions and circumstances is likely to hold down the audience for tonight’s speech.

The speech is scheduled for 5:30 p.m., which isn’t exactly prime time for many viewers. People are still getting home from work and school. That time slot — opposite national news broadcasts — also made it unlikely that any television station would broadcast the speech.

KPTS, the Wichita public television station had broadcast the speech live for several years, but said it couldn’t find a sponsor for the broadcast this year.

Station officials said it would have cost $9,000 to provide the broadcast, which doesn’t seem like much, but apparently no one stepped up.

A radio broadcast of the State of the State will be available on KPR and other public radio stations, but the only video access will be a hopefully reliable live stream from the governor’s website, www.kansas.gov.

The governor’s office said it was trying to avoid conflicting with the president’s State of the Union address, which starts at 8 p.m. CST, and there’s also the matter of a televised Kansas University men’s basketball game that begins at 6 p.m. Those conflicts admittedly are problematic, but, if the governor wanted to increase his audience, he could have avoided both conflicts by moving the speech even one day to Monday or Wednesday.

Maybe the speech wouldn’t have drawn many viewers even if the scheduling had been changed, but Kansans should be interested in what the governor says — or doesn’t say — about the state’s future. For instance, the State of the State is expected to offer the first glimpses of how Brownback plans to deal with an estimated $175 million budget shortfall for the next fiscal year. The governor has just received results from a just-completed $2.6 million efficiency study, and his speech may include plans to implicate some recommendations from that report.

The State of the State speech is intended to give the governor an opportunity to express his vision and plans for the state. Why would Brownback not want to have the broadest possible audience as he addresses the state?

Some observers contend that the scheduling of the governor’s message was an intentional strategy to minimize the public attention focused on the speech. That certainly would be sad — and a disservice to the people of Kansas.

Many important issues and challenges currently are facing the state, and the governor has an obligation to tell Kansans where he stands on those issues and challenges. It’s too late to change the scheduling or coverage of this year’s State of the State, but hopefully the governor’s office will make sure that future speeches are scheduled to maximize the public’s opportunity to hear what their governor has to say.

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Saudi Arabia’s royal family is frightened — and that’s a problem for the U.S.-Saudi relationship.

The Saudis are surrounded by enemies. To the north, Abu Bakr Baghdadi, leader of Islamic State, has promised to overthrow the Al Saud dynasty, which he calls “the serpent’s head.” To the south, Sunni-led Saudi forces are at war against Shia Muslim rebels in Yemen. To the east, the Al Saud face the rival they fear most, Shia-ruled Iran.

The Saudis have problems at home, too. Fearing subversion from both Islamic State and Iran, the government has cracked down on Sunni and Shia dissidents alike, jailing writers, journalists and human rights lawyers as well as potential terrorists. The plummeting price of oil has blown a hole in the government’s budget while the population, accustomed to subsidized housing and utilities, keeps growing.

And the family faces a succession crisis; 80-year-old King Salman, who ascended to the throne last year, is described privately by diplomats as nearly senile.

Fearful, unpredictable Once their regime was a pillar of conservative stability; now fear has made them unpredictable.

On New Year’s Day, the government abruptly announced the execution of 47 domestic prisoners. Although most were Sunni extremists convicted of membership in al Qaida, four were Shia Muslim activists, including the country’s most prominent radical preacher, Sheik Nimr al-Nimr. Nimr’s crime was not terrorism, but sedition; he had called publicly for the secession of Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province, where most of the kingdom’s Shia citizens — and most of its oil reserves — reside.

Nimr’s death set off a cascade of events. Demonstrators in Iran set fire to Saudi Arabia’s embassy in Tehran, unrestrained by riot police.

Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said the Saudi leaders would face “divine vengeance.” Saudi Arabia broke diplomatic relations with Iran and

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Both countries still need each other, but less than before.

They’re still partners — but colder, more distant partners now.”

demanded that other Arab countries follow suit. (Only a few did.)

In the past, the Saudi princes could usually rely on the United States to take their side in any disagreement with Iran. That’s not what happened this time.

Instead, the White House and the State Department said they were unhappy with both countries — Saudi Arabia for executing Nimr, Iran for failing to protect the Saudi Embassy.

Openly exasperated In private, U.S. officials didn’t hide their exasperation at the Saudis — and Saudi officials didn’t hide their unhappiness with the Americans.

It seems telling that Secretary of State John F. Kerry, who scrambled to calm things down, was able to reach Iran’s foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, almost immediately by phone; Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister, Adel al Jubeir, didn’t accept Kerry’s call until a day had passed.

“We’ve seen a long deterioration in the U.S.-Saudi relationship, and it started well before the Obama Administration,” a former

U.S. ambassador to Riyadh, Charles W. Freeman Jr., told me last week.

“The U.S.-Saudi relationship is based entirely on interests, not values,” he said.

“It’s been an impossible relationship in value terms from the beginning.”

And in recent years, the two countries have increasingly seen their interests diverge.

For decades, both countries viewed Iran as an incorrigible threat; yet since last year’s agreement to dismantle Iran’s nuclear program, the Obama administration has sought to enlist Tehran as an arm’s-length partner in ending Syria’s civil war.

For decades, the United States needed Saudi oil; now, thanks to shale oil, the United States has surpassed Saudi Arabia as the world’s largest producer.

For decades, the Saudis counted on the United States to bolster repressive yet stable regimes in the Arab world. But in 2003, the U.S. toppled Iraq’s Saddam Hussein, and in 2011, the U.S. supported a revolution against Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak — in both cases, against the advice of Saudi kings.

In return, Freeman said, the Saudis have increasingly ignored U.S. wishes as they chart their own security course. “Their conclusion is that the only effective thing they can do is go off on their own,” he said. Indeed, U.S. officials urged the Saudis last year not to execute Sheik Nimr, but their advice

was ignored.

By the end of last week, that short-term crisis, at least, was subsiding. Saudi Arabia’s defense minister, 30-year old Prince Muhammad bin Salman, the king’s favorite son, said he didn’t want war with Iran. Iran’s reformist president, Hassan Rouhani, said the rioters who attacked the embassy would be prosecuted as criminals.

Kerry said officials from both countries assured him that they still support his effort to convene peace talks between Syrian rebels (backed by Saudi Arabia) and the Syrian government (backed by Iran).

Fewer common interests Nevertheless, the fracture in U.S.-Saudi relations isn’t going away, because the foundations of the relationship — the interests the two countries had in common — are no longer as strong.

“We can’t undo everything we’ve done,” Freeman said. “We can’t put Humpty Dumpty together again.”

Even when the two countries were closer, punctilious American diplomats noted that Saudi Arabia was never a formal ally of the United States; the correct word, they said, was “partner.”

Both countries still need each other, but less than before. They’re still partners — but colder, more distant partners now.

— Doyle McManus is a columnist for the Los Angeles Times. His email address is doyle.mcmanus@ latimes.com.

City earns anti-development reputation YOUR TURN

By Marsha Henry Goff

People — from elected city commissioners to some commentators on the Journal-World website — act as if the 2020 planning document and Southern Development Plan were written by the finger of God on stone tablets. If a plan says a certain type of commercial development is designated in an area, they believe that precludes any other type of commercial development.

That should not be the case.

The Horizon 2020 document was written by well-meaning citizens from all walks of life who took the job seriously and did their research but could only guess what the city would look like 20-plus years in the future. I know because I served on the Horizon 2020 Land Use Task Force. Our task force was divided into three committees that worked independently of one another.

I served on the committee charged with determining where commercial development would occur.

Some areas destined for commercial development were quite obvious. One was where the SLT, which had already been approved by voters, would intersect with Iowa Street/Highway 59.

There was never, to my knowledge, any discussion of not allowing commercial development south of the SLT on Highway 59. Indeed, the Southern Development Plan calls for commercial development there.

I have reason to know that area — stretching from 31st and Iowa to the Wakarusa River — better than most. I lived in Nieder Acres for 27 years and have beloved family pets buried under Target’s parking lot. When our rural neighborhood, nearly surrounded by commercial development, sought to get out

of a bad situation by selling to Target, we encountered the same arguments I am hearing now. It is my belief that the original Southern Development Plan of 1994 was proposed by a then-city commissioner in order to delay, if not prevent, the Target development.

It did not make sense to me that Plan 95, at the time also regarded as written by the finger of God, would create a small neighborhood If we are in the entering an era smack middle of when each new c o m m e r c i a l development. commission When I spoke routinely to Dwayne revisits past Peaslee, then commission head of the Plumbers and decisions with Pipefitters which they do Union, who not agree, we had particihave chaos, not pated in writing Plan 95, continuity.” he explained, “We thought your area should be commercial. The only reason we didn’t designate it commercial is because some of the houses were already there and if they burned more than a certain percent in a fire, they couldn’t be rebuilt.”

Dwayne recognized that the existing situation required rezoning the neighborhood from residential to commercial. He came to every Planning Commission and City Commission meeting to explain why, but it did not deter those who opposed Target from citing Plan 95 to prevent commercial development

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of Nieder Acres. Opponents believed if the neighborhood stayed anchored in that sea of commercial development, it would serve to block development to the south. Do you see a parallel here with the current commission using the SLT as a barrier to development?

Plans to build the South Lawrence Trafficway began in 1985, and 56 percent of voters approved building it in 1990. That is sufficient time for a long line of city commissioners to prepare for the development the SLT would bring. Yet four present commissioners act surprised that they are asked to approve development adjacent to the SLT and are backtracking on a plan approved two years ago. Two commissioners suggest they are not even in favor of the auto-related commercial development called for in the plan.

If we are entering an era when each new commission routinely revisits past commission decisions with which they do not agree, we have chaos, not continuity. My late father, who served on Lawrence’s last 12-member city council and first five-member City Commission, is surely spinning.

Regarding the owners of the land where K-Ten Crossing hoped to locate and who have been paying city taxes for decades without city services, should the city de-annex the land, I hope it is prepared to reimburse them, with interest, for the city taxes they paid.

And for those who lament extending water and sewer lines to newly developed land, please remember this: Wherever you live or shop in Lawrence was once a prairie or a pasture or a cornfield. Water and sewer lines did not grow there naturally.

— Marsha Goff is a long-time local author, editor and community volunteer.

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Avery was convicted in Wisconsin in 2005 of killing a photographer, and the popular documentary raises serious questions about Avery’s guilt. An online petition with 130,000 signatures asked President Obama to pardon him. The White House last week explained that the president can only pardon federal prisoners.

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and attorneys for the KU Project for Innocence and Post-Conviction Remedies obtained new DNA testing that determined Bledsoe could not have killed his wife’s sister in 1999. He was released from prison in December.

Bushnell will be working with Kathleen Zellner, a high-profile attorney from Chicago who successfully represented Ryan Ferguson, who was a University of Missouri student when he was accused of murder.

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STATE OF THE UNION

Bipartisan bid takes a back seat

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Starting in 2011, and for a few years thereafter, lawmakers made a big show of reaching across the aisle for the State of the Union Address, sitting in bipartisan pairings in a bipartisan date night.

Fun while it lasted, but you won’t see much of it this year, in part because about half of the participants are no longer in Congress. Many of those who extended the olive branch quit Congress out of frustration, saw their districts redesigned to prevent their re-election or lost in party primaries. Hugging the opposition appears to be politically fatal.

In 2011, 60 lawmakers signed a letter committing to bipartisan seating arrangements for the State of the Union Address, led by Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo., who lost his re-election bid last year, and Sen. Joe Lieberman, who retired in 2012 after losing a Democratic primary as the incumbent in 2005, but winning re-election as an Independent.

Moderate Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe signed the letter urging bipartisanship in 2011 and also retired in 2012. Snowe cited polarization and dysfunction of the Senate as the primary reason for her departure. “Simply put, the Senate is not living up to what the Founding Fathers envisioned,” she wrote in The Washington Post.

Still, not all hope is lost. Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., plans to again sit with a Democrat, his office said, though it was not clear whom that might be.

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ENERGY, GUNS TOP YOUNG VOTERS’ AGENDA Millennials aren’t tied to single political party Susan Page and Paul Singer USA TODAY

Millennials have a message for the next president.

Get serious about converting to renewable energy, the under-35 generation says by an overwhelming margin, and require every gun buyer to undergo a background check.

They endorse putting body cameras on police officers and accepting refugees from wartorn countries such as Syria.

A USA TODAY/Rock the Vote Millennial Poll finds an emerging generation that is more pragmatic than ideological and not firmly aligned with either political party. Donald Trump leads the Republican field among Millennials, and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders the Democratic one — especially among Millennial women. Across partisan lines, Millennials have reached a generational consensus on some of the major issues that have proved divisive for their elders.

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Coming to America: ‘El Chapo’ extradition could take years face myriad murder, kidnapping, drug trafficking and organized USA TODAY crime charges. But he counsels patience.

It took six months of hard “Theoretically, the (Guzmán) work for Mexican authorities to lawyers could waive a hearing, track down notorious drug lord and the Mexican government Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán. It could send him right away,” Masicould take years of hard ni said. “But if he wants work to extradite him to to fight it, under Mexican the USA. law, he is entitled to chalJosé Manuel Merino lenge a lot of procedures.

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University of Texas political sciMasini told USA TODAY he’s ence professor specializing in confident the U.S. Justice Depart- Mexican affairs, said the Mexican ment ultimately will win the bat- government feels pressure from tle to ship Guzmán to the USA to the U.S. government as well as its John Bacon

own people to support the U.S. extradition effort. In 2014, thenattorney general Jesús Murillo Karam said Guzmán would go to the USA after serving his sentence in Mexico — in “about 300, 400 years.” That was before the great escape.

“Before the escape, the Mexican people were split. Some people supported the nationalistic idea that he had to pay for his crimes here,” Correa-Cabrera told USA TODAY. “But after the escape, that totally changed. People don’t believe in their institutions.”

Still, the Mexican courts must be persuaded. Juan Pablo Badillo, a lawyer for Guzmán, has made it clear his client won’t go quietly, telling Milenio TV that the first paperwork to block extradition has been filed.

One hurdle will be capital punishment, Masini said. Mexico has no capital punishment and will require an assurance from U.S. officials that no effort will be made to execute Guzman.

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MILLENNIAL AGENDA What most millennials would like the United States to do: Require background checks for all gun purchases

82% Transition to mostly clean or renewable energy by 2030

80% Require police to wear body cameras to protect citizens

76% Reduce prison sentences for people convicted of non-violent crimes

68% Accept refugees from foreign conflicts such as Syria

53% Help alleviate extreme poverty in countries to combat extremism

52% Source USA TODAY/Rock the Vote Poll taken online by Ipsos on Jan. 4-7 of 1,141 adults age 18 to 34. Credibility interval is ±3.5 percentage points.

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Israel has increased security measures in Arab communities as a growing number of Muslims sign up to fight for the Islamic State across the border with Syria.

The Shin Bet, Israel’s security agency, estimates that 50 Israeli Arabs have joined the civil war in Syria or fighting in Iraq, and more may do so soon. The worry, as in Western countries, is that these fighters with the Islamic State, also known as ISIL or ISIS, will return to commit terrorist acts.

“ISIS recruits from Israel were not regarded as a problem a year ago, but the security establishment sees them as a concerning trend,” said Boaz Ganor, of the International Institute for CounterTerrorism at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya, Israel.

Last year, Israel officially outlawed the Islamic State, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that he will revoke the citizenship of anyone planning to join the organization.

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“The phenomenon of Israeli Arabs joining ISIS is relevant to the homegrown terrorist phenomenon of Muslim communities in Western countries,” Ganor said.

The threat comes as Israel confronts Palestinian stabbings and shootings against Israeli civilians and soldiers.

The Islamic State appears to be trying to capitalize on the violence to recruit fighters. In September, it released a video of what appeared to be a masked Israeli Arab militant speaking Hebrew who praised the Palestinian attacks and vowed to ensure that “not one Jew will be left in Jeru-

salem or around it.”

In a December taped message, Islamic State leader Abu Bakr alBaghdadi threatened attacks against “the Jews in Palestine.”

Israeli Arabs who sympathize with the Islamic State come from impoverished communities and feel neglected by the Israeli government, said Faik Oudeh, mayor of Jaljulia, an Arab village.

In November, Israeli authorities discovered six residents were planning to join the Islamic State.

“We are citizens of the country.

We respect its laws, but this is a new generation that suffers from discrimination and wants more,” Oudeh said.

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Helping the homeless: Everyone’s duty Rick Hampson USA TODAY

NEW YORK One night 35 years ago I was working on the Associated Press city desk. The phone rang. A woman said: “This is The Catholic Worker. Dorothy Day has died.”

A pause. “Do you know who that is?”

I did. To many Catholics growing up in the 1950s and ’60s, the founder of the Catholic Worker Movement was as, the critic Dwight Macdonald observed, “one of those surprises that makes life life.”

She was an oddball who took the gospel at face value; a pacifist SPENCER PLATT, GETTY IMAGES who opposed even war against Hitler; a rebel who might be a New York City is facing a crisis over its 60,000 homeless, thousands who live on the streets. saint. She said things ton, the writer-monk occupation by the international fed the poor, who in Day’s view like, “the object of rated preferential treatment. (who said he wouldn’t rich.

Christianity is to make the rich poor and the De Blasio has initiated a She did it not just for them, but have become a Cathopoor holy.” scheme inspired by the Comp- for herself: “I find God … in His lic if not for Day).

As a kid I’d mysteriI think of her as this Stat system for tracking and re- abandoned ones, as I had not ously received a subcity faces a political sponding to crime that would do found Him in Christian scription to her gritty crisis over its 60,000 the same for reports of street churches.”

She believed that if everyone newspaper, The Cathohomeless people, most homelessness. He vows the city lic Worker. It cost 1 in shelters and several will never return to “the bad old cared for the poor, their problems — and many of ours — thousand on the street. days” of the 1980s. cent, had no ads or MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY Dorothy Day had a simple would be solved. It was part of Mayor Bill de Blasio photos, and no sports. I Dorothy Day and Gov. Andrew Cuo- idea about the poor and home- what Day, after Saint Thérèse of didn’t see the point. mo, locked in perpetu- less: We — me, you, everyone — Lisieux, called “the little way.”

Over the years Day So Day and her followers lived has gone in and out of style, but al feud, differ on what to do for should take care of them. Her last year she was one of four the homeless, and about them — model was the “house of hospi- with people everyone else Americans Pope Francis praised how to get them off the street, tality,” like the first she started crossed the street to avoid: the in his speech to Congress, along where they squat below the in 1933 on the Lower East Side, intoxicated and the insane, the penniless, the aged and the with Abraham Lincoln, Martin many new, ever-taller apartment when it was a teeming slum.

Such a house sheltered and broken.

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I got to see this in action. After Day’s death, for a story about how the movement was faring, I spent some time with the Catholic Workers. I begged and scavenged for produce at the city market and worked the soup line.

I cowered when a huge man, whom I’d earlier seen win a street fight, stagger into the kitchen. He was confronted by a slight young female Catholic Worker who said, “You’ve been drinking, John. You know the rules. You have to leave.”

He grabbed a chair and slammed it on the floor next to her. She didn’t blink. He backed out the door.

It was a humbling experience, but it was clear that in serving the needy, you in some sense find a purpose … a home.

Although New York City spends a fortune sheltering and helping the homeless, most New Yorkers say the de Blasio administration isn’t doing a good job of it. But the causes of homelessness are many and complex, and regarding it purely as a government burden seems to miss the point.

Helping the poor is a religious obligation for people of faith, an ethical duty for secular humanists and a personal opportunity for everyone. That’s because Dorothy Day was right, and Cain was wrong; we are our brother’s keeper.

Hampson, a USA TODAY national correspondent, volunteers with Family Promise, a network that helps homeless working families.

Young unite on issues; voting another matter The top issue by far for Millennials is the economy.

On that, Millennials have the same pocketbook focus as Baby Boomers and Gen Xers.

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What is less certain, the survey shows, is whether they’ll bother to vote in 2016, even in an election in which they identify an agenda they call crucial.

President Obama is preparing to deliver his State of the Union Address before a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night, and the contests to win the Democratic and Republican nominations to succeed President Obama begin in three weeks — an apt moment to look at attitudes of a tide that over time is likely to reshape American politics. The poll is part of USA TODAY’s One Nation initiative, a series of forums across the country on the most important issues of 2016.

“I’m a voter,” declares Stephanie Acs, 27, a Navy veteran attending school in Albuquerque who was among those polled. “If I have a view on something, I don’t just post it on Facebook or Twitter.”

Dewayne Smithy, 33, of Baldwin, Miss., dismisses the idea that casting a ballot is likely to make a difference. “I can’t really find a candidate that I like,” he said in a follow-up phone interview.

The top issue by far for Millennials is the economy, including concerns about the minimum wage and paid leave. On that, Millennials have the same pocketbook focus as Baby Boomers and Gen Xers. “I want to make sure the economy is flourishing,” says Misha Shah, 32, of Chicago, an account executive for a tech firm that sells networking and storage.

Their second-ranking issue is specific to their stage of life: college affordability and student debt. That’s followed by foreign policy and terrorism, health care, guns and climate change.

Brianne Stone, 29, of Huntsville, Ala., says her biggest concern is global warming. “We aren’t going to take any actions, and by the time that we do, it’s going to be the point that it’s too late,” she says. She wants the candidates “first and foremost to admit that it’s a real thing.”

By an overwhelming 80%-10%, those surveyed say the United States should transition to mostly clean or renewable energy by 2030, an ambitious goal that would surely require the leadership of the next president. By a lopsided 82%-12%, Millennials support background checks for all gun purchasers. Though that’s an issue that splits Congress, there is almost no partisan divide among Millennials: 89% of young Democrats and 83% of young Republicans endorse universal background checks.

By double digits, those surveyed say stricter gun laws would

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Wind turbines generate energy at Amrum Bank West, a German offshore wind farm Nov. 4. help prevent gun violence, though they blame failures in the mental health system, not gun laws, for mass shootings.

“I’m all for the Second Amendment and protecting it,” says Jorge Antonio Villasenor Llamas, 31, of Tujunga, Calif., but he was shocked when he heard about the “gun show loophole” that allows some purchasers to bypass background checks. “It kind of scares me,” he says.

WHAT IDEOLOGY?

When it comes to public policy, Millennials aren’t reliably liberal or conservative.

On economic issues, more call themselves conservative (38%) than liberal (33%). By a wider margin, on foreign policy, they also are inclined to describe themselves as conservative (37% to 28%). It is on social issues that they lean left: 42% say they’re liberal, 32% call themselves conservative on questions including race relations and gay rights.

Even so, voters under 35 have a partisan tilt: 41% identify with the Democratic Party, 28% with the GOP. That presumably means the Republican Party’s stance on

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social issues undercuts its potential appeal to Millennials on foreign policy and the economy.

Donald Trump easily leads the field among younger Republicans and independents, at 26%, but that is a lower level of support than the billionaire businessman holds in the overall electorate. He is backed by 34% of GOP voters in the RealClearPolitics average of recent national surveys.

“I’m not really sure where I stand on him right now,” says Acs, the student from New Mexico and a Republican. Trump’s support nationwide and in key states means “he must be doing something right,” she says, “but I don’t know if I would vote for him.”

On the Democratic side, among the overall electorate in national polls, Hillary Clinton leads Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders by close to 20 percentage points. But Sanders, the oldest candidate running, has captured the allegiance of younger voters.

The 73-year-old Democratic socialist from the Green Mountain State leads Clinton, 46%-35%, among Millennial Democrats and independents.

“The Bernie Sanders thing has really got me on board,” says Scott McGeary, an IT professional from Seattle. “I was pretty cynical at first about the whole movement — I mean, I supported it, but I had no idea it would pick up this kind of steam.”

Indeed, he says he might leave the country if Sanders isn’t elected because of his frustration that the United States isn’t doing more to address issues such as social inequality and health care.

There is an age divide within the Millennial generation.

Among those 18 to 25 years old, Sanders has a big lead. Among those 26 to 34, Clinton has a small edge.

There is a gender gap as well — and not the one that favors Clinton among Baby Boomer women.

Men under 35 support Sanders by 4 percentage points. Women back him by almost 20 points.

The possibility of breaking ground by electing the first female president apparently carries less persuasive power among younger women than their mothers’ generation.

ADDRESSING VIOLENCE

By 2-1, Millennials see police violence against African Americans as a problem, and three-fourths say the government should require police officers to wear body cameras to protect citizens. Twothirds support reducing the prison sentences for people convicted of non-violent crimes such as drug possession.

There is less consensus when it comes to fighting terrorism: 47% say the United States should commit troops on the ground to combat the self-proclaimed Islamic State; 37% disagree. On this issue, there is a partisan divide: a 69% majority of Republicans sup-

port deploying ground forces; a 45% plurality of Democrats oppose the idea.

The threat of terrorism has helped shape the Millennial generation the way the Cold War shaped Baby Boomers. The Millennials were 4 to 20 years old when the 9/11 attackers struck in 2001; now some have served themselves in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The Census Bureau says Millennials, numbering 75.3 million, surpassed Baby Boomers in 2015 as the largest living generation.

“These poll numbers should put to rest the notion that Millennials are unaware of the value of their vote,” said Ashley Spillane, president of Rock the Vote. “But the numbers also underscore how critical the work we do to engage young people in the entire civic process — from demystifying registration and voting to providing key information about candidates and issues. It’s on all of us to make sure new voters know how critical they are to the future of our democracy.”

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Richard Wolf USA TODAY

The Supreme Court left little doubt Monday where it stands on forcing teachers and government workers to contribute to public employee unions against their will: It’s ready to strike the requirement down.

The court’s more conservative justices sharply criticized the current system in which public employees in 23 states and the District of Columbia must pay for the cost of collective bargaining, even if they disagree with their unions’ demands. The problem, those justices said, is that virtually everything the unions do affects public policy and tax dollars.

“Everything that is collectively bargained with the government is within the political sphere, almost by definition,” said Justice Antonin Scalia, seen as the lone conservative who might side with the unions because of past statements.

When lawyers for California and its teachers union cited issues such as mileage rates and public safety, Chief Justice John Roberts objected. “It’s all money,” he said. “The amount of money that’s going to be allocated to public education as opposed to public housing, welfare benefits, that’s always a public policy issue.”

Their comments and others from justices who previously have criticized the practice of compelling union fees made it clear that the court is likely to strike down its nearly 40-year-old precedent allowing unions to impose such requirements on nonmembers. That would make it harder for unions representing teachers, police and firefighters, and other government workers to maintain their power.

The ruling, expected by late June, will come in the middle of an election year in which unions are overwhelmingly aligned with the Democratic Party. It could elevate bread-and-butter issues such as the minimum wage and income inequality on the political agenda. And it could energize the Democrats’ union base, as Supreme Court defeats often do.

The case, Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, represents a major threat to public WASHINGTON

Supreme Court likely to rule against public employees Crowds on both sides of the case of Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association gather Monday in front of the Supreme Court building in Washington.

Nearly 40-year precedent has allowed unions to impose fees on non-members

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Rebecca Friedrichs, lead plantiff in the case, was motivated to work against her union after it was unwilling to consider her suggestions.

employee unions that still represent nearly 36% of government workers — far more than the plummeting average for unions overall. Only 11% of Americans belonged to unions in 2014.

If the justices rule that the free-speech rights of non-members entitle them to contribute nothing to the costs of representation — they already can opt out of financing unions’ political activities — more workers are likely to become “free riders.” That would lead to a drop in membership and revenue.

“If they are given a choice, they would prefer to have it for free, rather than to pay for it,” California Solicitor General Edward DuMont, siding with the unions, told the justices.

But Justice Anthony Kennedy, a Californian who led much of the criticism of the mandatory union fees, said teachers challenging the requirement disagree with union positions on issues such as tenure, merit pay and class sizes.

“The union basically is making these teachers ‘compelled riders,’ ” he said.

To arguments that those teachers retain the right to speak out against the policies they are helping to support with so-called fair share fees, Kennedy asked if that meant they should “spend another $500 so that it balances out?

That makes no sense.”

And Michael Carvin, the lawyer for the dissident teachers challenging the California Teachers Association, said predictions

of doom from the unions are overstated. “They can’t make such an allegation in the real world,” he said.

The 325,000-member teachers union warned in its high court brief that tens of thousands of contracts governing millions of workers could be thrown “into disarray.” More than 4.5 million teachers are union members.

The lawsuit was brought by the conservative Center for Individual Rights, which, along with the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, has sought to overturn a 1977 Supreme Court decision that allowed public employee unions to collect so-called fair share fees from non-members for the costs of collective bargaining.

The ruling could elevate breadandbutter issues such as the minimum wage and income inequality on the political agenda.

IN BRIEF DELEGATES MEET TO DISCUSS AFGHAN PEACE

Delegates from four countries — the United States, Afghanistan, Pakistan and China — met Monday in Pakistan in hopes of bringing peace to war-torn Afghanistan amid escalating violence there.

Representatives of the Taliban insurgents were not invited to the meeting. They have vowed to talk only to the U.S. government, and not the Afghan government in Kabul, according to the Associated Press.

Pakistan’s role is key to bringing the Taliban to the negotiating table, since the country’s intelligence service has deep ties to the militant group.

The purpose of Monday’s talks is to establish a framework and measures for progress once negotiations with the Taliban begin.

— Jim Michaels FOOD TRUCKS REACH THOSE STARVING IN SYRIAN CITIES

Trucks with food supplies reached starving residents Monday in a Syrian city and two towns caught between warring factions in the country’s civil war.

Graphic images publicized of skin-and-bone children led to a breakthrough by the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross in gaining access to the mountain

city of Madaya, north of Damascus, and the towns of Foah and Kafraya, farther north in Syria’s embattled Idlib province. Tens of thousands of people are in need of food and supplies, according to the organizations.

There were reports of people living on grass, and two dozen deaths from starvation as winter closed in.

Madaya and the two towns have been under siege by rebel forces fighting the Syrian government of President Bashir Assad.

— Gregg Zoroya ISIL CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY FOR BAGHDAD MALL ATTACK

The Islamic State claimed responsibility for Monday’s car bombing and assault at a Baghdad mall that killed 18 people and wounded 50 others.

Shortly after the attack, the militant group posted a statement online, saying a car bomb and four of its fighters had targeted the area where many Shiite Muslims gather and warned of “worse” to come, the Associated Press reported.

Monday’s assault began with a car bomb being detonated and gunmen assaulting the mall for more than an hour before Iraqi security forces surrounded the building, landed troops on the roof and regained control over the shopping zone, according to the Associated Press.

— Gregg Zoroya

PROTESTERS CALL FOR CLOSING GITMO

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Demonstrators, many wearing orange jumpsuits and bags over their heads, gather in front of the White House on Monday calling for the closure of the Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba.

EUROPEAN PRESSPHOTO AGENCY

“Sexual harassment against women will not be tolerated” reads a poster at Cologne Cathedral.

Group attacks Pakistani, Syrian men in Cologne Germany on edge after hundreds of women are sexually assaulted on New Year’s Eve Kim Hjelmgaard USA TODAY

BERLIN Six men from Pakistan and a Syrian man were attacked in central Cologne late Sunday as tensions in Germany escalated following mass sexual assaults on New Year’s Eve. While police have not established a connection between Sunday’s attacks and the assaults in Cologne and other German cities, the incident came as Germany sought answers to how a large throng of men described by police and witnesses as predominantly Arab and North African men, were able to assault hundreds of women on Dec. 31.

Many of the women were groped, subjected to lewd insults and robbed in what German Justice Minister Heiko Mass described as a coordinated attack.

Police said a group of about 20 men attacked the Pakistanis and Syrian, two of whom were admitted to a hospital with minor injuries before being released.

More than 500 criminal complaints — 40% related to sexual assault — have been filed from New Year’s Eve. The attacks also took place in Hamburg and Munich on a smaller scale.

So far, 31 people have been arrested, 18 of them asylum seekers, police said.

Ralf Jaeger, interior minister for North Rhine-Westphalia state, said Monday in an emergency meeting that police and witness reports indicated that it was “almost exclusively people with an immigrant background who committed these crimes (on Dec. 31).”

But Mass, the justice minister, urged caution Monday, saying that as “abominable as the crimes

in Cologne and other cities were, one thing remains clear: There is no justification for blanket agitation against foreigners.”

The large-scale assaults have unnerved Germany, a country that prides itself on its strict sense of public order from its crosswalks to its budget surplus to its impressive federal bureaucracy. Police in Cologne came under heavy criticism for failing to prevent the incident that some opposition politicians have likened to “state failure.”

The assaults have intensified pressure on German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s open-door policy toward asylum seekers fleeing conflicts in countries that include Syria, Iraq and Eritrea. Germany has admitted more than 1 million war refugees and other migrants seeking economic opportunities.

“The events in Cologne have changed (the political conversation) considerably,” said Werner Patzelt, a professor at the Institute of Political Science in Dresden.

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STATE-BY-STATE News from across the USA ALABAMA Florence: Eighty of

the top string students from across Alabama and neighboring states will be coming into the Shoals for the University of North Alabama’s second Honor Orchestra Festival. Two student orchestras will perform — the Honor Orchestra and the Festival Orchestra. The two youth orchestras and the Shoals Symphony Orchestra will perform at 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, in Norton Auditorium.

ALASKA Bethel: Leaders of four

village tribes are calling for an investigation into the Association of Village Council Presidents and its spending of federal funds, KYUK-AM reported.

ARIZONA Surprise: Two men

died after a head-on collision brought on by a wrong-way driver. The Arizona Department of Public Safety says the incident happened on State Route 303 near Bell Road.

ARKANSAS Little Rock: An

off-duty officer suffered injuries that are not life-threatening after being shot in the shoulder during a robbery attempt at a local restaurant, KATV-TV reported.

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Trial targets school board elections USA TODAY

SOUTH DAKOTA Sioux Falls: Police arrested a 34-year-old man following a nearly five-hour standoff, KSFY-TV reported. The man was reported to have threatened his roomate with a bow and arrow.

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People attend a service last summer in Ferguson, Mo., to mark the anniversary of the death of Michael Brown, who was shot and killed by Ferguson police on Aug. 9, 2014. attorney with the ACLU’s Voting Rights Project. “This is unfair and unlawful.”

More than 75% of the district’s student body is AfricanAmerican, but only two of the district’s seven school board members are black. Voting-age white residents outnumber voting-age black residents in the district.

The ACLU wants to force the district to switch to a system which would allow voters to cast their ballots for an individual school board member who resides in their neighborhood, instead of casting votes

district-wide.

Cynthia Ormsby, an attorney for the school district, said the district would prevail.

“We will show that the Ferguson-Florissant school district has a long history of AfricanAmerican representation under the existing rules,” Ormsby told St. Louis Public Radio. “In the context of the school district’s rapidly changing demographics, in which African Americans are the majority population, the current system facilitates the expansion of African-American representation, while the plaintiff’s proposal does not.”

CALIFORNIA Norwalk: Officials

are trying to revive a decades-old plan to close a nearly 3-mile gap between the Metrolink train station and the Metro Green Line stop here, the Los Angeles Times reported.

Star reported. Now nationally syndicated, Bob & Tom debuted on Indianapolis station WFBQFM on March 7, 1983.

IOWA Iowa City: Record tem-

COLORADO Denver: Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman is warning immigrants about scams involving the state’s driver’s license program for those living in the country illegally, the Denver Post reported. Coffman said in a statement that the Division of Motor Vehicles has reported people purchasing and then selling appointments for the program at prices up to $1,000.

peratures and rainfall in December are making it difficult for Iowans to enjoy winter activities such as ice fishing or skating that would normally be common this time of year, the Press-Citizen reported. Experts say the abnormal weather affects pond, lake and river ice in ways that can make venturing onto it even more treacherous.

CONNECTICUT New Haven: The

makers are being asked to approve a $7.50 increase in vehicle title fees to pay for 75 additional Kansas Highway Patrol troopers.

Vehicle titles have cost $10 since 2003, The Wichita Eagle reported.

Yale Center for British Art, which has been closed for improvements, is putting 22,000 highresolution images in the public domain.

DELAWARE Wilmington:

Charles H. Ramsey, the former police chief of Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., has been hired by the city as a public safety consultant, The News Journal reported.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Four

people were injured when an SUV went through the glass at the Dolcezza Gelato Factory and Coffee Lab at 6th and Penn streets.

FLORIDA Indian Harbour

Beach: The search for coyotes is going high-tech: Trappers will set up unmanned trail cameras and deploy a drone in the skies above the city’s largest parks in an attempt to find their den, Florida Today reported. The action comes after a coyote likely nabbed a pet cat shortly before sunrise on New Year’s Day.

KANSAS Wichita: State law-

KENTUCKY Louisville: Metro

Council members are planning to ask state lawmakers to amend a law that forbids Louisville police from fully enforcing curfew, The Courier-Journal reported. The request stems from last month’s disturbance at Mall St. Matthews by a large group of teenagers.

LOUISIANA Baton Rouge: The theater and ballroom of the Baton Rouge River Center could undergo major renovations in the coming years. The Advocate reported that more than $12 million in renovations could be made to the complex.

GEORGIA Brunswick: Lodging

HAWAII Puunene: Workers at

the last sugar plantation in Hawaii say they were caught off guard by the announcement that this year’s harvest will be the last.

The Maui News reported that Alexander & Baldwin officials broke the news to employees last week.

IDAHO Lewiston: Police Chief

Chris Ankeny said that he plans to invest in training so his officers can be better prepared for dog encounters, The Lewiston Tribune reported.

ILLINOIS Belleville: A man died

after being crushed by a pickup truck he was working underneath at a repair shop, the Belleville News-Democrat reported.

INDIANA Indianapolis: After

almost 28 years, news director Kristi Lee has left radio’s The Bob & Tom Show, The Indianapolis

State Police troopers and other state officials start a door-to-door sweep Tuesday to hand out bottled water and water filters, the Detroit Free Press reported. The move, announced Sunday, is intended to help address the city ongoing crisis in which the water is contaminated with lead, and the White House said it is monitoring the situation.

MINNESOTA St. Paul: Cyber-

attacks that apparently originated from Asia and Canada are why the Minnesota Judicial Branch website was unavailable to the public for 10 days late last month.

MISSISSIPPI Tupelo: Colorful silhouettes of guitars that stood on the streets of the birthplace of Elvis Presley are to return, the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reported. The large 150pound silhouettes of guitars were painted by schoolchildren and installed in downtown Tupelo starting in January 2010. But construction along Main Street forced the art pieces to be removed this past summer.

MISSOURI Springfield: City

leaders say there’s little chance local restrictions on unwanted soliciting will survive after a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction against enforcing the 2-year-old ordinance.

MONTANA Helena: A rare arti-

fact that disappeared from the Montana Historical Society Museum in 2003 has been recovered, the Independent Record reported. Sgt. Jayson Zander with the Helena Police Department says the Sioux pipe bag was recovered after the chief of security for the museum found it listed on a collector website last year.

NEBRASKA Lincoln: The state awarded grants worth more than $1.6 million to encourage recycling and reduce littering.

in the Golden Isles region grew by 12% in 2015, The Brunswick News reported.

MAINE Camden: Registration is

open for the National Toboggan Championships at the Camden Snow Bowl. The number of teams is capped at 425 and will be held from Feb. 5-7.

MARYLAND Towson: Baltimore

County Councilman David Marks is proposing legislation to curb college parties in off-campus private homes, the Baltimore Sun reported. The new rules would escalate fines and penalties for landlords who rent homes to Towson University students.

MASSACHUSETTS Auburn:

About 150 employees and customers were forced to evacuate the Heritage Plaza strip mall after fire officials found high levels of carbon monoxide because of a malfunctioning heating system.

MICHIGAN Flint: Michigan

SOUTH CAROLINA Columbia:

January is National Radon Action Month, and the state Department of Health and Environmental Control wants all state residents to test their homes for radon. A free radon test kit can be ordered from DHEC’s website at www.scdhec.gov/radon or by calling 800-768-0362.

Aamer Madhani A federal trial focused on whether voting practices in Ferguson, Mo., have violated the Voting Rights Act and kept African-Americans off the school board got underway Monday.

The lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri on behalf of three African-American residents and the Missouri chapter of the NAACP claims that the Ferguson-Florissant School District’s practice of voting for school members at large instead of by subdistricts has diluted African-American voting strength.

The school district and the St. Louis County Board of Election Commissioners are named as defendants in the lawsuit.

The trial in St. Louis, expected to last a week, comes more than 16 months after Ferguson drew international attention following the shooting death of Michael Brown, an unarmed African-American teen, who was fatally shot after a struggle with a white Ferguson police officer. A judge, not a jury, will decide the case.

“Ferguson’s long history of shutting African-Americans out of the electoral process continues to affect its school system,” said Julie Ebenstein, an

home. Patricia Trafford told WPRI-TV that thieves stole her mother’s jewelry and took off with her poodles.

NEVADA Las Vegas: A bus went off the road and fatally struck a woman on the sidewalk. Police say the crash happened on Tropicana Avenue near Polaris Drive.

NEW HAMPSHIRE Concord:

The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department and the University of New Hampshire are collaring about 45 moose cows and calves in northern New Hampshire.

Residents of Success, Berlin, Milan, Cambridge, Dummer, Millsfield, Second College Grant, Wentworth’s Location, and Errol may notice a low-flying helicopter during the collaring activity.

NEW JERSEY Bridgeton: A

resident awoke last week to discover a burglar eating a meal at the kitchen table, police said.

Police said the suspect fled when he noticed the resident and didn’t take anything from the house, the Courier-Post reported.

NEW MEXICO Los Lunas: A

woman was arrested for allegedly driving while intoxicated with her 2-year-old son in the vehicle.

NEW YORK Rochester: Four people were found dead inside a home here while firefighters were battling a fire, the Democrat and Chronicle reported. The fire was in the staircase between the second and third floor of the threestory, two-family home.

TENNESSEE Nashville: A fire destroyed a home in western Davidson County with a number of exotic and domestic animals, The Tennessean reported. Not all the animals, which included several monkeys, were accounted for.

TEXAS Corpus Christi: Federal

officials approved plans to replace the Harbor Bridge. Last week, the Federal Highway Administration has issued a record of decision for the $1.15 billion project, the final step in the environmental impact statement process. The present steel arch span opened in 1959, replacing a drawbridge that had previously carried U.S. 181 over the harbor.

UTAH St. George: A local woman who wore a colander for her driver’s license photo will serve house arrest for a DUI charge.

The Spectrum reported that Jessica Steinhauser, 42, pleaded no contest in exchange for avoiding jail time.

VERMONT Northfield: A federal grand jury has returned an indictment against Mark McCloud, 45, who law enforcement say lit a homemade pipe bomb in Northfield last month and lost a hand, the Burlington Free Press reported. A federal complaint had accused the Northfield man of both possessing and transferring explosives, but the indictment did not include the second accusation.

VIRGINIA Norfolk: WTKR-TV reported that officials at Old Dominion University and William & Mary recently banned hoverboards on their campuses.

NORTH CAROLINA Shallotte:

Police took the owner of Fresh Gear, a retailer on Main Street, into custody following a raid that turned up counterfeit merchandise.

NORTH DAKOTA Wahpeton: A young bison from the Wahpeton Chahinkapa Zoo is serving as the mascot of the North Dakota State University football team, Wahpeton Daily News reported.

OHIO Cincinnati: Nearly 100

people gathered Sunday to mourn Joe Leach outside Leach Brothers Automotive, the auto shop he ran with his brother, John, The Cincinnati Enquirer reported. “There was no one on this planet that he wouldn’t give the shirt off his back to,” employee Teddy Naegele said. Leach, 63, was shot in the back Tuesday during an armed robbery as he attempted to flee; he died Friday.

OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City: A Tinker Air Force Base airman accused of conspiring to kill his ex-fiancee has pleaded guilty. The Oklahoman reported that Staff Sgt. Steven Bailey will serve 30 years in prison under a pretrial agreement.

OREGON Eugene: State transportation officials say landslide repairs on Oregon Highway 42 could cost $5 million, The Register Guard reported.

PENNSYLVANIA Philadelphia:

A worker trapped in a 14-footdeep hole here was rescued.

Philly.com reported that the worker was helping repair a sewer line when dirt and boulders caved in.

RHODE ISLAND Providence: A

local woman is pleading for the safe return of her two dogs that she says were stolen from her

WASHINGTON Olympia: The

next free days at Washington state parks are Sunday and Monday. No Discover Pass will be required to park a vehicle at a state park in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday.

WEST VIRGINIA Morgantown: West Virginia University and city officials reached an agreement over policing the school’s fraternity and sorority houses, The Charleston Gazette-Mail reported. Under the deal, university police will get primary law enforcement responsibility in the area with many fraternity and sorority houses while city police will retain jurisdiction of the area.

WISCONSIN Neenah: Wiscon-

sin-based Alta Resources, a customer-service provider for national brands, is looking to fill more than 300 full-time positions at its Neenah location, Appleton Post-Crescent reported.

WYOMING Jackson: Hunters

have killed about 100 bison in Jackson Hole since the bison hunt season started Aug. 15.

Wyoming Game and Fish Department wildlife biologists tell the Jackson Hole News & Guide that they would like to see 170 bison taken this year to keep the population stable. The bison hunt season ends Friday.

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ELECTROLUX CEO QUITS AFTER FAILED GE DEAL The CEO of Swedish appliance company Electrolux is stepping down one month after a $3.3 billion deal to buy General Electric’s appliance unit fell apart. Keith McLoughlin notified Electrolux’s board that TT VIA AP New CEO Jonas he wishes to Samuelson. retire, the company announced Monday. He will be replaced by Jonas Samuelson, head of Electrolux’s major appliances units in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, starting Feb. 1.

Electrolux’s deal to buy GE’s appliances business, which makes refrigerators and air conditioners, collapsed amid scrutiny from the Justice Department on fears of rising prices.

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PLAYBOY MANSION ON SALE FOR $200M — WITH A CATCH The Playboy Mansion, on 5 acres in Los Angeles, hit the market Monday for $200 million. The new owner, however, would have a roommate: Hugh Hefner, the founder of Playboy Enterprises who has lived in the home for four decades, doesn’t want to move out. “If a buyer is found, ...

Mr. Hefner will continue to live at the mansion for the rest of his life,” company spokesman John Vlautin says. The sale is a strategic decision that will let Playboy “continue to reinvest in the transformation of our business,” CEO Scott Flanders said.

UBER SLASHES PRICES IN MORE THAN 100 CITIES Ride-hailing company Uber cut prices in more than 100 U.S. and Canadian cities starting Saturday, according to its website.

The price cuts are an effort to boost rides in the “winter slump,” the company stated. For some cities, this is the third consecutive year Uber has lowered prices in January.

YAHOO SHARES DIP ON PERSISTENT LAYOFF REPORTS Yahoo shares dipped below their 52-week low of $27.20 in trading Monday after another report that it plans major layoffs. Yahoo plans to slash a significant number of jobs by the end of this month, “The New York Times” reported Sunday. “Business Insider” said last week that cuts were imminent. Yahoo closed the day down 1.5% at $30.17.

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Buick has another design hit on its hands, following a similar concept effort last year.

Avista is a 2+2 coupe with clean lines and a 3-liter, 400-horsepower turbocharged engine. “The Avista embodies the dynamic soul of Buick,” says Duncan Aldred, Buick’s marketing chief.

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rom sports cars to pickups, auto brands set the future direction of their design during new-model reveals at the North American International Auto Show here.

The design trend was on long, low, swoopy cars and brawny trucks. Unlike past years, fuel economy no longer was a prime topic. Rather, the focus was on bringing more technology and safety to cars.

From dozens of introductions, three stood out:

HONDA RIDGELINE Honda redesigned its midsize pickup with looks and features that will put it into consideration with serious truck lovers, not just speciality buyers.

The five-seat, four-door Ridgeline offers unibody construction with a 3.5-liter, 6-cylinder engine. Honda said the vehicle’s payload capacity would approach 1,600 pounds.

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LEXUS LC 500 Toyota’s premium Lexus brand thinks it has an emotionally styled, powerful coupe that will bring the curious into showrooms for a look. With its 467-horsepower V-8 engine, it will compete against the likes of Jaguar F-Type and Mercedes-Benz SL. Contributing: Greg Gardner, Detroit Free Press; Nathan Bomey

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Bargain hunters, get ready: $99 fares on flights from California to Iceland and Europe go on sale Tuesday morning.

Those eye-popping prices come from Icelandic carrier WOW, which will put seats on sale for its previously announced new routes from Los Angeles and San Francisco to Iceland. The flights, which go on sale at 9 a.m.

ET, will begin in June with oneway fares to Reykjavik on sale for as little as $99 one way. Connections to WOW’s mainland European destinations — including London, Paris and Berlin — will start at $199 one way (all fares include taxes and fees).

WOW Air CEO Skúli Mogensen calls the West Coast expansion “a game-changer” for the airline, which already flies from Baltimore/Washington and Boston in the USA and will begin flying in May from Montreal and Toronto in Canada.

But it’s the $99 trans-Atlantic fares that have generated the biggest headlines each time WOW has rolled out such sales from its U.S. markets.

WOW operates under an “ultra

WHERE WOW FLIES uExisting North American destinations: Baltimore/ Washington, Boston, Montreal, Toronto. uWOW’s new service: San Francisco: Five weekly flights to Reykjavik begin June 9; Los Angeles: Four weekly flights to Reykjavik begin June 15. uConnections: U.S. fliers can connect to more than 20 European destinations in Europe via Reykjavik. Options include Amsterdam, Berlin, Copenhagen, London, Paris and Rome.

low-cost” business model based on undercutting rivals with cheap fares and charging extra for nearly everything else. Spirit and Allegiant brought that strategy into the U.S. mainstream and carriers such as Ryanair and easyJet have done the same within Europe.

But now WOW and rival ultra low-cost carrier Norwegian Air are trying to expand that model to flights between the USA and Europe. Like WOW, Norwegian Air also has been expanding its footprint in the USA. It offers fares for as little as $235 each way on flights to numerous destinations in Europe and has hinted even cheaper prices could be on the horizon.

Mogensen thinks there’s plenty of room for the ultra low-cost airlines to make their mark on

those routes, meaning rock-bottom fares could be coming to more U.S. airports.

“If you look in Europe, the lowcost carriers now have some 30% to 40% market share,” Mogensen told USA TODAY. “Currently the low-cost model has maybe 2% market share in trans-Atlantic airfares. Should it be 30% to 40%? I don’t know. But it certainly should be 10% to 20%. I think the low-cost carriers will grab significant share in the next five to 10 years.”

Industry experts agree there’s likely a niche to exploit.

“There is definitely room in the North Atlantic market,” says Alan Bender, Professor of Aeronautics at Florida’s Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. “Currently fares are much higher than they need to be. Only the lack of serious low-cost competition keeps (those) fares so high.”

Still, WOW and Norwegian are trying to find success in an arena littered with failures. Mogensen thinks conditions are more favorable than ever for a low-cost carrier to succeed on routes between the USA and Europe.

“It’s all about the Internet,” he says. “Twenty or 30 years ago, you had to rely on intermediates to sell and interact with the customer.” Today, “we sell almost entirely directly to the consumers using the Internet … cutting out as many middlemen as possible (and) allowing us to reduce costs even further.”

The U.S. stock market, off to its worst-ever start to a year, needs a savior to pull it out of its funk.

But the fourth-quarter earnings season is unlikely to be the catalyst that comes to Wall Street’s rescue.

Indeed, even with the broad Standard & Poor’s 500 index finishing slightly higher Monday, it is still down a record-breaking 5.9% to start 2016. It would take a boffo earnings season to turn investor sentiment from its current pessimistic state to a don’t-worry, be-happy bullish state of mind.

Indeed, the projected profit numbers just don’t add up to the type of strength that will guarantee stocks get a massive boost.

Analysts are expecting profits for the S&P 500 to contract 4.4% in the fourth quarter of 2015, according to Thomson Reuters. If profits finish negative, it would mark the second consecutive quarter of negative growth and the fourth quarter in a row in which profit growth has come in lower than the prior quarter.

Analysts have also slashed their earnings projections for the S&P 500 by 5% since October, according to data from Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

On the bright side, the stock market tends to perform well during the weeks when companies are actually reporting their quarterly profit results, according to Bespoke Investment Group. In the past four quarters, the S&P 500 has been up an average of 2.7% during earnings season, compared to the 2.8% average loss suffered in the earnings “offseasons,” Bespoke’s data show.

Another positive spin, courtesy of Andrew Burkly of Oppenheimer, is that while earnings have been sub-par in 2015, the results have shown “resilience.” Burkly argues in a report that earnings expectations have been “unduly depressed” and that weak results in the energy and materials sec-

PROFIT SLUMP Fourth-quarter earnings for the S&P 500 are on track for a second consecutive quarter of negative growth.

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tors will “in all likelihood be offset” by strong results in healthier sectors such as consumer discretionary and health care.

Still, even though the earnings bar has been set low, due in large part to the massive 70% drop expected in energy earnings, there is not a lot of confidence on Wall Street that the earnings season will deliver enough upside surprises to catapult the market out of its early-year doldrums.

“Investors hoping for some reprieve from seeing red may be disappointed by what is likely to be a fairly difficult earnings season,” Gina Martin Adams, equity strategist at Wells Fargo Securities, wrote in a report.

The fourth-quarter profit-reporting season will be “unusually unpredictable,” Adams adds, citing the late-year 2015 swoon in oil, dollar strength and warm weather. Earnings season aside, she says, stocks are likely to struggle until oil stops falling.

U.S.-produced crude dipped more than 5% Monday touching its lowest level since 2003.

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AMERICA’S MARKETS What to watch Adam Shell @adamshell USA TODAY

The Dow is riding a one-day winning streak. Why is that relevant? Because after the Dow’s 52point gain Monday after last week’s bloodbath, the blue-chip gauge now has a shot at extending its winning streak to two sessions — something it hasn’t been able to do since a 351-point two-day gain on Dec. 22-23 — or before Christmas.

That’s how bad things have been for the Dow Jones industrial average in recent weeks. Since its last two-session win streak, the Dow has fallen more than 1,200 points, or 6.8%.

U.S. stocks have been undermined by fears of a severe economic slowdown in China, an ongoing decline in oil prices and a

Facts about America’s investors who use SigFig tracking services:

fresh attempt by the bears to spread the message of coming financial Armageddon.

That’s why the Dow’s ability to chalk up one up day is a big step, even if a middling 50-plus-point gain doesn’t conjure up an image of a market ready to bounce back with vigor. It breaks the negative narrative of a stock market in retreat. It breaks the dismal storyline of the market’s worst-ever start to a year. And it gives the bulls something to build on — despite the fact the Dow is still down a hefty 5.9% for the year.

Hopefully it will add a semblance of stability to a stock market that suddenly seems to be focusing only on gloomy headlines. In short, it’s a start. A twoday winning streak could give the bulls a chance to get back to the lectern and say some nice things about a stock market that has treated investors badly in 2016.

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CLOSE: 4,637.99 PREV. CLOSE: 4,643.63 RANGE: 4,573.78-4,683.02

CLOSE: 1,923.67 PREV. CLOSE: 1,922.03 RANGE: 1,901.10-1,935.65

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CHANGE: -0.4% YTD: -93.99 YTD % CHG: -8.3%

CLOSE: 1,041.90 PREV. CLOSE: 1,046.20 RANGE: 1,031.67-1,052.59

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Macy’s (M) 38.82 Rises as fund manger pressures to pursue real estate.

+2.93

+8.2

+11.0

HCA Holdings (HCA) 67.83 +3.56 Posts higher cash flow forecast; enrollment encouraging.

+5.5

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Hanesbrands (HBI) Nomura raises rating to buy from neutral.

30.49

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+5.1

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Kohl’s (KSS) Rises as it considers deal to go private.

50.08 +2.20

+4.6

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GameStop (GME) 29.38 Has strong afternoon, overcomes multiple downgrades.

+1.01

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114.97 +3.58

+3.2

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Delphi Automotive (DLPH) Rises as it announces new leadership.

75.84

+2.26

+3.1

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Hasbro (HAS) Rating upgraded to hold at Zacks.

70.01

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Hedge fund Starboard Value pushed the department store chain $40 Price: $38.82 to get more value from its real esChg: $2.93 tate by entering into joint ventures % chg: 8.2% Day’s high/low: with its stores, including Herald $30 Square in New York.

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Price: $67.83 Chg: $3.56 % chg: 5.5% Day’s high/low: $69.46/$67.35

Thermo Fisher Scientific offered to buy the genomics analysis comPrice: $13.96 pany for $1.3 billion, or $14 a share Chg: $4.75 in cash. Both companies’ board of % chg: 51.6% Day’s high/low: directors approved the deal, which is a 50% premium to Friday’s close. $14.00/$13.68 NAV 177.50 47.66 175.74 47.65 175.75 92.66 13.51 38.48 19.48 53.87

Close 192.11 24.02 9.25 2.31 8.78 21.00 22.13 29.50 13.92 11.52

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Chg. +0.19 -0.81 -0.55 -0.44 -0.62 +0.55 +0.03 -0.01 -0.60 +0.08

% Chg %YTD +0.1% -5.8% -3.3% +19.5% -5.6% -15.9% -16.0% -41.5% -6.6% +40.3% +2.7% -18.6% +0.1% -7.1% unch.

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NRG Energy (NRG) Nears 52-week low in trailing sector.

10.23

-1.11

-9.8

-13.1

7.00

-.69

-9.0

-11.4

Williams Companies (WMB) Rating downgraded to sell at Zacks.

18.69

-1.62

-8.0

-27.3

Ensco (ESV) Dips after rating and price target lowered.

11.77

-1.02

-8.0

-23.5

Marathon Oil (MRO) Stumbles as oil prices drop to near 12-year low.

9.62

-.73

-7.1

-23.6

Cabot Oil & Gas (COG) Weak oil; rating cut to equal weight at Barclays.

16.00

-1.20

-7.0

-9.6

Anadarko Petroleum (APC) Petroleum shares drop on declining oil prices.

37.75

-2.81

-6.9

-22.3

Under Armour (UA) Market share declines, share price follows.

69.96

-5.04

-6.7

-13.2

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Cattle (lb.)

1.32 1.33 Corn (bushel) 3.52 3.57 Gold (troy oz.)

1,096.50 1,097.80 Hogs, lean (lb.) .60 .60 Natural Gas (Btu.) 2.40 2.47 Oil, heating (gal.)

1.01 1.05 Oil, lt. swt. crude (bar.)

31.41 33.16 Silver (troy oz.)

13.86 13.91 Soybeans (bushel) 8.81 8.80 Wheat (bushel) 4.69 4.79

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Prev. .6888 1.4135 6.5973 .9172 117.67 17.9005

6 mo. ago .6450 1.2691 6.2017 .8986 122.83 15.7144

Yr. ago .6594 1.1861 6.2088 .8444 118.58 14.5972

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McKesson (MCK) 163.55 -18.84 Slowdown in price growth for generics weakened profits.

Consol Energy (CNX) Shares plunge on lower oil prices.

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Netflix (NFLX) Rises as it goes global.

Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) Copper prices drag down miners, slumps.

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Returns slow, but investors should stay on the train Q: Are dividends still golden?

Matt Krantz

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A: Investors have been on a dividend gravy train for years. That train is slowing, but dividends still are a golden source of returns for long-term investors.

It was another great year for dividends. Companies in the Standard & Poor’s 500 paid out 10% more in regular cash dividends in 2015 than in 2014, Howard Silverblatt of S&P Dow Jones Indices says. That marks the fifth consecutive year of double-digit growth in dividend payments. Dividend payments made to investors in the fourth quarter hit a record for the seventh quarter in a row. But investors are seeing signs the rapid growth in dividends can only slow as corporate profit growth cools. The dividend increase paid by the average company for 2015 was 13% in 2015, down from 17.5% in 2014 and 20.4% in 2013, Silverblatt says.

Investors shouldn’t expect the doubledigit dividend increases to continue, he says, with the streak likely to be broken this year.

Still, savvy investors know dividends are a lucrative source of return, especially in a flat market. Last year was a classic example. Investors holding stocks in the S&P 500 earned a total return of 1.4%.

But that positive return was entirely due to the 2.1% dividend yield of the market.

The market actually fell 0.7%.

EU orders 35 companies to pay $765M over ‘illegal’ tax scheme Kaja Whitehouse @kajawhitehouse USA TODAY

NEW YORK Thirty-five large companies have been ordered to fork over $765 million in tax breaks European Union regulators have ruled were illegally provided by Belgium.

The European Commission, the EU’s top antitrust regulator, said Monday a tax benefit provided by Belgium allowed large, multinational companies to forgo taxes on as much as 90% of their profits — thus allowing them to

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“They ... have to pay their taxes fair and square,” the European Commission’s Margrethe Vestager said.

pay “substantially less” than their competitors.

This type of preferential tax structure, marketed by Belgium’s

tax authority under the logo “Only in Belgium,” is illegal under EU rules, the regulator said.

Belgium was ordered to recover as much as $765 million from the 35 companies that benefited from the tax breaks.

“Such schemes put smaller competitors at an unfair disadvantage,” the European Commission’s Margrethe Vestager said in a statement.

“They are active in the same markets and have to pay their taxes fair and square.”

The ruling marks the latest effort by the top EU regulator to crackdown on special tax breaks

provided by EU member countries to companies such as Apple Inc., Amazon and McDonald’s.

Among the companies impacted by Monday’s ruling is Belgianbased Anheuser-Busch InBev, which is in the midst of a $108 billion deal to buy fellow brewer SAB Miller Plc. The EC has declined to name the companies involved at this time, spokeswoman Yizhou Ren said.

The tax scheme in question has been in place in Belgium since 2005. It has allowed Belgian tax authorities to lower the tax base of multinational companies by

deducting so-called “excess profit.”

The tax breaks are based on the assumption that multinational companies, due to their economies of scale, earn profits that other companies do not make.

Belgian law requires both standalone companies and multinational companies “to pay taxes on the profits they actually record in Belgium,” Vestager said.

The majority of the companies impacted are European and will have to repay an estimated $544 million out of the estimated $765 million total, the EU watchdog said.

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On Monday, the singer announced the Ripcord World Tour, his first major arena and amphitheJOSH BRASTED, ater tour in two WIREIMAGE years. Named for Urban’s forthcoming album, the tour will start in Kansas City, Mo., June 2 and will wrap in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Nov. 19.

MAKING WAVES Netflix today begins a new series of conversations between actors on its shows. First up: Chelsea Handler, whose documentary SAEED ADYANI, NETFLIX series ‘Chelsea Does’ premieres Jan. 23 on the streaming service, and Pedro Pascal of the Golden Globenominated series ‘Narcos.’

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STYLE STAR She may still be “Jenny From The Block,” but Lopez knows how to glam it up for awards night.

The actress hit the InStyle and Warner Bros. Golden Globes party Sunday night at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in a chic white Roland Mouret gown and rocking a daring thighhigh split.

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David Bowie died Sunday at age 69. He had been battling cancer and released his last album, Blackstar, just days ago.

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op music lost its most enduring chameleon Sunday when David Bowie died of cancer just days after his 69th birthday.

Bowie was a transformative figure and an ever-evolving one, a shape-shifter who remained constant in his dedication to exploring, and defining, new forms of expression. With ’70s albums such as The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars, Diamond Dogs, Station to Station and Heroes, he realized rock ’n’ roll’s breadth and elasticity, moving from charging guitars and glam-rock drama to fluid R&B rhythms to the seminal electronically enhanced work that he and producer Brian Eno crafted during Bowie’s “Berlin Trilogy.”

The singer/songwriter was re-

born yet again in the 1980s, when White Duke and managed, like a he collaborated with Nile Rodg- great actor, to disappear into them ers on Let’s Dance, an album that without losing his creative presreaffirmed Bowie’s penchant for ence. Bowie carried these gifts funk and his pop savvy. Hits like over to the stage, where he played the title track, Modern Love and the title part in The Elephant China Girl and their accompany- Man, and the screen, where his ing videos re-established Bowie memorable roles included an alien as an MTV-era star. He reinvent- in The Man Who Fell To Earth ed himself later in the decade and Pontius Pilate in The Last with the harder, more brittle rock Temptation of Christ.

Unlike many of his band Tin Machine, then The emotional force of the myriad he moved back of Bowie’s music gave performers influenced — into dance music and em- voice to outsiders and among them superstars such as braced lost souls while Madonna and industrial rock, winning a mass Lady Gaga — joining forces audience with Bowie remained with innovators its genre-defying elusive, as prisuch as Trent vate in personal Reznor, one of coolness matters as he countless artand exuberance. was charismatic ists Bowie inas an entertainer. By turns anspired over his long career.

Bowie’s theatricality and intu- drogynous and dapper, rugged and ition were key to his appeal. He ethereal, he kept admirers guesscreated flamboyant personae such ing in a way that would be unas Ziggy Stardust and the Thin imaginable for an icon coming up

in the age of social media.

But however enigmatic, Bowie sustained a connection with his fans through his work, which included Blackstar, an adventurous, jazz-informed album released only days ago, on his birthday. He famously called his approach “plastic soul,” but that term fails to do justice to the emotional force of his music, which gave voice to outsiders and lost souls while winning a mass audience (without courting it, for the most part) with its genre-defying coolness and exuberance.

Reviewing Lazarus, a new offBroadway play featuring Bowie’s music — another project he worked on while dealing discreetly with his illness — The New Yorker’s Hilton Als wrote of the “beauty and ... warmth” that shone through Bowie’s chilliness and melancholy in his best music, “and his ability to make us believe any story that he felt was worth telling.” That combination of fire and ice won’t soon be forgotten.

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What the Globes’ crystal ball reveals for the Oscars Brian Truitt USA TODAY

The mauling mama bear from The Revenant was pretty much the only thing from the movie that didn’t look spectacular coming out of Sunday night’s Golden Globe Awards.

Director Alejandro González Iñárritu’s wilderness epic starring Leonardo DiCaprio won three awards at the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s 73rd annual shindig, and the film proved it has the potential for some staying power early in the race toward the Academy Awards (Feb. 28).

A look at the top Globe honorees and what their wins might portend for their Oscar chances (nominations are out Thursday): ‘THE REVENANT’

Spotlight has been a front-runner for best picture, and while The Revenant probably doesn’t overtake Tom McCarthy’s journalism drama, the film’s best-drama win stakes its claim as a serious competitor. A year ago, however, Boyhood looked like a favorite after winning the Globe, until it was upended by Iñárritu’s Birdman.

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The supporting-actor category will be one of the most competitive at the Oscars, boosted by Stallone’s excellent reprisal of his iconic Rocky Balboa character in Creed. The Globes have a reputation for heaping adoration on A-listers, but in this case the award was warranted.

FOX Stallone may not win against a DiCaprio and The Revenant are sitting pretty. murderer’s row of potential nominees — everyone from GEORGE KRAYCHYK least a nomina‘THE MARTIAN’ Christian Bale (The Big Short) Larson is The Revenant may have garnered tion from the and Idris Elba (Beasts of No the night’s big prize, but Ridley academy, if not considered a Nation) to Mark Rylance Scott’s space epic snagging best the golden guy front-runner (Bridge of Spies) and the Spotlight duo of Michael Keaton comedy is a major win as well. himself. But Leo’s for Room. and Mark Ruffalo — but he’s This year could see more populist not king of the fare than ever vying for best world just yet, and Damon’s win no doubt in the mix with a picture — with Mad Max: Fury for Martian places him firmly as puncher’s chance.

Road, Creed and even Star Wars: a dark horse — or the iceberg to KATE WINSLET The Force Awakens being possible DiCaprio’s titanic campaign.

While Winslet’s win for Steve nominees — and momentum Jobs could bode well for her in like this could help the well-liked JENNIFER LAWRENCE the long run, there’s really no tellMartian blast off as a strong AND BRIE LARSON contender against the heavier Neither of the best-actress ing at this point. Jane Fonda winners was a surprise, but while (Youth), Jennifer Jason Leigh dramas. the Globes are like Little League, (The Hateful Eight) and Helen LEONARDO DICAPRIO where everybody gets a trophy, Mirren (Trumbo) seem just as AND MATT DAMON the Oscars are like Gladiator: Two strong, and two Oscar hopefuls in The smart money is on this being women enter, one woman leaves. the category — Alicia Vikander DiCaprio’s year to nab an Oscar, Lawrence’s win (for Joy) won’t (The Danish Girl) and Rooney and his Globe win for best actor overtake Larson’s front-runner Mara (Carol) — both were vying in a drama cements his lock for at status (Room). for best actress at the Globes.

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Breakups as teens are tough, but essential Dear Dr. Wes and Gabe: The guy I was dating told me he didn’t want to be with me any more because he didn’t want to be in a relationship. Three weeks later I saw on another girl’s Instagram that they were together. I don’t understand if he lied to me or changed his mind, and it’s made me really upset.

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DAN COLEMAN’S CHILDREN, RAY, 5, AND ZIA, 3, SNUGGLE WITH THEIR DOG CLAUDIUS, who just celebrated his 15th Christmas with the family.

Dogs remind us: one day our pups will pass us up

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t some point within the last decade, my wife and I acquired a collar adorned with tiny Christmas trees and began a tradition of putting it on our dog, Claudius, when we bring the Christmas stuff up from the basement.

I’m surprised we continue to find it, more surprised Claude is still here to wear it.

This year, as my kids and I buckle it around his neck, I explain that this will be his 15th Christmas.

It’s difficult to make them understand how old he is. I tell them Claude has been with their mom and me since before we were married, or even lived

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in Lawrence. I tell my son, who just turned 5, that his dog is three times his age, and just a day younger than their human

cousin, who started high school this year. I don’t dare delve into the concept of “dog years,” but still let them know Claude is 98 by that tally, decades older than their grandmas, and probably older than any person they have ever known.

They don’t quite get it, but anyone can tell he is ancient just from his frosty face. I did a double take last month when I saw a dog who looks just like him on the cover of a new book at the library, “Old Faithful: Dogs of a Certain Age,” in which Toronto photographer Pete Thorne has published his striking portraits of elderly dogs in all

their “patchy, scruffy, jowly, and devoted glory,” along with brief biographies of each provided by their owners.

Perhaps they, like me, wonder how their pups passed them up. Cats get all the credit for being mystics, but dogs warp time. How can mine be the same animal I held up with just one hand by his bare belly, pink as a piglet’s, until he got sick all over the steering wheel on our memorable drive home from the shelter 14 years ago?

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Healthy Bodies, Healthy Minds introduces summer program

By Jeff Burkhead Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center

Frances Rico believes it is important to practice what she preaches.

Rico, who during the school year is a mental health clinician at Liberty Memorial Central Middle School, spends her summers working with youths to help them understand the connection between physical health and mental health. Rico is a member of the WRAP (Working to Recognize Alternative Possibilities) team at Bert Nash, a collaborative program with the Lawrence school

district that places a master’s-level clinician in local schools. When school is out of session, Rico and other WRAP clinicians continue to work with middle school and high school youth through the Bert Nash summer program called Healthy Bodies, Healthy Minds. There is also a Bert Nash summer program for elementary students.

Rico has helped develop the secondary school curriculum for the Bert Nash summer program, which meets four days a week at Free State High School. The eight-week program runs from the beginning of June to the end

of July, but Rico started planning last January for this summer’s program.

The summer curriculum is a combination of time spent outdoors and classroom instruction.

Presenters from the community are also brought in to share their expertise about areas such as meal planning and nutrition.

“We cooked once a week and focused on cooking a healthy meal.

We would add healthy ingredients or adjust recipes to fit a healthier dish, such as adding veggies or using wheat flour versus white,” Rico said.

“We also had a kick-boxing trainer from Summit

come in to instruct an activity with the kids.

We utilized our location at Free State to walk to Dillons to discuss affordable ways to shop for healthier food items, and walked to the T-Loft to discuss healthy food items they can create at home such as smoothies and juices.”

Rico knows from firsthand experience how exercise and a healthy lifestyle can improve a person’s mental outlook. Through exercise, nutrition and a healthy lifestyle, Rico has transformed her own body and attitude.

“Not only does a

healthy lifestyle prevent illness and disease, it helps us to feel better about ourselves and have a better outlook on life,” she said. “That is what my passion is. I always wanted to combine my profession as a social worker and passion for mental health education with my passion for fitness education. I want kids to understand there is a strong connection between physical health and mental health.”

— Jeff Burkhead is the communications coordinator for the Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center. Contact him at jburkhead@bertnash.org.

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The American Academy of Pediatrics recently released its updated list of recommended health care screenings for children, which includes checking for depression, high cholesterol and HIV. Mayo Clinic Children’s Center pediatrician Dr. Angela Mattke says the revised recommendations are a “firm affirmative to pediatricians that doing these screenings or testing will be beneficial to the child’s health.”

Well-child visits Well-child visits are another name for routine checkups or physicals.

“Much of the AAP Preventive Health Care Screening and Assessment Schedule for Children’s Checkups includes screening as opposed to skipping straight to testing,” Mattke says. “Screening usually involves asking questions pertaining to the subject or using a validated screening tool such as the CRAFFT (Car, Relax, Forget, Friends, Trouble)

“If we don’t ask them about (depression) in a safe manner, they may not disclose.”

— Dr. Angela Mattke, Mayo Clinic Children’s Center

for drug and alcohol use or PHQ-9 Modified (depression screening tool) to make sure questions are asked in such a way that have been shown to pick up children and teens at risk for whatever they are

screening for.”

She stresses that screening children is necessary because some children are at risk for these health conditions, the rate of the conditions is increasing in younger

age groups, and without screening, they may go undiagnosed and suffer serious health consequences.

Depression screening Depression screening will be done every year from ages 11 through 21.

“Depression screening is so important. Mood disorders and suicide rates increased over the last couple of decades,” Mattke says. “At least 10 Please see SCREENING, page 2C

Wes: “Not wanting a relationship” or “not putting a label on it” has become the go-to explanation (or perhaps, excuse) for many guys, and an increasing number of girls, to maintain the gifts dating offers without any of the costs.

In breaking up with you, your ex was, at best, inaccurate in his assessment of his own relationship needs. Once he moved on he found that he really did want to be in a relationship — with someone else.

Alternatively, he may have tried to let you down easy by taking responsibility for his lack of interest in dating you without really coming out and saying that. He may have wanted to say “I don’t really want to be in a relationship with you,” but couldn’t and instead decided to end that sentence before it got completely awkward. That might seem like a nice gesture, but as you’re finding out, partial honesty is the same thing as dishonesty and what really happens in this scenario is that your ex spares his feelings and discomfort, not yours.

On the third hand, your guy may have started or was close to starting another relationship before he ended things with you, which would be the height of dishonesty.

Unfortunately, as teen culture moves increasingly toward casual sex and eschews coupling, the value of relationships is diminished and people feel freer to cheat. I have no idea if that applies to your ex, but it is a common reason this whole scenario goes down.

Regardless of his underlying reasons, you need to reconsider your situation.

The point of dating is to figure out who you don’t belong with, and in this regard, your ex did you a huge favor by ending something he wasn’t really committed to. Seeing things this way is tough when you’re hurting from a breakup, but it’s essential to weather breakups successfully, and even to welcome them, if you’re ever going to find a stable, long-term relationship.

Gabe: People often tell themselves and others the things that they want to be true. Repeat it enough, the logic goes, and it will become true.

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much for his own.

A good breakup is, of course, easier said than done, but those involved CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1C should make an effort to communicate their case with your ex. He real intentions, even if wanted out of this parit’s uncomfortable. That ticular relationship for awkwardness can easily an arbitrary reason, so he save some egos on both tried to convince himself sides and reduce the that he didn’t want to be sourness that remains, in any relationship and while giving you a betfed it to you when he ter idea of what really decided to finally break went wrong and how to it off. I cannot gauge change your approach in for sure his underlying the future. Being honest reasons for the breakup, with yourself and your but my guess is that he soon-to-be-ex is the easiwas making an excuse est way to ensure that not only for you, but for you don’t leave a trail of himself. broken hearts.

If so, he’s being both — Wes Crenshaw, Ph.D., honest and dishonest at ABPP, is author of “I Always the same time. He wants Want to Be Where I’m Not: to believe he doesn’t want Successful Living with ADD to be in a relationship, but & ADHD.” Learn about his he actually does — just not writing and practice at dr-wes. the one with you. It’s hard com. Gabe Magee is a Bishop to understand anyone’s Seabury Academy senior. Send intentions at a transitional your confidential 200-word period in their life. Howevquestion to ask@dr-wes.com. er, I would definitely agree Double Take opinions and with Dr. Wes that he acted advice are not a substitute for without adequate concern psychological services. for your feelings, and too

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percent of my practice is treating children with depression and anxiety. If we don’t ask them about it in a safe manner, they may not disclose.”

Cholesterol screening Screening for high cholesterol should be done for children 9 to 11 years old.

Testing or screening children beginning at age 9 for high blood cholesterol levels may help reduce the national trend of increased childhood obesity. Mattke says by addressing high cholesterol in childhood, we can impact their adult risk factors for early coronary artery disease. She adds that teaching children and families about healthy diets and the importance of physical activity is a start.

HIV screening Adolescents ages 16 to 18

Pups

will tell you.” college dorm party. “My Then she adds a dose son and daughter seem of horse sense for this dog a little like my mom and person: “And maybe just dad these days, except CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1C don’t walk him so far.” they are still afraid of me,” Oh yeah. Claude may she tells a nurse. now be the oldest and have outgrown me when As we had hoped, wisest member of our I wasn’t looking, but I Claude celebrates his 15th family? still hold the leash in this Christmas, and my daughLike many a grumpy relationship. I was this ter Zia, just turned 3, acold man, Claude has lost dog’s dad from the time I companies us on our walk his filter. He pushes open cleaned up that first little that morning. Bundled doors, grabs food from mess in the car, long up in her jacket and hat, the kids’ hands, shoves his before I ever had kids. she’s now big enough to way past us all. He is half Parenting doesn’t require hold Claude’s leash. She blind, mostly deaf, batty children, after all; only watches him roll on the in the brain and sleeps for others we care for and grass, then poop. hours in the same spot. protect — our pets, our “It looks like a Slinky!”

We clap our hands to partners, our players, our she cries. call him because he can’t employees, and eventuI pull out my handkerhear our voices. I watch ally, even our own moms chief and wipe her runny for breath in the rise and and dads. nose. It’s hard to believe, fall of his chest first thing This year I’ve found but someday this one will when I wake up. myself helping my own outgrow me, too.

And still each morning, mom through a pair of — Dan Coleman is secretary we walk. He leads with his joint replacement surgeron the board of Dads of Dougnose in the predawn dark, ies, dropping off new las County. He is a part-time defiant of sidewalk and clothes at her rehabilitastay-at-home dad, but in his road, senseless to passing tion facility (“They dress other life he is a librarian at the cars as he focuses on all so nice here!” she pleads), Lawrence Public Library, where that’s left for him to appre- riding up and down with he selects children’s and parentciate — the calling cards her in the elevator to ing books for the Children’s of other neighborhood the cafeteria and raisRoom. He can be reached at dogs, cats and maybe the ing a ruckus in her room danielfcoleman@yahoo.com. occasional scent of a fox with my kids to rival any or raccoon. I watch him absently. Long ago I forgot he wasn’t just another part Serving Lawrence For of my own body, although I’m reminded one recent morning when we stray too far afield, and one of his hind legs, arthritic and unstable from an old injury, fails him such that I almost have to carry him home.

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will be screened for HIV. “HIV rates are still increasing in this age group. Catching it early can mean a large difference in their overall health and ability to give it to other people through

drug and alcohol use. l Depression screening has been added, with suggested screenings every year from ages 11 through 21. Suicide is now a leading cause of death among adolescents. l A screening for dyslipidemia, or high blood cholesterol levels, has been added for patients between 9 and 11 years old. l A risk assessment has been added at 15 and 30 months for hematocrit or hemoglobin screening to help detect anemia, an iron deficiency. l An HIV screen was added for adolescents between 16

and 18 years to address federal statistics showing that one in four new HIV infections occurs in youth ages 13 to 24 years old, and that about 60 percent of all youth with HIV do not know they are infected. l Screen for cervical dysplasia, the presence of precancerous cells on the surface of the cervix, only at 21 years (instead of risk assessment every year from ages 11 through 21). l A screening for critical congenital heart disease using pulse oximetry has been added and should be performed in the hospital before newborn discharge.

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Dear Annie: In October, I visited my family in France. Three weeks after I returned home, the terrorist attacks occurred. My husband was out of town and I was all alone. My family in France, thankfully, was safe.

I consider myself a loyal friend. However, only one person called to ask about my family and about me. That person was actually a business acquaintance. I am deeply grateful for that call, but truly surprised and disappointed that there were no others. A family member phoned two days later, saying he had been so busy with work that he didn’t hear about the attacks until later. I was polite, but seriously, people would have to be living under a rock not to have heard the news immediately.

It was an extremely

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What can I say if any of them call and want to get together with me?

— Still Hurting Dear Hurting: People tend to be self-absorbed and sometimes don’t think of another person’s specific situation when they hear about a tragedy far away. Give your friends a chance to make it up to you. If they call, tell them that you were disappointed that you didn’t hear from them at the time. Give them the opportunity to apologize. You will be much less angry and upset if you can grant forgiveness and start fresh. Of course, if they offer feeble excuses and make no attempt to say they are sorry, feel free to stop responding to their calls.

difficult time for me, and I am terribly hurt and angry that no one else took a few seconds to ask whether my family was OK or to find out how I was handling things. I received a Christmas card from one friend who wrote only to brag about her job promotion.

Annie, all of these socalled friends are well aware that much of my family lives in France. I no longer wish to assoDear Annie: This is ciate with these people. in response to “Not His

Networks continue to change It’s official: The ABC Family network becomes Freeform as of today. But from the looks of its first offering as a new network, it seems that it really wants to become the CW network.

Based on a popular young adult fantasy series, “The Mortal Instruments,” “Shadowhunters” (8 p.m., TV-14) follows Clary Fray (Katherine McNamara) as just your average, semi-fetching teen, who discovers that she’s really endowed with supernatural powers and part of some ancient, unending conflict between angels, or semi-angels, and demons.

And all of these timeless celestial warriors look like they could be Ralph Lauren models who mysteriously vanish once they turn 25.

Clary’s great skill is that she can see these shadowy shapeshifters, who remain invisible to mere mortals. The question arises: if they can’t be seen, then why do they need to change appearance in the first place? And what kind of name is Clary? Perhaps only the enigmatic warlock Magnus Bane (Harry Shum Jr.) knows the answer to these mysteries!

As it is, it might take a warlock or wizard to explain the transmigration of the soul of the “Family” on its way to becoming the “Freeform” network. Founded in 1977 by Pat Robertson as part of his television ministry, it would evolve into the Family Channel in 1990. In 1998, Robertson’s organization sold it to Rupert Murdoch’s Fox empire for just less than $2 billion. The Fox Family network was in turn purchased

by ABC Disney in 2001.

Family/Freeform is hardly the only cable channel to have changed its name and direction.

My favorite is the shift from the Nashville Network to the National Network to “The N” to its current incarnation as Spike, a male-centric channel that has finally found a hit, if not an identity, with “Lip Sync Battle.”

All of these shape-shifting networks remind us of some outlets that have kept their names but abandoned their original missions. Bravo has gone from broadcasting opera and ballet to celebrating consumerism and snark. Is there any “Arts & Entertainment” left on A&E? If a school taught a curriculum based on the programming on TLC, formerly known as The Learning Channel, it would lose accreditation.

Nobody looks for history on The History Channel any more, and MTV got out of the music video business ‘round about the time Bill Clinton became president.

Tonight’s other highlights O Celebrity shenanigans on “Hollywood Game Night” (7 p.m., NBC, TV-PG).

O Jess settles for a so-so boyfriend with fantastic parents on “New Girl” (7 p.m., Fox, TV-14).

O Celebrities trace their ancestry to Ireland on “Finding Your Roots” (7 p.m., PBS, TVPG, check local listings).

JACQUELINE BIGAR’S STARS

For Tuesday, Jan. 12: This year you can expect a lot of snap, crackle and pop to surround your personal life. You might try to ignore all the excitement, but you won’t succeed. If you are single, you could enjoy a lot of special romantic moments. If you are attached, as a couple, you either will become very lucky with money or you’ll overspend.

The stars show the kind of day you’ll have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult Aries (March 21-April 19) ++++ Your high energy and fiery impulsiveness will help you complete what you want to do.

Tonight: Get some R and R. Taurus (April 20-May 20) ++++ You might be inclined to take charge. Others respond to your energy. Tonight: Where your friends are.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) +++++ Keep reaching out to someone at a distance. Be ready to take the lead. Tonight: A must appearance.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) ++++ You could be in a situation where you find that someone else is totally amenable to your ideas. Tonight: Brainstorm with someone who plays devil’s advocate.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) ++++ Be more forthright with a partner, even though you might expect a strong reaction. Tonight: Go with a loved one’s suggestion.

Girlfriend,” the woman whose husband objects to her acting as tour guide to a visiting male friend while the husband’s at work. He obviously has a trust issue.

I regularly entertain my male friends of more than 25 years at my house for lunch and conversation. My husband thinks this is fine.

My children consider them uncles. Unless there are reasons for her husband not to trust her, he needs to chill out. — Plattsburgh, N.Y. Dear N.Y.: We agree that the husband is being overly suspicious, but his wife must be the one to decide how much of a ruckus she wants to make over this.

— Send questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or Annie’s Mailbox, P.O. Box 118190 Chicago, IL 60611.

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Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) +++++ Defer to others, as they seem to want to run the show. Work on a project that has been on the back burner. Tonight: Be with favorite people.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) ++++ Understand what is happening with a relative; he or she might open up more than you had anticipated. Tonight: Get some exercise.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) ++++ If you can work from home, do. You could be distracted by an event. Tonight: Off to the gym.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) +++++ Your smile adds to someone else’s spontaneity. You never know what will happen next with this person. Tonight: Reflect on today’s events.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) ++++ You could be in the position of making a major change, yet some unexpected uproar forces you to stop and take another look.

Tonight: Meet up with a friend.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) +++++ Be direct, yet maintain a sense of humor with a close friend.

Just let everything happen naturally.

Tonight: Make it your treat.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) ++++ You might be at the end of your patience with an unpredictable family member. Tonight: You feel ready to take on the world.

— The astrological forecast should be read for entertainment only.

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21 Sample, as wine 22 About 2 o’clock, on a compass 23 Spotlight 27 All together 29 Hallow ending?

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The state of KU recruits With signing day right around the corner and the current dead period about to expire, now is as good of a time as any to examine the so-far-so-quiet recruiting landscape of Kansas University’s football program.

As you surely know by now, coach David Beaty’s first full class will not be a full class.

Beaty, who was hired in December of 2014 and barely had two months to fill out the 2015 class, will have the luxury of bringing a class entirely full of his recruits to Lawrence this time around, but it will not be a full class.

Because of the number of 2015 additions that counted forward toward the 2016 class in order to get them on campus prior to last season — think WRs Quincy Perdue and Joshua Stanford, OL Larry Hughes, DT Corey King, etc. — the final number that Beaty will be able to add in the soon-tobe-revealed 2016 class will be closer to 18 or 19 instead of the full 25 allowed annually by the NCAA.

Morgantown, W.Va. — Kansas University junior Wayne Selden Jr., who has experienced two losses the past two seasons at energized WVU Coliseum, knows what it will take to finally beat the No. 11-ranked Mountaineers (14-1, 3-0) in their 14,000-seat arena.

“Just taking care of the ball, letting Frank (Mason III) and Devonté (Graham) take care of all that,” Selden said with a smile, fully aware all members of KU’s

No. 1-ranked team (14-1, 3-0) must secure the ball against a squad that is ranked third in the country in steals (170 in 15 games, trailing only Omaha and Gardner-Webb) after leading the nation in thefts in 2014-15.

“West Virginia is going to pressure. We know that.

The past couple years, we went there and caught L’s.

We’re trying to change that this year,” added Selden, who says he’s looking forward to today’s 6 p.m. road game.

The Mountaineers, who are 1-4 in WVU Colise-

um all-time against teams ranked No. 1 in the AP poll — the only win came against UNLV on Feb. 27, 1983 — plucked eight steals while forcing 14 turnovers in last year’s 62-61 victory over KU in Morgantown.

In 2013-14, West Virginia, which had not yet implemented its all-out pressing attack, had seven steals in forcing just 11 turnovers in its 92-86 victory at WVU Coliseum.

KU in both instances entered with a No. 8 ranking, the fans storming the court after both wins. WVU was

ranked No. 23 at the time of the game last year, unranked the year before.

“I think they may be doing it (pressing) better this year than they did it last year,” KU coach Bill Self said.

“A lot of people initially thought with the rules emphasis (calling fouls when players put their hands on opponents), it may cause them to back off a little bit.

It hasn’t at all. They are doing a good job of playing and for the most part, without fouling,” Self added.

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In case you’ve forgotten or are in need of a refresher, a quick look at the 2016 recruiting class thus far is available at http://ljw. bz/22WtKyb — a list that includes the three recruits who signed during the midyear transfer signing period and the seven oral commitments who, as far as we know, remain committed to the program.

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What we know On the surface, with the Jayhawks known to be lacking numbers to begin with, that certainly seems like a bummer. But the actual read is in the eye of the beholder, and you can either choose to look at it as a lost opportunity to add more young bodies in the 2016 class or as a way to get a head start on the 2016 class by bringing those recruits to campus earlier.

A strong case could be made for either argument, but, at least in my opinion, the recruits who arrived early and counted forward but had more than a year or two of eligibility remaining were 2016 scholarships well used. The others, such as Stanford, whose name no longer appears on the official KU roster, appear to be misses. But anyone who tells you that the goal is to bat 1.000 in recruiting does not deal in reality. I have yet to talk to or cover a coach who hasn’t taken the approach that if half of

ALABAMA’S DERRICK HENRY RUNS FOR A TOUCHDOWN during the first half of the Crimson Tide’s 45-40 victory over Clemson in the NCAA college football championship game Monday in Glendale, Arizona. The title was Alabama’s fourth in seven seasons.

Alabama hangs on to win wild title game Glendale, Ariz. (ap) — Alabama needed it all to win the toughest national title game it had ever played during the Nick Saban dynasty. All of its power. All of its speed.

Even one gutsy trick.

Derrick Henry, O.J. Howard and Kenyan Drake hit No. 1 Clemson with long touchdowns, and Alabama outlasted the dynamic play of dual-threat quarterback Deshaun Watson to win the College Football Playoff championship 45-40 on Monday night.

The Crimson Tide (14-1) won its three previous championship game appearances in runaway fashion. This game was an instant classic — a welcome relief for fans who sat through the blowouts that turned the New Year’s Six lineup into a dud.

It finally turned on maybe the boldest call of Saban’s career.

“This was a great challenge for us,” Saban said.

With 10:34 left in the fourth quarter and Alabama having just tied the game with a short field goal, Saban took a gamble to try to keep the ball away from Watson and the Tigers. He called for a high-bouncing onside kick that Tide defensive Marlon Humphrey caught over the shoulder at midfield.

Tide ball.

“I think that changed the momentum of the game, and our guys finished it,” Saban said.

Moments later, Alabama took back the lead. For the second time, Clemson (141) lost track of the tight end Howard in coverage, and

Jake Coker hit him in stride deep for a 51-yard touchdown to make it 31-24 with 9:45 left.

Clemson and Watson proved to be every bit Alabama’s equal. The Tigers just kept coming.

Watson led Clemson to a field goal to make it 31-27, and, boom! Another Alabama big play. Drake broke free and streaked down the sideline for a 95-yard kickoff return touchdown, diving the last five yards to the pylon.

Watson threw his third touchdown pass to make it 38-33 with 4:40 left, and then Alabama went back to its workhorse Heisman Trophy winner. Derrick Henry plunged into the end zone for his third touchdown of the game to make it 45-33 with 1:07 left.

Watson threw another

touchdown pass, but would not get another chance.

Clemson’s onside kick went out of bounds. Coker took a knee, and after a two-year drought that felt like eternity in Tuscaloosa, Alabama was back on top.

The Crimson Tide became the second team in college football’s poll era, dating back to 1936, to win four titles in seven seasons.

Alabama joins Notre Dame, which won four titles from 1943-49. For Saban, it is his fifth national championship — four in his nine seasons at Alabama — leaving him only one short of former Tide coach Bear Bryant for the most titles in history.

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SMU, along with South Carolina the only unbeaten teams in Division I, cracked the top 10 in the Associated Press Top 25 on Monday, the Mustangs first time there since 1985.

In a season where they played without coach Larry Brown for nine games because of NCAA violations, and face not playing in the NCAA Tournament for those same reasons, the Mustangs are off to a 15-0 start.

The last time SMU was in the top 10 was Feb. 19, 1985, when the Mustangs were No. 9. Things didn’t go well from there as they lost five of their last games, including a secondround loss to Loyola Chicago in the NCAA Tournament.

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Manhattan — Kansas State coach Bill Snyder announced Monday that he will return next season, ending months of speculation that the 76-year-old Hall of Famer might retire for the second time.

Snyder said he spoke with his family after a loss to Arkansas in the Liberty Bowl. They told him to keep coaching as long as he was in good health, he was having a positive impact on his players and Kansas State officials wanted him on the sideline.

Snyder is entering his 25th season, a period interrupted by a brief retirement. He needs seven wins to reach 200, and figures to have a good shot at it with plenty of talent returning.

Kansas State went 6-6 this season, despite a slew of injuries on both sides of the ball.

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Brown wasn’t feeling well all day Sunday. He coached the first half of an 88-73 victory over UCF, but didn’t return after that because he felt dizzy.

“I’m going to be all right. ...

With me, if I turn the wrong way, or if I jump up too quickly ... I lose some equilibrium,” Brown said Monday before practice. “Maybe it’s because I’m 75, and I don’t realize it.”

During the two-hour practice, Brown was actively involved, shouting and pointing out things to his players. Even at the end, the coach was making passes for some players to work on different shots.

The practice came after the Mustangs (15-0) moved up five spots in the new Associated Press Top 25 poll earlier Monday, getting into the top 10 for the first time since February 1985.

The coach attributes fatigue, dehydration and a virus for aggravating symptoms he has dealt with in the past, including fluid in his ears. He saw a doctor after Sunday’s game, got some medication and said he got a full eight hours sleep for the first time in a long time.

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BROOKLYN (79) Johnson 6-7 2-2 16, Young 4-10 1-2 9, Lopez 8-17 2-2 18, Sloan 1-4 0-0 2, Ellington 3-8 2-2 8, Bogdanovic 0-5 0-0 0, Reed 1-2 0-0 2, Larkin 2-3 1-2 5, Bargnani 3-6 1-1 7, Brown 0-3 0-0 0, Robinson 4-7 2-2 10, Karasev 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 33-73 11-13 79.

San Antonio 22 23 32 29—106 Brooklyn 20 18 18 23— 79 3-Point Goals-San Antonio 4-13 (Leonard 2-5, Ginobili 1-1, Diaw 1-1, Anderson 0-1, Mills 0-2, Green 0-3), Brooklyn 2-12 (Johnson 2-2, Young 0-1, Sloan 0-1, Brown 0-2, Bogdanovic 0-3, Ellington 0-3). Fouled Out-None. ReboundsSan Antonio 49 (Aldridge 11), Brooklyn 36 (Young 9). Assists-San Antonio 27 (Ginobili 5), Brooklyn 15 (Larkin 6). Total Fouls-San Antonio 15, Brooklyn 18. Technicals-Brooklyn defensive three second. A-15,214 (17,732).

Warriors 111, Heat 103 Oakland, Calif. — Stephen Curry scored 31 points, and Draymond Green added 22 points and 12 rebounds to lead Golden State to its 36th straight regular-season home win.

Klay Thompson added 17 points to help the Warriors (36-2) get halfway to Chicago’s record win total of 72 set in 1996-97 three games before the midpoint of the season.

Dwyane Wade scored 20 points and Chris Bosh and Gerald Green added 15 apiece.

MIAMI (103) Deng 6-12 0-0 14, Winslow 3-8 0-0 7, Bosh 6-15 3-4 15, Wade 6-20 8-8 20, Dragic 5-10 1-2 13, G.Green 6-13 1-1 15, Johnson 6-7 1-1 13, Richardson 0-1 0-0 0, Haslem 0-1 0-0 0, Stoudemire 3-4 0-0 6. Totals 41-91 14-16 103.

GOLDEN STATE (111) Rush 0-1 1-2 1, D.Green 8-14 6-11 22, Bogut 4-5 0-0 8, K.Thompson 6-15 3-3 17, Curry 11-27 5-6 31, Iguodala 3-4 2-2 9, Barnes 4-10 4-4 12, Livingston 1-3 0-0 2, Ezeli 0-0 1-2 1, Clark 1-3 0-0 2, Speights 3-4 0-0 6. Totals 41-86 22-30 111.

Miami 25 29 23 26—103 Golden State 27 29 24 31—111 3-Point Goals-Miami 7-19 (G.Green 2-3, Deng 2-3, Dragic 2-4, Winslow 1-3, Richardson 0-1, Bosh 0-5), Golden State 7-23 (Curry 4-11, K.Thompson 2-4, Iguodala 1-2, Clark 0-1, Rush 0-1, Barnes 0-2, D.Green 0-2). Fouled Out-None.

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Washington 28 34 21 31—114 Chicago 25 23 26 26—100 3-Point Goals-Washington 9-24 (Dudley 2-3, Temple 2-4, Wall 2-4, Porter 2-5, Neal 1-1, Oubre Jr. 0-1, Sessions 0-2, Gooden 0-4), Chicago 9-22 (Rose 2-3, McDermott 2-4, Brooks 2-4, Moore 1-2, Mirotic 1-3, Butler 1-3, Snell 0-3). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Washington 54 (Gooden 12), Chicago 49 (Gasol 10). AssistsWashington 31 (Wall 10), Chicago 18 (Butler 7). Total Fouls-Washington 23, Chicago 16.

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I think this might be Bill’s best team he’s had since we’ve CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1D been in the league. I West Virginia, which think they’re really leads the country in good.” forced turnovers (20.8 per game), has an average margin of victory at home of 36.7 ppg. The Mountaineers force opponents to turn it over on 27.5 percent of their possessions and average 26.6 ppg off turnovers. West Virginia has forced 30 or more turnovers in three games and has at least seven steals in every game.

“They are in attack mode all the time on both ends,” Self said, “and they have so many interchangeable parts. They are a very deep team. I don’t think anybody is surprised at the success they’ve had this season, but I will tell you this, I was nervous for our team, a lot of coaches were probably nervous, ‘How are we going to guard’ with the rules emphasis. Their players have done a great job of adjusting and still keeping pressure on folks.”

Junior forward Devin Williams leads WVU in scoring (14.5 ppg) and rebounding (8.6 rpg). Sophomore guard Jevon Carter averages 12.7 ppg. He’s tied for the team lead in threes made (25) with senior Jaysean Paige who averages 12.6 ppg in a reserve role. Sophomore Daxter Miles averages 12.1 ppg, while senior forward Jonathan Holton averages 7.3 boards and 9.7 ppg. Freshman forward Esa Ahmad averages 4.8 points, while rotation players Tarik Phillip and Elijah Macon average 7.7 and 6.4 ppg.

“I think we’ve got good guys. They want to win,” said WVU coach Bob Huggins. “They enjoy being around each other.

We don’t have cliques.

We don’t have those kind of things that sometimes you have. They’ve been a lot of fun to be around.

They like being in the gym. They are enthusiastic about practice, enthusiastic about games for the most part.”

And they love playing pressure defense.

“I think we’ve done a pretty good job with our fullcourt pressure,” Huggins said. “We need to be more consistent offensively.”

Huggins respects tonight’s foe, No. 1 KU.

— West Virginia head coach Bob Huggins on this year’s Kansas team “They’ve shot the ball so well. Obviously you’ve got to try to figure out a way to guard them,” Huggins said. “They are so good defensively. We’re trying to figure out a way to score. I think this might be Bill’s best team he’s had since we’ve been in the league. I think they’re really good.” l

Rolling without Staten: West Virginia has done a nice job replacing Juwan Staten, who now plays in the NBA Developmental League.

“They lost a great player in Staten. Of course he was a terrific guard,” Self said Monday. “The way they play is a tribute to him (Huggins). The Spurs are the greatest example of the ‘next man up’ concept in basketball.

Regardless who you put out there, the system allows you to be successful.

“That’s what West Virginia has done, the way their kids play, how athletic and quick they are and aggressive. The parts become somewhat interchangeable on the perimeter or on the interior.” l

Ratings: KU took over the top spot from Oklahoma in the USA Today coaches poll on Monday.

West Virginia is 10th. KU is No. 1 for the second straight week in the AP poll, West Virginia 11th. l

Kansas University vs. West Virginia Probable Starters KANSAS (14-1, 3-0) F — Perry Ellis (6-8, Sr.) F — Hunter Mickelson (6-10, Sr.) G — Frank Mason III (5-11, Jr.) G — Wayne Selden Jr. (6-5, Jr.) G — Devonté Graham (6-2, Soph.)

W. VIRGINIA (14-1, 3-0) F — Jonathan Holton (6-7, Sr.) F — Esa Ahmad (6-8, Fr.) F — Devin Williams (6-9, Jr.) G — Jevon Carter (6-2, Soph) G — Daxter Miles (6-3, Soph.)

Tipoff: 6 p.m. today, WVU Coliseum, Morgantown, West Virginia.

TV: ESPN2 (WOW! channels 34, 234).

Rosters KANSAS 0 — Frank Mason III, 5-11, 185, Jr., G, Petersburg, Virginia.

1 — Wayne Selden, Jr., 6-5, 230, Jr., G, Roxbury, Massachusetts.

2 — Lagerald Vick, 6-5, 175, Fr., G, Memphis.

4 — Devonté Graham, 6-2, 175, Soph., G, Raleigh, North Carolina.

5 — Evan Manning, 6-3, 170, Sr., G, Lawrence.

10 — Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk, 6-8, 195, Soph., G, Cherkasy, Ukraine.

11 — Tyler Self, 6-2, 165, Jr., G, Lawrence.

13 — Cheick Diallo, 6-9, 220, Fr., F, Kayes, Mali, Africa.

14 — Brannen Greene, 6-7, 215, Jr., G, Juliette, Georgia.

15 — Carlton Bragg, Jr., 6-9, 220, Fr., F, Cleveland.

21 — Clay Young, 6-5, 205, Soph., F, Lansing.

22 — Dwight Coleby, 6-9, 240, Jr., F, Nassau, Bahamas.

31 — Jamari Traylor, 6-8, 220, Sr., F, Chicago.

33 — Landen Lucas, 6-10, 240, Jr., F, Portland, Oregon.

34 — Perry Ellis, 6-8, 225, Sr., F, Wichita.

42 — Hunter Mickelson, 6-10, 245, Sr., F, Jonesboro, Arkansas.

Head coach: Bill Self.

Assistants: Kurtis Townsend, Norm Roberts, Jerrance Howard.

KU-UK time: Game time for the KU-Kentucky game, set for Jan. 30 in Allen, has been set at 6 in the AP. WVU is 1-4 at p.m. Central time. It will WVU Coliseum vs. No. 1. l be shown on ESPN. l Self on deciding which The series: KU leads big men to play meaningthe all-time series with ful minutes on a given WVU, 4-2. Last season’s night: “I do think there’s second meeting was a 76- certain things from a depth 69 overtime victory by situation that has made it KU in Allen. ... Self is 4-2 difficult because a lot of against West Virginia, times we don’t know who while WVU’s Huggins is to play. I know that sounds 2-8 all-time versus Kan- like a lot of coaches should sas (2-4 while at WVU). ... know. I don’t think that’s A win tonight would give necessarily true. A lot of WVU its best start since times we play based on the 1981-82 team went 24-1. scouting report. I haven’t ... West Virginia is 3-7 all- done that in many years,” time against No. 1 teams Self said. “Against West

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WEST VIRGINIA 0 — Teyvon Myers, 6-2, 170, Jr., G, Brooklyn, New York 1 — Jonathan Holton, 6-7, 220, Sr., F, Miami, Florida.

2 — Jevon Carter, 6-2, 195, Soph., G, Maywood, Illinois.

3 — James Bolden, 6-0, 160, Fr., G, Covington, Kentucky.

4 — Daxter Miles, Jr., 6-3, 195, Soph., G, Baltimore.

5 — Jaysean Paige, 6-2, 210, Sr., G, Jamestown, New York.

11 — Nathan Adrian, 6-9, 240, Jr., F, Morgantown, West Virginia.

12 — Tarik Phillip, 6-3, 200, Jr., G, Brooklyn, New York.

13 — James Long, 5-11, 190, Jr., G, Charleston, West Virginia.

15 — Lamont West, 6-8, 215, Fr., F, Cincinnati.

20 — Brandon Watkins, 6-9, 245, Jr., F, Decatur, Georgia.

21 — Logan Routt, 6-11, 250, Fr., F, Cameron, West Virginia.

23 — Esa Ahmad, 6-8, 225, Fr., F, Cleveland.

30 — Richard Romeo III, 6-0, 185, Sr., G, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.

41 — Devin Williams, 6-9, 255, Jr., F, Cincinnati.

45 — Elijah Macon, 6-9, 235, Soph., F, Columbus, Ohio.

Head coach: Bob Huggins.

Assistants: Larry Harrison, Ron Everhart, Erik Martin.

Virginia, it could be best ball-handling bigs for obvious reasons. Against a lowpost threat it could be your heaviest big who is the best low-post presence.

Against a pick and pop big guy it could be your most agile, best perimeter-defending big guys. It’s nice to have some options we can run people out there.

It’d be better if you had one guy who could do it all. Certainly in our situation we’ve kind of done it by committee in that other big spot (next to Perry Ellis).”

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it could handle, throwing for 405 yards and four touchdowns, and conjuring up memories of Vince Young’s miraculous performance for Texas in the 2006 Rose Bowl that derailed Southern California’s dynasty.

The sophomore, who finished third in the Heisman Trophy voting, had 478 total yards against a loaded Tide defense that was the toughest in the country and bested Young’s 467 yards against the Trojans. But Watson couldn’t finish the job the way Young did.

Instead, Saban and the Tide raised another trophy, its first in this new playoff system, and got another confetti shower. It is the Tide’s 10th national title in the poll era, more than any other school.

The Tide hit Clemson early with Henry, who scored the game’s first touchdown on a 50-yard burst through the middle.

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game with five catches for 208 yards, including a 63-yarder that set up Alabama’s final score.

Alabama 7 7 7 24—45 Clemson 14 0 10 16—40 First Quarter Ala-Henry 50 run (Griffith kick), 7:55.

Clem-Renfrow 31 pass from Watson (Huegel kick), 5:18.

Clem-Renfrow 11 pass from Watson (Huegel kick), :00.

Second Quarter Ala-Henry 1 run (Griffith kick), 9:35.

Third Quarter Ala-Howard 53 pass from Coker (Griffith kick), 12:53.

Clem-FG Huegel 37, 10:10.

Clem-Gallman 1 run (Huegel kick), 4:48.

Fourth Quarter Ala-FG Griffith 33, 10:34.

Ala-Howard 51 pass from Coker (Griffith kick), 9:45.

Clem-FG Huegel 31, 7:47.

Ala-Drake 95 kickoff return (Griffith kick), 7:31.

Clem-A.Scott 15 pass from Watson (run failed), 4:40.

Ala-Henry 1 run (Griffith kick), 1:07.

Clem-Leggett 24 pass from Watson (Huegel kick), :12.

A-75,765.

Ala Clem First downs 18 31 Rushes-yards 46-138 38-145 Passing 335 405 Comp-Att-Int 16-25-0 30-47-1 Return Yards 12 22 Punts-Avg. 7-42.4 6-44.2 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-0 Penalties-Yards 2-21 4-27 Time of Possession 30:31 29:29 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Alabama, Henry 36-158, Drake 1-1, Team 1-(minus 1), Coker 8-(minus 20). Clemson, Watson 20-73, Gallman 14-45, A.Scott 2-19, Brooks 1-4, McCloud 1-4.

PASSING-Alabama, Coker 16-25-0335. Clemson, Watson 30-47-1-405.

RECEIVING-Alabama, Ridley 6-14, Howard 5-208, Stewart 2-63, Drake 2-21, Mullaney 1-29. Clemson, Renfrow 7-88, Peake 6-99, Leggett 5-78, Brooks 4-39, A.Scott 4-33, Gallman 3-61, McCloud 1-7.

BRIEFLY Davis is top sportscaster

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Bob Davis, the voice of Kansas University football and men’s basketball for more than three decades, has been named 2015 Kansas Sportscaster of the Year by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association.

This is the 14th time Davis has received the honor.

Davis has announced he will retire following the 2015-16 basketball seasons. He started his career with the Jayhawk Radio Network in 1984.

Wichita Eagle reporter Bob Lutz is the 2015 Kansas sportswriter honoree.

Kansas City, Kan. — Free State High’s bowling team swept the Sunflower Trio at Kansas City Bowl on Monday.

The Firebird boys bowled a 2594 series to win the varsity competition. They were led by Alex Jiminez, who was second overall with a 691. The JV boys rolled a 1930 series to finish in first.

Free State topped the girls varsity with a 1850 series. Jamie Souders finished third individually with a 507 series. The JV girls rolled a 1408 series to win by more than 200 pins.

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the recruits you sign in any given year pan out and contribute, you did all right.

To the best of my knowledge, the following players counted forward to the 2016 class but were on the 2015 roster. As you’ll see, nearly all of them made a meaningful impact last season, even if it was for a winless team.

Larry Hughes, offensive lineman who started several games at tackle still has three years left and is a big part of KU’s plans; Clyde McCauley, offensive lineman who started several games at left tackle and also has three years left; Kendall Duckworth, young, athletic linebacker who played in seven games and also has three years left; Marcquis Roberts, veteran linebacker and South Carolina transfer finished third on the team in tackles (71) and has one year remaining; Corey King, started eight games at DT and rarely came off the field, which allowed KU to give younger D-tackles time to develop without destroying their confidence; WRs Quincy Perdue, whom the coaches still like and still has three years left; LaQuivionte Gonzales, the Texas A&M transfer who will be a huge part of next year’s team, and Joshua Stanford, who looked great all preseason but never made much of an impact.

Do with that information what you will, but, I think it’s important to remember that even the biggest and baddest programs out there don’t hit home runs on every recruit. The difference is, it just doesn’t hurt them as badly when they miss because they’re not rebuilding and their numbers are fine.

KU’s are not, but that’s not because of anything Beaty and company have done. He has said from the beginning that it would take a few years to get back to a full deck and he continues to be as creative as possible with enticing walk-ons and scanning the country for athletes who represent the right fit and immediate upgrades.

So, keep that number — 18 or 19 — in mind as you read on.

The next number that is important to remember is 3. That was the number of mid-year transfers that KU signed back in December — D-Tackles DeeIsaac Davis and Isi Holani and athlete Stephan Robinson — so the number of new names that will be eligible to make their commitments to KU official on February 3 actually will be closer to 15 because these three are already on board.

With seven players in the 2016 class currently committed — a handful of KU commitments fell off the radar during the past couple of months because of a number of issues, most of the departures falling in the category of the KU coaches doing what’s best for Kansas — that leaves roughly seven spots open and two crucial recruiting weekends right around the corner to fill them.

What’s still out there?

By far the biggest fish still out there who KU has a shot at is Lawrence High prospect Amani Bledsoe. The four-star defensive end showed he’s serious about considering Kansas when he used one of his five official visits on the Jayhawks despite having made dozens of unofficial visits to KU in the past couple of years. At least half a dozen people

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LAWRENCE HIGH SENIOR AMANI BLEDSOE CELEBRATES A SACK in the Lions’ game Oct. 9, 2015, against Olathe South at LHS. I’ve talked to about Bledsoe’s recruitment believe it will come down to Kansas and Oklahoma, with the decision hinging mostly upon whether he wants to go somewhere and play right away and be a part of a legacy that helped turn the program around (Kansas) or wants to go somewhere that is used to winning but possibly sit a year or two before he gets on the field (Oklahoma).

Both offer good opportunities, albeit in different ways, and Bledsoe is expected to take the decision all the way down to the wire. It’s worth noting that Baylor, North Carolina State and Oregon remain in the mix.

If KU can land Bledsoe, it would turn what already looks to be a pretty good class into a solid one, and there’s no telling what his addition could bring.

Would it entice other four-star prospects on the fence to at least consider joining him at KU? Would Bledsoe’s faith be the momentum boost KU needs to get into the living room of some other big-time players in the future?

A perfect example of this comes from right down the road at Olathe North, where stud Isaiah Simmons (younger brother of former Jayhawk Victor Simmons) remains undecided and could really give KU a chance if he knew he’d be joining Bledsoe in Lawrence.

If they don’t get Bledsoe, nothing is lost because KU’s not getting a real shot at a bunch of four-star prospects anyway.

huge in this process and KU’s visit lists should be as close to full as possible for those weekends — unlike Bledsoe’s visit weekend, when the LHS standout was the only official visitor in town and received the undivided attention of the entire coaching staff and program. Lucky break, eh?

A quick look at the Rivals.com visit tracker shows just two players listed for those two weekends — juco DB Mike Daniels and prep RB Jawon Hamilton — but Jon Kirby and the guys at JayhawkSlant. com are tracking many more visitors than that and, again, you can bet KU’s slate will be full those two weekends.

Here are a few other names to watch in the coming weeks, which includes a few players who are committed to other schools but may still be looking around: Coffeyville safety Toyous Avery; prep DBs Julian Chandler (Missouri City, Texas) and Hamp Cheevers (Trenton, Fla.); Richmond, Texas, WR Evan Fairs; and D-Linemen Johsua Bailey (Jacksonville, Fla.) and Isaiah Bean (Summer Creek, Texas).

It’s hard to know exactly what positions are priority for the Jayhawks, but it seems safe to say that they want to add another running back, would like another receiver and would be interested in a couple of D-Linemen and DBs.

Something to remember One of the most important things for fans to remember regarding KU’s football recruiting What’s next? is this: Because of the Even though the num- numbers crisis facing bers are down, you can the Jayhawks, it’s not bet darn sure that KU as simple as one player is going to introduce as leaves, another comes in many quality additions to replace him. as it can on February Take recently departed 3rd. One thing Beaty linebacker Kyron Wattold me this offseason, son, for example. however, was that the Common sense says staff was going to be very that with Watson gone judicious and would not and no longer on scholrecruit players just to arship, that frees up add bodies. They won’t another spot and KU will add a player unless they be able to add a body in believe he immediately his place, which should upgrades that position. only help the numbers That philosophy is re- dilemma. And while that sponsible for at least one will be true eventually, or two of the departures it’s not initially because of players who had orally of the numbers. committed but no longer Watson leaving does appear on KU’s radar. not change the fact that That means Beaty and KU can only sign 18 or company have a little 19 scholarship athletes more than two weeks in this class. And with to fill those final seven the number of outgoing or eight spots and you scholarship seniors from can bet that they’ll hold last season already highonto a spot or two if er than that, KU will still they don’t find/can’t get be lagging behind. Could worthy upgrades because they go find a taker for you never know what Watson’s scholarship? In might pop up throughout a second. Will the NCAA the spring and summer allow it? Nope. Not with and it’s always good to KU counting so many have a spot available in scholarships forward in case something happens the Class of 2016 and fillout of nowhere. ing up its 18- or 19-man The weekends of 2016 class. Remember, January 22-24 and Janu- except for on rare occaary 29-31 figure to be sions, no program can

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 10, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25thplace vote and previous ranking:

Record Pts Prv 1. Kansas (63) 14-1 1,621 1 2. Oklahoma (1) 13-1 1,551 2 3. Maryland 15-1 1,472 3 4. Michigan St. (1) 16-1 1,446 5 5. North Carolina 15-2 1,371 6 6. Villanova 14-2 1,246 11 7. Xavier 14-1 1,200 10 8. Miami 13-1 1,139 12 9. Duke 14-2 1,100 14 10. SMU 15-0 1,040 15 11. West Virginia 14-1 867 17 12. Providence 14-2 862 8 13. Virginia 12-3 818 4 14. Kentucky 12-3 698 9 15. Texas A&M 13-2 668 21 16. Iowa 12-3 656 19 17. Iowa St. 12-3 555 13 18. Arizona 13-3 537 7 19. South Carolina 15-0 527 22 20. Pittsburgh 14-1 334 24 21. Louisville 13-3 330 16 22. Baylor 12-3 325 — 23. Butler 12-4 302 18 24. Purdue 14-3 145 20 25. Gonzaga 13-3 101 — Others receiving votes: Southern Cal 79, Indiana 59, UCLA 21, Texas Tech 10, Utah 10, Saint Mary’s (Cal) 8, Wichita St. 7, Oregon 6, Valparaiso 6, Hawaii 4, Akron 1, Dayton 1, Oregon St. 1, St. Bonaventure 1.

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Sophomores Monday at Free State LEAVENWORTH 85, FREE STATE 68

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EIGHTH GRADE BOYS Monday at South Middle School SOUTHWEST A 34, SOUTH 28 South highlights: Gannon Hill 14 points, Dre Bridges 4 points.

South record: 1-1. Next for South: Today at Bishop Seabury.

SOUTHWEST B 42, SOUTH 26 South highlights: Aidan Trong 5 points, DeMarcus Dreiling 5 points, Aidan Bannister 5 points.

South record: 0-2. Next for South: Today at Bishop Seabury.

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Monday at Kansas City (Kan.) Bowl BOYS Team scores: Free State 2594, Leavenworth 2426, SM North 2191.

Free State scores: 2. Alex Jiminez 691. 3. Matt Meseke 619. 5. Matthew Eagle 613. 6. Cameron Edens 576. 8.

Alex Craig 539. 10. Avery Allen 530.

GIRLS Team scores: Free State 1850, Leavenworth 1810, SM North 1608.

Free State scores: 3. Jamie Souders 507. 4. Gentry Jordan 490. 5. Morgan Wright 438. 9. Sydney Jordan 393.

12. Ashley Givens 359. 15. Brianna Burenheide 333.

JV BOYS Team scores: Free State 1930, Leavenworth 1728, SM North 1648.

Free State scores: 1. Tom Reno 508. 2. Zach Lockwood 504. 5. Bayn Schrader 466. 8. Cam Edgecomb 448. 11. Sam Fanshier 380. 16. Austin Petefish 260.

JV GIRLS Team scores: Free State 1408, Leavenworth 1188, SM North 1073.

Free State scores: 1. Hailey Jump 437. 2. Sapphie Knight 369. 4. Lexie Lockwood 336. 9. Mamie Rupnick 255.

11. Raegan Finkeldei 251. 15. Baily Murphy 164.

add more than 25 players men’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, in a single class in any records through Jan. 10, points based on 25 points for a first-place vote given year. That doesn’t through one point for a 25th-place change just because vote and previous ranking: players leave. So, really,

Record Pts Pvs 1. Kansas (32) 14-1 800 2 even though Watson’s 2. Oklahoma 13-1 743 1 departure won’t hurt the 3. Maryland 15-1 742 3 4. Michigan State 16-1 694 5 product on Saturdays, it 5. North Carolina 15-2 673 7 does hurt a little because 6. Duke 14-2 596 10 7. Villanova 14-2 557 13 that’s one less practice 8. Xavier 14-1 555 12 body. In order to make 9. Miami 13-1 551 11 up for it, a walk-on will 10. West Virginia 14-1 477 15 NFL Playoffs 11. Virginia 12-3 426 4 likely now be taking Wild-card Playoffs 12. Providence 14-2 400 9 Saturday, Jan. 9 Watson’s reps.

13. Kentucky 12-3 393 8 Kansas City 30, Houston 0 14. Texas A&M 13-2 383 17 That’s why Beaty has Pittsburgh 18, Cincinnati 16 15. South Carolina 15-0 361 20 deemed the developSunday, Jan. 10 16. Arizona 13-3 337 6 Seattle 10, Minnesota 9 17.

Pittsburgh 14-1 263 21 ment of a strong walkGreen Bay 35, Washington 18 18. Iowa State 12-3 253 14 on program as such an Divisional Playoffs 19. Iowa 12-3 226 23 Saturday, Jan. 16 20. Louisville 13-3 205 16 important part of this Kansas City at New England, 3:35 Gonzaga 13-3 173 22 rebuild and he’s dead on 21.

22. Baylor 12-3 156 25 p.m. (CBS) about that.

23. Butler 12-4 147 19 Green Bay at Arizona, 7:15 p.m.

24. Purdue 14-3 122 18 (NBC) This same general 25. Indiana 14-3 38 — Sunday, Jan. 17 concept holds true for a Others receiving votes: UConn 34, Seattle at Carolina, 12:05 p.m. (FOX) Oregon 18, Southern Cal 16, UCLA 12, Pittsburgh at Denver, 3:30 p.m. number of ex-Jayhawks George Washington 11, California 9, (CBS) you’ve probably already Dayton 5, Houston 5, Valparaiso 5, Conference Championships Texas Tech 3, Washington 3, UALR 2, Sunday, Jan. 24 forgotten: OL Brian 2, Boise State 1, Hawaii 1, AFC, 2:05 p.m. (CBS) Beckmann, OL Junior Vi- Cincinnati Saint Mary’s 1, Utah 1.

NFC, 5:40 p.m. (FOX) sinia, OL Damon Martin, Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 7 College Men DB Matthew Boateng, At Santa Clara, Calif.

RB Corey Avery and QB EAST TBD, 5:30 p.m. (CBS) Bucknell 82, Lehigh 76 TJ Millweard. All are SOUTH Alcorn St. 69, Grambling St. 53 players who could have College Championship Ark.-Pine Bluff 59, Alabama St. 55 still been in the program Bethune-Cookman 72, Norfolk St. 70 Winners College Football Championship Chattanooga 77, Wofford 68 and on scholarship but Jan. 11, 2016 — Alabama 45, Clemson ETSU 88, VMI 51 left the program for one 40 Furman 77, Samford 57 Jan. 12, 2015 — Ohio St. 42, Oregon Hampton 71, Florida A&M 65, OT reason or another and 20 Incarnate Word 71, New Orleans 68 were either not replaced BCS National Championship MVSU 79, Alabama A&M 73 or replaced by walk-ons.

Md.-Eastern Shore 69, Morgan St. 65 Jan. 6, 2014 — Florida St. 34, Auburn NC Central 69, Savannah St. 46 31 Those might not be SC State 92, NC A&T 85 Jan. 7, 2013 — Alabama 42, Notre the most talented names Southern U. 74, Jackson St. 66 Dame 14 Winthrop 81, Ferrum 63 Jan. 9, 2012 — Alabama 21, LSU 0 in the world, but KU is MIDWEST Jan. 10, 2011 — Auburn 22, Oregon 19 in no position to be OK CS Bakersfield 67, Chicago St. 56 Jan. 7, 2010 — Alabama 37, Texas 21 SOUTHWEST with losing bodies. And Jan. 8, 2009 — Florida 24, Oklahoma Sam Houston St. 70, SE Louisiana 63 14 that’s what makes Beaty’s Texas A&M-CC 91, Lamar 82 Jan. 7, 2008 — LSU 38, Ohio State 24 decision to get rid of Jan. 8, 2007 — Florida 41, Ohio State 14 AP Women’s Top 25 players such as Avery, The top 25 teams in The Associated BCS Championship Boateng and others so Jan. 4, 2006 Rose Bowl — Texas 41, Press’ women’s college basketball powerful. Trust me, poll, with first-place votes in paren- Southern Cal-x 38 Jan. 1, 2005 Orange Bowl — Southern records through Jan. 10, total those were not decisions theses, points based on 25 points for a first- Cal-x 55, Oklahoma 19 Beaty took lightly, but place vote through one point for a Jan. 4, 2004 Sugar Bowl — LSU 21, 25th-place vote and previous ranking: Oklahoma 14 he made them because

Record Pts Prv Jan. 3, 2003 Fiesta Bowl — Ohio St. he believed he only had 1. UConn (32) 14-0 800 1 31, Miami 24, 2OT 2. South Carolina 15-0 765 2 Jan. 3, 2002 Rose Bowl — Miami 37, one shot at establishing 3. Notre Dame 15-1 735 3 Nebraska 14 the culture and setting 4. Texas 15-0 706 4 Jan. 3, 2001 Orange Bowl — 12-3 640 5 the tone and those moves 5. Ohio St. Oklahoma 13, Florida St. 2 6. Baylor 16-1 632 6 Jan. 4, 2000 Sugar Bowl — Florida St. certainly did that.

7. Mississippi St. 16-1 621 7 8. Maryland 14-2 592 8 9. Kentucky 13-1 543 10 10. Arizona St. 13-3 502 14 11. Stanford 13-3 447 9 12. Oregon St. 12-3 406 11 13. Tennessee 11-4 371 12 14. Oklahoma 12-3 358 17 15. Texas A&M 12-4 301 13 16. Florida St. 11-4 293 19 17. UCLA 11-4 287 15 18. Michigan St. 12-3 265 23 19. South Florida 10-4 234 22 20. Florida 14-2 134 — 21. Miami 15-2 121 — 22. Duke 12-5 116 18 23. Louisville 12-5 111 — 24. Missouri 14-2 99 20 25. Southern Cal 14-2 69 — Others receiving votes: Northwestern 58, DePaul 50, Purdue 47, West Virginia 18, Duquesne 17, Syracuse 13, California 12, Oklahoma St. 9, St. John’s 7, Iowa 6, UTEP 6, Green Bay 3, S. Dakota St. 2, Seton Hall 2, Utah 2.

A few final words As you can see, the rest of the month clearly will bring a big couple of weeks for the KU football program, but even if the Jayhawks don’t land a bunch of the names you read above, don’t take that as time to panic.

As we saw throughout the rough 2015 season, this coaching staff is willing to be patient and will remain positive and upbeat even in the face of the most dire circumCollege Women stances.

EAST And that’s certainly Columbia 72, NJIT 52 Robert Morris 52, LIU Brooklyn 49 the only way to describe Sacred Heart 73, Wagner 62 the current state of the SOUTH Bethune-Cookman 53, Norfolk St. 45 KU football program.

Florida A&M 66, Hampton 59 But it sure seems like Grambling St. 85, Alcorn St. 76 NC A&T 57, SC State 54 the positive feedback Radford 62, Campbell 59 from the seniors who Savannah St. 57, NC Central 39 played their final seasons Southern U. 84, Jackson St. 57 SOUTHWEST of college football last Cent. Arkansas 74, Lamar 49 year as well from underclassmen is aiding KU’s Area College Boxes Monday at Baldwin City recruiting efforts.

NO. 21 BAKER WOMEN 71, Several KU coaches WILLIAM PENN 46 have said that parents of William Penn 8 5 10 23 — 46 Baker 18 17 13 23 — 71 current targets repeatWilliam Penn (7-8, 4-4) — A. Phillips 22, V. Nwagbaraocha 13, A. Harper 4, edly have referenced K. Young 3, S. Avery 3, D. Spinner 1. comments made by Ben Baker (11-4, 5-3) — J. Hodge 14, M. Goodman, De’Andre Wallisch 13, E. Simpson 12, J. Sweifel 9, Hanson 6, K. Larson 5, C. Hoag 5, Mann and Taylor Cox as M.S.Cook 3, S. Buchel 2, B. McMillin 2. well as younger players NO. 5 WILLIAM PENN MEN 93, who figure to be part of BAKER 78 the future, such as Joe William Penn 45 48 — 93 33 45 — 78 Dineen, Ben Johnson and Baker William Penn (14-2, 7-1) — D. others, and those words Alexander 22, S. roundtree 18, J. seem not only to be pro- Pernell 16, B. Burford 12, J. Drew 7, A. Levy 6, J. Haywood 5, J. Caldwell 4, C. viding the families comKnowles 3. fort but also encouraging Baker (7-8 3-5) — M. Barnes 16, J. Gray 14, T. Parker 13, D. Young 10, N. them to give Kansas a Wilson 6, N. Buscott 5, C. Bolton 5, T. long, hard look.

Johnson 5, B. Mick 4.

46, Virginia Tech 29 Jan. 4, 1999 Fiesta Bowl — Tennessee 23, Florida St. 16 x-participation vacated

BASEBALL National League ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Agreed to terms with RHP Seung Hwan Oh on a one-year contract.

FOOTBALL National Football League NFL — Suspended Cincinnati LB Vontaze Burfict, without pay, for the first three games of the 2016 regular season, for repeated violations of safety-related playing rules.

CHICAGO BEARS — Promoted quarterbacks coach Dowell Loggains to offensive coordinator. Signed DL Keith Browner to a reserve/future contract.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Signed G Isame Faciane, WR Issac Fruechte, DT Toby Johnson, DB John Lowdermilk, FB Blake Renaud and LBs Terrance Plummer and Alex Singleton to reserve/future contracts.

NEW YORK JETS — Signed OT Jesse Davis, OL Lawrence Okoye, TE Adrien Robinson and G Craig Watts to reserve-future contracts.

TENNESSEE TITANS — Signed CB Steven Clarke to a reserve/future contract.

WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Signed RB Mack Brown, WR LaRon Byrd, OT Takoby Cofield, DL Anthony Johnson, CB Al Louis-Jean, C Austin Reiter and LB Lynden Trail to reserve/future contracts.

COLLEGE EAST CAROLINA — Named Ryan Anderson inside linebackers coach.

INDIANA — Signed football coach Kevin Wilson to six-year contract.

MISSOURI — Named Glen Elarbee offensive line coach.

NEBRASKA — DT Vincent Valentine announced he will enter the NFL draft.

NEW MEXICO — Agreed to terms with football coach Bob Davie on a contract extension through the 2021 season.

N.C. STATE — Named Eliah Drinkwitz offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.

NOTRE DAME — Announced LB Jaylon Smith will enter the NFL draft.

RIO GRANDE — Named Tony Daniels women’s soccer coach.

SOUTHERN CAL — Named Clancy Pendergast defensive coordinator.

SUNY OLD WESTBURY — Named Cameron Russo men’s and women’s assistant swimming coach.

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By Dave Skretta AP Sports Writer

Kansas City, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs had six interceptions all of last season.

They nearly had that many in their 30-0 romp over the Houston Texans on Saturday.

Of all the reasons why the Chiefs have won 11 straight games, and ended a 22-year streak without a playoff win, their ability to create turnovers may be the biggest. They’ve gone from one of the worst teams in the NFL at creating them to one of the best — and they have taken care of the ball themselves at the same time.

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jittery in the pocket, even fumbling the ball without getting hit. Dontari Poe jumped on the recovery, giving Kansas City prime field position when the game was still up for grabs.

Then there were the interceptions, which put it out of reach.

All-Pro safety Eric Berry had one of them, putting an exclamation mark on his remarkable return from cancer. Peters had another to further validate his rookie of the year candidacy. Fellow cornerback Sean Smith had one. And linebacker Josh Mauga had one at his own goal line to spoil a Houston drive.

The four picks tied for the second-most in a playoff game in franchise history, trailing only a five-interception performance against the Hous-

ton Oilers on Dec. 23, 1962.

“I guess it’s good deal,” Berry said. “We wanted to come in and dominate and right now we are just locked in ready for next week. ... We are just going to keep on rolling in that demeanor.”

The Patriots should at least make that a little more difficult.

Along with the fact that they’ll be playing at home, Tom Brady and Co. turned the ball over just 14 times, fewer than any other team. The Chiefs had the secondfewest giveaways with 15.

So how have the Chiefs become so good at forcing turnovers?

Defensive coordinator Bob Sutton insists that nothing has changed schematically. In fact, Sutton believes a lot of

the improvement boils down to luck and circumstance. Guys are catching interceptions that they might have dropped last season, or hopping on fumbles that the other team used to recover.

But a big part of it has to do with personnel, too.

The Chiefs played much of last season without Berry and linebacker Derrick Johnson, who sustained a seasonending Achilles injury.

Both have returned to form this season. When you add Peters, a ballhawking cornerback chosen in the first round, the defense gets a whole lot stouter.

Not to mention a whole lot more opportunistic.

“We just make our plays,” Peters said, simply. “Just play our style of football.”

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Beginning at a point 1321.68 feet East of the Southwest corner of the Northwest Quarter; thence North 330 feet; thence West 700 feet; thence South 330 feet more or less (First published in the to the South line of the Lawrence Daily Journal- said Quarter Section; World January 12, 2016) thence East on said South line of said Quarter SecIN THE DISTRICT COURT OF tion, 700 feet, to the point DOUGLAS COUNTY, of beginning, LESS that KANSAS portion of land deeded for CIVIL COURT DEPARTMENT highway purposes by Deed recorded April 17, 1972, in U.S. BANK TRUST, N.A., AS Book 282, Page 611.

TRUSTEE FOR LSF8 MASTER PARTICIPATION TRUST, Tract II: A tract of land in Plaintiff, the Northwest Quarter of v.

MARC E. BOUTON, A/K/A MARC BOUTON, A/K/A MARC EDWIN BOUTON AND DONITA S. BOUTON A/K/A DONITA BOUTON, A/K/A DONTIA BOULTON, A/K/A DONITA SUE BOUTON, et al., Defendants.

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Case No. 13CV467 You may wish to get legal Court No. 1 help from a lawyer. If you do not have a lawyer, the K.S.A. Chapter 60 Court Administrator may have information about TITLE TO REAL ESTATE places where you can get INVOLVED legal assistance. Even if you cannot get legal help, you must still provide a NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE written Answer to protect your rights or you may By virtue of an Order of Sale issued to me out of lose the case. the said District Court in 6. ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE the above-entitled action, I RESOLUTION. The parties will on Thursday, the 4th may agree to or be day of February, 2016 at ordered to participate in 10:00AM of said date inan alternative dispute res- side the Jury Assembly olution process under Rule Room of the District Court 114 of the Minnesota Gen- located in the lower level eral Rules of Practice. You of the Judicial and Law Enmust still send your writ- forcement Center building, ten response to the Com- 111 East 11th St., in the plaint even if you expect to City of Lawrence, Kansas, use alternative means of offer at public sale and sell to the highest and best resolving this dispute. bidder for cash in hand, the following described ECKBERG, LAMMERS, real property, to-wit:

tion; Thence East on said South Line of said Quarter Section, 700 feet, to the point of beginning, LESS that portion of land deeded for highway purposes by Deed recorded April 17, 1972, in Book 282, Page 611.

Commonly known as and numbered 1054 E. 1311 Road, Lawrence, KS 66046.

The above-described real estate is taken as the property of the defendants Marc E. Bouton, a/k/a Marc Bouton, a/k/a Marc Edwin Bouton and Donita S. Bouton a/k/a Donita Bouton, a/k/a Dontia Boulton, a/k/a Donita Sue Bouton, et al. and is directed by said Order of Sale to be sold, and will be sold without appraisement to satisfy said Order of Sale.

Section 25, Township 13 South, Range 19 East, of Sheriff of Douglas County, the 6th P.M., in Douglas Kansas County, Kansas, described SUBMITTED BY: as follows: PITTENGER LAW GROUP, Beginning at a point LLC 1321.68 feet East of the Southwest corner of the Brandon T. Pittenger #20296 Northwest Quarter; thence Teri L. Westbrook #23578 North 330 feet; thence Gabe Hinkebein #27044 West 700 feet; thence 330 Rick Milone #22924 feet more or less to the 6900 College Blvd., South line of the said Suite 325 Quarter Section; thence Overland Park, KS 66211 East on said South line of P.O. Box 7410 said Quarter Section, 700 Overland Park, KS 66207 feet, to the point of begin- (913) 323-4595, Ext. 185 ning, LESS that portion of FAX (913) 661-1747 land described in Deed re- Email:foreclosure@pittenge corded September 1, 1995, rlawgroup.com ATTORNEY FOR PLAINTIFF in Book 540, Page 308.

NOTICE which is more accurately Pursuant to the Fair Debt described as: Collection Practices Act, 15 The West 3 Acres of a U.S.C. Section 1692c(b), no concerning Tract of Land in the North- information west Quarter of Section 25, the collection of this debt Township 13 South, Range may be given without the 19 East, of the 6th P.M., in prior consent of the conDouglas County, Kansas sumer given directly to the described as follows: Be- debt collector or the exginning at a point 1321.68 press permission of a feet East of the Southwest court of competent juriscorner of the Northwest diction. The debt collector Quarter; Thence North 330 is attempting to collect a feet; Thence West 700 feet; debt and any information Thence South 300 feet obtained will be used for more or less to the South that purpose. _______ Line of said Quarter Sec-

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CTi of Mid America Concrete Restoration & Resurfacing Driveways, Patios, Pool Decks & More CTiofMidAmerica.com 785-893-8110

Construction

Cleaning

Stacked Deck Decks • Gazebos Siding • Fences • Additions Remodel • Weatherproofing Insured • 25 yrs exp.

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Dirt-Manure-Mulch

Guttering Services

Home Improvements

Lawn, Garden & Nursery

AAA Home Improvements Int/Ext Repairs, Painting, Tree work & more. We do it all! 20 Yrs. Exp. w/ Ins. and local ref. Will beat all est.

Call 785-917-9168

Golden Rule Lawncare Mowing & lawn cleanup Snow Removal Family owned & operated Call for Free Est. Insured.

Eugene Yoder 785-224-9436

Full Remodels & Odd Jobs, Interior/Exterior Painting, Installation & Repair of:

Painting

Deck Drywall Siding Replacement Gutters Privacy Fencing Doors & Trim Commercial Build-out Build-to-suit services

D&R Painting interior/exterior • 30+ years • power washing • repairs (inside & out) • stain decks • wallpaper stripping • free estimates 913-401-9304

Interior/Exterior Painting Quality Work Over 30 yrs. exp.

Call Lyndsey 913-422-7002

Plumbing RETIRED MASTER PLUMBER & Handyman needs small work.

Bill Morgan 816-523-5703

Snow Removal Snow Removal Residential Lawrence Free Estimates 785-766-5285

Fully Insured 22 yrs. experience

JAYHAWK GUTTERING

Painting

913-488-7320

Seamless aluminum guttering.

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New York Housekeeping Accepting clients for weekly, bi-weekly, seasonal or special occasion cleaning.

Excellent References.

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Decks & Fences

DECK BUILDER Concrete

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Remodeling Specialist Handyman Services • 30 Yrs Exp Residential & Commercial 785.608.8159 rrodecap@yahoo.com

Stamped & Reg. Concrete, Patios, Walks, Driveways, Acid Staining & Overlays, Tear-Out & Replacement Jayhawk Concrete Inc. 785-979-5261

Over 25 yrs. exp.

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Many colors to choose from. Install, repair, screen, clean-out. Locally owned. Insured. Free estimates.

Rich Black Top Soil No Chemicals Machine Pulverized Pickup or Delivery Serving KC over 40 years

913-962-0798 Fast Service

Foundation Repair

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Home Improvements Higgins Handyman

Retired Carpenter, Deck Repairs, Home Repairs, Interior Wall Repair & House Painting, Doors, Wood Rot, Power wash 785-766-5285

Interior/exterior painting, Landscaping roofing, roof repairs, fence work, deck work, Foundation and Masonry lawn care, siding, win- YARDBIRDS LANDSCAPING Specialist Father (retired) & Son Water prevention systems dows & doors. For 11+ serving Douglas Operation W/Experience & for basements, Sump years & surrounding Top of the Line Machinery pumps, foundation sup- County areas. Insured.

Snow Removal ports & repair and more.

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Tree/Stump Removal Fredy’s Tree Service cutdown • trimmed • topped • stump removal Licensed & Insured.

20 yrs experience.

913-441-8641 913-244-7718

KansasTreeCare.com

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Trimming, removal, & stump grinding by Lawrence locals Certified by Kansas Arborists Assoc. since 1997 “We specialize in preservation & restoration” Ins. & Lic. visit online 785-843-TREE (8733)