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Brownback weighing ‘religious objections’ law for Kansas Topeka (ap) — Republican Gov. Sam Brownback said Thursday he’s considering proposing a new religious objections law for Kansas following the U.S. Supreme Court’s Brownback has legalization of gay been a strong marriage, and he desupporter of fended his administhe state’s gay tration’s cautious remarriage ban. sponse to the ruling.

Same-sex couples can obtain marriage licenses in all 105 Kansas counties, but the Please see RESPONSE, page 2A

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More money is needed to keep city employees from leaving for other jobs, and that means city residents will be asked to pay a bit more in property taxes in 2016, according to a recomReinvesting in mended budget from our employees has the city manager.

Interim City been a theme.”

Manager Diane Stoddard is calling — Diane Stoddard, for a 1.057 mill in- interim city manager crease in the city’s property tax rate to fund additional employee wages and reinstatement of city funding for a program that puts mental health and social workers in the school district.

The bulk of the approximately $900,000 that would be raised by the tax increase would go to increased wages.

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aybe it is time to sell the house, and I’m not just saying that because I perhaps didn’t keep up on the dish washing quite as well as I had planned while my wife was away this week.

No, the real reason is because new Lawrence home sale numbers are out, and there are lots of indications the market Please see HOME, page 2A

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New multiyear work contracts for the city’s fire department and police department are close to being finalized.

City Hall officials and leaders with the Lawrence Professional Firefighters union and the Lawrence Police Officers Association announced Thursday afternoon that they CITY COMMISSION have reach a “conceptual agreement” on new work contracts.

Firefighters and the city are close to finalizing a four-year agreement, while the police officers will consider a three-year agreement. The memberships of the firefighters and police groups still must ratify the proposed contracts. City commissioners also must approve the contracts.

Commissioners are scheduled to discuss the contracts at their July 14 meeting.

Details of the proposed contracts haven’t yet been released, but Interim City Manager Diane Stoddard said her recommended 2016 budget calls for a variety of increases for both groups based on results of studies that looked at police and fire wages in cities such as Olathe, Kansas City, Lenexa, Overland Park and Topeka.

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Vera Belle Martin De Mott Services for Vera B. De Mott, 89, Lawrence are pending and will be announced by Warren-McElwain Mortuary. She passed away Thur., July 2nd.

Shirley erSkin Skeet lohneSS Services for Shirley Erskin Skeet Lohness, 58, rural Baldwin City, are pending at Rumsey-Yost. Shirley died Thursday, July 2, 2015, at her home. rumsey-yost.com

Walter lee “Walt” Sanford, Sr. Peacefully passed away on 6/30/15, in his sleep. A memorial at Heritage Baptist Church, in Lawrence, on 7/11/2015 at 2:00 pm. All are invited that knew him.

Grace K. Melton Grace Kellogg Melton, the daughter of Benjamin Kellogg and Sophia (Lutz) Kellogg, was born Oct. 5, 1917 at Lecompton, KS, and passed away on July 1, 2015 at the Salina Regional Health Center, Salina, KS at the age of 97 years, 8 months, and 26 days.

In Grace’s last year of high school she lived in the town of Lecompton with a blind lady and cooked and cleaned for her. Graduating as valedictorian in three years, she earned her high school diploma with the class of 1934.

She entered Kansas State University on a Union Pacific scholarship. Due to the depression, she had to lay out for two years to earn enough money to continue her studies in Home Economics.

After graduating from KSU Magna Cum Laude, she became the Home Economist in Marion County for three years.

Grace later returned for a second B.S. and a Master’s degree.

On January 23, 1942, she was united in marriage to Harold Thomas Melton of Tecumseh, Kansas.

He entered the Naval Service immediately after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Upon his release from military service, he went to work for Boeing in Wichita and then secured a Chevrolet dealership in Belleville, KS in 1944.

To this union was born three sons and one daughter were born: Jerry, James, Joan, and John.

Grace taught school for 23 years. She loved her students and looked forward eagerly to each day with them.

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state is not allowing gay and lesbian spouses to change their names on driver’s licenses, nor has it said whether couples can file joint income tax returns. The state has not extended coverage to gay spouses under its health insurance plan for government workers.

Brownback has been a strong supporter of the state’s gay marriage ban, which was reinforced in 2005 by an amendment to the Kansas Constitution overwhelmingly approved by voters. In February, he rescinded an executive order issued in 2007 by thenDemocratic Gov. Kathleen Sebelius to protect gays and lesbians from discrimination in state hiring and employment decisions, saying legislators should approve such a policy.

The conservative governor said the state will move “as expeditiously as we can” to make changes, but he didn’t have a timetable.

Grace was an active member of the Belleville Presbyterian Church where she served as an elder and a deacon. She was a past President of PEO, a 4-H leader, and was active in many civic affairs.

Grace was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Harold of 69 years, a sister, Elsie Richardson and a brother, John Kellogg.

She is survived by three sons and one daughter: Jerry (Linda) Melton and James (Linda) Melton, all of Belleville, Joan (Jon D) Thayer of Abilene, KS, and John (Missy) Melton of Olathe, KS; 12 grandchildren, and 17 great grandchildren; other relatives, and friends.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 AM, Saturday, July 4, 2015, at the United Presbyterian Church, Belleville, KS, with Pastor Robert H. Frasier, officiating.

Interment will be at the Pleasant Hill Cemetery, rural Belleville, KS. Visitation will be from One PM until 9 PM on Friday, July 3, 2015 at the Bachelor-Surber Funeral Home, Belleville, KS where the family will greet friends from 6 PM until 8 PM. Memorials are suggested to the Presbyterian Church, Belleville or the Historical Society, Lecompton, KS. Online condolences at www.bachelor-surber. com Bachelor-Surber Funeral Home, Belleville, KS Please sign this guestbook at Obituaries.

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“You have to understand and get the mechanisms in place,” he told reporters. “We’ve had meetings with the attorney general, with the relevant Cabinet agencies.

We want to make sure to do this right.”

Asked whether he’d outline a proposal for legislators next year, Brownback said, “We’re looking at that.” Lawmakers are out of session for the year.

“We want to make sure that people’s religious liberties are protected,” he said.

Arkansas and Indiana enacted religious objections laws this year but were forced to change them because of a national backlash, including business groups. In Louisiana, Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal, a GOP presidential candidate, issued an executive order in May to protect opponents of gay marriage after his state’s lawmakers refused to enact a religious objections law, and his action is being challenged in court.

The Republican-dominated Kansas Legislature considered a religious objections law last year but

“Reinvesting in our employees has been a theme,” Stoddard said of the proposed budget, which was released Thursday afternoon.

The budget calls for an average 3 percent wage increase for employees who qualify based off employee reviews. That’s an increase from the average 2 percent wage adjustments that have been more common at City Hall in recent years. The city’s unionized or collective bargaining employees also would receive additional pay.

Some of the pay increases are targeted, Stoddard said.

She said some senior level employees in police and fire will receive additional increases because a wage survey determined that the city was offering competitive pay for entry-level positions but was lagging area communities for more senior positions. Stoddard said some supervisor positions also need a pay increase because their salaries sometimes aren’t in line with the employees they are supervising.

“In some cases, the employees are making more than the supervisors are,” said Stoddard, who said that situation was most common in the police and fire ranks, where supervisors are not included in the collective bargaining agreement.

In total, the city is proposing about $1.5 million in new funding for various compensation improvement programs, with about $500,000 coming from the proposed property tax increase and the remainder coming from other existing funding sources.

The proposed property tax increase would add a little more than $19 a year to the annual tax bill of a $160,000 home. The budget won’t be-

come final until commissioners approve it in late July or early August. Commissioners are set to discuss Stoddard’s recommendations at a 3 p.m. study session on Tuesday at City Hall.

Here’s a look at other items from the proposed budget: l $350,000 of the proposed tax increase would be used to fund the WRAP program, which places social and mental health workers in public schools. The city stopped funding the program — which is a collaboration with the Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center — in 2008. Several commissioners have said they want to see the program funded again. The $350,000 amount would be equal to what the city was funding prior to eliminating funding. The city is still gathering information about how many new social workers that would allow the program to add. l The budget does not include any money for a new police headquarters building, but Stoddard said the City Commission could still take action this year to build a new facility. That’s because the city could temporarily finance the construction of any facility until the 2017 budget without requiring a tax increase. When bond payments would begin in 2017, the city then would need to either approve a tax increase or make cuts elsewhere to make the necessary bond payments. l The budget also does not fund a request from the police department for additional detective and investigations personnel.

The department currently is unable to consistently staff a nighttime detective unit. Detectives often are called in to work overtime for crimes that happen in the evening hours. Stoddard said funding the $1.2 million request would have required an additional tax

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Stoddard said her office needs direction from the commission on how to address police needs. The fire department also requested funding for additional firefighters to increase staffing levels on certain shifts.

“It will be a continued issue of discussion,” Stoddard said. “We have to identify the right resource levels and figure out what the City Commission believes the community can afford.” l The budget does not propose an increase in the city’s guest tax, which is the special tax charged on hotel rooms. The budget, however, recommends that the city’s parks and recreation department receive about $230,000 in guest tax money to fund the existing program that maintains the landscaping in downtown Lawrence.

Using guest tax funds for such purposes is a new strategy by the city. Previously the city has used the guest tax program almost exclusively to fund events and other items directly related to tourism. l $200,000 is proposed in the city’s capital improvements plan to fund sidewalk and bicycle improvements.

That money would be in addition to funding that is provided for such improvements that are part of traditional street projects.

The budget also proposes $200,000 in funding to begin funding a long list of approved traffic-calming devices that have not been built because of a lack of funds. l The Lawrence Public Library is recommended to receive a $200,000 increase in operational funding.

Stoddard is recommending the increase come from cash reserves earmarked for the library. She said commissioners will need to figure out a long-term plan to sustain the funding because dipping into cash reserves likely won’t be feasible in future years.

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has become a strong one for sellers.

Lawrence home sales in May surged by 25 percent compared with May 2014.

For the year-to-date, home sales in Lawrence are up 20 percent from the same period a year ago. But a particularly telling statistic is the number of homes on the market. At the end of May, 349 homes were on the market. That’s down nearly 100 homes from May 2014. That’s a trend Realtors are hoping to see reversed.

“We still need more homes available for buyers to balance our market,” said Crystal Swearingen, president of the Lawrence Board of Realtors.

The smaller invendidn’t pass it, with Brownback, a conservative Catholic, saying little during that debate.

Tom Witt, executive director of Equality Kansas, the state’s leading gay-rights group, said Brownback is “blinded by his ideology” and said state government should be moving immediately to extend benefits routinely available to straight married couples.

“It’s a continued attempt to deny gay and lesbian Kansans our constitutional rights,” Witt said. “This is not foot-dragging any more. This is just defiance.”

Kansas already has a “religious freedom” law, enacted in 2013, saying that state or local government agencies can’t substantially limit someone’s exercise of religion without a compelling reason.

It allows lawsuits to challenge government actions.

Legislators last year considered providing additional protections specifically for churches, faith-based groups, businesses and individuals citing religious beliefs in refusing to participate in or provide goods, services

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tory of homes for sale has the potential to cool the Lawrence housing market.

At the end of May, Realtors had 133 contracts written for new home sales. That number was down more than 7 percent from the same period a year ago.

That decrease in inventory is a major reason contract numbers are down, Swearingen said.

Here’s a look at other numbers from the Lawrence Board of Realtors’ monthly report: l Home sales through May totaled 462 units, up from 383 in 2014 and 409 in 2013. l Sales of newly constructed homes continue to struggle. Through May, 22 sales have been recorded.

That’s down from 26 during the same time period a year ago, and down from 44 during the same time period in 2013. l The median selling

for Audited Media price of homes is $162,500, Member of The Associated which is pretty close to Press the $159,000 of a year ago.

But selling prices are still a bit below 2013 averages.

In 2013, the median was around $169,000. l The median number WEDNESDAY’S POWERBALL of days a house sits on 7 24 26 31 41 (25) the market is down to 36.

TUESDAY’S MEGA (That’s not even enough MILLIONS time to get all the dishes 11 17 34 43 50 (15) washed.) That’s down from WEDNESDAY’S HOT LOTTO 40 in 2014 and 57 in 2013.

SIZZLER l Thus far this year, 17 23 29 30 33 (15) real estate agents have WEDNESDAY’S SUPER sold $90.7 million worth of KANSAS CASH homes in Lawrence. That’s 2 8 19 20 23 (08) up from $73.9 during the THURSDAY’S same time period a year KANSAS 2BY2 Red: 1 4; White: 20 26 ago, which is an increase of THURSDAY’S more than 22 percent. So, KANSAS PICK 3 it has been a good year for 0 5 8 real estate agents thus far.

On that note, I should tell my real estate agent friends not to hit me up. I’m not going to sell my house. Instead, I’ve loaded the dishes in the F150, and I’m heading +15 cents, $5.91 to the car wash.

and accommodations for same-sex weddings.

The measure passed the House but died in the Senate. It provoked national criticism because it covered situations outside of marriage, and opponents said it would sanction widespread discrimination against gays and lesbians, even by government officials.

After last week’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling, Senate President Susan Wagle, a Wichita Republican skeptical of last

year’s proposal, said the state must re-examine its religious objections laws.

House Speaker Ray Merrick, a Stilwell Republican, said Thursday that he’s sure legislators will respond to the gay marriage decision, though he’s not sure how.

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Officials OK $1B in pension bonds to fund KPERS

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State officials in Kansas took the first step Thursday toward borrowing $1 billion to shore up the troubled Kansas Public Employees Retirement System, but the deal could be called off if interest

rates continue to rise.

The State Finance Council — a group made up of the governor and legislative leaders — passed a resolution Thursday authorizing the Kansas Development Finance Authority to issue Please see BONDS, page 4A

Police seek leads on missing man eyes, was last seen on June 5 at his home in the TamaLawrence Porind Apartment lice are asking for Complex, 1517 the public’s help W. Ninth St., in finding Phillip Lawrence Police Owen Morgan, said in a news 38, who was rerelease Thursported missing day. He was deon June 11. scribed as havMorgan Morgan, a ing burn scars white man with short Please see MISSING, page 4A brown hair and brown

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NAVAJO SPIRIT DANCER DENNIS ROGERS, OF TOPEKA, PERFORMED HIS ROUTINE at Thursday’s Brown Bag concert Series event in front of the U.S. Bank building at Ninth and Massachusetts streets.

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Affidavit: Woman’s alleged kidnapping may have involved adoption dispute

By Caitlin Doornbos Twitter: @CaitlinDoornbos

Editor’s note: The allegations of arrest warrant affidavits should be viewed with a critical eye. The contents of arrest affidavits should not be considered fact until proven at trial. Defendants are to be presumed innocent until proven guilty in court.

Custody of the victim’s young child may have been the motive for two of four codefendants accused of the alleged kidnapping, beating and blackmailing of a Lawrence woman last month, according to a recently released affidavit justifying the codefendants’ arrests.

On June 19, Tabatha Jalayne Mallory, 25, of Lawrence, along

with Christopher Cody Fast, 26, of Topeka, and Chelsea Rayne Adams, 23, of Edwardsville, were charged with aggravated kidnapping and aggravated battery. Anthony Wayne Thomas, 29, of Lawrence, was charged with aggravated assault. All charges were filed in connection with the Please see AFFIDAVIT, page 8A

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the 30-year bonds.

Under a bill that lawmakers passed this year,

By Sylas May the state could issue the Read more responses and add bonds only if the total your thoughts at LJWorld.com cost of issuance, including the interest and asWhat’s your favorite sociated fees, comes in at less than 5 percent. food to eat on a The money would be stick? deposited into the KPERS Asked at the fund, and it would apply Lawrence Public Library to the portion that funds retirement for state and school district employees. KPERS officials assume the money would earn the average rate of return of about 8 percent a year.

The goal would be to reduce the fund’s estimated $9 billion unfunded liability. That’s the differAmy Hemphill, wine manager, Dublin, Ireland “Chicken satay.”

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It seems very basic that the last person who ought to be borrowing money in the stock market is the person who has no money in reserve.”

— Senate Minority Leader Anthony Hensley, D-Topeka ence between the fund’s current assets, plus its projected earnings, and the long-term liabilities it has already incurred.

KPERS executive director Alan Conroy said the state and school employee portion of the system has only about 60.7 percent of the assets it needs to fund its long-term obligations. Infusing $1 billion in bond proceeds into the system would immediately raise its funding ratio to almost 68 percent.

Pension system analysts say an 80 percent

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funding ratio is the minimum needed to be considered adequately funded.

The obligation of paying off those bonds would fall on the state general fund. Budget Director Shawn Sullivan told the council that would cost $32.5 million in the current fiscal year, which began Wednesday, and $65 million next fiscal year.

Both of those payments were included in the twoyear budget that lawmakers just passed.

When lawmakers passed the bill, officials

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HOSPITAL Births Lynn and Pascal Deboek, Lawrence, a girl, Wednesday.

Amanda Larabee and Tyrone Edwards, Lawrence, a boy, Thursday.

Trenton and Esther Reavis, Baldwin City, a boy, Thursday.

Tracy and Joel Broxterman, Lawrence, a girl, Thursday.

Jennifer and Stephen Christensen, Lawrence, a girl, Thursday.

on both forearms and he often wears bandanas, baseball caps or stocking hats and sunglasses.

Morgan’s neighbor, Kyle Van Vliet, on Thursday said she would see him on his balcony nearly every day as she walked her dog.

“He was a real nice guy,” she said. “He had just moved in and I know he was looking forward to his parents visiting.”

Van Vliet said Morgan was friendly but largely

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Salted caramel bacon pops at Ted's Taphouse, 1004 Massachusetts St. eaten with a fork and knife.

Where to get it: Ted’s Taphouse, 1004 Massachusetts St. What you’ll pay: $6 for two bacon pops Try it with: A cold one. Ted’s has more than a dozen craft beers to choose from.

Also on the menu: Plenty of appetizers (if you’re a fan of the bacon pops, you might also try Ted’s Vietnamese pork belly), salads, sandwiches, burgers and entrees kept to himself. Many apartment residents are aware of his disappearance, she said.

“He was always by himself,” she said. “I’m afraid he fell into bad hands.”

James Dunn, landlord for Tamarind Apartments, said Morgan only lived in the building for a few months before he went missing.

“Some of the tenants contacted me and said Mr. Morgan’s patio door is open and that it wasn’t like him,” he said.

Dunn said he contacted Morgan’s family and worked with police to check inside the apart-

estimated that the total cost of the bonds at that time would be about 4.7 percent. But Rebecca Floyd, general counsel for KDFA, said interest rates have been inching up in recent weeks, and if the bonds were issued today the cost would be just under the 5 percent cap.

Some analysts believe interest rates will continue to rise as the Federal Reserve Board phases out its “quantitative easing” policy, which was meant to stimulate borrowing and economic activity in the wake of the Great Recession.

Both Democrats on the council, Senate Minority Leader Anthony Hensley, of Topeka, and House Minority Leader Tom Burroughs, of Kansas City, voted against the proposal.

“It seems very basic

(meat-lovers have plenty of options, though the restaurant also offers a Portobello Napoléon).

For the kids, there’s cheesy mac and “fingers and fries.”

— Off The Beaten Plate highlights some of the more exotic, oddly named or inventively concocted dishes from local menus. Know of an offbeat item we should check out? Email reporter Joanna Hlavacek at jhlavacek@ ljworld.com. Follow her at Twitter.com/hlavacekjoanna.

ment, but Morgan was nowhere to be found.

“I’ve had this happen enough times, but this is the first time there was family close enough to file a missing person’s report,” he said.

Morgan is known to frequent city parks and regularly walk or ride buses, police said. He does not own a vehicle or bicycle.

Foul play is not suspected in Morgan’s disappearance, but there are serious concerns for his welfare, police said.

If anyone sees Morgan, police ask that they immediately call 911 and ask for an officer to respond.

that the last person who ought to be borrowing money in the stock market is the person who has no money in reserve,” Hensley told reporters after the meeting. “And the state doesn’t have the kind of money in reserve to make the debt service payment.”

Floyd said she expects it will take about six weeks to complete all the steps necessary to issue the bonds.

One of those steps will be to have the bonds rated by the state’s credit rating agencies, Moody’s Investors Service or Standard and Poor’s.

Both of those agencies have downgraded the state’s rating in the past year, citing the sweeping tax cuts enacted in 2012 and 2013 and the revenue shortfalls that have followed.

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By Joanna Hlavacek

SALTED CARAMEL BACON POPS hey might look like small pieces of chocolate cake from far away (remember Hostess Zingers? I do, because my mom never let me near them as a kid) but the salted caramel bacon pops at Ted’s Taphouse are a mostly savory affair.

Dreamed up by chef Amos Hurst, the ultraluxurious bacon pops debuted about two weeks ago on Ted’s new menu. Each 3-ounce rectangular cuboid (apparently, that’s like a cube, but without all the square sides) is cured and smoked in-house, grilled, skewered and served up on a plate of Ted’s homemade salted-caramel sauce.

From what bartender/ server Amanda Rouillard tells me, they’re usually split between two people — which makes sense, given how rich these salty-and-sweet little pops are. She’s yet to see anyone hold the pops by the stick and take a bite Popsicle-style, though.

This is one kind of finger food that’s probably best

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Governor OKs fix to property tax lid Topeka — Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback has signed a bill clarifying that a new law aimed at reducing local property taxes doesn’t take effect until 2018.

Brownback’s office announced Wednesday that he had signed the measure.

It resolves a conflict between two versions of the law contained in separate bills increasing sales and cigarette taxes to balance the state budget. One version said new limits on cities and counties in levying property taxes would take effect July 1, and the other said they would take effect in 2018 as intended.

Cities and counties generally won’t be allowed to spend an increase in property tax revenues above the rate of inflation as measured by the consumer price index without voters’ approval. If cities and counties can’t spend the extra revenues, they’ll have to drop their property tax levies.

artificial grass roof, a slide, a climbing wall, circular doors and a loft.

Douglas County CASA will offer tours of the Shire throughout Lawrence in July and August, while selling $5 tickets for a chance to win the playhouse at the tour’s end, the release said.

The raffle winner will be selected Aug. 28 at Abe & Jake’s Landing, 8 East Sixth St., the release said.

Tickets can be purchased online at www.dccasa.org or at The Merc, 901 Iowa St., People’s Bank, 3045 Iowa St. and 4831 West Sixth St., and Hy-Vee, 3504 Clinton Parkway.

KDOT warns of toxic algae blooms

Several Kansas lakes are under a warning status for high levels of toxic bluegreen algae, the Kansas Department of Health & Environment said.

Blooms of the algae are unpredictable and may develop quickly and float on bodies of water. Waters with scum, a paint-like surface or a bright green CASA to raffle off color should be avoided.

The algae is harmful to fantasy playhouse both humans and pets.

Volunteers advocating Brown County State for abused and neglected Fishing Lake, Chisholm children are offering tours Creek Park Lake, Lovewell of a one-of-a-kind playhouse Reservoir, Marion Reserthis summer before giving voir, Memorial Park Lake it away to a raffle winner, and Webster Lake are all Douglas County Court Apcurrently under a warning, pointed Special Advocates the KDHE release said.

(CASA) said in a release.

Fishing and boating are The playhouse, called the safe on lakes under warn“Shire,” was designed by ings, but direct contact high school students in Law- with the water should be rence and inspired by The avoided, the release said.

Lord of the Rings trilogy, the Drinking water and showrelease said. The structure ers are not affected by boasts a look-out tower, an algae blooms.

CORRECTIONS l A story in Wednesday’s Journal-World omitted the name of one of the founders of RG Fiber. The company was founded by Mike Bosch, Josh Strohm and Casey Morford.

l A story in Wednesday’s Journal-World misstated the cost of valet parking at The Oread hotel on July 4. It will be $5 for non-overnight guests.

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Today is Fourth of Ju-Pie at Ladybird’s patio Fourth of July Pie with Ladybird Diner, 3 p.m. today on the patio of Ladybird Diner Perhaps you were thinking that the holiday was going to be a bust without pie from Ladybird Diner, which remains closed because of fire and smoke damage from the Bigg's BBQ disaster.

Well, think again, because the lovely folks from Ladybird are taking to the patio this afternoon for a fundraiser. So you’ll get your pie while helping a family “who is facing a challenge that will task every physical, emotional and financial resource available to them.”

Cherry, blueberry, strawberry, rhubarb and peach are the pies listed on the Facebook event page here. Is Meg leaving out apple, that most American of pies?

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721 Massachusetts St.

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Anger Bob, tonight at Gaslight Gardens, at __:00 p.m.

(Your guess is as good as ours).

Observant long-time townies have been on high alert this week since a mysterious Facebook event page popped up touting a holiday weekend show from a band called “Anger Bob.” Could this be a reunion from a certain beloved ’90s local band who got drunk when making the flier and accidentally left off the first letter of their band name? We are told that this is not the case. But does the band share at least some members of that former band? This seems a safe bet.

(One clue is that opening act Twin Scars is a project from former Danger Bob drummer Kenny Gall).

Danger Bob’s official Facebook page provides a mere tease (“Ghost...

Dogs...will rise again”). Nevertheless, fans of DB wouldn’t dare miss out.

317 N. 2nd St. Party in the Parks and fireworks display, Saturday in Watson Park, gates at 4 p.m., music at 5, fireworks about 9:45 p.m.

The official city event for the Fourth of July is, of course, the fireworks display and local restaurant food vendor bash in Watson Park. Bands, including local rockers Pink Royal, will be on hand.

Institute for Young Musicians) International Piano Competition Semi-Finals, 10 a.m.7:30 p.m., Swarthout Recital Hall, Murphy Hall, 1530 Naismith Drive.

Guided Tour of Black Jack Battlefield, 1 p.m., Black Jack Battlefield and Nature Park, 163 E 2000 Road, Baldwin City.

Irish Traditional Music Session, 5:30-8 p.m., upstairs Henry’s on Eighth, 11 E. Eighth St. O.U.R.S. (Oldsters United for Responsible Service) dance, doors 5 p.m., potluck 7:15-7:45 p.m., dance 6-9 p.m., Eagles Lodge, 1803 W. Sixth St. Smackdown! trivia, 7 p.m., The Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire St.

City offices closed today in observance of Independence Day. Residential and commercial city trash and recycling collection routes are scheduled as usual. Parking at meters and parking garages in downtown Lawrence is free today. Lawrence Meals on Wheels will not deliver meals today.

Perry Lecompton Farmers’ Market, 4-6:30 p.m., U.S. Highway 24 and Ferguson Road (in FastTrax Parking Lot), Perry.

Bingo night, doors 5:30 p.m., refreshments 6 p.m., bingo starts 7 p.m., Eagles Lodge, 1803 W. Sixth St. VFW Dinner, 5:30-7:30 p.m., VFW, 1801 Massachusetts St. 6 MONDAY Author Reading: Rock Red Dog’s Dog Days Neelly, “The Purple workout, 6 a.m., Lawrence Heart Detective AgenHigh School, 1901 Louisicy,” 7 p.m., The Raven ana St. Book Store, 6 E. Seventh Lawrence Public St. Library Book Van, 9-10 a.m., Prairie Commons, 4 SATURDAY 5121 Congressional There will be no Circle.

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Institute for Young Yard Waste Drop-Off Musicians) International and Compost/Woodchip Piano Competition FiSale, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., nals, 3-8 p.m., Swarthout Wood Recovery and Recital Hall, Murphy Hall, Compost Facility, 1420 E. 1530 Naismith Drive.

11th St. Richard Feiock: “CitMortgage Burning, ies and Climate Susnoon, American Legion tainability: The Roles #14, 3408 W. Sixth St. of Political Institutions, Americana Music Administrative Design, Academy Saturday Jam, Policy Networks, and 3 p.m., Americana Music Institutional Collective Academy, 1419 MassaAction,” 3:30 p.m., The chusetts St. Commons, Spooner Hall, Party in the Park, 4:30 1340 Jayhawk Blvd. p.m. until dark, Watson Red Dog’s Dog Days Park, Seventh and Ten- workout, 6 p.m., Lawnessee streets. rence High School, 1901 Headpin Challenge, Louisiana St. 5-8 p.m., Royal Crest Lawrence Bike Club’s Lanes, 933 Iowa St. Summer Fun Beginners’ Fireworks Display, Ride, 6:30 p.m., Cycle 9:45 p.m. (approx.), view- Works, 2121 Kasold Drive. able from Constant Park, Lecompton City 230 W. Sixth St., and other Council meeting, 7 p.m., Lawrence locations.

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Baldwin City Council 5 SUNDAY meeting, 7 p.m., Baldwin The Lawrence Public Public Library, 800 SevLibrary is closed today. enth St., Baldwin City.

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Taxing food Kansas should make sure state lawmakers don’t back out of their promise to lower the sales tax rate on groceries.

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ales tax, even more than other taxes, seems to move in only one direction: up.

And it just happened again.

True, the sales tax in Kansas went down a tiny bit a couple of years ago — but only briefly. Kansas raised its sales tax from 5.3 percent to 6.3 percent in 2010 to help the state weather the national recession, but the tax was set to drop to 5.7 percent in 2013. When 2013 rolled around, the state decided it couldn’t afford to drop the tax to 5.7 percent, so it dropped it to 6.15 percent instead. By this year, the state finances were looking even worse, so legislators and the governor agreed to raise the tax to 6.5 percent. So much for the decrease.

The new tax took effect this week.

You may have noticed that your coffee cost a penny or two more, but for most of us, it won’t be a noticeable change — unless you buy a car or some other bigticket item. Still, sales tax is considered one of the most regressive taxes, especially in Kansas, which still charges the full sales tax on groceries. A family that spends $100 a week on groceries will pay an extra $18.20 in sales tax in a year.

Since most families spend a lot more than $100 a week, the total tax will be significantly higher. For many Kansans, that’s not a big amount, but for some families, even $18.20 would allow them to put another meal or two on the table.

In the closing days of this year’s session, legislators made what seemed like a pretty cynical decision to delay approval of a lower sales tax rate on groceries until next year. Either way, they said, the lower rate wouldn’t go into effect until July 2016 and delaying the vote would provide what one lawmaker called “a nice positive thing to vote on” next January or February.

That may be nice for legislators, but many Kansans, being painfully aware of lawmakers’ history of changing their minds, probably would have been happier to already have a law lowering the food sales tax on the books.

It seems likely that, by the time the 2016 legislative session begins, the state will be facing a host of new and ongoing financial issues. Kansans should make sure the reduction in the food sales tax doesn’t get lost in that shuffle.

Judiciary shouldn’t be political branch Washington — In 1824, in retirement 37 years after serving as the Constitutional Convention’s prime mover, James Madison, 73, noted that the 1787 “language of our Constitution is already undergoing interpretations unknown to its founders.”

He knew that the purport of the text would evolve “with the changeable meaning of the words composing it.”

Now, 147 years since ratification of the 14th Amendment, its guarantee of “equal protection of the laws” means that states, which hitherto controlled marriage law, must recognize samesex marriages. Anthony Kennedy’s opinion for the court said: “The generations that wrote and ratified the Bill of Rights and the Fourteenth Amendment did not presume to know the extent of freedom in all of its dimensions, and so they entrusted to future generations a charter protecting the right of all persons to enjoy liberty as we learn its meaning.” (Emphasis added.)

Many conservatives detect in those five words a dismaying intimation of a “living Constitution” too malleable to limit government because it conforms to whatever shape serves transitory political and cultural impulses. Conservative wariness is wise. So too, however, is recognition that Chief Justice Warren was not wrong when, in a 1958 case concerning the Eighth Amendment’s proscriptions of “cruel and unusual punishments,” he said: “The amendment must draw its meaning from the evolving standards of decency that

George Will

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The marriage and ACA decisions should cause the 2016 contest for the Republican presidential nomination to force candidates to clarify their thinking about the judiciary’s appropriate role in our constitutional system.” mark the progress of a maturing society.”

Such evolution is real and relevant. No one today thinks that branding and ear cropping, which were punishments practiced when the Eighth Amendment was ratified, are today compatible with this amendment.

During April’s oral arguments, Chief Justice John Roberts said that people seeking same-sex marriage are “not seeking to join the institution” but are “seeking to change what the institution is.” But this institution has been changed by American attitudes and behavior.

Marriage in America will be, over time, what Americans say it is, and last week’s decision came with almost three in four Americans already living in states where

same-sex marriage is legal.

The decision came after Roberts showed conservatives the reality of judicial deference that they have often, and often thoughtlessly, advocated. Deferring to “what Congress meant to do,” Roberts rescued the Affordable Care Act from what he called Congress’ “inartful” means of doing it. The marriage and ACA decisions should cause the 2016 contest for the Republican presidential nomination to force candidates to clarify their thinking about the judiciary’s appropriate role in our constitutional system.

Although there is no interesting debate about this (or anything else) among Democrats, among Republicans there is a lively debate about whether the judiciary’s primary duty is to facilitate majorities’ powers or to protect individuals’ rights.

Which makes this a perilous moment for Republican candidates, who might compete to propose constitutional amendments that dramatize their dismay about the same-sex marriage decision.

Scott Walker’s minimalist amendment, concerning process rather than policy, would restore the traditional state control over marriage law.

Others endorse an amendment defining marriage as between a man and a woman.

Ted Cruz also endorses “judicial retention elections”: “Every justice, beginning with the second national election after his or her appointment, will answer to the American people and the states in a retention election every eight years.

Those justices deemed unfit

— George Will is a columnist for Washington Post Writers Group.

Disclosure: Will’s wife, Mari Will, works for Scott Walker.

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About half the wheat around Lawrence had been harvested years as of this week, ago and most farmIN 1915 ers were reporting better-thanexpected yields. Eben Farley, director of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service office in Lawrence, said despite late-season rains, area wheat yields were ranging from 24 to 41 bushels per acre and were averaging 30-35 bushels.

— Compiled by Sarah St. John

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To the editor: This is a letter of advice to seniors who attend those free-meal senior investment seminars. My wife and I attended one earlier in the year. The speaker seemed knowledgeable, personable and charming! He stated during the speech he was also “a man of faith.” He told everyone that he would come to your home, review your investments and make suggestions.

Our past advisor had passed away and we believed he had left us in good financial shape but decided it would not hurt to listen. We were shocked when the speaker came to our house only to inform us that our investments were nothing more than “fairy dust” and close to worthless. He said he would construct a new plan converting our old investments into his, even though we would lose money by removing the money prematurely. We went to bed that evening very depressed, confused and angry.

We got on the phone the next morning to our investment companies and found out all our investments were just as we had planned.

The following Monday, the speaker called and informed us he had worked all weekend on a new plan.

We avoided telling this guy where he could shove it and told him we were not interested. The moral of the story is to do your homework and don’t trust every “expert” who gives you financial advice. I’m not saying all these speakers are unscrupulous.

Just keep one thing in mind: These financial speakers are primarily inter-

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for retention by both a majority of the American people as a whole and by majorities of the electorates in at least half of the 50 states will be removed from office and disqualified from future service on the court.”

Cruz’s idea is congruent with the 1912 proposal of another rambunctious Ted, former president Theodore Roosevelt.

Running as a full-throated Progressive (against another progressive, Democrat Woodrow Wilson, and the conservative Republican president and future chief justice William Howard Taft), TR advocated not just the recall of judges but also “the review by the people” of “certain” judicial decisions.

TR embraced the core progressive belief that the ideal of limited government, and hence the reality of the separation of powers, are anachronisms.

It is, therefore, especially disheartening that Cruz, who clerked for Chief Justice William Rehnquist and who is better equipped by education and experience to think clearly about courts, proposes curing what he considers this court’s political behavior by turning the court into a third political branch. Imagine campaigns conducted by justices. What would remain of the court’s prestige and hence its power to stand athwart rampant executives and overbearing congressional majorities?

Sixteen months before the election, some candidates are becoming too unhinged to be plausible as conservative presidents.

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ested in “their financial future,” and yours is purely secondary.

Craig Tucker and Judy Northway, To the editor: Lawrence In August 1999, my wife, Sally, and I moved from Hawaii to Lawrence. In short order we fell in love with Larrytown, bought a house, lived here for To the editor: 15 years and made lots of friends and As part of their latest rate case, We- great memories. star has proposed forcing those with When Gov. Brownback was elected solar onto a rate structure with an ex- in 2010, we were very disappointed and tra $23-per-month fixed charge while concerned for the state. As things got lowering the value for the energy they progressively worse, our ties to Lawproduce. The proposed solar rate rence began to lose their hold on us, structure is designed to make solar giving in to the strong desire to distance economically unattractive. National ourselves from the madness of King studies show that grid-tied solar pro- Sam. Last year, we sold our home and set vides a net financial benefit to the utility and general ratepayer, but without out on the great American road trip in any independent Kansas study, Westar our truck and travel trailer. We vishas decided that an arbitrary and puni- ited half the country, seeing beautiful things and meeting wonderful peotive solar fee is in order.

Cromwell Solar and The Alliance for ple. When folks heard we were from Solar Choice each petitioned for a seat Kansas the universal response was one at the table to ensure solar installers and of pity. “Oh, I’m so sorry.” In a few customers have their voices heard by the short years the reputation of our state Kansas Corporation Commission in this has been ruined.

Although we have never distanced rate case, but when Westar opposed, the KCC denied our ability to make our case ourselves from Lawrence, we are quitting Kansas. We are moving to (no other petitioner was denied).

With electric rates climbing dramati- Mendocino, Calif., where I will be cally, Kansans’ ability to control their starting a new career. We will miss bills using their own roofs is being Lawrence, but we are happy to esjeopardized by an energy monopoly. cape Brownbackistan. To our friends The growing Kansas solar industry wel- we leave behind, come visit. And comes an independent study of the ben- please don’t give up the fight. We efits and costs of rooftop solar. The KCC would love to retire in Lawrence should get all of the facts before acting someday if the people of Kansas ever in a way that will cost jobs and prevent take their state back from the fat cats Kansans from controlling energy costs. and zealots.

Doug Burger, Aron Cromwell, Lawrence CEO Cromwell Solar, Lawrence

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alleged kidnapping.

The affidavits justifying the arrests of the defendants claim police found the alleged victim, 22, on June 17 with a bruised body and face, both eyes swollen shut, a cut on her eyebrow requiring four stitches and a bruised eyeball.

The victim had called police from a relative’s house around 6:40 that morning, according to Lawrence police. She told police she had escaped the home she shared with the defendants in the middle of the night after allegedly suffering three days of physical and mental abuse, ac- Mallory cording to the affidavit.

The alleged abuse began on June 14, with Adams punching the victim in the face numerous times “because Adams said (the victim) Fast was talking about Adams behind Adams’ back,” the victim claimed in the affidavit. The victim said she did not fight back, and Adams stopped.

In Adams’s police interview, she ad- Adams mitted to this allegation, according to the affidavit.

The victim told police that later, Mallory allegedly joined Adams in punching and kicking her until about 2 a.m. June 15. They then or- Thomas dered the victim to sleep on the living room floor, according to the affidavit.

At 7 a.m. June 15, Mallory woke up the victim by pouring a pitcher of water on her, the victim claimed. Later that day, Mallory cut the victim’s hair after the victim’s former friend told Mallory the victim had neglected the victim’s preschoolaged child, according to the affidavit.

During his interview with police, Thomas said he and Mallory, his fiancée, were “in the process of adopting” the victim’s child, according to the affidavit. During Mallory’s police interview, she allegedly told investigators she was changing the child’s diaper when the child allegedly indicated he had been molested.

The victim told police that Mallory, Adams, Fast and Thomas began accusing her of sexually abusing her child. When the victim denied the allegation, Adams allegedly

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Temperature High/low 77°/72° Normal high/low today 87°/68° Record high today 106° in 1936 Record low today 49° in 2014

Precipitation in inches 24 hours through 8 p.m. yest. 0.02 Month to date 0.08 Normal month to date 0.31 Year to date 18.67 Normal year to date 20.66

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punched her, the victim claimed. In Adams’ interview, she did not say she hit the victim again after the initial beating but that she was present during the accusation of the victim To stop the beatings, the victim said she told the defendants she did abuse her child. She said the group then forced her to make the allegedly false confession again on an audio recording, the victim claimed in the affidavit. Mallory then told the victim that if she left the house, they would kill her or give the recording to police “and have her arrested,” the affidavit said.

In their police interviews, Adams, Thomas and Fast seconded what the victim claimed about Mallory’s threats.

Adams told police that she “believes Mallory has made the entire sexual assault up so Mallory can gain custody” of the victim’s child, and Thomas claimed the recording “was to be used against” the victim if she tried to stop the child’s adoption.

The victim, Thomas and Mallory in their police interviews alleged that Thomas’ involvement was limited, but at one point he picked up a coffee table and “acted as if he was going to strike her with it,” according to the affidavit. This resulted in Thomas’ aggravated assault charge, according to court documents.

The beating allegedly continued that day when Mallory called another acquaintance of the victim, who said the victim was once “mean to a veteran,” upsetting Fast.

He then allegedly began striking the victim over the head with a child’s play piano, eventually shattering it over her head, the victim and Fast claimed in the affidavit.

After the piano broke, Fast and the victim said he allegedly beat her with a dog toy and his fists.

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The following morning, Mallory allegedly told the victim she “would not prosecute her for” the alleged child abuse “if she would sign the paperwork allowing (Mallory) to adopt” the victim’s child, the victim claimed. The victim alleged she agreed so as to “avoid another beating.”

Later that evening, the victim claimed, she suffered another beating

by Adams and Fast “for talking to Mallory about them,” according to the affidavit. Later, Mallory allegedly struck the victim in the face with a metal wrench, causing her eyebrow laceration. She allegedly suffered more punches and was sent to the garage.

Around 10 p.m. that night, Mallory and Thomas left to go shopping, according to the affidavit.

While they were gone, the victim claimed Adams and Fast “encouraged her to leave before she was hurt any worse,” according to the affidavit.

She followed their advice, allegedly spending the night in a park before contacting her relative and police the next morning.

Throughout Mallory’s interview, Mallory did not say she beat the victim, but that Fast and Adams did, according to the affidavit. Mallory did allegedly admit to the pouring of the pitcher of water on the victim, striking her with a pair of pliers and setting fire to the victim’s T-shirt on a charcoal grill outside.

The affidavit claims that a search of the alleged crime scene yielded several of the items mentioned in the interviews, including metal pliers, a dog toy, a broken child’s play piano and a burnt shirt on a charcoal grill.

The four defendants are expected to appear in court on July 23 for a preliminary hearing, where the court will hear evidence to determine whether there is probable cause to bind them over for trial. Thomas will appear on Monday for a hearing to ask the judge for a lower bond amount.

Adams, Mallory and Fast are currently being held in the Douglas County Jail on $150,000 bonds. Thomas is being held on a $15,000 bond.

— Reporter Caitlin Doornbos can be reached at 832-7146 or cvdoornbos @ ljworld.com.

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Gulf states, BP settle at $18.7B Rick Jervis USA TODAY

The federal government and Gulf Coast states announced a record-setting $18.7 billion settlement with BP on Thursday that resolves years of litigation over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill and delivers the largest environmental settlement ever.

The settlement announcement comes as a federal judge was preparing to rule on how much the British oil giant owed in federal Clean Water Act penalties for its role in allowing millions of gallons of oil to spew into the Gulf.

BP was leasing the Deepwater Horizon rig in April 2010 when it exploded and sank off the coast of Louisiana, killing 11 crewmen and releasing some 200 million gallons of crude.

The settlement includes $5.5 billion in Clean Water Act penalties and $8.1 billion in Natural Resource Damages, which help states reverse damage from the spill, according to the Justice Department. A judge must approve the settlement before it is final.

Those are the highest totals ever for those federal penalties, said David Uhlmann, former chief of the Justice Department’s Environmental Crimes Section and an environmental law professor at the University of Michigan.

It also contained another $5.9 billion in economic claims by state and local governments.

“It’s an enormous settlement resolving nearly all outstanding

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claims for the Gulf oil spill,” Uhlmann said “The message is absolutely clear: companies must place far more emphasis on environmental protection and safety than BP did prior to the Gulf oil spill.”

BP had said its spill-related costs would likley exceed $42 billion, even without the Clean Water Act fine. It’s unclear how much BP will end up paying under a 2012 settlement with individuals and businesses claiming spill-related losses.

In a statement, Attorney General Loretta Lynch applauded the efforts by the legal team to bring about resolution of the case.

“If approved by the court, this settlement would be the largest settlement with a single entity in American history,” Lynch said. “It would help repair the damage done to the Gulf economy, fisheries, wetlands and wildlife; and it would bring lasting benefits to the Gulf region for generations to come.”

The National AuduWIN MCNAMEE, GETTY IMAGES bon Society said the Wildlife such as this brown settlement sends an important pelican were coated in heavy message. “You break it, you pay oil after the 2010 spill. for it — that’s how this is supposed to work,” Audubon President and CEO David Yarnold said in a statement. “Now Gulf Coast restora“It’s time to heal tion can begin in earnest. It’s time the wounds that BP to heal the wounds that BP tore in tore in Gulf Coast Gulf Coast ecosystems and communities.” ecosystems and Costs incurred by BP so far incommunities.” clude an estimated $14 billion for David Yarnold, President and CEO response and cleanup and of the National Audubon Society $4.5 billion in fines announced after a settlement of a criminal case with the government.

Americans’ support for the First Amendment rebounded strongly over the past year, a new study says.

Three-quarters of Americans say it “does not go too far” in ensuring Americans’ freedom.

That’s a jump from 57% after the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013 stirred public debate about the role of social media during a crisis and the media’s use of shocking images, according to State of the First Amendment 2015, a report by the Newseum Institute’s First Amendment Center in partnership with USA TODAY. A year ago, 38% said the First Amendment goes too far, but the current survey shows only 19% agrees with the sentiment. The study saw a similar dive in public opinion and a subsequent recovery after the 2001 terrorist attacks, the authors noted.

“Once again there is a falloff in the number of those who say the First Amendment goes too far when we move away from a ter-

A year ago, 38% said the First Amendment goes too far, but the current survey shows only 19% agrees with the sentiment. rorist attack,” says Gene Policinski, chief operating officer of the Newseum Institute, one of the authors of the study.

“We ought to be very vigilant when these attacks occur” and not hastily pass laws that limit freedoms. “The law are permanent, the emotions that surround these events are not.”

The study, developed by Policinski and Ken Dautrich, president of The Stats Group., was based on telephone interviews with 1,002 American adults.

The study also found that many people aren’t very familiar with just what is in the First Amendment. It found that onethird of Americans can’t name any of the rights it guarantees.

Less than two-thirds of survey respondents — 57% vs. 68% a year ago — were able to cite freedom of speech as one protected by the amendment.

Only 19% were able to cite the freedom of religion, down from 29% One in 10 mentioned the freedom of the press, as many as those who were able to recall the right to assemble. The right to petition seems to have been forgotten by nearly all Americans, as only 2% were able to name it as being part of the First Amendment.

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U.S. posts solid job growth; unemployment rate falls to 5.3%

Employers added 223,000 jobs in June, but wage growth slows

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Employers added 223,000 jobs in June as the labor market posted a third consecutive month of solid gains after a winter downturn.

The unemployment rate fell from 5.5% to 5.3%, lowest since April 2008, the Labor Department said Thursday. But the drop was mostly a result of a 432,000 drop in the labor force, which represents the number of Americans working or looking for jobs.

Economists surveyed by Bloomberg expected payroll gains

of 230,000, according to their median forecast. Businesses added 223,000 jobs, led by professional and business services, health care and retail. Employment was unchanged in the public sector.

The labor market, however, didn’t emerge from its winter slowdown as rapidly as initially thought. Job gains for April and May were revised down by a total 60,000. April’s was revised to 187,000 from 221,000; May was revised to 254,000 from 280,000.

Also, wage growth slowed after showing signs of a pickup the previous month. Average hourly earnings were unchanged at $24.95 in June and are up 2%

over the past 12 months, in line with the sluggish gains so far in the six-year-old recovery. Pay increases had accelerated to a 2.3% annual pace in May. “The lack of a sustained acceleration in wage growth could prompt (the Federal Reserve) to keep pushing back the timing of the first rate hike,” economist Paul Dales of Capital Economics wrote in a note to clients.

“This report illustrates both the progress we have made and the challenges that lie ahead,” Labor Secretary Thomas Perez said in an interview.

The Fed has not raised interest rates since 2006, but with the

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There were a few encouraging signs. The number of Americans out of work at least six months fell by nearly 300,000 to 2.1 million. The long-term unemployed now make up 25.8% of all jobless Americans, down from 28.6%.

And a broader measure of underemployment — which includes discouraged workers who’ve stopped looking for jobs, and part-time employees who prefer full-time work as well as the unemployed — dropped sharply, to 10.5% from 10.8%.

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IMF: Greece needs $60B in relief

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The International Monetary Fund conceded Thursday that Greece’s debts are unsustainable and that the country needs around $60 billion in financing and debt relief over the next three years if it is to have any hope of fixing its crumbling economy.

The report from the IMF comes three days before Greeks hold a national referendum on whether to accept bailout proposals from its international creditors, of which the IMF is one, that would in theory clear the way for Greece to receive a new aid package as early as next week.

The IMF’s findings were part of an analysis it conducted before Athens imposed capital controls on its banks this week. Greece put limits on cash withdrawals as it attempts to stave off a complete breakdown of its financial system after it missed a loan repayment to the IMF on Tuesday.

Earlier Thursday, Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis said he would resign if Greece votes “yes” to accept the bailout demands.

Athens is holding a national referendum on the terms even though the bailout, a $270 billion aid program it received during the financial crisis, technically expired Tuesday when Greece failed to make a $1.8 billion payment on the loan.

Varoufakis said he would prefer to “cut my arm off” than sign an agreement with the IMF, European Central Bank and European Commission that does not include debt relief or restructuring. “(Why) would you invest in a country whose debt is not sus-

tainable?” Varoufakis said.

Varoufakis’ comments came in an interview with Bloomberg television a day after Greece’s Prime

Minister Alexis Tsipras accused the trio of creditors of blackmailing Greek voters into accepting a deal that was not in the nation’s best interests.

“The sirens of destruction are blackmailing you to say ‘yes’ to everything without any prospect of exiting the crisis,” Tsipras said in a nationally televised address.

Though Varoufakis said he would quit if the Greek electorate did not back the government’s position, he noted, “if the Greek people say ‘yes,’ we will do whatever it takes to ensure it’s signed.”

“Maybe we will change the configuration of the government.

Some of us may not be able to stomach it,” he added.

He expressed confidence that voters would choose to support the government in the referendum and vote “no” and said that Greece’s banking crisis was more

political than financial.

“What is happening here is a political position by Europe to shut the banks down as a way of effectively pushing us to accept a non-viable agreement at a political level, so this is a political crisis, it’s got nothing to do with the banks.

“Once the political crisis is over, after the Greek people deliver their verdict, the banks will open,” Varoufakis said.

After a week-long closure, Greece’s banks are scheduled to reopen Tuesday. The government closed them amid tight liquidity conditions.

Even though Greece appeared to sweeten a last-minute bailout proposal to eurozone officials Wednesday, European leaders led

by German Chancellor Angela Merkel are insisting that talks resume only after the referendum.

Jim Webb, the former oneterm senator from Virginia and Navy secretary, will launch a long-shot bid for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination.

Webb announced the decision on his campaign website Thursday.

“After many months of thought, deliberation and discussion, I have decided to seek the office of the Presidency of the United States,” he wrote.

In his statement, Webb acknowledged the odds he faced but said he believed “our country needs a fresh approach to solving the problems that confront us and too often unnecessarily divide us.”

Webb formed an exploratory committee last November and since then has held events in early voting states, such as Iowa.

In a video announcing the formation of the exploratory committee, Webb highlighted issues that the next president should tackle, including increasing educational opportunities, rebuilding national infrastructure and enhancing American national security while avoiding “ill-considered” foreign entanglements.

Webb, 69, barely registers in opinion polls and will be challenged, to say the least, to rival Hillary Clinton’s considerable fundraising advantage.

Clinton holds a commanding lead in the Democratic race, though Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, an independent, has been gaining ground in recent weeks, particularly in New Hampshire.

Sanders’ rise has been fueled by his appeal to the left.

year.

The survey also found a steep decline in the number of people who think the news media try to report without bias. That number is just 24%, 17 points lower than a year ago.

And the survey suggests there may well be a direct correlation between the decline in both categories and the various scandals that have engulfed major media figures.

“It appears that the negative news stories about such high profile news media personalities as suspended NBC news anchor Brian Williams and ABC’s George Stephanopoulos have taken their toll on news media credibility among Americans,” the report says. Another factor: “It is also possible that the public is reacting negatively to media coverage of the high profile events in Ferguson (Mo.) and Baltimore over the past year.”

Williams, formerly anchor of the NBC Nightly News, was first suspended and then demoted to cable network MSNBC for embellishing his news-gathering adven-

tures and exploits. Stephanopou- gazing in an exceedingly self-reflos, ABC’s chief anchor, host of its erential profession. But as the Sunday morning political talk survey and Policinski indicate, show This Week with George Ste- sometimes these episodes have phanopoulos and co-anchor of real-world consequences that can Good Morning America, came un- be bad for democracy. der fire for donating $75,000 to That said, Policinski thinks the Clinton Foundation, prob- there may be more to the media lematic in that he bias picture was once a top aide “(High-profile than, as Neil Young might say, to President Bill scandals) meets the eye.

Clinton.

While the numThe perception of contribute to ber of people bias and the decline who think the in confidence in the the erosion of media try to rewatchdog role trust in how port without bi“could be impacted by those scandals,” well the media as is falling, Policinski specusays Gene Policinski, does its job.” lates that may the Newseum Institute’s chief operat- Gene Policinski of the Newseum not necessarily be as bad as it ing officer. “They Institute sounds. contribute to the In an era in which Fox News, erosion of trust in how well the MSNBC and a goodly number of media does its job.”

And, Policinski warns, the col- digital news operations have clearlateral damage “is not easily rem- ly defined points of view, he says, edied. It’s hard to have a “I wonder if people are more comrestoration of faith.” fortable with media bias today.”

While the journalist in him It’s easy to see the frequently recurring frenzies over media wants journalism to be straight misbehavior as so much navel- down the middle, he notes that

“we’re in a different atmosphere than in 2004.”

He says the Newseum Institute plans to convene seminars and conferences and to conduct further research in an effort to determine if people “are disappointed by what they see as bias, or if they are OK with it as long as it is transparent.”

There are some very encouraging signs in the survey when it comes to public support for transparency. Heavy majorities think people should be allowed to photograph police activity as long as they don’t get in the way (88%) and that police “body-cams” should be part of the public record (83%).

And 60% of those surveyed say students should be able to comment freely on teachers and school administrators on social media without being punished.

But that sagging support for the news media’s watchdog role is not good. A year without major journalism debacles might reverse that trend. I wish I could be more confident that is likely to happen.

YORGOS KARAHALIS, BLOOMBERG

Yanis Varoufakis, Greece’s finance minister, leaves the finance ministry in Athens on Wednesday. He said Thursday he would resign if Greece votes to accept creditors’ bailout demands.

“What is happening here is a political position by Europe to shut the banks down as a way of effectively pushing us to accept a non-viable agreement.”

Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis

Real-world fallout of media scandals Rem Rieder @remrieder USA TODAY

The number at first seems reassuring.

In the new State of the First Amendment survey conducted by the MEDIA Newseum Institute’s First Amendment Center in partnership with USA TODAY, 69% of the American public says it embraces the importance of the news media acting as a watchdog on government.

That’s the good news. The watchdog role is crucial in a democracy for keeping public officials honest. Lack of support would significantly complicate the situation.

But here’s the bad news: A year ago, that number stood at 80%.

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about the news media’s claim to objectivity.

Only about a quarter — 24% — believe the news media try to report on news without bias, a 17point drop from last year. It’s the lowest since the study first began asking this question in 2004.

A flurry of headlines in recent months about the journalistic sins of high-profile media personalities — Brian Williams, who was demoted at NBC for lying, and ABC’s George Stephanopoulos, a former aide to then-President Bill Clinton whose contribution to the Clinton Foundation came to light recently — may have negatively influenced respondents’ feelings about the news media, the study said.

Older audiences are more likely to buy into the media’s mantle of objectivity, with 26% of those 50 or older agreeing with the claim. Only 7% of 18-29-year-olds agree.

Democrats (36%) are much more likely to believe in the the news media try to report without

FIRST AMENDMENT SUPPORT A new survey shows far fewer people think the First Amendment goes too far than did so a year ago.

Do you agree or disagree with the following statements?

The First Amendment goes too far in the rights it guarantees

Overall, the news media tries to report the news without bias

75%

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bias as opposed to Republicans (19%).

Other conclusions: uChristian nation: A slight

majority, 51%, believes the U.S. Constitution establishes a Christian nation, largely unchanged since the question was first asked

in the 2007 poll. The belief is more prevalent among older respondents, 54%, than younger people, 37%. uServing gay couples: Despite advancements in gay rights, the percentage of people who agree that wedding service providers should be required to serve same-sex couples has fallen to 38% from 52% in 2013. uRecording police: Eightyeight percent of Americans say they support allowing people to record the activities of the police as long as they do not interfere with police actions. uDepicting Mohammad: Sixty percent say they are in favor of allowing cartoonists to publish the images of prophet Mohammad, while 32% are against this.

The survey didn’t ask about the images of other religions. uConfederate flag: About a third, 35%, agrees that the government should be allowed to deny issuing license plates to a group that intends to display a Confederate flag on the plates.

The majority, 56%, opposes the government’s right to deny.

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Santorum charters costly to taxpayers Former Pa. senator spent more than $400,000 on flights after buying Virginia home

Erin Raftery and Paul Singer USA TODAY

Former senator Rick Santorum, R-Pa., launched his presidential campaign in May by emphasizing his blue-collar roots and promising to “take money and power out of Washington.”

But as a member of the U.S. Senate, Santorum spent more than $400,000 on taxpayer-funded charter flights, more than half of that for flights to and from the home he bought in the Northern Virginia hunt country in 2001, Senate spending records analyzed by USA TODAY show.

Senators are given a budget each year for staff, travel and other expenses and are allowed to allocate those expenses as they see fit. There is no prohibition on senators using charter flights, and

USA TODAY has tracked the charter flights of other 2016 candidates, including then-senator Hillary Clinton, who spent more than $500,000 on charters during her eight years in the Senate.

Before Santorum bought the $640,000 house in Leesburg, Va., in November 2001, he had spent only $64,265 on charters in his prior six years in the Senate. In the following five years, he spent a total of $369,905 on charter flights, $248,055 of which included Leesburg on the itinerary.

By comparison, senator Arlen Specter, who served alongside Santorum from 1995 to 2007, had two charter service flights, one for transporting his staff, at a cost of $1,257 over the same period.

Santorum’s successor, Sen. Robert Casey, D-Pa., has taken a total of 48 trips on charters for a total of $45,095 since he assumed

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office in 2007. And Sen. Patrick Toomey, R-Pa., serving alongside Casey, has taken a total of nine charter trips for $18,097 since he took office in 2011.

Santorum’s charter costs are

Rick Santorum’s charter flights increased after moving to Leesburg, Va., in 2001.

partly attributable to the fact that he visited all 67 counties of Pennsylvania each year that he was senator, said spokesman Matt Beynon.

Much of the state is rural with no easily accessible commercial transportation options.

But Santorum also took several costly charter flights from Washington to Pittsburgh or Philadelphia, cities with ample commercial transportation options.

“There’s a lot of commercial flights between the D.C. area and Philadelphia, and a lot of commercial flights between the D.C. area and Pittsburgh,” said Steve Ellis, vice president of Taxpayers for Common Sense. “I understand it may be for the senator’s convenience but you have to question whether that’s again using the taxpayers’ money the most effectively,” he said.

House panel lax on rules Ethics Committee approved trip it now is investigating Paul Singer @singernews USA TODAY

MOHAMED MESSARA, EPA

A Tunisian policeman stands watch over a beach near the Hotel Imperial Marhaba in Sousse, where 38 tourists were killed June 26.

Recent attacks underscore ISIL’s growing global reach A year after declaring caliphate, Islamic State continues to ‘send a message’ of fear

Moenes Sboui and Maya Vidon Special for USA TODAY

TUNIS , TUNISIA A series of deadly terrorist attacks in the past week across Europe, Africa and the Middle East underscore the Islamic State’s increasing ability to spread fear, change societies and impact economies since declaring a caliphate a year ago.

Authorities from Australia to Pakistan and Afghanistan to Europe have looked on with increasing alarm at the militants’ reach since the group seized more than a third of Syria and Iraq last summer.

The Islamic State may not have been directly involved in all of last week’s attacks in Tunisia, Kuwait and France that killed more than 65 people, but it claimed responsibility for two of the events and at a minimum is likely to have inspired the third.

“They are sending a message,”

said Rafaa Tabib, a Tunisian security analyst at the University of Tours in France. “They are sending a message to the Kuwaiti government that they can reproduce these conflicts on their soil, to the French government that the Islamic State can mobilize Arab people who live in France, and they are attacking tourism, which is a major sector in Tunisia’s economy.”

The Islamic State called for an uptick in violence during Islam’s holy month of Ramadan, which began in mid-June and runs through mid-July. The attacks on three continents last week not only fulfilled that promise but sent a message the situation is only going to escalate.

Wednesday, dozens of Egyptian soldiers were killed as extremists with an Islamic State affiliate led simultaneous terror attacks in the northern Sinai Peninsula. Nearly 100 militants and four civilians were killed as bat-

“The identification to the Islamic State doesn’t necessarily mean a direct connection to commanders ... or even a clear understanding of its message.

Perhaps more than anything (it’s) a mere fascination with the brand.”

Benoit Gomis, terrorism expert at the Chatham House think tank in London

tles between Egyptian forces and the extremists raged for hours.

The incident followed the assassination of Egypt’s top prosecutor as well as the killing of three at a police station in Cairo this week.

Across the globe, nations are tightening security by cracking down on homegrown militants, including shuttering unsanctioned mosques and cutting off funding to non-governmental groups that may have ties to extremism.

In some ways, the militants have already accomplished their goal of spreading fear through the disruption of businesses and impact on local economies. Tunisia was finally stabilizing after its 2011 revolution with a new secular government, and tourism, almost 15% of GPD this year, was reviving. That’s likely to change now.

Vidon reported from Paris.

John Dyer reported from New York.

WASHINGTON The House Ethics Committee failed to follow its own rules requiring lawmakers to seek pre-clearance for privately funded travel in 2013, records show, a lapse that now may have the committee in the peculiar position of investigating itself.

House rules created in December 2012 require all members who want to go on trips paid for by private groups, not the government, to seek clearance from the Ethics Committee at least 30 days before the trip. But records analyzed by USA TODAY show that when 10 members and their staffers went on a May 2013 trip to Azerbaijan, the committee was not enforcing that standard.

The Ethics Committee approved travel for these members but is now investigating whether the trip was improperly funded.

One form on file for a staff member on the Azerbaijan trip was signed by his boss, Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Ga., on May 23, 2013, the day before he traveled. A pretravel form on file with the clerk of the House for Rep. Danny Davis, D-Ill., for the same Azerbaijan trip was signed June 13, and the pre-travel form for his staff member was signed June 11, both more than a week after they returned. Public files for Rep. Yvette Clarke, D-N.Y., who was at the time and still is a member of the Ethics Committee, do not include a pre-travel form at all.

Pre-travel forms require members and staff to disclose who is paying for their trip, explain why they were invited and vouch that the trip is for official purposes.

The Washington Post reported in May the Office of Congressional Ethics concluded the trip, described as being sponsored by several Turkish- and BalticAmerican non-profits, was in fact improperly paid for by the stateowned oil company of Azerbaijan.

IN BRIEF BOKO HARAM GUNS DOWN 97 IN NIGERIAN MOSQUES

Boko Haram extremists gunned down nearly 100 Muslims praying in mosques in a northeast Nigerian town during the holy month of Ramadan, a government official and a self-defense fighter told the Associated Press on Thursday.

The AP reported that the attack Wednesday night on the town of Kukawa came the day after the Islamic extremist group attacked a village 22 miles away and killed 48 men and boys, according to witnesses.

The people of Kukawa were in several mosques, praying ahead of breaking their daylong fast, when the extremists attacked.

They killed 97 people, mainly men, said self-defense spokesman Abbas Gava and a senior government official, the AP

reported.

PHILIPPINES FERRY DISASTER

MEASLES DEATH FIRST IN U.S. IN 12 YEARS

AT LEAST 5,000 EVACUATED AFTER TENN. TRAIN FIRE

Authorities said at least 5,000 people are under a mandatory evacuation Thursday morning after a train derailment and fire in eastern Tennessee’s Blount County.

Blount County Fire Department Lt. Johnny Leatherwood said a call about the train derailment came in Wednesday night at 11:50 p.m. EDT. CSX said there were no injuries reported as a result of the derailment. A total of 27 cars in the train carried hazardous materials.

The derailment comes a month and a half after an Amtrak train derailed north of Philadelphia. At least eight people were killed in the May 12 accident.

— WBIR-TV, Knoxville, Tenn.

AFP/GETTY IMAGES

A survivor of a passenger ferry that capsized Thursday in rough waters in the central Philippines cries out after arriving at the pier in Ormoc City. At least 38 people were killed.

The U.S. has suffered its first measles death in 12 years, Washington state health officials said Thursday.

The woman’s measles was undetected and confirmed only through an autopsy, according to the Washington State Department of Health.

The woman’s name was not released, but officials said she lived in Clallam County. She was probably exposed to measles at a medical facility during a measles outbreak this spring, according to the health department.

The woman had died earlier this year of pneumonia complicated by measles and had other health conditions, the health department said.

— Liz Szabo

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AFTER FORTY YEARS OF NO PHOTOGRAPHY ALLOWED ON TOURS:

Tourists take pictures Wednesday in the Blue Room as the White House lifts its 40-year-old ban on camera and photo use on public tours.

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WHITE HOUSE READY FOR ITS

CLOSEUP David Jackson

USA TODAY

People taking the official White House tour no longer have to stow their cameras or smartphones. Pictures and social media are now OK. First lady Michelle Obama, on her Instagram account, announced the end of those bans Wednesday. She is seen ripping up a sign once displayed on White House tours: “No photos or social media alMICHAEL REYNOLDS, EUROPEAN PRESSPHOTO AGENCY lowed.” No reason for the change is being given. Still Children take pictures of the Red Room during a tour of the White House, with a portrait of Ronald Reagan behind them. banned are video cameras and flash photography.

CHIP SOMODEVILLA, GETTY IMAGES

A White House visitor snaps the recorded message by first lady Michelle Obama announcing the lifting of the ban during tours.

BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI, AFP/GETTY IMAGES

The relaxed ban is also promoted on social media at #WhiteHouseTour.

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While cellphones and compact still cameras are allowed, video cameras, tablets and camera sticks remain banned.

NEWS MONEY SPORTS U.S. SET TO PUNISH FIAT CHRYSLER LIFE AUTOS TRAVEL

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NHTSA says recall responses have been too slow, inefficient Nathan Bomey USA TODAY

The chief U.S. government official in charge of auto safety said Thursday that he will punish Fiat Chrysler Automobiles after regulators accused the automaker of flubbing recall fixes and repeatedly failing to notify the U.S. government and vehicle owners about defects.

The automaker, which controls the Auburn Hills, Mich.-based car company previously called Chrysler Group, is under scrutiny for its handling of 23 recalls involving about 11 million vehicles.

WASHINGTON

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The NHTSA’s Mark Rosekind could take action this month.

Fiat Chrysler could face fines or penalties — including a requirement it buy back vehicles from consumers — after National Highway Traffic Safety Administration officials concluded the automaker failed to follow federal laws requiring expeditious recall notifications and fixes.

After NHTSA officials present-

ed evidence at a hearing at the Department of Transportation, NHTSA administrator Mark Rosekind told reporters that he will take action against the automaker — possibly as soon as this month.

One option is a consent agreement in which Fiat Chrysler agrees to improve its recall process and submit to additional government oversight.

Jennifer Timian, acting director of NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation and chief of its Recall Management Division, said Fiat Chrysler’s recall shortcomings are “widespread,” with notices sometimes being distributed months late.

Scott Kunselman, senior vice president of vehicle safety and regulatory compliance for Fiat Chrysler’s North American operations, acknowledged the compa-

“People die when manufacturers fail to remedy recalled vehicles.”

Clarence Ditlow, executive director of the Center for Auto Safety

ny “could’ve done better.”

But he said Fiat Chrysler has moved quickly to add recall officials and safety investigators to comply with NHTSA demands.

The hearing comes amid a greater spotlight on the auto industry’s recall processes after a firestorm of attention on Toyota’s unintended acceleration controversy and General Motors’ ignition-switch defect in recent years.

“People die when manufacturers fail to remedy recalled vehicles,” said Clarence Ditlow,

Mailman charged with stealing

MONEYLINE INTEL CHANGES UP TEAM Major changes are coming to Intel’s top management. In a message to employees, CEO Brian Krzanich said Intel President Renee James would be stepping down to pursue “an external CEO role,” though she’ll stick around until January to help with the transition. Intel also announced the retirement of Arvind Sodhani, the president of Intel Capital, and a 35-year veteran of the company. His replacement is Intel’s President of Mergers and Acquisitions Wendell Brooks.

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WHOLE FOODS APOLOGIZES Whole Foods top executives said they “made some mistakes” after an investigation in New York City claimed the high-end grocery chain consistently overcharges for prepackaged food.

“Straight up, we made some mistakes, we want to own that,” co-CEO Walter Robb said alongside co-CEO John Mackey in a video posted to the company’s blog. The New York City Department of Consumer Affairs on June 24 released the results of an investigation that alleged the area’s Whole Foods stores had consistently listed improper weights on prepackaged food, resulting in overcharges from 80 cents to nearly $15 an item.

HOLIDAY CLOSES MARKETS The U.S. stock and bond markets are closed Friday for Independence Day and reopen Monday.

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Red, white & brew

41% Percentage of drinkers who typically drink beer over wine and liquor Note July 4th is the No. 1 beer-drinking occasion in America.

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‘FIRECRACKER STOCKS’ LIGHT IT UP IN JULY GETTY IMAGES/ISTOCKPHOTO

Matt Krantz USA TODAY

L

ook up! You might see one of the stocks that light up the stock market during the typical hum-drum month of July. And it’s a sight to see.

There are just five stocks in the Standard & Poor’s 500, including oil refiner Tesoro, biotech Celgene, bank Goldman Sachs, oil giant Chevron and lingerie seller L Brands, that light it up in July, according to a USA TODAY analysis of data from S&P Capital IQ. These stocks have individually beaten the market each of the past five Julys.

Investors have come to expect some spark during the dog days of summer. The seventh month isn’t known as being a great one for stocks long term, but recently, there’s been plenty of fireworks. The S&P 500 has gained 1.9% on average over the past five Julys. But getting there has been a series of loud bangs and fizzles. In July 2010 — when the bull market was much younger — stocks jumped 6.9%. But last July, the S&P 500 sank 1.5%.

Given the rocky backdrop during July, investors might also not be all that surprised to discover that only five stocks in the entire S&P 500 — just 0.01% — managed to top the market during the month. But while something might be difficult, it’s not impossible.

Take Tesoro for instance.

The company, which sells and refines oil, has seen it shares gain 8.2% on average over the past five Julys. That makes Tesoro the top performing consistent winning stock during the month. Investors might like

executive director of the Center for Auto Safety.

The spotlight is especially intense on Fiat Chrysler. In one case, Timian said, Fiat Chrysler recalled and fixed Jeep SUVs that were prone to inadvertent air bag deployment. But the fix didn’t work, she said, because NHTSA continued to receive reports of inadvertent air bag deployments in vehicles that dealers repaired.

In another case, the company said it had fixed a problem with headlight wiring that could ignite a fire in some Jeep and Dodge vehicles. But NHTSA received reports of more fires after the vehicles were recalled and fixed.

What’s more, Fiat Chrysler provided inconsistent, insufficient and inaccurate information to NHTSA regarding recalls and defects, agency officials said.

Dog days of summer have nothing on these S&P 500 stalwarts

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JULY MARKET BEATERS S&P 500 stocks that beat the market each July for the past five years: Average Company (ticker) July % gain Tesoro (TSO) 8.2% Celgene (CELG) 8.1% L Brands (LB) 7.7% Goldman Sachs (GS) 6.7% Chevron (CVX) 4.5% SOURCES: S&P Capital IQ, USA TODAY research

this, too: The stock has never fallen during July the past five years — even last year when the S&P 500 dropped, or in July 2011 when the market fell 2.1%.

Some investors might be tempted to think unstable oil prices this July could break Tesoro’s track record.

But analysts see fundamental strength, too. The company is expected to post 74% higher adjusted profit per share of $2.95 in the second quarter when it reports July 23, says S&P Capital IQ. Perhaps the hopes are too high, but July isn’t a month to trifle with Tesoro.

Part of the strength in these shares during July most likely can be explained by investors’ anticipation of secondquarter profit — commonly reported in July.

Biotech Celegene, for instance, is expected to report profit July 30. Investors have learned to like what they see from the company’s bottom line — as it has exceeded adjusted profit projections in each of the past five quarters, says S&P Capital IQ. Analysts are expecting the company’s adjusted profit per share to jump 26% to $1.13 — and perhaps might be hoping for a little extra.

Investors know it’s helpful to look at market history as a guide.

But if there’s anything we know about markets, it’s that they can be unpredictable. Investors have new things to deal with this July, including pricing in the possibility of a shortterm interest rate hike as soon as September.

And then there’s the fact stocks aren’t nearly as cheap as they were.

“The U.S. currently is still the most expensive major equity market,” according to a report

by Russell Investments.

Scam sent IRS refunds to fake residents on his delivery route Kevin McCoy USA TODAY

Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stayed a New York City mail carrier from allegedly running a scam that used phony tax returns to steal more than $1 million in IRS refunds.

Brooklyn resident Oscar Lopez, 36, was arrested Thursday at the Bronx post office where he works and charged with conspiracy and theft of government funds, federal prosecutors and investigators said.

A seven-page criminal complaint filed in Manhattan federal court alleged Lopez obtained refund checks issued in the names of individuals who purportedly lived along his delivery route.

At least in part, the scam allegedly relied on using Social Security numbers issued in Puerto Rico, according to the court complaint

by Kevin Adams, a U.S. Postal Service special agent. Most residents of the island aren’t required to file federal tax returns.

Lopez gave tax refund checks

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Complaint says more than $1 million in fraudulent refund checks was mailed, deposited.

from his delivery route to an unidentified cooperating witness and another person who faces charges as a co-conspirator, wrote Adams. They helped deposit the checks and give Lopez a percentage of the money, prosecutors charged.

In examples cited by the complaint, the IRS issued 2010 refunds to three individuals whose Social Security numbers had been issued in Puerto Rico. The employers linked to the refunds did not match information in IRS records, the complaint charged.

The cooperator deposited more than $108,000 in Lopez’s checking account between April and November of 2011, the complaint charged.

In all, more than $1 million in federal tax refund checks mailed to Lopez’s Bronx delivery route were deposited in the co-conspirator’s accounts, Adams wrote.

Lopez could face a maximum prison term of five years if convicted on the conspiracy charge, and 10 years if found guilty on the theft charge, prosecutors said.

The IRS says more than 500,000 taxpayers had their identities stolen by thieves who used the data to file fraudulent returns from 2008 through May of 2012.

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

This Fourth of July is all about Greece for investors, not the normal focus on burgers, dogs and beers. While U.S. investors will be celebrating the nation’s independence, they will also be checking their iPhones and Blackberrys for news out of Athens, where Sunday’s referendum could ultimately determine if Greece gets a new bailout or puts itself on track for a high-profile and treacherous exit from the 19-nation eurozone.

Greece is running out of cash and time. It already missed a $1.7 billion payment to one of its creditors, putting it in default and on a collision course with financial Armageddon. The government in Athens shut its banks and stock market this past week to avoid

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

collapse. Sunday, it is putting a vote to the people, who must determine if they will agree to onerous bailout terms or if they want to go it alone and break free of the eurozone.

A “yes” vote is likely to be the less-turbulent outcome for financial markets, as it would pave the way for a new round of bailout talks between Greece and the European financial institutions that are its lifeline to desperately needed cash. In contrast, a “no” vote could prove messy for markets, as it would put Greece on track for a so-called Grexit, or exit from the euro. And that will create uncertainty as to how big a financial impact Greece’s financial woes will have on markets.

U.S. markets won’t have a chance to react to the vote’s outcome until Wall Street reopens for business Monday after the long three-day weekend.

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Getting in at offering price a better idea

Q: What’s the smart way to play IPOs? Matt Krantz

mkrantz@usatoday.com USA TODAY

A: Companies are getting the courage to sell stock to the public again. The question is whether you should be buying.

So far this year, 105 companies have sold their shares through initial public offerings, Renaissance Capital says.

That’s down 29% from the same period last year — but some are hopeful for a strong back half of the year.

Investors often make the mistake of piling into hyped initial public offerings on the first day of trading. Typically, this is not a great strategy. Many IPOs, especially the ones that get the public’s attention, tend to run up on the first day of trading and sink back in the following months. Some of the IPOs rebound after their initial setback, like Facebook, but many do not.

There are other ways to play the IPO market. Some online brokers, including Fidelity, TD Ameritrade and Loyal3, make certain IPOs available to their individual investors clients at the offering price. That’s the price before the first day of trading. These IPOs can still fall, but getting in at the offering price typically is a better idea than the first day.

You also can invest in IPOs as a basket with the Renaissance IPO exchange traded fund (IPO). This route is prudent since you own a wide array of deals.

Analyst says Apple Watch not selling as well as expected Matt Krantz USA TODAY

The Apple Watch was supposed to be the next magical product from the gadget maker.

Not so fast, says Andy Hargreaves of Pacific Crest in a note to clients. Hargreaves on Tuesday cut his forecast for Apple Watch sales in the current fiscal year from 11 million to 10.5 million.

That might not sound like much of a reduction, but he warns the bigger letdown will come next fiscal year due to “soft follow-on sales.” The analyst says the com-

SUSANA GONZALEZ, BLOOMBERG

Analysts say demand for Apple Watch is slowing, with sales estimates for 2016 revised downward.

pany will sell just 21 million watches in fiscal 2016, down from the earlier 24 million estimate.

“Anecdotal evidence suggests

Apple Watch demand is slowing quickly,” according to Hargreaves’ note. “This dovetails with recent supply checks, which suggested a reduction in component order volume.”

The report is the latest data point indicating investors and developers need to downscale their expectations for this new gadget.

In early May, brokerage firm UBS cut its fiscal 2016 forecast for Apple Watch sales — even calling the launch of the product “somewhat botched.”

A lackluster debut of a new product is a significant issue for the company — as it seeks anoth-

er gizmo to match the runaway success of its maturing line of smartphones. Keeping up the torrid rate of growth will soon require a new product line as the existing products slow. Also, the watch marks yet another disappointment from a company that traditionally doesn’t disappoint. iPad sales are trending down, Apple Pay has failed to catch on, and now there’s the watch. Apple itself hasn’t told investors how many watches it has sold.

Don’t cry for Cupertino just yet. While the Apple Watch isn’t looking to be the biggest thing since the iPhone, who cares,

when you sell the iPhone? Hargreaves actually increased fiscal 2015 and 2016 profit forecasts for Apple by 3.1% and 3.8%, respectively.

Hargreaves expects the company to sell 236 million iPhones this fiscal year, up 3.1% from his earlier forecast. The strength in iPhone sales and the company’s plan to return a portion of its more than $190 billion in cash to investors sustains the stock, he says. Hargreaves says the stock will be worth $139 in 12 months.

If he’s right, that’s nearly 10% upside from Thursday’s closing price of $126.44.

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Avengers: Age of Ultron

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Plot: The heroic crew must stop a robot created for peacekeeping but bent on world destruction.

Director: Joss Whedon

2 hours, 30 minutes

Magic Mike XXL

Rating: PG-13 Upside: Plenty of zingy humor, delightful cast, well-choreographed action scenes Downside: Bloated length, occasionally murky plot, overstuffed with characters

Plot: Strippers, assemble!

Channing Tatum and his ripped friends shed their clothes with gusto in this grin-inducing sequel, this time under the guise of a road trip to a stripper convention.

Director: Gregory Jacobs

1 hour, 43 minutes

Pitch Perfect 2

Rating: R Upside: Moore exudes retro charisma in a breakthrough role Downside: Narrative gets too complicated for its own good

Plot: The collegiate all-girl a cappella champs take their music to an international level.

Director: Elizabeth Banks

1 hour, 41 minutes

San Andreas

Rating: PG Upside: A brilliantly crafted balance of joy and sadness Downside: Emotional heft might go over kids’ heads

Plot: A rescue helicopter pilot, a seismologist and others scramble to survive when a catastrophic earthquake hits Southern California.

Director: Brad Peyton

1 hour, 37 minutes

Spy

Rating: PG-13 Upside: More heart than horror overall Downside: If you’re looking for major scares, they’re not here

Plot: A CIA analyst (Melissa McCarthy) is thrown into a life of being a superspy when one of her fellow agents is killed on a mission.

Director: Paul Feig

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Dope

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Director: Rick Famuyiwa

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Plot: Five emotions in a little girl’s head have to deal with the tumult caused by the stresses of growing up.

Director: Pete Docter

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Plot: A prequel chapter in the haunted-house series finds the franchise’s main medium (Lin Shaye) tasked with keeping a teenage girl (Stefanie Scott) from supernatural doom.

Director: Leigh Whannell

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Director: Colin Trevorrow

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Plot: Lone wolf Max (Tom Hardy) escapes a tyrant with the help of Furiosa (Charlize Theron) and her crew.

Director: George Miller

1 hour, 57 minutes Rating: R Upside: McCarthy and Jason Statham (as a macho agent) have hilarious chemistry Downside: Too long and also a bit violent for a comedy

TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX

2 hours, 10 minutes

Ted 2

Rating: PG-13 Upside: Better dinos than ever Downside: The sequel lacks heart and wonder of the 1993 original

Plot: A foul-mouthed teddy bear (voice of Seth MacFarlane) and his human best pal (Mark Wahlberg) fight for the civil rights of the stuffed animal when he wants to adopt a child.

Director: Seth MacFarlane

2 hours

Terminator Genisys

Rating: R Upside: Hardy and Theron add exciting new dimensions to the franchise Downside: Too many extended chase scenes

Plot: A soldier (Jai Courtney) is sent from the future to stop machines from destroying the world, but finds a timeline different than the one expected.

Director: Alan Taylor

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Mad Max: Fury Road

1 hour, 47 minutes Rating: PG-13 Upside: Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson again is a notable action figure Downside: Most of the dialogue is laughably bad

MATT KENNEDY, FOCUS FEATURES

Jurassic World

1 hour, 54 minutes Rating: PG-13 Upside: Very funny performances by Rebel Wilson, Anna Kendrick and KeeganMichael Key Downside: Musical highlights are fewer than in the original, feels padded

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Insidious: Chapter 3

1 hour, 55 minutes Rating: R Upside: Tatum and company get points for diversity and a host of strong new females Downside: ‘XXL’ is more than this sequel’s title — it’s how long the movie starts to feel after an hour

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Inside Out

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2 hours, 5 minutes Rating: PG-13 Upside: Arnold Schwarzenegger continues to be the franchise’s best special effect Downside: The original time-travel conceit becomes convoluted and confusing

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LIFELINE MAKING WAVES Netflix released the full trailer for its new “Wet Hot American Summer” series, and it’s packed with Hollywood comedy heavyweights; Paul NETFLIX Rudd, Amy Poehler, Bradley Cooper, Kristen Wiig, Elizabeth Banks, Michael Ian Black and Molly Shannon are among the many names on the cast list.

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Emilia Clarke looked perfect in peach during the South Korea premiere of “Terminator Genisys” in Seoul. Her robot date didn’t look too bad, either.

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THEY SAID WHAT? THE STARS’ BEST QUOTES “I feel like it’s become open hunting season in how women are attacked, and it’s not because of who we are as people, it’s because of how we look FILMMAGIC or our age. I’m shocked — and maybe I was just naïve, but I’m embarrassed by it.”

— Sandra Bullock on women’s representation in an interview with ‘E! News.’

SONG OF THE WEEK

PHARRELL’S ‘FREEDOM’

Pharrell Williams’ Freedom, released this week via Apple Music, doesn’t have the same sense of ebullience as Happy. But if Williams’ presentation of his new single at the U.K.’s Glastonbury Festival Saturday was any indication, it elicits the same kind of immediate response.

In Williams’ eight-minute, set-closing performance, Freedom was a unifying call-andresponse shout rather than a song. The minor-key, piano ostinato that grounds it also gives it a sense of urgency, making Williams’ shouts of “Freedom!” less of a celebratory exclamation than a demand for fundamental human rights.

Given the headlines last week — not just of legal decisions in the USA but of oppressive attacks elsewhere in the world — Williams may have found a song that captures the tenor of its time.

HOW WAS YOUR DAY? GOOD DAY RIHANNA FANS

Brian Mansfield

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The star released the opulent, bloody video for her empowermant anthem “BBHMM,” in which she terrorizes an accountant who wronged her (and more importantly, her bank account).

BAD DAY PRINCE FANS Listening to Prince’s music online just got harder. The artist pulled his discography from multiple online streamGETTY IMAGES ing sites, inFOR NPG RECORDS 201 cluding Spotify and Apple Music. His catalog is still available on TIDAL and Google Play.

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American Pie Don McLean

The most classic American song: After more than 40 years, it still can make any room stop and sing along.

Bad Moon Rising CCR

The happiest song about the apocalypse that you’ll ever hear.

Sweet Home Alabama As someone who grew up in the South, this was a huge song at Lynyrd Skynyrd every barbecue and trip to the lake.

THE PLAYLIST

With hits like Beachin’, Barefoot Blue Jean Night and his latest, Real Life, country singer Jake Owen knows a thing or two about good-time music. The Florida native, now on the road with Kenny Chesney as part of The Big Revival Tour, shares his favorite summertime jams with USA TODAY. GETTY IMAGES FOR STAGECOACH

American Girl Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Those opening guitar chords are some of the most noticeable in music. I always play it through at least one more time.

Running on Empty Jackson Browne

Another ’70s song I will always love. Remembering Forrest Gump running across America as the song plays makes me laugh.

American Woman Lenny Kravitz

Lenny Kravitz is so damn cool and this song is just one example of it.

Jack & Diane John Mellencamp

I loved this song’s storytelling when I was a kid and still do. It has a great chorus everyone loves to sing along with.

Danger Zone Kenny Loggins

This song reminds me of summer because I can picture Tom Cruise riding his motorcycle down the highway into San Diego in Top Gun.

Born in/U.S.A. Bruce Springsteen

It’s The Boss and America. What more do you need?

Real Life Jake Owen

That’s right. I recorded this song specifically for my summer mix — and yours. Try it on the lake and watch it work.

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Lawrence housing market continues to heat up Linda a. ditch

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The Lawrence housing market experienced its third consecutive month of strong sales in May, and the need for a higher number of homes for sale continues.

“Sales are up, sale prices are up, and homes are selling more quickly,” said Crystal Swearingen, President of the Lawrence Board of Realtors.

“However, we still need more homes available for buyers to balance our market. Right now we have 100 fewer homes on the market than we had this same time last year.”

Home sales rose by 25.2 percent in May compared to the prior year.

Sales in May 2015 totaled 169 units, up from 135 in 2014. Among existing homes, 163 units sold in May, an increase of 33.6 percent from 122 units that sold in 2014.

The average sale price of existing homes was $199,451. This represents an increase of 9.1 percent from the May 2014 average price of $182,797.

New construction sales continue to be down in Lawrence compared to last year. Six new construction sales occurred in May, down from 13 units the prior year, a decrease of 53.8 percent. The average sale price of new homes in May was $287,525, down 0.2 percent from the same period last year.

A total of 133 contracts for sale were written in May 2015, down from 144 in May 2014. This is a decrease of 7.6 percent. Contracts written during the month reflect, in part, sales that will close in the near future.

The inventory of active listings

in the city of Lawrence stood at 349 units at the beginning of May, which is down from 451 homes that were on the market at the beginning of May last year. At the current rate of sales, this figure represents 2.1 months’ supply of homes on the market.

“The decrease in inventory is a significant reason why the amount of contracts written was down 7 percent from last May,” said Swearingen.

“Despite the decrease in the number of homes available, the housing market continues to outperform last year, both locally and nationally.”

Sales are up, sale prices are up, and homes are selling more quickly,” — Crystal Swearingen, Lawrence Board of Realtors President.

— Liz Weslander writes about real estate for Hometown Lawrence. Contact her at lizweslander@hotmail.com.

Citywide, there were 133 contracts for sale written in May 2015. Sales volume and prices were up in May over May 2014.

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4 Bedrooms, 4 Baths Eat-In Kitchen W/Hardwood Floors Walk-In Pantry Two Spacious Living Areas Oversized Two Car Garage

4 Bedroom, 4 Bath, Basement: Yes 2,490 Sqft Price: $329,900 MLS# 131737 VT# 3604551

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$196,452

691-9986

Daylight Rancher, Three Car Garage Spacious Open Floor Plan Beautiful Kitchen Great Finished Daylight Basement Quiet Location Near Streetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s End 3 Full Baths

4 Bedroom, 3 Bath, Basement: Yes 2,265 Sqft Price: $299,900 MLS# 137042

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4003 Prairie Rose

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David Harper

979-0288

3904 Blazing Star

Dearborn St 10th St

Elmore St

Isacks St

WhiteďŹ eld St

NEW PRICE - Nestle your home among the trees on this beautiful 1.5 acre tract in historic Lecompton. Easy access to Lawrence, Topek a & I-70 Interchange. City utilities available..

MLS#136963 $16,900

405 Ninth St, Baldwin City

Well Maintained Home 5 Bedrooms, 4 Bathrooms Walk-Out Basement New 3D Composition Roof Newer Exterior Paint, HVAC

Amy LeMert

979-9911

5212 Branchwood Ct.

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Beautiful Updated Kitchen Main Level Master With Remodeled Bath Lovely Cul-de-Sac With HOA Excellent Fox Chase Location

3 Bedroom, 3 Bath, Basement: Yes 2,025 Sqft Price: $289,900 MLS# 136851 VT# 3604551

Amy LeMert

979-9911

550 Millstone Dr

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Generous Room Sizes New Exterior Paint 1970â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s J Ezell Classic Low Traffic Street Deerfield, West & Free State

4 Bedroom, 3 Bath, Basement: Yes 2,476 Sqft Price: $229,000 MLS# 137214 604551

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2421 JACOB AVE

MOVE IN READY! This 3 bed, 3 bath home has it all - curb appeal, concrete siding, private backyard, close to schools, open floor plan, full unfinished basement, and newer HVAC! Make an appointment!

KATIE STUTLER / MINDY STUTLER 785-813-1775/785-979-5155 MLS 137150

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607 N. MONTEREY WAY

• Upscale finishes with lots of square footage • Granite counters, glass tile, and walk-in shower • Unique concrete fireplace • Extensive trim package • Big backyard JENNIFER MYERS NEW 785-393-4579 CONSTRUCTION MLS 135736

2604 BOND PL

REDUCED PRICE! • Located in a quiet cul-de-sac • Large backyard on a corner lot • 3 BR, 2 BA Ranch • Hardwood floors throughout • Beautiful stone fireplace in the living room JENNIFER MYERS 785-393-4579 MLS 136997

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$380,000

$199,900

4229 BRIARWOOD DR

3+ BEDROOM COTTAGE with southwest décor featuring 3BA, main level master, large kitchen/dining area, unfinished basement. Cozy front porch, patio & alley access to garage.

MLS 137032

IDA LEWIS 785-865-8699

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8435 SE STANLEY RD, BERRYTON

RAISED RANCHER HOME on nearly 20 secluded acres.

Over 2900 sq ft setting among mature trees & a stocked pond in the front yard. 2 Living Areas, an oversized 2 car garage plus a large heated shop.

JOHN HUNTINGTON, JR., GRI 785-691-5565 MLS 137134

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434 E 400 RD

REDUCED TO $199,900!! This 4 BR, 2 Bath Country Rancher has updated Kitchen Counters & Floors, New Carpet, Plus Zoned Heating & Air. 2 Living Areas, Dining Room, 30 x 40 Shop, & in Baldwin Schools.

JOHN HUNTINGTON, JR., GRI 785-691-5565 MLS 135858

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$314,900

$99,900

$161,900

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890 EAST 1600 RD, BALDWIN CITY

$34k price drop Modern design & energy efficient Resides on 15 acres- prairie on a hill w/ 2 ponds 7 miles south of Lawrence TOM HARPER Huge 3 car garage/shop CRS, ABR, GRI, e-PRO Visual Tour: Tom-Harper.com

MLS 136691

R EAL ESTATE

BECK, GREGORY R. BECK, LISA M. TO LI, YAN PAN, YUE 40324034 OVERLAND DR. LAWRENCE HUGHES, JANICE L. HUGHES, SHARON M. HUGHES, PATRICK L. TO CAFFREY, GRANT M. 303 PROVIDENCE RD. LAWRENCE OROKE, MARIA J. TO NELSON, BRIAN J. NELSON, MARITA A. 724 SHELBURN PL. LAWRENCE DOORES ADDITION, INC TO RKF INVESTMENTS, LLC VACANT LAND RURAL ODOM LIVING TRUST TO MILLS, LORI D. MILLS, DENNIS W. 909 W. 27TH ST. LAWRENCE BAISE, CARL M. BAISE, VIOLET L. TO BAGBY, DONALD M. BAGBY, GLORIA E. 815 ACORN ST. EUDORA LANGSTON HEIGHTS DEVELOPMENT, LLC TO BERGER CONSTRUCTION, INC 6308 SERENADE DR. LAWRENCE GRAY, KEVIN J. GRAY, JULIE A. GRAY, KAITLIN C. TO PREWITT, SCOTT 1347 WESTBROOKE ST. LAWRENCE BRUNK, GARY SPRAGUE, JOEY TO JORDAN, DAVID J. WIKLE, SUZANNE K. 714 ALABAMA ST. LAWRENCE ALVAREZ, DANIEL W. ALVAREZ, ELIZABETH L. TO THOMPSON, LEE ANNE 749 NORTH ST. LAWRENCE JOHNSON, JERALD F. JOHNSON, JESSICA TO BEVERLY, SONDRA G. 1026 CRESTLINE DR. LAWRENCE ANDREWS, JESSICA C. TO HOMES, MARY 1115 DEARBORN ST. BALDWIN CITY

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440 ISACKS ST, LECOMPTON

NEW PRICE $99,900 Historic City of Lecompton • Sharp 3 BR, 2 BA home Resides on 1/2 acre+lot with mature trees Manufactured home on a permanent foundation Visual Tour: Tom-Harper.com

MLS 136596

TRANSFERS

BARBARA N. EATON MILLSTEIN, DAVID TRUST TO BALDWIN MILLSTEIN, SUSAN CITY ENERPRISES, LLC TO MILLSTEIN, 705 8TH ST. BALDWIN JOSHUA AINSWORTH, CITY CATHERINE 1341 STRONG AVE. KENDALL, COURTNEY K. LAWRENCE TO COPELAND, TAMRA 401 ELK RIDGE DR. STRODA, BETTY A., BALDWIN CITY TRUSTEE TO LEWIS, SEAN D. 775 ELM ST. BOYLE, MARION F. TO LAWRENCE MOSHER, DAVID L. MOSHER, EDNA G. ALM, STEVE A., JR. 2043 OUSDAHL RD. ALM, MONICA N. TO LAWRENCE PICCONE, MARIONO T. COMPTON RENTALS, LLC 2305 WESTDALE RD. TO BECKMEISTERS, LLC LAWRENCE 1701 RESEARCH PARK ROBICHAUD, JON DR. LAWRENCE ROBICHAUD, DIXIE TO WANG, LU 2406 UNRUH, JANE K. TO ALABAMA ST., UNIT 7C FIELDING, BRENDA P. LAWRENCE FIELDING, ROBERT M. FIELDING, HEATHER V. SPARROWHAWK WEST, L. 1427 LEGENDS CIR. LLC TO CAYWOOD, LAWRENCE KURT CAYWOOD, MELISSA 1818 ILLINOIS TERRAVEST CUSTOM ST. LAWRENCE HOMES, LLC TO SHANKEL, DELBERT M. COONS, JANELLE H. TO SHANKEL, CAROL J. PHILLIPS, JAMES B. 217 BRAMBLE BEND CT. PHILLIPS, RENEE A. LAWRENCE 5817 LONGLEAF DR. LAWRENCE LANCE W. BURR TRUST TO LAMBERTSON, HOOVER REAL ESTATE, DAVID F. LAMBERTSON, LC TO MIKO, LLC 106 SACIE H. 715 NEW ACORN DR. EUDORA YORK ST., UNIT 1 & 2 HAY, LAURIE K. TO HENRY, LAWRENCE RICK W. HENRY, JAYMI BARR, GUY L. BARR, L. 4516 TRAIL RD. JONNIE L. TO DAVIS, LAWRENCE KELLY O. 1126 WALNUT HENRY, RICK W. HENRY, ST. EUDORA JAYMI L. TO PARK, BROSA, MARK R. BROSA, RALPH H. 908 N. FIELD STEFFANY J. TO STONE DR. LAWRENCE WRIGHT, BRADLEY LANDSTAR K. 4437 W. 25TH PL. DEVELOPMENT, LC LAWRENCE TO ROWE, AARON WONDRACK, MICHELE D. S. ROWE, ANNA M. WONDRACK, WALTER J. 5508 CHAMNEY CT. TO HUSTON, CHRIST ER LAWRENCE H. 3809 SUNNYBROOK WAUGH, WILLIAM E. LN. LAWRENCE WAUGH, LINDSEY RLCC, INC TO BROSA, J. TO SHI, LEI 2323 MARK R. BROSA, FREESTATE LN. STEFFANY J. 5716 LAWRENCE WARREN CT. MOSHER, JOHN E. LAWRENCE MOSHER, DIANE C. HOOVER REAL ESTATE, LC TO CHAPES, JOSEPH TO HAWKINS, JOSEPH FRAITES, CASEY 599 H. HAWKINS, BRANDI R. ROCKLEDGE RD. VACANT LAND RURAL LAWRENCE

TOM HARPER CRS, ABR, GRI, e-PRO 785-218-6351

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• New listing on Applegate Court • Quality construction + recent renovation • Newer HVAC & roof • 1 mile west of KU • HOA takes care of lawn + snow removal • Visual Tour: Tom-Harper.com TOM HARPER CRS, ABR, GRI, e-PRO MLS 137133 785-218-6351

ZIMMERMAN HOLDINGS, DUNHAM, MARK A. DUNHAM, JULIE LC TO COMPTON A. DUNHAM, HOLDINGS, LC 934 W. CHRISTOPHER J. TO 24TH ST. LAWRENCE MILLER, TODD A. KINNEY-COACH, INC TO MILLER, BRANDY L. COMPTON HOLDINGS, 1201 W. 22ND ST. LC 1430 LOUISIANA ST. LAWRENCE LAWRENCE EQUITY TRUST COMPANY; COACHMAN SLEDER, PAULINE R., APARTMENTS, INC TO IRA TO ANDRADE, COMPTON HOLDINGS, DIANE 539 OHIO ST. LC 1433 OHIO ST. LAWRENCE LAWRENCE BATESON, JOHN B. HEEB, JON J. HEEB, BOND, MARILOU TO JONES, STEPHEN E. BARBARA J. TO DOBSKI, JONES, MARY H. 4708 KEVIN M. DOBSKI, MOUNDRIDGE CT. MARY K. 1018 OAK LAWRENCE TREE DR. LAWRENCE SCHEER, TIMOTHY A. BRINKERHOFF, SCHEER, CHRISTINA M. CORVAS K., TRUSTEE TO GUDENKAUF, CHASE BRINKERHOFF, CYNTHIA GUDENKAUF, SARA J., TRUSTEE TO KEPPLE, 2904 WHITMORE DR. SEAN M. KEPPLE, LAWRENCE NANCY J. 3001 W. ROME, ERIK M. ROME, 27TH ST. LAWRENCE LILLI E. TO VACEK, ROBERT K. MARSH BRANDON 405 REVOCABLE TRUST CATTLEMAN CT. JUANITA F. MARSH LAWRENCE REVOCABLE TRUST TO BURCHETT, JOEANNA TO REYNOLDS, STEVE UPTON, CHARLES A. REYNOLDS, NIKKI 1301 UPTON, CYDNEY G. E. 2000 RD. EUDORA 1640 CRESCENT RD. PINE TREE MANAGEMENT, LAWRENCE LLC TO GISH, LARRY TODD, JASON TODD, D. GISH, MARGE E. PAMELA TO SON, 2929 WHITEMORE DR. DONG-HYUN 3919 LAWRENCE PRAIRIE ROSE ST. LUNTE, EDWARD A., JR LAWRENCE TO BOLTON, SUZY S. 5931 LONGLEAF CIR. FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE LAWRENCE ASSOCIATION TO MOORE, CORRIE A. TEDROW, KRISTEN TO RASTOK, RYAN EGAN, MITCHELL RASTOK, JENNIFER 718 SHELBURN PL. 308 MISSISSIPPI ST. LAWRENCE LAWRENCE LONG, ROBYN E. UPTON, CYDNEY G. GERRARD, BENJAMIN UPTON, CHARLES A. TO L. TO BISHOP, NICHOLE ALLEN, MARVIN G., JR 1308 SUMMIT ST. ALLEN, CINDY L. 1919 LAWRENCE N. 600 RD. BALDWIN ZIMMERMAN HOLDINGS, CITY LC TO COMPTON REES, JOAN M. TO HOLDINGS, LC 918 STINDT, KENDRA E. / 926 W. 24TH ST. STINDT, BRUCE B. LAWRENCE STINDT, ANITA L. COACH ENTERPIRSES, 929 CHRISTIE CT. INC TO COMPTON HOLDINGS, LC 1002 W. LAWRENCE 24TH ST. LAWRENCE 6/9/15 - 6/15/15

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3.950% + 0 (4.047%) 60 day quote (credit score >= 740) Call For Rates (credit score >= 740)

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20 Yr 5/1 ARM/7/1 ARM FHA* 30 Yr./15 Yr.

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Loan Assumptions: ¹Primary Residence, Purchase Loan with a value of $125,000 and loan amount of $100,000, estimated monthly payment of $678.62 for 180 months. ²Primary Residence, Purchase Loan with a value of $125,000 and loan amount of $100,000, estimated monthly payment of $449.04 for 360 months. Real estate taxes and homeowners insurance could increase the monthly payment. Receive local servicing for the life of the loan on all conventional loans. Please call Mark Hernandez (NMLS#556689) at 785.749.9053 or apply online at www.capfed.com. APR = Annual Percentage Rate. *Registered with HUD as Capitol Federal® Savings Bank.

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FHA/VA Jumbo

4.125% + 0 (4.197% APR) 4.000% + 0 (5.138% APR) 4.125% + 0 (4.197% APR)

3.500% + 0 (3.625% APR)

5/1 ARM 7/1 ARM 10/1 ARM 7/1 Jumbo 10/1 Jumbo 20 Yr. Fixed 10 Yr. Fixed

3.000% + 0 (3.087% APR) 3.375% + 0 (3.263% APR) 3.625% + 0 (3.473% APR) 3.375% + 0 (3.397% APR) 3.625% + 0 (3.473% APR) 4.125% + 0 (4.224%) 2.875% + 0 (3.105%)

Central Bank of the Midwest 865-1000 6/30/2015

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Jumbo FHA VA

4.125% + 0 (4.223%) 4.250% + 0 (4.334%) 3.500 + 0 (4.386%) 3.750 + 0 (4.044%)

3.250% + 0 (3.399%) 3.500% + 0 (3.627%)

20 Yr.

3.750% + 0 (3.877%)

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4104 W. 6th St., Ste. B 841-4434 5/05/2015

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FHA USDA/Rural Development

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4.125 + 0 (4.177%) 3.990 + 1 (4.042%)

3.375% + 0 (3.466%) 3.125% + 1 (3.215%)

3/1 ARM 5/1 ARM 7/1 ARM 7/1 Jumbo FHA VA

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Capitol Federal® Savings 1026 Westdale 749-9050 6/26/2015

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Jumbo

4.000% + 0 (4.053%) Please Call

Central National Bank 838-1882 6/30/2015

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FHA/VA Jumbo

Commerce Bank 865-4721 6/30/2015

First Assured Mortgage 856-LOAN (5626) 6/15/2015 First State Bank & Trust 3901 W. 6th St. 312-6810 6/30/2015 Great American Bank 3500 Clinton Parkway 838-9704 6/30/2015 Landmark Bank 841-6677 6/8/2015

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FHA/VA Jumbo

4.12% + 0 (4.317%) Call For Rates Call For Rates

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20 Yr. Conv. and USDA 3/1 ARM 5/1 ARM 7/1 ARM 7/1 Jumbo

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FHA/VA Jumbo

4.000% + 0 (4.181%) Call for Rate Call

3.125% + 0 (3.221%)

20 Yr. Fixed 10-Yr. Fixed

3.750% + 0 (3.952%) 2.875% + 0 (3.015%)

Free Same Day Pre-Approvals. Rates quoted on loan amounts of $125,000.00 or more, purchase, 45 day lock with a credit score of 740 and above. Rates subject to change without notice. Call us today for your lending needs!

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Conv.

Jumbo

4.000% + 0 (APR 4.043%)

3.125% + 0 (APR 3.199%)

Jumbo 5/1 ARM VA/FHA 30 Fixed 10/1 Jumbo

4.125% + 0 (APR 4.144%) 3.125% + 0 (APR 3.199%) 3.625% + 0 (APR 3.970/5.229%) 3.750% + 0 (APR 3.405%)

New, Landmark Lock and Shop, provides a safeguard while you shop for a home. Contact Brian McFall 785-841-7152. First time homebuyers you may be able to receive up to 4% of your loan amount in down payment assistance if you qualify. Landmark has FHA, Conventional and VA and RD loans. Closing costs vary from lender to lender, call Landmark and compare our costs and rates with any other lender. Rates are based on a loan of $120,000 or higher and a median credit score of 740 or above. Other rate and point options are available.

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Jumbo

3.875 + 0 (4.116% APR) Please call 856-7878 ext 5037

3.125 + 0 (3.321% APR) Please call 856-7878 ext 5037

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Jumbo

4.125% + 0 (4.344%) Call for Rates

3.375% + 0 (3.755%) Call for Rates

20 Yr. Fixed 30 Yr FHA 30 Yr VA 30 Yr USDA

3.750% + 0 (4.049%) 3.750% + 0 (4.490%) 3.750% + 0 (3.964%) 3.875% + 0 (4.091%)

Conv.

Jumbo

3.875% + 0 (4.143% APR)

3.125% + 0 (3.363% APR)

FHA/VA/USDA

3.500% + 0

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Call Carol at 785-865-4721 for free pre-approval and for more information on mortgages for residential and investment properties. Rates change daily. Rates quoted here on loan amounts of $160,000 to $417,000 with minimum required credit score.

Email Mary Lauer at Mary.Lauer@commercebank.com

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20 YR 30 YR

Call For Rates 3.500% + 1 (4.087%) 3.625% + 1 (3.675%)

(4.938/3.987/4.153% APR)

3.750% + 0 (3.945%

APR)

3.875% + 0 (4.151% APR)

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Email Jessica Wollesen at jessicaw@firststateks.com

Free Pre-approvals! Apply online or call Colette Wedan at 785-856-7878 ext 5037 for more info. Local Credit Union committed to giving you the smoothest closing! Local servicing for the life of the loan! Rates subject to change & are based on a Purchase loan, 20% down payment and 740 credit score.

RATES ARE AMAZING! We offer a FREE,No Obligation Pre-Approval Letter. We are first time homebuyer specialists. Consider A USDA loan with NO down payment required! Great options on rental properties too. Call to have us analyze your refinance options. Free borrower education session ** Rates for refinance may vary. APR based on $125,000 purchase loan, 80% LTV and 760 credit score. MEMBER FDIC EQUAL HOUSING LENDER. NMLS#619730 ****

CALL TODAY or apply online for a no-obligation rate quote and fee estimate, to be preapproved, or to talk with a Mortgage Advisor about preparing for a future purchase. Pulaski Bank provides loans for purchase, refinance, investment property, second homes, second mortgages/HELOCS and Bridge Loans! We provide options with little or no down payment, and offer Financed Mortgage Insurance to keep your payment as low as possible. Rates shown are for a purchase transaction with a >740 credit score - refinance rates may vary.

Conv.

Jumbo

4.125% + 0 (4.226% APR) Please Call for Quote

3.250% + 0 (3.344% APR) Please Call

20 Yr. Conv.

Conv. 97% 30 Yr Fixed 30 Yr. Rental HELOC

3.875% + 0 (3.961% APR) 4.250% + 0 (4.644% APR) 4.375% + 0 (4.382% APR) (as low as) 3.750% + 0

Contact Geoff Strole at 785-749-6804 or Geoff.Strole@TruityCU.org. Local Servicing. Free Pre-Qualifications within Minutes of Applying. Apply 24/7 at www.LawrenceMortgages.org.

Rates quoted are for purchase transactions with a 740 or higher median credit score.

Refinance rates may be slightly higher. Call or email for complete details and to obtain a no obligation quote! Equal Housing Lender. We are also proud to be an Approved Lender for the Tenants to Homeowners Program…Creating Permanently Affordable Workforce Housing in Lawrence! Check out complete details at: www.tenants-to-homeowners.org

Conv.

Jumbo

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Trade may end twins’ act Twin brothers Marcus and Markieff Morris might have played their final NBA game as teammates.

Although Phoenix did the former Kansas stars a favor by trading for Marcus in 2013 and signing both of them to extensions prior to the 2014-15 season, with free agency in full swing the Suns reportedly decided to split the twins up in order to chase the top available player.

Yahoo’s Adrian Wojnarowski, who breaks almost every NBA story out there, reported Thursday afternoon Phoenix agreed to move Marcus and two other Suns to Detroit for — of all things — a secondround draft pick in 2020.

Obviously, that wasn’t the organization’s end game.

Wojnarowski reported Phoenix agreed on the deal to clear cap space as it tries to sign power forward LaMarcus Aldridge.

Breaking up the Morris brothers likely has nothing to do with Marcus’s caughton-TV shouting match with Suns coach Jeff Hornacek, but the twins’ alleged involvement in a felony aggravated assault case in Phoenix probably didn’t inspire the franchise to remain invested in the young forwards, who are 25 years old and headed into their fifth season in the NBA. Obviously, this move won’t sit well with the Morris twins (or the Morrii, if you prefer), and we’ll certainly hear more on that front once all the summer movement settles. In the meantime, Markieff expressed his shock via Twitter.

If he isn’t happy with Phoenix’s management, he may not have to worry about any awkward exchanges in the near future.

Wojnarowski also reported the Suns could be working on another trade involving their leftover Morris.

So try to keep up with the mayhem that is free agency season, and remain on the lookout for more Woj-bombs. Markieff could be moved to Dallas in the time it takes to type 140 characters.

Markieff, the ideal stretch-4 for the NBA, has experienced more success in the league than Marcus to date. But Marcus, who played both small forward and power forward with the Suns, has played in all but one game over the past two seasons, started 35 this past year and averaged 10.4 points and 4.8 rebounds in 25.2 minutes in what proved to be his final campaign with the Suns.

As of Thursday afternoon, the Pistons have Marcus, Danny Granger, lottery pick Stanley Johnson, Quincy Miller, Ersan Ilyasova and Anthony Tolliver as their forwards.

So starting at the 3 or 4 spot wouldn’t be out of the question for Marcus in Detroit.

Or he could become a valuable sixth man.

No doubt Marcus hates this business move right now, but it could actually benefit his career down the road if he makes the most of it. He’ll just have to find a new roommate.

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KANSAS FORWARD JAMARI TRAYLOR LOOKS TO PASS FROM BENEATH THE BASKET during Team USA’s 93-56 win over China in a scrimmage Thursday in Gwangju, South Korea.

Kansas/USA dominates in scrimmage

By Bobby Nightengale bnightengale@ljworld.com

Gwangju, South Korea — It’s a simple formula: Force turnovers to get transition buckets. That’s all Team USA needed to do in a 93-56 blowout victory over China in a scrimmage Thursday at Seolwol Girls’ High in Gwangju, Korea.

The Jayhawks took a 36-27 lead into halftime, before using their speed to outscore China in the second half, 57-29.

They grabbed plenty of steals and those led to fast-break layups and alley-oop slams.

It was an unofficial scrimmage with no officials, no stats and a flip card scoreboard. The game clock wasn’t shown. One man, who had a whistle to make a few obvious foul calls and to determine possession when the ball went out of bounds, would yell out the time remaining in the quarter periodically.

Despite the informal setting of the scrimmage, the Jayhawks tried to use it to KANSAS CENTER HUNTER MICKELSON BLOCKS A SHOT in a Team their advantage.

“I think that’s good,” said USA scrimmage win over China.

KU junior Landen Lucas about playing without officials, “especially, I heard the Turkish team is physical. A lot of the teams we play are going to be. We can’t expect any help from the refs.

So having no refs out here is probably the best case for us. It will be good for us to learn from it, not rely on the refs and just go out there and play.”

Eight of the Team USA players finished with at least nine points, including a team-high 13 points from KU freshman guard Lagerald Vick and 12 points from senior forwards Hunter Mickelson and Jamari Traylor.

Freshman forward Carlton Bragg, who broke his nose in Wednesday’s practice, sat out of the scrimmage, but expects to play Saturday once he receives a face-mask.

Ten of the remaining 11 players scored with senior Evan Manning as the lone exception.

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Gwangju, South Korea — Kansas University freshman Carlton Bragg sat out of Team USA’s scrimmage against China on Thursday, one day after breaking his nose in practice. He doesn’t plan on sitting much longer.

Bragg said he felt well enough to play on Thursday, but he’s waiting for a protective face mask to arrive from Seoul, South Korea. He’s confident he will be ready to play by Saturday’s tournament opener against Turkey at noon (10 p.m. Friday CDT).

“This little stuff is nothing,” said Bragg, after USA’s

93-56 victory over China.

“I’ve played with sprained ankles before so I know how it is.”

Bragg didn’t suit up for the scrimmage, wearing a grey t-shirt and a red hat while sitting on the bench.

“He should play next game,” KU coach Bill Self said. “I think he could have played today. He thought he probably could have, too.

But we’re going to wait until we get a mask for him. That was supposed to come in today, but it didn’t, so hopefully we’ll have it by tomorrow.”

Bragg said he broke his nose in Wednesday’s practice when he blocked a shot and was hit by senior forward Hunter Mickelson’s

elbow at the end of the play.

“When (doctors) told me I broke my nose, I thought I was going to be done for the rest of the whole trip,” Bragg said. “But as I talked to the doctors and stuff, they said I should be fine. It’s been good, though. I think I’ll be able to play Saturday.”

Bragg isn’t excited about the idea of wearing a mask, but he has dealt with broken bones before. He said he broke his ankle once when he was younger.

“A company in Seoul sent one down,” Self said of the Mike Yoder/Journal-World Photo face mask. “Hopefully it will fit OK. He’s going to be KANSAS FORWARD CARLTON BRAGG SHAKES able to play either way. You HANDS WITH TEAM CHINA PLAYERS after a Team USA 93-56 win in a scrimmage game Thursday.

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The move was very likely a bid to clear salary space to sign free agent LaMarcus Aldridge.

The person spoke on condition of anonymity Thursday because the deal had not been announced.

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NASCAR asks fans not to fly Confederate flag at races Daytona Beach, Fla. (ap) — NASCAR’s national series tracks announced Thursday that they are asking fans to refrain from displaying the Confederate flag at races following the deadly attack at a South Carolina church two weeks ago.

The facilities vowed to have the most “welcoming environments in all of sports and entertainment.”

The statement was signed by International Speedway Corp. and Speedway Motorsports Inc. — which own most of the tracks in the Sprint Cup Series, stretching from Florida to New York to California — as well as 30 specific tracks. It also includes independent tracks such as Tony Stewart’s Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, Pocono Raceway and Canadian Tire Motorsport Park.

“We are asking our fans and partners to join us in a renewed effort to create an all-inclusive, even more welcoming atmosphere for all who attend our events,” the statement read.

“This will include the request to refrain from displaying the Confederate flag at our facilities and NASCAR events.”

The move follows NASCAR’s statement last week reiterating that the flag is banned from official use at its events.

And it comes ahead of Sunday’s race at Daytona International Speedway — the first in the South since the midJune attack that left nine black churchgoers dead in Charleston. The suspect had embraced Confederate symbols, including the battle flag.

Daytona is planning to hold a voluntary exchange program this weekend in which fans can swap any flag of their choice for an American flag.

“We want to be inclusive to everyone, and the last thing you want is for anyone to come to a sporting event and really not enjoy that experience because of symbols that really represent things we’re not proud of,” track President Joie Chitwood said. “Going forward, we’ll really have to look at where that other flag goes, because it doesn’t have a place in our sport and we’ve got to take a thoughtful process on how we get to that place.”

ISC, a sister company of NASCAR, owns 13 facilities that signed the statement. SMI, the Bruton Smith-owned rival to ISC, had its eight properties listed as supporting NASCAR. Indianapolis Motor Speedway was among the independents taking part.

Drivers including Dale Earnhardt Jr. have been outspoken against the flag. NASCAR Chairman Brian France last week called the flag a symbol he finds offensive and said he wants to be as aggressive as possible in barring it from sanctioned events.

France said he was unsure what steps track promoters can legally take to prohibit the flag.

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DUSTIN BROWN, LEFT, AND RAFAEL NADAL leave the court after Brown defeated Nadal in their Wimbledon singles match Thursday in London.

Nadal makes early exit at Wimbledon London — On the final point of the first set of his latest Wimbledon disappointment, Rafael Nadal swung his mighty, lefty forehand — and whiffed, accidentally whacking his right leg with his racket.

It was a painful, embarrassing mistake, symbolic of the sort of day this was.

During five trips to the All England Club from 2006-11, Nadal reached the final every time.

In his most recent four appearances, though, Nadal has exited early against an unheralded, unaccomplished and, most importantly, unafraid opponent ranked 100th or worse. On Thursday, Nadal lost, 7-5, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, in the second round to Dustin Brown, who needed to qualify just to enter the main draw.

“It’s not the end,” Nadal said. “(It’s) a sad moment for me ... but life continues. My career, too.”

Toni Nadal, Rafael’s uncle and coach, summed up the Centre Court match this way: “He played really bad. Bad shots. Very bad with his forehand.”

All true. But give credit to Brown and his varied, risky and entertaining brand of tennis, a mix of old-school serve-and-volleying, drop shots, drop volleys and go-for-it returns.

“I had nothing to lose. If I lose 6-1, 6-2, 6-3, everyone says ‘Bravo, Rafa,’” Brown said.

The 30-year-old Brown was born in Germany to a Jamaican father — whose face is tattooed on Brown’s stomach — and German mother.

They moved to Jamaica when he was 12 and returned to Europe about a decade ago. Around that time, his parents bought him an RV so he could drive from tournament to tournament.

Who could have imagined this sort of triumph back then? Or, frankly, even now?

After all, Brown is ranked 102nd, entered Thursday with a 6-11 record in 2015 and has never been past the third round at a major.

Nadal, meanwhile, is a former No. 1 and the owner of 14 major titles, tied with Pete Sampras for second-most behind Roger Federer’s 17.

Federer joined Andy Murray and Petra Kvitova as past Wimbledon champions picking up straightforward, straight-set victories Thursday. Federer’s 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 win over Sam Querrey of the U.S. included one particularly memorable moment — an on-the-run, between-the-legs lob.

“You want to go over and give him a highfive sometimes,” Querrey said, “but you can’t do that.”

Nadal used to leave opponents feeling that way, too. Not lately. He missed time last season because of a right wrist injury, then needed appendix surgery, and has spoken about confidence issues.

After his run of five consecutive French Open titles ended last month with a quarterfinal loss to Novak Djokovic, Nadal’s ranking dropped to 10th, his worst in 10 years.

Now he has failed to win any of his past four major tournaments, not even reaching the semifinals. It’s the 29-year-old Spaniard’s longest drought since the first five Slams of his career.

Consider, too, Nadal’s history at Wimbledon.

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He lost to Federer in the 2006 and 2007 finals, then beat him 9-7 in the fifth set of the epic 2008 final. After missing the 2009 tournament because of injury, Nadal collected another trophy in 2010, then lost to Djokovic in the 2011 final.

“I don’t know if I will be back to (that) level,” Nadal acknowledged.

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Helped by Thursday’s morning rain that softened the Old White TPC course in West Virginia, Woods posted his lowest score of the season and matched his best in relation to par.

It was only the fourth time he shot in the 60s in 21 rounds.

Two weeks ago at the U.S. Open, Woods had the highest 36-hole score of his pro career — 156.

He started on the back nine Thursday and shook off a double bogey on the sixth hole. He finished his round with three straight birdies.

Woods was four shots behind Scott Langley, who shot 62. Jonathan Byrd and Danny Lee each shot 63. Brian Davis and Ryo Ishikawa had 64s.

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Arkansas adds transfer Fayetteville, Ark. — University of Arkansas basketball coach Mike Anderson has announced the transfer of a 6-foot-10 post player from Kennesaw State to the Razorbacks.

Anderson said Thursday that Willy Kouassi has signed with Arkansas and will be eligible to play immediately. He has one season of eligibility remaining.

Kouassi is a native of the Ivory Coast and began his collegiate career at Auburn. He was selected the Atlantic Sun Defensive Player of the Year last year at Kennesaw State after blocking 36 shots and averaging five rebounds per game.

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Wade informed the Heat on Thursday that he will accept their one-year offer to re-sign for $20 million for next season, said a person familiar with the negotiations. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because no NBA deals can be finalized this summer until July 9.

The decision ends a weeks-long, sometimescontentious saga between the Heat and their franchise player. Wade was open to the idea of leaving Miami over a contract dispute, moreso than ever before.

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to do because I think we’ll be a much better transition team than we will be a half court team,” KU coach Bill Self said after his team shot 52 percent from the floor (43-for83). “We did some good things. We didn’t guard the ball very well at all.

We need to be able to keep the ball in front of us.

“We looked pretty athletic at times. Our little guards need to play a little bit better and they will. But all in all, it was good to get out and sweat and do that. We accomplished today what I think we needed to accomplish.”

KU forwards Lucas, Mickelson, Traylor and senior Perry Ellis (11 points on 5-of-7 shooting) were on the receiving end of a few alley-oops.

Once they could get into transition, they sprinted past China’s forwards for open looks around the rim. Frank Mason was on the other end, finishing with only two points but five assists. Junior Wayne Selden added four assists to go along with 11 points, shooting 5-for-11 from the field.

“It’s an emphasis that you know they’ve been trying to put on us is to run,” Lucas said. “It’s going to be hard because we’ll be tired, but we also have a lot of bigs, especially once we get Carlton back. So we’ll be able to switch and rotate a lot.

Running the floor is going to be big and getting easy buckets.”

After two practices this week, the scrimmage was a change of pace for the Jayhawks. They changed gyms to avoid the slick courts at Gwangju High and it was the first team they faced since playing Canada twice last week at

can’t hurt it worse, and he’s not going to get it fixed until he gets back.

If he gets it hit again, it’s not going to affect the eventual outcome anyway, which is to have surgery and straighten it back up.”

“He should be fine to play,” Self added. “The

question will be, can he get his nose dirty with a broken nose? I don’t know if he can do that yet or not.”

When Bragg initially saw the swelling from his nose in the mirror, he did a double take. He said it was “the worst” pain he’s felt and ranked it a “12” on a scale of 1 to 10.

“When I looked in the mirror, it was like crooked,” Bragg said. “I was like, ‘Oh!’ I had to look down a little bit and

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looked up again. It was kind of freaky.”

But the pain didn’t last for long. He ventured into the city with his teammates after practice on Wednesday and was smiling throughout the scrimmage on Thursday.

“It’s doing pretty good,” Bragg said. “It was hurting at the time but I took some pain medication. The swelling went down a lot, though. I’ve been icing so I’ve been pretty good.”

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KANSAS GUARD FRANK MASON III SHOOTS OVER China defenders in a Team USA scrimmage game win over China Thursday in Gwangju, South Korea.

BOX SCORE TEAM USA (93) Frank Mason 1-6 0-0 2, Wayne Selden 5-11 0-0 11, Nic Moore 3-6 0-0 9, Landen Lucas 5-9 0-0 10, Perry Ellis 5-7 0-0 11, Lagerald Vick 6-13 0-1 13, Julian DeBose 5-7 0-0 11, Hunter Mickelson 6-12 0-0 12, Jamari Traylor 6-8 0-1 12, Evan Manning 0-2 0-0 0, Tyler Self 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 43-83 0-2 93.

China 13 14 11 18 — 56 Jayhawks 18 18 21 36 — 93 Three-point field goals: Jayhawks 7-20 (Moore 3, Ellis, DeBose, Selden, Vick).

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“It’s a lot better because it’s a court that we can stand up on,” Self said. “But I think today was better than the hour practice from a conditioning standpoint. I don’t know if you can lose conditioning in a couple of days, but our guys didn’t seem like they had much bounce and I’ll think we’ll be much better each day that we’re here.”

But the biggest key in the scrimmage was the Jayhawks playing fast to tire China and earn easy baskets without having to run through plays.

“If you think about it, it’s a lot harder for us to adjust to that shot clock in the half-court situation,” Lucas said.

“But fast breaks are fast breaks. The shot clock is out of play. We try to get easy buckets as quickly as possible. Then if not, do some quick plays.”

Self added: “I think we’ve definitely played faster than the two teams that we’ve played. Canada we played a lot faster than they played. I didn’t say better, just faster. I think that our speed over time kind of wore them down a little bit. But that didn’t mean we played better.

This team needs to play fast. We need to create some easy baskets.”

Team USA will practice on Friday prior to the World University Games opening ceremony before opening pool-play versus Turkey at noon Saturday (10 p.m. Friday CDT) at DongKang College Gymnasium. Friday’s game will be broadcast in the United States on ESPNU.

Gwangju, South Korea — After a 10 a.m practice on Wednesday morning, Kansas University men’s basketball players used their free afternoon to spend time in the city of Gwangju.

The Jayhawks walked around downtown and danced to music on the sidewalks.

“It was fun,” KU junior forward Landen Lucas said. “We had a good time. We got a chance to see the city a little bit and have fun. It’s nice. I feel like we’re going to continue to have fun and just enjoy our time out here.”

The Jayhawks have documented parts of their trip on mobile photo-sharing app Instagram (@KUinKorea), including their trip downtown.

“We got to explore,” KU freshman forward Carlton Bragg said. “It was pretty good. I didn’t know they had American stores like H&M, Popeyes. I saw Popeyes and I was amazed. We need to go back there, though.” l Lucas sees similarities in culture: Lucas was

born in Tokyo and lived there for the first three years of his life while his dad, Richard, played basketball professionally.

Lucas went back to Japan in middle school for about a year and a half, and he said it’s been a “pretty easy” adjustment for staying in Korea.

“A little bit,” Lucas said of the similarities between cultures. “There’s some (things) that I can tell they have a lot of similarities but hopefully we get to play the Japan team and I can talk to them a little bit.”

“I don’t know if anything surprised me yet,” Lucas added. “The people are real friendly. Then the one thing that I guess you could say surprised me is how big this event is. I didn’t really know too much about it. Coming out here, I can tell that it’s a big deal out here.” l Self impresses high schoolers: Prior to Team USA’s first practice in Korea at Gwangju High, KU coach Bill Self made six straight shots around the left elbow, about one step in front of the threepoint line.

More than 100 high schoolers were in atten-

dance and cheered on every made basket, yelling a louder, “Whoooa!” after each shot.

“I wasn’t keeping count but I think it was six in a row,” said a smiling Self. “But I wasn’t keeping count. You know, I missed about 12 in a row to get started. But the camera doesn’t lie, so that’s good.” l Adjusting to fast shot clock: The Jayhawks had no problems with the 24-second shot clock in their 93-56 victory during their scrimmage against China on Thursday.

They didn’t have any shot clock violations and didn’t have many moments where they were rushed into a last-second shot attempt. l Informal scrimmage: Thursday’s scrimmage against China, which USA won 93-56, was without officials, game clocks and used a flip card scoreboard.

“I actually went to the bathroom in between quarters,” said Self, laughing. “That’s the first time I’ve done that in a pretty long time, so that’s pretty cool. There’s advantages to scrimmaging, I guess.”

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LEAGUE STANDINGS AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division

Baltimore New York Tampa Bay Toronto Boston

W 42 42 42 42 37

L 37 37 39 39 44

Pct .532 .532 .519 .519 .457

GB — — 1 1 6

WCGB L10 — 6-4 — 4-6 1 2-8 1 5-5 6 6-4

Str L-1 W-1 L-5 L-1 W-1

Home Away 26-16 16-21 21-14 21-23 21-27 21-12 26-18 16-21 17-20 20-24

W 44 42 39 37 34

L 32 37 39 41 42

Pct .579 .532 .500 .474 .447

GB WCGB L10 — — 5-5 31⁄2 — 5-5 6 21⁄2 5-5 8 41⁄2 5-5 10 61⁄2 6-4

Str Home Away L-4 22-14 22-18 W-1 25-15 17-22 L-3 20-22 19-17 W-4 15-23 22-18 W-2 18-15 16-27

W 47 41 41 36 37

L 34 38 39 43 45

Pct .580 .519 .513 .456 .451

GB WCGB L10 — — 6-4 5 1 6-4 51⁄2 11⁄2 4-6 10 6 4-6 101⁄2 61⁄2 6-4

Str Home Away W-4 28-16 19-18 L-1 25-18 16-20 W-1 15-19 26-20 L-1 17-23 19-20 W-2 17-24 20-21

Pct .544 .500 .481 .425 .333

GB WCGB L10 — — 7-3 31⁄2 31⁄2 4-6 5 5 4-6 91⁄2 91⁄2 4-6 17 17 3-7

Str Home Away L-2 22-14 21-22 L-3 29-14 11-26 W-2 21-16 17-25 W-3 21-22 13-24 L-4 18-25 9-29

Central Division

Kansas City Minnesota Detroit Cleveland Chicago

West Division

Houston Los Angeles Texas Seattle Oakland

NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division

Washington New York Atlanta Miami Philadelphia

W 43 40 38 34 27

L 36 40 41 46 54

Central Division

St. Louis Pittsburgh Chicago Cincinnati Milwaukee

W 51 45 42 36 33

L 27 33 35 41 48

Pct .654 .577 .545 .468 .407

GB WCGB L10 — — 6-4 6 — 6-4 81⁄2 — 5-5 141⁄2 6 5-5 191⁄2 11 8-2

Str Home Away L-3 29-10 22-17 W-3 24-14 21-19 W-3 20-15 22-20 W-1 22-15 14-26 W-5 15-26 18-22

W 45 42 38 38 34

L 35 38 41 43 45

Pct .563 .525 .481 .469 .430

GB WCGB L10 — — 6-4 3 11⁄2 4-6 61⁄2 5 4-6 71⁄2 6 4-6 101⁄2 9 4-6

Str Home Away W-2 27-13 18-22 L-3 21-20 21-18 W-1 20-20 18-21 W-1 18-22 20-21 L-2 17-22 17-23

West Division

Los Angeles San Francisco Arizona San Diego Colorado

SCOREBOARD AMERICAN LEAGUE Minnesota 2, Kansas City 0 Cleveland 5, Tampa Bay 4, 10 innings Texas 2, Baltimore 0 Boston 12, Toronto 6 Oakland 4, Seattle 0 INTERLEAGUE Pittsburgh 8, Detroit 4

NATIONAL LEAGUE Miami 5, San Francisco 4 Chicago Cubs 6, N.Y. Mets 1 Milwaukee 8, Philadelphia 7, 11 innings Atlanta 2, Washington 1 San Diego 5, St. Louis 3, 11 innings Arizona 8, Colorado 1

UPCOMING American League

TODAY’S GAMES Tampa Bay (Archer 9-5) at N.Y. Yankees (Tanaka 4-3), 6:05 p.m.

Toronto (Hutchison 8-1) at Detroit (An.Sanchez 6-7), 6:08 p.m.

Houston (Straily 0-0) at Boston (Masterson 3-2), 6:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Richards 8-5) at Texas (Ch.Gonzalez 2-3), 7:05 p.m.

Baltimore (U.Jimenez 7-3) at Chicago White Sox (Danks 3-8), 7:10 p.m.

Minnesota (Milone 4-1) at Kansas City (Guthrie 6-5), 7:10 p.m.

Seattle (Happ 3-5) at Oakland (Chavez 4-7), 8:05 p.m.

SATURDAY’S GAMES Tampa Bay at N.Y. Yankees, 12:05 p.m.

Toronto at Detroit, 12:08 p.m.

Houston at Boston, 12:35 p.m.

Baltimore at Chicago White Sox, 1:10 p.m.

Seattle at Oakland, 3:05 p.m.

Minnesota at Kansas City, 6:15 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

National League

TODAY’S GAMES Miami (Koehler 6-4) at Chicago Cubs (Hammel 5-3), 1:20 p.m.

San Francisco (Peavy 0-2) at Washington (G.Gonzalez 5-4), 5:05 p.m.

Milwaukee (Fiers 3-7) at Cincinnati (Lorenzen 3-2), 6:10 p.m.

Philadelphia (Morgan 1-0) at Atlanta (Teheran 5-4), 6:35 p.m.

San Diego (Cashner 3-9) at St. Louis (Wacha 10-3), 7:15 p.m.

Colorado (K.Kendrick 3-10) at Arizona (Ch.Anderson 4-2), 8:40 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Syndergaard 3-4) at L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 5-6), 9:10 p.m.

SATURDAY’S GAMES San Francisco at Washington, 10:05 a.m.

San Diego at St. Louis, 1:15 p.m.

Miami at Chicago Cubs, 6:15 p.m.

Milwaukee at Cincinnati, 6:15 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at L.A. Dodgers, 6:15 p.m.

Philadelphia at Atlanta, 6:15 p.m.

Colorado at Arizona, 9:10 p.m.

Interleague

TODAY’S GAME Cleveland (Bauer 6-5) at Pittsburgh (Morton 6-1), 6:05 p.m.

SATURDAY’S GAME Cleveland at Pittsburgh, 3:05 p.m.

LEAGUE LEADERS AMERICAN LEAGUE BATTING-Kipnis, Cleveland, .347; MiCabrera, Detroit, .345; Fielder, Texas, .345; JIglesias, Detroit, .326; Paredes, Baltimore, .315; Moustakas, Kansas City, .308; NCruz, Seattle, .307.

RBI-Bautista, Toronto, 55; Teixeira, New York, 54; MiCabrera, Detroit, 53; Vogt, Oakland, 53; Donaldson, Toronto, 52; JMartinez, Detroit, 51; Encarnacion, Toronto, 50; KMorales, Kansas City, 50.

HITS-Kipnis, Cleveland, 108; Fielder, Texas, 105; Donaldson, Toronto, 96; MiCabrera, Detroit, 95.

HOME RUNS-Pujols, Los Angeles, 24; JMartinez, Detroit, 21; Trout, Los Angeles, 21; NCruz, Seattle, 20.

PITCHING-Keuchel, Houston, 10-3; FHernandez, Seattle, 10-4; Carrasco, Cleveland, 10-6; Gray, Oakland, 9-3; McHugh, Houston, 9-3; Buehrle, Toronto, 9-4; Archer, Tampa Bay, 9-5.

NATIONAL LEAGUE BATTING-Goldschmidt, Arizona, .350; DGordon, Miami, .345; Harper, Washington, .339; Tulowitzki, Colorado, .320; Aoki, San Francisco, .317; YEscobar, Washington, .316; Panik, San Francisco, .316.

RBI-Arenado, Colorado, 68; Stanton, Miami, 67; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 65; Harper, Washington, 58.

HITS-DGordon, Miami, 114; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 98; Panik, San Francisco, 93.

HOME RUNS-Stanton, Miami, 27; Frazier, Cincinnati, 25; Arenado, Colorado, 24; Harper, Washington, 24.

PITCHING-GCole, Pittsburgh, 11-3; Wacha, St. Louis, 10-3; CMartinez, St. Louis, 9-3; Scherzer, Washington, 9-6; BColon, New York, 9-6; Bumgarner, San Francisco, 8-4; Heston, San Francisco, 8-5; Arrieta, Chicago, 8-5; deGrom, New York, 8-6.

Friday, July 3, 2015

MAJOR-LEAGUE ROUNDUP

Indians complete sweep The Associated Press

American League Indians 5, Rays 4, 10 innings St. Petersburg, Fla. — Mike Aviles homered on the first pitch of the 10th inning, giving Cleveland a victory and a four-game sweep of Tampa Bay on Thursday.

Corey Kluber struck out 14 over eight innings.

Brian Shaw (1-1) pitched one scoreless inning for the win, and Cody Allen struck out the side in the 10th to earn his 15th save in 16 opportunities.

Tampa Bay struck out a franchise-record 19 times in the game.

Aviles homered off Xavier Cedeno (1-0), extending Tampa Bay’s losing streak to five games.

Michael Brantley had a RBI single and sacrifice fly for the Indians, who also got run-scoring singles from Jason Kipnis and Francisco Lindor.

Cleveland Tampa Bay

ab r h bi ab r h bi Kipnis 2b 5 2 2 1 Kiermr cf 5 1 1 0 Lindor ss 5 0 2 1 JButler lf 4 1 1 0 Brantly cf 4 0 1 2 Longori 3b 4 1 1 0 Raburn dh 1 0 0 0 Sizemr dh 4 1 2 2 DvMrp ph-dh 1 0 0 0 Forsyth 2b 4 0 1 0 CSantn 1b 4 0 0 0 ACarer ss 4 0 1 1 YGoms c 4 0 1 0 Guyer rf 3 0 0 0 Moss rf 3 0 0 0 Elmore 1b 3 0 0 0 Urshela 3b 4 1 1 0 DeJess ph 1 0 0 0 Aviles lf 3 2 1 1 Rivera c 3 0 0 0 SouzJr ph 1 0 0 0 Totals 34 5 8 5 Totals 36 4 7 3 Cleveland 000 130 000 1—5 Tampa Bay 200 002 000 0—4 E-Y.Gomes (1), Rivera (7). DP-Cleveland 1, Tampa Bay 3. LOB-Cleveland 4, Tampa Bay 3. 2B-Kiermaier (16). HR-Aviles (4). SB-Longoria (2), Sizemore (1).

SF-Brantley.

IP H R ER BB SO Cleveland Kluber 8 7 4 3 1 14 B.Shaw W,1-1 1 0 0 0 0 2 Allen S,15-16 1 0 0 0 0 3 Tampa Bay M.Moore 42⁄3 6 4 4 2 4 Geltz 11⁄3 0 0 0 1 0 McGee 1 0 0 0 0 2 Boxberger 1 0 0 0 0 2 Jepsen 1 1 0 0 0 0 Cedeno L,1-1 1 1 1 1 0 1 WP-M.Moore 3.

T-3:01. A-16,353 (31,042).

Rangers 2, Orioles 0 Baltimore — Leonys Martin ended a scoreless duel with an RBI single in the ninth inning, and Texas beat Baltimore behind a dominant pitching performance by Yovani Gallardo and three relievers.

After Shin-Soo Choo led off the ninth with a walk from Chaz Roe (2-1) and moved up on a bunt, Martin ended a 4-for-34 slump with a single to center. Martin came home on a single by Rougned Odor.

Texas Baltimore

ab r h bi ab r h bi Odor 2b 5 0 2 1 MMchd 3b 4 0 1 0 Morlnd 1b 5 0 1 0 Pareds dh 3 0 0 0 Fielder dh 3 0 2 0 A.Jones cf 3 0 0 0 Beltre 3b 4 0 0 0 C.Davis rf 3 0 0 0 JHmltn lf 4 0 1 0 Wieters c 3 0 0 0 Choo rf 2 1 0 0 Parmel 1b 3 0 0 0 Andrus ss 3 0 0 0 JHardy ss 3 0 0 0 LMartn cf 3 1 1 1 Flahrty 2b 3 0 0 0 Chirins c 4 0 0 0 Lough lf 3 0 2 0 Totals 33 2 7 2 Totals 28 0 3 0 Texas 000 000 002—2 000 000—0 Baltimore 000 E-Odor (6), Wieters (2), M.Machado (12).

DP-Texas 2. LOB-Texas 9, Baltimore 4. 2B-Odor (7).

S-Andrus.

IP H R ER BB SO Texas Gallardo 6 2 0 0 3 2 S.Freeman 11⁄3 1 0 0 0 1 2⁄3 Kela W,5-5 0 0 0 0 0 Sh.Tolleson S,12-12 1 0 0 0 0 1 Baltimore Gausman 61⁄3 4 0 0 2 7 O’Day 11⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 Matusz 0 1 0 0 1 0 Roe L,2-1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1⁄3 Tom.Hunter 0 0 0 0 0 Matusz pitched to 2 batters in the 8th.

T-2:55. A-31,915 (45,971).

Padres 5, Cardinals 3, 11 innings St. Louis — Will Venable hit a pinch-hit tworun home run in the top of the 11th inning, and San Diego snapped a threegame losing streak.

Venable had been 1 for 17 coming off the bench before connecting on the first pitch from Carlos Villanueva (3-3) after the Padres successfully challenged a fair-foul ruling that resulted in a Steve Nesius/AP Photo ground-rule double by TAMPA BAY’S GRADY SIZEMORE takes off to steal second Clint Barmes. The ball base as Cleveland’s Carlos Santana, left, look on. The Indians appeared to tick the line defeated the Rays, 5-4 in 10 innings, on Thursday in St. as right fielder Jason Petersburg, Florida.

Heyward made an unsuccessful attempt at a sliding catch near the stands.

Boston Toronto San Francisco Miami

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ab r h bi ab r h bi Venable followed with Betts cf 6 1 3 2 Reyes ss 6 0 0 0 GBlanc cf-rf 4 2 2 1 DGordn 2b 4 0 0 0 B.Holt 2b 6 1 4 0 Dnldsn 3b 5 0 1 1 Panik 2b 4 1 2 0 Yelich lf 2 2 1 0 his sixth homer of the Bogarts ss 6 1 4 2 Bautist rf 3 0 2 2 MDuffy 3b 4 0 0 0 Hchvrr ss 4 1 2 1 year.

Marrer ss 0 0 0 0 Encrnc dh 2 0 0 0 Posey 1b 3 1 1 2 Bour 1b 3 1 1 3 Ortiz dh 5 1 1 3 Colaell 1b 5 1 1 0 Belt lf 4 0 2 1 Ozuna cf 4 0 0 0 Shawn Kelley (1-2) had HRmrz lf 5 1 1 1 RuMrtn c 4 2 1 1 BCrwfr ss 4 0 1 0 Rojas 3b 4 0 3 0 BrdlyJr rf 0 0 0 0 Valenci lf 4 1 2 1 Susac c 4 0 0 0 ISuzuki rf 2 0 0 0 four strikeouts in two Sandovl 3b 5 2 2 0 Pillar cf 5 1 4 0 Maxwll rf 3 0 1 0 Mathis c 4 0 0 0 scoreless innings and Napoli 1b 4 2 1 0 Travis 2b 5 1 3 1 Pagan ph-cf 1 0 0 0 Frnndz p 3 1 1 1 De Aza rf-lf 5 2 3 4 M.Cain p 2 0 0 0 Dunn p 0 0 0 0 Craig Kimbrel earned his Hanign c 4 1 0 0 Brodwy p 0 0 0 0 Capps p 0 0 0 0 20th save in 21 chances.

Totals 46 12 19 12 Totals 39 6 14 6 Arias ph 1 0 0 0 Dietrch ph 1 0 0 0

Boston 800 000 310—12 000 002— 6 Toronto 040 E-Bogaerts (5), Reyes (6). DP-Boston 2. LOBBoston 10, Toronto 14. 2B-Napoli (11), De Aza (9), Pillar (17). 3B-De Aza (6). HR-Ortiz (14), H.Ramirez (16), Ru.Martin (12), Valencia (5). SB-Betts (13), B.Holt (5).

IP H R ER BB SO Boston Miley W,8-7 5 7 4 4 7 2 Ogando 2 2 0 0 1 3 M.Barnes 1 2 0 0 0 1 Breslow 1 3 2 2 0 0 Toronto Boyd L,0-2 0 6 7 7 1 0 Hendriks 3 3 1 1 0 0 Schultz 2 2 0 0 1 4 Loup 1 1 0 0 0 2 2⁄3 Delabar 3 3 3 1 1 1⁄3 Cecil 1 0 0 0 0 Osuna 1 2 1 1 0 0 Redmond 1 1 0 0 0 0 Boyd pitched to 7 batters in the 1st.

WP-Boyd, Delabar 3.

T-3:34. A-29,758 (49,282).

Athletics 4, Mariners 0 Oakland, Calif. — Scott Kazmir pitched eight sparkling innings, Marcus Semien homered for the first time in nearly two months, and Oakland beat Seattle.

Josh Phegley had a two-run single and Mark Canha added an RBI triple for the A’s, who ended a five-game losing streak against the Mariners.

Seattle Oakland

ab r h bi ab r h bi AJcksn cf 4 0 0 0 Burns cf 4 0 0 0 Cano 2b 4 0 0 0 Vogt 1b 4 0 0 0 N.Cruz dh 3 0 0 0 Zobrist 2b 3 1 1 0 Seager 3b 3 0 0 0 BButler dh 3 1 1 0 Gutirrz lf 3 0 2 0 Phegly c 4 0 1 2 Trumo rf 3 0 0 0 Reddck rf 3 0 1 0 Morrsn 1b 2 0 0 0 Lawrie 3b 3 1 0 0 Zunino c 3 0 0 0 Canha lf 3 0 1 1 CTaylr ss 2 0 0 0 Fuld lf 0 0 0 0 BMiller ph 1 0 0 0 Semien ss 3 1 1 1 Totals 28 0 2 0 Totals 30 4 6 4 Seattle 000 000 000—0 010 10x—4 Oakland 200 DP-Oakland 1. LOB-Seattle 2, Oakland 4.

2B-Gutierrez (1), B.Butler (14), Phegley (9).

3B-Canha (1). HR-Semien (7). SB-Lawrie (4).

IP H R ER BB SO Seattle Elias L,4-6 6 3 3 3 1 7 Wilhelmsen 1 2 1 1 0 0 Beimel 1 1 0 0 1 0 Oakland Kazmir W,5-5 8 2 0 0 0 7 Mujica 1 0 0 0 0 1 HBP-by Kazmir (Morrison).

T-2:17. A-13,062 (35,067).

National League

Machi p 0 0 0 0 ARams p 0 0 0 0 Kontos p 0 0 0 0 Ishikaw ph 1 0 0 0 Totals 35 4 9 4 Totals 31 5 8 5 San Francisco 200 010 010—4 Miami 001 040 00x—5 E-G.Blanco (2), M.Duffy (7). DP-San Francisco 1.

LOB-San Francisco 7, Miami 7. 2B-Panik (21), Yelich (8). 3B-Rojas (1). HR-G.Blanco (2), Posey (13), Bour (9), Fernandez (1). SB-Belt (4), Yelich (7). SF-Posey.

IP H R ER BB SO San Francisco M.Cain L,0-1 5 7 5 5 4 2 Broadway 1 0 0 0 0 1 Machi 11⁄3 1 0 0 1 1 2⁄3 Kontos 0 0 0 0 0 Miami Fernandez W,1-0 6 7 3 3 0 6 2⁄3 Dunn H,13 0 0 0 1 2 Capps H,6 11⁄3 2 1 1 0 4 A.Ramos S,12-15 1 0 0 0 0 0 HBP-by Dunn (G.Blanco).

T-2:45. A-32,598 (37,442).

Braves 2, Nationals 1 Atlanta — Cameron Maybin drove in the goahead run with a chopper against Max Scherzer that bounced over third base in the ninth inning, lifting Atlanta over Washington.

Pinch-hitter Pedro Ciriaco began the Atlanta ninth with an infield single, beating shortstop Danny Espinosa’s throw to stop a string of 10 in a row retired by Scherzer (9-6). He advanced to second on Jace Peterson’s sacrifice and scored on Maybin’s single.

Washington Atlanta

ab r h bi ab r h bi Span cf 3 0 1 0 JPetrsn 2b 3 0 0 0 Espinos ss 3 0 0 0 Maybin cf 4 0 1 1 YEscor 3b 4 0 0 0 Markks rf 3 0 0 0 Harper rf 4 1 1 0 Przyns c 3 0 0 0 WRams c 4 0 2 1 Uribe 3b 3 1 1 0 Uggla 2b 3 0 0 0 KJhnsn 1b 3 0 0 0 TMoore 1b 3 0 0 0 ASmns ss 3 0 1 1 MTaylr lf 3 0 1 0 EPerez lf 3 0 1 0 Scherzr p 3 0 0 0 Banuls p 0 0 0 0 Masset p 0 0 0 0 Trdslvc ph 1 0 0 0 Ardsm p 0 0 0 0 JiJhnsn p 0 0 0 0 Grilli p 0 0 0 0 Ciriaco ph 1 1 1 0 Totals 30 1 5 1 Totals 27 2 5 2 Washington 000 000 100—1 010 001—2 Atlanta 000 One out when winning run scored.

DP-Atlanta 2. LOB-Washington 4, Atlanta 2.

2B-Harper (18), Uribe (7). SB-Span 2 (11). CS-A. Simmons (2). S-J.Peterson, Banuelos.

IP H R ER BB SO Washington Scherzer L,9-6 81⁄3 5 2 2 0 9 Atlanta Banuelos 52⁄3 2 0 0 0 7 1⁄3 Masset H,6 0 0 0 0 0 Aardsma BS,2-2 1 2 1 1 0 1 Ji.Johnson 1 1 0 0 0 1 Grilli W,3-3 1 0 0 0 0 1 HBP-by Banuelos (Span, Espinosa).

T-2:33. A-18,585 (49,586).

San Diego St. Louis

ab r h bi ab r h bi UptnJr cf 6 0 2 0 Wong 2b 5 0 1 0 DeNrrs 1b 5 0 0 0 MCrpnt 3b 4 2 2 1 Kemp rf 3 0 0 0 JhPerlt ss 6 0 2 0 Upton lf 4 1 0 0 Heywrd rf 5 0 2 1 Solarte 3b 3 1 1 1 Molina c 5 0 0 1 Amarst 3b 2 0 0 0 Grichk lf 4 0 0 0 Gyorko 2b 5 0 1 0 Rynlds 1b 5 0 0 0 Hedges c 3 0 1 1 Bourjos cf 4 0 0 0 Barmes ss 4 1 1 0 Cooney p 2 1 1 0 T.Ross p 2 1 1 1 GGarci ph 0 0 0 0 Mdlrks ph 1 0 0 0 Soclvch p 0 0 0 0 Maurer p 0 0 0 0 Choate p 0 0 0 0 Benoit p 0 0 0 0 Scrggs ph 1 0 1 0 Alonso ph 0 0 0 0 Rosnthl p 0 0 0 0 Kelley p 0 0 0 0 Villanv p 1 0 0 0 Venale ph 1 1 1 2 Kimrel p 0 0 0 0 Totals 39 5 8 5 Totals 42 3 9 3 San Diego 010 110 000 02—5 St. Louis 100 020 000 00—3 E-Grichuk (1), M.Carpenter (9). LOB-San Diego 8, St. Louis 13. 2B-Gyorko (7), Barmes (10), Heyward (17), Cooney (1). HR-Solarte (3), T.Ross (1), Venable (6). SB-Wong (7). CS-Upton Jr. (1), Kemp (1).

S-Hedges.

IP H R ER BB SO San Diego T.Ross 6 4 3 3 5 6 Maurer 1 1 0 0 0 1 Benoit 1 1 0 0 1 1 Kelley W,1-2 2 2 0 0 0 4 Kimbrel S,20-21 1 1 0 0 0 0 St. Louis Cooney 6 4 3 2 2 6 Socolovich 12⁄3 1 0 0 2 1 1⁄3 Choate 0 0 0 0 0 Rosenthal 1 1 0 0 1 1 Villanueva L,3-3 2 2 2 2 1 1 HBP-by T.Ross (Wong).

T-3:55. A-42,926 (45,399).

Diamondbacks 8, Rockies 1 Phoenix — David Peralta had a tiebreaking, two-run triple with two outs in the sixth inning for Arizona, helping Jeremy Hellickson to his fourth straight win at home.

Colorado Arizona

ab r h bi ab r h bi Blckmn cf 4 0 0 0 Ahmed ss 5 0 1 0 Tlwtzk ss 4 0 1 0 Pollock cf 5 2 2 1 CGnzlz rf 4 0 0 0 Gldsch 1b 4 1 2 0 Arenad 3b 4 0 1 0 Tomas rf 4 1 1 2 Paulsn 1b 3 0 0 0 WCastll c 2 2 0 0 Hundly c 3 1 1 0 A.Hill 3b 4 1 1 2 Descals 2b 3 0 0 0 DPerlt lf 4 0 2 2 Rusin p 2 0 1 1 Owings 2b 3 1 1 0 Oberg p 0 0 0 0 Hllcksn p 2 0 0 0 Stubbs ph 1 0 0 0 Dorn ph 1 0 0 0 BBarns lf 3 0 1 0 Totals 31 1 5 1 Totals 34 8 10 7 Colorado 000 010 000—1 Arizona 000 003 41x—8 E-Arenado 2 (9). DP-Arizona 1. LOB-Colorado 3, Arizona 7. 2B-Arenado (18), Hundley (13), Tomas (13), A.Hill (7), Owings (12). 3B-D.Peralta (3).

HR-Pollock (10). CS-Ahmed (5).

IP H R ER BB SO Colorado Rusin L,3-3 6 6 3 1 2 6 1⁄3 Oberg 3 4 4 2 0 2⁄3 J.Miller 0 0 0 0 1 Betancourt 1 1 1 0 0 0 Arizona Hellickson W,6-5 7 3 1 1 0 6 D.Hernandez 1 1 0 0 0 1 Stites 1 1 0 0 0 0 HBP-by Rusin (Hellickson). WP-Rusin.

T-3:01. A-16,861 (48,519).

Cubs 6, Mets 1 New York — Jonathan Herrera filled in neatly for Kris Bryant, driving in three runs with a squeeze bunt and homer that sent Jake Arrieta and Chicago past New York for a Brewers 8, Phillies 7, 11 innings three-game sweep.

Philadelphia — Adam Interleague Chicago New York Lind hit a tiebreaking RBI

ab r h bi ab r h bi SCastro ss 5 1 2 0 Grndrs rf 4 0 1 1 single in the 11th inning Pirates 8, Tigers 4 Rizzo 1b 4 1 1 1 Cecilin cf 4 0 0 0 Detroit — Francisco to help Milwaukee beat MMntr c 5 1 2 2 DnMrp 3b 4 0 1 0 Liriano pitched seven Coghln lf 2 1 0 0 Duda 1b 3 0 0 0 Philadelphia to complete Baxter rf 4 1 1 0 WFlors 2b 3 0 1 0 shutout innings in a rare Denorfi cf 4 0 1 0 Campll lf 3 0 0 0 Red Sox 12, a four-game sweep. victory over Detroit as JHerrr 3b 2 1 1 3 Monell c 3 0 1 0 Blue Jays 6 Arrieta p 4 0 0 0 deGrm p 2 1 1 0 Pittsburgh finished a Milwaukee

Philadelphia p 0 0 0 0 Verrett p 0 0 0 0 Toronto — David Ortiz T.Wood

ab r h bi ab r h bi ARussll 2b 4 0 0 0 MyryJr ph 1 0 0 0 three-game sweep.

GParra lf 5 1 2 1 OHerrr cf 6 0 3 2 and Hanley Ramirez had Tejada ss 3 0 0 0 Lucroy c 6 2 3 0 CHrndz 2b 5 1 3 0 34 6 8 6 Totals 30 1 5 1 consecutive homers in Totals Braun rf 6 1 1 1 Franco 3b 6 0 0 0 Pittsburgh Detroit Chicago 010 012 002—6 Lind 1b 6 1 2 2 Howard 1b 5 1 1 1

ab r h bi ab r h bi New York 001 000 000—1 an eight-run first inning, 5 1 0 0 Papeln p 0 0 0 0 JHrrsn lf 5 0 1 0 RDavis cf 5 0 1 0 E-Dan.Murphy (6). DP-Chicago 1. LOB-Chicago CGomz cf 3 1 2 1 LGarci p 0 0 0 0 Xander Bogaerts had four 7, New York 3. 2B-Granderson (13), W.Flores (11), ArRmr 3b Mercer ss 3 2 2 0 Kinsler 2b 5 1 3 1 HPerez pr-3b 1 0 1 0 ABlanc ph 1 0 0 0 McCtch dh 3 1 1 2 MiCarr 1b 2 1 1 0 (1). HR-M.Montero (10), J.Herrera (1). hits, and Boston beat To- deGrom Blazek p 0 0 0 0 DBrwn rf 3 1 1 0 SMarte cf 4 1 2 1 VMrtnz dh 5 0 0 0 SB-Coghlan (7). S-J.Herrera.

FrRdrg p 0 0 0 0 DeFrts p 0 0 0 0 Kang 3b 5 1 1 0 Cespds lf 4 0 0 0

IP H R ER BB SO ronto.

Segura ss 5 0 3 2 Revere ph 1 1 1 1 Cervelli c 4 2 2 1 JMrtnz rf 4 1 1 3 Chicago Brock Holt also had Arrieta W,8-5 Gennett 2b 4 1 2 1 Giles p 0 0 0 0 NWalkr 2b 5 0 4 3 Cstllns 3b 4 0 1 0 8 5 1 1 0 7 Garza p 2 0 0 0 Ruf 1b 2 0 0 0 GPolnc rf 3 0 0 0 Romine 3b 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 four hits and Bogaerts T.Wood Broxtn p 0 0 0 0 Asche lf 5 2 3 2 SRdrgz 1b 4 1 0 1 Holady c 4 0 1 0 New York WSmith p 0 0 0 0 Galvis ss 4 1 3 1 drove in two runs as the deGrom L,8-6 JIglesis ss 3 1 2 0 51⁄3 7 4 3 2 2 SPetrsn ph 0 0 0 0 Rupp c 5 0 1 0 2 Totals 36 8 13 8 Totals 36 4 10 4 2 ⁄3 0 0 0 2 3 last-place Red Sox took Verrett Jeffrss p 0 0 0 0 Blngsly p 2 0 0 0 Pittsburgh 000 111 104—8 A.Torres 1 1 2 2 1 0 HGomz 3b 1 0 0 0 Francr rf 3 0 0 0 Detroit 000 000 031—4 HBP-by Arrieta (Duda). WP-Arrieta. three of four from ToronTotals 44 8 16 8 Totals 48 7 16 7 DP-Pittsburgh 1, Detroit 1. LOB-Pittsburgh 11, T-2:41. A-27,207 (41,922).

Milwaukee 311 020 000 01—8 to. Boston had a seasonDetroit 9. 2B-Mercer (13), McCutchen (21), N.Walker Philadelphia 020 200 300 00—7 (20), Kinsler (17), J.Iglesias (7). HR-Cervelli (4), high 19 hits.

E-Howard (3). DP-Milwaukee 1, Philadelphia 3. J.Martinez (21). SB-J.Harrison (8), Mercer LOB-Milwaukee 9, Philadelphia 11. 2B-G.Parra (19), (3), S.Marte (16). CS-S.Marte (6). S-Mercer.

Mookie Betts had two Marlins 5, Giants 4 Lucroy (6), O.Herrera (16), Howard (18). HR-Asche SF-McCutchen.

Miami — Jose Fernan- (4). CS-G.Parra (1). S-Garza. SF-Ar.Ramirez. hits before teammate

IP H R ER BB SO

IP H R ER BB SO Pittsburgh Wade Miley (8-7) threw dez shook off a rocky Milwaukee Liriano W,5-6 7 5 0 0 3 5 6 10 4 4 1 3 a pitch. Miley won for the start in his return from Garza 2⁄3 Bastardo 2 3 3 1 0 1⁄3 Broxton H,10 2 2 2 0 0 1⁄3 Watson H,19 0 0 0 0 1 third time in four starts Tommy John surgery, W.Smith BS,2-2 2⁄3 2 1 1 1 1 Worley 2⁄3 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 and snapped a five-start pitching six innings and Jeffress Melancon S,25-26 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 Blazek W,5-2 2 1 0 0 1 2 Detroit losing streak against AL hitting a homer to help Fr.Rodriguez S,18-18 1 0 0 0 0 0 K.Ryan L,1-2 4 3 2 2 5 4 Alburquerque 1 2 1 1 0 0 East opponents. Miley Miami rally past San Philadelphia Billingsley 5 10 7 6 3 1 B.Hardy 2 3 1 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 3 allowed four runs and Francisco and complete a De Fratus Chamberlain 1 1 0 0 1 0 Giles 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 B.Rondon ⁄3 4 4 4 0 0 seven hits in five innings, three-game sweep.

Papelbon 2 2 0 0 0 1 2⁄3 Gorzelanny 0 0 0 1 0 L,2-3 1 2 1 1 0 0 The first two batters to L.Garcia walking a season-high Alburquerque pitched to 2 batters in the 6th.

WP-Billingsley.

HBP-by B.Rondon (Cervelli).

T-3:57. A-30,485 (43,651). face Fernandez scored. seven.

T-3:32. A-34,680 (41,574).

SPORTS

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MINNESOTA’S DANNY SANTANA BEATS THE TAG BY ROYALS’ FIRST BASEMAN ERIC HOSMER as he dives back to first base on a pick-off attempt during the Twins’ 2-0 win Thursday in Kansas City, Missouri.

Royals’ bats silent in 2-0 loss to Twins Kansas City, Mo. (ap) — The Royals had just lost their fourth straight, getting shut out for the second time, and manager Ned Yost was hardly thinking about their impotent offense Thursday night.

He was ruminating on the guy who made them so punchless.

Kyle Gibson threw eight innings of four-hit ball, using his sinker to wiggle out of the only trouble he found, and the second-place Minnesota Twins went on to a 2-0 victory in the opener of a four-game series against AL Central-leading Kansas City.

“My thoughts are more on the way Gibson threw the ball than our offensive output. He did a really nice job executing pitches,” Yost said. “We had really two run-scoring opportunities, one with the bases loaded and two outs, and in the eighth inning. He just made quality pitches.”

Danny Santana and Eduardo Escobar had RBI triples for Minnesota, and Glen Perkins breezed through the ninth for his 26th save. He needs just two more to match bullpen coach Eddie Guardado (116) for the thirdmost in franchise history.

“He’s just on a really good roll,” Twins manager Paul Molitor said.

So is Gibson (6-6), at least when it comes to facing the Royals. Except for a rocky start last month, the former University of Missouri standout has been dynamite against Kansas City.

“You want to get your guys to bulldog through outs late in games,” said

Molitor, who left Gibson in to finish the eighth despite his pitch count reaching 114. “It was touch-and-go there.”

The Royals’ Chris Young (7-4) dodged trouble for most of 5 1/3 innings, the only run he allowed coming on a triple

by Santana in the fifth.

The lanky right-hander turned over a 1-0 deficit to the game’s best bullpen, but his offense was unable to bail him out.

“You just tip your hat.

Gibson was great,” Young said. “He was locating all his pitches. It was a pretty impressive performance. Gibson was better than me.”

The fact that the Royals were even in the game was surprising. The Twins collected five extra-base hits — including the run-scoring triples — and had runners advance three times when Young threw a pitch that got away from Royals catcher Salvador Perez.

Then again, all Minnesota needed was a run against the slumping Royals.

Two of Kansas City’s four hits were bunts against the shift, and the hardest-hit ball — a single by Lorenzo Cain in the fourth — led to the most frustrating frame of the night: Kansas City went on to load the bases before Perez struck out looking to end the inning.

Not that it should have been surprising that Gibson shut them down.

He came into the game with 4-2 record and 2.68 ERA in six starts against the Royals. Even in a relatively poor start against them in June, when he took the loss at Target

BOX SCORE Minnesota AB R H BI BB SO Avg. Dozier 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .265 Tor.Hunter rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .270 Mauer 1b 4 0 2 0 0 1 .266 Plouffe 3b 2 0 0 0 1 0 .251 E.Rosario lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .270 Sano dh 4 0 1 0 0 2 .250 2-Robinson pr-dh 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250 K.Suzuki c 3 1 1 0 0 0 .229 Edu.Escobar ss 3 0 2 1 0 0 .254 Da.Santana cf 4 0 2 1 0 1 .215 Totals 32 2 10 2 1 6 Kansas City AB R H BI BB SO Avg. A.Escobar ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .273 Moustakas 3b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .308 L.Cain cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .298 Hosmer 1b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .291 K.Morales dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 .283 A.Gordon lf 2 0 0 0 2 1 .265 S.Perez c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .263 Rios rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .217 Infante 2b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .231 1-J.Dyson pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .275 C.Colon 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .244 Totals 30 0 4 0 4 8 Minnesota 000 010 001—2 10 0 Kansas City 000 000 000—0 4 0 1-ran for Infante in the 8th. 2-ran for Sano in the 9th.

LOB-Minnesota 7, Kansas City 7. 2B-E.Rosario (6), K.Suzuki (10), Edu.Escobar (12). 3B-Edu. Escobar (3), Da.Santana (4). RBIs-Edu.Escobar (29), Da.Santana (14). SB-J.Dyson (9). CS-Tor.Hunter (3), Da.Santana (4). S-Plouffe, K.Suzuki, Edu.Escobar.

Runners left in scoring position-Minnesota 6 (E.Rosario, Sano 2, Tor.Hunter, Dozier, Da.Santana); Kansas City 3 (S.Perez 2, Hosmer). RISP-Minnesota 2 for 12; Kansas City 0 for 5.

GIDP-L.Cain.

DP-Minnesota 1 (Dozier, Mauer); Kansas City 1 (S.Perez, S.Perez, A.Escobar).

Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Gibson W, 6-6 8 4 0 0 4 7 114 3.04 Perkins S, 26-26 1 0 0 0 0 1 11 1.35 Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA C.Young L, 7-4 51⁄3 6 1 1 1 2 90 2.64 F.Morales 11⁄3 1 0 0 0 2 24 2.78 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 3 5.02 Hochevar K.Herrera 1 1 0 0 0 1 14 2.25 G.Holland 1 2 1 1 0 1 16 3.00 Inherited runners-scored-F.Morales 1-0, Hochevar 1-0. WP-C.Young 3.

Umpires-Home, Gary Cederstrom; First, Eric Cooper; Second, Lance Barksdale; Third, Quinn Wolcott.

T-2:54. A-37,196 (37,903).

Field, Gibson’s sinker still drove the Kansas City hitters to fits.

Just as it did again on Thursday night.

“It was a good night out there,” Gibson said. “I wouldn’t say we needed to come out and make a statement. It’s still July.

But anytime you play a team that’s higher than you in the standings, it’s an important game.”

Stats and streaks The Royals have been shut out seven times this season, twice by Minnesota.

Hosmer returns Raiders Kansas City, Mo. (ap) — Royals first baseman Eric Hosmer was back in the starting lineup Thursday night after missing a three-game sweep at the hands of Houston with a sprained right ring finger.

Hosmer said he isn’t 100 percent, but he felt good enough after taking swings against Jason Vargas in a simulated game earlier Thursday to play in the series opener against the second-place Twins. Kansas City led the AL Central by 41⁄2 games.

“It’s real tough when you want to be out there with your guys,” Hosmer said, “especially when we’re not where we want to be. Hopefully we can get back there.”

Hosmer hurt his finger with a head-first slide on Saturday in Oakland. He served as the designated hitter on Sunday before sitting out the series with the Astros.

The gold glove first

baseman has been eclipsed by the Tigers’ Miguel Cabrera in fan voting for the All-Star game, but he is almost certain to be voted in as a reserve. Hosmer is hitting .290 with eight homers, 14 doubles and 40 RBIs in 72 games.

“It’s good to have that big bat in the lineup,” Royals manager Ned Yost said.

Meanwhile, Vargas threw 40 pitches at Kauffman Stadium as he recovers from a left flexor strain. He’s scheduled to throw 60 pitches on Tuesday with a side session in between.

“It was very encouraging,” Yost said. “He looked good. His fastball had life to it and the command was pretty good.

We’re over the hump with him, I hope.”

Fellow starter Yordano Ventura reported no problems after his second rehab start Wednesday night at Triple-A Omaha.

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J-W Staff Reports

Kansas City, Kan. — Nolan Prochaska pitched a four-hitter, and Brad Kincaid went 2-for-3 with a double, but the Lawrence Raiders fell to Barnstormers Black, 3-1, on Thursday in the youth baseball KCKCC Fourth of July Showcase.

The Raiders (8-13-1) will play two games in the tournament today: NLB at 11:15 a.m. and Barnstormer White at 1:30 p.m.

Barnstormers Black 3, Raiders 1 Barnstormers 300 000 0 — 3 4 1 Raiders 100 000 0 — 1 4 0 L — Nolan Prochaska (1-3).

Raiders highlights: Brad Kincaid 2-for-3, 2B; Tripp Wright 1-for-2; Tristian Decker 1-for-2; Nate Hulse RBI; Prochaska pitched complete game, retired 15 straight batters at one point.

Raiders record: 8-13-1. Next for Raiders: 11:15 a.m. today vs. NLB; 1:30 p.m. vs. Barnstormers White.

Thursday At The All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club London Purse: $42.1 million (Grand Slam) Surface: Grass-Outdoor Singles Men Second Round Sam Groth, Australia, def. James Duckworth, Australia, 7-5, 6-4, 7-6 (6).

Andy Murray (3), Britain, def. Robin Haase, Netherlands, 6-1, 6-1, 6-4.

Roberto Bautista Agut (20), Spain, def. Benoit Paire, France, 2-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3.

James Ward, Britain, def. Jiri Vesely, Czech Republic, 6-2, 7-6 (4), 3-6, 6-3.

Vasek Pospisil, Canada, def. Fabio Fognini (30), Italy, 6-3, 6-4, 1-6, 6-3.

Gilles Simon (12), France, def. Blaz Kavcic, Slovenia, 6-1, 6-1, 6-7 (5), 6-1.

Roger Federer (2), Switzerland, def.

Sam Querrey, United States, 6-4, 6-2, 6-2.

Nikoloz Basilashvili, Georgia, def.

Feliciano Lopez (15), Spain, 7-5, 3-6, 6-3, 2-6, 6-4.

Andreas Seppi (25), Italy, def. Borna Coric, Croatia, 4-6, 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-1, 6-1.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (13), France, def.

Albert Ramos-Vinolas, Spain, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4.

Tomas Berdych (6), Czech Republic, def. Nicolas Mahut, France, 6-1, 6-4, 6-4.

Gael Monfils (18), France, def.

Adrian Mannarino, France, 7-6 (5), 6-3, 7-5.

Viktor Troicki (22), Serbia, def. Aljaz Bedene, Britain, 6-4, 3-6, 6-2, 6-4.

Dustin Brown, Germany, def. Rafael Nadal (10), Spain, 7-5, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4.

Pablo Andujar, Spain, def. Lukas Rosol, Czech Republic, 6-4, 1-6, 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4.

Ivo Karlovic (23), Croatia, def.

Alexandr Dolgopolov, Ukraine, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 6-7 (4), 13-11.

Women Second Round Magdalena Rybarikova, Slovakia, def. Ekaterina Makarova (8), Russia, 6-2, 7-5.

Caroline Wozniacki (5), Denmark, def. Denisa Allertova, Czech Republic, 6-1, 7-6 (6).

Angelique Kerber (10), Germany, def. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Russia, 7-5, 6-2.

Garbine Muguruza (20), Spain, def.

Mirjana Lucic-Baroni, Croatia, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2.

Olga Govortsova, Belarus, def. Alize Cornet (25), France, 7-6 (6), 2-6, 6-1.

Camila Giorgi (31), Italy, def. Lara Arruabarrena, Spain, 6-0, 7-6 (5).

Timea Bacsinszky (15), Switzerland, def. Silvia Soler-Espinosa, Spain, 6-2, 6-1.

Sabine Lisicki (18), Germany, def.

Christina McHale, United States, 2-6, 7-5, 6-1.

Petra Kvitova (2), Czech Republic, def. Kurumi Nara, Japan, 6-2, 6-0.

Agnieszka Radwanska (13), Poland, def. Ajla Tomljanovic, Australia, 6-0, 6-2.

Casey Dellacqua, Australia, def.

Elina Svitolina (17), Ukraine, 7-6 (3), 6-3.

Madison Keys (21), United States, def. Elizaveta Kulichkova, Russia, 6-4, 7-6 (3).

Tatjana Maria, Germany, def. Duan Ying-Ying, China, 1-6, 6-2, 10-8.

Jelena Jankovic (28), Serbia, def.

Evgeniya Rodina, Russia, 6-7 (4), 6-1, 6-3.

Monica Niculescu, Romania, def.

Jana Cepelova, Slovakia, 6-3, 6-3.

Kristyna Pliskova, Czech Republic, def. Svetlana Kuznetsova (26), Russia, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.

Doubles Men First Round Gilles Muller, Luxembourg, and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi, Pakistan, def. Benjamin Becker, Germany, and Roberto Maytin, Venezuela, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3.

Mariusz Fyrstenberg, Poland, and Santiago Gonzalez, Mexico, def.

Radu Albot, Moldova, and Mikhail Kukushkin, Kazakhstan, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4.

Ivan Dodig, Croatia, and Marcelo Melo (2), Brazil, def. Leonardo Mayer and Diego Schwartzman, Argentina, 6-4, 4-0, retired.

Dominic Inglot, Britain, and Edouard Roger-Vasselin, France, def. Rameez Junaid, Australia, and Adil Shamasdin, Canada, 7-6 (4), 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-2.

Sergey Betov and Aliaksandr Bury, Belarus, def. Edward Corrie and Kyle Edmund, Britain, 7-5, 6-4, 6-3.

Lleyton Hewitt and Thanasi Kokkinakis, Australia, def. Marin Draganja, Croatia, and Henri Kontinen (15), Finland, 6-7 (6), 3-6, 7-6 (1), 6-2, 8-6.

Chris Guccione, Australia, and Andre Sa, Brazil, def. Juan-Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah (16), Colombia, 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 7-6 (2), 6-4.

Robert Lindstedt, Sweden, and Jurgen Melzer, Austria, def. Mahesh Bhupathi, India, and Janko Tipsarevic, Serbia, 6-3, 6-3, 6-2.

Jamie Murray, Britain, and John Peers (13), Australia, def. Luke Bambridge and Liam Broady, Britain, 6-1, 7-6 (2), 6-2.

Bob and Mike Bryan (1), United States, def. Gero Kretschmer and Alexander Satschko, Germany, 6-3, 6-4, 6-3.

Mate Pavic, Croatia, and Michael Venus, New Zealand, def. Santiago Giraldo, Colombia, and Joao Sousa, Portugal, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2.

Marcin Matkowski, Poland, and Nenad Zimonjic (7), Serbia, def. Ken and Neal Skupski, Britain, 7-6 (5), 1-6, 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4.

Teymuraz Gabashvili, Russia, and Yen-hsun Lu, Taiwan, def. Matthew Ebden, Australia, and James Ward, Britain, 7-5, 6-2, 7-6 (3).

Second Round Jonathan Erlich, Israel, and Philipp Petzschner, Germany, def. Treat Huey, Philippines, and Scott Lipsky, United States, 6-3, 7-5, 7-6 (3).

Women First Round Vera Dushevina, Russia, and Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez, Spain, def.

Klara Koukalova, Czech Republic, and Tsvetana Pironkova, Bulgaria, 6-2, 6-4.

Marina Erakovic, New Zealand, and Heather Watson, Britain, def.

Bojana Jovanovski, Serbia, and Nadiia Kichenok, Ukraine, 6-4, 7-6 (4).

Belinda Bencic, Switzerland, and Katerina Siniakova, Czech Republic, def. Liang Chen, China, and Raluca Olaru, Romania, 7-5, 7-5.

Hsieh Su-wei, Taiwan, and Flavia Pennetta (7), Italy, def. Elena Bogdan and Simona Halep, Romania, 6-4, 6-1.

Timea Babos, Hungary, and Kristina Mladenovic (4), France, def. Magda Linette, Poland, and Mandy Minella, Luxembourg, 6-4, 6-1.

Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka (8), Czech Republic, def.

Alize Cornet, France, and Aleksandra Krunic, Serbia, 6-1, 6-4.

Lara Arruabarrena, Spain, and IrinaCamelia Begu, Romania, def. Varvara Lepchenko and Christina McHale, United States, 6-4, 6-4.

Alla Kudryavtseva and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (11), Russia, def.

Andrea Petkovic, Germany, and Magdalena Rybarikova, Slovakia, 7-5, 6-4.

Anna-Lena Groenefeld, Germany, and CoCo Vandeweghe, United States,

def. Madison Brengle, United States, and Tatjana Maria, Germany, 7-5, 6-4.

Lauren Davis, United States, and Kurumi Nara, Japan, def. Wang Yafan and Zhang Kai-Lin, China, 6-4, 6-4.

Second Round Mona Barthel, Germany, and Lyudmyla Kichenok, Ukraine, def.

Anastasia and Arina Rodionova (15), Australia, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4.

Chan Hao-ching, Taiwan, and Alison Van Uytvanck, Belgium, def. Johanna Konta, Britain, and Maria Sanchez, United States, 7-6 (5), 6-2.

Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears (5), United States, def. Darija Jurak and Ana Konjuh, Croatia, 6-3, 6-4.

Remaining Seeds

Through Second Round (Rankings in parentheses) Men 1. Novak Djokovic, Serbia (1) 2. Roger Federer, Switzerland (2) 3. Andy Murray, Britain (3) 4. Stan Wawrinka, Switzerland (4) 6. Tomas Berdych, Czech Republic (6) 7. Milos Raonic, Canada (8) 9. Marin Cilic, Croatia (9) 11. Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgaria (11) 12. Gilles Simon, France (13) 13. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, France (12) 14. Kevin Anderson, South Africa (14) 16. David Goffin, Belgium (15) 17. John Isner, United States (17) 18. Gael Monfils, France (18) 20. Roberto Bautista Agut, Spain (22) 21. Richard Gasquet, France (20) 22. Viktor Troicki, Serbia (24) 23. Ivo Karlovic, Croatia (25) 24. Leonardo Mayer, Argentina (21) 25. Andreas Seppi, Italy (27) 26. Nick Kyrgios, Australia (29) 27. Bernard Tomic, Australia (26) Women 1. Serena Williams, United States (1) 2. Petra Kvitova, Czech Republic (2) 4. Maria Sharapova, Russia (4) 5. Caroline Wozniacki, Denmark (5) 6. Lucie Safarova, Czech Republic (6) 10. Angelique Kerber, Germany (10) 13. Agnieszka Radwanska, Poland (13) 14. Andrea Petkovic, Germany (14) 15. Timea Bacsinszky, Switzerland (15) 16. Venus Williams, United States (16) 18. Sabine Lisicki, Germany (18) 20. Garbine Muguruza, Spain (20) 21. Madison Keys, United States (21) 22. Sam Stosur, Australia (22) 23. Victoria Azarenka, Belarus (23) 28. Jelena Jankovic, Serbia (29) 29. Irina-Camelia Begu, Romania (30) 30. Belinda Bencic, Switzerland (31) 31. Camila Giorgi, Italy (32)

Women’s World Cup

SECOND ROUND Saturday, June 20 At Ottawa, Ontario Germany 4, Sweden 1 At Edmonton, Alberta China 1, Cameroon 0 Sunday, June 21 At Moncton, New Brunswick Brazil 0, Australia 1 At Montreal France 3, South Korea 0 At Vancouver, British Columbia Canada 1, Switzerland 0 Monday, June 22 At Ottawa, Ontario England 2, Norway 1 At Edmonton, Alberta United States 2, Colombia 0 Tuesday, June 23 At Vancouver, British Columbia Japan 2, Netherlands 1 QUARTERFINALS Friday, June 26 At Montreal Germany 1, France 1, Germany won 5-4 on penalty kicks At Ottawa, Ontario United States 1, China 0 Saturday, June 27 At Edmonton, Alberta Japan 1, Australia 0 At Vancouver, British Columbia England 2, Canada 1 SEMIFINALS Tuesday, June 30 At Montreal United States 2, Germany 0 Wednesday, July 1 At Edmonton, Alberta Japan 2, England 1 THIRD PLACE Saturday, July 4 At Edmonton, Alberta Germany vs. England, 3 p.m.

CHAMPIONSHIP Sunday, July 5 At Vancouver, British Columbia United States vs. Japan, 6 p.m.

Major League Soccer

EASTERN CONFERENCE

W L T Pts GF GA D.C. United 10 5 5 35 23 17 New England 6 7 6 24 25 26 Toronto FC 7 6 2 23 22 19 New York 6 5 5 23 22 20 Orlando City 6 6 5 23 22 21 Columbus 5 6 6 21 25 25 Philadelphia 5 10 4 19 22 32 Montreal 5 6 3 18 19 23 NYC FC 4 8 5 17 18 22 Chicago 4 9 2 14 17 23 WESTERN CONFERENCE

W L T Pts GF GA Vancouver 10 6 2 32 22 17 Seattle 9 7 2 29 24 18 Portland 8 6 4 28 21 20 Los Angeles 7 6 7 28 27 23 Sporting KC 7 3 6 27 25 17 FC Dallas 7 5 5 26 21 23 San Jose 7 5 4 25 19 16 Real Salt Lake 5 6 7 22 17 22 Houston 5 7 5 20 21 23 Colorado 2 6 9 15 12 17 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.

Today’s Games Chicago at Houston, 8 p.m.

D.C. United at Seattle, 10 p.m.

Saturday’s Games New York at Columbus, 6:30 p.m.

New York City FC at Montreal, 7 p.m.

Vancouver at Colorado, 8 p.m.

New England at FC Dallas, 8 p.m.

Orlando City at Real Salt Lake, 9 p.m.

Toronto FC at Los Angeles, 9:30 p.m.

Sunday’s Games San Jose at Portland, 4 p.m.

Friday, July 10 Houston at San Jose, 10 p.m.

Saturday, July 11 Portland at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.

New England at New York, 6 p.m.

FC Dallas at Orlando City, 6:30 p.m.

Columbus at Montreal, 7 p.m.

Seattle at Chicago, 7:30 p.m.

Real Salt Lake at Colorado, 8 p.m.

Sunday, July 12 Toronto FC at New York City FC, 2 p.m.

Sporting Kansas City at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

U.S. Open Cup

FIFTH ROUND Tuesday, June 30 Orlando City (MLS) 2, Columbus Crew (MLS) 0 Philadelphia Union (MLS) 2, D.C. United (MLS) 1 Chicago Fire (MLS) 3, Charlotte Independence (USL) 1 Houston Dynamo (MLS) 1, Colorado Rapids (MLS) 0

Wednesday, July 1 New York Red Bulls (MLS) 4, New York Cosmos (NASL) 1 Sporting Kansas City (MLS) 6, Dallas (MLS) 2 Real Salt Lake (MLS) 2, Portland Timbers (MLS) 0 Los Angeles Galaxy (MLS) 1, San Jose Earthquakes (MLS) 0 QUARTERFINALS Tuesday, July 21 Houston Dynamo (MLS) at Sporting Kansas City (MLS), 8:30 p.m.

Wednesday, July 22 Orlando City (MLS) at Chicago Fire (MLS), 8:30 p.m.

TBA: July 21 or 22 Philadelphia Union (MLS) at New York Red Bulls (MLS) Los Angeles Galaxy (MLS) at Real Salt Lake (MLS) SEMIFINALS Aug. 11-12 Orlando City-Chicago Fire winner at Philadelphia Union (MLS)-New York Red Bulls (MLS) winner Los Angeles Galaxy (MLS)-Real Salt Lake (MLS) winner at Houston Dynamo (MLS)-Sporting Kansas City (MLS) winner CHAMPIONSHIP Sept. 29-30 Semifinal winners

WNBA

EASTERN CONFERENCE

W L Pct GB Connecticut 7 3 .700 — New York 6 4 .600 1 Washington 6 4 .600 1 Chicago 6 5 .545 1½ Indiana 5 6 .455 2½ Atlanta 4 6 .400 3 WESTERN CONFERENCE

W L Pct GB Tulsa 8 2 .800 — Minnesota 7 2 .778 ½ Phoenix 4 5 .444 3½ Seattle 3 7 .300 5 San Antonio 2 7 .222 5½ Los Angeles 0 7 .000 6½ Thursday’s Games Indiana 73, Washington 50 Chicago 77, Connecticut 74 Phoenix 86, Tulsa 55 San Antonio at Los Angeles (n) Friday’s Games Seattle at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

Tulsa at Los Angeles, 9:30 p.m.

BASEBALL COMMISSIONER’S OFFICE — Suspended N.Y. Mets C Adrian Abreu (Savannah-SAL) 80 games violating the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.

American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Sent 2B Jonathan Schoop to Frederick (Carolina) for a rehab assignment.

CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Agreed to terms with SS Santo Vasquez, 3B Fernando Tatis, INF Brayant Nova and OF Franklin Reyes on minor league contracts.

HOUSTON ASTROS — Placed OF George Springer on the 15-day DL. Optioned RHP Michael Feliz to Corpus Christi (TL). Selected the contract OF Alex Presley from Fresno (PCL).

Transferred RHP Brad Peacock to the 60-day DL. Agreed to terms with RHP Andrew Thome and OF Gilberto Celestino on minor league contracts and OF Alejandro Garcia on an international free agent contract. Sent OF Jake Marisnick to Fresno (PCL) for a rehab assignment.

MINNESOTA TWINS — Optioned INF Kennys Vargas to Rochester (IL). Recalled INF Miguel Sano from Chattanooga (SL).

SEATTLE MARINERS — Designated SS Willie Bloomquist for assignment. Recalled INF Chris Taylor from Tacoma (PCL).

TAMPA BAY RAYS — Optioned OF/1B Marc Krauss to Durham (IL).

Reinstated LHP Matt Moore from the 60-day DL. TEXAS RANGERS — Traded RHP Jason Hoppe to the L.A. Angels for 2015 international slot compensation.

Optioned RHP Nick Martinez to Round Rock (PCL). Reinstated RHP Neftali Perez from the 15-day DL. Agreed to terms with OF Leodys Taveras on an international free agent contract.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Agreed to terms with OF Vladimir Guerrero Jr. on an international free agent contract.

Traded RHPs Chase DeJong and Tim Locastro to the L.A. Dodgers for three international signing slots.

National League ATLANTA BRAVES — Optioned RHP Ryan Kelly to Gwinnett (IL). Recalled LHP Manny Banuelos from Gwinnett.

CHICAGO CUBS — Agreed to terms with LHP Bryan Hudson on a minor league contract.

MIAMI MARLINS — Optioned RHP Jose Urena to New Orleans (PCL).

Reinstated RHP Jose Fernandez from the 60-day DL. PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Placed RHP Aaron Harang on the 15-day DL. Reinstated RHP Chad Billingsley from the 15-day DL. ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Placed OF Jon Jay on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Wednesday. Recalled LHP Tim Cooney from Memphis (PCL). Fired scouting director Chris Correa.

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Placed RHP Tim Lincecum on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Sunday. Reinstated RHP Matt Cain from the 15-day DL. WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Agreed to terms with OF Juan Soto and INF Luis Aquino on international free agent contracts.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS — Promoted Larry Harris to director of player personnel. Named Lachlan Penfold head of physical performance and sports medicine.

FOOTBALL National Football League NFL — Suspended Green Bay DE Datone Jones one game and San Diego TE Antonio Gates, Dallas LB Rolando McClain and N.Y. Jets DL Sheldon Richardson four games for violating the NFL Policy and Program for Substances of Abuse.

HOUSTON TEXANS — Released DT Brandon Ivory.

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Released DE Camaron Beard. Signed LB Justin Shirk.

COLLEGE FAYETTEVILLE STATE — Named Leslie Nobles running backs coach.

LIMESTONE — Promoted Kaileigh West to women’s assistant basketball coach.

LIPSCOMB — Named Sean Rutigliano men’s assistant basketball coach.

MINNESOTA STATE — Named Jeff Giesen women’s associate head hockey coach.

SAN FRANCISCO — Named Will Martin director of men’s basketball operations and Eric Kapel men’s basketball video coordinator.

SETON HALL — Announced men’s basketball F Braeden Anderson is transferring from Fresno State, G Derrick Gordon from UMass and G Jevon Thomas from Kansas State.

UNLV — Named Brian Thomas assistant swimming and diving coach.

WOFFORD — Named Joanna Tincher and Shanae Vaifaunua women’s assistant basketball coaches.

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We’re Moving and Can’t Take it with Us!Low prices for you! ****Many FREE items**** Tons of toys, costumes, ride on battery cars (need repair), bicycles, go cart, bounce house, paddle boat, baby items-bedding, clothes, gates, car seats, furniture, queen futon mattress and cover, woodstove, stainless chimney pipe, pool filter, clothes and shoes-women’s, men’s, boy’s, girl’s, kitchen ware, FREE kittens *House on 28 acres for sale

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Toys, Books, Kitchen items, luggage, yard furniture, yard tools, lots of handtools, nails & bolts & nuts.. Clothes of all sizes, KU items.

GIANT Family Garage Sale!

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Bulk sales, deals on Saturday.

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Two Family Garage Sale 2805 Lawrence Ave. Friday July 3rd 8 am to 1 pm Saturday July 4th 7 am to Noon Dining room table with chairs, apartment refrigerator, books, computer monitor, lamps, collection of hats, clothes, shoes, items to make Xmas decorations, and lots of misc.

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***You won’t want to miss this 6 family sale, all in one place!*** Fri. July 3rd & Sat. July 4th 914 Wellington Rd 8AM-3PM Antiques, collectibles, jewelry buffet, settee, bookcases, Nebraska collector items, golf clubs, tarpAs, trowling motor, DVD & VHS tapes, albums, stereo, tea cart, chairs, pictures, quilting fabrics & books, Longaberger basket, toddler bed, kids table & chairs, shelves, cookbooks, sweepers, blu-ray DVD & VHS player, sewing machine, men’s belt buckles, blankets, curtains, chocolate foundation, books desk, mirrors, old Beatles photo in frame: JR Ewing Billy Carter & Mash beer cans unopened.

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Monday, July 6 @ 6 PM 801 North Center (1 mi. North of Gardner, KS) Approx 400 Pc’s of Antique & Modern Furniture! Also Harley Davidson, John Deere, Push Mowers, Bicycles, Go-Kart, Tools, Collectibles, Household, Building Materials. For more pics and info, see pictures on web: strickersauction.com

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AUCTION IN NORTH LAWRENCE Sunday, July 12th @12 pm (Preview @ 11 am) 730 Lincoln St Across from Lyons Park Buick, Allen Field House Chair & certificates, Electric Forklift, Antiques, Camping & Fishing, Bicycles, Go Kart, 4-Wheeler, Music & accessories... TOO MUCH TO LIST!

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Auction Sunday, July 12 • 11AM 509 Western Heights Dr. OVERBROOK, KS. Property of the late Dr. Jim & Lois Ruble Pictures & full listing at: www.wischroppauctions.com Wischropp Auctions 785-828-4212

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726 Louisiana St Old West Lawrence Friday, July 10th & Saturday, July 11th 9:00-am-???

Oak & Walnut Antique Furniture, Primitives, Latin Folk Art, Books, Stamps, Lawrence memorabilia, China, Vintage Clothing & Linens, Patio Sets, Refrigerator, and everyday household goods.

Historical Home full of Antiques & lots of Interesting Items!

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Happening NOW! Auctions end 7/8/2015 Preview 7/7/15, 4-9pm at 4795 Frisbie Road, Shawnee, KS Commercial Food/ Beverage equipment from Sheridan’s Frozen Custard, Ski/Fish Boat, Antiques & Collectible.

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LIQUIDATION AUCTION Sunday, July 12 @ 9AM 623 Massachusetts St 1998 Ford Econoline Cargo Van, NEW OFFICE SUPPLIES; paper, adhesives, laminating, copiers, computers. FURNITURE; Desks, Chairs, Conference Tables. MISC; Water Cooler, High Velocity Fans, Industrial Pallet Racking, Displays & Fixtures. TOO MUCH TO LIST! ELSTON AUCTIONS 785-594-0505|785-218-7851 kansasauctions.net/elston

Online Auction Bid now through July 6th Historical Artifacts, Antiques, Coins, Trade Cards, Toys, Sterling Flatware Sets, Gold Watches, Jewelry, Original Art and More!

Bidding and preview info at www.DirkSoulisAuctions.com

PUBLIC PROPERTY AUCTION July 11, @ 10:00 am 102 10th Street Baldwin City, KS Tools, drill press, chainsaw, etc., appliances, Kenmore & GE, furniture, antiques toys, games, 1960’s Playboys, Vintage, Antiques, Collectibles.

Edgecomb Auctions 785-594-3507|785-766-6074 kansasauctions.net edgecombauctions.com

Lawn, Garden & Nursery For Sale- Grasshopper “True Zero” Commercial Mower, Model 227, 27 Hrspwr moto, 61” deck, extra set of blades.

Excellent condition, 300 hours, Cost new $9030- Selling for $3990- 785-393-4030, avail mid-July.

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REAL ESTATE Acreage-Lots 4 acre building sites between Lawrence & Topeka. Blacktop. Repo, Assume owner financing with no down payment, $257/mo. 785-554-9663

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Pools, Tennis & Bball Courts, W/D, On KU Bus Route, Spacious Floorplan, Patios/Decks.

Great locations: 660 Gateway Ct. 837 Michigan

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AIR FILTER, Fits 5.9 Cummins Diesel, 2002-2008.

New in Box. $8.00 (785) 550-6848

FOR SALE 1953 DODGE CORONET 4 door, in line V6 engine, 3 speed fluid drive with Music-Stereo overdrive.

Near 100% complete, rough interior and needs body TLC. Has Speakers & Sub-woofer had major engine re-work, Speakers & Sub-Woofer, new brakes, good tires. $15 ~ 785-550-4142 Runs good. Great project Speakers & Sub-woofer car! Asking $4,000.

Speakers & Sub-Woofer, Call 785-218-7340 $15 ~ 785-550-4142 Between 11:30am - 1:30pm

Furniture 2 piece armoire- wood armoire (4’ by 7 1/2’ by 2’) with two doors, 2 drawers. In excellent condition. $100 (785) 760-0511

2411 Cedarwood Ave. Beautiful & Spacious 1 & 2 Bedrooms Start at $450/mo. * Near campus, bus stop * Laundries on site * Near stores, restaurants * Water & trash paid ——————————————

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Fox Run Apartments Under new management. 1, 2 and 3 bedroom units with full sized W/D in each unit. Located adjacent to Free State High School with pool, clubhouse, exercise facility and garages.

Starting at just $795.

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Hutch: Wood Hutch, 6ft H x 42 W x 18in D, ~ 2 middle drawers, ~ 2 lg doors w/ glass panels & side glass panels & 1 shelf ~ bamboo style $100 ~ 785-550-4142

Treadmill in great condition w/ 2 more years service policy ~ Was $1100 ~ many features, $100 CALL 785-550-4142

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2 Pine Night Stands, in great condition. $40 for the pair.

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Females $600 & Males $500 785-865-6013

DOWNTOWN LOFT Studio Apartments 600 sq. ft., $710/mo.

825 sq. ft., $880/mo.

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Office Space Downtown Office Space Single offices, elevator & conference room, $500-$675. Call Donna or Lisa, 785-841-6565

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Townhomes **** Brand New Luxury **** Townhome, 3bd 2ba, 2 car garage. Single level, upgrades throughout, stainless steel appliances & granite.

Includes lawn care & snow removal. No pets. Near Rock Chalk Park, $1850 per month.

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2, 3, 4, and 5 Bedroom Townhouses and Single Family Homes Available Now Through August 1st! $800-$2200 a month. Call Garber Property Management at 785-842-2475 for more info

2BR, 2 bath, fireplace, CA, W/D hookups, 2 car with opener. Easy access to I-70. Includes paid cable.

Pet under 20 lbs. allowed Call 785-842-2575 www.princeton-place.com

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FOURTH OF JULY FAMILY COOK OUT Sat, July 4th, 10:00 am - 4:00pm Meal served 12:00pm- 2:00 pm Free to all American Legion Post 14 members and U.S. military veterans and families; No cost for meal, donations only, if you wish. *THERE WILL BE A “MORTGAGE BURING” FOR POST 14 MORTGAGE AT 12:00 PM! Hope you can attend this special event!

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BUCKINGHAM PALACE ..........................7

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NCCER certified CRANE OPERATOR, CARPENTER, and LABORERS Crossland Heavy Contractors is seeking an experienced Crane Operator, Carpenter, and Laborers.

Successful Crane Operator candidates must be NCCER certified on R/T hydraulic machine up to 80 ton. Candidates must be willing to travel and be highly motivated. Drug screen, physical and criminal background check required. We offer excellent pay and benefits including health, dental, 401k, holiday pay and educational opportunities to enhance your career.

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Large student housing community seeking a driver for private shuttle in Lawrence.

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(First published in the ALL WHO ARE OR MAY BE Lawrence Daily Journal CONCERNED: World June 26, 2015) You are hereby notified that Evan George Adkins, IN THE 7TH JUDICIAL filed a Petition in the DISTRICT above court on the 16th DISTRICT COURT OF say of June, 2015, requestDOUGLAS COUNTY, ing a judgement and order KANSAS changing his name from Evan George Adkins, to IN THE MATTER OF THE Meghan Sunny Adkins. The PETITION OF Petition will be heard in Douglas, County District Evan George Adkins, Court, 111 E 11th St, LawPresent Name rence, Kansas, on the 26th day of August, 2015, at To Change His Name to: 1:30p.m.

Meghan Sunny Adkins If you have any objection to the requested name Case No. 2015CV219 change, you are required Div. No. 4 to file a reponsive pleadPURSUANT TO K.S.A. ing on or before August CHAPTER 60 10th, 2015 in this court of appear at the hearing and THE STATE OF KANSAS TO object to the reuqested

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is included in the Douglas County Emergency Operations Plan, materials safety data sheets (MSDS), hazardous chemical inventory forms, listing exEvan George Adkins tremely hazardous subPetitioner, Pro Se stances manufactured, 110 Hanover Pl. Apt 3 stored, or used within Lawrence, KS 6044 Douglas County can be ob785-840-7653 tained during normal busi_______ ness hours by contacting Douglas County Emergency Management at Public Notice 785-832-5259. _______ The Douglas County Emergency Management Agency is the local Com- (First published in the munity Right-to-Know re- Lawrence Daily Journalsource for hazardous ma- World, June 19, 2015) terial information. Anyone desiring information con- IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF cerning LEPC meetings, DOUGLAS COUNTY, SARA Title III hazardous KANSAS materials planning which Division One

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judgment and decree will & KEESHAN, L.L.C. be entered in due course You are required to file upon the Petition. /s/ your written defenses to Matthew M. Coleman, the Petition on or before /s/ #25547 Case No. 2015-PR-000085 July 9, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. in JAMES PRESTON HARLEY, 3301 SW Van Buren Street this Court, in the City of Petitioner Topeka, KS 66611-2225 Lawrence, in Douglas (785) 267-0040 NOTICE OF HEARING County, at which time and PREPARED AND APPROVED (785) 267-6745 Fax place said cause will be BY: Attorney for Petitioner _______ THE STATE OF KANSAS TO heard. Should you fail to SCOTT, QUINLAN, ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: file your written defenses, WILLARD,BARNES You are hereby notified that on June 10, 2015 a Petition was filed in this Court by James Preston Harley, an heir, devisee, legatee and named fiduciary in the Last Will and Testament of David Brian Harley, Deceased dated December 28, 2011, requesting informal administration and to admit the Will

(First published in the Lawrence Daily Journal World July 3, 2015) AUCTIONED TO HIGHEST BIDDER IMPOUNDED VEHICLES & PERSONAL PROPERTY WILL BE AUCTIONED TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH ON OR AFTER JULY 3, 2015 @ 10AM IF NOT CLAIMED AND ALL CHARGES PAID IN FULL. SOLD AS IS AT REDLINE TOW 19663 LINWOOD RD LINWOOD KS 66052.

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Woman thinks boyfriend rushed into proposal Dear Annie: I recently broke up with my boyfriend of two years. I had been having doubts for a few months and one night he took me out for a surprise picnic. On the way to the picnic, I thought he was going to propose and the only thought I had was: “How do I tell him no?”

We had a great relationship, but I’m not sure he’s the one I want to spend the rest of my life with. I miss him and feel lonely, but I recognize those feelings don’t mean I’m totally in love with him. My friends say he took the breakup really hard and has been doing poorly since.

We have talked since then and he wants to get back together, but I’m not convinced. I’m only 21 and want to experience things myself. He says we can do them

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together. Did I make the right choice? Should I go back to him? — Confused in Nebraska Dear Nebraska: We can’t tell you if he’s “the one.” Most relationships aren’t that black-andwhite. However, we can see that you aren’t ready to get married.

No one should feel rushed to marry. It is possible you will discover down the road that your ex-boyfriend is really the guy for you, and you can com-

Vacation mysteries on Travel In the spirit of summer vacations, the Travel Channel serves up “Mysteries at the Monument” (7 p.m.). This new wrinkle on its “Mysteries at the Museum” series features familiar host Don Wildman.

Every new helping will explore peculiar and little-known stories about iconic destinations as well as popularize some obscure locales.

Tonight’s premiere visits a London church that figured in an infamous heist and recalls when Niagara Falls, a natural wonder and popular honeymoon retreat, nearly stopped flowing. Wildman also stops by the institution that once confined one of our nation’s least understood first ladies. “Monument” will repeat over the Fourth of July weekend, airing Saturday at noon and at 11 a.m. on Sunday.

O Bravo gets a head-start on holiday marathons, devoting the day to the suave British spy with the license to kill, the man rarely shaken and never stirred, 007 himself, Bond, James Bond, the catch-phrase-dispensing secret agent behind a half-century-old screen franchise that has endured the Cold War and the post-Cold War and the postpost-Cold War. Not to mention the rise of feminism, post-feminism, a thousand Bond imitators in the 1960s as well as the wildly popular “Austin Powers” franchise of the late 1990s, an affectionate postmodern sendup of the superspy’s era.

Bravo’s Bond-a-thon runs from “Never Say Never Again” (7 a.m.), the 1983 adventure that featured the return and final appearance of Sean Connery as Bond, to “Die Another Day” (11:57 p.m.). Pierce Brosnan stars in this thriller from 2002. The North Koreans are the bad guys.

Some things never change.

Tonight’s other highlights

O Auditions continue on a

two-hour repeat of “America’s Got Talent” (7 p.m., NBC).

O Judges evaluate ideas hatched by undergraduate entrepreneurs on “Shark Tank” (7 p.m., ABC).

O A trip down memory lane on “Defiance” (7 p.m., Syfy).

O A guard becomes a target on “Gotham” (7 p.m., Fox).

O Dutch and John go on the hunt when a missing migrant worker warrants a warrant on “Killjoys” (8 p.m., Syfy).

O Chris Pratt stars in the 2014 comic-book adaptation “Guardians of the Galaxy” (8 p.m., Starz).

O Rent disputes can be murder on “Blue Bloods” (9 p.m., CBS).

O The gang thinks it can relax on a space station on “Dark Matter” (9 p.m., Syfy).

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mit to him with more confidence.

Dear Annie: My husband retired 10 months ago after 45 years of hard work and a great deal of traveling away from home.

Since his retirement, my in-laws have been hounding him to do their home maintenance projects for free.

Visiting them is a fourhour drive, and he’d have to find a place to stay because his parents don’t have any extra room. He also has to buy his own meals.

He really doesn’t want to do this. The last project he did for them took twice as long as it was supposed to because they kept interrupting him to talk about their dogs and grandchildren.

My husband has his own projects that he wants to complete.

So now his parents

JACQUELINE BIGAR’S STARS

For Friday, July 3: This year you prefer to relate to others on a one-on-one level. As a result, you will be more effective at relating. You are full of energy and are determined to have more of what you want. Take good care of yourself. If you are single, no one can deny your desirability. If you are attached, the two of you enjoy being together without all of your friends and family around.

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) +++++ A friend could feel a bit awkward about a project you both are involved in. Tonight: Let your imagination rule.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) ++++ Listen to news, and be ready to make a decision that might cause some tension. Tonight: Let the party begin!

Gemini (May 21-June 20) +++++ You have the ability to see beyond the obvious. Use caution with spending. Tonight: Take off and try out a new spot.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) ++++ Deal with a loved one on a one-on-one level. Your points will be well-received. Tonight: Let the good times roll.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) ++++ You add punch to everyone’s day. You know what you want, but getting it could take some talent. Tonight: Where you friends are.

are mad and keep leaving messages about what they want done.

Please help. — Need an Island Dear Need: First of all, this is your husband’s problem to fix, not yours. Don’t try to run interference for him or reinforce the idea that his parents are taking advantage.

It seems to us that they want his company, as well as his expertise.

If he chooses to continue helping, please be supportive. And should he decide not to do so, he needs to be the one to tell them. Your best bet is to stay neutral.

But you might suggest he look into hiring someone to work on these projects.

— 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) ++++ Pace yourself and recognize that you are not a superhero. Tonight: Know when to say “enough is enough.”

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) ++++ Take news with a grain of salt. You are happiest at home, not having to deal with any uproar.

Tonight: Christen the weekend well.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) ++++ You could be in the midst of a major change involving a matter you have avoided dealing with. Tonight: Togetherness counts.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) +++++ Others have a lot to say, so listen closely, and you can meet them halfway. Tonight: Get into weekend mode.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) +++ Use caution with spending. You usually are cautious, but someone knows how to goad you into spending more. Tonight: Have fun!

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) +++++ Choose not to see a situation as a problem. Listen to what someone else has to share.

Tonight: Ever playful.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) +++ Take your time when making a decision. You might not know which way to go. Tonight: Be with a favorite person.

— The astrological forecast should be read for entertainment only.

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ACROSS 1 Whines 6 Page with views, briefly 10 Go for 14 “La Boheme,” e.g.

15 Airport pickup 16 Camera diaphragm 17 Bats, balls, pads, etc.

20 Gluttony and lust 21 Astros’ home 22 4x4, for short 23 Bit of medicine 24 Medicinal plant 28 Indian industrial city 30 Rec area at a barracks 32 Tag anew 35 Workout unit 36 You’ll find them at airports 40 Watch pocket 41 Like rich desserts 42 Grime fighter 45 Things to uphold 49 Yo-Yo Ma’s instrument 50 Call by intercom 52 Chronic drinker 53 Largest living bird

56 Gull-like bird 57 Sound advice 61 “Turandot” tune 62 A razor has one 63 Doorhanging device 64 Desires 65 Custodian’s collection 66 Avid DOWN 1 “Playing” critter 2 Arrogant and snobbish 3 Freetown currency units 4 Blunders 5 Gained a lap 6 Artificial bread spreads 7 Arouse, as interest 8 Flightless flock 9 “That oughta ___!”

10 Painter of portraits 11 Boiling blood 12 Reunion attendees, usually 13 Suffix for the best 18 Sneaker feature 19 “Ring Around the Rosie” flower 23 Remnant

25 Standard of measurement 26 Denials 27 Guitar blaster, briefly 29 Part of some email addresses 30 Art ___ 31 In satisfactory condition 33 Biology lab gel 34 “Air” or “ami” preceder 36 “Hyper” ending 37 Genesis shepherd 38 Capitol Hill worker 39 Cold cube 40 TV monitor?

43 Warm welcomes

44 It may be held underwater 46 Inquiring 47 Type of chair or lizard 48 Play producer 50 Greedy 51 Molar maladies 54 Arduous journey 55 Carnival attraction 56 LaBeouf of films 57 Calendar square 58 A metalbearing mineral 59 Type of cup or soldier 60 Common title beginning

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