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LSU investigating Fournettes’ website School examining whether family broke NCAA rules Josh Peter
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LSU is investigating whether the family of star running back Leonard Fournette violated NCAA rules, according to a person familiar with the matter who
spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the situation. Bob Barton, an attorney representing LSU, has begun interviewing people involved in a website that was built to sell merchandise emblazoned with “BUGA Nation” — Leonard Fournette’s catchphrase — the person told USA TODAY Sports on Tuesday. Barton, who works for the law firm of Taylor Porter in Baton Rouge and specializes in matters involving NCAA rules, declined to
The website launched comment. the week of LSU’s 2014 Paul Price, described by Fournette’s mother as season opener, but the the family’s manager, business went no further. made payments of about Sales of T-shirts and hats $10,000 to build a website were stopped within 24 hours, according to Fourand produce the mernette’s mother, Lory. chandise to be sold, the NCAA rules prohibit owners of three compaUSA TODAY SPORTS athletes or their family nies involved told USA Fournette members from profiting TODAY Sports. The owners said they gave Price and the off the athlete’s name, image or Fournettes more than $20,000 in likeness. A year ago, running back Todd discounts because they expected strong sales driven by the star Gurley was suspended for four games by Georgia for accepting running back’s popularity.
DOJ sues to block United and Delta deal
Strike for higher wages Fast-food workers demanding $15-an-hour minimum wage walked out in New York, right, and hundreds of other cities Tuesday, kicking off a campaign to muster political power in the 2016 presidential election.
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$3,000 for autographed memorabilia. The Fournettes insisted their son’s name or image not be used on the website, and indeed the apparel that appears on a development version of the website includes only the BUGA Nation logo and LSU colors. Michael Bonnette, communications director for the LSU athletics department, had no comment Tuesday. The NCAA did not responded to requests for comment about a possible investigation.
Taxes, wages take main stage Undercard debate features tussle with Jindal, Christie Gregory Korte and David Jackson USA TODAY
MILWAUKEE The top two candidates for the GOP presidential nomination said Tuesday night that the problem with the economy is that wages are too high. Real estate tycoon Donald Trump and neuELECTIONS rosurgeon Ben Carson used an opening question on the minimum wage to argue that high wages are a drag on job creation. “Taxes too high. Wages too high. We're not going to be able to compete against the world. I hate to say it, but we have to leave it the way it is,” Trump said.
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Eight GOP presidential candidates took part in the main debate hosted by Fox Business Network, Wall Street Journal. Carson cited the high unemployment rate in the AfricanAmerican community. “That’s because of those high wages. If you lower those wages, that comes down.” That set the tone for a business-centric debate — sponsored by Fox Business Network and The Wall Street Journal — that allowed the top eight Republican
candidates to tout their free-market credentials, rail against regulations and trumpet their tax plans. And with the prime-time debate stage pared down from 10 candidates and 90-second answers, the fourth round of GOP debates was more policy-oriented and focused than the freewheelv STORY CONTINUES ON 2B
The Justice Department sued Tuesday to block a proposed deal between United and Delta airlines to swap access between their New York City-area hubs in an effort to preserve competition at Newark Liberty International Airport. United wants to abandon John F. Kennedy International Airport and give its allocation of landing and takeoff slots at the congested airport to Delta. In exchange, Delta would give its Newark slots to United. The deal would allow the airline to consolidate flights at its own hub. The lawsuit reflects the intense competition for slots that the Federal Aviation Administration allocates at congested airports in the New York area. Southwest, JetBlue and Virgin America have each urged the government to broaden access to the slots or enable more trading of them. The lawsuit argues that if United acquired 24 more takeoff and landing slots at Newark, it would so dominate the flight schedule that it would discourage other airlines from serving from the airport that sees 35 million travelers each year, enabling United to charge higher fares. “We know that airfares at Newark are among the highest in the country while United’s service at Newark ranks among the worst,” Assistant Attorney General Bill Baer said. The lawsuit asks the U.S. District Court of New Jersey to prevent United from acquiring Delta’s slots at Newark and for United to warn the Justice Department about any other attempts to gain Newark slots for at least five years. United controls 73% of the slots at Newark, or 902 out of 1,233 allocated. That is 10 times more than its closest competitor because no other airline has more than 70 slots at Newark, the suit contends.
U.S. deploys fighter jets to escort bombers, deter Russians Tom Vanden Brook USA TODAY
The Pentagon has deployed fighter jets to Turkey to protect slow-flying U.S. attack planes hitting Islamic State targets in Syria and to deter Russian aggression in the region, a Defense official said Tuesday. The F-15Cs will provide cover for bombers, attack and cargo planes from Syrian and Russian fighters, said a Defense official who spoke about that role on condition of anonymity because officials were not authorized to discuss the role of the aircraft. WASHINGTON
B-1 bombers, A-10 and AC-130 attack planes — all being used to strike Islamic State, or ISIL, targets in Syria — are vulnerable to attack from enemy fighters, the official said. Cargo planes that drop ammunition to counterISIL fighters also require protection. The deployment of fighters designed to shoot down enemy aircraft is more careful planning than provocation, said David Deptula, a retired fighter pilot and Air Force three-star general who is now dean of the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies. “Prudent planners cover all potential contingencies,” Deptula
“Prudent planners cover all potential contingencies.”
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said. “That said, conflict with Russia in not something the U.S. or Russia wants to see occur.” The Pentagon announced the deployment of fighters to Turkey last month as part of its revamped strategy to confront ISIL
in Syria. Six more F-15E model aircraft will be sent to Incirlik Air Base. Their role will be to hit targets on the ground in Syria. In addition, 50 U.S. special operations troops will be sent to Syria to advise local forces. Peter Cook, the Pentagon press secretary, declined Tuesday to say when those troops would be on the ground. The six F-15Cs were sent last
week to Incirlik. “At the request of the government of Turkey, the U.S. Air Force F-15Cs that arrived last week will conduct combat air patrols to assist in defense of the Turkish airspace,” Laura Seal, a Pentagon spokesman, said in a statement Tuesday. In early October, Russian SU-30 and SU-24 warplanes based in Syria strayed into Turkish airspace despite warnings from Turkish officials, according to NATO. Russian President Vladimir Putin has sent thousands of troops and military hardware to Syria late this summer to bolster the regime of Bashar Assad.