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A LAWRENCE POLICE DEPARTMENT FORENSIC INVESTIGATIONS VEHICLE SITS PARKED OUTSIDE AN APARTMENT COMPLEX at 1200 George Court on Tuesday morning. Police are investigating the death of 67-year-old Deborah Bretthauer at the location, and have arrested her grandson, 16, on suspicion of first-degree murder.

Police: 16-year-old is only suspect in stabbing death

By Conrad Swanson Twitter: @Conrad_Swanson

A Lawrence woman is dead and her grandson is in police custody after an incident late Monday night in northern Lawrence, police said.

Officers were called to an apartment at 1200 George Court just before midnight Monday for a report of a stabbing, said Lawrence Police Sgt. Trent McKinley. The caller, a 16-year-old boy, told police he found his grandmother, 67-year-old Deborah Bretthauer, dead in the home.

The boy had been living in the apartment with his grandmother, McKinley said, and he called police from a friend’s home in the neighborhood.

When they arrived on scene, police noted obvious traumatic injuries on Bretthauer, McKinley said.

The boy was taken to the Investigations and Training Center at 4820 Bob Billings Parkway for an interview, McKinley said. Shortly after he was arrested and taken to the Douglas County Juvenile Detention Center on suspicion of first-degree murder. He

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A CITY TRUCK HAULS AWAY A COVERED DUMPSTER from the location of the homicide Tuesday morning. is currently being held without bond.

Police do not have any other suspects in Bretthauer’s death and do not believe the public to be in any potential danger, McKinley said.

The suspect’s identity has not been released.

The George Court apartment building was blocked off by yellow police

tape Tuesday as a Lawrence Police forensic investigations vehicle and other police units sat parked nearby.

A trash area at the site was also taped off, and a dumpster was covered up and hauled away from the scene.

— Public safety reporter Conrad Swanson can be reached at cswanson@ljworld.com or 832-7284.

Mayor unsure when new city manager will be named

By Nikki Wentling Twitter: @nikkiwentling

Mayor Mike Amyx said Tuesday the negotiation process had not yet ended with the person city commissioners selected as the new city manager and that he was not sure when he or she would be publicly named.

Commissioners chose the new city manager during a closed executive session

Topeka — Lawrence Memorial Hospital officials told a legislative panel that the three insurance companies managing the state’s Medicaid system routinely LEGISLATURE deny legitimate claims in Inside: order to hold down costs, Lawmakers a claim that all three con- clash over tractors said was untrue. mental hosThose charges, which pital safety other hospitals have made issues. 3A in the past, came Tuesday at a meeting of the Legislature’s joint committee that oversees KanCare, the state’s privatized Medicaid system.

Dec. 18. The selecAssociates — the firm tion came after inhired to help in the terviews with the fisearch — to enter into nal three candidates: negotiations with the Rod Bremby, of finalist.

Glastonbury, Conn.; The motion stated Cheryl Harrisonthat the new city manLee, of Gardner; ager’s contract must and Tom Markus, of gain approval from Amyx Iowa City, Iowa. the City Commission After the execuduring a public meettive session, the commission ing. It was not specified when unanimously passed a motion the contract would go before directing Ralph Andersen & commissioners.

“We’ve had a major holiday since the time we had our meeting on the 18th; we had all last week with Christmas and holiday travel,” Amyx said Tuesday. “We’re just trying to make sure we’ve had the opportunity to have all the negotiations before there’s an announcement.” l Commission sets date

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If deadline not met, city may pursue ‘legal options’

By Nikki Wentling Twitter: @nikkiwentling

The Oread Inn developers had not responded as of Tuesday evening to the city’s letter demanding repayment of about $500,000.

The letter was sent Dec. 16, after auditors discovered that the development group improperly collected sales tax rebates from the city and county.

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Taryn Schraad, who handles audits and insurance claims appeals at LMH, told the panel the hospital frequently receives denial notices, often with no explanation provided.

“I believe there is a pattern of behavior to just deny claims and see if the provider will spend the time and the energy and the money to pursue them through the appeal process,” Schraad told reporters after the hearing.

Linda Sherman, director of patient accounts at LMH, said she understands that all insurers deny some claims.

“The problem comes when they don’t meet deadlines, and they don’t provide denial reasons,” she said. “When they approve a stay for observation and then turn around and, in that observation claim that they have approved, say, ‘No, you didn’t get authorization for this. We’re going to make you appeal this through three levels.’”

In their testimony, Schraad and Sherman cited an example of a claim that was denied by Amerigroup on Dec. 30, 2014. LMH filed an appeal on Feb. 5, 2015, well within the allowable 60 days for making an appeal.

Procedurally, Amerigroup was supposed to respond to that appeal within 60 days, but LMH did not hear a response until Nov. 18, denying the claim again, giving the hospital only three days to respond to that second denial.

Schraad said that only about 35 percent of the claim denials that LMH appeals are eventually overturned and paid. By comparison, she said, LMH has about a 90 percent success rate in overturning denials

by Medicare, the federal health insurance program for the elderly.

Susan Thomas, director of compliance at the hospital, said the problem has gotten worse throughout the three years that KanCare has been in place.

“It seems like when we moved from the traditional Medicaid program that was administered by the state, and now we’ve gone to for-profit managed care companies, the game has changed,” she said.

“They’re in the business to make money, and we appreciate that. We

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Developers were given a deadline of Dec. 31 to pay back $429,594.74, the amount auditors said was collected by the development group from January 2010 through May 2015 by filing incorrect sales tax returns. The city is charging $63,320.11 in interest.

The city is also charging for the cost of hiring an auditing firm, which, as of Dec. 5, was $27,455.65.

Lawrence’s interim city manager, Diane Stoddard, said via email Tuesday that the Dec. 31 deadline was “firm” and that the city would fully pursue “a number of legal options” if The Oread developers do not meet it.

A report from the audit, produced by Wichita-based Allen, Gibbs & Houlik, focused on Oread Wholesale L.C., a business owned by Lawrence

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TARYN SCHRAAD, LEFT, AND LINDA SHERMAN of Lawrence Memorial Hospital tell a Kansas legislative committee that the private contractors managing the state’s KanCare system are routinely denying claims as part of an effort to reduce the state’s Medicaid costs.

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It seems like when we moved from the traditional Medicaid program that was administered by the state, and now we’ve gone to for-profit managed care companies, the game has changed.”

— Susan Thomas, Lawrence Memorial Hospital compliance director are too,” Thomas said.

“But definitely, the requirement to process a claim, to get authorization for patient status, it’s changed dramatically in addition to now having three companies to work with rather than working through a state agency.”

Furthermore, LMH officials said, there is no clear pattern to the denials among the three different contractors. A type of claim that is denied by any one of the companies is often routinely approved by the other two, they said.

“We’re just not getting paid consistently or timely with those plans,” Schraad said.

Since KanCare began in 2013, Schraad said she has had to double the number of employees in her department who deal with claims and appeals just to keep up with the volume of work.

But officials from all three of the companies that manage the system, United Healthcare, Sunflower Health Plan and Amerigroup, insisted they do not send out denial notices without some kind of explanation.

Tim Spilker, CEO of UnitedHealthcare Community Plan, said overall businessman Thomas Fritzel, who also is a leader of the group that developed The Oread hotel.

The business is listed by the state as having a registered office at 1200 Oread Ave., which is designated as a special taxing district under a redevelopment agreement approved by the City Commission in 2008. The district allows the hotel’s development group to receive a rebate on a large percentage of all local sales taxes collected at that address.

According to the report, Oread Wholesale reported sales within the special taxing district but actually made none under the regulations of the Kansas Retailers’ Sales Tax Act. Oread Wholesale’s sales tax returns led to the improper reimbursements by the city, auditors found.

The findings were thought by the auditing firm to violate Kansas law. But Freda Warfield, executive office

his company denies only about 7 percent of all claims, while Laura Hopkins, CEO of Amerigroup Kansas Plan, said her company’s denial rate was about 11 or 12 percent.

All three companies also pointed to data showing that since they started providing managed care plans to Medicaid patients, emergency room visits have declined while visits to regular primary care physicians has increased, one of the original goals of turning the system over to private contractors.

Rep. Jim Ward, DWichita, who serves on the joint panel, said he has heard similar reports from the two major hospitals in his community, Via Christi Hospital and Wesley Medical Center.

Sen. Laura Kelly, D-Topeka, said she has heard similar complaints since the beginning of KanCare in 2013. In response, she said, the contractors have worked with individual providers and developed “patchwork fixes” to resolve their particular issues, but she said there needs to be a “global” solution to prevent problems from arising elsewhere.

But Sen. Mary PilcherCook, R-Shawnee, who chairs the joint panel, said she disagreed. She said that in the past, problems have tended to be caused by the hospitals themselves and the way they submit claims, not through actions of the private contractors.

The committee ended by encouraging LMH officials to return at the next meeting with examples of claim denials that they think were unreasonable or unexplained.

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

administrator for Revenue Secretary Nick Jordan, said via email Monday, “this is a local issue.”

Stoddard said the city has had preliminary discussions with law enforcement, but that she couldn’t comment further because it is against city practice to comment on criminal investigations.

Fritzel could not be reached for comment Tuesday.

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

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Lawmakers spar over mental hospital safety

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Topeka — A Democratic legislator called Tuesday for firings at one of Kansas’ two state mental hospitals because of safety problems reported by critical federal surveys, but a key Republican senator said lawmakers need to learn the facts before assessing blame.

Democratic Rep. Jim Ward, of Wichita, sparred publicly with GOP Sen. Mary Pilcher-Cook, of Shawnee, over Osawatomie State Hospital, about 45 miles south of the Kansas City area. The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services notified

the hospital earlier this month that Medicare would stop paying for patients’ care.

The federal agency’s notice came after a survey in November found a “systemic failure” to protect suicidal patients, adequately supervise care and perform required safety checks. It noted that an employee reported being raped in October by a patient who now faces a felony criminal charge.

A follow-up survey this month said a male patient, “a known sex offender,” wasn’t supervised properly and engaged in inappropriate sexual behavior.

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Amtrak: Kansas ridership up in 2015 Washington (ap) — Kansas ridership of Amtrak improved this year but slid by more than 5 percent in neighboring Missouri, the passenger rail service said.

Amtrak’s Chicago-toLos Angeles Southwest Chief — a service that stops at six Kansas cities, including Lawrence — served a record number of passengers, numbering more than 367,000, McClatchy Newspapers has reported. Kansas accounted for more than 49,000 of the passengers last year, up slightly over 2014.

Missouri’s state-supported River Runner between St. Louis and Kansas City had 10,000 fewer riders this year. That ridership totaled roughly 179,000 for the year that ended Sept. 30.

Nationwide, Amtrak carried 30.8 million passengers in 2015.

In addition to two daily round-trip trains between Kansas City and St. Louis, Missouri also is served by the long-distance Southwest Chief and the Texas Eagle. The Southwest Chief provides the only Amtrak service in Kansas, stopping in Lawrence, Topeka, Newton, Hutchinson, Dodge City and Garden City.

Tens of millions of dollars needed for repairs to the track across western Kansas clouded the Southwest Chief route’s future.

But the federal government awarded $27.5 million in grants to Kansas in 2014 and Colorado this year to fix the track so the trains can maintain higher speeds and shorter travel times. Kansas, Amtrak, rail carrier BNSF and several cities along the route also contributed to the upgrades.

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KU to admit K-State students into law degree program

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Kansas State University undergrads will soon be admitted into Kansas University’s fasttrack law degree program.

KU launched its Legal Education Accelerated Degree program for KU undergrads three years ago. The so-called “3+3” program allows students to earn a bachelor’s and a law degree in just six years instead of the usual seven.

KU plans to expand the program to other Kansas Board of Regents universities, and K-State will be KU’s first official partner, KU Chancellor

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Freshmen must have an ACT score of at least 26 and a GPA of at least 3.5 to qualify for the Legal Education Accelerated Degree program. To be automatically admitted into KU law for their fourth year of studies, they must meet minimum criteria for GPA and LSAT scores. Although, Freedman said, students who don’t meet criteria for automatic admission can still apply to KU law the following year, like non-fast track students.

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County may formalize intent to build crisis intervention center

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Douglas County Commissioners at their meeting today will consider signing a letter of intent to establish a crisis intervention center with Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center.

The letter of intent formalizes talks over the past few months of building a facility as a means to divert some who suffer severe mental illness from the Douglas County Jail.

“This will be the first time the County Commission has actually taken formal action, saying, ‘Yes, this is where we intend to put (the center),’ and that the Bert Nash board has already passed a resolution

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Officials at the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services, which runs the mental hospitals in Osawatomie and Larned, said they’re addressing the safety issues and considering whether to appeal the findings. The first critical survey came as the state was addressing demands from federal officials for changes at the hospital.

KDADS Secretary Kari Bruffett told a legislative oversight committee that the state could lose up to $900,000 a month in federal funds because the hospital isn’t certified by the federal government. Ward asked her, “Did anybody lose their job?”

Later, Ward said, “If this

saying, ‘Yes, we’re willing to have you do that,’” County Administrator Craig Weinaug said.

Weinaug said Bert Nash owns some land north of Second Street, near the former VFW building, 138 Alabama St., and south of Sandra Shaw Park. The land is near the Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department, but far from the jail, which Weinaug said has been the intent all along.

“We’ve always said the worst possible place for it would be at the jail,” he said.

Weinaug said that if commissioners approve this resolution, the next steps in January would be selecting an architecture firm to put together a design plan and cost

estimates for the center.

“That will then enable the County Commission to start to grapple with the issue of how they will pay for it,” Weinaug said.

This letter of intent follows the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office’s receipt of a $200,000 federal grant to help offer treatment alternatives to jail, and commissioners’ proclamation of the county’s support for these efforts.

Commissioners will also consider renewing contracts for medical and mental health services for the Douglas County Jail, as well as approving 2015 budget amendments.

The County Commission meets at 4 p.m. each Wednesday at the Douglas County Courthouse, 1100 Massachusetts St.

happened in the private sector, where there was a systematic failure to provide basic services, somebody would get fired.”

Bruffett said she couldn’t discuss personnel matters.

“We’re not focused on blame,” she said, later adding, “It’s about, ‘How do you fix the problem?’”

Pilcher-Cook, chairwoman of the oversight committee, also leads the Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee and said that panel will have hearings on Osawatomie after lawmakers open their session Jan. 11. She said it was inappropriate for Ward to suggest now that hospital employees should be disciplined.

“Let’s get all the facts first and not point fingers before we know what the facts are,” she said.

Pilcher-Cook said legislators also need to examine the federal government’s demands for changes at

Osawatomie.

Republican Sen. Jim Denning, of Overland Park, said last week that KDADS should delay efforts to regain federal certification for Osawatomie. He said renovations and other changes sought by federal officials probably are “a total waste of money.”

Osawatomie dropped its capacity earlier this year to 146 patients from 206 to accommodate renovations.

KDADS officials said they learned in October that the state is expected to run the renovated space as if it were a separate hospital with its own nursing staff — adding new costs.

Ward shook his head at Denning’s comments.

Renovations — such as changes in ceilings, door knobs and water fountains — were aimed at lessening the risk that patients would commit suicide by hanging or strangling themselves.

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students are going to be graduating a year earlier, we want to be sure they’re ready for the challenge.”

Few law schools nationwide — possibly fewer than 20 — offer accelerated law programs like KU’s, according to a U.S. News and World Report article in 2013, the year

L awrence J ournal -W orld KU’s Legal Education Accelerated Degree program started.

Freedman said KU has had “great results” with the program so far, averaging about 40 undergrads per year in the program. The first cohort of undergrads will enter the KU law school this fall.

A traditional law degree track would start with four years of undergraduate work followed by three years of law school. According to U.S.

News’ graduate school rankings, it costs nearly $20,000 a semester for instate students to attend KU School of Law. The accelerated program aims to take the edge off.

“It addressed directly the biggest barriers of students gaining a legal education,” Gray-Little said.

“That is cost and time.”

— KU and higher ed reporter Sara Shepherd can be reached at 832-7187 or sshepherd@ljworld.com.

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City sets date for incentives study session

By Nikki Wentling

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It’s now time that staff and the public really have an idea of where we’re at on the During a brief meet- use of public incentives. It’s something we ing Tuesday morning, the talked about that was very important.”

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sion set a date to discuss how it wants the city to What’s the best food to use economic developbring to a New Year’s ment incentives — a conEve party? tentious and sometimes Asked on confusing issue that has Massachusetts Street accompanied recent debates on economic develSee story, 1CR opment.

Commissioners will hold a study session at 3:30 p.m. on Jan. 12 at City Hall, 6 E. Sixth St., before the 5:45 p.m. commission meeting.

Mayor Mike Amyx said the session would make clear what types of projects commissioners want to grant public incentives for. Since the current City Commission was seated in April, there’s been deRick Ballinger, bate among commissionelectrician, ers whether projects such Lawrence as The Eldridge hotel “Chips and salsa.” expansion and the apartments at 800 New Hampshire St. should benefit from them.

There’s been a question about whether the incentives should be used for apartment or retail projects, Amyx said.

“Let’s just get it out there, so we can give clear-cut direction on what we could consider as a commission,” Amyx said. “I want to give specific direction from this commission on how incentives may be used in the future.”

Amyx has said part Angie Thompson, of the discussion would student, be about transparency Wichita requirements for busi“Queso is always a good nesses that receive public choice.” incentives. The comment was made after auditors discovered developers of The Oread hotel filed incorrect sales tax returns in order to receive improper sales tax rebates totaling almost $430,000 from the city and county.

Businesses at the hotel, 1200 Oread Ave., are part of a special taxing district — an incentive granted by the commission in 2008 — that allows the hotel’s development group to receive a rebate on a large percentSusan Martin, age of all local sales taxes IT manager, collected at that address.

Olathe The idea for a study “A shrimp appetizer.” session about incentives came up publicly Dec. 1, when commissioners were considering granting industrial revenue bonds for the apartment project at 800 New Hampshire St. Commissioners voted 3-2 to grant the incentive, with Commissioner Matthew Herbert and Vice Mayor Leslie Soden voting against it. The bonds will allow developers to receive a sales tax exemption on construction materials and save them approximately $317,000.

Reasons Herbert listed for his oppositions were: Jen Hanson, the project does not inmarketing, clude much parking; the Prairie Village apartments are priced at “Shrimp cocktail and market rate; and the projchampagne. Champagne ect would not be rehabiliis key.” tating a blemished area.

Bill Fleming, a LawWhat would your anrence attorney represwer be? Go to ljworld. senting the project’s com/onthestreet and developers, told commisshare it. sioners it was “probably true we’re going to build this project” regardless of whether the commission granted industrial revenue bonds.

Under city policy, to receive industrial revenue bonds developers BIRTHS are not required to prove they would not move forLawrence Memorial Hospital reported no births ward with a project withTuesday. out them.

The project met the city’s criteria for the industrial revenue bonds, CORRECTIONS Amyx and Fleming said.

The Journal-World’s “We have a written policy is to correct all policy that says we want significant errors that are people to look at these brought to the editors’ kind of projects in our attention, usually in this downtown. They’re folspace. If you believe we lowing our process,” have made such an error, Amyx said at the time. “If call 785-832-7154, or email we want a change in the news@ljworld.com. public incentive policy,

— Mayor Mike Amyx we need to have that discussion, separate from this. This policy has gotten us a long way and done some pretty good things in this community.

If it’s time to discuss a change, let’s talk about it.

Let’s clear the air.”

When candidates were campaigning last spring for the City Commission, part of their focus was how the previous commission had used tax breaks and other financial incentives.

According to a JournalWorld article from the time, now-Commissioner Stuart Boley said he was concerned about the city issuing tax rebates for apartment projects. He also said he thought Lawrence residents wanted the incentives to be used to produce jobs.

When campaigning, Herbert said he was against incentives for apartment projects, too, and that the previous commission went

overboard with tax incentives and negotiated them poorly. Soden said incentives needed to be “about full-time jobs, first and foremost” and that the previous commission’s tax breaks for hotels and apartments felt too much like “trickle-down economics.”

Before voting against finalizing the issuance of industrial revenue bonds for The Eldridge expansion project in October, Commissioner Lisa Larsen said she, as a citizen, had been concerned with the amount of money allocated as incentives to some businesses and not others.

“One of the things I’ve noticed since the commission was seated last April, we’ve had discussion from time to time

about public incentives and how they are to be used,” Amyx said Tuesday. “It’s now time that staff and the public really have an idea of where we’re at on the use of public incentives.

It’s something we talked about that was very important.”

During a report to the City Commission Dec. 15, Lawrence chamber of commerce president and CEO Larry McElwain said he wanted the Chamber to be involved in the public incentives discussion. McElwain said the incentives are “essential tools” for providing economic development.

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

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Mom needs to let daughter raise kids her way Dear Annie: My 5-year-old granddaughter was here for a few days and needed her evening bath. The last time she stayed overnight with me, her mother sent bath products that got in her eyes and burned. So this time, I used my own baby shampoo and some moisturizing body wash.

Everything went well, but when my daughter saw that I had used those products, she went ballistic.

Later that evening, she sent me a text message saying I had disrespected her authority as a parent. Annie, the baby shampoo didn’t hurt my granddaughter one iota and neither did the body wash. From my daughter’s reaction, you would have thought I threw acid on the child.

We had a huge disagreement via text, and my blood pressure spiked so

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My daughter is 45 and one of those Helicopter Momzillas. She watches her daughter like a hawk, never missing a chance to correct someone who says anything objectionable to her daughter or when another child doesn’t play with her the way she thinks is right.

She believes she is the only one who knows how to raise a child. I guess my 50 years of

‘Mozart’ returns to Amazon ‘‘Mozart in the Jungle,” a gem that arrived at the end of 2014, returns for a second season on Amazon. A whimsical and, at times, even magical, inside look at a New York philharmonic orchestra, “Mozart” works as both a high art romp and a good oldfashioned soap opera.

As season two begins, the heartthrob genius conductor Rodrigo (Gael Garcia Bernal) is seen having a strange conversation with Mozart himself. And the composer hints that the Mexican maestro just might be an exotic phony. Hailey (Lola Kirke), the struggling young oboist at the center of things, still doesn’t know what to make of the kiss she shared with Rodrigo at the end of season one.

Despite working hard on her artistry, she’s still stuck as the conductor’s personal assistant, a role she thought she transcended some time back. Thomas (Malcolm McDowell), the dethroned conductor, appears to be happy composing his great masterpiece. But there are patrons and donors eager to see him return and replace the rebel that they have come to call “Che Guevara.”

Bernadette Peters makes the absolute most of her role as Gloria Windsor, the flirty president of this floundering cultural institution, forever fundraising and refereeing fights between patrons, conductors and highstrung musicians. Trouble is compounded this season when the orchestra asks for a new contract and hires a high-powered labor negotiator (Gretchen Mol, “Boardwalk Empire”). ‘‘Mozart” makes the most of its affluent New York setting, but never descends into the trite subjects of sex, shopping and money found in so many series since “Sex and the City.” Its characters are eccentric but passionate, and they care deeply about art without appearing, or sounding, elitist or phony.

O New Year’s resolutions arrive in roughly 24 hours! Most of them involve eating. The documentary “In Defense of Food” (8 p.m., PBS, TV-PG, check local listings) features author Michael Pollan, who travels the world to see how we can save our food supply from the commercial and technological “improvements” of the last century, which have robbed flour of its nutrients and jam-packed so many processed foods with sugar, salt and fat.

These “new” and “improved” fake foods and soft drinks have resulted in an epidemic of obesity and diabetes, particularly among the young and within minority communities.

Tonight’s other highlights O Celebrities play pranks on “I Get That a Lot” (7 p.m., CBS).

O On two helpings of “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” (NBC, r, TV-14): a body washes ashore (7 p.m.), a serial killer offers a tip (8 p.m.).

child rearing experience mean nothing. She acts this way even toward her husband, as if he is a total idiot, and he won’t stand up for himself.

When I have my granddaughter at my house, I don’t want my daughter around because she can be so unpleasant, snapping and biting at the least little thing.

My husband and I have helped my daughter’s family from the day the child was born. I have never been disrespectful toward her. This is the first time we haven’t been on speaking terms.

Will she ever change?

— Momzilla’s Mother Dear Mother: Probably not until her daughter is older and rejects Mom’s overprotectiveness. Until then, however, please stop creating a tug-of-war over who is the more sensible parent. She is the child’s

JACQUELINE BIGAR’S STARS

For Wednesday, Dec. 30: This year you can and often will detach and take an overview of what is going on around you. Your home life continues to have an unpredictable quality to it. If you are single, through travel or perhaps a workshop of sorts, you could meet someone unique. If you are attached, the two of you start to enjoy your differences.

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) ++++ Reach out to someone you care about; you know you can make a difference in this person’s life. Tonight: Try something new.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) +++++ A friend might be deceptive, and a loved one will call this person’s integrity into question. You might have difficulty listening. Tonight: Loosen up with the moment.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) ++++ Understand what is happening within a situation on the homefront. The unexpected occurs when dealing with a specific friend. Tonight: A must show.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) ++++ You might want to understand what is going on around you. How you deal with someone could change quickly. Tonight: The unexpected sets a new tone.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) ++++ Your ability to change direction emerges. Use care with the words you choose. Tonight:

mother and has her best interests at heart, even though she is overbearing. When she says to respect her, she means that you don’t get to undermine her decisions unless you feel they are a danger to the child, which they are not. Yes, the baby shampoo was fine, but Mom specifically asked you to use something else and you should have done so.

You owe her an apology. Really. Her nitpicking attitude is exhausting, we know, and it isn’t particularly helpful to her daughter, either. But you absolutely must bite your tongue and allow her to make these decisions. You raised your kid, Mom. Now it’s her turn. Let her be.

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

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Ever flexible.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) ++++ Move forward in a more creative way. Others are highly responsive to you. Tonight: Go for what you want.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) +++ Within your immediate circle lie many positive changes, yet you might feel as if you can’t handle them all. Tonight: Know when to vanish.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) ++++ You will have the unique opportunity of seeing a friend’s transformation occur.

Reach out to this person and make a kind gesture. Tonight: Meet up with friends and hang out.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) ++++ You’ll feel as if someone really cares. Use caution with your finances. Tonight: In the limelight.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) +++++ Reach out to someone at a distance. Fatigue plays a role in your decisions. Tonight: Read between the lines.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) ++++ One-on-one relating will evoke strong results where you least expect it to. Tonight: Not among the crowds.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) ++++ Listen to news with an open mind. You can’t seem to make a loved one happy, no matter how hard you try. Tonight: Avoid a risk.

— The astrological forecast should be read for entertainment only.

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51 Wallflower’s cousin 57 Spontaneous motivation 58 “Too many cooks spoil the broth,” e.g.

59 Brass subordinate 60 Triangle, in a child’s drawing 61 Bus fare 62 Bit of bird food 63 Cat and dog 64 Far from drowsy 65 Casks DOWN 1 Padlock partner 2 ___ spumante (sparkling wine) 3 Horse control 4 Sharpshooter 5 Straight, as wheels 6 Cowboy’s milieu 7 Cast out 8 “Traffic” cop 9 Matter or freeze start 10 Certain marsupial 11 Despise with a passion 12 Becomes disenchanted 13 In need of a massage 21 Eisenhower, casually 22 Messy situation

25 Hardly a sophisticate 26 State solemnly 27 Type of formality 28 Ending with “church” or “movie” 29 Prune, as a tree branch 31 Dipper part 32 21st Greek letter 33 Church feature 34 Tried to avoid a tag 35 Banco de Mexico concern 37 Dip one’s ___ the water (test) 38 It’s heard before a liftoff 39 Hearty dinner dish

43 They may compete with boxers 44 Pre-Christmas period 45 Oahu souvenir 46 Take forcibly 47 Severe spasm 48 Rye fungus 49 Charmer’s critter 50 Hamand-___ (oaf) 52 Martial arts workout 53 Pagan figurine 54 “In ___ of flowers ...”

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Positive change Local seniors have a new — and apparently popular — daily meal option.

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hange can be difficult, but it appears a new senior meals program in Douglas County is a popular step up from the congregrate meals programs previously operated by Douglas County Senior Services.

The new program is known as CHAMPSS (Choosing Healthy Appetizing Meal Plan Solutions for Seniors) and uses a debit card system that allows anyone 60 or older and their spouses to eat one meal a day at either Lawrence Hy-Vee store or one of three local Dillons stores. The Jayhawk Area Agency on Aging asks people to pay $3 per meal, but no one is turned away because he or she can’t pay.

CHAMPSS has been offered in Lawrence for more than a year, but participation saw a significant bump after Oct. 1, when DCSS discontinued its congregate meals and the three Dillons stores signed on to the program. Before Oct. 1, 489 seniors were signed up for CHAMPSS and, by last week, that number had risen to 656.

DCSS moved forward on closing its two congregate meal sites in Lawrence and one each in Baldwin City and Eudora only after making sure the new program could serve those clients.

CHAMPSS meals soon will be available at the Baker University Harter Union cafeteria, and officials are seeking a similar opportunity in Eudora. Seniors who live more than six miles from a CHAMPSS site can have a meal delivered to their homes, but, interestingly, there has been almost no increase in the number of seniors taking advantage of that option since the congregate sites closed.

The new program has a number of advantages for seniors. They can choose when to eat their meals, have more menu choices and even have someone else pick up a meal for them if they can’t get out. They still have the opportunity to socialize with others, but on their own schedule. The program also has some potential benefits for DCSS, which now can redirect the resources that were going into the congregate meals sites to other projects or programs.

The congregate meals sites served a real need in Douglas County for many years, but it’s good to see the new CHAMPSS program providing an even better service with more choice and flexibility for seniors.

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Nuclear deal not changing Iran Washington — One of the arguments for the Iran nuclear deal was that it would encourage greater openness and investment from the West. But Iranian hardliners have been working in recent months to sabotage the proponents of economic globalization and change.

The clearest example is the case of an Iranian-American businessman named Siamak Namazi, 44, who was arrested around Oct. 14. Iran hasn’t announced any formal charges, but he has been accused in the Iranian press of being a tool of such institutions as the World Economic Forum, the National Endowment for Democracy, the Woodrow Wilson Center and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund.

According to Iranian press accounts, Namazi is being held by the intelligence service of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps in a special section of Evin Prison.

News organizations close to the IRGC have published conspiracy stories that appear to be drawn from his interrogation and from information on his laptop computer.

The allegations center, bizarrely, on Namazi’s status as a “Young Global Leader” under a program organized by the World Economic Forum. A story posted on the hard-line website Raja News describes the WEF and its youth fellowships as part of a “Zionist” network that uses investment and trade as tools of political subversion. Another story, posted by Jahan News, links

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The clearest example is the case of an Iranian-American businessman named Siamak Namazi, 44, who was arrested around Oct. 14.”

Namazi to the other think tanks and foundations that it claims are part of a Western “influence network.”

The real target of the hardliners may be President Hassan Rouhani, whose government has been a proponent of greater openness and economic integration with the West. Rouhani’s government had blessed a planned visit to Iran last June by 20 members of the Young Global Leaders, arranged through Sorena Sattari, Iran’s vice president for science and technology. But the trip was canceled after it was criticized by hard-liners.

The Namazi incident is a reality check for those who hoped that the nuclear agreement would be the prelude to a broader opening. Since the agreement was reached in July, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has repeatedly said that Iran won’t allow

economic “infiltration” by an America he described several months ago as a “deceitful, crafty, skillful, fraudulent and devilish enemy.”

The imprisonment of Namazi in October came days after an Iranian court convicted Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian, also an Iranian-American, on charges of espionage. Marty Baron, the Post’s executive editor, called the verdict an “outrageous injustice.”

“Their message is that they are going to scare and intimidate Iranians abroad who want to return to Iran,” argued Bijan Khajehpour, an Iranian who hired Namazi in 1997 at Atieh Bahar Consulting, a Tehran firm that advised Western companies investing in Iran. Namazi left Atieh Bahar in 2007, and Khajehpour left the country in 2011 under pressure from the regime. He now operates a similar consulting firm in Vienna.

There may be a class warfare aspect to these political attacks. Like many Iranians who have prospered in the diaspora, Namazi is from a family that was prominent during the Shah’s time.

His father was governor of Khuzestan Province and left Iran after the revolution.

Namazi graduated from Tufts University and then studied management at London Business School and urban planning at Rutgers.

The message from the hard-liners, whose IRGClinked businesses have prospered since the revolution, is that they won’t give up

economic or political power to the old elite, as sanctions are lifted and foreign investment grows in Iran.

Just as the IRGC evidently hopes, the Namazi case has chilled some Iranian-American business leaders who had considered investing in Iran.

An example is a group called “iBridges,” which includes some wealthy Iranian-Americans, such as Hamid Biglari, who was a senior executive at Citigroup. The technology group gathered Iranian entrepreneurs for a first iBridges meeting in 2014 in Berkeley, Calif.; they held a second, larger meeting with nearly 2,000 participants in June in Berlin.

But iBridges has been attacked in the Iranian press, and some of its members — who were enthusiastic just a few months ago about funding new startups in Iran — are said to be reconsidering.

Says one Iranian-American who has pulled back from planned investments: “All this is a warning shot across the bow to the entire diaspora: Don’t even think about coming back to rebuild relations with the West.”

Rouhani and other pragmatists argue that foreign investment will strengthen Iran and boost its national security. But hard-liners insist that Western money is a tool of the Great Satan that will undermine the revolution. This battle over foreign influence will be one of Iran’s fault lines in the year ahead.

— David Ignatius is a columnist for Washington Post Writers Group.

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From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for Dec. 30, 1915: years “The announceago ment, ‘Turn out IN 1915 boys and break rock,’ fell unpleasantly on the ears of the prisoners in the city jail this morning. It was official notification to them that the plans which the city officials have been working on for some days to keep them from having nothing to do with their time in jail have been perfected.”

— Compiled by Sarah St. John

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Altering gun laws offers some control

By Mitch Albom Detroit Free Press

What made a young couple walk into a health facility and start shooting people? It wasn’t our gun laws. It wasn’t the easy ability to purchase a weapon in this country.

If such things made people killers, all Americans would be killers. In that narrow way, gun advocates who bristle at any change after the San Bernardino, Calif., killings are right.

No one makes you pull a trigger.

But if you stop the argument there, you’re being naive — as naive as saying no one makes you abuse drugs, no one forces you to drink and drive, no one tells you to give your money to phony investment advisors. Yet we have laws regarding all those things.

Laws, smartly written, address the dangers facing a society. The item in question should be less important than the threat.

But our biggest gun law was written 224 years ago, and it remains mostly about that — guns, and the ownership of them. It’s not about bad behavior, murderous thoughts or anything else that guns frequently exacerbate. We have been arguing over this law, the Second Amendment, for centuries.

But we don’t touch it. Because it’s part of our Constitution. Because it’s cherished by many. And because, supporters argue, it’s not the law that makes people put on vests, drop their baby at a relative’s house, then go on a mass murder spree and die.

That’s a sick mind.

And you can’t legislate against a sick mind.

Following the San Bernardino shooting, the New York Times ran its first front page editorial in nearly 100

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I’m pretty sure if America in 1791 had IEDs, jihads and YouTube, our Second Amendment wouldn’t read the way it does.”

years. It called for the end of the “gun epidemic.” The New York Daily News, in criticizing lawmakers who offered prayers for victims but no new legislation, ran the headline “GOD ISN’T FIXING THIS.” Naturally, both papers were buried in insults, dismissed as “typical liberals,” and argued against with an avalanche of selected facts and figures that make the case for doing nothing — or for arming more Americans, not fewer. President Barack Obama, calling for tougher gun laws, was shouted down by a well-practiced chorus of critics, who cynically noted, “How’s it working for Paris?”

But being loud and being right are two different things. It’s always easier to scream against change than to create it. Especially since what change would be 100 percent effective? If we banned every gun in the country, some criminals would still get their hands on them, or use bombs instead, etc.

But is that a reason to watch the next whacked-out fundamentalist go freely into a U.S. gun shop, legally purchase guns designed for quick, multiple killings, then use them on fellow citizens to go out in a blaze of infamy?

Because you know it will happen again.

I don’t have a fast answer for this. Nor do I have the energy or stomach to argue with hate-spewing people who are so mesmerized by gun possession they won’t budge an inch. It’s pointless.

But I do take issue with those who

refuse to accept that mass killings with assault weapons fall under the same category as a hunter wanting to go after ducks. Yes, we have had guns in this country since its inception, but we have not had other things: a media that sensationalizes violence on a global scale, a population that feels alienated, video entertainment that numbs you to murder and an Internet that can connect all these elements with warped minds that see death as a badge of honor.

I’m pretty sure if America in 1791 had IEDs, jihads and YouTube, our Second Amendment wouldn’t read the way it does. But we cling to words written 224 years ago in a world that changes by the blink. This fact remains: People without a previous criminal history can make their first bad deed a doozy with legally purchased American guns, and killing them once they do only speeds up what many of them hope for: a sensationalized death. This is not limited to Islamic fundamentalists. Mass shootings in Colorado Springs (three dead), Oregon (nine dead) and Charleston, S.C. (nine dead) had nothing to do with Islam.

We can leave gun laws untouched, but something else will eventually give: maybe surveillance on every home and business; metal detectors on every door frame; random interrogations, sweeping immigration reform, airborne snipers, rounding up of particular religions. All things that will make America look a lot less like America than if its people were a little less armed.

Our choice. But sick, murderous minds are here to stay. How easy we make it for them is the only thing we can control.

— Mitch Albom is a columnist for the Detroit Free Press. His email address is malbom@freepress.com.

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Library Book Van, 1-2 p.m., Babcock Place, Red Dog’s Dog Days 1700 Massachusetts St. workout, 6 a.m., Sports Display of 80-plus Pavilion Lawrence soccer Christmas Trees, 1-4 field (lower level), 100 p.m., Territorial Capital Rock Chalk Lane.

Museum, 640 Woodson, 1 Million Cups preLecompton. sentation, 9-10 a.m., Douglas County ComCider Gallery, 810 Pennmission meeting, 4 p.m., sylvania St. Douglas County CourtLawrence Public house, 1100 MassachuLibrary Book Van, 9-10 setts St. a.m., Brandon Woods, American Legion Bin1501 Inverness Drive. go, doors open 4:30 p.m., Lawrence Public first games 6:45 p.m., Library Book Van, 10:30American Legion Post #14, 11:30 a.m., Arbor Court, 3408 W. Sixth St. 1510 St. Andrews Drive.

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Dinner and Junkyard Jazz, 5:30 p.m., American Legion Post #14, 3408 W. Sixth St. Foxy By Proxy Burlesque Revue Presents: NYE, 9 p.m. doors, 10 p.m. show, Liberty Hall, 644 Massachusetts St. Team trivia, 9 p.m., Johnny’s West, 721 Wakarusa Drive.

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Iraq’s counterterrorism forces flash the victory sign Tuesday in Ramadi, which they liberated from the Islamic State group.

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A Texas teen responsible for a drunken-driving crash that killed four people in 2013 was caught in Mexico along with his mother and was expected to return to the U.S. on Tuesday.

Ethan Couch, who had dyed his hair a dark brown, and his mother, Tonya Couch, were detained Monday evening in the PaJALISCO STATE PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE cific resort city of Puerto Vallarta, Ethan Couch, above, after his said Sharen Wilson, Tarrant arrest Monday in Mexico. At County district attorney. His right, an earlier photo. mother had cut her hair that its agents had been as well.

Ethan Couch, now 18, working with American had been the subject of an authorities via the U.S. international manhunt Consulate in Guadalajara after violating terms of since Saturday to capture his probation for his conthe pair. After their deWFAA-TV viction on four counts of tention, they were handvehicular manslaughter. Tonya Couch ed over to Mexican The case gained worldimmigration authorities wide notoriety when Couch’s law- for deportation and were to reyers claimed that their client turn on a commercial flight to suffered from “affluenza” after Houston on Tuesday. his well-to-do parents shielded The teen’s lawyers, Scott him from the consequences of his Brown and Wm. Reagan Wynn, actions. said they hadn’t been in contact Mexico’s Jalisco state prosecu- with their client. tors’ office said in a statement Ethan Couch and his mother

were discovered to be missing after the teen failed to appear for a Dec. 10 meeting with his probation officer. A warrant then was issued for the his arrest.

Tarrant County Sheriff Dee Anderson said he believes the two fled in late November after a video surfaced that appears to show Ethan Couch at a party that included alcohol.

Drinking is a violation of the teen’s probation, which if revoked could result in his being senHANDOUT VIA tenced to up to 10 GETTY IMAGES years in prison.

Tonya Couch, 48, will face charges of hindering apprehension, and a warrant will be issued for her arrest, Anderson said Tuesday.

In June 2013, Ethan Couch, then living in the Fort Worth suburb of Burleson, was driving drunk when he crashed into a disabled SUV off to the side, killing four people and injuring several others.

He was 16 at the time, so he wasn’t certified as an adult for trial and a judge sentenced him in juvenile court to 10 years’ probation and a stint in a rehabilitation center.

During a hearing next month, Wilson said her office plans to ask a judge to transfer Ethan Couch’s case to adult court.

WASHINGTON Afghanistan’s security situation is so tenuous that the top U.S. commander there wants to keep as many U.S. troops as possible through 2016 to boost beleaguered Afghan soldiers, and he may seek additional American forces to assist them.

Army Gen. John Campbell said in an interview with USA TODAY that maintaining the force of 9,800 U.S. troops to train Afghan forces and conduct counterterrorism raids is vital and that the scheduled reduction to 5,500

by Jan. 1, 2017, should be put off as long as possible.

“My intent would be to keep as much as I could for as long as I could,” Campbell said by telephone from Kabul.

News from Afghanistan in 2015, when American troops ended their daily combat mission after 14 years, has been grim.

Taliban insurgents stormed the northern provincial capital of Kunduz in October and were pushed out after fierce fighting that included an inadvertent attack on a hospital by a U.S. warplane that killed 42 civilians. In the south, Taliban insurgents have battered Afghan troops in Helmand province. Islamic State fighters have set up outposts in the east. Last week, six U.S. airmen were killed by a suicide bomber outside Bagram Air Base.

The Pentagon’s own quarterly assessment of security in Afghanistan this month noted that in “the second half of 2015, the overall security situation in Afghanistan deteriorated.”

Campbell will be in Washington soon to brief senior leaders on the security situation and troop levels required. He declined to offer specifics on his recommendations, saying they were classified. “Some of them will not go over well,” Campbell said.

“Some of them will get approved.”

In October, President Obama said he was reversing his decision to withdraw all but embassy personnel by the end of 2016. Instead, 9,800 U.S. troops will stay through most of 2016. After that, the residual force of 5,500, Obama said, will be a key part of a counterterrorism network.

Campbell said he won’t hesitate to ask for more troops if necessary.

“Every time I’ve gone to the president and said, ‘I need X,’ I’ve been very, very fortunate that he’s provided that,” Campbell said.

U.S. airstrike kills ISIL fighter linked to attacks in Paris Several top militants eliminated this month Tom Vanden Brook USA TODAY

An airstrike in Syria on Christmas Eve killed a senior Islamic State fighter directly linked to the deadly attacks in Paris in November, the Pentagon announced Tuesday.

Charaffe al Mouadan was targeted and killed Thursday in Syria, said Army Col. Steve Warren, the military’s top spokesman in Baghdad. Mouadan had a direct WASHINGTON

link to Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the ringleader of the Paris cell of Islamic State fighters who killed 130 people in Paris on Nov. 13.

Mouadan was actively planning more attacks against the West, Warren said.

Warren announced that 10 top leaders from the Islamic State, also known as ISIL, have been killed by airstrikes since Dec. 7, including fighters who intended to strike targets in Europe and the USA. Warren declined to say what type of aircraft was used to kill Mouadan. He did say many of the Islamic State fighters had been struck by missiles from drones.

“As long as ISIL external attack planners are operating, the U.S. military will hunt them and kill them.”

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Frenchman Charaffe al Mouadan was an Islamic State group leader.

“As long as ISIL external attack planners are operating, the U.S. military will hunt them and kill them,” Warren said.

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with ties to the Paris attacks, Abdel Kader Hakim, was killed near Mosul, Iraq, on Saturday, Warren said. Hakim was part a group that helped launch attacks against Western targets. A forgery

specialist, Hakim’s death deprives the Islamic Sstate of a fighter with many connections in Europe, Warren said.

Among the other figures killed by airstrikes over the past several weeks was Siful Haque Sujan, a Bangladeshi computer expert educated in the United Kingdom.

Sujan helped the Islamic State hack computer networks, countered surveillance technology aimed at the group and developed weapons. He was killed near Raqqa, Syria, the Islamic State’s self-proclaimed capital. Since fall, the coalition has provided arms and equipment to Syrian Arab fighters north of Raqqa.

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“They promised to stand in Ramadi, but they were cowards.

They didn’t fight. They fled. We will keep chasing them.”

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Displaced Iraqi people, who fled the violence in Ramadi, celebrate Tuesday in Baghdad after Ramadi was liberated from the Islamic State group.

IRAQIS CELEBRATE VICTORY OVER ISLAMIC STATE IN RAMADI Ammar Al Shamary Special for USA TODAY

Iraqis on Tuesday celebrated the biggest victory against the Islamic State since the extremist group seized chunks of their country last year: the recapture of Ramadi’s city center.

Some people created traffic jams driving back into the heavily bombed-out city. Others flooded the streets of Baghdad and elsewhere in the country, carrying Iraqi flags and portraits of Iraqi military leaders and shooting off fireworks. The jubilation reflected a yearning to beat back the extremists that had been pent up for months.

Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi took a victory tour of Ramadi on Tuesday, one day after Iraqi government forces retook a key government complex, and vowed to liberate other areas of the country controlled by the Islamic State, also known as ISIL or ISIS. “We congratulate all Iraqis on our victory against Daesh,” alAbadi said, using an Arabic acronym for the Islamic State that the militants consider an insult. “We will keep going after them until we clear this land of them.”

Al-Abadi specifically addressed the residents of Mosul, Iraq’s second-largest city, which came under Islamic State control in June 2014 during the militant group’s blitzkrieg to occupy much of northern Iraq. The militants’ ongoing occupation of Mosul has been a major embarrassment for the Iraqi government.

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They didn’t fight. They fled. We will keep chasing them.”

Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province about 80 miles west of Baghdad, fell under Islamic State control in May, marking a major setback for Iraqi forces and the U.S.-led campaign against the extremist group.

Many Iraqis said winning back Ramadi restored their confidence in al-Abadi and the government’s soldiers. Last year, dispirited Iraqi troops retreated as Islamic State fighters gained a stronghold in the country and parts of Syria.

“Victory in Ramadi gives me hope in this country,” said Saif Mohamad, 33, a Baghdad electrician. “Now I feel like the Iraqi army is recovering. People now

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Mohamad said it was a dark day when the Islamic State overran Ramadi. “When Ramadi fell, I was working at the house of one of my customers,” Mohamad recalled. “He was willing to fix his house and spend lots of money, but when he heard the news about how the Iraqi army was defeated there, he said to me, ‘Please stop working. I won’t waste my money. The country is collapsing.’ ” Mosul native Ali al Muslawi — who works at a cafe in east Baghdad — welcomed the prime minister’s remarks about retaking his hometown. Al Muslawi fled Mosul before the Islamic State consolidated its grip in that city.

“Today, for the first time, I feel proud of our army,” al Muslawi said. “They let us down when they left us before in Mosul. We left everything there — our house and jobs. My biggest happiness will be when they liberate my city.”

The Iraqi military forces must first finish their work in Ramadi.

Troops must clear bombs from the streets and buildings left by the militants, and there are Islamic State snipers and fighters on the outskirts of the city.

Al-Abadi was confident those problems wouldn’t stand in the way of Baghdad reasserting control, saying rebuilding Ramadi is the first order of business.

“Today, Ramadi has been freed, (but) look what happened to the city,” al-Abadi said amid the many destroyed buildings. “We will reconstruct the city to bring the displaced back to their homes under the protection of Iraqi security forces.”

Major milestone in Ebola battle: Guinea disease-free

West African nation was the site of the worst outbreak of the deadly virus two years ago Katharine Lackey @katharinelackey USA TODAY

The World Health Organization declared Guinea Ebola-free on Tuesday, an important milestone for the West African nation where the worst outbreak of the deadly virus began two years ago.

More than 2,500 people have died from Ebola in Guinea since

late December 2013. The virus later spread to neighboring Sierra Leone and Liberia. Overall, more than 28,000 people were infected and 11,300 died from the disease in West Africa.

A country is declared Ebolafree after 42 days — double the 21-day incubation period for the virus — have passed since the last confirmed case. Guinea now enters a 90-day period of “heightened surveillance” to help

identify any new cases quickly, the WHO said in a statement.

Sierra Leone was declared Ebola-free Nov. 7. Liberia is currently toward the end of a new 42-day countdown after being twice declared free of the virus earlier this year. If no new cases develop in the next few weeks, the country could be declared Ebola-free in mid-January.

“This is the first time that all three countries — Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone — have stopped the original chains of transmission that were responsible for starting this devastating outbreak

Overall, more than 28,000 people were infected and 11,300 died from the disease in West Africa. two years ago,” Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa, said in a statement Tuesday. “I commend the governments, communities and partners for their determination in confronting this epidemic.

“We need to stay vigilant to ensure that we rapidly stop any new flares that may come up in 2016,”

he added.

The more than 17,000 survivors of Ebola face ongoing health issues as well as stigma in their communities, WHO said. In addition, the virus has been shown to last in the semen of some male survivors for as long as a year.

Ebola is spread through contact with infected body fluids and is marked by fever and severe internal bleeding.

“The coming months will be absolutely critical,” said Bruce Aylward, special representative of the WHO director-general for the Ebola response.

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Trump still leads, but ‘it’s about to get real’ Paul Singer USA TODAY

Four months of Power Rankings have shown the Republican presidential field to be remarkably stable.

When we launched this feature Sept. 1 — asking 30 or so political experts who is the strongest candidate in the GOP field each week — the top five were Donald Trump, Ben Carson, Marco Rubio, Jeb Bush and Ted Cruz.

As the year comes to a close, in the 18th week of our survey, the top five are Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Chris Christie and Jeb Bush.

Trump remains at the top of our list, where he has been all but five weeks of the survey. Carson took the top spot in late October but could not hold it even a second week; Carly Fiorina held first place for two weeks at the end of September but quickly faded; Cruz was No. 1 two weeks ago and remains Trump’s closest challenger as the year ends.

Perhaps most remarkable is the number of big-name candidates who have never cracked the top of our survey. Bush, Rand Paul and Scott Walker all launched their campaigns with great fanfare and high expectations, but Walker quickly dropped out and Bush and Paul have struggled to generate any

momentum. Heading into January, Paul may even be relegated to the “happy hour” stage the next time the Republicans gather for a debate.

No surprise that there was little movement in the field over the Christmas break, but that will change Jan. 2 as the candidates begin their sprint to the Feb. 1 Iowa caucuses.

“It’s about to get real,” said political analyst Nathan Gonzales.

“For months we’ve said, ‘It’s a long way to February,’ but now it is just a few weeks away. No one predicted this is where we would be with about a month to go, and I’m not sure I trust anyone who claims to know definitively where this race is headed.”

WEEK 18 RANKINGS 1. Donald Trump (LAST WEEK: 1)

2. Ted Cruz (2) 3. Marco Rubio (3) 4. Chris Christie (4) 5. Jeb Bush (6) 6. Ben Carson (5) 7. John Kasich (8) 8. Carly Fiorina (7) 9. Rand Paul (9) 10. Mike Huckabee (10) 11. Rick Santorum (11) 12. George Pataki (12) 13. Jim Gilmore (13) NOTE: RANKINGS DONE BEFORE PATAKI LEFT RACE

Pataki drops bid for White House The gong apparently has sounded for George Pataki.

Last month, the former New York governor told USA TODAY that the presidential race was turning into a “reality gong show.”

And now he’s headed off stage. Ben Gamache, a GETTY IMAGES member of Pataki’s New George Pataki Hampshire steering committee, said the candidate called him Tuesday to say he’s dropping out of the race for the Republican presidential nomination. Pataki has 0% support in a RealClearPolitics average of five polls.

Nancy Stiles, a New Hampshire state senator who endorsed Pataki’s bid, also confirmed getting a call from Pataki but wouldn’t say whether the call involved Pataki’s future.

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MASSIVE STORM PUSHES INTO NORTHEAST Mostly snow for Maine after days of twisters, floods, starting in Texas John Bacon USA TODAY

A massive weather system that devastated parts of the South and Midwest roared north and east Tuesday, leaving flooding in its wake and driving ice, snow, heavy rains — and headaches — into the Upper Midwest and Northeast.

Winter weather slowed traffic to a crawl in parts of New York, New England and elsewhere.

Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas were among states battling flooding from days of heavy rain.

More than 1,200 flights were canceled across the nation by 4:30 p.m. ET, according to the FlightAware tracking website.

More than 240 flights were canceled in and out of Chicago’s O’Hare airport. Travelers leaving from airports in Toronto, Chicago, Boston, Atlanta, Denver and Dallas experienced long delays.

Officials at Indianapolis Airport broke out cots and snacks as hundreds of would-be passengers waited for flights.

“Looking on the bright side!

Connect to our free WiFi on your phone, tablet, or laptop,” the airport tweeted.

In Missouri, Gov. Jay Nixon on Tuesday activated the Missouri National Guard. Nixon, who traveled to Perryville, 80 miles south of St. Louis, to help coordinate government efforts to minimize flooding, said the guard would provide security in evacuated areas and direct traffic diverted by road closures. Several Missouri towns were evacuating and Corrections & Clarifications USA TODAY is committed to accuracy. To reach us, contact Standards Editor Brent Jones at 800-8727073 or e-mail accuracy@usatoday.com.

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Volunteers fill sandbags Tuesday for river banks in St. Louis.

Some Missouri towns had flooded and others were evacuating. some had already flooded. The Mississippi, Missouri and Meramec rivers all were at or near flood stage.

The worst flooding in some areas was not expected until Thursday.

“River levels in some areas are expected to match or exceed records set in ’93,” Nixon said.

In the Northeast, snow and ice were the problem. Boston, which last winter set a record with more than 9 feet of snow, has been reveling in a mild winter so far this season. On Tuesday the plows roared out of city garages.

“Encouraging everyone to be extra cautious during this morning’s commute as #BOSnow makes an appearance for the first time this winter,” Mayor Marty Walsh tweeted.

The roads across parts of New

York state were littered with accidents and slowdowns. The Transportation Department warned drivers to “be extra alert when traveling to account for the snow/ice.”

Burlington, Vt., was dealing with snow and sleet. Green Mountain Power, the state’s largest utility, was warning of likely outages as the winter storm bore down on the state.

The National Weather Service forecast a sometimes heavy mix of snow and ice through Tuesday night across parts of the Northern and Central Plains, the Great Lakes and the Northeast. Maine might see the worst of it; the weather service warned that parts of the state could be walloped with 2 inches of snow per hour.

The week-old weather pattern

GLENN RUSSELL, BURLINGTON (VT.) FREE PRESS

that brought tornadoes, snow, ice, heavy rain and flooding to Texas and parts of the Midwest and Southeast has been blamed for more than 40 deaths.

Jon Ayers clears snow from his car on Clarke Street in Burlington, Vt., on Tuesday. “I don’t mind it at all,” Ayers said of the snow. “You just have to stay ahead of it.”

Contributing: Burlington, Vermont, Free Press; The Indianapolis Star

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The Chicago police officer accused of fatally shooting black teen Laquan McDonald last year pleaded not guilty Tuesday to six counts of first-degree murder and one count of official misconduct.

Officer Jason Van Dyke, who is white, has been free on $1.5 million bail. He was charged last month, hours after dashcam video of the shooting was made public. The video’s release sparked a series of protests across the city and prompted the firing of Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy.

McDonald, 17, was shot 16 times on Oct. 20, 2014.

— John Bacon

PREPARING A DUTCH TREAT

BART MAAT, EUROPEAN PRESSPHOTO AGENCY

U.S. EMBASSY: POTENTIAL ATTACKS IN BANGLADESH

Workers stack wooden pallets Tuesday to form a massive tower on a beach along the North Sea in the resort town of Scheveningen, The Netherlands. The structure will be lit for the traditional bonfire to celebrate New Year’s Eve.

The U.S. Embassy in Dhaka warned U.S. citizens Tuesday of potential attacks in Bangladesh’s capital city in the coming days, potentially on New Year’s Eve. The attacks could target hotels and clubs, the embassy said in a

statement. Dhaka police are heightening security measures on Thursday by increasing checkpoints in various locations and banning outdoor parties after 8 p.m.

— Katharine Lackey

‘GLEE’ STAR ARRESTED ON CHILD PORN CHARGE

Former Glee actor Mark Salling was arrested Tuesday at his Los Angeles home on a charge of possession of child pornography, Los

Angeles police confirmed.

Best known as Noah “Puck” Puckerman on Glee, Salling, 33, was arrested after the LAPD’s Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force served a search warrant on Salling’s home in Sunland, a neighborhood of Los Angeles.

Officer Ricardo Hernandez, a media spokesman for the LAPD, confirmed the arrest and the charge of possession of child pornography, and said the actor is being booked in downtown Los Angeles. No other details were available at the time, he said.

— Maria Puente ALSO ...

Two men were arrested Sunday and Monday in connection with a suspected plot to attack sites throughout Brussels during the remaining holiday season, Belgium authorities announced Tuesday. Police also seized military clothing and Islamic State propaganda materials, but no weapons or explosives were found, the nation’s federal prosecutor’s office said.

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MONEYLINE KALOBIOS PHARMA APPEALS NASDAQ DELISTING DECISION The drug company that terminated controversial CEO Martin Shkreli is appealing the Nasdaq staff decision to delist the firm’s shares. KaloBios Pharmaceuticals announced the appeal Tuesday. KaloBios said Nasdaq’s staff reached the decision based in part on the Dec. 17 federal indictment of Shkreli on criminal securities fraud charges and a parallel civil action against him filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The charges came after Shkreli, 32, drew public criticism for hiking the price of Daraprim by more than 5,000%.

NYC HOTELS GOING GREEN More than a dozen of New York City’s most famous hotels are pledging to get greener. The Waldorf Astoria New York, the Lotte New York Palace and the Crowne Plaza Times Square are among 16 major hotels in which owners have agreed to cut greenhouse gases from their buildings by 30% or more in the next decade.

HYUNDAI

HYUNDAI FINALLY GETS APPLE CARPLAY IN Q1 Hyundai will finally make Apple CarPlay available to Sonata owners in the first quarter, more than a year after the automaker initially promised the system.

Hyundai says owners will have to buy an SD card with new software to get the system. That contradicts the company’s earlier assurances. Hyundai already offers Android Auto in the cars for Android phone users at no additional charge. CarPlay and Android Auto let drivers use their smartphones for navigation, music and calls while driving.

Milestone could boost consumer confidence, prod more people to sell as 40% of metro areas see rise

“It’s a key benchmark. It means more and more people are building equity in their houses again.”

Mark Zandi, chief economist of Moody’s Analytics

GOOGLE GLASS BEEFS UP The next version of Google Glass, the tech giant’s ambitious smart eyewear, will feature a sturdier build and a hinge allowing the device to fold, according to a filing with the Federal Communications Commission. The device will also boast a larger prism, the display where users view content such as weather alerts or videos. Original versions of Glass had been available to consumers as Explorer Editions for $1,500. However, recent reports suggest Glass 2.0 will target businesses, featuring a faster processor and larger display.

Paul Davidson

TOP AND BOTTOM OF HOUSING MARKET

@PDavidsonusat USA TODAY

American homeowners are finally digging out of the financial crater formed by the mid-2000s real estate crash.

Single-family house prices in nearly 40% of 401 metro areas were at or above their pre-recession peak in the third quarter, according to an analysis of CoreLogic Case-Shiller home price data by Moody’s Analytics.

That’s up from 30% of metro areas a year ago, and Moody’s projects nearly half of the regions will be at or above the milestone at the end of 2016.

“It’s a key benchmark,” says Mark Zandi, chief economist of Moody’s Analytics. “It means more and more people are building equity in their houses again.”

Nationally, home prices are still about 12% below peak — up from a nearly 30% deficit in early 2012 — but that figure belies the progress made in many markets.

Homeowners are benefiting from steadily rising prices, largely because of tight housing supplies.

S&P/Case Shiller announced Tuesday that prices in its national index were up 5.2% in October compared to a year ago. Moody’s estimates prices will climb another 5% or so next year.

Areas that are already 15% to nearly 50% above their pre-recession pinnacles include Texas cities such as Dallas that were never ensnared by the housing bubble, and energy and technology hotbeds, including Denver, Pittsburgh, San Francisco and Bismarck, N.D. Others metro areas recently hit the benchmark or are poised to do so in coming months as a result of healthy economic and job growth, including Boston, Charlotte and Portland, Ore. Yet many cities in the so-called “sand states” — Florida, Arizona, Nevada and California — were hit hardest by the crash and remain well below their peaks, despite substantial gains in home prices.

The return of many markets to their pre-recession highs can be a shot in the arm for consumer confidence. Like a bull stock market, rising home prices create wealth effects that can prod con-

Percent of pre-2009 max in 2015 Q3

TOP FIVE

Bismarck, N.D.

47.5%

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land

42.1%

Austin-Round Rock

41.3%

San Francisco-Redwood City

39.6%

Dallas-Plano-Irving BOTTOM FIVE

34.3%

Merced, Calif.

Madera, Calif.

-44.1% -39.9%

Sebring, Fla. Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise

-39.6% -36.4%

Modesto, Calif.

-36.2%

SOURCE: CORELOGIC CASE-SHILLER, MOODY’S ANALYTICS

sumers to spend more. In areas where home prices are above their previous apex, consumers spend an additional 3.4 cents for every dollar in increased home value, compared to 1.4 cents in regions below their pre-recession high, according to a Moody’s study.

“With the stock market, people get excited when you pass the previous high,” says David Blitzer, managing director of S&P Dow Jones Indices. “The housing cycle is a lot longer … But I think it does show substantial recovery.”

Another benefit of the milestone is that it can coax more homeowners to put their houses on the market, alleviating the supply crunch. About 8% of homeowners with mortgages owe more on the loans than their homes are worth and effectively are stuck in the houses, down from nearly 30% several years ago, according to CoreLogic. Yet for many homeowners, only a return to or above the previous high will be enough to entice them to sell, Zandi says.

The rebound, he says, also should prompt more develop-

ers to build homes on overpriced lots they bought before the crash.

In Charlotte, a skimpy twomonth housing supply — down from a healthy six months — has driven up prices to pre-recession levels. But many homeowners aren’t selling “because they have nowhere to go,” thanks to the limited inventory, says Sam Grogan, a broker at Coldwell Banker United. As prices continue to climb, he believes homeowners “are going to feel pressure to sell” by spring, even if it means compromising on the checklist for their next house.

Jack Seeley, 43, who lives in a four-bedroom house in South Charlotte with his wife and four children, has unsuccessfully hunted for a six-bedroom unit for months. He says the return of home prices to their pre-recession peak won’t provide a windfall because he’ll have to pay more for his new house as well.

But, he says, “I can put a better down payment,” reducing his monthly mortgage costs.

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Pep Boys duel a win for shareholders Icahn’s ‘superior’ bid leads Bridgestone to drop out of bidding Kevin McCoy @kmccoynyc USA TODAY

After Bridgestone announced late Tuesday that it won’t counter, the corporate takeover battle for Pep Boys appears to be over, and there’s one clear winner — investors in the U.S. automotive services chain.

Shares of Pep Boys-Manny, Moe & Jack are up nearly 93% year to date, boosted in part by the duel for the Philadelphiabased company by activist investor Carl Icahn and Bridgestone Retail Operations, a U.S. subsidiary of Japan tire maker Bridgestone.

Icahn Enterprises trumped Bridgestone — again — on Monday night by raising its Pep Boys bid to $18.50 a share, a figure that Bridgestone decided it wouldn’t try to beat. The sweetened offer valued the company at slightly more than $1 billion, even more

than Icahn last week stated he was willing to pay.

Pep Boys shares closed 8.8% higher at $18.94 Tuesday, rising above Icahn’s latest offer. The increase appeared to signal that Pep Boys shareholders felt they hadn’t seen the final and best offer yet.

After consulting with the company’s outside counsel and financial adviser, Pep Boys’ board of directors pronounced Icahn’s proposal “superior” to the $17-ashare transaction announced on Christmas Eve with Bridgestone.

Pep Boys gave Bridgestone a 5 p.m. ET deadline on New Year’s Eve to present any new offer, but as it turns out, they didn’t have to wait that long. Bridgestone made its announcement Tuesday after the markets closed.

Pep Boys bills itself as the only U.S. aftermarket service and retail chain that serves all four segments of the automotive aftermarket sector: “the do-ityourself, do-it-for-me, buy-forresale and replacement tires.”

The company operates more than 7,000 automotive service bays in more than 800 stores in 35 states and Puerto Rico.

PEP BOYS PEPS UP Shares of Pep Boys are up nearly 93% year-to-date amid a takeover duel for the auto services chain.

$20 $18.94

$15 $9.82

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The pursuit of Pep Boys represents a strategic acquisition plan for Icahn. The billionaire investor, who disclosed a 12.1% stake in Pep Boys in early December,

wants to combine the company with Auto Plus, a rival auto service firm he acquired in June.

Bridgestone had viewed a Pep Boys acquisition as a way to expand its U.S. retail operations.

The company operates 2,200 U.S. tire and car service centers under the Firestone Complete Auto Care, Tires Plus, Hibdon Tires Plus and Wheel Works brands.

Bridgestone has more than 5,000 U.S. dealers and distributors.

The two companies “created what has become today’s automotive aftermarket retail model” nearly a century ago, Stu Crum, president of Bridgestone Retail Operations, said last week.

Uniting Bridgestone and Pep Boys would “form an even stronger company,” he said before Tuesday’s annoucement.

However, the BridgestoneIcahn duel raises the odds that Pep Boys’ service and retail operations are eventually separated in a future transaction as the auto service sector consolidates, Jefferies analyst Bret Jordan said Tuesday. “A year from now, this will not be a single entity, in my opinion,” Jordan said. “It will be carved apart.”

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

Wall Street in 2016 might look a like 2015. But the market might also look a lot different. So says Darrell Cronk, chief investment officer for Wells Fargo Investment Institute. “We see three similarities and three differences for 2016,” he said in a report.

First the similarities. The U.S. economy, which Cronk says is on track for its 10th consecutive year of sub-3% growth, will extend that streak to 11 in 2016. He forecasts GDP growth of 2.6% next year. Volatility will also remain in the new year, he adds, citing an aging bull market, which turns 7 on March 9 barring a 20% peakto-trough decline. Finally, Cronk expects inflation and interest rates to remain low and sees few-

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

er rate hikes from the Federal Reserve than the consensus call on Wall Street.

Now the differences. Cronk isn’t calling for another flat year of returns for the S&P 500. Instead, he sees gains ranging from 8% to 12%. The combination of slow but steady growth, low inflation, a still-supportive Federal Reserve, strong housing and auto markets and cautious investor sentiment sets the market up better next year, he says.

Cronk, however, is calling for commodity prices to stabilize.

“We believe that commodity prices will remain volatile but will begin forming a base,” he says.

Another difference: Investors will be rewarded by not “reaching” for yield in the bond market.

“Now may be the appropriate time to play a little defense in the high-yield sector,” he advises.

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Chesapeake Energy (CHK) Gets a boost from rebound in oil prices.

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+.51

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Consol Energy (CNX) Shares rise on rebounding oil prices.

8.24

+.37

+4.7

-75.6

Illumina (ILMN) 194.18 Reaches highest since September as JPMorgan covers.

+6.12

+3.3

+5.2

Kohl’s (KSS) Off-mall focus spurs sales growth.

48.81

+1.57

+3.3

-20.0

Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX) Strong Orkambi expected to continue into 2016.

127.87

+3.92

+3.2

+7.6

Iron Mountain (IRM) Positive note for 2016, jumps.

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+2.8 +123.6

CarMax (KMX) Still strong in large used car market.

54.59

+1.41

+2.7

-18.0

Cabot Oil & Gas (COG) Higher oil prices, higher share price.

17.70

+.46

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-1.3

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Columbia Pipeline (CPGX) Rating downgraded to sell at Zacks.

19.77

-.20

-1.0

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Kinder Morgan (KMI) Loses early jump in weak sector, at 2015 low.

15.10

-.16

-1.0

-64.3

Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG) 489.94 Dips, reopens Boston restaurant that sickened students.

-3.58

-.7

-28.4

63.59

-.40

-.6

+22.6

9.56

-.06

-.6

-47.2

Frontier Communications (FTR) 4.82 Keeping dividend doesn’t look smart, tough Tuesday.

-.03

-.6

-27.7

Affiliated Managers Group (AMG) Price target dips on mounting expenses.

162.66

-.59

-.4

-23.4

28.87

-.11

-.4

-36.8

Expeditors International of Washington (EXPD) 45.67

-.15

-.3

+2.4

Southwestern Energy (SWN) Future seen uncertain, loses early jump.

Avery Dennison (AVY) Shares fall as insider sells.

Staples (SPLS) Online competition pressures sales and margins.

Mosaic (MOS) Fund manager cuts stake.

Weak afternoon takes shares to lowest since July.

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Close 207.40 2.47 32.80 19.07 59.88 24.24 114.30 13.95 11.26 115.20

Chg. +2.19 +0.17 +0.03 -0.32 +0.59 +0.25 +1.77 +0.16 +0.33 +1.23

% Chg %YTD +1.1% +0.9% +7.4% -87.6% +0.1% -16.5% -1.7% -39.5% +1.0% -1.6% +1.0% -2.0% +1.6% +10.7% +1.2% -24.1% +3.0% -44.7% +1.1% -3.7%

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Type 30 yr. fixed 15 yr. fixed 1 yr. ARM 5/1 ARM

Close 6 mo ago 3.50% 3.25% 0.36% 0.13% 0.17% 0.01% 1.80% 1.62% 2.31% 2.33%

Close 6 mo ago 3.91% 4.17% 3.13% 3.19% 2.82% 2.67% 3.33% 3.25%

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Commodities Close Prev.

Cattle (lb.)

1.30 1.31 Corn (bushel) 3.63 3.61 Gold (troy oz.)

1,077.50 1,070.50 Hogs, lean (lb.) .59 .59 Natural Gas (Btu.) 2.37 2.23 Oil, heating (gal.)

1.13 1.09 Oil, lt. swt. crude (bar.)

37.87 36.81 Silver (troy oz.)

13.92 13.87 Soybeans (bushel) 8.70 8.65 Wheat (bushel) 4.76 4.67

Chg. -0.01 +0.02 +7.00 unch. +0.14 +0.04 +1.06 +0.05 +0.05 +0.09

% Chg. -0.5% +0.4% +0.7% unch. +6.5% +3.6% +2.9% +0.3% +0.6% +2.0%

% YTD -21.4% -8.7% -9.0% -27.2% -17.9% -38.8% -28.9% -10.6% -14.6% -19.3%

FOREIGN CURRENCIES Currency per dollar British pound Canadian dollar Chinese yuan Euro Japanese yen Mexican peso

Close .6744 1.3823 6.4824 .9142 120.39 17.2496

Prev. .6718 1.3896 6.4893 .9112 120.34 17.2505

6 mo. ago .6355 1.2370 6.2084 .8890 122.46 15.6891

Yr. ago .6443 1.1634 6.2234 .8228 120.72 14.7709

FOREIGN MARKETS Country Frankfurt Hong Kong Japan (Nikkei) London Mexico City

Close 10,860.14 21,999.62 18,982.23 6,314.57 43,391.78

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A little diversity in energy stocks would be wise

Q: What was 2015’s biggest investment lesson?

Matt Krantz

mkrantz@usatoday.com USA TODAY

A: Each year investors get older. If they’re paying attention, they might get wiser, too. Several lessons were brought in 2015 — including a classic one that has been easy to forget.

Investors love the idea of trying to time the market. They figure when an asset is beaten down that buying it sets them up for quick easy gains. The energy market this year proved the fallacy of trying to capitalize on declining prices as prices kept falling at a quickening pace.

Energy stocks looked like a classic “buy-the-dip” investment coming into 2015. The Energy Select Sector SPDR exchange-traded fund, which tracks the performance of major energy companies, fell 11% in 2014. Energy was the sole sector — of the 10 in the S&P 500 — that was down in 2014. Buying beat-up energy stocks seemed like a “gimme” since it’s not like the world will stop using oil and other commodities overnight.

But the reality was much different.

The Energy Select Sector SPDR exchange-traded fund fell even more in 2015 — 20% — than it did in 2014. The Standard & Poor’s had a flat year in 2015, but being flat is better than getting handed another 25% decline.

Investors wanting a piece of the energy sector were best off holding it as part of a diversified portfolio.

Consumer confidence leaps in December on jobs, gas prices Paul Davidson @PDavidsonusat USA TODAY

Consumer confidence closed out 2015 on a high note amid solid job growth and falling gas prices.

A closely watched index of Americans’ outlook climbed to 96.5 in December from 92.6 the previous month, the Conference Board said Tuesday. Economists expected a rise to 93.6, according to Bloomberg.

Regular unleaded gas is cheap, recently dipping below $2 a gal-

lon. And employers added 211,000 jobs in November after a robust 298,000 gains the previous month. The monthly average this year been a healthy 210,000, and the unemployment rate has fallen to a near-normal 5%. Such developments typically brighten consumer perceptions of the economy and their finances.

At the same time, the Federal Reserve raised interest rates this month for the first time in nearly a decade, a move likely to increase borrowing costs for Americans while providing them modestly higher bank savings rates after a lag of several

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Consumer confidence, which can correlate with spending, generally trended higher in ’15.

months.

While consumer views of current conditions was mixed, the

share saying that jobs are “plentiful” increased from 21% to 24.1%.

Those describing jobs as “hard to get” fell from 25.8% to 24.7%.

Similarly, Americans’ overall short-term outlook dimmed slightly, but their perceptions of the labor market in the months ahead improved. The share expecting more jobs increased to 12.9% from 12%, while those anticipating fewer jobs fell to 16.6% from 18.5%.

Surprisingly, though, the portion expecting their incomes to rise declined to 16.3% from 17.3% despite the low jobless rate and projections that the tighter mar-

ket will force employers to boost wages faster.

Consumer sentiment has been choppy this year, partly because of a volatile stock market, but generally has hovered at the highest levels since the recession in response to strong payroll growth and low pump prices. It can affect consumption, which makes up about 70% of economic activity.

“The recent surge in confidence is very encouraging for retailers since elevated levels in consumer mood assist in bigticket spending,” IHS economist Chris Christopher wrote in a note to clients.

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Russell Crowe took to Twitter Tuesday to vent after he arrived for a Virgin Australia flight and couldn’t bring his hoverboard.

He wrote: “Ridiculous @VirginAustralia. No Segway boards as luggage? Too late to tell us at airport. Kids and I offloaded. Goodbye Virgin.

Never again.” Virgin’s response: “Hi Russell, due to safety concerns over the lithium ion batteries in hoverboards, these have been banned on all major Australian airlines and many around the world. We’re sorry you were not aware of this prior to check-in today.”

HOW WAS YOUR DAY? GOOD DAY RYAN PHILLIPPE The 41-year-old actor proposed to his girlfriend of more than four years, Paulina Slagter, over the holidays, according to People and E! News.

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BAD DAY BILL COSBY Oberlin College has rescinded the actor’s honorary doctorate of humanities.

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You were the real deal! @iamlemmy #RIPLEMMY @Nickelback: A sad day. Thanks for the songs and memories.

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Peggy (Kirsten Dunst) and Ed Blumquist (Jesse Plemons) are on the run in Fargo.

With options expanding seemingly by the hour, there were more TV shows this year than anyone could watch — and more good shows than any one Top 10 list can contain. But USA TODAY’s Robert Bianco takes a shot.

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Completely different cast, time period and story — with exactly the same result as the first time around: An exceptional, exceptionally entertaining series without a slack moment from start to finish.

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Blessed once again by an astounding performance from Jeffrey Tambor, this lovely series about a family in transition was even better in its second season.

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Maura Pfefferman (Jeffrey Tambor) strikes up a relationship with Vicky (Anjelica Huston) in the second season of Amazon’s Transparent.

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Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk) answers in Better Call Saul.

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This is two great series in one: an intense spy drama paired with an insightful family drama.

More people should be watching both of them.

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And more Emmy voters — and broadcast executives — should be watching this series, which proves that the networks can still produce quality dramas when they put their minds to it.

As smart and surprising as any hour on TV.

MR. ROBOT USA Selina Meyer (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) takes charge in Veep.

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Bill Self playfully slapped 7-foot-6, 300-pound giant Mamadou Ndiaye on the backside as he interacted with the UC Irvine junior seconds after the final horn sounded in Kansas University’s 78-53 victory over the Anteaters on Tuesday night in Allen Fieldhouse.

“The big fella ... I got a little nervous shaking hands with him in the handshake line. He was huge. I’ve never seen anybody that big before,” Self gasped after the Jayhawks held the Senegal sensation to limited damage

— 12 points, eight boards and two blocks in 26 minutes.

“To see Landen (Lucas, eight points, four boards, one steal 15 minutes) and our guys guard him ... he was a full head or taller than all our guys,” Self added.

The No. 2-ranked Jayhawks (11-1) — who led by just two points, 28-26, at halftime — outscored the Anteaters (10-5), 50-27, the second half. KU wound up outrebounding an Irvine team that also boasted 7-2 Ioannis Dimakopoulos (two threes in two tries, 10 Please see KANSAS, page 4C

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UC IRVINE CENTER MAMADOU NDIAYE (34) PUTS A SHOT over Kansas forward Hunter Mickelson.

Bill Self, coach of a program that has finished first in the Big 12 in each of the past 11 basketball seasons, dreams the same dreams as the average Kansas University basketball fan.

He pictures talented freshmen Cheick Diallo and Carlton Bragg Jr. sprinting the court, throwing down lobs, swatting shots, hitting jumpers and turning Allen Fieldhouse into a wild party.

Fortunately, Self has the ability to suppress the fan in him and deal in the reality of today. He never has a problem letting his intelligence defeat his emotions

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when making decisions on how to coach his team.

A younger, less secure coach might cave to the temptation to force-feed minutes to talented young players at the expense of those who know how to Please see KEEGAN, page 5C

Football playoffs new New Year’s Eve tradition NYE SEMIS Orange Bowl Clemson (13-0) vs.

Oklahoma (11-1), 3 p.m. (ESPN) Cotton Bowl Alabama (12-1) vs.

Michigan State (121), 7 p.m (ESPN)

Miami Gardens, Fla. (ap) — Sometime around 8 p.m. on New Year’s Eve, Rochelle Carrasco and Jeremy Jehnsen will be having their first dance as a newly married couple.

All eyes at the reception will be on them for those few minutes — no small feat since they’ll be having that dance in Lansing, Michigan, around the same time as kickoff of the Michigan State-Alabama matchup in the College Football Playoff semifinals.

And most of their bridal party is, you guessed it, Michigan State fans.

“I’m getting my moment,” Carrasco said, “and then they can have their TV.” Out with the old traditions, in with the new. The NFL might own Thanksgiving, the NBA dominates the sports-watching landscape on Christmas, and bowl games have long been part of New Year’s Day. Now, college football is now trying to claim New Year’s Eve as well, meaning plenty of people, including those at the Carrasco-Jehnsen nuptials, will be adjusting their end-of-year plans.

Including Thursday’s matchups in the Orange

and Cotton bowls, the CFP semifinals are scheduled to fall on Dec. 31 eight times between now and 2025.

Those in charge of the playoff are confident they’ll be a big draw, even if they compete with the ball drop.

“Frankly, these games would be a success if they were played on the Fourth of July,” CFP executive director Bill Hancock said.

It’s all part of what is now being called the New Year’s Six — this year’s lineup being the Peach Bowl preceding the two semifinal games on Dec. 31, then the Fiesta, Rose and Sugar bowls on Jan. 1.

“We wanted to bring them all back into the holiday,” Hancock said, noting that under the Bowl Championship Series model the games were more scattered.

This year’s early game, Clemson vs. Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl, should be over long before midnight comes. But the Michigan State-Alabama game in the Cotton Bowl could stretch to midnight Eastern time.

And given that some 40 million viewers watched New Year’s countdown programming on ABC, NBC, Fox and CNN last year, that could lead to some interesting re-

mote-control choices as the big moment nears.

“There are still tens of millions of people in the available audience at home,” said Artie Bulgrin, ESPN’s senior vice president of global research and analytics.

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Eagles fire coach Kelly Philadelphia — The Philadelphia Eagles fired Chip Kelly with one game left in his third season, dumping the coach after missing the playoffs in consecutive years.

Kelly was released Tuesday night just before the end of a disappointing season that began with Super Bowl expectations.

The Eagles are 6-9 after going 10-6 in each of Kelly’s first two seasons. They were eliminated from playoff contention after losing to Washington at home on Saturday night.

Eagles CEO Jeffrey Lurie issued a one-sentence statement to the media, saying he appreciates Kelly’s contributions and wishes him success going forward. Lurie told fans in an email that he decided to make a change after “evaluating the many factors involved in our performance as a team.”

The Eagles also fired Ed Marynowitz, who was vice president of player personnel.

St. Louis’ plan sent to NFL A task force empaneled by Missouri’s governor made its formal financing pitch Tuesday to the National Football League for a billion-dollar stadium along the Mississippi River, hoping to keep the St. Louis Rams from bolting for suburban Los Angeles or attract a new team if they do.

The nearly 400-page tome sent off by the group late Monday arrived at the league’s New York offices Tuesday, said Brian McCarthy, an NFL spokesman.

The league had set a Wednesday deadline for local governments in St. Louis, Oakland and San Diego to submit their plans for new stadiums amid the possibility of relocation as early as next season.

League owners meeting Jan. 12-13 in Houston are expected to decide if as many as two of the teams will be allowed to move.

Oakland city officials have repeatedly have said they won’t stick taxpayers with the bill for a new stadium, and they told the San Francisco Chronicle that no plan from them about a new Raiders stadium was coming.

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OSU settles suit against ex-UT aide Austin, Texas — Oklahoma State and former Texas assistant Joe Wickline settled a breachof-contract lawsuit Tuesday, a move that lets Longhorns coach Charlie Strong and quarterback Tyrone Swoopes avoid having to testify in an Oklahoma courtroom about who called the plays for Texas.

Oklahoma State sued Wickline — who was fired by Texas on Dec. 12 — in 2014 for nearly $600,000, arguing he made a lateral move to Texas and didn’t take a promotion with “playcalling duties” as stated in his previous contract.

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EASTERN CONFERENCE Knicks 108, Pistons 96 • Women’s basketball vs. Doane, Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB New York — Carmelo An6 p.m.

AL CENTRAL Toronto 19 13 .594 — thony scored 24 points, and Boston 18 13 .581 ½ Darrell Arthur, Denver Derrick Williams added 18 to New York 15 18 .455 4½ Min: 20. Pts: 6. Reb: 3. Ast: 0.

Brooklyn 9 22 .290 9½ lead six Knicks in double figSPORTS ON TV Philadelphia 2 31 .061 17½ ures as New York snapped a Southeast Division Mario Chalmers, Memphis TODAY

W L Pct GB four-game losing streak with a ALAst: WEST 4.

Min: 23. Pts: 12. Reb: 5.

Atlanta 21 13 .618 — win over Detroit on Tuesday Miami 18 13 .581 1½ College Basketball Time Net Cable Orlando 18 13 .581 1½ night.

Nick Collison, Oklahoma City UC Irvine v. KU replay 3 a.m. TWCSC 37, 226 Charlotte 17 13 .567 2 Jose Calderon added 15 Washington 14 15 .483 4½ Min: 12. Pts: 2. Reb: 0. Ast: 0.

UC Irvine v. KU replay 6 a.m. TWCSC 37, 226 points, Kyle O’Quinn had 12, Central Division UC Irvine v. KU replay 9 a.m. TWCSC 37, 226

W L Pct GB Robin Lopez scored 11, and KriSasha Kaun, Cleveland Cleveland 21 9 .700 — W.Va. v. Va. Tech 11 a.m. ESPNU 35, 235 staps Porzingis finished with 10.

Indiana 18 12 .600 3 Did not play (coach’s decision).

Chicago 17 12 .586 3½ Indiana v.

Rutgers noon ESPN2 34, 234 Ersan Ilyasova led the Pis-Helmet and team logos for the AFC teams; various AFC TEAM LOGOS 081312: Detroit sizes; stand-alone; 17 15 staff; .531 ETA 5 5 p.m.

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KU replay noon TWCSC 37, 226 tons with 19 points. Marcus Milwaukee 12 21 .364 10½ Marcus Morris, Detroit WESTERN CONFERENCE Houston v.

S. Fla. 1 p.m. ESPNU 35, 235 Morris and Reggie Jackson Min: 36. Pts: 17. Reb: 4. Ast: 2.

Southwest Division each had 17.

Michigan v. Illinois 2 p.m. ESPN2 34, 234

W L Pct GB San Antonio 27 6 .818 — The Knicks led by only N’western v. Nebraska 3 p.m. ESPNU 35, 235 Dallas 18 13 .581 8 four points, 80-76, early in the Long Beach St. v. Duke 3 p.m. FSN 36, 236 Memphis 18 16 .529 9½ fourth quarter, but went on Grizzlies 99, Heat 90, OT Houston 16 17 .485 11 Penn St. v. Maryland 4 p.m. ESPN2 34, 234 Orleans 10 21 .323 16 Memphis, Tenn. — Marc Gas- New a 25-11 run to take an 18-point Oakland v. Virginia 5 p.m. ESPNU 35, 235 Northwest Division lead on Williams’ long jumper ol scored seven of his 23 points W L Pct GB Clemson v.

N. Carolina 6 p.m. ESPN2 34, 234 City 22 10 .688 — in overtime to help Memphis Oklahoma with 1:42 left.

Minnesota v. Ohio St. 6 p.m. BTN 147,237 Utah 13 16 .448 7½ Williams scored 16 of his pull away in the extra period.

Portland 13 20 .394 9½ Seton Hall v. Marquette 6 p.m. FS1 150,227 12 20 .375 10 Zach Randolph added 17 Denver points in the final quarter, hitMinnesota 11 20 .355 10½ SIU v. Loyola Chicago 7 p.m. FSN 36, 236 ting five of six shots from the points for Memphis. Mike Pacific Division Mo. St. v. Illinois St. 7 p.m. TWCSC 37, 226 W L Pct GB Conley and Jeff Green had 16 field.

State 29 1 .967 — Syracuse v. Pittsburgh 8 p.m. ESPN2 34, 234 Morris had the first basket of apiece, and Mario Chalmers Golden L.A. Clippers 19 13 .594 11 Georgetown v. DePaul 8 p.m. FS1 150,227 the game, and the Pistons never scored 12 points. Gasol would Sacramento 12 19 .387 17½ 12 21 .364 18½ Fresno St. v. UNLV 10p.m. ESPNU 35, 235 trailed in the opening quarter, add eight rebounds, six assists Phoenix L.A. Lakers 5 27 .156 25 taking a 20-13 lead on his two and four blocks, including a Tuesday’s Games New York 108, Detroit 96 pair of rejections in the closing free throws with 5:08 left.

Women’s Basketball Time Net Cable Memphis 99, Miami 90, OT Trailing 26-25 after the minutes.

Atlanta 121, Houston 115 Kansas v. Oklahoma 7 p.m. FSN+ 172 Oklahoma City 131, Milwaukee 123 Gasol’s overtime perforone period, the Knicks took Cleveland 93, Denver 87 their first lead, 29-28, on Kyle mance included a stumbling Today’s Games College Football Time Net Cable Brooklyn at Orlando, 6 p.m.

O’Quinn’s layup with 10:10 re- move in the lane where he L.A. Clippers at Charlotte, 6 p.m.

Birmingham Bowl: flipped the ball to the basket as maining in the second.

Washington at Toronto, 6:30 p.m.

Auburn v. Memphis 11 a.m. ESPN 33, 233 he was fouled.

L.A. Lakers at Boston, 6:30 p.m.

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DETROIT (96) Ilyasova 8-15 0-0 19, Morris 7-16 2-2 17, Drummond 5-15 3-7 13, Jackson 6-17 4-4 17, Caldwell-Pope 3-8 1-2 9, Jennings 2-4 2-2 7, Johnson 2-6 0-0 4, Baynes 0-2 0-0 0, Tolliver 3-5 0-0 8, Hilliard 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 37-89 12-17 96.

NEW YORK (108) C.Anthony 11-24 0-0 24, Porzingis 4-6 2-2 10, Lopez 5-8 1-2 11, Calderon 5-6 2-2 15, Afflalo 4-9 0-0 9, Thomas 2-6 2-2 7, O’Quinn 6-8 0-0 12, Galloway 1-1 0-0 2, Grant 0-2 0-0 0, Williams 5-9 7-9 18, Early 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 43-79 14-17 108.

Detroit 26 23 23 24 — 96 New York 25 25 29 29 — 108 3-Point Goals-Detroit 10-27 (Ilyasova 3-6, Tolliver 2-4, Caldwell-Pope 2-4, Jennings 1-2, Jackson 1-4, Morris 1-5, Johnson 0-2), New York 8-16 (Calderon 3-4, C.Anthony 2-5, Afflalo 1-2, Thomas 1-2, Williams 1-2, Porzingis 0-1). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Detroit 52 (Drummond 9), New York 44 (Lopez 7).

Assists-Detroit 21 (Jackson 9), New York 23 (C.Anthony 6). Total Fouls-Detroit 14, New York 18. A-19,812 (19,763).

Hawks 121, Rockets 115 Houston — Al Horford had 30 points and 14 rebounds to lead Atlanta over Houston.

Atlanta trailed by 19 early before rallying for the victory. Kent Bazemore added 26 points, and Paul Millsap and Jeff Teague each had 22 as the Hawks won for the seventh time in eight games.

Dwight Howard led Houston with 30 points and 16 rebounds, while James Harden had 26 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists.

ATLANTA (121) Bazemore 7-13 7-8 26, Millsap 9-20 3-4 22, Horford 11-15 3-4 30, Teague 8-18 4-5 22, Korver 0-11 2-2 2, Sefolosha 0-1 0-0 0, Tavares 3-5 0-0 6, Mack 2-9 1-1 5, Scott 2-5 0-0 5, Patterson 1-2 1-1 3. Totals 43-99 21-25 121.

HOUSTON (115) Ariza 4-13 0-0 10, Capela 6-9 5-9 17, Howard 10-12 10-18 30, Beverley 4-6 0-0 9, Harden 6-16 11-12 26, Motiejunas 2-4 0-0 6, Lawson 6-9 0-0 14, Brewer 0-2 0-0 0, Terry 1-1 0-0 3. Totals 39-72 26-39 115.

Atlanta 25 31 29 36 — 121 Houston 41 30 21 23 — 115 3-Point Goals-Atlanta 14-41 (Horford 5-7, Bazemore 5-9, Teague 2-3, Millsap 1-3, Scott 1-3, Sefolosha 0-1, Mack 0-5, Korver 0-10), Houston 11-20 (Harden 3-6, Motiejunas 2-2, Lawson 2-3, Ariza 2-5, Terry 1-1, Beverley 1-2, Brewer 0-1). Rebounds-Atlanta 49 (Horford 14), Houston 57 (Howard 16). Assists-Atlanta 27 (Teague 8), Houston 23 (Harden 8). Total Fouls-Atlanta 24, Houston 21. TechnicalsAtlanta defensive three second, Houston defensive three second 2. A-18,211 (18,023).

MIAMI (90) Deng 2-8 0-0 6, Bosh 9-21 0-1 22, Whiteside 2-4 1-2 5, Dragic 7-10 1-2 16, Wade 9-18 1-5 19, G.Green 1-7 0-0 3, Johnson 4-8 2-2 13, Udrih 0-1 0-0 0, Stoudemire 1-2 4-6 6. Totals 35-79 9-18 90.

MEMPHIS (99) Je.Green 8-17 0-0 16, Randolph 7-10 3-3 17, Gasol 8-18 7-7 23, Conley 5-12 5-5 16, Lee 3-5 2-3 9, Allen 3-8 0-0 6, Chalmers 4-11 2-2 12, Ja.Green 0-3 0-0 0, Carter 0-3 0-0 0, Hollins 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 38-87 19-20 99.

Miami 30 17 15 21 7 — 90 Memphis 26 21 22 14 16 — 99 3-Point Goals-Miami 11-29 (Bosh 4-7, Johnson 3-6, Deng 2-7, Dragic 1-3, G.Green 1-6), Memphis 4-15 (Chalmers 2-5, Lee 1-2, Conley 1-2, Ja.Green 0-1, Carter 0-2, Je.Green 0-3). Fouled Out-Whiteside. Rebounds-Miami 50 (Whiteside 11), Memphis 53 (Gasol 8).

Assists-Miami 23 (Wade, Dragic 5), Memphis 25 (Gasol 6). Total Fouls-Miami 22, Memphis 18. Technicals-Miami defensive three second 2. Flagrant Fouls-Allen. A-18,119 (18,119).

Thunder 131, Bucks 123 Oklahoma City — Russell Westbrook scored 27 points, and Kevin Durant added 26 to lead Oklahoma City past Milwaukee.

Enes Kanter added 23, while rookie Cameron Payne had a career-high 16 for the Thunder.

Westbrook and Durant each scored more than 20 points for the 25th time this season as Oklahoma City overcame an early eight-point deficit.

MILWAUKEE (123) Antetokounmpo 11-19 5-7 27, Parker 2-11 1-2 5, Monroe 2-9 0-0 4, Carter-Williams 8-14 2-6 19, Middleton 13-22 4-4 36, Mayo 5-12 2-2 14, O’Bryant 1-1 0-0 2, Henson 4-6 0-0 8, Bayless 3-6 1-1 8, Vaughn 0-0 0-0 0, Plumlee 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 49-100 15-22 123.

OKLAHOMA CITY (131) Durant 6-18 13-13 26, Ibaka 3-7 4-4 11, Adams 4-5 0-0 8, Westbrook 10-22 7-8 27, Roberson 1-4 3-4 6, Waiters 1-6 0-0 2, Payne 5-6 4-4 16, Collison 1-1 0-0 2, Kanter 9-12 5-6 23, Morrow 3-5 1-1 10. Totals 43-86 37-40 131.

Milwaukee 31 23 34 35 — 123 Oklahoma City 30 35 27 39 — 131 3-Point Goals-Milwaukee 10-16 (Middleton 6-9, Mayo 2-4, Carter-Williams 1-1, Bayless 1-2), Oklahoma City 8-22 (Morrow 3-5, Payne 2-3, Ibaka 1-2, Roberson 1-2, Durant 1-7, Waiters 0-1, Westbrook 0-2). Fouled OutAntetokounmpo. Rebounds-Milwaukee 58 (Antetokounmpo, Monroe 10), Oklahoma City 46 (Kanter 8). Assists-Milwaukee 29 (CarterWilliams 9), Oklahoma City 21 (Durant 8).

Total Fouls-Milwaukee 26, Oklahoma City 19.

Technicals-Milwaukee defensive three second 2. A-18,203 (18,203).

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Utah at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

Phoenix at San Antonio, 7:30 p.m.

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

Philadelphia at Sacramento, 9 p.m.

Denver at Portland, 9 p.m.

Thursday’s Games Milwaukee at Indiana, 5 p.m.

Minnesota at Detroit, 5 p.m.

Golden State at Houston, 6 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at New Orleans, 7 p.m.

Phoenix at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.

Portland at Utah, 8 p.m.

Cavaliers 93, Nuggets 87 Denver — LeBron James scored 34 points on the eve of his 31st birthday, Iman Shumpert added a season-high 16, and Cleveland beat Denver.

Kevin Love had eight points and 14 rebounds to help Cleveland finish off a four-game West Coast swing with a 2-2 mark. The Cavaliers rested Kyrie Irving on the second night of a back-to-back as he works his way back from a fractured left kneecap.

Reserve Will Barton had 29 for the injury-riddled Nuggets, who have now dropped six of seven. They were once again without Danilo Gallinari (sprained left ankle) and rookie Emmanuel Mudiay (sprained right ankle).

CLEVELAND (93) James 13-24 7-8 34, Love 4-16 0-2 8, Thompson 4-7 1-6 9, Dellavedova 1-5 2-2 4, Smith 4-11 2-2 11, Williams 3-4 1-2 7, Jefferson 0-1 0-0 0, Shumpert 7-13 0-0 16, Mozgov 2-5 0-0 4, Cunningham 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 38-86 13-22 93.

DENVER (87) Papanikolaou 0-3 0-0 0, Faried 4-8 1-2 9, Lauvergne 7-12 0-0 14, Nelson 0-6 0-0 0, G.Harris 5-13 1-2 12, Barton 11-20 4-4 29, Arthur 3-6 0-0 6, Jokic 4-11 2-3 10, Foye 3-9 0-0 7, Miller 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 37-89 8-11 87.

Cleveland 26 27 19 21 — 93 Denver 21 21 20 25 — 87 3-Point Goals-Cleveland 4-22 (Shumpert 2-5, James 1-3, Smith 1-6, Jefferson 0-1, Mozgov 0-1, Dellavedova 0-1, Love 0-5), Denver 5-24 (Barton 3-8, Foye 1-3, G.Harris 1-6, Nelson 0-1, Miller 0-1, Arthur 0-1, Lauvergne 0-2, Papanikolaou 0-2). Fouled Out-Jokic. Rebounds-Cleveland 51 (Love 14), Denver 61 (Faried 8). AssistsCleveland 17 (Dellavedova 5), Denver 18 (Nelson 8). Total Fouls-Cleveland 16, Denver 19. A-17,523 (19,155).

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KANSAS WOMEN’S HOOPS When: 7 p.m. today Where: Lloyd Noble Center, Norman, Oklahoma Who: No. 18 Oklahoma Series: Oklahoma leads 34-30

Slumping: Sophomore point guard Lauren Aldridge leads the Jayhawks in scoring (13 points per game) but has found difficulty knocking down shots so far this season. Aldridge enters tonight coming off of a 1-of-8 shooting performance against Oral Roberts and has shot 50 percent or better from the field just one time in the past five games. Still, she has found a way to reach double digits in nine of KU’s 11 games this season but is coming off of a season-low four-point performance the last time out.

Probable starters Kansas (5-6) G — Lauren Aldridge, 5-7, so.

G — Jayde Christopher, 5-8, fr.

G — Kylee Kopatich, 5-10, fr.

G — Chayla Cheadle, 6-0, so.

F — Caelynn ManningAllen, 6-4, jr.

Oklahoma (9-2) G — Gabbi Ortiz, 5-9, so.

G — Derica Wyatt, 5-10, jr.

G — Peyton Little, 5-11, jr.

G — Maddie Manning, 6-2, jr.

F — Kaylon Williams, 6-3, sr.

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6, Goins 3-3 0-0 6, Van Dyk 0-1 0-0 0, Schilling 0-1 1-2 1, Wollenman 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 27-64 13-20 70.

IOWA (10-3) Clemmons 1-3 0-3 2, Gesell 7-10 11-13 25, Jok 5-12 6-8 19, Uthoff 4-11 1-1 10, Woodbury 4-6 0-0 8, Wagner 0-1 1-2 1, Fleming 0-1 0-0 0, Ellingson 0-0 0-0 0, Uhl 2-5 2-2 7, Baer 4-7 2-2 11.

Totals 27-56 23-31 83.

Halftime-Iowa 37-23. 3-Point GoalsMichigan St. 3-13 (Harris 1-2, Clark Jr. 1-3, Ellis III 1-4, Ahrens 0-1, Forbes 0-3), Iowa 6-13 (Jok 3-5, Uhl 1-1, Baer 1-3, Uthoff 1-3, Clemmons 0-1). Fouled Out-Harris. Rebounds-Michigan St. 41 (Costello 7), Iowa 35 (Baer, Uthoff, Woodbury 5). Assists-Michigan St. 11 (Nairn Jr. 3), Iowa 15 (Clemmons 5).

Total Fouls-Michigan St. 27, Iowa 20.

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No. 13 Miami 76, Princeton 64 Coral Gables, Fla. — Angel Rodriguez scored 14 points, and Miami withstood an upset bid, beating Princeton.

Davon Reed finished with 13 points, and Ja’Quan Newton scored all of his 13 in the second half for the Hurricanes (11-1).

PRINCETON (7-4) Weisz 4-9 1-1 10, Caruso 4-8 6-8 14, Cook 2-7 2-2 6, Miller 1-8 0-2 2, Bell 7-14 0-0 17, Cannady 4-6 3-4 13, Stephens 0-2 0-0 0, Forbes 0-1 0-0 0, Brennan 1-4 0-0 2. Totals 23-59 12-17 64.

MIAMI (11-1) Murphy 5-7 0-0 10, Jekiri 3-5 1-2 7, Reed 5-11 3-5 13, McClellan 2-9 2-2 6, Rodriguez 5-7 2-2 14, Newton 5-8 3-3 13, Lawrence Jr. 0-1 0-0 0, Palmer 2-4 0-0 5, Cruz Uceda 3-3 0-0 8. Totals 30-55 11-14 76.

Halftime-Princeton 30-27. 3-Point Goals-Princeton 6-20 (Bell 3-5, Cannady 2-3, Weisz 1-6, Forbes 0-1, Cook 0-2, Caruso 0-3), Miami 5-15 (Cruz Uceda 2-2, Rodriguez 2-3, Palmer 1-3, Murphy 0-1, Lawrence Jr. 0-1, Reed 0-2, McClellan 0-3). Fouled Out-None.

Rebounds-Princeton 27 (Weisz 6), Miami 37 (Reed 9). Assists-Princeton 5 (Weisz 2), Miami 11 (Rodriguez 5).

Total Fouls-Princeton 15, Miami 13.

A-6,927.

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Iowa 83, No. 1 Michigan St. 70 Iowa City, Iowa — Slow starters: Tonight’s Michigan State discovered just how tough game marks the Big 12 Conference opener for both things can be without doeverything star Denzel teams. Historically, that Valentine. should give the Sooners Mike Gesell scored a an edge as the Jayhawks career-high 25 points, and are just 5-13 all-time since Iowa cruised past Michithe inception of the Big 12 gan State, handing the Conference (1997) in Big Spartans their first loss of 12 openers. That record includes a 3-7 mark on the the season.

Peter Jok had 19 points road, and KU is looking to for the Hawkeyes (10-3, snap a two-game losing streak in conference open- 1-0 Big Ten), which topers. While the Jayhawks sit pled a No. 1 team for the first time in 16 years. eight games below .500 Iowa never trailed in in Big 12 openers, they’ve what turned out to be never tried their luck a surprisingly easy win against the Sooners. over the Spartans (13-1, 0-1). The Hawkeyes led Paint by numbers: by as many as 19 points Kansas is averaging 31.6 points per game in the paint, in snapping a nine-game losing streak against which is the program’s Michigan State. highest scoring average in “It was one of the rare the lane since the 2012-13 times in my career I season, when KU averaged thought we got, for (lack) 35.2 points per game in the of a better choice of paint. The Jayhawks have words, punked,” Michirecorded 30 or more points gan State coach Tom Izzo in the paint on seven occasions this season, including a said. “We got out-husseason-high 48 against Oral tled.”

Eron Harris scored 21 Roberts on Dec. 22. points to lead the Spartans. They were playing Five-minute mark: Detheir second game withspite an up-and-down nonconference stretch, the Jay- out Valentine — their leader in scoring, rehawks did prove one thing during the first 11 games of bounds and assists — and their first since Izzo’s fathe year — they’re pretty ther, Carl, died Monday. good at closing. KU is 5-0 But Izzo refused to use this season when leading Valentine’s absence as an with less than five minutes to play, and that mark could excuse, pointing instead to what he called a “disbe the result of late-game appointing effort.” emphasis by first-year coach Brandon Schneider, MICHIGAN ST. (13-1) who owns a career record Forbes 1-5 1-2 3, Costello 6-8 5-6 of 351-12 when his teams 17, Nairn Jr. 2-6 0-1 4, Harris 7-15 6-7 21, Clark Jr. 3-7 0-1 7, Ahrens 0-1 have led in the final five 0-0 0, Bess 1-6 0-0 2, Ellis III 1-6 0-0 minutes.

3, McQuaid 0-1 0-1 0, Davis 3-4 0-0 Streaking: KU freshman Jayde Christopher has dished a team-best 31 assists to just eight turnovers. She is coming off of her second career start and is averaging 3.5 points per game. Christopher finished with eight points and four assists in 19 minutes during last week’s loss to Oral Roberts.

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IOWA’S JARROD UTHOFF, LEFT, FIGHTS FOR A REBOUND with Michigan State’s Marvin Clark Jr. Iowa defeated the Spartans, 83-70, on Tuesday night in Iowa City, Iowa.

No. 14 Purdue 61, Wisconsin 55 Madison, Wis. — A.J. Hammons scored 24 points, Dakota Mathias hit two threes in the final 1:19, and Purdue held on.

The Boilermakers (131, 1-0 Big Ten) snapped a four-game losing streak to the Badgers (8-6, 0-1), who lost their first conference game under interim coach Greg Gard.

But Purdue needed the two late threes by Mathias after Wisconsin had narrowed an 11-point deficit to 52-49 with 1:40 left on a short jumper by Alex Illikainen.

PURDUE (13-1) Edwards 3-7 1-1 8, Swanigan 0-5 0-0 0, Haas 2-6 2-3 6, Thompson 2-3 1-2 6, Davis 2-5 2-2 7, Hill 1-1 0-0 2, Cline 0-2 0-0 0, Hammons 9-14 6-6 24, Stephens 1-4 0-0 2, Mathias 2-3 0-0 6. Totals 22-50 12-14 61.

WISCONSIN (8-6) Hayes 6-14 4-6 17, Happ 1-8 0-0 2, Brown 2-6 0-0 4, Showalter 4-6 0-0 8, Koenig 3-8 0-0 7, Hill 2-5 0-0 4, Thomas 1-5 0-0 3, Iverson 0-0 0-0 0, Illikainen 3-5 2-2 10. Totals 22-57 6-8 55.

Halftime-Tied 24-24. 3-Point GoalsPurdue 5-13 (Mathias 2-3, Thompson 1-1, Davis 1-1, Edwards 1-2, Stephens 0-1, Cline 0-2, Swanigan 0-3), Wisconsin 5-17 (Illikainen 2-2, Thomas 1-3, Hayes 1-4, Koenig 1-4, Brown 0-1, Showalter 0-1, Hill 0-2). Fouled OutNone. Rebounds-Purdue 36 (Swanigan 9), Wisconsin 26 (Hayes 7). AssistsPurdue 12 (Thompson 4), Wisconsin 9 (Koenig 3). Total Fouls-Purdue 11, Wisconsin 19. A-17,287.

No. 17 SMU 81, Tulsa 69 Tulsa, Okla. — Shake Milton, a freshman from the Tulsa suburb of Owasso, had a spectacular homecoming, scoring a career-high 24 points and going 7-of-8 from three-point range to lead SMU. Nic Moore added 23 points as the Mustangs (12-0, 1-0) shot 56.4 percent (31 of 55), above their conference-leading percentage of 52.4 percent.

SMU, one of five unbeaten Division I teams entering Tuesday, is ineligible for postseason play due to NCAA sanctions.

No. 20 Texas A&M 82, Cal Poly 63 College Station, Texas — Freshman Tyler Davis matched his season high with 18 points on 8-of9 shooting, and Texas A&M beat Cal Poly.

The Aggies (10-2) led by as many as 22 points, with the Mustangs never getting closer than nine points in the second half.

Senior Joel Awich, who entered the game leading Cal Poly (6-7) in scoring at 11.7 points per game, was helped off the court with 14 minutes remaining in the game, unable to put weight on his left ankle.

CAL POLY (6-7) Nwaba 3-9 4-5 10, Morgan 5-12 1-3 16, Shipley 4-10 0-0 11, Meikle 1-5 2-2 4, Gordon 1-1 2-4 4, John 0-2 0-0 0, Shead 0-0 0-0 0, Sutlive 1-4 0-0 2, Martin 0-0 1-2 1, Awich 1-4 0-0 2, Bennett 6-10 1-2 13. Totals 22-57 11-18 63.

TEXAS A&M (10-2) A. Collins 4-8 0-0 11, Jones 3-8 4-6 11, Caruso 3-6 0-0 8, House 5-14 0-1 12, Davis 8-9 2-7 18, Hogg 4-10 0-3 9, Gilder 3-5 2-2 9, Trocha-Morelos 1-3 1-2 4, Dobbins 0-0 0-0 0, Miller 0-0 0-0 0.

Totals 31-63 9-21 82.

Halftime-Texas A&M 44-29. 3-Point Goals_Cal Poly 8-24 (Morgan 5-8, Shipley 3-8, Meikle 0-1, Awich 0-2, John 0-2, Sutlive 0-3), Texas A&M 11-33 (A. Collins 3-5, Caruso 2-5, House 2-10, Trocha-Morelos 1-2, Jones 1-2, Gilder 1-3, Hogg 1-6). Fouled Out-Nwaba.

Rebounds-Cal Poly 34 (Gordon 7), Texas A&M 43 (Davis 8). Assists-Cal Poly 16 (Nwaba 6), Texas A&M 21 (Caruso 6). Total Fouls-Cal Poly 20, Texas A&M 14. A-7,442.

Temple 77, No. 22 Cincinnati 70 Cincinnati — Quenton DeCosey scored 19 points and hit three free throws in the closing seconds, helping Temple pull away against Cincinnati, the Owls’ first win over a ranked team this season.

Temple (6-5, 1-0 American Athletic) had lost its three previous games against Top 25 teams — North Carolina, Butler and Utah — but closed the game with an 11-5 run to get the breakthrough win.

No. 23 Baylor 72, Texas Southern 59 Waco, Texas — Al Freeman scored 21 points and ignited a key run that finally put Baylor in control.

The Bears (10-2), in their final game before opening Big 12 Conference play, led only 44-40 in the second half before Freeman made a layup and then hit a threepointer to start a 10-0 run. By the time Johnathan Motley made a short jumper for his first points and Lester Medford made a three, it was 54-40 with 11:11 left.

Rico Gathers had 11 points and 10 rebounds for his 30th career double-double for Baylor.

Terry Maston had 14 points and Medford 12.

Malcolm Riley scored 18 for Texas Southern (111).

TEXAS SOUTHERN (1-11) Thomas 4-8 1-4 9, Riley 7-14 2-2 18, Griffin 0-1 3-4 3, Coleman 4-8 0-0 9, Blanks 3-9 1-1 8, Rodriguez 4-12 0-0 9, Martin 0-5 0-0 0, Carey 1-2 0-0 3. Totals 23-59 7-11 59.

BAYLOR (10-2) Gathers 4-8 3-4 11, Prince 2-12 2-4 6, Medford 4-5 1-2 12, Wainright 1-3 0-0 3, Freeman 8-17 1-2 21, Lindsey 0-0 0-0 0, Motley 1-2 0-1 2, McClure 1-2 0-0 3, Maston 5-8 4-4 14. Totals 26-57 11-17 72.

Halftime-Baylor 40-35. 3-Point Goals-Texas Southern 6-19 (Riley 2-5, Rodriguez 1-1, Carey 1-1, Coleman 1-4, Blanks 1-4, Martin 0-4), Baylor 9-17 (Freeman 4-8, Medford 3-4, McClure 1-1, Wainright 1-2, Prince 0-2). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Texas Southern 34 (Blanks 8), Baylor 36 (Gathers 10).

Assists-Texas Southern 17 (Blanks 7), Baylor 23 (Medford, Prince 6). Total Fouls-Texas Southern 19, Baylor 15.

A-5,223.

Kansas St. 75, Saint Louis 47 Manhattan — Wesley Iwundu had 13 points, eight rebounds and four assists, and Kansas State used a dominant second half to top Saint Louis and complete nonconference play with a 10-2 record.

Kamau Stokes finished with 11 points and Justin Edwards 10 to go along with six rebounds. Seven players finished with seven points or more.

The Wildcats have reached 10 wins in nonconference play for the ninth time in the last 10 seasons and the first since the 2013-14 season.

The Wildcats entered conference play 7-6 last season after losing to Texas Southern and Georgia at home in December. Kansas State’s new-look roster nearly knocked off North Carolina and Texas A&M in the process.

SMU (12-0) B. Moore 5-9 1-1 11, Tolbert 1-5 0-0 2, Milton 8-10 1-2 24, Brown 3-4 2-4 8, N. Moore 8-15 4-4 23, Frazier 2-6 0-0 4, Kennedy 4-6 1-2 9, Foster 0-0 0-0 0.

Totals 31-55 9-13 81.

TULSA (8-5) Smith 4-9 0-2 8, Wright 6-9 2-3 14, Harrison 5-10 5-6 15, Woodard 8-14 1-3 22, Curtis 1-7 0-0 2, Ray 1-4 0-2 3, Birt 0-4 0-0 0, Swannegan 1-2 3-6 5. Totals 26-59 11-22 69.

Halftime-SMU 41-35. 3-Point GoalsSMU 10-15 (Milton 7-8, N. Moore 3-5, Frazier 0-1, Brown 0-1), Tulsa 6-20 (Woodard 5-11, Ray 1-2, Curtis 0-1, Smith 0-1, Harrison 0-1, Birt 0-2, Wright 0-2). Rebounds-SMU 33 (B. Moore 10), Tulsa 32 (Harrison 8). Assists-SMU 15 (Brown 6), Tulsa 13 (Harrison 5). Total Fouls-SMU 19, Tulsa 14. TechnicalsTolbert, Swannegan. A-5,364.

TEMPLE (6-5) Enechionyia 0-5 2-4 2, Bond 3-6 1-4 7, Brown 4-9 2-3 11, DeCosey 4-7 10-11 19, Coleman 5-11 0-0 14, Alston Jr. 2-2 0-0 6, Dingle 6-10 0-0 14, Williams 2-2 0-0 4, Lowe 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 26-52 15-22 77.

CINCINNATI (10-4) Evans III 2-4 2-2 7, Clark 3-8 1-1 7, DeBerry 1-3 0-0 2, Caupain 7-16 4-4 19, Cobb 4-10 0-0 10, Moore 0-1 0-0 0, Ellis 4-6 4-5 12, Jenifer 1-1 0-0 2, Thomas 3-8 0-0 8, Johnson 1-4 0-0 3. Totals 26-61 11-12 70.

Halftime-Temple 39-37. 3-Point Goals-Temple 10-22 (Coleman 4-7, Alston Jr. 2-2, Dingle 2-3, DeCosey 1-3, Brown 1-5, Enechionyia 0-2), Cincinnati 7-19 (Thomas 2-4, Cobb 2-6, Evans III 1-2, Johnson 1-3, Caupain 1-4). Fouled Out-None. ReboundsTemple 30 (Bond 6), Cincinnati 30 (Ellis 7). Assists-Temple 12 (Bond, Brown 3), Cincinnati 13 (Caupain 7). Total FoulsTemple 11, Cincinnati 15. A-10,029.

SAINT LOUIS (5-7) Agbeko 1-1 1-3 3, Gillmann 2-8 3-4 8, Reynolds 1-3 1-2 3, Yacoubou 4-11 1-4 10, Roby 2-7 0-0 5, Bartley 1-3 0-0 2, Yarbrough 4-10 2-4 12, Hines 0-0 0-0 0, Bishop 2-4 0-0 4, Neufeld 0-0 0-0 0, Crawford 0-4 0-0 0. Totals 17-51 8-17 47.

KANSAS ST. (10-2) Wade 2-8 1-3 5, Hurt 2-6 2-2 7, Stokes 3-4 4-5 11, Edwards 3-7 3-4 10, Iwundu 6-8 1-4 13, Ervin II 3-3 0-0 7, Johnson 3-5 3-4 9, Brown 1-6 2-2 4, Winter 0-0 0-0 0, Freeman 0-1 0-0 0, Rohleder 1-1 0-0 2, Budke 2-3 2-2 7. Totals 26-52 18-26 75.

Halftime-Kansas St. 35-28. 3-Point Goals-Saint Louis 5-28 (Yarbrough 2-5, Roby 1-4, Yacoubou 1-4, Gillmann 1-6, Bartley 0-2, Bishop 0-2, Reynolds 0-2, Crawford 0-3), Kansas St. 5-15 (Hurt 1-1, Budke 1-1, Ervin II 1-1, Stokes 1-2, Edwards 1-5, Wade 0-1, Freeman 0-1, Iwundu 0-1, Brown 0-2). ReboundsSaint Louis 34 (Yacoubou 8), Kansas St. 38 (Iwundu 8). Assists-Saint Louis 10 (Yacoubou, Yarbrough 3), Kansas St. 15 (Ervin II, Iwundu 4). Total FoulsSaint Louis 24, Kansas St. 17. A-12,528.

had earlier conversations,” said Burke Magnus, ESPN’s executive vice president for programming and scheduling.

Like many, Hancock likes having the midnight dance with his own wife on New Year’s Eve, and thinks this year’s schedule — the game in South Florida ending before midnight, the game in north Texas probably ending before midnight local time there — will give people time for their champagne toast.

“To some extent, it was a factor,” Hancock said.

Around the country — and particularly in the greater East Lansing and

Tuscaloosa areas, since Michigan State and Alabama will be the game that flirts with a midnight finish — traditional New Year’s plans are being adjusted for the big game.

Tom Bramson owns a number of bars and nightclubs in the heart of Michigan State territory, among other places.

His wait staffs are usually clad in black and white; on Thursday night, they’ll all be in Spartan gear.

And the red tablecloths and party favors have been ditched, lest a reveler think they’re too close to Alabama colors.

His nightclubs might take a New Year’s Eve hit because of the inter-

est in the game, he said.

His sports bars should be positively jammed.

“We can’t predict everything that’ll happen, for sure,” Bramson said. “What we know is where else do you want to be on midnight on New Year’s Eve in East Lansing if we win that game than downtown and with a great group of people. We’ve also got the No. 1 basketball team in East Lansing.

What a special time it is — and what a special time it could be.”

And what a special night it will be for Carrasco and Jehnsen.

A couple of their invited guests aren’t coming

Texas Tech 85, Richmond 70 Lubbock, Texas — Devaughtah Williams had 17 points and eight rebounds to help Texas Tech beat Richmond for its ninth straight win.

It’s the longest winning streak for the Red Raiders (10-1) since the 200910 season.

RICHMOND (8-4) Jones 5-11 1-3 16, Davis 0-1 1-2 1, Cline 5-10 3-4 14, Taylor 1-2 0-0 2, Allen 5-10 2-3 13, Fore 6-11 1-4 13, Wood 3-8 2-5 11, Pistokache 0-1 0-0 0, Johnson 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 25-56 10-21 70.

TEXAS TECH (10-1) Williams 6-14 4-4 17, Smith 4-8 2-2 10, Evans 4-6 6-8 14, Gotcher 3-5 1-2 9, Odiase 7-12 0-0 14, Thomas 1-5 3-3 5, Williamson 1-1 0-0 2, Ham 0-0 0-0 0, Gray 1-3 6-7 8, Ross 3-4 0-1 6, Jackson 0-0 0-0 0, Sorrells 0-0 0-0 0, Temple 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 30-58 22-27 85.

Halftime-Texas Tech 41-29. 3-Point Goals-Richmond 10-27 (Jones 5-10, Wood 3-8, Allen 1-1, Cline 1-3, Taylor 0-1, Johnson 0-1, Davis 0-1, Fore 0-1, Pistokache 0-1), Texas Tech 3-8 (Gotcher 2-4, Williams 1-2, Evans 0-1, Thomas 0-1). Fouled Out-Taylor, Wood. Rebounds-Richmond 20 (Allen, Cline, Fore 4), Texas Tech 43 (Odiase 9). Assists-Richmond 12 (Cline, Taylor 4), Texas Tech 16 (Evans 5). Total Fouls-Richmond 25, Texas Tech 20.

A-1,365.

Oklahoma St. 61, UMKC 43 Stillwater, Okla. — Four Oklahoma State players scored in double digits, and the Cowboys played strong defense in beating Missouri-Kansas City.

Jeff Newberry scored 11 points with seven rebounds, Jawun Evans had 11 points and six rebounds, and Tyree Griffin added 11 points for the Cowboys (8-4).

Jeffrey Carroll scored 10 points and made two blocks.

UMKC (7-7) King 5-11 2-2 12, Boyd 4-8 1-2 12, Shayok 2-9 0-0 4, Austin 2-6 2-2 7, Tillman 0-3 0-0 0, Eriobuna 0-0 0-0 0, Steward 0-3 1-2 1, Harrison 0-5 1-2 1, Newbill 2-5 2-4 6, Leek 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 15-50 9-14 43.

OKLAHOMA ST. (8-4) Evans 4-8 2-2 11, Newberry 3-9 4-4 11, Hammonds 2-7 1-4 5, Carroll 4-7 0-2 10, Allen Jr. 2-2 0-1 4, Griffin 5-7 0-0 11, Burton 0-0 2-2 2, Shine 0-3 0-0 0, Olivier 2-4 3-7 7. Totals 22-47 12-22 61.

Halftime-Oklahoma St. 26-18.

3-Point Goals-UMKC 4-18 (Boyd 3-6, Austin 1-3, King 0-1, Shayok 0-2, Newbill 0-3, Harrison 0-3), Oklahoma St. 5-14 (Carroll 2-2, Griffin 1-1, Evans 1-3, Newberry 1-3, Hammonds 0-2, Shine 0-3). Fouled Out-Shayok.

Rebounds-UMKC 33 (Newbill, Shayok 7), Oklahoma St. 34 (Newberry 7).

Assists-UMKC 9 (Austin, Harrison 3), Oklahoma St. 9 (Hammonds 4).

Total Fouls-UMKC 17, Oklahoma St. 12. A-5,150.

Connecticut 71, Texas 66 Austin, Texas — Rodney Purvis scored 18 points and led a secondhalf rally as Connecticut beat Texas, snapping the Longhorns’ six-game winning streak.

Shonn Miller and Daniel Hamilton added 13 points apiece for UConn (9-3), which has won four straight.

UCONN (9-3) Gibbs 2-11 4-5 10, Hamilton 5-12 2-2 13, Facey 3-3 1-1 7, Miller 5-8 2-3 13, Purvis 8-13 0-3 18, Nolan 0-0 0-0 0, Adams 3-7 2-3 8, Calhoun 1-4 0-0 2.

Totals 27-58 11-17 71.

TEXAS (8-4) Taylor 8-16 3-5 19, Felix 2-7 2-2 7, Davis Jr. 0-7 1-2 1, Lammert 2-6 3-3 7, Ibeh 1-2 1-2 3, Mack 6-13 3-4 20, Holland 0-0 0-0 0, Yancy 0-1 0-0 0, Roach Jr. 2-5 0-0 4, Cleare 2-2 1-2 5.

Totals 23-59 14-20 66.

Halftime-UConn 34-33. 3-Point Goals-UConn 6-17 (Purvis 2-6, Gibbs 2-6, Miller 1-1, Hamilton 1-3, Calhoun 0-1), Texas 6-23 (Mack 5-9, Felix 1-3, Taylor 0-1, Roach Jr. 0-2, Davis Jr. 0-4, Lammert 0-4). Fouled Out-None.

Rebounds-UConn 36 (Facey 8), Texas 34 (Lammert 8). Assists-UConn 9 (Gibbs 4), Texas 8 (Felix, Roach Jr., Taylor 2). Total Fouls-UConn 18, Texas 19. A-13,931.

to the wedding because of the game. Most others just wanted to make sure they wouldn’t miss it all, Carrasco said, so arrangements were made to bring a television into their reception facility.

The site doesn’t have cable, so the Michigan State game will be streamed there instead.

Her guests will be told no phones for the first dance. Kickoff will be missed. After that, Carrasco will share her night with the Spartans.

“It’s starting to get a little complicated,” Carrasco said. “I was hoping for a noon game. That didn’t happen. But it’s going to be great night.”

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Jayhawks’ little big men wear down giant Ndiaye

By Matt Tait mtait@ljworld.com

Landen Lucas leaned, Hunter Mickelson fronted, Jamari Traylor dug in, and a number of Jayhawks dove at him from the perimeter every time he touched the ball.

Not since Andrew Wiggins arrived in town has a basketball player in Lawrence received so much attention.

But that was the way things went all night during Tuesday’s 78-53 loss to second-ranked Kansas University for UC Irvine big man Mamadou Ndiaye, the 7-foot-6 center from Senegal who made even KU’s biggest players look small.

In the 26 minutes the junior was on the floor, there were only a few possessions Ndiaye did not attract four, five or six hands that harassed him from head to toe.

Ndiaye finished the night as his team’s leading scorer and rebounder but rarely found himself in position to take over the game. He finished with 12 points and eight rebounds on 3-of-5 shooting and blocked two shots but said the love taps he received from the Jayhawks (11-1) all night were nothing new.

“Not really, because it’s not the first time a team’s played me like that,” he said. “They don’t really leave me at all, but all my teammates played smart, moved the ball and tried to get buckets.”

Irvine coach Russell Turner said most nights his team, which features Ndiaye as well as 7-foot2 Ioannis Dimakopoulos and 6-10 Mike Best, has a clear size advantage against its opponents. And

while that proved to be true again against Kansas, the Jayhawks had a way to level the playing field.

“Kansas has more big guys that they can throw at our big guys, and that wore us down,” Turner said. “Good strategy for a team that has the kind of depth that Kansas does.

Not many have that.”

Although it took them a few size-14 sneakers to do it, the three Jayhawks most responsible for battling with Ndiaye (Lucas, Mickelson and Traylor) finished with a combined 15 points and seven rebounds.

After withstanding a 7-0 KU spurt to open the game, the Anteaters (10-5) played with a lead for much of the first half and trailed just 28-26 at the break. A big reason for that was UC Irvine’s mindset.

“I told the guys before we tipped it off, ‘Hey, we’ve got nothing to lose tonight, we’ve just gotta go out there and play as free as possible and just be us,’” guard Alex Young said. “I thought we did that in the first half, and we got tight in the second half.”

Kansas had something to do with that. The Jayhawks played with much more intensity and urgency in the second half, not only outscoring UC Irvine 50-27 but also forcing the Anteaters into tough situations when they did have the ball.

“Kansas is excellent, so I’m not upset with my guys,” Turner said. “I thought they played terrific. Give them credit.

They jumped on us at the start of the game, and we withstood that, and then in the second half it Nick Krug/Journal-World Photos didn’t seem like we were able to generate the same KANSAS FORWARD LANDEN LUCAS (33) AND UC IRVINE CENTER MAMADOU NDIAYE WORK FOR POSITION during the second half of the Jayhawks’ 78-53 victory on Tuesday at Allen Fieldhouse. amount of juice.”

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MIN FG FT REB PF TP m-a m-a o-t Mamadou Ndiaye 26 3-5 6-9 4-8 2 12 Luke Nelson 30 3-12 2-2 0-3 1 8 Alex Young 28 2-7 4-4 1-4 2 8 Mike Best 23 2-5 0-0 0-2 2 4 D. Dunning 16 23- 0-0 0-2 4 4 Aaron Wright 18 0-1 1-5 0-2 2 1 J. Galloway 17 1-2 0-0 1-1 1 2 Jaron Martin 15 1-4 2-2 0-0 1 4 I. Dimakopoulos 13 4-6 0-0 0-2 2 10 Brandon Smith 11 0-1 0-0 1-1 5 0 Spencer Rivers 1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 Shawn Ray 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 H. Saprykinas 1 0-1 0-0 1-1 0 0 team 2-2 Totals 18-48 15-22 10-28 23 53 Three-point goals: 2-15 (Dimakopoulos 2-2, Smith 0-1, Rivers 0-1, Saprykinas 0-1, Young 0-2, Martin 0-2, Nelson 0-6).

Assists: 7 (Dunning 3, Young 2, Martin, Wright). Turnovers: 15 (Ndiaye 3, team 3, Dimakopoulos 2, Smith 2, Young, Best, Martin, Galloway, Saprykinas). Blocked shots: 4 (Ndiaye 2, Best, Galloway). Steals: 4 (Nelson 3, Dimakopoulos).

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points with two boards), 6-10 Mike Best (four points, two boards) and 6-10 Jonathan Galloway (two points, one board, 17 minutes), 35 boards to 28.

“We didn’t come close to attacking them the first half, I think just because he was in the game,” Self said of Ndiaye, an imposing presence in the Anteaters’ zone defense.

“We never thought about getting the ball in the middle. We were so passive.”

KU senior forward Perry Ellis, who had one point the first half — “Not even a player, not even a factor,” Self said — finished with 14 points and nine boards.

“Lights out second half,” Self said of the 6-8 Ellis.

Ndiaye’s presence was on display early when he swatted a shot of 6-10 Hunter Mickelson into the stands.

Mickelson provided six points, three steals, two boards and a block in 11 minutes.

“It was tough. He was really big and really skilled,” Mickelson said of Ndiaye, who hit three of five shots and six of nine free throws. “I just tried to hit him high and not let him get down low on the post, hold him high enough so our guards could dive in and steal (KU had nine steals, Ndiaye suffering three turnovers).

The 6-10 Lucas was

KANSAS FORWARD HUNTER MICKELSON (42) LOOKS TO THE BUCKET for a shot as he is fouled by UC Irvine guard Dominique Dunning. also up to the challenge against Ndiaye.

“There’s nothing you can do to prepare for that situation,” Lucas said.

“He’s something I’ve never seen before. His elbow was at my face (level) every time. That’s not the most pleasant thing to find out.”

The Jayhawks had interesting exchanges with Ndiaye in the handshake line.

Lucas, Brannen Greene (10 points, 0-for-2 from three on a night KU hit five of 17 threes) and Wayne Selden Jr. (eight points, seven boards, five assists) all hugged the big guy.

“I told him, ‘Good game,’” Lucas said. “We went at it during the game. It was competitive and stuff.”

Sophomore guard Devonté Graham (nine points, three assists),

whose three threes the first half as well as Frank Mason III’s eight points kept KU ahead by one bucket at the break, made Ndiaye laugh.

“I said, ‘Good job, big fella.’ I guess that’s why he said, ‘Good job, little fella,’” Graham said. “It was fun. I didn’t have to go against him. It was more the bigs. It was unique. He was actually huge.”

Noted Ellis, who hit four of seven shots and four of four free throws the second half, good for 13 points: “It was different, man. The first half I was hesitant. We were all hesitant in driving.

We just came out and attacked the second half.”

KU, which has won 11 straight Big 12 regularseason titles, will open conference play against Baylor at 3 p.m. Saturday in Allen. KU will

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MIN FG FT REB PF TP m-a m-a o-t Perry Ellis 29 4-8 5-6 5-9 1 14 Frank Mason III 31 4-8 5-6 0-2 0 13 Devonté Graham 30 3-7 0-1 0-1 1 9 Wayne Selden Jr. 26 4-9 0-0 3-7 3 8 Hunter Mickelson 11 2-4 2-3 0-2 4 6 Brannen Greene 18 1-3 8-11 0-1 3 10 Landen Lucas 15 4-6 0-0 1-4 2 8 Svi Mykhailiuk 10 0-1 0-0 0-1 3 0 Carlton Bragg Jr. 9 0-1 0-0 1-1 1 0 Jamari Traylor 8 0-1 1-2 0-1 2 1 Cheick Diallo 8 1-2 4-4 0-2 3 6 Lagerald Vick 3 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 3 Tyler Self 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 Evan Manning 1 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 0 team 2-3 Totals 24-51 25-33 12-35 23 78 Three-point goals: 5-17 (Graham 3-7, Ellis 1-1, Vick 1-1, Lucas 0-1, Green 0-2, Mason 0-2, Selden 0-3). Assists: 17 (Mason 6, Selden 5, Graham 3, Mickelson 2, Greene). Turnovers: 9 (Mason 2, Selden 2, Ellis, Mickelson, Diallo, Mykhailiuk, Bragg).

Blocked shots: 2 (Selden, Mickelson).

Steals: 9 (Mason 3, Mickelson 3, Selden, Lucas, Manning).

UC Ivrine 26 27 — 53 Kansas 28 50 — 78 Technical fouls: UCI coach Russell Turner. Officials: Ray Natili, Paul Janssen, Tony Padilla. Attendance: 16,300.

then meet Oklahoma at 8 p.m. Monday in Allen. If KU beats Baylor, the Jayhawks figure to move up to No. 1 in the AP poll Monday. Oklahoma would likely move up to No. 2 with a home win Saturday against Iowa State. No. 1 Michigan State lost to Iowa on Tuesday night.

KANSAS GUARD DEVONTÉ GRAHAM CELEBRATES after hitting a three-pointer against UC Irvine.

KANSAS GUARD FRANK MASON III BUMPS CHESTS WITH FORWARD HUNTER MICKELSON (42) after Mickelson converted a bucket after a UC Irvine foul during the second half.

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KANSAS FORWARD PERRY ELLIS (34) PULLS A REBOUND AWAY FROM UC IRVINE FORWARD MIKE BEST (33) and guard Dominique Dunning in the Jayhawks’ 78-53 victory on Tuesday at Allen Fieldhouse.

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Mickelson has highlight-reel play

By Gary Bedore gbedore@ljworld.com

Kansas University senior forward Hunter Mickelson was involved in perhaps the offensive play of the game in Tuesday’s 78-53 victory over UC Irvine.

Mickelson, KU’s 6-foot-10 senior forward from Jonesboro, Arkansas, hit a spectacular onehanded shot off the fast break — and ensuing foul shot — to finish a play that had coach Bill Self jumping and pumping his fist in delight on the KU bench.

Perry Ellis tapped a defensive rebound to Wayne Selden Jr., who passed to Devonté Graham. Graham fed Mickelson, who stormed in to complete the shot and charity that gave KU a 4428 second-half lead.

“We were able to get the runout and the ball to Devonté. He has great court vision. Through contact and getting it on the glass, it was able to go in,” Mickelson said of his bucket.

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play the game. A younger, less secure coach might worry about outside forces wanting to see McDonald’s All-Americans wow the crowd.

As is the case with all great coaches in all sports, Self is acutely aware that once something other than trying to win the game at hand drives a coach’s decisions, that coach has cheated himself, his players, his employers and his fan base. He’s not paid so handsomely to win popularity contests.

He’s paid to win games.

He won another Tuesday night in Allen Fieldhouse, 78-53, against UC Irvine, the tallest college basketball team in the nation, as well as the one with the coolest nickname, the Anteaters.

Diallo, MVP of the McDonald’s All-America game, and Bragg, who also played in the exhibition featuring the nation’s top high school players, combined to play 17 minutes on a

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One vs. two?: There’s a chance KU and Oklahoma will be ranked Nos. 1 and 2 in the AP poll Monday.

The two teams play Monday night. Nos. 1 and 2 have squared off just once in the history of Allen. No. 2 Missouri beat No. 1 KU, 77-71, in 1990.

Of Michigan State losing to Iowa on Tuesday (and possibly dropping in the polls), Self said: “I didn’t think about it. It doesn’t matter. All that matters to me is we play well over a 48-hour period this weekend. That’s all that really matters.”

KU plays Baylor on Saturday and OU on Monday.

KANSAS FORWARD LANDEN LUCAS (33) IS SENT TO THE FLOOR after a block by UC Irvine center Mamadou Ndiaye.

day after playing in the Throwdown in Motown on Monday in Dearborn Heights, Michigan.

Jackson, a 6-8 senior from Prolific Prep in Napa Valley, California, said he’s considering “Michigan State, Arizona, Kansas, UNLV and Maryland.”

He scored 22 points and had six dunks in Monday’s game. He had a late steal at midcourt, then threw the ball off the backboard for a twohanded slam.

“I feel like I’ll be relieved when it’s all over,” said Jackson, who said he’ll make a decision in late February. “I won’t be doing as many interviews,” he added, laughing to mlive.com, “and I won’t have as many college coaches calling.

I’ll just have to focus on school and my game, pretty much.”

to town for Sunday’s KU Holiday Basketball Clinic.

Moses, 6-9, 250 from Magnolia, Arkansas, chatted with KU forward Mickelson of Jonesboro, Arkansas, after Monday’s KU practice.

“Blake came to ORU after we got pretty good.

Blake’s first year we went 18-9, the second year 21-7.

He told me it was largely due to him anchoring the center position so well,” Self said with a laugh on his “Hawk Talk” radio show.

Oral Roberts went 6-21 and 10-17 in Self’s first two years at the Tulsa school, prior to Moses’ arrival.

“We called him ‘Little Country’ (after former Oklahoma State player Bryant Reeves). Blake’s not as big. He’s better looking than Bryant. He and Hunter spoke today.

They spoke the same language, hunting and fishing,” added Self, obviously happy to see Moses, as well as two managers from Oral Roberts who also brought children to the clinic.

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Moses attends game: Blake Moses, who started at center for Self at Oral Roberts, was to attend Tuesday’s game. He brought family members

night Landen Lucas played 15, Hunter Mickelson 11, Jamari Traylor eight.

He did not apologize for that because that’s not what coaches who win games by 25 points do.

“We’ve given everybody a chance, but there’s no question our experienced guys have looked better than our young guys,” Self said.

“The team looks better.

“The team plays better when we’ve had experience in there, so I don’t know how it’s going to play out.”

Traylor played a key role in a 13-point victory at San Diego State.

Lucas (eight points, four rebounds, a steal) and Mickelson (six points, two boards, two assists, a blocked shot and three steals) had strong games Tuesday. Diallo scored six points in eight minutes, but in general does not look anywhere near ready for significant playing time, and it has nothing to do with effort, everything to do with his lack of experience and feel as a basketball player. Bragg, who has had big games, had the opposite of that vs. UCI.

guys to play. If you look at our best prospects, they may be our two best prospects at age 24 than anybody else. If you were going to advance it and say everybody’s at age 24, those two may be it. That doesn’t mean they’re going to be better at helping you win games today than the other guys. I want those guys to come around because when they do come around and play closer to their ceilings and learn how to play with the other guys, then I think that our team will be really, really good.

“I don’t want to say that I want to sacrifice losses or put our team in more jeopardy just because of that. You’ve got to win games. These kids come to school here, and they work their butts off for a number of years.

We’ve got a lot riding on it, so the objective is to put your team in the best position to win.”

Playing time doesn’t determine when the light comes on. The light coming on determines playing time. Here’s guessing it will come on for Bragg before this season is over. Diallo? That might take a little longer.

KANSAS FORWARD CHEICK DIALLO (13) DUNKS for two of his six points.

He does look far more advanced than Diallo and could develop into a force before the year is out.

Self made it clear Tuesday that with the Big 12 season opening Saturday at home against Baylor, he will stop auditioning big men for the sake of seeing what he has.

“You know, basketball is a weird game in that, a lot of times we’ve had big leads and end up losing momentum, and it’s because of me,” he said. “It’s not because we’re playing poorly.

It’s because we subbed and (were) trying to get everybody in the game. From this point forward, there’s none of that, there’s none of that making-sure-everybodygets-in-type of deal.

We’ve got to play the guys that give us the best chance to win.”

Leading by two points at halftime, Kansas opened the second half with a 16-2 run as Bragg and Diallo watched from the bench.

“The light’s going to come on eventually,” Self said. “It just hasn’t come on yet. The thing about it is, I want those

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Russell Athletic No. 18 Baylor 49, No. 10 N. Carolina 38 Orlando, Fla. — Johnny Jefferson rushed for three touchdowns and a record 299 yards, and Baylor ran past North Carolina on Tuesday night.

Despite missing two quarterbacks, an awardwinning receiver, and a 1,000-yard running back, the Bears’ No. 1-ranked scoring offense stayed creative, pounding out 645 yards rushing and 756 total yards — both records for this bowl.

Devin Chafin added 161 yards and a touchdown, and Terence Williams rushed for 97 yards and two touchdowns for the Bears (10-3).

North Carolina (11-3) tried to match Baylor’s scoring output but had a key fumble in the third quarter that stifled its comeback efforts.

Marquise Williams passed for 243 yards and three scores and rushed for two more. Elijah Hood added 118 yards rushing.

The win was Baylor’s first bowl victory since 2012, snapping a string of two consecutive bowl losses.

The biggest question leading up to Tuesday’s matchup was how Baylor’s offense would adapt with quarterbacks Seth Russell (neck injury) and Jarrett Stidham (broken ankle), Biletnikoff Award winner Corey Coleman (hernia surgery), and running back Shock Linwood (broken foot) all sidelined.

The answer became apparent early on.

Though sophomore Chris Johnson started the day at quarterback, five players — Johnson, his backup Lynx Hawthorne, and running backs Jefferson, Chafin, and Terence Williams — all took snaps from center for the Bears within the first two series.

They continued to use the quintet in multiple Wildcat formations throughout the game.

North Carolina kept pace as best it could and scored on its opening possession of the second half to cut what had been an 18-point first-half deficit to 28-24.

Baylor needed just eight plays to go back up 35-24.

North Carolina 7 10 14 7 — 38 Baylor 14 14 14 7 — 49 First Quarter NC-Fritts 9 pass from M.Williams (Weiler kick), 8:37.

Bay-Hawthorne 6 run (Callahan kick), 4:25.

Bay-Chafin 2 run (Callahan kick), :15.

Second Quarter NC-FG Weiler 32, 12:28.

Bay-Jefferson 11 run (Callahan kick), 9:35.

Bay-Jefferson 27 run (Callahan kick), 2:16.

NC-M.Williams 4 run (Weiler kick), :35.

Third Quarter NC-M.Williams 1 run (Weiler kick), 11:45.

Bay-T.Williams 3 run (Callahan kick), 3:07.

Bay-Jefferson 80 run (Callahan kick), 2:04.

NC-Howard 27 pass from M.Williams (Weiler kick), :47.

Fourth Quarter Bay-T.Williams 1 run (Callahan kick), 10:24.

NC-Singleton 7 pass from M.Williams (Weiler kick), 2:20.

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First downs 28 38 Rushes-yards 36-244 84-645 111 Passing 243 Comp-Att-Int 22-36-1 10-18-1 Return Yards 8 24 Punts-Avg. 3-41.0 0-0.0 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 1-0 Penalties-Yards 5-34 11-117 Time of Possession 22:54 37:06 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-North Carolina, Hood 13-118, M.Williams 17-81, Logan 5-32, Morris 1-13. Baylor, Jefferson 23-299, Chafin 27-161, T.Williams 16-97, Hawthorne 7-63, C.Johnson 9-31, Team 2-(minus 6).

PASSING-North Carolina, M.Williams 22-36-1-243. Baylor, C.Johnson 7-12-182, Jefferson 1-3-0-24, Chafin 1-2-0-3, Hawthorne 1-1-0-2.

RECEIVING-North Carolina, Q.Davis 6-60, Howard 3-42, Switzer 3-29, Hollins 2-34, Fritts 2-19, Singleton 2-18, Hood 2-7, Washington 1-23, Morris 1-11. Baylor, Cannon 4-40, Lee 2-32, T.Williams 2-7, Zamora 1-24.

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W L W L Oklahoma 0 0 11 0 Kansas 0 0 11 1 Iowa State 0 0 10 1 West Virginia 0 0 10 1 Texas Tech 0 0 10 1 Baylor 0 0 10 2 Kansas State 0 0 10 2 Oklahoma State 0 0 8 4 Texas 0 0 8 4 TCU 0 0 8 4 Tuesday’s Games Kansas 78, UC Irvine 53 Baylor 72, Texas Southern 59 Texas Tech 85, Richmond 70 Oklahoma State 61, UMKC 43 Kansas State 75, Saint Louis 47 Connecticut 71, Texas 66 Today’s Games West Virginia at Virginia Tech, 11 a.m.

Coppin State at Iowa State, 7 p.m.

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BAYLOR RUNNING BACK JOHNNY JEFFERSON (5) races past North Carolina’s M.J. Stewart (6) and Donnie Miles, right, for a 27-yard touchdown. Baylor defeated the Tar Heels, 49-38, in the Russell Athletic Bowl on Tuesday night in Orlando, Florida.

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Arizona

California 55, Air Force 36 Fort Worth, Texas — Jared Goff threw for 467 yards and six touchdowns, and California won in the postseason for the first time in seven years.

Goff had three of his scoring tosses in a span of five plays in the second quarter as the Bears (8-5) broke a 14-14 tie and cruised in a rematch of the 2007 Armed Forces Bowl, also won by Cal (42-36).

Receiver Kenny Lawler had three touchdowns for Cal, which last made the postseason in a 21-10 loss to Texas in the Holiday Bowl in 2011. The Bears’ last bowl win was 24-17 over Miami in the 2008 Emerald Bowl near their Bay Area campus.

Weakened by the targeting ejection of secondary anchor Weston Steelhammer on Air Force’s third defensive play, the Falcons (8-6) lost for the fourth time in five Armed Forces appearances since 2007.

Goff, who was Cal’s first freshman starting quarterback in 2013, broke Aaron Rodgers’ school record for passing yards in a bowl game in possibly his last game if he enters the NFL Draft as a junior. Rodgers had 394 yards in a 52-49 win over Virginia Tech in the 2003 Insight Bowl.

Goff, who was 25-of37 with no interceptions, broke the Armed Forces records for passing yards and touchdowns.

Goff fell short of his career record of seven touchdown passes in a game.

Nevada 28, Colorado St. 23 Tucson, Ariz. — James Butler scored on a fouryard run with 1:06 left, and Nevada benefited from a late gaffe by Colorado State.

Colorado State (7-6) trailed most of the game before taking the lead on Wyatt Bryan’s 38-yard field goal with just under four minutes left.

The Wolf Pack (7-6) responded quickly, marching 72 yards in eight plays to set up Butler’s tacklebreaking touchdown run.

Nick Stevens orchestrated a quick-hitting drive in the final minute with no timeouts, but receiver Jordon Vaden was unable to get out of bounds at Nevada’s 12yard line, and time ran out on the Rams.

Stevens threw for 310 yards and a touchdown.

California 14 21 17 3 — 55 Air Force 7 14 8 7 — 36 First Quarter AFA-Owens 1 run (Strebel kick), 8:33.

Cal-Enwere 1 run (M.Anderson kick), 5:46.

Cal-Treggs 30 pass from Goff (M.Anderson kick), :02.

Second Quarter AFA-Williams 16 run (Strebel kick), 12:39.

Cal-Powe 5 pass from Goff (M.Anderson kick), 7:37.

Cal-Lawler 24 pass from Goff (M.Anderson kick), 7:16.

AFA-Roberts 1 run (Strebel kick), 3:04.

Cal-Lawler 14 pass from Goff (M.Anderson kick), 2:00.

Third Quarter Cal-Powe 12 pass from Goff (M.Anderson kick), 11:04.

Cal-FG M.Anderson 29, 2:44.

AFA-McVey 57 pass from Roberts (Owens run), 1:30.

Cal-Lawler 25 pass from Goff (M.Anderson kick), :17.

Fourth Quarter AFA-Robinette 15 pass from Roberts (Strebel kick), 9:14.

Cal-FG M.Anderson 30, 1:13.

A-38,915.

Cal AFA First downs 27 23 Rushes-yards 34-119 53-285 149 Passing 467 Comp-Att-Int 25-37-0 7-15-1 Return Yards 36 0 Punts-Avg. 2-36.5 4-36.0 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 3-2 Penalties-Yards 5-29 4-47 Time of Possession 28:53 31:07 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-California, Watson 13-70, Muhammad 9-47, Enwere 8-19, T.Davis 1-16, Goff 2-(minus 16), Team 1-(minus 17). Air Force, Owens 19-83, Roberts 16-69, McVey 8-44, Brown 6-39, Driskell 2-31, Williams 2-19.

PASSING-California, Goff 25-370-467. Air Force, Roberts 7-14-1-149, Robinette 0-1-0-0.

RECEIVING-California, Lawler 5-75, Treggs 4-143, Powe 4-70, Harris 4-67, Hudson 2-40, Hansen 2-30, T.Davis 2-19, S.Anderson 1-14, Watson 1-9.

Air Force, Robinette 5-69, McVey 1-57, Brown 1-23.

Nevada 3 16 3 6 — 28 Colorado St. 0 13 7 3 — 23 First Quarter Nev-FG Zuzo 19, 7:21.

Second Quarter Nev-FG Zuzo 37, 14:13.

CSU-Stevens 1 run (Bryan kick), 7:04.

Nev-Butler 77 run (Zuzo kick), 6:38.

CSU-FG Bryan 20, 1:46.

Nev-Mitchell 96 kickoff return (kick failed), 1:33.

CSU-FG Bryan 29, :08.

Third Quarter Nev-FG Zuzo 40, 9:16.

CSU-Oden Jr. 9 run (Bryan kick), 3:55.

Fourth Quarter CSU-FG Bryan 38, 3:40.

Nev-Butler 4 run (run failed), 1:06.

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First downs 18 30 Rushes-yards 40-271 42-222 310 Passing 74 Comp-Att-Int 6-13-0 22-42-0 Return Yards 13 0 Punts-Avg. 2-35.0 2-38.0 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1 Penalties-Yards 3-20 7-65 Time of Possession 27:30 32:30 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Nevada, Butler 24-189, D.Jackson 8-53, T.Stewart 6-29, J.Richardson 1-1, Team 1-(minus 1). Colorado St., I.Matthews 12-87, Dawkins 14-62, Oden Jr. 8-51, Stevens 7-12, Leonard 1-10.

PASSING-Nevada, T.Stewart 6-13-074. Colorado St., Stevens 22-42-0-310.

RECEIVING-Nevada, J.Richardson 4-42, Henderson 2-32. Colorado St., Higgins 9-129, Dawkins 3-35, Hansley 2-31, I.Matthews 2-31, Walker 2-31, Vaden 2-24, Peralta 1-22, Oden Jr. 1-7.

Texas No. 22 LSU 56, Texas Tech 27 Houston — Leonard Fournette scored five touchdowns and ran for 212 yards as LSU used a big third quarter to pull away against Texas Tech.

Texas Tech (7-6) cut the lead to 1 early in the third quarter before the Tigers (9-3) scored 21 straight points, with two touchdowns by Fournette, to make it 42-20 entering the fourth.

Fournette had two rushing touchdowns of two yards, ran for TDs of 43 and four yards and took a screen pass 44 yards for another score.

Patrick Mahomes threw for 370 yards and four touchdowns for Texas Tech, but was under heavy pressure all night and was sacked six times and scrambled away from probably 10 more. Jakeem Grant set a Texas Tech bowl record with three receiving touchdowns.

Big 12 Overall

W L W L Baylor 0 0 13 0 Texas 0 0 11 0 Kansas State 0 0 10 1 Oklahoma State 0 0 10 1 Oklahoma 0 0 9 2 Texas Tech 0 0 9 2 West Virginia 0 0 10 3 Iowa State 0 0 8 3 TCU 0 0 8 3 Kansas 0 0 5 6 Today’s Games Kansas at Oklahoma, 7 p.m.

Baylor at Oklahoma State, 6 p.m.

Texas at West Virginia, 6 p.m.

TCU at Texas Tech, 6:30 p.m.

Iowa State at Kansas State, 7 p.m.

College Men

EAST Albany (NY) 71, St. Francis Brooklyn 66 Baruch 74, Gwynedd-Mercy 66 Binghamton 62, Mount St. Mary’s 53 Buffalo 99, Delaware 79 Buffalo St. 119, NJ City 116, 2OT Guilford 89, Pitt.-Greensburg 57 Lycoming 67, Washington (Md.) 56 Maine 98, Quinnipiac 95, OT Saint Joseph’s 78, Md.-Eastern Shore 68 UMass 83, LIU Brooklyn 79 Vermont 73, Siena 64 SOUTH Alabama 67, Jacksonville St. 59, OT Charleston Southern 92, St. Andrews 39 Charlotte 111, The Citadel 93 Chattanooga 80, Lipscomb 56 E. Kentucky 76, Manhattan 64 Emory & Henry 73, Hendrix 63 FIU 65, Florida A&M 45 Florida St. 73, Florida 71 George Washington 67, UCF 50 Georgia 79, Robert Morris 67 Georgia Tech 73, Duquesne 67 Greensboro 92, Dickinson 87 Hampden-Sydney 76, BirminghamSouthern 62 Jacksonville 69, Marist 68 Memphis 77, Tulane 65 Miami 76, Princeton 64 NC Central 107, Montreat 68 NC State 72, Northeastern 66 New Orleans 94, Blue Mountain 61 Northwestern St. 92, Centenary 69 Old Dominion 68, Norfolk St. 57 Rhodes 86, Rust 48 Samford 104, Miles 76 Southern Miss. 66, SE Oklahoma 52 Tennessee 74, Tennessee St. 69 UAB 76, Stephen F. Austin 66 UNC Asheville 67, Furman 65 UT Martin 57, FAU 48 Wake Forest 77, LSU 71 William & Mary 88, Cent. Michigan 84 MIDWEST Alma 83, Wis.-River Falls 66 Ball St. 63, Alabama A&M 62 Carroll (Wis.) 58, Edgewood 56 Cleveland St. 77, Cedarville 37 Doane 66, Friends 64, OT Hood 53, St. Scholastica 39 Iowa 83, Michigan St. 70 Kansas 78, UC Irvine 53 Kansas St. 75, Saint Louis 47 Lawrence Tech 68, Holy Cross (Ind.) 64, OT Missouri 78, Ark.-Pine Bluff 25 N. Illinois 70, Ill.-Chicago 65 Notre Dame 73, Liberty 56 Purdue 61, Wisconsin 55 St. Olaf 63, Wis.-Superior 50 Temple 77, Cincinnati 70 SOUTHWEST Baylor 72, Texas Southern 59 Houston Baptist 101, Ecclesia 47 Incarnate Word 82, Rice 76 Lamar 97, Howard Payne 74 North Texas 69, Sam Houston St. 64 Oklahoma St. 61, UMKC 43 SMU 81, Tulsa 69 Texas A&M 82, Cal Poly 63 Texas Tech 85, Richmond 70 UConn 71, Texas 66 UTEP 85, Texas Rio Grande Valley 64 FAR WEST Air Force 86, Western St. (Col.) 66 Colorado St. 77, Regis 53 Idaho St. 84, CS Northridge 79 Oregon 88, W. Oregon 60 Portland St. 89, Cal St.-Fullerton 82 TOURNAMENTS Just a Game Tournament First Round Augustana (Ill.) 67, Wis.-Oshkosh 65 Wis.-Eau Claire Holiday Tournament First Round St. Norbert 94, Anderson (Ind.) 66 Wis.-Eau Claire 72, Coe 69

College Women

EAST Brown 63, Fairleigh Dickinson 48 Buffalo 66, Sacred Heart 53 CCSU 59, Dartmouth 55 Fordham 67, Texas A&M-CC 49 Iona 56, ETSU 50 La Salle 67, Norfolk St. 59 Miami (Ohio) 68, LIU Brooklyn 49 Monmouth (NJ) 63, St. Francis Brooklyn 54 Niagara 53, Mount St. Mary’s 51 Princeton 77, Marist 44 Robert Morris 53, Delaware 50 Seton Hall 64, Providence 54 St. Bonaventure 59, Canisius 47 St. Francis (Pa.) 84, W. Virginia St. 78, OT Syracuse 83, Drexel 62 Tufts 66, Baruch 35 SOUTH Campbellsville 91, Reinhardt 51 Charleston Southern 63, Longwood 54 Coppin St. 64, Lafayette 57 Duke 84, W. Carolina 47 FAU 82, Bethune-Cookman 60 Florida A&M 77, Clemson 68 Grambling St. 69, Nicholls St. 65 Kennesaw St. 70, Thomas (Ga.) 41 Liberty 62, Campbell 52 Louisiana-Lafayette 73, Alcorn St. 61 Marian (Ind.) 61, Georgetown (Ky.) 54 Mississippi 103, Alabama A&M 42 North Carolina 65, New Hampshire 60 Northwestern St. 73, Xavier (NO) 57 Presbyterian 82, High Point 70 Radford 61, Coastal Carolina 45 UNC Asheville 63, Winthrop 55 UNC Wilmington 63, North Florida 47 Vanderbilt 71, New Mexico St. 45 Virginia 71, Richmond 51 W. Kentucky 80, Belmont 65 William & Mary 75, Old Dominion 64 MIDWEST Augustana (SD) 89, Midland 57 Crown (Minn.) 77, Caltech 71 DePaul 91, Marquette 86 IUPUI 68, Evansville 62 Missouri 88, Charlotte 71 Ohio 72, Middle Tennessee 49

St. Benedict 68, Minn.-Morris 51 St. John’s 66, Creighton 55 St. Xavier 82, Goshen 69 Toledo 74, Ark.-Pine Bluff 47 Villanova 57, Butler 45 Wis.-Eau Claire 57, Coe 48 Xavier 59, Georgetown 54 SOUTHWEST Bowling Green at Texas Southern, ccd.

Cent. Arkansas 77, Jarvis Christian 23 Texas A&M 88, Prairie View 30 FAR WEST Arizona 68, George Mason 60, OT Idaho St. 56, Utah Valley 47 Utah 88, UC Davis 58 Weber St. 79, Westminster (Utah) 46 TOURNAMENTS Hawk Classic Championship Saint Joseph’s 76, Cent. Michigan 66 Third Place UMBC 67, Rider 58 The Surfing Santa Classic Championship Hampton 59, Rhode Island 54, OT Third Place Wake Forest 57, FIU 53

Nov. 1 — Pittsburg State (exhibition), W 80-54 Nov. 8 — Emporia State (exhibition), W 68-57 Nov. 15 — Texas Southern, W 72-65 (1-0) Nov. 19 — Memphis, W 72-63 (2-0) Nov. 23 — at Arizona, L 67-52 (2-1) Nov. 27 — N. Illinois at SMU Thanksgiving Classic, W 66-58 (3-1) Nov. 28 — SMU at SMU Thanksgiving Classic, L 64-73 (3-2) Dec. 2 — Creighton, W 67-54 (4-2) Dec. 6 — St. John’s, L 71-86 (4-3) Dec. 10 — UMKC, L 44-47 (4-4) Dec. 13 — Navy, W 61-54, OT (5-4) Dec. 20 — Washington State, L 53-66 (5-5) Dec. 22 — Oral Roberts, L 63-70 (5-6) Today — at Oklahoma, 7 p.m.

Jan. 3 — West Virginia, 2 p.m.

Jan. 6 — Baylor, 7 p.m.

Jan. 9 — at Iowa State, 7 p.m.

Jan. 13 — Texas, 7 p.m.

Jan. 16 — at West Virginia, 6 p.m.

Jan. 20 — Kansas State, 7 p.m.

Jan. 24 — Oklahoma State, 2 p.m.

Jan. 27 — at Texas, 7 p.m.

Jan. 30 — at Texas Tech, 5 p.m.

Feb. 2 — Iowa State, 7 p.m.

Feb. 6 — at Baylor, 2 p.m.

Feb. 13 — at Kansas State, 7 p.m.

Feb. 17 — TCU, 7 p.m.

Feb. 20 — Oklahoma, 2 p.m.

Feb. 24 — at Oklahoma State, 7 p.m.

Feb. 27 — Texas Tech, 7 p.m.

Feb. 29 — at TCU, 6 p.m.

March 4-7 — Big 12 tournament at Oklahoma City

KANSAS CITY (vs. Oakland) Clinches AFC West with: — Win and Denver loss NEW YORK JETS (at Buffalo) Clinch playoff spot with: — Win or tie, or — Pittsburgh loss or tie PITTSBURGH (at Cleveland) Clinches playoff spot with: — Win and N.Y. Jets loss HOUSTON (vs. Jacksonville) Clinches AFC South with: — Win or tie, or — Indianapolis loss or tie, or — Clinches strength of victory tiebreaker or strength of schedule tiebreaker over Indianapolis Clinches strength of victory tiebreaker over Indianapolis if one of the following teams wins or ties: Cincinnati, New England, New Orleans, N.Y. Jets and San Diego Clinches strength of schedule tiebreaker over Indianapolis if Kansas City wins or ties and Baltimore wins or ties as long as both teams don’t tie INDIANAPOLIS (vs. Tennessee) Clinches AFC South with: — Win and Houston loss and Indianapolis ties Houston in strength of victory tiebreaker and clinches strength of schedule tiebreaker over Houston Ties Houston in strength of victory tiebreaker and clinches strength of schedule tiebreaker over Houston if BOTH of the following occurs: — All of the following teams win: Atlanta, Baltimore, Buffalo, Denver, Miami — Oakland and Pittsburgh win or tie as long as both teams don’t tie If Houston and Indianapolis end up tied in strength of victory and tied in strength of schedule, the teams would then go to the next tiebreaker, which is best combined ranking among AFC teams in points scored and points allowed in all games.

NFC CLINCHED: Carolina - NFC South and first-round bye; Arizona - NFC West and first-round bye; Washington NFC East; Green Bay, Minnesota and Seattle - playoff berth.

CAROLINA (vs. Tampa Bay) Clinches home-field advantage throughout NFC playoffs with: — Win or tie, or — Arizona loss or tie ARIZONA (vs. Seattle) Clinches home-field advantage throughout NFC playoffs with: — Win and Carolina loss GREEN BAY (vs. Minnesota) Clinches NFC North with: — Win or tie MINNESOTA (at Green Bay) Clinches NFC North with: — Win

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W L T Pct PF PA y-New England 12 3 0 .800 455 295 N.Y. Jets 10 5 0 .667 370 292 Buffalo 7 8 0 .467 357 342 Miami 5 10 0 .333 290 379 South

W L T Pct PF PA Houston 8 7 0 .533 309 307 Indianapolis 7 8 0 .467 303 384 Jacksonville 5 10 0 .333 370 418 Tennessee 3 12 0 .200 275 393 North

W L T Pct PF PA y-Cincinnati 11 4 0 .733 395 263 Pittsburgh 9 6 0 .600 395 307 Baltimore 5 10 0 .333 312 377 Cleveland 3 12 0 .200 266 404 West

W L T Pct PF PA x-Denver 11 4 0 .733 328 276 x-Kansas City 10 5 0 .667 382 270 Oakland 7 8 0 .467 342 376 San Diego 4 11 0 .267 300 371 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East

W L T Pct PF PA y-Washington 8 7 0 .533 354 356 Philadelphia 6 9 0 .400 342 400 N.Y. Giants 6 9 0 .400 390 407 Dallas 4 11 0 .267 252 340 South

W L T Pct PF PA y-Carolina 14 1 0 .933 462 298 Atlanta 8 7 0 .533 322 325 Tampa Bay 6 9 0 .400 332 379 New Orleans 6 9 0 .400 388 459 North

W L T Pct PF PA x-Green Bay 10 5 0 .667 355 303 x-Minnesota 10 5 0 .667 345 289 Detroit 6 9 0 .400 334 380 Chicago 6 9 0 .400 315 373 West

W L T Pct PF PA y-Arizona 13 2 0 .867 483 277 x-Seattle 9 6 0 .600 387 271 St. Louis 7 8 0 .467 264 311 San Francisco 4 11 0 .267 219 371 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division Sunday, Jan. 3 Jacksonville at Houston, noon Washington at Dallas, noon Detroit at Chicago, noon N.Y. Jets at Buffalo, noon New England at Miami, noon New Orleans at Atlanta, noon Baltimore at Cincinnati, noon Pittsburgh at Cleveland, noon Tennessee at Indianapolis, noon Philadelphia at N.Y. Giants, noon St. Louis at San Francisco, 3:25 p.m.

San Diego at Denver, 3:25 p.m.

Seattle at Arizona, 3:25 p.m.

Oakland at Kansas City, 3:25 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Carolina, 3:25 p.m.

Minnesota at Green Bay, 7:30 p.m.

Kansas City Chiefs

Sept. 13 — at Houston, W 27-20 (1-0) Sept. 17 — Denver, L 24-31 (1-1) Sept. 28 — at Green Bay, L 28-38 (1-2) Oct. 4 — at Cincinnati, L 21-36 (1-3) Oct. 11 — Chicago, L 17-18 (1-4) Oct. 18 — at Minnesota, L 10-16 (1-5) Oct. 25 — Pittsburgh, W 23-13 (2-5) Nov. 1 — Detroit at London, W 45-10 (3-5) Nov. 8 — Bye Nov. 15 — at Denver, W 29-13 (4-5) Nov. 22 — at San Diego, W 33-3 (5-5) Nov. 29 — Buffalo, W 30-22 (6-5) Dec. 6 — at Oakland, W 34-20 (7-5) Dec. 13 — San Diego, W 10-3 (8-5) Dec. 20 — at Baltimore, W 34-14 (9-5) Dec. 27 — Cleveland, W 17-13 (10-5) Jan. 3 — Oakland, 3:25 p.m.

NFL Playoff Scenarios

Week 17 AFC CLINCHED: New England - AFC East and first-round bye; Cincinnati - AFC North; Denver and Kansas City - playoff berth.

NEW ENGLAND (at Miami) Clinches home-field advantage throughout AFC playoffs with: — Win or tie, or — Denver loss or tie DENVER (vs. San Diego) Clinches AFC West with: — Win or tie, or — Kansas City loss or tie Clinches first-round bye with: — Win, or — Tie and Cincinnati loss or tie, or — Kansas City loss or tie and Cincinnati loss Clinches home-field advantage throughout AFC playoffs: — Win and New England loss CINCINNATI (vs. Baltimore) Clinches first-round bye with: — Win and Denver loss or tie, or — Tie and Denver loss, or — Denver loss and Kansas City win

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Florida 37 21 12 4 46 101 84 Montreal 39 21 15 3 45 111 98 Boston 36 20 12 4 44 115 97 Detroit 37 18 12 7 43 94 98 Ottawa 37 18 13 6 42 111 112 Tampa Bay 37 18 15 4 40 95 88 Buffalo 36 15 17 4 34 85 94 Toronto 35 13 15 7 33 92 100 Metropolitan Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Washington 35 27 6 2 56 110 72 N.Y. Islanders 37 20 12 5 45 103 88 N.Y. Rangers 37 20 13 4 44 107 98 New Jersey 37 18 14 5 41 87 92 Pittsburgh 35 17 15 3 37 79 86 Philadelphia 35 15 13 7 37 76 96 Carolina 37 15 17 5 35 87 106 Columbus 39 14 22 3 31 98 123 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Dallas 38 27 8 3 57 132 97 St. Louis 39 23 12 4 50 99 93 Chicago 38 21 13 4 46 104 94 Minnesota 35 19 10 6 44 95 84 Nashville 37 18 12 7 43 100 96 Colorado 37 18 17 2 38 106 102 Winnipeg 36 17 17 2 36 97 105 Pacific Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Los Angeles 36 23 11 2 48 98 81 Arizona 36 17 16 3 37 100 116 Vancouver 38 14 15 9 37 93 109 San Jose 35 17 16 2 36 96 100 Calgary 36 17 17 2 36 96 117 Anaheim 35 14 15 6 34 67 87 Edmonton 38 15 20 3 33 97 118 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Tuesday’s Games Boston 7, Ottawa 3 N.Y. Islanders 6, Toronto 3 New Jersey 3, Carolina 2 Columbus 6, Dallas 3 Florida 3, Montreal 1 St. Louis 4, Nashville 3, OT Winnipeg 4, Detroit 1 Anaheim 1, Calgary 0 Los Angeles 5, Edmonton 2 Chicago 7, Arizona 5 Today’s Games Toronto at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m.

Buffalo at Washington, 6 p.m.

New Jersey at Ottawa, 6:30 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m.

Philadelphia at San Jose, 9:30 p.m.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES — Waived G Russ Smith. Signed C Ryan Hollins.

FOOTBALL National Football League ATLANTA FALCONS — Placed NT Paul Soliai on injured reserve. Signed TE D.J. Tialavea from the practice squad.

CAROLINA PANTHERS — Waived DE Wes Horton.

CINCINNATI BENGALS — Signed QB Mike Kafka to the practice squad.

CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed DB Sean Baker to the practice squad.

HOUSTON TEXANS — Signed S Corey Moore from the practice squad.

Placed CB Charles James on injured reserve.

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Signed QBs Josh Freeman and Ryan Lindley.

Signed LB Amarlo Herrera. Signed G Kitt O’Brien to the practice squad.

Placed LB Josh McNary on injured reserve.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Re-signed LB Dekoda Watson.

NEW YORK GIANTS — Placed LB Devon Kennard on injured reserve.

OAKLAND RAIDERS — Signed DB Dewey McDonald from the practice squad. Signed DB Chris Hackett and G Cole Manhart to the practice squad.

PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Fired Chip Kelly coach and Ed Marynowitz vice president of player personnel.

SAN DIEGO CHARGERS — Released WR Vincent Brown.

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Signed CB Kyle Sebetic to the practice squad.

WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Signed CB Jeremy Harris from the practice squad. Waived TE Je’Ron Hamm.

COLLEGE MARQUETTE — Annouced a contract extension with Steve Wojciechowski men’s basketball coach through the 2021-22 season.

RUTGERS — Named Bill Busch defensive backs coach.

WASHINGTON STATE — Signed football coach Mike Leach to a contract extension through the 2020 season and defensive coordinator Alex Grinch and defensive line coach Joe Salave’a to multi-year contracts.

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KU Libraries seeks a temporary Library Night & Weekend Supervisor to join their team.

APPLY AT:

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Help Desk Support Technicians

The University of Kansas is committed to providing our employees with an enriching and dynamic work environment that encourages innovation, research, creativity and equal opportunity for learning, development and professional growth. KU strives to recruit, develop, retain and reward a dynamic workforce that shares our mission and core strategic values in research, teaching and service. Learn more at http:// provost.ku.edu/strategic-plan.

AgileTechnology Solutions (ATS), a unit within the Achievement and Assessment Institute at KU, is seeking temporary Help Desk SupportTechnicians.

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Apply in person or email dawn@baldwinstate bank.com

CNA + CMA Classes Day or Eves Enroll Now! Lawrence & Ottawa

Family Medicine and Urgent Care of Basehor LPN or MA FT with benefits, PTO, sick leave, competitive pay. Must be CPR certified.

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Huge Annual New Year’s Day Auction Friday, January 1, 2016 9:00 AM Sharp Leavenworth Co. Fairgrounds 405 4th St. Tonganoxie, KS PREVIEW: Thurs, Dec 31 10 am - 4 pm Note: Pre-Auction Online Absentee Bidding, Full Listing and Photos at www.northeastkansas auctions.com United Country Heart of America Real Estate & Auction 785-806-6921 or 785-863-3322 Need to sell your car?

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TWO DAY AUCTION Saturday January 9th & Sunday, the 10th, 2016 9:30 A.M. Both Days Douglas Co. Fairgrounds 2110 Harper Bldg. 21 Lawrence, KS Vintage Automotive signs, Antique furniture, Costume jewelry, Brass tools, Antique Toys & Vintage Hotwheels, SO much MORE! Check web!

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PETS

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Landscaping

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RETIRED MASTER PLUMBER & Handyman needs small work.

Bill Morgan 816-523-5703

Snow Removal Residential Lawrence Free Estimates 785-766-5285 or 785-766-9883

Concrete

Thicker line?

Bolder heading?

Color background or Logo?

Plumbing

Snow Removal

Guttering Services

Linda’s Cleaning Done Right For over30 yrs. Dependable, honest and thorough.

Free Estimate 785-312-4264

View Apartments and Complex Features

Dirt-Manure-Mulch

IT’S

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STARTING or BUILDING a Business?

Serving KC over 40 years

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Review these businesses and more @ Marketplace.Lawrence.com

Tree/Stump Removal Fredy’s Tree Service cutdown • trimmed • topped • stump removal Licensed & Insured.

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913-441-8641 913-244-7718

KansasTreeCare.com Trimming, removal, & stump grinding by Lawrence locals Certified by Kansas Arborists Assoc. since 1997 “We specialize in preservation & restoration” Ins. & Lic. visit online 785-843-TREE (8733)

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2014 Ford Transit Connect XLT Only 7,000 miles

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Chevrolet 2008 Trailblazer

2012 Honda Pilot EX 4WD

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CARS TO PLACE AN AD: Kia

PUBLIC NOTICES 785.832.2222

Mercedes-Benz

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Toyota Cars

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Case No. 15CV226

THE STATE OF KANSAS TO ALL WHO ARE OR MAY BE CONCERNED: You are hereby notified that Jacqueline Elaine Henderson, filed a Petition in Douglas County District Court, Douglas County, Kansas, on the 18th day of December, 2015, requesting a judgment and order changing her name from Jacqueline Elaine Henderson to Jacqueline Ehrsam Henderson.

The said Petition will be heard in Douglas County District Court, Douglas County, Kansas, 11th St, Lawrence, KS on the 5th day of February 2016, at 2:00 p.m.

If you have any objection to the requested name change, you are required to file a responsive pleading on or before February 3th, 2016 in this court or appear at the hearing and object to the requested name change. If you fail to act, judgement and order will be entered upon the Petition as requested by Petitioner.

Jacqueline Elaine Henderson Petitioner, Pro Se 1540 Louisiana St Lawrence, KS 66044 317-431-1023 ________ (First published in the Lawrence Daily JournalWorld December 23, 2015) Shawn Scharenborg, KS # 24542 Michael Rupard, KS # 26954 Dustin Stiles, KS # 25152 Kozeny & McCubbin, L.C. (St. Louis Office) 12400 Olive Blvd., Suite 555 St. Louis, MO 63141 Phone: (314) 991-0255 Fax: (314) 567-8006 IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS

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Court Number: 3 Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 60 NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued to me by the Clerk of the District Court of Douglas County, Kansas, the undersigned Sheriff of Douglas County, Kansas, will offer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand, at the Lower Level of the Judicial and Law Enforcement Center of the Courthouse at Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, on January 21, 2016, at 10:00 AM, the following real estate: Beginning at the Northwesterly corner of Lot 31, in Golf Club Subdivision, a Subdivision in the City of Lawrence, in Douglas Kansas, thence County, North 65°29’47� East a distance of 131.97 feet; thence Southeasterly on a curve to the right with a radius of 532.09 feet, and a delta angle of 4°49’04�, an arc length of 44.74 feet; thence South 24°23’01� East a distance thence 15.46 feet; of South 65°29’20� West a distance of 135.40 feet; thence North 22°55’07�

West a distance of 60.19 feet to the point of beginning, commonly known as 2105 Greenbrier Drive, Lawrence, KS 66047 (the “Property�) to satisfy the judgment in the above-entitled case.

The sale is to be made without appraisement and subject to the redemption period as provided by law, and further subject to the approval of the Court. For more information, visit www.Southlaw.com Kenneth M. McGovern, Sheriff Douglas County, Kansas Prepared By: SouthLaw, P.C. Kristen G. Stroehmann (KS #10551) 6363 College Blvd., Suite 100 Overland Park, KS 66211 (913) 663-7600 (913) 663-7899 (Fax) Attorneys for Plaintiff (181014) _______

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ary 14, 2016 at 10:00 o’clock a.m. in the District Court, Division 1, in Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, at which time and place the cause will be heard.

Should you fail therein, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon the petition.

Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 60 NOTICE OF SUIT The State of Kansas to Richard Small, and all other persons who are or may be concerned:

You are hereby notified that a Petition has been filed in the District Court of Douglas County by PlainSTEVENS & BRAND, L.L.P. tiff, RHP Properties, Inc., 900 Massachusetts, praying for quieting title Ste. 500 on personal property idenLawrence KS 66044-0189 tified as a 1978 Vanderbilt (785) 843-0811 Mobile Home, bearing mwood@stevensbrand.com VIN# GDMHKS2486000, and Attorneys for Petitioners you are hereby required to ________ plead to the Petition on or (First published in the before January 8, 2016 at Lawrence Daily Journal- 9:30 a.m., in the court at World December 23, 2015) 111 E. 11th Street, Lawrence, Kansas. If you fail to IN THE DISTRICT COURT plead, judgment and deOF DOUGLAS COUNTY, cree will be entered in due KANSAS course upon the Petition.

CIVIL DEPARTMENT Lisa D. Pippert, Petitioner

U.S. Bank Trust, N.A., as Trustee for LSF9 Master Participation Trust Plaintiff, vs.

Susan F. Whalen and Kurt D. Whalen, et al.

Defendants.

Case No. 15CV87 Court Number: 3 Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 60 NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued to me by the Clerk of the District Court of Douglas County, Kansas, the undersigned Sheriff of Douglas County, Kansas, will offer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand, at the Lower Level of the Judicial and Law Enforcement Center of the Courthouse at Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, on January 14, 2016, at 10:00 AM, the following real estate: Lot 12, Block 5, in Four Seasons No. 3, an addition to the City of Lawrence, as shown by the recorded plat thereof, in Douglas County, Kansas, commonly known as 3416 Lazy Brook Lane, Lawrence, KS 66047 (the “Property�) to satisfy the judgment in the above-entitled case.

The sale is to be made without appraisement and subject to the redemption period as provided by law, and further subject to the approval of the Court. For more information, visit www.Southlaw.com Kenneth M. McGovern, Sheriff Douglas County, Kansas Prepared By: SouthLaw, P.C. Brian R. Hazel (KS #21804) 6363 College Blvd., Suite 100 Overland Park, KS 66211 (913) 663-7600 (913) 663-7899 (Fax) Attorneys for Plaintiff (127139) _______ (First published in the Lawrence Daily JournalWorld December 28, 2015)

(First published in the Lawrence Daily JournalIn accordance with the World December 23, 2015) statutes governing adverse possession, the IN THE DISTRICT COURT West parking lot at 3101 W. NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, 6th, Lawrence, KS, will be SALE KANSAS closed January 1, 2015. HD SEVENTH JUDICIAL Lewis Under and by virtue of an DISTRICT _______ Order of Sale issued by the Clerk of the District Court In the Matter of the Estate (First published in the in and for the said County of Lawrence Daily Journalof Douglas, State of KanMARY JEANE BILHIMER, World, December 16, 2015) sas, in a certain cause in deceased said Court Numbered IN THE DISTRICT 15CV305, wherein the parCase No. 2015 PR 50 COURT OF ties above named were reDivision 1 DOUGLAS COUNTY, spectively plaintiff and deKANSAS fendant, and to me, the unPursuant to K.S.A. dersigned Sheriff of said Chapter 59 RHP PROPERTIES, INC., County, directed, I will ofd/b/a EASY LIVING & PINE fer for sale at public aucNOTICE OF HEARING HILLS, tion and sell to the highest Petitioner, bidder for cash in hand at THE STATE OF KANSAS TO 10:00 AM, on 01/14/2016, ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: vs. the Jury Assembly Room of the District Court lo- You are hereby notified RICHARD SMALL cated in the lower level of that a petition has been KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF the Judicial and Law En- filed in this Court by Lisa REVENUE, DIVISION OF MOforcement Center build- Pippert, one of the duly apTOR VEHICLES, the uning, 111 E. 11th St., Law- pointed, qualified and actknown heirs, executors, rence, Kansas Douglas ing co-Executors of the Esadministrators, devisees, County Courthouse, the tate of Mary Jeane trustees, creditors an asfollowing described real Bilhimer deceased, prayestate located in the ing the co-Executors’ acts signs of any Defendant as may be deceased and the County of Douglas, State of be approved and their acspouse of any Defendant; Kansas, to wit: count be settled and allowed; the heirs be deter- the unknown officers, successors, trustees, crediLOT 12, IN BLOCK 3, IN mined; the Will and “Valid tors and assigns of such HOLIDAY HILLS NO. 2, AN Settlement Agreement� be ADDITION TO THE CITY OF construed and the Estate Defendants as are or were DOUGLAS be assigned to the persons partners or in partnership; LAWRENCE, and the unknown guardiCOUNTY, KANSAS. entitled thereto; the adans, conservators and ministration of the Estate trustees of such and SHERIFF OF DOUGLAS be closed; and upon the any Defendants as are COUNTY, KANSAS filing of receipts the minors or are in anywise co-Executors be finally Respectfully Submitted, discharged as the Execu- under legal disability; and By: tors of the Estate of Mary the unknown heirs, execuShawn Scharenborg, KS Jeane Bilhimer, deceased, tors, administrators, devisees, trustees, creditors # 24542 and the co-Executors be Michael Rupard, KS released from further lia- and assigns of any person alleged to be deceased, # 26954 bility.

Respondents.

Dustin Stiles, KS # 25152 Kozeny & McCubbin, L.C. You are required to file Case No.: 15CV437 (St. Louis Office) your written defenses Div No.: 4 12400 Olive Blvd., Suite 555 thereto on or before JanuMortgage Foreclosure (Title to Real Estate Involved)

Prepared by: /s/ Darryl Graves Darryl Graves #08991 Darryl Graves, A Professional Law Corporation 1040 New Hampshire Lawrence, Kansas 66044 (785) 843-8117; FAX (785) 843-0492 office@dgraves-law.com Attorney for Petitioner _______ (First published in the Lawrence Daily JournalWorld December 23, 2015) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS CIVIL DEPARTMENT Nationstar Mortgage LLC d/b/a Champion Mortgage Company Plaintiff, vs.

Vernon L. Tuttle and Elsie H. Tuttle, et al.

Defendants.

Case No. 15CV221 Court Number: 3 Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 60 NOTICE OF SALE Under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued to me by the Clerk of the District Court of Douglas County, Kansas, the undersigned Sheriff of Douglas County, Kansas, will offer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand, at the Lower Level of the Judicial and Law Enforcement Center of the Courthouse at Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, on January 14, 2016, at 10:00 AM, the following real estate: Tract I: The East 100 feet of Lots 3 and 4, in Block 153, in the City of Eudora, Douglas County, Kansas.

Tract II: Beginning at a point 15 feet West of the Northwest corner of Lot 3, in Block 153, as originally platted; thence West 100 feet; thence South 100.99 feet; thence East 100 feet to a point 15 feet West of the Southwest corner of Lot 4, in Block 153, as originally platted; thence North 100.99 feet to the point of beginning, being part of the East Half of the vacated Market, in the City of Eudora, Douglas County, Kansas.

Tract III: Beginning at the Northwest corner of Lot 3, in Block 153, as originally platted; thence West 15 feet; thence South 100.99 feet; thence East 15 feet to the Southwest corner of Lot 4, in Block 153, as originally platted; thence North 100.99 feet to the point of beginning; thence East 15 feet to the Southwest corner of Lot 4, in Block 153, as originally platted; thence North 100.99 feet to the point of beginning; being a part of the East half of the vacated Market, in the City of Eudora, Douglas County, Kansas.

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Tract I: The East 100 feet of Lots 3 and 4, in Block 153, in the City of Eudora, Douglas County, Kansas.

Tract II: Beginning at a point 15 feet West of the Northwest corner of Lot 3, in Block 153, as originally platted; thence West 100 feet; thence South 100.99 feet; thence East 100 feet to a point 15 feet West of

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PUBLIC NOTICE CONTINUED FROM 5D the Southwest corner of Lot 4, in Block 153, as originally platted; thence North 100.99 feet to the point of beginning, being part of the East Half of the vacated Market, in the City of Eudora, Douglas County, Kansas.

Tract III: Beginning at the Northwest corner of Lot 3, in Block 153, as originally platted; thence West 15 feet; thence South 100.99 feet; thence East 15 feet to the Southwest corner of Lot 4, in Block 153, as originally platted; thence North 100.99 feet to the point of beginning, being a part of the East half of the vacated Market, in the City of Eudora, Douglas County, Kansas , commonly known as 1509 Elm Street, Eudora, KS 66025-9404 (the “Property”) to satisfy the judgment in the above-entitled case.

The sale is to be made without appraisement and subject to the redemption period as provided by law, and further subject to the approval of the Court. For more information, visit www.Southlaw.com Kenneth M. McGovern, Sheriff Douglas County, Kansas Prepared By: SouthLaw, P.C. Kristen G. Stroehmann (KS #10551) 6363 College Blvd., Suite 100 Overland Park, KS 66211 (913) 663-7600 (913) 663-7899 (Fax) Attorneys for Plaintiff (181531) _______

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the unknown officers, successors, trustees, creditors and assigns of such Defendants as are or were partners or in partnership; and the unknown guardians, conservators and trustees of such and any Defendants as are minors or are in anywise under legal disability; and the unknown heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, creditors and assigns of any person alleged to be deceased, Respondents.

Pursuant to K.S.A. §60

R. STEPHEN EVERLEY, Cause No. 4 REDEEMED, Cause No. 5 REDEEMED, Cause No. 6 REDEEMED, Cause No. 7 DAPHENE R. ROORDA, Cause No. 8 UNIFUND CCR PARTNERS, ASSIGNEE OF PROVIDIAN VISA, Cause No. 8 DAPHENE R. ROORDA, Cause No. 9 UNIFUND CCR PARTNERS, ASSIGNEE OF PROVIDIAN VISA, Cause No. 9 REDEEMED, Cause No. 10 BRADFORD H. SHIPPY, Cause No. 11 LILA L. SHIPPY, Cause No. 11 CONNIE S. STRODA, Cause No. 12 CONNIE S. STRODA, Cause No. 13 SUNSHINE RE KS VIII LLC, Cause No. 14 ROBERT J. MOORE, Cause No. 14 DUANE SCHWADA, Cause No. 14 and the unknown heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, creditors, and assigns of such of the defendants as may be deceased; the unknown spouses of any defendant, the unknown officers, successors, trustees, creditors, and assigns of a defendant that is an existing, dissolved or dormant corporation; the unknown executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, creditors, successors and assigns of a defendant that is or was in partnership; the unknown tenants of any of the defendants herein possessing any part of the real estate in controversy herein; and the unknown guardians, conservators and trustees of a defendant that is a minor or is under a legal disability; and all other persons who are or may be concerned, Defendants.

ment of the Douglas County Judicial and Law Enforcement Center, 111 E. 11th Street, Lawrence, Kansas, to the highest and best bidder for cash in hand, all of the following described real estate situated in Douglas County, Kansas:

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8, in Block 212, in the City of Eudora, Douglas County, Kansas.

Judgment: $86.39, plus statutory interests and costs from and after October 23, 2015.

Legal Description: Lot 4, in Maple Street South Subdivision, a Subdivision in the City of Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas.

Judgment: $8,567.81, plus statutory interests and costs from and after October 23, 2015.

estate offered for sale shall be sold, either directly or indirectly, to: (1) Any person having a statutory right to redeem such real estate prior to such sale, pursuant to the provisions of K.S.A. 79-2803, and amendments thereto, except that this paragraph (1) shall not prohibit sale to any person or such person’s assignee who held an interest in such real estate as mortgagee of record at the time of the sale; (2) any parent, grandparent, child, grandchild, spouse, sibling, trustee or trust beneficiary who held an interest in a tract as owner or holder of the record title or who held an interest at any time when any tax constituting part of the judgment became due; (3) with respect to a title holding corporation, any current or former stockholder, current officer or director, or any person having a relationship enumerated in paragraph (2) to such stockholder, officer or director; or (4) any person that is the record owner of other real estate upon which there are delinquent taxes of a general ad valorem tax nature or delinquent special assessments in existence as reflected by the records of the Douglas County Treasurer.

Pursuant to K.S.A. 79-2804h, any purchaser of any tract of said real estate will be required to sign and file an Affidavit with the Clerk of the District Court, affirming that the purchase of the real estate was not made directly, or indirectly, for any person who having the statutory right to redeem, other than any person or such person’s assignee who held an interest in such real estate as mortgagee of record at the time of the sale.

Case No.: 15CV 359 Div No.: 4 Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 60 NOTICE OF SUIT The State of Kansas to Nellie Wade aka Nellie Hood, Trini Brown, and all other persons who are or may be concerned: You are hereby notified that a Petition has been filed in the District Court of Douglas County by Plaintiff, RHP Properties, Inc., praying for quieting title on personal property identified as a 1963 VanDyke Mobile Home, bearing VIN# 363V5310C2W829, and you are hereby required to plead to the Petition on or before January 8, 2016 at 9:00 a.m., in the court at 111 E. 11th Street, Lawrence, Kansas. If you fail to plead, judgment and decree will be entered in due course upon the Petition.

Prepared by:

/s/ Darryl Graves Darryl Graves #08991 Darryl Graves, A Professional Law Corporation 1040 New Hampshire Lawrence, Kansas 66044 (785) 843-8117; (First published in the FAX (785) 843-0492 Lawrence Daily Journal- office@dgraves-law.com Attorney for Petitioner World, December 16, 2015) _______ IN THE DISTRICT (First published in the COURT OF Lawrence Daily JournalDOUGLAS COUNTY, World December 23, 2015) KANSAS RHP PROPERTIES, INC., d/b/a EASY LIVING & PINE HILLS, Petitioner,

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS CIVIL DEPARTMENT

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Joseph John Michaleski, et al.

Defendants, Case No.15CV378 Court No. 1 Title to Real Estate Involved

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NELLIE WADE, aka NELLIE HOOD, and TRINI BROWN, and KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, DIVISION OF MOTOR VEHICLES, the unknown heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, creditors an assigns of any Defendant as may be deceased and the spouse of any Defendant;

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NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued to me by the Clerk of the District Court of Douglas County, Kansas, the undersigned Sheriff of Douglas County, Kansas, will offer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand at the South entrance of the Law Enforcement Building, Douglas County, Kansas, on January 14, 2016 at the time of 10:00 AM, the following real estate: LOT 4 AND THE SOUTH 7 FEET OF LOT 2, IN MITCHELL ADDITION, AN ADDITION TO THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, AS SHOWN BY THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF, IN DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS. Tax ID No. U09764, Commonly known as 2006 Mitchell St, Lawrence, KS 66046 (“the Property”) MS170184 to satisfy the judgment in the above entitled case.

The sale is to be made without appraisement and subject to the redemption period as provided by law, and further subject to the approval of the Court.

Douglas County Sheriff MILLSAP & SINGER, LLC By: /s/ Chad R. Doornink Chad R. Doornink, #23536 cdoornink@msfirm.com Jason A. Orr, #22222 jorr@msfirm.com 8900 Indian Creek Parkway, Suite 180 Overland Park, KS 66210 (913) 339-9132 (913) 339-9045 (fax) ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF MILLSAP & SINGER, LLC AS ATTORNEYS FOR CITIMORTGAGE, INC. IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. _______ (First published in the Lawrence Daily JournalWorld December 23, 2015) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS, Plaintiff vs.

JOHN DANIELS, Cause No. 1 R. STEPHEN EVERLEY, Cause No. 2 R. STEPHEN EVERLEY, Cause No. 3

Case No. 2015CV186 Div. No. 5 Title To Real Estate Involved Pursuant to K.S.A. Chapter 60 and K.S.A. 79-2801 et. seq NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Under and by virtue of an Order of Sale directed, delivered and issued out of the District Court of Douglas County, Kansas, Division No. 5, Case No. 15 CV 186 in which the Board of County Commissioners of Douglas County, State of Kansas, is Plaintiff and the several persons whose names are listed above are Defendants, I will, on the 26th day of January, 2016, at 10:00 a.m., offer at public auction in the Jury Assembly Room, in the base-

Cause No. 1: Tax AIN #: 900014 Situs Address: VACANT LAND Legal Description: Beginning at a point 135 feet north of the Southwest Corner of the Southeast Quarter of Section 2, Township 14 South, Range 19 East; thence North 137.5 feet; thence East to the center of Public road; thence in a Southwesterly direction along the center of said road to a point due East of the starting point; thence West 64.2 feet to Point of Beginning; Also, beginning at a point 135 feet North of the Southwest Corner of the Southwest Quarter of Section 2, Township 14 South, Range 19 East; thence West 17 feet; thence North 181.8 feet; thence East 17 feet; thence South 181.8 feet to the Point of Beginning; less that tract taken thereof in Condemnation Case No. 21016, described as a tract of land for Highway Right of Way in the Southeast Quarter of Section 2, Township 14 South, Range 19 East, described as follows: Beginning at a point on the West line 135.0 feet North of the Southwest corner of said Quarter Section; thence East parallel to the South line of said Quarter Section to the center line of Highway U.S. 59; thence Northeasterly along said center line to a point 137.5 feet North and 138.6 feet East of the place of beginning; thence West parallel to said South line 66.6 feet; thence Southwesterly to the place of beginning.

Judgment: $203.34, plus statutory interests and costs from and after October 23, 2015.

Cause No. 2: Tax AIN #: E03299 Situs Address: 300 E. 5th Street, Block 1, Eudora, Kansas Legal Description: Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, in Block 209, in the City of Eudora, Douglas County, Kansas.

Judgment: $86.92, plus statutory interests and costs from and after October 23, 2015.

Cause No. 3: Tax AIN #: E03309 Situs Address: 100 E. 5th Street, Block 2A, Eudora, Kansas Legal Description: Lots

Cause No. 4: Tax AIN #: E03737A Situs Address: 400 Ash Street, Block 1, Eudora, Kansas Legal Description: Lots 3 and 4, less railroad right-of-way over said Lots 3 and 4, in Block 243, in the City of Eudora, Douglas County, Kansas.

Judgment: $85.37, plus statutory interests and costs from and after October 23, 2015.

Cause No. 8: Tax AIN #: U13927DB01 Situs Address: 3811 Overland Drive, Lawrence, Kansas Legal Description: That portion of Lot 3, Block 9, Westland Addition, an Addition to the City of Lawrence, specifically described and referred to as Tracts 2A, in Plat of Survey of Westland Townhouses filed April 23, 1982, in Plat Book C-1, Page 15, in the office of the Register of Deeds of Douglas County, in Douglas County, Kansas.

Judgment: $8,669.41, plus statutory interests and costs from and after October 23, 2015.

Cause No. 13: Tax AIN #: N07907A Situs Address: 700 Maple Street, Lawrence, Kansas Legal Description: Lot 5, in Maple Street South Subdivision, a Subdivision in the City of Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas.

Judgment: $2,423.73, plus statutory interests and costs from and after October 23, 2015.

Cause No. 14: Tax AIN #: U12364DA Situs Address: 0 W. 6th Street, Lawrence, Kansas Legal Description: Lot 3, Rockledge North, an addition to the City of Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, LESS AND EXCEPT tracts of land deeded in Book 268, Page 252 and Book 521, Page 1605.

Judgment: $11,869.02, plus statutory interests and costs from and after October 23, 2015.

Said real estate will be sold to satisfy a lien for delinquent taxes, special assessments, charges, penalties, interest, and costs in the amounts as set forth following each of the above tracts of real estate, as above described, said lien for delinquent taxes, special assessments, charges, penalties, interest, and costs having been determined and assessed by judgment against the abovedescribed tracts of real estate. The real estate described in each of the items above set forth designated as a separately numbered cause of action will be sold separately.

Cause No. 9: Tax AIN #: U13927DB02 Situs Address: 3811 Overland Drive, Lawrence, Kansas Legal Description: That portion of Lot 3, Block 9, Westland Addition, an Addition to the City of Lawrence, specifically described and referred to as 2B, in Plat of Survey of Westland Townhouses filed April 23, 1982, in Plat Book C-1, Page 15, in the office of the Register of Deeds of Douglas County, in Douglas County, Kansas.

Judgment: $274.90, plus statutory interests and costs from and after October 23, 2015.

The above-described real estate is to be sold withCause No. 11: out appraisement, and if Tax AIN #: B00434 such sale for want of time Situs Address: cannot be completed on 1000 Chapel Street, Block 2, the stated day, it shall be Baldwin City, Kansas adjourned from day to day Legal Description: until completed. The real All of Lots 159 and 161 on estate will be sold subject Chapel Street, in the City only to real estate taxes of Baldwin, and installments of special Douglas County, Kansas. assessments for 2015 and Judgment: subsequent years, and $715.90, plus statutory in- shall be subject to valid terests and costs from and covenants running with after October 23, 2015. the land and to valid easements of record in use, if Cause No. 12: any there shall be.

Tax AIN #: N07907 Situs Address: Pursuant to K.S.A. 79-2804g 742 Maple Street, and K.S.A. 79-2812, no Lawrence, Kansas tract, lot, or piece of real

Provided, that in the event the highest bid of any tract, lot, or piece of real estate above-described does not equal the delinquent taxes, special assessments, charges, penalties, interest, and costs charged to it, the Sheriff may, at the direction of the Board of County Commissioners, bid in said tract, lot, or piece of real estate in the name of the County.

Provided further, that the terms of the sale shall be cash or certified check.

Successful bidders must pay the total amount due in cash or by certified check within two hours of the end of the sale.

Ken M. McGovern, Sheriff of Douglas County, Kansas ________

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However, at holiday time, I get an urge for what I like to call Peanut Butter Yum Yum Bombs, and I have to have one. Just one.

Maybe two. I make the recipe, lick the spoon, eat my Yum Yum Bomb, and give the rest away to the normal people I know who love peanut butter and chocolate and particularly love them together. This is like a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup on steroids.

The Flying Fork

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It’s easy to make, in the sense that you don’t have to heat up the oven and Peanut Butter you usually will have the Yum Yum Bombs ingredients lying around if you are any kind of baker or if you have small children.

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PUMPKIN + BOURBON + CHEESECAKE 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice 1/2 teaspoon table salt Three 8-ounce packages 1/3-lessfat cream cheese (Neufchatel), room temperature Vanilla ice cream or lightly sweetened whipped cream, to serve

By Sara Moulton Associated Press

Cheesecake is usually served cold.

So brace yourself for something a little different.

The first time I made this recipe, I pulled it out of the oven and set it on the counter to cool. The plan was to chill it overnight in the refrigerator. But my dear daughter — also known as The Girl with the Sweet Tooth — just couldn’t wait to dig in.

So I handed her a spoon. And when she started babbling with delight, I tried it, too.

Boing! It was ridiculously good.

So good that I now recommend that you serve this cheesecake hot, right out of the oven, topped with a little vanilla ice cream or sweetened whipped cream. Spring it on your guests during New Year’s Eve and see if the party doesn’t become even more cheerful.

That said, getting there requires some care. Be sure to buy plain pumpkin puree, which is sometimes labeled solid pack pumpkin. Avoid anything labeled “pumpkin pie filling” or “pumpkin pie mix,” both of which contain unwanted sugar and spices. You’re much better off adding those ingredients yourself.

Also, don’t forget to drain the pumpkin puree. Losing the excess liquid from the puree improves the final texture and flavor of the cake.

The cooking also requires some care. You’re going to cook the cake in a water bath, which helps to equalize the temperature in the oven and prevents overcooking. But first the springform pan must be tightly wrapped with foil to prevent any water from leaking into the batter while the cake is baking.

Finally, do your best to not overbake the cake, which will make it dry and crumbly. After the allotted cooking time, it should still be a little jiggly. Worried that the cake might be undercooked at that point?

Don’t be. The residual heat will continue to cook it even after you pull it out of the oven.

By the way, this cheesecake also is a knockout when it’s served the usual way — cold. If you decide to go this route, run a knife around the outside edge of the cake to separate it from the pan as soon as you remove the cake from the oven.

This will allow the cake to remain intact as it shrinks in on itself, rather than cracking down the middle as it vainly attempts to unglue itself from

Warm Pumpkin-Bourbon Cheesecake the sides of the pan.

If you do indeed decide to serve this cold, you need to be more patient than my daughter and let it cool completely on a rack on the counter — it’ll take three to four hours — before wrapping it tightly and popping it in the refrigerator to chill overnight. When it’s time, run a knife around the edge of the pan again, carefully remove the side of the pan, then slice the cheesecake with a knife dipped in hot water (or use unflavored dental floss). And don’t forget the crowning glory. As noted, whipped cream or ice cream are the accessories of choice.

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Ingredients For the crust: 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted, plus extra for the pan 1 1/4 cups gingersnap cookie crumbs (made by pulsing about 25 cookies in a food processor until finely ground) 1/4 cup packed dark brown sugar 1/4 teaspoon table salt

For the filling: 15-ounce can pumpkin puree 3 large eggs 1/2 cup packed dark brown sugar 2 tablespoons heavy cream 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/4 cup bourbon, dark rum or cognac Warm Pumpkin-Bourbon 1/2 cup granulated sugar Cheesecake 1 tablespoon cornstarch 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon Start to finish: 2 hours (45 minutes 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg active) 1/2 teaspoon ground dry ginger Servings: 16

Directions: Heat the oven to 375 F. Brush the inside of a 9-inch springform pan with melted butter.

To make the crust, in a medium bowl, stir together the 6 tablespoons of butter, the gingersnap crumbs, brown sugar and salt until combined well.

Pour the crumb mixture into the pan and press it evenly over the bottom of the pan. Bake on the oven’s middle shelf for 10 minutes. Transfer to a cake rack and cool for 30 minutes.

Reduce the oven to 350 F. Line a mesh colander with a clean kitchen towel. Mound the pumpkin puree into the towel and set over a medium bowl. Bring the ends of the towel up and gently squeeze to remove excess water (you should be able to squeeze out about 1/4 cup of liquid).

Discard the liquid. Rinse and dry the bowl, then in it mix together the pumpkin, eggs, brown sugar, cream, vanilla and bourbon. Set aside.

In a large bowl, stir together the granulated sugar, cornstarch, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, allspice and salt. Add the cream cheese, then use an electric mixer on high to beat until smooth, about 3 minutes. Add the pumpkin mixture to the cream cheese mixture and beat on low, just until combined.

Bring a large kettle of water to a boil.

Use foil to wrap the bottom and sides of the springform pan. Pour the filling into the pan. Fold a kitchen towel so it fits evenly in a roasting pan just a bit larger than the springform pan.

Set the springform pan on top of the towel in the roasting pan. Working quickly, pour enough boiling water into the larger pan to come halfway up the sides of the springform pan. Bake the cheesecake for 65 to 70 minutes, or until it is mostly set but still slightly jiggly at the center.

Spoon some of the cheesecake onto each serving plate and top with a scoop of vanilla ice cream or a spoonful of whipped cream.

Alternatively, if serving the cheesecake cold, transfer it to a rack, run a sharp knife around the edge and let it cool completely, about 4 hours, before covering with plastic wrap. Chill. To serve, cut into slices and top each slice with a scoop of vanilla ice cream or a spoonful of whipped cream.

A healthier option to kick off your New Year Indulge

By Sara Moulton Associated Press

Let’s say that one of your New Year’s resolutions is to eat healthier and lose some weight. Join the crowd, right?

In practice, what we probably mean — among other things — is that we plan to more vegetables and less meat. It’s a challenge. But if you try this dish — a wonderful vegetarian version of breaded veal (or pork or chicken) cutlets swimming in a marina sauce — you will see how easy and satisfying it can be to turn a resolution into reality.

You start by slicing a whole head of cauliflower into cutlets. The idea is to end up with thick slabs of the vegetable. One easy method for doing this is to cut the head in half down the center, then turn each half on its cut side and cut the halves into 1/2-inch-thick slabs. There will always be a few loose bits from the ends, but those also can be breaded and cooked as described below.

You’ll want to take care with the breading, too.

It’s a three-step process: dust the steaks lightly with cornstarch, coat them well with an egg mixture, then finish them with a layer of breadcrumbs. This is standard operating procedure among culinary pros.

The three layers provide a more substantial crust than any other single coating or combo of coatings.

Now it’s time to brown your vegetable cutlets.

You could do it in a skillet — just as you would a breaded meat cutlet — but that would require a ton of oil (those breadcrumbs just soak it up). And remember, it’s the new year

Breaded Cauliflower Cutlets with Marinara Sauce and you’re on a new path.

So we bake them instead, which requires a lot less oil. The key is to place the cutlets fairly close to the heat source. In my electric oven that’s the top of the stove. If they’re not properly browned at the end of the prescribed cooking time, just leave them in the oven a little longer.

Then dig in. The biggest flavor is going to come from the marinara sauce.

Your brain likely won’t care at all whether the cutlet is veal or vegetable. But your body will thank you.

Breaded Cauliflower Cutlets Start to finish: 1 hour 15 minutes (45 minutes active) Servings: 4

Ingredients 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil 2 teaspoons minced garlic

1 large head cauliflower 3 large eggs, lightly beaten 1/2 cup fat-free plain Greek yogurt 1 teaspoon kosher salt, divided 1/2 cup cornstarch 1 3/4 cups panko breadcrumbs 1 ounce grated Parmesan cheese 1 1/2 cups speedy marinara (recipe below) or store-bought marinara, heated

Directions Heat the oven to 400 F. In a small bowl, combine the oil and the garlic. Set aside.

Pull off any leaves from the stem end of the cauliflower and trim off just enough of the stem so the cauliflower stands flat on the counter. Slice the cauliflower head in half down the center top to bottom. One at a time, set each half onto its cut side.

Starting from one end of each half, slice crosswise to

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create 1/2-inch-thick slices.

This will yield 3 to 4 cutlets from the center of each half, with the small ends being chunks. The chunks can be prepared as the cutlets, or reserved for another use.

In a shallow bowl or pie plate, whisk together the eggs, yogurt, 3 tablespoons of water and 1/2 teaspoon of the salt.

On a sheet of kitchen parchment, combine the cornstarch with the remaining 1/2 teaspoon of salt, stirring the mixture with a fork to combine. On a second sheet of parchment, combine the panko with the cheese, stirring with a fork.

One at a time, coat the cauliflower cutlets (and trimmings, if using) on both sides with the cornstarch, knocking off the excess.

Next, dip each in the egg mixture, coating them on both sides and letting the excess drip off. Finally, coat them with the panko mixture, patting the crumbs on well. Set aside.

Strain the garlic oil through a mesh strainer,

pressing hard on the garlic to get out all the oil. Discard the garlic (or reserve for another use).

On a rimmed baking sheet, spread half of the oil in an even coating. Set the baking sheet on the oven’s top shelf and heat for 5 minutes. Carefully remove the pan from the oven and quickly arrange the prepared cauliflower on it in a single layer. Return the pan to the oven and bake for 15 minutes.

Remove the pan from the oven, drizzle the tops of the cauliflower evenly with the remaining oil, turn them over, then bake for another 15 minutes. Divide the cauliflower among 4 serving plates, then serve topped with marinara.

Speedy Marinara Start to finish: 35 minutes (10 minutes active) Makes about 2 1/2 cups

Ingredients 2 large cloves garlic, smashed 1 tablespoon extravirgin olive oil Hefty pinch red pepper flakes 28-ounce can plum tomatoes (preferably fire-roasted), chopped Kosher salt Directions In an unheated medium saucepan, combine the garlic and the oil. Turn the heat to medium and cook, turning over the garlic several times, until it is just golden, 4 to 6 minutes. Add the red pepper flakes and cook, stirring, for 30 seconds. Add the tomatoes and a hefty pinch of salt, then bring to a boil, reduce the heat, and cook at a brisk simmer until the sauce is reduced to about 2 1/2 cups, 20 to 25 minutes. Discard the garlic. Season with salt.

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the mixture. I like mine sort of big. It makes them harder to dip, but they’re really impressive to eat. Insert a toothpick in the top of each one.

Lay the balls on a cookie sheet covered in parchment or wax paper. Here is where it is best to freeze them, but I just have to manage with refrigerating for about an hour.

When you’re ready, just microwave the chocolate chips with the shortening until the result is smooth. I do it in 30-second increments so as not to scorch the chocolate. It’s good to do this in a smaller bowl so the chocolate is deeper, not spread thin across a wide bottom. This makes the dipping process easier.

Pull the peanut butter balls from the freezer or fridge and dip in melted chocolate. I use a spoon to sort of help the chocolate get up around the sides so the toothpick doesn’t have to do so much of the work.

Once they are all dipped, return to the refrigerator to harden.

This makes about 40 2-inch balls.

Enjoy!

— Megan Stuke is a busy mom who tries to prepare nutritional and interesting meals for her family.

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