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Drop in property, violent crime unusual during economic downturns

Dads have resource for parenting advice Dads of Douglas County, a program that aims to get fathers more involved in their children’s lives, has had a full-time manager since the summer. Jerome Marquez advises all types of dads, from those who have been married for years to the newly divorced. Any father or male caregiver in the county can seek Marquez’s services for free. Page 3A

By Shaun Hittle sdhittle@ljworld.com

Urban Outfitters, 1013 Mass.

Xu said she had received email messages about “major sales.” It was the first time she ventured out to shop the day after Christmas.

“There was a huge line when we first got there,” Manger said.

Lawrence and the rest of country continue to see decreases in violent and property crime, according to preliminary 2011 statistics.

In tight economic times, crime usually shoots up, not down. That’s why the decreases are “puzzling and heartening,” said Richard Rosenfeld, a criminologist at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. “I’d be happier if I could figure out why.”

2011 also marks the third straight year without a murder in Lawrence.

If the second half of 2011 follows Lawrence’s trends for the year: ! Violent crime, including murder, rape, robbery and assault, will decrease 18 percent, from 413 offenses to 338, according to numbers provided by the Lawrence Police Department. ! Property crime, including larceny, motor vehicle theft, arson and burglary, will decrease 5.5 percent, from 3,841 offenses to 3,628.

Last week, the FBI released its Uniform Crime Report, which measures offenses reported to law enforcement, for the first six months of 2011.

The report showed: ! Violent crime decreased 6.4 percent in 2011 as compared with the first six months of 2010. ! Property crime decreased 3.7 percent.

— Reporter George Diepenbrock can be reached at 832-7144. Follow him at Twitter.com/gdiepenbrock.

— Reporter Shaun Hittle can be reached at 832-7173. Follow him at Twitter.com/shaunhittle.

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LHS graduate a swimming success Emma Reaney, a freshman at the University of Notre Dame, is making a name for herself on the swimming and diving team.

She has an 8-0 record in individual-medley events (200 and 400 meters), and on Dec. 2 she set a school record in the 200 IM — twice. Page 1B

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If I’d known, I could have taken him to doctors, get him on medication, make him normal again. ... Who is going to take better care of him than his parents? I never had the chance to do anything for him. That’s a terrible feeling.”

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CATHIE AND FRED PAWLICKI, right, stopped by Best Buy, 2020 W. 31st St., on Monday to exchange a Christmas gift they got for themselves that wasn’t working properly. Exchanges and returns were big business on Monday but so were sales thanks to consumers spending gift cards and holiday cash.

Registers keep ringing to tune of gift cards, exchanges gdiepenbrock@ljworld.com

Christmas came one day late for Colin Neill — in a good way.

Monday afternoon Neill used a gift card he received one day earlier at Best Buy to purchase a video game he’d been wanting for a long time, his wife, Karen Mayse, — William Kim, whose son, Daniel Kim, said as they left the store. fatally shot himself in the head in his “I couldn’t bear to buy it parked car outside a Target store in myself,” said Neill, the head 2007. At the time, Daniel was a senior custodian at Cordley School. at Virginia Tech, which maintains that Neill also used a gift card to purchase a movie.

Daniel’s family did not need to be notiIn addition to shoppers fied, despite a detailed email sent to offispending their gift money or cials about a previous suicide attempt.

William Kim is seeking that Virginia Tech cards at stores, the day after be required to notify parents of a poten- Christmas is also traditionally the busiest day of the year for tially suicidal student unless it documents gift returns and exchanges. a reason not to do so. Page 7A The National Retail Federation had forecast busy shopping on the day after Christmas, referring to it as “Manic Monday.”

Shoppers in Lawrence, We’ll be at the sentencing for a many of whom had the day man in the 2008 shooting death off from work, seemed to of Anthony Vital.

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SHOPPERS WERE OUT IN FORCE at Pine Ridge Plaza at 31st and Iowa streets on Monday for the traditional dayafter-Christmas sales, gifts exchanges and returns.

By George Diepenbrock

take advantage of warm-forDecember temperatures in the high 40s as they hit stores both downtown and in south Lawrence on Iowa Street.

Margaret Warner, owner of The Toy Store, 936 Mass., said the store had steady traffic as shoppers came in to buy things to add on to gifts, such as an extra track for a train set. Many people were also spending Christ-

mas cash or gift cards. “It goes for a good solid week after the big day,” she said.

In addition to gift returns, shoppers Monday also looked to take advantage of lower prices. Retailers sought to draw in shoppers with post-Christmas sales.

Morgan Manger and Jenny Xu, both 2011 Lawrence High graduates, said the strategy seemed to work at

2011 IN REVIEW

Furry and feathered friends became media darlings

By Shaun Hittle

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They’re our fuzzy, friendly companions, and they do crazy — and sometimes heroic — things from time to time.

And every year, they end up on the pages of the JournalWorld for their sometimes bizarre escapades.

In 2009, readers were treated to the tale of Beans the traveling cat, who hitched a ride in a moving truck and made it all the way to San Francisco. Last year, readers heard about the adventure of a wild deer, who ran loose in downtown Lawrence, jumping through a glass window at Weaver’s Department Store to get a closer look at a display of brassieres.

This year has been no different, as an assortment of animals have made news, from heroism to heartbreak.

Here are some of our 2011 animal stories of the year. ! A 2-year-old black cat survived being shot twice after police found the cat inside a trap near a North Lawrence home. A veterinarian

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KAYSE ASCHENBRENNER, the Humane Society’s director of animal welfare, holds a cat named Bullet, which survived two bullet wounds.

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CHIKAKO MOCHIZUKI and her guide dog, Comet, are shown on a trip to New Mexico in was able to remove the one 2009. bullet still lodged in the cat. ! A tumor threatened the A 73-year-old Lawrence man was arrested and charged life of Comet, a guide dog for with animal cruelty and dis- Kansas University graduate charging a firearm in the city student Chikako Mochizuki. limits. His trial is set for Jan. In April, after a Journal-World 19, and his attorney said his article, community members, in less than a week, raised the client has an alibi.

After news stories detailed $6,000 for surgical costs.

The tumor was removed the story of the resilient cat, the Lawrence Humane So- by veterinarians at Kansas ciety was flooded with calls State University. Unfortufrom those wishing to adopt nately, Mochizuki said the the cat, who was by then ap- cancer returned in June, and Comet was put to sleep. Mopropriately named Bullet.

Humane Society staff mem- chizuki expressed gratitude bers say Bullet found a good for the outpouring of community support and now has home and has recovered.

RESIDENT LILLIAN VOTH was all smiles during a visit from Cindy, a 4-year-old miniature horse, at Baldwin Healthcare and Rehabilitation.

a new guide dog, Karra. ! Ottawa resident Rae Warren began taking trips to area nursing homes but bucked the trend of bringing in a canine friend to visit with the elderly. Warren instead routinely trots in her 4-year-old, 27.5-inchtall miniature horse, Cindy, who’s been a big hit.

“It’s all worth it just to see the sparkle in their eyes,” Warren said.

Warren said she plans to visit as many area homes as she can find within driving distance of her home.

WHIMSY, A BLUE-EYED Pied peacock, left, presents a courting display to Cleopatra, a Cameo peahen, at Jen ColeHiatt’s Revolution Mama Ranch. ! A June feature on Lawrence woman Jenn ColeHiatt’s Revolution Mama Ranch highlighted the story of Whimsy, an exotic, blueeyed Pied peacock. At the ranch, where Cole-Hiatt and her family raise exotic and endangered bird species, Whimsy struts about, fanning his colorful feathers.

Described by Cole-Hiatt as a “ladies’ man,” Whimsy splits his time, and his affection, among three girlfriends.

— Reporter Shaun Hittle can be reached at 832-7173. Follow him at Twitter.com/shaunhittle.

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DEATHS RICHARD J. SCHMIDT Mass of Christian Burial for Richard J. Schmidt, 71, Leavenworth, will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Holy Family Catholic Church in Eudora. Burial will follow at

the Holy Family Cemetery.

Mr. Schmidt died Saturday, Dec. 24, 2011 at the VA Medical Center in Leavenworth.

MARILYN JOHNSON Funeral services for Marilyn Lee Rodecap Johnson, 54, Meriden, will be at 2 p.m.

Thursday at the Meriden United Methodist Church.

Burial will be at Meriden Cemetery.

She died Monday, Dec. 26,

2011, at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka.

Friends may call after 4 p.m. Wednesday at the church, where the family will meet friends from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Cecil Ray Pearson Cecil Ray Pearson passed away on Sunday, December 25, 2011, at Baldwin Healthcare Center.

He had been a resident of the Baldwin Healthcare Center. He was born March 27, 1930, to Paul and Maggie Esther DunnPearson. He lived in North Lawrence most of his life, and made his living as a truck driver. He served in the US Army, and was a member of the North Lawrence Baptist Church.

He was predeceased in death by his wife Meldean Hicks-Pearson. He leaves

behind 3 brothers; Stanley of Milton, Florida, Murvin of Springfield, Missouri, and Arnold of Lawrence, Kansas. Also, 3 sisters, Nadine Young of Springfield, Missouri, Aleen Barnes of Fredericksburg, Virginia, and Jenice Easum of Lawrence, Kansas. Also, 4 step-children, Connie, Steve, and Richard McMillin of Lawrence, Kansas, and Mark McMillin of Lecompton, Kansas. Mr. Pearson was cremated.

Online condolences may be sent at www.rumseyyost.com.

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State cuts funding for problem gambling

TOPEKA (AP) — Even while revenues from two new stateowned casinos are expected to increase state revenue by millions of dollars, fewer dollars will be available this fiscal year for a fund designed to help people struggling with gambling addictions.

OODWARD EITH ORTHINGTON The Kansas Star Casino, which opened Monday near Mr. Woodward died SaturA Memorial Celebration of Mulvane, and another casino Life for Woodward “Keith” day, Dec. 24, 2011 at his home UITA USSELL is scheduled to open in FebWorthington, 77, Oskaloosa, in Oskaloosa after a long ruary in Wyandotte County Memorial services for will be at 10 a.m. Friday at fight with cancer. husband are expected to generate $29 Ouita N. Russell, 90, Lawthe Barnett Family Funeral The family will meet Ron, of million in state revenue in six rence, will be held at a later Home, 1220 Walnut (U.S. friends from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

McLouth, months. That will add to revHighway 59), Oskaloosa.

Thursday at the funeral home. date.

Sandy enue already coming into the She died Sunday, Dec. Coulter and state from the Boot Hill Casino 25, 2011, at Medicalodges in husband & Resort in Dodge City since Eudora.

Jake, of it opened in December 2009.

She was born July 24, 1921, Lawrence, Max Lee Rife By law, 2 percent of gamin Lamar, Ark., the daughter and Debbie bling revenue in Kansas must Russell Memorial service for of Jess and Flora Bell Cowell Nall, Lawloved go to the Problem Gambling Max Lee Rife, 84, of LawHorton. rence; one Max Rife. and Addictions Grant Fund, rence, will be held at 11:00 Mrs. Russell worked as son, Larry A. Andrews and He truly which is designed to treat a.m. Thursday, December a waitress at the Turnpike wife Sue, of Lawrence; one enjoyed problem gamers and people 29, at Plymouth CongreRestaurant and the Virginia stepson, Wayne “Andy” Anthe chalwith other addictions, The Togational Church with Inn. She was also a secredrews, Lawrence; one sister, lenge of peka Capital-Journal reported. the Reverend Dr. Peter tary for Laming Ford Motor Geneva Torneden, of Irving, interactThe casinos and state lotA. Luckey officiating. A Company in Tonganoxie.

Texas; and 10 grandchildren, ing with tery are expected to generate reception will follow the She was a homemaker.

18 great-grandchildren and teenag$3 million for the fund this fisservice in the Mayflower She was a member of First one great-great-grandchild. ers. For Rife cal year. Lawmakers approved Room, at the church.

Assembly of God Church.

The family suggests 35 years, $717,000 to fight gambling adMax Lee Rife was born She enjoyed gardening and memorials to Medicalodges Max counseled, discidiction, including salaries for November 9, 1927, in camping, and enjoyed sevEudora or to Grace Hospice, plined, kidded, mentored three gambling specialists.

Harper County, Kansas, eral winters in Texas. sent in care of Warren-McEland lovingly hassled the That’s a drop from $740,000 the son of Casper and She married Walter Earl wain Mortuary, 120 W. 13th youth of Lawrence. invested in the fund last year.

Grace (Ford) Rife. He atRussell on March 15, 1966, in St., Lawrence, KS 66044.

Max greatly enjoyed Only 6 percent of the fund’s tended schools in Harper Miami, Okla. He preceded Online condolences may living in Lawrence and overall receipts, or $200,000, County and Anthony. In her in death March 8, 1997. be sent at warrenmcelwain. was passionate about KU is budgeted for direct counsel1946 he joined the U.S. Survivors include three com.

Sports. His other pasing of gambling addicts, the Navy and served as a daughters, Cleta Henak and sions were trading and newspaper reported.

Submarine Serviceman sometimes modifying The Kansas Department of until his discharge in cars, organizing excurSocial and Rehabilitation Ser1948. Before graduating in sions in a great variety vices controls the fund, rather Evelyn Marie Dockery 1951 from Southwestern of recreational vehicles, than the Kansas Racing and College, Winfield, Max water skiing, boating, Evelyn Marie Dockery, wife, Karen, of Michigan, Gaming Commission or the married Wilma Stratton camping, and country liv88, of Springfield passed and Eric Near and wife, Kansas Lottery. Gaming comon December 29, 1948. ing with frequent trips to away, December 22, 2011, Holly, of Colorado; niece mission chairman William Max earned a Master’s town. Among his greatest at her home. Evelyn was Nancy Perse and husband, Falstad urged the Legislature degree from the Univerjoys was conversing with born to Harold and Faye Rich, of Colorado; cousin, to grant his agency a role in sity of Kansas in 1968. friends, students, rivals, Studebaker Emick, on June Vicki Howell of Kansas; 4 handling money for treatment.

Max taught and coached acquaintances, car deal28, 1923, in Lawrence, KS. grandchildren and 6 greatThe state has an ethical in Geneseo and at Iners, barbers, restaurant She married Clarence grandchildren; as well as obligation to effectively help man, where his team won servers, shop keepers, T. Dockery on June 27, a very special friend and problem gamblers emerging a state championship in perfect strangers and his 1941, in Lawrence, KS. neighbor, Linda Stout of from the new casinos, he said. basketball. He moved to cats Blanche and OneAfter living in Lawrence Springfield.

“We have no control over Lawrence in 1956 as head Eyed Jack. His sharp sense for 78 years, she moved to Visitation will be held that money,” Falstad said. basketball coach, where of humor was a defining Springfield, MO, 10 years from 5:00 to 7:00 P.M., “We turn it over to them. We he became the basketball characteristic and his stoago to be near her son Bill Wednesday, December want to make sure they are coach with the most wins ries and conversation will and his family.

28th, at Gorman Scharpf serving problem gamblers.” in LHS history including be missed by family and She and her husband Funeral Home, SpringWhile Boot Hill Casino many league championfriends. owned a liquor store in field. Interment will be at forwarded $1.5 million to the ships. He coached and Max is survived by Lawrence for many years. 2:00 P.M. December 29th fund in two years, the Dodge taught history at Lawrence his wife; two sisters Lois She was a member of at Lawrence Memorial City region has received modHigh School until named McKee, Anthony, and Beta Sigma Phi Sorority Park Cemetery, Lawrence, est grants that don’t meet the Associate Principal in Donna Coble, Severy. for over 65 years. All that KS, with Rev. Jennifer needs, an agency official said.

1968, serving in this capac- Other survivors include knew Evelyn adored her.

Kiefer of Trinity Lutheran “Community members are ity until his retirement in four children, Kurt Rife, She was a very special Church officiating. really concerned with that 1991.

Kansas City, MO; Joel little lady.

Memorial contribufund,” said Deborah Snapp, As an athlete at SouthRife and his wife Nancy She was preceded in tions in her honor may be executive director of Catholic western College he letColeman, Albuquerque, death by her parents, her made to Alpha-1 AssociaSocial Service in Dodge City tered in track, football and NM; Trish Rife and her husband, and her son Bill. tion, 2937 SW 27th Ave. and chairwoman of the Southbasketball. He was named husband Patrick Robinson, She is survived by her Suite 106, Miami, FL 33133, west Kansas Problem Gamby the Topeka Daily Capi- Greenville, TX; and Libby sister, Joyce Near and or the American Cancer bling Task Force. “We really tal as an All-CIC football Rife and her husband Ed husband Bob of Colorado; Society. feel like that was a promise player in 1949 and 1950. He Holub, Denver, CO. Other her son, Gary Dockery of The family would like made to Ford County.” received honorable mensurvivors include four Overland Park, KS; her to thank all of Evelyn’s The 1,300-slot Kansas Star tion on the Little (small grandchildren, Shannon daughter-in-law, Marge neighbors who helped take Casino is operating 20 miles college) All-American Rife, Wilson Rife, Jacob Dockery of Springfield; such good care of her. She from Wichita, but the WichFootball team in 1950. In Robinson and Sam RobinNephews, David Near and will be missed by all. ita Area Problem Gaming 1994, he was inducted into son. He was preceded in Task Force is waiting to hear the Southwestern College death by his parents and about new SRS grant funding.

Athletic Hall of Fame. his daughters-in-law Patti Carol Spiker, responsible As a coach, Max’s enRife and Gail Massey. gaming coordinator with the thusiasm and determinaThe family will greet Nellie Almeda Blake Welch Kansas Racing and Gaming tion inspired his athletes friends from 6:00 to Commission, said two-thirds Nellie Almeda Blake AM to succeed on and off the 8:00pm Wednesday, Deof 55 Kansas residents who Welch, 73, of Lawrence, Thurscourt. This influence is cember 28 at the Rumseyplaced themselves on the died early Friday at Lawday, Dereflected in the many calls Yost Funeral Home. voluntary exclusion list by rence Memorial Hospital. cember and letters he has received Memorials may be made November came from the Nellie was born May 29 at the throughout the years. to the Lawrence Schools southwest region of the state, 15, 1938, in Clovis, New Buster Because of his long tenure Foundation or the Lawwhere Dodge City is located.

Mexico to John Wiley Cemetery and service as coach and rence Humane Society, Sixteen percent of people “Wad” and Almeda Emile in rural administrator at Lawrence sent in care of the funeral prohibiting themselves from Oller Blake. She was a Perry, KS. High School, he was inhome, 601 Indiana, Lawclaiming casino winnings homemaker and artist, and Welch A visitaducted into the Lawrence rence, KS 66044. were from northeast Kansas, a member of the Perry tion will High School Hall of Honor A private inurnment where gamblers have access United Methodist Church. be one hour prior to the in 2005. will be held at a later date. to tribal casinos in Mayetta, She married Lonnie service, 10:00-11:00AM, at Max Rife loved LawOnline condolences may Horton, White Cloud and Wayne Welch in Las the Perry United Methodrence High and (for the be sent at www.rumseyPowhattan, as well as four Cruces, NM., on Septemist Church. Memorials most part) Lawrence High yost.com. casinos in Kansas City, Mo. ber 2, 1956. He survives of may be made to the Perry National statistics suggest the home. Other survivors United Methodist Church 3 percent of Kansas residents include two Sons, Bryan and sent in care of the Barwill have a problem with Welch, Lawrence, KS., and nett Family Funeral Home, Obituary policy gambling. A 2005 study by Blake Welch, Louisville, PO Box 602 Oskaloosa, KS the University of Buffalo inInformation about what the newspaper accepts and other CO., Five Grandchildren, 66066. Online condolencdicated the probability of beguidelines, including costs for obituaries, can be obtained and one Great Grandchild. es may be made at www. coming addicted to gambling through your mortuary, by calling the Journal-World at 785Services will be 11:00 barnettfamilyfh.com doubled among people living 832-7151, or online at LJWorld.com/obits/policy/. within 10 miles of a casino.

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U.S. mulls Yemeni president’s request The Obama administration is considering whether to allow Yemen’s outgoing president into the United States for medical treatment, as fresh violence and political tensions flare in the strategically important Middle Eastern nation.

A senior administration official said President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s office requested that he be allowed to receive specialized treatment in the U.S. for injuries sustained in a June attack on his compound. The request was being considered and would only be approved for medical reasons, the official said.

Until now, the White House had not commented on Saleh’s assertion Saturday that he would be leaving Yemen and traveling to the U.S. Saleh insisted he was going in order to help calm tensions in his country, not for medical treatment.

The official, who requested anonymity because of a lack of authorization to speak publicly, did not say when the Obama administration would decide on Saleh’s request. But the official said Saleh’s office indicated that he would leave Yemen soon and spend time elsewhere abroad before he hoped to come to the U.S.

The Arab League sent monitors to Syria on Monday even though President Bashar Assad’s regime has only intensified its crackdown on dissent in the week since agreeing to the Arab plan to stop the bloodshed.

Activists say government forces have killed several hundred civilians in the past week. At least 23 more deaths were reported Monday from intense shelling in the center of the country, just hours before the first 60 monitors were to arrive. The opposition says thousands of government troops have been besieging the Baba Amr district of in the central city of Homs for days and the government is preparing a massive assault on the area.

France expressed strong concerns about the continued deterioration of the situation in Homs. Foreign Ministry spokesman Bernard Valero demanded Syrian authorities allow the Arab League observers immediate access to the city.

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New painkiller worries abuse experts Drug companies are working to develop a pure, more powerful version of the nation’s second mostabused medicine, which has addiction experts worried that it could spur a new wave of abuse.

The new pills contain the highly addictive painkiller hydrocodone, packing up to 10 times the amount of the drug as existing medications such as Vicodin. Four companies have begun patient testing, and one of them — Zogenix of San Diego — plans to apply early next year to begin marketing its product, Zohydro.

If approved, it would mark the first time patients could legally buy pure hydrocodone. Existing products combine the drug with nonaddictive painkillers such as acetaminophen.

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Helicopter crash kills doctor, technician A surgeon and technician from a Mayo Clinic in Florida flying across the northern corner of the state to retrieve a heart for transplant died Monday in a helicopter crash that also killed the pilot, officials said.

The helicopter departed the clinic in Jacksonville about 5:45 a.m. but never arrived at the Gainesville hospital, Shands at University of Florida, about 60 miles to the southwest, said Kathy Barbour, a spokeswoman for Mayo, which is based in Rochester, Minn.

Killed were heart surgeon Dr. Luis Bonilla, procurement technician David Hines and the pilot, whose name wasn’t released.

The heart they were going to pick up could not be used in another transplant because its viability expired, and the patient who had been scheduled to receive it is waiting for a new organ, Mayo Clinic spokesman Layne Smith said.

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Floods death toll rises to nearly 1,500 The death toll from flash floods that swept away entire villages in the southern Philippines climbed to nearly 1,500 on Tuesday, as authorities widened their search for bodies.

The Office of Civil Defense’s latest tally listed 891 dead in Cagayan de Oro and an additional 451 in nearby Iligan city. The rest came from several other provinces. Most of the dead are unidentified.

“The search will continue as long as we are recovering bodies,” said Civil Defense head Benito Ramos.

He said that decomposing remains were retrieved floating in the sea as far as 60 miles from the two cities where a Dec. 16 tropical storm unleashed more than a month’s worth of rainfall in 12 hours, sending walls of water gushing into homes.

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Arab League monitors head to Syria

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A GROUP OF FATHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN GATHER FOR A PLAY DATE Saturday, Dec. 10. Dads of Douglas County is organized to promote and support fatherhood by raising the awareness of the importance of being a father.

Program promotes dads’ involvement in kids’ lives

By Aaron Couch acouch@ljworld.com

A dozen smiling toddlers bang drums, ring bells and smack wooden blocks. It’s part of a monthly outing for children and their fathers, and today they are learning the joys of percussion.

“It’s just dads getting together to have fun with children,” says Jerome Marquez, his daughter peering out from behind his legs.

In August, the Douglas County Health Department hired Marquez as the first fulltime manager of Dads of Douglas County, a program that aims to get fathers more involved in their children’s lives. Marquez advises all types of dads, from those who have been married for years to the newly divorced.

Any father or male caregiver in the county can seek Marquez’s services for free.

Marquez gives seminars on diaper changing and fields several phone calls from dads seeking advice. Some dads just need tips on how to install

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Sometimes they think it’s going to be a horrible experience. It’s a challenge, obviously. But it’s a process.”

— Jerome Marquez, full-time manager of Dads of Douglas County, on getting men involved in their children’s lives. a car seat or what to prepare for a holiday meal. Others face more difficult challenges.

Marquez advises teen dads and makes monthly visits to the Douglas County Jail.

“We don’t talk about why they are there,” he says of the incarcerated fathers. “We just talk about their children. They like to talk about them.”

As a family support worker, Marquez is a man working in a field traditionally dominated by women. His co-workers say he helps make things more relatable for the health department’s male clients.

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TIPS FOR NEW FATHERS Get involved in your child’s health. During your child’s visit to the doctor, ask questions and learn the treatment plan. Many doctors tend to assume mothers will be the caretaker, so it is up to fathers to take an active role. “It is our responsibility as well because we are partners,” Marquez said.

Help mom out. Men should be involved in feeding infants, even if it’s just to provide moral support to their partners. “Dad should support Mom, getting her water, giving her a massage or something so she can feel more comfortable,” Marquez said.

Take care of yourself.

Bad things can happen when parents lose their cool, and a good portion of parental injuries to children are not intentional. If your baby is crying and you feel yourself becoming frustrated, put the baby down in a safe place, leave the room and cool off for a few minutes.

Expansion, renovations of Baker’s Mulvane Hall on track to be completed by end of next year BALDWIN CITY — Construction is beginning to take shape on an expanded and renovated Mulvane Hall, Baker University’s science and mathematics building.

The steel frame of the building addition should be visible after the first of the year, said Jeremy Portlock, director of the physical plant at Baker.

Renovations to the existing structure are proceeding as scheduled, and the building should be ready by summer.

“We expect to be able to move into the building by the

first day of classes on Aug. 22,” Portlock said. “Hopefully the weather holds out for us and stays good for us.”

A 9,000-square-foot addition is set to be open by the end of 2012. A greenhouse has been moved about 100 feet to the south from its original location to make room for the new space.

An anonymous couple donated $3.5 million in support of the $10.3 million project, which encompasses the renovation and new construction. Pat Long, Baker’s president, said at an October ceremony for the

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The new complex will be named the Ivan L. Boyd Center for Collaborative Science Education, at the request of the donors.

Boyd was a faculty member from 1941 to 1972 and had generations of his family attend and work at the university after his service on the faculty.

— Higher education reporter Andy Hyland can be reached at 832-6388. Follow him at Twitter.com/LJW_KU.

Hiring of new med school dean, strategic planning goals, fundraising on the agenda

By Andy Hyland ahyland@ljworld.com

Several major decisions are coming for Kansas University in 2012, as the school will look to hire a new dean of its School of Medicine, begin to see its strategic planning initiatives take shape and publicly launch a fundraising campaign.

KU Medical Center The year 2012 will be a particularly formative year for KU Medical Center. The KU Cancer Center will hear whether it has been approved for National Cancer Institute designation, for one. And KU will be searching for a new dean of its School of Medicine.

Now, Barbara Atkinson holds that role as well as the title of executive vice chancellor for KUMC. As the 69-year-old leader prepares to step aside from both roles, a new medical school dean will be hired Atkinson first and then a new executive vice chancellor later, in time to be in place by the time Atkinson fully retires in December 2013.

KU Chan- Gray-Little cellor Bernadette Gray-Little said a search committee is just beginning its work, and the chancellor hopes a dean will be in place

by July.

KU had planned to have a dean of a new School of Public Health in place by now, too, but a fundraising effort for that position has stalled.

As soon as the money is raised, KU will move forward, Gray-Little said. She said she hoped the opportunity to serve as the inaugural dean of a school would increase the level of interest in the position, as it did with KU’s School of Music, which hired its first full-time dean in July 2010.

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Kansas Highway Patrol troopers and Leavenworth County medical crews were busy Monday morning dealing with multiple accidents on Interstate 70 east of the Tonganoxie and Eudora exit.

A dispatcher said that at 12:15 p.m., troopers reported the highway was clear. No major injuries were reported, she said.

Drivers reported the crashes were causing traffic problems between the Tonganoxie and Eudora exit and the Kansas Turnpike’s eastern terminal, which is 13 miles east of Lawrence.

Witnesses driving in the area reported seeing an accident near Bonner Springs in the eastbound lane where a vehicle went off the road.

Several other accidents were reported on and off the highway west of there, possibly with vehicles rear-ending each other. Drivers via Twitter reported slick conditions on bridges Monday morning east of Lawrence.

A 31-year-old Ankeny, Iowa, man, Cristo Hinojos, was injured at 9:45 a.m. in one crash a mile west of the turnpike’s eastern terminal when

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Shawn Stetson, spiritual adviser, Cru at KU, Lawrence “Somebody who’s selfless — willing to put children first.

And someone who’s not just looking out for now but also for their children’s long-term well-being.”

Laura Heim, bartender, Lawrence “It takes a lot to be a good dad. The main thing is just to be there and to be a teacher and a supporter.”

“He is a dad, and he knows what it’s like,” said Jenn Preston, a colleague at the health department. She has taken Marquez along on home visits to families as a way to make fathers feel more comfortable.

“That’s going to engage and make it more real (for other men), other than us just saying ‘we’re father-friendly,’” Preston said.

Marquez encounters many men who want to be involved in their children’s lives but simply don’t know how.

Many new fathers worry about the months of diaper changing and sleepless nights ahead.

“Sometimes they think it’s going to be a horrible experience. It’s a challenge, obviously. But it’s a process,” Marquez said.

A father’s instinct There are pages of statistics detailing how fathers, and their absences, affect children. Children without a father in the home are five times more likely to live in poverty and twice as likely to suffer from neglect.

Children who do live with a father are more likely to get better grades and less likely

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• A Kansas University housekeeper interrupted a West Campus lab burglary last week, as KU police say a man was attempting to steal computers from Smissman Research Laboratories, 2099 Constant Ave. According to the police report, the suspect entered the building about 4:50 a.m.

Thursday and attempted the theft, but the staff member who was in the building startled the suspect, who then fled the area.

Police recovered the computers, which were valued at $1,600, and the incident is still under investigation.

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HOSPITAL BIRTHS Kevin and Kelli Morgan, Lawrence, a boy, Monday.

PUMP PATROL Erika Hicks, mental health technician, Lawrence “A dad who spends quality time with children and somebody who accepts them for who they are — someone loving and caring.”

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a 2006 Pontiac car driven by Clayton Swann, 22, of Port Richey, Fla., rear-ended his 2006 Lexus.

In separate incidents, two others were injured in accidents one and two miles from the Lawrence service station.

A passenger of Marsha A. Smarker of Kansas City, Kan., 58-year-old Michael J. Whitfield, was injured in a 2005 Chevrolet SUV at 9:27 a.m. According to Kansas Turnpike Authority records, Smarker lost control of the SUV because of icy conditions and hit a barrier at milepost 210, one mile east of the Turnpike’s Lawrence service station.

Mary Ann St. John, 34, of Topeka, was injured in yet another single-car accident one mile further east, at milepost 211, at 10 a.m. when she lost control of her 2002 Toyota and struck the barrier.

A KTA official said Monday night that no one was transported from the scene for medical attention in all three accidents and none of the accidents occurred in Douglas County.

— Reporter George Diepenbrock can be reached at 832-7144.

Reporter Alex Garrison contributed to this story.

to be involved with drugs or crime later in life.

But statistics do not tell the story of the simple things fathers do. Men tend to be the ones playfully tossing children up into the air, who are willing to let go of the bike when the training wheels come off, and let their children learn they can accomplish things on their own. Those things build confidence.

“We always talk about mom instinct, but there is a dad instinct, too,” Preston said. “You don’t have all the answers, but trust your instinct.”

Men even tend to hold babies differently. Rather than cradle them to the chest, as women do, they are more likely to hold babies at a distance, looking into their faces. Neither way is better.

They are just different.

“Children need to have a variety of stimulation in their lives,” Preston said. “Dads give that.”

Marquez said the point of his program is to show fathers how they can do the best they can for their children.

“If we work and help our children to be good citizens, if we teach them good values and morals, they can make the difference,” he said.

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tigating a small fire in a west Lawrence home and considering the possibility it may have been started intentionally.

Police were called to an unoccupied home in the 3100 block of Creekwood Drive just about 5 p.m. after a neighbor reported suspicious activity believed to be related to someone trying to set fire to the house.

Division chief Joe Hoelscher said at 8 p.m. Monday that the investigation was ongoing and not likely to come to any conclusions until at least today.

The fire was out at the time crews arrived, Hoelscher said.

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Strategic planning Four main areas will be among the first to be addressed in KU’s strategic planning process on the Lawrence campus: ! General education requirements. Provost Jeff Vitter said KU will be looking to drastically reduce its general education requirements, from the current 72 hours to something in the 30s, 40s or 50s.

About 40 would put Vitter KU in line with its peer institutions, he said. Fewer general education requirements would free up students to pursue double majors or other experiential learning opportunities, such as study abroad or service learning, Vitter said. The new curriculum also will likely allow students to replace certain courses with those kinds of experiences.

“One key starting difference is that the curriculum is directly linked with our goals,” he said. ! Recruiting new students. KU will redesign its admission requirements to fit with a directive from the Kansas Board of Regents. KU unveiled a new scholarship plan last summer, offering potential recruits a series of new, renewable scholarships.

This resulted in a much bigger applicant pool than the previous year. In the beginning part of 2012, KU will be working to retain as many of those students as possible, Vitter said. ! Elevating doctoral education. In many ways, Vitter said, this issue is one of available funding. More money for

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doctoral education will mean more teaching assistant and research assistant positions available, which will increase the number of graduate students who will enroll. KU will look in a number of directions to find that funding.

Private funding is one way.

An effort led by the Huron Consulting Group to find efficiencies this previous year is another.

“We’re looking to Huron to find ways to reinvest in our priorities,” Vitter said. “And certainly, this is a priority.” ! Launching new research initiatives. KU is focusing on four key research strategic initiatives that provide areas of focus for KU’s research directions. Vitter said the initiatives are designed to address the “grand challenges” of society. He said the initiatives will drive faculty hiring in the future.

announce the goal for the campaign and the amount raised to date.”

He said after the event, campaign officials hoped to “energize our constituencies in a more public fashion.”

Volunteer committee work on identifying goals and other objectives for the campaign will continue to increase in 2012, Seuferling said.

Even though the campaign will be publicly launched in April 2012, it will actually be nearly half-completed by then. It has been operating in its so-called “silent phase” since July 2008, Seuferling said.

The endowment association will hope to continue the momentum after the public launch, too, and will be conducting a series of events around the state and country in support of the new campaign, he said.

Fundraising campaign The year 2012 will be a big one for KU’s eight-year comprehensive fundraising campaign, Far Above: The Campaign for Kansas, said Dale Seuferling, president of the KU Endowment Association.

“2012 represents the formal public kickoff for the campaign,” he said, referring to the April event. “We will

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The email that arrived at Virginia Tech’s health center in November 2007 was detailed and unmistakably ominous. It concerned a Tech senior named Daniel Kim and came from an acquaintance at another college.

“Daniel has been acting very suicidal recently, purchasing a $200 pistol, and claiming he’ll go through with it,” the email read, adding details of a reported previous suicide atDaniel Kim tempt with pills. “This is not a joke.”

By the time Virginia Tech told Daniel’s father, William Kim, about that email, it was too late.

‘A terrible feeling’ A few weeks after it was sent to the school, he spoke with his son for the last time, Daniel indicating all was well and after final exams he’d be home for the holidays.

A few days after that, parked in his car outside a Target store near campus, Daniel fatally shot himself in the head.

“If I’d known, I could have taken him to doctors, get him on medication, make him normal again,” William Kim, who owns a Washington, D.C., convenience store, said in a recent telephone interview, grief still echoing in his voice four years after the fact.

Virginia Tech’s actions were all the more confounding coming just months after the murder-suicide rampage on the same campus by another student, Seung Hui Cho, which had supposedly prompted campuses nationwide to rethink their previous emphasis on confidentiality in treating troubled students.

“Who is going to take better care of him than his parents?” Kim said. “I never had the chance to do anything for him. That’s a terrible feeling.”

In an agreement finalized by a judge last month in a multimillion-dollar lawsuit brought by the family, the Kims settled with Virginia Tech for $250,000, plus an endowed scholarship in Daniel’s name. But William Kim also insisted that the agreement include language requiring Virginia Tech to notify parents of a poten-

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WILLIAM KIM IS PICTURED THURSDAY in Washington, D.C. His son Daniel Kim committed suicide in 2007 while attending college at Virginia Tech. The issue of when colleges should notify parents their adult children may be suicidal remains fraught with legal, medical and ethical dilemmas. College policies, state laws and professional codes of conduct vary widely, and occasionally conflict. tially suicidal student unless dence if someone is really sick, it documents a reason not to that involving family in their do so. treatment planning, the medication, helping them stay on Seeking policy changes track, are really good things to The university, which ad- do,” said Greg Eells, director mits no fault, maintains the of counseling and psychologilanguage reflects policies al- cal services at Cornell Univerready in place there under a sity in New York, which has 2008 state law, and wouldn’t changed several policies to have made a difference for make notifying parents more Daniel Kim anyway. It con- common. “I think the (Virgintinues to insist that, after ia Tech settlement) is kind of sending local police to check affirming that.” on the student, and despite But many remain wary of the detailed email, it had no top-down pressure on counreason to believe he was ac- selors to notify parents as the tively suicidal and thus didn’t default option, even if such need to notify his family. policies are well-intentioned But the family’s attorney, and allow exceptions. Many Gary Mims, insists the settle- students have just passing ment goes further than the thoughts of suicide. Also, relastate law, which applies only tionships with parents may be to students treated by univer- part of the problem. Involvsity mental health services. ing them too readily might Now, he says, Virginia Tech discourage some people from must at least consider notify- getting help, or complicate ing parents if it receives an treatment once they do. indication from any source “The less flexibility we a student may be suicidal. have, it actually compromisSeveral experts described it es care,” said Mary-Jeanne as among the strongest such Raleigh, director of counselpolicies in the country. ing services at St. Mary’s ColThe issue of when colleges lege in Maryland and presishould notify parents their dent of ACCA, the American adult children may be suicid- College Counseling Assoal remains fraught with legal, ciation. Overly rigid policies medical and ethical dilem- mean, she said, “I can’t remas. College policies, state view what is best for the inlaws and professional codes dividual standing in front of of conduct vary widely — me because the law is saying and occasionally conflict. you have to x, y and z.”

Suicide is the second leading Involving family cause of death for college stuSome mental health pro- dents, behind automobile accifessionals call the Virginia dents. A 2010 survey of counTech settlement the latest seling center directors found step in a trend they welcome: at least 133 college students had Threats to safety increas- taken their lives in the previingly take precedence over ous year. The better indicator preserving confidentiality. is probably the rate, estimated They emphasize that in many at about 6 to 7.5 per 100,000 — cases, involving parents is though that’s only about half not only right, but helpful. the suicide rate for similarly “There’s some good evi- aged people not in college.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy will grow faster in 2012 — if it isn’t knocked off track by upheavals in Europe, according to an Associated Press survey of leading economists.

Unemployment will barely fall from the current 8.6 percent rate, though, by the time President Barack Obama runs for re-election in November, the economists say.

The three dozen private, corporate and academic economists expect the economy to grow 2.4 percent next year. In 2011, it likely grew less than 2 percent.

The year is ending on an upswing. The economy has generated at least 100,000 new jobs for five months in a row — the longest such streak since 2006.

The number of people applying for unemployment benefits has dropped to the

lowest level since April 2008.

The trend suggests that layoffs have all but stopped and hiring could pick up.

And the economy avoided a setback when President Barack Obama signed legislation Friday extending a Social Security tax cut that was to expire at year’s end. But Congress could agree only on a two-month extension.

The economists surveyed Dec. 14-20 expect the country to create 177,000 jobs a month through Election Day 2012. That would be up from an average 132,000 jobs a month so far in 2011.

Dean Maki, chief U.S. economist at Barclays Capital, says the U.S. economy remains vulnerable to an outside shock. A big threat is the risk that Europe’s debt crisis will trigger a worldwide credit freeze like the one that hit Wall Street in late 2008.

A shock to the U.S. economy, he says, might not be as dangerous if it were growing at a healthier 4 percent to 5

percent annual pace. But when growth is stuck at 2 percent or 3 percent, a major global crisis could stall job creation and raise unemployment.

Beyond Europe, troubles in other areas could also upset the U.S. economy next year, the economists say. Congressional gridlock ahead of the 2012 elections and unforeseen global events, like this year’s Arab Spring protests, could slow the U.S. economy. Three economists said rising nuclear tensions with Iran are a concern.

Even without an outside jolt, the economists expect barely enough job creation in 2012 to stay ahead of population growth and the return of discouraged workers into the labor force.

U.S. markets were closed Monday in observance of the Christmas holiday.

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BRIEFLY man Sgt. Robert Eberling said the shooter showed up in the costume shortly before gunfire erupted and that the family FORT WAYNE, IND. — A appeared to have been opening missing 9-year-old Indiana girl Christmas presents. Police rehas been found dead, and the sponding to a 911 call found four family friend who was watchfemales and three males dead. ing her before she disappeared They also found two handguns. was charged Monday night Investigators worked with murder, authorities said. through Sunday night and into Allen County sheriff’s Monday morning, meticuspokesman Cpl. Jeremy Tinkel lously searching the apartment said investigators found the where the bodies were found, body of Aliahna Lemmon in the along with vehicles parked county, but he wouldn’t say outside. Police said they bewhere. He also said 39-yearlieve the victims were related, old Mike Plumadore was “interthough some were visiting and viewed by police and taken didn’t live in the apartment. into custody at 9 p.m. and charged with murder.”

Kim Jong Un meets Plumadore, who had been watching Aliahna and her siswith S. Korea delegation ters before she was reported PYONGYANG, NORTH KOmissing late Friday, is schedREA — North Korea’s next uled to appear in court today. leader burnished his diplomatic Earlier Monday, FBI agents skills, solemnly welcoming a descended on the rundown private South Korean mournmobile home park in Fort Wayne where Aliahna lived. It’s ing delegation and offering his thanks, as state media called a known haven for registered sex offenders, though PlumaKim Jong Un a “sagacious” dore isn’t on Indiana’s regisleader and revealed a new title tered sex offenders list. He has that gives him authority over a criminal record in Florida and political matters.

North Carolina that includes Kim has rapidly gained convictions for trespassing and prominence since the death of assault. his father, Kim Jong Il, on Dec. 17, and his brief meeting with group led by a former South Man who killed 6, self aKorean first lady and a promiwas in Santa suit nent business leader shows Seoul that he is assured in his GRAPEVINE, TEXAS — Police new role. in a quiet Fort Worth suburb State media have showered worked Monday to piece Kim with new titles. On Montogether a family history after day, the main Rodong Sinmun a man dressed in a Santa Claus newspaper described him as suit apparently shot six relahead of the Central Committee tives and himself on Christmas. of the Workers’ Party — a post Grapevine police spokesthat appears to make him the

Missing 9-year-old girl found dead

top official in the ruling party.

That came two days after the North referred to him as “supreme leader” of the 1.2 millionstrong armed forces and said the military’s top leaders had pledged their loyalty to him.

FBI shooting range popular deer hangout QUANTICO, VA. — The 547acre FBI Academy, where some of the nation’s best marksmen fire off more than 1 million bullets every month, happens to be one of the safest places for deer during hunting season.

The property on the Marine Corps base in Quantico, Va., is home to some of the FBI’s most elite forces and training programs as well as a de facto wildlife refuge where deer, fox, wild turkeys, groundhogs and vultures roam fearless and free.

In recent years, a black bear was spotted running across a parking lot, and a groundhog cornered an FBI agent coming out of the cafeteria, hoping to score some human food, FBI spokesman Kurt Crawford said. Turkey vultures are often seen perched atop the 500,000-square-foot national crime lab where the FBI analyzes evidence, including the remains of the former al-Qaida leader in Iraq.

The wild animals are as much a fixture at the academy as the hostage rescue team and criminal profilers.

The most common furry friends on the sprawling campus some 30 miles outside Washington are the deer, a regular at the shooting ranges, driving courses and physical training trails.

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Enforcement issue Complaints at a local recycling business point out the need for the city to clean up its enforcement policy.

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here is a mess at 12th and Haskell in east Lawrence.

The property is the site of the 12th and Haskell Recycling Center, so a certain amount of mess is expected. Metal, scrapped cars, cardboard, paper, glass and all sorts of materials awaiting recycling are stored at the site. A good deal of the material is stored outside, just across the street from a long-established neighborhood.

But the mess at 12th and Haskell goes deeper than what can be seen by the naked eye. The situation also reveals problems with the city’s system of enforcing various codes aimed at making Lawrence a more livable community.

In February 2010, neighbors across the street from the recycling center filed a complaint with the city alleging excessive noise, litter, noxious fumes, and several other issues. More than 22 months later, the complaint still hasn’t been resolved to anyone’s satisfaction.

At a recent Lawrence City Commission meeting, residents of the adjacent neighborhood presented compelling video and audio evidence of how great a nuisance the 12th and Haskell Recycling Center had become.

It portrayed a business that produces industrial noise that can be heard inside homes, burning activity that produces plumes of black smoke, smashed vehicles piled up so high that not even a privacy fence screens them from view, and several other sights and sounds that no one would want as a neighbor.

Parts of this case are complicated. The property is zoned for residential use, but there are legitimate questions about whether the recycling center should be allowed to operate under a grandfather clause in the city’s zoning code. However, there are parts of this case that seem relatively simple. Regulations about noise, improperly stored materials, open flames and other such issues would apply to the property regardless of the zoning.

Several city commissioners said they were surprised that the city’s codes enforcement staff allowed the property to reach its current condition.

Perhaps they shouldn’t have been. The city has had instances before where they’ve let noncompliant facilities exist for too long.

The most prominent example is the former MagnaGro facility in eastern Lawrence. The city took the extraordinary step of disconnecting the business from city water and sewer service because of evidence that the company was illegally dumping toxic materials in the city’s sewer system. But then the city continued to allow the business to operate without city services for three years in violation of the city’s code. The city did not force the business to vacate the premises until a fatal industrial accident drew public attention to the site.

The problem here is not that the city’s staff is unwilling to enforce the code. The city has dedicated employees who take such matters seriously, but they need clear direction from city commissioners about what enforcement strategy is expected.

The city’s staff has taken the approach of trying to work with property owners and businesses accused of violating city codes.

That approach has merit, but it certainly can lead to individuals taking advantage of the system and neighbors being forced to endure a bad situation for longer than necessary.

City commissioners should have a formal discussion about their expectations for code enforcement, and the timeliness of such enforcement. These matters are always going to be contentious and produce a certain amount of mess. But they should not be allowed to drag on for two years or longer.

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From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for Dec. 27, 1911: “Did you ever walk north on the south side of Tennessee street where it YEARS intersects with Berkeley [currently AGO 10th] street, after night when the elecIN 1911 tric light is turned on? Ever notice a peculiar shadow cast on the sidewalk just as you pass the intersecting one to the east? …

Look carefully at the base of the big elm tree that stands on the southwest corner and you will notice some peculiarly shaped roots that are uncovered with earth, the latter having been taken away when the sidewalk was put in. If you followed the shadow cast by the light in the street from these roots you will immediately be struck with the likeness to a human face cast on the sidewalk. ... a perfect likeness to that of the pictures we see today of Abraham Lincoln. The roots about the base of the tree bear no resemblance to the shadow whatever, and it is only by the shadow that they cast that one is attracted to stop and look and marvel. The face is perfect.”

— Compiled by Sarah St. John

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Latin America growing, but fiesta is over A key U.N. think tank that has been very bullish about Latin America in recent years is sounding a little less optimistic about the region’s economies for 2012. As we have been cautioning in this column for some time now, the fiesta may be over.

According to a new study by the U.N. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, the region’s economies grew by 4.3 percent in 2011, and are projected to grow by 3.7 percent in 2012. Not bad, but not great either.

In its annual Preliminary Overview report released Wednesday, ECLAC made the following forecasts for the coming year: !"Argentina’s Gross Domestic Product grew 9 percent this year and is likely to slow to 4.8 percent in 2012. !"Brazil’s economy grew by 2.9 percent this year and is projected to grow by 3.5 percent in 2012. !"Chile’s economy grew by 6.3 percent this year and is likely to grow by 4.2 percent in 2012. !" Colombia’s economy grew by 5.5 percent this year and is expected to grow by 4.5 percent in 2012. !"Cuba’s economy grew by 2.5 percent this year and is expected to grow by the same percentage in 2012. !"Ecuador’s economy grew by 8 percent this year and is likely to grow by 5 percent in 2012. !" Haiti, which grew by 4.5 percent this year, is likely to grow by 8 percent in 2012. !" Mexico’s economy, which grew by 4 percent this year, is

Andres Oppenheimer aoppenheimer@miamiherald.com

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What’s much more worrying, frustrating, and ominous, is that with a few exceptions … most South American countries have been wasting their commodity exports bonanza in a consumption fiesta.”

expected to grow by 3.3 percent in 2012. !" Panama’s economy is likely to slow from 10.5 percent this year to 6.5 percent in 2012. !" Peru’s economic growth is projected to slow from 7 percent this year, to 5 percent in 2012. !" Venezuela’s economy, which grew by 4.2 percent this year, is likely to grow by 3 percent in 2012.

According to the report, Latin America’s economic growth may slow even more than currently projected if Europe’s fi-

nancial crisis worsens.

ECLAC’s new estimate is in sharp contrast with claims by several Latin American leaders in recent months that their countries were immune to effects of the 2008 crisis in the United States and Europe. High international commodity prices, triggered by rising purchases by China and India, had created a feeling of triumphalism in several South American capitals. Even Standard and Poor’s, the credit rating agency, echoed such optimism in a webcast early this year that suggested that 2011 could mark “the dawn of the Latin American decade.”

My opinion: By itself, the slight decline in ECLAC’s projections for next year’s economic growth in the region shouldn’t be cause for alarm. The region’s economies, although they are beginning to lose steam, will keep growing at higher rates than the industrialized world.

What’s much more worrying, frustrating, and ominous, is that with a few exceptions — such as Chile, and to some extent Brazil — most South American countries have been wasting their commodity exports bonanza in a consumption fiesta. Instead, they should be using their extra income to improve their disastrous education standards and become more competitive in the global economy.

We’re living in a global knowledge economy, where small countries like Singapore, which have no natural resources, have much higher per-capita incomes

than commodity-rich countries, thanks to their obsession with raising education standards.

And by virtually all measures — including the PISA tests of 15-year-old students — South American countries are lagging increasingly farther behind.

It’s time for international economic research groups to change their measuring standards and create a new measurement that could be called the Gross Education Product (GEP) that should be calculated annually alongside the existing Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

If they keep focusing just on the GDP, which measures countries’ total economic activity, they will never make a longterm dent in poverty reduction because the only way to lift people from poverty in the long run is by giving them a good quality education that will allow them to access well paying jobs. If Latin America wants to stop being the world’s most unequal region, it has to provide high-quality education to the poor.

So here’s my year-end proposition for international economic think tanks: create a Gross Education Product, so that next year — at this time — you can give us both GDP and GEP figures. Both should go together.

The current measuring standard is too shortsighted and leads countries to forget focusing on what matters most.

— Andres Oppenheimer is a Latin America correspondent for the Miami Herald.

Republicans in Ron Paul denial in Iowa

By John Kass Chicago Tribune

With the Iowa presidential caucuses just a few days away, the Republican establishment is busy with some frightening new themes, like: What happens in Iowa stays in Iowa.

Or: Who cares what happens in Iowa — if anything — anyway?

My personal favorite comes direct from the unyielding mind of Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad, a Republican who insists that American voters don’t care which candidate wins the Iowa caucuses Jan. 3.

“People are going to look at who comes in second and who comes in third,” said Branstad. “If (Mitt) Romney comes in a strong second, it definitely helps him going into New Hampshire and other states.”

Losing Iowa helps in New Hampshire? So it’s not winning that counts, its losing? What the?

Is he high?

Just what the devil is wrong with the Republican bigwigs these days? Their minds can’t be besotted by Hopium. That’s a liberal

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I’m not endorsing Paul here.

But you’d have to be blind not to see Republican bosses in panic.

Because if Paul wins Iowa, his ideas might catch fire.”

Democratic leaf for Democratic pipes depressed that Chicago’s City Hall has run the country into the ground. So Republicans must be smoking something else, something just as potent: Dopium, a leaf so powerful that it allowed many Republicans to call themselves “conservatives” while embracing a series of big government programs and federal bailouts from the Bush administration, not to mention two wars.

These days, Gov. Branstad isn’t alone. The entire Republican establishment is babbling similar nonsense about the importance of being earnest and a loser in Iowa.

Meanwhile, the Republican-media high priests — yes, the GOP has its own hierarchs — are now in full-throated roar. From the secular pulpits they predict unending torment and Obamanation for anyone foolish enough to embrace the current heretical teachings.

And the name of this heretic?

Ron Paul, the Texas congressman and libertarian who is leading most polls in Iowa with a message of cutting government, including the defense budget, and staying out of wars.

The problem isn’t that he’s saying it. Paul has been consistent for years. The problem

for the GOP establishment is that the American people are now listening. And this threatens the coalition that can put Karl Rove and Wall Street and the Religious Right at the same table to slice the pie of power.

Republicans sure changed their minds about Mitt Romney, a moderate who yearns to be conservative during party primaries.

Republicans pegged him for what he is: a corporate stiff, every hair in place, who’ll run left the second he secures the nomination. Tim Pawlenty? Just another can of Spam. Rick Perry stuck both boots in his mouth and kept them there. It’s a wonder he has any lips left.

Michele Bachmann had her troubles with American history, and Rick Santorum seems ready to punch anyone who won’t let him attack Iran tomorrow morning. And Herman Cain? With so many “girlfriend” stories buzzing around him, he was tagged on the Internet with an M.C. Hammer-type parody theme song: “Cain Touched This.”

Now it’s Newt Gingrich’s turn to drop his blossoms. What was it exactly? Was it that $1.6 million chunk that his consulting firm took from federal mortgage giant Freddie Mac as it was getting a massive federal bailout? Or that pledge of marital fidelity he signed the other day, suggesting that his oath to his third wife wasn’t nearly enough?

Since August, the media has desperately avoided mentioning Paul, a fact noted during the summer in a hilarious rip by liberal

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I’m not endorsing Paul here. But you’d have to be blind not to see Republican bosses in panic. Because if Paul wins Iowa, his ideas might catch fire. And then the bosses won’t be able to feed as easily.

Once there was no more amusing sight for me than watching Democratic mouthpieces appearing on TV, claiming then-Sen. Barack Obama, D-Rezko, — backed by all those guys from Chicago’s City Hall — would bring hope and change as he transcended the broken politics of America’s past.

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Partly sunny

Mild with partial sunshine

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Mostly sunny and mild

High 44° Low 21° POP: 0%

High 48° Low 27° POP: 5%

High 56° Low 32° POP: 0%

High 56° Low 25° POP: 5%

High 53° Low 26° POP: 10%

Wind NW 8-16 mph

Wind WSW 6-12 mph

Wind WSW 8-16 mph

Wind WNW 12-25 mph

Wind SSW 10-20 mph

POP: Probability of Precipitation

Kearney 39/21

McCook 42/18 Oberlin 42/19 Goodland 43/20

Beatrice 39/23

Oakley 42/20

Manhattan 46/18 Topeka 43/23

Russell Salina 42/21 47/23

Emporia 44/23

Great Bend 42/22 Dodge City 46/23

Chillicothe 40/24 Marshall 42/27

Kansas City 43/29 Lawrence Kansas City 42/26 44/21

Sedalia 44/26

Nevada 46/25

Chanute 46/23

Hutchinson 48/21 Wichita Pratt 45/25 51/25

Garden City 44/21 Liberal 47/21

Centerville 36/24

St. Joseph 41/21

Sabetha 40/22

Concordia 41/23 Hays 42/21

Clarinda 38/21

Lincoln 41/20

Grand Island 39/22

Springfield 47/25

Coffeyville Joplin 50/24 47/27

Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.

LAWRENCE ALMANAC Through 8 p.m. Monday.

Temperature High/low Normal high/low today Record high today Record low today

50°/18° 38°/19° 72° in 1946 -6° in 2000

Precipitation in inches 24 hours through 8 p.m. yest.

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trace 2.99 1.41 29.40 39.70

SUN & MOON Today

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9:35 a.m.

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Today Wed. Today Wed. Cities Hi Lo W Hi Lo W Cities Hi Lo W Hi Lo W 51 29 pc Atchison 43 20 s 47 26 pc Independence 48 24 s 46 18 s 49 25 pc Belton 42 26 s 46 30 pc Fort Riley 42 27 s 46 30 pc Burlington 45 23 s 49 28 pc Olathe 48 32 pc Coffeyville 50 24 s 51 29 pc Osage Beach 45 25 s 43 23 s 48 27 pc Concordia 41 23 pc 46 31 pc Osage City Ottawa 42 24 s 46 29 pc Dodge City 46 23 s 51 27 s 45 25 s 50 27 pc Holton 43 23 s 48 27 pc Wichita Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.

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Detroit 39/21

Washington 47/39

Kansas City 42/26

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New York City was hit by its biggest 24-hour snowstorm on Dec. 26 and 27, 1947. The accumulation was more than 26 inches in Central Park and 26 inches at Newark, N.J.

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Kansas Star Casino opens near Mulvane MULVANE — The opening of the second state-owned casino in Kansas was a big draw on the day after Christmas.

KAKE-TV reported that more than 200 people were waiting in line before the doors of the Kansas Star Casino opened at 8 a.m. Monday. By 11 a.m., more than 3,000 people had visited the casino about nine miles south of Wichita.

The casino is on the Kansas Turnpike at the Mulvane exit. The building that opened Monday is actually an interim casino, with 1,310 slot machines, 32 gaming tables and three food venues.

A permanent casino that will be 70 percent larger is expected to open in 2015. The current casino will then be converted into an events and equestrian center.

Dodge City’s Boot Hill Casino and Resort was the first state-owned casino to open in Kansas. The third, Hollywood Casino at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kan., will open next year. Its target opening date is in February.

Red Dog’s Dog Days winter workout, 6 a.m., Allen Fieldhouse, Enter through the south doors and meet on the southeast corner of the second floor.

Lawrence City Commission meeting, 9 a.m., City Hall, 6 E. Sixth St. Lawrence Masonic Center blood drive, 2:30-5:30 p.m., 1301 E. 25th St. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Douglas County, 5:15 p.m., 536 Fireside Court, Suite B. Information meeting for prospective volunteers.

For more information, call 843-7359.

Lonnie Ray’s open jam session, 6 p.m. to 10 p.m., Slow Ride Roadhouse, 1350 N. Third St. Free swing dancing lessons and dance, 8-11 p.m., Ecumenical Campus Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave. Poker Night, 8 p.m., Applebee’s, 2520 Iowa.

Trivia Night at the Jayhawker, 8-10 p.m., Eldridge Hotel, 701 Mass.

Teller’s Family Night, 746 Mass., 9 p.m.-midnight Tuesday Night Karaoke, 9 p.m., Wayne & Larry’s Sports Bar & Grill, 933 Iowa.

Live jazz at The Casbah, 9 p.m., 803 Mass.

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Come listen to the singer/ songwriter’s mix of folk, blues, country and punk as he turns 30 while visiting from his new home in New Mexico. Expect great laughs from local stand-up comedienne Maggie Allen, and finish up the night with a birthday dance party from veteran Lawrence DJ Alan Paul. The show starts at 10 p.m.

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Big Brothers Big Sisters of Douglas County, noon, 536 Fireside Court, Suite B. Information meeting for prospective volunteers. For more information, call 8437359.

Conroy’s Trivia, 7:30 p.m., Conroy’s Pub, 3115 W. Sixth St. Dark Times at The Granada with Jay Maus, 8 p.m., The Granada, 1020 Mass.

Free salsa lessons, 8:309:30 p.m., Taste Lounge, 804 W. 24th St. Pride Night, 9 p.m., Wilde’s Chateau, 2412 Iowa.

Dollar Bowling, 9:30 p.m., Royal Crest Lanes, 933 Iowa.

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Red Dog’s Dog Days winter workout, 6 a.m., Allen Fieldhouse, Enter through the south doors and meet on the southeast corner of the second floor.

Blood Drive, 2-5:30 p.m., Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt. Theology on Tap, discussion of a selected religion topic, 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., Henry’s, 11 E. Eighth St. Junkyard Jazz Band, 7 p.m., American Legion, 3408 W. Sixth St. Poker Night, 8 p.m., Applebee’s, 2520 Iowa.

Team trivia, 9 p.m., Johnny’s West, 721 Wakarusa Drive.

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Te Parti, 6 p.m.-2 a.m., Bourgeois Pig, 6 E. Ninth St. Wapána: “balanced good life,” photography by Brett Ramey, 6-9 p.m., Global Cafe, 820 Mass.

Final Friday Pre-New Year’s Eve Party, 7 p.m., 1109 Gallery, 1109 Mass.

Open mic poetry night at The Mirth Café, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., 745 N.H.

Josh Vowell & the Rumble, 9 p.m., Slow Ride Roadhouse, 1350 N. Third St.

31 SATURDAY

Red Dog’s Dog Days, 7:30 a.m., meet in strip mall at 19th Street and Haskell Avenue.

Americana Music Academy Saturday Jam, 3 p.m., Americana Music Academy, 1419 Mass.

The Crumpletons New Year’s at Nine, 7-9:30 p.m., 10 p.m., the Jazzhaus, 926 1/2 Mass.

1 SUNDAY

Poker tournament, 7 p.m., Johnny’s Tavern, 410 N. Second St. Smackdown! trivia, 8 p.m., The Bottleneck, 737 N.H. Acoustic Open Mic Night, free entry, signup at 9 p.m., The Casbah, 803 Mass.

Karaoke Sunday, 11 p.m., The Bottleneck, 737 N.H.

ONGOING

The Territorial Capital Museum Christmas display, with three floors of vintage Christmas decorations including 21 trees with various period decorations; 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday, through Jan. 1, 640 E. Woodson Ave., Lecompton.

Watkins Community Museum of History exhibit: “It Happened on Mass Street: 150 Years in Lawrence,” featuring historic photographs and objects illustrating the growth of downtown Lawrence, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Tuesday through Saturday, 1047 Mass.

Freedom’s Frontier exhibit, Wednesday-Saturday,

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!" and counting ... .he !"th wedding anniversary of 7ean and Charles :;kie= Snedeger, Lawrence, was celebrated with a family dinner Aug. DE at LongForn Steakhouse in Lawrence. .hey were married Aug. DE, DH44, in ValleKo, Calif. ;kie was in the L.S. Navy and had a "N-hour pass before shipping out for overseas duty during World War II. .he couple didnRt see each other again for nearly a year and a half. .heir daughter, Sonnie Semberling, submitted the photo.

10 a.m.-4 p.m., Sunday, 1-4 p.m., Carnegie Building, 200 W. Ninth St. Lawrence Arts Center exhibits: Yesnomaybe Exhibition, collaborative works by Kristi Arnold, Eric Conrad and Yoonmi Nam, through Jan. 14; Lived: Living, works by Isadora Stowe and Jordan Schranz, through Jan. 14; Learning is Remembering, works

by Amber Hansen, through Jan. 14; Constellation, an aerial installation by Juniper Tangpuz; 9 a.m.-9 p.m.

Monday-Saturday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, 940 N.H. Lawrence Public Library storytimes for December: German storytime, 4 p.m.

Tuesdays; Toddler storytime, 9:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays and Fridays; Library storytime, 10:30 a.m.

Tuesdays, 7 p.m. Thursdays, 10:30 a.m. Fridays; Storytime in Spanish and English, 10:30 a.m. Saturdays; Family storytime, 3:30 p.m. Sundays; Books & Babies, 10:30 a.m. Mondays and 9:30 a.m., 10:10 a.m. and 10:40 a.m.

Wednesdays, 707 Vt. Lawrence Public Library teen programs for December: Monday Movies for Teens, 4 p.m. Mondays; Wii Olympics for Teens, 7 p.m.

Tuesdays; Gaming with the Pro, 3 p.m. Wednesdays; Teen Zone Cafe, 4 p.m.

Fridays; Teen tutoring, 3 p.m.

Sundays, 707 Vt. Lawrence Public Library bookmobile schedule (open to the public): 9-10 a.m. Monday, Prairie Commons, 5121 Congressional Circle; 10:30-11:30 a.m. Monday, Babcock Place, 1700 Mass.; 9-10 a.m. Wednesday, Brandon Woods, 1501 Inverness Drive; 10:30-11:30 a.m.

Wednesday, Presbyterian Manor, 1429 Kasold Drive; 1-2 p.m. Wednesday, Drury Place, 1510 Andrews Drive; 11:15-noon Friday, Vermont Towers, 1101 Vt.; 1:30-2:30 p.m. Friday, Peterson Acres, 2930 Peterson Road.

Spencer Museum of Art exhibits: Passages: Persistent Visions of a Native Place, through Jan 15. Museum open until 4 p.m. daily, 8 p.m. Thursdays, 1301 Miss.

The Impact of the King James Bible, Quayle Bible Collection exhibit, 518 Eighth St., Baldwin City, 1-4 p.m.

Saturdays and Sundays, through July 2012.

KU Natural History Museum exhibits: Bug Town, third floor; Explore Evolution, fifth floor; Mosasaur Munchies, self-guided tour; Darwin’s Journey, sixth floor.

Museum open until 5 p.m. daily, 1345 Jayhawk Blvd.

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Luke Lambert, Kip Edwards (1) and Missouri brought down Christian Wilson and North Carolina, 41-24, in the Independence Bowl.

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“There are no limitations, so you don’t have to give the guys a day off. You can go as long as you want, as many times as you want, whenever you want, that kind of stuff,” Kansas University coach Bill Self said on Monday’s “Hawk Talk” radio show.

So from now until the Jan. 17 start of second semester, “we’ll have unlimited time,” Self said.

The first post-winter-break practice session was set for 7:10 Monday night, shortly after the conclusion of “Hawk Talk.”

“You will not practice 10 hours a day,” Self said. “Last year we did practice eight hours one day. I told our guys (last Thursday), ‘We need to beat USC. It’ll probably be to your benefit if we do because if we don’t play well, there’s a great chance we won’t enjoy ourselves a lot after we get back after Christmas.’

“I said, ‘Remember last year we had some eight hour days, and that’s when we were undefeated.’ I don’t know how our guys are going to react this year,” Self added.

There’s more than practice time on the immediate horizon. KU, which holds its annual holiday clinic for youths this afternoon, will meet Howard at 7 p.m. Thursday and North Dakota at 3 p.m. Saturday in Allen Fieldhouse.

“This is the only week we have left in our season to get better. Think about it. Because of the new 18-game (league) schedule, there is not an off week, so it’s two games a week every week,” Self said. “This week there are no classes. We have two games, and we will take those games very, very serious, but it is a time we just focus in on ball and don’t really worry how tired they are.”

Self said he’s seeking improvement in a lot of areas, including setting screens and running offense to score, as well as defending for the entire shot clock.

“If I was going to pick something I’d want to happen more than anything else ... we don’t play with a personality,” Self said. “We do not play with the

Kansas University’s search for a new head football coach is long over, but the Jayhawks’ quest to find a new defensive coordinator has moved into its third week.

When Charlie Weis was introduced as KU’s coach on Dec. 9, he gave no timetable for when he would have his coaching staff in place and said his focus was on bringing in the best fits.

“I hired a bunch of good coaches (at Notre Dame), but never really got it right,” Weis said. “Whether it was chemistry on offense or going through multiple coordinators on defense … if I had got it right, I would still be there and still be the head coach.”

Instead, Weis was fired after five seasons, which e v e n t u a l l y Weis opened the door for him to come to Kansas.

While the hiring of Weis made an enormous splash, it also intensified the interest in KU football and has left many clamoring for information about everything from Weis’ staff and the players he is recruiting to whether the names would return to the backs of the uniforms next season.

Weis, a former NFL offensive coordinator with the New York Jets, New York Giants, New England Patriots and Kansas City Chiefs, may draw on all of his pro football experience to fill what many believe will be the most important position on his coaching staff at KU. Sources have indicated to the JournalWorld that at least a couple of current NFL defensive coordinators have landed on Weis’ short list.

That could explain the delay in nailing it down. With the NFL now in its final week of the regular season, Weis could be going the courteous route and waiting for NFL teams to wrap up before he has formal discussions with any potential coordinators.

Speculation about the names on his list might lead to San Diego and Miami. Both teams have been eliminated from postseason play and will have new head coaches next season.

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NOTRE DAME FRESHMAN EMMA REANEY COMPETES IN A MEET for the Fighting Irish. Reaney has surprised even herself with her early success, including an 8-0 record in the individual-medley events and a school record.

LHS grad Reaney stellar for ND

By Benton Smith basmith@ljworld.com

Emma Reaney’s freshman year at the University of Notre Dame has been an ongoing series of surprises.

It wasn’t moving away from home, the course load or college life in general that caught the Lawrence High graduate off guard, though. Instead, she has been kind of shocked about her prosperity in the pool.

A freshman for Notre Dame’s swimming and diving team, Reaney has become an instant success in South Bend, Ind. The Fighting Irish freshman already has an 8-0 record in individual-medley events (200 and 400 meters), and on Dec. 2 in Columbus, Ohio, she set a school record in the 200 IM — twice. After breaking the old mark in prelims at the Ohio State Invitational with a time of 1:58.47, Reaney bettered it in the final, finishing in 1:57.67.

When she broke the old record of 2:00.09 in the prelim, Reaney wasn’t aware of it.

“I was just shocked. I had no idea,” she said.

The ND record board at the

team’s practice facility, she explained, is kind of small and on the other side of the pool from where the team swims. Reaney had never bothered to check out the times for her events, but her teammates and coaches quickly broke the news to her.

That surprise came a couple of weeks after another one, when Reaney was named Big East Women’s Swimming and Diving Athlete of the Week in mid-November.

The recognition wowed the Law- Reaney rence native.

“I didn’t even know that the Big East had an honor or award like that before I got here,” she said.

“I was kind of shocked that they were even paying attention to me as a freshman.”

Her record-breaking day at Ohio State earned Reaney more accolades. She received her second Big East award the following week.

Reaney said she figured one couldn’t win the award twice in the same season.

Few have. Since the conference started handing out the honor in 2008, only two other swimmers — Notre Dame’s Samantha Maxwell and Louisville’s Therese Bergstrom — have pulled off the feat.

“I really didn’t expect to have this kind of success as a freshman,” Reaney said.

Taking on a weight-lifting regimen for the first time in her life, she said, helped her become stronger and cut seconds off her times.

Fighting Irish head coach Brian Barnes, who has known Reaney since she was a child on the Lawrence Aquahawks club team, which he coached from 1998 to 2002, said, “You never know what to expect with freshmen,” but he said he could tell Reaney was on the brink of something special because of her attitude and dedication to improving.

“I can’t really pin-point a bad performance, bad practice or anything like that,” he said.

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Chiefs, coach say they have plenty for which to play KANSAS CITY, MO. (AP) — Romeo Crennel has already earned a reputation for being a straight shooter in Kansas City.

He knows the Chiefs squandered a chance to play for the playoffs in an overtime loss to Oakland on Saturday.

He realizes that he may be coaching for his job in Sunday’s game against Denver. He also understands the frustration that fans are experiencing as an ugly season draws to a close.

Crennel is willing to acknowledge all of that and more, which

makes it easy to believe him when he says with resolution that Kansas City won’t lay down despite the playoffs being out of reach.

“All these players, they want to win. They want to try to win,” the interim coach said Monday.

“I don’t think anybody goes into a game trying to lose. Every player wants to win.”

The Chiefs’ frustrating loss to the Raiders was a microcosm of a roller-coaster year.

Things looked promising when Kansas City would put

together long offensive series or force Oakland into threeand-out, only to look dire when quarterback Kyle Orton would throw an interception or the special teams would make a critical mistake.

The result was a loss that prevented a de facto AFC West championship game.

Now, the Chiefs are left to play for pride while Denver plays for the playoffs.

The Broncos are in if they win, or if the Raiders lose to the struggling San Diego Chargers.

“It’s disappointing that we can’t play in the postseason,” linebacker Tamba Hali said, “(but) we signed up to play 16.

We’ve got to go there and show those guys we can play.”

Although bigger goals are no longer within reach, players know they can help Crennel land the head-coaching job on a permanent basis with a win.

The former Cleveland Browns coach has a groundswell of support in the locker room, and the defensive coordinator is popular throughout the organization.

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With Syracuse No. 1 for a third straight week, the top seven teams remain the same in the Associated Pressâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Top 25.

The Orange received 54 first-place votes from the 65-member national media poll on Monday. Ohio State, Kentucky, Louisville, North Carolina, Baylor and Duke held their places from last week.

Ohio State received five No. 1 votes, Kentucky had four and Louisville two.

Missouri, Connecticut and Florida round out the top 10.

Harvard moved into the rankings for the first time three weeks ago, then dropped out after one week. The Crimson are back at No. 24. San Diego State moved into the poll for the first time this season at No. 25.

Xavier, which lost three straight games after several players were suspended for fighting, dropped out from No. 14.

Kansas fell from 12th to 17th.

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NEW ORLEANS QUARTERBACK DREW BREES THROWS A TOUCHDOWN PASS during the fourth quarter. The pass enabled Brees to set the NFL record for single-season passing yards â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and helped the Saints rout Atlanta, 45-16, on Monday in New Orleans.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Quite a night for ing them more than 6,857 offensive yards Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints â&#x20AC;&#x201D; for the season, breaking the 2008 club rea record and a rout. cord of 6,571 yards. New Orleans continues Brees set the NFL record for yards pass- to close in on the NFL-record of 7,075 ofing in a season, breaking a mark that Dan fensive yards in a season set by the 2000 St. Marino had held for 27 years, and the New Louis Rams.

Orleans Saints clinched the NFC South Brees might have broken the record in title with a 45-16 victory the third quarter if not for over the Atlanta Falcons on SUMMARY Sprolesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 92-yard kickoff Monday night. return, which set up John 10 0 3 3â&#x20AC;&#x201D;16 Kasayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 29-yard field goal.

Brees threw for 307 yards Atlanta Orleans 7 14 10 14â&#x20AC;&#x201D;45 and four touchdowns, the New Brees also was intercepted First Quarter Atl-FG Bryant 34, 8:53. last a nine-yard strike to twice in the game, once NO-P.Thomas 4 run (Kasay kick), 5:25.

Darren Sproles that set the Atl-Jones 21 pass from Ryan (Bryant in the Falcons end zone, record with 2:51 to go. but New Orleans was still kick), 1:31.

Quarter â&#x20AC;&#x153;So many people contrib- Second dominant enough to take a NO-Colston 8 pass from Brees (Kasay uted to this, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m happy kick), 12:32. three-score lead.

NO-Graham 9 pass from Brees (Kasay for them,â&#x20AC;? Brees said.

The game became a kick), :24.

It was Breesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; final pass Third Quarter romp when Julio Jones was NO-Meachem 24 pass from Brees (Kasay stripped by Scott Shanle of the game, and it gave 8:28. him 5,087 yards passing â&#x20AC;&#x201D; kick), and Malcolm Jenkins reAtl-FG Bryant 51, 4:41.

NO-FG Kasay 29, 3:04. with one game still to play. turned it 30 yards for a Quarter Marino finished with 5,084 Fourth score to make it 38-16 in Atl-FG Bryant 30, 12:43. yards for the Miami DolNO-Jenkins 30 fumble return (Kasay kick), the fourth quarter. The Su11:09. phins in 1984. perdome crowd was in full NO-Sproles 9 pass from Brees (Kasay As Sproles spiked the kick), 2:51. celebration by then, but the A-70,086. ball, Brees put his arm over play also meant fans would Atl NO his head and started walk- First downs have to wait until later in 23 26 469 463 ing toward midfield while Total Net Yards the fourth quarter before 14-35 23-164 the Superdome crowd Rushes-yards Brees finally got his chance Passing 434 299 0-0 0-0 went wild and his team- Punt Returns to break the passing record.

Kickoff Returns 1-27 4-147 mates chased him down.

Uncharacteristically, Interceptions Ret. 2-14 0-0 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Obviously itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a special Comp-Att-Int Brees had only a yard passing 40-61-0 23-39-2 Lost 0-0 1-8 moment for the players, es- Sacked-Yards during a span of a little more Punts 3-50.0 2-52.0 pecially Drew,â&#x20AC;? Saints coach Fumbles-Lost than 18 minutes. Knowing he 1-1 0-0 7-57 4-46 Sean Payton said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Penalties-Yards was closing in the record, the Time of Possession 33:19 26:41 be more proud of him.â&#x20AC;? crowd howled, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Drewwwwâ&#x20AC;?

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-Atlanta, Turner 11-39, Rodgers each time he took the field.

Breesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; four touchdowns 1), Ryan 2-(minus 3). New Orleans, gave him 276 for his career, 1-(minus Sproles 5-67, P.Thomas 9-53, Ivory 8-35, He finally gave the fans what moving him ahead of Joe Brees 1-9. they wanted after Atlanta PASSING-Atlanta, Ryan 34-52-0-373, Montana (273) and Vinny Redman failed on a fourth-down try at 6-9-0-61. New Orleans, Brees 23-39Testeverde (275) for ninth 2-307. its own 33. That gave Brees, RECEIVING-Atlanta, White 11-127, who needed only 30 yards all-time. He is the first Jones 8-128, Gonzalez 5-41, Turner 4-36, quarterback in NFL history Snelling 4-28, Weems 3-33, Palmer 2-19, for the record at that point, Rodgers 2-19, Douglas 1-3. New Orleans, just enough space to work to pass for more than 5,000 Colston 7-81, Graham 4-42, Meachem 3-75, yards twice â&#x20AC;&#x201D; he had 5,069 Henderson 3-30, Moore 2-53, Sproles 2-22, with.

P.Thomas 2-4. in 2008.

Matt Ryan had 258 yards Breesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; first scoring pass passing and one TD, inwent for eight yards to cluding a 21-yard scoring Marques Colston and the second for nine strike to Jones that gave the Falcons a 10-7 yards to Jimmy Graham. Grahamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s TD lead late in the first quarter. catch was his 10th of the season, a franNew Orleans responded with a 10-play, chise-high for a tight end. In the third quar- 81-yard scoring drive on which Brees comter, Brees hit Robert Meachem for a score pleted four of six passes for 48 yards, the from 24 yards, which made it 28-10. last three to Colston, who had six catches The Saints also had 463 total yards, giv- for 69 yards in the first half.

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Baylor remains No. 1 Baylor is still the unanimous choice as the No. 1 team in the Associated Press womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s college basketball poll as the first five teams remained unchanged.

The Lady Bears received all 40 first-place votes Monday for the fourth straight week after blowing out McNeese State in its only game. UConn remains second, with Notre Dame, Stanford and Maryland following.

Kentucky, Tennessee, Duke, Ohio State and Texas A&M round out the Top 10. There was little movement in the poll as most teams had a light schedule for the holidays.

NBA

Return big TV draw NEW YORK â&#x20AC;&#x201D; NBA fans seem more excited about basketballâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s return than bitter about the lockout based on television ratings for the leagueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s delayed openers.

The five Christmas games Sunday averaged 6.2 million viewers based on fast national ratings, up from 6 million last year.

The Bulls-Lakers match-up was the third most-watched regular-season game ever on ABC, behind only last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s highly anticipated Heat-Lakers showdown and another meeting between Miami and LA in 2004.

Chris Paulâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Clippers debut in the nightcap against the Warriors earned a 2.2 rating, up 69 percent over last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Portland-Golden State telecast in the same slot.

It was ESPNâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s highest-rated Christmas prime-time game. The dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first contest, Celtics-Knicks on TNT, was the most viewed Christmas game ever on cable. The 4.0 rating was up 48 percent from last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s BullsKnicks game on ESPN. Ratings represent the percentage of all homes with televisions tuned to a program.

Bucksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Gooden ejected CHARLOTTE, N.C. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Milwaukee forward Drew Gooden was ejected from the Bucksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; game against the Bobcats in the third quarter Monday night after a flagrant foul.

Gooden was ejected after he clocked Gerald Henderson in the head with his arm as Henderson attempted to make a driving layup. Officials reviewed the play and ejected Gooden from the game.

Gooden left the game with four points and his team trailing by three.

BASEBALL

Torrealba banned in Venezuela CARACAS, VENEZUELA â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Texas Rangers catcher Yorvit Torrealba was suspended Monday from Venezuelaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s professional baseball league for 66 games for striking an umpire.

Torrealba issued an apology, saying he was embarrassed about his argument with a home plate umpire after striking out Friday.

He angrily put a hand on the umpireâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mask and shoved him. He was then ejected. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I wanted to express my sincere apologies to all parties for my actions,â&#x20AC;? Torrealba said in his statement.

NFL Favorite ...........Points (O/U) ..........Underdog Sunday, Jan 1st.

Week 17 PHILADELPHIA ...........81â &#x201E;2 (46) ..................Washington ATLANTA ...................... 14 (46).....................Tampa Bay San Francisco ..........101â &#x201E;2 (34) ..................... ST. LOUIS MINNESOTA ...................1 (39) ............................Chicago Detroit .........................21â &#x201E;2 (49) ...................GREEN BAY NY GIANTS ....................3 (46) ...............................Dallas NEW ORLEANS .............7 (52) ...........................Carolina Tennessee ....................3 (40) ........................HOUSTON Baltimore....................21â &#x201E;2 (38) ...................CINCINNATI Pittsburgh ....................7 (38) ....................CLEVELAND JACKSONVILLE ............4 (37) ...................Indianapolis MIAMI...............................1 (41) .............................NY Jets NEW ENGLAND...........121â &#x201E;2 (51) ...........................Buffalo OAKLAND.......................3 (49) .......................San Diego DENVER...............31â &#x201E;2 (36) ..........Kansas City ARIZONA .........................3 (41) ..............................Seattle COLLEGE FOOTBALL BOWL GAMES Favorite ...........Points (O/U) ..........Underdog Little Caesars Bowl Ford Field-Detroit, MI. Purdue ............................3 (61) .................... W. Michigan Belk Bowl Bank of America Stadium-Charlotte, NC. N.C. State .......................1 (44)......................... Louisville Wednesday, Dec 28th.

Military Bowl RFK Stadium-Washington D.C. Toledo.......................... 31â &#x201E;2 (71)........................Air Force Holiday Bowl Qualcomm Stadium-San Diego, CA. Texas ....................3 (48) ...............California Thursday, Dec 29th.

Champs Sports Bowl Citrus Bowl Stadium-Orlando, FL. Florida St ......................3 (47) ...................Notre Dame Alamo Bowl Alamodome-San Antonio, TX. Baylor .................91â &#x201E;2 (79) ..........Washington Friday, Dec 30th.

Armed Forces Bowl Gerald Ford Stadium-Dallas, TX. Byu ................................ 11â &#x201E;2 (55)................................Tulsa

Pinstripe Bowl Yankee Stadium-Bronx, NY. Rutgers .................2 (45) ...................Iowa St Music City Bowl LP Field-Nashville, TN. Mississippi St ............61â &#x201E;2 (48) ................ Wake Forest Insight Bowl Sun Devil Stadium-Tempe, AZ. Oklahoma .............14 (58).......................Iowa Saturday, Dec 31st.

Meineke Car Care Texas Bowl Reliant Stadium-Houston, TX. Texas A&M ........... 10 (67)........ Northwestern Sun Bowl Sun Bowl Stadium-El Paso, TX. Georgia Tech.............21â &#x201E;2 (50) ................................Utah Fight Hunger Bowl AT&T Park-San Francisco, CA. Illinois ..........................21â &#x201E;2 (47) .................................Ucla Liberty Bowl Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium-Memphis, TN. Vanderbilt .................. 11â &#x201E;2 (49)......................Cincinnati Chick Fil-A Bowl Georgia Dome-Atlanta, GA. Auburn...........................3 (49) ............................Virginia Monday, Jan 2nd.

Ticket City Bowl Cotton Bowl-Dallas, TX. Houston.......................61â &#x201E;2 (57) ..........................Penn St Outback Bowl Raymond James Stadium-Tampa, FL. Georgia........................31â &#x201E;2 (50) ..................Michigan St Capital One Bowl Citrus Bowl Stadium-Orlando, FL. South Carolina............2 (46) ........................ Nebraska Gator Bowl Everbank Field-Jacksonville, FL. Florida............................2 (44) .............................Ohio St Rose Bowl Rose Bowl-Pasadena, CA. Oregon...........................6 (72) .......................Wisconsin Fiesta Bowl University Stadium-Glendale, AZ. Oklahoma St .......31â &#x201E;2 (74) .............. Stanford

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL SAN ANTONIO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Heisman Trophy winner Robert Griffin III is getting help in dealing with his new fame.

The Baylor quarterback confirmed Monday that heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sometimes shadowed by security since being honored earlier this month as the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best player.

Griffin said he understands that â&#x20AC;&#x153;people are going to want a piece of you when youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re doing great things.â&#x20AC;? He added it was a good problem to have and down-played the new part of his celebrity.

Baylor spokesman Heath Nielsen later clarified that the school isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t paying for private bodyguards. He said an athletic department employee follows Griffin in public to minimize demands for autographs and pictures.

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Tex. South. v. St. Louis 7 p.m.

Wisconsin v. Nebraska 8 p.m.

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Sugar Bowl Mercedes-Benz Superdome-New Orleans, LA. Michigan ..................... 21â &#x201E;2 (51)................Virginia Tech Wednesday, Jan 4th.

Orange Bowl Sun Life Stadium-Miami, FL. Clemson ......................31â &#x201E;2 (60) ...............West Virginia Friday, Jan 6th.

Cotton Bowl Cowboys Stadium-Arlington, TX. Arkansas ...............8 (63) ...............Kansas St Compass Bowl Legion Field-Birmingham, AL. Pittsburgh ....................3 (47) .................................. Smu Sunday, Jan 8th.

Go Daddy.com Bowl Ladd Peebles Stadium-Mobile, AL. Arkansas St ............... 11â &#x201E;2 (63)........................N. Illinois Monday, Jan 9th.

BCS Championship Game Mercedes-Benz Superdome-New Orleans, LA. Alabama ......................11â &#x201E;2 (40) .................................. Lsu NBA Favorite ...........Points (O/U) ..........Underdog 1 Atlanta........................4 â &#x201E;2 (182) ...............NEW JERSEY x-MIAMI ......................OFF (OFF)..........................Boston MILWAUKEE ..................6 (191) ...................... Minnesota PORTLAND ...................8 (194)...................Sacramento LA LAKERS .................41â &#x201E;2 (187) ...............................Utah x-Boston forward P. Pierce is doubtful.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL Favorite ...........Points (O/U) ..........Underdog ST. JOHNâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S....................1 (134) .....................Providence Pittsburgh ..................11â &#x201E;2 (136) ............... NOTRE DAME ILLINOIS ........................ 5 (127)...................... Minnesota Wisconsin ....................8 (104) .....................NEBRASKA NHL Favorite ................ Goals ................Underdog PITTSBURGH................... 1â &#x201E;2-1..............................Carolina Calgary ........................Even-1â &#x201E;2 ................... COLUMBUS FLORIDA.......................Even-1â &#x201E;2 .........................Toronto OTTAWA .......................Even-1â &#x201E;2 ....................... Montreal Philadelphia...............Even-1â &#x201E;2 ..................TAMPA BAY DETROIT ........................... 1â &#x201E;2-1.............................St. Louis COLORADO..................Even-1â &#x201E;2 .......................Winnipeg Home Team in CAPS (c) 2011 Tribune Media Services, Inc.

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4/$!9 ). 30/243 1953 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Detroit Lions edge the Cleveland Browns 17-16 for the NFL championship. Doak Walkerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s extra point, following a 33-yard scoring pass, is the difference.

1959 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Baltimore Colts beat the New York Giants 31-16 in the NFL championship. Three field goals by Pat Summerall give the Giants a 9-7 lead after three quarters, but Baltimoreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s defensive backfield makes three interceptions that result in scores.

1964 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Cleveland Browns break out after a scoreless first half with 17 points in the third quarter and go on to beat the Baltimore Colts 27-0 for the NFL title.

1974 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Ohio State junior running back Archie Griffin wins the Heisman Trophy.

1987 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Steve Largent of the Seattle Seahawks becomes the NFLâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all-time reception leader in the Seahawksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 41-20 loss to Kansas City. Largentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s six catches gives him 752, surpassing the 750 by San Diegoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Charlie Joiner. Gayle Sierens announcing the game for NBC becomes the first female play-by-play announcer in NFL history.

1999 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Joe Sakic scores his 1,000th career point on a second-period assist, helping the Colorado Avalanche to a 5-1 win over the St. Louis Blues.

2000 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Mario Lemieux makes a remarkable comeback after 31â &#x201E;2 years of retirement, scoring a goal and assisting on two others â&#x20AC;&#x201D; one on his first pass on his first shift â&#x20AC;&#x201D; as the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-0.

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Nets 90, Wizards 84 WASHINGTON — Kris Humphries shrugged off loud booing to finish with 21 points and 16 rebounds, and Deron Williams had 23 points, eight rebounds and eight assists, helping New Jersey beat Washington Monday night in the season opener for both teams.

NEW JERSEY (90) James 2-7 2-2 6, Humphries 9-14 3-4 21, Petro 5-8 1-2 11, Morrow 4-12 6-6 16, D.Williams 8-22 3-3 23, Okur 0-3 0-0 0, Sha. Williams 0-3 0-0 0, Farmar 0-1 0-0 0, She. Williams 0-1 0-0 0, Brooks 3-7 0-0 6, Gaines 3-8 1-3 7, Stevenson 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 34-86 16-20 90.

WASHINGTON (84) Lewis 2-8 5-6 9, Blatche 5-13 1-2 11, McGee 5-11 1-6 11, Crawford 7-12 1-1 15, Wall 3-13 7-13 13, Turiaf 1-1 0-0 2, Young 6-9 4-4 16, Singleton 1-3 0-0 3, Mack 0-2 0-0 0, Booker 0-1 2-2 2, Mason 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 31-74 21-34 84.

New Jersey 13 24 29 24—90 Washington 26 19 22 17—84 3-Point Goals-New Jersey 6-26 (D.Williams 4-12, Morrow 2-7, Okur 0-1, Brooks 0-1, Gaines 0-2, Sha.Williams 0-3), Washington 1-7 (Singleton 1-2, Mack 0-1, Lewis 0-2, Crawford 0-2). Fouled Out-None. ReboundsNew Jersey 66 (Humphries 16), Washington 46 (Blatche 10). Assists-New Jersey 17 (D.Williams 9), Washington 13 (Wall 5).

Total Fouls-New Jersey 26, Washington 17.

Technicals-New Jersey defensive three second, Blatche, Washington defensive three second. A-17,102 (20,173).

Bobcats 96, Bucks 95 CHARLOTTE, N.C. — D.J. Augustin scored 19 points, rookie Kemba Walker added 13, including two free throws with 9.9 seconds remaining, and the Bobcats erased a 14-point deficit to beat the Bucks.

MILWAUKEE (95) Jackson 1-5 3-3 6, Ilyasova 1-4 0-0 2, Bogut 7-14 3-4 17, Jennings 8-21 3-3 22, Dunleavy 3-12 4-4 13, Gooden 1-4 2-2 4, Livingston 6-10 2-3 14, Udrih 5-12 2-4 13, Sanders 2-2 0-0 4, Leuer 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 34-84 19-23 95.

CHARLOTTE (96) Maggette 6-15 0-1 12, White 3-6 2-2 8, Diaw 4-9 0-0 9, Augustin 7-16 3-4 19, Henderson 7-14 3-3 18, Walker 3-10 7-7 13, Biyombo 0-0 0-0 0, Brown 1-1 0-2 2, Mullens 5-7 0-0 10, Carroll 2-5 1-2 5, Diop 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 38-86 16-21 96.

Milwaukee 27 25 14 29—95 Charlotte 19 22 30 25—96 3-Point Goals-Milwaukee 8-23 (Jennings 3-6, Dunleavy 3-8, Jackson 1-4, Udrih 1-4, Gooden 0-1), Charlotte 4-19 (Augustin 2-8, Diaw 1-2, Henderson 1-2, Maggette 0-2, Walker 0-2, Carroll 0-3). Fouled Out-Jackson.

Rebounds-Milwaukee 46 (Ilyasova, Bogut 9), Charlotte 61 (Diaw 11). Assists-Milwaukee 21 (Livingston 6), Charlotte 27 (Diaw 9).

Total Fouls-Milwaukee 20, Charlotte 20.

Technicals-Gooden, Jackson, Milwaukee defensive three second, Charlotte defensive three second. Flagrant Fouls-Gooden, Diop. Ejected-Gooden. A-17,173 (19,077).

Magic 104, Rockets 95 ORLANDO, FLA. — Hedo Turkoglu scored 23 points to lead five Magic players in double figures as Orlando earned its first victory of the season with a win over Houston.

HOUSTON (95) Budinger 1-5 1-1 3, Scola 8-18 3-4 19, Hill 3-3 0-0 6, Lowry 5-12 9-10 20, Martin 1-10 2-2 4, Dalembert 5-6 0-0 10, Williams 5-12 1-2 13, Adrien 0-0 0-0 0, Dragic 2-4 0-0 5, Lee 6-10 1-1 15, Morris 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 36-82 17-20 95.

ORLANDO (104) Turkoglu 10-14 0-0 23, Anderson 3-9 0-0 8, Howard 9-15 3-5 21, Nelson 1-6 0-0 2, J.Richardson 5-8 0-0 10, Redick 8-12 1-1 20, Davis 5-11 3-4 13, Wafer 1-4 0-0 2, Duhon 2-4 0-0 5, Harper 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 44-83 7-10 104.

Houston 23 27 23 22— 95 Orlando 27 26 24 27—104 3-Point Goals-Houston 6-27 (Lee 2-3, Williams 2-5, Dragic 1-2, Lowry 1-6, Morris 0-2, Budinger 0-3, Martin 0-6), Orlando 9-22 (Turkoglu 3-4, Redick 3-4, Anderson 2-8, Duhon 1-1, Nelson 0-1, J.Richardson 0-2, Wafer 0-2). Fouled Out-None. ReboundsHouston 47 (Scola, Lowry 7), Orlando 44 (Howard 7). Assists-Houston 26 (Lowry 12), Orlando 19 (Nelson 6). Total Fouls-Houston 17, Orlando 15. Technicals-Houston defensive three second, Redick. A-18,846 (18,500).

Pacers 91, Pistons 79 INDIANAPOLIS — Roy Hibbert had 16 points and 14 rebounds to help the Pacers defeat the Pistons.

DETROIT (79) Prince 3-10 0-0 6, Jerebko 7-11 3-4 17, Monroe 3-7 2-2 8, Stuckey 5-11 5-5 17, Gordon 4-14 5-6 14, Knight 3-9 0-0 9, Maxiell 0-2 0-0 0, Daye 0-3 0-0 0, Wallace 1-3 0-0 2, Bynum 1-5 3-4 6. Totals 27-75 18-21 79.

INDIANA (91) Granger 6-18 2-4 16, West 3-12 5-6 11, Hibbert 6-11 4-5 16, Collison 3-11 0-0 8, George 3-8 4-4 12, Hill 2-7 0-0 4, Hansbrough 6-14 3-4 15, Stephenson 0-0 2-2 2, Jones 3-6 0-0 7. Totals 32-87 20-25 91.

Detroit 17 21 20 21—79 Indiana 26 26 24 15—91 3-Point Goals-Detroit 7-19 (Knight 3-6, Stuckey 2-3, Bynum 1-2, Gordon 1-4, Prince 0-1, Daye 0-1, Jerebko 0-2), Indiana 7-15 (George 2-3, Collison 2-3, Granger 2-4, Jones 1-1, Hill 0-4). Fouled Out-None. ReboundsDetroit 48 (Monroe, Daye, Wallace 7), Indiana 63 (Hibbert 14). Assists-Detroit 17 (Stuckey 6), Indiana 20 (Collison 5).

Total Fouls-Detroit 19, Indiana 20. A-18,165 (18,165).

Hornets 85, Suns 84 PHOENIX — Eric Gordon made a 20-footer from the top of the key with 4.2 seconds to play in his New Orleans debut to give the Hornets a victory over the Suns.

Gordon, who came to New Orleans in the trade that sent Chris Paul to the Los Angeles Clippers, gave his team its only lead since the first two minutes of the second half.

Suns rookie Markieff Morris threw the ball away on Phoenix’s final possession.

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W L Pct Indiana 1 0 1.000 Chicago 1 1 .500 Cleveland 0 1 .000 Milwaukee 0 1 .000 Detroit 0 1 .000 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct San Antonio 1 0 1.000 New Orleans 1 0 1.000 Houston 0 1 .000 Memphis 0 1 .000 Dallas 0 2 .000 Northwest Division W L Pct Oklahoma City 2 0 1.000 Denver 1 0 1.000 Portland 1 0 1.000 Utah 0 0 .000 Minnesota 0 1 .000 Pacific Division W L Pct L.A. Clippers 1 0 1.000 Sacramento 1 0 1.000 Golden State 1 1 .500 Phoenix 0 1 .000 L.A. Lakers 0 2 .000 Today’s Games Atlanta at New Jersey, 6:30 p.m.

Boston at Miami, 7 p.m.

Minnesota at Milwaukee, 7:30 p.m.

Sacramento at Portland, 9 p.m.

Utah at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m.

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NEW ORLEANS (85) Ariza 6-11 0-2 13, Landry 6-15 2-5 14, Okafor 1-5 2-4 4, Belinelli 4-11 2-2 10, Gordon 9-18 2-3 20, Vasquez 3-7 3-3 10, Kaman 5-8 0-0 10, Aminu 0-1 0-0 0, Smith 1-3 2-2 4, C.Johnson 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 35-79 13-21 85.

PHOENIX (84) Hill 3-10 0-0 6, Frye 1-6 1-1 3, Gortat 6-9 1-3 13, Nash 5-10 2-2 14, Dudley 3-11 2-3 9, Lopez 8-12 5-6 21, Morris 2-5 2-2 7, Childress 3-6 0-0 7, Price 0-3 0-0 0, Brown 1-8 0-0 2, Telfair 0-1 2-2 2. Totals 32-81 15-19 84.

New Orleans 23 24 15 23—85 Phoenix 20 21 24 19—84 3-Point Goals-New Orleans 2-16 (Ariza 1-2, Vasquez 1-3, Belinelli 0-5, Gordon 0-6), Phoenix 5-25 (Nash 2-3, Morris 1-3, Childress 1-4, Dudley 1-5, Price 0-1, Telfair 0-1, Brown 0-2, Frye 0-2, Hill 0-4). Rebounds-New Orleans 54 (Okafor 9), Phoenix 51 (Morris 9).

Assists-New Orleans 10 (Gordon 3), Phoenix 23 (Nash 12). Total Fouls-New Orleans 22, Phoenix 24. Technicals-New Orleans defensive three second. A-17,776 (18,422).

How former Jayhawks fared Cole Aldrich, Oklahoma City Did not play (coach’s decision) Nick Collison, Oklahoma City Pts: 5. FGs: 1-2. FTs: 3-4.

Drew Gooden, Milwaukee Pts: 4. FGs: 1-4. FTs: 2-2.

Xavier Henry, Memphis Did not play (ankle injury) Marcus Morris, Houston Pts: 0. FGs: 0-2. FT: 0-0.

Markieff Morris, Phoenix PTs: 7. FGs 2-5. FT: 2-2.

Brandon Rush, Golden State Pts: 6. FGs: 2-6. FTs: 0-0 .

Josh Selby, Memphis Did not play (coach’s decision)

Spurs 95, Grizzlies 82 SAN ANTONIO — Manu Ginobili scored 24 points.

MEMPHIS (82) Gay 8-18 2-3 19, Randolph 3-8 4-8 10, Gasol 5-6 3-4 13, Conley 4-10 2-2 11, Allen 1-4 0-0 2, Cunningham 4-6 0-2 8, Mayo 2-4 0-0 4, Young 2-5 0-0 4, Pargo 2-6 0-0 5, Skinner 0-1 0-0 0, Pondexter 3-5 0-0 6. Totals 34-73 11-19 82.

SAN ANTONIO (95) Jefferson 5-11 1-2 14, Duncan 4-7 2-2 10, Blair 3-4 0-0 6, Parker 6-16 3-4 15, Ginobili 7-15 7-8 24, Splitter 2-7 1-2 5, Leonard 2-9 1-4 6, Bonner 1-6 0-0 3, Anderson 4-9 0-0 9, Ford 0-2 0-0 0, Joseph 0-0 0-0 0, Green 1-2 0-0 3.

Totals 35-88 15-22 95.

Memphis 22 22 14 24—82 San Antonio 14 29 29 23—95 3-Point Goals-Memphis 3-7 (Conley 1-1, Gay 1-1, Pargo 1-3, Pondexter 0-1, Young 0-1), San Antonio 10-33 (Jefferson 3-7, Ginobili 3-8, Green 1-1, Leonard 1-5, Bonner 1-5, Anderson 1-5, Parker 0-1, Ford 0-1).

Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Memphis 58 (Gay 10), San Antonio 49 (Splitter 8).

Assists-Memphis 18 (Conley 7), San Antonio 23 (Parker 7). Total Fouls-Memphis 25, San Antonio 20. Technicals-San Antonio defensive three second. A-18,581 (18,797).

Blazers 107, 76ers 103 PORTLAND, ORE. — LaMarcus Aldridge had 25 points and seven rebounds, and Raptors 104, Cavaliers 96 Portland opened its season CLEVELAND — Rookie Kyrie with a victory over PhiladelIrving scored six points and phia. hardly played like the No. 1 PHILADELPHIA (103) overall pick as the Raptors Iguodala 7-14 4-5 22, Brand 5-9 0-0 10, 5-9 0-0 10, Holiday 4-10 4-4 13, Meeks spoiled the Cleveland guard’s Hawes 0-4 3-3 3, L.Williams 9-17 4-4 25, Young NBA debut.

5-9 0-1 10, Turner 5-11 0-2 10. Totals 40-83 TORONTO (104) Butler 1-4 0-0 3, A.Johnson 5-7 3-4 13, Bargnani 5-12 2-2 13, Calderon 5-9 2-2 15, DeRozan 7-13 1-2 15, J.Johnson 2-4 0-0 5, Barbosa 5-14 3-3 14, Bayless 4-8 0-0 10, Davis 7-7 0-0 14, Magloire 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 42-79 11-13 104.

CLEVELAND (96) Casspi 0-4 2-2 2, Jamison 6-20 3-6 15, Varejao 6-12 2-3 14, Irving 2-12 1-1 6, Parker 3-3 0-0 8, Sessions 6-12 4-5 18, Gee 5-7 2-3 13, T.Thompson 4-6 6-8 14, Gibson 3-6 0-0 6, Hollins 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 35-85 20-28 96.

Toronto 23 29 26 26—104 Cleveland 23 19 28 26— 96 3-Point Goals-Toronto 9-21 (Calderon 3-5, Bayless 2-3, J.Johnson 1-1, Barbosa 1-3, Butler 1-4, Bargnani 1-4, DeRozan 0-1), Cleveland 6-20 (Parker 2-2, Sessions 2-4, Gee 1-2, Irving 1-5, Casspi 0-3, Jamison 0-4). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Toronto 49 (A.Johnson 13), Cleveland 48 (Varejao 10). Assists-Toronto 35 (Calderon 11), Cleveland 21 (Irving 7). Total Fouls-Toronto 22, Cleveland 16. Technicals-Toronto defensive three second, Cleveland defensive three second. A-20,562 (20,562).

15-19 103.

PORTLAND (107) Wallace 8-13 4-5 21, Aldridge 11-25 3-4 25, Camby 2-7 2-2 6, Felton 4-14 4-6 12, Matthews 4-14 5-6 16, Batum 4-10 0-0 10, Thomas 1-1 0-0 2, Crawford 5-10 0-0 12, N.Smith 1-2 0-0 3, C.Johnson 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 40-97 18-23 107.

Philadelphia 15 29 28 31—103 Portland 26 22 29 30—107 3-Point Goals-Philadelphia 8-19 (Iguodala 4-8, L.Williams 3-5, Holiday 1-2, Hawes 0-1, Turner 0-1, Meeks 0-2), Portland 9-19 (Matthews 3-6, Crawford 2-3, Batum 2-4, N.Smith 1-1, Wallace 1-2, Felton 0-3).

Fouled Out-Holiday, Turner. ReboundsPhiladelphia 53 (Hawes 14), Portland 56 (Camby 13). Assists-Philadelphia 21 (Hawes 9), Portland 24 (Felton 8). Total FoulsPhiladelphia 25, Portland 19. TechnicalsPhiladelphia defensive three second 2, Portland defensive three second. A-20,509 (19,980).

Kings 100, Lakers 91 SACRAMENTO, CALIF. — Marcus Thornton scored 12 of his Thunder 104, T’wolves 100 27 points in the fourth quarMINNEAPOLIS — Kevin Du- ter, and Sacramento beat the rant scored 33 points to lead Lakers at home for the first the Thunder. time in more than three years.

OKLAHOMA CITY (104) Durant 12-23 7-7 33, Ibaka 3-7 0-0 6, Perkins 1-4 2-2 4, Westbrook 10-21 8-8 28, Sefolosha 0-2 4-4 4, Collison 1-2 3-4 5, Harden 5-9 5-6 16, Maynor 0-2 0-0 0, Mohammed 1-2 0-0 2, Cook 2-6 0-0 6. Totals 35-78 29-31 104.

MINNESOTA (100) Beasley 11-27 2-3 24, Love 6-14 9-12 22, Milicic 4-6 4-6 12, Ridnour 1-3 0-0 2, Johnson 2-4 0-0 5, Barea 6-11 1-1 14, Tolliver 0-3 0-0 0, Rubio 2-3 2-2 6, Williams 6-14 1-2 13, Randolph 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 39-87 19-26 100.

Oklahoma City 23 29 26 26—104 Minnesota 24 22 26 28—100 3-Point Goals-Oklahoma City 5-16 (Durant 2-5, Cook 2-5, Harden 1-3, Sefolosha 0-1, Westbrook 0-2), Minnesota 3-22 (Johnson 1-3, Love 1-3, Barea 1-3, Rubio 0-1, Ridnour 0-2, Tolliver 0-3, Beasley 0-3, Williams 0-4).

Rebounds-Oklahoma City 47 (Perkins 8), Minnesota 53 (Love 12). Assists-Oklahoma City 18 (Westbrook 6), Minnesota 22 (Rubio 6). Total Fouls-Oklahoma City 26, Minnesota 24. Technicals-Minnesota defensive three second 2. A-19,406 (19,356).

Nuggets 115, Mavericks 93 DALLAS — Ty Lawson scored 20 of his 27 points in the first half, and Denver faced little resistance on its way to a victory.

DENVER (115) Gallinari 4-10 6-6 15, Mozgov 0-1 1-2 1, Nene 4-8 0-0 8, Lawson 10-15 4-4 27, Afflalo 4-8 2-2 11, Miller 6-8 4-4 18, Harrington 7-13 2-2 18, Fernandez 2-8 3-6 8, Andersen 0-3 4-4 4, Brewer 2-5 1-4 5, Koufos 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 39-79 27-34 115.

DALLAS (93) Marion 1-5 0-0 2, Nowitzki 7-14 6-6 20, Haywood 3-5 1-4 7, Kidd 4-9 0-0 12, West 1-5 0-0 2, Terry 3-8 0-0 6, Carter 3-6 3-4 11, Odom 1-10 4-5 6, Mahinmi 1-2 1-2 3, Beaubois 3-5 2-2 10, Jones 0-1 0-0 0, Cardinal 1-2 0-0 2, Williams 4-4 4-4 12. Totals 32-76 21-27 93.

Denver 32 37 28 18—115 Dallas 23 19 26 25— 93 3-Point Goals-Denver 10-27 (Lawson 3-6, Miller 2-2, Harrington 2-5, Afflalo 1-2, Gallinari 1-5, Fernandez 1-7), Dallas 8-27 (Kidd 4-8, Beaubois 2-2, Carter 2-3, Marion 0-1, Jones 0-1, Cardinal 0-1, West 0-2, Terry 0-2, Nowitzki 0-2, Odom 0-5). Fouled OutNone. Rebounds-Denver 50 (Gallinari, Nene 7), Dallas 47 (Odom 7). Assists-Denver 18 (Miller 5), Dallas 19 (Terry, Kidd, West 4).

Total Fouls-Denver 18, Dallas 28. TechnicalsFernandez, Denver defensive three second 2, Terry. A-20,408 (19,200).

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SHREVEPORT, LA. (AP) — James Franklin’s hard running and timely passing led Missouri to an easy victory in its final game as a member of the Big 12. It also gives the Tigers plenty of hope heading into their new home in the Southeastern Conference.

Franklin ran for two touchdowns and threw for another, and the Tigers easily beat North Carolina, 41-24, in the Independence Bowl on Monday night.

Missouri (8-5) ends the season on a four-game winning streak for the first time since 1965. The Tigers will join the SEC next fall and showed one reason they should be a factor immediately: The 6-foot-2, 225-pound Franklin, a sophomore who generally did as he pleased in both the running and passing games.

Missouri coach Gary Pinkel said Franklin has just started to realize his potential.

“After the game, I gave him a hug and said congratulations,” Pinkel said. “Then I went back and asked ‘What happens when you get really good?’ ... He kind of gave me a look, but that’s a huge compliment.”

Franklin, named the game’s offensive Most Valuable Player, rushed for 142 yards and threw for 132 despite less than ideal conditions in the cold and rain at Independence Stadium. He led the Tigers to 31 first-half points — an Independence Bowl record.

For North Carolina (7-6), a season that started with a promising 5-1 record ends with a lopsided loss. The Tar Heels lost five of their final seven under interim coach Everett Withers, who leaves to become defensive coordinator at Ohio State under Urban Meyer.

North Carolina had the Atlantic Coast Conference’s

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the breaststroke, and at the Ohio State Invitational she finished in the top four in seven events and put together seven NCAA B-cut times. An A-cut automatically qualifies a swimmer for the championships in that event, but if the A spots don’t fill up, the best B-cut times qualify.

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San Diego defensive coordinator Greg Manusky has 11 years of experience on an NFL sideline. Prior to joining the coaching fraternity, L.A. LAKERS (91) Manusky played 12 seasons Ebanks 3-4 0-0 6, McRoberts 0-2 2-2 2, Gasol 7-12 1-2 15, Fisher 3-10 0-0 6, Bryant in the NFL with the Washing10-24 9-10 29, Murphy 3-7 1-2 8, World Peace ton Redskins, Minnesota Vi8-14 3-3 19, Goudelock 0-4 0-0 0, Blake 0-4 0-0 kings and Kansas City Chiefs.

0, Walton 1-3 0-0 2, Barnes 2-4 0-0 4. Totals While 2011 marked his first 37-88 16-19 91.

SACRAMENTO (100) season as the Chargers’ defenSalmons 5-14 0-2 13, Hayes 3-5 1-2 7, Cousins 4-9 4-6 12, Evans 6-13 7-12 20, sive coordinator, Manusky, Thornton 9-13 5-5 27, Fredette 3-8 0-0 45, worked the same job for 6, Hickson 1-4 1-4 3, Outlaw 2-5 2-2 6, Thompson 0-0 1-2 1, Thomas 2-4 0-0 5, the San Francisco 49ers from Greene 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 35-75 21-35 100.

2007-10. Prior to that, he L.A. Lakers 20 20 24 27— 91 Sacramento 21 28 29 22—100 coached linebackers for the 3-Point Goals-L.A. Lakers 1-16 (Murphy Chargers from 2002-06 and 1-2, Walton 0-1, Blake 0-1, Barnes 0-1, broke into NFL coaching by World Peace 0-2, Goudelock 0-2, Fisher 0-3, Bryant 0-4), Sacramento 9-18 (Thornton 4-7, overseeing the linebackers in Salmons 3-5, Thomas 1-1, Evans 1-3, Outlaw Washington in 2001.

0-2). Rebounds-L.A. Lakers 53 (Gasol 9), A native of Pennsylvania Sacramento 55 (Cousins 11). Assists-L.A. Lakers 21 (Bryant 6), Sacramento 16 (Hayes, and 1988 graduate of Colgate Thornton, Evans, Fredette 3). Total FoulsL.A. Lakers 25, Sacramento 19. Technicals- University, where he was the Bryant, Gasol, Cousins, Sacramento defen- Colonial League’s defensive sive three second. A-17,317 (17,317). player of the year in 1987, Manusky retired in 1999 after Warriors 99, Bulls 91 a playing career that included OAKLAND, CALIF. — Stephen a stretch of 113 consecutive Curry had 21 points and 10 as- games. sists, and Golden State gave rookie coach Mark Jackson his first victory at any level.

CHICAGO (91) Deng 10-15 1-2 22, Boozer 3-7 0-0 6, Noah 3-7 1-2 7, Rose 4-17 4-4 13, Hamilton 5-12 0-0 10, Brewer 1-4 2-6 4, Gibson 2-3 1-2 5, Asik 0-1 0-0 0, Watson 3-10 4-4 13, Korver 3-6 2-2 11. Totals 34-82 15-22 91.

GOLDEN STATE (99) D.Wright 6-10 0-0 13, Lee 8-16 6-8 22, Biedrins 0-4 0-0 0, Curry 7-12 6-7 21, Ellis 10-17 5-6 26, Brown 1-3 3-6 5, Rush 2-6 0-0 5, Udoh 2-4 0-0 4, Smith 0-2 0-0 0, Thompson 0-2 0-0 0, McGuire 0-1 3-4 3. Totals 36-77 23-31 99.

Chicago 22 19 20 30—91 Golden State 30 27 21 21—99 3-Point Goals-Chicago 8-24 (Korver 3-5, Watson 3-6, Deng 1-4, Rose 1-8, Hamilton 0-1), Golden State 4-15 (Rush 1-3, Curry 1-3, Ellis 1-4, D.Wright 1-4, Thompson 0-1).

Rebounds-Chicago 58 (Deng, Noah 10), Golden State 46 (Lee, Curry 7). AssistsChicago 16 (Rose 8), Golden State 22 (Curry 10). Total Fouls-Chicago 21, Golden State 19. Technicals-Ellis, Golden State defensive three second. A-19,596 (19,596).

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personality where it shines through, and there’s energy exuding all personnel out there on the court.

“I don’t feel that yet. Certainly that’s something we’ve always done a great job in. It doesn’t have anything to do with trying hard, nothing like that. It has more to do with understanding: ‘OK, this is what we need, and if we do this,

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MISSOURI QUARTERBACK JAMES FRANKLIN, RIGHT, DODGES North Carolina defenders on his way to a two-yard, first quarter touchdown run. MU won the Independence Bowl, 41-24, Monday in Shreveport, La. second-best rushing defense, giving up just 106.2 yards per game. But the Tigers found plenty of running room with Franklin and Kendial Lawrence, repeatedly gashing the Tar Heels for big gains. “(Frankin) is just such a dynamic guy running and throwing that you have to respect both,” Withers said. “I always count the quarterback as an extra running back in the spread and that’s exactly what he was.”

Lawrence rushed for 108 yards and a touchdown as the Tigers racked up 337 yards on the ground.

North Carolina’s poor defense wasted a productive game by quarterback Bryn Renner, who threw for 317 yards, three touchdowns and an interception. But Renner couldn’t offset the Tar Heels’ anemic running game, which produced just 36 yards.

Withers said he didn’t think the program’s upcoming coaching change had any bearing on the outcome. The Tar Heels hired Southern Mississippi’s Larry Fedora last week.

North Carolina 7 3 7 7—24 Missouri 14 17 7 3—41 First Quarter NC-D.Jones 22 pass from Renner (Moore kick), 12:12.

Mo-Kemp 40 pass from Moe (Barrow kick), 10:06.

Mo-Franklin 2 run (Barrow kick), 2:15.

Second Quarter Mo-FG Barrow 31, 11:11.

Mo-J.Jackson 8 pass from Franklin (Barrow kick), 5:13.

Mo-Lawrence 9 run (Barrow kick), 1:58.

NC-FG Moore 21, :00.

Third Quarter NC-Boyd 44 pass from Renner (Moore kick), 4:22.

Mo-Franklin 2 run (Barrow kick), 1:56.

Fourth Quarter Mo-FG Barrow 26, 6:22.

NC-Highsmith 17 pass from Renner (Moore kick), 4:08.

A-41,728.

NC Mo First downs 20 27 Rushes-yards 19-36 46-337 Passing 317 176 Comp-Att-Int 27-42-1 17-26-1 Return Yards 0 0 Punts-Avg. 4-48.8 2-39.0 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 0-0 Penalties-Yards 2-20 6-49 Time of Possession 25:40 34:20 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING-North Carolina, Bernard 13-31, Renner 4-11, Blue 1-(minus 1), Highsmith 1-(minus 5). Missouri, Franklin 18-142, Lawrence 16-108, Moore 10-59, Culver 1-18, Moe 1-10.

PASSING-North Carolina, Renner 27-421-317. Missouri, Franklin 15-23-1-132, Moe 1-2-0-40, Costello 1-1-0-4.

RECEIVING-North Carolina, Highsmith 8-77, D.Jones 6-77, Bernard 6-36, Boyd 3-95, Wilson 2-11, N.Hurst 1-14, Byrd 1-7. Missouri, Washington 3-47, Egnew 3-39, Lawrence 3-13, Kemp 2-48, J.Jackson 2-15, Moore 2-2, McGaffie 1-8, Jones 1-4.

Reaney has a few months to post an A-cut time, and she thinks her best bets are in the 200 IM and 100 breast. Those aren’t specific goals, however, because Reaney said she never really set any of those.

That falls in line, she added, with Barnes’ instruction to ND swimmers following their accomplishments. Reaney said the coach’s message goes like this: “We’re not gonna celebrate it, because that’s not the limit.

You never know what your limit is.”

“Sometimes the best thing you can do is just work our tails off and leave the gates wide open and see what happens,” Barnes said.

With Reaney’s talent and ambitious approach, not even Barnes knows how she’ll surprise herself next.

“She’s got seven more semesters at Notre Dame, right?” he said. “I mean, what else are you going to do?”

The Chargers’ defense, which ranks 12th in total defense, 10th in pass defense and 20th in rush defense, operates out of a 3-4 set. During his stint as the 49ers’ defensive coordinator, Manusky’s defenses ranked in the top 15 three times, including two seasons as the sixth-stiffest run defense in the league.

Reports surfaced earlier this month that San Diego intends to fire head coach Norv Turner at season’s end, which could mean that Manusky, too, soon will be looking for work.

Nolan, 52, a native of Baltimore, has coached in the NFL since 1987, including 13 seasons and six stops as a defensive coordinator — most notably with Baltimore from 2002-04 — and a four-year run as the head coach of the 49ers from 2005-08. Nolan is in his second season with Miami, which fired head coach Tony Sparano two weeks ago.

During his time with the Dolphins, Nolan has elevated the defense into the top half of the league, including taking a unit that ranked 22nd in to-

tal D in 2009 and transforming it into the sixth toughest defense in the NFL in 2010.

Like Manusky’s in San Diego and some of Weis’ teams at Notre Dame, the Dolphins’ base defense utilizes the 3-4 approach.

At his introductory news conference, Weis spoke of bringing in a veteran to run the KU defense, allowing him more time and freedom to focus on upgrading the offense.

While it’s still too soon to tell if Manusky or Nolan is a finalist for the job at Kansas, both seem to fit the profile Weis is seeking.

“What you would like to do is get involved (with the defense) early in the week and study the opponent’s personnel and say, ‘Hey, this is where I see them vulnerable,’” Weis said. “Ideally, that’s what you would like to get to. (I have) a couple of candidates for defensive coordinator, and if one of them comes to fruition you will see what I’m talking about. In the beginning, I would like to let somebody run the defense and let me run the offense.”

we’ll become better defenders; we’ll do this; we’ll do that.’”

“I don’t want a hot dog, but I want somebody to bring some bounce, some energy that is contagious.”

He cited some bouncy players of the past.

“The twins at times were unbelievable,” he said of Marcus and Markieff Morris. “When Sherron (Collins) was good ... that cat brought it. You go back to Cole (Aldrich), who had that bounce and energy. It’s kind of contagious. You go to those good teams we had in ’06, ’07, ’08,

those teams definitely had it.

Jeff Hawkins was so valuable to us because he could slide better than anybody, was the best on ball defender we’ve had since we’ve been here.

He played with a bounce and energy and toughness level that was contagious and ran through our team. Darnell Jackson played that way. Our guys try hard. I wish we had a bit more bounce to us now.”

The Big 12 portion of the schedule begins a week from Wednesday when Kansas State comes to Allen for a 7 p.m. tipoff.

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Sunrise Terrace — 951 Arkansas, so close to KU! 2BR w/study or 3rd BR, 2 full bath, CA, DW, laundry, lots of parking, some with 2BR — 725 W. 25th, In 4- W/D. $550 - $750/month. plex, CA, W/D hookup, off- No pets. Call 785-841-5797 st. parking. $410-$420/mo. www.rentinlawrence.com No pets. Call 785-841-5797 2BR avail. now, very nice & quiet, DW, W/D, off-st. parking. $545/mo. No pets.

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Want to be our next web designer and be part of our rapidly expanding digital development team? The team designs/develops our digital products, provides maintenance/support of existing websites, and implements third-party digital initiatives. The World Company’s online operation is considered to be among the most innovative of news and media organizations in the country. Our websites include LJWorld.com, Lawrencemarketplace.com, KUsports. com, Lawrence.com and WellCommons.com. We are in search of a designer that is fairly technical and not afraid of the command line when dealing with front-end development and that can also provide creative concept and design solutions after ramping up.

What we want to see:

Assistant/ Customer Service

1BR, 1/2 block to KU, reserved parking, $510. GAS & WATER PAID. 785-842-7644 www.gagemgmt.com

PERMANENT AND 2012 HELP START IMMEDIATELY

• A few years of web design experience is ideal (preferably using open-source technologies).

Obviously - proficient with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript (Experience in designing for mobile platforms a plus).

1BRs — 622 Schwarz. CA, laundry, off-street parking, gas & water paid. $435/ mo. No pets. 785-841-5797

• Knowledge and hands on experience with content management systems is extremely helpful (Django templates would be ideal).

We need your Positions avail. in 5 departments for our 2 locations.

Must be over 18 & avail. to start Wed. Interviewing Mon. & Tues. Only.

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Call today, start tomorrow.

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Crossgate Casita’s

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Ad Astra Apartments

1 & 2 BRs from $390/mo.

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Cedarwood Apts 2411 Cedarwood Ave. Beautiful & Spacious

General Maintenance /Grounds University of Kansas Recreation Services

For full position description and to apply go to: search for position 00209257 Apply by deadline1/3/2012 EO/AA Employer

1 & 2BRs start at $400/mo. * Near campus, bus stop * Laundries on site * Near stores, restaurants * Water & trash paid 4BR duplex - start at $795 —————————————————— Get Coupon* for $25 OFF

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3BR — 1131 Tennessee, 1st floor, 1 bath. Avail. now. No Studio Apt., 1907 W. 25th, pets. $650/mo. 785-841-5797 $390/mo. + Tenant only pays elect. 785-841-1155 www.rentinlawrence.com

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RENT SPECIAL!

1BR - $450, 2BR- $510/mo.

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2BR, lower in 4-plex, 1725 Tennessee. $465/mo. Has DW. Quiet & clean. No pets.

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A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE

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Leasing Manager needed. for Tuckaway Management.

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Please submit resume & application inquiries to: erin@tuckawaymgmt.com - No phone calls, please

Medical Assistant

888-573-6431

30 years experience, excellent references.

One time or regularly.

Only $15 per hour.

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General

• Strong preference will be given to candidates with relevant experience. However, we will train the right person who demonstrates passion for their work and a willingness to learn.

• Experience with a version control system (preferably Git).

Some of what you will do here: • Varied design work and maintenance in addition to design processing from concept to implementation.

• Respond to non-technical users on a variety of technical issues and status updates.

• Identify research and resolve technical problems.

• Document, monitor and follow-up on issues to ensure a timely resolution.

The World Company is a communications and media company based in Lawrence, Kansas. We offer a competitive salary with an excellent benefits package including health, dental and vision insurance, 401k, paid time off and more! Background check, pre-employment drug screen and physical lift assessment required. To apply submit a cover letter and resume to hrapplications@ljworld.com. EOE

SOCIAL S OCIAL M MEDIA EDIA SPECIALIST SPECIALIST The World Company is hiring for a Social Media Specialist to be responsible for designing and implementing social media strategies, products and tools to be used by the sales team to be sold to our advertisers.

Specialist will work directly with advertising and media marketing departments on effective use of social tools to promote our products, content and services to be sold to advertisers; and support the company’s ongoing efforts to integrate social and news media as a key component of our client services.

Ideal candidate will have at least two year’s experience working with social media tools and techniques with proven ability to create and execute online social media campaigns; leadership experience with strategic planning and marketing of successful online communities; proven track record for managing online communities and creating positive and successful community engagements; expertise publishing or participating on blogs, social news, video/photo sharing, social networking applications with a strong personal online reputation; strong results-driven project management experience plus proven public relations skills; detail-oriented and excellent verbal and written communication skills; outstanding organizational skills and the ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously while meeting deadlines; bachelor’s degree in Journalism, Communication, Marketing Public Relations or related field preferred; and ability to drive with valid driver’s license, proof of insurance and safe driving record.

To apply submit a cover letter and resume to hrapplications@ljworld.com. Please include links to online communities/accounts you have been responsible for managing. We offer an excellent benefits package including medical insurance, 401k, paid time off, employee discounts and more!

Background check, pre-employment drug screen and physical lift assessment required. EOE

DISTRIBUTION TEAM LEADER Lawrence Journal-World is hiring a Team Leader in our distribution center. We are a family-owned operation with a 20,000 circulation daily newspaper, several weekly community newspapers, a Commercial Printing division, and a contract print site for USA TODAY. Team Leaders are responsible for handling the processing and bundling of newsprint products from the press to distributors; troubleshoot machinery; and assist with supervising and providing training to team members.

Candidates must be available to work between the hours of 7 p.m. and 5 a.m. daily.

We are looking for talented and hardworking individuals who are looking to grow in their career with a fastpaced company. Ideal candidate will have leadership experience; a team player; self starter with strong organizational skills; experience operating machinery and maintenance skills preferred; strong communication skills; good attention to detail and able to multi-task; a high school diploma or GED; able to lift up to 70 lbs.; stand for long periods of time and frequently twist and bend; and proficient with MS Office products.

To apply submit a cover letter and resume to hrapplications@ljworld.com or complete an employment application at 609 New Hampshire, Lawrence, KS. We offer an excellent benefits package including health insurance, 401k, paid time off, employee discounts, opportunities for career advancement and more!

Background check, pre-employment drug screen, and physical lift assessment required. EOE

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Sunrise Place Sunrise Village

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Duplexes 3BR + loft, great south location, 2924 Crestline Dr. 2½ bath, walk-in closet, lots of storage, deluxe kitchen, FP, sound proofing, 2 car garage w/opener, big back yard, patio. No pets. $900/mo. Avail. now.

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Sports-Fitness Equipment

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Pets

Antiques

2BRs from $600 - $800/mo.

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Worth much more.

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Water, trash, sewer paid.

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Funded in part by KDOT Public Transit Program

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midwestcustompools.com

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We’re There for You!

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Riffel Painting Co. 913-585-1846

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Serving Lawrence and surrounding areas for over 25 years.

Locally owned & operated.

Green Grass Lawn Care

Pet Services

Free estimates/Insured.

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35 yrs. exp. Free est.

913-636-1881

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I get it done!

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15yr. locally owned and operated company.

Professionally trained staff. We move everything from fossils to office and household goods.

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785-749-5073 http://lawrencemarketplace. com/starvingartist

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Mobile Enviro-Wash LTD

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785-550-5610

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785-841-3088

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Moving-Hauling

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Specializing in Carpet, Tile & Upholstery cleaning.

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Medical-HealthTherapy

785-843-2174

Electrical

Kansas Carpet Care, Inc.

Your locally owned and operated carpet and upholstery cleaning company since 1993!

• 24 Hour Emergency Water Damage Services Available

By Appointment Only

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Serving KC over 40 years 913-962-0798 Fast Service

Harris Auto Repair

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Steve’s Place

Home Improvements

913-488-7320

785-887-6936 http://oakleycreek.com

Across The Bridge In North Lawrence 903 N 2nd St | 785-842-2922 lawrencemarketplace.com/ battery

General Services

Year round storage

Family Owned & Operated

For All Your Battery Needs

785-838-4488

Driveways, Parking Lots, Paving Repair, Sidewalks, Garage Floors, Foundation Repair 785-843-2700 Owen 24/7

On-Site Cooking Available

Child Care Provided

Domestics and Imports Brake repair Engine repair AC repair / service Custom exhaust systems Shock & Struts Transmissions Tire sales / repairs

Decorative & Regular concrete drives, walks, & patios. 42 yrs. exp.

Jayhawk Concrete 785-979-5261

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Water, Fire & Smoke Damage Restoration • Odor Removal • Carpet Cleaning • Air Duct Cleaning •

One Company Is All You Need and One Phone Call Is All You Need To Make (785) 842-0351

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BUDGET TREE SERVICE, LLC. 913-593-7386

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No Job Too Small Free Est. Lic. & Ins. 913-268-3120 Chris Tree Service 20yrs. exp. Trees trimmed, cut down, hauled off.

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Fredy’s Tree Service

cutdown• trimmed• topped Licensed & Insured.

14 yrs experience.

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2008 Mini Cooper S, 2 Door, 6speed manual, heated seats, cloth, Moon, CD, Bluetooth, Trac, Spoiler, 25K, $19,900.

View pictures at www.theselectionautos.com 785.856.0280 845 Iowa St. Lawrence, KS 66049

Mitsubishi 2008 Ecplise GS 48K, Sunset Pearl Metallic You Have the Right to a Fear-Free Car-Buying Experience! www.academycars.com 785-841-0102

Mitsubishi 2009 Galant ES, alloy wheels, power equipment, great fuel economy and dependability!

Only $9,774.. stk#10854.

Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

2010 Mitsubishi Galant ES 4Cyl, Auto,7,000 mi Carfax 1 owner $14,995 23rd & Alabama 843-3500 www.lairdnollerlawrence.com

Saab 2006 9.5, 4Dr wagon 2.3T Sport SUV Black, 76K, $12,900.

View pictures at www.theselectionautos.com 785.856.0280 845 Iowa St. Lawrence, KS 66049

Cars-Imports

Volkswagon 2008 Jetta 2.5, local trade in, sunroof, leather heated seats, alloy wheels, very sharp, stk#308742 only $13,700.

Dale Willey 785-843-5200 www.dalewilleyauto.com

Volvo 2009 V50 Wagon.

ONE local owner, super clean, silver, and a long lit of options. Priced way below comparable Volvos.

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Discuss husband’s flirting honestly Annie’s Mailbox

not eating. I usually say “I’m not hungry” or “I’m trying to watch my calories,” but sometimes that fails to satisfy the person asking. Even though I’ve told my extended family and close friends the truth, they still insist I should eat something. How can I politely communicate my feelings while still being a grateful guest? — Me Dear You: The fear of being judged by others or embaranniesmailbox@comcast.net rassed in front of them is not an uncommon anxiety disorhis affections. What should I der and often manifests itself do? — In Doubt as an inability to eat in public.

Dear Doubt: This could You can practice taking some be an ongoing flirtation and nothing more, but at this point, your marriage is in jeopardy regardless. Please discuss this with Frank, openly and honestly. Tell him what you know. Explain that his behavior has eroded your trust. Ask him to go with you for counseling to talk about this with a neutral party. If he refuses, go without him and decide how best to handle this.

Dear Annie: The holidays are a difficult time of year for me, not because of loneliness, but rather the opposite.

I suffer from social anxiety issues, as well as problems with eating around others.

I frequently find myself sitting in a corner trying to avoid people and food alike.

I am often asked why I am

Marcy Sugar and Kathy Mitchell

Kennedy Center honors five An annual holiday week programming treat, the “Kennedy Center Honors” (8 p.m., CBS) is now in its 34th year. The event always celebrates talents from pop culture to high art, from the famous to those you may not have heard of until their big night.

Barbara Cook, a longtime star on Broadway who appeared in the musicals “Candide” and “The Music Man” in the 1950s, has gone on to become a well-known interpreter of the works of composer Stephen Sondheim. Jazz buffs are surely familiar with saxophonist Sonny Rollins.

Cellist Yo-Yo Ma has straddled the worlds of classical music and popular culture, playing on many familiar film scores, including “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.” The final two recipients are more widely celebrated. Neil Diamond has been a central figure in pop music for nearly half a century, starting out as a composer — most notably for the Monkees’ “I’m a Believer” — before becoming a recording star and concert favorite in his own right. Meryl Streep has appeared in too many movies to mention here; she has been nominated for 16 Oscars and has won two.

O Sundance offers viewers another chance to catch the British drama “Appropriate Adult” (8 p.m.), starring Dominic West (“The Wire”) as an accused serial killer and Emily Watson as his court-appointed adviser who gets a little too close to her charge.

O “Frontline” (9 p.m., PBS) repeats a great installment from 2007. “The Undertaking” is a meditation on the work of funeral homes by poet Thomas Lynch, who also happens to be a third-generation funeral director in a small city in Michigan. “Every year I bury a couple hundred of my townspeople. Another two or three dozen I take to the crematory to be burned.” Those are the opening lines of this remarkable hour. And once you hear them, I guarantee you’ll be hooked.

O On the other end of the spectrum (or circle of life, if you will), WE presents “Texas Multi Mamas” (7 p.m.), mothers from the Lone Star State who came home from the maternity ward with more than they bargained for. “Mamas” follows a support group for mothers of multiples, so look forward to friendly advice — and plenty of judgment and meddling.

Tonight’s other highlights O Past contestants return on “The Biggest Loser: Where Are They Now?” (7 p.m., NBC).

O Finn has a religious vision on “Glee” 7 p.m., Fox).

O A new boyfriend upends a girl’s wellordered life in the 2008 romance “Keith” (7 p.m., CW).

O A wedding date on “New Girl” (8 p.m., Fox).

O Health insurance woes on “Raising Hope” (8:30 p.m., Fox).

O Surprises for Kristina and Julia on “Parenthood” (9 p.m., NBC).

O Dead man walking on “Body of Proof” (9 p.m., ABC).

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SENSING A GOOD SOLVE By Dennis Mooney

— Please e-mail your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to Annie’s Mailbox, P.O. Box 118190 Chicago, IL 60611.

Universal Crossword Edited by Timothy E. Parker December 27, 2011

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that someone doesn’t care.

Tonight: Let your imagination wander.

Cancer (June 21-July 22) ++++ Deal directly with a partner who can be cantankerous. You’ll finally have a conversation that helps clarify what is happening. Tonight: Continue a talk over dinner.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) +++++ You find others to be unusually responsive and touchy. Use the moment to have an important meeting. Tonight: Say “yes.”

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept.

22) ++++ You have so much ground to cover, you could be startled by feedback from someone close.

Your mind is everywhere but on your domestic life. Tonight: Squeeze in some exercise and center yourself.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) +++++ Keep asking questions, making calls and reaching out for someone you care about.

Tonight: Opt for fun.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) ++++ Listen to forthcoming news. You might feel a little odd, as you don’t have the control you desire. Tonight: Your treat.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22Dec. 21) +++++ You will communicate what you think to an audience — just be sure it is the right audience. You have kept so much pent up that now you are the opposite.

Tonight: Meet friends at a favorite haunt.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) +++ Use care when dealing with your finances.

Any pressure you might feel could be self-inflicted through a judgment you are making. Tonight: Enjoy the moment.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) +++++ Apply yourself to the issue at hand, and you’ll come out ahead.

Your focus and ability to handle feedback mark your success. Tonight: Any excuse to be with your friends seems to work.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) +++ Kick back as soon as you can. A conversation with someone in charge could be important. Tonight: Take a much-needed timeout.

— The astrological forecast should be read for entertainment only.

BIRTHDAYS Rockabilly musician Scotty Moore is 80. Actor John Amos is 72. Actress Charmian Carr is 69.

ABC News correspondent Cokie Roberts is 68. Rock musician Mick Jones (Foreigner) is 67. Singer Tracy Nelson is 67. Actor Gerard Depardieu is 63.

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food and moving it around on your plate if you don’t want questions. But if you are willing to examine your anxieties, you can work to overcome them. Some people have found success with behavior modification, hypnotherapy, counseling and/or medication. Please talk to your doctor about this and also contact the National Institute of Mental Health at 1-866-615-NIMH (1866-615-6464).

JACQUELINE BIGAR’S STARS For Tuesday, Dec. 27: This year you tend to be slightly more bohemian and intuitive about certain decisions. You easily could make an investment that to others might look fraught with risks. If you are single, your antenna is up. Trust your intuition.

If you are attached, share some of your inner chatter with your sweetie. Aquarius pushes the envelope.

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) ++++ Gossip and information swirl around you. Knowing what to believe and what to discard will take more than talent.

Tonight: Where your friends are.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) ++++ You want to stay on top of your game.

How you deal with another person and what occurs at this time could make a big difference. Tonight: Know that you will make the right choice.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) +++++ Bridge a problem by detaching and understanding what set it in motion. You might feel

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Jazz singer-musician T.S. Monk is 62. Singer-songwriter Karla Bonoff is 60.

Actress Tovah Feldshuh is 59. Rock musician David Knopfler (Dire Straits) is 59. Journalist-turned-politician Arthur Kent is 58.

Actress Maryam D’Abo is 51. Country musician Jeff

ACROSS 1 Spot of light on a radar screen 5 A considerable distance 9 Hard-twisted cotton thread 14 Verdi opera 15 Throw down the gauntlet 16 “... old lady who lived in ___ ...”

17 Monkey in a noted trio 19 “That’s ___ your head!”

20 Stevedores’ grp.

21 Miles of film 22 Malaria symptom 23 “People might be listening” 25 Shakespeare tragedy 28 Use foul language 29 After-dinner scraps 30 Hydroelectricity structure 31 Out of the ordinary 34 Parcel (with “out”) 35 It may involve raised voices 38 Separator of continents 39 Arabian Peninsula port 40 Cheat on a test, in a way 41 A big, swinging party 43 Baseball arbiter, for short 44 “Got two fives for ___?”

45 Postal map divisions 49 In up to one’s neck 51 Falls in New York 53 “... lived happily ___ after” 54 “___ move on!”

55 Weapon for a gangster 56 Become ready to pluck 58 Hangout during prohibition 60 “Sacro” adherent 61 Boys in kilts 62 Cabinet dept. formed after the 1970s oil crisis 63 Flowery verse 64 Largest continent 65 Agrees nonverbally DOWN 1 Washbowls 2 Stay out of sight 3 Form a conception 4 Forty-niner’s tool 5 “Like ___ in the headlights” 6 Ex-quarterback Brett 7 Opera diva’s solo 8 Brother or brother-inlaw: Abbr.

9 Music to a comedian’s ears

10 Magazine copy 11 Harbored, as from danger 12 Chaney of horror 13 Brain test (Abbr.)

18 Plain as day 22 Be present at 24 Overly quick 25 Church instrument 26 After curfew 27 Writing on the wall 29 “There’s ___ every crowd!”

32 List of players 33 Needed a good rubdown 34 Evil nation in the Bible 35 Gulf War missile 36 Fleshy fruit, as a pear 37 Stereotypical American dessert

42 “The Compleat Angler” author Walton 44 The “A” of C.I.A. 46 1988 Winter Olympic Games site 47 Cleared the slate 48 Merry woodland creatures of myth 50 Pigmented parts of eyes 51 “___ say more?”

52 “Take ___ compliment!”

54 Figs. on school transcripts 56 Mr. van Winkle 57 U.N. workers’ rights grp.

58 Hearst’s kidnappers, for short 59 Suffix for “velvet”

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Unscramble these four Jumbles, one letter to each square, to form four ordinary words.

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Dear Annie: My husband, “Frank,” retired three years ago, after more than 40 years with the same company. He frequently mentioned a coworker, “Dolly,” saying how nice she was and what good friends they were. He wondered how she was doing.

Once, he even said he missed her, but the expression on my face must have made him rethink that.

Last week, I ran into one of Frank’s former co-workers and asked about my husband’s relationship with Dolly. The co-worker said they seemed to have a strong attraction, but assured me it was probably just an office flirtation between two married colleagues. Then he said, “They only went out to lunch together a few times.” Annie, Frank never once told me he had lunch with Dolly.

Should I mention this encounter to Frank and tell him what I suspect? The other day he was texting when I walked into the room, and he immediately stopped and put his phone down. He was visibly shaken. When I asked who he was texting, he claimed it was his brother.

Now I’m thinking of checking his email, something I never would have done before.

During our 40-year marriage, I always trusted Frank, but now I am uncertain about

44 “Got two fives for ___?”

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Bryant is 49. Actor Ian Gomez is 47. Actress Theresa Randle is 47. Actress Eva LaRue is 45. Former professional wrestler and actor Bill Goldberg is 45.

Actress Tracey Cherelle Jones is 42. Bluegrass singer-musician Darrin Vincent is 42.

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SCOREBOARD NEW ENGLAND — Clinches home-field advantage throughout AFC playoffs with: Win or tie OR Baltimore loss or tie AND Pittsburgh loss or tie BALTIMORE — Clinches AFC North Division and firstround bye with: Win OR Tie AND Pittsburgh loss or tie OR Pittsburgh loss — Clinches home-field advantage throughout AFC playoffs with: Win AND New England loss PITTSBURGH — Clinches AFC North Division and firstround bye with: Win AND Baltimore loss or tie OR Tie AND Baltimore loss OR — Clinches home-field advantage throughout AFC playoffs with: Win AND Baltimore loss or tie AND New England loss DENVER — Clinches AFC West Division with: Win OR Tie AND Oakland loss or tie OR Oakland loss OAKLAND — Clinches AFC West Division with: Win AND Denver loss or tie OR Tie AND Denver loss — Clinches wild-card spot with: Win AND Cincinnati loss AND Tennessee loss or tie OR Win AND Cincinnati loss AND N.Y. Jets win CINCINNATI — Clinches wild-card spot with: Win or tie N.Y. Jets loss or tie AND Oakland loss or tie N.Y. Jets loss or tie AND Denver loss or tie N.Y. JETS — Clinch wild-card spot with: Win AND Cincinnati loss AND Tennessee loss or tie AND Oakland loss or tie Win AND Cincinnati loss AND Tennessee loss or tie AND Denver loss or tie TENNESSEE — Clinches wild-card spot with: Win AND Cincinnati loss AND N.Y. Jets win AND Oakland loss or tie Win AND Cincinnati loss AND N.Y. Jets win AND Denver loss or tie Win AND Cincinnati loss AND N.Y. Jets loss or tie AND Oakland win AND Denver win NFC CLINCHED: Green Bay-North Division and home-field advantage throughout NFC playoffs; New Orleans-South Division; San Francisco-West Division; Atlantaand Detroit-wild-card spots.

SAN FRANCISCO — Clinches first-round bye with: Win OR Tie AND New Orleans tie OR New Orleans loss NEW ORLEANS — Clinches first-round bye with: Win and San Francisco loss or tie OR Tie and San Francisco loss N.Y. GIANTS — Clinch NFC East Division with: Win or tie DALLAS — Clinches NFC East Division with: Win

NFL

AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF y-New England 12 3 0 .800 464 N.Y. Jets 8 7 0 .533 360 Buffalo 6 9 0 .400 351 Miami 5 10 0 .333 310 South W L T Pct PF y-Houston 10 5 0 .667 359 Tennessee 8 7 0 .533 302 Jacksonville 4 11 0 .267 224 Indianapolis 2 13 0 .133 230 North W L T Pct PF x-Baltimore 11 4 0 .733 354 x-Pittsburgh 11 4 0 .733 312 Cincinnati 9 6 0 .600 328 Cleveland 4 11 0 .267 209 West W L T Pct PF Denver 8 7 0 .533 306 Oakland 8 7 0 .533 333 San Diego 7 8 0 .467 368 Kansas City 6 9 0 .400 205 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF N.Y. Giants 8 7 0 .533 363 Dallas 8 7 0 .533 355 Philadelphia 7 8 0 .467 362 Washington 5 10 0 .333 278 South W L T Pct PF x-New Orleans 12 3 0 .800 502 x-Atlanta 9 6 0 .600 357 Carolina 6 9 0 .400 389 Tampa Bay 4 11 0 .267 263 North W L T Pct PF y-Green Bay 14 1 0 .933 515 x-Detroit 10 5 0 .667 433 Chicago 7 8 0 .467 336 Minnesota 3 12 0 .200 327 West W L T Pct PF y-San Francisco 12 3 0 .800 346 Seattle 7 8 0 .467 301 Arizona 7 8 0 .467 289 St. Louis 2 13 0 .133 166 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division Monday’s Game New Orleans 45, Atlanta 16 Sunday, Jan. 1 Chicago at Minnesota, noon Carolina at New Orleans, noon Detroit at Green Bay, noon San Francisco at St. Louis, noon Tennessee at Houston, noon Buffalo at New England, noon N.Y. Jets at Miami, noon Indianapolis at Jacksonville, noon Washington at Philadelphia, noon San Diego at Oakland, 3:15 p.m.

Kansas City at Denver, 3:15 p.m.

Seattle at Arizona, 3:15 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Atlanta, 3:15 p.m.

Baltimore at Cincinnati, 3:15 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Cleveland, 3:15 p.m.

Dallas at N.Y. Giants, 7:30 p.m.

PA 321 344 385 296 PA 255 295 316 411 PA 250 218 299 294 PA 383 395 351 335 PA 386 316 318 333 PA 322 326 384 449 PA 318 342 328 432 PA 202 292 328 373

Single-Season Passing Yardage Leaders Through Monday Player, Team x-Drew Brees, NO Dan Marino, Mia Drew Brees, NO x-Tom Brady, NE Kurt Warner, StL Tom Brady, NE x-one game remaining

Year 2011 1984 2008 2011 2001 2007

Yards 5.087 5,084 5,069 4,897 4,830 4,806

NFL Playoff Scenarios

Week 17 AFC CLINCHED: New England-East Division and first-round bye; Houston-South Division; Baltimore and Pittsburgh-wildcard spots.

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AP Top 25

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 25, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking: Record Pts Prv 1. Syracuse (54) 13-0 1,611 1 2. Ohio St. (5) 12-1 1,507 2 3. Kentucky (4) 11-1 1,480 3 4. Louisville (2) 12-0 1,386 4 5. North Carolina 11-2 1,366 5 6. Baylor 12-0 1,299 6 7. Duke 10-1 1,281 7 8. Missouri 12-0 1,149 9 9. UConn 10-1 1,143 8 10. Florida 10-2 1,050 11 11. Wisconsin 11-2 898 13 12. Georgetown 10-1 851 16 13. Indiana 12-0 820 17 14. Marquette 11-1 775 10 15. Mississippi St. 12-1 718 18 16. Michigan St. 11-2 613 19 17. Kansas 8-3 548 12 18. Michigan 10-2 504 20 19. UNLV 13-2 473 21 20. Murray St. 13-0 342 22 21. Creighton 10-1 254 23 22. Pittsburgh 11-2 238 15 23. Virginia 10-1 214 24 24. Harvard 10-1 121 — 25. San Diego St. 11-2 119 — Others receiving votes: Kansas St. 105, Illinois 70, Saint Louis 55, Gonzaga 48, Xavier 42, Ohio 20, Stanford 10, Wichita St. 9, Texas A&M 3, Alabama 2, Wagner 1.

USA Today/ESPN Top 25

The top 25 teams in the USA TodayESPN men’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 25, points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking: Record Pts Pvs 1. Syracuse (30) 13-0 774 1 2. Ohio State (1) 12-1 719 2 3. Kentucky 11-1 702 3 4. Louisville 12-0 674 4 5. Duke 10-1 639 5 6. North Carolina 11-2 623 6 7. Baylor 12-0 587 7 8. Missouri 12-0 574 8 9. Connecticut 10-1 538 9 10. Florida 10-2 501 12 11. Wisconsin 11-2 434 14 12. Georgetown 10-1 400 16 13. Marquette 11-1 359 10 14. Mississippi State 12-1 347 17 15. Indiana 12-0 337 18 16. Michigan 10-2 290 19 17. Michigan State 11-2 270 20 18. Kansas 8-3 250 11 19. Creighton 10-1 193 21 20. UNLV 13-2 179 23 21. Murray State 13-0 169 22 22. Pittsburgh 11-2 159 13 23. Harvard 10-1 92 25 24. Virginia 10-1 48 — 25. Kansas State 10-1 45 — Others receiving votes: San Diego State 39, Illinois 36, Xavier 27, Saint Louis 22, Stanford 11, Gonzaga 10, Ohio 5, Saint Mary’s 5, Alabama 3, BYU 3, Middle Tennessee 3, Saint Joseph’s 3, Cleveland State 2, Southern Miss. 1, West Virginia 1, Wichita State 1.

AP Top 25 Schedule

Today’s Games No. 11 Wisconsin at Nebraska, 8 p.m.

No. 22 Pittsburgh at Notre Dame, 6 p.m.

No. 23 Virginia vs. Maryland-Eastern Shore, 6 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games No. 1 Syracuse vs. Seton Hall, 6 p.m.

No. 2 Ohio State vs. Northwestern, 4:30 p.m.

No. 3 Kentucky vs. Lamar, 7:30 p.m.

No. 4 Louisville vs. No. 12 Georgetown, 6 p.m.

No. 6 Baylor vs. No. 15 Mississippi State at American Airlines Center, Dallas, 8 p.m.

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No. 9 UConn at South Florida, 8 p.m.

No. 16 Michigan State vs. Indiana, 6:30 p.m.

No. 19 UNLV vs. Central Arkansas, 9 p.m.

No. 21 Creighton vs. Missouri State, 7 p.m.

Thursday’s Games No. 5 North Carolina vs. Elon, 6 p.m.

No. 10 Florida at Rutgers, 6 p.m.

No. 14 Marquette vs. Vanderbilt, 8 p.m.

No. 17 Kansas vs. Howard, 7 p.m.

No. 18 Michigan vs. Penn State, 6:30 p.m.

No. 24 Harvard at Boston College, 6 p.m.

Friday’s Games No. 7 Duke vs. Western Michigan, 6 p.m.

No. 8 Missouri at Old Dominion, 6 p.m.

No. 20 Murray State at Eastern Illinois, 7 p.m.

No. 23 Virginia vs. Towson, 6 p.m.

No. 25 San Diego State vs. Redlands, 9 p.m.

Saturday’s Games No. 2 Ohio State at No. 13 Indiana, 5 p.m.

No. 3 Kentucky vs. No. 4 Louisville, 11 a.m.

No. 9 UConn vs. St. John’s at the XL Center, Hartford, Conn., 11 a.m.

No. 10 Florida vs. Yale, 1 p.m.

No. 11 Wisconsin vs. Iowa, noon No. 12 Georgetown vs. Providence at Georgetown, 1 p.m.

No. 15 Mississippi State vs. Utah State, 1 p.m.

No. 16 Michigan State at Nebraska, 2 p.m.

No. 17 Kansas vs. North Dakota, 3 p.m.

No. 19 UNLV at Hawaii, 7 p.m.

No. 21 Creighton at Wichita State, 5 p.m.

No. 24 Harvard vs. Saint Joseph’s, 3 p.m.

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No. 24 North Carolina vs. Savannah State, 1 p.m.

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The top 25 teams in the The Associated Press’ women’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 25, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking: Record Pts Prv 1. Baylor (40) 12-0 1,000 1 2. UConn 10-1 949 2 3. Notre Dame 11-1 927 3 4. Stanford 9-1 881 4 5. Maryland 11-0 837 5 6. Kentucky 11-1 756 8 7. Tennessee 7-3 728 6 8. Duke 8-2 703 9 9. Ohio St. 13-0 651 11 10. Texas A&M 8-2 639 10 11. Rutgers 10-2 578 12 12. Miami 9-2 521 7 13. Texas Tech 10-0 510 15 14. Louisville 11-2 491 14 15. Georgetown 10-2 487 17 16. Penn St. 10-2 401 16 17. Georgia 10-2 339 13 18. Green Bay 10-0 323 18 19. Delaware 9-0 262 19 20. Purdue 10-3 212 20 21. DePaul 12-2 211 21 22. Texas 9-2 166 22 23. Nebraska 11-1 110 24 24. North Carolina 8-2 106 23 25. Vanderbilt 11-1 94 25 Others receiving votes: Gonzaga 28, Virginia 28, California 22, LSU 14, South Carolina 10, Arkansas 7, Georgia Tech 4, BYU 2, Kansas 1, Northwestern 1, St. Bonaventure 1.

NHL

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA N.Y. Rangers 34 22 8 4 48 102 72 Philadelphia 34 21 9 4 46 118 99 Pittsburgh 35 20 11 4 44 114 91 New Jersey 35 19 15 1 39 97 103 N.Y. Islanders 34 11 17 6 28 77 111 Northeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Boston 33 23 9 1 47 119 63 Toronto 35 18 13 4 40 110 113 Ottawa 36 17 14 5 39 111 122 Buffalo 35 17 15 3 37 96 103 Montreal 36 13 16 7 33 88 101 Southeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Florida 36 18 11 7 43 94 98 Winnipeg 35 16 14 5 37 96 104 Washington 34 17 15 2 36 100 105 Tampa Bay 34 14 17 3 31 90 116 Carolina 37 12 19 6 30 95 123 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Chicago 36 23 9 4 50 122 103 St. Louis 35 21 10 4 46 92 77 Detroit 35 22 12 1 45 115 79 Nashville 36 18 14 4 40 96 103 Columbus 35 9 22 4 22 86 121 Northwest Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Vancouver 36 22 12 2 46 120 88 Minnesota 37 20 12 5 45 88 86 Colorado 37 19 17 1 39 100 107 Calgary 36 17 15 4 38 90 98 Edmonton 35 15 17 3 33 96 96 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA San Jose 33 19 11 3 41 97 80 Dallas 35 20 14 1 41 95 101 Phoenix 36 18 15 3 39 95 96 Los Angeles 36 17 14 5 39 80 88 Anaheim 35 10 19 6 26 83 115 Monday’s Games Colorado 4, Minnesota 2 Buffalo 4, Washington 2 N.Y. Rangers 3, N.Y. Islanders 0 Carolina 4, New Jersey 2 St. Louis 5, Dallas 3 Detroit 4, Nashville 1 Chicago 4, Columbus 1 Vancouver 5, Edmonton 3 Los Angeles 4, Phoenix 3 Anaheim 3, San Jose 2 Today’s Games Carolina at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m.

Calgary at Columbus, 6 p.m.

Montreal at Ottawa, 6:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Tampa Bay, 6:30 p.m.

Toronto at Florida, 6:30 p.m.

St. Louis at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.

Winnipeg at Colorado, 8 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games Buffalo at New Jersey, 6 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Washington, 6:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Nashville, 7 p.m.

Los Angeles at Chicago, 7:30 p.m.

Boston at Phoenix, 8 p.m.

Vancouver at San Jose, 9:30 p.m.

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Wednesday’s Games Oklahoma St. vs. SMU at American Airlines Center, 6:30 p.m. (ESPNU) Mississippi St. vs. Baylor at American Airlines Center, 9 p.m. (ESPN2) Thursday’s Games Arkansas Tech at Texas A&M, 8 p.m.

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No. 3 Notre Dame at Mercer, 6 p.m.

No. 8 Duke at Temple, 6 p.m.

No. 9 Ohio State at Wisconsin, 7 p.m.

No. 10 Texas A&M vs. McNeese State, 7 p.m.

No. 11 Rutgers at George Washington, 6 p.m.

No. 13 Texas Tech at San Diego, 9 p.m.

No. 15 Georgetown at Dartmouth, 6 p.m.

No. 20 Purdue vs. Minnesota, 6 p.m.

No. 23 Nebraska at No. 16 Penn State, 6 p.m.

No. 24 North Carolina vs. North Carolina Central, 6 p.m.

Saturday’s Games No. 4 Stanford at UCLA, 4 p.m.

No. 18 Green Bay vs. Loyola of Chicago, 2 p.m.

No. 21 DePaul vs. Northern Illinois, 2 p.m.

Sunday’s Games No. 6 Kentucky at Florida, noon No. 7 Tennessee at Auburn, 2 p.m.

No. 17 Georgia vs. Arkansas, 1 p.m.

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(First published in the Law- dent are notified to exhibit rence Daily Journal-World their demands against the December 27, 2011) Estate within the latter of four months from the date IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF of first publication of notice DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS under K.S.A. 59-2236 and amendments thereto, or if In the Matter of the the identity of the creditor Estate of is known or reasonably asGlenn L. Bender, deceased certainable, 30 days after actual notice was given as Case No. 2011 PR 208 provided by law, and if their demands are not thus Pursuant to K.S.A. exhibited, they shall be forChapter 59 ever barred.

No. 11CV266 Div. No. 1 K.S.A. 60 Mortgage Foreclosure NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued by the Clerk of the District Court in and for the said County of Douglas, in a certain cause in said Court Numbered 11CV266, wherein the parties above named were respectively plaintiff and defendant, and to me, the undersigned Sheriff of said County, directed, I will offer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand at the Jury Assembly Room of the District Court located in the lower level of the Judicial and Law Enforcement Center Building in the City of Lawrence in said County, on January 19, 2012, at 10:00 a.m., of said day the following described real estate located in the County of Douglas, State of Kansas, to wit:

Case No. 11CV626 Div. No. 1 K.S.A. 60 Mortgage Foreclosure (Title to Real Estate Involved) NOTICE OF SUIT THE STATE OF KANSAS to: Maria S Chavez AKA Maria Chavez AKA Socorro Chavez AKA Maria Socorro Chavez and Unknown Spouse of Maria S Chavez AKA Maria Chavez AKA Socorro Chavez AKA Maria Socorro Chavez, Defendants, 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, Kansas, Case No. 11CV626 by THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF THE CWABS, INC., ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-AB4 , praying for foreclosure of a mortgage executed by Jesus Chavez AKA Jesus V Chavez and Maria S Chavez AKA Maria Chavez AKA Socorro Chavez AKA Maria Socorro Chavez on 08/29/2005 and recorded in Book 993 Page 3805 in the real estate records of Douglas County, Kansas, related to the following property:

LOTS 17 AND 18, BLOCK 3, BELLE HAVEN SOUTH ADDITION NUMBER 2, A SUBDIVISION IN LAWRENCE, DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS, ACCORDING TO THE RECORDED PLAT THEREOF. Commonly known as 2530 Alabama St., Lawrence, Kansas 66044 LOT 34 IN HUNTERS RIDGE, AN ADDITION TO THE CITY EUDORA, DOUGLAS This is an attempt to collect OF a debt and any information COUNTY, KANSAS. obtained will be used for You are hereby required to that purpose. plead to the Petition on or Kenneth M. McGovern before January 23, 2012 in SHERIFF OF DOUGLAS the court at Douglas COUNTY, KANSAS County, Kansas. If you fail to plead, judgment and decree will be entered in due SHAPIRO & MOCK, LLC course upon the petition.

Attorneys for Plaintiff 6310 Lamar- Ste. 235 NOTICE TO BORROWER: If Overland Park, KS 66202 you wish to dispute the va(913)831-3000 lidity of all or any portion Fax No. (913)831-3320 of this debt, or would like Our File No. 11-002280/jm the name and address of ________ the original creditor, you (First published in The Law- must advise us in writing rence Daily Journal-World, within thirty (30) days of the first notice you receive December 13, 2011) from us. Otherwise, we will assume the entire debt to Shawn Scharenborg, be valid. This is an attempt KS # 24542 to collect a debt, and any Sara Knittel, KS # 23624 information obtained will Kelli N. Breer, KS # 17851 be used for that purpose.

Kozeny & McCubbin, L.C. (St. Louis Office) Signed: 12400 Olive Blvd., Suite 555 Shawn Scharenborg, St. Louis, MO 63141 KS # 24542 (314) 991-0255 Sara Knittel, KS # 23624 (314) 567-8006 Kelli N. Breer, KS # 17851 K&M File Code:CHAJEBOA Kozeny & McCubbin, L.C. IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF (St. Louis Office) DOUGLAS COUNTY, KANSAS 12400 Olive Blvd., Suite 555 St. Louis, MO 63141 THE BANK OF NEW YORK (314) 991-0255 MELLON FKA THE BANK OF (314) 567-8006 NEW YORK AS TRUSTEE FOR Email: THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS sscharenborg@km-law.com OF THE CWABS, INC., Send Court Returns to: ASSET-BACKED CERTIFI- Kansas@km-law.com Attorney for Plaintiff CATES, SERIES 2005-AB4, ________ Plaintiff,

Lawrence

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Alan D. Bender, Petitioner THE STATE OF KANSAS TO PREPARED AND ALL PERSONS CONCERNED: APPROVED BY: You are hereby notified STEVENS & BRAND, L.L.P. that on December 16, 2011, 900 Massachusetts, Ste. 500 a Petition for Probate of Lawrence KS 66044-0189 Will and Issuance of Letters (785) 843-0811 Testamentary was filed in Attorneys for Petitioners ________ this Court by Alan D. Bender, as heir, devisee, and legatee and one of the co-executors named in the Last Will and Testament of (Published in the Lawrence Glenn L. Bender, deceased, Daily Journal-World Decemrequesting the will filed ber 27, 2011) with the petition be admitted to probate and record; Pursuant to Kansas Self co-executors named be ap- Storage Act, the contents of pointed without bond and the following units will be Letters Testamentary be sold at public auction after granted.

Sunday, January 15th, 2012, at Watts Auction Center, N. You are required to file Hwy 59, Ottawa, KS 66067. your written defenses to the petition on or before Gustin Andrews A30 & A64 January 19, 2012 at 10:00 Serena Allen A7 a.m. in the District Court, Lawrence, Douglas County, The following units are subKansas at which time and ject to reconciliation with place the cause will be owner of record on or beheard. Should you fail to fore 5:00 PM, January 13, file your written defenses, 2012. The contents of said judgment and decree will units are in storage at ATA be entered in due course Storage, 1002 OCL Dr., Euupon the petition. dora, KS 66052.

(785) 542-1515.

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